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The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
by G. n. CHESTERTON,
Noted English EsaDyist.

London, Feb. I6.-The two pivots of
the Peace Conference, in all matters
of political morality, must be the idea
of Democracy and the idea of nation
ality.
This does not mean that we are all
nationalists, or even all democrats;
hut it means that we all know we
have to deal with these things, in
some fashion or degree: that these
are the two creeds which will be
translated into claims.
They are the two passwords in the
camp of peace; the tests of humanity
at this moment of history.
Evolution of Democracy.
Now, it is the modern misfortune
that when we begin to think about
humanity. we generally cease to think
about human nature. Before I deal
with the application of these ideas to
each of the problems of the Peace
Conference. | should like to say some
thing of what those sentiments really
are; not SO much for mankind as for
men.
democracy, the doctrine that every
man is a citizen, and. therefore. a
ruler OF city. has passed through a
process common to most visions that
are called dreams. When a revolu-
uonary idea returns to the world it
IS first dismissed as too bad to be true
and then dismissed as too good to be
true.
Democracy is abused as an anarchy
only MT for apes and then afterward
even more abused as a perfection
only possible TO angels. All through
my boyhood both reactionary senti-
ments were raging; and combined In
one particular conviction, that the
modern form Of democracy must be
unsuitable for certain types of ma
tional service. and especially national
self-defense. Now. perhaps. the first
fact of the new situation is that this
fashionable idea has been falsified
after all. Even those who think mod
ern democracy a moral failmre cannc
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
RUSSIAN Law
LIKE MEXICAN
Senator Sherman Says
Same Person May Have
Written Both.

The twenty-seventh clause of the
new Mexican constitution, giving
the state confiscatory powers over
privately owned land, is so similar
in language to the recent dictum OF
the Bolshevist government of Rus
sia that it would appear to have
been written by the same person.
according to Senator Lawrence Y.
Sherman, of Illinois.
In some quarters, it is said. the
theory OF state power,
as embodied in the Soviet form of
government. was written by Lincoln
Stefrens. American author. 1t is
also said the Mexican constitution
was written in New York City early
in 1917 and government officials
state they have grounds for believ-
ing Mr.. Steffens was consulted.
Discusses Coincidence.
In discussing the coincidence be-
tween the two clauses supported by
the Russian BoIshevists and by
President Carranza of Mexico. Sena-
tor Sherman yesterday said:
The clause in the Mexican con-
stitution which is source of eX-
treme anxiety to foreigners is that
clause unutG WnlCn lnt MeNlCdn
government holds the power to per
nit the use Of lands. particularly
those holding oils and minerals.
whether owned by citizens or aliens.
to be worked only by government
license.
The license system could prevent
the export and import OF supplies
or products; in effect il would give
the government confiscatory power
over the property of all residents.
That Is the most radical theory OF
government ever promulgated in
our hemisphere"
Department officials having to do
with collecting intelligence anent
the activities of men suspected of
being agitators against the govern
ment. are convinced that the man
who wrote the consis eaJorys- Feguia-
tions for the Bolshevists OF Russia,
proposed and secured adoption by
the Mexicans of the same provision.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
Z DEAD, | HURT
IN AUTO CRASH
Capt. Richard W. Parfet
and Son Killed; Wife
Injured.

I'm route TO Dumbsrion NJ z
Church Sunday school 10 meet his
daughter. Capt Richard Walter
Parfet. L. : VI. c., was instantly
killed Yesterday morning when -
car Of the Washington Rsilwa- and
Electric Company rollidcd with the
Ford automobil" which he was drIv-
ing. at Massachusetts avenue and
Nurdock Mill road His son. Rich
ard Walter Parfot. jr-. died two
hours later. while his wife sustained
fractured hip.
The street car was in charge OF
Motorman Arthur c. Carter. 20
years old. OF $3.50 Reservoir street
northeast. and Conductor Ralph L.
Whalen. a Ccd 10. OF 1929 Wisconsin
avenue northwest.
Immediately after the accident
Mrs Parfct and their son were re-
moved to the home OF Mrs. NJ. J.
Gleason. 5OOl BUtternut street
northwest. from where young Partet
was later taken to the Georgetown
University Hospital. where he died
after the physician in charge. DR..
Roy SaNton. decided an operation
could not save his life.
The automobile. in which the family
was riding, was dragged 125 yards
before the car was stopped. The
motorman said that his brakes failed
to work. Both the street car and the
automobile were badly damaged. the
latter being almost completely de-
molished
Capt Parfet died OF a fractured
skull, receiving numerous cuts and
bruises. He was the only one thrown
out OF the machine
Motorman Carter and Conductor
WhaIen are held at the Seventh
precinct station for the action OF the
coroner's jury. The inquest will be
held at O'Clock today. The bodies
OF Capt. PBrfet and his son were
taken TO wise's undertaking estas-
lishment
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
Coffee Stocks Diminish;
Prices Steadily Increase

