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The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
's1,5o0,oooI IRISH
PLEDGE TO CAIN
RACE FREEDOM
Resolution Calls Upon
Peace Conference to Right
Wrongs of Erin.
PRELATE MAKES PLEA
Cardinal Gibbons Reads
Document Calling Upon
President for Aid.

Philadelphia, Feb Z.-The conVen-
ton OF the Irish race this evening
ratified platfo<m Of self-deterrnins-
tion for lrela NJ. Tho platform, which
is based on five premises, was read
before thousands OF DELEGATES IN the
Academy Of Music amid a scene OF
unsurpassed enthusiasm. and was
adopted without a dissenting voice.
When Michael J. Ryan. chairman OF
the resolutions committee. stated in
presenting the platform that Eng
lands 'misgOvernment Of ireland Il an
international scandal and a constant
menace TO peace" the balconies and
boxes and rows OF seats in the horse
shoe tiers OF the music hall became
waving masses OF shouting men and
women Of Celtic blood.
The adoption OF the platform fol-
lowed a dramatic moment when His
Eminence James Cardinal GibbonE.
carbed in the scarlet robes OF his
Office as A prince OF the Catholic
Church. and in a voice that quavnred
partly from the emotion OF the hour
and partly on account OF his vener-
able years. presented a resolution to
place lrcland's plea before President
Wilson and tho United States govern
ment for a fUlfIImcnt or national
pledges made during tho struggle for
world democracy and justice TO small
or peoples.
Cheers greeted Cardinal Gibbons
when. with the following words, he
introduced the resolution.
Demands Justice.
You do not expect a speech from
me. My advanced years and conse-
Hr-F = -
OF making such an effort.
'1 hold in my hands a resolution on
behalf OF Ircland's freedom which
should appeal 10 every lover OF liberty
and justice.
Ny friends. there is liberty in tho
air. Tho nations or tho earth are
clamOrinE for liberty. And why should
not fr"edom-loviuE ireland Join in the
general cry Yes Ireland wants free
dom TO breathe tho air Of heaven. She
wants freedom 10 stretch hCr brawny
and sinewy arms She wants freedom
10 develop her resources She wants
freedom 10 develop ihe -ithcs OF her
soil. She wants freedom 10 carve out
her own destiny.
And VIC arc here today TO pIoad
the cause OF Ireland's sons and dauzh-
ters that they NAV stand erect. rc-
N"SilAtlf I'EeIl'Itl'F HN4 lISfDlIIFa|.g
on their own sacred soil 90
Tho resolution called upon Con
gross TO urge tho Peace Confer
cncc 10 apply 10 ireland tho -rear
doctrine Of national Srlf-detcrmr-
nation and 10 recognize tho night
Of tho people Of ireland 20 select
for themselves without intrrfr--
cnCc from any other people tho
form Of government under which
IN future they shall live"
1t was set forth in tho resolution
that tho claim was urged in the
Eamc of justice. IN the namc or
America. "to which no people have
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
Secret Diplomacy Rears
Head High in Conference
ing HEALTH Saint Brice Declares in
Discussing Peace Methods.

hardly outlined. Tho proposition dates
only from February II. The prema-
ture divulgence will unchain polemics
so farewell. discreet caution. so in
dispensable TO the blossoming OF
fragile hopes.
To forestall aggravation of the con-
fiict, the conference must forthwith
discuss the affair. That is exactly
what happened.
To know who played this brilliant
little game would be interesting in
deed. In whose interest was it that
Serbian arbitration should be wreck
ed. and how was it done.
Whoever it was. he eventually VIII
DO caughtl IN the network Of Intrigue.
Arbitration Project Spoiled.
The old style of diplomacy hides its
own surprises.
Meanwhile. the arbitration project
is spoiled. Very well, but how are we
to dispense with the problem? There
arc three methods OF solving the
quarrel peaceabIy. All the conference
procedures have been unable to invent
a fourth. The three arc:
!. Direct compromise.
>. Intervention by a third party.
). Decision by an impartial arbitcr
accepted by common consent.
There is no hope of settling the
Adriatic dispute by direct agreement
which would, naturally, be much bet
ter. but there is plenty of room for
compromise. But such an agreement.
were it possible. would have been
made long since, particularly on
the day after Caporetto.
Each side takes a fixed position.
The Slavs invoke technical argu-
ments while the Italians invoke
history, strategy and sworn agree
ments. Their chief argument IS
the notorious treaty of London,
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR
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TWO LAY CLAIM
TO SPEAKERSH|P
Mann and Gillette Both
Confident of Winning
Champ Clark Seat.

