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Lloyd Georges speech was declared
to be one Of the most eloquent and
sensational~ever&1 &1eard in the house of
commons. Primarily, he arose to de-
fend himself against the attacks of his
critics, and he not only did that, but
hurled defiance at those critics. He
declared that. bis pre-.eefection pledges
of exactinss, g.. full paXment front Ger
many andpunishing the former Eaiser
and other guilty Huns were TO be
kept; that the peace commissioners
wanted a peace that was just and
sternly severe but not vindictive; that
Tilitary intervention in Russia would
be great blunder, but that the assO-
tinted c.sf' IS would be ready to stop
The Benson signal., 1919-04-26

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any attempt Of the bolsheviki to over
run Europe by force. The premier as
serted that there is complete accord
among the allied commissioners, and
then he launched into bitter attack
of Lord Northcliffe, whose newspapers,
he. said, had been striving to sow. dis
cord among the allies, to make France
distrust Britain and hate America, and
America dislike France, and Italy
quarrel with everybody. He called at
tention to the fact that the Northcliffe
papers, which formerly ardently- sup
ported President Wilson, are now hys-
terically attacking all his great ideals,
and alluded to the diseased vanity"
of their proprietor and his disappoint-
ment because he had not been called
on to save the world. With the ex-
ception, Of course, of the Northcliffe
papers, the London press gave consid-
cradle praise to the premier's speech,
and his rejection of any idea Of mill
tary action in Russia was especially
we'll received.
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Apparently the state. Of affairs in
Russia. just. now, may. be summarized
in the statement that bolshevispe: is. ini.
creasing in force but losing: prestige.
The director of the Moscow RetksCross
arrived in Copenhagen xG0nArma-
tion Of the predictions that EFhine and
Trotzky would soon seek ,'an under
standing with the moderate elements.
He said bolshevism was giving way to
The Benson signal., 1919-04-26

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child; bloomers
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{ ~ :@rs ers, petticoat OF
aprons.
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Germans Are Summoned to ver-
saiIIes to Receive Peace
Treaty on April rs.
TERMS NOT TOLD TO PUBLIC
Lloyd Georges Spirited Defense of
His PoIicy-No Military Interven-
tion in Russia, but Food if BoIshe-
Wiki Cease HostiIities = Com
munist Government of BaVa-
ria Fighting Hard.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