Chicago. Feb 16.-DiminishinC
stocks Of coffee in the United states
has been the cause OF steadily riS-
ing prices since the armistico was
signed. coffee wholesalers here said
today.
One merchant declared shipments
of Brazil coffee TO Germany and
Austria-denied the beverage for
four years and now eager to Eulp it
down-caused the advance Others
asserted the Germans cannot buy
coffee because they have no gold.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
VIII SON SPEEDING
WEST; ENJOYS TO
FIX WAR BLAME
Wilson to Be Kept
Apprised Of Events
On Trip HOmeward

Paris, Feb. 10. - President
Wilson will be in touch with
both Paris and Washington all
the time that the u. S. 5.
George Washington is plough
ing her way back to the United
States.
Arrangements were effected
before Mr.. Wilson's departure
to enable Col. L. NJ. House,
who once more assumes his old
role as the Presidents spokes-
man, 10 communicate direct
from Paris by wireless with
Mr.. Wilson.
At the same time the Ameri-
can naval station at Arlington
is likewise in a position to
transmit whatever Secretary
Tumulty thinks the Chief Ex-
ecutivc would be interested in.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
"Merciless Publicity"
Is Best War Antidote,
Says Indian Student

Chicago, Feb. 16.-The best insurance
against war is 'merciless publicity
by the press, according to Anant Cur
gare, native of India and graduate
student at the University of Chicago.
speaking before the Chicago Press
Club today.
Gurgare asserted newspapers and
press associations, by excellent cable
communication, had exposed the
Vaccinations of secret diplomacy" "
thereby preventing another debacle." "
India, Gurgare said. still awaits "the
probe of the worlds democratic
pTesas
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
Hat Trimmed with
Hundred Dollar Bills

East Liverpool, Ohio, Feb. H.
A hat trimmed with one hundred one
dollar bills and hatpin made of 50
gold pieces were the gifts received by
an East Liverpool girl from her sweet
heart, Beaver Falls, Pa, business
man.
Enclosed in the hatbox was a note
hat, in which the trimmer said: And
hat, in which the trimmed said: And
the hat will never go out of style.
nv dear"
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
French Strategy, -;
American Transport,
MarueLs of Conflict
Noted English Essayist Pays Remarkable
Tribute to Contributions of Two Democ-
racies to Defeat of Germans.
prove from this war that 1t is a mill
tary failure.
Two Great Republicans.

prove from this war that it is a mill
tary failure.
Two Great Republicans.
America and France are the two
great attempts at the democratic
ideal; they are not democracies be-
cause of their parliaments, but rather
despite them.
1t is no small popular triumph to
have representative institutions and
remain a republic.
But they do remain republics, not
merely in form. but in feeling and
whatever else they have been they
have not been found wanting in this
war. They have done especially well
where the world really expected them
to be wanting in a certain rigid ra-
pidity of action.
Other nations. including my own,
have earned a great and growing
glory in other ways during the war;
but the two striking or startling eX-
amples of rapid and arresting action
were in the French strategy at the
beginning of the war and the Ameri-
can transport at the end of it
The Marine has been called a mir
acle and the next surprise of the
sort came when thousands of Ameri-
cans appeared suddenly in the fields
of France as If they had flown there
with wings; an apparition like the
angels of Mons.
U. s. Mobilization Praised.
This first fact. especially that of the
American mobilization, is worthy of
more emphasis than is given to it.
But it is emphasized here to PROFOUND
two preliminary truths-frst, that
democracy can be practical, and. sec.
ond, that 1t is generally practical be-
cause il is patriotic.
We often say that democracy is the
only hope of the nations. 1t will bo
well TO realize that nations are the
only hope of democracy
In other words. patriotism. so far
from being opposed to popular gov
eTnment, always will be one of the vir-
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
Bad Man Kills Police
Sergeant Sent to Arrest
Him on Robbery Charge

