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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-05

La Ferte Bernardo Get map OF
France and draw line directly
southwest from Paris to Nantes
as the crow flies. La Ferte Ber-
nard Is a bit less than half way
By railroad II Is TO kilometrs uos
milesl southwest OF Paris and about
40 kiiometers northeast OF LeMans-
The Wild West division occupies
an area 20 miles long and Is miles
wide. including parts Of the depart
ments Of Sarthe, Eure-et'Lotr and
orne. La Ferte Bernard. division
Headquarters. is in the southern end
Of the area.
Every Soldier Under Roof
There are no tents or barracks.
Every single soldier. officer and en-
listed man is biIleted In a house or
permanent building Of some kind.
The boys have done their share
OF fighting Gen. Johnston said.
and now that they're resting ! win
not permit them TO be exposed to
cold or hardship or sleeping In
tents
While here the men are getting
new outfits of clothing. They are
having drills of various kinds and
target practice-not as much as
when the war was on. but enough
20 they won't get stale.
Men Are Made Fit
Any surviving -cooties" are
chased and exterminated while the
boys rest here. Dentists are busy
putting their teeth in order. Every
thing is being done in n medical and
sanitary way SO that when the di'
vision entrains for Brest or ST
Nazaire IL can go directly on board
ship without having TO pass endless
inspection at the port OF euioarka-
ton.
The health standard Is very high
and so is the morale, officers told
me. This Is due TO athletics OF all
kinds and boxing. promoted under
the direction Of Major Stanley r.
Berry.
Impromptu vaudeville shows are
given and the division has a real
theatrical troupe. too. It includes
professionals and headliners OF the
days Of peace.
Athletics Are Promoted
At a recent athletic meet held by
the 3sfst regiment. the first battal-
ion won with "a points. The second
battalion got % points. Company r
won the tug-of-war. Other events
included the 100-yard dash. 220-yard
dash, sack race. 10-yard relay. b.
yard dash for officers and broad and
high Jumps.
Basketball games are played ON a
regular schedule. The 346th ma
chine gun company defeated the
31sth field signal battalion. while the
sfsth NJ. =. won from the SIsth
sanitary train by score Of 20 to 2.
= in a recent doubleheader.
La Ferte Bernard was the scene Of
4 boxing carnival the night follow
ing the divisional review before Gen
Pershing. The 91st celebrated by talk
ing into camp the boxers OF the s3rd
Ohio division. The Wild West box
era won four bouts and got two
draws. A crowd of 1000 soldiers
saw the bouts.
Knockout. Second Round
Knockout honors went 90 Tom
Peterson. 3s1st infantry. He put out
Eddie Maui Of the s3rd In the sec
ond round. The men weighed in at
1855 pounds.
Danny OBrien, 9ist, scored a de.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-05

LOS ANGELES. March 5.--Pedro
Martinez. aged g. and Jose Maria
Garcia, aged 8. were found today
murdered in a building in the heart
OF the business district
Tenacio Oronco was arrested by
the police as "a suspect.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-05
A Skeleton of Steel; Gulls
Houer Near-Fred Boalt
Recalls Childhood Song

Editors Readers OF The
Star we'll remember Fred Boalt. for.
merly OF The Star. His stories re.
celved wide praise during hia years
in seattle. lie IL in the city for n
brief visit. 4 stroll thru the idle
shipyards inspired the following.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-05
KEEP MEN HAPPY.
PERSHINC ORDERS
9lST COMMANDER
BY JOHN +. RYAN
(Staff Reporter for The Star.

LA FERTE BERNARD. France, March 5-"keep
them healthy above ALL And keep them amused and happy
and just busy enough they won't be homesck."
Those the instructions General Pershng gave Maj.
Gen. Johnston of the 91st division
That's what is being done for the fighting of the
Wild West while they wait in this embarkation for
the ships that will take them home.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-05

