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News of Fifty Years Ago
(rrom the Richmond Dispatch. Jan. %, 1ss9D

washington with pay warrant No. 2i6 on the
United States Treasury for $lG.o22 l. that be.
ing tho balance duo Virginia by the general
government for fitting out troops 10 suppress
the ''rcbcilon." There was a claim for about
Captain G. l.. Cook late OF the Frcedmans
Birc;tu has been appointed city saugcr in the
place Of Richard Fox, an old and tried oficor.
The citizens OF Union and Church Hills are
called 20 meet at Springfield Hall to take action
in regard the neglect with which we have
been treated by the municipal authorities" and
TO appoint committee TO cooperate with one
appointed by Sidney last week
The Congressional Recommendation Commit go
proposition OF tho Virginia Committee of Nine.
REV. MIR. Elder. wandering Methodist preacher.
who came down from the North. testified against
tie "now movement
Il is not believed In Washington that Bout
wcjls bill for universal suffrage possibly
pass
The Reconstruction Committee last night at
a special meeting. heard plumber Of Metho-
1isF or the church nj the North In opposition
10 thc plan Of the Committee OF Nine far
az Il affects church property,
General Schoicld. Secretary OF War will to-
lny go before the Reconstruction Committee TO
givc evidence NirE mia affairs.
There were cighty-rinc packages OF leaf to-
bac.o offered tho Tobacco Exchange ycstcr-
day all OF which sold except fvc. Tho
tobacco market is very active, tho manu-.
may begin operations in earnest soon as the
working season opens.
Tho Judiciary Committee yesterday reported
adversely to the seating OF Joshua HI as
United states Senator from Georgia. Mr.. Hill
is Conservative.
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Danger in the Greed for Gold


