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Conference met. They were the first
TO place their memoranda in the
Presidents hands. No other nation
approached them--unless 1t was the
Japanese!-in diplomatic prepared
ness or singleness OF purpose. The
British seemed not prepared at all:
always appeared to live from hand
10 mouth, automatically speaking.
and yet never lost trick, while the
Italians were SO divided in their In
ner councils as never TO trike any
clear note.
Marshal Foch's Memoranda.
Among the Presidents papers is
ON the military aspects OF French
safety, dated January 10 (two days
before the first session of the Peace
Conference) and signed with his
curious sprawling "E'. Foch"; so also
is the Bourgeois plan for League
OF Nations. and certain early memo
randa concerning the economic as
poets Of French safety.
Marshal Foch wishes TO hold the
Rhine as the common barrier OF
security necessary TO the league OF
| democratic nations" and in order to
do this he demands that "the powers
of the Entente be organized
henceforth on a military basis to
render possible the timely interyen-
ton Of the other States which are
the defenders of civilization" His
league would. in effect be a con-
tinuation of the alliance Of the al
lied powers that won the war, with
a strong unified military force hold
ing the Rhine,
When NJ. Bourgeois. a scholar. q
diplomat, long distinguished lead
er, and once Premier Of France, In
| troduced the French plan for &
league OF nations Qn the League Of
Nations Commission. two week,
later. IL was found TO harmonic,
completely with Marshal Foch'.
military plan. II filled in the de-
tails of the organization behind thu
line OF defense. 1t provided for al
International army and navy. with {
permanent staff to see that THU
force was kept up to standard anf
to prepare plans for its speedy ant
enective use. SO far from forcini
the abolition of compulsory military
service. II provided for the possibl,
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AS secondary proposal the
Loucheur report called for the Sab
solute control by military occupa-
ton OF Essen and the principal
Knapp establishments. the greater
part OF the Rhenish- Westphalian
coal fields and the metallic indus
tries which depend on these"
Wilson's Rejection Of the Program.
President Wilson was vigorous In
his expression regarding the And
ings Of M. Loucheur. which General
Bliss had also opposed when they
were advanced earlier in the SUI
preme War Council. He even went
SO far as to call II . panic" pro-
gram"
While the Loucheur program was
defeated by American and British
criticism, yet the basic idea of
Gripping Germany permanently In
an economic sense. as a guarantee
Of French security. lay deep under
meath the struggle for the perma-
nent control Of the coal OF the Sarre.
the permanent control of the Rhine
frontier, and the weakening OF Ger
many in the Silesian districts.
Frances Dilemma.
This singleness OF devotion to the
idea of French safety impaled
France upon the horns OF hopeless
dilemma, where she still struggles.
For. If Germany was crippled and
weakened economically, how could
she pay the huge bill for repara-
tons? Thus was France buffeted
between her gear and her need
but the fear was then and has been
ever since. the really dominating
element Distressing as was French
devastation, France desired safety
more than reconstruction. This was
the inevitable logic Of the military
spirit, which is inspired by fear. and
stimulates in nation a greater con-
Germ for the weakening or destruc-
ton OF her enemy than for her own
recovery. For. II Germany was al
lowed TO build herself up econom-
ically In order 10 pay separations
she would at the same time re-es
tablish her old predominant posi-
ton as power greater in popula-
ton and with a more highly devel-
oped industrial organization thar
France. and. therefore, according tc
military logic. again dangerous t.
French safety.
This dilemma was strikingly H.
Illustrated by the controversy over
the army OF occupation. The French
demanded that a great army remair
stationed on the Rhine. the cnsf ~
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accept the traditional American
land British) policy Of volunteer
armies as contrasted with conscript
armies
censcription 10 Retained.
Protests were made at once; one
OF the earliest by Orlando OF Italy
We know exactly what Orlando told
the President. for we have II in his
own words. used later, In tho Coun-
ell OF Four MAY 49,:
As I then explained TO Presi-
| dent Wilson. italy would not be
| able TO raise an army by volun-
tary service. Such a system
