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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
IRELAND PREPARES
FOR CIVIL WAR ON
HOME RULE ISSUE
HALF Of TURBULENT ISLANDS,
AIMING AGAINST THE SIM FEIN
Ulstermen Take Solemn Oath Never to Submit to An
Irish Parliament Which Would Be Dominated
by the Rebelous Nationalist, and Situation
Like That in 1914 Is Expected

DUBLIN. Ireland, Sept s.-There is
u a general feeling that something
in the nature OF q crisis in the Irish
question is imminent
One sign OF this is the reorganiEa-
ton Of the Unionist forces in Ulster.
Sir Edward Carson Is probably as
much behind the scenes as any other
leader, and It is highly significant
that on his last visit 10 Belfast he
called together the Ulster UniOnist
council and arranged 10 reorganize
the Ulster clubs and have a solemn
celebration Of Government day next
month. The Freeman's Journal re-
Gently declared Sir Edward went to
the north not only TO celebrate peace
but to prepare for war
The Ulster clubs are, OF course, the
nuclei Of the Ulster volunteers, and
who have sworn a solemn oath never
to live under a Dublin parliament
History Repeats.
It looks. therefore, as II Ireland Is
now getting back to the position Of
affairs in the early months OF 1914.
Then the home rule bill was steadily
moving toward the statute book, Sir
Edward Carson's army, well provided
with rifles. bayonets and machine
guns. was threatening to march to
Cork Il necessary to break up the Of
ficers at the Curragh camp, when or
deTed to proceed north to maintain
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
GermGnyLaCkS
Three Million
Tons Of Wheat
Shortage of Fats and Meal
Reported by Imperial
Food Ministry.

Berlin, Germany. Sept 6.-(Corres-
pondenee Of the Associated Press-)-
The German deficit in Z cd. the diff
ference between tne amount produced
IN Germany and Germany's normal
needs. amounts to $4,000 tons Of
wheat. LOCO. 600 tons Of meat and l.
OO0. 900 tons Of fats, says the imperial
food ministry
Immediate payment for these neces-
sary foodstuffs with inland resources
is unthinkaale the ministry asserts
Only long term credits can help and
the acceptance Of such credits is only
possible il Germany works for only
then can the creditors have confidence
IN paying ability OF Germany.
Immediate decisive effects OF the
removal Of the blockade on the Ger
man food market is not expected by
the ministry. but rather a long slow
continuation Of Improvement which
already makes itself felt It declares
that control Of export m st remain
until the average betwee.- import and
export has been established
Germany must make up its mind TO
do without coffee very largely in the
future. says the imperial commissioner
for colonial goods
Authorities say Germany must
sharply restrict her imports Of choco-
late because Of the low value Of the
mark and must try to RELY on her
own chocolate, the first production Of
which iE expected soon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
AND JAPS
TAKE TRADE Of
british
Steel and Iron Makers in
England Pushed Hard
by Foreigners.
AMERICANS LEAD
OTHER INVADERS

7 oNDON, Eng. Sept 6.-(Corre-
l. spondence of the Associated Press-)
British iron and steel manufartur-
ers are seriously wondering whether
they will be able TO retain their home
trade. not TO speak Of extending their
export business. in the face Of stead
lily increasing prices Of materials and
iabor. Americans who have looked
over the situation. declare the British
need not worry II they viii adopt
modern methods, for wages in the in
dustry are much higher in America
than they are in England.
Anxiety is chiefly confined to max
ers Of railway materials. tools, ma
chinery, engines and those things
which go to fit out the completed
ships power plant.
The British workman not only de-
mands high wages. but he is charged
with refusing to give its equivalent
in labor. thus cutting down produc-
ton and making il impossible for
his employer TO fill contracts on time.
America awakening TO the demands
Of Europe, is getting the bulk OF the
business, while japan Is a close see-
ond, according to high trade authori-
ties Even Germany. with its rioting
workmen and lack Of materials, is
after trade, and If report can be be-
lieved. is getting it
As an instance OF the trials which
beset British manufacturers II Is
pointed out that one company, whose
products had a world wide sale be-
fore the war have been able to obtain
only one contract out Of 20 in COM
petition with German and United
States bidders.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
SPFGTFR FLEET
JETSAN Of WAR
Hundred Useless Vessels
Swing at Anchor in
ENGLISH Port.

