New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1919, Page 6

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The Assocfated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited o it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein MONROE DOCTRINE America is P the greatest obstacle of the Ieague of has been removed frof a clause the Monroe reference to SAFE., So far as concerned, 1o the adoption tions covenant with the insertion recognizing the force of Doetrine. * The absence of the doctriwe has caused more furore in politics than any other incident of recent years and has given President Wilson's enemies a rich op- portunity to make which they did =so that they were able to achieve a strategic victory. hay. assiduously Republicans in Lodge in particular news from F ris with camse they that the inser- tion of the Doctrine teetive paragraph through Republican the United States. Whether this is true, 1t at least has the color of truth, al- though, in it must be re- membered President Wilson mever said, intimated, that the covenant presented after its first drafting was complete and in form to be broughi before the United States Senate for ratification. He did say that changes might be desirable. The covenant then was only a rough struc- ture, standing up on the foundation walls. The Republican party placed its case before the public so.adroitly that many people were convinced that the Mon- Doctrine was in danger of being repudiated although leading thinkers expressed that the covenant would simply extend the force of the doctrine throughout the generad and Senator ithe be- will_ consider pleasure will claim Monroe pro- was brought about pressure in all fairne that never as such as the framework of a house Toe many the opinion world. It has been asserted that President Wilson has not been in sympathy with opinion United States. The specific protection of the Monroe that not back in the Doetrine is proof such is the case. French opposition to the covenan should be mollified by the which will give France economic adjustment con- trol of the coal fields of the Saar Val ley “up to an amount to recompense her for the losses sustained from Ger- accupation of tha coal fields of France,” the arrange- deseribed in an Associated Sueh man Northern ment is Press dispatch create resentment in.G ig nothing to worriment. as program may many but that The French mines be ton. cause the They ton Germans destroyed should for at and near Lens. made to pay in coal Under the agreed at Paris, the be avoided reimbursed. arrangement upon annexation can be taint of and still France can MUTINY IN NORTH RUSSIA, Tnder ordinary ecircumstances news of a mutiny among United States troops would be with akin to shame. Tt that a single blush has been howevar, hy the official ad- mission that the Amertcan doughboys received an emotion cannot be said caused, in the Archangel region have refised to carry orders, or have carried out those orders resentfully and minus fact, there out the usual enthusiasm. In is ground belief that they had excellent reasons for their attitude albeit mutiny cannot be countenanced. Because of the silence of the War Department on the North Russian gituation—there may have been cause for silence—we know little of the sit- uation in that part of *he world. Oc- a news #ispateh brings the the Bolsheviki have the Allled But of actual Lot casionally information that heen thrown hack or that forces have retreated we know little ex- we understand conditions there cept in a general way that it is disagreeably [ hardships have to he endured. From the information at hand, it the soldiers objected to advancing to the front lines because they knew of no rea- son why they should he fighting the Bolsheviki. They had enlisted to wat on Germany and they will be for- given if they were inclined to be dense in respect to the causz in which they are engaged at present. Many others thomsands of miles from Archangel and enjoying the comforts of home are equally as dense and thers does not seem to be any desire on the part of any government official to dissipate such ignorance as does exist. The boys cold and many incomplete appears that s\mply ©ould not understand why they j should e located in frozen swamps | fo battley with people azainst whom the United States has not declared { war and they wanted to come home, I which is naltural. ,that they went to , the commandiing offi | mediate situation they It is to their credit their posts when r made the im- them and more cheerful when that clear to will become | they receive word the cntire force is to be withdrawn in Junc