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America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
ALIATII INCA N'AU CE.
RUT EXTRADAREA
kAISERUlUI.

PARIS, % Maiu. = Lumea a.
re sd mai astepte inca citeva luni
sentinta lui Kaiser, 81 aceasta
numai daca aliatii vor reusi sal
aduca inaintea unui tribunal.
Aliatii nu vor face nici un pas
in aceasta privinta pima ce nu
vad tratul ratificat, 81 char a
tunci, fara indoiala ca vor urma
lungi 81 grele negocieri Gu Olan-
da in privinta extradarei.
Delegatiunea olandeza de aici.
care are in frunte pc ministr,ll
de externe Van Karnabeek, a
confirmat stirea recenta ca che
sta Gu extradarea fostului Kai-
ser n a fost luata in seama Official
pima acum 81 nici ca va fl pima
ce aliatii nu submit cerere for
mala.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
ELvETIA fNTREBATA DACA
VA CONSIDERA BLOCADA
CONTRA CERMANIEI.

BERNA, % Maiu. - Astazi a
fost confirmata stirea Cd aliatii
81 puterile associate au TRIMS 0
nota Elvetiei prin care intrea-
ba daca 81 ca este gata de lua
masurile pentru blocada severa
care Sc va pune asupra Germa-
niei, daca circumstantele vor ce-
re aceasta. Aici Sc crede ca acest
pas este 0 pregatire pntru actiu.
nile ce le vor lua aliatii in caz CD
grmanii vor refuza ca sd semne.
ze tratatul de pace.
Publicarea acestei intrebari d
facut o impresie dureroasa il
Elvetia 81 e comentata foa-te
multi in presa ca D calcare . drer
turilor 81 q independence tari
1lcr mici.
3 = y ! & tgit
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: : CLEVELAND, O., sfDlBATA, "a MAIU 1919
ROSn DIN BuDAPESTA
S'AUAPUCATD TDEfXECUT||

VIENA, % Maiu. = Mai mul.
te persoane acuzate ca contra-re-
volutionare au fost executate III
Budapesta de catra comunistii
unguri dupa cum spun depesele
primite aici.
Intre eel executati Sc afla 81
menagerul de la calea ferata Ma
schkau-Aderberg; episcopal Bal
tahazar, un ostatec din Debretin
81 colonelul Dormany din stat1l
major, care a fost luat din un
spital.
Mai multe fete, ce au fost a.
cuzate ca au facut cocarzi trei-
colore pentru contra-revolutiO-
mari, au fost executate. Judecato-
rul presedinte al tribunalului
revolutionar, care a pOruncit Sc
face executia, este un lacatus
III cldtc Uc IL all.
Foarte multe cadavre de oa-
meni, femei 81 fete din clasa Inal-
ia au fost aflate pc marginea
Dunarei, afara din oraS. Sc ra-
porteaza ca acestia au fost in
chisi in uncle case 81 noaptea
au fost aruncati in Dunare lie
catre gardele ce erau insarcinate
a lie duce in inchisoarea din
Pesta.
Trupele coloniale franceze Sc
asteapta sa porneasca spre capi-
tala Ungariei de la sud. Garda
alba 81 contra-revolutionarii Sd
pregatesc ca sd treaca riul Ti;d
unde ocupa pozitiile evacuate de
trupele rominesti ce au pleca'
pc frontul basarabean.
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malta TRADARE.

sirbi, care sd primeasca sd fie
prefecti nemtilor.
An gasit Romini, 81 asa mis- a
adaogat la urgia devastarei 81
mortei, inca o urgie: urgia ru-
sinei.
Fapta oamenilor acestora este
adevarata malta tradare. Vorba
este inca prea dulce pentru fapta
lor.
Neamului acestuia Use impunc
sfinta datorie de pc depsi GU
toata asprimea malta tradare
putinilor fiji al lui denaturati.
Nici considerable, nic i mila,
nici ertare.
a. sOamehii Acestia -near -ifevinssfss'
suferinta. Aceasta nu Sc poate
uita.
Nici un popor nu este raspua-
zator pentru ticalosiile unora din
membrii lui. Unul singur, insa.
daca ar ramine nepedepsit, tot
-poporul ar duce pata in veci.
In ceasul in care ne vom in
toarce, aceia dintre moi carl sl
vor intoarce, in pamintul care
fost intinat prin malta tradarc
a unora dintre al nostri, inainte
de orr ce sd spalam urmele tu-
sinei.
Take Ionescu.
Tribuna" din Craiova)
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CONDUCATORII DE IERI... 81 All

