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The Washington herald., 1919-04-22

The strange sleeping sickness
which doctors report as an after
effect OF flue, is no more new than
sleep itself, that greatest mystery
II life.
On March II, 1890, the London
Daily Chronicle printed the follow
ng dispatch from Vienna: Several
-ases of a new disease. which re-
emily appeared in Mantua immedi-
.-tely after the subsistence of the in
luenza epidemic. have occurred in
he comitat of PressburE. Persons
uffering from this complaint fall
1to a death-like trance, lasting
bout four days. out of which the
atient wakes in a state of intense
xhaustion. Recovery is very slow.
ut. so far. no fatal case has been
eported."
Twenty-nine years have passed
ince then, but the doctors are still
n the dark.
What is this strange process
allied Sleep
Why must we spend a third of our
My too short life in bed, dead to
he world. motionless, unconscious
Sleep continues as baffling. mys-
cry as in the days when Eve was
, reated in the sleep of man.
You, reader, a few hours from now
M slip into bed and mentally van
sh from this world.
What happens then? Does your
oul live in another world at night?
The Coriat school of doctors believe
dat sleep is the result of a relaxing
e the muscles. the relaxing being
recessary to rid the system of poi
49, r1VNlo NaA n Nrfr
'yide-awake hours.
Claperede's theory was that sleep
. natures protection to prevent us
iiIling ourselves by exhaustion.
DIR. Boris Sidis decided that mo-
otony is the cause of sleep-that we
lumber when there are no longer
Interesting. stimulating sensations to
eep us awake. II we believe Sidis.
Q sleep because we are bored. For
istance. the man sleeping in church
hen not fatigued.
Eight hours is the average sleep
4ses such as William Depue who
~-akened January Is. 1896. in Bush
III. Pa. after sleeping steadily for
even years. Depue insisted that he
iept only one night. that jokers had
nifted calendars on him.
Edison says we all sleep too much
'Te gets along with four hours
lumber nightly. So did Napolean.
frederick the Great. Mirabeau and
ohm Hunter. the English surgeon.
Edison's theory Is that we are ap-
reaching the time when the human
eing will require practically no
leep.
An oyster. one OF the lowest forms
life. lacks the power of movement
1T sleeps always.
A child sleeps most of the time
slept like a babe" As it natures,
re need of sleep grows less. Old
Slks need fewer hours Of sleep-and
re easily awakened by slight
ounds.
This tendency in the maturing of
ne individual Is true OF the matur-
1g OF civilized races. The city
weller of today requires much less
eep than his prehistoric ancestors
orNeven the lower forms of present
uman life, such as the dogeating
yorrotes.
As man develops further, will
eep become less and less neces-
ary?
Though it wastes a third OF your
me. would you do away with the
iss OF warm blankets and absolute
1rgetfulness IL you could?
Iambhchus. that great philosopher,
srote that the nighttime of the
hody Is the daytime of the soul
I, beautiful theory that harmonizes
Sfth the idea of the eventual sleep
{ hat knows no waking.
We are closest to the Creator
,Nhen sleep-apart from evil. Un-
Ner It's spell the worst criminal Is As
The Washington herald., 1919-04-22

new industries and the expansion of
existing ones"
Senator Miller, Minister for Repa-
triation. explained tha q. 900 Anzacs
have already returnedY 5000 are on
the sea, and 167. 900 have not yet en-
barked. He estimated that 10 per cent
would settle on the land. That would
necessitate roughly 5000 individual
holdings. Each settler would require
about $500 to start with. thus invoiv-
ing a national expenditure Of $15Qoco.-
900.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-22

tremble for the whole future of our
economic existence.
with a hostile British Empire
CALLED and fretted with our military
success, raging at its losses. hopeiessly
alienated. how are we to procure tho
raw material which that empire alone
can supply? That great empire is self
contained, and we are not; and all
the military victories and all the will
o'-the-wisps about Hamburg to Bag
dad will not help US.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-22
OYSTER Is THE ONLY ANIMAL
THAT SLEEPS ALL THE TIME

innocent as a babe in arms. Sleep
may be the real life. and our wax
ing period but a dream or night
mare. The weirdest mystery of life,
it consumes one-third of our valuable
earthly time and eventually clutches
us in the Last Sleep. the great ad-
venture in which all are drafted on
an equal footing.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-22
ALL SEATS ARE SOLD
FOR DETROIT GAME

Detroit, April 21.-AlI reserved
seats have been sold out and indi-
cations are that a record crowd will
witness the opening game here
Wednesday with Cleveland.
Manager Jennings is well pleased
with the strength of his team and
says he will make a strong fight for
the flag.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-22

lies and the New York Giants open
the baseball season here wednes-
day. Confidence in the Phillies'
chances against the strong New
York aggregation does not run high
among the fans.
interest displayed in the city series.
large crowd should welcome the
initiation of the season.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-22
Schoolmarms Burgle Sardines.

