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Evening star., 1921-06-12

served. but the allegat ton that it has
been or could be inspired by hostile
sentiments toward the United States
is an allegation put forward only in
ignorance or malice.
In the discussion as to the renewal
OF the Anglo-Japanese agreement il
should be remembered that Great
Britain is to consult her overseas do
minions and that their viewpoint in
regard TO far eastern affairs is the
same as that of the United States No
agreement with Great Britain is pos
ing and sentiment of the English
speaking peoples of the world.
The idea is fantastic
yet IL rs upon the assumption that
this has been done that suss ,cjon and
Ill will have been engender.f- between
peoples who ought to y. marching
and forward in tie interests
iol peace and world settlements.
The moral of it all is plain II is
10 De critical of sectional alliances
and to oppose any for any purpose
which may hinder or impede an uIti-
the good of all
Some Encouraging siens. -
III Is We'll however.just now to well
come the few faint streaks of lieb,
that pierce the general gloom on ,ba
international horizon. 1t is in thar
spirit | have noted the speech of tn.
ne" herman chancellor DIR With
IN winch he told the Germans ,bav
were beaten people and that they
ituSt make amends for their past mis-
Iueeos ny work and 'frugality. This
speech should help to dispei the IL
.usnois OF the mulish militarists who
s .iIi ar1lict that country. Already il
las oeen hailed in the allied countries 9
q welcome sign of coming sanity
n,m sood falth on the part of the Ger
man government.
on the questions Of Silesia and
renuctlon Of naval armaments
nm. ,neae also is Improvement to be
.eu. on the first there is less fric-
.ioii between France and Great Brit
hn on 1ne second some progress
n los peen made toward a wider com
mon agreement The "feeiers,' nf
america appear to be taking root
BUT the international situafion 1a,-
orally is such as to try the temnar
OF a Mark Tapley Austria is 1aII.
ing to pieces and Germany has sbown
al Leipzig but little change Of hear,
Inc creeks and the Turks still are
engaged IN the active art of killing
armenia slowly bleeds to death witb
no nand outstretched to save her.
mere are other evidences of a
world dlstraught. The one which is
perhaps not SO striking but none
the less disturbing, is the nronosa
70 olVlde the world once more fhroupb
the sectional alliances to which ref
erence has already been made.
DOWNRIGHT 1921
Evening star., 1921-06-12
CZECHOSLOVAKIA AGREES
TO RUMANIAN EXCHANGE
Two Countries Set Precedent in
Amiable Adjustment of Dis
puted Territories.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST. June 10.-Rumania a
and Czechoslovakia have just set a
precedent in the amicable exchange of
territories in order to make conditions
of the Paris peace conference fit local
conditions. satisfy aspirations of the
populations and meet the viewpoints
of both countries.
The Prague cabinet having approv-
hand over to Czechoslovakia three
villages, with a population of 5000, all
of whom are Czechoslovakians except
six Rumania will get in exchange
eight villages with a population of
10000, of whom 7.o00.are Rumanians.
This removes the last subject of
contention between the two countries
and will mean the strengthening of
the alliance between them.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
HARDEN SAYS RIGHT MEN
( : ARE NOT PUNISHED
Those Who. Ordered I'LL Treatment Of Prison.
ers Grin as Their Subordinates Are
Imprisoned for Obeying Orders.

