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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-05-10
SHACKLES HARD TO BREAK
Prisoner Really Not to Blame for His
Constant Return to Place OF
Confinement.

A member of a prison commission,
visiting a penitentiary for purposes OF
studying the conditions of prison life,
CHANGED to be in the office as one
young fellow was being discharged.
why" said the sociOlogist to him,
"don't you live quietly at home with
your family, instead Of committing a
crime that sends you right back TO
prison just as soon as you get Out!'
well" said the young fellow, with
a grim smile, "that's just the point
It's my love of family that gets me
into Jail"
"HOw SOP"
"Why, my father and mother are
both in prison. But we can never
meet. They go in, come out! They
leave, / 60 in. It's regular thing.
and 1t upsets our family life."-Car.
toons Magazine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-05-10
USUAL RICE CROP EXPECTED
IN PRINCIPAL GROWING STATES

Beaumont, Tex-Texas and Louisi-
ana will have their usual crop of rice.
Plai, ing is going on in Acadia Parish
and many other sections of Southwest
Louisiana and Texas. An increased
acreage is being planted In Calcasieu
Parish, and reports from other Sec
lions would tend to show that at least
as much, if not more, rice will DO
planted.
In the Bay City (Tex.) district 10
per cent increase is expected. Arkan-
sas will also plant more rice, many
farmers curtailing cotton acreage to
put in the grain crop. In California it
is estimated 100000 acres will be
planted, being an increase of 10000
acres.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-05-10
REBELS ARE ACTIVE IN
MANY PARTS OF mexico
Mexican Government May Build Block
House on Railway Lines for
Protection.

Washington.-Furt rebel actlvf
ty in Northern and Southern Mexico
was reported this week in Mexico City
dispatches, which also said that the
Mexican government had undertaken
to build blockhouses on several of the
railway lines in the republic that have
suffered from attacks by the rebel
bands. Eighty-six blockhouses, the
dispatches said, are to be built on the
oceanic line, between Vera Cruz and
Jalapa.
Official reports said Marcelo Car
aveo had appeared In Pueblo and that
many believe he will be the successor
of Zapata, who recently was killed by
federal troops Caraveo is reported to
be holder, more cruel and more I'M
principaled than Zapata.
Caraveo, the dispatches state, re-
Gently led a band of 500 men in an
attack on a train between Jalapa and
Puebla. The train was dynamited, q
Of the 80 soldier guards killed, seven
passengers, including the wife and
child of the captain of the guard, kill
ed, and about twenty passengers
wounded The train crew fled to the
hills, where they later were overtaken
by the rebels and killed.
A band of 80 rebels recently pene-
trated into the heart of Vera Cruz, the
dispatches said, robbed a store and
carried away the wife of the proprie-
tor General Rafael Montalvo, port
commander, who presided at the court
varez to be shot, called out the naval
cadets to assist in running down the
rebels, but no trace of them was said
to have been found
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-05-10
They Knew.

"ChiIdren," said the teacher toward
the close Of the geography lesson on
Australia, "there is one animal that
no one has mentioned. 1t is quite tall,
and does not stand up on its legs all
of the time. 1t cannot walk like other
animals and people, and takes funny
little skips. What IS it?' Charlie
Chaplin" yelled the row of movie
fans on the front seat
This is from Il boys composition on
Babies: :" 1.-THE mothers heart gives
4th joy at the baby's 1st 9th
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-05-10
GETTING It Riqht.

Mr.. c. Archibald Sharpe-NewpOp's
little boy is dead.
Mrs. 81 didn't know he had a boy.
"He hasn't. / tell you the boy is
dead"
81 mean l didn't know he had the
boy before he died"
who said he was dead? 1t was
the boy that died"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-05-10

The old-fashioned medicines have not been
displaced by modern science. AS Spring
medicine, Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills
have had unrivaled merit for 81 yearA-adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-05-10

\ theatrical stage is not an air
plane because it has wings and flies.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-05-10

Study adOrns all stations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

German peril is the creation of solid anti
German states in Poland, Bohemia. a de-
mocratlzed Hungary, Rumania and Jugo-
Slavla. Some among the Allies doubt the
value of the creation of these states. hay-
ing recently seen the Czechs conflicting
with the Poles in regard to Teschen, the
.Rumanians quarrelling with the Serbians in
regard to the Banat of Temesvar, and the
Jugo-Slavs in grips with the Italians. No
body regrets this rivalry more than | do,
but after the enormous repeated faults of
the bigger states during the war and since
the opening of the conference we cannot
reasonably ask that the small states be
perfect Moreover, the differences among
the small states concern small pieces of
territory, while the creation of these states
means the certain damming in of the pam
German influence over enormous geopraph.
ical tracts Then there is the influence in
the conflicts of the Slav and Latin states
OF the German propaganda, eager to inspire
the Allies with doubts on the building of
the new Europe, and also the Italian prop
uganda, which, to aid the Italian imperiaI-
ist ambitions on the Adriatic coast. is readv
to incite the Rumanians against the Jugo
Savs in order to render the latter suspect
in all Allied countries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