W/HEN tho last card has been laid face up
w on the table ut Versailles it may be
found that the real success OF tho conference,
which means lasting world peace, is not
menaced by differences involving the
league of nations or other weighty subjects
on which attention has been conferred so
much as by the insatiate greed for Hun gold,
which is developing daily to alarming proper
tons Therein lies grave danger. It comes
not from Great Britain and America al
though these powers will expect to be paid
IN reasonable measure for their losses Nor
can the demands of France, Belgium and
Serbia be considered unjust, when the hor
rors and devastation they were forced to
undergo are considered, although their totals,
IL they insist on payment in full, may prove
embarrassing. But all tho other nations
which had share, however small, in the
conflict. arc making it emphatically evident
that they propose to have Il part in the di-
vision of the spoils, advancing astounding
claims under the guise OF reparation. Greece
insists that it must be paid in full, Portugal
has its bill ready, Bohemia has made out it
account; in fact, the amount represented by
the line Of creditors who stand with out
stretched hands is so vast that human imagi-
nation is staggered. and to enforce collec-
ton would reduce Germany to condition
OF such abject impotency that payment would
be impossible.
Thus, through the immo dcrateness OF their
demands, while perhaps a just punishment
for German crimes, the allied nations them
selves would be defeated in their aims and
baked in even Il reasonable recovery. Dis
patches from Paris are disQuieting, in that
they indicate these smaller nations apparent
ly are losing sight OF the main question at
stake and are engrossed solely in how great
an amount of German treasure can be exactcd
for their benefit.
Germany can and must pay, and pay we'll,
and its debt must be so large that its pay
ment will extend over a long period of years,
that ii may not be permitted to forget its
treachery to the world; but to ruin 1t
nomically, to wipe away all hope OF recovery,
would be Grieyous error. That is what in
sstence payment in full would do, and
Maximilian Harden is not so far wrong when
he predicts that such a course would leave
Germany a rotten spot, from which pollution
would radiate and infect the world. States
men of the five great powers realize this, and
their decisions will he tempered, perhaps
not by mercy, but by wisdom. To them the
first duty is the establishing Of Just,
peoples peace. and the creation OF means to
insure its everlastingness. OF secondary i'm
portance is the exaction of reparation and
possible ndemnites from the enemy, and all
the claims OF the little nations, no matter
how vigorously they may be pressed, will
avail them nothing in influencing them to
reversal OF this order. Failure to exact the
of dissatisfaction, breeders of trouble and IN
rest, but that is minor problem for the
future, and it will not be permitted TO en-
danger the real work of the conference by
converting it into parlcy for the division
OF the spois OF war.
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"hazing' which is thus extolled is of niodi-
fled kind which, as far as the public knows,
has been freed OF features of physical vio-
lence; but system which places the young
strangers, fresh from the loving care OF those
at home, at the beck and call, ridiculo and
intimidation Of older boys, good and bad, is
o'rtain to lead to refined cruelties more dam
aging to manhood than the ordeal Of the
battle with fists" which was at one time
prominent feature of West Point life
Whatever may be said by it's defenders, "haZ-
lhg is ungentlemanly, for in any form it is
an imposition on the weak and unprotected
ihose who have visited our collegiate in
stitutions note the difference in tone between
inc ones which still practice the ancient bar
Daric tradition and those where the older
stuoents extend a welcoming hand to the
ne" ana make every endeavor to mako them
feel at home.
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Rehabilitation of the allied armies
is one OF tho most pressing and most
dangerous problems with which the
European governments have TO deal.
1t Is full Of dynamite for cvory entente
l.r ~ them knows
that 1T is sitting on volcano which
may orupt at any hour.
The necessary delay in sending the
upon by the Socialists Of France. Great
Britain and Italy as campaign capital,
and they have aimed such strength by
their incessant clamor for dcmobiliza-
ton that grave alarm is felt by tho
Eorornments in Paris. iomc and Lon
don for their future.
Each of these governments is en-
e., It's resources In an effort
to calm the people and to inspire
mobilization. Each is is trying to con-
vince the armies and the peoples that
whereas the lighting is now. over. the
Peace has not been proclaimed. Ger
many Is still an enemy. and It would
be criminal folly for the allies to dis
solve their military forces too rapidly
while such state OF affairs exists.
1t Is being shown. moreover. that the
present p, German government, is hailing
force. II is telling the German people
that. although they anust accent a
never crushed and never could have
been crushed. In other words. Ger
many Is making heroes OF it's soldiers
tanning at least 10000 under arms
nni;l it knows what kind OF n peace
It's enemies are 10 force upon II.
These incts are being spread con-
SANITY before the people OF tho en-
tente nations. They are being iterated
ana reiterated in Gorernmnt organs
almost daily, for the obvious purpose
OF countering the smashing Social list
ment OF, the enormous ornaments
created during the past four yearF
TO what extent the counter movement
has no means no ind Ssr p nhsTe
sentiment upon the question. beyond
me general elections In Great Britain.
and the final results OF shat poll are
That the Socialists have gained
Srouna oy their de;nobi!ization program
Is granted ON every hand. This il par
ticuiarly true here In France where
rremier kTinnd. have organized their
have championed the league OF nations
program OF President Wilson as the
s sua means OF bringing about gem
ana swift rehabilitation OF the
rrench army, ON the other. That they
are making Roadway in their cam,
paiBn cannot be douNcd
IT must be remembered that J.r,nco
mas bcen lighting for four long. har-
rowing Years. It has los, in kiifad and
MANNED millions OF its men II is sick
and an, has gained All the objects for
when has made its bloody sacri.
noes Ana Il now wants to return 10
a peace basis. II wants it's 1900. 300
men men, yer IN Uniform sent home. Il;
wants TO be relieved OF the heavy hur
den or taxation which the rnil;,,r,.
machine makes necessary.
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ThyseIf. the Kinr

And du IAN talls-thc play is done:
"nd down stormy sky OF rnId
IN ,r fh,ouded glory sinks the sun no.
T.. - naa 70 rebirth goes as OF old.
Farewell great lover! Till thc r,.,.
''''a'' "'eH into the morning light!
As Phoenix builds his funeral ryre
Ana from it's ashes soara nnnw
30; IN thy passionate desire
For life. reborn thou shalt bo 20,
-; bird OF God, how fierce the ia mc
ihat needs must burn away the shamet
as comes tho one sun back 10 Garth
Ana as the same bird scars again
from birth 10 doath, from death to
sun Journey on tho souls OF men.
IL is for l'fc that lovers strive.
And love shall! keep the soul alive
Grteve not that thou must greet thy
Bright scion on its way so soon;
Behold in that prophetic view
Thou hast been granted thy rich
boon:
The king Is dead-long live tho l,nr,
TITS for myself the new cheers ring.
M. E. BUTLER In the New York Times.
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No Cause for Boosting Here

