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entered the war there have been over
320, 900 court-mal tial cases in France and
in the United States. ''+%***''The aggre-
gate of the sentences imposed in all these
%, 900 years '*****"A clemency board
was appointed by the Secretary of War
and this board has investigated a great
many cases, but not all, with the result
that recommendations have already been
made reducing the total amount of SEN
ences from $4,000 years to about ZOO
years. That reduction shows that there
were iniquities in the system. ''*****
"Mr. President: the Spanish 1nquisition
was not marker to some of the cruel
ties that have been practiced against
these soldiers in France. | am glad to
say that after these soldiers get back to
America the severity is somewhat molli-
fed; but Wirz at Andersonville could not
hold candle to some of these men,"
Senator Chamberlain has introduced a
bill which provide that all soldiers who
are or have been under court martial SEN
fences, except when guilty of felony,
shall be restored to the ranks of the army
and then be honorably discharged as other
men have been. This bill also creates a
clemency board which shall have power
, to review, modify, revise or annul all
| cIurt-mar+ial sentences imDCsed d,,ri in q
! the war. The excessive Imprisonment is
| not the worst feature disclosed by the
! testimony which has been secured. After
! being sent to prison hundreds Of men
were beaten with clubs and black Jacks,
! some Of them till they tainted. Lieut.
Hard Boiled' Smith and his fellow
brutes admitted this when under exami-
nation. The proven cases of brutality
show that the American prison enclos-
ures in which American soldiers were
| confined, in France, were verltable hells
| This matter must not be side-tracked
Hard Boiled Smith and his fellow brute'
must be punished severely and in full
measure The trail leads higher up ane
the public will not be satisfied till ever.
man guilty of or in any way responsible
for brutal treatment of any of our soldiers
is given his share of that $4,000 years o
Imprisonment, even if barrel of shoulde
straps are in the prison store rooms and
score Of swivel chairs are empty in Wash
ington
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CHASING AN UNTRUTH.

The NationafCivic Federation is not
paruzar organization. 1t is made up of
men of especial ability and who are
prominent representatives of business
nd industry A committee of the Fed
alton has been engaged in the appar-
entity hopeless task of trying to overtake
d popular untruth which had a start of
fifteen years. This untruth was that as
the census of 1900 showed a gross prod
uct of S2420 per worker in manufactures,
and as the average wage per worker was
S437, it followed that labor's share in the
product was only Is per cent, against 80
per cent for capital
The committee has caught up with the
lie. The S242Q is gross product. The
cost Of materials was $1395 per worker,
which must be deducted. There is left
Sl025 as the product per worker. De-
Quoting taxes, insurance royalties and sc
on, the product falls to $3.50 per worker,
and OF this amount $500 and not S437
went to the worker and S299 to capital, -
Of. per cent to labor and 1876 to capital
But plants must be allowed depreciation
charge which at 5 per cent is given as
Sl24 per worker. This leaves S764 to be
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SUSPECT YOUR KIDNEYS.
loo Many Belfast People Neglect Early
Symptoms of Kidney Trouble

If your back is lame-if you feel dull,
tired and all worn OUT
II you have hard headaches, backaches
and dizzy spells
Ii the kidney secretions are disordered-
Suspect your kidneys and take a
stitch in time"
Use Doan's Kidney Pills, the time-tried,
home-endorsed kidney remedy
1t may save you from some serious kid
ney trouble.
Make use of the the experience of Mrs
Anne L. Durham, Is Park st. She says:
II suffered for many years from kidney
trouble and couldn't find anything to re-
lleve me until l used Doan's Kidney Pills,
which l procured at the City Drug Store.
My feet became swollen and burned. |
had dizzy spells at times, when every
thing blurred before my eyes, affecting
my sight and | had to wear glasses.
Doan's Kidney Pills gave me relief from
the first and six boxes of this medicine
| cured me-"
Price 60c. at ali dealers. Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Durham
had: Foster-Milburn Company, Mfgrs.,
Buffalo. N. Y.
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FLY HIGH, CHICKEN.

