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To the Gallery

The defence has the floor. But Coffin
rises. He has written a statement and
nothing will keep him from reading 1t. He
is playing to thegallery.
Literary bunk. motley of common
places, banalities, deprecated sophistry. He
says he's an anarchist. He battles against
the existing order of things. NJ. Clemen-
ceau represents "authority Never was the
police more arrogant" He speaks of the
Bastie of "lettres de cachet." incidentally.
ne greets "his brethren the Spartacists."
He sneers at the French army which he
contrasts to the army of the revolution that
carried liberty across Europe. He
speaks tenderly of Germany and Of the five
million Germans lying dead on the battle
field, who, when their ammunition had given
out, defended themselves with their nails
and teeth"
On the other hand, he compares the
armies of the Kaiser, devastating Northern
France, to the armies of Napoleon pillaging
Europe.
The union sacree" is nothing but union
of capitalists. He concludes by heralding
the dawn of a society, founded the
laws of nature, society where there will be
no room for violence, where ideas will be
discussed freely, where the pleasures of one
man will be limited by nothing except the
pleasures Of the other.
The audience listens, amused. Coffin has
finished. He sits down contentedly.
The counsel for the defence winds up
The court is about to retire for deliberations
At this moment a dramatic incident occurs
A woman rises among the audience. She is
dressed in deep mourning. She advances
toward the witness stand. The presiding
judge looks at the counsel. He whispers:
ats his mother. did not know"
Cottin's mother stops. She wants to
speak, but tears choke her words. She
makes effort, and one hears a voice that
is nothing but sob:
81 did not come to defend him. But
don't want that they should call him un-
patriotic. He was so sad to see all those
soldiers die. He wept when he spoke to me
about all those boys dying with the word
mother on their lips. He wanted
to enlist. It's pity they did not accept
him. He was brave. They might have given
him dangerous errands and at least he would
be dead by now"
But she hasn't strength to finish what
she wants to say She turns back and COL
lapses on bench, sobbng. =.
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herself on the side Of our enemies Err
berger no longer considered propaganda in
favor Of war worth while, and with rapid
change Of convictions, began to push prop
uganda against war. He defended Wilson's
plan for a league Of nations, which he at
tempted to explain to the German people
in a book"
Regarding his failure as an armistice
delegate the "Berliner Neueste Mach
richten" continues;
"No one had o better chance Of making
good his stilted phrase, 4 wager that
after l have sat for only half an hour at
the table with Lloyd George and the others
we will have an immediate peace Now he
has been sitting for months with the nego-
tiators Of the Entente, and we are not only
not at peace, but he has agreed to the most
humiliating terms possible for Germany"
According to the "Frankfurter Zeit-
ung," ga we'll paid porter with placard
bearing the words we accept might
just as we'll have been sent to Treves. in
stead Of the nodding Official" while the
Hanover Courier" reaches the conclu-
sion that "where antique grandeur alone
would have been fitting, thick-headed
bourgeoisie had been sent"
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Americans i'm Canada
6 4 CCORD1NG to official figures the

"a ccoRD1Nc to official figures the
total number Of Americans
that have taken up residence in the
Province of Alberta since 1905. incl,,d-
ing FIVE months of the fiscal year 1918
10, reaches 275,093," observes "1'he
Argonaut," which continues:
"In 1905 tho Province OF Alberta xvns
organized and statistical information has
been kept since that date of the immiera-
ton into the three provinces, Manitoba.
Saskatchewan and Alberta. Saskatchewan
ranks second, with 22e33o Immigrants
and Manitoba third, with only 1880. The
largest immigration into Alberta from tho
United States camo in 1900-10 and mum.
bered SA,b63; the smallest. in 1o1s.1p
numbered b,8i3.
Tho total population Of Alberta in 1919
WAS given officially as A06,b2b.
THE British immigration during IN.
tn'rteen years since the province was or
gan'zed was 1909, and other than Britinh
*o'Ses' making total Of ll3,8e4, az COM
Phred with 27b,093 immigrants OF Amcri-
can nationality. The prcdominance of IN.