London. Eng, Sept s.-(Corres-
pondence Of the Associated Press.)-
A speeter fleet Of more than 100 war
ships, a nondescript miscellany Of
large and small craft, some worn out
through long years Of prosaie patrol
duty. others prematurely aged by en-
counters with enemy submarines or
participation in such engagements as
Jutland or the Dardaneles. is today
anchored in the river Midway
This jetsam Of the war. floating
museum Of naval junk. swings at its
last Observation-Disclosures unwanted-
Ships that were heroes, amidships
that never did anything but dog
work" ride the tidal river currents
side by side-miles OF forlorn rusty
ghosts Some were built in feverish
haste to meet emergencies during the
war; some were constructed in peace
time leisure, but now they are all
superfluOus-
There is the Sappho. whose machin-
cry baked and cheated her OF a glori-
Gus end alongside the Vindictive.
sunk as a submarine barrier at the
Zeebrugge mole; there are .blistered"
cruisers, samples Of British naval
constructors ingenuity. built TO stay
aflOat and In fighting trim despite
torpedoes and mines; battleships
mastless, gunless. useless-shOrn Of
their fittings for service as isolation
hospitals; the Inflexibfe, which fought
at the Falkland. was mined at the
Dardanelles and survived the battle
off Jutland-
This specter fleet. slated for the
salvage head, still rides salt fight
ing" water. but It's days OF blue water
left ii as a marker in graveyard
of the sea.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
Yankee JitneS
Soon To TrGUeI
English Roads
Five Thousand American
Vehicles to Relieve Short
age of transportation.

London. Eng. Sept Ga large
quantity Of American motor vehicles,
possibly 5000. may be admitted into
Great Britain in the next lew months,
says the American chamber Of COM
merce in London This viii include
passenger cars. commercial cars. and
motorcycles.
Up 10 the present time. importers
have been ratioued on the basis OF so
per cent Of their 1913 imports. in pro-
portionate monthly o. antilles up to
September 1. 1913, at which time the
British governments transitional
policy" is to be recOnsidered. Those
importers who established their busi-
ness later than 1913 have not been
getting anything at ALL
The board Of trade recently re-
quested the American chamber Of
commerce in London to suggest a
scheme which would give eouita Bile
consideration TO all importers from
America. old and new.
The chamber has suggested as a
basis Of distribution. the yearly aver
age Of imports obtained by adding the
totals for 1912. 1913, 1914. 1915. and
dividing by four. This scheme gives
preference to those importers whose
/ organizations have been in existence
for long time. but also takes into
account importers who started in 1914
and 1915.
The plan has been ratified unani-
mously by the importers and the board
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06

I order handed in their designations.
This was what is known IN prewar
history as the Curragh mutiny.
The covenant is one of the gravest
factors in the Ulster situation Il is
a solemn oath which Ulstermen have
sworn. and Ulstermen do not take an
oath lightly. For q time during the
war when the partition scheme OF set
Element seemed likely to go through
there was talk that the oath might
well be allowed 10 lapse, but now that
il is to be renewed next month the
situation becomes more grave.
The question arises as to what the
government will do, for the covenant
amounts to an attempt to intimidate
parliament, the king. lords and com
mons, for putting into force in Ire
land an act Of parliament
To intimidate parliament according
to the law as expounded only a few
weeks ago by lord justice O'Connor
IS treason felony. and as such liable
to heavy punishment.
The essential elements Of Sim Fem
policy are treason. but the Sim Fem
ers point out everything that they
have done had been done previously
by Sir Edward Carson in the prewar
campaign, and that while they have
been and are being punished no action
whatever is taken against Ulster
While Ulster under the leadership
Of Sir Edward Carson maintains the
position which Il does no settlement
seems Dossfhle
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
WAITS
ARE WARDS Of
RED CROSS
Eleven Hundred Refugees
of Tender Age Flee
Petrograd.
fY" SECRETARY
FORMS COLONIES

