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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

must be disposed Of, and whether it
DC regarded as a state railway or not
Is matter for the peace conference to
uecioe' Much of this railway was built
with what might be called cosmopoli-
van money, and Germany did not have
sne snare IN It's construction that many
at'riouted to her, it is claimed. A part
OF inc railway may be internatonalized
II IS suggested. but the part toward
W ISrSlan Cult, terminating AT Rasra
hands
The presence of delegates from In
dla at the peace conference has its
SIGNIFICANCE IN connection with the dis
poSltion OF Mesopotamia. Should the
peace conference approve, it is pos
Niole that the greater part of this ter
Fltory would be placed under the super
VISION OF the Indian government.
Colonies to Have Voice
tn considering the return of the
German colonies, it is declared. the
interests and desires of the British Do
mlmons must be taken into account
Australia Is deeply interested in the
disposition of the German islands
south Of the equator and ,closc to
Australia. Up to the time of the sign
ING of the armistcc it is said, Ger
many talked of retaining the Bismarck
Archipelago. Australia is said to OPP
pose the return of these islands, which
might give Germany airplanc and sub
marine bases. The general feeling is
declared to be that these islands should
come under the control of Great Brit
ain.
In the Far East Great Britain wants
nothing except the assurance of stable
dmlnistrations and the maintenance
OF the open door policy. Her affairs in
the East Side, it is said. must be con-
Sldered IN conjunction with Japan and
China. Great Britain is naturally in
terested in such matters as the future
relations of China with Germany in
view OF England's settlements in China
like that about Shanghai
French To Be Considered
The welfare of the natives must be
consulted in any adjustment of the
african question. AS far as South
west Africa is concerned, the South
African government at Cape Town, it
IS SAID unothclally, will demand its re-
tcntion. Premier Botha and General
SHUTS are both in Paris and their at
titude IN favor of the incorporation Of
this region in the South African Union
has been made plain.
In German East Africa the claims Of
Great Britain, it is pointed out, can
not be considered apart from those
of Portugal and Belgium. India also
is interested and then the French
claims in Africa must be considered
1t is possible that the United States
viii be asked to cooperate with Great
Britain IN the trusteeship in Africa
outside of German Southwest Africa.
Great Britain, it is said. does not want
TO carry the buNden of the administra-
ton of Africa by herself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
Scheiden1ar,n One OF
German Delegates
TO Peace Congres.

BASEL, Jan. 1s.-The German gov
eminent, according to dispatch from
Berlin, has appointed Count Won Brock
dorff Rantzau, the Foreign Minister,
and Philip Scheidemann as the heads
of the German delegation to the peace
conference. The government has
drawn UP lines Of policy, which the
German delegation "must follow
The German delegation. the dispatch
says, will oppose the demands Of the
Allies which go beyond the programme
outlined by President Wilson The
delegation will seek the immediate sus-
pension of all economic measures
against Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
Wilson Sees
Slight Hope
FOR All Ideuls
Continued from page |

he has no right to insist upon a peace
based on altruistic principles.
They criticise Mr.. Wilson, if he
wishes general world disarmament,
for not bringing in a definite plan for
league Of nations designed to ac-
complish this end
In connection with MIR Wilson's de-
NAL yesterday of The Tribune dispatch
it may be noted that this was evidently
issued as a result of Clemcnceau's &C
ton in showing the telegram to the
President, and not upon the sole mi
tiativc Of Mr.. Wilson himself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
Nlitau Reported in
FLAMES as 'sReds''
Take Possession
Germans Say They Had to
Leave Ammunition and
Guns; Chinese Troops
Quell Petrograd Riots

LONDON, Jan. is By The Associ-
ated Prcss).-Nitau, the capital Of
courland, has been occupied by the
Bolsheviki, according 10 German
wireless dispatch received here to- day.
he Germans were obliged to leave be-
hnd numerous guns and supplies of
ammunition.
After the Germans evacuated Mitau
fire broke out. destroying great num-
Der of houses in the centre of the town.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
AUSTRIAN PEACE

