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and the executive power at Picking
passed virtually into the hands Of
the northern military clique. What
remained of the constitutional par
lament was at Shanghai, so that
there were actually at this time
ecutive at Picking, an executive at
Canton and a parliament at Shang-
hal.
It was at this juncture that Gen
eral Chen Chlnpg-ming, a Christian
and a brilliant military leader little
known to the western world, began
the reorganization of a constitu-
tional government of law and order
at Canton. He gathered a military
force of loyal Chinese. swept
through the Southern. provinces
clearing them of banditry and out
law military leaders and called the
constitutional parliament from
Shanghai to Canton.
General Chen Chiung-ming was
Joined by DIR. Sun Yat-sen, WI Ting
fang, Tang Shaggy and many other
patriotic Chinese from both the
north and south. Immediate sup.
port OF the southern government
was given by Chinese merchants,
students and other abroad, a large
majority of these Chinese residents
Of foreign lands being from the
southern provinces-e5 per cent of
the Chinese In the United States owe
allegiance to tho Canton govern
ment.
An extraordinary session of the
parliament was called which elected
sun Yat-sen president. The veteran
diplomat WI Ting-fang again be-
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came foreign minister and General
Chen Chung ming was made COM
mander-in-chief OF the army. This
triumvirate OF strong men Is the
hope of progr ,ssive Chinese the
world over.
Two Governments Now.
There are actually today two gov
ernments in China, each claiming to
be the legal government. There is a
president in Picking and a president
I'm Canton. There is a parliament in
Canton and trump" parliament in
Picking.
The northern, or Pcking, govern
ment has been recognized bv IN
powers and Is, therefore, considered
for the time being at least, as the de
jure government of China. although
it is admittedly financially weak and
physically wobbly.
The Canton government, although
maintaining itself militarily and
financially, remains unrecognized,
and. consequently, has no diplomatic
standing and cannot, obviously, be
considered as a recognized factor in
international affairs. This has been
pointed out by the American State
Department In its refusal to admit
delegates from the South China Re-
public to the present conference on
Far East affairs here.
Nevertheless, both governments
must be taken into consideration be-
fro COD. o.! 'mcnt of Chinese af.
IL RS can nc undertaken because the
vas. ."v';ory and population of
china .# about equally divided be-
tween the northern and the southern
factions.
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tnah impressive. youngish man.
with long hair and straw beard.
blue eyes and regular features, form
Ing picture such as the old paint.
ers generally chose TO represent the
Saviour Of mankind. He wore q
somewhat battered bowler hat and q
kind of woman's skirt dress. but.
toned In at the middle.
Not FAR away sat another mona
somewhat similar in type, EXCEPT in
representing in ugliness all that thu
other showed I'm beauty. He had q
time-worn black hat. black skirt
long. greasy, dirty hair, and a
brownish-red scraggy beard. Leo
nardo da Vinci would have been de-
lighted with this type. but only
when he was painting his picture of
Judas Iscariot-
Hero and there were Red eros.
nurses. with pretty costumes and
serious. businessliko air. SO far
there was little to remind us that
we were travelling in q stricken
land. and we might look IN vain for
Immediate signs of destitutiou and
misery.
Certainly all those little conven.
fences that one meets at other vay.
side railway stations were absent
A restaurant wagon on q train is.
OF course, unknown, and at the sta.
ton all that one can get Is hot
water. Some of the stations adver.
tise the fact by the crudely painted
sign OF steaming kettle. With hot
water, If you happen to have tea
leaves. you can at least make tea,
and for this we had to DO truly
thankful.
MOSCOW was approaching, felt
my excitement rising. Moscow!
Moscow!!
There was an appeal to mo IN that
mysterious city unsurpassed BY
anything I had met in my travels.
Moscow. with its glittering domes
and spires. allured me. Those domes
and spires were beginning to appear
moro frequent. shining over . oon
fused mass OF less-inspired build.
fnga- Moscow, the Beautiful Mos.
COW, the Magical City. was becomf
ing real.
Suddenly tho train stopped. /
looked around and saw a dingy sta.
ton. with a small. shallow asphalt
pavement on ono side. with q wide
mudbank on the other.
Where ere weT~ I cried IN Der
plexity.
This IL Moscow" replied my
companions, in formal terms.
tOther articles by Captain Lynch
on Russian conditions will follow in
succeeding issues Of the Sunday
Washington Times.)
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deliver from Riga, or Reval. or Lon
don. appalling stories of Bolshevik
wickedness.
Many of these prize productions
1 found not to be exaggerations of
any reality; they were simply cold
blooded inventions as pueriIe as they
were crude. They remind me now
OF the famous tale of Nurse Hume,
which was printed In grave London
papers during the war, and which
must have reached these papers by
the letter in which she described
her last moments. and which she
had apparently passed through the
flames to the Germans who were
burning her body.
MANY STORIES INVENTED.
At the other pole are the gentle
men who have gone to Russia,
either wholly committed to the Boil.
shevik idea or who have had at the
back of their minds a cantankerous
notion Of breaking loose from com.
nonsense, and in face of the most
palpable absurdities giving their
blessing to the Communistic system.
Shortly before I left Moscow one
of the British authorities, who was
himself not altogether upsympathic
to the Russian Government, gave
me as one of his last injunctions.
For Gods sake, don't talk in
such way as Senator France
1t is difficult to avoid bias on one
side or the other. for Russia is
mighty country and the titanic
latent strength of 1t is brought
home to one far more wildly than In
any other land. have, therefore,
thought It best to record my expert
ences from my notes taken at tho
time, SO that Just as Russia gradu-
ally revealed itself to me, I may pos
sibly make It a little clearer to the
reader.
Moro than once my point of view
changed, new Impressions correct
Ing the old ones, and, to anticipate,
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for nothing In Russia. Like all the
resources of the country. It is album
dant and uncultivated, and so runs
cheerfully to waste. We waited at
the frontier while successive relays
Of officials or soldiers tramped
through the corridor of our train,
some like German soldiers. with big
boots, others in civilian nondescript
costumes. all belonging to that great
army OF State funoeionaries which
is one of the bugbears Of the coun-
try. They had asked for our pass
ports at the beginning. and afteI'
long and necessary wait they handed
them to us again. Our train rum
bled on and the Russian landscape
began to unfold itself to our view.
Russia--Famine. Famine-Russia.
These words had been so dinned
into my ears in London, and 30
many tales had been told me of the
misery of the country and despera-
ton If the people. that the first
views that met our eyes were dis
concerning, for whereas Latvia had
appeared striving but thriving on
a somewhat uppropitious soil. here
in Russia we saw a greer. cultivat-
ed country. a smiling sky. beautiful
land. with all the superficial aspect
of prosperity.
VILLAGES LIVELY.
Nothing looks more picturesque
than a Russian village, seen at some
Htt1> .HI.saa>~ a..l~-Sha
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A change Of regime is certainly
coming, and one of the interesting
problems, which again will affect
the destinies of all Europe, will be
regarding the shape which that new
regime will assume; whether along
the lines of peaceable development
such as some OF the chief men are
beginning to explore; or a violent
overthrow of the present system.
with a restoration OF the old reac-
tionary types; or again a military
dictatorship. holding the country In
a tight grip on one hand and yet
fostering and developing its strength
in the style of a Cromwell-N Napoleon
Bonaparte on the other.
CHANGE Is COMING.
All these shapings and develop
ments and many others are being
thought OF tentatively. for Russia is.
at any rate, a veriteble crucible OF
ideas, and that, indeed, accounts for
much Of it's fascination. Less than
anywhere else is there content with
a mere cold, formal materialism; and
with It all l believe that, through
pain and struggle and many set
backs and much misery, and with
giant efforts of a new nation en-
deavoring to find itself. Russia will
vet attain a powerful influence in
the comfy Of European Nations.
These matters will r, made clear
err as I unfold the tale, and in doing
so I will keep as close as possible
to my own experience. not 30 much
that I wish to put myself in the
picture as that what have actually
seen and felt can certify to. where
as otherwise all around ono lives In
a vague atmosphere OF rumor. sus-
picion, lies and in9viet0de. ueunS
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BY Richard HattOn.
TN 1911 the world was amazed t.