would be too difficuIt In It's appli-
cation. since the whole tradition
OF the country is against 1t. Con-
sequently. the Italian army would
have to be organized on basis of
compulsory service.
II appeared also that the French
held exactly the same position.
Even though the Presidents pro-
posal looked only to the future
when the League OF Nations should
be functioning, and provided that
the plans formulated should "be
binding when and only when unan-
Iimously approved by the Govern
meyts signatory to this covenant
which might be a long way off--yei
tho Italians and French were fearful
even Of discussing the principle ~
concerning themselves; though the,
later agreed. with reluctance. to tn,
application Of It to Germany ant
Austria
These considerations were brough
up In the more formal conference
with Lord Robert Cecil and Genera
J SHUTS Both OF these men share
, the strong aversion OF English
speaking races to the idea OF com
, pulsory service. but both also recog
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OF her own.
All these elements in the French
position must be borne in mind in
order to understand the struggle
over tho limitation Of armaments.
What Standard Of Armament
We come now to the detailed
items OF that struggle: and the first
of these concerns the vital problem
Of a future standard OF armament
What military force should nation
be permitted to keep?
President Wilson's original con-
ception Of q standard of disarma-
ment as set forth In Point Four,
was a reduction Ito the lowest point
consistent with domestic safety
which will no doubt in the future.
when the world Is genuinely pre-
pared to face the problem. be found
to be the only safe standard upon
which to base the mutual guarantee
OF an association Of nations.
But when this drastic proposal
came UP for tho first reading in the
League OF Nations Commission
(Feb. s) the word domestic was
at once pounced upon. France.
Italy and Japan wero all against
that standard OF land armament,
even when counterbalanced by the
guarantee OF League OF Nations.
and Great Britain was also proba bly,
uncertain ~ to what II meant in ita
possible application 10 naval arma-
ment. The actual objection In the
meeting came from Baron Maxine
tho Japanese delegate. He rug
gested that tho words national
safety" be substituted for domestic
safety and this waS adopted and
so appears in tho final draft Of the
Treaty.
National safety" as against do
nestle safety" represented q weak
ening OF the Presidents origtna
idea: but In that tumultuous tina
before tho League was organised
national safety doomed as an over
whelming problem. But the change
In wording let In the whole array o.
French argument and appeal for hel
own national safety and Z hopeless
effort to determine what militar,
force was SUFFICIENT for nationa
safety, when each nation was III
own Judge OF what was necessary I,
its safety.
NJ. Bourgeois was quick to seiz,
upon tho change in wording to EN-
phasize his demand that the new
standard OF national safety" no
lonly demanded strong nationa
armament hn. . I.nagm nf >-ni'..t,
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maintenance to BE- borne by Ger
many. Time and again Il was
argued that this meant q reduction
OF reparation. In one Of his slash
Ing outbursts, Lloyd George said
(June ;, Council Of Four. that with
"the German army reduced to =
strength OF 100. 900 men, Il was ridi-
culous to maintain an army OF &C.
cupation Of 100000 men on the
Rhine. It would cast lo0.-
100000 (sterling) = year II tho bur-
den were placed on the German ex-
chequer and the result OF this would
be that there would be nothing left
for compensation"
Indeed, the cost OF this army Of
occupation since the armistice has
been stupendous. Up TO April, 1871.
according to figures ofiicially issued
by the Reparations Commission, the
totals are ~ follows in gold marks:
Gold Marks.
France .l,276, lb0, SIS
United States .........1.167.317,s30
Great Britain ......... SS1,Ol6.BbS
belgium ............... ls$,7Oe,32S
Italy 1o,os4.Ssl
Yet the French persistently pre-
ferred these enormous expenditures
for safety rather than for recon-
struction. or course. there II an
other aspect OF this policy; for, by
this method, bitterly and somewhat
eexaGgeratedly described by Lloyd
lCanr~~ In tha or~vvnAot - Y,,oA o
Of quarterinG the French army or
Germany and making Germany pa,
the cost OF II. France gets bach
part Of tho cost. In passing II may
be noted that Germany il now bcint
taxed to support the militarism II
France from which she has hersel
been absolved, though by no desir'
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Y1.
Ezt1a1A-1.