American immigrant over all other nation
alitics is nearly 20 per cent Assuming that
tho proportion of immigrants from tho
United States residing in Alberta prior to
the organization of the province was about
the Same as is now existing, the total
American population in Alberta TODAY ia
probably $4,000 out Of the entire 496,52b
population, or about 65 per cent OF course.
hundreds OF Americans have taken up gov
ernment land and have become naturalized.
and many hundreds Of immigrants have
left the United States before they have
completed their naturalization there. But
the prcdomnancc Of Americans in Alberta
In very marked, and this predominance has
= direct influence upon trade with tho
United States"
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1T. c." Of the British Army

Although 1t took him ten years to be-
come major, within the next ten years
he had become lieutenant general and
quartermaster general to the British
armies in France. In this post he
showed himself "a great leader Of men
and superb organizer" To quote fur
Their:
1T. c.. had the ideal personality for a
military leader. You were always dreadfully
afraid Of him and sincerely fond of him.
No general ever made sterner demands on
his officers and men. If you could not stand
up to gruelling days work and come up
smiling for the next days and the next
days, until the need had passed, you were
no use, and you moved on to some less ex
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acting sphere. But you were working IN
der worker, and you found yourself part
of a massive machine which was rolling
fiat all obstacles. That made it easy. Fur
Their, there was the most generous appre-
citation Of good work and keen personal
sympathy. An incident to illustrate this:
A very lame officer appeared on the staff
ono day.
''Ihe cobbestones of Montreuil are hard
going and this officer found the half-mile
walk from G. Fl. O. to his billet painful
part Of his day. IT. c. who could see
little thing easily as he could see
million rounds of ammunition circulating
up to The front, noticed the limping officer,
who the next day heard from the A. D. C.
to the general that billet was cleared for
him at the threshold Of his office. That
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that unlocks the door Of the mystery. or
even clew following which might be led
out of labyrinth into a place Of under
standing and revelation But such IA not
for tho likes Of mo. All / can do is to
look on In dazcd way and, by tho con-
tagion of contact develop like feeling Of
unrest, an itch for perpetual motion.
"To get right down to business and attend
to regular job seems of all things the most
difhcult just now. To concentrate Is almost
as hard ms to feel kindly toward Ger
man You strive your best TO fix your
brain on the problem in hand, tho piece of
work to do and calling to be done, but. 10.
your eye goes out Of the window, your
thought Ia in France or on the far isles of
the sea- or pretty soon your feet begin TO
beat time to the pitter-patter along tho
mllion-footed way, until In despair vot,
clap on your hat and rush forth TO oin
the mobile vulgus we now call tho mob for
abort; mn chronological fact trust one or
two OF my readers, old fashioned enough TO
remember their Latin, may recognize.
"Then, az you merge IN tho multitudInous
heterogenelty OF mankind hurryine by. YOU
So" "''""" NV oHly WIN feeling OF it's
mystery, but Of It's poetry. Bacon speaks
of the intense lonesomeness that ono suf
fers in the crowd; the solitariness OF "A
single soul in such an experience. But
there Is strange, deep music in it, too and
II the rhythm is not plain to make out. it
mas the lure of the unknown, and kind of
voice not without its strong seduction. Nor
IS pathos lacking. All mankind wants to
come at contentment seeks place where
happiness dwells. Ard all mankind ia on
that quest, now and forever. Especially
now with the wander fever beating in the
Diood' and certain great ideals of social
freedom and equality a glittering goal. des
cried not too far away--a mirage a miracle.
yet an article of faith
mot only Americans 60 a-wanderine but
all men. To wander, to return and to lie
down for rest; it is an epitome of Life. OF
human fate.'
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emotion, for instance. Coffin de-
clares he felt no emotion.
The counsel for the government repeats
the question He offers the defendant q
chance to extenuate his crime: "Were you
not moved at al?" Coffin has but
thing in mind-he does not want to be seen
staggering. Nevertheless, this time he ad-
nlits he was moved. But in what manner?
"One is always moved when ono is going
to do such things. Only a fool would not
have been moved"
"But did not this emotion stop your" asks
the lieutenant.
Cottin's answer reveals his psychology.
He thinks but of himself, not for moment
Of his victim.
"I was sorry for myself. I knew very
we'll what was going to happen to me-"
"Were you sorry for yourself alone?"
And as Coffin hesitates, apparently fear
ing snare, the counsel treasures him:
Not Trap
ri not trying to trap you. That would
be mean trick. I want an answer. Did
you have a notion Of the danger you were
about to incur Of the gravity Of the act
you were committing?"