Mrs. W. X. Vanderbilt tells this story
on herself:
She was doing canteen work in France
during the recent misunderstanding in
that vicinity and devoted considerable
time to entertaining American soldiers in
one of the hostess houses. Being capa-
BILE dancer and attractive, she was in
much demand among the boys. One
evening she danced several times with a
tall, ttow-haired doughboy who showed
symptoms of great loneliness and talked
volubly about things back in Michigan.
| When the evening ended, the tow
headed one came over to Mrs. Vanderbilt.
"I've had bully time" he said, "and
l want to keep track of you. We're
moving out of here tomorrow for the
i front. But if we get back, I'd like to
look you up over in the States. My name
is Albert Bridgeman, from Grand Rapids.
What's yours2"
'I'm Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt" she re-
piled.
The doughboy scanned her from head
to foot.
That's right, chicken" he said, "fy
high!'-Cartoons Magazine.
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WHEN WE SHALL KNOW.

When this frail form in Mother Earth is
sleeping,
Resting in peace beneath her verdant
sod,
It's spirit grave through disappointment
sad, and weeping,
Has winged its way again unto its God;
When all the time allotted for the souls
great mission
Has been fulfilled, and we the call re-
ceived,
What has been gained by all this grief
and sadness?
What is revealed of things we once be-
lieved?
When we are called before The Great
Tribunal
To give account of time spent here
below,
Then as we stand before The Golden Bar
of Justice
Then, only then, are we allowed to
know,
What hath awaited our worry and our
frettIng
Der earthly things which we could not
control;
What we have won by over anxious get
ting,
And the effect it had upon the soul.
When we have passed beyond those
shining portals,
And gained that Home of Everlasting
Bliss,
There to enjoy that rest, secure, eternal,
Should we compare that Heavenly
Home with this?
Then VII we know that all these heavy
burdens,
! All anxious cares and sorrows here be-
low,
! Were but to test and strengthen our af-
lection,
For that Blest Home, to which, sc
soon, we go,
TILTON A. ELLIOTT.
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SOLDIER RS WERE ABUSED.

Mr. James W. Beckman of New York,
formerly a sergeant major with our troops
in France, under date o. June 20, 1919,
wrote a letter TO Representative Dallen-
ger of Massacn usetts. This letter, which
would fill about column and a malt
Of The Jourl was z succession OF al
locations Of cruelties which American
soldiers had suffered fol which American
officers were responsible. Mr.. Challenger
investigated tie matter and became salts
fed that the charges made by Mr.. Beck
man were true, and on July 18th read the
letter to tie House Of Representatives..
This lead To an Investigat OF the whole
matter by he House. which is now going
IN Mr.. Peckman's letter stated that all
his charges were reported by the lnspec-
tor General of the Second Army Corps
to the General Headquarters of the Amer
lean ExpedIt ionary Forces, and July %,
the Inspector General appeared before
the investig ating committee and confirm
ed the charges made by Mr.. BecAman
Gen. Marsh, Chi eff of Staff of the U. S
Army. so told the committee of cruelty
to soldiers. Other officers gave testl-
mony of the same sort, Mr. Chamber
lain, al able and stawart democratic
Senator. on the 2lst day of July said II
the Senate; MIR. President, the lates
information ha We is that Since Americ;
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KOREA.

