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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29

there was a rush for them But
wherever there was an unusual crowd
inE-like at points around Trafalgar
SQuare-pollcemeu Immediately took
charge They formed queues OF pas
sengers. Men, women. girls. boys and
little children all took their places
two abreast and formed q column *
tending down the street FOR a block
or more As the buses arrived the
policeman passed the people into ths
vehicle IN a hurry.
Come along come along quick
now. mind your feet Don't shove
there; you viii all set on sooner or
later-mostiy laterF'
"Aw. pack EN- IN. I donr mind
said the smiling bus girl instead Of
the usual Full upin
There were q few grouchy persons
who wanted 20 60 ahead OF everyone
else; but the greater part were good
uatured- some OF the queues battered
in snow and nush. but the people did
not mind
War trucks gathered ID thousands
OF people on the outlying routes.
brought them laughing 70 work. car
ried them away IN the evening. Some
times nearly 100 persons were iammed
into one truck.
On the crowded tram lines there
was little confusion, for London has
system OF taking care OF crowds at
these congested points that might be
put 10 use very we'll In New York at
certain places. At these stations the
passengers are filtered through lonE
rallied Dassageways which gradually
form them into single files.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29
WANT BOARD To
CONTROL CANAL
Proposal Made To Put Kiel
Waterway Under Con
troll Of League.

London. Eng. March 2s.-What
should be done with the Kiel canal
Dr.. Bernard Watkins. an English
man who escaped from an Austrian
fortress where he had been held as a
prisoner OF war. believes the water
way should be placed under an inter
national board OF control directly re-
sponsibIs 70 the League OF Nations.
with It's own Qualifications dis
nantled and the island Of Heligoland
no longer threatening its western
entrance. he believes, It would soon
be recognized as Of equal importance
10 the Baltic and northern Europe as
are the suez canal and Straits Of Gil
uraltar 70 southern Europe and the
Mediterranean
Properly developed, he points out,
the value OF the waterway to London
would be tremendous. particularly for
the importation OF timber. hides and
Iron ore from Scandinavia and north
ern Russia. Further It would faeili-
tate greatly the communications be-
tween the Baltic and the great sea
ports OF the English Channel OF
Frnace, Belgium and Holland.
The KieI canal was opened in 1885,
Its improvements were completed in
1911. It is 81 miles from Kiel 70 the
mouth Of the river Elbe. 1t saves
voyage OF 500 miles around Denmark
The Baltic seaports Of Sweden and
Russia are brought nearer 70 London
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29

7 ONDON. Eng. March 2s.-Dr.
l. Frederic Poole. NJ D. Phi IL. D,
the we'll known oriental lecturer and
traveller. on his return 20 London
from China, declares a situation Of
extreme delicacy Is going TO arise at
the peace conferences over 4 diplo-
matte readjustment OF Japan's rela-
tons with China. Japan has carried
out her part in the great var. and is
the recognized superior military
power o. the far east
And Japan wishes 20 remain So"
said Dr. Poole, in an interview today
There has been a feeling OF great
anxiety in China since the war be-
gan, owing 20 the fact that Il IS wei
known that Japan intends 70 press
for the retention Of kiau Cniaus from
which she drove the Germans At the
time the agreement was made be-
tween the allies and Japan for the
latter nation TO drive the Germans
from the eastern seas I was certain
that once the japanese flag went up
in Kiau Chiau IL would never come
down, II they had their way
Japan Must Expand
Japan has long complained she
must expand. owing 70 her increased
population. and when she invaded
tional territory 20 her island kingdom.
And II IS now Korea no longer. but
ChO san. o. a part Of Japan, TO which
thousands OF her little citizens are
ENGRAVING And the taking OF Kiau
Chiau is only the wedge OF another
project the japanese government has
up its sleeve. Practically in supreme
control OF the place, the whole Of the
province OF Shantung IS threatened
with japanese invasion
1T IS an interesting history OF how
the Chinese are awakening TO the
greatness OF their own country and
the possibilities before them. When
the United States RENTED the Boxer
indemnity q was with the understand
Ing that the money was TO be used
20 educate the youth OF China. and %
send 20 America some Of the best and
brightest sons OF China 20 attend
our colleges and be given the best ed
ucation possible.
Many Educated Chinese.
This was done, and the result Is
that thousands OF young Chinese have
returned 70 their native land. highly
trained in American ways and Gus
toms. and with a great longing to
see their own country developed along
the same lines. This feeling has
spread throughout China. and now the
government is composed OF fntellec-
tu1ls who have not aspired 70 become
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29
COnferenceMay
Abolish Little
ateOfMOnacO
T nnce Favored Germans
and Monte Carlo Is a
Rival Tourist Resort.

