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Evening star., 1921-01-23
BY GEORGE n. BARNES.

BY GEORGE n. BARNES.
Former Member q the British War Cabinet
and Delegate to the Peace Conference At Paris.
BY Gable to The Star
LONDON. January e2.-The political
barometer Of Great Britain points TO
unsettled conditions. The many dis
turbing elements in the Irish situa-
tion constitute one storm center: the
far eastern troubles are another.
Then. too. there are the barnacles
in the government service. bequeathed d
by the war. each sticking to his job
like a limpet to its rock. Moreover.
the unemployed have grown. during
the past week or two. to alarming
proportions, and are now naturally
being exploited by the revolutionaries
among us. And last. but not least.
the public mind has been startled
this week by two events Of magni-
tude.
The first was the publication Of
documents connecting the Germans
with the Irish Insurgency during the
war. The second was the Sim Fein
outbreak in London. when an attempt
house.
Many blame the government for all
these troubles; indeed. this fact has
only lately been reflected in two cleo
tions. In one OF these this week the
government candidate retained his
seat only by the skin OF his teeth
in the other. the government candi-
date, Maj. Astor. was ANONYMOUSLY
defeated
Normally such events would por-
tend an early general election. Lloyd
George may intend to hang on
hoping to liquidate the war settle
ments before quitting. but this will
tax to the utmost his genius for po-
litica1 strategy. According to pres
ent Indications, he is losing his
stride.
Debt Cancellation Suggested.
A startling suggestion was made
the other day by a British cabinet
minister that the British debts to
America be cancelled. and also tha'
debts Of other European countries to
Great Britain be Cancelled. The sug
eestion, originating in such a quar-
ter. is proof of the parlous state to
which the war has brought US. In
deed, it is more. 1t Is the finger OF
Nemesis warning us that peace-tfme
finance is not applicable to the de-
bacle Of war. There is much to be
said for reciprocal cancellation. Our
debt was incurred. largely on behalf
of our poorer allies early in the war
We will never be repaid. simply oe-
cause those nations. now and forever
Evening star., 1921-01-23
BY RENE vIvIANA,
Former Premier of France.

By Cable to The Star.
PARIS. January 22.-Events have
happened rapidly since my last
article. The Leygues cabinet has
fallen. After many difficulties. in
herent in the present troubled situa-
tion, and after certain political per-
sonages, for various reasons. de-
clined power. the perilous honor has
fallen to BRAND. The labor of bring
ing the combination to birth was
severe: for. besides complex problems
external policies are complicating the
internal policy.
BRAND had to satisfy certain groups
and form a ministry resting on a
thinly outspread majority which
obviously will not agree on all ques-
tions day after day.
The cabinet situation, however, is
not exactly precarious, since account
must be taken of two facts, and these
facts are apparently contradictory.
Parliament is becoming increasingly
impatient to obtain satisfaction in
foreign questions. When it sees the
disarmament question getting farther
and farther away from settlement
and the same true SO far as repara-
tfons are concerned, it insists strongly
upon a solution.
If these questions are not solved by
the present cabinet, parliament will
be even more impatient with the next.
This impatience, facing the prac-
tfcally negative results obtained by
Leygues, caused his overwhelming
reputation. But on the other hand
parliament realizes that not alone is
ministerial responsibility at stake, but
likewise a collective responsibility
weighing on it, too, in the eyes of the
country.
VIII AnxiOusly Watch Cabinet.
be allowed to go ahead. but results
OF its policy will be anxiously
watched. Meanwhile. the council of
the prime ministers of allied nations
meets in Paris on Monday. For our
part we have small taste for these
bassadors of all allied countries are
appointed to receive instructions from
their respective governments and try
to carry them out at the foreign Of
fees to which they are accredited
and that. therefore. the best plan
would b. to convoke a meeting of
governments only to draw conclusions
after the ambassadors had prepared
the way.
The advantage of this method would
be. first. that ambassadors would be
exercising their special profession.
and that. second. time for mediation
would be given governments which
are in a position to weigh advan-
tages and disadvantages of a given
situation.
The only advantage of Mondays
meeting is to hasten business and
reach solutions more promptly. I'm
fortunately, it cannot be claimed that
sensational meetings thus far have
yielded great results. Since ratifica-
tion of the treaty numerous meetings
have been held. yet we perceive no
practical application of the treaty.
Evening star., 1921-01-23
LIFE Of EX-KA|SER
IS ONE OF COMFORT
Surrounded by a Suite of
Fifty Persons, Devoted
to Him.
ss-AtIantic Cable Service to The star.

