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New-York tribune., 1919-06-20
Painfully Impressed
BY Ruins

81 want within this very brief space
in which l am speaking from my heart
60 propose the health and long life of
his majesty, the King, and her ma
jesty, the Queen"
At the luncheon the guests included
President and Mrs. Wilson and the
King and Queen. Afterward there
was reception to the American col
ony and to delegates Of the Socialist
party and newspaper writer's, to whom
the President said:
II desire to tell you how profoundly
was interested in the factories in
the Charleroi district, whereby l was
able to learn with what method of
completeness your powerful industries
were destroyed. l was strongly and
painfully impressed by this experience. !"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20

ing. Government troops, which were
arriving to strengthen the city's pro-
lection, were marching through the
dark streets to their quarters when
the train rolled in. Suddenly the
silence was broken by the chatter of
machine guns. The origin of the fir-
ing was not known until it was learned
that Spartacan and Communist prison.
ers had attacked the castle where
members of the government are quar-
tered.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20

Gin coming here personally I have
merely followed my own heart and
the hearts of the American people to-
ward Belgium"
In the palace the President had
met all the members of the Belgian
Cabinet and Cardinal Mercier Bv
calling first the Cardinal offered a
diplomatic route for the Presidents
call upon him at Malines later in the
day.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20
What Belgium
Needs From Allies

"What their friends must do is to
see to it that Belgium gets the nee
essary priority with regard to obtain
ing raw materials, the necessary pri-
ority in obtaining the means to re-
store the machinery by which she can
use these raw materials, and the credit
by which she can bridge over the years
which it will be necessary for her to
wait to begin again.
"These are not so much tasks for
governments as they are tasks for
thoughtful business men and financiers
and those who are producers in other
countries. 1t is question of ship
ping also. But the shipping of the
world will be relieved of it's burdens
of troops in the comparatively near fut-
ure, and there will be new bottoms in
which to carry the cargoes, and the
cargoes ought readily to impel the
| masters of the ship to steer for Belpian
ports.
Il believe, after having consulted
many times with my very competent
advisers in the matter, that an organ
lied method of accomplishing these
things can be found.
1T is matter Of almost dailv dis
cusslon in Paris, and / believe that &C
we discuss from day to day we come
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20

mans have been blocking the Poles
contrary to the agreement. 1t is under
stood that military experts have sub
mitted plan which involves station
ing warships and marines at Danzie to
guard the rights Of the Poles and pre-
vent further outbreak of trouble be-
tween the Poles and the Germans.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20
German Enjoys Arrive
In Weimar During Riot

.WElMAR, June 10 (By The Asso-
clated Press).-The special train bring
ing Count Won Brockdorff- -Rantzau and
his colleagues from Versailles reached
"elmar and was run into a siding
shortly after midnight yesterday morn
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20

nearer and nearer to workable solu-
tion and probable plan. l hope not
only, but | believe, that such a plan
will be found, and you may be sure
that America will be pleased, 1 will
not say more than any other friend Of
Belgium. but as much as any other
friend of Belgium, if these plans are
perfected and carried out.
Friendship, gentlemen, is very
practical matter. One thing that I
think l have grown weary of is senti-
ment that does not express itself in
action. How real the world has been
made by this war. How actual all it's
facts seem. How terrible the circum-
stances Of its life. And if we be
friends we must think Of each other
not only, but we must act for each
other; we must not only have ssent-
mental regard, but we must put that
regard into actual deeds.
"There is an old proverb which has
no literary beauty, but it has a great
deal of signifcance-'the proof of the
pudding is the eating thereof 1t is
by that maxim that all friendships are
to be Judged. 1t is when a friendship
is put to the proof that its quality is
found
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20