Korea. the country which is being per-
secuted by Japan, is about two and one
half times the size of Maine and is consd-
erablv more than half as large as Japan,
It's nopuIation is not definitely known
butt census of its adult taxpayers was
taken in 1901 which enumerated 5, 6O8 35l
people. Hence it is safe to place the en-
tire number of inhabitants as being be-
tween 20 and 30 millions, or about one
third the population of Japan horea IS
peninsula about 500 miles long, extend
mo southwark from Manchuria and is be-
tween the sea of Japan on the east and'
for the most part, by the Yellow sea on
The west. The southern part of Japan IS
senaratad from the southern part OF horea
bv the strait of Korea, which is about lzo
miles wide, bat some of the small out
living islands belonging to Japan are With
in some 30 miles of Korea. Port Arthur
which Japan took from Manchurla lew
wears ago and has since been converted
into most strongly fortified naval base,
is ahout ITO miles west of Korea and 70
miles north of Shantung. We can no"
see that the taking of Port Arthur was
hut the initial step in Japan's acqulsltlVe
fox +rot. Korea has gold, silver, coal,
copper and many other things besides
mere acres. which Japan needs. Shan
+un6 is rich country. The opportunity
IN seize both these provinces has come
Nancburia IS further north, more remote
and therefore less desirable, and can DC
swallowed after Korea and ohan'uhg
have beeD digested. Korea was an lnoe-
nendent kingdom more than 1000 years
AGO hut after few centuries 1t Tell uh-
der the dominion of China. About oot
wears 400 il was one of three provinces
which became independent except that
Karea paid yearly tribute to China, and
her KINGS always received investure IRON
Chinese Emperors until l894-95, wheT
Korea rebeued and Instruction spreae
through the country, China sent troops
IN oueU this and Japan declared wa
AGAINST Chin because she had interferef
in Korea without consulting her China
was no match for Japan either in diplom
acv or war. and was compelled to get gu
of Korea. Japan's pretext for establish
ing her rule there at this time, is base'
upon the fact that in 1875 Korea, unit
then known as the 'Hermlt Nalloh'
opened three Of her principal ports to tn
shipping and trade Of Japan, by treat
which was forced upon them by slow on
irresistible pressure. The next steps Il
the subjugation and &C 4uisition OF More
are now being taken in the manner show
in last week issue of he Journal
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WEEPING eczema
SOON RELIEVED
4 Perfect Treatment For This
Distressing Complaint

w ASING.
ST had an attack of Weeping
Eczema; so bad that my clothes
would be wet through at times.
suffered terribly. I could get no
relief until tried 'Fruit-a-tives Tor
Fruit Liver Tablets and SCOTIA
Saliva. The first treatment gave me
relief. Altogether, l have used three
boxes of SCOTIA Saliva and two of
'Fruit-a-tives', and am entirely well''s
G.. w. HALL.
Both these remedies are sold by
dealers at soc. a box, 6 for $3.50, or
sent by FRUIT-ATIVES Limited,
OGDENSBURG, NY.
''Fruit-a-tives" is also put up in a
trial size which sells for 25c.
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divided, or practically 80 per cent to la Dor
and 20 to capital as interest and profits.
The United States Shipping Board pl

The United States Shipping Board pro
poses to build two ocean racers /, 900 feet
long, capable of crossing the Atlantic in
four days. These ships are to carry both
freight and passengers and if built will
be much larger than any ships which
have yet been launched. The Chief Con-
structor of the Navy and the presidents
of the big ship building plants have asked
the Secretary of the Navy to Immediately
appoint a committee to supervise this
great undertaking. If the navy depart
ment is to build these vessels we wonder
why the presidents of the big ship yards
are so much interested We are not
aware that Congress has authorized the
navy department to undertake this en-
terprise or has made any appropriation
therefor We think the Secretary of the
Navy should be reminded that he is not
the United States Government, but is
merely servant, and we think Congress
should place firm hand on Secretary
Daniels shoulder and so inform him.
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Back at Him.

The brilliant wit of the bar looked at
the moon-faced farm aborer, and winked
at his friends and whispered, 'Now We'll
have some fun" ''t1ave you been mar
ried?" he began. ''Ye-e-es," stammered
the laborer, "once" "Whom did you
marry?" "a w-w-woman, sir. Come,
my good man, of course it was a woman.
Did you ever hear of any one marrying a
MANI" 'Ye e-es, SIT; my sister did. ~
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TRUCKING

