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Instruments Of Strength

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He is able to save because he is strong
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.SUNINYSQIlOL
LESSON
By REV. p. B. FITZWATER, ID. D..
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chic&go.)
Copyright. 1913 Western Newspaper
Union.)
LESSON FOR JANUARY 26
ISRAEL CROSSING THE RED SEA.

LESSON TEXT-Exodus 1413-15:21.
GOLDEN TEXT-Thus the Lord saved
the Israelites that day out of the hands
of the Egyptians. Exodus 1870.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Deuter
omy 4:s2-40; Psalms 78:1-14; 10s:7-R; He
brews 1:2S.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
ConferenceRepor
material Progress
President for First Time Since Arrival IL
France Allows Above Statement to Gt
Forth. Question of Responsibility fos
the War Finds Wilson and Three Premieri
in Accord

Paris, April s.-For the first time
since President wilson's arrival in
France he today allowed the state
ment to go forth that material
progress" has been made at the big
four" conference.
Commencing yesterday afternoon,
when the question of responsibility
for the war was taken up. it was
found that the President and the
three premiers are in accord.
Progress was made, it is under
stood, in the discussions OF tho Saar
Valley and reparationsI problems.
Resuming their sessions this
morning the negotiators were ex-
pected to make a supreme effort to
agree along lines satisfactory to the
President .
Members of the American Com
mission frankly declared today
that the issues are being Joined
along lines which will shortly de-
termine whether a peace treaty is
possible which will satisfy America
Other members OF the American
peace commission say that yester.
days progress was remarkable and
was due to the insistence OF the Pres
ident no longer to waste time
II is understood Mr.. Wilson yes
terday fully explained 10 his associ-
ates in the conference the necessity
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
MAKE HUNS PAY
B|LL.,SAYF FRENCH
Future Generations of
France Ought Not to Be
Burdened, Premier Says.

Paris, April .. - Premier Clemen-
ceau, undaunted by charges of i'm
perialism or insinuations that France
is imbued with a childish idea of
vengeance, continues to fight for
what the French regard as adequate
reparations from Germany.
The premier's arguments are backed
by the most startling figures. These
indicate that Frances national debt
is more than S4OOO0, 100000.
There are less than 1900, 900 money
producing males in France. Thus. for
each worker, there is a debt of over
5000. With its present debt, Frances
expenditures are placed at SO .OOo.-
600 a year, and as the total annual
private income of all the French to-
gether is only between $500, ,OCO, 600
and $1,000, ,0oo,0OC, so per cent of every
mans wages and other income is nee
essary to meet the country's budget.
1t is not only necessary to meet ex-
bSASNSf SNt " pay OlL that great ma
tIonal debt. Prof. Henri Truchy. the
famous economist of Sorbonne Uni
versity, considers s4O.OOO.OOo a year for
this purpose would be a good average.
At this rate. it would require a hun
dred years to free the country from
debt.
He said the French position is:
rs it fair to force future genera
tions of French to pay the debts of
a war begun by the Germans when
the Germans themselves are ex-
empted?"
La Liberte said today that Glenn
enceau, Premier Lloyd George, Pre-
mier Orlando and Colonel House
reached an agreement on certain
principles while President Wilson
was ill. 1t declared that it now re-
mains for the President to approve
these decisions, adding 'the obvious
is that If he approves
the peace preliminaries will be
signed"
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
AVIATOR READY
FOR SEA FLIGHT
Harry Hawker Awaits Dry
Field Conditions-May
Make Trial Sunday.

st. Johns, n. F., April "a trial
fight and a dry field are all that
stand in the way of the attempt OF
Pilot Harry A. Hawker to fly across
the Atlantic Ocean in a Sopwith aero,
plane. News OF more entries in the
contest is serving TO hasten the prepa-
rations of the Sopwith squad and a
decision has been reached TO disre.
gard time and wind as factors and
to ascend as soon as the field is dry
enough TO permit take of" after
a brief trial.
In trials abroad. it was learned to-
day, the Sopwith plane was driver
for more than nine hours continuous
ly at a speed averaging 10 miles.
Hawker, it is said. expects to main
tain this average across the ocean,
which would permit him to arrive in
England with hours TO spare. At the
rate of 11o miles an hour the 1900 mile
fight could be made in about eighteen
hours.
High winds, rain and fog continue
here. Ns-ertAeiefs, Rswker and Navi-
gator Grieye have tested the Hfeboai
with which the plane is equipped. New
wireless is being installed on the air
machine and will be given a try-out in
the trial spin. Hope was held today
that the trial flight can be held not
later than Sunday or Monday.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
SHIPS WITH FOOD
FOR LET'S DUE
Two Steamers with 1000
Tons Each Should Arrive
AT Baltic Ports Today.

