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New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
By L. J. de Becker

u.yANA. March 27.-Cuban politics really
,-.,. snv worse than our American brand
..,. IN quantity. But it Is on tap the
whols year, which leads to the formation
- 0vu habits As the only intoxicant Gu
,, nee to excess it is q fit subject for
s..;onal prohibition propaganda, but prohi-
,..;o. ia dreadful word to these people,
-. h.vs mot been independent long enough
:. .be to distinguish between liberty
.nd lcense. The present government is so
.ol.rsnt. indeed, that only the most fla
...rt cases OF personal abuse are rebuked,
and II politicians would confne themselves
- statistical lies, economic lies or lies in
,hs abstract they might say what they
nlssss with impunty. Certain lies are in
r.n,sd exclusively for export consumption,
and there is junta in New York, with
,.uiacations in Washington and elsewhere,
,sbich attends to distribution in the United
states
Tho finest specimen Of the lie personal
..at;,;.sl exnortod from Havana In several
var. wss being spread abroad when I left
Nav York and may by now have got
,a.o orint. II represented, not without
.oms eireumstantiality Of detail, that Pres
ldsnt Meneeai was actually hand in glove
with the Germans throughout the war, and
that In this disleyslty TO tho United States
hs WAS aided and abettsd In every way by
William Y. Gonzales. tho American MiniH.
ter to Cubs, Knowing both gentlemen and
having visited Cuba three times prior to
The entrance Of our country into war, the
last time largely for the purpose of dis
tributing French propaganda, | smiled at
this story. But perhaps | WAS wrong. The
average American feels IL sympathetic in
terest in this country, and thrill of pride
on thinking OF Uncle Sans share in the
War of Liberation, but if he knows the
Cuba Of to-day except as the island which
provides him with sugar and tobacco he is
not the average American.
To ask either the President or the Amer
lean minister to dignity this fabrication by
denial is unthnkable
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Visiting ireland Like Exploring Vol

For instance, the County Council of Cork
not long since passed a resolution that
Ireland a free nation and owed al
leglance to no earthly power, but the next
business which they took up at that meet
ing was petition for the approval by the
Local Government Board of sundry enact
ments which they had made, ard they ended
the meeting with a strong petition to the
Crown for grant of money for something
or other.
Many of the most ardent Of the rank
and file of the Sim Feiners are drawing
out-of-work money from the British gov
crnment at the rate Of twenty nine shillings
week-whch happens to be just one
shilling less than they could earn by work
ing six days a week as farm laborers /
saw q long queue of them waiting at Car
low for their weekly stipend. 1t was rather
a cold day and they had been waiting quite
a while. I heard one Of them say:
"Sure and don't we earn it standing here
In the cold?"
Another surveying the assembly with a
critical eye, chimed in:
"And, indeed, small enough 1t is, CON
sidering the company you have to keep"
These were all perfectly able bodied men
who were out of work only because they
would rather take the allowance than work,
and they saw nothing incongruous in deny
ing The rule Of England in one breath and
asking money from her in the next.
The Irish sense Of humor is purely OBJ
jectivc, which is probably one of the rea-
sons that the irish and the English SO
totally fail to understand each other; for
the 1rishman sees joke in every one
but himself, whc the Tngishnan does
see joke on himself but seldom on any
one else.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
By Samuel Crowther

