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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
Nooting the Question of
Germany's Responsibility

Just assuming that all the nations of Eu-
rope had nothing whatever to do with the
complications leading to the war and were as
innocent as angels, and the German Govern
ment of 1914 began the war inadvertently
Intentionally and without any justification
whatsoever. What is the crime OF the Ger
man people?
Stupid question! The crime of the Ger
man people, for which they now must pay
with their life. is that they listened to and
believed their autocracy.
For centuries the German people listened
to and believed their autocrats. They knew
nothing else to do. No one made any accu
sations on that account, no one warned them
or taught them All States sent their repre-
sentatives. These spoke their courtesies 10
the autocracy and wrote the wondering re-
ports about government, organization, BUSH
ness and army. Many found Germany and
her system model
And when we, a small class of German
citizens, who condemned the system, pro-
duced our criticisms we were told Look at
tho foreign countries, they tolerate and APP
prove our system.
The day the war began the picture
changed. When the danger of the system
was recognized the German people were
made responsible. When the war was over
IL was the people who were condemned.
But the German people in the moment Of
their terrible awakening from the centuries
OF trust condemned the system and de-
stroyed the autocracy.
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stituted direct reputation of his principle
of self determination. He favored the appli-
cation of a League of Nations solution
which would put Fiume under the league as
the Paris conference had done both in the
case of the Sarre Basin and of Danzig.
France and Great Britain, for their part,
acknowledged the obligation inherent in the
pact of London They We're prepared even
against the veto of President Wilson, to sup
port the italian claims to the crest of the
Alps and to the northern half of Dalmatia,
hut on the other hand they were unwilling
to antagonize President Wilson by accepting
the italian solution of the Fiume dispute
BY the Declaration of London Fiume had
been left outside the Italian area; if Italy
pressed for the integral application of this
agreement, she must abandon Fiume.
AS for Italy, she could not abandon Fiume,
both because it was an italian town and be-
cause first Giolitti politically and then
D'Annunzio violently had raised the issue
and brought in the element of national
honor. To abandon this fragment of the
Italian family, to permit it to be subdued by
Jugo-Sav troops and submerged by a
Slavonic invasion was thing which no
Italian Government could do and live A
Domestic revolution was bound to follow any
such yielding.
There was still a fourth consideration
Accepting the powerful assistance and cham
pionship of President Wilson as a guarantee
of American military aid If necessary, the
Jugo- Slavs not only refused all italian offers
but resolutely declined all AngloFrench
proffers, which, while reducing the Jugo-
Slav claims as Endorsed by President Wilson,
nevertheless bestowed upon the Jugo-Slavs
all that they could hope for and as much as
they have actually obtained under the Rap
palo settlement
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Germany's Leaders Express Gloomy Views

troops, for which Germany must pay 49,
00O, 100000 marks year, ready at the right
moment to cross the Rhine to occupy the
Ruhr and Westfalian coal fields and to tear
away the west of Germany. the one district
which can feed itself. And simultaneously
Bavaria, as Catholic State, is to be sepa-
rated from North Germany; Herewith Ger
many ceases to be political idea.
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Declares Strong Forces Seek
Further to Break Up Germany.

Through the Versailles Treaty Germany
lost nearly all her ores and a part of her
coal lands. Besides she must supply monthly
100000 tons Of coal to France in repara-
ton and without compensation. The remain
ing coal is far from sufficient for her own
needs and nothing is left with which to pay
for food. But the food requirements have
grown since the provinces with grain sur
rlus have become Polish
That is not ALL the strongest pressure Is
exerted to make upper Slesia Polish with
it's third of Germany's coal output.
In Alsace some 1000 intellectuals OF
population of 100000 were pro- French;
the rest were Indifferent. In Upper Slesia
the entire civilized population is German and
pro-German. The Polish lower class has
added no more to the civilization of the dis
trict than the colored race has contributed
to the population of America And yet
Upper Siesia is to be made Polish. The
Alsatian injustice has been corrected to
make the Siesian injustice possible. Upper
Silesia in coming times will become the po-
tent Alsatian problem of the East.
Does America know this?
Does America know that strong forces
are being exercised TO break up Germany
even further? In the peaceful cities Of the
Rhincland stand 100000 French and + lgian
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will lead to this mutual understanding more
quickly than could the League Of Nations
in its present FORM
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Fumes Independence Fiction; 1t
Will in Time Unite With Italy

