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New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
What Might Have Been

Then our boys might fight at home. when.
Europe subjugated to her power. Germany
whose fleet Rear Admiral Bradley A F;ske
(retired) has said was more than double
the strength of ours, might add to it the
conquered fleets of Great Britain and
France and send the combined navv to do
stroy our fleet Then Germany could. in
forty days, with no American fleet to on
pose her. land in Mexico two million Cor
man soldiers and follow them with ,,;1,;o,.
more all armed to the last word with heavy
artillery and all the implements of modern
warfare, to come across our unfortifod
Mexican border and up through our unnro-
'ected Middle West to fight an American
army without field guns and heavy artil-
lery and largely without machine prns &c
was true at that time, and with no allv to
s'ahd beside us against Hun aggression
lhese are some of the many cbaroaa
made against Mr.. Hearst | said 7 would
De fair to him, and | will also be fair WITH
yca. Let US see what basis there ia 6 -.
saese charges. Ne have seen that ana ho
lallen d>~n. What of the others? will
present to you what evidence there is ona
you yourself shall be judge and INV, 49,
render the verdict guilty or not o,;,+,'
ana impose the sentence if the verd;c. oa.'
demns 'o"-
flrst as to the Lusitania charr. H..
is copy of his leading newsnano 49,,
''Shed IN this city, "The New York Ana;
N"'' ~ Is OF date of June 6, 1915, soon
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
Completing the Insults

AS if something more were needed 20
complete the insults he had heaped upon
American intelligence and American horYor.
this specimen Of Americanism on the 27th
Of July, 1917, in q signed letter proposed
that we go back on our allies and demanded
an immediate peace rather than send. as
he said, "a million of our splendid youn.
Americans every year for war TO be o.
fered up in bloody sacrifice"
lie may not be the conscious agent %
Germany, but it is certain that he has been
her most efficient aid in America. He has
consistently, from the beginning, urged
exactly what the Kaiser would wish to have
urged upon the American people and always
at exactly the time when the Kaiser would
wish it to be urged
What would the Kaiser and the Potsdani
gang most desire him to do with the pow
erful influence Of his many widely read
newspapers at this moment when the peace
council is beginning its work and our Presi-
dent and the statesmen of the Allied nations
are having difficulty to harmonic their
differing views? They would want him 10
enter a wedge of disagreement between
America and our allies What would give
Plainly, to attack the motives of Great
Britain, against which nation many of our
people entertain an old and unreasoning
grudge on account of an ancient scrimmage
or two Of more than a hundred years ago.
What is the man Hearst doing Just now!
Irylng to enter q wedge between us and
our allies. How? By attacking Great
Britain, her acts and her motives in every
way that he can. Just what the Kaiser
wants, In just the way the Kaiser wants
1T done, in exactly the way all the Kaisers
propagandists doing it, and at exactly
the time to do it.
What is the proof of IT The editorial page
of "The New York American" of this very
day An investment of two cents will buy
the sheet. Read for yourself And it is in
"The New York American" of yesterday,
too. Let me read it to YOU (Here read
parts of editorial of January 10y. Up 10
this moment the man is playing the Kaiscr's
game. and doing 1t in cowardly way, by
pretending to talk Americanism.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
The TrutI,

Now, let us look into this question and get
at the truth. Other and worse things have
been charged against him. Among others
this, that he undertook to justify before the
American people the sinking of the Lusi-
tania, with the sacrifice of the lives of
hundreds of men and helpless women and
children, large number of them American
citizens, and insisted that the German gov
ernment had the right to do it under the
rules of international law
If you believed that he actually did do
that, there is not one of you bows who have
risked your lives for the honor of that flag
who would not condemn him. 1t is because
you do not believe that he did anything of
the kind that you are willing to receive
welcome from him. If he did do it you are
entitled to receive the evidence and be con-
vinced of it,
| will mention one or two other things
that have been charged against Mr. Hearst,
and then We will see upon what proofs they
rest.
1t is charged that after the American ma
tion entered the war his newspapers, or one
of them, justified the submarine piracy Of
the German nation and deplored what it
c"iieu our sentimental objection to sub
marine warfare"
II 1t be true that the IAN Is responsible
Tor that utterance and, as is charged, with
pursuing course that consistently upheld
1t, then would not hesitate to say that tho
spirits OF our hero comrades who made tho
great sacrifice at Chateau Therry, the Ar
gonne and the Meuse, together with a..
spirits OF the innocent little children whose
bodies lie beneath the sea in mute h,t e,,-
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
AS the Kaiser Would Wish

