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The Washington times., 1921-10-16
Ancient Roman City
Unearthed at Berne

BERNE, Oct 15.-This summers
excavations show that one of the
twelve oppida ascribed to the ancient
inhabitants Of Switzerland by Julius
Caesar was probably situated quite
near Berne, within the northern loop
OF the River Aar.
1t Is now certain that the spacious
peninsula was covered nearly all
over by Gallic or Roman buildings.
The place was destroyed by fire. pre-
sumably by the Alemanni, who in.
vaded the country in the year 2e5
A. d. Molten glass Is common in
the debris.
Tho name Of the town IL enig-
matical. The actual town OF Derne
has largely been built with material
taken from the oppidum. This year
some foundations with the usual
Roman heating instalments have
been laid bare, together with sort
OF pergoia 1875 foot long. a temple,
1so tombs, a great number Of houses,
4 mosaic floor, 20 coins of various
Celtic tribes. and many weapons.
Other things Of =. similar nature
have been found before.
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MOHAMMEDANS TO AID
JAPAN-PHILIPPIfIE COUP
BY Secret Pact Just Made with Twenty-Five
Asiatic Princes, Milkado Claims to be Pro-
tectorof Faithful Throughout the World,
and Arms Farley Must Repudiate Him,
Warns Expert on Far East Affairs.

I'm the follos0iag artiois Guy M.
Walker, who sOas adviser on ORR
entail affairs to Hram w. Johnsor
phsn the Senator Oas governor of
California, reveals in mersovanda
regarding items to BE- discxsssd at
the disarmament conferences in
Washington, three adroit moves to
BE- made by yapax that menace
the Very forndation Of Amsriea's
policy on tho Pacific and in the
Far East, and that jsopardize the
future destiny of the Philippinss.)
BY GUY NJ. WALKER,
Expert on Affairs In the Far East.
TIME preservation OF the integrity
Of China Is the first requisite
Of peace In the East and the
territorial integrity Of China must
be assured before there can be any
possible disarmament.
The integrity IL menaced by q
score or more OF extravagant claims
made by the japanese government
based on the so-called loans" made
by the Japanese banks under gov
The Washington times., 1921-10-16

ernmsnt supervision and control to
the Pekins government since the
beginning Of the world war.
Thess loans were not solicited by
the Chinese government nor even
by the ministries or ministers that
secured the fund. but they were
rather forced on the Chinese minis
tries and ministers by the japanese
government. which insisted on max
ing the loans In order to secure
some claim to some particular con-
cession. property or territory.
They were almost without excep-
ton loans In the nature Of bribes
and were 30 recognized by the
Chinese ministers who received the
funds from the Japanese agents;
for almost without exception the
funds were dissipated and nothing
was built or constructed with the
proceeds of the upwards of three
million yen forced in this manner
on the Chinese ministers.
PERIL IN RELIGIOUS CLAIM.
The integrity of China therefore
requires an investigation into the
so-called loans" made by the Japa-
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pitched and heaved again. We had
passed over Battle mountain Just
as tho eastward mail plane went
over 1t.
Just over tho edge Of the Alltali
Flats the radiator. weakened by the
buffeting OF the wind. began to
leak and Mouton looked for a place
to land. The motor was heating
up. had become violently air
sick and had lost interest. Then
suddenly wo drove into what we
were afterward told was the worst
dust storm in years in Nevada.
DUST STORM SCENE.
You remember the dust storm
scene In the Garden Of Allah. You
do If you sat anywhere in the
first six rows. That was a pleas
ant and refreshing zephyr, as I
recall 1t. compared with what we
struck on the Flats.
No one but an extremely skillful
and resourceful pilot could have
avoided a complete wreck. We
broke the right wing skid ana
tore a gaping hole in the right
lower plane. but didn't even turn
over.
This was shortly after noon. We
couldn't see ten feet In any direc.
ton. While the wind and dust
howled around us in a desert temp
est, filling every crevice of the
plane with fine, light alkali sand,
we crouched In our pits and waited.
At sundown the storm was over.
We were parched with thirst. but
Monte. fearful OF metal poisoning,
emptied the radiator into the sand.
Monte handed me two sticks of
chewing gun and said he always
kept his pockets filled with it.
He lied. They were the only two
he had. He stroked the ends of
what had been a prettily waxed
little blond moustache. and said.
Let's CO."
We went; all that night under a
showing sky and next morning.
stumbling over the desert. falling
down for rest and going on. for
thirty-five miles.
Near noon we crawied under the
fence Of the Hudgins ranch-and
lay there. Monte rolled wearily
over. licked his alkali-caked lips
with a parched tongue, smiled and
made one last feeble effort to point
his moustache. .s GO
Damn it'll forgot to bring my
wax" he remarked.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
South African Gardens
Despoiled by Aard-Vark

