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The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
Economic Relations
Remedy for B0lshevisn1
Neither Armies Nor Force Can Overcome Con-
ditions Existing Today, But Trade Inde-
pendence May, Says Walter Lippman
BY WALTER LIPPMAN
Editor The New Republic.

and mercy left in Western statecraft
to meet the issue. They are still
turned. though skeptically, to the
America which Wilson has described
to them. For America did the incred-
ible thing among governments. L,
fought without selfish purpose. L,
waged a clean war. and thereby made
itself the strongest pillar of faith in
authority standing intact in the world
today. 1t is a terrifying thing rather
than a cause Of vanity that this should
be SO.
Americans did not plan to have
thrust upon them such responsibilities
as these. The army went humbly tc
the veterans of France. The Ameri-
can people intended to follow rather
than to lead their allies. But when
the actual situation of Europe was re-
vealed, they found their own diffidence
a source of confidence in others. The
goodness or badness OF all this is a
trivial question compared to the fact
that 1t represents the truth about the
world today, and a withdrawal by
America from the position she occu.
pies will be the signal for a European
revolution.
The irnminence of that revolution Is
the dominating thought of all mer
everywhere. Lenin and Liebknecht si
In the council at Paris, and theil
voices are heard in every discussion
1t Is with them that the world /!
negotiating today for its own preser
walton. Those negotiations are watch
ed intensely through the crevices ol
publicity which the Peace Conference
permits. But cutting across this basiC
negotiation are a thousand strand.
of special claim and ambition to in,
rupt and entangle. Some one wants a
piece of land, some one else want.
to make money, another wants tc
work a little intrigue, and this stun
of the old diplomacy obscures vision
and distorts the proceedings. The di
rect business of the conference is q
feed the world. set 1t to work, ant
reconcile its people. Whatever impedei
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The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
BAKER ASSAILED
FOR POLICY IN
.C0URTS-MARTIhL
Branded as Reactiolsry
Protecting Judge Advocate
Clique by Chamberlain.
PROMISES REFORMS
Declares Ansel Opposed
By Army Officers Favor
ing Present System.

Secretary OF War Baker Is charged
with bad faith" blind and deaf
10 injustice of courts-martisI sem
fences upon soldiers" and taking
into the bosom of his confidence
pronounced reactionaries." IN an
open letter sent him by Senator
George E. Chamberlain yesterday.
The letter was Forthcoming as n
result of the refusal Of secretsrv
Eaker TO eccede to Senator Cham
berlain's request that the Secretary
OF War make public General An
sells reply to the charges made
against him by Gen Crowder.
Breach wIdens.
Every page of Senator Chamber
lain's letter teens with personal
comment" and the retort courteous.
The breach between the chairms n
of the Senate Military Committee OF
the last session Is no longer a gap
II is now a chasm-
Senator Chamberlain IN his let
ter Incorporates the refusal OF Sec
rotary Baker TO give TO the public
General Ansell's reply. saying. y
am disappointed in your decision. g"
Senator Chamberlain gives Secre-
taly Bakers telegram to him as
fellows:
Your telegram received. More than
year ago asked Of the Military
Committees of both the senate and
the House Legislation TO correct the
evils in the present courts-nlartisl
system. ! shall renew the request
when Congress reassembles. There
would seem 70 be. therefore. no con-
troversy on the merits Of the suLJ Ject.
Have not yet seen The letter in ques-
uon. and cannot imagine any reason
why my consideration OF IL upon my
return will not be time enough"
1T Is painful 70 me- Mr.. Secretary .
he thea continues. 'to find YOU fenc-
ing on question which means 50
much 70 the enlisted men who have
suffered such grave injustice under
the present system"
The high lights in the letter OF Sen
ator Chamberlain are as follows:
Demands xtst~ra snt.
'on the 18th instant I adJIressed y--
a telegram to San Francisco asElns
YOU 10 give to the public the state
ment made by Lieut. Col. forms :
Gen, Samuel T. Ansell. asked %
TO make the statement public. becars.
il was clarifying contribution u
the subject now aCitatinE the peop -
to which the people are entitled. ~
order that the people might have fhe
opportunity OF considering 81 as nea r
" Contemporaneously as possible v-fiii
the opposing views publicly expresses
by you and the Judge Advocate Gsn-
eraL
Your present recognition OF eSis.-
ing evils Of the coUrts-martisl = +
tenn is stranrly irreconcflsble v :
your published statement no more ;
mote than March 10 In that st T.
ment OF warm approval OF the sx-
isting system. you seemed blind %
deficiency
"On March 10 YOU were blind =,
any deficiencies in the existing syi
! TEN; as indeed, the evidence abur
CONTINUED on PAGE EIGHT.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
CUT in STEEL
PRICE ORDERED;
PAYROLL SAME
Manufacturers and Indus.
trial Board Also Agree on
Pig Iron Reduction.
LUMBER PRICE TO DROP
Many Small Concerns, Or
ganized in War Period,
May Be Closed.