Amendment No. s-For. is.Tos.
against. 1850.
Amendment No. s--For. 2i.sTt.
against. it.ss9.
Amendment No s.--For. 2o.ssss
against. i2ss7
Amendment No s--For. so.ssi.
against. iz.325,
Amendment No. e-For. 2o.77s.
against. ii.3i3.
Amendment 40. For. 2i.sss:
against. it.i7i.
amendments TO 7. inclusive. re-
lated TO technical changes in the
char,cr1
Amendment No tpension pian,-
For. is.s2T. against. 25.oss.
Amendment No. tcurbing powers
Of health commissioner For. ia,sss.
against. 1880.
Proposition a N. d. r. franchise
For. s.gis. against. 31.sis
Proposition n $500 900 bond issue
for West Spokane st. bridgep-For.
20. .s5s: against. 27.sss
Proposition $3.50 900 bond issue
for Montlake blvd. bridgep--For.
17.il5. against. 22.5s2
Proposition ID $500. 900 bond issue
to erect municipal hospi,ap-For.
22.0tT: against, 1881
Seattle reelected Councilmen c. II.
Fitzgerald. w. n Moore and X. II,
Thomson Tuesday by decisive ma jor.
tiles. averaging 5000 over their op.
poncuts. X l.. Proctor. Ed Levi and
Charles Gallant.
only a few hundred votes separ.
ated the three winners A gap OF
5000 votes separated Proctor. the
high man Of the losing trio. from
Thomson. the low man among the
three winners.
Approximately so. 1000 votes were
cast out Of the total registration Of
SO 900.
The city's voters also defeated all
three bond propositions. refused TO
grant n charter to the National Dis.
trict Telegraph Co. confirmed Cor
poration Counsel Walter r. Meier in
office. declined TO limit tho powers
Of the commissioner Of health, refus.
ed sanction TO a plan for pensions
for municipal employees. and remov.
ed mass Of dead wood from the city
charter by giving the okeh 10 six
amendments removing provisions
made obsolete BY state law
The three bond issues which went
down 10 defeat. proposed the cree
tion OF bridges at West Spokane IT.
and Montlake boulevard. at cost
Of 5000 900 and $3.50 900. respective.
ly. and the erection Of a city hos.
pital at a cost of 100000 This lat.
ter proposal received n majority
vote OF 2.526 but failed TO carry. aa
n three-fifths majority is required
by the city charter on bond issues
One OF the features of the election
was the large vote polled against
the amendments removing obsolete
provisions from the city charter.
Altho Seattle has no saloons, and
old laws regulating the number Of
such. places which shall be allowed
to each block are obsolete. 11.i71
Seattle voters went on record as IA
voring the keeping OF these out of.
date regulations on the city statute
books.
Councilman G. B. Fitzgerald. who
headed the polls in the city council
race issued the following statement
Wednesday afternoon:
THE working men and women Of
Seattle were not fooled by the false
issues raised In the campaign. The
voters knew that | was not "A tool
OF the Chamber OF Commerce, as
represented by my opponents. Credit
Is TO be given the laboring men for
the manner In which they kept their
heads and refused to be influenced
by false issues intended to deceive
them"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-05
Moore and Thomson Follow.
Leaving Opponents Many
Thousands Behind
BOND MEASURES FAIL
THE VOTE
s7s PRECINCTS COMPLETE
CITY >CII

CORPORATION COUNSEL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-05

Amendment No. increasing coun
cilmen's xalarlesp--f'or. s.s3o. REains,
as.s3f
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-05
Knockout. Second Round

Knockout honors went 90 Tom
Peterson. 3s1st infantry. He put out
Eddie Maui Of the S3rd In the sec
ond round. The men weighed in at
1855 pounds.
Danny OBrien, 9ist, scored de.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
Slow or Quick-Take
Your Choice!

position to regain the American and British
to manufacture wooden toys as cheaply as
Germany can make them, or to sell them
at German prices. In connection with
future prices it is the general belief on
the toy markets that owing to the changed
conditions Germany will be forced to ask
higher prices than formerly for her prod
ucts. Great Britain and France have
already introduced toy exhibits in imitation
of the Leipsic exhibition of last June, and
the United States will probably follow this
example at an early date.
Comparisons
"In 1914 the United States imported
S9,0S4,019 worth of toys. In these imports
German products figured to the amount of
$7,718,854. In 1912 and 1918 imports Of
toys were twice as great. In 1915 the
corresponding figures were $8,O65,363 and
S6,787,275. In 1916, owing to increased
production in Anglo-Saxon countries i'm
ports fell considerably, dropping to $3,217,-
044. Of these imports German products
furnished $2,375,996. In the five months
of 1917, before the United States took part
IN the war, Germany delivered only $19,045
worth of toys. Imports from Great Britain
and France in 1917 increased over the pre-
vious year by $S41,04S and $1,423,122 re-
spectively. 1t is interesting to note that
Japan has gained the greater portion of
the German trade in cheap toys.
Exports of American toys during late
years have steadily increased; for the year
1917-191S they have reached total of
s3,0Oo,O00, as against $1,8O6,174 in 1916
1917, and only 100000 before the war. In
1914 the United States had 200 toy fac
tories with capital of $1O,464 900 and
these gave employment to over 1887 work.
men and employees. 1t is to be expected
that these figures will double within the
next two years."
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23