row, invading the gardens at
night.
It's prowess was so great at dig
gfng-which 1t achieved by working
with Its fore feet and throwing out
great clods Of earth between It's
hind less--that its shadowy bulk
might be discerned one minute
from a distance vaguely silhouetted
against the moon. but by the time
the startled spectator had muster
ed courage to approach It had
buried its entire great body under.
ground. even when the ground
was hard and sun.baked.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
EDINBURGH, Oct. Is.


"HE British Association meet
ing Of $500 men was recently
told things which the scien-
tist. Lord Kelvin never guessed
about old Mother Earth.
Briefly, Lord Kelvin thought Of
the sun as the only source Of the
necessary heat to keep things going.
Now scientists find that there is
a central heating system!
Lord Rayieigh. #. r. s.. who
opened the discussion, pointed out
that Lord Kelvin's calculations had
been upset by the discovery Of ra-
dium.
The result Of Lord Rayleigh's
calculations showed that II the as
certained radium content Of the su-
perficai parts of the world extended
to dept of some twenty miles the
whole output of heat would be ac-
counted for without. assuming any
came, from primevsl store. as Lord
Kelvin conjectured. ."
Lord Rayleigh's calculation, on
the basis that all the lead of the
world was produced by uranium,
Ia that the age Of Mother Earth is
sa5 million years. - ,.E'.f'
But that In not all The final
and great total OF radioactive
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
Mormon Faith May Be
Defended by Episcopal

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 15.-
Possibility. that the Episcopal
Church may undertake to combat
attacks made upon the Mormon
people and Utah developed at the
fourth annual synod. Province
OF the Pacific Of the Episcopal
Church. s... .....
Consensus OF opinion was that
the Mormon people had been gross
ly mtsrepresented By so-caiied leo
turers. HE
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
LoNDoS. Oct. is.

LONDON, Oct. IL.
A LITTLE more than a year ago
~ an account was given IN the
MornipE Post OF scheme
for tbs systsrnatic excavation Of the
Roman station Of segontium, on the
outpkirts Of csrnsrvon. The work
Of excavation, 30 far A. II has gone
during the present year. under the
supervision OF DIR. II. e. Mortimer
Wheeler. OF the National Museum of
Wales. has .sbundantiy, Justified the
confidence Of the promoters, and is
sufficient to warrant them In carry
Ing on. and thus increasing our pres
ent msager knowledge Of Roman
military sites Of the fourth century.
GATEWAY TO BRITAIN.
r Until comparatively recent times
Carnarvon formed an outer gateway
to Britain from the west, and its
strategic importance as late a. the
Napoleopic wars demanded the con-
struction Of fort within Its
purlieus.
The medieval story OF the town
is writ large In the towers Of the
famous Edwardian Castle. and the
premontory of bare rock which
frowns on II still retains the RAM
part which completed the natural
defenses Of a native hill fort before
the dawn Of history. The dawn
broke dimly when the Romans built
their fortress on the lower summit OF
a neiEhboring hill.
The Antonine Itinerary has pre-
served the Roman name OF Caranar-
Won. Segontium. like many other
Roman provincial settlements, may
have derived its name from that Of
the river which winds beneath It to
the straits. Historical probability
and tho evidence Of the excavations
combine to suggest that the Roman
army first left q regiment in garri-
son here Immediately after the final
conquest Of North Wales by Agri-
cola about the year 70 A. D., and
to this early period may provisional
ly be assigned the clay ramparts =
recently revealed behind the frsg-
mentary.. stone walls which still
mark the circuit Of the fort.
These walls were added subso.
.quently during tho Roman occupa-
ton. and the original bank was ex-
tended to form with them . COM
pound rampant Of normal type.
FRIENDLYawNH INVADERS.
The most interesting result of the
present excavations. however. con.
Germs the later history of tho site.
1t was already known from casual
discoveries that. unlike many Ro-
man sites in Wales. Segontium re-
mained In occupation until the later
years Of the Roman period.
Recent research has shown that
many. perhaps most, Of the Roman
forts built in Wales during the first
and second centuries were wholly
or largely aba ndoned shortly after
ward. The native tribes, when their
first instructive wave Of hostility
had spent itself. appear to have
quietly to the Roman
rule, and in their settlements among
the hills they may. indeed. have re-
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
ny Universial Service.
JOHANNESBURG, Oct. Is.