Cross-Atlantic Cable Service to The Star.
PARIS, January 22.-1nteresting de-
tails of how the ex-kaiser is spending
exile at Doom are published by the
Paris Matin, which sent the correspond
ent to Holland to ascertain whether
Lloyd Georges remark. He has been
sufficiently punished" was founded on
fact.
The report states that the ex-kaiser
leads retired. but very comfortable
life in Doom, which is no st. Helena" j"
1t is fine place of 5000 residents. and
the surrounding country would make
an ideal health resort. The Dutch au-
but he receives news and visitors from
Germany.
Expects Call to the Throne.
According to the statement of well
Informed persons. Wilhelm is con-
vinced that his son-if not he himself
will some day be called back to the
throne by the German people. And so
he is Of good cheer. The ex-kaiser has
suite of fifty persons. who are de-
voted to him. There is strict disci-
pline. and the kaiser himself and his
court marshal, Count Gunther, see to
it that everything is done in military
style. The latter. a martinez, is the
teITOT VI tnc servants, VINO are partly
Dutch. partly German. The kaiser
tries hard to become popular, but ow-
ing to the strict economy which he
must practice under rules laid down by
the Dutch government and the cor.
poration Of Doom. this is rather dim
cult.
He lives the simple life and is m
early riser. At $3.50 he takes his con-
stitutional, which extends to the gate.
where he can be seen from the outside.
His Personal Appearance.
The correspondent who saw him
I there says: He appears to be in ex-
cellent health. His gray beard, which
ne let's grow, has changed the familiar
physiognomy.
His demeanor and appearance do
not betray old age. Wrapped in a long.
wide pelerine. wearing a cap with a
small feather. breeches and leather
CATERS he approached the gardeners
and talked to them, watching their
work at the same time, and iIlustra ted
instructions by drawing lines i'm the
sand with his stick He then returns
| to the castle, where a religious service
/ Is held. On Sundays this service IN
, celebrated in a special hall by q Ger
| man clergyman.
Wilhelm keeps up a brisk inter.
course with his neighbors. mostly
Dutch artstocrats and wealthy Amsfer.
! dam citizens who own es,ates near
Doom. and whom he often invites fo
dinner" ~
Evening star., 1921-01-23
FINANCIAL POLICY OF FRANCE
IN WAR AND SINCE DEFENDED
Louis L. Klotz. Member of Clemenceau'
Cabinet, Praises Accomplishments of
His Country In Time of Stress.

and other charges. increased indirect
ly by the war. met and liquidated.
In 1920 our expenditures had to be
revised: increased credits were voted,
half billion francs reimbursable by
payments to be made by Germany.
The total credits voted thus totaled,
roughly, A billions, the sum Of the
budget OF expenses for the year. Last
year France spent IS per cent Of her
resources for the work of retaining
the allies battlefields-a charge
which she might well have expected
to have borne in common with those
allies.
Why Taxes Were Not Heavier.
In view Of these expenditures what
resources has our country to count
upon?
France often has been reproached
for not having financed the war by
taxing her people as certain of her
allies are said to have done. But ]
ask: Can one reasonably compare
countries which were able 20 wage
war with their territorial integrity
unimpaired.i with all of their natiosal
resources untouched by the enemy
and with their people safe from the
aggressor, with country which,
while bearing its share Of the general
burden, also served as the battlefield?
Can one compare g. country on which
the enemy never trod with one in
which ten departments were, from
the beginning. under the enemy's
heel? Can 1t be overlooked that these
ten departments are the richest in
France. yielding one-fifth Of the ma
fonal taxation resources? Can it be
expected that France, which had to
mobilize 80 per cent Of it's male popu-
lation Of military age. could have de-
pended upon tax receipts to wage its
war? And even now can it be for
gotten when talking Of taxation that
Frances killed are more than 1,300,-
600; her wounded more than 3,OOO,-
900, of whom half are reduced to SO
per cent Of their working capacity?
Loss Of Man Power.
Let Americans who feel impatient
ward industrial activity and financial
prosperity remember that the i'm
mense army Of our dead and incapaci-
tated Is rs per cent larger than the
valiant Army which the United States
sent to help US win the war? One out
Of every three Of our soldiers failed
to return to his nreside after the war
or returned in q condition preventing
him from resuming his place in the
workshop or In the neldS. 1t Is to
France, fighting against the weakness
within. caused by this great quantity
Of blood spilled in war. that counsel
comes from abroad-from lands of
lighter hearts-bringing, in bitter
sweet tones, in the guise of comfort,
the counsel OF prudence and exhor-
tations to fiscal courage. France is
proud that she had the energy to
raise by her taxation system devised
during period of crisis) nearly q
sixth part Of the expense Of the war.
To give an exact figure, 31,973 million
francs. or 16 per cent of the total
French war cost. has been raised
from August I, 1914, to December 81,
1919. by taxation. For the rest, it has
been necessary to resort to public
borrowing In all its forms and the
world knows how French men and
women have responded
Evening star., 1921-01-23
BY LOUIS l.. KLOTZ.

