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New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Approaching Crisis
Born Of Good Feeling

Bv contrast, tho crisis which ap-
nroaches grows out Of good rather than
III feeling. In Franco, Italy and Eng
land the coming of President Wilson
was hailed by the mass of the people,
by the little people as contrasted with
the politically or socially great, as the
promise Of new era. Mr.. Wilson was
welcomed in no small sense as the
savior Of society, as the guarantor of
a new world. There was, at most, a
difference only IN degree in Rome,
London and Paris
The consequence was to give Mr..
Wilson a position almost unique in
history. lie had, and | think he re
tains, tho power welded by Bismarck
at the conference of Berlin-although
It flows from far different sources
and no single man at the congress Of
Vienna had comparable influence. 1t
was, and in a measure it remains, the
expectation OF great masses of Euro
pean publics that Mr.. Wilson is TO
bring durable peace to the world. He
has boone figure quite unlike that
Of Lloyd George, Clemcnceau, Orlando,
who, after all, are mortals known as
such to millions; but Mr.. Wilson is a
symbol rather than man.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
China Could Solve
Problems if Let
Alone, Says Mission
Unofficial Statement Asserts
Japan Plans to Establish
Settlement at Tsing-tao
Under the 1915 Treaties

WASHINGTON, Jan 2s.-ln state
mcnt tonight, commenting upon
that made in Paris yesterday by
delegate, regarding the attitude of
Japan in the peace conference and
toward the return OF Using Tao to
China, the unofficial mission here Of
the Canton Chinese government assert
ed that Baron Maxine must know that
China's problems would be quickly
solved if the Japanese ceased their
activities in China. 1t also said it was
disappointing that the baron failed to
indicate the nature Of the notes cx-
changed by japan and China in 1915,
under the terms of which it now was
proposed to restore Using Tao.
The statement concluded with the
declaration that the Chinese peace del
egation represented a united China and
that the delegates were in complete
agreement regarding essentials to be
submitted to the conference. Two
members of the delegation, it said
were former members of the Canton
mission.
"The notes formed part of set of
treaties which Japan compelled China
to sign under a threat o. war con
tanned in an ultimatum delivered on
May 7, 1915" said this statement "The
notes contained, in Chinese opinion, an
Elusive unde rtaking on the part of
Japan 20 return Kiaochau to China
subject to the following condtions: ,
al. Opening of the whole of Kiao-
chau as a commercial port.
"'2. Establishment of Japanese set
tlement in the locality to BE- desig-
mated by the Japanese government.
"'3. Esta ablishment, if desired, by
the powers, of an international set
tlement.
"'4. Arrangements to be made. be-
fore the return Of the said territory
is effected, between the Japanese and
Chinese governments with respect
to the disposal of German public
Establishments and properties and
" it'll regard to the other conditions
and procedures.
at will be noted that these condi-
lions, besides limiting Chinese juris-
diction as a result of opening the whole
of Kiao-cha as a commercial port
and the establishment Of an interna-
tional settlement therein, provide for
the establishment Of Japanese set
tlement in a locality to he designated
by the Japanese government"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Rail Strike Leader
Arrested in Paris;
Unions Make Protest

PARIS, Jan. Following the min
ute strike" on the Paris, Lyons and
Mediterranean Railway on Saturday,
Leon Midol, secretary of the Paris,
Lyons and Mediterranean Union, was
arrested, the railroad still being oper-
ated by the military authorities. He
will be court t-martialed. An account
Of the incident published in the
"Matin," which shows two black spaces
where it was censored, says that other
arrests are imminent.
The news aroused the headquarters
of the National Railroaders' Union
and a delegation called at the Office
of Premier Clcmenceau yesterday. The
Premier was absent, and the union
delegation will call again to-day. Min
lister Claveille received a delegation
of Socialist Deputies yesterday, his de
partment having authority over rail
roads. A vigorous protest was made
according to "Humante," the delega-
tion pointing out to NJ. Claveille that
the methods he adopted in the matter
We're not without danger.
A strike of electrical workers which
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Hurley to Return
With New Facts
On shipP Problem
Data on Merchant Marine
Obtained III Europe, He
Says, Will Help Clear Up
The American Situation