These charges, if they are true are very
skilfully put forth, for these things are ex-
actly the things that Bernstorff and the
Kaiser would want TO have done, and each
reported to have been done at exactly the
time when the Kaiser would want to have
it done.
What would the Kaiser want when his
pirates sank the Lustania more than this,
that the American people would be per
sunded to believe that Germany had the
right to do it under the rules of interna
tonal law?
What would the Kaiser want in all the
stealthy assassinations of American and
other innocent lives by the submarine more
than this, that we agree that our objection
to it was only sentimental?
What could the Kaiser and Hindenburg
and Ludendorf and all the Hun murderers
and despoiers want, after great America
entered the to make the world safe for
democracy, more than this, that we keep
three thousand miles away from the battle
line our gallant fighters, who have since
covered themselves with immortal glory
at Chateau Thierry and the Forest of Ar
gonne and made a great contribution to
the rewriting of the worlds history in
terms Of freedom and better civilization
and to the assurance of enduring peace?
What more could the Kaiser ask than that
by keeping our soldiers out of the fighting
we make sure that liberty must die in
Belgium and France in the surrender Of
the land of Lafayette to Hun exploitation:
that next Italy and England must fall and
German autocracy be supreme in Europe?
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
To Be Fair

believe in fair treatment. First | will
be fair to Mr. Hearst and when have
finished think your verdict will be that
have been fair with you; that | have said
only that which it Was my bounden duty to
say, though you may not all the time agree
with me.
Many things have been charged against
Mr.. Hearst. The important question is,
Have they been proved? 1t has been
charged that Bernstorff, the Kaser's ambas-
sador and head of the German spy and in
trlgue system in this country, and Bolo
Pacha, who was convicted and executed as
traitor in France, largely upon evidence
as to his doings in own city, paid fre-
quent dark and secret visits to the home Of
Mr.. Hearst Riverside Drive. 1t would
be bad, indeed, for Mr. Hearst's good name
if that had been proved But was it? ! do
not hesitate to say that it has not been
The attempt to prove it has fallen COM
pletely down, because at least two Of the
witnesses relied upon to prove it have been
shown to have criminal records, which
makes any testimony they may give entirely
untrustworthy.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27

Day after day his newspapers harped
upon that idea. He even went so far as
to urge that we should not even aid the
war against Germany with money, saying
N one issue, "We should keep our own
men and money at home for effective Go
fence" His newspapers insisted that even
food should be withheld from our ali.c,.
saying that every shipment Of food and
military supplies from this time on is a
blow at our own safety" In whose interest
was he speaking then? Certainly not
against the German
He. through his newspapers. urged that
we keep every dollar and every man and
every weapon and all our supplies and
stores at home for the defence Of our own
land until that defence is made abso-
lurely secure" and he named two years a,
the time required to make it secure. That
would mean that we leave our allies to
tight our battle for three years more be-
fore we would come to their aid, for il
would take at least another year to get our
army and equipment over and modified
for war.
1t takes only a modicum of common sense
and intelligence to figure out that in less
than half that time France and Belgium
and England would have been starved and
their armies beaten. and Germany have
been speeding to our destruction.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27

Food prices are down, but the roc
taurant owner is even less of a news
paper reader than the actor
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27

new comet has been discovered an,
late last night the solar system and tn,
comet were doing we'll.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27