London. April 9.-Two ships flying
tho American flag and laden with
1000 tons Of food each are due
today at the Baltic ports of Libau
and -MemeI. The food is designed
for the hungry Let's, and according
to Capt. B. A. Long. attached to
American naval headquarters here,
this is the first charity" cargo to
be delivered under the direction of
the Supreme Food Council.
Because the Lettish people are
impoverished by war and revoIu-
tion and their banks have no Sc
curities, American flour. bacon and
condensed milk are going to the
Let's with no other guarantee than
the promise to pay when they are
able to do so.
This is but one feature .of the
vast daily routine of feeding Eu-
rope in which America so far is
playing an almost exclusive role.
4one hundred and eleven ships, car
rying more than 100000 tons of
food are plying in European waters,
from the uttermost Baltic to Asia
Minor.
Herbert c. Hoover is the brains"
of this, the worlds greatest re-
yIctualling scheme, and which is di-
rected from Paris.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
BURLESON FREES
TINY C0MPAN|E
Those Doing Telephone
Business Under $4,000
Released from Control.

Postmaster General Burleson yester-
day freed all telephone companies
coming within Glass D from Federal
supervision and informed them they
may operate their properties with
maximum freedom"
At the same time he announced
the intention OF the Wire Control
Board - make compensation con-
tracts with Class A. B and c COM
panies as rapidly as possible.
Companies coming in Glass d
include individual partnerships
whose gross revenues do not ex-
ceed $4,000 per annum. for which
no form of account has been pre-
scribed by the l. c. C. and which
make no report showing the finan-
cial condition of the business"
However, Burleson ruled. Class D
companies, must report to the Post
master Generals Office Immediate
ly if its annual gross revenues ex-
ceed $4,000.
The, Class d companies however,
will be required to operate under Ii
cense and abide by such orders as
the Wire Board may put out Affect
ing licensed companies. Any COM
pany in this class feeling its inter-
ests necessitate its remaining under
government supervision, must SO
notify the Federal Wire Board
within thirty days, the order states.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
new YORK CITY
CAUSED SPREAD
OF B0LSHEvISM
So Declares DR.. Newell
Dwight Hilles in Ad-
dress Here.
SEES "RED" MENACE
Government Had Preferred
Treason Charge Against
Trotsky-He Escaped.
SEES "RED" MENACE

Responsibility for the growth of
Bolshevism in America was charg-
ed against New York City. by DR..
Newell Dwight Hills in a public
address here last night
He said that for a year before
his departure for Russia, Trotsky
was protected by the city, while
making his plans for the over
throw ofthe Russian government
and spreading the Bolshevist doc
trine in this country.
Red Catechism.
A direct outgrowth of Trotsky's
teachings, in DR.. Hills opinion,
was the recent announcement that
on July 1 of this year. 5000 Sunday
Schools would be opened in New
York and Brooklyn by the Boil
shevists, I. w. WIS and radical
Socialists. These schools will be in
residences and private halls, he
said.
A catechism, printed in the Bohe-
mian language. which will be used in
these schools had come into his pos
session, DR.. Hills said. The first
question and answer reveal the grave
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
U.S.COMMISSION
PROBES RUSSIA
Appointed to Study Condi,
tions of Esthonia, Lett
land and Lithuania.