The peace treaty with Germany is
completed and the German delegates
have. been summoned to Versailles to
receive it on April 25.
The associated powers have ag1 oed
that there shall be no military inter-
vention in Russia, but that they will
send food to that country, under neu-
trail control, if the bolsheviki will stop
hostilities.
Those were the outstanding features
of the news Of last week, and they bore
out the. optimistic assertions that all
was progressing well in the great task
Of settling the affairs of the world.
. The delegation of Germans named
to go to Versailles includes the most
prominent of the German statesmen
now active in the government, except
Count Won Bernstorff, and though they
will be given time to submit the treaty
to the national assembly at Weimar, it
is hoped they will have the authority
and the disposition to accept it with
out that formality, thus obviating de-
lay. It was asserted in Paris that the
allied governments would not wait be-
yond May Is for a definite answer as
to whether or not Germany would sign
the pact. OF course the press and
public of Germany are wailing with re-
newed agony as it is made more evil
dent that the Huns will be required to
pay to the uttermost limit Of their re-
sources. and repeatedly the assertion
is made that Germany will not submit
to the terms laid down in what is
called there a treaty of violence"
Even Prince Lichnowsky Joined the
chorus of protests, saying an unjustly
extorted peace can only bring forth
fresh ornaments, and implying that as
a last resort Germany will 'go bolshe-
vik."
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"new bourgeoisie" and added that
the situation in Petrograd is: growing
worse and that there have been nu-
n1erous :, anti-bolsheyik. outbreaks.
However, the Russians claimed Thurs
day that the soviet forces were gain
ing continued successes along the
whole front from the Baltic, to the
Black sea, and in southern Russia the
situation was such that the allied
troops were constrained to abandon
more positions, following the ;eyacua-
tion Of Odessa, and it was predicted
that they would soon get out of Sc
baStOpol. y
Reports from Libau said the bolshe.
Wiki were Systematically and swiftly
annihilating the bourgeoisie of Riga,
having shipped 10000 of them to the
Island of Haens in the DvinaFnver and
forbidden the taking of food to them.
That, it may be recalled, was the
method adopted by .Constantinople to
get rid of its horde Of pariahd dogs.
On Wednesday strong German forces
surprised and overpowered the Lettish
troops in Libau, overthrow the Lettish
provisional government and arrested
several officials. Premier Ullman took
refuge with the British mission there
and insisted that his government would
resist the German demands.
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against' the go1veEnmeht was nipped in
theabua' a'@hef !CsyIanza troops defeat
ed q bodg?;of:: .rab els !. near ,Chavaxtla.
Gen: Aurelfaha SBlanqGet,:: who, with
Felix Diaz, headed the movement, was
killed.
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If the pantry becomes infested with
ants, dip sponge in sweetened water
and place it where the ants gather
They will soon appear on the sponge
trap" which can then be plunged into
hot water.
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Affairs are not going smoothly IN
Poland, and for this some blame may
be attached to the policy of the peace
delegates in yielding to Germany in
the matter of Danzig. Though Cen
eral Haller's divisions already have
begun their movement through Ger
many to Poland, the Paderewski gov
ernment has lost prestige, for the peo-
pie fear that the seaport they so much
desire will not be awarded them by
the treaty, and even may not be inter-
nationalized. There is almost continu-
GUS fighting on the borders Of the
Posen district and it has spread to the
East Prussian frontier. Haller's troops
are passing through Germany at the
rate of three trainloads day, and
each train is accompanied by allied
officers and guards. The utmost pre-
cautions are taken to prevent conflicts
with the German populace.
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we'll received.
If Lloyd Georges assertion Of full
agreement among the allied powers is
incorrect in any particular, the dis
crepancy involves Italy. At the close
not been solved and the Italians had
repeated their informal threats to re-
fuse to sign the treaty with Germany
unless that city were given to them in
stead Of to the Jugo-Slavs, as Presi-
dent Wilson wishes. The, threats were
not taken seriously, however, and it
was believed that after the British pre-
mier returned to Paris that difficulty
would be adjusted. The treaties with
Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulga-
ria may not be ready for several
weeks after that with Germany is
signed.
An interesting report printed in the
Frankfort Gazette says the German
peace delegates are prepared to ask
from the allies payment for damages
sustained from aerial attacks, from
the occupation of German territory, by
allied troops and for the delay in con-
Gliding peace, which caused prolong-
alton of the bolshevik and Spartacan
troubles. 1t is easy to guess how far
they will get with such demand.
The peace commissioners, or at least
the correspondents in Paris, were
somewhat worried by the setting up
Of the communist government In Mu-
Mich, fearing lest this might make nee
essary a separate treaty with Bavaria,
the second state in the German confed-
GRAFTON. But it may be that before. the
treaty is presented the regime of the
communists will have come to an end.
They have been having very stormy
time. so far and the troops of the So
cialist government have been pressing
them hard, though some Of the soldiers
have joined the communists. That
the food boycott Of the peasants
against Munich is effective is shown
by the fact that the communist gov
ernment has asked for a loan of mil
lion marks from Italy for the purpose
Of buying food.-r 1t is said that chaos
rules in Munich, all work has ceased,
no trains are running and the banks.
shops and houses are being looted.
The DEGREES issued by the communists
are many and radical, one ordering
the communication Of all women, in
Guiding wives.
In other parts Of Germany there
was continuous disorder and strikes
were started in many places. After
further severe fighting in Magdeburg
the Ebert troops gained entire posses
sion of the city. In Berlin the en-
ployees in various industries struck be-
cause they were not given voice in
the management, and the soldiers and
noncommissioned officers of the army
there also declared they would strike
if the order reducing their pay to
a peace-time basis was not rescinded.
Troubles with the workmen in Bremen
stopped the unloading Of American
food ships there. In the Cologne dis
trict, occupied by the British, General
Plumer ordered the strikers to return
to work at once and threatened the Sc
we're punishment of all. persons To-:
menting or countenancing strikes in,
the zone of British occupation.
Apparently the state. Of affairs in
Russia just. now, may be. summarized
In tho Statafnnnt that hnusc.1,A. .fo.. Il, \
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All discussion of the treaty, outside
the peace congress, is based on unoffi-
cial reports, for the allied delegates
decided that it would be foolish, if not
dangerous, to reveal the terms Of the
treaty before it was submitted to the
Germans. The public, or considerable
parts Of it, in England, France and,
to a less extent, America, objected
strenuously to this policy by which
the German national assembly would
get the treaty before the rest Of the
world; but it was sustained by the
French chamber of deputies by vote
sef, 334 to 166, and it was vigorously de-
Tended by Premier Lloyd George in
his speech in the house of commons.
The British leader argued that if the
terms were made public now there
would of necessity be much spoken
and written criticism Of them, since
it was hopeless to satisfy everyone,
and that those criticisms, reprinted in
Germany, would give the enemy the
false idea that the terms were object
ed to by the British public as too
harsh, which would encourage the
Germans to refuse to sign the treaty.
The Benson signal., 1919-04-26