, come contaminated by the 'idea"?
Especially when the contaminat tfon
was wholly unavoidable and necessa-
ry In order that the man might keep
his post?
The scandal and shame is that the
fate of highly cultivated prisoners Of
war often was conhded to persons OF
much meaner station of life, such as
Of sergeants. Angered or jaundiced
under-ofhcials were made command
ers Of camps in which men of brains
| of western Europe were miserably
fed and kept In long Imprisonment.
All this was scandalous shame.
/ But even the Judge who shares these
views is bound .first Of all to the laws
Of the land-laws which. by the way,
still exist in our so-called most free
republic of the world"
ishments in camps had the Idea of
military discipline" drilled into them
for years before the war began. They
used the same means against their
pals in our own military prisons
and were not conscious OF any abuse
of military authority.
What was the camp commander to
do?. II he had reported he could
not force the prisoners to work he
would have been dismissed from his
post as being unsuitable. and would
very nicely have been sent away to
1917. didn't very willingly go, be-
cause it was but a condemnation to
hero's death. Because of this al
tentative. and because he had no
great hope that the art OF persuasion
would avail: the prison commander
Are the entente powers convinced
that their corporals and lieutenants.
in a pinch between duty and human
ity. always and everywhere behaved
as men? Are we justified in expect
ing the average old soldiers to be
this were their teaching how would
they be suitable to destroy with
grenades and mines and poison gas
the lives of unknown innocent per-
sons. whose only crime was belong
ing to another nation?
War today is the most unchivalrous
of all times. Tyranically it has util-
lied the greatness of the masses and
| industrially it has organized bar
barism.
Guilty Ones Escape.
All our efforts ought to be directed
toward preventing a possibility of a
relapse into such a state of degrada-
ton. disgraceful to all mankind
Nothing too severe can be said in
stigmatization of those whose orders
made the i'll treatment of prisoners
possible. The infliction of punishment
On those who merely executed those
orders will do no good. only harm.
We are only at the beginning Of a
long list Of trials. and evil conse-
Quences already are noticeable. The
right men are not being punished.
They sit back and grin as their fellow
countrymen are imprisoned for carry
poisonous fog to hang over the trials.
The main cuIprits are those with the
| idea" of the military right Of force
and it is they who must be over
powered and dragged with their roots
out of the earth of humanity.
1t is therefore the duty Of all not to
satisfy a narrow minded passion of
revenge. but to Join in the fight FOR
| the liberation of the oppressed. Only
in the fulfillment of this duty will the
world be made safe.
(Copyright. 1917
Evening star., 1921-06-12
By MACMILLAN HARDEN.
Germany's Foremost Publieist.


BY Radio to The Star.
BERLIN. June 11.-One must not
believe that tho lenient sentences be-
ing metsd out today in the trials of
German soldiers and sailors at Leip-
zig charged by the allies. with VIOLA
tons Of the laws of war are due to
any bad will on the part OF the judges
presiding.
Their task is not an easy. one. The
accusers are the deadly enemies of
yesterday. The accused are the de
tenders of the fatherland." The judges
have had their education and bring
ing up in school Of thought which
ascrfbes all virtue and power to its
own people. and all faults and vices
to the people toward which It is his
toricaliy and bitterly hostile. This
tends to make 1t easier for the judges
to believe their fellow countrymen
rather than the testimony Of enemy
strangers
But even If the Judges have the
courage to Withstand this temptation.
they are bound to observe and uphold
the legal regulations Of their coun-
try-regulations which the strangers
do not know and have no wish to ac-
knowledge.
Usual German Practices.
II there be fault to find at Leipzig
1t is not with the judges. 1t is rather
with the idea Of military discipline -
inculcated with iron vigor in the last
two generations. and it is asking
too much that Germans be punished
more severely for ofrenses against
foreigners than they have been pun
.ished in the past for similar offenses
against their own people.
1t Is not new story. this revela-
ton Of the i'll treatment of men at
the prison camps. The boxing OF
ears. the tying-up Of men. the chang
ing from hot to cold shower baths,
the throwing Of small stones, the
butting with guns-these have often
been the means of enforcing military
obedience among German recruits in
our own barracks.
According to the German military
penal code the deed of a superior
officer in which he has enforced
obedience in a case he considered an
abuse of his military authority IL
not punishable. This same rule holds
true in the case Of subordinates
obeying the command of a superior
officer. Under this code danger to
discipline" has been suppressed. nc
matter the cost.
His majesty's cabinet order of July
io'! tuuIins the kalSerS regime the
orders of the supreme war lord al
ways were thus called) states that
even corporal punishment inflicted
upon subordinates is not to be con-
sidered an offense. or i'll treatment, OF
to be punished. Such punishme nj
was to be considered necessary to
keeping up the Idea of military
discipline"
That order must be taken into ac-
count in viewing the Leipsic trials.
The allies tell US that to overcome
the military idea" in Germany the
war was carried on. Prussian Ger
many. we are told. has lost this
idea" and for generations will have
to pay dearly for it.
However. is 1t consistent with COM
mon sense and justice on the part of
the allies, after victory and peace, to
continue to carry on warfare against
inconsequential persons who. had be-
Evening star., 1921-06-12
HONOR FOR NEW LINER.
First Voyage of SO, 6,70o-Ton French
Vessel Being Celebrated.