What will the bartender do with some
of his heaven-sent gifts? Such as, for
instance, that of putting your change on
the only wet spot on the bar.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27

1t is hard to get back into civilian
phraseology. .For the life of US we can't
help referring to the copy-boy who
brings proofs up from the COMPOSING
room as the Liaison Officer.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27

Our present complex is that there is
conspiracy against us to keep us from
writing. Times Square is not torn up,
one frequently gets seat in the subway,
and the composing room works with in
telligent celerity.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27

This is the ex-Kaiser's birthday, but
writing a paragraph merely making a
face at him would entite US to no D. s.
G. Besides, the big stiff probably
wouldn't see if
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
TROTzkY ORDERS
The SURRENDER OF
RUSSIAN CAPITAL
tBy Associated Press,

LONDON, Jan. 23-Leon Tratzky,
the Russian minister of war, has or.
dered Zinovieff, the Bolsheviki govern
or of Petrograd to surrender that city
without fight, if it is attacked by the
northern Russian forces.
In northern Russia the dispatch
adds, the Bolsheviki forces have seen
defeated and large part of them
have surrendered In addition great
numbers Of peasants are reported to
be in revolt in various parts of Boil
shevik Russia.
LONDON, Jan. 23.-Esthonian Off
cials claim that the defeat OF the Boil
shevists after the capture of Narva
amounted to complete rout, accord
ing to Helsingfors dispatch to the
Daily Mail. Esthonian advance
guards now are within Is miles of Pc
trograd and continue to capture pris-
oners. arms and munitions, their booty
including an armored train
1t has been learned that the Estho-
mans intended to push as far east as
the Luga and Pliusa rivers, which will
enable them to encircle the city of
Pskov. 1t is said to be impossible for
them to attack Petrograd without out.
side help.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
ACCORD
Of ALLIES SHOWN
tsy Associated Press,

PARIS, Jan. 23- The solution to
the Russian problem proposed by the
supreme council Of the Peace Con-
gress is considered here as the first
visible manifestation and realization
Of American and British accord on
great issues before the peace con-
gress. This accord was pledged in
speeches and in private expressions
in England by both President Wilson
and Premier Lloyd George.
1t is understood that, inasmuch as
the supreme council has accepted the
American plan for the settlement Of
the Russian question the British plan
may form the foundation Of the struc-
ture which the peace congress may
erect to house the league Of nations.
Yet it is pointed out by observers
here that this is mere exchange Of
courtesy. The plan for settling the
Russian question is virtually identi-
cal with that which Premier Lloyd
George suggested in his note to
Stephen Pichon, French foreign min
lister, on January fifth. 1t Is under
stood though no official admission has
been made, that the British plan for
the creation Of a league OF nations is
essentially identical with that which
American experts formulated after
close study Of every promising avail
able plan among the two score which
were presented.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
HEALTH CONDITIONS
IN SCHOOLS GOOD
DOCTORS REPORT

Only third as many children are
sent up for examination by school
doctors now as were examined last
November, according to DR.. Luke
Gentle, in charge of public examina-
tions in five Richmond schools.
DR.. Gentle has recently returned
from service in the United States army
and reports that his work in the
schools is much easier now than it
was before he entered the service.
Last November, DR.. Gentle ex-
planned, there were many children
with high fevers and every symptom
of influenza, but now there is little
more trouble than the regular bad
colds suffered by great number OF
children every year.
DR.. J. E. King, who has charge of
daily examinations in five other
schools of the city, reports that health
conditions are very much improved.
and that most of the pupils are in
school and feeling well.
The annual general examina tions
given every school child each year
have been begun, and several hundred
children have been thoroughly ex-
amined already for ear. eye. nose.
heart, lung and throat trouble; FOR
skin diseases, and deformities. A ma
jority of the children are in good con-
dition, it is said.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
Americanism Taught Foreign-Born
in Richmond Night School Classes

