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The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
British Trade Fleet Growing
While Building in u. S. Lays

London, May 22.-Lloyd's Regis
ter shipbuilding returns for the
quarter ended March 81 last was re-
ceived with considerable acclaim by
the British press. inasmuch as 1t
showed a tremendous increase in
British merchant tonnage under
construction over last year. Fig
ures presented showed also that.
American merchant
tonnage under construction had
shown a decrease which nearly
equaled the total British increase.
According to Lloyd's figures. the
output of tonnage by Great Britain
for 1919 was 1.620.442 tons. against
4,075,3s5 for the United states, an
excess. in favor of the United
States of 2.454,s43.
On March 81. 1890, however,
Lloyd's points out. Great Britain
had under construction 3,3S7,s3l
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Socialists Failure to Carry
Out Election Pledge
Creates Enemies.

ZatIon, disarmament, destruction OF
war material and delivery of field
guns and aeroplanes.
Nevertheless, the truth quite GER
tainly is that the purpose of the
Berlin government was not to ex-
press an attitude antaEonistic to
the French or to make step in the
direction of military resistance: it
was an action resting upon an in
ternal political situation.
The French Premier had also a
political motive for prompt action,
since a stiff attitude tended to rec
oncile the people to the drastic tax
levy that was being introduced.
1t seems certain the German cab
met must be so reconstructed as to
straightout labor union government,
or through counter revolution a
class government will be again es-
tablished in Germany.
See Counter Revelation.
The hopes of the monarchists are
based upon the fulfllment of the
clauses of the treaty of peace re-
quiring the entire removal of Ger
man soldiers from the neutral areas
Cat date that has now been fixed
at July 10) and upon the reduction
of the total military force of the
empire to 100000 men.
This army, fixed in the peace
treaty. must, according to the ar
ticles of the treaty. be a profession
al army. 1t will undoubtedly be a
professional army representing the
old monarchistic army.
When this condition is attained,
is believed by the adherents of the
old regime to be practicable, sImpry
because of lack of arms and organ
izations by the workmen.
To avert this, the. socialistic gov
eminent is attempting to secure the
organization of a different type Of
army than that stipulated in the
treaty and will resist to the utmost
the taking away of side arms from
the workers.
Thus the situation is presented
that literal fulfllment of the clauses
of the treaty Of peace will appar-
emily work for the restoration Of
the monarchy, while modification of
the treaty in the direction of per-
mitting a larger and differently
constituted military force in Ger
many will apparently operate in IA
vor of the workers and Socialists.
No Bolshevism Found.
The future hinges upon the abil-
ity Of the Socialists to convince the
governments of England and France
that their position il sincere and
not a cloak for a later position Of
militaristic antagonism to France.
At the same time. the breach be-
tween the agrarians and Industrial
lists Is growing wider and civil
war of city versus country is easily
within the range Of possibilities.
OF BolsheNsm Of the Russian
brand very little exists in Germany.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Neus of Al the World Flashed Direct National WI
HAWAIIAN CRATER
POURING OUT LAVA
Grandeur of Night Scenes at Most Active
Volcano on Earth Is
Unsurpassed.
Unsurpassed.

this dome, which was visited as
soon as conditions permitted. q
lake had developed, fountaining
heavily and discharging flows Of
both pahoehoe and a-a lava in every
direction downsits tanks.
THE lava was also found to be
travelling through subterranean
tunnels formed by ancient flows,
and emerged in hundreds of places
amid tremendous explosions of con-
fined gases and super-heated air
from caverns. The forest, for many
miles was quickly on fire, but the
rising lava tide within a few days
had buried more than twenty square
miles of this beneath Its white-hot
flood. ~
Examine Flows.
"Ciose examination Of the many
flows by the stan of the Kilauea OBJ
servatory showed a general emer-
gence of the smooth and liquid pa
hoehoe type of lava, changing dur
ing flow to the rough and clinkery
IA.
"The flows are still In action, their
speed varying from day to day and
their direction constantly changing.
The entire topography Of the coun-
try for more than sixty square miles
has now become entirely changed.
the formerly f1at desert having given
place to rugged ridges and innumer-
able craters and gulches. carved
out of the subsurface rock.
The scene at night, when the
hundreds of acres of glowing melt
cast their glare over the surround
ing landscape. is one of supreme
magnihcence and hundreds OF tour
lists make their way daily to the
locality.
There is as yet no sign of any
diminution of the outpouring lava,
Notwithstanding an extremely rapid
rise of the Kilauea lava column now
In progress.
1T Is likely the present flows win
continue until the June solstice,
and will reach the sea some twenty
miles from the point of outbreak
within a few days.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
ARMS
OPEN TOTOTS
'Unwanted' War Babies
Are Sought for Many
Childless Homes.
SEND SOME TO CANADA,
Boys Outnumber Girls
Three to One atLondon
Baby Farm.