scientists and artists will cooperate in
the work Of reconstituting Belgium's
moral and intellectual life. They are
convinced they may rely on American
aid and friendship"
NJ. Huysmans spoke Of the good will
toward Belgium shown by the Ameri-
can delegates at the peace conference,
and said that Belgium desired "a peace
of justice and reparation."
Certain problems of vital I'M
portance for Belgium's future are not
yet solved" he said. Belgium needs
efficacious guarantees for her economic
development and security. She has de-
cided to pursue them with perse-
verante and vigor, and relies upon the
assistance of the Allies to obtain these
indispensable guarantees. Belgium will
ardently cooperate with the league of
nations, having the moral authority of
a people that has suffered for the
right"
Wilson's Leave Brussels
After Strenuous Day
President and Mrs. Wilson left
Brussels tonight after day of func-
tions and sightseeing that taxed the
energies of every individual in the
American party.
The President made three speeches
and an extended tour of the battle
fields, attended a luncheon and formal
dinner by the King. Had there been
any doubt relative to the feeling be-
tween Americans and Belgians it was
removed in the Chamber of Deputies.
when the President was warmly ap
plauded by the members and those
gathered in the galleries.
The appearance of President Wilson
before the Chamber was rivaled bv
the reception of Burgomaster Max at
the Hotel de Vile later in the day, The
Burgomaster, who had defied the Ger
mans, welcomed the guest before a
gathering Of the capitals prominent
citizens, saying:
"You represent a noble people whose
generous aid preserved millions of
human beings from famine and whose
prodigious work made of the United
States the great storehouse and arsenal
of the Entente"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20
u. S, Troops Ready
To March on Foe
% 'Alert'' Call Rouses Ar,r,v
to Action; Take Posts
IN Full Var Equipment
Neso York Tribune

Special Cuble Service
Copyright 1919 New York Tribune Inc.)
COBLENZ, June 19. "Alerts"
sounded throughout the bridgeheads
area late last night stirred machine
gunners, artillerymen and infantry
from repose and started them toward
the outer circle bridgeheads, ready to
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20

shepherd of his flock, the majesty of
whose spiritual authority awed even
the INSCRIPTIONS enemy himself, who
knew that they did not dare lay hand
upon this servant of God, and where
/ should have the privilege of grasping
the hand of general who never sur
rendered, and on every hand should
meet men who had known their duty
and had done it.
II could not come to Belgium until
felt / was released from my duty.
Wilson Recognizes
Belgian Spirit T.
81 sought in this way to honor you
by recognizing the spirit which knew
I should meet with here. When I real
ize that at my back are the fighting
standards of Belgium, it pleases me to
think that ! am in the presence of
those who knew how to shed their
blood, as we'll as to do their duty, for
their country They need no encomium
from me.
81 would rather turn for a moment
with you to the significance Of the
place which Belgium bears in this con-
test, which, thank God, is ended.
came here because / wished to asso-
;ciate myself in counsel with the men
who / knew had felt so deeply the
pulse of this terrible struggle, and I
wanted to come also because / realized,
believe, that Belgium and her part
in the war is in one sense the key of
the whole struggle. because the viola
Stion of Belgium was the call to duty
which aroused the nations.
1.-THE enemy committed many out
RACES in this wa-, gentlen,er, but the
initial outrage was the fundamental
outrage OF ALL They, with insolent
indifference, violated the sacredness Of
treaties They showed that they did
not care for the honor of any pledge
They showed that they did not care for
the independence of any nation,
whether 1t had raised its hand against
them or not; that they were ruth
less in their determination to have
their whim at their pleasure
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20
Business Now
Is To Act

$50, our business now is not to
talk, but to act. 1t is not so much
to debate, as to resolve. It is not so
much to hesitate upon the plan as to
perfect the details Of the plan, and
at every turn to be sure that we think
not only of ourselves, but of humanity.
For, gentlemen, the realities of this
world are not discussed around dinner
tables.
"Do yor realize for how small a per-
centage OF mankind it is possible to get
anything for tomorrow If you do not
work to-day; how small a percentage of
mankind can slacken their physical and
thoughtful effort for moment and not
find the means of subsistence fail
them?
Some men can take holidays; some
men can relieve themselves from the
burden of work. But most men can
not most women cannot; and the chill
dren wait upon the men and women
who work, work every day, work from
the dawn until the evening.
"These are people we must think
about. They constitute the rank and
file of mankind. They are the constitu-
ents of statesmen, and statesmen must
see to it that policies are not now run
along the lines of national pride, but
along the lines of humanity, along the
lines of service, along those lines which
we have been taught are the real lines
by the deep suffering of this war.
"This is the healing peace of which
Mr.. Hymans eloquently spoke. You
help the nations by serving the nations,
and you serve them by thinking of
mankind"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20
Hopes ) Selfish,
Days Are Gone