In both Japan and the United States
a considerable number of newspapers
are busy trying to stir up trouble be-
tween the two countries, or processing
to find signs of discord in current
events. The latest. matter to arouse
them is the return of Ambassador Ishii,
though this may be fairly attributed to
the fact that the administration that
sent him to Washington has gone out
of power. Another possible reason Is
that Japan's appointment Of Baron
Yoshito Sakatani as financial adviser
to China was not approved by the
United States. A few days ago the
story was published that the American
troops in Siberia refused" to help a
Japanese contingent at HabarOvsk be-
cause the latter had shot down Rus
sian women and children; the Japan
ese detachment was practically ami
hilated. Now it appears the murders
were committed by Cossacks and that
the Japanese suffered while trying to
defend them from another faction of
Russians. General Graves would not
interfere because American operations
there are limited to the protection Of
property and of the railroad. -
The anti-American campaign in the
Japanese press is especially lively, and
Uncle Sam is accused Of being aggres-
sive, hypocritical and selfish, presum-
ably because the Monroe doctrine
clause was included in the league Of
nations convention and the, equality Of
nationals left out. Japan is not cutting
quite such an important figure in the
Paris negotiations as she had expected
to, and the people are rather sore as
a result. But there is no fear in Off
cial circles that friendly relations will
be ruptured.
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After having successfully subdued
the uprisings in Egypt, Great Britain
now is confronted with a yet more
serious revolt in the Punjaub India.
2Matttal law was; declared: in some dis.
triets where the governor general said
open rebeAlion exists, and mobs in one
city were bombed casand subjected to
machine: gun fire fb6Ra. afrplanes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
Organized Minority May Des- troy an Unorganized Majority

non-union people promptly and aggres- sively make ready to protect themselves It would be unspeakable folly for this unorganized mass to believe in it's own safety by reason of it's numbers. Against a force of 100000 organized union labor men the 37,co0,000 of urorganized workers wil be helpless. so long as they are not united in any cohesive power for pro- tecting themselves against this minoritS.
 Russia & experience should warn us of the danger of remaining asleep while an aggressive minority digs at the foun- dation of our national life It behooves non-union peopl1 in every walk of life, men who value their own independence and the independence O. the nation. to be alert to these conditions, and in advance to formulate their plans to see that q small minority led hy the rankest radi- calls of the age shall not ruin America, in order to rule over this wreck and glory in the opportunity of footing it, as Lenine and Trotzky and their followers have done in Russia.
 Our safety is not in numbers, but in or ganization and in an awakened conscious ness of the situation, and grim deterini- nation that radicalism and the politics which toadied to radicalism shau not sacrifice the people Of this country and it's existence as republic, at the behest of this small minority. dominated to large extent by anarchists, socialists and bolshevists.
 It is time for Americans to wake up and protect themselves and America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
The Manufacturers Record says:

The Manufacturers Record says:
 In Russia there are about 1s0.00O,oOo peo- pie, but less than 10 per cent of them, so it is said, were in any way identified actively or passively with the bolshevistic campaign which brought chaos to that country. Ten per cent of the population, or less, was organized and mobilized as against 90 per cent unorganized and with out leadership. The result is just what will always happen when an organized minority of even 10 per cent, aggressively and vigorously led, can dominate 90 per cent unorganized aso their destruction. This is true in politics as in war. An organized army of leO.oo0 can easily rout and completely destroy an unorganlzeo body of 100000 uaequipped and un- trained.
 Ther are more than 100000 people ln the United States engaged in gasnfui oc- cupation. It is estimated by labor union people that there are 3,000,Ce0 members oi labor organizations. Secretary Of Laoor Wilson stated some time ago that "hlie there are 1S,0000l0 people in this country eligible for membership in the American Federation of Labor, 1o0oo,0W or them are still not organized as members. These 100000 organized union men compdcteo together into a solid body under the leaderrship of the aggressive radicals or today will endanger and possibly destroy tbe freedom of more than 37,0oo,0o 4aoor- ine-~people of other kinds and Of others not members. of labor unions, unless these
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
NO Business Depression Results
 From UnitedMine Workers Strike
Industry Huns Throughout the SouReceipts in Alabama and Georgia Optimistic and House Building Acive--Iron Temporarily Effected By
 Labor Conditions