London. Eng March 2s--Wiu the
peace conference abolish that comic
opera state Monaco. OF which Monte
Carlo is the world famous RESORT
The question is being discussed in
London cafes. The prince Of Monaco
has been regarded throughout the
war as pro-kaiser. and Paris com
ments that there is little reason TO
maintain his anomalous little state,
which enriches itself at the expense
Of French and Italian winter resorts
An alternative tot suppression,
remarks the Evening Standard,
would be liberation Of roulette and
trenteet-quarante in French casinos
and this would not be much Of a rev
olution. seeing that no objection is
taken TO baccarat and chemin-de-fer,
which are just as hazardous and more
often dishonest"
The principally OF Monaco Is two
miles long. a half mile wide and has
Is. 500 Inhabitants. It lies on the
southern coast OF France. near italy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29

I ONDON, Eng. March 2s.--rh SCI -
l. new eye tomorrow. I'm totally
deaf in one ear, but the other seems
TO be improving a bit I'm getting
used TO partial paralysis OF the face.
I certainly was lucky in not having
every bone IN my body broken by the
y bullets that got into me.
But being only 1s now and having
a long life before me I shall outgrow
these handicaps-
-Tu get about IS a week pension
when I get back to the States-so,
you see. 7 viii not be as badly of as
I might be-"
This genuine optimist talking was
Eucine Frank Seviguy. OF no. -
wentworth street. Dorchester. Mass
He was Lewis gunner in the Queens
Westminster Rifles. Sevigny was Is
years old when he started out 10 help
win the war. He had been working
around garages in various capacities
T wanted some excitement and ad-
venture" ne said. so sought the
recruiting station OF the British I'm
perial army in Boston I Joined up
They hal a list Of regiments from
which you could make a choice ]
liked the name Of the Queens West
minister Rifles, so went into it. They
told me Il was a pretty good regiment
and the only complaint I have about
the outfit is that its hat insignia looks
like q German iron cross
arthur LeNoy who lives IN Morton
street. Dorchester, a pal Of mine
Joined up at the same time in the
same regiment he is back home now
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29
Cleopatra S Needle Is
Struck by German Bomb;
Stands Is Erect Is Eper

London. Eng. March 29.-Cleopa-
tra's Needle, standing on the banks
Of the Thames. is the only public
monument IN the whole city that was
struck BY German bombs. But even
so it stands as erect as ever it did
at Alexandria IN the days when Au-
gustus Caesar rode up and down the
boulevard in his four horse flivver
and his B. v DIS.
The damage IS very slight A per
son passing would not even realize
that the needle has been struck at all
Unless he was familiar with the
bursts. The plinth and steps have
many small white holes in the drab
stone. One OF the old sphinxes at the
Obellsll's feet got a poke by o chunk
OF iron that should have made her or
him talk. but the Obelisk herself is
only scratched
Numherless persons who have lived
here through all the air raids are
now taking their first glimpse Of the
monument
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29