HAVRE. June 1.-THE first voyage
Of the new 36,700-ton French liner
Paris. which sails for New York June
Is, will be celebrated with fetes and
ceremonies beginning today with the
presentation by the municipal coun-
Gil of Paris of a beautiful commemo-
rative statue to the vessel.
A reception aboard today was at
tended by a large number of men in
public life and naval officers includ-
ing Admiral Lacaze. chief of the gen.
eral staff of the French navy: Vice
Admiral Jaures and Admiral Mottez,
and two japanese admirals who were
received by Minister of Marine Guis-
thau.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
BY ANDRE TARDIEU.

BY ANDRE TARDlEUs
Former French High Commissionel
to America.
By Gable to The Star.
PARIS, June 11.-Confusion still reigni
In Europe. 1t manifests itself today In
every field. three of which deserve espe.
cial emphasis. These are the Anglo
French relations. Franco-German rela-
tions and the oriental question.
Anglo-French relations are just
emerging from a serious crisis. Gu
riously enough. certain English news
papers, doubtless with the best inten-
tions, have selected just this moment
to propose an alliance between the two
countries.
Is the proposal opportune? 1 do not
think so.
The so-called military guarantee
treaties between France. the United
States and Great Britain. negotiated In
1919. remain imperative, owing to the
failure of the United States to ratify.
But these treaties were linked directly
with the whole system of the league OF
nations. which the United States Senate
would not accept. Therefore. even II
Great Britain decided to ratify the An
glo-French section of the tripartlte
agreement, independently of the Franco
American protocol, the result would De
quite different from what the Versailles
negotiators intended.
Are these English papers suggest
ing an old fashioned offensive and de-
fensive alliance? In that case it is neces-
sary to give careful thought to the mat
ter to assure an equality OF rights and
duties between the two contracting
parties.
Such a study has not yet been made.
No definite proposal has been offered.
Wherefore one is forced to conclude
that all such discussion Is quite pre-
mature, serving more to cloud the AZ
mosphere than to clear it, for an
alliance is impossible without prior
agreement and before exchanging
commitments France and England must
resolve their many disagreements. That
is what they have always done in the
past In 1904 they cleared away their
disagreements. and in 1914 formed an al
lance. 1t seems to me that the present
discussion puts the cart before the horse
and is a bad beginning for fruitful
work.
Lack Confidence in Germany.
Concerning Franco-German rela-
tions, they are dominated on the one
hand by the formidable concessions
made to Germany in the London
agreement, and on the other hand by
Premier Brands latest speech ex-
pressing confidence in the present
German government
Many Frenchmen, including myself
regret the concessions, and do not
share the confidence expressed.
We regret the concessions because
all the arguments about Germany's s
ability to pay the war damage apply
Evening star., 1921-06-12
YORKTOWN OPPOSES PARK
People Indignant at Bill in Con-
eress to Take Over Area.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. June Ii
People of Yorktown, Newport News
and vicinity. have united to fight the
bill now pending in Congress- which
would establish q federal park at
Yorktown. at 3 cost of 100000. =
The bill provides for the taking
over Of the town, the property therein
and enough nearby to constitute
seven square miles. People Of, York
town held an Indignation meeting last
night and civic. and commercial or
ganizations in this city have notified
them of their willingness to help fight
the passage Of the measure.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
QUEEN GIVES UP TRIP.
Will Not Accompany King to Open
Ulster Parliament.

LONDON, June lot Is announced
that the queen will not accompany
King George to Belfast for the formal
opening of the Ulster parliament.
l. Owing to the industrial situation.
says another official announcement,
the king and queen have decided to
hold no courts this year. Those who
were to have been present will. in
stead. be invited to attend a garden
party at buckingham Palace in July.
The government has instructed the
authorities in Ireland to cease re-
prisals, says the Daily Mail. The
newspaper adds that when the mill
tary forces in Ireland are increased,
as it has been announced they Will be,
they will exercise full authority in
ouelling outrages and riots.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
PULP MILLS TO REOPEN.
Plant at Hopewell, Va, to Resume
Full Capacity.