r RELAND is either very near to set
tlement of her troubles or very near
to the greatest uprising she has ever
known. For possibly the first time in
history there is something which might be
called an agreement of purpose in the
various parties and factions. Although
they express themselves in very different
formulas and have no agreement in words
Of modes, all the parties seem to have con-
Cured on one thing-the advancement Of
ireland. This is very significant to the
outsider, who has been accustomed to see
mat fair little land used only as weapon
u nate against England, or as an instru-
ment with which to carve out personal for
tunes.
Inc end Of Irish politics to-day is Ire
'ahd' me animating force is love of coun-
Try and not nate of another country. The
'ieiano OF to-day is not brooding over past
lungs tne most extreme revolutionaries
~ "o' breathe fraction of the blood and
''SOgn'er which one may hear at any Irish
meeting in America. This new Ireland
1''' hot forget the many wrongs Of onis-
S"i'i'nSiOn at the hands OF Eng
.a"'' out she Is not living in them; she
'' 'nem AZ examples Of administrative
.,y'"ssS to show that England never has,
sVs0 ho' nov, know how to govern the
Emily. New Ireland is Interested in pro-
."'ns sne economic and social welfare OF
nhd. All are united on that point.
al are determined that immediate
~ 'naii DO taken 70 promote it.
!" those steps are not taken there will be
u steps arc taken which they
+'''of 70 be ~ variance with those aims.
t.. splendidly organized rebellion will
- "''' and this rebellion will have the
..ppor Of those who, in former years.
' ~, "'' eountenance an appeal ~ arms.
""s " my estimate Of the condtlln Of
t"a "'day, as gained IT from travel
~ '"vo' the country, talking with rich
~. ~ poor, with political leaders and with
t., o'hn Ftiners, Unionista and Ma
a. ,,~,"s"' and that large body of voters,
q. D''y which holds the ultimate power
e.a r''p'e' Tho mass ~ the people, for
q, "ms being, are not Of my party, but
d.. '''en Tor Sinn Fhin in order to see ~
xt... parry could get tho definite action
"a" nationalist pnrty did not ges.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

Conservatives, who stayed at home, had
the voting all their own way, and Presi-
dent Menocaps second term was assured
beyond the peradventure of doubt.
Readers to whom the details have given
are new will recall the defeat of the Lib
erals in the field and the capture of ex-
President Gomez, their commander in
chief.
The extreme lenieney of President Men
ocal is also known
Gomez was kept in prison for time,
then allowed to retire to his plantation
under guard; then his property, which had
been forfeited by armed rebellion, was
largely restored and he was permitted to
go to New York Even tho rebels in the
army were tenderly dealt with.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
The Belfast Strike
Il BOIShevik Movement

The official labor parties in and about
Belfast are not Bolshevik, but the unofficial
or anti-craft unions have there gained
great power, and the recent shipyard strike
was IN common with the Belfast strike,
bolsheyik movement. And whereas the
north and the south Of ireland were sup.
posed never to have anything in common
now they have among the workers a com
plete understanding OF hazy social pro
grarnre which Is more powerful than their
former religious dferoncea.
Now comes the curious paradox OF The
present situation, out of which almost any
thing may spring. The original Sim Fein
pnrty was one of introspection: they were
students Of the Irish language who wanted
10 write poems, revve dances and get the
Gaelio bagpipe working on the old tunes
AS movement they were not essentially
political ut the outbreak of the war They
cid that mn independent Ireland WAS his
torically correct but only those VINO were
more caught by the note Of eternal, sscfi-
hcia sorrow than the noto Of Joy that runs
through Irish literature had any thought
Of attaining n republic by tho offering of
life. Padrsie Pearse, for cxampls, the
preeident Of the Irish republic Of 1916
the republic Of tho Easter Rising wanted
TO give his life for Ireland. His was purely
an emotional Offering and only incidentally
political-"What matter when for Erin dear
v fall"
That Easter Rasing-i have talked with
those who know it from the insidewas a
sordid thing. Il was engineered from New
York. and it had to be. because the so-called
Irish in New York could not otherwise keep
on getting money from the Germans Sir
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Gays ne Is Snfing
on a Volcano

:. rs not an easy estimate to make. for.
ssas =, rn''ost Of Trinity Collage, Dublin.
p.s, % ireland the inevitable never hap.
-. aa' tho 'TnpossIble always occurs"
ss,x ,'"Sef OF the Local Government Board
MA. ~ ~ wss sitting on volcano that
81 'afst infD eruption NJ any minute;
d, ID naa been sitting on that volcano
ssesu..'sv years and, although IL had
shss shs's sfaDted, the particular crater on
8 ~ sat had not yet been in action.
A d ss beginning To think that perching
1r<.s.'.,nss really natural way N live.
s4v ssaens for trouble do not Of neces-
ess,ss ssn trouble. Declarations arc not
= ns taksn At their fsce values.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