WHEN the Federal government took over
w the railroads. admittedly demoralzed
and on the verge OF complete collapse, it
was of common comment that they had been
brought to their condition Of deplorable in
efficiency by government and State interfer-
cnce and that the private owners were as
capable OF restoring them to their effective
level as the government could they exercise
tho same authority and brush aside the cum
bersome and restrictive laws and regulations
that had all but ruined them. There never
has been any reason to change that opinion,
and it is strengthened rather than weakened
by the statement Of John Barton Payne, head
OF the railroad administrations division of
law.
Mr. Payne seeks to demonstrate what won
derful economics have resulted from Fed
eral operation. He produces figures which
show Il loss under government control OF
Sl00,000,000 during the first four months
OF 1918, but makes tho solacing explana-
ton that under private control the deficit
would have been greater by at least $50 ,000-
900. Why? Because the government could
do things which had the railroads themselves
attempted might have sent some Of their
private owners to jail. These same boosted
economies had been the dream Of the private
owners for years but they had been cstopped
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
torty-eight little commissions and an equal
number OF State Legislatures The period
OF hccklinE, handicapping and hamstringing
the railroads had extended over many years
In fact, it was the most popular OF all legis-
lative sports, and even the people were taught
to look upon them as fair game for any and
every Legislative device which might cripple
their efficiency, take away their initiative
and latten out the value OF their securities.
1t is no wonder that the coming OF the
found them unequal to the tremendous
burden suddenly thrust upon them With
anything like decent treatment the war would
have found them capable of any strain how
ever severe, and government operation would
not have been necessary. Now, with Wash
ngton in control, with no restrictive laws
that cannot be ignored. with pooling and
combinations under way that formerly were
denied, the government boasts that Il lost
only 500. 100000 in four months. and il is
asking Congress for $3.50 100000 TO enable
ii TO continue. On the face OF these figures
there is no reason to believe that the owners
given similar conditions, could not have done
as we'll or better, and tho people generally
are not converted to the plan OF breaking
faith and not returning tho roads at the end
OF the stipulated period.
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men for the allied na,,o,
tho basis OF their war aim I as
~ I'm heLns OF the President, he Iirst
~ Thich calls for open covr,,n,s
openly arrived at" o'tnahts'
mere Is too much at stake ar.c,,r-
al peoples everywhere for n few n,.S
~ say 10 the world: This much snail
sou kho" about what Eoeg on In ~;
SSonterence. and no more" The A,oIn
I'm race race. and particularly tho AMER.
S,rh PPopp,e, nave very healthy re.
49, 49, .or pnolicity. and a very sironr
u o., Tor secrecy. We haveno fenrs
I'M M our aims II this conferencc vii
no surrer guarantee concerninr fbc -.
OF others than the Willingness NJ ali
pinhnOn ,Hy Isnt. =. r.. p
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Books and Authors

T, th 1;. Lite Wise Chicken Tina. Knew
iHenry A ~ Rssn ct G5aham Duield
recent nu:mhsr Of Ai, ..nmngh'I i,i,. Is
. .rn' Wee Books for Wee Folks Folks
a any three You 70 o VIII read the book 10
and interest aroused BY the story. Su
itober: Sterling Yard. chief Of tn.
SAVE. =. di,I,ision' National Parks
Sa'ied The Book OF the National
s saIn "n nc in the course OF de-
sents all OF the Information. renioggjee;
and historical, which reaSes ~. 800 ',nI
Isl could ask Cor. ], will be publishes
by the Scribncrs.
D,i ai'J us El,ssbe;h Back, In her Hos
vim ne poilus in the front-!inc ho.o
fltaI where she was nurse. Give. "a,
Br r,iss Eeu picture Of the march OF tn"
o. Its appearance upon its fo re;r ana
when Il had been broken by the nT.;
ETA shis ana Go5 n,an spring drive She saw
and inc!dentn without lawn scenes mes
post post; The scrlbners pubiished -H nsr
'''a' heroes on January 20.
Ms I HIistory Of Departed Things By
England. to which r. P. Duttoo o a. % o.
are giving American publication ,b!s
" week. Is ono Of those tales that ' ars
yaried kinds ~ arc 50 In much their mor. many
Hhn n found among the produe,s s'e Of
this country who are prone TO "P fsI,ow
I zion ann lines Of literary inspirs-
s sss S.EFx thfI0ush half listms uf
IG.d In the letters of the va:.ovs neo.
ncct;nn oe hi,e 10 one another, with con
ne o'.hs DIS OF explanation bv one nr
ihe e aG,ors IN tt the human drama Bui
OF most Of the letters is a woman ms ~r WIZ
The cn aanraas and elusive personality.
her ' letters tss narrative ars Most deiishifni
ni" worth reading for themse,v ys
her ta uscaIse OF their revelation %
a aeWay shirt 70 which the reader IS
nsy; or that he can with con3donns
comns T ina, she will do when a crisis
e sro and 1,hi sn charm OF her letters
a- .nmas mere ia unroiled a hum.n
ordina'ryt thoroughly litellke. and even
of '' Inv .ne Tense emotions That are born born
piness oeath' sorrow. loss and hap
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on the beautiful broad Green. Etc