In addition Italy establishes the Latinity
of F'iume. 1t is independent now, but it's
independence is pure fiction. 1t can and it
will in due course of time unite with Italy,
and this is understood by all parties con-
cerned in the agreement of Rapallo. AS a
result the commercial future of the port
rests in Italian hands. They can strange
il to benefit Trieste which is at least posi-
bity, but on the other hand they can
enormously benefit Italian commerce by
making 1t an outlet for Jugo- Slavia. Finally,
by acquiring the two islands of Cherso and
Lussin they dominate both sides of the
Quarnero Canal the sea gate to Fiume, and
by acquiring Lagosta, to the SOUTH they also
gain an important naval base on the Slav
side or the Adriatic The enclave of lara,
which also falls to Them represents little
more than victory for pure sentiment
since cara is the one Dalmatian town which
jority in recent years, during which Austria
has successfully uprooted the Latin element
elsewhere from Fiume to Cattaro.
BY contrast Jugo-Slavia acquires all of
Dalmatia save lara, whereas by the Decla-
ration of London she would have had to con-
cede the northern and more valuable half
to the Italians. Her frontier with the Ital-
ians becomes from geographical and mill
tary point of view satisfactory. The sur
render of her hopes with respect of Fiume
is a bitter thing. but it has at all times been
inevitable. Whether she will be able to find
a new port is problematical. There are
hints that Italy has agreed to make no pro-
test if the Serbs coerce the Albanians into
such territorial concessions inconsiderable
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Friendly Policy to Poland
Aimed Against Recovered Germa,

In the second place, France is vitality con-
cerned in building up in Central Europe a
barrier to German expansion to the south
In such a barrier the Jugo-Slav fraction is
of utmost Importance. Seeking to establish
the balance of power i'm Europe against
hostile Germany and "A restored Russis
which may be hostile France has lent its
powerful assistance to Poland and to Jugo-
Slavia, while with manifest mpolicy French
commercial interests have been allowed to
dominate French political interests in Hun
gary, thus estranging Rumania for mo-
ment; fortunately this last mistake has been
rectifed.
But italy has resented French support of
-Slavia, with whom she has been on the
edge Of war for nearly two years. She has
opposed French policy i'm Central Europe
and sought to eliminate the last chance of
a restoration of the Austro- Hungarian
monarchy by supporting Austrian demands
for union with Germany. The Rapailo
agreement removes the main cause of Ital-
ian resentment It will take much time to
restore Franco-Italian relations to sound
basis but the interests of both nations will
be best served by such an arrangement and
Il will doubtless arrive.
Meantime the Adriatic question which
after all, was In no small measure an Amer-
can contribution, since we complicated. If we
did not create, it, disappears for the time
being. and not impossibly for a very long
period, during which new problems will
doubtless arise and perhaps permanently
overshadow 1t. The gain for world peace
by the Rapallo settlement u.s. then enormous
and out of all proportion to the territory
involved. II an idealistic solution has not
been had, thoroughly sound and reasonable
bargain has been made
--
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A National General Strike
Witnessed for the First Time

When. last March, Kapp and his followers
made the attempt to reestablish the system
the German people without army. police or
organization accomplished something which
no great people had yet done. From one
day to the next they went on the first ma
tional general strike which the world wit
messed and they forced the usurpers to
abdicate.
But that did not hinder France from
occupying Frankfort and from threatening
as customary the occupation OF the Ruhr.
AS the war ended all German eyes turned
to one American. This man journeyed as
the most powerful man of the earth to Paris
and returned home broken and ILL.,
To-day our eyes are turned to the Ameri-
can people. We want the American people
to know what is happening in Europe and
to form its Judgment We know that the
American people are busy with their Pres-
Dental campaign. We anticipate that next
spring the American people will make peace.
w trust the American people
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Adrc Settlement
May be Realized
in
tia Troubles Has the States