TN 1911 the world was amazed to
learn that tho ancient Manchu
dynasty in China had been
superseded by a republic. Western
governments hailed this awakening
of democratic spirit with delight.
The old order in China had ever
been a stumbling-block in the path
of Chinese advancement and an OBJ
stacle to the promotion OF foreign
intercourse and foreign trade.
The overthrow of Imperialism
opened the door upon which the
foreign powers had been hammering
and Western governments rejoiced
I'm the apparent emergence of China
from darkness into the light.
As dramatic as was the final over
throw of the Manchus. the move
ment which resulted in the establish.
nent OF a republic in China was not
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In MOSCOW i
pinched myself
to know that l
w as re sally
awake and not
seeing Alice
in Wonderland"
visions, and all
this not so
much because
anything very
startling hap
pened, as from
the continual
upsetting OF
ones pre-con-
ceived notions,
until at length
I h g strange
and unexpected
seems normal.
I en- I er e d
Russia with as
few of these
prec o n C eived
no I l on 8. or
prejudices, a s
DO 8 8 1 b lie: /
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We had no lights but a tallow-
candle fitfully burning in each COM
partment, while the strange appear
ance of the scene was enhanced by
the fact that our guides on the rail-
way did not ur Serstand our language
any more than we knew theirs. New
ertheless. we were all happy, for we
were bound to Moscow.
was already impressed by the en-
thusiasm and unselfish quality of
the A. r. A. men. who were very de-
termired on making good on their
own particular Job. After the usual
delays and some OF those vexatious
formalities which make travelling
such a pest in the free countries of
liberated Europe. we reached the
Russian frontier in the morning, and
i was all agog to find the first i'm
pressions of Red Russia
The first type that struck my eye
was a Red soldier standing with rife
in hand and looking at US with
stolid countenance with his small
oblique ey.. and not too attractive
expression.
SOLDIER LIKE A HOBO.
His uniform, II one coulG apply
such a term to his nondescript cos.
tune. had been derived rom many
homogeneous quarters, and altogether
his appearance. except for the rifle,
was more like that of a hobo bent on
Tipping the freight" than one Of
the vanguard of a new civilization.
Another Red soldier appeared
fair. Siberian looking fellow. impress
sive with his rifle. but less 50 in re-
gard to his boots made of straw,
which displayed with his stocking
less leg what in Ireland 1 hsYe
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a sudden flare
ment. :
For ten years
DIR. Sun Yat-sen
of popular COVER
wandered up al
nents of Europ.
often in disguisI
his life, had tn
provinces Of Chi
licanism, formi1
societies ard col
cause of freedol
Support
He was suppl
In his campaign
eralism by CHI
western countri)
all Of the return
who had carried
western ideas d
ment-
Thus, the Oh
like many such |
tered by the edo
ed middle class
blind mob seek
preston at tho
cratic nobility.
Sun Yat-sen,
the Father of
came the first |
nese Republic, 4
THE Republics
China" Americ
friend, WI Ting
ter of foreign at
met.
The new rep
not launched
There was alw,
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ss
destined to pla
only in the his
in the formatio.
which Just nov
the ferment an,
sources of Ru|
and q wise GO
tho country fro
Of despond in a
the first rank
Europe.
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STARVING RUSSIAN PEASANTS CROWD RAILWAY Plato
WHEN AMERICAN RELIEF TRAINS HALT TO DISTRIB
SOLDIERS PLENTIFUL
i'm RAGGED UNIFORMS
INDEX TO SITUATION

