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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

1.-TWO weeks ago l enoea'oreo "
describe the contemporary sit
uation in Europe, pointing out
40. the league of nations idea had
~.oun,ered almost impossible OBJ
...cles in the spirit Of nationality
and in the claims of race.
In the present article am gong
>. nv to discuss the European sub
.,;,,,te for the league of nations
wb;ch for nearly three centuries has
.e-yed. not to prevent war, but TO
,reyent any one nation from achiev-
inc the domination of Europe and
,he world. This is the principle OF
Tho balance of power, and, unless
every sign fails, Europe is now I'M
mistakably turning toward this sys-
TEN.
AsIhave often pointed out III my
articles. at the Paris conference
,hs limited States was the only coun-
trv which greatly believed or was
denly interested in the league of
Nations proposal. Next to the
United States Great Britain was
rost interested, but British interest,
"a far as il was spontaneous and
envinced. was restricted to an
extraordinarily small circle of So
,aned Liberals. British support at
Paris for the league Of nations idea
had nothing in the world to do with
the league of nations. 1t was merely
a detail in a policy. The British
undertook TO support the United
States wherever and whenever such
support did not conflict with her
vital interests.
Now, with the German feet de-
stroyed, German colonies IN British
hands. and Germany as a CONNER
eial rival temporarily paralyzed, the
material detectives of the British
in the war which the Germans had
forced upon them were achieved.
The British had not TO fear any I'M
mediate resumption Of German at
tack. They could afford to expert
ment, and if the result OF the eX-
pertinent was not the creation of a
league of nations but merely an as
sOciation between the United States
and Great Britain, all legitimate
British interests would be safe
guarded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Would Hare america
4ccepf French Alliance

Of British support he could De
reasonably sure, since Great Britain
can never afford to have France con-
quered again by Germany, and the
arrival Of German armies at the
Channel would be a deadly menace.
But Great Britain and France, with
their smaller allies separated from
them by the group of hostile enemy
powers, could hardly expect victory
in another war unless the United
States or Russia stood with them,
and for the future there is every
possibility that Russia, whether
Bolshevist or reactionary, would
stand with the Germans.
That is why il seems 70 ne there
is now no honorable course for the
United States other than that
of accepting the french alliance and
ratifying the Paris alliance. The
course Of our diplomacy at Paris
has had as a natural and inevitable
consequence the driving of Italy,
Rumania and possibly Greece
into such hostility 70 France
as may, and IN the case OF
Italy almost certainly will, make
them allies Of Germany in any fut-
urc war. To abandon France now,
having done this, and having, in
addition. compelled France TO sur
render her calm 20 mold the Rhine
barrier, her military guarantee,
would be nothing short Of a be-
travail Of the French nation. More
over. 10 abandon France and leave
her alone, open 70 attack by enemies
whose hostiIties are a result OF our
poicies, not hers, would be 70 in
vite a new war, not to prevent war.
At the present hour France and
French policies are the targets Of
campaign by so-called liberals, both
in the United States and in Great
Britain. at the moment when the
United States, with no European
frontier and, as a consequence or
the last war, become the strongest
nation in the world, is hesitating to
ratify i treaty Of peace in which
the league Of nations IS AN essential
detail. because Of peril to itself.
Americans are crlticlslng France,
terribly weakened By the war and
with an open frontier imposed upon
her by American representatives IN
Paris. because she IS seeking some
physical protection against danger
which becomes imminent If tha
league OF nations fails. France Is
being denounced as imperialIstlc
and az mllitarlst.c because she Is
not willing to rely upon words alone
as a protection against an enemy
who has twice in less than half a
century, without the smallest justi-
fication. invaded her and wasted her
territories with the frank purpose
Of destroying her as nation. A
more cruel, a more unjust campaign
is inconceivable.
Copyright. 1919 D. The Mcclure Newspaper
Synlicaf-)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Reason for Making
These States .4nti.Cermdn

