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The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
SOVIETS DENY
ADULTS FOOD
Quaker Commissioners Say
Children Are Fed, but
No One Else.

BERLIN. Dec. 5.-The Soviet an
thorities do their best to supply
food and clothing to children and
soldiers Of the Red army, but
adults. especially old people and in
mates Of hospitals and similar in
stitutions. suffer and lack even the
necessaries of life, assert Frederick
Libby. of New Hampshire and Will
liam s. Albright, OF England, the
Quaker commissioners who have
just returned to Berlin from Reval
where they were in conference with
Arthur Watts, who has passed the
last four months in Moscow.
Institutions to care for the chill
dren are being established in maAy
parts of Russia, one being located
In a palace of the late Gar near
Petrograd.
The Quakers obtained the consent
of the Soviet authorities to continue
to extend their work in Russia dur
ing the coming winter. Arthur
Watts, of England. and Anna Hayes.
of Philadelphia, both of whom pre-
viously spent time there now are
in Moscow experimenting the dis
tribution of $4,000 worth of food.
clothing and medicines supplied by
the American. Red Cross from the
Brest warehouses and purchased by
money from Philadelphia. As in
the case of two previous shipments
from England and American
Friends. valued at approximately
$50. 900 in material was turned over
to the Russian government to be
given out according to need as no
private charity is permitted, The
Quakers hope to overcome this OBJ
lection in the near future and to
obtain q warehouse to carry on the
work in cooperation with the So
Wet child-feeding units.
The government assumes a very
cautious attitude towards the
Quakers who enjoy the thought Of
being the only foreign relief agency
permitted to work in Soviet terri
tory.
(cepyhsht, iseo. Pubic Ledger Co..
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
Another Railway
Fight Threatens
Britain, He Says

LONDON. Dec. 5.-J. H. Thomas,
general secretary of the National
Union Of Railwaymen. has issued a
warning to the British public that
within few. months there would
be another. big tight between the
government and railway workers.
Only q few years ago the railway
companies said that our business
was, merely to do what we were
told" he said w..
I'VE answered that by saying that
the government indicated in their
White Paper that they realized the
railwaymen ought to have a share
In the management.
1T Is our Intention to hold the
government to that promise.
Il hope our government will un-
derstand clearly that on this mat
ter the railwaymen Of our country
are absolutely united and deter
mined. It is perfectly true we have
not reached the end of our fight. I
believe there will be a big fight
in this country in the snxt few
months" 10
Mr.. Thomas addressed the confer
ence of representatives of more
than 1.25O,0oo. railwaymen from
Great Britain. France. Belgium. Ger
many, Hollapd. Luxemburg and
Scandinavia "
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
Midnight Shock
Laid to Meteor
Burst in Skies

WINCHESTER. Va. Dec. 5.-Hun-
dreds were awakend shortly after
midnight last night by an explosion
of undetermined origin. which. act
ing much like an earthquake. shook
buildings. ratified windows and
caused chinaware to rock on the
shelves.
Investigation has failed to dis
close the source of the blast. It has
been put down as one Of those mys-
terious night noises which occur in
communities from time to time, but
which never are unraveled. II is
generally believed the disturbance
was due to the bursting of a meteor.
for the reason that the explosion
seemed to be high in the air, and
did not proceed from the ground.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
British Continue
Jailings; Doubt
Peace with Irish

LONDON. Dec. Sin the opinion
of Downing Street tonight the re-
ports from Dublin of peace pros
poets in ireland are premature.
The government will continue its
policy of nonrecognition of the Dali
Eireann or any officials of the Irish
Republic, but will open all avenues
to peace for the Irish county coun-
ellis, Irish labor or the Catholic
Church.
In the meantime the military au-
thorities in ireland will continue to
imprison in Mount Joy prison, Dub
lin all members of the Irish parlia-
ment and refuse to compromise on
any ground with Sim Feiners who
have been active in what the gov
ernment calls the murder cam
paign."
British liberal journals and labor
leaders. however, are naking a
great display of peace overtures."
Most of these overtures, however,
date back two weeks.
(cspyrirht. 1890. Public Ledger Coz
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
'COLLEGEGETS
BIGBEQUESTS
Library,Money,P Painting and
Organ Added to Treas
ures of Virginia.