tention OF pressing a campaign for
railway ownership at this time
But there are other gigantic
schemes which, It is evident, the gov
eminent intends TO carry through,
cost what they may. For instance,
the housing program is one that
public interest will not allow TO be
long deferred. This scheme alone is
expected TO entail at least 100000
00o. There are other obligations
raised by the war which the state
cannot sidestep. For instance pen
sions are expected TO total s350,000,-
900 TO $500. 100000 annually The new
scale Of pay for men in the army and
navy will il is figured. involve an
outlay OF 100000, 900 yearly. The IN
employment subsidy 10 discharged
munition workers viii amount 70
about $4,000, 000. while the bread
subsidy. which undoubtedly viii be
continued. viii absorb S250.000, 900.
These Items alone amount 10 the total
sum. about $1,000. 900. 600 spent by the
government in one year prior 70 the
war.
Huge Interest Payments
IN addition. there must be figured
in the interest on the billions Of dol
lars borrowed TO carry on the war
The usual government departments
must come in for their appropriations.
generally on an increased ratio. while
provision must also De maze LoE slcll
schemes OF a cottage and an acre OF
land" for exsoldiers, and the ike
Because Of heavy loans made to
France. Italy, Russia and other al
lfed nations who are in an equally
unenviabIe postwar financial position
Great Britain. by development OF CO.
Ionial resources. increased home pro-
duction and liberal use OF credit, VIII
be able TO shoulder the burden But
IL will mean drawing in John Butts
belt several notches, and keeping a
careful eye on the siLpeuc6- all true
Britons being adept in the latter &C
rn--u1 fehu0eur
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29

I believe He also lost an eye, the left
one. while 7 lost the right one He
was hit some ten or a dozen times By
machine gun bullets.
I'VE left Boston on December IS,
1914, going TO London via Halifax and
Glasgow and arriving January 10 In
May we crossed the channel. and four
days later were in our position on the
Somme front
I had been working around garages
and machine shops at home and so
had a good working knowledge OF ma
chinery. This resulted in my being
put on Lewis gun. and in that ca
pacIty 7 went over the top FOR the
first time about the middle Of Nay,
1915 We batrled away for about four
hours and then FritZle got me-l4
machine gun bullets In my left thigh
and Il in my right Tt was peculiar
sensation. this being hit in the legs.
I didn't feel any pain Ny legs just
crum oled up under me and tell down
and was unable TO move my legs Fin
ally was picked up and carried back
Some go hours later about % machine
gun bullets were dug out OF me, the
others having passed. through.
The first part Of July saw me back
In the line suffering only slight
stiffness in my legs In damp weather.
On August ] went over the TOP
FritZie's machine guns Outnumbered
ours six TO one. and 10 was rough
work. Twenty minutes after we went
over three men on my gun were
knocked of and 7 got five machine
gun bullets through the flesh on the
right side OF my chest Here we got
new brand Of mustard gas that
smeIled ike pineapples. I got a dose
Of il. but &c didn't affect me bit Ny
wounds this time did not bother me
VERY much I walked 20 a dressing
station. 1t took me three days TO get
examined by K-ray to see whether my
lungs had been SCARED or not j was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29
Struck By ~ Bullets, Minus Eye,
Deaf In One Ear, Also Partially
ParaIyzed, Ygt. H-e Is Optimistic

found o. K. and sent back 70 the line
again
we went into rest and support and
reserve and carrying duty for sew
eral months I went over the top
only once in 1917. when we had field
day Of IT, In July. 1918. I went on a
bombing raid was not on a Lewis
gun this time. This was another pic
mic. for we lost but one man. who was
taken prisoner. while We killed sew
eral Germans
1T was August IS last that I got
my Blighty. We went over at Bulle-
court at 1880 in the afternoon and at
1880 I had three machine gun bullets
in my left wrist This wasn't serious
A lance corporal crawled into a shell
hole with me and there we bandaged
the wound I was using a rifle instead
OF the machine gun. and after being
bandaged up carried on as before.
I was nearly 8 o'clock in the after
noon when I was hit by the burst OF
shrapnel that knocked out my right
eye. That shell pretty nearly did me
in I was unconscious from August
% 70 September s, and besides losing
the right eye was blind IN the left
until September To-
The conclusion OF the shell. which
burst only about 30 yards from me,
caused deafness and paralysis OF the
left side OF my face I have been going
through hospitals ever since. leaving
the last one on December 10.
i don't suppose III ever be able TO
drive q taxi again. having one eye out
and being partly blind in the other
and deaf. but I Imagine I viii be able
10 do a good days work around ma
chine shop or garage yet" he con-
cluded-
Sevigny was born IN Dorchester.
May y. 1893. His father was a
French Canadian from Quebec His
mother was formerly Miss Lena La
Noy and was from New Hampshire
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29
GERMANS CONSIDER NARiDRAN
WITH military H0N0RS Theirs
Mass Of People Think Armistice Was Offered As An
Act Of Policy and Leaders Feign Surprise At Failure
Of Allies To Withdraw Forces and Send Ample
Amounts Of Provisions TO the Central Powers