(Contiued from page one)
The Austrian and Hungarian armies
will be reduced to mere police forces.
They must be maintained on volun-
teer basis, as CONSUMPTION will be
abolished.
All munitions and artillery will be
surrendered, including any remaining
big siege guns.
Hungary will be required to reduce
her Notifications on the Rumanian
frontier.
All except a nominal number of
warships' will be surrendered.
The economic provisions will be
along the same line as those of the
German treaty, save that the condi-
tons will be infinitely easier owing to
the breakup of the empire.
Pre-war debts will be shared by the
CzechoSlovaks, Jugo-Slavs, Hungar-
ians and Austrians in the proportion
of their interest of the obligations
while they were a part of the EN-
pire.
A permanent financial commission
will be established to handle indemni-
ties, as in the German treaty. The
former parts of the Empire will be
required to make an initial payment
within the means of the new Govern
ments, the remainder being collected
by the commission.
The responsibilities section will
carry the same provisions for trial of
those guilty of criminal acts as the
German treaty.
There will be no provision, how
ever, for trial on political charges,
thu assuring that former Emperor
Karl will escape the fate of Wilhelm
Hohenzollern.
Navigation of the Danube will be
superintendent by special commits
sion under the League of Nations.
The Italians have not indicated
'any change in their position regard
ing Fiume and the Dalamatian coast.
President Wilson also is under
stood to be standing firm on this
question.
According to available information
this subject has not been taken up
formally since the return of the Ital-
ian delegates to the Peace Confer
ence.
Premier Clemenceau, Foreign Sec
rotary Balfour and Premier Venice
los met at President Wilson's house
yesterday, and ia was rumored that
they discussed Italy's claims, in the
light of the Pact of London.
The military terms will be largely
matter of the Allies going on re-
cord as to what their demands are,
as Austria Hungary's defeat was so
complete it is doubtful if any large
number of guns or munitions can be
found. Certainly no organization is
left. The Hungarian Notifications
also are practically useless.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
NOTIONS
ABOUT y.M.C.A.
The Canteen Produces a Strange
Crop of Fables-Ludicrous
Misunderstanding.

The war has brought the Y. M. C..
A. into world prominence. Because Of
this prominence, constant questions
have arisen with reference to it in
the minds of the uniformed and
some most ludiorous statements have
been passed about.
For instance, we have it on the
word OF good friend, former secre-
tary of the Y. NJ. c. A., that a soldier
i'll one of the southern camps came
to him to express his appreciation OF
all that the Y had done for him, and
said that he was doing all he could
to help the "Y." Some one asked him
what ne was doing and his reply was
that he bought all his postage stamps
there, and it developed that he really
thought the Y. M. c. A. made profit
from the sale of postage stamps
which they sold in such enormous
Quantities to the soldiers as a matter
of convenience.
Another ridiculous assertion on the
part of men who have come in con-
tact with the Y. M. G.. A. for the first
time, emanates from overseas, and
we hear the statement, in all serious
ness by somebody who processes to
know, that the Y M. C. A. is making
a great deal of money from its can
teen and is even over charging the
soldiers. Of course, the story would
lot be complete without invepting
some way Of utilizing these alleged
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
To Platinize Silver,

Place some platinum in small
quantity Of aqua regia or niEo-mu.
riatic acid, and keep it in a warn.
place few days; it will dissolve. AS
soon as IT. has dissolved, evaporate the
liquid at gentle heat until it is as
thick as honey, so as to get rid of
the excess of the nitric and muriatic
acids. Add little water, and it is
ready for use. A dozen drops Of this
solution goes long way in platiniz-
ing silver. The operation is performed
In a small glass or beaker, covered with
a watchslass to keep in the fumes,
and placed in a little sand in a saucer,
to eQualize the heat.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
THAT ROAD QUESTION
Reader Of Caledonian has Some Views
on Road Construc tion Worti,
Reading

