The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-05
sx EpMARp w. PlckARp.

Emile Coffin, the anarchist who tried
to murder Premier Clemencedu I'M
Paris, could not have done bis cause
a greater ,disservice. II he RECEIVERS
from the wound In his shoulder, as
seems probable at this writing, the
'aTiger" will be stronger than ever In
France and the people Of his country
VIII give support more united than
ever to his plans and demands for the
restoration and the safeguarding OF.
France, even though he may be. "pre-
pairing for another war" as the ,assas-
sin asserts. Clemenceau. by his cour-
age and robust patriotism, has won
the esteem Of all his fellow citizens
except the rabid anarchists, who ali
ways have hated him. His influence in
the deliberations Of the peace dele
gates has been powerful and his
statesmanship has been demonstrated
at every turn.
In what appears to be q reaeticnary
revolt against the extremists in Ba-l
varia, Premier Kurt Eisner and sew,
.eral other members Of the govern
meat were slain on Friday. The sit
nation in Munich was obscure, and
enc explanation was that Eisner, who
was assassinated by Lieut.. Count Arco,
Valley, was killed because Of his
speech At Berne. in which he placed
me blame for the war on the kaiser
and the Prussian military caste. He
was q radical socialist and was in
sympathy with the Spartacans.
II is becoming more evident daily.
that the entente allies have no inten-
ton of yielding too far to maudlin sen,
timent where Germany is concerned,
and that the Huns are to be properly
restrained, with just enough economic
freedom to enable them to work hard
and pay for the tremendous damage
they have done the world. They may
wall and squirm, but they will not be
permitted to organize tAslr forces for
the armed resistance aS4laA terms
imposed on them by thehs 2onauerOrs.
At least during the present generation
the allies intend to keep Hateh on
stem Churchill, British war secretary,
will Hmake II physically Impossible for
Germany to begin = war OF revenge.
at any rate in our lifetime The eff
fectiveness Of the league Of nations. he
said. depends upon the allies having
Trustworthy military force in close
proximity to Germany, and he ex-
planned that the British government
therefore would retain about one
fourth Of the men now In the service
and also IL already raising \ volunteer
army for garrisoning the empire. Dur
Ing 1919 the British army win number
$4,000 men. Presumably the other al
lied nations viii do their part In this
respect. Americas selective service
act army must be demobilized within
four months after the formal proclaim
ing Of peace. The army bill as passed
by the house last week provides for
the regular peace-time army Of 175,000
to be obtained by voluntary enlist
ments. As the enlistment period is re-
duced to one year and the four-year
period In the reserve IL done away
with, it il believed that whatever army
is needed abroad can be recruited from
the ranks of the soldiers now there.
Since this bill Is regarded as totally
inadequate by 4 great many senator's
1t has small chance Of becoming law,
and it is believed an extra session OF
the new congress viii be called to pass
both army and navy appropriation
bills, which, 1t II taken for granted,