"The nation that wishes TO use the
league of nations for its convenience
and not for the service of the rest of
the world deliberately chooses to turn
back to those bad days of selfish con-
test, when every nation thought first
and always Of itself, and not of it's
neighbors; thought of its rights and
forgot its duties, thought of its power
and overlooked its responsibility.
"Those bad days, I hope, are gone,
and the great moral powers, backed,
ers Of the civilized nations Of the
world, will now stand firm for the
maintenance of the fine partnership
which we have thus inaugurated.
"K cannot be otherwise. Perhaps
the conscience of some chancelleries
was asleep, and the outrage OF Ger
many awakened it. You cannot see one
great nation violate every principle
of right without beginning to know
what the principles of right are and
to love them, to despise those who vio-
late them and to form the firm re-.
solve that such violation shall now
be punished, and in the future be pre-
vented.
"These are the feelings with which
have come to Belgium. and it has
been my thought to propose to the
Congress of the United States, as a
recognition and as welcome Of Bel
GUM into her new status of complete
independence, to raise the mission of
the United States Of America to BEL
GUM to the rank of an embassy, and
send an ambassador. This is the rank
which Belgium enjoys in our esteem;
why should she not enjoy it in form
and in fact?
$50, gentlemen, we turn to the
future. Mr.. Hymans has spoken in
true terms Of the necessities that lie
ahead Of Belgium and of many another
nation that has come through this
great war with suffering and with loss.
We have shown Belgium, in the forms
which he has been generous enough to
recite, our friendship in the past. 1.
is now our duty to organize our friend
ship along new lines.
"The Belgian people and the Belgian
leaders need only the tools to restore
their life. Their thoughts are not
crushed: their purposes are not OBJ
scured. Their plans aresccmplete and
their knowledge of what is involved
IL industrial revival is complete.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20
Belgium's Fate
Awakened World

Therefore it was the violation of
Belgium that awakened the world to
the realization of the character of the
struggle
"a very interesting thing came out
oe that struggle, which seems almost
like an illogical consequence. One of
the first things that the representa-
tives of Belgium said to me after the
war began was that they did not want
their neutrality guaranteed. They did
not want any neutrality. They wanted
equality, not because, as l understood
them, their neutrality was insecure,
but because their neutrality put them
upon different basis Of action from
other peoples. In their natural and
proper pride they desired to occupy
a place that was not exceptional, but
in the ranks of free peoples under all
governments
"I honored this instinct in them,
and it was for that reason that the
first time / had occasion to speak of
what the war might accomplish for
Belgium I spoke of her winning
place of equality among the nations.
So Belgium has. so to say, once more
valley of suffering through which she
has gone.
Explains League
OF Nations
s,"Not only that, but her cause has
linked the governments of the civilized
world together. They have realized
their common duty. They have drawn
together as if instinctively into a
league of right. They have put the
whole power of organized manhood be-
hind this conception of justice, which
is common to mankind.
"That is the significance, gentlemen,
of the league of nations. The league
Of nations was an inevitable conse-
quence of this war. It was league
of rights, and no thoughtful statesman
who let this thought run into the fut-
ure could wish for a moment to
slacken those bonds. His first thought
would be to strengthen them and to
perpetuate this combination of the
New-York tribune., 1919-06-20

great governments of the world for the
maintenance of justice.
"The league of nations is the child
of this great war, for 1t is the express
sion of those permanent resolutions
which grew out 81 the temporary ne
cessities of this great struggle, and
any nation which declines to adhere to
this covenant deliberately turns away
from the most telling appeal that has
ever been made to its conscience and
to its manhood.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-15
JAPAN'S MOST
NOTED ACTRESS
HANGS HERSELF
Dies Exactly Two Months
After Death of Man
Who Loved Her.

