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Evening star., 1919-09-28

for another interview and bade each
other good night.
At precisely 10 o'clock on the follow.
ing morning Inspector Wallace received
tho great detective in his inner office
ana learned from him of the suspected
presence In the colony of Ching Lien
'or Golden Lotus). the leader of the re-
cent riot at Swatow. for whom the no.
h';e. both native and foreign, in all the
ports had been zealously hunting for
several months ''You say that you have
good reason to believe he is here. Mr..
wang; tell me just where YOU think he
Is hiding and we will have the native
stan ferret him out" said the chief
considering the slippery nature of
the indfvidual--for no one seems to
nave been able to lay hands on him
think we shall be able to work with
little more. certainty. Mr.. Wallace,
II you Will be good enough to detail
two OF your best native detectives to
assist me quietly for few days I
have worked out a plan for appre-
hending him. and. If l may modestly
say SO. l think l can carry il to
success"
Il Will put Sam and Chang. my two
best men. at your disposal for a
week." replied the Inspector, "and /
will see that they report to you for
your personal orders this very after
noon. Keep in close touch with me.
please, and let me know the moment
anything important turns up, and my
best wishes go with you."
ho plf
Wang Foo. as he rose and bade him
good morning.
Two days later Sam and Chang, the
detectives. appeared at the gate of the
Temple of the Golden Lotus-the
former in the garb of a jin-rik -sha
coolie and the latter in the long blue
robe of a European house boy--and
sought an interview with the priest
In charge. To their surprise, it was
almost Immediately granted Chang
then produced from native wallet
the Identical yellow paper which Miss
Atherton had given to Wang Foo,
and, representing himself as the per-
sonal servant of the foreign lady,
said that she had sent him for an
other copy of the beautiful poem. as
this one had unfortunately been torn.
The old priest hesitated for
moment, but on having put in his
hand ten new shining dollars which
they said she had sent as n gift, took
his pen and inkslab from the shelf
and adjusting his ancient spectacles,
proceeded to copy the verses from the
paper before him, little dreaming who
the parties were to whom he gave
them. or how closely the hand of the
law was hanging over him.
Following out to the minutest detail
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somebody had to act quickly. This
was the occasion when Herr Adlon
stepped to the bat and from his front
door tried to pour oil on the troubled
sea. While he was making his speech
TO the mad c. owds a platoon of field
gray government troops. helmeted and
armed to the teeth, arrived on the
scene. Also the inevitable machine
gun.
They planted this gun squarely in
the front door of the Adlon, and they
must have looked like business. The
crowd gave up the idea Of trying to
take the fortress" by storm, but 1t
stayed around for several hours, ana
argued about 1t. groups being huddled
together talking the matter over until
well after darkness had fallen, while
o.her crow $ OF the mildly curious sat
calmly down on the curbus, or the few
benches Of the Linden allie, content
to sit until eternity. IL need be. to yet
the thrill which doubtless would have
been very enjoyable had the civilian
population. SO inclined. succeeded in
putting over \ sociable raid on the
"EnY iishmen."
While this incident provided copy"
Tor at least one American newspaper
correspondent In Berlin, which we
were to enjoy reading in a Paris cdi.
tion OF this paper in = couple of days
under an impressive streamer headline
Berlin Mob Threatens U. 8. Officers"
the Berlin papers made inconspicuous
reference to the matter.
The morning edition of Taexliche
Rundschau Of March 3. however, gave
this account of the affair:
after the reception of the East
Africans in front Of the Branden-
burger Thor deplorabie scenes were
enacted in front OF the Hotel Adlon,
Unter den Linden. Englishmen and
Americans threw half-eaten pieces Of
bread into the crowds. making withal
unmistakable gestures. The crowd
threatened to break into the hotel.
The hotel gates had to be quickly
drawn. When. despite this. the Eng
lishmen continued to lombard with
hslf-eaten bread. soldiers threatened
to shoot. That helped. In an instant
the balconies were cleared. Tho Of
ficers OF the French delegation who
witnessed the reception remained on
the balcony until the crowd sang
Deutschland. Ueber
Allies in der Welt Then all with
drew"
II any Englishmen witnessed this
affair we were not aware Of the fact.
There were then but a handful OF
with their country's mis-
isl0is. .lXndtR Was tAsir custom to wesr
Evening star., 1919-09-28
Fathers Night.

