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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
the Teuton Measure for Strait Jacket
Fixing the Rigid Limits of Cermanv's
Eastern and Western
Frontiers

a strong and enduring Posen. and al ,r....
indications are that the final decision roseh,.
here will be to give Danzg. together VIII
practically all the territories Of East ~,
West Prussia, to the New Poland. thus cr...
ing a state Of nearly thirty millions of ~.
pie possessed of all the necessary ciren.
stances Of national and oconomic lifa a.
capable Of becoming a barrier alike 10 D.,
shevism on the east and Prussian mihtari...
on the west -
In sum. the decisions which aie nav.
foreshadowed indicate that Germanv ~,
be called upon to surrender permanent.
some two and a half millions of peoae ..
the French frontier and M the Schlesv..
area, and not less than five or six milho,,
Of people on the Polish frontier. She u,.n
be compelled, in addition, at least tenn,
rarily, to surrender some four millons -.
a half of people in the Rhenish region. sh.
Will, therefore find herself after the SION.
ture of the treaty OF peace deprived Of som.
twelve or thirteen millions OF ueople an h.,
various frontiers; and this loss viii be ar
set only in part by the acquisition of 81.
or seven million Austrian Germans sbe
can, however, hope to reclaim the people of
the Rhenish region. he plan Is NO, +,
make any new armistice arrangements with
Germany until such time as the real der.
sion of the Allies on all German question.
has been reached. and at that time German,
will be summoned to Paris and will be toll
what she must surrender in territory. WIN.
she must pay in money. and she will be
asked to sign preliminary peace vhich
will, in all respects, except as TO minor
details, constitute defntiye peace AZ.
rangement.
1t viii be seen, then. that very great and
very rapid progress is at last being made in
the direction of settlement with German.
and that in all probability before the pres
ent month is over the German phase OF the
new settlement VIII have been closed and
the Allies Will be ready to pronounce Their
sentence upon their one surviving enemy
The disposition Of the French claim,
marks the greatest single step toward final
settlement on the material side. exactly a,
the adoption Of the agreement upon thc
project Of the league Of nations marks the
greatest step on the moral side. impatient
as the world is of the seeming alowness Of
the Paris negotiations, the fact seems to
be that VIC are passing out OF the disao.
pointing state whore discussion alone Pre-.
walls into the period wherc decisions are
being reached daily, and the whole charac
ter Of ultimate settlement is becoming
clearer
ocopyushi 1afa by the Mcclure Ncrs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

nate the entire Continent of Eu-
rope by means of the so-caled
"International7 an organization which, in
its meeting at Berne, has completely repu-
dated both internationalsm and demo-
cratic socialism. This international move
ment has been completely controlled by
the Socialists of Berlin for more than fifty
years, single resolution having been
passed al any of the international
crosses against Berlins orders. These
same Socialists have secured control Of the
German government and at the same time
have obtained far tighter grip on the
90 called international. They have been
able 10 do this for the two following rea-
son; The German kaiserdom having been
oycrthrown by the armies Of the demo
cratic powers, the German Socialists claim
the credit, which gives them great prestige
among the Socialists of all other countries
In the second place, the war has greatly
reinforced the pacifist movements in all
non-German countries, and these move
ments are everywhere ready TO cooperate
with any and all elements OF the German
people which will accept the in cooperation
that ia, the Entente pacifsts, if not pro
81 German, are Cermahsph1le.
The Importance ofsthe Socialist confer
cnce at Berne lies in the fact that ii falsely
claims to represent "the working men OF
tho world" Branting, Of Sweden, opened
the conference with words 20 this effect,
and the two hundred press representatives
present nearly all echoed his view.
One third OF the delegates present con
sisted Of Germans, OF the representatives of
other Central Powers during the war and Of
their allies, such the delegates from Ho-
land and Denmark, another third OF the
delegates consisted of pro Bolshcvists, such
as the French majority under the leader
ship of Longuct, nearly all Of the remain
der were Germanophile.
The question at the beginning of the con
ference whether il would indorse Ger
manIsm or Bolshevism, or both. This cues.
ton was soon decided. The Germans were
the first TO arrive AZ the conference. and AZ
soon NJ they arrived the conference began
itg gcssions, even before the other dele
gates had put in mn appearance. Nearly all
the demands made AT the conference were
made by the Germans. Every German prop
osition was accepted either unanimously or
by an overwhelming majority, such as that
given the motion which exonerated the Ger
man governmental Socialists Chose now in
control Of the German Empirc) Of any re-
sponsbility for the war which they had APP
proved Of and supported from the begin
ming 10 the end. This resolution was car
i, risd by majority of 40 to L. In every case
where the German solution waE not imme-
diately accepted the question wss referred
back 10 the committee, which proposed
resolution satisfact9sy TO the Germans, re-
parted back 10 The conference and secured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