Paris.-Caught in a Mont Blanc
snowstorm last August, two French
schoolmistresses broke into an OBJ
servatory for shelter. and ate a box
of sardines. They are now charged
here, with burglary" by the irate
owner.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-22
Provides Jobs for Wounded.

Paris.-Under penalty of special tax
alton for objecting. employment Of
disabled soldiers in selected CONNER
cial and industrial organizations is
provided for by a bill passed the
chamber.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-22
Knew BRITAIN. Strength.

one word in favor Of Britain's policy
in this war. 1 believe that she en-
tered it from some base motives; bur
am now only dealing with the fact
that by our conduct OF this war, by
the insensate folly of our pan-Ger-
mans and our unspeakable press. we
have turned her inborn dislike of us
into loathing. SO cold and fierce and
lasting. as sometimes to make me
The Washington herald., 1919-04-22
Opposed Submarines.

'YOu and were never advocates
of this fatal policy of unrestricted
submarine warfare. You will remem-
Der how I went to Berlin to seek to
stay tn hand of the authorities. 1
begged them to reflect and they told
me the country insisted on IT. This
was not true.
II pointed out how 1t would newt
ably draw America into the conflict.
and they pooh-poohed me. smiled at
America. and scorned her threat. Do
they smile now?
%Let me tell you that It is my opin-
ion the entry of the United States into
this struggle may spell absolute dis
aster for US; but IL l am concerned
about our relations with the United
States. am still more anxious about
our relations with Great Britain. ]
realize as never before that all the in
crease in our wealth, all the success
which attended our enterprises in the
years before the war, was owing to
our intercourse with the British en-
pire. Her home ports, her domin-
ions and colonies. were freely opened
to our shippers and traders. Some
times 1 wondered at this generosity.
and even called 1t folly. Is II to be
imagined for a moment that these old
relations will return?
The Washington herald., 1919-04-22
BALLIN Warned
AGAINST SUBS
Told Germans u. S. Would
Come in If Unrestricted
Warfare Continued.

London. March.-The following in
teresting letter from the late Herr
Ballin is reprinted from the Register.
of Adelaide, South Australia:
The death of Herr Ballin, the great
German shipowner. who committed
suicide upon the signing of the armis-
tice. might almost have been foretold
by those who were aware of a letter
written by him, a copy of which was
recently received in Sydney. 1t Is
dated December 4, 1917. and was ad-
dressed ito my dear Herr Geheimrat"
understood to mean Privy Councillor
DIR. Rathenau, of Berlin). 1t proceeds:
What sorry lies have been dished
up to our people on the subject OF
shipping. One reads of resounding
strokes of riveters as they work at
the creation of new leviathans for our
overseas commerce. Our yards are
only working for the navy. and as
for other ships. we have not material
or accommodation, and. above all. we
have not the necessary labor. skilled
and unskilled. I almost despair when
1 think how different it all might have
been.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-22

Dr. Martin D. Delaney left yester-
day for New Orleans to attend the
annual session of the Association of
Southern Railway Surgeons.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-24
ULTIMATUM OF ALLIES ON
OCCUPATION IS REJECTED
Denounce Government;
Praise Russian Reds
Rose Pastor Stokes and Other
Radicals Harangue Severa,
Thousand Bolshevists in
Chicago Coliseum.

Chicago. March 23.-Dcnounc-
ing the government OF the United
States and sounding praise for the
Russian Bolsheviki regime, radi-
Gals nationally known for hours
sharangued several thousand Reds
at the Coliseum today.
The principal speakers were Mrs.
Rose Pastor Stokes, under ten years
sentence for violation OF the espion-
age act: Santori Nuorkva, special
emissary from the Russian Soviet, who
sought to establish an embassy in
Washington, and Seymour Stedman.
Socialist attorney
The speakers predicted Boishevisr
would rule the United States and that
the Soviet government would repls ce
the present government. and raiter-
ated that the late war was started by
the capitalistic class.
Mrs. Stokes. who Is at liberty under
$4,000 bond. pending a decision of
the supreme court, in speaking of her
prosecution, said:
Il am proud to be one of those who
must suffer a penalty for participation
In the movement to emanctpate the
working class / shall be glad to serve
ter years If at the end j come out to
find free working people"
She said she would never ask Glenn
ency of the capitalistic class.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-24