ON Trip with United States Relief Force HE Found
Situations Sad Enough to Make Angels Weep,
and Then Again Connie Enough to Make Cat
Laugh-Red Soldier with Rifle Made Him
Think of Tramp About Ready TO Swing a
Freight-Found Portraits of Karl Marx Re-
garded by Populace with Sort of Reverent
Awe.
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ntobcshef a cohCefi, II was hAoh'iS
a propaganda meeting in which the
villages were informed. something
even against evidence. OF all the
benefits OF the Soviet government.
The wall was hung with portraits of
Karl Marx and other leaders of the
people.
may say that Karl Marx has be-
come a sort CT presiding deity to
the Russian Communist government.
His portrait. somewhat idealized, is
found in every Russian public office,
and the name of Karl Marx stands
for a wider range of infallibility than
has ever been claimed by the Pope
of Rome
Every one at this little meeting
was free-and-easy and friendly. and
that again Is ono of the character
istics of Russia which gradually In
wade the soul. surround It with an
atmosphere. and make one prefer
hardships in the midst Of this fra
ternal people rather than the COM
forts amid the moro orderly but
over-drilled Germans, or luxury
amid the correct but metallic ex-
ceIlences of the orthodox British re-
gims. Everything was uncomfort-
able. but I slept like q top.
Next day. as our train pursued its
Journey, we still traversed endlessly
magnificent stretches Of fine coun-
try, well cultivated: some parts
showing. already, crops being har-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
COMEDY is BLENDED
WITH TRAGEDY EVEN
I'm FAMINE DESPAIR