Roger Easement had failed with his recruit
ing scheme in Germany, the New Yorkors
had failed with their peace societies and
munition embargo conspiracies, and they
had to show their German payrnasters some
thing to put on the previously blank vouch-
ers Sim Sem was against the rising as n
body, and the Sim Feners who went into
1t did so as individuals in an excess Of
enthusiasm. Part of those men went to
their death in the delusion that they were
helping Ireland, while others, especially
those under James Connolly, saw chance
to begin the class war. They took death
as bravely men could and without the
remotest notion that they were being used
as human vouchers for German money.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Dublin and Cork
SfiU Have Their SIun7s

The case with the city man is different.
Dublin still has its slums, and so has Corky
and they arc as terrible as ever in spite of
the employment given by the war. When
visited the Dublin slum sections-Mcath,
Mercer, York, Railroad Street and so on
there was about inch of slush on the
ground, yet saw more children barcfootcd
than shod, and what clothing they had was
20 worn and tattered as to make ono shiver
in Il kind Of reflex way. The sums ire an
incident Of unemployment; in normal times
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

mated In the Interpretation Of the cur
rent relations between capital and
labor, abstract terms these that usu-
ally say too much or too little En-
ployers and workmen have, however,
always ended by coming to an under
standing on practical basis, leaving
aside untried, and usually impractical
BILE, theories. At the instance Of both
sides, the government, though ham
pered by lack of adequate legisla-
tion on the subject, has often inter
vened, generally with success, in the
settlement Of controversies. Never
has it been forced to take other than
customary police precautions to pre-
vent disturbances Of the public peace.
even in the recent unprecedented
general strike that, in nine out of ten
Of the large cities in either the Old
or inc new world, would have given
rise to lamentable occurrences.
1t may be opportune here to call
attention to the fact that during the
period Of tho duration of the war
Cuba had not single strike Of any
Importance. This speaks very highly
Of the Cuban workman's patriotism
and Is In favorable contrast with the
attitude assumed by certain elements
OF the labor classes in other coun~
tries who, with the enemy knocking
at their gates, might have been ex-
pected to await moro auspicious
moment to press their claims.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

Then the Governor OF the Province of
orlente received a code message from the
government at Havana warning him that
two army officers in Santiago were conspir
OF Cuba hung in the balance. Having cried
ing against the republic. The Governor
sent for these two officers. and. having
read the message to them, assured them Of
his complete confidence in their honor and
sent them aWav
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Air Filled
With Plots

The easiest method of refutaton is to
tell the story of what happened in Cuba
two years ago, as briefly as may be, for
the material is ample for history, for
tragedy and for comic opera.
The Cuban election of 1915, like that in
the United States, had been close. APP
parently, however, General Menocal had
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
as Comedy of Errors in Which the Hun Lost Out
Menocal's Message to America
BY MARIO C. MENOCAL

F7oS1daNt oJ the RepubZlc Of Cuba
without vexatious and unjust lirnita-
tions in their development as self
governing nationalities. 1 hope and
believe that present difficulties, mo-
mentarily in the way of the attain.
ment of such an end, will soon be
disposed of and that the inauguration
of the league will coincide with a now
era of glory and prosperity for all
the nations represented at the con
ference
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

cannot sell our produce to England, then
am against it. We are shipping 5000 head
OF fine cattle out of Dublin every week, and
ii we lose that market where are we?"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Woe TO
Liberals