In the Daily CALIFORNIAN Of April
18th, | read the article by Danville
farmer and would like to meet him
and congratulate him on having good
"horse sense" Since reading that az
ticle, and while the recent light snow
was rapidly melting away noticed
"brooklet" in each auto track run
ming at least so rods and carrying
dirt from the much washed
highway to the fiat below, and five
minutes work with hoe would have
prevented nearly all the damage, and
the road commissioner was over the
same road a few days previous, but
evidently didn't see the "stitch" in
time" We agree with our friend
Bennett that if such negligence was
coming out of their pockets instead
of the town it would have caused
them to have patrol man to look
after the towns interests. I am firm
ly convinced that several hundreds of
dollars could be saved each year by
having the highways Of our town
sensibly cared for, and in this mean
all the highways in town and not
some one or two trunk lines "for
autos only" (mostly). Our hill-back
roads are getting to where it will cost
somebody good money to make them
passable in the near future.
The only solution of the problem
that can see is in having all high
ways repaired and built by the state.
The ordinary town road commissioner
knows but very little about building
roads, (and sometimes seems to care
less). Most of them have more bust
ness of some other kind than they
have time to attend to and less money
than they could wish to expend. So
that the farmer off the main line
must needs put up with any kind of
a path, chilled up" like a potato
row" with the road machine once a
year and that generally about the first
of July with nothing to hinder the
first shower making Che "last state
worse than the first" Meanwhile we
can see no possible remedy until the
State handles all roads. We sincere
ly hope our friend Bennett has start
ed a. "ball rolling" that won't stop
until something stirs up the present
road repairing system Tor lack of it,
We don't see much difference in
towns, so don't let Danville think it is
the only bad egg.
Signed,
Forty years a reader CT the Gale
DOMAIN.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
Ninety-eight Years After

On the bleak and altogether unin-
teresting island of st. Helena ninety
eight years ago, Napoleon Bonaparte
the great military genius of France,
was passing the last days of his life
upon this earth. May 5, 1921, he
died. His body is now in his beloved
France, and descendants of the peo-
pie whom he misguided during his
ambitions and graphic career go to
his tomb to pay due and willing rev.
erence. Ninety-eight years after the
death of this great Frenchman, the
leader of another great nation is in
exile, not far from the land of the
people whom he also misguided, mis-
used and falsely led in the blind and
futile role of their consecrated head.
In his self-appointed exile, William
Hohenzollern cannot be compared to
the great Napoleon. The only COM
parison that can rightfully be made
is that each of these rulers of great
people became obsessed with the mad
desire to extend his rule to the
uttermost ends of the earth. But
this modern blood-thirsty ruler of
the German Empire, who wrecked his
kingdom and himself, is, in sense,
Just as much an exile today as ever
Napoleon was and deserves to be still
further punished. He is an exile
from all that is good and worth while
in this world, and all he loses he rich
ly deserves to lose, even if it is his
life.-Hartford Courant.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

Children live in q world of fancy.
Whatever may be the real nature of
the things they see those things to
them are real. Remember that the
child has had no experience by which
to judge the Importance of practical
relations Of what they see or imagine.
Even men and women sixty years old
misjudge events, misunderstood rea-
tionships of things, attach absurd, i'm
portance to their imaginings. How
must it be with a child who has not
been here long enough to test his
visions by the standards of observa-
ton and Observation-Disclosures.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
Wonderful Island.

White island, 80 miles from New
Zealand, is probably the most extraor-
binary island in the world. 1t con-
SiSts of an enormous mass of rock
nearly three miles in circumference,
rising 900 feet above the sea, and is
perpetually enveloped in dark clouds,
which are visible for almost hundred
miles.
The island is rich in sulphur, which
for some reason has not yet been ade-
Quately utilized. In the interior is q
lake full fifty acres in extent, the wa
ter of which has a temperature of 40
degrees Fahrenheit, and is strongly
impregnated with acids. Great guam
titles of steam escaping from craters
on one side of the lake form the cloud
that continually envelopes the place.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