Substantial reductions in the prices
OF pig iron and finished products OF
steel were announced last night at the
close of the conference of steel manu-
facturers with the United States In
dustrial Board.
The new prices will be as follows:
Pig iron. .25.75 per gross ton: four
inch biIlets. $3.50 per gross ton; two
inch biIlets. $3.50 per gross ton; mer-
chant bars. s2,5 per hundred pounds;
plates, s2.S per hundred pounds;
structural steel. SIS per hundred
pounds.
The price on iron ore (. o. b. Lake
Erie will remain unchanged except in
the event of a reduction OF freight
rates, IN which case the prices will
be lowered accordingly.
These are the basic prices and will
hold for the year. They are consider
ably lower than this years prices.
Judge Elbert n. Gary, who acted as
chairman of the special committee of
steel manufacturers, announced that
there will be no reduction below those
lowered in the steel mills as a result
of the reduction in he sale prices.
He said:
1T Is expected that the prices dur
ing 1919 will not be any lower, and il
Is the present intention to make no
decrease in wages except perhaos at
some mills, where a contract between
employers and employees based on a
sliding-scale agreement is in effect"
The prices announced by Judge Gary
VIII be the basis Of a general price
liking arrangement for senIfinistAd
products in the steel industry. The
steet men are confident that the re-
duction will bring about a steady re-
Vival of building. and that industry
all over the United States will he
greatly benefited.
1t is probable that a general reduc
ton in the price of building lunbe,
Will be made as a result of IN,
agreement reached. by the steel men
A committee of the National Lumber
mems Association arrived In the ost,
To-Day TO hear she result of1str8 stee
conference and It Is probable tha
they win soon announce their reduc
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The Washington herald., 1919-03-21

The league OF nations can be made
the instrument by which the disrooted
populations of the world may read
just themselves peacefully. 1t can be.
1t may not be.
II there is not enough imagination
and courage applied to the policies
for which the instrument is used, 1t
is altogether probable that the COM
plete collapse OF established authority
will follow.
Powers Must Listen.
1t Is entirely true that II au-
thority is to be preserved and
the transition controlled. the Western
powers will have to listen to those
men whose minds are imprisoned by
their own fears and their own hates.
The peril is too real for self-indul-
gence in the lazy repetition of war
cries, and those who are really bent
on preserving the order of the world
cannot allow themselves to be silenced
by those mortal terrorists who are
pretending to save civilization by di-
viding II, writes Mr.. Lippmann on the
subject of Bolshevism In a supplement
to the New Republic of March ~.
The hope of world order today is
confronted by the diminishing faith OF
vast masses of people, who have seen
governments bungle, falter and send
men uselessly to death.
They have seen governments blind
ed by privileged groups and favorit-
ism. and cowed by the forces of re-
action: they are angry and fercely
distrustful. They have borne the
pain Of the most extensive calamity
In human history, and they have little
more to lose. They sit restlessly in
awful judgment upon the Lodges OF
the world.
Have Lingering Hope.
Their theories are a tiny part oi
their true feelings. What holds them
from almost universal despair, and dis.
solution Is a lingering hope that per-
haps there Is still enough generosity
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
WASHINGTON ARTIST
CONVICTED OF THEFT
Louis Cheshire Given Chance to
Paw for Stolen Automobile.

Pittsburgh, March 2o-Louis Che
shire. an artist and interior decorator
of Washington, d. c.. after pleading
guilty to a charge of stealing an auto
mobile. was given a week to secure
assistance in making restitution by
Judge Ford in Criminal Court today.
Final disposition OF the case was fixed
for Saturday, March g.
Cheshire is said to have taken the
automobile last June, and drove 1t to
his home in Washington, where he
sold it. He was brought here for trial
Cheshire admitted the charge.
After hearing testimony Judge Ford
announced that there was not a single
feature of the case that initiated in
favor Of the defendant, but stated that
IL Cheshire could get his friends or
relatives to make restitution the court
would take II into consideration in the
final disposition of the case.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
Strikers Flee Factory
At Point of Bayonet