when the harbors are Any suggestion that the Upas Tree of Bolshevism has poisoned the minds of the soldiers should accepted with The Reds would find sterile ground for their Any intimation that the Upas Tree doughboy: i free of ice. American be rescrvation. WORR TOR SERVICT 7 Solicitous for the speedy | tion of returning service Herald has offered free sified advertising page to soldi men, space on The its sailors and marines who are in search It is hoped that wide made of the space 's of labor are urged column dafly of employment. | use will be and employ: use the to per- and to co-oper- ate in this endeavor to prove that the bravery and sacrifices of our naval appreciated. the harness of war, the service men are a their occupations obtain new positions and The Herald is hap- py at contributing to the consumma- tion of their desires. charge of any nature. Another service military and forces are Having removed xious to resume former or There i5 no agency through which may secure employment without the payment of a fee or other expeénse is the New Britain branch of the Manufacturers’ Association of Hartford County at 23 Myrtle street. The management of the branch sailors and men in- vites all returning soldiers, given marines to register there and be g employment at the earliest opportun- ity. Secretary of the bureau Brown manufac- turers’ the opinion that it will not employment expresses be teces- for the Common Council to au- thorize the:establishment of a labor his office the situation in 'sary agency confident can care for Britain. as he is New be found competent it would relieve the city of Should his bureau the necessity of paying a of a ary to the employment rises whether the director public agency. The question field covered by turers’ clearing house might the manufac- is as wide as desired. There are irades and lines which that office might not care to deal with. Whether accepted or rejected, the offer is a should be the cconomy be many generous one and sidered for fect. con- it might ef- A GLORIOUS LIFE, DEATH. To mould the minds of hoys and girls so that they seek the higher, worth-while things of life is a sublime achievement. And to perform this of love with no hope of tem- beyond A HAPPY labor poral the mind of man to comprehend with justice. Such was the history of Sister Mary Wal- passed into the reward is burga, who peacefully presence of the Gréat Teacher yester- day at St. For Sister Walburga had been an instruc- tor at S Patiently and kindly, she guided her pupils along the paths of righteousness and trained their to grapple with affairs of Her ministra- by attained manhood and womanhood and these will admit that she was at least partly ble for any success they have gained. Sister Walburga was a noble wo- man who early renounced the world in order that she might devote her- self entirely to the holy work of im- proving its morals. Public acknowl- edgement that she did not fail in her mission is the most fragrant rose that could he placed on her Mary's parigh convent nearly a quarter of a century. Mary's school. minds earth. recalled with the tions are pleasure many who have responsi- tenderly grave. ANOTHER DOYLE THRILLER. ‘Without the assistance of his good friend, Dr. Watson, of Sherlock Holmes fame, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has set sail into the vast, mysterious hevond, where dwell spirits spooks who struggle againat the chains that prevent them from send- ing messages to those left behind on this mundane sphere. Sir Arthur has long heen an investigator of spirit- ualism and in order to test the truth or falsity of the theory he went to a small town in Wales where several ompetent witnesses attended in order to corroborate his story should any- thing happen, The medium was Tom Thomas, 4 mine employe, who probably thomght {he learned folks from the clty were engaged in a new kind of game. First they searched Tom. They even looked in his shoes and found nothing but feet. Then they tied him to a chair so that he was deprived of the use of his legs and arms—and someone turned the lights low! Did yvou ever know spirits like music? that they be and it's a easily Yee, Fact can most rehabllita- ! lured from by singing. So which included the Cardifft and the softly “up there” the assemblage, Chief Constable of Justice of number of the peac hymns. pen the Sbirits to cut They threw things through the air and jazzed about to the ja da da of a tambourine that had been lzid began up. ideboard. Mr: feeling chtlly, stripped Tom, without ropes that bound him. apped his coat around the lady. Several ob- jects were thrown with