am prepared to do all kinds of tt ickin9
Furniture and piano moving a speciality
Leave orders at the stable, corner OF
Main and Cross streets, and they will re.
ceive prompt attention.
Telephone connection.
W. W. BLAZO,
I2o Waldo Avenue, Belfast.
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In office, but the report of the hearings
will be printed in the Congressional Rec
ord We shall at least be aDle TO reach a
conclusion as to who was incompetent
and who was dishonest
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"Gott nit uns." Once a German
boast. Now a duplication.
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ADVERTISING TERMS. For one square,
one inch length in column, so cents for
one week and IS cents for each subsequent
insertion.
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1t is reported that Dr. Augusta Durand,
prominent landowner and proprietor of
the newspaper La Prensa, has sold ap-
proximately 800, 900 acres of land near
Huanuco, on the Amazon watershed, to
japanese syndicate. Three hundred
thousand additional acres are in negotla
ton The land lies in the sub-tropical
belt and is suitable for sugar, cotton, cot
fee, cocoa and similar products. This
land purchase is considered the forerur-
ner of big JapaE ese colonization scheme
in Peru.
A piece of land twice as large as Waldo
county will afford room for great num-
Der of japanese colonsts. Evidently the
purchasers think the Monroe Doctrine is
only regional understanding
Two army truck trains left W Washington
July 7, their destination being San Fran
cisco, where they are scheduled to arrive
September /. An army truck train is
made up of five passenger cars, thirty
five trucks, all CT army types, two am
balances, six motor cycles, two tank
trucks, two kitchen trailers, two water
tank trucks, one engineer shop truck and
one searchlight truck. Wasting at the
spigot and wasting at the bung
The House of Representatives has now
more than a dozen investigations going
on. We do not anticipate that anybody
will be punished for graft or malfeasance
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WAN Ell

CECOND HAND GOODS Of ey.
- ton, Furniture. bedding, cary
etc. Antique furniture a specH
have anything to sell drop me
you will receive prompt call.
WALTER Il. coon
Corner Washington and Brio
Tel. 253-5 Re'fas
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cStops to leave passengers.
Fare from Belfast to Boston,
NJ. l.. HARRIS, GEM Pa.
D. c. DOUGLASS,
General Manager, PoTtlau
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Bf:f!ChAmS
PILLS

Lssgest Sale of Any Medicine in the World
Sold everywhere. In boxes, LOG, CSC.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Council of Four May
Summon the German
DELEGATES This Week

PARIS, April 12.-The Council of
Four of the peace conference expects
to finish its examination Of the boun.
Diary questions in dispute on Monday
next and to summon the German dole
gates to Versailles in the course of
next week, according to lie Journal"
The council of four met in the Paris
white House" this morning and reas-
sembled for another session in the
afternoon. What subjects we're under
consideration were not announced
1t has been definitely decided that
Premier Lloyd George will leave for
London on Monday, to DO absent about
a week.
With tho single exception Of the
amendment specifically cxemptng the
Monroe Doctrine from being affected
by the covenant, no vital change was
made by the League Of Nations Com
mission In that document in it's meet
ings on Thursday and Friday nights.
last nights meeting marking the con-
clusion of tho consideration Of tho
covenant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
in
Corea Spread ;.
Many Killed
Japanese Official Repor,
Tells of Rioting in Hum
dreds of Places; Battles
With Police and Troops

TOXIC, April (By The Associated
Press The uprisings in Corea are
spreading and threaten to engulf the
whole peninsula, says an official state
ment from the Japanese government
to-day.
There have been serious riots in the
last three days in hundreds of places
Many policemen have been killed and
several police stations and postoffices
destroyed.
Telegraph wires, the statement adds,
have been cut in various places, and
bridges and homes of Japanese burned
The statement continues:
"'rhe fact that the situation has
grown worse may be attributed chiefly
to the activities of Coreans abroad
especially in Vladivostok, who seek to
propagate Bolshevism in Corea and
thence in Japan"
1t is believed here that the disturb
ances will be suppressed vigorously by
the military. Press dispatches saw
Japanese troops have fired on mobs in
various parts Of Corea and killed many
persons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Capital Sees Desire
To Meet Objections
In League CHANGES