Uni confrati nosru zlei de 315
Mau pamarestc conducator poporun della 8 ST. in
acca Ove presupnSi conducaor de cad in
gora conducorulu Mangra 81 at afursti
Mrarea conato rebui fie atit de terbla
daca curaul sd priveasca ogda De dupa
vedea ata fata carcerulu rsia obraznica
alatur de conducaor desnteresa namulu MOI mam
ortee noar dpozta conducaouu adevara nsa
nn la vnzatori de neam
Conducaori de er Da apini pc inmie
stapni pc nime nreguu popor pentru lupta
dreap caracter lor cnt Lui
Incu refuzat prmeasc rangur penu
drepa penu poporu u Conducator de az ma refer
la banda din America pima buni
consult Ungar, consult caor neamuu nosru pima
ieri prieten buni fa bun
sub nina Acum mintea neaga poae
conducatori della 48 in rnd conducator de tpu
lu MngraY Ar Fl sacriegu fl paca gator
Da domnor conducator de r murit in aacie pentru
bnele poporuu cnd uni conducaor de
tu neamului argnt.
er az nu ar fl por
nit propaganda rsinoasa Lge Naonale Fonduu
BiruntA, trebue parntor
de direct neamnlui Conducator
de All nsa acto facut mai multi de att martust
a ca ce mai bun eateni maghiar" Conducatori
star yarsat singe daca trait in le
oportuniatea conducaor de oeau singe nArr
pu oortun dar vorb de ar IN cit Sd anda ntreg
/ romnesc.
Conducatoru, o omu invaa in cuyinu-
M nmba ntrig mirsave josnc omul nvaa
expoaat penru bne
bnce l omu 1vatat nn pinea de prn
conspa tubnrar amutind poporu
foratc bnele lu omu nvata bum penru
elnosntee ui la nobiat suetu el nus fringe gul
suie pedestal dar mai ales nus fringe gu conducatori
puma capastru poporu poa dupa pac
zntindul conuuui milne alu plateste
Dc .domnio conducatori conducaor prn
e ga respectful poporplu in fata acestora nchnam a
demasca dupa merau
dnase Mangra moi otusi reOzm sal rpectam conynsi
/ ncv1ta or Ass ass 4. Br1mdr1 Il
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
MAsUR1 DE PREcAUT1UNE.

COBLENZ, % Maiu. = Astazi
s'a terminal GU postarea de tru-
De americana in diferite alte
noui parti ale districtului CO.
blenz, ca masura de precautlu-.
ne in cazul ca Germanii ar refill
"a sd semneze tratatul de pace.
I'm cur1nd are sd Sc termine 81
Gu schimbari mai mari de trhDr.
Este in curgere operatiunea dc
mutare a peste $4,000 de soldati
Gu camioanele automobile, de Ia
vest in partile de este ale Ri
nului. Acesti soldati fusesera Il
mutt in cuartir pc la diferl:e
puncte convenabile 81 acum in a
ria americana totul s'a pus pc nn
strict plan de razboi. Toate vim
zarile de proprietatl civile la
Germani au fost suspendate, lar
fraternizarea strict interzisa.
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mai multi de Petrograd. I'm ra-
port dat de la cartierul estonian
spune ca fortele estoniene sunt
aproape de Gatschina, 81 ca au
capturat CARA de la Vruga prin-
zind 700 prisonieri.
Gatschina este la treizeci 81
cinci mile direct la sud de Pc
trograd.
Un rapport dat de statul major
englez spune ca bolsevicii nu au
reusit ca sd opreasca inaintarea
trupelor anti-bolsevice, spre Pc
trograd. Fortele Finlandeze, du-
pa cum spune acest rapport, Sc a.
fla numai la patruzeci 81 cinci lie
mile departare de Petrograd.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
Va RUGAM Sc vENITI.