AS TO the reasons for assigning
these states to the French. or rather
anti-German group, they are plain:
AS result of the Treaty Of Yer
sailles, Poland acquires more than
10000 square miles Of German ter
ritory and more than 100000 Of
people formerly subjects of the
Kaiser. The new boundaries not
only separate East Prussia from the
balance Of Germany, but bring the
German frontier back within less
than 100 miles of Berlin. More
over, from the beginning of modern
history this intermiXture of German
and Polish population has resulted
in hostility, and the last settlement
only accentuates the bitterness.
As to cho-Slovakia, the situa-
ton is only slightly different. The
Czechs have long been brutally op-
pressed by the German element in
the Austro- Hungarian Empire. The
new Czecho- Slovak state includes a
German minority of not less than
100000, which will continue to de-
mand union with Germany, while the
almost certain gravitation of Ger
man-Austria TO the German Empire
means that the Czecho- Slovaks will
find themselves wellnigh surround
ed by German territory. German
expansion southwark is almost I'M
possible while the central highlands
of Europe are in hostile hands.
Therefore, despite a temporary dis
agreement between the Poles and
the Czecho- Slovaks. over Teschen, 1t
is certain that the Czecho SlOvaks,
to preserve their independence, must
look for help outside and to those
states which also feel themselves
menaced by Germany.
AS to Jugo-Slavia, Anglo-French
as we'll as American championship
of Serbian claims along the Adriatic,
Allied assistance during the war, the
treatment Of the Serbs themselves
by Germany and her allies, these
and a multitude of other circum-
stances make for association in the
anti-German group, while the prob
ability that Italy in the end will re-
turn to a German alliance is an even
more potent factor.
France, then, finds at her hands
100000 people living in three
new states, all exposed to German
attack quite as much as France, all
having suffered in past centuries
through German or Austrian-Ger-
man oppression.
Now, as against these assets,
there are certain immediate liabili-
ties. Exactly as certain as Poland.
Czecho- Slovakia and Jugo-Slavia are
to fall in the anti-German group,
German-Austria, Hungary and Bull
garia are destined to be- allies Of
Germany in the future, as they have
been in the recent past. To Ger
manv's 10000, 900 there are, then,
added 100000 German-Aus-
trians, 100000 Hungarians and
s 100000 Bulgarians-2O, 100000
in all. making S0.Os0,000, as con-
trasted with IS, 900, 900 in the group
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
guarded
British Leaders Sought
friendship Of L. s.
~wO weeks ago endeavored to
describe the contemporary sit
nation in Europe, pointing out

What l mean 20 say IS, British
craftsmanship was not enamoured
with the league Of nations idea, but
the British leaders saw plainly the
value Of the United States 10 the
British in the future. and the per
manert gain if enduring Friendship
resulted. Therefore, the British
said: Since the league Of nations
can do US no harm itself, and it may
be the beginning Of an Anglo-Amer-
lean alliance. let US support it, pro-
vlded only the question of the free
dom Of the seas is not involved or
the disposition of the German col
onies questioned
The essential thing TO recall is
that the United States could advo-
cate the league Of nations idea be-
cause il was totally removed from
Continental perils. The British could
afford TO risk the experiment be-
cause they had the Channel between
them and the mainland, and the
challenge Of German sea power had
been answered.
But the situation with respect to
France was different. AS a land
power Germany had not been broken
with anything like the completeness
with which she had been wrecked as
sea power. II is conceivable, it is
on the whole likely, that within a
quarter cen;ury-which is moth
Ing IN the life of nations-Germany
VIII reappear as a great military
power, precisely as Prussia, in the
seven years that separated Jena
from Leipsic, remade her military
strength. Since Germany has sixty
millions of people and France forty
millions, and since Germany is GER
IAN TO increase her population at
lar more rapid rate than France,
french inferiority in the face Of
germany must be accepted. The
french, therefore, could not afford
W run any risk. They might con-
sent to see the league Of nations
'dea tried. but while it was still an
Experiment they would have to seek
sumo other insurance. for, if the
ssgue of nations proves as ineffec
'uai as The Hague tribunal, France
might find herself twenty-five years
aence helpless in the presence Of
Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

cicnt at least to offset the element
Of numbers And since the situa-
ton as between the two groups *
che Of approximate equality, 1t be-
comes matter of life and death for
both TO obtain the adhesion OF the
remaining and doubtful states.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Fall OF Prices in
Germany Remarkable

In Denmark, the Copenhagen cor
respondent Of the Berlin newspaper
says, prices are still high above
peace level, but they are constantly,
going back, as far, at least, as food
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
rhance Sought Tuo
'oFms Of Insurance

a. a consequence, France has
''0gnt two forms Of insurance. She
''eepted the league Of nations ex-
se.'ment only when it was under
'''sen by an Anglo American mill
=! guarantee. This in itself would
e oeen sufficient had it not been
me fact that almost at the outset
.s discovered that American OPP
uon to this alliance was strong
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Hostility Created Betsreen
France and Italy