Vienna March % (by wireless via London)- The Hne1
government rejecting the entente ultimatum thrsa
ing occupation Of Hungary reported late today 70 hSA
signed proclamation acknowledging state Of betwssn
Hungary and the entente powers"
The Karoy cabinet has resigned according to Latest word
from Budapest and coalition government has bsen
formed which is joining hands with the Russian troops rupert
ed to be marching into Hungary A
The entire country has been placed in state Of siege
Copenhagen March IS Thy wireless via London9 AA Hun
gary has turned Boshevist Soviet government has tn
place Of the Karo cabinet It Is headed BY Aexdef
Carboi as premier and Bella Kun foreign minister Oon
nists and extreme Socialists dominate the regime which
out and out Bolshevst
great Russian Boshevist army is reported 70 hs.r
between Brody and Stanislau gs
Several regiments Of Czecho Slovas, inspired ~ 1on
visit propaganda have mutinied and gone over e ~ -
They are now in Hungary. -
There danger according to late dispatches ths
of the Red spreading through the ranks q the
sovak army in the south owing 70 extensive agitation
on for months by Lenine and his ieutenants
Count Michael Karolyi before resigning . promlM
office held since tho overthrow q the
monarchy, issued proclamation urging world wax IL
proletariat for Justice and pleading Tor support q -
garian against the decision d The Paris
occupy Hungary. sE AS a sssssss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-24
SUFFERING AND HARDSHIPS OF PEOPLE
OF FRANCE IN BAPTISM OF CRUEL FIRE

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-24
Rehabilitation of
Alsace and Lorraine

Paris. March 2s.--Ail has not been
smooth sailing in Aisace- Lorraine
since France has taken over the adj
ministratior OF the recovered prov
inces. but It should be remem bered
that after nearly half century Of
separation the lost provinces could
not be expected to merge back into
France without some squabbles.
change in the goverporship has
become necessary. The place was
offered first to Senator Jonnart, who
achieved fame through his dexterous
handling of the Greek question. being
personally responsible for the dispos-
ing of Constantine. He is now gov
Iernor Of Algeria and has declined the
Aisace office on the ground that he is
still needed in his present position.
Subsequently. Premier Clemen ceau
has asked former Minister of War
Milleraud to take the office, and the
latter is reported to have accepted.
The selection has been widely ap-
proved. for IL has been generally de-
plored tha.t MiIierands great execu-
tive faculties have not been used since
lS1s. WITH parhanehtary 'rr1cfion
caused his resignation as war minis
ter. He Is known as resoiute. two
listed man, and was the first social
list to become minister OF France,
though he later cult the party for
good"
One OF the difficulties in Alsace is
the religious question. While the
Catholic church was officially reccg-
nized under the German regime. the
French government. like the Arneri-
can treats all churches on an equal
nefiicial basis. When Minister OF
War Millerand was accused of having
favored the Catholic priests in the
French army with special employ
ment. The difficulties involved in
transferring Alsace from Prussinn
rule 20 ft French ideas are generally
appreciated. while it is understood at
the same time that some features of
the highly centralized and sometimes
rigid French bureaucracy may have
to he modified for the regained prov
inces.
lie Figaro compares France and
Alsace TO mother and daughter re-
Joined after long separation. Though
loving each other dearly. the paper
Gays. they need separate chambers,
while taking their meals together.
1.-The differences are administrative,
economic, social and political" 1,e FL
caro- continues. and they are marked
enough to make the government pre-
Incorporating Alsace under French
laws"
The article indicates that the Aisa-
tfans are disnleAsed al. the procedure
OF the French police in judging the
citizens loyalty, not by their acts, but
by ancestry.
Another complaint is that Strass-
bourg would lose its character as cap
ital II Alsace-Lorraine were to be re-
divided into the former French de-
partments OF uprer Rhine. lower
Rhine and Moselle. However, there
Ii a French project afoot r. regroup
all departments with more o, lter ar
tificial boundaries into economic -
gions which would receive certain
amount OF local autonomy.
There has been a general demand
for more DISAGREEMENT In the
French provinces since the outbreak
Of the war. the tendency being away
from too much Paris GENERALIZATION.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-24
Says Sin Ugliest
Fact in Universe
Germans Can Never Be For.
given Because They Almost
'eTdosd 10 sInoS psGoIlssQ