I'm vederea marilor festivitati
aranjate de societatea Transit
vania" din Farrell, Pa, Gu oca-
zia conventiei Uniunii s. r. A,
in 4 Iulie 1919, in orasul Farrell,
Pa, roaga pc toti soldatii Romini
care au VENT de pc cimpul de o.
noare 81 sunt prin orasele din
jur ca sd bine voiasca q veni pc
ziua sus numita 81 a ne onora Gu
prezenta dior, dorind a fornia Q
companie, care va merge in frun-
tea convoiului 81 care tot odata
va fl 81 grada de onoare q dra-
pelelului American al Uniunii s
r. A.
Deci toti aceia care sunteti in
apropiere de Farrell 81 dispuneti
de timp, va rugam sd veniti.
Prezidiul SOC. ,,Transilvania"
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
ROSII BATUTI IN
NORDUI RUSIEI.
TRUPELE ESTONIENE Sc APRORIE TOT
MAI MULTI DE PETROCRAD.

GENEVA, % Maiu. - Dupa
cum spune telegrama trimisa
din Stanislau, o mare lupta in
progress intre fortele ucraniene
comandate de hatmanul Grego-
rieff 81 arnata bolsevica CONAN
data de Trotzky in persoana.
Lupta Sc da pentru posesiunca
Kievului. Lenine, spune telegra-
ma a ajuns intr 'un suflet la Kiev
din Moscova.
Un rapport PRINT in Londra
spune ca trupele aliatilor din
nordul Rusiei au facut miscare
Gu mare success contra pozitiilor
principale ale bolsevicilor, for
tInd pc rosii sa >se retraga spre
sud.
Mai multe orase au fost captu-
rate, la fel au fost prinsi 81 0
multime de prisonieri. Inamicul
suferit mari perderi 81 Sc afla
in 0 retragere generala. Orasle
Lumbushki, Ostreche 81 KOldari
au fost luate.
O depesa din Archangel spune
ca trupele rusesti ce copereaza
Gu fortele aliate pc frontul Muir
mansk, all capturat orasul Povie-
metz, de la capul lacului Omega.
Populatia a PRINT Gu buclr'e
trupele rusesti multumind ca an
fost liberate de fortele bolsevici-
v]ar fAainte de q parasi orasnl
bolsevicii au luat cu eli pc .oti
barbatii incepind de la etatea dc
patrusprezece ami in sus.
Din Stockholm s'a primit de-
,pese in care spune ca Estonienii
in campania lor contra bolsevici-
lor, din ce in ce Sc apropie tot
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CE VREA TROTZ-
KY Gu ROMANIA.

VIENA, % Maiu. = 1ntr IN
nou cod aranjat in asa fel ca ali
atii sa null poata descifra Gu IL
surinta, Leon Trotzky trims
lui Bela Kun urmatoarea radio
grama:
Zine piept Gu orr ce pref. Fa
intr una ochi dulci aliatilor, ga
astfel sal prostesti pima cind ou-
tenn pune stapinire pc Rom1nia"
Nicolae Lenine, -ministrnl
bolsevicilor Rusi, de asemenea
trimite cuvinte incurajatoare ui
Bella Kun, avindu-si ochiul ATTN
tit tot la Rominia.
Circula svOnurile ca armata
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rosie ungureasca are Ordin sd
arda Budapesta 81 sd ucida pc
toti ostatecii, in caz ca atacul ar
matelOr bOlsevice in estul Roni-
mel nu reuseste, 81 tot astfel da-
ca ofensiva Ceho-Sirba are sue
ceS.
Generalul Franchet d 'Esperey,
care fusese comandantul forte,or
aliate din Macedonia 81 care III
urma stramutase cartierul la
Constantinopol, acum a. sosit Ia
Arad de la Constantinopol. ~
wind ca scop dirijarea unui atac
asupra Budapestei.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
IN CHEsTIA PRIzONERILOR

PARIS. % Maiu. = Consiliul
de patru a expediat raspunsul
sau la nota Germaniei asupra prf
zonerilor de razboi. Raspunsnl
indica ca aliatii vor face alege-
re intre prizonerii obicinuiti 81 a
ce vinovati de crime, 81 ca acest'a
din urma vor fl tinuti spre jude
care 81 la urma pedepsiti. Consi-
liul spune ca aliatii doresc repa-
triarea prizonerilor 81 numirea
unei comisiuni din am1ndoua par
tile in aceasta afacere, insa M
mai dupa ce germanii vor ii SEM
nat tratatul de pace.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24

siguram ca tocmai in contra batjo-
corilor DVoastra vom Fl totdeluna
sprijinitori buni al Ligei Rationale
81 nu vom lua in seama nici un Gu
vint ce att scris orr Yeti mai scrie
despre 81 contra Ligei Rationale.
Va cunoastem prea bine, suntem
prea aproape uni de altii, pentru
ca sd va mai dam crezare. De aceea
zicem toti: sa traiasca Liga Natio-
nala 81 presedintele eli V. Stoica i'm
preuna GU toti functionarii.
R. J. Costea, presedinte.
Sectihneo Farrell, Pa.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
GER LOcUINTA PENTRU
FOSTUL KAISER.