ed attendance in the Americanization
classes, as it is known that many for
eigners in the city have expressed
their interest in the work. A list OF
over one hundred names compiled by
government bureau here has been
plac in the hands of the principal,
and Tuesday application blanks and
an Introductory letter was sent out to
every person listed as possibly inter-
ested. Classes will be arranged ac-
cording to individual needs, Mr.. Molter
explained, and every aid will be given
the pupils.
II believe there are people in Rich
mond who have hesitated in coming
to night school and entering some one
of our Americanization classes" said
Molter. "but this feeling is entirely
wrong. Any one is welcome. We
will gladly send teacher out any
place where class can be gathered.
Well send teacher seven nights a
week if the people want it, and we will
not stick unreasonably to the class of
fifteen requirement. If class
of few less can be secured and fif-
teen can not, we will take up the pro-
position"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23

Two young Italians who became
American citizens in the United States
army, and a young Polish mother. are
among the foreign-born who are be-
ing taught the elements of citizenship
and the command Of English in the
Richmond night school.
The woman is cultured and edu-
Gated and speaks several Slav dia-
lects, but she has found it difficult to
learn English, and in order to be an
American mother for her four young
children she has sought the aid of the
night school in acquiring a working
knowledge of the American language.
She leaves her children under good
care on school nights, and puts all
her energy into mastering the diff
cult United States language"
The Italians speak English well, but
are eager for instruction as to how
they can better fill their important
duties as American citizens. They are
learning the fundamental principles
of government and social obligations,
and are proving apt pupils in Ameri-
canism.
Philip G. Molter. principle of the
night school, is hoping for an increas-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
GERMAN ARMY HOLDS
IMPORTANT PLACE
(By Associated Press)

LONDON. Wednesday. Jan. "a
Since German troops were summoned
to put down the Spartacan uprising
in Berlin, the army has been assum-
ing a position of greater importance,
according to advices received here.
Supreme command of the German
peace army has ben transferred from
the peoples commissioners to the min
lister of war. who will be responsible
to the government. The transfer was
made with the approval of the SOL
diers' and workmen's council, which
will still be responsible for all social
and economic regulations concerning
the army.
Officers will in future wear a dark
blue stripe on the left sleeve. All
other distictive marks have been abol-
ished. The ALLEGATION to salute is re-
ciprocal, but has been abolished in
the big cities.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
FLEXIBLE WORLD
MACHINE URGED
BY LORD CECIL
World Not Yet Ready for a
Rigid System for Preserva-
ton of Peace.
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Wednesday, Jan. 22-
Lord Robert Cecil today announced at
Paris that he had submitted to the
peace congress draft of the British
view of the subject of the league Of
nations. believes the world has not
yet reached a stage at which an abso-
lutely rigid system for the preserva-
tion of international peace can be set
up, according to a Reuters dispatch
from the French capital. In discus
sing his idea of the form the league
should take. Lord Robert says he
thinks an international tribunal with
absolutely binding powers is not prac-
ttcable at present.
"The creation of a non-rigid inter-
national machinery by which coun-
Gil. by exerting influence toward con-
ciliation will work will be the main
strength of the future peace makers" !"
he said. Such body must, however.
possess at least sufficient information
ally qua ranteed power to be able to
and to compel disputants to accept
delay during which forces of civili-
zation may have time to try to avert
a calamity.
Respect for Nationality.
"The independence of modern
states has become SO great that no
nation can control it's own affairs en-
tirely without regard to the effects
OF its actions on other nations. It
Is important to proceed with the ut
most respect for national sovereignty.
At present certain interna tional or
ganizations such as posts and tele-
graphs are regulated by international
agencies. Before the war we had the
Danube commission, the Rhine con-
convention and even international
labor organizations.
1T Is easy to see that in nature
certain cities located on water ways
will have to be under international
control, which will guarantee free
access to them. Some of the new
states formed out of the Anstro-Hun-
garian empire, for example can not
possibly have Independent access to
the sea. Switzerland is, according to
newspaper dispatches, considering a
plan which will give her way to
reach tidewater. Certain nations have
a strong interest in having free access
to Saloniki but it is out of the ques-
ton for them to plan possession Of
that port. The most important ex-
ample of this kind, of course, is that
Of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus
"These examples of international
agencies which are necessary lead
naturally to a new organization, the
object Of which will be the welfare of
the nations of the world.
Delay which can give opportunity
for discussion and concilliation will
be the main resource of the league in
Continued on Page Twelve)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
Electrical Workers
on Strike in Berlin
(By Associated Press,