TUtIe uJH ltuy
Now, the consequence Of Mr.. Will
sons course in the matter of Fiume,
course, in my judgment, honest
end right from the point Of view of
Justice. has been to create hostll-
ity between France and Italy far
more intense than that which ex-
listed between Italy and Germany az
any time during the recent war. The
Italians have killed French soldiers
in Fiume. The Italian press is filled
with denunciations Of France, with
threats and menaces for the future,
simply because France gave tacit
support to Mr.. Wilson's course with
respect to the Adriatic question.
Now, so far as anything human is
certain. it is inevitable that Italy
will. at no distant time. rejoin Ger
many. She has acquired from Aus,
tria those provinces which for half
century have been the goal Of
Italian patriotism. There is no fur
Their jealousy between the Germans
and the Austrians on the one hand
and the Italians on the other, while
Germany and Austria, like Italy,
have a permanent feud with the
Jugo- Slavs and with the Frenchman.
To add I,aly's 100000 to the Ger
man group is, then, 10 destroy any
balance OF power in Europe. Not
only DO we have 100000 900 against
100000, but the French group IS
separated by the compact mass OF It's
enemies.
In precisely the same way that
the French, following Mr.. Wilson :
policy, have been separated from
the Italians, they see themselves
daily being separated from the Ru-
manians. American policy, which
has said mo" 10 Rumanian claims
and Rumanian demands, has alien
ated 100000 Rumanians, rot
alone from America. not alone from
Great Britain, neither Of which IS
much concerned about the course
Rumania may take twenty-five years
from now, but from the French, who
see. as a result of the course Of their
allies, the peril Of the return of the
Ruman:an people to their old al
lance with the Germans and the
.Austrians.
Whatever one may say OF Italy,
the adherence Of Rumania to the
French group, both as matter OF
sentimen. and as matter Of policy,
seemed assured "A few months ago.
Hungary was Rumania's traditional.
enemy. From Hungary Rumania
had taken very large areas of terri
tory. which, although populated by a
Rumanian majority, contained a
large Hungarian minority. Here
was the basis for permanent hostil-
ity between the Hungarian and the
Rumanian peoples. and, in the nat
ure of things, Hungary would go 20
the German alliance. But Rumanla
has been so treated IL the peace
conference and b. her allies that
there is every possibility not alone
hat she vii! remain outside the
French group. thus Gepriving France
Of a new ally, but that in the end
she will be drawn into the German
Qroilp
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-18
GRANDMOTHER Knew

Just what to do to keep hsf 011y
rugged and well She ba1ievol -
natures remedy. the lRs.givinS
juices Of leaves, roots ana herbs.
which are united In SEVEN 1ARKS
and which has been . standard and
favorite remedy for Indisoseion.
Constipation, Kidney. Liver and
Stomach troubles for nearly -
years
You cannot be constipated and
happy at the same time. II you have
q bad taste in the mouth, foul
breath. furried tongue. DUH head
aches, drowsiness, disturbed slsep.
mental depression. yellowish akin.
then you are constipated., and
SEVEN BARKS win quickly relieve
this disorder, which u the result ot
liver arrangement. and severe die.
gestive Disturbances.
r Be prepared for these efAer4oncies:
always keep SEVEN -BARz0 On
hand, and take from 10 70 20 drops In
a little water after meals, and 1t viii
quickly cause the bowels and liver
to act normally.
If you want to get the greatest ef-
ficiency out of your body. you should
take SEVEN BARKS. 20 that the
stomach may do its best WORK. ana
not be handicapped by the burdens
we foolishly sometimes put upon tt.
For sale by druggists. Price. -
cents per bottle.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-18
COMING EVENTS