OMSK. Siberia, Sept. 6.-(Corre-
Ospondenee Of the Associated Press.)
How 10 care for 100 children from
Petrograd. who became wards OF the
American Red Cross. is a question
which DR.. Doremus Scudder, head Of
the refugee work Of that organiza-
ton, is trying to solve as a benevolent
foster father.
The youngsters werc sent to Siberia
last summer by the Bolshevik gov
eminent because OF the food shortage
in Russia, and were cut off from any
possible communication with their
parents by the outbreak Of hostilities
between the Czechs and the Bolshe-
Wiki They arrived in a body at
Mass, so miles west Of Cheliabinsk. in
scattered in groups to Cheliabinsk.
Ekaterin burg. Tiumen and other
towns. Their teachers deserted them
and they were left to charity
The desperate plight OF 800 Of the
waits at Mass came 10 the attention
OF Y. NJ c. A. secretary Compton, who
came through from Samara- After
doing what he could for them and
enlisting the aid Of his friends among
the Czechs. Compton appealed to the
Red cross to look AFTER them
Red Cross Helps.
The result has been that the Red
Cross has colonized this group Of
children at Turgayak, a mountain
resort IS miles from Mass. after much
negotiation with the owners Of somo
25 "datchas." or summer cottages. and
Is planning to consolidate with them
various other groups to the number
Of 300 to 500 more. In addition there
are 500 colonized at Tiumen-
The actual work OF organizing the
Turgavkk colony has been done by
Gregory Welch Of the British Society
Of Friends. Alfred J. Swan and Mrs
Swan, also Britishers. are looking
after educational work among the
children. and Miss Lillian WEIGH. an
American, is devoting her time to en-
couragiug agriculture and to teaching
English
Miss WeIch. who came to Omsk to
try 70 enlist more help. describing her
work in the colony. said:
The children are very anxious to
learn English and are eager 10 hear
all about America. A group OF girls
have been in the scout movement and
when they learned that I had been
an organizer in Honolulu they begged
me TO come and live with them and
teach them. Every American who
visits the camp is besieged with
questions"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06

Your Rayal Highness, Edward Al
bert Christian George Andrew Patrick
David, prince Of Wales, Earl Of Ches-
ter. duke Of Cornwall. duke OF Rothe-
say. earl Of Carriclz,k baron Of Rem
frew. lord Of the Isles. great steward
Of Scotland. K G., G. M NJ c. etc,
And after imagining yourself with
that kind Of a name, imagine having
to stand and appear interested several
times every day while solemn-visaged
gentlemen address you by all of EN-
before they even start to say what
they have to say.
Under Critical Eyes.
And all the time you are under the
critical eyes Of thousands Of persons
who note your every move and quite
probably will take your slightest ges-
ture and mannerism as a criterion for
their own habits Add to all this not
very many years of age a natural de-
sire to shun OstentatiOn, and a real
izatiOn of an immense responsibility
and you have but a minute conception
Of the present situation Of Edward
Albert Christian George, etc. etc.
For nearly three months the prince
viii tour Canada He viii never be
in one place longer than five days.
covering almost ten thousand miles
and meeting thousands Of persons.
He will pay royal visits TO fifty-two
Canadian cities.
Every day is mapped out already;
mapped out down to the most minute
detail.
one Of his average days is some
thing like this;
Be met at 10 a. m by a municipal
and provincial reception committee,
all in frock coats. shiny silk hats and
long faces, trembling at their own re
sDonsibility and nervous for fear
something may go wrong and give
the place a royal black eye, so to
speak
A Guard Of Honor.
There is a guard Of honor and a
band. The band plays the national
anthem as the prince appears. He
stops and stands rigidly at salute IN
til IL closes General handshaking
follows. Then he inspects the Guard
a ceremonial inspection which Is quite
useless from a utilitarian standpoint,
because the Guard always IS shined,
spicked and spanned as It never was.
There is . great crowd around
shouting; Z
There he IS"
Looks Ike a kid. doesn't he?"
Gee, he's a little guy"
looking kid. amt her
The last usually comes from the
feminine element OF the crowd
Then into a car and a long process
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06