AAN.>- II 19i1
eAAsAsA PRESIDENT WILSON
"0fa never In the second Of Ar.4e1. IN ~.
'PanA0n' That word would tina ana e .
''le an'sndsS would h.v. e. s., 80
70 ensure THE execution conditions tn.,.,n -.
n snvocR Suggested that pr..,a.r, v,,.u,. -
a1 y 'e' J" substituting The for ru.r.r-
fis ~: ssr:ea that paragraph Of Art.o,. =
VI "Atacis
ne eusSsr and strengths OF the un1t. a.
which nust BE- sxes:a:as. '''as ns1"A
4 41fi.s;'a '"s. ...s .ss.,s.s'.
1~AaAAS n cIA3HrW THAT ~. .~.....
s Following text OF tho oo x,,., -. 49,.
""1oa", r's'rvsa By the War Council =
.ns number OF A.ployts or Official. o. ,,. Co..
saen a. Gus House
Soast4uards zust exceed that
e'PA0yss or Officials ct1ouiur 'ne
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Article g..

7hs ruaber and ealihrs ef ths ens continuing Ct
ne date Of the signature Of The present ilatiens the
araant Of ths fortified works. fortrsssss. md land or
eeas forts Germany 10 allowed to rctsin. Will Do
sdiatsly notified BY Ire German oevsnnnt to the llisd
ard Associated Gov nmts. and Viii constitute maximum
snouzts vhioh nay ns~ss b exceeded.
Nthin Two months frox The signature Of the present
stpulstios the maximum stock Of ammunition for these gus
70 reduced TO- maintained At tho following uniform
at 800 Per piece fer these tho csliers Of
Which 10 1915 a. and udsr: 500 rounds piece for these
Of hi cher eNihrs.
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change in the Treaty Never" becomes the
for Cemanys military strength Minutes of Council
here shown and the change the original draft of the document
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Penciled Memo from Colonel
House to MIR. Wilson. The
memorandum dated February
'3rd, refers to the ex-president's
speech to the French Chamber
of Deputies
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch. AZ
chief military adviser of the
French, he had an important
part in shaping the terms of
peace laid down for Germany
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Foch's memo on the Rhine
Frontier. The Marshals letter
transmitting the note to Mr..
Wilson
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By RAY STANDARD BAKER

BY
Syndicate.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28

THE ART that CONCEALS ART
She (petulantly)-"Jack, you make
love like an amateur"
He-"That's where the art comes
in."-Boston Transcript.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28
Cish and Reid Star
in Adapted Version
of Tennyson's Poem

Those two great favorites Of motion
picture fans, Lillian Gish and Wallace
Reid. are to be soon shown in the
same picture, The Fatal Marriage" a
screen adaptation of T%ennyson's ia
nous poem, "Enoch Arden" to be re-
vived by re Pictures and issued in the
near future. This picture was made
under the supervision Of D. w. Crit
fifth md was directed by William
Christy Cabanne. Miss Gish is given
a role which has not been afforded her
in any production since. She plays
Annie Lee, the little village belle. be-
loved by two men, and the fans will be
surprised to find that she can play a
woman of thirty as well as the care
free girl of eighteen.
Wallace Reid plays Phillip Ray. the
wealthy miller's son, who waits 10
years before he can convince the doubt
ing Annie that her long absent hus-
band is really dead. Walter Paget is
the long suffering and much sacrificing
Enoch Arden.
The Fatal Marriage" adheres close
ly to the original story of "Enoch Ar
den" as written by Tennyson in what
is probably his most famous narrative
poem. The settings are effective and
convincing, and while Miss Gish does
not ride to the rapids on a cake of ice,
and Wallace Reid does not play polo
or drive an automobile. there is plenty
of drama and not a little comedy in the
production.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28
Il TO THE LAST