Finance Minister in Clemenceau's Cabinet and
Representative Of France at the Peace
Conference.
Cross-Atlantic Service to The Star.
PARIS, January lit has become
the fashion for the unthinking to
speak Of France only in terms Of pit
eous criticism-pity for the state in
which she was left after the war, Sc
we're criticism for the weakness
shown 1n her efforts to re-establish
her economic and financial balance.
Let US see IL France deserves this
criticism-if she really is faced with
the dire prospects which are pictured
for her.
France is the debtor to several other
nations for the reason that during
the war, when her fields were desert
ed. her factories in ruins or busy
making war material. she had to buy
her needs from foreign countries.
With the war ended she had to oc-
cupy herself with tho task Of re-
building her ruins and again she had
to buy the necessary materials abroad.
To have hesitated before making
THESE purchases Wouiu Aovo .AItA 49,
the exchange situation, but 1t also
would have meant delaying recon-
struction work.
The exchange rate between the dol
lar and franc bears witness to our In.
debtedness to the United states; IL
Quired by France in exchange Tor
these debts abroad-it does not re-
veal any sign of the hundreds OF re-
built houses. factories. bridges, rail-.
roads, nor does it reflect the benent
which will be derived later from the
Of acres Of sheIl-torn land which.
thanks to the agricultural machinery
bought on credit abroad. will NIL the
eranaries of France to overdowtng In
future years. The state or the French
treasury reflects the borrowing: In
present: it must not be considered az
. reflection of the future.
French Expenditures.
Before looking to the future it is
necessary to look at the past. From
the 1st Of August. 1914. until the 31st
Of December. 1s19--that is. for the pc
riod Of the war and that of the armi-
stice-the expenses OF OF ota the eoS ordinary
Extraordinary outlays. such as ad-
vances to our allies. etc. brought the
total up to 1876 billion francs at least.
Such was the burden laid upon
France; could she have minimized it.
reduced It, escaped It? Let US see
how this money was spent.
More than lie billion francs were
snent on the army. Never at any time
was there any discussion about the
adyisability Of this expenditure. The
soldier was given everything possible
to aid him in his fight for liberty and
victory. Military expenditures thus
forTned 20 per cent Of the total, OF
the remainder. 25 billions. or 13 per
cent, were devoted to an equally in
evitable obligation-then nations obli-
cations in face of the national debt:
22 billions and q half went to the re-
war in order to preserve social soli-
darity. It was with the IL per cent
which remained after the foregoing
expenditures that tho government was
conducted, public services carried on
Evening star., 1921-01-23
BRITISH TRIALS TAX
GENIUS OF PREMIER
George NJ Barnes Says Indications Are
That Lloyd George Is Losing
His Stride.