pro Bolshcvik among them. such as the
leaders OF the French and British deega.
tons. Longuct and Macdonald He also
proved by the statements of Lenine and o.
the Bolsheviki themselves and the ofics
Bolshevik declarations that they are al
archists and not Socialists.
The most effective exposure Of the Boz
sheviki came from the German Minority.
Bernstein declared that the Bolsheyih
have destroyed the revolution and social
ism, and have reconstructed 2 capitalism o.
the most reactionary and ancient kind
Kautsky's denunciation was specially e.
fective. as he has been recogn zed as the
worlds leading Socialist authority since the
death Of Bebel-a recognition which was r.
peated in the official pro Boishevist organ
of the French party only the day before
This debate
Kautsky, however, on the following daY
repudiated the daily campaign lie Popu-
laire' has carried on for The last s1
months in favor Of Bolshevisnl, including 81
Endorsement Of nearly ali the Bolshevs
doctrines. defence OF Lenine from all cri
icism and demand for an immediate ref-
ignition Of the Bolshevik government as an
example Of an advanced and benefcent form
of socialism.
One Of the delegates reported that Ku'
Eisner, Premier OF Bavaria. had said 70 d"
at the conference that the relations r.
tween the9erman General staff and 'a'
Boshevki were SO intimate that they u
doubtedly were still in existence!
Here is the crux Of the situation. Ger
many's FIRST hope is to use the Inernations
to cause divisions and revolutions n Va'
Gus countries Of Western Europe. ms
hope has been openly expressed, not only o
the Socialist papers Of the fatherland' D.
also BY a number Of leading bourgeois o.
gans. such ms the "Konischc Nolkszeiiuis
and the "Frankfurter Zeitung' But II 'nf
effort should fail by April there is h'.'
If any doubt that the international VIII y
used for another and even more si'''''
purpose. namely. for spreading Boisne''9"
throughout Eastern Europe and creailhf
temporary Boshevik danger ia German
80 that all hone of the Allies Of eolee'"'
any economic indcmntcs or OF setting "
orderly governments viii have been o.
stroycd
The April conference will be almost eGO''
~ divided on the question Of bolaneV''"
because OF the presence OF delega'''.
which did not appear at Bcfnc. ALREADY "
Ionguct machine. supported by the "s'
tran Adler. the belgian Huysmans ana =.
putchman Troeistra has united IN r''
luton demanding TINT the new coh'e'sS'
shall be open, not only to Socialists,
also ito all revolutionary parties Of
countries which are conscious OF their GO
interests" This would exclude the An ~
can Federation OF Labor and all prov.
son Socialists from America and other 'Vs.
tries, while admitting all anarchists ~
BolsheViets that apply.
SO the ground is already prepared
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

HHE next two weeks may see the so
luton of two great problems before
h the Paris conference: the fixing of
the western and of the eastern
frontiers of Germany. The de-
c.Sion with regard to these frontiers
means, in some respects, more than any
other decision that the Paris conference
can take, because II means on the one side
the giving of security to France against
possible return of German aggression, the
creation on the other side of a Poland capa-
bic alike of resisting German and Bolshe-
vk attack, and of becoming considerable
and important European force.
Discussion of the western frontier OF
Germany remains open at the moment this
article is written, but | learn from I'M
questioned American sources that very
great progress has been made toward an
agreement A matter Of fact, the ap-
pearancc of any question upon the calendar
OF the peace conference is fairly good in
dication that the great powers are already
so near an agreement that discussion can
be had without any peril of division. In
word, the conference only discusses after
The conference has agreed.
Many times in the course of my CORE
spondence l have pointed out that there
never was any question the part of the
French of the annexation Of purely Ger
man territory on the left bank Of the
Rhine. Despite certain ill-natured suspi
clons and despite certain extreme statements
in the most imperialistic of French quar-
tors not in the least indicative Of the wish
of the French people. there has been from
the very beginning perfectly frank renunci-
alton on the part of the French govern
mcut of any claim to annex German terri
tory, except in the case of Alsace- Lorraine,
which vas French until 1871, and the Saar
coal district, part of which was French un-
III 1915, and all Of which French up to
the Treaty of Paris, in 1914. The whole
spirit and the whole purpose Of Frenchg
policy has been TO seek protection against
a new German attack by achieving some
form OF naturalization of German territory
between the Saar and the Rhine, so that
in case of another war the struggle would
begin not in the heart of French territory
but in German territory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Occupation
Until PAYMENT