~ don't know how to explain" says Cot
tin, who only a little while ago could talk
very fluently.
"Tell me what you were thinking, what
in your mind. Well understand you"
Coffin braces himself.
81 felt that it was going to be something,
and afterward"
"Well?"
"\Vor no+h;rrn
That's all. He protested when the wit
ness said he had been staggering. But there
his imagination stopped. 1t did not carry
him to the point of regret.
His whole attitude, maintained through
out the cross-examination, was summed up
in this incident. Whatever he said was
prompted by vanity and by vanity alone.
Not word Of repentance. When the read
ing of the indictment was finished he started
to argue. 1t was said he invited his COM
rades to admire" his books; he only in
vited them to "look at them" They were
not "books," just pamphlets; he knows tho
difference between book and pamphlet.
1t was said that he participated in GUAR
rels" at the office of the newspaper LA
Plebe"; in fact, he participated in discus
sions." 1t was said he had sold copies of
this newspaper; this was not true at all;
what he had sold were pamphlets published
by the newspaper.
Tho indictment stated he had been
"angry."
"Angry!" he shouted at the top of his
voice. Anarchists are never angry We
leave that to the exploitersl"
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A Diplomat
Born 1919
CENATOR COUNT GIUSEPPE
- GREPpI, tho oldest diplomstIst IN

CENAToR COUNT GIUSEPPE
- GREPpI, the oldest diplomstist IN
The world, Is now a centenarian.
"The London Times" gives the following
sketch OF his career,
"Born In Milan. Count Gxeppi entered
the Austrian diplomatic service ssventy-
seven years ago under Metternich, and his
first appointment was TO Rome. Thrss
yssrs earlier he had witnessed tho Corona
ton Of Ferdinand l. and three years later
no visited Vienna, where no stayed for .
short time before being transferred Arst
TO Munich and then 20 Stockholm. He was
a. Stockholm In 134S, when Milan rose
against tho Austrians. He resigned from
Austrian service and became a citizen Of
the Kingdom Of Sardinia. After a short
interval he entered the diplomatic service
at Piedmont, and his career ended thirty
one years ago when he left tho post of
Ambassador in St. Petersburg on Signor
CrispPs accession TO the Premiership OF
Italy. In the interval he had been In posts
In London, Berlin, Athens, Constantinople,
StuttEsrt, Munich and Madrid, where no
went as Minister In 1875
HE has lived in close touch with all tho
great events Of tho last eighty years, and
has known personally most Of tho chief
figures Of the world Of politics and society
during this period. His memory Of long
past events and Of great figures that became
shadows long ago Is fresh and clear Vi
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kicked by the master and who took his re-
vcngo year afterward. In May, 1918 the
workers at the Rcnault plant went on strike
Coffin decided he would cut figure Being
stopped in front of the factory and asked
what he was doing there, he said, II am
picketing." 1t was for him like impersonat-
ing n part which engaged all his dignity.
However, the police, wishing to protect the
workers who desired to work against the
pickets, charged the latter with drawn
sabres. Coffin, who chad not said thing"
was jostlcd. He could never forget that NJ.
Clemcnceau was Premier then. Coffin held
him responsible. 1t is the memory of this
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= NROTZkY? Lenine? Yes. the IN.
Bolshevists who hold in thai,
grasp the fate of great Ru,s;.
are invariably linked together IN
the mind of the world. Yet, accord,nv
to a writer in "The London Times.n .hsu
are wholly unlike The latter, it seems
is almost entirely devoid of temp.r,
ment." But Trotzky, on the other hand
is "all fire and passion" We read:
ale has the temperament of the srt,,.
and delights in theatrical heroics. Will.
Lenine sneers at public honor. presum.h,r
on the grounds that there is no b,ros
among thieves, and therefore none an,ono
capitalists, Trotzky makes great plav WITH
the word. He was defending Russia,
honor at Brest. 1t pleased him to barsv
paradoxes with the German generals ava
his sense Of fattery was tickled when q
we'll known American declared in admire.
ton that IF the German General stss
bought Trotzky they bought lemon After
hHeSO, however, lhe lehoh was indeed sour.