Dec. 1s-Supreme court at Houlton.
Dec. 1S-Maine conference Of Trustees
and executive officers of State sociaI
Welfare Institutions and Department.
at Portland.
Dec. 15-N--Annual meeting of MainA
State Grange, at Bangor.
Dec. a-shipping regulations 20 into Of.
feet.
Dec. 2s-Meeting Of clerks and deputx
clerks of court at Court House, Au-
gusta.
Dec. 31-Public meeting Maine Histori-
cal Society, Portland.
Jan. 1-3-Boys' and Girls AericuItu,.,
Clubs champions State contests At
Orono.
Jan. ,e-s-western Maine Poultry As,n
at Norway.
Jan. 6-s-Annual Poultry Show IN Pan.
gor City hall.
Jan. 7-School Of ReIisiors rr.,r,,.
opens in Lewiston.
Jan. 7-Maine State Board Of Trade and
state Agricultural and Industrial
League, Augusta.
Jan. IA, 19@-.omona Gran1. - .r..
chester. (Annuall.
Jan. 14-15-State convention NJ Ina, a.
SCISSORS at Augusta.
Jan. 22-Annual Commercial rr.v.,.-.
banquet at Rockland.
Jan. 3l.Maine Commercial Traveler,'
Association annual banduet. Conrrea.
Square Hotel, Portland.
Feb: 17-1s-Maine Fruit Grovers. A..o-
ciation, annual convention, Auburn
March 2rRepublican State Conyention
conv.n,ions CO Ii viii II hs hSapsos. hsSs The district
June 4-July 5-Maine's CentennisI Sni~.
bration, Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-18
Bingham Night
|Watchman Assaulted
and Robbed of S45

Word was received here today or
the assault and robbery of the night
watchman at the plant of the New
England Rubber Co. of Bingham on
Monday night According to the sto
ry. the watchman while making HIS
round about midnight was set upon
by two unknown men. who struek
him over the head. rendering him un-
conscious. They took $45 from his
pocket. He was still unconscious
when found Tuesday morning.
According to first information, ne
must have laid in the cold for nearIN
six hours. Several members OF
crew Of worl<men going into the
woods on Monday stayed over in
Bingham that night rather than go
ing on to the woods. While no mem
ber Of the crew is directly suspected,
1t gives starting point for an in
vestigation. where direct clue is lack
ing
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-18
Editorial Comment
Shaw's Religion in Russia
(N. Y. Tribune)

George Bernard Shaw. ardent su-
per-patriot, to whose nostrils patriot
ism is a most offensive stencil. was
recently asked by a wag in an audi.
ence he was addressing II he thought
Bolshevism was a religion. He re-
piled: $50 far as can make out 1t
is the nearest thing to religion in
Europe at the present time"
1t so happened that the very morn
ing when the London newspapers
were setting out Mr.. Shaw's religious
discovery one newspaper published a
letter showing how the Bolsheviki of
Soviet Russia were applying their
faith. The letter was a private one
from a British officer to his wife, ard
said:
Il hope to send you copies OF sixty
officers at Odessa when the town was
retaken. They show men who
have been crucif1ed with the torture
of the human glove. The victim gets
crucified. nails through his elbows.
The hands are treated with a solu-
ton which shrivels the skin. The
skin is cut out with a razor round the
wrist. and peeled off. till it hangs by
the finger nails-the human glove
Most of the photos are Of women.
Women with their breasts cut OF to
the bone. Women with their bodies
cut OPEN"
The beautiful religious practices
of the Bolsheyiki. admired by Mr..
Shaw. are further revealed by the
following from the same letter:
I'VE have here at headquarters
passes issued to Bolshevists by COM
mlssaries on occupying Ekaterinodar.
These passes authorize their holders
to arrest any girl they fancy for the
use Of the soldiery. Sixty-two girls
OF all classes were arrested like this
and thrown to the Bolshev.st troops.
Those who struggled were killed quite
early. The rest. when used and fin
>shed. were mutilated and thrown
cead and dying into the two small
rivers flowing through Ekaterinodar /"
Here is matter, as one contemnor
OF the new dispensation remarks, for
George Bernard Shaw and the whole
tribe of deniers of abomination and
spraWiers before sovietry" to medi-
tate upon religiously. The Old Man
or the Mountains. who founded tho
sect of the Assassins. claimed q man.
date from on high to kill. huf M.
even his followers deemed It q dutv
to torture their victims.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-18

c. A. Ridley Of Vienna was ar.
rested on Wednesday charged with
the forgery Of a check on the First
National Bank for 500, purportinc
to be signed by Fremen Smith. The
check was presented to the Farming :
ton Farmers Union in, payment of a
bill for merchandise and was en-
dorsed by the payee, Merter Jackeps.
The check was duly banked at the
Peoples National and on reaching the
First National was found to be a
forgery. Sheriff Small investigated.
which led to the arrest Of Ridley ana
his appearance before Judge Holman
Thursday afternoon. County Attor.
ney j. Blaine Morrison appeared for
the State and Frank w. Butler. ESD.
for Ridley. Probable cause was
found and the respondent was placed
under $500 bonds for his appearances
at the February term Of court.
which he Franklin Jour-
nal.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-18