armament Of a state than in those of
Napoleon. After Jena Napoleon dis
armed Germany by means of treaty, but
not long after the Germans were able to
resume fighting. In Napoleon's day the
manufacture of ornaments was simple
business and did not require special and
complicated machinery and large expendi-
lures 1t was easy to make them. To-
day billions are required to construct war
material necessary for armies, and a vast
complicated machinery must be installed
to bring armies into being. That is why
real, lasting disarmament of Germany
would be easy to obtain if the necessary
conditions are resolutely imposed. We
must not only disarm Germany, but we
must also prevent her rearming. To dis
arm her we must destroy or carry away
all armament of any sort found in Ger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Time Lost in Discussing
Plans tor World Peace

After losing precious time in discussing
the league of nations the conference now
wants hastily to polish off problems as
vital az that of reparation, whose solution
needs painstaking study if we are to avoid
the early bankruptcy of the European AL
lies. All Frenchmen, except the Bolsheviki
and Germanophiles, demand that the Allies
should proclaim that tho German people
owes reparation for all the damage, direct
and indirect, which it has caused, amount
ing to the colossal figure Of 100000 ,0OO-
900 francs. The French know very we'll
that Germany could never pay such fan
tastic bill, yet they believe that Germany
should be proclaimed responsible for all
the consequences Of her crimes. What the
German people owe and what they can pay
are two essentially different questions.
II il the full, unquestioned right of the
Allies 10 proclaim the French demand and
to take such steps as, with the help OF
time and necessary moderation will permit
the Germans 10 make all rcparaton posi-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

of men of modern thinking with sufficient
leadership have left the old government by
provinces and projects to disntegrate
slowly.
"Ninety-fve per cent of the people of
China are illiterate, and in that fact there
lies the danger that modern education
means only the power for plumber unless
under the direction of Christian peoples.
For the nonce Japan leads the Orient, but
it is China and her millions which give
significance to her leadership. China has
one-fourth of the human race
1.-THE removal of unified central power
capable of policing the nation, the ferment
of modern education and the world wide
desire for democracy have tended to break
up the social and political foundations Of
China from their very depths during the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

less revolution, which ended in mirage
The republic was established simply
through the exchange of official positions
on the part Of few tens Of folks.
"China didn't have the men to take over
the offices and eventually they we're back
IN the old hands or some local dictator had
sprung up for brief reign Of terror and
pillage. We had one such in the city where
was, who modelled his rule much on that
of an old-time Tammany leader, but in the
end he grew to be so troublesome that To-
cal business men got together and paid him
large sum to leave town.
"Other nations stood aside in 1911 to
allow reasonable time for readjustments
even though foreign commerce was de-
moralized for the time. Then came the
war and China served herself we'll in be-
coming an active member of the Allies and
furnished 100000 workmen for the French
front Her place in the war was minor
one, but her representatives naturally
shared IN various councils and Chinese ply
slcians, trained in Western medical schools,
were on the inter-allied sanitary commits
sion. All along the line Chinese leaders
were thrown into world thinking with those
of other nations.
"Thus China's interests will be consid-
cred IN the peace settlements as they
would not have otherwise and some of these
leaders who have touched shoulders with
men of other nations on international plans
VIII lift Chinese thought in it's relation to
the rest of the world to higher level
"Other nations have been so busy in the
war as to remove from China the diplo-
matte pressure which for a half cen+urv
has enforced some show Of government sta
bility, at least where maritime commerce
was vitality affected. The coming of peace
will mean pressure upon China to set her
political house in order
"The Chinese revolution meant only the
disappearance of the top of the old govern
mental system. The vastness of the coun-
try the isolation of it's different sections,
the imperfect means Of communication, the
dearth of popular education and the lack
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
'oking for the Land of Arabian Nights? Go to China