drives by the German army and would
be only too glad 20 compromise. pro-
posed an armistice.
Germany expected all the world to
supply her gladly with all her needs
and. as a mark Of good faith and TO
encourage the allies. offered TO allow
them to advance 70 the Rhine. Now
the Germans affect TO wonder why
Germany Is not completely supplied
by the allies and why the garrisons,
having been allowed 10 see the Rhine
scenery do not withdraw
Consider War Draw.
"Of course. the more ignorant
classes might be expected 10 take this
attitude but when these ideas appear
in addresses by count Won Broclzdortf-
Rantzau, by Scheidemann and by the
crown prince. the result is more than
Duzzling. All the people consider. ap-
parently, that the armistice was an
agreement for mutual benefit and any
idea that the war was anything but
a draw. with the prestige all on the
German side, has not yet penetrated
the German mind"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29

COBLENZ. Germany. March %
\ Correspondence Of the Associated
Press.)-Articles in the German press
and speeches and interviews with Ger
man public men. since the armistice
went into effect, show that German
point Of view still is completely at
variance with that Of the rest Of the
world, asserts one Of the political ex-
perts with the American army Of oc-
cupatiou-
In a recent article on the question
Of German psychology, published IN
the intelligence summary Of the third
army. the political expert. who is an
officer OF high authority, says
Thinks Army Unbeaten-
The German feels that first and
foremost, his army was not only nm
Beaten. but had all the military pres
tige OF the war. Then he knew that
there was Increasing scarcity OF VIC
tuals at home and. feeling that the al
lies were in mortal dread OF new
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29
FRANCE LOSES
THIRD Of HER
HUMAN POWER
Will Need 100 Years For
Filling the Ranks of
Her People.
Modified MORE
THAN 5000, 900

nARIs, France. March 2s.-That &
1 will take France at least 100 years
10 make up her losses in human
capital" due TO the war f. the view
put forward here after a review OF
historical precedence.
N Maus, a sociologist. says that
France has lost z5 percent OF this
human capital. and that the country
was never so badly scourged since the
religious wars and the Hundred
Years war
The Italian economist, Savoggman.
calculates that IL viii take Great
Britain ten years. Germany II, Italy
IS and France 66 years TO recover.
Americas loss IS held to be negligi-
bic in this respect But French opin-
ion Is that the Italian underestimates
the case because he has simply taken
the number Of males killed in the war
and assumed that the birth and death
rate remained at the same ratio as be-
fore the war.
The fallacy involved here IS shown
by the fact that in Lille and RoubaiX
the civilian death rate jumped from
p TO Al per 1000. and births fell TO
one-eighth Of the pre-war figures
Another terrible fact Is that the whole
u me AAHaAE4 AEaAAAA1 u 4 rance " a.
scourged by tuberculosis resulting
from prlvations.
During the war Francs mobillZed a
total OF 12s.372 officers and 5.06400o
men
A fortnight after the declaration Of
war Sass officers and 3.7S1.000 men
had been called 70 the colors, and by
February 1. 1915, the total was about
5000. 900. From that time up 70 the
end OF the fighting under 200,O09 Of
ficers and men we're added to the
strength as figuring on paper. al
though many more were modified 10
replace casualties.
At the latest available date the avi-
alton service absorbed 59.275 officers
and men During the war $4,000 men
were Withdrawn from the ranks. 297,-
900 being allotted 20 farm work
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29
England Has AiTplane
That Can Carry 81 Men

ing becomes as general as motoring.
accidents VIII be as rare as in auto
MODELLING, according TO officials at the
air ministry. Apart from war cas-
ualties. there has been only one cas-
ualty for every $4,000 miles flown.
which. experts say. compares favor
ably with other modes OF travel The
CHEZ danger IS flying in fog and
landing.
Col W. Dristow. r. A. F.. told mem
hers Of the Aldwych club a few days
ago that he recently sat IN an air
plane nearing completion. which IS
provided with 81 arm chairs arranged
In rows OF four I'm the fuselase.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29
Writer Calls
The Battle OF Jutland
With Germnnu 4 Dram