GA MOTHERS day Is all right. L
suppose. but there Is something
mawkish about Fathers day"
The speaker was Irwin 8. Cobb. the
humorist. He went on:
II said to hard-headed old pater-
famtlias the other evening: :
80 we've got a Fathers day..
now! What do you think Of the idea p
"1'd rather, he grunted, that they'd
make d night o: t. % !.
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Continued from First Page.

book. At this time, too, there was an
expression by certain elements who be-
lieved that we foreigners" were eat
ing of the Berlin menu cards. They
didn't exactly like the idea Of Ameri-
cans. or any other allies, taking bread
anN butter out of the mouths of the
Germans. especially as there was q
marked shortage of foodstuffs by and
large.
But army beans and few messcs
OF rico and some -four that some were
foresighted enough to bring along
saved tho day. A doughboy cook. ever
resourceful. in what in the culinary
vocabulary of no mans land. too. is
known as camoufage. was able to
juggle these sparse rations into pal
atabie fare. On state occasions tho
cook would open q can Of corned
Willy, and this made food for the
gods. Then Lieut.. Schwarzwaelder.
mess ofilcer. always on the Qui vive
to strike good bargain. negotiated
with the German woman who ran the
pace, and would make an occasional
trade. Thus q can Of tea would
bring US a mess Of sauerkraut, or
piece OF bacon q mess Of potatoes.
These two articles were staples on
tho average Berlin menu then, while
tea or coffee. and especially bacon.
was rare. Germany was absolutely
without fats Of any kind.
x,,n A,,>A 49, rooAAu< ANA
mania the mission maintained its
sfsices on the second floor Of the Ho-
tel Adlon, where Gen. Harrtes and
his aids were then residing. We all
were given duty to do and reported
at tho Adlon at 0 O'clock. whore ofilco
hours were until & p.in.. with time
Off for lunch
This gave US four jaunts each day
along tho Wilhelmstrasse from Unter
den Linden to Anhalterstrasse. whore
our own hotel was located.
There was an element in these
jaunts sometimes that was often dis
tasteful.
The German military invariably put
on parade Just at tho time We
went to lunch. A fanfare led
these parades and crowd COL
lected, following the band on each
side Of the street. When we acci-
dental.y got into those crowds we
would be jostled along. and doubtless
the Berlincrs had q good time. We
soon learned to keep away from these
crowds. and when the parade would
be sounding of q block away we
would cut on the wilhelnstrasse and
ont around othtfs streets 20 savs our.
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outfit and well respected. as 1t had
survived four-year campaign In
Africa. where it had left many hun
dreds more who had succumbed to
disease or enemy bullets.
The welcome home reception was
held in the Pariser Platz. that broad
space between the Brandenburger
gram of welcome was to include
speechmaking from a platform erect
ed In the square. and singing.
The heroes arrived, led by q band.
1t was interesting to us to see that
the East African heroes wore a uni
form of khaki cloth not unlike our
own. though Of q clay color. They
rather to the English tourist. who
docs" Africa.
The services were brief and inn
pressive. We were interested specta-
tors from our balconies. and wondered
fondly what New York or Philadelphia
was doing probably at that same mo-
ment to welcome home it's khaki-clad
heroes, who at that time were rare
enough to be made over"
The program opened with speech
and ended with the chorus Of ut least
10000 voices singing Deutschland.
Ueber Alles." The heroes meantime
stood formation at attention while
the crowds roared and sang their well
come home.
Then the crowds. at the conclusion,
pressed by the Adlon in serried mass.
All Of . sudden. we mover knew at
what instance. there came a hooting.
angry shouts directed at us at tho
windows The shouted word "IIeraus!"
was plainly audible. A mad scramble
ensued. and 1t was plainly evident that
the mob suddenly had become insanely
angry about something. was making
for the hotel entrance with evident
intent Of breaking in upon us.
We discreetly withdrew when 1t
dawned upon us that It was we they
wanted. and their shouted menaces
were an invitation to "come OH OUT
In short order. we learned what the
rumpus was all about. A story had
been whipped through that crowd that
the Englishmen tthat crowd always in
sisted upon our being Englishmen) had
thrown from the Adlon
balconies half-eaten pieces Of white
bread, worry much In tho same manner
that ono would generously (?) throw
refuse food to the dogs or swine.
The assumption was palpably silly.
but the crowd was In no mood to be-
licve otherwise. They were certainly
satisfied to have II that way" Gnl
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selves bit OF Embarrassment and
deprive the jostlers of their fun.
Upon the first day of this we were
passing through W'ilhelmstrasse and
entering upon Wilhelms Plata when
we saw machine ytn being mounted
on truck stationed in the middle Of
the street. We were green then and
l do not doubt that some ina glnative
mind might have conjured UP the
thought that the guard might turn
the gun on us, but we breezed by,
right beneath his 'cannon's" mouth,
and got nothing but the usual cold
shoulder from the soldier on duty
there. The machine gun. which we
were later to get very used to. was
simply being mounted in exercises to
get the soldiers acquainted with ma
chine gun mount in case Of more trou-
BILE like that which had occurred but
three weeks before. to which the
facades of government buildings
their scars where machine gun bull
let's or hand grenades had struck.
The Allemania was not to be, our
home for long. On March came to
Berlin q quartermaster major-a
plump ana rotund major. His name
was Wallace J. Jaka. and he brought
along with him. besides q smiling
personality. commissary supplies that
were to mako the American offlcer
and man the envy Of the Berlin pop
ulation.
Maj. Jaka's first move was to ne
gotiate with Herr Adlon for the Sec
ond foor entire Of his hotel. Here
the officers were to have quarters and
the mission its Office spaces. He rent
ed for Q term Of three months. for
the jump-off. tho Allemania Hotel.
where the enlisted men were to "sit
upon tho world" Tho Allemania was
held also as the commissary.
The ONCE Of the adjutant, the clear
ing house for tho general business Of
the mission, was said to be tho for
mcr suite Of the, German crown
prince in Berlin's better days. The
windows Of this suite looked out upon
Unter den Linden. and included an
impressive view Of the historic Bran
denburger Thor. On the other side of
the street was the French embassy.
We Inevitably had box seats for the
several shows that we did not expect,
but which were to be staged for our
bencflt. st
We didn't have long to walt for the
initial performance. On the I'd OF
March, y cloudless Sunday. all Ber-
lin. It seemed. turned out to welcome
home q round l5o veterans Of the East
African expedttionary force. COM
Yuanded by uen. Won I1ettew vorbeck.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-04
DIAMOND CUTTING GROWS
FAST IN UNITED STATES
America Now Has U75 out of .5.OOO
stone Experts In tho
World.