Pending the discharge of her obi igations,
Germany will have to consent to the occu-
patton of her Rhine tcrritory--comparab
to her occupation of the eastern depart
ments of France after 1871 until France
had paid the indemnity imposed upon her
by Bismarck. During the period of occu-
patton the Rhine territories are to be sepa-
rated from Germany and to be permitted
to have their own political organizations
their own political life, but not as a part
Of Germany Instead, they arc to unite in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Another Ne,r
Repubic

BY contrast, there is belief that separated
from Prussian inhuence-which save in the
Palatinate has prevailed OH the western
bank Of the Rhine for hundred years
inhabitants of the region, who were natu-
rally unsympathetic with the Prussian idea.
and were once permeated with the spirit
of the French revolution, will achieve a
degree of Independence from the evil in
fuepce of the Prussan idea and that they
will in time arrive at sympathetic relations
with the Latin countries of the West But
it is recognized that it would be impossible
and inequitabe permanently to deprive
their people Of the right of self determina-
ton. AS a result, it is agreed that the
Rhensh republic shall be created to exist
only until such time as Germany has paid
her financial debts to France and Belgium.
and discharged all obligations which will
be fixed by the new Treaty of Versailles
When this has been accomplished, the ar
mics of occupation which will up to that
time stand guard on the Rhine will be with
drawn, and it will be for the people of
the Rhenish republic to decide Of their
own free will whether they will reioin
Germany continue as an independent
state
If this state shall, when the hour Of
sclf-determination arrives, vote to con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Nc Lean To,cdrd
The French

Throughout the course Of the conference
there have been marked differences in the
American poirt of view as to the question
of financial payments which Germany should
make to the countries she has devastated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
William English Mailing
PARIS, February Is,

TNHE plan Of the new Socialist gov
eminent Of Germany is TO domi-
nate the entire Continent of Eu-
rope by means Of the so-called
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Two Great German Problems Soon
TO Be Settled by the Paris
Conference 81
BY Frank II. Simonds
PARIS, March l.

PARIS, March l.
NNHE next two weeks may see the so
luton of two great problems before
the Paris conference: the fixing of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10
PLAGUE MADE DIRE RECORD
Reasonable Grounds for Estimating
That Influenza Has Cost the Lives
of Six Million Persons.