PARIS. Jan. % Edward n. Hurley,
head Of the Shipping Board. announced
to-day his intention to return to the
United States on the Leviathan when
she sails again from France.
Mr Hurley said he felt the American
people had determined 20 have and to
maintain merchant marine sufficient
in size to make it certain they would
hot be dependent on shipping o. other
nations for their foreign trade, and
that the demand for such shipping
programme was virtually unanimous.
AS soon as the armistice was signed,
he continued, he had recognized that
great many questions would arse III
connection with the American shipping
programme that would require first
hand knowledge Of what was planned
to be done by the other nations en-
gagged III shipping, and he had come to
Europe in this correction
MIR. Hurley said, now that the war
pressure had Been relieved, Americans
and others Interested with them in
shipping under American registry wcrc
anxious for definite Information to 5et-
tie three main questions. as follows:
What is the character and extent
of the government construction pro-
grammc?
What is the plan for continuing
government operation
If government operation is to be
discontinued, on what basis will the
ships be operated privately, and to
be maintained?
Question of Type Important
Collateral to these questions, but also
of great Importance, he declared, are
those that relate to the future con-
struction programme, rs to the number
and type Of ships to be built, and
whether certain types of ships already
constructed shall be authorized for
foreign account.
Mn. Hurley also said that within the
! last sixty days he had secured much
information on the construction pro-
gramme, operating problems ard gen
cral plans of the other maritime pow
crs, and the information had particular
reference to questions now under dis
cussion in the United States He feels
that as result Of his Investigations
he will be able to present data which
should be of great assistance in de-
termining the best future policy for
the American merchant marine.
Some Of the other maritime powers
Mr.. Hurley added, have intimated that
the United States Will have many diff
culties in constructing and maintain
ing a merchant marine, but his investi-
cations did not lead him to believe
those difficulties in any sense insupcr-
able; in fact, he was convinced tha.
construction and operation pro
gramme could and will be developed
which would give to the United States
what her people desired
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Nearly 100000
Idle In Strikes
In British Isles
Continued from page I

SG,ravsdiggers {, Joined the strike on
Alexander Thompson, editor OF the
Socialist Labor newspaper, Clarion, .
reviewing present industrial unrest
for The Mail" writes:
The new Labor Minister. Sir Rob
ert Stevenson Horne, whose sincere
sympathy with iabors desire FOR i'm
proved conditions in life has very ia
vorably impressed leaders Of the traues
unions, confesses his utter helplessness
in dealing with the grave problems
assailing him on his entrance to office.
None Of The present strikes has
been authorized by the executives of
the unions involved, and ali are con
trary TO official advice. Therefore, it
is obviously impossible for Sir Robert
to interfere It is his policy as Labor
Minister to support trades union eX-
ecutives, as any other action would
only weaken their authority and
strengthen the hands of those who
have disobeyed instruCtions.'
No Change on the Clyde
There is no change in the lltuation
on the Clyde. where 20,OO0 shipyard
workers are out, nor in London, where
5000 ship repairers are striking, and
have refused an offer to refer the
question OF wages to committee.
To these must be added $4,000 Fife
shire miners, 5000 South Wales miners.
5000 Edinburgh shipwrights. 4,000
Manchester dockers, 1000 South Wales
shipyard men and a number of Glasgow
municipal workers.
Except in London, where the ques-
ton at stake is one of wages. all these
strikes are due to demand for shorter
hours, with the same privileges and
wages as prevailed when longer hours
were worked
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
French ~ atch on Rhine
F0rerer, Says Couraud

CoBLENz' Jan. % (By The
Associated Press Support
ing Marshal Foch's opinion that
the French should remain on the
Rhine, General Gouraud, under
whom the Americans fought in
the Champagne, made a similar
declaration TO the American cor
respondents whom he had invited
to luncheon at his quarters in
Strasbourg.
THE Americans Will go home
when peace is declared, andathe
British will go home when peace
is declared, but the French will
remain on the Rhine as a STRAIT
cgic barrier he said
It would never do, after the
sacrifices of the great war, to
leave open points where Germany
might again some day strike.'
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Abbey to Honor Roosevelt

