The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-01
7 eople Groan and Mutt
10 Beneath Weight Of
War Imitation.
T ANT BETTER DEAL
nine Power Greatly
n,,iinished an d Pur-
chasing Power 1-3 Of
re-War Time.

I#sHs u 801W IT AAAAOs
nv NAryN BRANDON
A.sS Ynr4a June 70. Europe II
A1hrob with the greatest Iaoor
IA Sss ex1a1s IN the worlds history. From
"! ~ clyde 70 the Adriattc tne
4emlnant note - tho wall OF ane
s ssa annnRes over the high cost OF nv
- which u much higher In Eu-
Supo than IN America now De-
s 0ospe Of our deprecated cur
Digs rency vnlua4 Growing beneath
A0nted after-the-war-prices the
a s vorksru OF Europe are making
sgs ataRRee4ng demands for wage IN
creasea. AT the same time they
sss - ct 70 get shorter WORKING
No< ne terms OF peace. the
s sss hfc1snn3nfneA records of Boishe-
80. not the tremendous strides
& ef noaeneA and mechanics. put
lN 1wet simply the problem OF tne
@ Snorr0Wss bread, II what engroAses
s;the minds Of Europe's millions.
100 d precisely how find condi-
61se III France.
the intellectual. the leaders OF big
ssHnr1non. are preoccupied with wcrid
Snxobloass that have inevitably come
&x08 WHL AItNtIuANAAA ~o>
4 1lsaapeo are interested only in EetsinS
b A1tter deal from capital and gov
\ Srnment.
4 while the nationalist preW b full
\ ralnatfng at the failure OF the big four
- The peace conferences to crush Ges-
S11any economically andspoiitically and
hlle the walls of Parts arc piastered
1leh fnnumerAhle denunciattops OF
- peace treaty because II does not
sracs enough from Germany. the pco-
&Qa N 1 whole are concerned cnv
4 aSUuf tho amending soaring Of prices.
\ ~ uncertain employment outlook
aitA their Inability to meet tho rising
e1nt Of living.
PEOPLE ARE HEMLEN
MI TIE cun1equsnce - m enefvAtine
a,narhere Of nervousness ana irrttA-
Sf4ssn. Premier CiemenceAu u DefnE AZ
sg ken daily. The nationalist press
Mtsxuse him Of weakness in the coun-
sfjIa of the big four and OF exercising
n more rigorous censorship than that
NNf war times The labor and socialist
|snrenn. on the other hand. denouncc
I Rfm for not dealing with the claims
@S3 the workers during one OF the
n ogwe strike epidemics France mas
EGNeF known.
snpicsl OF the spirit Of the angry
Ss nalists is an article in the Mattn
"A 1AyS:
this time last year no news
&N Mas 20 ungrudging IN tn praise
CiemtnceAu ~ Was The Matin.
srsed him because he .erveo
Are His tenactty. his stubborn
M afiveness. his sclf-cnnfdence- his
u take risks, hts determine
q stake all on the defeat Of the
hama, Ills tests At misfortune, even
n 1ack Of feeling were all factors
~ HI FER v4etNfy. None can deny
THE glory OF sustaining the spirit
= country IN grave times
~ triumph thar followed was not
his, for the heroism OF our men:
SIS worth Of the high command and
Arrtnce of 100. 900 lives counted
I'M lot: but he had large share In
tumph ana the principal honor
D him.
aAs has happened sincey THIS
aoror has failed to understand his
~ because all his life he has lack
pirtng policy. The old man 10 just
Nh youth has made nina youth
~ IA midst Of disasters and the
64nU OF the Paris commune. the
iliation Of which drove him to
t1cism.*
IlANORsS lGANTFD4TO.
W confederation ~ labor IN =
$3.50 attacks the Clemenceau
nn11nt for:
Ehs long delay in concluding
~ stili-increasing cost Of liv-
nss4ArsaG q new food taxea
4AA injury 70 tho cause Of seff-
Afion Of peoples caused by
SDto 10 StrAngle the Russian and
G1an revolutions.''
0elm0hilixation delays and re-
~ pat Through m amnesty law
1E fo&si Yrsnch monetary war
l1lc1aIly estimated at $e3.100,-
a4de 10 Of 1900. 900. 900
M M ~ array. navy, munitions
snht; N :. o00, 900, 900 capital
4nena 10 widowst orphans
eoldiers: and 113.000.-
Il no restoration Of devas-
n6etod BY the most OPP
G4Fu1Any can meet more
prcportion OF this bur
4n&An1 an annual charge
9k1x3A Axehequer Of $780,
IN animated that at best
onaAn and child In
4xe IN bear 4 part Of the
s{5&ob8edness amounting to
cS course. to indi-
n = Ht that the earning
oQ&exy y greatly dimin-
= a&0& ~ machinery. raw
~ The taxpayer pre-
a. worth only thirty
AAtng power. the
eeA = any StEong cur-
N HlHUrAe1 ~ Nppan-