Opening OF the final week OF the
Speakership contest was marked by
the issuance of statement by
Representative Madden, Of Illinois,
manager of Representative Mann's
campaign, pleading for harmony
within the Republican party, re-
gardless of who is elected speaker.
Close observers of the race be-
tween Mr.. Mann and Representative
Gillette, of Massachusetts, reading
between the lines of the Madden
statement, see a realization of de-
feat for Mr.. Mann. 1t is also in
terpreted as a warning to the Gill
cite leaders that factional differ
ences threatening to disrupt the
party will follow any attempt OF the
victors to take advantage of their
position in filling the other party
offices and apportioning committed
assignments.
To Eliminate Revenge.
Revenge must be eliminated. i"
says Mr.. Madden. There should be
no feeling in the contest, and es-
pecially should there be no disposi-
ton on the part OF the successful
forces to take revenge on those who
fail"
At another point Mr.. Madden says:
individual ambition must not be
carried to the extent of disrupting
the party. The successful forces
will have imposed upon them the
obligations OF seeing that COMMITTEES
places are apportioned among the
membership OF the House in such a
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
WILSON ARRIVES
AT BOSTON,; BIG
OVATION TODAY
Ceremonies in Hub Likely
to Be Cut Shorter
Than Planned.
SPEECH TO BE BRIEF
President Anxious to Get
to Washington Early
Tuesday Morning

Boston. Feb. 25.-President Wilson is
home again.
The George Washington, with the
President and his party aboard,
reached the outer harbor at Sc
O'Clock tonight. The big liner at once
came to anchor. The President will
not come ashore until noon tomorrow
Wilson weather luck wins once
more. A wretched storm of snow
sleet and rain which prevailed all day,
made 1t look to thousands of anxious
Bostonians as if the demonstration
planned for the Presidents return
would be dampened, if not drenched.
tomorrow. But late this afternoon the
downfall ceased, a rift in the leaden
sky gave the sun a brief chance to
peep through and a sharp wind arose
to dry the wet and slushy streets.
Pleasant Day Likely.
So it looks as il the proud native
sons, reinforced by thousands of visi-
tors, will have a pleasant day to
catch the first glimpse of the chief
executive on his return from his his
tory-making journey.
Plans for the reception and demon
straHOn have undergone a little
change today. The reception commit
tee aboard welcoming craft, will not
leave the pier here until 10 O'Clock to-
morrow morning, instead of the hour
Of sun-up as originally planned. This
may delay the hour on which the
President will set foot again on Amer
lean soil and may shorten some of the
festivities planned. But it probably
will not change the plans for his ad-
dress at Mechanics Hall which had
been scheduled for 2:3O in the after
noon.
Anxious to Reach Capital.
The President is understood to be
exceedingly desirous of reaching
Washington at the earliest possible
moment in order to take up the mass
Of public business awaiting his dispO-
sition, and the local committee has
shortened the program in order to
meet his wishes. He will leave for
the Capital at 4:3O tomorrow after
noon.
While there Is an undercurrent Of
great curiosity to see the President
on this, hGs first. visit to Boston since
he entered the White House. the city
does not show OUtwardly that it Is
either excited or enthusiastic. There
is an astonishing paucity Of deCora-
tiOns. Some store fronts bear a scant
display of the national COlOrs. but in
the business sections there are great
reaches Of buildings without a sign
OF bit of bunting.
The only pretentious display is
about the COpley Plaza Hotel. where
the President is TO make a brief stay
and\partake of a brief public luncheon.
Here there are slender poles Haunting
yellow and blue pennants. OF course
the Presidents address at Mechanics
CONTINUED ON PAGE Two
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
GERMAN PEACE
TERMS ASSUME
TANGIBLE FORM
Allied ENJOYS Expect to
Reach Definite Agree
ment Shortly.
DIFFER ON PREPARATION
Allies to Deal with Each
Of Enemy Nations
Separately.