such force as Doyle complained of 50 {he apirits ruthlessly and wr to strike the persons seated in Fortunately a room Without a piuno or kitchen range had been se- lected or'the casualty list might have been the room. large ihe proceedin Tom in- juired *“Has anyone heen touched?” It must be understood thul there is a difference between the English touch Tom was as- and the American not trying to “‘touch.” be funny. Several serted that they had felt cold hands d upon theirs. One of the ruies of the game is that all in the room nust hold hands. It's a real nice game and the not five cards. hands had heen touched hands Well, the are real they seance because that was necessary. The presence felt. and so broke up that was all spirits had Q. B. D. When the lights had up, the medium, Tom, be in a state of exhaustion, quife natural seeing that someone had the formality made th been fturned was found to which is taken without of begging his his bonds. Speaking of Arthur of Cardiff w: lieve, his coat pardon or the demonstration, Sir Chief Constable T be- "he. there and he was, No doubt about it. wishing he could zet to a telephone to call up Scetland Yard and have the house pinched. says: amazed.” He was probably When the Germans sit think over the debts the ‘Allies they should be comforted by the knowledge that *‘the first hun- dred years are the hardest,” down to they must pay the Koreans that President Wilson was about to visit them by The guilibil- ity of the Koreans increases the sus- picion that they would not be safe at large without thefr nurse Someone convineced airplane, Senator Chamberlain is to the York Sphinx club. bination. e of the New Tmagine the com- the speaker at dinner The Woolworth fortune, it is said, amounts to only $40.000,000 instead of $65,000,000. That's downright dis- appointing, we. FACTS AND FANCIES. say “Huns to Sefflo §00n ment Five Rillions. by doing. er fhe; billions, First Pay- We learn to do It won't come so hard aft- have paid the first 20 or 30 —Boston Transcript, There should be a fine ioned hand-to-hand fight it vism runs an leaves Trotzky survivors. old-fash- Rolshe- unchecked course and and Lenine the two Washington Star, Reing a correspondent at the conference has its hright side: ever you're hard up you can cable that Italy threatens to draw from the peace table. field Daily New peace When- always The government has placed a tax on the alarm clock. Here's hoping the alarm clock will not go off and strike, however, because of it.—Kan- sas ity Times. Proletarians ery: nine and horse meat. Give us the czar and pork.” Last phrase sounds familiar.—The Wall Street Journal. The French jury that so strangely failed to bring to justice the assassin of Jaures has prompted an impres- sive demonstration that the great Frenchman’s soul goes marching on. —Springfleld Republican. Germany’s inquiry into Capt, T att’s execution was like taking « ref- erendum on crime in Sing Hing.— New York World. “Down with Le- Well, after the first of next the weather man surely won't have the heart to forecast “warmer in the interlor.”—Manchester Union. The movies are being blamed now for a boy's going wrong. TLet's see, what was it used to be blamed before the movies came along?—Kansas Cit. Star, The hest time to lecture the man on the evils of smoking is directly after he puts the lighted end of a cigar in his mouth,—Bridgeport Post. The next thing we know the .an- chorite of Amerongen (with the ac- cent on the anchor) will he a ecandi- date for the Nobel peace prize Philadelphia Public Ledger. London s sald {o be threalened with an invasion of ‘“dazzling, loud- voiced olothing from America,” Beat- ing the English in this familar feld will be a rare triumph.—New York World. One of the most impressive argu- ments that can be brought forward in case of German reluctance is 1aen- tion of the name of Gen. Foch. ‘Washington Star, Referring to amusing puiplt an- sang a | at a convenient spot on the | removing the | removing | July | correspondent sends n he once heard: “There are some flowers here for those who are sick at the close of this | service.”—Ixchange Inounufimcn(( a :H\e following, wh interesting and popular next census will he the that dldn’t gel jurieson,-——Mar One of the returns in the number of babies christened for Al chester Union. issue of e $200,- A little baby hond Victory loan 000,000 is to precede the drive. Omnn you recall fhe hub-bub that was kicked up When Grover Cloveland sold $100,000,000 in bonds {in 18932 Exchange. George Washing- make a som ship) chance to address it may have : about foreign entangl York Sun If the ion ever rarewell thing 1o say ments.