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Evening star., 1919-02-23
Prevented Early Hun Defeat.
FREE IRELAND, OR VIOLENCE"
DECLARE SINN FEM RADICALS

he has not addressed himself to the
furtherance of Irish republican as
pirations; but nationally the mouth
piece of the pacific section of the
party. pleads that the President be
given a chance to make good.
Even if we were eager to evade the
embarrassment which mention of Ire
land might cause to the delegates
who represent the British empire he
cannot escape the embarrassment
which the question. What About
Ireland?' is likely to cause him on his
arrival in America"
I'VE refuse to condemn President
Wilson offhand as a coward and hypo-
crite," says the Irishman. I'VE
must remember that his role is ex-
tremely delicate. If he is to give eff
feet sto his declarations. We are not
an ally and. therefore, the time has
not arrived to have our claims pre-
sented and considered"
Evening star., 1919-02-23
CUNARD LINE TAKES UP
HUN STEAMER TRAFFIC

NEW YORK. February 22.-Trans-
atlantic passenger steamship service
between Southampton, Cherbourg and
New York, formerly provided by
German lines, will be furnished in the
future by the Cunard line, according
to a eabisgraR received today from
Liverpool by the New York Office.
This message declared it was ''in-
conceivable" that the British line
"couid allow the important passenger
traffic between the United States and
the channel ports to be monopolized
by foreign owned companies"
Evening star., 1919-02-23
Nv wireless to The Sunday Star and
New York World. Copyright 1910.

Nv wireless to The Sunday Star and
Ney York World. Copyright 1910.
DuBLIN, February 22.-Extremist
Sim Fein republicans declare that the
only course left to Ireland, should the
peace conference not recognize it's in
dependence, will be the assertion of
it's position by violence. The greatest
secrecy surrounds the activities of the
seyeiutionists, who say, however, that
their leader. De Valera is working
hard for the Irish cause, and is en-
gagged particularly in trying to insure
Irish representation in Paris.
Owing to election inroads on Sim
Fein funds, a cali is to be made on
the Irish people for means to send
a ldelegation to the peace conference.
The secrecy of the operations of the
leaders is causing disafrection in the
ranks Of their own party. They have
organized a propaganda against
President WILSON on the ground that
Evening star., 1919-02-23
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK. February 22--Nor-
man Z. Mack of Buffalo. New York
member of the democratic national
committee and chairman of the
committee in the last Bryan cam
paign, says that from present in
dications President Wilson will be
renominated by the democrats in
1920.
Mr.. Mack is on his way to Wash
ington to attend the meeting of the
national committee on February &c,
at which time it is understood that
Vice Chairman Homer S. Cummings
will succeed Chairman Vance c.
Mccormick
Mr.. Mack's suggestion with refer
ence 10 President Wilson in 1920
was in answer to a question about
what the democrats were likely to
do in 1920.
Evening star., 1919-02-23
No Desire to Boom Him.

''From present indications it
looks as if President Wilson would
be a candidate to succeed himself
in 1920 said Mr.. Mack. Il do not
know that he has any desire to
continue. 1 do not wish to appear
as booming him, for l am not do
ing so. I am merely discussing the
trend of things political in the
democratic party, as Influenced by
the war and reconstruction.
The President now is in the
midst of a great task-that of
bringing to pass the dream of stu
dents and philosophers for decades
-organization of 6. league of ma
Evening star., 1919-02-23
SAY INEFFICIENCY DUE
TO TEACHERS LOW PAY

CHICAGO, February Glow pay
of teachers is chiefly responsible for
fneniciency among the personnel OF
teaching STATS. according to speakers
today at the convention of the ma
tioaal council of state normal school
presidents and principals,
Dwight Waldo of Kalamazoo, Mich,
!: urged establishment Of normal school
Eschoiarshipe.
Evening star., 1919-02-23