Chicago, Feb. 16.-"Big George"
Vogel. a police character. was being
sought today on a charge OF murder.
following the death this morning of
Detective Sergt James Hosna, whom
Vogel shot five times last night
when resisting arrest
Suspecting Vogel in robbery
case. Hosna went to a saloon where
he found him. AS he faced Vogel
and accused him of robbery. Vogel
called him a liar and shot him three
times before Hosna was able to de-
fend himself. Hosna fell, fatally
injured. and Vogel fired two more
shots into his PROSTATE form.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
50-Year Ambition to
Get Drunk Satisfied

Kansas City, Mo. Feb. 16-All his
married life of fifty years John
O'Riley, seventy, had been intending
to get drunk. just TO see how it would
feel. Knowing nationwide prohibi-
ton was coming, John decided delay
was dangerous, so he carried out his
long cherished ambition.
Mrs. O'Riley had him arrested. Hus-
band and wife faced Judge Casimer
welch in the South Side Court John
was a good natured" drunk. she said.
I'm that case I'll release him" said
the Judge
III never do il again, Judge, my
curiosity has been satisfied" ORhey
said.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
TRIP TO HELL
AS REDS END
DIR. Wesley Hill Would Send
Them There in Stone Ship.

Chicago, Feb. 16-"I would load
them all on a ship of stone, with sails
of lead and the wrath of God for a
gale and hell for the nearest port. d"
This is the disposition of Rev. DIR.
John Wesley Hill, New York clergy
man and chancellor of Lincoln Me-
mortal University, would make of the
Bolsheviki and radicals the United
States is deporting. as set forth in an
today. DR.. Hill is on his
way from New York to Denver.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
Conference to Work
on Evidence Dealing
with Blame for War

Paris. Feb. 16.-Paris seemed drab
and uninteresting today. due to the
absence Of President Wilson and
4Premier Lloyd George and the
transition of the work of the Peace
Conference from the daily important
sessions OF the big FIVE" to the dull
routine Of the many committee
meetings.
With the preliminarieS. at least.
of the league of nations disposed Of,
the most important subjects Of the
forthcoming weeks will be consider
alton of the mass of evidence deal
ing with the responsibility of the
authors OF the war. and the amount
and methods concerning reparatiOn.
1t is believed the next session OF
THE plenary conference will be
called within two weeks for pre-
sentation OF the report and recon-
mendations Of the committee inquir-
ing into the responsibility for the
war.
CriIIon'S Flags Taken Down.
Hotel Crillon is stripped Of its
festive flags and shields. because Of
the departure of the President
These will be put in storage until
his return in March.
ne American commission now
finds enough time on its hands to
allow American artists and scuIp-
tors to pcrpetUatc its members on
canvas and in bronze and marble for
posterity.
Many OF the allied plenipotent-
iaries already are looking longingIy
toward Nice and other resorts in the
south of France to take the holiday
(which the present breathing smell
will allow.
The opinion Of observers here is
that the spectacular part OF the
Peace Conference which included
the blarc of trumpets at wilson's
arrival and holidays in his honor
have passed into history with the
birth Of the league Of nations and
that the future holds only hard
work in store. with absence OF all
pOmp- The speedy formation OF a
constitution Of league Of nations
is gratifying to those American off,
Cials who believed the Peace Con-
Grcss might be a lonE-drawn-out
affair. They now know that under
the spur Of necessity much can bo
accomplished. This realization
coupled with Mr.. wilson's rratifica-
tion at the results of the present
and hopefulness regarding tho
future has disSipitatcd the fears Of
many who reckoned that the periIs
m war were slightly compared with
tn" pitfalls and traps of peace.
Socialists Oppose League.
Neither the Socialists nor tho ox-
trcmc ConservatiOnists approve tbo
proposed statutes of the league of
.atiOns. while the opportunities cor
comfort from the implied America n
pledge to protect France against
future attack
President Wilson's sourest critic
the Echo de Paris. walls because
the new league is neither a super-
state nor frank alliance of the old
style.
The burden OF conservative CRIT
icism is that the proposed agree
ment is an insufficient military
guarantee against aggression.
While the Conservatives consider
the articles of the leagues covenant
too severe on the makers of arms,
the Socialists think they are too
light on that very point
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
TR0TzKY WANTS
JOB IN KANSAS
Seeks Quiet, Not Money,
Says His Former
Publisher.