sion to the provincial house or gov
eminent house, which corresponds TO
an American city hall There In a
solemn room with every eye In the
place on him he listens to two ad-
dresses Of welcome, read by officials
whose voices invariably trembIe a bit.
He receives the addresses in parch-
ment as soon as the reading is finish
ed, turns TO Sir Lionel Halsey, his
chief Of staff, who never leaves his
side, and receives from him the reply
to the civic addresses, which ne reads.
Same Old Welcome.
These replies are always written
beforehand. If the names OF places
were changed in them one copy would
serve all the way through. More
handshaking- To the cars again
Visit a hospital, where dozens OF
wounded soldiers are recuperating
from wounds received overseas. Drive
about the city. decorate some soldiers
and inspect them lunch and more
speaking, long ceremonial lunches,
and longer ceremonial speeches. Same
stereotyped style.
Perhaps visit another hospital
Sometimes it's laying a cornerstone.
Maybe dedicating some building Oc-
casionally unwilling a monument to
those who fell in the war By that
hour it's usually time for a public
reception at the government house
snake nEnuS with luuQEEQS OF pEO-
pie, more often the number IS thou
sands
Then a state dinner More speeches
and more ceremony.
Over and Over.
and do the same all over the next
day. and the next, and every one for
the next six or eight weeks
Once in a while there is break in
the formality. in the solemnity OF It
all And the prince hugely enjoys it
when it comes
A few days ago he paid a visit to a
certain famous outdoor club He was
received under the trees Informally,
and the president OF the club made a
few remarks.
7 hope," he said IN conclusion.
that your Royal Highness viii tell
the king when you return to England
that you attended at least one func-
ton in Canada at which you were not
bored stiff"
The prince laughed heartily. 7
Will" he replied. and I'll tell him,
too. that the club is still going
strong"
Then everyone sang. For Hes a
Jolly Good Fellow" and drank toast
(which never had heard OF a 20
law 10 the royal heirs health The
prince frank a couple OF goblets him
self. Then he regretfully left 70 lay
aun-her cornerstone
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
AmeriCanS Find
COmlpaniOnShib
AtOH Oxford
Athletics at Universities of
England Make for Good
Fellowship.

London. Eng. Sept 6.-(Correspon-
dence OF the Associated Press l-Offi-
GERS and men Of the American Expe-
dictionary force who have been study
ing in British universities find there
is less chance that a student viii be-
come isolated in English universities
than In those Of America
Comparing the educational institu-
tions OF the two countries. one Of the
Americans says that a man specialize
ing in a professional course in an
American college is likely to find him
self shut off from social pleasures and
sport The writer was surprised 10
find that men studying law or medi-
cine at Oxford OF Cambridge have
time for such diversions.
a man with antisocial iuclinations
IS far more apt to be isolated in an
sible at Oxford" writes lieutenant
Keith LOrenz, OF New York city. a
Harvard graduate. to the Oxford
student publication, The Isis
Apart from the fact that the Oxford
college is smaller as a rule than even
a class Of q typical American univer-
sltys the tendency of nearly everyone
to indulge in some form Of athletics
keeps a man from living unto himself
at Oxford. In America, apart from the
freshman year, class sports either do
not exist, or there is nothing like the
interest shown in them which is dis
played in contests such as the Fights
between the colleges at oxford.
Another feature of Oxford life
which tends to prevent men from be-
coming isolated is the institution of
teas, which when given by men for
men is unique to the American
student But, besides being the most
social Of meals. il seems to afford an
opportunity for friendship You can
ask a man to tea long before you have
reached the stage Of acquaintanceship
which would enable you to invite him
to dinner in America"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
Spartacans Stole Cash,
Cigars and Smoked Hams
While Ruling in Berlin

Berlin. Germany, Sept 6.-NCOrre-
spondence Of the Associated Press -
Enormous amounts OF public money
were diverted into the pockets Of the
Spartacans during the revolution in
Berlin last winter. which was led by
the chief Of police Eichorn, according
to information obtained by a parlia-
mentary commission which is investi-
eating the administrator Of the fugi-
tive former police chief
Police officials who have examined
Eichhorn's ledger say IL is impossible
to determine how great was the
amount taken by the Spartacans. Evil
dence has been submitted that Eieh-
horns security guard who was on
duty at the railway sattion during the
outbreak helped himself to 100000
marks Of army funds which had
been brought from Rumania
Auditors asserted that EichhOrn
made frequent raids on the official
treasury through faxed acquisitions
even drew funds for which no
accounts were rendered. In one in
stance. these are alleged to have to-
tailed more than 30O,0 900 marks.
One hundred thousand cigars and
10 smoked hams we're cOnfiscated by
the old police regime have mysteri-
ously disappeared.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
Se7-UianS Still
Fighting After
Five Long Years
Battalion IN Russia Has Been
IN Field Since First
DAYS of War.