CHARDOTTESvrLL Va. Dec g.
The formal opening Of the will
lam H Heck Memorial Library win
be at the university early next
month
II will be established in honor of
the late William h Heck. the Uni
versity's nrst professor OF education.
and VIII occupy space in Peabody
Hall.
As nucleus for the library, Mrs
Anna Tuttle Heck, widow Of Prof.
Heck. has given the university the
working library Of Prof. Heck.
which consists Of more than 1000
works on education, both foreign
and American.
The university has received four
other valuable gifts. John Arm
strong Chaloner has presented the
Fine Arts School with a large OIL
painting, The Christ and the In
FAINT Saint John" which has been at
tributed TO Rubens. The, picture was
for generations in the possession Of
the Pickens family. OF South Caro-
lima, and is signed and dated -P
P. Rubens. 1928"
Paul Goodlow McIntire, who gave
the funds for the erection Of the
Greek amphitheater. has given s2t.-
900 for the installation of a pipe
organ in the big outdoor playhouse.
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, OF
Boston, a lineal desceudent OF
Thomas Jefferson. founder Of the
university. left $4,000 in his will
for general uses
Mrs Sallie Maxwell Bennett gave
$500 to the university in memory
Of her husband. the late Louis Ben
nett, a noted alumnus- The money
will be used for the establishment
of fellowship in the law school
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
Case IN Court
Ends at Altar
For Defendant

WINCHEsTER, Va. Dee. g.
Little winged cupfds new all
around the Magtstrate's Court st
winchester yesterday.
The moment Miss EGie Beyce,
OF Frederick County. was dis
charged on q charge Of as.auIt-
ing small boy she turned
around and married the boys
father, Daniel DeHaven.
The child's grandfather. ID. n.
Ruble. had Miss Royce arrested,
alleging that she had struck the
boy with a stone.
Testimony was conflicting.
Justice Tavener, who had heard
wedding bells were TO Jingle that
night, dismissed the case, assess
Ing costs 10 the grandfather.
At the word sDtsmissed,, Miss
Boyee and DeHaven sailed from
the courtroom, arm I'm arm, and
went TO the parsonage.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
Culpeper Girl Mar1ies.

FREDERIcKSBUR Va. Dec. s.
Miss Lucy Herndon willis. daugh-
ter of Mrs. Eugene II. Willis, of
Lignum, Culpeper County. became
the bride of Addison Gordon Willis,
of C11peper County, yesterday. The
was performed by Rev.
w. Hurt, Of Culpeper. The
bride was given in marriage by her
brother. H H. Willis, OF Cul2eper-
Mrs. Hansford H. Rowe, o. Rich
mond. sister of the brfde, WAS
matron of honor. Jamc- Gsrnrff
WINS. nephew Of the
lag bearer. r. Ma Ie.
bretEsE OF ehe Eroom, as 81
E1aa and. the ushers 81 t.hr \
Gordon, OF SpcJsylvanis ury;
Prof. c. II Wills. Richnons. COL
iege: Alfred CaEaett, University OF
Virginia, and DR.. c. G. willis, Of
Huntington, W. Va
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
.LODGEHON0RS
DEADBROTHERS'
EIks Pay Impressive Tribute
To Members Who Died
During Var.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. 3. Doniphan.
127 King Street.

ALEXANDRIA. Va, Dec. g.
Judge Robero z. Mattingly, of
Washington, delivered the memorial
address tonight at the annual serv-
ices of Alexandria Lodge of Elks.
held in its home. The speaker took
as his subject Our Order" He said
the order was instituted fifty-two
years ago and now has on Its roster
soc, ,000 members and is seeking the
coveted goal of 100000.
The part played by the Elks In the
world war was told by the speaker.
He spoke of the hospitals they es-
tablished and the funds furnished
for the Red Cross and salvation
Army.
The hall was filled with members
and friends. Opening ceremonies
were conducted by Exalted Ruler
George A. Klaus. When Secretary
George w. Bontz called the names Of
fifty-four members who have died
since 1920, a light was turned on at
the rear of the stage for each name,
spelling out "Our Absent Brothers"
This was surrounded by stars for
the remainder Of the names. In the
center was a clock with the hour
hand pointing to IL.
Musical numbers were given as
follows: Violin solos. Prof. Rake
mann; vocal solo. Miss Katheryn
Brill. accompanied by Miss Virginia
Schwab; vocal solo, Tolbert Haslett.
accompanied by Mrs, William Meeks;
vocal solo. Frank E. Boyer, accom-
panied by Miss Virginia Schwab.
With the singing of Nearer, Ny God
to Thee" and benediction by Rev.
81 Mi rNf
lodge, the exercises were concluded.
The audience stood and sang the
closing hymn. The hall was prettily
decorated with palms and ferns.
The committee in charge was COM
posed of, c. II. Friedlander, chair
man: d. McWhorter, w. w. Bontz.
J. ]. Garvey, II. A. Stewart, Rev.
Edgar Carpenter. James Power, d.
G. Grillbortzer and John Ewald.
Alexandria Council. Order OF Fra
ternal Americans. will attend ex-
ercises at Fairfax Courthouse next
Friday evening incident to the dedi-
cation OF a school bell. The ex-
ercises will take place at the town
hall. Members also plan to attend
meeting OF the Fairfax district
council. which will be held Decem-
ber 81 by the Farmers and Mechan-
les Council, near Andrews Chapel
The Rev. R. B. Nelson. director OF
the State bureau of .1cial hygiene,
this afternoon addressed a mems
mass meeting in the Richmond The
ater under the auspices OF the 4.
NJ c. A. His subject was Social
Hygiene" DR.. Rachelle Yarros. ol
Chicago. addressed a wor1sD's mass
meeting on the same subject in the
Ingomar Theater.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
CLERGY UKASE
ANGERSPOLES
People Up in Arms Over
Cardinals Plebiscite
tRule to Pastors.
ENTIRE AFFAIR FARCE
British Commissioners Fa-
vor Germans, Is Charge
Of Miners.
ENTIRE AFFAIR FARCE