An auto dashed along a Texas oun
try road and, rounding a curve, came
suddenly upon q a with a gun on his
shoulder and q weak, s~ick-looking dog
beside him. The dog was directly in
the path Of tho machine. The chauf-
feur sounded his horn, but the dog did
not move until he was struck. After
that, he didn't move, either.
The car stopped, and one of the oc-
cupants got out and went back. He
had once paid a farmer SO for killing
a calf that belonged to another farmer,
and this time he was wary.
Was that your dog I" he inquired.
"Yes."
Looks as il we had killed him."
Certainly looks So"
Very valuable dog?"
well, not SO very"
will IS satisfy your
We'll then, here you are" He hand
ed the man a S. bill and added, I'm
sorry to have broken up your hunt"
II wasn't goin' hunting" replied the
of the dog.
mot going hunting? Then what
we're you doing with the dog and the
Coin down to the woods yonder to
shoot the dog."-Everyhody's Maya
zine.
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before the camera, but she had filled
small parts on the speaking stage on
Broadway and in small town stock
She had lived in New York since her
early teens and considered herself O
New York girl, although she was born
in Philadelphia. She had studied music
and interior decorating, was we'll read,
liked out-of-doors sports-all i'm
portant, strange as it may seem. She
had done some posing for advertising
photographers. She was willing, charm
ing, ambitious.
'Then, her first test before the
motion picture camera was q failure.
We had had her made up by an
expert. But so important is this bust
mes of makeup for the silver sheet
that even an expert is more than
likely to go wrong on his first try.
Our expert looked at the test and said
he thought the fault was with his
efforts. He rearranged the makeup.
A second test wal taken. It was every
thing that could be desired.
$50 that's how it happened that
Miss Boardman left a few days later
on a limited train for the Goldwyn
studios in Culver City. Cal, and that's
how it is that she now is doing her
first bit in the filming of Peter B.
Kyne's story, Brothers Under Their
Skins"
No one may prophecy Miss Board
mans future, but it is no secret that
out on the coast they believe they
have in her one of the future stars
of the screen. Meanwhile. she is liv-
ing and studying in Hollywood. and is
being paid under a contract while she
learns the art of acting in the
movies"
1t is a peculiar fate that no one can
tell how anybody will look on the
screen until an actual camera test is
taken. Miss Boardman's case is one
proof.
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CAMERA TEST SURE
CHECK WHERE GIRL
CRAVESF|LMC CAREER
Beauty Alone Poor Criterion
When Psychic Camera
Examines.

The man who picked Miss Eleanor
boardman from among more than
LOCO other young women who were
eager for an opportunity to act before
the camera admits that she was not
the most beautiful of the applicants.
THE most beautiful young woman
OF the lot" he says, turned out to
be impossible in her screen tests.
Others, who seemed in real life to have
the necessary requirements of person
atty, intelligence, youth and beauty,
also failed for one reason or another
to pass the cruel examination of the
motion picture camera"
Why was Miss Boardman selected
then! What is the secret that makes
1T possible for one young woman to
look perhaps more charming than in
real life ON the screen, while others
lose most of their attractiveness?
Robert B. Mcintyre. the casting
director, who gave Miss Boardman her
big chance as a result of his recent
visit to New York, thought a moment
when this question was put to him.
Then he said:
Camera Is Psychic
Frankly, l don't know. About all
/ can say is that the camera is
psychic. In the elimination tests which
Miss Boardman won so handily, girls
at least equally beautiful failed miser-
ably. There were girls who seemed
to me, and to my colleagues, to have
all the necessary essentials-the I'm
terest which is so vital, the appealing
personality, the sparkling intelligence,
the buoyant youth. The beauty-for
which we always are On the hunt. They
had everything that we consider a
screen possibility must have SO far as
regularity of features, hair, carriage,
physique. height and ambition are con-
But they failed and Miss
came through.
"She entered my office with several
young ONE In that group we
her out Immediately. Paul
Bern, head of our scenario department,
had seen her and left a mes
sage for me about her. Miss Bijou
who is our scout for
screen personalities, just like a scout
for a baseball team for new baseball
talent, was impressed with her. This
was sufficient to gain her the
test, under actual studio con-
1itions. She was tw%enty-four, not too
feet and six inches-and weigh
ed 124 pounds. Her dark gray eyes
we're widely spaced and animated. Her
brown hair was plentiful. She looked
ike a good prospect, but not so good
several and no better than many
No Previous Experience
She had had NJ previous experience
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28
"DoN'Ts" FOR SCREEN AUTHOR