Trotzkys dignity had suffered an affront,
and he returned TO Petrograd full Of wrath
with Germany and breathing threats Of re-
venge. At that moment ne would willingly
have died fighting if all Russia had been
present to see him do It,"
When the Bolshevist government left
Petrograd in order to ratify the peace
at the Moscow congress
"Trotzky remained behind to suIk in hi,
den at Smolny. few days later, however.
his equanimity was restored by the offer Of
the Commissariat for War an Office in
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sumes, "the Prussians were eighty kilo-
metres from Paris, too. Was it not natural
that the head of the government wished to
protect those who wero working for the ma
tional defcncc?"
Coffin shrugs his shoulders. His Vision
does not carry that far.
The same absence Of imagination in the
last hours preceding the crime. A janitress
in the Rue Franklin testiies that she saw
Coffin staggering" on the morning of Feb
ruary 10 He grows indignant. He did not
staggcr.
Lieutenant Mornet observes one may
stagger without being drunk-that strong
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which his boundless energy and organizing
talents have been Of the greatest service to
the Bolshevists. Impetuous and hot-head-
ed, he is apt, like the Queen in Alice in
Wonderland to solve every crisis with a
wild shrek Of of with his headl' On
more than one occasion It has needed ell
Lenine's tact and discretion TO rescue The
Bolshovist bark from the rocks onto
which Trotzky's fiery energy had driven it
among his colleagues Trotzky does not
enjoy the same respect or admiration as
Lenine, and in this connection too much
importance should not be attached to the
frequent rumors Of quarrels between the
two men. They are probably untrue. Boil
shevist commissaries viii always smile
whenever one mentions the possibility Of
q Lenne-Trotzky split. Trotzky, after all,
is only one Of themselves. Lenine is Of the
gods.
This does not mean that Trotzky is 10
be considered az an insignificant factor in
the Bolshevist movement. Originally use
full as journalist and a pamphleteer, he
has become to-day the Bolsheyist man Of
action, the Bolshevist imperialist. The Red
army, such as Is, is largely his cres-
ton"
Trotzky, the orator
"is powerful demagoguc, kissing out bis
words with degree Of hate which Is not
without effect. He Is apt, however to lose
his temper in the face Of opposition ard to
take refuge in mere abuse Rumor has
many unkind things to say about his pri-
vato life and his commercial honesty They
may be untrue. but they give illustrs-
ton Of the different estimate Of the char
acters Of Lenine and 1rotzky which exists
in the mind Of the Russian people. Always
neatly dressed aud with carefully mani
cured nails, he is tho best dressed of oil
tho Bolsheyist commssaries Vain ano
easily susceptible to nattery, he IS By no
means aversc from publicity md is or OF
any rate was. far moro accessible TO foreign
Journalists than his more famous colleague
To-day he has initiated Kereneky'n fanhion
Of appearing AZ Red army concerts or
parades Ia ecml uniform Of khaki, and
even hia own friends have taunted him with
Nopoleonic designs.
"When the world Is going we'll with him
he can be very ailable, and, indeed, is rot
without certain charm Of manner. In this
way he has been able ut times TO make
favorable first impression upon foreigners
ono American in ht of exuberation once
describing him as the greatest Jew since
Christ These impressions, however, DO net
stand the test of time. Behind those fierce
black eyes Turks ever the demon Of suspi-
cion and distrust. 1t is this ever-present
fear Of treachery which inspires the ter
riblc, pitiless cruelty of which he has beer
guilty 1t was probably after much hest
tation and with some misgivings that
Irotzky finally threw in his lot with the
Bolshevists. To-day, however, he knows
that he has crossed d Rubcon to which
there is no returning More conscious Of
less indifferent too than Lenine to the fate
that awaits him in the event of failure, he
is prepared to sell his life dearly and 10
shrink before nothing in his attempt to
carry Bolshevism by fair means or foul into
the four corners of Europe"
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Burton in "The Belman,"
never in its history did
New York City present
such a spectacle as 1t does at the pres-
ent moment" For one thing
"the hotels, large and small. are so crowded
that not only are you unable to sccure q
room at call, or in tho near future bu+ I,
some cases you find 1t difficult to elbow
your way to the desk to make inquiry The
stereotyped reply by tho desk clerk ia.