Medvejis Cora, Russian Lapland,
Sept Correspondence OF the As
ISOLATED Press.)-A Servian battalion.
which has been fighting under one
flag or another since August, 1914,
still is fighting up here in Ksrelian
Russia
, The role Of these servians on the
North Russian front has been similar
to that Of the Czecho-Slavoks in 81
IBERIA and reads like an unfinished
Iliad- They are big Swapping, well
disciplined soldiers, five years and
several thousand miles from home,
and Just now when they 90 in action
against the Bolsheviki, along with
their Russian, British. French or until
recently, American allies. they dis
play the same dash and battle en-
thusIasm that characterized the Ser
VANS in the early days Of the war.
One way or another, these Servians
reached Odessa, where they were
formed into a battalion for service
against the central powers They
want to get some here to fight Aus
tria so they started for Archangel,
hoping eventually to join the allies in
France
The servians seized a locomotive
and sufficient. bOvcars to carry the
battalion and after four months
journey arrived at Murman3k.
The allies, landing at Murmansk in
the spring Of 1913. found the Servian
battalion there, ready to fight against
the Bolsheviki, and. for the first few
months Of the campaign, the Servians
formed the backbone Of the force op-
posing the Reds, which speedily
wrested several hundred miles OF the
Murmansk railway from the com
munists.
Throughout the subsequent fight
ing on this front Servians have dis
tinguished themselves, and now they
are awaiting the day when they can
return to the new greater Servia
which includes Bosnia and other ter
ritorfes where they lived when i'm
pressed into the Austrian army.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
R-38, Greatest Anshib
Being Built in E,nglnd

London, Eng, Sept. 6.-The skele-
ton Of the worlds greatest afrshiI
the R-3S. is now being laid. This air
liner. built upon orders Of the British
admiralty, viii be at least 1000 feet
long. have a lifting capacity Of at
least sixty tons and a speed of 20
to so knots an hour. The R-3S viii
be equipped with seven or eight Sun
beam "COssack" engines, each of 400
horse pOwer. It's practical range will
be 5000 miles.
Five other great airships. plans Of
which are being modified owing to
data gained by the R-3S on her trans
atlantic trip also viii be built for the
admiralty, the six airships costing
about SO. 500. 600. The later airships
may be even larger than the R-38.
which will be launched late this year
The Glasgow Herald. which Is in
close touch with airship builders Of
northern England. says Il viii not be
long until steel viii be used in build
ing airships. giving them a life com
parable to that Of an ocean liner.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
German Soldiers Refuse
TO Be Demobilized

Berlin. Sept. 6.-The Prussian SOL
diers are still the omnipotent rulera
Of Germany. Fifty volunteers entered
the town han at Konigsberg. removed
from meeting some city delegates
who had ventured to criticise the
volunteers, and forced them TO apollo
gize-
Even the officers begin TO com
plain Of the soldiers conduct. A vol
unteer regiment last week openly mu-
tinted. bat the government kept this
secret Marines at WilhelmshaVen are
refusing to be demObilized.
The government wants honestly to
fulfill the peace conditions and to re-
luce the army II denies the accuse
ton OF the Independent Socialists that
it is creating an armed police
Herr Heine, minister OF the interior,
said in the Prussian assembly that
they would have exactly the allowed
number.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
Fights Mexican Band
With Weapon Wrested
From OutLdu Leader

Mexico City. Sept. 6.-After nearly
all the military escort on a train
proceeding from Tehuacan to PuebIa
had been killed in an attack by ban
dts under Francisco Ayaquica at Te-
peaca, a few days ago, a passenger
named Galvez seized a pistol and
sword of the commander Of the troops
and led the few remaining survivors
in q desperate fight until the arrival
OF achievements. Some Of the pas
sengers are reported to have been
killed and all were robbed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
Thirteen Year Old Lad
Is fChdmbion Cleaner-Ubi

Cincinnati. O.. Sept. 6.-The title
OF champion cleaner-up" has been
won by thirteen-yea Albert Miles.
local fifth rra5e puuil
The lad trimmed grass with a sharp
ened table knife He pulled weeds,
carted off tin cans. mended fences.
nlanted flowers and cleaned the dis
tricf friu QUEER street vest between
Fourth and Fifth streets.
At a neighhorhood gathering the la1
was presentd with a War Savings GER
tificate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
Steals Dozen Potatoes,
Fined $40 and Costs

St Louis. No, Sept 6.-Vance De
Louie was fined SO and costs in the
court OF criminal correction for
stealing twelve potatoes from a
moving freight car on the Missouri
Pacific railroad on June IS.
Two Of the railroad agents testi-
fled they saw De Louie cut open a
Eack and take the potatoes. which
we're found in his pocket when he
was searched at the police station
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06

Berlin, Germany, Sept b--LOsses
occasioned by the war. the revolution
and the disorders which followed
have made necessary the taking OF
the country's census which. the gov
eminent has decided, shall be the
night of October rs. when all persons
in all households. whether temporary
OF permanent, shall be enumerated.