The Cgiiest Fact In the. Universe"
was the subject of the sermon by Rev.
II p. c. Maciacflan. d. D. last night
in the Seventh Street Christian
church. Sin was proven 10 be ugly,
both in It's nature, origin and results.
and It's deeaying effect on the human
soul was shown to be the most terri
Bile thing in nature. The reason that
we could never forgive the Germans.
DIR. MaciachIan said, was because OF
this thing that they all but destroyed
souls IN their ruthless system of wag-
ing war, He said:
am to speak tonight about the
ugiiest fact In the universe. You have
already, / arm sure, guessed what IL
ix. II In Sin The old Hebrew story
of creation senses its ngiiness. When
God has finished the work of crea-
ton. He pronounced II very good. All
was beauty. harmony. order and
unity. as of a mighty anthem sung to
Gods praise. Then glides across this
Edenic scene the foul length of the
serpent, and Immediately creation $
music stops. The lie incarnate has
done it's work. The earth puts forth
thorns and briers. Fear supplants
love Envy and murder make their
appearance. Shame comes into being.
And the beauty OF Gods image in the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-24
Seeks Home Rule Only
as a Stepping Stone
What ireland Ultimately
Wants is Complete mdepen-
dence, Is Assertion Of Leader

New York, March 23.-1~The
question, Should Ireland have
sclf-determination?' has been su-
perseded by the question. How
shall Ireland get self-deterrntna-
tion?'" said Supreme Court JUS
ticc Gavegan, presiding officer at
tho Irish rally which packed the
Metropolitan Opera house today.
Home rule L. not what Ireland
seeks. save as stepping stone to
complete independence. was the
assertion OF Frank r. Walsh, who
was formerly associate chairman
Of the war labor board. He said
in part:
Sir Horace plunkett, chairman o
the Irish convention. was wrong y
asserting Tint people OF Irish bicc'
In this country are unanimously Il
favor of home rule for Ireland
am sure that no true 1rishman want
home rule except as n stepping ston'
for the ultimate creation OF the Irisl
republic
When the first boom of the gum
ushered in the greatest and most san
culinary war. Ireland was enamel
pated. The Irish are no longer sup
plant. but with one voice proclaim
the living existence of the Irish rcpub
lie"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-24

London. March ns.--The Anti-saioon
League OF America. through its ofTi-
cialiy appointed delegates who have
come to Paris for that purpose. has
presented to the peace conference Tar
reaching proposals regarding the traf-
fc In intoxicating liquors. The memo
rial presented by the committee COM
priscs the following points:
II requests that affirmative action
he taken hy the conferences paving the
way for the effective prohibition OF
the liquor traffic among native races
70 which tho conference does not ac-
cord the right to determine their own
form Of government,
Second. It urges that no nstion. to
which the right Of self government is
accorded. shall be limited In any man :
ner in respect TO Its right to prohibit
the traffic in or Importation into OF
such irser4eanta OF Of narcotic drugs.
Third. The absolute prohibition OF
the liquor traffic within the Republic
OF Liberia shall prevail
Fourth To provide for the estab-
lishment and maintenance OF an in
ternational bureau for the scfentifc
investigation OF the facts regarding the
effects OF the liquor traffic upon the
physical. economic. and moral awslfars
of tho. sset4eno~ aad, tho qualifications, .of
such facts, the expense Of the bureau
to be taken over by the league OF ma
tfons.
The committee OF the Anti-Saioon
league having the matter In charge
and which has been putting the pro-
posals into form consists Of the Rev.
Bishop James Cannon. Jr. bishop OF
the Methodist Episcopal churc h.
South, and chairman OF tn Legislative
committee of the Anti-Saloon League
OF America: Hon. t.. n. Musgrove. OF
Alabama. and Rev. DR.. Henry b. Care.
OF Tennessee. The memorial Of the
committee is as follows:
1.-THE undersigned officially appoint
ed representatives of the Anti-Saloon
League of America. which league rep
resents the sentiments of an over
whelming majority OF the citizens Of
the United States OF America. re-
spectfuliy request the peace conferences
to take affirmative action on the fol-
lowing points:
Il. To provide for the complete ana
effective prohibition Of the liquor
traffic among those native races to
which the peace conference will not
accord the right to determine their
own form OF government. such prohi-
bition to apply TO all persons living
within the territory Inhabited by these
native races.
g. To provide that no nation TO
which tho pence conference accords
the right " stlfsSovcrnment shall b.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-24
Is League Of Nations
Unity Of Existence?
Must Be an Organization With
Authority from Eternal
King of Justice.

