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Evening star., 1921-08-14
Sees the Future Peace of Europe Menaced
By the Cold Selfishness of Victorious Nations

in Europe and Asia and is engulfed
every day deeper in 4 series Of ad-
ventures, the outcome of which is
uncertain and threatening.
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Europe is not yet on the road to
reconstruction, and peace does not
yet shine in the hearts of men.
There is the big entente and the
little entente. but no real accord
has been arrived at between vic
tors and vanGuisred. not yet
among the victors themselves.
The problem of Upper Silesia
must not be regarded as a mere
incident; it is the most important
fact after the treaty of Versailles.
1t has proved beyond all doubt
that the entente is not held to-
gether by formulas of right and
justice, but on.y by hatred of the
past and interests based on the
present and on the future. Peace,
democracy, justice, are empty
words. of which we still make use
owing to the force of an old habit
contracted during the war; but 1t
Is merely a mechanical repetition
to which nobody attributes the
slightest importance.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1921-08-14

proposed not to apply the plebiscite.
or to apply it in part only, or to
dismember Upper Silesia.
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The truth Of the matter is that
the victors aim at striking Germany
at the very fountain-head of her
production. depriving her Of coal
and paralyzing her metal industry
or subjecting it to international
interests.
1t is a clash Of international in
terests flaunted with brutal osten-
tation, and the ethnographic and
cultural conditions of the peoples
whose destinties are at stake bear
no weight on the decisions of the
victors.
If the entente really desired
reasonable indemnity 1t ought to
view with pleasure and satisfaction
Germany's economic resurrection
But when part, at least, of the en-
tente is constantly threatening to
invade the Ruhr and it is desired
to violate the plebiscite and to
refuse to hand over Upper Silesia
to the Germans, this amounts to
an open confession that the entente
Is not aiming at an indemnity. but
at one thing alone. namely. the
dissolution Of Germany.
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What a terrible situation does
not Europe now find herself in! 1t
is proposed to base the finances
of the victorious states on the in
demnity to be paid by the van
quished, but as the vanquish-
ed enemy, in order to pay the
indemnity. must produce not only
wha .tis necessary for his own ex-
istence. but also a surplus to hand
over to the victors, he finds him.
self under the necessity of pro-
ducing better and more cheaply
than ever. thus spreading panic
among the victors. who do their
best to strangle the vanquished
by placing them In the impossi-
Upper Silesia has voted, but the
states of the entente are in no
hurry to give their decision: the
general confusion Is further in
creased by the fact that the points
of view held by France and Eng
land are hopelessly at variance.
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In the meantime Poland, egged
on to resistance, Is gradually los
ing all her resources and her forces,
of reconstruction. There is no
country in Europe more impover-
ished than Poland. A great deal
of talking is being done, but very
little work; while clamoring for
the coal mines Of Upper Silesia,
Poland neglects her own oil fields;
important factories are being aban-
doned one after the other, paper
currency is practically. valueless
and the conditions of life have be-
come terrible. Poland has annexed
many territories where the Poles
constitute a small minority and IL
still hungering for more. She has
dreams Of greatness and dreams
Of empire on the Ukraine.
Greece. too, has been caught In
. network Of ambitious enterprises
Evening star., 1921-08-14
BY WALTER BREMOND,
President State National Bank.
Austin, Tex.
0n Commerce and Finance.)