in any event, as will enable them to con-
struct railway by the Drin Valley from
Prisrend to Cattaro, but even this outlet
will hardly serve as a complete substitute to
the Ffuman gateway.
What one has to face in the Rapallo settle
ment is the fact that it will turn out good
only IL the nations concerned accept it
as final and apply it in spirit of concilia-
ton. Here we have to admit that the pos
sibilities for bad blood are patent The
traditional antipathy of Slav for italian in
this region is undeniable. The present quar-
rel long protracted and involving many
maneuvres which have accumulated the old
animosities, must leave an inheritance of
bitterness.
On the other hand, neither Italy nor Jugo-
Slavia is in position to desire new hostil-
tiles or new rivalries 1t will take a genera
ton at the very least to reconcile the three
component parts of the Slavonic state, the
Serbs, the Slovenians and the Croats One
of the worst circumstances in the whole
Adriatic dispute has been the fact that Italy
has countered Sav demands for Fiume by
intrigues designed to promote Slavic dis
affection, notably in the case of Montenegro,
where a minority seek to preserve Mon
tenegrin independence and thus prevent the
complete reunion of the Southern Slavs.
Jugo-Siavia, Almost as Large as Italy.
Promises a Considerable State
In future which is by no means distant,
however, Jugo-Slavia will in all probability
be really considerable state. Her area does
not much fall short Of that of Italy itself.
Her resources both mineral and agricultural
are on the whole equal If not superior to the
Italian and she has no such problem of over
population and no such burden of debt as
must Cypress Italian statesmen for many
decades to come. For Italy to make per-
manent enemy out Of this potentially power
full neighbor would be the height of folly, and
no reason for such a course exists in the
Rapallo settlement.
Jugo-Slavia, the contrary, has the
acute problem of reconciling her three quar-
relling racial elements. She has also the only
less acute necessity to protect herself against
the Bugarans on the south and the Hun
garians on the north. To this end she has
already entered the Little Entente with
Rumania and with Czecho- Slovakia, but her
presence in this association, vital to her own
safety, is complicated by the fact that the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
Declares We Fail
To Grasp Situation
Err RATHENAU,
BY WALTER RATHENAU,
President of the "Allgemeine Elektrizi-
facts

A MERTCA sleeps. America ended the
~ war of the world, inspired the peace.
established the new order of Europe
and Herewith took over a share of the re-
sponsibility for Europe, especially for its
suffering districts. Now it dislikes to be
worried by Europe's trifing affairs.
Does America know what is taking place
in Europe?
Does America know that Austria the
merriest and most joyful land on the Cont
nent. is being slowly murdered and is dying
in despair?
Does America know that Germany, the
busiest land on the continent the home of
music. of philosophy and Of poetry, struggles
at the limit of her strength and is threat
ened with the destruction of her spiritual
and physical being?
Germany's problem is overpopulation.
Clemenceau has said there are twenty mill
ion Germans too many. LAction Franchise
declares it would be best IL thirty million
German revolutionists and thirty million
German reactionaries would wipe one
another out
The highest possible maximum of emigra-
ton in about 1900 was 100000 per annum, or
a third of the annual increase of populate On.
Germany's soil can feed only three-fourths
Of her people. Germany must import one
fourth of her food supply to pay the bill,
more than a billion dollars a year, she had
nothing except her coal and ore. Beyond
this she must pay in labor for needed wool,
cotton and copper.
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Now as to the settlement itself, there is
just this to be said: BY 1t Italy acquires
outright the crests of the Alps all the way
from Switzerland to the Quarnero. This is
her strategic frontier. This is the single
defensive frontier from the military point of
view that any italian could accept But
there is no more reason that Italy should
have this adequate barrier than that France
should have the Rhine, and in acquiring
this frontier Italy annexes some 100000
Slavs and Germans far larger alien popu-
lation than France would have taken had
President Wilson allowed her to annex the
Sarre Basin outright
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21

aopyri0nL 1920, b. me Mcclure syndicate.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
-Four IrreconciIable Positions
Exist in Adriatic Question

On all the tedious discussion Of the
Adriatic question, which covers upward of
two years, four utterly irreconcilable posi-
tons have been at all times maintained
President Wilson declined to permit Fiume
to pass 70 the italians. since It was
the single available commercial outlet of
Jugo- Slava- lie refused TO allow the Ital-
ians to acquire Dalmatla, in accordance with
,hs Treaty OF London, because this con-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
BIG DIAMOND HOOOOO
CAUSED KAISER'S FALL
Blaze Of Glory" Precious Gem
Brought Disaster to House
of Hohenzollern