been guilty Of international crimes or
that the Allies need to take precautions
to avoid a repetition Of them" Accord
ing to the Paris correspondent of '"The
London Daily News" Marshal Foch
"feels that the Germans are beginning to
forget that they are beaten. We
are demobilizing fast; they are not con-
tinuing to demobiize."
Moreover, there are signs that reno
bilization and not rehabilitation is the
thought occupying the minds of German
leaders. Commenting on the speech of
Count Brockdorff- -Rantzau, the German
Foreign Minister, "L'Intransigeant'' of
Paris remarks: What is disquieting in
the menacing tone of Germany is not the
eVentuallty of the resumption of hostil-
lties-materially impossible on her part
but the certainty it gives us that
her spirit is unchanged"
Indeed, there is no lack of evidence in
the German newspapers that a general
revival of militarism is on the,way. Thus
the "Vossische Zeitung," which last
December still supported the National
Liberals in their disguise of the German
Peoples Party, but has since swung it.
self on the side Of the German Demo-
Gratis, allegedly the most radical of Ger
man bourgeois groups, conducts an open
propaganda for the reestablishment of
powerful army on the basis of the
democratic principle of universal SER
vice." an army "imbued with the good
old traditions of the Prussian army"
Even the "Frankfurter Zeitung," recog-
nlzed with the "Tageblatt" of Berlin as
the furtherest going Liberal organ of the
bourgeois classes, pleads that "whatever
were the faults of the old military svs-
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
Still Claimed by Germany

Thus, although Italy and Portugal later
actually Joined the Allies, the German
shipping seized by them would have the
same status that seized by the nom
belligerent Peru and Uruguay. A number
of ships were impressed in a similar man.
ner by Argentina and Chile; in these cases.
however, the exact amount Of tonnage seized
has not been ascertained so far.
This would leave, according to the Ger
man writer, something like 100000 tons
of German shipping untouched" in coun-
tries which preserved their neutrality to
the end and refrained from the practice
of impressing.
The final balance sheet of German ship
ping may, then, be drawn up as follows:
In safety: Tons
1loHie PofSS. 1000 600
Neutral ports .............. 100000
New construction during war 900, 600
Aotal ...... Observation-Disclosures. 1850 900
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23

VK YHAT has become of the mighty
NA merchant marine cf Germany
second only to- that of Great
Britain until July 81, 1914?
melancholy view of the events that befell it
IN these four years and half is given by the
"Kolnische Zeitung." According to it, out
Of the five and half millions of the total
German tonnage about three and half
millions of tons were, in the moment of the
wars outbreak, in foreign waters. Of this,
again, two and half millions were, for the
time being, rescued from the enemy by
seeking refuge in the nearest neutral
port, whence, however, the ships could not
emerge without running the risk of being
captured.
This tonnage of two and half millions,
lnterned in neutral ports, was divided
among the different countries as follows:
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
The Teuton Way of
Carrying Defeat