BERLIN, via Amsterdam, Wednes-
day. Jan. 22-In consequence of the
strike of the electrical workers the
greater number of hotels, restaurants.
cafes and places Ct amusement in Ber-
lin have been closed and the general
public is suffering great inconven-
ience. The tramway men are also
on strike and service has been par
tally suspended.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
Today's Temperature.

For Wayne County by w. e. Moore.
Cloudy to partly cloudy tonight and
Friday. Cooler, but no severe cold
weather in sight.
General Conditions - Disturbances
Of small size has been causing rain
from the plain states eastward with
snow over the lakes. Temperatures
continue above normal over Montana
and the northwest and about normal
over Wisconsin and upper lakes where
it is to 10 ABOVE zero. Severe cold
weather is settling over Alaska, where
1t is 40 below zero at Tanana.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
Garment Workers End
Strike in NelD York
tBy Associated Press,

NEW YORK. Jan 23-Ending of
the three months strike of $1,000 gar
ment workers engaged in making
mems and boys clothing and the
granting of a 44-hour week was an
nounced today at the headquarters Of
the Amalgamated Garment Workers
of America.
Meanwhile the strike, which began
last Tuesday, Of $4,000 ladies' waist
and dress makers, who also demand
a 44-hour week. was still in progress.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
Gompers Pleased with
Action Touard Russia

PARIS. Jan. 23-Samuel Gompers.
president Of the American Federation
OF labor. who was told upon his arriv-
al here last night of measures rela-
tive to Russia adopted by the peace
congress, said:
II think it is very wise decision
and hope it will have satisfactory re-
suits in restoring peace in Russia and
placing that unfortunate country again
into unity with the great factors Of
the civiliza ton of the world"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
PRESENT WEATHER
GOOD FOR WHEAT,

The wheat crops will be in fine
condition II there are not too many
,>(thaws and freezes, said Walter Ratliff
Thursday. An open winter is fine
for wheat crops.
Mr.. Ratliff, who is versed In wealth
er conditions said that early winter
conditions have pointed to an open
winter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
Central Americans Send
Delegate to Congress
Below is Queen Victoria, Manuers wife
tBy Associated PresA

SAN SALVADOR, Wednesday, Jan.
22.-The Unionist party of Central
America will send an unofficial repre-
sentative to Paris, according to Nat.
ionality to keep the directors of that
political group informed as to the
course of the peace conference. This
representative will also conduct pro-
paganada in favor of a union of the
Central Americana states.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
Norwegian Liner Saues
Men From u. S. Shin
(By Associated Press)

STOCKHOLM, Wednesday, Jan. o.
The Norwegian American liner Ber-
gansfjord. which has arrived here, re-
ports saving forty-seven men from the
American steamer Castalia, which
was wrecked off Sable Islands on JAN
uary II. while the Bergansfjord was
on her way across the Atlantic. Five
OF those saved died from exposure
after being taken aboard the Ncrwe-
gian vessel
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
Professor of War
History Is Proposed
lRy Associated Press,

PARIS, Wednesday, Jan. PA
bill is soon to be introduced in parlia-
ment calling for the creation of pro-
fessorship of war history. 1t also will
provide for a war museum and a war
library.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
THE WEATHER

For Indiana by the United States
Weather eureau-Cloudy tonight and
Friday. Somewhat colder tonight.