PETERSBURG, Va, June 11.-En-
couraged by the more optimistic busi-
ness outlook he encountered on a trip
to New York and through New Eng
land. ]. w. Stull. president of the
Stamsocot Company OF Hopewell,
which manufactures pulp for high
class paper, using cotton ltnters. an
nounced here tonight that the Hope
well plant win resume at fun capacity
next Wednesday. Several hundred
arc employed at the plant, which
uses a secret process for the patented
method it employs in tho manufacture
of pulp.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
PINNED AGAINST WALL.
Shenandoah Valley Student Caught
BY Auto and Ribs Broken.
~.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, June 11.-How-
ard J. woff. jr.. member Of prominent
family of Norfolk. Va. and a student
at the Shenandoah Valley Academy
here, was under treatment at Memo
rial Hospital last night and today for
fractured ribs and internal injuries,
caused, it was said, by being caught
between an automobile and q wall at
the Winchester Garage. while fel-
low student. David Crook of Balti-
more. was driving his CAP into the
Won misjudged the space that the
automobile would occupy. He was
caught by the rear fender and pinned
tightly.
The injured youth was hurried to
Memorial Hospital. where surgeons
and physicians said his injuries were
not necessarily serious.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
U. S. SCHOOL RANSACKED.
Mutinous Chinese Troops Looting
Wuchang, in Hupeh.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright. 1921.
SHANGHAI, China, June 11-The
mutinous troops which began riotine
and looting at Ichang last Sunday are
now terrorizing Wuchang. the capt.
tai of Hupeh province. They are
sacking the city and setting fire to
buildings. The American Trinity
School and the government mint have
been ransacked. The missionaries
homes and the Young Mems Christian
Association quarters have not been
touched.
Hankow is quiet.
In the rioting at 1chang it is re-
ported that 100 persons were killed
and many foreign and Chinese stores
looted before the United States gun
boat PaloS arrived.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
HUNT CALVIN'S GRAVE.
Authorities Get Information From
Alleged Descendant.

GENEVA. June 10.-The spot where
John Calvin, the Protestant reformer
and theologian. is buried, Is being
sought by the authorities on informa-
tion furnished by man who says he
is a descendant of Calvin. The loca-
tion of the grave has been handed
down through the Calvin family,
under pledge of secrecy. according to
the man, who is seventy-one years
of age, and as he is without issue. he
believed it his duty to divulge the
location to the ecclesiastical consis-
tory at Geneva
Tradition has 1t that John Calvin.
who died on May 27. 1854, was buried
sin the common cemetery in Geneva
called Plain-Palais," but the exact
spot has not been Identified.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
HELD IN AUTO DEATH.
Sister Of Speaker Gillett Charged
With Granddaughter.

CHICOPEE, Mass, June 11.-Miss
Lucy Gillett Of Westheld. sister OF
Speaker f. n. Gillett OF the national
Irairned in district court here today
charged with manslaughter as the
,resuit of an accident yesterday in
which the automobile she was driving
struck and killed Irene Cote, aged
thirteen, and injured Yvette Gauthier.
aged nine. Miss Gillett entered a
piea Of not guilty and was released
in bonds of $4,000 for a hearing
July l.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
MRS. soUTHARD IN IDAHO.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho, June 11.-Mrs.
LYDIA Southard, charged with murder
in connection with the death Of her
fourth husband. Edward Meyer. was
In Jail in Twin Falls today to await
"Don't let them question me-" said
Mrs. Southard before she was taken
to a cell. II am not, welr enough to
see any one"
The last 40 miles Of the journey
from Honolulu was made overland
by automobile from Wells. New, b
avoid crowdA Mrs. Southard is suf-
ferinE from nervous headaches, with
Indications Of a nervous breakdown,
a6cials said. ~
Evening star., 1921-06-12
FILL ALL
PARLIAMENT SEATS
Elect 22 Members to Places
Ignored by NationaIists
and Sim Feiners.
VISCOUNT FITZALAN
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BELFAST. June 11.-Twenty-two
unionist representatives were elect
ed today without opposition members
of the senate of the northern Irish
parliament. They include the Duke
of Abercorn. the Marquis of Dufferin
and Ava, son of a former Canadian
viceroy: Viscount Bangor. Viscount
Massereene and Ferrard, Lord Pirrie
and Sir James Johnston.
The nationalists and Sim Feiners
ignored the elections. although the
unionists had left seats open for them.
The unionists. accordingly, nominated
men for all the seats. Three unionist
labor nominees were among those re-
turned.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
CLARA BARTON HoNoRED,
schoolhouse Where She Taught
Marked With Bronze Tablet