"THE moral backbone of the German
Il people is broken" said CORE
spondent of "The London Times" who
left Berlin at the end of January.
There IS no dignity in the way they
carry their defeat" Comparing the way
in which the Germans take their loss
of the war with the way the French
acted after 1871, the correspondent con-
tinued:
The \Germans seem to have lost all
spirit of enterprise. Only the most neces-
sary work is done, and even that is badly
done. Nobody seems to care. Nothing is
done to transform the factories which had
served the purposes of war into factories
Tor peace production. In some of them the
workmen are kept and paid, though the
works stand still. The workmen pass the
day playing cards. But do not think they
arc satisfied. In one factory where not
stroke of work had been done for months
the workmen, or card players, even asked
for an increase of pay and six-hour day.
When this was refused they threatened to
strike.
"Capitalists do not dare to invest their
money in industry, mines or commerce, but
try to smuggle it out of the country out
OF reach OF socialzation and taxes Sew
eral people whom l did not even know came
and offered me large sums if | would
smuggle their money and securities into
neutral country.
When Germans discuss defeat, as they
often do even with strangers they never
H1oi hot tbo,y
sense One often hears the expression our
invincible field grays.' They admit two
causes of defeat, the British blockade and
British propaganda; these together shook
the morale of the people and prepared the
revolution. That even decisive battle
was fought between Cambria and St.
Quentin they ignore, as we'll as the fact
that the final blow of Marshal Foch's Of
fensive was to be delivered by General
Castelnau in the south about November IS,
which, of course, was known by the Ger
man negotators and prompted their de-
cison to accept unconditional surrender.
"lt seems to me that only the Socialists
in Germany understand that the basis Of
the armistice was an unconditional capitu-
lation; the others seem to imagine that
the armistice was a kind of preliminary
peace in which Germany obtained certain
guarantees ON the basis of Mr.. Wilson's
fourteen points. Only the Socialists admit
that the situation is such that the Ger
man government will have to accent the
Allies peace conditions, however hard thew
are. But the Democrats still make an at
tempt TO snow some national pride, or per-
maps keep up the national bluff dear to the
old government. They often say that if
the peace conditions 90 one single inch fur
ther than Mr.. Wilson's points the Ger
mans will have been cheated, and the gov
eminent may refuse to sign them.
"The Socialists hate war too sincerely
to think of revenge, even if they also would
resent diminution Of German territory
and heavy indemnties. But the Conserva-
tives are chauvinists, and preach revenge
whatever may happen"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
Defiant Germany

new armistice terms, is proved by the at
tltude OF the conservative papers which
now, as before, oblige the non German
world with their candor in revealing the
real German mind-a candor that
compares most favorably with the
cant of the liberal" press. Thus an
article by Professor Otto Hoetzsch, in
the "Kreuzzeitung," the chief organ of
Prussian junkerdom, makes it clear
that the Germans are far from abandon
ing their schemes in reference to the
Russian East, and that they count on the
inability of the Allies to solve the prob
lens of Russia and Poland for chance
to improve their own situation The ar
tlcle says, in part:
'lf the German people does not want to
commit suicide it must refuse and combat
any connection with the world revolution
madness of the Soviet Republic, which
wants to pull it back into the war. This
requires not only platonic declaration
against Radek but strong military from
tier protection against the Russian Boil
shevists. And that includes everything
that need be said against Poland. The
Polish use of force must and can be met
only by force and upon the basis of the
clear right which speaks for US.
Ihere must be a peaceful settlement, in
which the economic and geographical facts
are taken into account, as we'll as-what the
Poles ought not to forget-the common
interests of Poles and Germans. We
really only need to take our stand; we have
the power and the strength, and by this
decision we should only improve our posi-
ton with the Entente"
Even more significant is the freedom
with which certain newspapers treat the
question of monarchial restoration. One
would imagine that whatever their plans
as to the future the Germans are at
least cured of their zeal for the Hohen
zollern variety of misgovernment But
then one finds paper like the "Ham-
burger Nachrichten," which has not
even the excuse of being regular jun
ker organ, printing a statement by the
we'll known Henry Hohenzollern, for
merly Prince Of Prussia, to the effect
that Germany must reestablish the mon
archy under the old dynasty and put
her economic life on the pre-war basis
In regard to the principle of national
self-determlnation, the Germans continue
to observe the same old unregenerate
Prusslan attitude. The claim of the
Poles to Posen and the Polish districts
OF West Prussia they counter by send
ing practically all their available mill
tary forces to the Eastern frontier, ard
with an endless denunciation in their
press OF what they call Polish brigand-
age and Imperialism. At the same time
they fill the world with their clamor for
a pleblscite in Alsace-L Lorraine, which
provinces they have the stupid effrontery
to call German at heart" Again, ac-
cording to the testimony of the "Vos-
sische Zeitung," violent agitation is
conducted in Schleswg against the claims
OF Denmark to the northern part of that
province. The propagandists assert, in
face of the manifest desire of the Danish
population to be rejoined to Denmark.
from whose body the province was tori
IN 1864, that not only. Holstein and South
Schleswig but even North Schleswig are
historically and ethically German ter
ritory."
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
Toyland CoHapses