Toxic, Jan. 6.-(Correspondence Of
the Associated Press)-A sensation
was caused here today when it became
known that Sumako, who had been
regarded as Japan's greatest actress,
committed suicide yesterday. the last
day OF the New Year holidays. The
day and hour of her death marked
exactly two months from the death of
Prof. Shimamura of Waseda universi-
ty. who had given up all-his wife,
his children, friends and his chair in
the university-fof love of the brill
liant actress.
Sumako had appeared the night be.
fore at the Yurakuza theater. 1t Is said
she hanged herself with a scarlet silk
sash.
Sumako had played Ophelia. but is
said to have achieved her greatest
success in the leading feminine role
Of Tolstoi's resurrection. She was
comparatively wealthy.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-15
GERNlANN0TE 4.
DlSGUSTS FOCH
Representative of French
Marshal Says it Must
+ Be Changed.

Amsterdam, Feb. 15.-(Havas.)-
A note containing an insinuation that
the occupation of German territory
was not due to military superiority
according to the Cologne Zeitung, was
handed in recently to the Allied
armistice commission by the German
delegates and is said to have drawn
a sharp retort on behalf of Marshal
Foch at the meeting Of the armistice
commission on February Z.
A French general, acting under in.
structions from Marshal Foch, the
newspaper adds, refused to make ar
answer to the note and declared i,
would be examined only if it was pre-.
sented in a more courteous form
General Won Hammerstein, the lead
ing military delegate of the Germans
deferred a declaration in the matter
until the receipt of instructions from
the German government.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-15
MAKESFAREWELL
SPEECH BEFORE
BOARDING. ship
Handshaking and Salute of
21 Guns Only Ceremony
in Brest.
Expected to Deliver Address
in Boston on His
Arrival. n:

Brest, Feb. 15.-President Wilson
left Brest on his return to the United
States on board the u. S. S. George
Washington shortly after II O'Clock
this morning. The George Washington
weighed anchor at 1915 o'clock.
In farewell message to the French
people before leaving President Will
son said he had been received and
treated as friend. He added that he
was happy to return to France to as
sist in completing the just settlements
of the peace conference.
The president arrived in Brest from
Paris at 1880 O'Clock. and went direct
to.the dock where he embarked on q
his party to the George Washington.
The president was received at the
Brest arsenal by Admiral Moreau of
the French navy, General Helmick,
the military commander Of Brest,
Charles M. Schwab and civil officials.
There was no ceremony except for
handshaking and a salute OF Fl guns.
From the railroad siding to the
dock were drawn up battalion of
American soldiers, and a French ma
rine band played the Star Spangled
Banner, as the gunboat left its moor
ings. All the ships in the harbor dis
played the American flag and all
ident's party was transferred to the
George Washington.
A French naval escort consisting of
the cruiser Conde and several torpedo
boats acted as a guard OF honor Tor
the George Washington. This escort
with the American battleship New
Mexico will accompany the president
to sea and then return. The New
Mexico had as companions four Amer
lean torpedo boats.
Georges Leygues, the French min
lister of marine, and Andre Tardieu
French high commissioner to the
United States. accompanied the presi'
ton to bid him goodbye.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, American
assistant secretary of the navy, arrived
in Brest shortly before the president
boarded the George Washington, and
was taken aboard the liner on q spe.
cial naval craft.
The weather was misty and cloudy
with a moderate temperature. Wher
the president alighted from the trair
he shook -hands with Admiral Moreau
General Helmick, Admiral Halstea6
and Mr.. Schwab. The president talked
for few minutes with Mr.. Schwab
Mrs. Wilson received from M. Leygue!
Joseph Lewis of Cincinnati presented
the president with a bouquet of VIC
) lets which he accepted with a bow.
After exchanging greetings. tn.
president stood on the gunboat ant
waved to the crowds on the dock ant
those assembled on the embankment
high above the quay.
A mist hid the gunboat from sigh
soon after it left the dock, but th'
president continued to wave his ha
and smile.
The president was accompanied OF
board the gunboat by Ambassado
and Madame Jusserand and by Rep
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-15
PAPERS DID MUCH
TO STAMP OUT
SEDITION in u. S,

st. Paul, Mimi. Feb. 15.-In its
report to Governor Burnquist made
public today. the Minnesota public
safety commission announced that 1t
investigated GS2 cases in which sedi-
ton was alleged and declared that
considerable credit for the campaign
it carried on to crush disloyalty, goes
to the newspapers of the state.
The report sent out several hun
dred thousand copies Of war literature
and received the finest kind Of CO.
operation from Minnesota newspapers
In the dissemination OF this intelli.
gence. it was stated.
The commission investigated 11S
complaints of alleged interference
with Liberty Loan campaigners.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-15
10000 MUST \ ] :
sign PETITIONS
TO OBTAIN VOTE
This is Only Way to Get
Vote on Emergency Meas
ure, Says LANCER.
(By Staff Correspondent J