LONDON. Jan. 2S-A memorial SER
vice for Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
is planned for Westminster Abbey at
date not yet fixed. Such a service
for foreigner is extremely rare.
The uncertainty about the date is
owing to the desire Of Premier Lloyd
George to postpone the service until
the new Parliament is in session, so
all the members may attend The
Duke of Connaught, an old friend Of
Colonel Roosevelt, acted for the
Premier in obtaining the use of the
Abbey for the service
While all arrangements are not vet
perfected it is expected that King
George and Queen Mary will attend.
The Archbishop of Canterbury prob
ably viii otficiate
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Wilson Passes First
Test Satisfactorily

In this situation the temptations are
manifest and tremendous, yet I think
it would be the general consensus
that the President has acted with
admirable self-restraint. The first
awkward moment when it remained to
be disclosed whether he came as Caesar
or as a conferree went off satisfac-
torily. Millions of people welcomed
him with an enthusiasm which gave
him obvious power but he made no
effort to use that power unfairly, un-
reasonably or. so far, at all.
Thus. in sense, after the first period
OF action the President disappeared
from the public which had welcomed
him. He was lost to view and-this
is the point-thereafte nothing has
happened of all things which were
most expected and arc most desired
What the President thought, what he
seeks, what his views are on the main
questions remain unknown, not save
by few, but unknown to any single
individual in France. On some, but
by no means all important questions,
his views arc suspected and that is all.
Now. | do not think any one can
eXaggerate the longing of the people
Of the nations who have fought this
war for peace for return to the old
comforts and convoniences of life, for
an end not merely to the horrors
Of fighting but to the only less real
horrors of the e..isting twilight zone
between war and peace. In France,
in Britain. in Italy. there are dis
comforts, hardships; there is meas
nre Of suffering and millions of men
still under arms desire to go home,
while in Eastern Europe famine exists
ard increases day by day.
The conditions Of ordinary life pass
description even in Western Europe.
One pays enormously for little, not
merely the foreigner but also the ma
tive. Food is dear, scarce, unsatisfac-
tory. Railway transp sportation is hap
hazard. Mails are infrcquent. In sum,
order and organization have as CON
sequence Of the war gone out Of life.
The grimmest and the most intimate
personal problems press upon all peo-
pie, and as the pressure grows their
interest, e.cn in "a thing as important
as the peace conference, diminishes.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
~ Ships Held Up by
Buenos Ayres Strike

BUENos AYREs. Jan. IS. Buenos
Ayres has been isolated for twenty-five
days by the port strike. which prevents
entrance of transatlantic steamships.
Forty-ninc vessels were anchored in the
roads to-day. 1t is feared they wiN
proceed to Montevideo to unload
These vessels alone could export A
sixteenth part Of the eXportable crops.
,Wh'ie an eighth Of the crops could have
been moved if this Muinber we're added
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Peace Conference Like
Our National Convention

Bat all this is the small beer of the
thing A peace conference is like a
national convention in our politics. The
convention has single function. 1t
must nominate a ticket; f it fails the
election viii be lost. Therefore, with
out exception, conventions nominate.
They frequently begin with every sign
of collapse. There are opening days Of
rival booms and conflicting platform
proposals. But at certain point har-
mony comes out of discord. And it
viii nc the same in Paris for the same
reason. The delegates to this conven-
ton viii not attempt to go home with
out a treaty Of peace in their pockets.
Again, there is superficial sense Of
disappointment that conference de
signed at least in the public mind, to
bring about an enduring peace and a
new order in the world is engaged end
lessly in the discussion Of territorial
rivalries and trade jealousies.
All these things are here and unmis
taxable, but idealism is not lacking
either. Beyond ali else there is q clear
perception in the minds Of the official
and even more in the minds Of the un-
official, representatives of the various
rs-tions that a new spirit is stirring in
their own constituencies. Expecting
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29

to the cargo carriers which have been
diverted from this trade during the
month because of the strike
The loss to the strikers and ship
owners alone IS estimated by the news
papers At more than 100000 pesos
S9,6is. COO. The loss to the country is
impossible TO estimate The loss in
customs has been 100000 pesos daily.
Three thousand cigarette and cigar
workers struck today, paralyzing the
Industry.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Speedy Action Halted
BY League Of Nations