Paris. Feb. 23-Peace with Germany
assumed tangible form at the adjourn
ment of the last meeting OF the big
Five"
Orders have gone out to all commit
tees TO have, their reports ready for
submission to the conference proper
by the end of the first week in March
or at the latest the following week,
which will see President Wilson's re-
turn to Paris.
The Big Five" will outline what
ever differences may exist in commit
tee hearings.
The allied statesmen think they will
be able to reach entire agreement
within a short time. and all that then
remains TO be done is to summon the
German delegates and tell them the
story and push the historic parchment
out to them for inscription OF their
names.
Peace With Germany First.
clusion that il will be best 10 deal
with each enemy nation separately.
Germany will come first Austria
will be second, then Bulgaria and
finally Turkey, the one time sick
the operating table.
There will be four phases in the
peace with Germany as follows.
]. Military measures.
.. PREPARATION.
3. Economic measures.
4. boundaries
Naturally the military phase is the
most important. but it is one on
which there is today entirely unani-
nous opinion among tho allies.
Germany will be pluCkcd as clean
OF her military weapons as a Christ
mas goose OF its feathers by an OK
pert housewife.
Differ as 10 Reparation.
The only real differences Of opinion
at the conference at present are those
existing with regard to rCparation and
CONTINUED On FACE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
Beer Cent An Ounce;
Whisky Price Aviates

New York. Feb. 23.-Beer will be
cent an ounce next Tuesday and
the price of whisky and other
hard drinks will go UP from five
to fifteen cents per drink, when the
new revenue bill goes into effect.
Placards, announcing the hike
were being displayed in saloons,
cabarets and hotels tonight. High
balls, cocktails and other drinks will
show corresponding increases.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
200 u. 5. Correspondents
Meet Prince of Wales

Paris. Feb. 2+-Two hundred news
paper correspondents, half of them
Americans, were presented to the
Prince of Wales at the Du FayeI
Press Club yesterday afternoon. The
prince shook hands with all Ameri-
cans and chatted informally with
them about the war and the Peace
Conference.
speeches were made.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
BANDS PLUMBER
SHAKEN MUNICH
Two Counter Revolutions
Threaten as Fighting in
City Continues.

Berlin. Feb. 23.-Indications today
point to two counter revolutions in
Bavaria, one by the extreme right
Conservatives, the other from the
extreme left (Radjcals and Terrorists). .
Independent Socialists are calling
general strikes in Munich and Nuern-
berg.
There is continuous fighting in Mu-
mich. No civilians are allowed in the
streets. Armed bands are plundering
Traffic is at a standstilI
Kurt Etsner. the assassinated Ba-
varian premier. learned a week be-
for his death. of the existence of a
reactionary plot duplicating the ex-
k6iser's son. Joachim. and others
highly placed in the old regime.
Eisner Foresaw Death,
Following his speech at the Berne
Socialist conference in which he de-
ncunced the eT-Kaiser and the, mill
tarists, Eisner had premonition.
He Is quoted as having said: II
signed my death warrant today"
All munitiOn factories at Munich are
in the hands of the soldiers and sail
ors' council. One of the chief Spar
ldCduS Is MdUdIne Levine.
Fighting continues between govern
ment troops and sailors at Muehl-
helm. Plundering is rampant.
At Essen the government troops
and the Reds have signed an agree
ment whereby the government will
withdraw. the prisoners are to be re-
leased and the Spartacans will evac-
uate Bottrup, surrender all arms,
food. money and hostages and alb
stain from violence.
Count Won Luxburg Arrested.
Among the latest arrests in connec-
tion with the shooting orgy at Munich
is Count Won Luxburg brother of the
former German ambassador to Argen-
tina, of ''spur.es yersenkt" fame. In
eliminating documents indicating an
officers plot against the revolution.
were found on the counts person.
Berlin is in a feverish state of ex-
citement, fearing the Bavarian terror
ist revolt will spread throughout Gel
many.
Communists in Munich have occu-
pied all public buildings and news
paper offices. A mob today pillagcl
the palace Of the former Prince Leo.
pold. who was Ger.n&n commander Oh
the Eastern front.
Railway and mail service all over
Bavaria is suspended.
Several alleged coconspirators Of
Count Arco-Valley, Premier Eisner
assassin, have been arrested in addi
ton % many democratic assembly
men.
The death of Herr Auer, Bavarian
minister of Justice. is confirmed. Els
ner's funeral will take place Monday
The national constituent assembly
at Weimar has -niused to recognize
the Bavarian council of the reputAI.,
which IS virtually a Soviet govern
ment.
The Sntire BS'ariGn Socialist dele
cation left the assembly and returned
to Munich as a protest
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
FIVE HOTELS, FIVE
HOMES FIRES TOLL
Blaze Breaks Out at Asbury Park;
Buildings Closed.