Bergamo, Italy. March 19.-Strikins
Workmen, who seized the Franchi
Gregorini automobile works here,
We're driven out by artillery and i'm
fantry, which attacked the plant from
three sides.
Little damage was done and the
casualties were slight. as the work.
men fled as soon as the attack began.
Twelve Of them were arrested, but
were later released. After a confer
'ence it was agreed that work would
be resumed pen1ing re-examination
of the strikers demands.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
RATIEY TREATY
BUT BAN LEAGUE,
SENATOR'S PLAN
Thirty-nine Ground Robin"
Signers to Vote Against
Nations Pact.
PREPARE AMENDMENT
Opponents Say They Will
Strike Out Mention Of
World Agreement.
PREPARE AMENDMENT

The intimations conveyed in cable
dispatches from Paris to the effect
that the league of nations constitu-
ton is to be amended to suit the
views OF its American critics were
received yesterday with unconcern
by the Senators who are opposed to
the league plan.
Especially among the Senators who
signed the round robin" 1t was stated
there was no break in the ranks and
that the thirty-nine singers, reinforc
ed by fifteen or sixteen others. will
present a solid front against the in
clusion of the league plan in the
treaty when the latter is delivered
to the Senate.
In Favor of Treaty.
Senator Poindexter, Of Washington
declared that the ratification of the
treaty will be a simple matter, but
that If the treaty includes the league
proposal an amendment striking II
out of the treaty will be adopted by
the Senate. Senator New, of Indiana
and Senator Moses, of New Hamp-
shire, took a similar stand.
Everywhere ! went" Senator Moses
said, Il found that people were will
ing to listen to arguments against the
adoption OF the league constitution
Three weeks ago the attitude Of the
league advocates was very bitter, and
the instrument was looked upon as
possessing some sacred characteristics
which made it necessary for every.
body to leave IL alone.
"I don't believe a single Senator
who signed the round robin has
changed his opinion. On the con,
trary, all those who have talked with
me are even stronger in their opin.
ions against the league than they
were when they signed II. I am con,
fident that the Senate will insist upor
having the treaty ratified first and the
league plan considered later"
Senator Poindexter. discussing the
debate in Boston last night between
Senator Lodge and President Lowell
of Harvard. said it reminded him oi
one of his Senatorial campaigns. In
which his leading opponent indorsed
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
s HURT IN STREET CAR
REAR-END COLLISION
Stalled Car on Bennins Track Is
Cause of Accident.

Eight people were injured in a
rear-end collision on the Benning
line of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company last night about
8 O'Clock. OF the eight Samuel
Johnson. IS. of 2s4 Anacostia road.
was the most seriously hurt He
is suffering from a deep cash over
his right eye and bruises on his
body.
The accident was caused by a car
in charge of Motorman w. c. Me-
Cormack, Capitol Heights, Md. and
Conductor Robert King, 513 H street
northeast. running down a stalled
car, said to be without lights. in
charge of Motorman w. T. wannell,
1917 H street northeast and Con-
ductor Archie Adams. 1911 Gales
northeast. The accident occurred
on tn westbound track near Eight
zenith and Benning road.
The following passengers were
slightly hurt: w. E Goddard. HILL
brook, D. c.; H. S. Marunick. 1920
Olive street; Mrs. Ruth OboId
Kenilworth, d. c.: Mrs. Jane Linger-
back and her 4-year-old son, Wal
ter: Moses Jedel. Atlantic Hotel
Sixth and Pennsylvania avenue;
James Watman, Landover, Nd.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
Fork Inside:
Yields Pick
II Months
Utensil Removed at Hos,
pital-" Never Felt Bet
ter" Said Yufornero.

Cleveland. o.. March 2O.-Joseph
Yufornero, thirty-one, swallowed a
fork. He told fellow workmen at
the excavation where he continued
to WELD a pick and shovel. They
laughed.
For fourteen months Yufornero
shoveled all day long. And the
fork "a full-sized table fork =
never bothered him. A few days
ago, however, he felt a pain in his
side and went to a doctor.
An X-Ray showed the fork lodged
across the mans stomach. The fork
was removed by DR.. H. r, Brownlec
today. And Hufornero:-
Il feel dae-better than ever
have in my life" he said at the hos
pital
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
KOREANS RIOT:
POLICE BUSY
Nationalists Continue Policy
Of Passive Resistance