brought articles for the Christmas
book which the Club sends each year
to Good Will Home. The next meet
ing will be with Mrs Frank w. Buck
nam. early in January, date to be an
nounced later.
Mrs. Robert Ordway went to Rich
mond Wednesday morning. where she
Will pass the Christmas HOLIDAYS with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. F. r.
Duren.
Lewis A. Caswelf went TO Bangor
Wednesday morning on a short bus.
. mess trip.
This is a busy week in tho Farm
bureau of Somerset county. A meet
ing was held at st. Albans Tuesday
at which plans for the coming wear
were discussed. There will be a dairy
| meeting January 18th at ST. Albans
A demonstration of sprays to kill
kaie and mustard will be given in
the early spring and a poultry GULL
ing demonstration will follow at n
GATE to be announced later. A meet
ing was held at Larone and there
was one at Norridgewock yesterday.
saturday another meeting will be
neio at st. AlbanS, at which time
fertilizers will be considered. Coun-
ty Agent Storer has prepared an ex-
tensive price list of the present prices
on fertilizers. The circular letters
sent out TO farmers in regard to
SEED oats and corn are bringing in
many repies to the county agents
Office.
D.;z
fr1scllla Rebekah Lodge held their
annual meeting in I. O. O. r. hall
Iuesday evening, Dec 18th. Election
o! oincers for the ensuing year took
place and are as follows: NobIe
grand, Mrs. Lillian Smith: vice grand
Mrs. Ava Sheridan; secretary. Miss
Lena Landry: treasurer, Mrs. Irene
Iurner; trustee. Miss Alice Danfortb.
pianist, Mrs. Mabel Washburne. Tho
oegree was conferred. On account of
the illness Of Mrs. Kate Turner. tho
chairman Of the entertainment com
mittee. the entertainment which had
been planned for the evening was
omitted. Refreshments were served
installation of officers will occur ear
ly in January.
The Susannah Wesley Sunday
school class of the II. f. church held
birthday party Tuesday afternoon.
Dec. 10th. Six members of the class
had had birthdays during November
and December and these six enter
tained the rest of the class as is Gus.
tomary upon such occasions. Mrs
Carrie Mcpherson. Mrs. Harry Dins-
more. Mrs. w. A. Meservey. Mrs.
John Nutting, Mrs. Lena Cleyela nd
and Mrs. H. L. Nichols we're the
hostesses. The company were en-
tertained in the afternoon at the
parsonage. The supper was served
In the league room at the church and
consisted Of cold meats, potato seal
iop. hot rolls, salad, cakes and ices.
and coffee. Twenty three members
of the class were able to be present
and Mr.. Nichols and Mr.. Dinsmore
were invited guests.
The Guild OF the Bethany Baptist
church will meet at the church par
lors Thursday afternoon at 2.30
o'clock.
Mrs Fred Turner is quite III at
her home on Bush street
Rehearsals for the Christmas NIL
SIC at the NJ. Z. church will be held
on Wednesday and Friday evenings
at Z o'clock. The singers will be
about rs in number and will consist
OF the regular church choir under the
direction of Miss Gladys Pennen with
some additional singers. Hugo Hort
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-18
NEWPORT

Several cases of tonsilitis are reported
in town, among those now i'll being Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Davis and Mrs. Wal.
lace Stuart.
Glen Burns Of Portland IL in town,
called by the serious illness Of his
father, Forester Burns. who IL suffer.
ing with bloodpoisonins. He was re-
ported Tuesday to be a little more com.
Portable.
An attractive Christmas paper has
been issued by the leading merchants
of the town. the stores are all in holi-
day attire and everything points to q
good Christmas trade.
About 90 members Of Old Hickory
Lodge, I. o. o. F., went to Pittsneld
on Monday evening and were enter
tained by Phleptorha Lodge. The SEC
ond degree was conferred on a class of
nine candidates by the visiting men,
bers. An oyster stew supper was
served at 8 O'Clock and a baked bean
supper at midnight.
Mrs. A. B. Colby, who has had her
little finger and a portion Of her hand
removed. because OF bioodpoisonine, is
getting along as well as could . be ex.
pected.