London. Eng. Marcn 29-There's
been a lot OF discussion about who
won the battle OF Jutland-that IS.
the immediate DAYS fighting and not
the ultimate results OF that sea az
fray. A writer in the Evening Stand
ard who adopts a scoreboard plan
shows the score for German ships
sunk ~. and British S.. making the
Germans winners by IA points Count
ing ships damaged the score was
Germans. So; British, 81. So the actual
fighting was draw. IN the opinion
The system IN arriving at these
figures is
For loss OF dreadnaught battleship.
ten points
points.
For loss OF srmored cruiser OF pre-
dreadnaught. six points.
For loss OF light cruiser. four
points.
For loss OF destroyer or submarine,
two points.
The German losses were:
One battle cruiser. one pre-dread-
naught. four light cruisers. five de-
stroyers, one submarine. making
total points A.
The British losses were;
Three battle cruisers, three ar
mored cruisers. seven destrOyers,
making a total OF Sc points.
Now for damage" says the writer,
we find the repairs OF German battle
ships and battle cruisers occupied
"a working months. We may take this
as equivalent TO the completion Of
two new dreadnaughts, so we VIII
count the damage equal TO 20 points
This makes the German total s. We
had two badly damaged capital ships,
Marlborough and Warspite- We may
consider their damage equal 20 half
a new battleship-five points-mak-
ing the British total 81 The damage
to small craft seems 10 have been
about the same on each side There
fore we find the actual damage very
anual. raIatiEa damaEe In our lavor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29

7 ONDON, Eng, March 2s.-The war
Il IS over, but Great Britain must
continue 10 shoulder huge financial
burdens There viii be ample employ
ment for the financial wizards Of the
worlds banking center during the
next few years to devise ways and
means for scrsping up enough hard
cash to meet the nations trebled bud
get. with industry still suffering
from wars effects. the financial re-
oovery is not expected TO be speedy.
Heavy Taxes Inevitable.
Lord Inchcape. head OF the National
Provincial and Union bank, in esti-
mating the nations budget at not less
than $4,000, 900, 600, anticipates very
heavy taxation. Reduced to simpler
terms. Brltain's debts necessitate tax
alton 10 bring IN a revenue OF SO an
nually for each man. women and
child IN the United Kingdom Thus,
with the increased cost OF living to
meet the people also face the task Of
turning IN three times as much In
taxes as they paid IN 1914
Lord Inchcape and other cOnserva-
tive bankers sound 3 warning that
the nation must stop living on accu-
mulated capital and start paying or
OBLIGATIONS from income. How the IN
come Is 10 De ralseu y the gov EA-
ment's problem The financial stu
alton has given opportunity for those
interests opposed 10 state ownership
Of certain public utilities, like rail-
roads and mines. TO step IN and ere
ate sentiment against the state in
curing further obligations at this
time.
VIII Not Hold Roads
s'aSationalizat ton OF the railways,
regarding which numerous vague req
erences were made during the recent
election campaign. no longer occupies
the public attention Some neWspa-
pers state the government has no in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29
Complains About Theft
OfLiquor; Is Arrested

Portland Ore. March 29.-No fear
nor fire could stop Marshall Lyons
when he found his liquor gone-5Ou
quarts OF corn whisky which he had
hauled from far off Montana into the
desert regions Of Oregon
Lyons purchased the whisky in
Montana before that state went dry
He brought IT 20 Portland in a prairie
schooner Here he opened negotia-
lions with a trio Of men for its sale.
and received SI0O down on the deal.
in the dead OF night the trio rushed
in. flashed "phonev" federal shields
and made off with the wet goods
under the rule Of conuscation. Sus-
picious. Lyons went 10 the govern
ment authorities and found ne had
not been raided by United States men.
BE did find. however. that he was
under arrest for bringing liquor into
q dry territory.