What's the matter. LOWE dearie?"
The fellow who still pink rose In his
lapel slipped his around whore it would
do the most good.
us honey wobby bubbles seasick"'
And the Bride, lcan!ng ntently over the rail-
ing, murmurcd:
NO Ducky, honey wobby bubbles isn't sea :
sick. but If you'll get me back where there is
something solid big enough to stick a postage
stamp on you have your darncd old we'd
ding ring"
And tho Steward. who was passing made a
note OF less place needed for dinner.
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Let There lie

To the Editor of The Tines. D,spatcs.
the eF light Is IS, not rh 70 be beiieyeJ ihs,
eonfersnee IS e n"dHdf''y ps a. the peace
forts Of President Wilson oman" and rr rs es :
d nsGSd George 70 let in the ligh: on the
erin% , nt.o rs or nc momentous gath
TIRE Anglo Saxon race. One cannot
eeiieve that the matter will be aiiowes
voting down the represcntutiyes 81 ,hn
two great English. speaking powers. "
stands n inc ear rpi. d, OF the conference nou
be summed up in a single oiilsial state
n mGn'' or communinue, that will tell
ddniii nn'd mas nsen done. and The. in
ers are pledged to secrecy Under snch
a. h pan tne world is to know only what
perfunctory fesl,ion-and nothinr as 10
the differences OF opinion and in points
or view that are developed in the in
Proposals will not be known until ihev
nave been discussed and adopted.
theoretically. it is the purpose to pro-
present 70 the outside world an ap.
pearance OF entire unanimity. Actu-
nliE. the erect would be to surround
me enIi!e dehberations Of the confer
ence with an atmosphere Of secrecy
Undoubtedly such procedure is OF
OF traditional Diplomacy. 1t might
even be regarded as too liberal by Old
world statesmen who have studied in
the school OF diplomacy that work ed
out the policies Of the Congress Of vi
emma and other assemhages where
rulers sought to dispose of the dcstin les
OF peoples In the interest OF particular
aynasties. and soverelgnlies. But the
democratic peoples OF the world did
not fight this war to reap the results
fact that they didn't liz emphasized by
the readiness with which the spok es-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-28

PerpleSity over what to do with the job
less soldiers has been removed by the very
simple expedient OF permitting every man
TO remain at his army job until he has found
one in civil life one has been provided for
him. 1t is unprecedented step that the
War Department has taken, but it will meet
with general approval, and should prevent
in large measure any serious unsettlement OF
labor conditions by sudden oversupply Of
man power for the pursuits OF peace.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-28

Arthu" Henderson, who is representing
British labor at the international Socialist
and labor conference at Bern, has issued a
statement criticizing Samuel Gompcrs head
Of the American Federation OF Labor, for
refusing to have anything TO do with the con-
ference II Arthur Henderson we're half as
Intelligent and true representative OF Brit
sh labor as Mr.. Gompers is OF American
labor he would not be at the conference
himself. Mr.. Golnpers has been wise enough
10 refuse TO have any part in conferences
ARRANGED by German propagandists aud Rus
tsian BolsEeyiki for the spread Of their poison
tous propaganda, and organized labor has
gained much by his firm stand in refusing 10
have any dealings with these clements of dis
cord and destruction British labor is carry
ling considerable load 50 long as it upho,ds
.Mr Henderson in his undertakings
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The Grent Enstcrn,