A MYSTERIOUS monster Of night.
~ mare aspect. which for many
nights has caused alarm
among the residents Of oudtshoorn,
whose wardens It invaded and
despoiled, has been captured at
last.
The unknown creature proved to
be an extraordinary animal called
the antbear or earth.pig. (aard.
vark). 1t was found to be no less
than five feet long from the point
Of its snout to the tip OF its tail.
It's tongue. with which Il ensnared
Its food, chiefly ants, was more
than one food in length, and its
fore limbs were each fitted with
four tremendously. stout claws,
while its back feet boasted five
even more powerful nails.
A pointed tail, about fifteen
inches long and ss-hard as a
rhinoceros.hide whip. completed the
grotesaue picture. = '... D.
The mysterious animal, whose
species dates back to prehistoric
times. apparently, spent the whole
Iay sleeping In an unknown bur.
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garded the vailey-dweiiing invader
than. AZ q pstional foe, a. ~.
II was thus found possible during
the second century to withdraw
many Of the Welsh Earrisons to
more active frontiers and TO dis
mantle the forts which they had
built. '
CELTIC RAIDERS.
iSesontiun. as tho most westerly
outpost Of the Roman Empire and
as the. center Of rich mining dlS-
trict. could not be thus summafily
disinlssed. An inscription has shown
that 4 regiment OF auxiliary troops
waS still stationed there at. the pc
ginning Of the third century. anil
, It IL probable on general grounds
that tho strategic value Of the fort
increased rather than diminished
during the two following centuries.
rather AZ q convenient tradesman
The Celtic raiders. whose ships are
described by Gildas as swarmips
across the CLASSY surface Of the Irish
sea like insects awakened by the
MONDAY sun. must have given this
frontier post a new significance. Al
though the present excavations hive
not yet penetrated far into the irte-
rior of the fort. they have already
yielded ample evidence of much
building activity within the last fifty
years Of the Roman occupation.
The northwestern gateway. which
had earlier consisted of two en-
frances thanked by guardrooms. was
rebuilt on a smaller scale. A new
guardroom was constructed across
ono of the former entrances, but by
q curious compromise. the new guard
room was also adapted for use az a
passageway. Instead OF the normal
outer wall was q gate. the pivot
stones of which have been revealed.
approached externally by steps.
Beneath the paving of the new
structure have been found five coins
Of the period sa0-36o A. D.. and less
direct evidence of q late date Is at
forded by the reuse Of several worn
and damaged architectural fing /.
ments in the founda tons.
CONfMANDANT'S HOUSE.
Within the fort parts Of two large
buildings have been uncovered. One
Of them may have been part Of the
comrnandant's houss. Embedded In
one Of the foundations Of this, build
ing was a coin Of. ConstansHl Of
about $50 A. d. These discoveries
suggest the possibility of a general
renewal OF the fort in the closirg
years Of the Roman epoch.
II this supposition prove to be cor
rect. 1t will be very desirable to re-
cover the general plan Of the fort. as
our present knowledge OF Roman
military sites Of the fourth century
In disproportionately small.
Outside the fort the adjacent fields
have yielded abundant evidence that
4 considerable settlement grew up
,eneath the ramparts. Adjoining the
banks of the river below the fort Is
} rectangular inclosure with walls of
palpably Roman construction and in
proximity to further Isputed Roman
The Washington times., 1921-10-16