Asbury Park, N. J., Feb. 3.-Fire of
unknown origin. driven by a brisk sea
breeze, today swept the square be-
tween Fourth and Fifth avenues and
Bergen and Kingsley streets.
Five hotels-Sunset Hall, the Wal
dorf, the Plaza, the Fifth Avenue and
a smaller house-and five cottages
were destroyed. With the exception OF
two Of the cottages all of the buildings
were closed for the season. The fire
departments of nearby towns were
called to help keep the flames from
spreading.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
CANADA GOING AFTER
COMMERCE OF EUROPE
Clothing Manufacturers Campaign,
ing for Business.

Toronto. Feb. 2S.-Csnada is going
after contracts for clothing Europe.
Representatives Of an organization
of forty-two garment concerns.
making 70 per cent OF the clothing
produced in Canada, have gone to
London to act with the Canadian
trade mission. Standardized cotton
garments with maximum OF ser
vice at minimum of cost will be
pu&hed.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
Give Us Tanks" Is Plea
of Esthonians to Allies

Paris, Feb. 23.-Tanks for the Es-
thonian ARMY That's one of the
things Joah Poska. Esthonian minis
ter of foreign affairs. says he has
come to ask the allies for. He also
wants the allies to erect some kind
of barrier between Esthonia ana
Bolshevism-
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
Booze Sought by Police.

Booze" was missing yesterday.
And SO his owner, Lawrence EngIe.
Jennifer Building. asked the police
to look for him. Booze" is an
English bull terrier>and is describ-
ed as having a long black spot near
his eyes. a brown tail and short ears.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
Cousin of Tirpitz
Is jailed by French

Paris. Feb. 23.-Paris courts have
upheld a lower court sentence of life
imprisonment for Arnold Holtz, and
an Austrian named Carmelich, for
trying to recruit Abyssinian troops
on the side of Germany. HoItz is
said to be a cousin of Admiral Won
TirpitZ. He was secretary of the
German legation in Abyssinia in
July, 1917.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
Brazil Cuts Duties
On Products of u. S,

Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 23.-American
-four and twenty other articles of i'm
port from the United States will enter
Brazil with duty reduced 30 per cent
this year. Among the favored articles
are condensed milk, windmills, type
writers, dried fruits. paints and var
nishes. pianos and school furniture
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
American Ship Ashore
In Bay Of Gibraltar

1-onden. Feb. 25.-The American ves-
sci, Western S,out, bound from
Trieste for New York, is ashore in the
Bay of Gibraltar, according to a re-
port received by Lloyds late today,
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formation are invited to call and
talk it over with the Club manager,
or If you find it inconvenient to call.
telephone Main 5000.
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WEST WILL HELP
YANKS Get HOME
Millionaires Form Club to
Aid Destitute Soldiers
from France.

\ committee OF lo.coo. including hun
dreds OF millionaire westerners. is to
DO formed for the purpose OF well
coming back TO this country Western
soldiers returning from France.
The committee. organizing under the
auspices of the Rocky Mountain club.
will aid destitute soldiers. give legal
advice. see that they have good
time while in New York and see that
they get safely to their Western
homes IL demobilized in the East, ii
was announced here yesterday.
A legal committee comprising the
best-known lawyers of the West. and
headed by former President William
Howard Taft. and a finance commit
tee. headed by Col. William Boyce
Thompson, of New York. will lend
what aid the soldiers need in those
directions
Plans for extending the work OF the
Rocky Mountain Club. which already
is carrying on wide campaign for
the benefit Of the returning soldiers
were announced yesterday at the
home Of John Hays Hammond. presi-
dent of the organization. Mrs. Ham
mond is to head a committee OF
mothers who will take the soldiers
into their homes during their stay in
New York
scribes Aid Movement.
At a meeting here yesterday West
ern newspaper corresp spondents adopted
resolutions calling upon the governors
of the Western States to secure. either
by legislative appropriation or by
popular subscription, funds TO be spent
in welcoming the Western soldier :
home under the auspices Of the ClUU.
1t was pointed out that heavy eX-
penses already have been incurred by
the club. and that it. by placing It's
entire machinery at the disposal Of
the various Western States to well
come home soldiers from these States,
is more than doing its share.
Appropriations such as are suggest
ed already have been made by Mon.
tana, Arizona and New Mexico TO be
spent in welcoming to this country
soldiers from those States under .he
auspices of the club. a representative
of the respective States supervising
the expenditure Of the appropriation.
In urging other States TO join in tbs
correspondents pointed out that 20 per
cent OF our soldiers from overseas are
being disembarked at New York,
many are demobilized there and aro
left either in a destitute condition or
with merely railway travel allowance
to their homes. Many soldiers, it was
declared. are selling the decorations
they won for bravery in order to get
money to eat or to 90 home. TeIe-
graphic copies of the resolutions were
sent to governors of all the Rocky
Mountain and Pacific States.
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DRAFT EVADERS
IN TIGHT PLACE
Many Who Left Country
Find Arrest Awaits
Their Return.