London, May 22.-BrinEfnE home
less babies and babyless homes to-
gether here is arousing widespread
response throughout the country.
Some 5000 ''unwanted" babies, of
which but thirty-odd are '1eEftt-
mate" remain to nnd adopted pa
rents.
THE task is being carried on by
the National Children Adoption A.
ISOLATION. formed during the latter
part Of the war to meet the serious
situation growing out Of war
marriages" Princess Alice. Count
ess Of Athlone, Is patroness OF the
undertaking. and Lady Northciifrs
is president OF the association.
shipment 20 Canada
One shipment Of $50 youngsters
is to leave this month for Canada
where Canadian couples will make
homes for them.
Many mothers TO whom nature
has denied the baby Of their dreams
come timidly, almost furtively, TO
this place Of motherless tots. Many
have found their dream-child here
and formal adoption with accept
able guarantees as to responsibility
furnished the association, has set
tied the matter.
Some childless wives who have
cherished hope Of fair-haired.
blue-eyed youngster. will take no
other type. Others who have
dreamed OF a dark-eyed elf will
have no blonde. One will have only
a boy; another only a girl. So goes
the quest: and so Nobody's Baby.
becomes Somebody's. TO cherish az
they might have cherished the one
that did not come.
Girls Most Popular.
Very generally the husband
comes with the wife to choose. ono
baby won a good home by smiIinr
at a young husband through he
tears. That settles it," he said Z
his wife, that's our baby"
For every girl-bsby at this r,
markable baby-farm. there
three men-babies. Most adopt
want a girl.
One wealthy married couple.
have already adopted one i'm
have requested the association
send them every year "a 10,
clothes baby" until the family nur
bers six. 1t has proved comm
Tor the new foster parents W,
have taken a boy to write back
ask for "a little sister" so the
child will not grow up lonely
OnIy One Returned.
Only one baby has been
turned after delivery" The
came back special next day "
the complaint that when placed
the floor 1t turned over on
stomach and Kicked and scream.
The comment OF association offici,
was CaustiC. We are glad the
returned the child. such parent
could provide no suitable home.
they said.
ON one day. two women rich
dressed in fUrs. arrived at the c
hce. My friend here" said the q
der calmly. has an infant sb |
would like to have adopted. Meth
she nor her husband care for ch'
drcn and would be glad il y,
could find a home for lit" tn
were turned away
The association is chiefly int,
ested in children OF the work.
class and others for whom the OF
hope OF survival lies in adopti'
II feels that persons in Comforts,
circumstances should assume
obligations that may fall TO thr
lot through indiscretions
Copyright, 1890. Cross-Atlaut,c Newman
Service. Inc.N
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Sim FEIN HIT
BY BOOMERANG
Irish Anarchy Aids Land
Grabbers to Fight Parent
Organization.
NATION Ic TupEATENED
NATION IS THREATENED
Domestic Struggle Expected
ToOvershadow Trouble
With England.
seryiee-Special Cable Dispatch.
By C. H. BRETHERToN.

