Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-05-29
TOO SWIFT FOR
NOTED ALMANAC
March of History Causes Gaiha
Publication Considerable
Trouble.
PLACES EX' BEFORE KAISER
Some Strange Entries in Latest Edi
d ton as Result of the War-can't
Keep Up With Affairs in Fin.
land, Poland and Ukraine.

Paris.-The swift march of history
which has reduced to waSte-paper
value most of the existing works of
reference about European state affairs
has been too rapid for the old AL
manach de GOtha. In peace times this
compendium of statistical data con.
corning princes and potentateS and
their dOminions went to press about
the end of October, when its informa-
ton was supposed to holi good for
another year, and it generally did,
barring some coup d'etat or other in
South America.
Now, however, its issue of 1919,
which went to the printers in Decem-
her, is affected In several important
respects0by sudden developments in
volving many of the former ruling
houses of Europe.
Amusing to students of Gcrmany's
eastern border policy is the naive pref.
atory remark that "the editors regret
that, after having prepared three new
articles on Finland, Poland and the
Ukraine, they were obliged to cancel
all three, owing to the change in the
course of events"
Two Important Changes.
In other words, Prince Frederick
Charles of Hesse, brother-in-law of
the former German emperor, will
never seat himself upon the throne Of
Finland and there Is to be no Prus-
sian predominance In Poland and the
Ukraine,
The downfall of the houses of Ho-
henzollern and Hapsburg has not
caused the compilers of the amanach
much racking of brains. The prefix
lex" Is apparently held to be sufficient
to define the present status of William
II and Charles I, although the former
Is still credited with his full SO titles
and the latter is still styled, among
other things, "King Of Jerusalem,
Prince of the Trentino and Lord of
Trieste"
Much the same treatment is given to
the score of German princes and
princelings who abdicated. They ap.
pear in the almanach as they were
but for the Eek"
Democratic infiltratiOn in Germany
has set In from the top, instead OF
from the bottom. For although the ad,
ministrative branches of the German
government are filled with the usua!
array of eXcellencies, professors and
councillors, yet at the head of that
Of
Scheidemann, Dittman, Landsberg ant
Barth. Nobody is supposed to care
about their Christian names.
The German national colors are still
given as black. white and red, and the
war flag still blazons the Prdssar
eagle.
This year, "provisionaw govern.
ments abound. There is Poland, de
scribc1 in the almanach as IAN ancient
kingdom" whose "chief" is General
Pilsu6ski. Finland, formerly grand
duchy.' has no president, but General
Mannerheim is the present 'regeht."
Puzzle About Ukraine.
The Ukraine is described as "a con
stitutional monarchy on republican
basis with General Skor0pGdski as
hetman, A footnote, however, explains
that according to news received De
cember Is, 1918, the hetman hog alb
dicated and the power is in the hands
of a directorate consisting of Win
nitshenko, Petliura, Schwetz and An
dreievaki."
Russia, or to give 1t its modern
name, the "Federative SocialistC Re.
public of Russian. SQyiets," at whose