BERLIN, % Maiu. - Partidul
nationalist german prezentat
ansamblului national petitiune
semnata de mil de persoane, carl
GER ca corpurile legiuitoare sa a
probe guvernului cumpararea II
nei case in care sd locuiasca fos-
tul Kaiser William.
Partidul de asemena a telegra-
fiat presedintelui Ebert, cerln-
du-i sprijinul in aceasta afacere.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
CHINA VA SIENNA IRA
TATUL De PACE.

PARIS, % Maiu. yelling
ton Koo, membru din delegatia
de pace a Chinei, a declarat as
taxi ca tratatul va Fl semnat de
catra reprezentantii Chinei, insa
Gu rezervarea de sc mai dis.u-
ia. Ell spune ca delegatia inca
mai discuta ce ours sd la.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
CERERE DE REFORME IN
INDIA.

LONDRA, % Maiu. - Edwin
Samuel Montagu, secretarul In
diei, a anuntat in casa comunelor
ca nadajduia sd Introduce un pro
iect de lege pentru facerea de re-
forme la guvernamintul din III
dia. Dinsul zice ca baza reforme-
lor sale va fl luarea puterei din
nina biroucratiei 81 darea Ell in
miinile poporului, care, adauga
dinsul, ,,nu poate fl decit un aie-
varat ayantaj".
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
POPULATIA GERMANA IRE
MURA DE ERICA ALIATILOR.

MANNHEIM, % Maiu. - Alar!
matt de stirea ca Germania va re-
fuza ca sa semneze tratatul de
pace 81 ca aliatii vor ocupa Man
heimul, populatia cuprinsa de
teama a asaltat banca Municipal
Savings. Foarte multe persOanc
au parasit deja Mannheim-ul.
I'm multe locuri populatia s'a
str1ns la un loc 81 faceau proteste
81 demonstrate, astfel adaugild
81 mai multi la confuzia din oras.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
ERUPTIUNE vULCANIcA.

ROMA, 23 Maiu. Conform
rapoartelor primite astazi aici,
vulcanul Stamboli este in erup-
tune violenta. Sc zice, ca pima
acum au pierit citeva persoane
81 multime altele au fost ranite.
De la Hessina au plecat spre in
sula mai multe echipe de salvare.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
BERNSTORFF lar APA-
/, RE Pc SCENA.

PARIS, % Maiu. Cancrl.-
rul german Scheidemann 81 con-
tele Won Bernstorff, care aci1nl
face parte din personalul minis
trului de externe, poate vor ~.
ca spre Spa ca sa Sc consnlte "a
Brockdorff- -Rantzau referitor Il
cursul pc care sal ia guvernu,. III
aceast8 situate.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24