WARSAW, Dec. 5.-The ukase OF
Cardinal Bertram and Archbishop
Breslai forbidding the minor clergy
other than with the consent of their
pastors to participate in the POLISH
German Upper silesian plebiscite has
enraged Polish people of all classes
Socialist members of the Diet pre-
sented a motion for the immediate
resignation of Monsignor Rstti, pa
pal nuncio to Warsaw, and for the
recall OF the Polish minister to the
Vatican. The motion was defeated
A more significant protest was
sent to the Pope from Polish cardi-
nails and dignitaries protesting Car
dinal Bertram's action on the ground
that the Polish priests hold only
minor position in Upper Silesia and
that they will never receive permis-
sion from the pastors to speak for
Poland, as the pastors receive their
liyings from the German land own
ers. Cardinal Dalbor and Kakowski,
Archbishops Bolzcewsk and Teodor-
owicz and Bishops Sapieha, Pullman
and Przezdziecki have signed the
memorial
Public Up I'm Arms.
Cardinal Bertram's decree, which
he declares was enunciated with the
knowledge of the Pope. has started
a confiagration in the unhappy pie
biscite territory. In this sad border
region the Poles are only minor
workmen and small tenant farmers
and the Germans are large land and
sol nant
of the families or estates, and pos
sessing so per cent Of the plebiscite
territory.
The nebiscite .solemnly arranged
in Paris has from the first been an
unhappy farce. Unfortunately in
many cases minor administrative
officers have shown a bias for the
Germans.
Certain officers have progressed
from open-mindedness to the con
clusfon that 1t would be a misfor-
tune for the Poles to win. This
tactlessness, the Poles say, in some
instances has intensified feeling
They also say the French and Eng
lish commissioners must specifically
be excluded from any demonstra'
tion. Apart from that fact, 1t 1:
accepted the French are desirou.
that the Poles should win and thai
the English policy as understood by
men in the field is that the Ger.
mans should win
Richest Coal Mines There.
The territory in dispute contains
the richest coal mines in Europe
On the continuous production OF
coal, in large part, the welfare oi
manufacturing Europe depends. 81
far in ten months Polish workmer
only have been drafted, and the five
days permitted for the plebiscit'
period may bring production to al
end. Disturbances are predicted b.
the French, who have a body o
troops on hand, but doubt theil
ability to hold
There are indications that tn
coal workers of other basins II
Europe are watching the struggl
not because Of love for the nation
alistfc Polish miners who refuse'
communism, but in the hope o
making the plebiscite a class strug
gle, and that in the event of tn,
defeat of the Poles they can vii
them to their cause. Thus with tn,
addition of clerical and allied power
the communist forces are working
with their propaganda with the. de
liberats object Of creating a socia
cataclysA-
Copyright. 1870, Public Ledger Coz
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
Moonshine Still Found
On James River Islan0

LYNCHBURG. Va, Dec. 5-City
in, railroad ocers Saturday morn
ing located and destroyed a moon
shine liflquor outfit, which was To-
Gated on one of Tyree islands in
the James River, which was being
operated about a mile from the
city limits. The still was a gaso-
line tank
About forty-hve gallons of low
wine was spilled and the still was
broken up. No arrests were made,
as the outfit had not been operated
for several days.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
Bandits Rifle Country
Bank and Five Stores