Hun Planned to Graft It.
While they were victorious the Ger
mans created out of Russian Poland
state which, like the Baltic prov
inces, like conquered Rumania, was
TO be creature of mittel Europa
Between Germany and Austria, UP to
the downfall of both. there existed
bitter controversy as TO whether this
new Poland should be united with
Galicia to make part of the Haps-
burg empire. or not. When Germany
and Austria were defeated the Poles
OF Russia and of Austria at once pro-
claimed their independence and be-
gan an effort to restore Poland. But
they were at once assailed, both by
the Germans and by the bolshevists.
They were also attacked on the
south by the Ukrainians, with whom
over Lemberg, and finally there ar
rived a dispute between the Bo-
hemians and the Poles about upper
SiIesia
Corner Stone of New System.
Recognizing that Poland was, after
all. the corner stone of the new
European system, the most important
detail in the program of iiberating
the ens1aved peoples, it will be seen
how great has been the apprehension
in Paris over the condition in Poland.
At the present hour, the bolsheviks
hold Wilma, the Ukranians are bonn
harding Lemberg, and the Germans
were invading Posen when the terms
of the new armistice was served upon
them.
At the bottom, the Polish situation
is part of the great problem as to
whether Germany shall be able again
to attack Europe, not alone with her
own strength, but with the unwilling
aid of millions of subject peoples.
In 1914. some sixty-three millions of
Germans in Germany. holding seven
millions of Alsatians, Poles and
Danes, and twenty-five millions of
Germans and Hungarians in Austria
holding thirty millions of Slavs and
Latins, attacked France and Russia.
Thus Germany and Austria together
were able to employ against France
and Russia the military resources of
thirty-seven millions of subject
people, a population nearly as great
as that of France.
Prevented Early Hun Defeat.
But for these resources Germany
would have been beaten in the first
two years of the war by Russia and
France. The whole scheme of mittel
Europa was that seventy-five mill
lions Of Germans in Germany and
Austria together with ten millions of
Hungarians and FIVE millions of Bull
garans, should dominate an empire
Continued on Tenth Page)
Evening star., 1919-02-23

By the Associated Press.
MUNICH. Friday. February Ell
i Count Arcc-vaIley, the young student
who shot and killed Premier Eisner,
was lynched by an angry crowd.
| Previous reports of the assassina-
ton of Premier Eisner have been that
Count Arco-valley was shot and
wounded by naval guard who ac-
i companed the premier. A report re-
ceived in London through Berlin said
that the young count had died of his
wounds.
Eisner Predicted Death.
PARIS, February % tby the Asso-
ciated Press).-Deputy Jean Longuet
in his newspaper Populaire. says thar
after the speech of Kurt Eisner, the
late Bavarian premier, at the social
ist congress at Bern he congratulated
Eisner on the bravery he had shown.
Eisner replied:
Yes, returning to Bavaria, 1 shall
be killed"
State of Siege in Two Cities.
COPENHAGEN, February ga
state of siege has been proclaimed in
Munich. according to a dispatch from
Berlin under date of February 81,
quoting advices from the Bavarian
capital. committee of action has
been formed from the three socialist
parties, including the communists and
the executives Of the workers, peas
ants and soldiers councils.
The cabinet will meet to deal with
the formation of new ministry.
A state of siege has been proclaimed
at Augsburg, Bavaria, says dispatch
from Berlin. There was great
demonstrated, accompanied by dis
turbances. at Augsburg last evening,
and light cavalry and sailors repeat
| edly cleared the streets, firing volleys
| into the crowds.
| Minister of the Interior Auer of
Bavaria has died of his wounds, ac-
cording to the Munich correspondent
| of the Politiken. Deputy Svellier, the
dispatch adds, fired the shots which
! fatally wounded Minister Auer and
killed Deputy Oesel.
Herren Hoffman, and Frauendorfer
| member of the Bavarian cabinet. the
| correspondent says, were wounded bv
| a man in uniform who fired from tho
gallery.
previous report that Mintsters
Hoffman and Frauendorfer had beer
, wounded was denied later In a dis
| oh from IA eopr.o
The foregoing dispatch was filed in
London two hours after the denial of
the first report.
Declared Soviet Republic.
| BERLIN, February % (by the AS
sociated Press).-Bavaria last ni,bt
was declared a soviet republic bv the
soldiers and workmen's council in
Munich, the Vossische Zeitung today
says.
oesel Instantly Killed,
LONDON. February es.-According
to an Evening News dispatch from
Berlin. Deputy Oesei, who is a Cath
oiic economist, was instantly killed
during the shooting in the Munich
diet. Other adyices have reperted
that Deputy Oesel was wounded
Herr Cares, representative of the
! war Office, the News advices state
was wounded by the second shot fired
Undersecretary Jahreis also was
| wounded,
Herr Unterlaitner, the minister OF
social affairs, according to this ac-
count, was wounded at the time Pre-
Imier Eisner was killed, being the
premier's companion.
Evening star., 1919-02-23
U. S. CAMP IN FRANCE
is DESTROYED BY FIRE

By the Associated Press,
PARIS. February 2a-The American
camp at Is-sur-Tille has been. dsetrsy-
ed by fire. according to dispatch to
the Havas Agency from Dijon
Evening star., 1919-02-23
BY FRANK Fl. SIMONDS.
CabIegram to The Sunday Star.