In regard to the after-war outlook in
particular industries, an editorial pub
lished recently in the trade journal.
"Wochenschrift fir Papierindustrie"
(weekly for the paper Industry, fur
nishes enlightening comment The ed-
torial deals with the collapse of branch
of industry in which, prior to the war,
Germany practically held world mo-
nopoly, namely, the manufacture Of TOYS.
1t is especially preoccuped with the effect
of the war on what used to be Germanys
American market, and although it's tone
is rather subdued, the prospects held up
to the German manufacturer are by no
means rosy. The editorial says in part:
The American press is busy with the
competition on the toy markets of the
world. In various articles it is stated that
before the war Germany held in her hands
four-hfths of the whole trade in TOYS Of the
world. Now the Allies are striving to pro-
duce not only their own supplies of TOYS
but to control the markets which Germany
has lost through the war. The result is
tnat there Is keen competition between the
united States, Great Britain and japan to
gain the upper hand on the toy markets.
nevertheless German toy makers seem to be
convinced that after the end of the war they
Will be able to win back the British and
american markets which they have lost,
since In these countries the stocks on hand
are insufficient to enable them to enter into
competition with German manufacturers.
VINO nave accumulated much greater stocks
IN readiness for export. German makers also
INSIST that they will regain the mastery
through the reputation and quality of their
products"
ihis attempt at optimism, however.
aoes not seem to be justified by the subse-
quent analysis of the world market. The
editorial continues:
meanwhile American manufacturers
oouos whether Germany will be in the
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
THAT the Allies will have to pay,
are already paying for their
"initial blunder" committed by

are already paying for their
initial blunder' committed by
them in the matter Of Germany,
is the opinion Of Frank H. Simonds, who
draws this conclusion from watching
closely events at the peace conference on
the one hand and the development in
Germany on the other This "initial
blunder" consisted in the lack of decision
in fixing the status of Germany in the
original armistice treaty, in the incom-
pleteness Of the penalties and restric-
tions imposed upon ner. The results of
this policy, or absence of policy, are de-
scribed by him as follows:
Nov in the course of these three months
Germany has achieved marvellous reinte-
grafton. Each week has brought a new
accession of strength and confidence to Ger
many, which has escaped alike invasion by
the enemy and revolution at home, and finds
herself with her factories and her cities
intact, with great military resources re-
naming to her, and perceives in Paris su-
perfcial disagreements among her conquer
ors, which hold out promise that she NAV
yet escape from the consequences of her
crimes and her devastation, and, to put
the matter very bluntly, win the war at the
peace conference, having lost it on the
battlefield"
No wonder the question is persistently
asked at Paris: Does Germany know she
is beaten? And yet the mere fact that the
question can be asked seriously points to
one OF the most curious psychological
phenomena in the annals of the human
race. Never in modern European his
tory has great nation been defeated
more thoroughly on the field of battle:
certainly never has a great nation ex-
hiblted less signs of it's being aware OF
the catastrophe that befell it. If one
listens to the threats and boasts of the
leading German statesmen and editorial
writers one almost gets the impression
that the armistice of November II. 1918
was, on Germanys part, merely another
strategic retreat into positions fortified
in advance"
The most conspicuous thing about that
change of the German heart which all
the world-that is, the optimistic half
OF lt-had expected as the most impor-
tant result of the revolutionary up-
heaval is that it seems not to have
taken place at all. An editorial in "Tbe
Manitoba Free Press the leading news
paper Of Western Canada is of the opin-
ION that the overthrow of the old regime
means merely that Germany has been re-
formed, not that she is reformed.
Whatever the state of public opinion
in the other Allied countries, the states
men and publicists of France, at least.
are tireless in pointing to this almost
incredible absence of the repentant spirit
as the supreme lesson of the world stu
alton. Thus Foreign Minister Pichon
declares that "the manifestations at Wei
mar justify our views of the necessity
OF taking precautions and making Il
clear to the Germans that they are
oeaten' something they apparently do not
realize as yet. They have apparently
no conception whatever that they have