will be unable to pay MS. And IL
they did it would gIut our markets
and further paralyze our trade.
The moral, argument for cancella-
tion is that all the civilized coun-
tries of the world were concerned
in the war. therefore none should
benefit by belated participation in II.
If America insists on payment Great
Britain will naturally pay. but the
above points are surely worthy of
consideration in the United States
Differences Narrowing.
At the great league of nations dem
onstration Wednesday Viscount Grey
said that the letter of the league
must not stand in the way of any ma
spirit. A dispatch from Marion.
Ohio. on the previous day said that
Senator Harding felt his responsible
ity and that the necessity of the
times. as we'll as the interests OF his
country. demanded solid support for
plans which would make war more
difficult The differences between the
two sides Of the Atlantic are narrow
Ting. There must he collaboration be-
tween the two sections of the English
speaking peoples' Meantime. good
luck to Mr.. Harding on his Florida
holiday, May he return to health and
gain strength for the great task be-
fore him.
Troubles In South Europe.
There are new troubles in south
Europe. where war-liberated nations
are squabbling busily over the land
marks of their nefghbors. And In the
north the Lithuanians object to the
wilma plebiscite-apparen because
they fear the politics of the majority.
The Poles suggest as an alternative
Lithuanian-Polish federation. but
Lithuania demands prior recognition
of her frontiers. with withdrawal or
; Zeligowski. but this the latter re-
fuses to do.
Meanwhile the bolshevists are
massfng troops and may crush both'
unless there is a timely return to
common sense The league of nations
certainly inherited a mess of trouble
in a world awry. AT i'it Will require
ali the support AMI good guidance
possible in the corning months.
The Rapallo treaty. meantime set
ties the affairs of Italy and Jugo-
slavia, though it is a sad rejection
that II leaves a half million Slovenes
under italy, largely as the result iof
the heipfulness of Wilson and the
preoccupations and commttmen OF
the allied powers.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1921-01-23
0BREG0N WANTS MEXICO
TO PAY FOR REBEL ACTS
Will Make Recommendation in His
Message on Ground. That Laws
Favor Such DAMAGES.

MEXICO CITY. January 22.-Rec-
ommendation that the Mexican gov
ernment pay indemnities for damage
sustained by individuals and COM
panies during revolutionary periods
in this country will be made to the
Mexican congress by President OBJ
RECON. This announcement was made
yesterday afternoon during a confer
ence between the president and MEM
bers Of a legal commission which has
been studying several projects to be
submitted to the extraordinary ses-
sion of congrefs beginning Febru-
ary Z.
Gen. Obregon asserted during the
discussion. personally. he did not be-
lieve the government should be
obliged to pay these tndemnfties. say
ing, Revolutions are merely process
es of evolution toward progress"
He added. however. that. as Mexican
laws already enacted favored such
payments, he felt bound to submit a
to that effect.
Evening star., 1921-01-23
NERVE SAVES HIS LIFE.
- :
Hunter Kills Leaping Tigress Only
Two Yards From Him.

CALCUTTA. = India, January a.
Coming within ten yards Of a wounded
tigress. Sir Edward Gait, the retir-
ing Lieut.. Gov. Of Bihar and Orissa.
and q hunting party in the Semam-
pore (BensaD jungle. were startled
to see the beast crouch and spring to-
ward them at lightning speed.
The party At once opened fire with
out harming the animal. but = steady
shot from the governor. dropped the
tigress dead within two yards Of him.
The hunt had started with excellent
luck, four tiger cubs being caught
within the first hour. but their mother
had escaped, though shot In the
shoulder. An elephant was sent on
to nnd the wounded 'tiYress. but failed
to locate her. Sir Edward and his
party then took up the. search aaA did
not. sss the animal until they were
within ten yards Of her. ...t... -.
Evening star., 1921-01-23
PLAN FRAUD To WIN
UPPER S|LES|A VOTE
German Election Methods as
Described by a Danish
Journalist.
Ctoss-Atlantie Cable Service to The Star.