Bismarck, N. D.. Feb 15.-There
is absolutely no way of obtaining an
immediate vote on an emergency
measure except by a petition signed
by 10000 electors. according to At
torney General William LANCER. /
In an opinion given today to sena-
tor Walter Wexford of Pembina coun-
ty, Attorney General Langer points
out that fact. Not only that. but
If the governor elects to do SO he need
not call a special election on a bill
that has been so referred. but can
stave off such election till the gen.
eral election Of November next year,
by which time the law would have
been in operation a year and nine
months.
The opinion from the attorney
general is of extreme importance in
view of the tremendous efforts being
made by William Lemke of the Nom
partisan league and by Governor
Frazier to pass all important 'pro-
gram" bills with the emergency clause
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-15
ADMlNlSTR ALTON Bill, WOULD
BEDlFFERENT IF MACDONALD
WASHECTED, CONFESSES MUIR
Regent Indicated That No
\ Material Powers Would be
Given to Superintendent
Of Public Instruction at
Present-Several Irnpor-
tant Men Supporting the
League Bill.
(By STAFF Correspondent.)

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 15.-Robert
Muir, member of the state board Of
regents, told the senate state affairs
committee that the plan for passing
the bill to create a board of admin
istration which would take over the
control Of schools, would have been
different" had N. C.. Macdonald,
leagues candidate, been elected su-
perintendent of instruction.
Muir went before the committee
with DR.. E. F. Ladd of the Agricul-
tural college, DR.. Thomas Kane Of
the university. c. E. Cavett of Lisbon.
L. N. Rockne of Mohall and N. c.
Macdonald, supporting the leagues
bill.
Muir made the remark that 'things
would have been different" when
questioned by Senator Fred W.. Mees
Of Morton county.
Muir said it was the purpose to
Eventually give more powers to the
tions," indicating that no powers of
any material nature would be given
the superintendent now.
The board of administration bill is
! a measure by which the league lead
ers are seeking to take over absolute
control of public schools, educational
institutions and penal institutions
| through the creation of one board.
I DR.. Ladd's approval of the bill was
the second within a week, for he gave
mild approval to the policy when he
! rally that was held in Patterson s
hall, where the league caucus is held,
on Wednesday evening.
1t was at that same time that Gov
ernor Lynn J. Frazier made extended
criticism Of the school system, charg-
ing that it was being used by "big
business to influences education.
Mr. Rockne, county superintendent
| of schools of Renville county, was the
first called by Chairman Cahill. He
said that teachers were insufficiently
was no connection between the rural
schools and the educational institu-
tions. .,..
Would Have Long Terms. e
He also advocated the appointment
Of a board member for q longer
period than originally proposed and
he also urged a provision that they
should be removed for a good cause
Vacancies in teaching positions are
now hard to I'LL said Rockne, because
Of the lack Of connections. Mr.
Rockne also said that the state super
intendent Of. North Dakota was elect
oO ~ tAo CAAoS WHICH OO AyI~ hSICRt
the state courses OF study. Mr.
Cavett, former superintendent o,
schools of Ransom county, who tool
federal garden work position OF
Macdonald's recommendation, TOLD
the committee that there was not tn
proper kind of teachers available fol
county schools This bill, he said
would take schools out Of politics.
DR.. Ladd, when called, said he wa
for the bill as it would do away will
duplication Of work and the wa!
would be opened for outlining a pro
gram from the rural schools up.
1 Senator Mees asked DR.. Ladd If HI
favored including that penal institu
tions were in reality partially educa
tional institutions.
Senator Mees asked DR.. Ladd If h
favored a board of control of three