IN that ynru TINS year. bnS ~ tns
XII and displacsS $4,000 tone or
more than 10000 tons more than the
Nesato.s This should give a good
idea Of the expansion Of the navy
yards. " q ~ H ~, =
II may be q mystery to the world
how It was possible for Japan to
keep nearly every detail OF her now
program almost entirely secret.
None but japanese are. permitted In
the big yards and Identification is
very simple. II is also very easy to
shut all factories and private yards
building ships to foreigners.
Several months ago a greet ship
building strike swept Japan. 1t
spread throughout the country and
private yards were tied up. How
was II that the naval program was
not interrupted This is what hap
pened at the Kawasasi Company's
yard at Kobe. A portion of the yard
was given over to the construction
of naval vessels. The Al .0O0-ton bat
tleship Kaga and the. large cruis-
er Kinu are building there.
USED FORCE IN STRIKE.
When the strike stopped work on
these ships Gordon OF Japanese
Marines entered the yard. mounted
guard on the ships and construction
was recommended. with the result
that the Kaga Is to be launched this
month.
Last month the Bureau Of Con.
struction and Repair Of our Navy an
nounced that the completion of all
our new ships had been indefinitely
suspended owing to the lack of Con-
gressional appropriations. While we
stop our naval construction Japan
rushes her ships to completion.
A few years ago Japan was build
ing her big guns in England. To-
day she is building them IN the
Kure Arsenal, and she is building
guns that are not even being at
tempted in either the United States
or England. Denials have been at
tempted. but here are the facts: At
the great Kure Arsenal, fourteen
inch guns for the Tbattleships and
battle cruisers have been produced.
Already more than forty sixteen
inch guns Of the finest type for the
new ships not yet complete have
been turned out.
These guns fire a shell weigh ing
362 pounds more than do our shells
of the same size. There are now
or in the process Of
more than seventy
more Of these sixteen-inch monsters,
the most powerful naval wapons Of
today. And yet there are those who
wish to deny that Japan intends to
complete her eight-eight program.
The real surprise is that while
both England and America were
lying dormant and not producing
great pieces Of ordnance. the jap
anese actually built, completed and
tested a huge eighteen-inch gun at
the Kure Arsenal. 1t was COM
pleted a year ago last April. This
gun fires a.600-pound shell in
contrast to the, s.300-pound shell
fired by the little .so-calibre ex-
perimental British eighteeninch
run. This British gun was found to
be impractical. but, this Japanese
run is said to be very wonderful.
ORDNANCE BUILDING SECRET.
Guns alone do not tell the story
II Japanese military progress. We
rave Just completed great armor
'late factory for our Navy at
w. va. The japanese
lad complete plant In operation
wo years ago, although they were
lot then equipped to produce largo
orginss, for which they are still
The Washington times., 1921-10-16

methods Of estimation indicate a
moderate multiple Of one million
years as the probable duration of
the earth's crust a. suitable for the
habitation of human beings"
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
EARTH HEATS ITSELF,
SAYS LORD RAYLEICH

Noted British Scientist Asserts a Radioactive
Central Heating System Accounts for Worlds
Age of 925, 100000 Years, with Chances Fa-
voring Its Duration for l,O00,0OO,OOO Years
More as Globe Fit for Human Habitation.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
ROMAN WALES RELICS
DUG UP IN SEC CONTIUM

Ancient Fort, Commapdants House and Coins
Of Period AID. 800 so Found Near Carnar-
Won by Excayators for Welsh National Mu-
scum Give New Light on Closing Days Of
Roman Occupation. 81
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-10-03
THE SAME NOW.

In 1897. when the country was in
the grip of hard times. as it Is now,
Cornelius n. Bliss, secretary of the
interior under President Mckinley
was approached 10y friend seeking
rthc appointment to Il federal position
of another friend. Mr.. Bliss said to
him:
1--WE cannot think Of. appointments
until after protective tariff bill Is
passed. Great industries are OH the
brink of ruin. I would not dare tell
YOU of tho confidential reports in my
possession. Everything must be Sacri-
feed to the quick passage of thc Ding
ley tariff "'
In 1887 the country was doing bust
ness under tariff law enacted by n
democratic congress and signed by Il
democratic president as it is today
and trade conditions were not much diff
ferent then than now. The Freeman
Journal presumes that members; of the
present administration feel much as
Mr.. Bliss felt twcnty-fOur wears ago.
Possibly they are getting tlH same sort
of confidential reports the men were
getting who occupied the same posi-,
lions in 1897.
The people of the United States are
~.
not. as a rule. deeply interested In the
details Of tariff measure. They arc
willing to leave that with the men
they sent down to Washington to rep
resent them. But they are deeply in
tcrested in a protective tariff law and
the sooner congress and the president
give the country such a law the better
will ii be for all concerned.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-10-03
WlIL THERE BE PEACE.