Passumpsic Lodge, No. 81, F. & A.
M.
Regular Communication, Thursday
evening, June II.
Birney l.. Hall, w. M.
Fred Fl. Dollof, Secretary
Haswel1 Royal Arch Chapter No. II
Stated Convocation Friday evening,
June 10, at 7.30 p. IN.
Bloomfield A. Palmer, E. q. P.
f. G. Moore, Sec'y.
Caledonia Council, No. IS, R. & S. M.
Stated Assembly, May Ia, 1919.
The degrees will be conferred on a
large class. A good attendance is
desired. Luncheon will be served.
H. A. Lougee, T. 1. M.
w. V. circuit, Recorder.
Palestine Commandery. No. S, K. T..
Annual Conclave, Tuesday evening,
May Is, at 7.30. Work on the Order
of r. C. & M
Annual Inspection, Tuesday even
ing, May 20.
2. S. Waterman, Com.
A. M. Lang, Recorder
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

large earnings from the canteen. In
some cases the story goes that the
local Y. M. c. AS back home receive
the profits from the canteen, in other
cases the story has been solemnly
passed about that the Y. M. C. A. was
a great stock corporation and that
it's stock was paying big dividends,
on account of the canteen earnings.
The inventor of the story did not, OF
course, understand the difference. be-
tween voluntary religious corpora
ton and a stock corporation for bust
ness purposes.
On the other hand some of the folks
back home have contributed to the
first Y. NJ G. A. drive, expecting that
the Y. M. c. A. gave away everything
the soldier needed, failing to realize
that the sums contributed to Y. M. G
A war work if used in that way
would be but proverbial drop in the
bucket. The Y. M. G.. A. did give
away vast quantities Of supplies,
such as tobacco, hot cocoa, chocolate.
ETC., to men in the front line trenches
and those coming back from battle,
but the great bulk Of the money con-
tributed was used for the wonderful
service program of the Y. M. G. A.
The canteen received none Of this
money, that department being han
Cled entirely for the government on
borrowed capital on a fiat cost turn
over basis, as convenience to the
men who could not get those supplies
in any other way.
Another strange statement was to
the effect that "Y" secretaries did not
brave tho dangers of the front line but
stayed safely in the rear. OF course
they were in the rear, because that
was where most of our army was.
They were, however, in the front line
and went over the top with our boys.
Witness the hazards that have over
taken some of our own New England
men. Remember the story of Edward
Sherman of West Roxbury, who
served in the "Y" outfit of the Second
Division, who saw his bunkie, James
Birchby, given his orders to go West
by machine gun bullet. Sherman,
himself, sampled two kinds of gas,
and lay in a hospital for weeks. Harry
Chase of South Braintree just re-
turned from France with the marks OF
exhausting service and exposure to
the acids of war in his face. It was
arsenic gas that almost finished his
career as "Y" secretary. In the
October drive he was driven back by
shell fire from taking supplies to an
ether secretary who was killed in
the same drive. Voorhees, of Hart
ford came home to die of his wounds.
Scion Borglum of Connecticut, and
eleven other "Y" men received the
Croix de Guerre, md two more were
cited for that decoration. Henry
Smith of Beverly, Mass. ives badly
wounded on October 16; Rev. Joel
Metcalf of Winchester, Mass, with
the 3rd Division, was gassed the
same day. We wonder where these
"Y" secretaries met up" with the
bullets, gas. and Shells IL not in the
danger zone.
Perhaps the funniest part OF all
these ludicrous misunderstanding is
the fact that some of our most intelli-
gent people here at home, hear them:
accept them without question and
pass them on.
This Is n funny world.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

A very youthful British tourist, ar
rived at an .old-fashioned hostelry, had
the imprudence to orter bath in his
room for the next morning. Ver7
early he was awakened by sounds of
hammering somewhere overhead. Then
followed much humping on the stairs;
evidently large and cumbrous weight
was being brought down. The noise
ceased outside his own. door, which
flew open, and in staggered two
strong men bearing the big bath from
the public bathroom. dismounted for
his morning ablutionsj
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
Purjtanie Names.