Seoul, Korea, March 17.-(Delay-
ed.)-Resistance by Korean Nation
al:sts continues, incipient rioting in
several quarters calling out the
military and gendarmes.
Detectives and police are search
ing at the colleges, hospitals, nurses
nome and churches for Koreans par
ticipating. The passive resistance
policy Of other Koreans continues.
Korean stores remfin closed
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
President and King to
Visit Violated Louvain

Brussels. March19-Presiden Will.
son and King Albert will visit Lou
vain, the first Belgian city destroyed
by the Germans. on the occasion OF
the Presidents trip to this country,
II was anpounced today.
The Inhabitants of the city are pre-
pairing q magnificent leather plaque,
representing part of the destroyed
town. for presentation to the Presi-
dent
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
NAVY PREPARES
FOR SEA FLIGHT.
Will Start More Than One
Machine IN Atlantic Air
plane Contest.

The Navy Department has decided
to be so sure about crossing the
atlantic In 8 seaplsne that more
than one OF the chosen type viii
start on the voyage.
Lieut.. Commander Patrick Bel
linger. recently commandant at Nor
folk, and who was summoned 20
Washington on the transatlantic
enterprise, reported yesterday to
Capt. J. II. Towers, who is IN charge
Of the expedition. Commander Bel
linger was Immediately dispatched
on a mission. the object OF which is
not disclosed. Capt. y. +. Irwin.
who is also one OF the few in the
secrets Of the trip. has been out Of
town for several days presumably
on an Inspection OF the three or
four y. c. ]. machines that will be
brought into play for the overseas
flight
The Navy officials said they were
glad they were so committed to
making a straight flight across the.
ocean and that their plans could
not be beaten by accidents. Il H..
therefore, proposed to send at least
two Of the machines and perhaps a
squadron from point probably IN
ewfoUndland. .
The navy experts are beginning
TO lose faith in the constant stories
that other nations are in the very
act OF sending planes across the
water. They say that IL Great Brit
ain. for instance. by a hit or miss
plan should start a plane from New
foundland the chances would be
very numerous that II would have
to descend somewhere for fuel. In
the opinion OF experts that could
have been done at any time within
the last two years but that the real
exploit will be the uninterrupted
dash from shore to shore at the rate
Of probably 40 miles an hour.
II was said that Il was not un-
likely that a little mail and Ger
tainly some messages would be
taken on the American airshtps tHs !
are being prepared TO sstpns n ths
world.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
ITALIAN POET
READY TO FIGHT
D'Annunzio Would Go tc
War Rather Than Give
Up Dalmatian Coast.

Budapest, March 1s-tDelayed).-Ga-
briele D'Annunzio, Italian poet and
army aviator, interviewed by the
Rome correspondent OF AZ Est, de-
clared Italy would fight to retain Dal-
malta Italy will never renounce
Dalmatia," D'Annunzio was quoted as
saying. Another war is possible if
an attempt is made TO force Italy TO
rellnquish her claims. Personally, 1
am ready to orrer my life for every
stone in this Latin province"
Recent Paris dispatches said a ten
tative compromise had been arranged
whereby Italy would renounce her
claims to Dalmatia in return for an
undisputed title to Fiume.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
6-How Day, 5-Day Week,
New Demands Of Miners

Indianapolis, Ind, March 20.-All
recommendations, of Frank ]. Hayes,
president of the United Mine. Workers
of America-a six-hour day, a FIVE
day week. increased wages-and ma
tionalization of the mines-were up
held today, in the report Of the sub
committee of the general policies
committee of the organization.
1t was appointed to outline the
course to be pursued by the miners al
their next joint conference with the
operators.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
LIFE PENALTY
FOR ISHIDA
Japanese Physician Con.
victed of Murder.

Baltimore, Md. March 20. - DR..
Noboru Ishida. famous in his native
country, Japan, as an allenist. novel;
ist and playwright, and who has been
on trial for four days before Judges
Burke, Duncan and McLane, in the
Circuit Court at Towson, for the kill
ingAof DR.. George B. Wolff, was con-
victed of murder in the first degree
today. He was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
Believe in Witchcraft.

London.-The belief in witchcraft
is not dead in rural England. A
,EArmer giving evidence at the Swaf-
ham County Court, Norfolk, told the
Judge one of his cows had become
rewitched. but he put a hot poker
into the churn and the spirit" went
up in a fame which illuminated the
whole dairy.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21

Office yesterday which signify approx
al of the adoption of the league of
nations plan.
George ]. Cross. jr., 152 Thirteenth
street southeast; G. ]. Cross, ST., l52
Thirteenth street southeast; Edgar H.
Fortney Bureau of Standards; Will
| lam A. Morgan, Army Medical School
w. C. Roberts, 700 Mount Vernon
place northwest: J. P. H, 80 Wyatt
Building; ]. B. Mcdonnell. 3524 Center
street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
Struck by Train; One Dead.