Girard, Kans.. Feb. I6.-Lcon
Trotsky is reported anxious to get a
job in Kansas
He wants to give up his career as n
Bolshevist statesman 10 come back to
his o'i place on the New Appeal 10
Reason here, according to Emanuel
Haldeman Julius. manager OF the
newspaper
Tired of revolution, tired of trying
TO put theories into practice. HaIdc-
man-Julius says Trotsky asks nothing
more than his old job at his old sal
ary. Money isn't an object with him.
He wants quiet. The principal thing
he bcsought of the editor was n desk
in n private office. His emisSariCs
emphasized the "privatc."
Made Two Attempts.
SO anxious is Trotsky to return to
rural Kansas that he has tried twice
very vigorously to land with the New
Appeal. Haldeman-Julius says he
turned the Bolshevist down hard.
Trotsky is said to have worked at
meager salary for the New Appeal
away back in the days when he was
known as Braunstein. Girard re
members him as leader of strike of
the two mattresses in the towns only
hotel. The strike failed.
When Editor Koplein, oof the New
Appeal, was in Europe on a patriotic
mission just before the end of the
war, representatives of his one-time
employe are said to have begged for
the place.
Then a tall, bearded stranger ap-
peared in the editorial room in
Girard. He said he was Count Ivan
Michaelovitch, a right-hand man of
Trotsky. and this. according to Hal
deman-Julius, was his message:
Tired of Revolution.
'"Trotsky is a tired man. He is tired
of revolution. He is almost a victim
of neurasthenia. Added to this, he
has fallen out with Lenine. He wants
now to get into some quiet corner of
the world where he can theorize with
out having to try to put his theories
into practice. Money isn't an object
with Trotsky. He wants a job, a
quiet job. the principle thing about 1t
should be desk in a private Office. &"
To this appeal Haldeman-Julius
says ne replied:
Tell Trotsky- -Braunstein to 70 and
hobnob with his friend, the ex-Kaiser.
in Holland"
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
Boston Preparing
to Receive Wilson
on Arrival There

Boston. Feb. 16.-The Hub will
aave its first opportunity of paving
oficial homage to President Wilson
vhen he arrives here from France
In or about February "a.
Preparations for receiving the
resident already are under way,
0thouCh all plans will be tentative
until Josephus T. TumuIty, the
Presidents secretary. confers with
Mayor Andrew ]. Peters, who sew
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
Sir Wilfred Laurier
in Critical Condition

Ottawa, Feb 16.-Sir Wilfred
Laurfer, former premier of Canada,
is in a critical condition as result of
a severe paralytic stroke today. He
is at his home here and under con-
slant care of physicians.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
BY RENE yINIANI.
Former Premier of France.
Written for Universal Service.

Paris, Feb. 16.-Territorial claims so
far presented to the Peace Confer
ence and examined by it all seem sus-
ceptible of a fair solution conforming
with the aspirations of the peoples
whose destinies are involved in these
claims.
Between the Poles and the Czecho-
Slovaks the Teschen incident will lose
its bitter character and the territory
of the young Bohemian republic
carved in the Austro- hungarian mo-
sale will reach from Silesia to the
Danube. 1t will comprise only pcpula-
tions that will be satisfied with their
status.
VIII Repair Injustice.
The injustice done TO Rumania in
1873 will be repaired The kingdom
will annex Bcssarabia and complete
the union with Bukowina, Transyl-
vania and tho Rumanian portion of
the Banat of Temesvar.
The Serbians, who. despite the oc-
Cupation by the enemy of their entire
country. never abandoned the struG-
gle, undoubtedly will receive as COM
pensation. among other things. the
Serbian portion of the Banat. which
will shelter them from aggression
such as victimized them in 1914.
Greeks to Come Back.
Greece undoubtedly will succeed in
reuniting under her flag the greatest
number of her countrymen of whom
many have hitherto lived scattered
outside the Greek frontiers. both in
Asiatic and European Turkey.
incidentally, | have been informed
by Rumanian friends that their coun-
try would have entered the war ear
lier had Russia consented to give her
Bessarabia, which the Car refused
even in 1916. preferrinE to promise the
RumanianS the entire Banat OF
Temesvar. the Bukowina and Tran
sylvania, Austrian provinces.
Serbia never agreed TO surrender
her claims to the Banat, but in 1915
Serbia was weak while Russia was
strong.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
U-BOATS ORDERED
DUMPED INTO SEA
Entente Commission Directs Sink
ing of Subs Being Built.