DR.. Zayas who received contract from
the government when he was Vice rres
dent TO write history of Cuba at sbpn q
month, Is still nj work that monumental
tome, and 10 said TO have completed tho
siath chapter. lie was never niolested in
any way and ia to-day the acting head Of
the Liberal party.
The American Consul at Hantisee has
been replaced,
The Austrian Consul IL ntefHsd
Hermann upmann Is intefned
All is quiet In Orienta and the rspuhlie
still lives
BY way of epilogue, theme for farce.
Five Liberal patriots. including the two
officers who had imprisoned the governor
of Oriente and usurped his authority de
cided to quit the field of honor while the
going was good. Naturally, as true Lib
erals they had enforced loans from the
banks of Santiago, and, besides storing
away small cargo of gold in a schooner.
they sewed quantities of bank notes into
their clothing and sailed Cor Hayti I'm
Port-au-Prince the Cuban charge daffaires
was best known to his dear colleagues as
an entomoogst, for the business Of diplo-
macy is of the lightest in that lovely coun-l
try He collected many beautiful objects
besides beetles and butterflies, but IN
doubtedly the five Liberal patriots were
the largest insects that ever fell to his net.
1t took the best tailors in the United
States Marine Corps two days to dig the
green and yellow backs out of patriotic
clothing, and when they finished tho job
charity covered the nakedness of the Lib
eral patriots, who were allowed to depart
for the United States.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Comedy
OF Errors

. After that events moved swiftly.
they had to. The last of the by-elec-
tons was five days off, and the Presidency
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-18
WILLARD AND DEMPSEY
To HAVE A VOICE IN
SELECTING A REFEREE

Toledo, Ohio, June 17.-Jess Willard
and Jack Dempsey will have II voice in
selecting a referee to judge their heavy
weight championship contest here July
4, despite the prevailing impression that
the third man in the ring will be chosen
by the army, navy and civilian board
of boxing control. This developed to-
day when the board in accepting Pro
moter Richards invitation to pick the
official for the contest advised that both
boxers be consulted before Il definite
selection is made
Willard said today that he did not APP
prove the suggestion to have two judges
outside the ring in addition to the referee
to decide the contest. The champion
said he would prefer to accept the de-
cision of a referee, because the judges,
viewing the contest from outside the
ring, probably would not be of the same
opinion as the referee and that their
stand might prove embarrassing.
Willard changed his tactics in his
workout yesterday and promised to re-
peat the performance today, much to
the discomfort of his sparring partners.
Instead of handling his sparring mates
gently as he did last week the champion
worked more like Dempsey yesterday
than he has ever done before and
he showed himself a furnishing, hard
hitting fighter. Willard showed his
partners what to expect and bluntly told
them they would have to look out for
themselves.
MY partners have got to fight from
now on" the champion explained. THE
time is getting short and | must work
my hardest. They will have the priVi'
ledge of slamming them as hard as they
can. but | certainly won't monkey with
them | shall continue TO box them in
rotation, allowing them to rest two
rounds after boxing one. In this way, |
will be at my best for Dempsey who will
have to box every round with me at top
speed. | am getting better with each
workout and / am highly pleased with
the progress | have made"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-18
WILSON STARTS HOME
ABOUT JUNE "a 80 IF
GERMANS SIGN TREATY

Washington, June 17.-President
Wilson hopes TO leave Paris for
Washington on June "a or % if
the Germans sign the peace treaty.
Immediately after his arrival in
Washington, the president will ad
dress congress. After clearing up
pressing official business he will
start his Swing around the circle"
early in July.
1t was said at the White House
today that the president expects to
spend three weeks on his speaking
tour, explaining the peace treaty
and the league of nations covenant.
The itinerary has not been an
nounced, but he expects to visit the
principal cities over the country.
The president has made known a
desire that his audiences during his
tour be composed largely of op-
ponents of the league of nations
plan rather than its supporters.
He also has informed White House
officials that he may discuss the
league covenant lin public address
ses during his visit to Belgium this
week.
Sould he leave Paris a week from
tomorrow, the president should
arrive in Washington about July 3.
He will present the revised draft
of the peace treaty to the senate and
will discuss the treaty and league
covenant in an address to a joint
session of the senate and house.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-18
Daily Summary
of Peace News
By the Associated Press