Johnstown, Pa, March 20-Mrs.
Mary Canini was killed and her hus-
band. Benjamin Caninf. and their
eight months old son. probably fatal
iy injured when their automobile
stalled on the crossing at Homer City
near here. aud was struck by a
Pennsylvania express.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
ITALY DISSATISFIED
WITH LEAGUE PACT
Paris Paper Asserts Delegation
Wants Other Enemy Powers Listed.

London. March 3.-The Paris cor
respondent OF the Pail Mall Gazette
says the Italian delegation will de-
clare that IL will not sign the pending
treaty IL Germany only is included.
The Italians, the correspondent said,
do not desire TO submit their terri
torial claims TO the league of nations.
but may occupy the territory ceded
to them in the pact Of London" and
await an attempt to eject them
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
$3.50, Life Savings, for Relief.

Chicago, March 2e.-Arthur d. NH
lard, a laborer. today gave. $3.50, his
life savings. to the Armenian relief
fund.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
French Troops to Fight Hun Reds.

Geneva, March 2o.-French troops
have occupied Karlsruhe. Mannheim
and Rheinan because of Spartacan
trouble, 1t was reported here today.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
Second Call to Cease Fighting.

Paris, March 2o.-The- Supreme
War Council has again ordered the
Poles and Ukrainians to cease fight
today.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21
Portugal W,nh $500. ooo .eea.

Paris. March 30.-Portczuese re4ea
delegates today placed tsicuis-fo.r =
ports before the reparsesea conmittee.
asking an indemnity OF 500 10000 for
Portugal
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21

The most interesting and dramatic wor
ans story ever written Will soon Ape
In this paper.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-21

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The Washington herald., 1919-03-21

CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31

nance. made the following state
ment regarding the levy:
The amount to be raised for the
public schools this year is $1,000
900 more than last year, or q total
OF $6,000,0 o0. To raise this addi-
tional $2.000.000 requires a levy Of
approximately 5 cents on the 500.
II this increased levy had not been
made necessary by the augmenting
Of the school fund there would
have been an additional decrease In
the rate this year of S cents.
illinois was the only state in
the union which reduced its taxes
last year and so far as Is known
tits the only state which is making
a reduction in its tax rate this year.
1.-THE new rate is based upon
careful calculations made by the
department Of finance, the state
auditor and the state treasurer, and
will take care of all expenses of
the state government during the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 1920.
THAT the reduction Of Is cents
In the rate last year over the rate
the previous year was justified is
shown by the fact that the balance
in the treasury has steadily in
creased. Dec. l, 1917, the first year
under Governor Lowden's admins
trati0n, there was balance in the
revenue fund Of $5,027.373. This
balance grew in 1913 to $12,949,526
On Dec. l this year the balance In
the revenue fund was $16.131.S4S
The total balance in the treasury
including all funds, amounted te
So, 128,334.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31
SET STATETAx
FOR YEAR 1920
Figures Based on Probable and
Anticipated Expenses for the
Coming Year.

Illinois state tax rate for 1919
will be 40 cents on the 500 valua-
ton.
This was decided at . meeting Of
the tax levy board, consisting Of
Governor LOwden, Auditor Russell
and State Treasurer Sterling. 1t is
based on advance figures regarding
the probable revenue of the state
as shown by the assessment. This
is Just one part OF the taxes ILL.,
nois people will pay. County, school,
city, and other taxes are additional.
The last legislature provided for
the assessment of property on the
basis Of one-half the full value in
stead Of one-third. The levy of 40
cents this year would have been so
cents II levied on the one-third
basis, or reduction OF 20 per cent
as compared with 1918.
Omar H. Wright, director of f.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31
FAIL
TO Get LIQUOR
IN HOUSE RAID


Burglars broke into the e. II.
Guyer home. 72S Twenty-first
street, sometime during last night
but did not obtain any loot.
The family was not awakened
and did not know that the home
had been entered until this morn
ing. The burglars were evidently
seeking liquid refreshments. az
cording to the evidences cleft of
their activities.
They entered the rear door of the
residence. presumably by picking
the lock of the door. They then
entered the basement where a Yale
lock to the wine cellar was found
broken this morning. There was
nothing in the line of liquid re-
freshments in the vino cellar Tor
the burglars to take, the police
were told today by members of the
family.