I'm Commerce and Finance)
Many influences have combined to
falsify a true conception of labor:
the inherent virtue Of industry and
the wrongs of the working man have
been so overemphasized that we have
practically accepted the principle of
the least possible work for the high
est possible pay. No wonder we are
raising up an army of men who do not
work at all. One morning recently 1
looked into the back room of an Aus
tin business house. It was 9 o'clock.
and q beautiful day. Four strapping
young men were playing checkers and
four others were looking on. There are
hundreds like them in town and other
hundreds in the country. Every store
and post Office in the country, like
every street corner and shady rendez-
vous in town. has its quota of incura-
BILE idlers. 1t is strange how the two
classes of those who do work, even
Is sometimes unfaithfully and un-
fairly, seldom have a word Of re-
proach for the loafer. the deadbeat.
the social sponge. who lives upon us
nll.
1t is easy to imagine. if not to meas
ure. how greatly our aggregate eff
cheney is lowered by this widespread
attitude toward the one essential or
derby progress.
I had a dream, susceptible Of a
much broader application than shall
make of it here.
1 thought there was some psyche
logical wave. and every man. woman
and child woke up one morning with
the desire and will to devote every
leisure hour to some form Of work.
The Elks put aside their dominoes
and, meeting with the Lions. ktwa-
mans and Rotarians in their neigh
borhood streets. cleared the drains
and gathered up the loose stones;
the swarm of loafers at the Littlefield
corner melted away, taking the best
Job that offered. cheerfully accepting
one dollar IL no one offered Ave; the
League Of Woman Voters adjourned
plenty to do in their own households;
the moving picture censor closed his
desk and went home to whitewash a
chicken coop; the children pulled up
the weeds in the school yard; the
preacher talked about the dignity Of
labor and made 1t clear that one
could pray just as ef,ectually in over
alls as in pajamas; the ladies found
the garden trowel just as restful to
tired nerves as bridge, and the men.
that more could be accomplished
with the hoe than with the golf club.
Even the university professor quilt
his Job Of experimenting the earth
to NOW the campus lawn. The great
army Of uplifters disbanded. Every
body was busy and there was nobody
to reform One afternoon the fire
truck swung down the street, and
not a single automobile chased after
IL. There was q dog-fght on Con-
gress avenue and no crowd gathered
to see how 1t came out. A pretty girl
got on the street car, exposing q
dimpled knee. but nobody saw it
Evening star., 1921-08-14

provinces and whole regions which
they have not the strength to hold
and over which they VIII not be
able to maintain their sovereignty
because the vanQuished peoples
will never allow themselves to be
standing menace Of fresh wars.
How many territories inhabited
almost exclusively by Moslem
population have been handed over
to Greece!
The smaller countries which
were animated by unbounded greed
and ambition In their post-bellum
claims. now find themselves in a
terrible situation. The future Of
Poland is seriously jeopardized:
Greece has embarked upon an ad-
venture of which it is difficult to
forsee the end; Rumania. Czecho-
slovakia, Jugoslavia. etc, are anx-
iously seeking for final settlement
but hitherto in vain.
1t has therefore been laid down
that victory brings with 1t the right
to annex the territories of the van
Quished without previously con-
sulting the Inhabitants. Nothing
new or strange in this, because
history teaches us that victorious
nations have never behaved other
wise. and it would be a singular
delusion to believe that the prin--
danger might constitute a bond
sufficient to hold back peoples
thirsting for revenge and in fear
and anxiety for the future.
But what was not regarded as a
duty for the victors is considered
as q duty for the vanquished. Ger
many has lost the war: the treaty
her to adopt the plebiscite in all
territories Of doubtful nationality,
or in those the character of whose
population was not clearly defined.
The plebiscite has become a for
mula Of right applicable only to
those who have lost the war, and
1t has recently been imposed more
especially in the case Of Upper Sile-
sia, to the detrement Of Germany.
The plebiscite took place under
the safeguard Of the victorious
troops Of occupation, therefore in
conditions wholly unfavorable to
the vanquished. The Poles, as Mr..
Lloyd George was forced to admit,
received every possible aid and en-
oourasement and perpetrated with
impunity all kinds of violence; they
were enabled to commit every ex-
cess under the protection. IL not Of
all, Of part, at least. Of the allied
troops. 1t 10 an open secret that
the Polish committees were openly
favored and protected, and 1t is
well known that the anti-German
propaganda was encouraged in
every way.
In spite Of these adverse condi-
tions. however, the plebiscite re-
suited in favor Of Germany. and the
only solution Is that which has
been voiced by the peoples directly
concerned. i,
Everybody knows. however. how
the Poles have been encouraged to
oppose the plebiscite, and how q
very humiliating discussion on the
subject has been going on between
The various chancalleEies. II 10
Evening star., 1921-08-14
BY FRANCISCO NITTI,
Former Premier Of Italy.