NEW YORK May 3.-Henri polalx.
president OF the Diamond Workers.
Union in Amsterdam, estimates there
are $4,000 diamond cutters and polish
crs in the world. OF these. only about
60 are In the United States and these
have come mostly since the outbreak
or the European war. which crippled
the industry in Amsterdam and Ant
werp. the worlds greatest centers.
There were at the beginning OF the
present year thirty-siX diamond cut
ting establishments in this country.
This is exclusive Of shops where all
kinds of precious stones are cut.
The number of Germans employed
AZ diamond cutters did not exceed 500
before the war. and of these only 10
per cent worked for establishments in
Germany. During the war COO or 100
Belgian cutters emtgrated to England
and organized as n branch of the Lon
don Diamond Cutters Union. They did
work principally for Belgian and Rus
sian houses.
Diamond cutting in the United States
.l76,42s worth of rough stones were
Imported. Importations remained at
low figures until 1913 when they
reached a value Of S2,517.759. They
rose steadily during the war from 3d.
1888 in 1914 and s3.35S.lS0 in 1915
to Sl1.i43.l29 in 1916. S1l.I17,175 in 1917
end Sl2,92S,QlO in the first eight mon h S
Of 1915
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-04
Russian Food Supply Disorganized
AS Result of Wars Difficult Burden

doubtcdly starving, although not
nli OF the CLASSES IRE sumcring
equally. The harvest of 1918, nc
cordlnB to NIL accounts, was very
good. The BUlshcvists huyc them
ncives announced officially TINT In
Soviet Russia fOodstuns nrc only %
per cent short of the full amount re-
quired 10 feed the population.
GLOW can tho famine be cx-
plafneds by the fact that the peas
ants, having lots of money, but hnv-
Ing no possibility OF purchasing
what they need will, that money,
refuse to sell their corn. In order
TO Obtain IL, the Bolshcvists send
armed food gangs to tho villages,
leaving the peasants enough corn to
last them Till the next harvest and
conhscntinS the remainder.
"Thcsc acquisitions arc nccompn-
MED by all kinds OF oppression and
nbuhch. For example, In two
rnntons the requisItion nmount-
Cd ia 3.GO0,0oO pounds of onts
and s2o,OO0 pounds OF iniIIct,
whereas tho Tunntity actually taken
was 1.dSO,00 pounds of oats mud
dSoooo pounds Of milIct-thnt liz,
pnrt OF the corn necessary to feed
the population wns com nn ndccrcd
In view of this the peasants talxc all
possible measures To conceal their
corn"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-04
RED CROSS GIVES RELIEF
TO PEOPLES OF UKRAINE
Expedition Provides Food. Clothing
and Medicine for Polish
Prisoners of War.