London. April "A special commits
sion representing the American peace
delegation has begun an Investigation
OF conditions in northwestern Russia,
a news agency dispatch from Hell
singfors reported today.
Before leaving for Libau the COM
mittee composed Of Lieut.. Col. War
wick Green and five other officers
issued the following statement:
The United States considers that
no peace is possible until the Russian
problem is settled and satisfactory
governments established in Finland
snd the Baltic provinces. With the
object Of facilitating the work of the
United States peace delegation in
Paris. a special commission has been
appointed to visit Finland. Esthonia,
Lettland and Lithuania, to study po-
Iitical. economic and military condI-
tons"
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
Peace Situation
Now Disturbed
By Jugo-Slavs

Paris, April "a new dis
turbing element in the peace
situation is the reported hostil-
ity of the Jugo-Slavs to the en-
tentc.
A roundabout dispatch from
Belgrade asserts the Jugo-Slav
government has rejected the en-
tente request for cooperation
of the Jugo-Slav army in fight
ing Bolshcvism in Hungary,
because the entente powers
have not recognized the Jugo-
Slav state"
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
STATE JUDGE
HALTS RATES
Decides Burleson Without
Power to Fix Charges
In Illinois.

Chicago. April 9.-Thc State OF mi-
nois won a victory over the Federal
government here today when Superior
Judge FoeIl made permanent an in
junction granted last February re-
straininE the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company and Postmaster
General Burleson from incress sing
telephone rates in the State.
Power Lies In the State.
The decision IS the first given in a
number OF suits in various States
where the increased rates were tested
in the courts. In making the injunc-
tion permanent Judge Foell affirmed
the exclusive right OF the State in
regulating telephone rates.
A temporary injunction was granted
on request OF Attorney General f
Brundage, Of Illinois. the day before
the new rates were TO go into effect
all over the country.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
1900 RAILROAD
MEN Walk OUT
Workmen Strike as Protest
Against Discharge of
Machinist.

Scranton, Penna., April 9.-More
than 1900 machinists, boiler makers
bIscksmiths, electrical workers and
car men employed by the Scranton
shops of the Delaware, Lsckawan-
ma and Western Railroad Company
went on strike at noon today fol-
lowing, ,the discharge of a machtnist
by an efficiency foreman.
The men demand that the ma
chinist be reinstated and the fore
man discharged. threatening that
if this is not done, all shop work
Crs employed by the company from
Hoboken to Buffalo will be called
out.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
U.S.DOUCHBOYS
IN FIERCE FIGHT
With JAPANESE
Soldiers Attacked When
Report Declared They Fa-
vored Russ Bolsheviki.
TROUBLE ADMITTED
State Department Awaiting
Full Report on Occur
rences In China.

American soldiers were brutaIly at
tackled by a mob OF japanese soldiers
end civilians in Tientsin, China, who
unlawfuIIy invaded the French con-
eession there for the express purpose
Of seizing and beating every Ameri-
can-whether soldier or civiIian-they
could find.
This and many other facts concern
ing the recent clash in the Chinese
city were made known in Washington
yesterday, but the State Department
declined to discuss the matter, saying
that it awaited a complete report
from the japanese government
Indeed, it was intimated that in view
Of the rather delicate situation it
would be better to treat the matter
lightly for the present at least
Newspaper Starts II.
The start of the trouble, it was
learned. began with the publica-
tiOn in Nichi NichL. a japanese
paper. of an account detailing the
refusal Of American troops to fight
with japanese soldiers in Siberia.
This article. which declared
americans favor BoIsheviki," /"
reached Tientsin and inhamed the
Japanese populace there, and the
first opportunity for violent ag-
gressiOn against Americans was
soon taken.
y complete account of the trouble,
which appeared in the North China
Star, an American newspaper pub
ltshcd in Tientsin, says that jap
anes" armed troops, led by mount
ID officers and accompanied by K.
kamci. the Japanese consul gem
craL swept into the French con-
cession and Immediately began
their assault upon Americans.
These things happened:
American soldiers were dragged
from the French concession into the
japanese where they were mauled
and pelted with stones. bottles and
other missiles. The Americans were
greatly outnumbered.
\ noncOmmissioned officer was
knocked down and beaten into in
scnsibiIity.
An American soldier was beaten
almost TO death. then thrown into
a courtyard where he was later dis
covered by American civilians and
officers.
An ambulance, carrying an Ameri-
can soldier. was attacked by the
mob. and refused protection by the
commanding officer Of the japanese
although the American consul gen.
eraI was in the vehicle at the time.
Offcer Protests.
There were $50 japanese soldiers,
with fixed bayonets. in the attack
ing party, the Star says, and the
trouble continued intermittenIy for
three nights. The Japs drove all
before them. as the officers leading
them were mounted and could easily
ride down defenseIess civilians.
One American soldier, who came
up the street and had no knowI-
edge of the fracas, was taken pris-
CONTINUED ON FACE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
GEN. HARRIS TO HELP
IN WAR RECORD WORK
Will Join Secretary Baker in Per-
fecting Details.