BORDENTOWN,,N N. j., June 1.-THE
little brick schoolhouse in which Miss
Clara Barton, founder of the Amer
lean Red Cross, taught in 1859. was
dedicated to her memory today.
School, children, state, and county
officials and educational leaders from
all parts OF, the state attended, the
exercises.
A bronze tablet was. unveiled by
her nephew and grandniece, Stephen
Barton Of Boston and Saidee +. Rfc-
cius Of Massachusetts. go. .-.=r.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
YANKS DIE IN MOSELLE.
Two Soldiers Drowned While
Watering Horses.
By the Associated Press

ASSocfdteu
COBLENZ. June 1.-Two American
soldiers. Corp. Samuel Carvey Of 81
Model avenue. Hopewen. n: j., and
Private Anton Holson, 5107 Hahn ave-
nue.. Cleveland. Ohio, were drowned
in the Moselle river here today while
watering horses. Both were members
of Battery F of the 6th Field Artil-
lery.
Holson's horse stepped into a hole
and threw him into the river. Carvey
answered his call for help and tried
to save him, but was dragged under
by Holson. Comrades of the men re-
covered their bodies.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
NAVAL PROGRAM PASSED.
French Chamber of Deputies Adopts
Plans for New Ships.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 1.-The chamber of
deputies Friday night adopted the ma
val program presented Thursday by
Deputy Paul Denise. reporter for the
naval commission, by 46S to 12S.
The program calls for the cPnstruc-
tion Of six light cruisers, twelve de-
stroyers twelve torpedo boats and
thirty-six submarines at an approx
mate cost of 1,416. 100000 francs.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
WAR COURT ACQUITS.
Leipzig Student Was Accused OF
Illtreating Belgian Children.

BY the Associated Press.
LEIPZIG, Germany. June 11.-Max
Random, a Leipzig student. was ac-
quilted today by the court trying war
criminals on the charge of having ILL
treated and imprisoned Belgian chill
dren at Gramont in 1917.
Random was released and the i'm
perial treasury will pay the cost of
the trial The case was brought at
the instance of Belgium.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
GEN. GOMEZ GRAvELY ILL.
President Of Cuba Expresses SYM
! pathy to Former Opponents Wife.

HAVANA. June Ii President
Zayas, upon learning last night OF
of Gen. Jose n. Gomez, former presi.
dent Of Cuba and opponent of DR.
Zayas in their election held last No
vember, sent a cablegram of sympa-
thy to Mrs. Gomez.
Advices received here indicated
that Gen. Gomez was in serious con
dition as the result of an attack of
pneumonia and his son, DR.. Mieuel
M. Gomez. left for New York last
night.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
STEAMER CAPTAIN DIES.

CUxHAvEN, Germany, June IL
Capt. C.. F. Smith Of the United Amer
ican Line steamer Carroll. which left
Hamburg for New. York Thursday.
was stricken with apoplexy yester-
day and died. The body has been
brought ashore.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
PLAGUE KILLS 81.

Death Toll Tor Nay Reaches That
Mark in Tampico.
HAVANA. June 11.-Thirty-seven
deaths from bubonic plague occurred
in Tampico during May, according I'd
the bill Of health issued by the -Cubar1
consul at Tampico to the American
tanker Albert e. Watts, which ar
rived here yesterday.
One death day marked the first
week in June, but the number of cases
last month and the first week this
month were not mentioned in the doc
ument.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
COAL MINERS TO VOTE.
British Workers to Ballot on Own.
ers' Proposals.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 10.-The conference
Of the coal miners delegates held here
today decided that a ballot should be
taken in ell the coal fields on the pro-
posals of the mine owners for set
tlement of the strike. This is gen.
orally considered a long step toward
peace in the coal industry.
The coal mine strike. tying up vir-
tually the entire industry. has been
in progress since April l.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
SPORTS At COLONIAL BEACH.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. June ii.
Colonial Beach is preparing for a
fractions next Saturday. There viii
be a; baseball game, auto parade, band
concert and hydroplanaA
Evening star., 1921-06-12

~say It WITH F1owers.~
More expressive than words-Gude's
flowers. OF course. 1214 F-Adver-
tiSement
Evening star., 1921-06-12
"WHlTE STRIKE" ENDS.
italian Government Employees De
eide to Resume Work.

PARIS, June 1.-THE white strike
Of employees in the Italian government
service, which has been N progress
for more than a week, has been de-
clared of. a Rome dispatch today an
nounces. The employees haye decided
to resume work Immediately. Their
method has been to go to the govern
ment offices every day as usual. but
to refuse to do any work.
The grievance of the strikers was
alleged to be Inadequate wages. Of which
an increase was demanded.