DANvILE. Va. Dec. 5.-Close
watch was kept on the railroad to-
day for robbers who early Satur-
day morning broke into the Plant
ers' Bank at Keysville. near Char
lotte Courthouse. and rified the cash
registers of five mercantile estab-
lishments in the town.
Dynamite was not used in the
bank, and the safe. containing much
specie, was inviolate. The thieves
succeeded in reaching safety de-
posit boxes and removed valuables.
The amount OF the loot secured has
not been computed.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
DOGS DIG INTO PEN
TO KILL SHEEP FLOCK

WINCHESTER, Va. Dec. 5.-An
entire flock of twenty-seyen sheep
has been killed by dogs on the
farm of NJ. NJ Bowman, near Wood
stock, Va
Some Of the sheep had been
penned up in a stable after half
OF the flock had been killed. but
the dogs, it was said paved away
the earth and completed the deci-
nation Of the flock.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
AMERICAN FOOD
SAVING CHILDREN

= LONDON. Dec. THAT American
food is saving children's lives is in
dicated by reports from Vienna re-
ceiyed in London showing {hat NOR
tality among children between 1 and
10 years Of age is rapidly decreas-
ing.s while between $50 and 400
persons above SO years. are dying
every week in Vienna from malnu-
triton. err,. s.'
toepyrisAt. lsss. Public Ledger oe.)
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
FnNNS RATIFY
RUSSIAN TREATY

Information that the Finnish Par
lament has ratified the treaty
drawn with Russia was received In
a cablegram received yesterday by
the Irving National Bank from A.
E. Lindhjem. its representative in
Copenhagen.
The message also announced that
a general railway strike is in prog
ress in Norway.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
Says Alliance Guards Peaee.

PARIS, Dec. 5.-'The. Franco Brit
ish alliance Is necessary.-not to win
another war but to prevent It." says
Andre Tardieu.
II would like to emphasize the
fact that American isolation will
permit France to use the entente
cordiale as lever to mediate In
the case Of disagreement between
the United States and Great Brit
ATM ssss
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
Child Scalded to Death.

CUMBERLAND. Nd. Dec. s. The
22-months-old child OF Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Ruppenthal. Berkeley
Springs, w. Va. fell backward into
a bucket of scalding water. while
pulling a toy wagon. at the parents
home Friday, resulting in its death
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
World NEWS TOLD BY HERALD CABESNEWS OF COUNTRYSID
Stampede Paris
Envirorls When
Gold Located

PARIS, Dec. 5-Paris has
struck. geld.
The disesvery Mt Fief. ten
nfies fron PaYis, Of q two-feot
vein II geld hearing quarts 80
feet below the surface, has
eatsed furssus aigking BY the
resfdents Of the reetsa fer miles
around. 20
The gela aigEers grew In NUM-
sbers rapidly Nndl the astrike~
took ON, m aspect Of . stsmpede.
Police had to be dispatched from
Paris t. prevent q riot.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
Children Lose Tousils.

WINCHESTER. Va. Dec 5.-For-
ty-nine residents of Shenandoah
County, mostly boys and girls. had
their tonsils cut out at a clinic
held at Woodstock by Dr. p ".
Boyd. Of winchesler NsnoriA1 Hos
pitaL
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
Poles ON Way to
u. Give Paris
Plague Scare

PARIS, Dee. 6-rhaf Paris e.
Aeaaeea with the plague was re
vealed In the Senate Saturday
nfxht when II was stated tha
100 eases have developed In Paris
since 10000 Poles entered France
in the hast twelve months
Il, was declared that they
drought plague germs with then
I'm addition to Red propaganda.
The majority Of these fnmi
granks, n h repsrted are en-
rsate to the United States.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
By GUGLIELMo FERRERo,
The Famous italian Historian. This
Is the Second Article in n Series
ON The Drama of Peace
EpANCEss GuARANTEEs
FRANCES GUARANTEES.