Though estimates of deaths over the
whole world from any single epidemic
ere very difficult to form, there seem
to be reasonable grounds for believing
that some 6,000,000 persons have per
ished of influenza and pneumonia dur
ing the last comparatively few weeks.
Business has been interfered With by
the epidemic in every country IN the
world, and enormous losses both in
earning power and in trade have been
suffered The cost of the influenza
war" cannot be reekoned,. but that it is
colossal does not admit of doubt
This plague. then, generally regarded
with eQuanimits, is. it would seem. FIVE
times more deadly than war. 1t has
been estimated that the war caused the
death of 20.000,000 persons in four and
| one-half years, writes physician in
the London Times. In the same pc
Rod at its epidemic rate influenza
would have killed 1oS,000000. The
visits Of the raiding Gothas to Lon
| don were but as a summer shower
| compared with the deluge of germs
| which we have just received. The air
| raids cost London some hundreds of
lives; the influenza has cost it up
wards of 10000
Never since the black death has such
| a plague swept over the face of the
world: never, perhaps, has plague
been more stoicalIy accepted. In In
| dia alone over 100000 deaths oc-
| CURED. Bombay had 10000 of these :
| Delhi. with population of 100000, had
800 deaths Il day. The Punjab lost
| 100000 persons. South Africa suffered
no less severely. In Cape Town 2.uGO
children were left destitute as a re-
suit of the disease, while the plague
swept through the native areas like
fire. The commonwealth Of Australia
sent a ship to Samoa with help because
the disease was affecting SO per cent
of the natives. The white population
were only able 10 feed the living and
bury the dead In New Zealand public
services We're stopped and business
gravely disorcanized. The rayages il
f. America have been appalling, nor has
Canada escaped. In Ontario and the
western provinces no fewer than l0S
doctors died of the epidemic while The
total death rate in Ontario alone wa
! 1000 up To November. \ large mum
Der of American Indians have persisted
:. Europe as a whole has suffered in TIL
i. same way. In Spain the epidemic wa
described as truly awful" In Bar
celona the death rate was credibl
stated to be 1900 daily. France ha
had her share, likewise Germany an
Austria.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove 1t

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the SUBJ
stitute for calon1el, act gently on the
bowels and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DIR. Edwards Olive
Tablets. The pleasant, sugar coated
tablets are taken for bad breath by
all who know them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gen
fly but firmly or the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action,
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calonel does without any
OF the bad after effects.
All the benefits of nasty, sickening,
gripping cathartics are derived from
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets without
gripping, painor any disagreeable effects.
DR.. F. M. Edwards discovered the
.ormula after seventeen years of prac-
tce among patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint, with the
attendant bad breath.
Olive Tablets are purely vegetable
compound mixed with olive oil; you
viii know them by their olive color.
Take one or two every night for week
and note the effect. l0c and 25c.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10
Few Presidents Rich.

The Roosevelt fortune was different.
moreover. in being mainly an Inherited
fortune. It's poSSessor may have added
TO it in his lifetime. but. as in the
case of other presidents, most of his
personal earnings in q, period of forty
years or public life were absorbed in
the support of his family No other
president has ever enjoyed such adj
vantageS of remunerariye publicity as
Mr. Roosevelt. and besides his salary
from official positions his income from
his books and from editorial work
must have been large. Yet it is 4
fair inference thar if these had been
the sole sources Of his support he
would have died poor man, as Cleye-
land did. and most of their predeces-
sofs in the, White House.
This has been the common financial
fate of presidents. and the example
of Mr. Roosevelt probably merely
proved the rule that the office of pres
ident is not economically productive in
any logical proportion to its exalted
state and onerous political qualifica
lions
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10
ARRESTED FOR FIRE FRAUD.
Two Rutland Men Charged With
Changing Cattle at Dyer Barn.

RUTLAND, Dec Following a two.
days secret hearing before State Fire
Marshal Joseph G. Brown of Montpelier
at the County Courthouse, it was announe-
cd last night that the matter had been
continued till Dec - and that the subject
under consideration was the recent mys-
FERROUS fire at the farm of H. Edward
Dyer. Little information could be obtain
ed from those present at the hearing
which was conducted by Mr.. Brown and
State Atty Phelps Of Fairheaven.
At least two of the witnesses, \. New
man. a cattle dealer of this city, and
Michael Donovan, who is employed at the
Dyer farm, We're placed under bail of $500
each for their appearance. A number OF
insurance men have been interested in
the fire, which occurred on the morning
of Nov. %, when the, big cattle and hay
barns of the Dyer farm just south of Rut
land were totally destroyed entaihng &
loss of approximately $4,000
1t is understood that witnesses hav,
been summoned who assisted, it is sale
in driving scrub cattle to the Dyer farm
at night. 1t is reported that these weer,
| exchanged for valued stock under tn,
direction of Mr. Newman
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10
A pifferen. Vocation.

Alderman Louis j. Anderson. who is
endowed with a keen sense of humor,
can as rule be depended upon to
bring out the latest story finding favor
among the brethren"
A story handed to Alderman Ander-
son by some OF the boys concerns Sam
Jones, who stood q feet inches in his
stocking feet and was in training at
one of the southern camps. One day
the officers undertook the organization
of a regimental band.
Anybody here bugler?" asked the
company commander.
Sam stepped forward three PAGES.
play few notes to show us how
good bugler you are" was the next
direction.
"Buhglah!" exclaimed the astonished
Sam. Use no buhglah. l thought
you said burg ah."-Chicago American
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10
The strassburc Clock.