Rev. Thomas T. Gasson. noted
Catholic educator and preacher, in
conducting a Lenten mission az
Sacred Heart Cathedral, preaching on
special topics every Sunday night
during Lent He is a descendant of
a French family, having been born
on September 23, 1859. at Sevenoa ks.
Kent, England. He studies at s..
s ! s1 So l9 99., ala u Phila-
Md. His theological course was taken
at the Imperial Royal university.
Innsbruck, Tyrol. and he was or
dained on July 60 1881 He laugh.
philosophy at Boston college from
1894 10 1907, a. which time he was
elected president of the college. In
1914 he went TO Georgetown college.
and is attached to the post graduate
department there now. His topic
last night was THE Need of the
times"
He said in part:
what a sad spectacle the world
has presented since the lamentahle
summer of 1914. Everywhere vio-
lence. everywhere destruction. every
where hardship, everywhere con-
fusion. everywhere frightfulness. War
and ruin, anarchy and contempt for
law. widespread disasters crushing
the young and the old. children and
women. the weak and the strong. the
civilian and the soldier, the sound and
the wounded. Everywhere wild
unrest, which threatens TO engulf So
ciety In an overwhelming catastro-.
phe, unless an effective barrier car.
stay the onward rushing flood OF dis
migrating forces.
Why all this? 1t Is certainly not
due to- lack, OF opportunities for tho
development OF mans physical pow
ers. Never has there been SO arden:
study of physical culture. never
have physical forces been so thor
oughly investigated never have the
physical elements of the world been
brought together In masses so gigantic
and in volumes so coiossal--yet they
have been collected. not for blessing.
But Tor fnjuring, not for purposes pf
construction but for the sole and d.
rect AIM of destruction.
Neither is this wild anarchy due 20
lack of intellectual light. Never. per-
haps, was education SO widely diff
fused. never were colleges and uni
versities better supported. more gen.
ton which, to all appearance. led in
intellectual development, was tho ma
tion which plunged the world into
this voitex Of ruin and OF chaos.
What then does the world need, In
order TO save 1t from a final cata-
clysm. In order to place the nations
in conditions Of peaceful stability and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-24

DR.. Henry Chun Warns America
Against Wiles Of the japanese

New York. March c3--AA nation
of people hns an inalienable right
to scif-determinatton and although
this has been denied by George the
Third, MOttcrntch and the central
powers, 1t In obviously true. This
right Is as old as Socrates
DIR. Henry Chun. representative
In the United states of the Korean
National association. declared TO-
day In an interview with Univer-
sal Service that the Koreans have
right to srlf-detevyuin alton and
In reviewing the recent activities
of the Japanese. warned the Amer
lean people agHinst the designs OF
the Toxic government.
ssWili the American people awake
to the impeding danger before II
IL too latef' he asked.
~AEcnts Of Japan are spreading
false reports Ina this country DIR.
Chun said. -of tho impetus OF the
Korean agitation. The movement
In Korea ~ spontaneous and ex-
tends throughout the whole coun-
try. Japanese papers ut the pres
emit time are admitting that the
eases of Paland and X orea are alike
80 '~"-"rmi nrincjpIe. although they
6tfer in details These papers arc
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-24

even admitting fhat Japan IL
anxious to know what the AmeTi-
can people say about K0rea's de-
mand for freedom.
.srhe statement has been made
here that the trouble In Korea Is
due to talk of 'seff-detern,'natton
festered by agitators. This IL
false view OF the situation. The
new political canon of self-det~r-
Mutation has mot entered into the
matter because the instinct OF in.
dependence always has existed.
hut II II In n matter of interpreta-
tatfon, korea should not he denied
chance to prove that scif-def~r-
IMITATION In her ease would he
success.
1.-THE consolidation of Asia under
Japanese d0mination In the vision
OF the Japanese Statesmen. when
this has been accomplished then
California cannot nny longer pass
the alien laws, the British colonies
can NO longer resist Japanese i'm
migration and what now seems 10
he diplomatic appeals will change
into positive demands backed by
force Of arms.
"WiIi the American pub q
awaken to the impending danger
before 1t In too later