WASHINGTON, April 12-The Off
cial summary Of the amended covenant
OF the league of nations was received
in Washington tonight too late for Of
ficials and members Of Congress to
study it for formal comment. 1t was
apparent, however, that important
changes in the original document we're
designed to meet criticisms made on
the floor of the Senate and elsewhere
by friendly critics as we'll as opponents
of the league.
Aside from the amendment specifi-
cally mentioning the Monroe Doctrine
as among regional understandings"
not affected by the covenant, the change
which seemed to attract the most at
tention here was that requiring a
unanimous vote in both the Assembly
Of the states and the governing execu-
matter "of international interest or
threatening the peace of the world"
In the original draft unanimous con-
sent was required excepting the parties
to dispute. This apparently was in
tended to make it clear that no nation
surrendered it's sovereignty or right
of individual action through member
ship In the league.
Another change in a section much
discussed in the Senate debate requires
the approval of each member state of
recommendations of the council as to
the amount of armed force, if any, to
be supplied by those states to act on
behalf Of the league in moving against
a state which has broken the covenant
Opponents of the constitution as opipi-
nally drawn insisted that this section
took away from Congress the power to
declare war and might force the Unite
States to send its soldiers or sailors
into battle in some far-off corner OF
the earth for cause in which the
country was not interested.
The same kind Of change was made
in the sections relating to disarma-
ment and the administration Of man
dates over the former German colonies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
800 French Deputies
Sign ''R0und R0bin''
For @'Payrnent in FulL''

PARIS, April 12.-Three hundred
members Of the French Chamber of
Deputies have signed a manifesto as
sociating themselves with the resolu-
ton signed Thursday by the members
of the Senate in which hope was ex-
pressed that full restitution would be
exacted from the enemy and that the
full cost of the war would be imposed
ION those responsible for the creates t
crime of history" The resolution said
that the Senators insisted that the
peace treaty and the league of nations
provide legal and territorial guarantees
OF sufficient strength to prevent future
wars.
This Is taken by many observers, in
Guiding Frcnch newspapers, as another
sign of the growing discomfort with
the peace conference and its work. The
French press also Is apparently dis
contcnded over the results Of the last
two meetings Of tho league Of nations
commission.
"rertinax," writing in tho echo dc
f.arIs," warns the council Of four that
the parlsamcnts in London, Paris end
Washington, not to speak of Others,
WI not accept "a peace treaty blind
folded" The writer adds:
The preliminarles arc being clab-
Grated In secrecy. Tho council of ten
decided to make the league OF nations
,hs Keystone of their work, but at the
latest meeting Of the league commits
sion, as before. ali amendments likely
to give II bones, muscle and nerves
notably those offered by tho French
found no mercy from those great doc
trinaires: President Wilson and Lord
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Plans for BoIsherik
Spring Offensive Are
Reported to WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, April 12-Extensive
preparations by the Bolshevik govern
ment of Russia for big military Of
fensve this spring were described in
official dispatches received here TO-DAY
based upon summary of information
reaching the Scandinavian countries.
Suspension of railway transportation
in Russia was declared to be due not
merely to economic causes. bGc also 70
permit large troop movements. Extra
ordinary measures also are being taken
In the gun and ammunition factories
TO increase the output. men refusing to
work being threatened with loss of food
or even death.
In Western Russia whole new armies
are being organized. it was said, many
former war prisoners being modified
along with new detachments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

to do it and when I say we mean
the American people as shown by their
own policy during the last thirty
years"
MI. Barnes said that for four months
the world had practically been ruled by
four men in Paris, the heads of four
great governments, backed by the
greatest military power ever assem-
bled. They are in effect the execu-
tive council of the proposed league" he
SAID. "lf this great quartet, with
armies modified and fleets ready, can
not obtain peace simply and quickly,
now can an executive council. with
armament scattered and without cohe-
sion, ever succeed in preserving the
peace for which il is to be created ?
II this great power has proven inept
as 1T has, whence will come the power
to preserve peace or prevent war;"
Mr.. Barnes said that proponents of
the league asked that it be accented on
taith. IF we are to take the proposal
on faith as Americans" he continued.
IT IS natural we should turn to its
chief proponent in America and put to
the test our experience in his judg-
ment. can recall no instance in inter
national matters where the facts have
worked out in accordance with tho
analysis he has advanced He himself
has stated that because he thought a
thing the American people thought that
thing. and therefore he was roing IN
tell Europe that America thought A he
did: 1t is always a pleasure TO agree
With the Chief Executive of the Unitod
States, but agreement is dependent on
reason, and | cannot deprive mvself Of
reason because he has taken journey
around his mind" ,