washington Herald-Pubiic Ledger
seryiee-Special Cable Dispatch.
BY C. III. BRETHERToN.
Dublin. May 22.-Irish land pur-
chasing acts, beneficial as they
were in many respects, left one evil
legacy. the class of permanently
landless man
The anarchy that has been en-
gendered by the Sim Fein for pa
triotic purpose Is being used by the
landless man for the intensely
practical and personal purpose OF
possessing himself OF somebody
else's land
sinn Fein Dlsapproves.
The Sim Fein party does not ap-
prove Of him because 1t processes
to be national and not proletarian.
But Liberty Hail." that Is. Irish
labor, approves him and encourages
Liberty Hall and Sim FeIn clash
1t is observed that it is the former
who invariably gets its way.
Tho methods of the land grab
bers," are simplicity itself. A dep
utation calls on the land owner or
farmer whom it is proposed to de-
spoil and offers him a price for his
land. II the land owner is intellI-
gent he will haggle for the best
price and IL he can get anywhere
near what the land is worth he sells
out
If he refuses he finds, one morn
ing a grave is dug in front of his
door or his cattle are driven of
and his land plowed up by so or 100
raiders II he is still obdurate q
few charges OF shot or a revolver
bullet whistling past his ear or the
burning OF q couple Of hayricks
generally makes him see reason. II
even then these measures do not
have the desired effect - is shot
or his ears are cut OF with shears.
Spells End of sfnn FeIn.
The agrarian movement GUS
right across the Sim Fein move
ment- Perhaps II would be more
accurate to say that it Is the first
step in the process by which Sim
Fein, as 1t has been known in the
past, is to be swallowed up in the
Irish workingman's republic, which
Is Bolshevism-
Naturally the Irish Unionists and
their sympathizers are taking heart
from this turn of events and say
ing when thieves fall out honest
men get their dues" and so fortn.
And well they may.
If the oficial Sim Fein abandons
the farmers in this extremity. its
extinction is only a matter OF time.
The battle with the British gov
ernment must then definitely take
second place, the frst-class battle
being the struggle with Liberty
Hall and the Irish farmers. The
former will appeal to the sympathy
Of the British proletariat, while the
latter, isolated as they are, will
perforce have to turn to the Irish
government and the police for pro-
lection
tCopynsht. 1920. BY Public Ledger Co..
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
GRAVES OF u. S.
DEAD IN FRANCE
TO BE LIGHTED
Especial to The Washington Her.la.>

Especial to The Washington HeraIa.)
Romagne. France, May "a
Power furnished by an American
auto-engine donated by the Amer
lean Red Cross will light Rcmagne
Cemetery, where $4,000 American
soldiers are buried
Appropriations for the lighting of
the cemetery were suficient to cover
only the wiring and installation of
a generator. After this work was
completed 1t was found that no fur
ther funds, were available for the
purchase Of a power unit. An ap-
PEAL to the Red Cross was answered
by the donation Of the automobile
engine.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
PHILIPPINES FIND
NO NEED FOR DIVORCE
LAWS, WOMAN LEARN

Manila. T. l.. May 2..-ThouEl
there Is a divorce law in tn, Phil
ippines. there arr no divorce case
to bring the Law into courts. az
Cording 10 Miss I,amona Tirona.
young Philippine woman who hf
been sent to the States by tn. gov
ernr.cnt to stacy the court SISTER
In the islands there is a cornmo
court to try all cases instead
the separate courts. Juvenile. d,
mestic relations and the like. tDt
We have hero in this country.
II is to decide whether the =,
tablishment OF separate courts
adaptable and necessary in the Pip
ippines that Mss Tirona has bee
sent to the United states.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
England Better Morally Now
Ihanin 1918, SaysH G.WeHs

drinking, Of champagne; women at
once overdressed and UNDER
dressed; no conversation that can
rememoer; a couple of strange
creatures dancing among the ta-
bles.
And the accusations touch as
well the working classes. Am. to
forget the decolletEge of the typ
lists swarming from their Offices;
the mentality that patronized in
Ierior tneaters and the movie pic
lures of debaucheTy.
The war has wakened the mind
Of the mass OF population by bring
ing home to them the importance
Of political and international ar
fairs. A soul, which was only lat
ent In our community in 1913, has
been born. and is now struggling
for expression"
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
ENGLISH MINERS r.
WAGES To co UP
AS COSTS INCREASE
Especial Gable 20 On. Herald.

Especial Cable 10 the HeraId.l
London, May 22.-Immedistely
following the announcement In
creasing the price OF coal from $40
to SlS a ton, the coal miners execu-
tive committee called a meeting TO
discuss the new prices and their
relation to wages, it is learned to-
day.
Approached on the subject, Ver-
non Hartshorn. Labor member of|
Parliament, said: IF prices are Ear|
ing up. the miners wages are gointl
up as we'll"
Copyright. IoeO. Cross-AtIsntic NewSpaper,
Service Inc.l
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

tons. whereas the United States had
under construction only 2,41S,-
SIS. The newspapers point out that
British construction thus showed
an increase of 1.762,44s tons, white
the American construction was ST.
multaneously decreasing 1,656.S66.
Furthermore. the statistics pub
lished by Lloyd's show that on
March 81 of last year new British
construction totaled 2.222.449 tons.
while the new construction of all
other countries was 5,3s9.S15. On
March 81 of the present year. how
ever, British tonnage under con-
structon had grown to 3.3S2.931.
while new tonnage under construc-
ton in the rest of the world had
shrunk to 4.41S.519. Thus the def
cheney in British tonnage under
construction had been reduced by
more than 100000 tons, as COM
pared with the rest of the world.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Cossacks Coming to U. S.