Thousands Of American citizens
who left the country to cvade the
draft and escape military service arc
now anxious to return home.
Unfortunately for them they face
prosecution and year in Jail. Every
day one or more stragglers are picked
up on the Mexican border by govern
ment agents. The majority of these
slackcrs are still in Mexico and
other Latin American countries.
Many went to Cuba and to South
America.
Every man who took this step was
duly warned in advance, and both
civil and military authorities feel
that no excuse whatever can be ac-
cepted.
Many Left Country.
A large number of young men left
the country before the draft law be-
came effective. They were sbecifi-
Cally brought within the scope of its
operation. Under the provisions OF
the law every American residing in
a foreign country who does not reg
lister is subject to arrest on return
ing to the United States
While the majority of the men
who left the country to evade mill
tary service are classed as CON
scientiOus objectors." in the aggre-
gate they form a cosmopolitan addi-
ton to MeXico's population. Some
of them are the sons of rich farm
ers. Some were educated men. Some
were ignorant men who did not COM
prehend the compulsory law. and for
one reason or another did not want
to fight for Uncle Sam or anybody
else. A goodly number were Ger
mans and German sympathizers and
paid propagandists. The percentage
of genuine Americans among them
is said not to be large.
All told, the department up to
November IL had apprehesder and
inducted into military service 10000
would-be draft evaders. An even
larger number had been taken into
custody, but were found unfit for
military service for one reason or
another. while some of them were
prosecuted and convicted.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
CZECH ARMY
ALARMS HUN
Hostile Force Reported Ad,
vancing Upon Saxony.

Berlin. Feb. 23.-AlI Germany is
considerably alarmed at the advance
of the Czech army in the direction
of Saxony. Marshal Joffe is report
ed to be chief of staff of the Czech
forces.
Prague, Bohemia, Feb. 23.-Local
newspapers report the arrival here
of Marshal Joffre and General Pell-
ett. with their respective STATS.
Marshal Joffre is said to have been
appointed chief of staff of the Czech
army.
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TO CONGRESS-:

win you give a living salary 20
Washington's public school teach
ers. in whose hands lies the educs-
ton of our YOUTH
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THE WEATHER:

Today-Fair. Tomorrow -Proba
bly, fair. Highest temperature yes
terday, As; lowest, 3s.
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C0NTINUD ~ PAGE THREE
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CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-06-26
Authors Handwriting.

If readers and admirers Of the pol
ished sentences of popular authors
could see the original manuscripts
from which their works are printed
they would be given interesting side,
lights on the character and personal.
ity of the writer's. The handwriting Of
G. K. Chesterton has been described by
an English editor as Shocking" w.
w. Jacobs, comedy writer of the sea-
has all his literary work typed and
makes but few corrections on the fin
ished manuscript. Other English
writer's whose copy is reputed to be
neat and quite acceptable to printer
are H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling,
Arnold Bennett and Sir Arthur Co.
nan Doyle. Editors say they never
know what to expect from that i'm
aginative genius, H. de We're Stacpoole.
Sometimes his work is neatly typed on
good paper, but often it is scrubbed to
sheets torn from a copybook.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-06-26
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect It
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one Of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in
an interview of the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance are re-
iected is because kidney trouble is so
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica-
tons are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease. 1t is on sale
At all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
meu.2m and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper-Adv.