TINE problem of Upper Silesia
is one OF the greatest i'm
portance, both from a po-
litical and moral point OF
view. Indeed, few things are bet
ter calculated than this contro-
versy to throw light on the spirit
which still animat es Europe.
After the war the spirit Of vio-
lence has taken the place of every
idea of right and justice in the
victorious countries, and when
dealing with the most stupendous
problems the solution arrived at
was not. as a rule, the one which
would have insured lasting
peace, but that which further
strengthened the rights and privi-
leges Of the victors.
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OF late we do mot hear justice
and democracy mentioned. but only
the rights of victory proclaimed.
1t is regarded as conducive to
peace that the victors, because
they have won the war, should
appropriate vast territories. with
out even consulting the population
thus annexed. a justification is
sought (and oft en very reason
ably) in the Necessity for self
defense, or in historic traditions
the judges are and have hitherto
been the victors themselves the
morale of the victory consists in
one thing only, namely. in the
right to dispose freely Of the van
quished Also this point Of view
is the expression Of a moral con-
ception and wo4ld have nothing
TESS to follow that ridiculous in
tellectual adventure known as the
society of nations" and II 1T were
not persisted in even after the
war, during which humanity was
repeatedly informed that it was
really the last great war and that
the conflict was being waged be-
the entente-wished to safeguard
the principles Of right and justice
and to definitely close the era Of
wars, while the other group. con-
sisting Of the central empires and
Turkey, stood for violence and the
oppression OF IEee pcoPlo5.
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All the victorio us countries have
been allowed to annex the terri
tories which they had lost in the
past, or which they regarded a.
necessary to Il heir defence or
simply useful from an economical
point Of view. Let US not mention
the colonies of which Germany
has been deprived without 50 much
as q word Of discussion. But the
very territories of Europe have
been cut up and divided among the
victors. who have not once recog-
nized the necessity Of a plebiscite.
The spoliations committed at the
expense Of Turkey. Hungary and
Bulgaria, to mention but three
Of the states which have been
most wantonly sacrificed. are un-
precedented in the history OF the
world.
Poland, Jugo6lavia, Rumania
and chiefly Greece have annexed
Evening star., 1921-08-14
FAR EAST PROBLEMS
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almost as much SO as the United
States. They also have their inter-
ests to safeguard in those waters.
Diplomacy's Great Chance.
Senator johnson of California only
expressed the hope Of other public
men who have given this question of
the Pacific close attention when he
said to the writer that II the coming
conference can solve some of the
problems Of the far east satisfac-
torily one Of the greatest diplomatic
accomplishments Of this or any other
age Will have been achieved.
The California senator has taken the
lead In an effort to see to it that the
conferences Of the powers in WASH
fngton shall be entirely open. He is
convinced that only by the utmost
publicity. creating a powerful pub
lie sentiment In support Of the pro-
posed agreements on the question Of
far east and also upon disarmament
will it be possible to accomplish any
thing. He has pointed to the YER
sailles peace conference after the
world war as an illustration that
such conferences, held behind closed
doors. are in the end futile and re-
suit in agreements that are not satis-
factory.
Evening star., 1921-08-14
Capital Sidelights
ny WILL p. KENNEDY.