British Officer, Back From Country of Lenin,
Says That There is Much TO Admire i'm Pres
emit Government, Though System is Breaking
Down Under Its Own Great Weight-0ne Brit
iSh Authority Told Him That when HE Went
Back TIC London ''For Gods Sake DON'T Talk i'm
Such Way as Senator France"
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y ONDON, Dec. 3.-Fresh from
Russia, look back on my ex-
periences of the last few weeks
and they seem to be amongst the
most extraordinary Of my life. Often
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
By CAPT. ARTHUR LYNCH.

This the first IN series of articles Russian internal
conditions by Capt. Arthur LYNCH former member of the
British Parliament Captain Lynch has Just returned from
months visit IL Russia He there the nv-
tation of the Russian minister of public instruction lee
ture at the University of Mosco,U.
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ere a man,
! fails; and
.ny appar-
Moving.
b Moscow,
n to be the
rge herds
Hcceoded At
h herds OF
ythe arrival
hired twice
treat event.
|othing par
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omination Of
or independ-
The inca
sulted In the
PROVINCES and
the repuhli.
Us capital at
of
Ut Yuan died
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NEW REPUB,

Ninety-Five Per Cent of
the Chinese in Amer
lea Swear Allegiance
to Government Head
ed by DIR. Sum Yat-
sem, Gem. e n m
Chung mining, and DIR.
Wu Ting-fang.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-19
OFFENDERS GET
JUDGMENT IN
LOWER COURT
BurzO and Parsons Reach End
of Attempts to Evade
Sentence.

Efforts of Mike Burzo, convicted in
the city court on Sept. II, 1920 for operat-
ing a blind tiger and Henry Parsons,
former garage owner, who was convicted
in the Criminal Court on charge Of
receiving stolen automobiles and acting
as the fence" for John Blackwell and
Orlando Horton, convicted auto thieves,
to escape serving their sentences in penal
institutions ceased today when Judge
James A. Collins of the Criminal Court
placed both defendants In the custody Of
the sheriff.
The action was taken following contiir-
nation Of both sentences by the Indiana
State Supreme Court. Burzo was fined
500 and sentenced to serve sixty days
on the Indiana State Farm by Judge Col
Inns on Sept 81 1920 in the Criminal Court
on an Indictment charging receiving stol-
en- goods from one to fourteen years at
the Indiana State RefOrmatory.
Both men have taken every advantage
Of the law in an attempt to escape serv-
ing their sentences. Prosecutor William
p. Evans fatty refused to consent to any
extension Of time being granted to Par
sons.
The court then Jrdered both placed In
the custody Of Sheriff George Snider,
who took them to jail shortly before
noon preparatory to taking them to penal
institutions.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-19
PHONOGRAPHS SUIT
is TRANSFERRED
Action Against Graphophone
Company in Federal Court.

Suit FOR $4,000. brought against the
Columbia Graphophone Company and
the Columbia Graphophone Manufacture
ing Company, by Arthur L. Stout, Os-
car +. Mehornay and Ford A. Smith,
trustees Of the Stout-Mehornay- Smith
Company Of Salem. in the Washington
Circuit Court, was transferred to Fed
eral Court today on removal from the
State Court.
The plaintiffs operate furniture man
ufacturing plant at Salem and during the
flush" business days Of 1920 the COM
plalnant states that the Columbia COM
pany contracted with the plaintiffs for
almost 10000 photograph cabinets at
prices running as high as $500 a cab
met. Before the contract had been en-
tirely filed the defendants cancelled the
contract, and the market price of lum-
Der used in the construction Of the cab
inets broke sharply. The S25O00O is said
to represent approximately the difference
between the contract price of the cab
inets and the market price of the lum-
Der at the time Of cancellation.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-19
PAY OF 10000
EMPLOYEES TO BE
CUTBY PACKERS
Wage Reduction of 10 Per
Cent Agreed to After
Conferences.