PARIS, February 21-In the new
armistice terms which have just been
accepted by Germany with every show
OF reluctance the first step has been
taken in the direction of dealing with
the practical problems of peace. For
more than a tnonthathe Paris confer
ence has been wrestling with that crea-
ton Of one of the new states which
must be the foundation of future
peace in Europe.
In respect to Poland, in tracing the
line about the city of Posen beyond
which the German armies may not
pass, the allies have recognized in
principle the claim of the Poles upon
various districts in eastern Germany
in which they constitute the majority
of the population But they have
not by any means made this line
Include all the Polish population.
even in the province of Posen, and
they have still avoided the great
question, which is whether the Poles
shall occupy the left bank of the
to the gulf OF panzic, and thus
obtain a window upon the sea and
an economic independence absolutely
essential to existence of strong
Poland.
Polish Question Intricate.
The Polish question is one of the
most intricate and at the same time
one Of the most vital which confront
the peace conference. Russia is a
chaos beyond the capacity of the
allies to deal with. They have
recognized this. and practically have
abandoned Russia to bolshevism.
Nothing seems more certain than
that bolshevik Russia and Germany
will ultimately draw together, and
that the vast resources of Russia Will
he ordered and organized by Germany
unless a powerful Polish barrier state
is placed between the Germans and
the bolsheyiks.
The supreme council yesterday gave
recognition to the Polish government
headed by Paderewskf.
To make a strong Poland 1t is es-
sentiaI not only that the Poles of
Austria and of Russia should be
united, but that there should also be
included in the frontiers Of a new
state four or five million Poles of
Germany, and that this new state
should have the old Polish port of
Danzic, on the Baltic. But the crea-
tion of such q Polish state is clearly
undesirable for the bolshevlsts, who
are seeking to overrun Europe with
their doctrines of anarchy. and for
the Germans. who would not only
lose direct access to Russia, but also
see their eastern territories mutiiated
and that condition restored which led
Evening star., 1919-02-23
j. s. AND BRITAIN
CLASH ON LABOR
Americans Object to Free
dom to Seek Employment
in Any Country.
COUNCIL REVIEWS WORK
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. February 22.-Serious fric-
tion is believed to be developing In
the special labor commission between
the advocates of the British and
American labor plans. respectively,
especially in regard to the question
of the freedom of labor to seek en-
ployment in any country Such free
dom is directly opposed by the Ameri-
can labor representatives as conflict
ing with the proposition TO restrict
the immigration of foreign labor into
America.
The American labor commissioners
were in consultation with the Ameri-
can delegates to the peace conference
today, seeking advice and instructions.
Would Hasten Peace Work.
The supreme council at it's session
today reviewed the methods of work
ernuIoyed by the commissions which
have been intrusted with inyesti-
eating the different territorial, eco
nornic, financial and judicial problems
in order to decide on the proper steps
which should be taken to accelerate
as much as possible the work of the
peace conference.
Britain's Stand as to Warships.
Out of the great number of contra
dictory statements being published
concerning the disposition of German
warships which have been seized. this
much may be accepted as definite
offiial fact:
Great Britain insists that these
ships be destroyed. This proposition,
II is understood, will be putsbefore
the supreme war council as part Of
the British proposals for definite peace
terms.
Opposition has been voiced in va
rious quarters to the destruction of
the ships on the ground that they
| represent not only a military force,
| but alse material required for in
dustriaI purposes. Great Britain does
! not propose to destroy the engines or
other parts of the ships which have
! Industrial importance. She would re-
move these parts and then destroy the
| hulls and armament.
| Have No Commercial Value.
| The basis of the British admiralty
! plan which viii be submitted to the
supreme war council Is that the Ger
. man ships should not be retained as
warships, and 1t Is insisted that be-
| cause of their construction they have
| no commercial value.
The admiralty decision Is said to
have been Influenced largely by the
belief that satisfactory distribution
of the ships among the allies was
Impossible. In fact II Is added, Great
Brxain would claim major portion
| of the ships. This would only serve
! to increase her prepopderance of sea
power. which. II is held. might be
Objectionable to other nations.
Evening star., 1919-02-23
LEGISLATIVE PLAN
FOR LOAN OUTLINED
House Gets Program at Night
SessIon-Ways and Means
Report Ready.
Mr.. KITCHIN'S STATEMENT