Ce Qufefe maj vie declt Sa IL
slit sa pui cuvintul tradare pc
faptele unor semeni de al tai, IL
nor oameni carl s'au nascut pc
acelaS pamint ca tine, au crezut
ca Sc adapa la aceleasi isvoare
sufletesti ca tine.
Aceasta era partea cea mai
jalnica in marea tragedie de All.
Peste suferintele celorlalte nea-
muri,, din care moi ne-am impair
tasit Gu alta belsug, ne-a fost
data una 81 mai groaznica: chi
nul sd fl descoperit atitia mize-
rabili printre moi.
Deja in ziua declararei razbr
iului, programul unui batrin Al
tarei, caruia natiunea ii dase de
atftea ori 81 incredere 81 onoruri
urarea ca armata romina sd fie
batuta, strivita, ne-a uimit min
tea 81 cernit inima.
Era inca ceva maret in aceas.
ia supra umana criminalitata,
maret ca un uragan care pusti.
este
Cind, mai tirziu. au vazut GA.
meni politici insemnati, - vor-
besc de eel carl nu pot invoca
nici o scuza bine cuvintata, -
preferind Sd ramina acOlo sui
dusman, in loc sa vie aci dupa
steag, au inteles ca lipseste ceva
in sufletele multora, 81 ne-a cu-
prins mihnire fara margini.
Mai tirziu au VENT marble a
maraciuni.
I Verzea, ardelean, Otter, bo
gatas, ridicat in inalte demni
tati, nu numai sa-si tradeze tara
81 neamul, dar sa alba 81 fudulia
tradarei, Verzea primarul mem
tilor, ca sd fie stiut, ca sd fie do
vedit ca a tradat!
TicaloSi, misei Sc ivesc mereu
81 pretuindeni, (chiar 81 intre Ro
mini din America. N. r., dal
mizerabilii carl, in loc sa-si as
cunda rusinea Sc falesc Gu ea
asia este forma rara, rara de
tot putreziciunei omenesti.
Dupa Verzea, O cunoscuta Sc
catura, un Tzigara Samurcas, ca
re primeste sd fie numit de
nemti prefect in polite, lar dupi
fleacul acesta, alte noroae. leri
Petre Cioraneanu, directorul zia
rului LA Politique" care putii
de traznea a tradare, inca dir
toamna anului 1914, prefect a
nemtilor la Prahova. 81 Sc spun'
81 de altii in alte judete. Iii cad'
condeiul din nina cind te gin
desti la Ell.
Invazii au fost in toate tarilt
in toate vremurile. Popoarele ?,
astoria cea mai stralucita au Gu
noscut aurul invaziilor.
Franta, ale carei steaguri glo
rioase au filfait pc toata suprafa
ia pamintului, a cunoscut d'
cinci orr in 120 de ami durere;
invaziei.
Sufera de invazie 81 mai cum
plit inca Belgia 81 Serbia. Da
durerea invaziei este una, 81 ru
sinea invaziei este alta.
In Franta, in Belgia, in Serbia
nemtii, daca au pus prefecti, Al
pus nemti de al lor. FL n'au gasi
nici francezi, nici belgieni, mic
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
RECOMPENSAREk REGELUI
SBURATORILOR.

LONDRA, % Maiu. - Zlarul
Daily Mail anunta ca are inten-
tia ca in nefericitul caz ca Harry
C. Hawker 81 locotenentul CO.
mandor Mackenzie Grieve STAR Fl
pierdut viata in incercarea lor de
sbura peste oceanul Atlantic,
sa imparta mostenitorilor lor ce-
lor mai apropiati suma de 10000
de lire sterlinge, in proportie de-
elsa mai inainte de Hawker 81
Grieve. Aceasta dispozitiune n a.
re mimic de face Gu concursul,
care ramine inca deschis.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
ExPLOZIA LA o FABRICA
De SCROBEALA.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, %
Maiu. - Noua persoane au fost
ucise, patru lipsesc, lar suta 81
cincizeci au fOst ranite in eXplo-
zia ce a avut lOc in fabrica de
scrobeala a firmei Douglas Com
pany. seara trecuta.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-24
The only Roumanian Daily in u. S. and Canada

sERVIOIU TEI.E0RATIO CONFLICT
DE LA ASoCIATIUNkA PREssEI.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
Member of the Associated Press
coRTELYoU FOR DIRECTOR

IN CHOOSING Chief Corteylou, of the
district attorneys detective staff, to
be his director of public safety, Mayor
elect Moore evidently believes that the
principal qualification needed for the job
is a thorough knowledge of police meth
ods, rather than proved business ability
adequate TO administer a great depart
nient of the city government
The wisdom of this conception remains
to be shown in practice.
One thing is sure: 1t would have been
difficult for Mr.. Moore to pick out man
more generally liked by those who have
come in contact with him in other official
positions, nor one more likely to COM
mand the respect and friendly interest of
the rank and file in the various large
forces of men who will come under his
direction.
During his long service as chief of the
postal inspectors in this district, "Jim"
Cortelyou became terror to criminals
breaking the federal laws, and his sue
cess in ferreting out swindles and other
fraudulent get-rich-quick schemes was
universally admitted. His appointment
to the dictatorship is a big promotion
from his present position, but it is one
which wide circle of friends will hope
his administration proves he has de-
served. He starts with one large asset
that is hatred of anything pertaining
to crookedness and graft.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17

portant, the drift Of affairs in Europe
have been against him.
Lloyd George, Clemenceau and the
Italian adventurer in Fiume are factors
in coloring prediction sentiment in the
United States. There is a disposition in
many quarters to wonder whether, after
all, some of the European statesmen
have been made quite safe for democracy.
This question rises naturally whenever
the name of D'Annunzio is mentioned.
Mr.. Gerard's platform as he announced
it in South Dakota consists of eight
words: MAKE and keep the country safe
for democracy"
Only recently the official representa-
tives of the party were thinking in more
inclusive terms. Their benefcent IL
tentions extended to all the world and to
the islands in the sea and the peoples
thereon. 1t will be interesting to observe
whether the experiences of the past year
have made the Democratic party more
conservative and morL modest in its
aspirations, or whether the new limita-
tion of effort is representative of an old
and familiar characteristic which Dem
ocrats abandoned when they followed
after Mr.. Wilson's leadership in foreign
affairs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
LET THE 30 SENATORS LEAD