WARSAW: POLAND. May Amer
lean Red Cross relief is now being
administered in Ukraine. With an
armistice for the exchange of civilian
prisoners arranged between the Poles
and Ukrainians on the front below
kovel. the American organization. at
tho request of the Polish general staff
Is undertaking to transport feed.
clothc and give medical attention to
1900. Polish prisoners. The armisticc
terms call for the repatriation of these
prisoners through the department Of
the east, where the Red Cross relief
work is being concentrated.
The Red Cross relief expedition.
which has just left for the front, will
be conducted BIZ the Ukrainian com
mander thirty miles behind the lines
to tho camp where Poles are being col
lected. The prisoners will be brought
into Poland and concentrated in IL
camp formerly used by the Austrians
There tho rcpatriated Poles will re-
ceive clean clothing and medical at
tcntion by American doctors under
the Polish military guard. which will
control the final disposition of the
prisoners.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-04
FRENCH FORM ALLIANCE
WITH GOTHAM BANKERS
Interests Represent Co. bincd re-
sources Of Over One and
Quarter Billion Dollars.
AIM is TO PROMOTE TRADE
Provides Same Facilities
In France for Americans as for
Natives-Capital Stock Is ST.
100000.
AIM is TO PROMOTE TRADE

French and American sf sb ba ai!iaece i9 %.
s serEs,s, .rrepresenting, combined re-
ganized 70 promote trade between
France aud the United states. was dis
elosed through the filing at Albany.
y. =. Il few days ago OF the incorpora-
ton papefs for the French American
Banking Corporation.
be held by American interests and half
is declared by the organizers Of the
new corporation. means that hereafter
American business melt viii be able
to avail themselves of banking facili-
ties in France as advantageous as
The French participant in the al
Lance Is tie Compton National
dEscompte de Paris: which takes half
terests are the First National Bank of
Boston and the National Bank of Com
merce in New York. each holding one
!ourth or thc capital stock OF the new
The French American Banking Cor
with s@surplus OF 500 900 ali Hl1 paid n
The incorporators are James S. Alex
a az president Of the National Bank
Wing. president of the First National
Bank OF Boston; Maurice Sylvester,
American representative of the Comp.
fthers. NJ. Sylvester will be president
OF the new company. There will be
Twelve directors. SIN to represent the
American group and six the French
group
"America's new position as the
worlds chief source of capital for in
ternat ional commerce necess!tates the
development of the foreign business
of this countrys banks TO meet the
unprecedented conditions" said Presi-
dent James S: Alexander. Of the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce in New York,
In discussing the new corporation
This alliance OF great French and
American banks represents. We believe
an efficient instrumentality to facili-
tate and foster the trade relations
between the United States and France
which the new era demands. We con-
slider il a most practical way to realize
the necessary cooperation between
French and American banking, and to
give .America's business men the bene-
ht Of the experience and connections
OF native French bankers that could
he given TO them in no other way.
The French American Banking Cor
poration is an organization which has
behind il the good VIII OF the three
great eSta bliShcd Institutions which
hold its stock. 1t is primarily a COM
incrcial bank. arc all the institu-
tons with il. II is expected that
it will engage in the acceptance bust
ness, and in general assist in fnanc-
ing, trade between the United States
and France. including the French
colonies in all parts of the world"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-04
SAYS WOMAN WITHOUT
OWN MONEY Is SLAVE
shaw Says Expenses OF Motherhood
and i'nrcntaEc should he BORING
by COmnIunIty.