London. Feb ~ An Ii-starrcd die
nord. which last shono as central GER
H. The crown of Prussia, D. now credited
with having bern a factor IN bringing
about the ruin ~ the Hohenzollern
dynasty II Is knovn ~ The blaze ~
Glory"
According ~ the. tale brought herr
about &C. the diamond wa given by King
solomon to the Queen of Sheba, havirr
been plucked bv him from his turbau
for her adornmert Curious earvirgs
on two sides of II are supposed 90 be
heraldie tokens ~ tho twD ancient lovers
Tales Of the gem were carried INT Persia.
where they excited the greed of the no.
madic King El-Hakifn IL. who robbed
the Queen of Sheba's grave to secure u
for himself Within two weeks thereafter
he was slain IN his palace, and there
after, through the centuries. rulers and
princes who acquired The gem came 20
grief
The Margrave of Brandenburg. whose
house started fhe Prffssian dynasty
found the gem on Jewish merchant IN
one Of the Margraves raids into Siiesia
ard seized II. declaring that be would
place it in the crown of q great kingdom
he was 20 establish The merchant was
instantly siam when he ventlrod 70 re-
mind the cantor of tho evil influence Of
the Diamond. It seems 20 have been
handle down the Prttssian line until
finally it reached the one time emperor
now IN retreat in Holland
IL is said that Herr Zunkelhorn. =
learned antiquary. who had learned
the fateful history Of The gem aud who
in some way had forecast that ruin would
come to It's own between the years 1918
and 1922, implored the young emperor
10 rid himself of it before his coronation
and that 10 this cntreaiy William re-
piled:
You must understand that | aIn crown
ed by the Spirit ol God and the viii oi
my people. The Hohenzollerns musi
endure forever. No curse of evIl can
harm our dynasty.
So he keDt the gem in his crown. and
tradition seems 10 have justified itself
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WASH|NGTON'S PUNCH
LAOLE ffTCHES $1,000
Part Of Silver Set Given at First
Inaugural Goes Under Auc-
.tionccr's Hammer.

Washington silver punch lsdie, used
by him while be- we President, brought
~ 900 az a sale of Washington relics in
the galleries n the hmerirsn Art AssO-
ciation, New York, dsy or two agD
/ The lsdle was one ~ The pieces ia silver
service presented to Washington ~ citi.
zeBs ~ New York o. his ffst inaugufs-
iion in this city, and wss used n the in
sugural reception
Washington devised IL % his nephew.
Col William Augustine Washington,
who gave II % his son, Col. George Cor
BIN Washington, grpat-grandfather #
w. lsnief Warrington, 70 whom = passed.
after several generations Of Washiuatons
had used il. w Lanier Washington
collection waa sold on Moudsy bringing
total Of f2s,303.J0. George y. Smith
got the ladln.
Other belongings 1t Cen. Washington
handed down we're a gold ring gith Wash
IBgton's coat ~ 0rms cut in csrnelian.
for which tho sasne buyer paid $50,
"a gold aesl with Washingtou's coat ~
arms cut in carucIian, given by Gen.
Washington 90 his newphew, Bushrod
Washington, for which tho same buyer
p0id 81 600, and . miniature on marble of
Washington, supposed ~ have been doot
by Archibald Robertson, who painted
Washington from Iifo, which went n Mr.
smith for $500.
". ID. Davis paid 500 for . circular
wooden shaving box used by Washington
and Lafa yptie while staying ot an inn
kept by Ienae Parsons IN Springfield
Mass, while they were on their woy ~
Boston.
Il. Cbadboufne paid $40 ench for two
Washington uemorigl watches. ono madc
ia Frame and the other In En0lsnd
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POGO MoKE BOARD ELECTS.
Trade Organization to Confer on Ocear
City Repairs.

Pocomoke City. Md, Feb l2.--At az
enthusiastic meeting held Monday eve
ming, the Pocomoke City Board 0f Trade
was completely reorg,nized, aud the
following officers were elected: President
John ". Ennis; vice-president, W. &
Cullen; secretary, Eugene W. Maddox
treasurer, W. +. Hall; Colmore +. Byrd
+. NJ. Wilson, f. Leo Bonneville com
pose the executive committee.
At the request of John W. Station. of
Snow Hill, who is working with Senator
Harrison for State aid in the construction
OF bulkhead for the protection Of Ocean
City, the board named delegation Of
- 20 meet similar delegations from other
points on the Eastern shore and discus
necessary repairs and improvements.
The board decided to cooperate with
Mayor b. James Tull and the City Coun-
eli in their efforts 70 extend the town linn
it's 20 include thickly populated sections
the east and south of the present limits
l.. ]. Schoolheld, Ounce Ashburn ane
j. Harry Young were appointed TO NEE
with town officials 10 decide upon the ncv
boundaries and prepare bill 10 be pro
sented 20 the Legislature.
The board is now engned in q com
munity-wide campaign 10 provide suit
able housing for the employees Of new
business enterprises in Pocomoke City
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
WHALES MILK SOLD ON COAST
Said 10 be Richer and More Palatable
Than Cows.