Members Of Congress are enjoying
during these warm summer Gays
modern luxury, the existence OF which
New of the common herd of civiliza-
+fon ever realize, much less utillze.
The high rate of mortality among
national legislators is no more 10 De
encouraged by foul air laden with
germs tncubating in the surcharged
atmosphere Of tariff debates. Elliott
Woods. architect of the Capitol and
scientific wizard, always dabbllng IN
the most modern processes. has IN
stalled ozonators in both the House
and Senate chambers. These are for
the purpose Of supplying a sumclent
amount of ozone to the atmosphere; e;
In the House the system Is capable OF
supplying sufficient ozone for 10000 cuD1c
feet per minute The Senate apparatus
can supply enough for 50,0OO cuoic
feet per minute. While these ozona-
tors have no potency to reduce the
humidity, they guarantee pure air
and dispe1 odors pecul1ar 10 damp ar
In the summer time.
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Congress- is considering the recon-
mendation of Architect Woods for ex-
tending the east front of the middle
section of the Capitol so as to give
the dome a proper setting and to
carry out plans contemplated Tor
threescore years. In order that the
necessary changes may be properly
yisuaIized for the committees of both
the House and Senate. Archftect
Woods has had model OF the entire
Capitol structure made and so FASH
toned that sections can be drawn out
to show how the remodeled building
will look. This model Is exact in the
nlinutest detail and is the work OF
Emile Caret, formerly on the pay
roll of the superintendent OF the
Capitol. 1t is stored in studio In the
garret Of the Capitol until the COM
mittee is ready to consider the alter
alton proposals. This model Is prac-
tically the same as two others made
by Mr.. Caret for exhibition at the
worlds fair IN st. San hGs,s sncisco hna 'he fn
order that the one for the latter ex-
position might reach its destination
in perfect condition. Mr.. Carot boxed
It carefully and then 1t made Its
transcontinental trip in specially
1t gave with every motion OF the
train.
SiRhtseers in the Capitol miss many
Interesting little relics. 1t Is now
being urged that the rotunda should
be fitted up as museum. with glass
cases in which would be placed some
of the smaller relics and trophies In
which the public would be interested.
For example. the local lodge Of Odd
Fellows has just sent to Architect
Woods small monument mosaic,
made from sample blocks OF the vari-
Gus kinds of marble used In building
the Capitol. 1t carries brass plate,
on which is inscribed: Washington
Todoa No & was chartered by the
Grand Lodge Of the District of Colum-
bia September 10, 1888. Presented by
James N. Ball. P. G., Dec. %. 1874"
Mr.. Ball was a stone mason who worked
en- the Capitol extension before or dur
ing the civil war. He picked up the
sample bits of marble while thus en-
ployed and made them into the monu-
ment. A chart shows the following
varieties: Carrara, Italy; Potomac,
Sienna, Italian, Irish black. calico,
Vermont; Connolly quarry, Maryland;
black and gold Egyptian. shell rock.
Evening star., 1921-08-14
TEXAS BANKER DREAMS OF A
DAY WHEN ALL WENT TO WORK

The man who had always stood on
that corner was painting his front
gate. Everywhere was heard the
swish of the paint brush and the
cheerful music of the hammer and
saw. After a bit a stranger came to
town. He found the most cheerful.
friendly and self-respecting people
he had ever seen. and Austin became
the cleanest, most orderly and beau
tiful city in the world. A man who
had been asleep for sixty days woke
up. He thought he was in heaven.
Evening star., 1921-08-14
SETTLE THREE DISPUTES.
Labor Department officials Have
Other Cases Pending.

Adjustment of three labor contro-
versies. one involving seven coal
mines and $500 workers. was an
nounced by the Department of Labor
for the week ended yesterday. There
are at present twenty strikes before the
department for settlement and in ad-
dition twenty-six controversies which
have not yet reached the strike stage.
The total number of cases pending
before the department is forty-eight. of
which eight are new.
A pending strike of shipyard work
ers at Chester. Pa, involving 1900
persons. Is before the department for
settlement.
Evening star., 1921-08-14
INVITED TO CAMP MEADE.

Quartermasters of the National
Guard and Reserve Corps have been
invited by the Quartermaster General
of the Army to attend the ten-day
encampment for quartermasters to
be held at Camp Meade. Maryland.
beginning tomorrow. The only cost
to officers attending will be railroad
fare and $13 for subsistence while aS
the camp.
Evening star., 1921-08-14
COL. ANDERSON RELIEVED.