Ctoss-Atlantie Cable Service to The Star.
COPENHAGEN. January 22.-"What
the Germans did to the Danes in
Flensborg. in slesvig. will happen to
the Polish population in Upper Silesia
and all other plebiscite districts. If
the entente does not watch events in
time" writes a Danish journalist who
has gone to Upper Silesia to study
German election methods.
1T would turn the most corrupt
Tammany leader green with envy"
he says. ito watch the way in which
German electioneering Is carried out
here. In the most brazen manner
German agents here announce that in
aecordance with paragraph Ss Of
to send into the plebiscite district not
less than half a million so-called
Upper Silesians. picked up in the
slums of all the large cities of Ger
many for the purpose of colonizing
and make a result favorable to Ger
many an absolute certainty.
Colonization Plan.
'-The population of Upper Silesia
of whom about 1850 are Poles and
100000 Germans. The number of
voters is naturally less. as only in
dividuals Of twenty years and over
are entitled to vote. An unbiased es-
innate puts the number of Polish
would. therefore. be absolutely cer-
tain but for the unfortunate addition
to the peace treaty. which allows all
who have been born in Upper Silesia
to vote. regardless Of their present
domicile. This gives Germany her
chance, and during the last twelve
months associations have been form
ed all over Germany under the
name, ''Vereingte Verbaende Heimas-
treuer Oberschlesier.' under the
direction direction q s% of these opeln
schlesier" are genuine and the import
of them would not influence the elec-
tion result. II the greatest care were
not taken to see that all Of Polish
parentage were excluded and their
places filled by trained voters who
have already done duty during the
election in the Slesvig plebiscite dis
trict.
To Outwit the Poles
ITO prevent Polish voters from
making a complaint to their own Pol
ish commissioners their names will be
duly entered on the voting lists. but
when the moment comes for their de-
p.Srture for Upper Silesia their pa
pers will be refused them. and their
places will be taken by the trained
professional voters who will be given
free transportation and board and
lodging until the moment It is known
that they have voted the right way
sThe Germans here are highly
Amused at the fact that the Polish
delegates were foolish enough to ac-
. cept the plebiscite idea. trusting to
President Wilson's solemn official
promise that the United States would
see that tho voting was performed in
q fair and just manner, and sarcas-
tically declare that it will be per;
formed in the most approved Amer
lean fashion with colonizers and even
the dead voting-methods with which
President Wilson is undoubtedly ia
miliar from his own party elections"
The Danish journalist adds: Il won
dor what Americans would say to this
supreme insult should 1t ever reach
their ears. II they would repay 1t by
keeping their eyes and ears open and
step in before tho elections it might
do some good"
Evening star., 1921-01-23
Harden Scores German Nation
for Deliberate Policy Of
Lies and WantOnness.

mistake of denying the charge that
the imperial government was re-
sponsible for the war. pretending
such admission would be confes-
sion of the guilt of the German
people. They forget that this de-
NAL Of the worlds verdict must
arouse false suspicion that the
German people in 1914 were not
deceived by lying government.
but were party to the plot, and
unwittfngly. fostering a spirit of
revenge especially among those
who have lost military or civil po-
sitions. The old imperial flag.
Enthusiastically cheered. even by
small group capitalists who at the
first shock of the kaisers fall
called themselves the democratic
professor who praises a celebrated
French mathematician. Another
professor. also at big university,
who in lecturing on chemistry uses
the word react on" is opn,ard"d
wildly. indicating that whatever is
reactionary is today welcome. The
near approach of the great day
when all German speaking people
are united" is openly proclaimed.
A Prussian league demands speedy
return of the Hohenzollern rule.
The fiftieth anniversary of the Yer
sailles proclamation was celebrat-
ed officially just as if the German
empire, then founded, still existed.
The kaiserin's health is prayed for
in churches. The government says
no warning word.
The Prussian parliament elec-
tions, which will be held in Febru-
ary. will show a swelling of the
flood Of nationalist sentiment.
Lying is not only disgraceful, but
also. thank God. is stupid: silence is
completely. Blind gamblers are
dragging a people. who are as nee
essary to the world as the world is
to them, along a path which must
end in a precipice and will drag
all humanity into new and unbear-
able confusion.
X X y X
The BRAND ministry in France is
probably the last attempt at
friendly and dignifed understand
ing on our continent. This is an
hour Of vast Importance and it will
never return. Any discussion of
various questions. even the most
important, namely. reparations. is
idle without clearing of the at
mosphere. and this both sides have
thus far avoided. Germany, and
especially a unified ehtente-ff the
latter were strengthened by the
participation of America-could.
with the clarified atmosphere lay
the foundation for a new interna-
tional morality and world order.
German disarmament must not be
the beginning Of her destruction,
but of the disarmament of all
Europe, which is unable to breathe
without first removing her armor.
Whoever brings this enlightening
idea into the minds Of the German
people must take advantage of this
last hour Of grace. The clock has
begun striking.
Copyright. 1921