For many years goats milk has beer
used as a substitute for cows milk n
regions where the forage for cattle was
scarce, but new substitute for these
has recently been introduced on the Pa.
cific Coast in the form of whales milk
A test Of this milk was made at 4 ban
quet at one Of the lodges ia Los An
geles, and it was found to be 50 satisfactory
that Capt. John ID. Loop, a whaler st
Long Beach, who has been supplying cuts
of whale meat 20 some Of the leading
hotels and restaurants on the coast for
more than year, has received r request
for permanent supply of whales milk
In his opinion the milk of the whale Is
richer and more palatable than that OF the
COW, and he expects IS to prove success
ful substitute
If the demand for the milk of the sex
mammal continues and appears 10 De
permanent, It is underst TODD that Cap
tain Loop viii obtain number Of Gov
whales and establish DAIRY for mill
producing purposes.
Tho foregoing news itenls was sen
out by tho Chamber of Commerce &
Los Angeles,
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Ex-soLDTER PLEADS GUILTY.
John ositiingham Admits Theft Of Over
coat nj Y. NJ T.. A.

John Birmingham, a discharged soldier.
% years of ago, cried IN the City Court
today after rotfcasine the theft II an over
coat IN the Y NJ G. A. branch hero few
weeks ago. William &. Little, n travelling
man.. stopping Mt that time at The ''Y =
struck up an acquaintance with Briitings
ham IN the nNociations place. The OK
soldier watched tho travelling man ns the
latter dcpositei hrs fr-ined cont, worth
$50, and carried IL out on his arm. Tho
garment WA recovered.
Bntt,nghau said he ws very sorry be
hal taken the coat, after it was too late.
lie was arrested by Detectives Riley and
kempski. Judge Hastings advise tho
prisoner TO plead guilty in the upper court,
saying II would be better for him 90 do
that. The man wna held in $500 bail
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
ron sAur

NICE suburban home at Roseile G2t5 by
ESQ tsst. stucco hOuss, seven rooms res-
rpption ha'i, bath pantry and large attic.
Hot ana cold water, severed. cement cellar
gas and electric Two porches. stncco garage
large chicken house4 planted to All kinds pf
fruits Has - Da seen 20 be apprpria ted
Apply on premises. Orchard svsn,ie Rosslle
q. w. Moody.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
PSYCHIC PALylISTRY

PSYCHIC PALMISTRY and ladies beauty
pariors sos Tatnau street. Hours 10 q. m /.
10 $50 u IN. MRS. ID OLWELL.
MADAM GLOVER Paimlst and Psychic.
pereonsi efficiency. Daily 10 "a IN. To o p-
in. sundays 10 q. m. 70 y p. m. 17JO Arch
streee Appoin tments. Bell Phone 337l Lo-
Gust.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
TYPEWRITERs.

1. A. SMITH TYPEw RITTER EXCHANGE.
All makes sold. rented and repaired.
Amco Adding Machines and Check Writer'S
2 W Seventh street. second floor. over bar
ber shop. Phones Sos5 or 2s55. ~e4
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12

Lost omething? Try q classified a
vertisement IN Every Evening.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
PLASTERING.
PLASTERING
LOWE BROS.
Phone 5707 NJ. Res. 1902 Shnlicnoss Ave,
hAIRDRESSING.

KATHERINE hINAN, Hair Dressing Par
iors, Brownson Htdg. Eiectric shampoo.
Permanent French wave and curl. Facial
massage. Best grade Of hair goods. Phone
Si36.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
STORAGE.

5IohAGE ROOMS for rent Both phones.
George r. Lang Co. 1205 Orange street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
HOTELS.

STOP AT THE ANNEX HOTEI-EAst
Fourth street good rooms With not water
neat fub and shower baths ,25u $500
nno 40 weekly SinSie beds 35c ana
-oc. s5c- and $l.oo Open day and night
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
FOR SALE--REAL ESTATE.

PoH SALE ~By owner. Jo3 w. NInebsnth
street. six rooms aud bath. Cali evenings.
TWO COTTAGES at prrn's Grove on the
FLYER front. Apply 900 jefferson street.
Phone fb5a X.