Col. Edward d. Anderson. general
star, has been relieved from duty
with the operations division, general
staff. War Department. and ordered
to Fort Oglethorpe. Ga, for duty
with the 9Th Cavalry. He has been
granted q short leave Of absence.
Evening star., 1921-08-14

New York; Cipoline, Italy: Philadel-
phia dove. One section Of the ped
estal is from North Lee. Mass; most
the contrast in the base is slab of
vein Italian. This mosaic monument
was broken. Architect Woods has
had 1t repaired and tt is attracting
much attention among the members
exhibition.
The mystery of the unidentified
head which has been baffiing the Cap
itol sleuths for several weeks has
been cleared up. John ]. McGrain.
storekeeper of the Senate. found this
mysterious head in the storefoom of
the sergeant-at-arms Of the Senate.
He brought it under his arm to the
architect and superintendent Of the
Capitol building. For several weeks
C. E. Fairman. curator Of art in the
Capitol. and other researchers and art
experts sought to identify this head.
The other day man from New York
and noticed the head on the marble
mantel. 81 see you have a head Of
Henry Wilson" he remarked. Then
Mr. Fairman picked 1t up and hur-
ried to the vice presidents room to
compare it with the marble bust
Vice President Henry Wilson. It
proved to be the plaster cast original
Of the marble bust, but 1t had been
so broken of that it stood upon an
angle which changed the contour in
such a way that even those who knew
the Wilson bust best had failed to
recognise the model.
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A small bronze fountain which ar
lists and scu1ptors pronounce won
derful'' 10 another of the small Cap
itol trophies or curios OF which
Architect Woods is custodian and
which will soon be placed on exhibi-
tion for the public. This is the work
Of w. H. Rinehart. ordered on March
I, 1887. It represents an Indian brave
seated on the brink of q rocky pool
and scooping up the water with q
shell. This fountain for many years
adorned the courtyard Of the old gem
eral post Office. later the general land
offlce building. In the square bounded
by e and r streets. 7th and 8th north
west. It was in this building that
Gen. Pershing recently had his Offices.
This fountain was salvaged by Mr..
Woods more than twenty-five years
ago. II Il
Evening star., 1921-08-14

w YHAT'S the next move in the
AN/ Costa Rica-Panama boun-
Diary dispute: who Is 60
Evening star., 1921-08-14

Semi official estimates place Argen-
tina's adverse balance of trade with
the United States for the last fiscal
year at 2S0.000.000 Argentine gold
pesos according to cable to the
Department of Commerce from Ed
ward F. Feely. commercial attache in
RuenOs Aires
Evening star., 1921-08-14

~ OINTS of potential danger 10
- the well laid plans of the al
lied governments in old world
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-05-13

faith and then found that It was not
faith but judgment that had fed from
them.
Voltaire, wise man In many things,
said and wrote much that was fool
ish. He said that Faith consists in
believing things because they are I'm
possible" ~
OF course there is not an atom Of
truth In that statement His daily
life and your daily life proves iD
falsehood.
The apostle Paul, writing 10 the
Hebrews, set down this truth, Nov
faith is the substance Of things hoped
for" Some translators Of the original
have put the word assurance" In the
place of the word substance"
Substance" seems to me the bet.
ter word because from Its derivation
1t means literally ito stand UNDER"
and that means foundation. In ether
words Faith is the foundation %
things hoped for.
Since the present moment 10 al ~
have and all that we are assured
Of the future must be altogether q
matter Of hope, and hope depends
entirely on faith.
Faith is not credulity.
The man who hopes for the In
possible cannot have faith In his
hopes. Genuine faith Is based on truth
which Is Interchangeable and everlasting
So long as there is life there 10
faith as well as hope. Perhaps
sometimes our faith may lessen be-
cause experience shows 1t to have
been wrongly placed. But lose faitA
we cannot, and our effort always
should be to strengthen and sustaiu
II.
Faith and hope are our mental
clutches and the lamer we are the
more we need them.
How foolish IL would be for -.
who are at best, In ourselves, 50 feeble
and helpless. to throw away the things
which serve best to support ana
sustain us.
You have not lost faith. You have
only turned away for moment from
the light which God has mercffuily
given to all Of us and the darknos
frightens and overwhelms you.
Turn back. Your faith will rstusA
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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-05-13

Regular meeting Of South Lake
Lodge No. $50, X. of P. every We'd
nesday evening. All members are
urged to attend.