Fant-not, God-reward, Sarth, Meek
Repentance, Kill-sin, Be faithful, Mort
f1uit, Seek-wisdom, Accepted, Return
Hope-for, Weep-not; Fly-debate. ant
Stand-fast-oIl-high Yes, these wer
all perfectly good front names in May
flower times. They represent some OF
the flower of Puritan jury. But
think what an awful time the wives
and sweethearts of these gentlemen
must have had finding nick-names fol
them!
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
LOCAL NEWS

After the drill at the armory to-
morrow night, at $50, returning SOL
der boys will give talks of service
at the front Among the speakers
will be James McCullick of the Brit
ish army, who spoke at the Methodist
church Sunday evening. The pub
lie is cordially invited.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
Water Regulated by Pedal.

Pressing ore end Of pedal with the
foot admits cold water to a new wash
stand, pressing the other end allows
hot water to flow ard pressing the en-.
tire pedal mixes the two 20 that mod
erately warm waGer is obtained.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
You Wini

The man who is riding sixty miles
per hour in a big machine is no hap
pier than the man who is riding thirty
miles per hour in f1iyver, because
the man in the flivver thinks he Is
going sixty.-Cincinnad Enquirer.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
Puzzle for the Jury.

Here is summing up which is hard
to beat for succinctness: Gentle
men of the jury: In this case the
counsel on both sides are unintelli.
gible. the witnesses incredible, and the
plaintiffs, and defendants are both such
bad characters that to me it is matter
of Indifference how you give your yer
Ect-sl ..,..s,l...ga..
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

The trouble with the cooking of the
average wife is that if she's got one
dish that she knows how to cook ex-
ira we'll, she cooks it so continuously
that the family get plumb sick of it.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
Law of Life.

A thought, good or evil; an act, in
time habit, so runs life's law; what
you live in your thought world, that.
sooner or later, you will find objecti'
fed in your life.-Ralph Waldo Urine.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

Its an awful comfortable feeling a
man has in the night when the baby
cries and it's the wife that has to get
out Of bed.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

The average mans wife would make
him far better business partner than
he is willing to admit.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
STATE NEWS

Forest Monroe, son of S. r. Mon
roe of Bristol, was recently awarded
a scholarship in an art school in
Paris. He has been overseas over a
year.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

Entered as second-class matter
May /, 1916, at the post Office at St.
Johnsbury, Vermont, under the act
of March 8 1879.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

Ten to one your wife wouldn't
marry chap much different than
you are over again if she had the
chance.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

The potato market in Bristol in
stead of falling, shows an inclination
to soar. AS high as $1.40 bushel
is now paid.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

A lot of good church members do
not object when their wives get up
and build the morning fires.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

When most folks buy an automo-
bile they think all they've got to do
is to get in and ride.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

We did have an awful lot of wet
fuss in this town over nothing, didn't
WEI?
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

Several thousand dollars worth of
mixed furs have been sent to Port
land, Me-, by the Burlington Render
ing Co. to be put on sale at a fur
mems auction to be held next We'd
nesday. The Burlington concern
has now only $4,000 worth of raw
furs to be disposed of, mostly spring
muskrats.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1919
Lies Dreary Path

Anything else anyone wants Yer
mont to do?
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs

Regular meeting in K. of P. Hall,
Tuesday evening, May 13.
81. w. Clark, C. C.
q. E. Anderson, K. r. & s.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

in ST. Johnsbury
Editor and Manager w. D. Policy
Local Editor Chas. c. Lord
Reporter Mrs. Alice Massey
Bookkeeper Robert Mackinnon
Office Manager Miss Florence Rouse
Proofreader Miss Margaret Robe
Subscriptions Mrs. w. e. Barrett
Foreman Raymond Packard
Operator Miss Ruth lmpey
Operator Myles s. Gilman
Pressman Arthur Boucher
AID. Compositor Mrs. Annie Moran
Press Tender Maurice Barrett
To save time on phone business, call
for the person desired by name
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

Loren d. Barnard, of Bristol, SO
years old, walked, during the month
of January 1876 miles in going to and
from his work, and worked 27 days
of 10 hours each during the month.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-13

AS members Of the Associated
Press that organization is entitled
exclusively to the use for republica-
ton of all news dispatches credited
to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news pub
lished herein. All rights of republic
cation of special dispatches herein
are also reserved.