Theodosia. Crimea (By Mail. >
Three thousand Don Cossacks have
asked the American Red Cross to
find room for them in America The
request was transmitted by DR.. Col
dopoloff. surgeon general OF the Rus
sian volunteer army. These Don
Cossacks are of the property own
ing class. and IL they could reach
America they would become small
manufacturers and merchants.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Especial Gable to The HeraId.l }

Varna. Bulgaria, May 22.-Await-
ing arrival Of American Red Cross
hospital supplies here, the three
Russian doctors in Varna's one hos
pital are using flint stone scaIpels in
treating the sick and wounded from
the 1000 refugees in the camp out
side the city. The doctors have
adopted these stone-age tools be-
cause of lack Of modern instru-
ments and because a freshly chip
ped flint possesses an excellent cut
ting edge and perfect immunity
from infection.
The Varna hospital has but eight
surgical instruments which were
manufactured as such. and these
are too rusty for use. The only
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Especial Gable to tn. Herald,


London. May a2.-while there
has been an appalling depletion of
the worlds physical resources,
there is today more moral force in
the world than in 1913 before the
war. in the opinion Of H. @. Wells.
British novelist and publicist.
An extraordinary mass of inter
lectual and moral energy has been
liberated by the shock of the war"
Wells. says in the Literary Guide.
England. he believes, Is not more
1ccadent now than the rest of
Europe.
THE pre-l914 period sticks in my
mind as a rather dreadful time
wasteful and witless Asa typical
scene. ] recall "a night club about
1 O'clock; q waste. rather than
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

what the inde pendent Socialists had
always expected them to do.
The general strike aided greatly
in the downfall of Kapp and at the
same time afforded an illustration
of the ominous effectiveness of that
weapon. The wrath of the nation
was directed against the counter
revolution partly as an expression
of continuing revolution against the
Hohenzollern dynasty. partly as the
expression Of sincere desire for de-
mocracy upon the part of the work
ing classes and partly because OF
fear that a monarchial reconstruc-
tfon would work to the positive det-
riment of Germany in her relations
with the allied and associated pow
ers.
The prompt and pronounced reac-
ton of the public so cleared the air
that it became obvious to everyone
that for the present re-establish-
ment of any monarchy in Germany
is impossible. The behavior Of the
Noske guards made his position un-
tenable; and the development of
public feeling convinced that cabi-
net that radical reconstruction.
away from coalition and in the di-
rection of independent socialism
was the order of the Cay.
In Munich the coalition cabinet
was replaced by a reactionary cabi-
net of monarchistic tendencies, and
this is still in office.
Dared Not Use Soldiers.
When it came to "mopping up"
the rowing criminal bands in the
Ruhr district the German govern
ment faced a specific internal situa-
tion related to the demands of the
labor unions. 1t was not necessary
to send additional troops into the
Ruhr district in order to restore or
der.
There were already in the district
a certain number of the Reichswehr
and also militia, local
militia and security police. the
names used in Germany for the diff
erent type of military organizations
that have sprung up during the past
year. But for internal political
reasons the government felt that
1T dared not use these (they could
not be trusted) and instead deliber-
ately violated the treaty and sent
in Reichswehr.
The French, fully aware that no
additional troops were needed, were
forced to MAKE an Interpretation Of
the insistence of the German gov
ernment in sending troops in VIOLA
tion Of the treaty. In view Of the
relatively large numbers Of other
troops already in the area and in
the light of the Kapp counter revo-
luton, the French made an inter-
probation based on fear rather than
on political sagac:ty: that this was
a monarchistic movement designed
to test out the position Of the
French government and possibly to
constitute the first step of military
resistance to the enforcement of
the treaty.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Monarchists Wait for Re
moval of All Troops
From Neutral Areas.