Adjutant General P. c. Harris is
to join Secretary of War Baker in
Europe. He will leave here TODAY
for New York, where he will take
ship for France. He plans to remain
abroad several weeks.
1t is stated that the purpose of Gen.
Harris visit is to examine the rec
ords of the Expeditionary Force
which have been kept by the officers
under Gen. Pershing and to co-or-
dinate them with the records in the
Adjutant Generals office here.
Gen. Harris will also make a study
of the methods of keeping the rec
ords in the British war office and in
the French war office.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
President Wilson
Sends Greetings
To King Albert

Paris, April president Will
son sent the following telegram
to King Albert of Belgium on
the occasion of the lattcr's
Birthday:
please accept my warmest
congratulations on your birth
day, and my hope is that you
may have another birthday in
times that will rapidly grow
brighter and brighter and pres
entity witness the entire rcstora-
ton of Belgium"
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
Sunday Movies Subject
Of Hearing by Governor

Albany. N. Y, April e.-Governor
Smith announced that he will hold
a public hearing April 16 on the
Sunday baseball and Sunday movie
bills, both Of which are awaiting
his signature.
These bills. which were passed by
the legislature after a long fight,
permit each community in the State
to determine whether the law shall
be applicable. The governor fixed
the date for the hearing after a con-
ference with H. L. Boothby. general
secretary Of the Lords Day Alliance.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
BAVARIANS BREAK
WITH GERMAN "REDS'
Envoy of Soviet Republic Reported
Recalled from Berlin.

Copenhagen, April 9.-The Bavarian
Soviet republic has broken relations
with the German government at Ber-
lin, Munich dispatch reported today.
Herr Won Preger. Bavarian envoy to
Berlin, is said to have been recalled
to Munich Before leaving he is re-
ported to have informed the German
cabinet that the new constitution does
not bind Bavaria
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
2 POLICEMEN HURT
IN STREET FIGHT
Mounted Men Clash with Textile
Workers-Shots Fired.

Lawrence, Mass, April s.-Striking
textile workers clashed with the po-
lice here today for the second time
this week. the disturbance occurred
in the plains" district, when a crowd
Of strikers. estimated at 1000. attacked
Mounted Policemen John Pendergast
and Leo Waite.
During the fighting shots were fred
from an alley near Pine street bur
no one was hit.
Waite was struck on the head with
club, while Pendergast was dragged
from his horse and thrown to the
ground. where he was kicked and
beaten
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
WORK ENDS THIS WEEK.
TREATY FORMED NEXT
Lloyd George Expects Finished
Draft a Week from Today.

Paris, April 9.-Premier Lloyd
George will go to London on Monday,
address Parliament Tuesday and re-
turn to Paris en- Wednesday. it was
announced this afternoon. On his re-
turn. it was said, he expects to find
the draft Of the treaty completed, sub
ject to ratification by plenary ses-
sion,
The premier is understood to consid-
er that the Big Four's work will end
this week, so far as possible. before
the drafting committee takes up the
formation OF the treaty.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
California Volcano Active.

Redding. Cal, April e.-Mount Las.
sen, the only active volcano in Amer
ica, began an eruption today The
eruption had not sbated after two
hours.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-10
SPARE KAISER'S LIFE
BIG FOUR DECIDES
Strong Indictment for Responsible
ity. However.

Paris. April 9.-The big four" it
was learned this afternoon has de-
cided to eliminate the idea of capi-
tai punishment for the former
Kaiser, but will provide some
means for bringing him under al
lied control.
A decision also has been reached
to draw up strong indictment,
pointing out the moral response
bility of Wilhelm and other Ger
man leaders for the war.