Prof. Henry Marczali. famous Hun
garian historian and philosopher. fears
the much hoped for world peace is not
going to be reality. The professor
is a careful student of world conditions
and is of the opinion that Russia is
going to be a&powerfu nation i'll Il few
years. 1t is going to have great influ-
encc in the affairs of the world, and
its fate will decide the fate of Europe
and perhaps of all the world.
In the opinion of Prof. Marczali
Germany. hated by France. will find its
natural ally in Russia and ii would
not be surprising if an alliance would
some day be formed between Russia
Germany and Japan. That would be
most formidable combination and tile
world would soon realize that its dream
of peace was only Il myth, only hOl'
low hope.
The professor says that the greatest
power in the world is still Great Brit
ain. but in the history of the world, ;
he declares. "old nations, fall and new
nations rise 10 power. England is now
trying to solve the problem which the
Roman empire, could not solve-the
holding together Of half of the world
under one flag"
If the solution is efficient and India
is pacificd. Ireland reconciled. Eng
lands hegemony is secure for the next
century, it not the hegemOny passes tc
the Younger branch Of the Anglo-Sax
ons--thc United States"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-10-03
SAME OLD STUFF.

1t is nothing new for republican
congress and Il republican president 10
hc subjected to the bitter criticisms of
lpartisan democratic sheets. President
Mckinley and the congress that was
c,cctcd viii, him in 1896 Jared no better
in this respect than President Harding
and the republican congress is NOW far
fling
When Mckinley was The candidate
for president in 1896, widespread de-
preston in business prevailed ;lS al HE
last election. A tariff for revenue only
lad been. enacted under the Cleveland
administration and il brought the sarie
conditions that Il similar tariff under
which we are now operating has
brought, Mckinley in 1896 was hailed
| as the high priest of protection. Sena-
tor Dolliver characterized him as 1.-THE
advanced agent of prosperity" The re-
publican party held to the theory that
lack of protection was responsible for
Iuc udTu IIIucS, uut 'ilVbt, N'h'F W -.
Bryan with a new nostruH. known as
The free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver at the unequal ratio of
III to 1.
The republican party met the issues
and stood four-square for the policies
Oi sound money and protection and won
a notable victory. Free silver was de-
featcd, a protective tariff was enactetl
Ind il WAS not many months until de-
preston was banislicd and normally in
business rc-established.
Yet the party was subjected to The
most bitter denunciation and accused
of bctrayin. its trust. The other 'ny
the Frcenian..JOurnal ran across an old
copy of Harpcr's Weekly, strongly
drmocra tic in the times Of Grover Clere-
land and for many years afterwards.
This copy WAS Of date Of March is.
1899. and here are some extracts from
its Leading editorials:
1T has not been expected OF late
wears that congress would advance the
Iublic welfare, and the congress which
came to an end on the '4th of March
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-10-03
WILL OPPOSE 1T?

Just how much there is in the re-
port that cx-President Wilson is going
To fight the ratification Of the peace
treaty with Germany and Austria is
not clear There is 10 question but
that if Mr. Wilson makes 4 fight Oh
ratification he will influence some dem
Ocratie senators to oppose It.. But AZ
matters now stand ratification seems
assured The foreign relations com
mittee of the senate il composed Of
seventeen mcmlFrs--teb republicans
aud seven delnocrats--and the entire
committee membership. with the single
exception of Senator RWah. approved
the treaty after incorporating two res
ervations. the nature Of which simply
made clear certain sections.
Senator Hitchcock. democratic spokcs-
man under Wilson. John Sharp Will
Jams. Atlec Pomerene and Claude A.
Swanson, all influential senators and
democratic politicians, voted for ratifi-
cation in the committee. These gentle
men will not he disposed to turn fail
at the mere bchcst Of Mr.. Wilson. Had
the ex-prcsidcnt started fight early
in the game he might have succeeded in
defeating ratification. hut ii appears
that he cannot do it now.
On the republican side it is said
only three senators are against ratfica
ton. OF course it requires two-thirds
ma jority to ratify. but with almost the
solid republican majority and with at
least half of the democratic members
favorable it would appear that il Mr.