leadership is weak these tcrrorize the peo
pie.
"Underncath all the political, economic
and social disorders lie the spiritual de-
tcenccs Of the Chinese. The nation ia
honeycombed with dishonesty and graft:
there is no patriotism or honor as we know
them, concern for the weak or unfit.
and everywhere are superstition and igno
rance.
"Yet China is sngularly open to Ameri-
can influence. Back of the American mis-
sionary in China are all that the United
States stands for in the eyes of the Chi
nese, Western civilization and the influence
of centuries of Christian idealism.
"Why, do you know" and Dr. Wards
eyes lighted as he said this, "Yuan Shih-kai
came to us after the revolution had been
successful and wanted to make Methodism
the state religion of China. We told him
Americans didn't do things that way. They
wanted all kinds of help in those days, and
always they looked to the Americans for it.
We were close to them. One judge who
was at the head of many courts wanted US
to establish prison chapels in all the prisons
within his jurisdiction, and asked us to per-
nit him to turn over to Christian orphan
ages all the children who came before the
court.
HE asked me to get him the codified
laws of that state in the United States in
which the laws we're most nearly ideal and
suggested that that state would doubtless
be New York"
DR.. Ward could hardly repress smile.
"Well, wrote lawyer friend of mine
in Mos oh of &c \
him, and at length he replied that he
thought the laws of Maine more nearly fitted
the conditions. So asked him to send on
copy of the Maine code, and he did, 1t cost
me SO to get this great lawbook bound in
sheep out to Foochow, and when it got
there change in local politics had resulted
in putting this judge out of office. and I
still have on hand perfectly good copy of
the codified laws Of the state of Maine.
"a college professor whose institution
draws from a city of from 100000 to 75O-
600 people came to me to know if I could
get set of the county laws of the United
States, which he had understood would
be reliable guide for county and provin
cial laws there. My legal friends tell me
that if United States law is weak anywhere
it is in our county laws, and wasn't able
to help my friend as much as l would like
to have done.
"The downfall of the Manchu monarchy
IN 1911 broke the unifying cord of national
political life in China, but through age
long tradition some manifestation of ma
tional unity held good, and to an extent
still does. For the time being the republic
seemed on some sort of solid foundation
and the world heralded wonderful, blood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

seven years of the republic In many parts
bandits have pretty much the right of way
Even the main routes from Chengtu, the
capital of the great province of Szechwan,
whore the revolution began, have become
practically impossible. But during the
years of the revolution the lives and prop
erty Of aliens-and especially of whites,
and more especially of Americans-were
sacredly guarded.
They needed our aid and sought it often.
The few educated men, and that means
those who had attended schools, were
in such demand that often one would hold
several Offices. The collection of customs
was serious problem. In Foochow they
insisted on the monitor of the college be-
coming the local customs officer and for
some time he didn't know what to do, as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
We All Approach the Moment to Saw "S6n Here

ing to the per capita of citizens. It is
clear the country whose people expended
5000 francs per head for the common de-
fence made a far greater sacrifice than
the one the per capita expenditure of
which is only 1000 francs. Men killed in
the war also represent an immense CAPT
tai, and therefore really war expendi-
ture, and justice demands that account be
taken OF the number killed in each Allied
country. If we wish an equitable division
of the German indemnity cannot put on
the same basis country which lost 1OO-
900 men and one which lost million men,
The length of participation in the war
because of the disorganization thus pro-
duced should also be taken into considera-
ton. What is more, the uninvaded coun-
try cannot make the same claim as the
land cruelty invaded which, in becoming a
common battle-ground, makes further sacri-
fees in order to hold off the agony of in
vasion from other lands. Justice demands
that account be taken of the various cle-
ments in the aggregate state expenditures
the per capita expenditures of lives fost
the length Of participation and the factor
of invasion.
The solution of the various reparation
problems is subordinate to the absolute
that even If Germany signs all she is asked
to sign she will pay only when she cannot
do otherwise-when she is dsarmed |
would like to remark that in these modern
days it is much custer to secure the dis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
By Andre Cheradane
NeW York Tribune
Special Cable Serrics


Special Cable Serrics
scop'risa., 1919. New York Tribune Incl
AKIs, March g. - The conference
seems anxious to arrive az soon as
- possible at tho signature of peace
q. rather than peace itself. Faced by
0pastacfde movement, which in q large
ss'u!e u German manmuvre, many mem
- " the peace conference say: eve must
sa s's 70 quick conclusion or we will have
Az, 70 treat with" Nobody seems to
M W.. 81 what would happen IL, when the
Ia. .ss.y is signed, the German government
s.s go signed it should dissolve at once in
4 - 70 avoid carrying out the conditions
which Is very probable.
~. !" : surprising to remark how systemat-
- the leading men Of the conference
A.. 70 take into account the most evil
III. .s's' For instance: They depiore
az. in Russia. They testify to its
m ,.'aai Character, but sometimes they
49,. nissr all this ordeals they have
a. through tho Allies are unable to
81. serously With the Boisheyiki.. Those
Is. spssk thus do net seem TO be aware
0s,.. q tnsy alIow the completion Of the
+ IL. Aasslan organization the treaty
siir 80 aeout 70 siRn will not have the
II vs.s.. Importance, for certainly Ii will
Aers. $3.50 !, q soon Al the Junction Of the
n.ss e so'sheyik forces allows fbe Ger.
s sssaps ~ application.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