Marshall Neilan offers the follow
ing "dont's" to aspiring screen authors:
Don't
Worry about scenario technique bat
tell your story in simple. language.
Acquire wrinkles figuring out en-
frances, exits, fadeouts, etc. The pro-
Queer can work out these details better
than you can.
Submit your story to a studio be-
fore you have pictured every situation
in your minds eye and know that they
are possible.
Try to dash off your story in one sit
ting but sketch the plot first and then
work out the dressing"
Go in for obvious conclusions but
try to give twists to your situations
that will offer an element of surprise.
Resort to the long arm of coinci-
dence. 1t has long since been yanked
out of joint.
Let your judgment be final Submit
or read your plot to your friends and
get all the opinions possible before
you submit it to a producer.
Try to write a story about things
with which you are not personally IA
mllar. Stck to life as you see 1t n
to persons you know.
Stint your imagination. Analyze the
persons around you. Then if possible,
find out how. nearly correct you've
guessed their characters.
Forget that action is one Of the
prime requisites in the success of a
photoplay.
Think that by action I mean a lot
of races. I refer to action in theme
or, in other words, keep the ecents
of your story moving along.
Try to write your story around the
personality of a star or a player you
have seen on the screen but write the
story for the sake of the plot itself.
The producer will easily find the best
persons to play the parts.
Forget to write the kind of a story
that will be understood by the masses.
Overlook the fact that thef human
stories are generally the most sue
cessful.
Forget that above everything else,
you should be logical
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28
ANTI.CLIMAX

The Literary Digest publishes a
British Empire number. For page af-
ter page We read and are impressed
with the greatness of the British-and
then there's a page of British ''humor."
York Call.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28
ALL DAY

Telephone service has become so bad
in Los Angeles that it has become a
fad to think up a phrase that will
adequately describe it. The palm goes
to Mr.. Richard Dix, leading man for
Goldwyn, who was invited by some
friends to spend the afternoon playing
golf.
Cant go, thanks" said the genial
Richard, "I've got to make a telephone
call this afternoon"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28

Hyatt, president of the college. The
degree was awarded by the trustees of
the college Gin recognition of the pro-
ducer's distinguished services in the
field of dramatic art" the presidents
message said.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28
A DIGNIFIED e

The Interviewer-"And please, sir,
what have you to say on the subject of
anonymous letters?"
The Great M~an-"Stupid missives!
I admit l invariably read anonymous
letters-but / never answer them
ILLUSTRATION (Paris).
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28
FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICES

The honorary degree of master of
arts will be conferred on Cecil B. De
Mile by his alma mater, the Pennsyl-
vania Military college, Chester, Pa, in
June. according to a message received
by the producer from Col. Charles T..
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28
AN OBLIGING MOTHER

Tomorrow We'll need a few more
goats "a that set" said Director Fred
Niblo. leaving a Spanish country scene
In Blood and Sand the new Rodolph
Valentino Paramount picture.
And tomorrow" he had EN-. For
during the night one of the %nannies be-
came the mother of three little kids.
After several days rest mamma and
her triplets were called to work, four
where but one played before.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28

Cuba has 1880 miles Of railway
lines.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-07-25

After all is said and done about US
ing the warehouse in cooperative
marketing of cotton, one big means OF
increasing farm profit is in producing
a superior quality OF cotton at less
cost, says the Progressive Farmer. In
this connection the warehouse can play
an important part by serving as a To-
cal point for drawing together cotton
of a uniform variety, grown from I'M
proved seed and under uniform con-
ditions OF soil and climate.
Improved seed is of the greatest i'm
portance in getting a good yield. For
the last twenty-five years the average
Weld of the best cotton per acre has
been only 1876 pounds. The associations
can never get the price OF cotton to
the point where the past smallest
yields will be profitable because, If the
price were that high, the farmers who
make one and two bales per acre
would Immediately find cotton so prof
table that they would plant so much
that stocks of cotton would go so
high that the association would i'm