—New good gets a American Legion. York Times.) The (New tions about the Order of nati, that prevailed at the end of the War of the Revolution, to understand how far-reaching, politically —potent, and socially and economically how ac- tive a iety of soldiers returned to civil life and acting together may be. The G. A. R. cleverly used as an an- We don't have to go back to the no- the Cincin- | nex of the republican parly and as a means of getting universal service pensions, is in every memory as an instance of the unjust employment of patriotism and the general feeling of | patriotic gratitude to premote the in- terests of a party and of a class. Now | we have the returning soldiers of an army bevond all precedents in history. | Their numbers. their services, —their strong and just claims upon the na- tion are recognized and undeniable. It would be a deplorable result if these men, approved by and dear to the whole community, should become 2 mere reflection of their own separate objects: if they, who have done SO much for all of us, should be turned | into a class organizatien, seeking "Hz own objects and dividing itself from the great body of the public. Fven diverted to selfish uses, these millfons of men would keep much of their hold upon us. We owe them so much that we should be patient to their demands. They are mostly Youns. They are generous. The power they have will be used generously. What- ever societies they may form .them- gelves into will retain., we may h.e sure, the manly, patriotic, and Ameri- can spirit of these young men. Tt is a pleasure. therefore, to know that Lieut. Col. Theodore Roosevelf, the worthy inheritor of a beloved American name, has called a meeting of soldiers and sailors at St. Louls for next month. Lieut. Col. Bennett Clark, a_ son of Champ Clark, is an associate of Lieut. Col. Roosevelt in the plan for an organization of all | our soldiers and sailors as the Ameri- | lean Tegion. These two gentlemen ! consociated in a patriotic movement indicate by their names its common | ! national purpose, apart from politics | and partisanship. A non-partisan and | non-political association s to Dbal | formed. savs Tieut. Col. Rodseveit, {an association which will keep alive the principles of fustice. freedom and | | democraey for which these “veterans ! fought.” Justice, freedom and demo- cracy, without partisanship! The idea is noble. It should prevail. Who can do as much fer justice. freedom and democraey as these men who fought for them?> May they keep sacred these lofty objects. defend them al- ways! The fatal germ of partisanship must never he allowed to enter that society of soldiers and saflors. The influence of these men will he great. Used in the honorable, straightfor- ward, large. national way advocated by Tieul. Col. Roosevelt and T.ieut. Col. Clark it will be a help and a strength to the United States. Miss Cavell. Matl interesting specting the offen Nurse Edith Cavell military regulations was recently giv- en in London by Rev. H. T. £ Gahan, the only Knglish clergyiman in Brus- sels during the German oocupation. Rev. Mr. Gahan eaid that it was known in secrei thal Miss Cavell had helped 200 or more British, French and Belgian prisoners to escape across the Dutch border. “All who were en- gaged in this undertaking, or more of them, at first were exceedingly rash in every respect.” said he. “‘Insuffi- eient care was taken to avoid detec- tion, and the men themselv were I grossly imprudent. There was the grossest Want of caufion, and awful carelessness on the part of tha mier Gahan said that some of Miss Cavell’'s men actually walked =about the Brussels boulevards talking Fng- lish, though it was known that every Englishman was belng sent to Ruhle. ben camp. Shortly after Miss Cavell was shot by a firing squad of German soldlers, an official Investigation into the facts of her death was made by an Allied agent. and his report con- firms what Rev. Mr. Gahan now says. It wae, of course, the ferocity of the German punishment or the offense—a severity Anglo-Saxons did not apply to women offenders except spies—that roused British souls in vehement preo- test, During the war thousands of women suffered unnoticed death for no offense at all against German smili- tary regulations. The fresh s.ate- ment as to the facts of the Cavell cass increases our admiration for the noble patriotlem of the Bnglish wo- man whose chief thought was fo: her country. (Toronto and Empire) Some information re- committed by Aagrinst German Future of the Philippines. (Tdaho Btatesman.) 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