ROME, Dec. 5. - While England
refused to discuss the question OF
the seas at the Peace Congress-
France was demanding from the
Congress guarantees and repara-
tion. The demand was just. But
unfortunately, it is not always easy
and sometimes it is absolutely i'm
possible to satisfy those who ask
for Justice. And it was SO this
time: when the Congress was opened
IT had already become impossible to
satisfy Frances demands, however
Just they were. The causes of this
of them was England's attitude over
the Question of the seas.
The Congress did not see the con-
nection that bound the greatest of
the continental questions to the sea
question. and it,, therefore, wasted
six months trying to solve a prob
lem which was insoluble.
We will endeavor to make this
connection clear, beginning with the
guarantees What danger did
France want to be guaranteed
against? Against the strength of
Germany. And in what does this
sarength lie? In her numbers. The
first origin of the war must be
sought for in the difference between
the populations of France and Ger
many. But this inequality has not
been leveled by, the world war, in
deed, to a certain extent II has, per-
haps, been increased. --
At the present day Germany Is
not only more populous than France,
but, Russia having fallen and Au-
stria being dismembered, Germany
takes the first place in/ Europe as
regards the number of her men. and
she will hold that position until
Russia rises once more as united
country.
France In Danger.
It is evident that. as long as Ger
many can oppose three Germans to
two Frenchmen, France will be al
ways in danger and the entire Eu-
ropean system in state of inse-
curfty. ready at any moment to top
pie over. France. therefore. asked
fer guarantees against these num-
bers, or rather she demanded that
the Germans, although more nu-
merous, should have the same weight
in Europe and on its destinies as II
their numbers were equal to the
French.
Placed like this, the problem ap-
peared to be a kind of squaring of
the circle, and therefore extremely
! difficult. But IL II was possible to
solve It II could only be solved either
by impositions or by agreement. BY
Imposition IL the entente. like Ma
poleon after he had conquered at
Jena. had profited by Germany's
present prostration to impose a uni
lateral Limitation of armaments
upon her. Or by agreement II all
the great powers of Europe, under
the name of the league of nations
had concluded q long truce to the
competition of armaments and the
struggle for alliances: and IL, on the
strength of this truce. Germany had
seriously undertaken, in exchange
for certain equivalent advantages, to
limit the armaments in such a way
as NO longer to be a menace tc
France.
The league of nations would IN
that case have something similar tc
the Holy Alliance, which was a. Z
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06

matter of fact a truce of this nature,
that lasted thirty-three years-the
Holy Alliance of the democracies.
Initiated Napoleon.
Everybody knows that the Con-
gress of Paris preferred to initiate
Napoleon instead of drawing inspi-
ration and example from the Con-
gress of Vienna. Nor is there any
doubt that the peoples are to some
extent responsible for this selection,
because during the six months fol-
lowing the armistice not a single
one of the victors in Europe was
inclined to listen seriously to talk
of truce or peace league, which
would have imposed duties on all.
victors as well as vanquished.
But even II the peoples of Europe
had not been drunk with their vic
tory. even il they had truly desired
to conclude a truce, the would not
have been able to do it. England's
attitude on the question of the seas
would have prevented them.
In a general accord for a truce
similar to that concluded a century
ago at Vienna, what would Ger
many have been able to ask of Eu-
rope, what could Europe have Of
fered Germany in exchange for her
renunciation of the advantages that
her numbers might have assured her
on the continent?
One thing alone-a similar renun-
citation on the part of England of
the advantages that the uncontested
supremacy of the sea smight have
assured her. Leaving aside the
question of the seas, a voluntary
peace league, that is to say, a uni
versal and sincere truce, became
impossible, because all the benefit
of il would have accrued to Eng
land and all the burden would have
rested on Germany.
Europe would have asked Germany
to renounce the advantages of her
strength on land in exchange for
nothing, just as Europe has asked
America to enter. and make part
gratuitously of a permanent alli-
ance in favor of the powers of the
entente, in which alliance she would
have had all duties and mo rights!
EngIand's Ambidons.
In fact. during the first six
months of the armistice England's
astute ambitions in regard to the
seas were in accord with the mad
ness of the victorious peoples to
suffocate the truce between the
!. great European powers in its era
die. though 1t was the one thing
THAT could save the Old World from
ltotal ruin.
1t is only in this way that 1t is
! possible to explain how, without
discussion or hesitation. the con-
gress offered and France accepted
the compulsory and unilateral dis
armament as a sure guarantee. al
though similar goarantee had
failed with Napoleon when Prussia
was much weaker than modern
lGermany and France was Russia's
ally. ~,
| This first trial, so famous and sc
unhappy, ought at least to- have
Induced the congress and public
i opinion in all the countries oi
Europe to. ask themselves seriously
whether there was the slightest
lhope that the second trial, made
| without Russia. or rather with Rus.
sia asfan enemy, would succeed.
But nobody seems to have suf-
tfered from doubts when signing the
treaty, and even today statesmen
and writer's. diplomats and soldiers
all appear to be incapable of under
standing 4the facts. that every day
The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
GUARANTEES FOR FRANCES
SAFETY WEAK, SAYSFERRERO
England's Refusal to Relinquish Supremacy
of Sea and Large German Population
Are Real Menaces.

matter of fact truce of this nature,
THAT lasted thirty-three years-the
Holy Alliance of the democracies.