CHICAGO. Nov. 19.-Wage reductions
averaging 10 per cent will be put into
effect In the packing plants Of Armour <
Co, Swift Co. and Wilson & Co. on
Nov. 2S through an agreement reached
at a series of conferences here between
officials of the companies and their en-
ployes Approximately 10000 employees
will be affected.
1t is expected action VIII be taken by
other large packing plants in the near
future and that ultimately the wage cuts
viii effect 125,OOO employees.
The decision to accept the wage cuts
was reached after conferences held I'M
der the shop representation plan re-
Gently adopted by the packing plants.
The various labor unions having MEM
beFship of stOckyards workers were not
represented as organizations. 1t is ex-
pected that labor unions will refuse to
accept the wage cuts and the possibility
Of 4 strike is not discounted.
Never before in the history Of the
packing industry have the employees vol
unfairly agreed to a wage reduction The
decision was reached after officials Of
the company had submitted statistics
showing the financial condition Of the
business.
The decision to cut wages will not
affect the rules governing overtime and
working conditions now in effect in tie
packing plants.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-19
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause-Take
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands Of stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead Of taking
tonics, or trying to patch up a poor
digestion, they are attacking the real
cause Of the acknowledged liver and
dlsOrdered bowels.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
the liver in a soothing, healing way.
When the liver and bowels are perform
ing their natural functions, away gees
indigestion and stomach troubles.
Have you bad taste, coated tongue,
poor appetite, lazy, don't care feeling,
no ambition or energy, trouble with I'M
digested foods? Take Olive Tablets, the
substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a pure
ly vegetable compound mixed with olive
oil. You will know them by their olive
color. They do the work without grip
ing, cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtime for quick
relief, Eat what you like. 15c and 3Oc.
Advertisement.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-19
CheIC of Tobacco
Fatal to Elephant
and UpSetS TOlUn

ORANGE, Texas. Nov. 19-Some one
gave Floto, bun elephant with a circus
here, chew OF tobacco instead OF a
peanut.
Floto is dead, killed by pursucrs to
stop his vicious rampage.
One man is in the hospital, severely
injured.
A part of the Sells Tloto circus was
wrecked and the nerves OF Orange are
in n like condition.
After 100 men searched for FIoto all
night, he was found in the country. He
met keepers and others with vicious
charges and roaring trumpets. He
fought capture desperately until many
charges Of lead killed him.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-19
JAPANESE NAVY
LAUNCHES HUGE
DREADNAUGHT
Thousands CLdnlOr While Big
Fighter GLideS Into
Sea.

and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
TOXIC, Nov. 19.-While a crowd esti-
mated at 100000 shouted Banzai 5apan's
great superdreadnaugh Kaga, the larg-
est fighting ship of her type now atioat,
took the water at Kawasaki dock yard,
Kobe yesterday.
While the delegates at Washington are
discussing a plan calling for the scrap
ping of this 4O,OO0-ton warship it was
noteworthy that no mention Of the Wash
ington conference or the possibility that
the Kaga never would be completed was
made by any Of the half dozen speakers
at the banquet celebrating the launching
Admiral Prince Fushimi attended the
launching as the personal representative
Of the Emperor. IN a speech proposing
a toast to the navy yard, the managing
director of the Kawasak dock yard,
Yamamoto, said THE Kaga would be
safeguard for world peace" The func-
ton was attended by virtually all the
naval attaches Of the Toxic embassies
and legations
The tone Of the press and official dis
cussions Of the Hughes plans shows
strong objection to scrapping not only
the Mutsu but also to the Kaga and h.
sister ship, the Tosa, which still is
year from ompletion.-COpyright, 1924
by Public Ledger Company.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-19
Resolution Would Bar
Newberry and Ford

WASHINGTON, Nov. ia resolution
to have the seat of Senator Newberry
declared vacant, and neither he nor Henry
Ford entitled to 1t, was introduced In the
Senate today by Senator Walsh, Democrat
of Montana.
The resolution asserted that Newberry
is not entitled to the seat because of
gross and fragrant violation" Of the
Michigan election laws by him and his
supporters in the Ford Newberry sena-
torial campaign.
The resolution would deny the seat to
Ford because he did not receive q ma
jority Of votes.