The next liberty loan legislative
program was announced to the House
last night by Majority Leader Kttchin,
means committee will be filed tomor-
row and that he expects to call up
the bill Tuesday after the sundry civil
appropriation bill has been passed
The proposed legislation provides:
For establishment of a sinking fund
for the retirement of government
war bonds within twenty-five years.
For continuance of the War Finance
Corporation, so it may aid American
export commerce.
For further loans for the sale to
foreign governments of equipment
sent abroad by the United States for
war purposes.
For stabilizing the price of past is
sues of bonds.
Quick disposal of the measure is
for on its passage largely depends
the date of a special session. Fail
ure of the Senate TO pass the bill
before adjournment. March 4, Mr..
Kitchen said. probably would mean
an extra session by April 1. Should
the bill be passed at this session, he
said, he did not believe it would be
necessary for Congress to meet un-
til about May Is.
No Change in Direct Legislation.
No change in direct legislation re-
garding the next liberty loan was
made by the committee in final consid-
GRAFTON of the measure
The sinking fund is provided by di-
rect appropriation from the Treasury
of 21a per cent of the aggregate
amount of liberty bonds and notes
that will be outstanding on July l.
1920. The amount, the committee
said, was expected to be $4,000, 600,
900, so that the first year the contri-
button to the fund would be s450,000,-
900. with that in the future dependent
on the rapidity of retirement.
Loans for export trade by the War
Finance Corporation under the terms
of the bill may be for period of five
years. but no loans to American ex-
porters are permitted IL private cap.
ital is available, and the interest rats
on such advances is fixed at less thar
per cent. These loans, limited te
81. 600. coo, goo, may be made within one
year after the proclamation of peace
by the President. but at the end OF
that time the corporation is directed
to begin its liquidation.
The bill limits the total of future
loans to foreign governments to the
unIoaned portion of $4,000. 600, 600
previously authorized, and permits
such loans to be made only for eight
cen months after the Presidents peace
proclamation. Members of the com
H1ittee explained that this provision
was inserted to enable the United
States to sell equipment sent overseas
before the cessation of hostiiities. such
as railroad rolling stock, to the allied
governments.
The committee adopted the recon-
mendation of Secretary Glass to re-
open the privilege of converting 4 per
cent bonds into bonds bearing Az per
cent interest. The Secretary is author
lied to extend the privilege for such
a period as he may consider advisable.
Evening star., 1919-02-23
DEATH Of HER HUSBAND
IN ARMY SUICIDE CAUSE
Mrs. Edith Ray Kelly Ends Life by
Shooting-Body Found in Her
Apartment in This City.

Unable longer to stand the mental
strain under which she 1abored since
the death of her husband, Capt.
William Kelly, Medical Corps, L. S.
Army. Mrs Edith Ray Kelly, thirty
years old, ended her life yesterday
afternoon by shooting while in her
apartment in the Moulton, New
Hampshire avenue and n street
Noise, of the pistol shot and her
body falling on the floor attracted
the attention of Mrs Della Burnett,
who occupied the apartment with
her. and when the latter went to her
room she found her friends dead body
on the floor with a large revolver
nearby.
Once Patient at Hospital.
Coroner hewitt. Detective Embrey
and Precinct Detective ( Thompson
visited the apartment Coroner Nevitt
was told that DIR. Kelly formerly was
attached to the staff of physicions at
Emergency. Hospital. serving at
time when the hospital was at. 18th
street and Ohio avenue. Mrs. Kelly
was an invalid at that time, and was
a patient In the hospital for six
months or more.
DIR. Kelly entered the Army after
the war started and was commission
ed captain. Coroner Nevitt was told
that he died of influenza In mill
tary camp in the Vicinity of Norfolk
or Newport News last. fall. and that
his body was buried In Arlington.
Mrs, Kelly brooded over her hus-
bands death. according to statements
to the coroner. A note found In the
apartment read. Il am going to use
Wits gun to end 1t all, I cannot go
on any longer or without him.
The note was addressed ITO whom
it may concern" and was turned over
to Mrs. Kelly's attorney.
Dr. Nevftt said he thought Mrs.
Kelly had brooded over the death of
her husband until her mind became
uh1o'--- .l&s'.i -
Evening star., 1919-02-23
Others to Discuss League.