LONDON. May a.-Georgc Bernard
Shaw. the novelist and playwright.
makes AN interesting contribution in
answer TO question propounded by
the, London Daily Mail under the cap
ton. Should Wives lie Paid"
The idea that wives should be Civ
On an allowance. as wages by their
husbands Is often advocated by fem
mist rcformcrs. and recent play.
THE Purse Strings" deals with the
plight OF the poor VIE Of rich
man. whose husband does himself
we'll and keeps his spouse without
pocket money. Wages for wives is
seriously urged in certain quarters. and
some advocates hold that where pow
erty prevents the husband from pay
ing the state should Keep her in funds.
MIR. Shaw wrote:
1T is obvious that If woman has
20 keep house and bring up fam
NY. ana yet receives no money 20 en-
pend for herself. She Is a slave purc
and simple. All the necessary ex-
penses OF motherhood and parentagc
generally should be betrayed by the
community. but not under the heading
Of salary wages"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-04
SECRET BLACK LIST
AIDS PRIME MINISTER
utterly Bad Men" enrolled I'm
Documents Never Made
Public.
CHURCH HAS SIMILAR LIS.E
Deeply Tainted Men Who Es-
capped Exposure Not to BE Given
T. itions OF Trust or Honor
In Nation.
CHURCH HAS SIMILAR LIsI

LONDON May "a black list Of
remarkable character, which is passed
from one Prime Minister 20 another
Is described by man to whom has
revealed some of the secrets connected
with documents never made public.
People in general probably do not
know that there is. or perhaps II
should be said, there used 10 be, an
inner and secret function of the con-
stitution. or at any rate OF the adj
m!nisiration. which was never even
family alluded to in books or news
papers or common talk. and yet was
Of great Importance
II, used TO be whispered that n
prime minister when he went on; Of
Office handed to his successor half :,
sheet OF note paper with few names
upon II. perhaps only three or four.
They were the names Of men who
ought not to be given any of the great
posts in the gifi Of the prime minister
because they were men OF specially
bad character. or men who had com
mitied some fault which. though in
the public interest it was thought bet
ter not 10 expose and punish. made
them utterly untrustworthy. 81
utterly Had Mem"
These were the men upon whom!
dire suspicion, though perhaps barren
Of legal proof had fallen: men who
had committed some supremeiy dis
graceful act, who had lied ia their own
interests and against the interests Of
their native land. who had betrayed
their colleagues 10 some foreign power.
who, in order 20 levy or 20 resist black
mail. had impertlled the welfare OF
their country: men who had conscious
~ or unconsciously taken bride: men
who must toe regarded as utterly bad
men. however low the standard APP
piled. and however lenient the judges.
Yet though deeply tainted men. they
had conirived 10 escape exposure. ana
for all the world knew were OF the
highest character. Hence the need of
the secret list.
Church "nlnck List" Too.
The highest authorities in the
church were said 10 have such an
other small and very secret list which
would prevent men getting TO the Epis-
copal bench who would defilc il. though
these men could not be broken without
too great public scandal. This was
the llst that accounted, said the cynics
beneath their breaths. for an unex-
pected Nolo episcopari.
"A similar list passed from one Lord
Chancellor 10 another. or lodged with
the Sovereign. was felt 10 be the true
explanation why some great icga,
luminary never reached the bench
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-04
AUSTRALIANS DISCOVER
NEW RICH OPAL FIELDS
Wealth, Dimcult OF Access, Found
Along Banks of Lake Csdibar-
rnWirrncnnnn.

Greece formerly held the palm for
long names; but q new ontender has
patches report the discovery OF a new
opal field along the banks OF Lake
Cadi5arraw irracanna. For the benefit
of the uniformed. that lake is sepa-
rated by ridge from Lake Woorong
and Lake Wirrida.
American society women have so
positively rejected the old superstition
resardins opais that the lightning
rapidly becoming exhausted. and pros
pectorS have been searching high and
low for new fields.
co Now mat it 2. new e, Held has been dis
mans life is worth to attempt work
ing 1t. Lying in an arid equatorial
region. the aforesaid lakes" are only
hmsc puddles for very short time
;r, the semi-occa sional rainfalls.
Then within period Of days, the dis
trict becomes deadly dry without a
solitary oasis.
Government experts have examined
the country and plans are now afoot
Tor providing water In limited quantity
on the scene and along the Deaf Ii,
Valley" trail leading TO il. 1t is prob
aDic mat the government will sink deep
artesian wells at intervals along the
way.
Besides lacking water. the district
Is almost utterly lacking in vcgeta
ton Of any kind; There is none that
virtually limited to reptilian forms,
similar TO the lizards and ella mon
sters of arid western plains in the
United States.
Nevertheless, the intrepid Austria
lians propose to solve the problem and
will not only sink wells at approx
mateiy thirty-mile intervals, but will
also establish motor express lines for
the transportation of food and sup