It is not, then, differences over ma.
'lonai claims; it is not the demands of
france In Germany or of Italy in Aus
trla (which block the way. Imponder-
able rather than tangible obstacles are
holding US back, and chief among these
is the present status of the league of
nations. England and France have ac-
cepted the Presi dents double deter
mination-first, that there should be
league and, second, that it should be
created by the treaty of peace rather
than postponed to a later conference
But neither England nor France--nor
America, for that matter--has yet ar.
rived at any coherent idea Of what Mr..
Wilson's view Of league of nations is
Has he a plan? Prcsumably-but no
one knows. Will he announce it? Per-
haps, but who can say?
And so the situation becomes more
and more puzzling because, like all
human gatherings. the peace confer
ence in Paris seeks leader, and up
to the present hour the man whom cir
N"i'i''eoi HeNC i'idi hCI lOl tildC iOlC
gives no sign of the direction which
he believes should be taken.
desire to warn my American readers
against accepting sensational reports
of growing national differences. | do
not think any one can xaggeratc the
fundamental good feeling which exists
in England and in France, incidentally
in the official world, but more strik-
ingly amid the masses Of the popula.
ton, for the President personally and
as the representative of his country
We are three distinct nations with
totally different manners and methods,
no longer associated in common
struggle against the enemy-a stu
alton in which all differences of man
ner vanish before the same conception
Of duty. Instead we are engaged in
striving to exist, and our conditions
are equally hard on both sides of the
national fences; all the little latent
prejudiccs come to the surface; the
heroes, alas, have become quite ordi-
nary human beings You may hear in
every corridor, in every restaurant
gossip, half truths and truths of no
significance, brought forward to prove
that everything in Paris marches tow
ard discord and failure.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Wilson af The Conference
BY Frank H. Simonds

plan, as it is necessary to believe even
IN the matter of the league of nations,
'hc plan remains unknown.
40 not desire at this time to seem
20 crltlcisc | have been convinced
and remain convinced, that the coming
OF the President to Europe was in it.
sell and by itself great contribution
20 thc solution OF the most difficult
problem, that Of making at least n
'oieraoie peace. We shall have, | am
sute' better peace because Woodrow
wilson came to Europe than we should
nave obtained if he had STAYED at
home
hls coming unclaimed forces Of un-
expressed and truly inartculatc ideal
isn recall the comment of French
servant of one of my friends. She
SAID after three hours of waiting and
Watching for the President, 'Now that
Mr. Wilson has come there is hone.
'Snt there ~ Politicians arc politicians
the world over. The last diplomat will
o'r'er very little from The first Both
classes arc in the end led by necessity
or driven by external pressure. Mr..
Wilson'S coming set in motion press.
ure from masses Of men and women in
many nations which has exercised and
IS exercising profound influence upon
the plans explored and the ends sought
within the conference.
so much has been gained and it will
hardly be lost. We shall harvest very
much of that crop and in my judgment
VIII remain glad that the President
came; but to-day the world, the Euro
pean world at least, finds itself begin
nlng to be anxious-a shade impatient
as 1T sees the hope of definite results
postponed. | repeat this postponement
IS not due to irreconclable differences
Of opinion nor to quarrels over princi-
pies or provinces. Such differences will
all be settled without quarrel because
every one is determined to settle them
that way. The cause is the apparent
lack of programme
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Loss at Shenkursk
Small. Il. S. EnUOy Saw,

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.-A dispatch
to the State Department to-day from
Charge d'Atfaires Poole at Archangel
describing the evacuation Of Shenkursk
by American, Allied and Russian
troops in the face of superior Boil
shevik forces said the retirement was
accomplished successfully; that the
troops were in good condition and their
losses very small. About 500 civilians
were being cared for by the military
Organization
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Strikers Attack Shops