Following the address of Senatof
Reed. senator after senator announced
he would discuss the league of nations
this week, until it became apparent
that this topic would occupy the Sem
ate almost to the exclusion of other
business until the close of the present
session of Congress Senator Lewis OF
Illinois, democratic whip, said he
would make reply to the opponents OF
the league tomorrow other senator's
not members of the foreign relations
committee also indicated they would
not wait until after the conference be-
tween the President and the members
of that committee at the White House
on Wednesday night.
Senator owen of Oklahoma. demos
crat. announced he would speak Wed<
nesday Senator Lodge of Massachu-
setts, republican leader. and Senator
Knox of Pennsylvania, both members
of the foreign relations committees
/ said they would speak on Friday ana
Saturday, respectively. Senator Hitch~
cock, chairman of the foreign Felas
tions committee. will speak III sups
port of the league the last of the
week
Evening star., 1919-02-23
P|CHON AND BALFOUR
VISIT CLEMENCEAU
Doctors Permit French Premier's s
Family to See Him, But Forbid
Them to Talk With Him.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. February 22.-Tfe official
bulletin issued tonight on the con-
dition of Premier Clemenceau says:
General and local conditions re-
main satisfactory. Pulse, 72: tenn
perature, 37.6 centigrade (about
99.7 Fahrenheit).
(Signed) s"TUFFIER,
"GOSSET,
'IAURRY,
"cOMBE.'
PARIS, February 22.-The condition
of Premier Glemenceau was reported
to be satisfactory this afternoon. The
mem bers of his family were permit
ted to see him, but not to talk with
him. as the doctors desire. that he
shall go through the next forty-eight
hours with as little talking as pos
sible
Foreign Minister Pichon was receiv-
ed by the premier at 1850 O'Clock. and
A. J. Balfour, British foreign secre-
tary, at noon. The foreign ministers
left the house together at 1880
O'Clock. NJ. Pichon said later that the
premier did not cough once during
the visit.
Evening star., 1919-02-23
COVENANT OF WORDS
IS CALLED 'FUTILE'
As Indication of Strength 1t May Build Up
Nations as Buffers Against Germany,
Says Simonds.
Hun Planned to Graft It.

Frederick the Great to engineer tn
first partition of Poland
Evening star., 1919-02-23
Senate Chamber Rings With
Applause When Missouri
Member Ends Speech.
WARNS AGAINST CONTROL
BY EUROPEAN MONARCHS
So Many Senators Are to Speak on
Topic That Other Business May
Be Excluded for Session.

Free American government viii b~
displaced by an international governs
ment controlled by ''Europead
monarchs and Asiatic despots" if ths
league of nations plan is adopted,
Senator Reed of Missouri warned the
Senate yesterday. The Missouri sena4
tor delivered an eloquent appeal that
this country hold to the doctrine OF
George washington and avoid zen.
tangling alliances"
When he closed his address the Sens
ate chamber rang with applause, led
by members of the Senate on both
sides of the chamber, and in which the
galleries Joined. Applause in the Sem
ate chamber is against the rules and
has rarely been heard.
Evening star., 1919-02-23
Party on the Defensive.

quite naturally the democrats
are on the defensive. Grievances
accumulate. Mistakes are made.
Doubtless the voters will say we
have made many mistakes and
many voters who were with us in
1916 will be against us in 1920 If
we cannot win with President
Wilson l don't know now how we
could Wir>at all.
The northern states are nat
urally republican, Gov. Smiths
victory in this state last fall was
due to prohibition and the unpop-
ularity of Gov. Whitman with To-
cal leaders around the state.
II would like to see the officers
of the democratic national COM
mittee chosen at the regular an
nual meeting of the committee in
December of this year or in Jan
uary of 1920, instead of waiting
for the meeting of the national
committee"
Evening star., 1919-02-23
Abdication of Sovereignty.

Senator Reed, in attacking the pros
posed constitution of the league OK
nations. declared that it meant thu
abdication of American sovereignty.
the violation of the Constitution OF
the United States and that 1T would
involve the United States in all for
eign wars He supported the charge
of Senator Borah of Idaho. republican,.
that the league would abrogate the
Monroe doctrine involve America In
all world conflicts and compel sub
mission of vital American questions
to a foreign tribunal
England, Senator Reed asserted.
virtually would dominate the league
and on all questions, he insisted, the.
United States would be overwhelm-
ingIy outvoted.
Evening star., 1919-02-23
RENOMINA TON OF MR.. WILSON
PREDICTED BY NORMAN MACK
Neu York Democratic Leader Says Recon
struction Will Eliminate Third Tern, Issue.
Must Name Him to Win.

tions to keep peace among the
great powers. The subject is sure
to engage the attention of states
men and thinkers for a long time.
BY the end of another year it
doubtless still will be a great prob
lem. I do not see how there can be
any other candidate than the
President himself. 1t seems to me
the war and reconstruction will
come pretty near eliminating the
third-terrl issue. and the demo-
Gratis will feel that in order to win
they will have to renominate their
champion