Kiel, Germany, Feb. 16.-An entente
naval commission, arriving here on a
British cruiser. has ordered the Ger
man naval administration to have all
U-boats building in the Germania
yards, which will not be finished by
February II, dumped into the sea
and sunk.
The German naval staff informed
the entente commander that the only
purpose in continuing construction of
submarines is that it affords employ
ment," thus reducing the great
army of jobless German workers.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
Flu Decreases in N. Y.

New York. Feb. 16.-Inf1uenZa and
pneumonia cases and deaths report
cd to the health department dur
ing the past week show that these
rualadies are decreasing in whence.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
AMERICANS JOY
over TRIUMPH
Encourage in Paris Elated
by Adoption of Wilson S
League Plans.

Paris. FEB. 1G.-The American en-
tourage Of President Wilson at the
Hotel CriIlon is still jubilantIy happy
over Mr.. Wilson'S great success in
having the league of nations plan re-
ported unanimously to the Peace Con-
ference.
1T was a golden day in the history
of civilization" said Oscar Strauss
Il am anxious to find out who is re-
sponsible for the use of the single
word covenant as the title for the
league of nations agreement. 1t was
an inspiration. That is the old BibIi-
cal term. There is something more
sacred about it than there is to the
word treaty
Its use indicates that the world in
the future is to be ruled by right
which is the law of God"
This expression is typical of the en-
thusiasm manifested at the Crillon.
Opposition May Develop.
While the President departed with
all the joy and satisfaction of one
whose triumph has been complete. il
is just possible that on his return he
may find opposition to some of the
principles.
The consensus of world opinion on
the plan will be the determining fac
tor. If the President can still main
tain his hold on the public opinion of
the world no voice will be raised
against his proposals. and even if
such voice or voices should be raised
they will have no effect on the deci-
sion of the conference.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
j. s. MILLIONS
WILL IMPROVE
FOREIGN PORTS
Gigantic Enterprise viii Be
Undertaken by Lead
ing Bankers.
PLAN BIG WAREHOUSES;
Bomb-proof Storage Vaults
Will Encircle the
Globe.

Huge warehouses, constructed 20 be
proof against fire or Evolutionary
mobs, will be constructed at a series
OF ports. strategicaIly situated for
trade in various parts Of the world.
If present plans of prominent New
York banking interests carry. II is
expected definite steps will be taken
in promotion Of the enterprise at "A
meeting this week in New York.
Government officials say the plan
Of the New York bankers is evidence
Of the part America will play in
foreign trade. While many trading
companies are being organized. the
proposed establishment Of a series OF
storage vaults around the globe is
considered convincing proof that
American capital is TO be employed
abroad in extending the market for
Uncle Sans goods.
Already agents OF foreign govern
ments are seeking endorsement Of
plans calling for investment OF mil
lions in betternent OF foreign ports
In many instances these ports warn
controlled by German agencies. The
victory of the allies brought financial
depression and the owners OF the
docks and railroad facilities are
forced to sell out. not only because
they are bankrupts. but because they
no longer can attempt 10 operate
their concessions IN ccntcrs Of hostile
population
The Washington herald., 1919-02-17
Agreement Reported Likely.

Paris, Feb. 1G.-With regard to
the chances of an understanding
between Greece and Italy concern
ing the territorial matters in dis
pute, touched upon by former Pre-