Germany's answer to the allied
peace terms must be presented to
the peace conference at or before
6:49 p. IN. Paris time, Monday,
June 23. The fiveday period orl-
ginally given the enemy delega-
ton either to accept or to reject
the terms was extended 4S hours
by the conference yesterday.
Count Won Brockdorff-R -Rantzau,
head of the German peace mission,
left Versailles last evening for
Weimar where he will arrive to-
day. According to advices, he will
confer at once with the German
cabinet which will send the re-
Vsed treaty to experts who VIII
report as soon as possible.
The terms will be laid before the
German national assembly Wednes-
day and it may be that the cabinet
will ask that a vote be taken on
acceptance or rejection, so that IL
may act as having a mandate from
the German people. 1t is expected
that the consideration of the pact
will be continued by the cabinet
until Friday and that the final Ger
man answer will be laid before
the assembly for ratification on
Saturday.
Immediately after the assembly
has acted, it is said, the chief of
the German delegation will start
on his return trip to Versailles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-18
ONLY ONE PEACE DELEGATE
THINKS GERMANY WILL SIGN
AND AVOID RENEWAL OF WAR

Paris, June 1.-THE major
ity of the members of the peace
conference believe that Ger
many will not sign the peace
treaty, according to Marcel
Hutin of the Echo de Paris,
who made a canvass of num-
Der of the leading personalities
of the peace-making body.
Only one of these leaders,
M. Hutin declares, expressed
the opinion that the Germans
would accept the revised
treaty. This member, however,
is one whose opinion, the writer
says, he holds in the greatest
esteem.
The delegate in question, M.
Hutin explains, based his opin-
ion that the Germans will sign
on the fact that they have
knowledge that at yesterdays
meeting of the council of four
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-18
LANCASHIRE SPINNERS IN
BUSINESS AGAIN TO MAKE
COTTON YARN FOR DUTCH.

London.-After having kept their
mills idle since April 10, most of the
Lancashire spnners of American cotton
resumed activity on April 2S. The 10O.-
600 operatives affected are now back at
work.
Nothing, says the American Chamber
of Commerce. in London, has frightened
the outlook in Lancashire so much as
the governments recent removal of the
auantitative restrictions on exports to
the European neutrals and the abolition
of the blacklists for those countries.
Holland. for instance, was in peace
time, second only to Germany as
Lancashire's best yarn customer, and it
is now expected that millions of dollars
worth of Lancashire piece goods and
warns will be absorbed by the Dutch.
Danish. Norwegian. Swedish and Swiss
markets.
Considerable yarn contracted for long
ago and at much lower prices has been
held up by the restrictions. The Ameri-
can Chamber in London understands
that to cover such cases the Dutch
weavers and the English spinners have
recently come to an agreement that an
increase of from Id. e cents) to Sd. (6
cents) per pound over contract prices
shall be paid to the spinner when the
yarn is shipped.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-18
EMPLOYEES
ALL OVER CALIFORNIA
ARE ON STRIKE TODAY

San Francisco, June 17.-Telephone
operators, linemen and other electrical
workers throughout California went on
strike at a. m. today, union officials
here asserted. All the principal cities
in the state are affected.
Telephane girls struck yesterday in
Los Angeles, san Bernardo, Lon Beach,
and other places in Southern California.
Last night 200 operators in san
Francisco, Alameda ana Contra Costa
counties voted to walk out. With this
announcement, made by the women and
girls, another soon followed from the
male electrical workers of a larger dis
trict that they too would strike, and
that did so today.
San Diego telephone workers We're
the latest to announce strike vote
and all were to quit their posts this
morning.
Issues involved in the strike include,
1t was said, better housing conditions,
wage increases for certain classes OF
workers and discontnuance of alleged
discrimination on the part of telephone
officials.