The business situation in the south IS bright. A coal miners strike in past years has been depressing in the Bir- mingham district. but it is not so now. The strike order that went into effect Saturday is causing very little concern.
 Public sentiment $ strongly against the strike and it is known that thousands of miners would rather be at work than ale. The steer workers strike is about over and this mine strike will not last long. Good order will prevail and there will be little disturbance in the industrial world
 Road building and house building goes on with increased activity throughout the south. Industry huns and it will continue to hum.
 Every town in the agricultural sec ton is prospering as never before.
 Reports from the Muscle Shoals dis trict, from the Mobile district and from all the active centers of Georgia are ex- tremely optimistic
 Rogers, Brown & Co.'S weekly circular reflects the labor unrest, but it is safe to assume that by next week it will have a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

eral thousand ton lots, principally for shipment over the remainder of this year. There was. however. a considerable amount Of business booked for shipment during the first quarter and first half of 1920. Marketable and foundry grades arc the most active. It is really difficult to obtain either of these grades for any shipment. and in consequence. prices are advancing.
 There has been some excitement in the foundry coke market during the week.
 Very little foundry coke is available for prompt or nearby shipment, due to the heavy sales of thas grade. The threat ened strike of the bituminous coal miners has caused the consumers of coke to make extraordinary requests against con- tracts and this, coupled with the buying for spot shipment has caused an advance of over S1 per ton. The production of fur mace coke has been reduced. due to inac- tivity of some of she blast furnaces. No one seems to know, if the threatened coal strike materalizes, whether the miners of coal in the Ccnnellsville and ad- jacent districts, which coal is largely made into coke. will come, out. The con- census of opinion seems to be that this class of miners will not be affected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
TEXTILE MILL NOTES

Final plans of the Eastside Manu- facturing Co, Shelby, N. C., provide for an equipment of 10000 spindles and 260 looms for manufacturing cotton cloth. This company, recently chartered, has organized with s4oo.ooo capital, and E. R. Cash is president-treasurer. It has pur- chased a 114-acre site, awarded contract for erecting a brick building and pur, chased machinery to include electric power. J. E. Shrine of Greenville, s. G., is the engineer and architect
 An equipment of 5000 spindles will be installed by the Globe Yarn Mills, Mt. Holy, N. C., organized with s40o,ooo cap- ital This company will erect a one story 25O by 1oo-foot building of brick with concrete floors, costing s5o,o0O It has ordered mill machinery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

For 10 hours work shoemakers In Japan receive 75 cents day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR
 THE NITRATE PLANT

Sheffield. November 2-(Speeial)- Lapsing H. Beach, division United States engineer of Cincinnati. who. it is said. will succeed Gen. William S. Black as chief of the engineering corps of the Uated States army wheR the latter is placed en the retired list early in Decem- Der, will arrive here early Monday morn ing Colonel Beach will be accompanied by A. B. Thornhill president of the Vir- ginia farmers union. They are coming here from Chattanooga for the purpose of making an inspection tour of the gov ernment plants in Sheffield for the Wilson dam.
 The visit here at this time of these of flcials is significant when viewed in con nection with Secretary of War Baker s recommendation to Congress for addi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
THE HUM OF INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH

tional appropriations for the enlargement of the Sheffield Muscle Shoals nitrate plant for peace-tims production. There is evidently a meaning in Secretary Baker $ mere passing consideration would reveal In spite of the Sabbath calm usually ob- served here, every man sought meeting with his neighbor today and the one topic discussed was the Recommendation that Secretary Baker had made and the results that are sure to follow. The faint hearted person with his gloomey forecasts has his cast into the community, but there is n community-wide optimism instead. The Sheffield Muscle Shoals community is swinging along and the good and glorious days are ahead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

costing s15.oo0 and electric motors to cost $10,OOo R. F. Craig is president and J. W. Holland is secretary treasurer.
 Officers have been elected for the Park Yarn Mills, Kings Mountain, N. C., re- gently mentioned as chartered. R. Horace Johnston is president-manager, and the company will manufacture coarse carded yarns for the weaving and insulated wire trades. The plant will be equipped with 5oO2 rings spindles and 2200 twister spindles.
 Plans and specifications for the recent ly announced additional mill of the Dur ham (N. CD Hosiery mills will provide for six-story 200 by 125xfoot stel and concrete building. This structure will be equipped with machinery for knitting silk hosiery. J. E. Shrine, Greenville, S. C., is the engineer-architect.
 An equipment of 800 spindles for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

cheerful tone. This is what it says Of current conditions:
 The interruptions in the production of pig iron in certain sections, due to labor difficulties has oeen seriously felt hv va rious consumers, Spot iron is in great demand and very scarce. The uncertainty as to the coke supply after the first of November has made it difficult for the furnaces to offer tonnages for forward shipment and a number of them have withdrawn from the market. The pending coal strike is prompting some consumers to attempt to lay in surplus stock Of both pig iron and coke from whatever sources it can be procured, and for this purpose the price involved, apparently, has been of little consequence.
 ''The market is hanging on the labor situation and while that Is up in the air, the market will occupy similar po- sition with price tendency strongly up- ward on any material actually available for nearby shipment.
 The important developments in foun- dry capacity are promised for 1920. In i've foundries alone. approximately sl,2so, ,ooc will be spent in extension of plants
 '.The pig iron orders placed during the past week ranged from carload to sev-