Especial to The Washington Herald.)
Paris, May 22-The ultimate ex-
PLANTATION of the recent occurrences
in Germany Is to be found in the
incompleteness Of the revolution of
November. 1918. To the foreseeing
nnonarchists this revolution has rep
resented little more than q change
in the shell of government. To the
Socialists, 1t represented a begin
ming from which 1t was expected
that a scheme Of definite Socialism
could be attained corresponding to
the Erfurt program. From the be-
ginning the coalition cabinet estab-
lished by Ebert and Scheidemann
was looked upon with suspicion by
the majority Of moderate Socialists
and with antagonism by the more
radical left wing.
Tried to Defeat Ebert.
The composition of the present
national assembly which originally
was elected as a constituent assem-
bly,, but like the other constituent
assemblies of new states of Europe.
has continued to legislate in excess
of its original functions, was not
greatly different from that of the
previous Reichstag, since the So
cialists did not possess a majority
and were not able to control policy
in proportion to their voting
strength.
For months after the revolution
of November, 1918, there was con-
tinus struggle upon the part of
the Spartacists and independent So
cialists to wreck the Ebert-Scheide-
mann government and establish a
more radical regime. The efforts of
the Spartacists became weaker with
each month following the assassi-
nation of Liebknecht and Luxem-
burg; and during the past six
months they have had little to do
or say in German affairs.
The independent Socialists on the
other hand have increased in num-
bers and influence. For the inde-
pendent Socialists the ,incomplete-
ness of the first revolution tound
expression in three directions:
(a). Though the government of
Germany was ostensibly. a republic,
the majority Socialists ruled only
with the aid of a coalition cabinet:
and very frequently the policies of
this cabinet represented rather the
influence of capitalistic Democrats
than of Socialists. The. bureaucratic
organizations remained almost in
tact; that is, the reins OF the gov
ernment in the actual sense re-
mained in the hands of the royalis-
tic civil servants of the old Empire
Noske stir. Discontent.
To borrow an illustration that has
been frequently observed in Ameri-
can politics: there was a reform
mayor but the old gang held con-
troll of the Offices. .
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Jap Woman a Journalist.

Tokyo, May 22.-The FIRST Japan
ese woman to edit a woman's page
In her country, Miyo Kohashi, is
Studying Journalism at Columbia
university in preparation for teach
ing Journalism in the Tokyo Union
College next year.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
KAPP REVOLT CHECKED BY PEOPLE,
BUT CIVIL WAR IN GERMANY LOOMS

Of national industries was not only
ally rejected. Now socialization of
the coal and potash fields in par
ticular were two center planks in
the platform of Socialism. and the
majority OF Socialists throughout
the country regarded the shelving
OF the program of socialization OF
industries as a surrender by the CO.
alition cabinet to the capitalistic
classes.
(c). The conduct of Noske and
his army provoked great discomfort.
Men and officers were recruited as
largely as possible from the old
military caste and from the bour-
geoisie rather than from the work
ing classes. And whenever it was
necessary to employ military force
to put down Bolshevistic uprisings,
Noske did so after the fashion of
Zabern and with the technic of a
Ludendorff.
Seek New Monarchy
The dissatisfaction with the So
cialistic government felt by Social
lists was held in restraint month
after month, first by the necessity
of preserving unity In the face of
negotiations in Paris, and later aft
er the signature of the treaty of
peace in the belief that the steps Of
ratification by the several enemies
of Germany and the hopes of modi-
fication of the treaty of peace would
be promoted by cessation of party
quarrel. Month by month the ap-
parent control of the government
became greater as the spirit of pro-
test against the coalition cabinet
became less articulate. The Ebert
government never seemed so strong
as during the first two months Of
the present year. Then from the
blue sky came the Kapp Putsch.
The seizure of the reins of gov
ernment in Berlin by Kapp and
Luettwitz and the flight of the Ebert
government to Stuttgart represented
nothing else or less than a mon
archial counter revolution, the pur-
poses of which were the return of
the Hohenzollcrns. the establish
ment of a monarchistic state and the
preparation for an early war OF re-
venge, fulfillment of the treaty
meanwhile deferred or being re-
fused.
That the real monarchistic lead
ers did not, themselves have great
faith in the movement is shown by
the fact that the most forceful
characters in the right wing Of Ger
man thought did not display them
selves at the head Of the movement,
but remained out Of sight, though
using all influence in favor Of the
new government.
Nations wrath Rises.
On the first day Germany was
nonplussed. During the second
day the wrath of the nation rose
and within another day the new
government Vas in flight to Sweden
and few there were who would pub
licly acknowledge they had any
part in the fiasco.
The seizure of Berlin was accom-
plished through introduction. of
Baltic marines and by the treason
nf NnaL La'a enc ds ..,ha In fhair
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

At the right, above. is a side view
of the former "All-Highests'
Doom home. which is now we'll.
stocked with liquor.