4. j. ". raccs..--The Grea. Eastern
used both sail and steam. II had q
length OF 6aa feet, breadth OF So feet,
displacement of $1,000 tons. paddle.
screw and sail speed OF 13 to "a knots.
The Sixtieth Regiment recently was
ut Esch sur Alzettc, with tho army Of
occupation. We havo sesn no mention
home.
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vantage strictly. Between this grotesque
grossness seeing idealism or nobility OF
purpose and the attenuated sentimentalism
seeing nothing else is the sturdy, wholesome
common sense that comprehends how the nat
ural human impulse Of self-defcnse may be
mixed with and glorfcd and inspired by
motives so holy and puro and high as to
reflect the spark Of divinity within us.
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The tenor of speeches by the Premier and
Foreign Minister in the Diet at Tokyo is that
Japan has finished with its job OF interven-
ing in Russian affairs and will proceed i'm
emediately to get out OF the country and de-
: m obilize its war forces. America and the
powers associated with it would like to do
g likewise, but they arc unable to find way
TO turn loose.
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a woman lawyer in New York argues rela-
tive to the eighteenth amendment that it
cannot become part of the Constitution, be-
cause the States cannot divest themselves
of their police power. Well, they have done
So anyway--at least about forty of them
have, and they have swipcd that OF the re-
naming States as we'll.
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DODlpSticin.

Mary" said John the Brute. growlingly
what's the matter with that new maid You
hircd:'
why, nothing. John exclaimed Mrs r
she clca spicndidly. and"
That's it! Fire her: IN have no maid look
ing 10 see whether i've used the doorma,,.
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TUESDAY,. JANUARY IS. 1919.

Change in the brand OF Trotzky rumors is
noted After being shot, or shot at, every
day for year more, he now has varied
the program by being taken prisoner. Some
OF these days Of these rumors is going
to provo true.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-28

Deserters from the American army in
FRANCE, who before the war were ne'er-do
"eils or criminals, are creating reign of
terror in Paris 1870 assaults and robberies in
one week being attributed to them by the
french authorities. 1t was not to be OK
pected that an army OF 100000 men could
10 formed and sent across seas without the
.nelus'oh or certain criminal element, and
$500 n.s' -, course the French people understand
nevertheless, if the accusation bo truo ~
is a sad reflection on the soldiers who fougbt
50 50 magnihcently and died so gloriously that
rance might live. As these outlaws, traitors
~ inc coiors arc rounded up, drumhead
eourt-martiai and the firing squad should
oe their speedy portion.
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Like echo Of twenty years ago sounds
the report of Colonel S. Il. 1fllman, United
States Army, superintendent OF the United
States Military Academy, West Point, defend
ing "hazing" at that institution Colonel
1iilman says tho purpose OF interference by
the upperclassmen with the new cadets is
TO bring about the usual rapid military de-
vclopmcnt Of new men," II Is true that tho
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Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost my tonic.
excepting on legal and medical sub.
fuirles nre, answered directly by per-
sonnl letter, n seIf-addrcsxed, STAN med
envelope In required. Address The
Times Dispatch Information bureau,
Richmond, Va,
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3Sfst Infuntry,

Mrs G. F.. A., Elmont.-the Three
Hundred and Sevcnty-hrst Infantry is
in the Ninety-third Division, and was
In ira ing In France at the time OF
unable to give it's present location.
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: Bernard Shaw cmcrgcs from long supprcs-
jbion under The wcltcr OF tragedy and real
.eFent with his customary clown song ana
;burlesque philosophy. Mncing in where
.angcls with sense Of the fitness of things
would fear 10 tread, he attempts TO disscc,
.the idealism OF tho war. lie docs il with
1.-The tentative scratches Of a tomcat clawirg
3timorously at the doors OF cathedral during
solemn service. The subject is so solemn and
massive that even his hand knit cynicism is
sibashed his efforts at humor are feeble and
.2axpcrimenta!, and the indccorum on which
usually he depends to win attention is sub
~ dned His general argument is that in the
--1aat analysis the war was for material ad
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Herbert Hoover offers this profound OBJ
servation regarding the food problem in the
United States: IF the packers profit OF 3
or per cent on his turnover is too high, it
is the duty OF Congress to tax II out Of him.
If the farmers prices threaten to fall below
the level Of a fair return, it bchooves the
country TO do some quick, clear thinking"
The bearing OF this observation lies on the
application Of. IT. Mi. Hoover should be no
less explicit in the case OF the farmer than
in that of the packer. and indicate the remedy
that should come OF quick clear thinking"
in relation TO the problem Of the former