7NHE treaty situation in the Senate calls
L. for plain talk.
The President has shown by his third
person White House hand-out statement
that he is again thinking as the chief
leader Of the Democratic party and not
as the leader of the American people
Whenever he does that he is wrong
wrong in principle and wrong in prac-
tice.
1t is a case once more of his celebrated
misguided appeal for the election of a
Democratic Congress which he could
control without question. 1t is not only
bad taste but bad politics. The American
people showed what they thought of his
blunder before and they will do it again.
Mr.. Wilson probably thinks that he is
playing skillful politics when he tries to
shift the whole burden of responsibility
on the Republican party, which he was so
careful to mention in his statement. But
he is mistaken. 1t is not a proper issue
for political maneuvering, and if he were
not cooped up by sickness and isolated
from close touch with the people. them
selves he would realize it.
w HdNC lIlIlCdJSb III IllCoC C''IulllIlS
how petty and pifiing Senator Lodges
Beacon street self-importance appears to
the average man in the street. He seems
to think the accident Of senatorial senior
ity has given him an indisputable right
TO play schoolmaster himself, but he is
quite as mistaken as the President
Both Mr. Lodge and Mr.. Wilson have
forgotten that primarily they are not in
Office to represent their. own personal
views. They are there to represent the
views of the people of this country. Those
views today are unquestionably in favor
Of a speedy ratification of the treaty in
the best form obtainable, and they should
not place obstacles in the way Of an
agreement as they are now doing by their
stubborn punctilio.
Eighty senators have shown by their
votes that they are III favor of ratifying
treaty in compromise form. Only
! sixty-four votes are needed. 1t is ridicu-
lous that these eighty should let either
false sense of fealty to their respective
| party leaders or desire not to injure
| personal feelings interfere with their
| duty as free-thinking, responsible rep
| resentatives to use their own judgment
| in terminating the disgraceful deadlock
Already there are promising signs of
| something like this outcome. Mr.. Under
wood seems to have a better practical
| grasp of the treaty situation than the
| nominal leader of the Democrats, Mr..
| Hitchcock who has been forced to play
| the maronette to the White House
strings; while Mr.. McCumber OH the Re
publican side has shown far greater in
sight into true craftsmanship than Mr..
' Lodge and his few familiars of the for
eign relations committee inner clique.
Why do not the eighty pro-ratification
senators get behind Mr.. Underwood and
Mr. McCumber respectively and settle the
treaty as they wish and have the power
TO do? Then the sulkers would quickly
come out of their tents and the country
could turn its attention TO the long
neglected business of restoring peace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
RIGHT FOR ONCE

MIR. BRYAN, who has devoted himself
IA to prophecy ever since he was first
nominated for the presidency in 1896, has
usually played in bad luck, for the things
which he foretold did not come to pass.
There is one exception, however. On
November Is, 1916, he said that within
four years the Democratic party would
become dry party and that prohibition
would be the chief issue in 1920. Well,
he was right about his party. 1t is dry,
and SO is the Republican party. The
liquor question has disappeared from
politics.
But he was wro:.g about the big issue
for 1920. Yet one must not be too criti-
cal in this case, for Mr.. Bryan should
have all the credit that is due to
prophet who guessed right for once, even
If his guess was wrong in its details.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
A THING TO STAND ON

(NHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEW used to say
~ that political platform was like the
platform of railroad car-to get in on
and not to stand on.
The chairman of the Republican
national committee, however, is promis-
ing something different this year In
a speech in Buffalo on Monday night he
said that "The platform will deal with
the great fundamentals and when adopt
ed it shall be the evidence of a sacred
contractual obligation between the party
and the people"
Let us hope that this is so, and that
not only the Republican platform, but
the platform of the Democratic party as
well, may be something more than a mess
Of words intended to catch votes and
then be forgotten.