BELFAST, Jan. 2S.-Strikers at
tackled shops here last night, seeming
to centre their assaults on stores
showing lights.
One large store, which generates
its own electricity and was brilliantly
illuminated, was stoned by the mob.
The plateglass show windows were
smashed and womcn's clothing exhib-
tied there was carried away. In an
other district saloon was broken open
and liquor was taken by the mob.
Police who were dispensing rioters
were fired upon, but at last succeeded
in restoring order
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29

PARIS, Jan ii unmistakably thc
neace conference is approaching Il
crisis, the first, perhaps, of many, but
no less a real crisis. This is not the
result Of the development of irrecon-
liable views Of any open or secret dis
agreement There has been none, and,
W nv Judgment, there will be none.
Nothing is more likely, viewed from
nresent conditions, than that from
Start TO finish the conQuerors Of Ger
many VIII continue to act in coopcra-
tion and with uubroken harmony. In
cvitablc disagrecmonts will not be
come national or personal. 1t is pos
sjbie TO dismiss in advance rumor and
rerorts Of altcrcations Of ultimatums
and Of all similar circumstances. Brit
ain. France and the United States, the
three great powers, cannot be scpa-
rated By any question which may arise.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Rosa Luxemburg Said To
BE Alive and in Hiding

COPENHAGEN. Jan. 2s.-A Munich
dispatch 10 the "Politiken' reports that
II has been learned from "reliable
sources that Rosa Luxembourg. who
was reported to have been shot and
killed on January 10 in Berlin. is alive
and is al the house Of friend. where
she VIII be concealed until she has an
opportunity 10 escape froM the Ger
man capital
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Decision, Not Debate,
Asked Of Confor-ees

The reaction from these conditions
ID The ever growing demand that there
shall be decision, not debate, in the
peace conference. The world is be-
sinaing 10 demand some peace, any
peace rather than a perpctuation Of
TIE present condition, and in this sit
uat'on Sic President, whose word
~oaid be Of compelling force, says
nothing. has said nothing. IF he has
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Allies I(epa1lse
Reds Attack
Al the Dviina
Continued from page


Bolsheviki attacked shcnkursk "the
Whites fled
On the southern front, about so
versts north of Tzaritzan, the message
says, "our dctachments occupied Da-
vidovka, forcing the enemy back to
Malayaivunovka."
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 2S.-Premier Le-
nine, according to report from Re-
val, has ordered the Bolshevik troops
to retakc the town of Narva from the
Esthonians within a week, to sack the
town and to kill all the bourgeoisie
Lenine IS reported to be staying in
the town Of hamburg, east of Narva
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29

miracles, many may be disappointed;
but do not believe there is any rea-
son to fear another Congress Of Bcr-
IN, much less another Congress Of
Vienna.
The day-to-day routine of the con-
ference has not yet acquired real valne
The great decisions are still to be
made; the unmistakablc differences re
main to be ironed out. All that has
been done is in a very real sense per
tunctory. but the way in which it has
been done is encouraging. If the con
terence has not yet afiirmativelv
marched in the right direction there
is no mistaking the fact that it has
avoided taking steps which night in
yolve the surrender Of princinles.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29

it had been expected would be called
tonight was averted. The power COM
panies agreed to negotiate with their
men.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Dangers Of Any Break
Have Become Remote

If it has so far been conservative
1t has at no time been rcactionary
and has steadily shown recognition.
and an appreciation Of the dangers of
any reactlonary course. In my iudg-
ment the great powers as represented
at Paris are nearer together than they
were two months ago, and the dangers
OF any break have become remote.
Yet at last 7 return TO the point at
which | began Mr.. Wilson'S greatost
opportunity remains, but in sense is
passing; Europe wants peace and hopes
tor the millennium; it is ready to ac
cept his leadership to an unexpected
degree, but it is beginning to ask
whether he has a plan Abstract prin-
ciples must soon he translated into
concrete applications, and so far Mr.
wilson has refrained from giving a
/ sign not merely to Lloyd George and
Ilemenceau, but even to the amiablc
Mr.. Lansing
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29

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