A correspondent writes that it is
not at every hour that the procession
of the twelve apostles makes the round
of the famous clock at Strassburg,
says London paper. That takes
place only at midday by middle Euro.
pean time. The quarters of each hour
are struck by the figures of child, a
Young man. an adult man, and an old
man in their order while an effigy of
Death appears and strikes each full
hour. Many marvellous astronomical
phenomena are also shown on the
clock, which automatically regulates
itself at midnight on the last day of
each. year. 81 1t is not generally known,
by the way. that model of this unique
tinepieces can be seen any day by LON
doners in the Ho-niman museum at
Forest HILL
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10
REELECTED MAYOR CT KEENE.
No Opposition to Watson-Ward Of
ficers Chosen.

KEENE, \. H., Dee. l0.-Onlv few
votes were east at the annual munici-
pal election held Yesterday. Mayor
William II. Watson was reelected with
out opposition. Wells r. Sargent, Clar-
ence A. Wright and Philip H. Faulkner
were elected members of the police
commission The full Republican ticket
was successful.
The following ward officers were ehos-
en-: Ward /. alderman. BENJAMIN r.
Hopkins: councilmen, Waldo Buekmin
ster, Leonard Dcwyea. Ora G. Mason
seleetmen. George " Reed. Ferdinand
Dion, Ward > alderman. Elbridge II
ingalls,; couneilmen. Philip G. Howe
Allison Piper. Donald G. Cameron; Sc
lcetmen. Charles f. Gilmore, Louis Sea.
vey and Richard J. Wcllman. Ward :
alderman. Charles +. Adams; council
meu. Cameron ~ Empev, Clarence y
Holman, George ". Avery; selectmep
tleryey j. Bemi~. Thayer Stearns, lie
10Y E. Fiske Ward i. alderman. Re
"onf Russell; counciImen, Ralph F
Hayward. Horace W Sawyer. John K
Cook selec:men. Wilder F. Gates
Frank +. Chase Lewis H. Dean. War,
;. alderman. Willie a. Dodge; council
men. George f. T. Trask. Clarence +
Stickney. Walter \. Sawyer; selectmer
Herbert NJ Brown. William f. La Hif
John Elliot, llerman G. Rice was elect
cd delegate 10 he constitutional con
ycHtion IN niace of Mayors Watson
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10
3 OPEN N0STRILS! END +.
8 A COLD OR cATARRH {.
3 How To Get Relief When Head !.
8 and Nose are Stuffed Up.
@@~&@%@~A&@@~~@~@SH

Count fifty. Your cold in head or ca
tarrh disappears. Your clogged nostrils
will open, the air passages of your head
will clear and You can breathe freely. No
more snufiiing, hawking, mucous discharge,
dryness or headache, no struggling for
breath at night
Get small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm
from your druggist and apply little of
this fragrant antiseptie cream in your nos
trils, 1t penetrates through every air
passage of the head, soothing and healing
the swollen or mfamed mucous mem-
brane, giving you instant relief. Head
colds and catarrh yield ike magic. Don t
stay stuffed-up and miserable Relief is
sure--Ady
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10

WANTED-First class chef (white).
Putnam House, Bennington, VT. 235-244
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Furniture and Ranges,
new and secondhand, at j. B. Dunton IS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10

WANTED-Chahs to cane. G. w.
Hudson, Spring st. 237-24lf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10
WANTED.

wANTED-A dozen deer skins Tel.
G22-W. 1894
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-10
AVERAGE YOUR CHANCES

of success or failure,-living or dying,
by life insurance. Insurance is built on
the law of average applied to life, and
investment at certain interest rate.
National Life ms Co. Mutual y
EARLE S. KINSLEY, General Agent,
Rutland, VT.
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Heard in the Pantry.

The Tur1ip--Hear about the sad af-
fair in the Kitchen?
The Cabbage-No; what was it?
The Turnip-0ne of the onions got
so strong it made the potatoes eyes
water.