on fact. That is why, / repeat, it is abso-
lutely indispensable to the Allies to occupy
Danzig, for without this port and the
Polish region surrounding it Poland can
not live as an independent state 1t is also
OF immense Importance to isolate East
Prussia from the rest of Germany. for East
Prussia is the country of great landed pro-
prietors and those Prussian junkers who are
the real source of the PAM German spirit
and whose suppression is indispensable to
the peace of the world. For the Czechs the
most urgent necessity is to feed them.
they are IN peculiar situation. Having
done great things for the Entente, they
believe they are getting worse treatment
than the Germans, who are being fed by our
baneful biologists. The Jugo-Slavs are the
victims of Italian Imperialism, which is
putting forth an intensive and most blam-
able propaganda in oraer to get Fiume.
If this iniquity is committed, if Fiume IS
given to the Italians, the Allies will soon
nave cause to repent, for conflict, which
would be an inevitable consequence, would
FOLLOW Immediately. To be just is still the
best means to assure peace. But Justice can
be based only on a careful study of reali-
ties That is why justice suffered so much
because of the time lost in wishing frat
TO ou'id up an immense edifce of a society
of nations.
lhat Is why the great majority OF
Frenchmen believe, with good sense. in
peace hrst and tina league Of naticns after.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

BILE. These steps will be found in the an
ready explained to the readers of The Trib-
une-that is to say, moderate German an
nuity payable over long series of years
and this annuity forming the basis of re-
deemable inter-Allied loans. 1t is true that
this will exact from the Germans only a
small part of what they really owe. Ten
billion francs annually for sixty years, cal
culated on the basis Of actual value (1919),
that is to say, taking into account the fuc-
tuation of interest the proposed system al
lows the Germans, represents only 1885,
600 100000 francs. An annuity Of 15,O00,-
100000 for sixty years represents only
1884, 900 900 900 francs, and 20,000,000,00O for
sixty years only 379,O00,O000 O0-less than
third of what the Germans in strict
right should pay to the Allies, 100000
100000 francs.
Whether the German annuity be ten,
fifteen or twenty billions remains ques-
ton Of equitable division among the Allies
that is to say, it must be on the proper
ton of the contributions made by each Of
the Allies to the common victory. 1t has
been proposed to divide the German in
demnity on the pro rata expenditures Of
money made by each OF the Allies. This
means all forms Of expenditure made to
secure the common victory. From this
viewpoint the money expenditures must
not only be estimated according to the
aggregate outlay Of the state. but accord
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

he didn't wish to give up preaching At
length he decided to give the customs work
part of his time, but sought to draw sal
airy only from that and none from US. We
couldn't permit that, of course, and in the
end he withdrew from government work
and stayed with US, where he is of the
greatest value in dealing with the native
Christians.
"People who think only in village terms
are distressed by the pillage and increas-
ingly difficult financial conditions, and those
who are striving for mastery in larger po-
litical units are likewise distressed over
the way in which Chna's resources not
only remain undeveloped in any adequate
way, but are continually mortgaged more
and more to outside powers and foreign
capitalists whose money is borrowed by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Police Force Needed
For Home Protection

Germany must have police force, but
we must see that the arms of this police
force are not increased We must remem-
Der that if Germany is disarmed she will
not have revolutionary troubles, and without
an army these cannot last. So in order to
assure that the police force will not grow
INTO an army we must arm it with guns
and revolvers made outside of Germany
IN the United States, for example
German disarmament assured, the second
great safeguard against the rebirth of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

Yet this immense danger could easily
be avoided II instead of the anxiety to
prepare for peace on paper the conference
understood that it must first end the war
and bring about in Europe, above all,
state of things guaranteeing peace. 1t is
not thus that they proceed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Want Allies to Hold
Danzig to Save Poland

But the creation of these new states will
be durable only if based not on treaty but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

- WING in China now is like
e being in the midst of the
4 transformations of the Arabian
Nights. Even to one familiar
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-06-21

progress a movtment for the ad-
vancement OF rates. Under the cir
cumstances the opposition of Mr.
Hines to an increase now lest IL ad-
vance the cost of the necessities Of
life becomes the more interesting.
Last week. delegations from five
northwestern states went before the
railroad administration to oppose a
80 cent per ton increase in coal
rates from Illinois and Indiana fields.
PUBLIC MUST PAY
Under the circumstances. Mr..
Hines statement to the appropria-
tons committee is drawing con-
ment from members Of congress to
the effect that while for political rea-
sons the administration IL doubtless
unwilling to attempt general ad-
vance in rates now with living costs
soaring. the rates are being showed
upwards piecemeai. Moreover IL the
public does not pay the deficit ~
higher rates It will pay II In the
form Of taxea. In any event. mem
bers say. the public cannot escape
the burden.
President d. NJ. Robinson at the
convention OF the American Short
Line Railroad association declared
government operation of the rail-
roads had caused deficit OF $1,000
90 40 day every day In the sixteen
months of government control.