Sorry, we are turning them away Che
doesn't mean he Is sorry to turn them
away; we will put your name down, Won
are I'LL Whereupon, you probably toll
him to make it 700. and go sadly forth for
further seeking OF place TO lnv vour
weary itncrant hoad-~to snv nothing
about your baggage. -.
who arc all these wandering Americans
now pouring into the nations chisf CITY,
Where do they como from, and whitber
are they going1 What arc they after. and
why do they subject themselves To- tb,s
homeless, sleepless discomfort1 Really. Il
is question for tho student of life. You
ask 1t willis the wanderers flow past and
no ono Of them all heeds your cry. nor
stops for an answer to 30 foolish An In
quiry.
u, for one humble observer, am bv no
means sure Of the reason for thi. curio,.
congestion of humans on the hunt-foy
something. 1t is but intelligent guessing
at tho best. Still, ono or two contributorv
causes can perhaps be named Tho phenom-
email mild weather is one such; it makes
travel and outdoor circulation so easy and
delightful that shoppers and sightscors and
amusement mongcrs arc lured from the
adjacent towns, or from further aficld. into
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incident which made him fire ten bullets at
his victim
He lived in his spite. He has no i'm
agination. The government counsel, as he
examines him, asks: do you remember
what was going on in France at the time
you were on strike ?" He remembers, but
only the fact Immediately touching on him
self: 1.-THE workers at Renault's were dis
satisfied"
"But," Lieutenant Mornet. the counsel, re-
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~
"A delegate the German press is
bitter against Herr Erzberger.
Rejoicing in the fact that he
was not included among the peace dele
gates, George Bernhard says, in the
'Vossische Zeitung":
att is a piece Of good fortune that tho
German nation would have been glad to en-
joy long before this. For this inverted
Northcliffe, who in spite Of reckless ex-
penditures Of state money and shameless
corruption Of the press could not make his
propaganda successful could have no sue
cess with the Entente, as they have too
complete dossier regarding him. He
should never have been allowed out of Ger
many as a negotiator. The task OF the
difficult because OF his mismanagement of
the armistice negotiations, and the German
nation has him to thank for what Is taking
place in Posen to-day"
The "Berliner Neueste Nachrichten"
thinks a survey Of his past career worth
while and states few Of the plumbers
committed by the statesman:
"His extraordinary following as parlia-
mentarian led to the belief that he was
supremely fitted to occupy the position of
chief of propaganda, while his willingness
and zeal showed itself in the sum expend-
ed for this end, which was no less than
2S,000,0o0 marks"
On the other hand:
"He used his Office lightly, afiliatng
himself only with those papers whose cor
ruptibility no secret and whose sig
nifcance had already sunk to low level.
The discovery of this fact gave Italy and
Rumania additional reasons for making war
upon Germany, and when America declared
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Coffin With the ''Chin of an Infant"

leniency Of the court--the gesture Of vain
fellow believing himself a philosopher, for
having read what he did not comprehend
Revenge
But in the course OF the cross-examina-
ton we discover what was perhaps the
primary Of his crime, an element Of
personal spite, around which all the
traneous excitements Of the hour crystalline
the spite Of the apprentice who was
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ex-staff officer in "The London
Daily Telegraph" AS a regimental Of
ficer In the zoos "T. c." never seemed to
get an opening.
Nor did his early staff work bring him
much recognition. But an officer of his to-
day, who was a clerk under him when
he was first staff captain, insists that he
always gave the impression Of great power
IN reserve. 'He believed in the British army.
in hard work, and in himself That was
the foundation Of the career Of man who,
once an opening showed, forged ahead with
marvellous speed to his destiny"
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One Of the witnesses said Cottin's theories
were wicked" Here he Strengthened up:
"17S9 was wicked to the royalists. Keren-
sky was wicked to the Czarists"
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VIVID picture Of Sir Travers
D Clarke, the British Quartermas-
lA- ter General, is furnished by an
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Erzberger
Pen Point
Target

FTER his fiasco as an armistice
delegate the German press is
f. bitter against Herr Erzberger.
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City Of Restless Feet

* EVER" observes Richard
~ Burton in "The Bellman,"
never in its history did
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1rOtzky an
Actor of
Parts

E%RoTzKY? 1enine? Yes. the ~,
B Bolshevists who hold in their
grasp the fate of great Ru.s;.