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merely OF armies. but OF the eco
nomic sources Of power.
And his success has been as
tounding-as astounding as 1t has
been devastating.
FRANCES POSITION.
In the fourth year of the peace
France stands over the corpse OF
Europe as supreme as Napoleon
after Jena. with an army OF 5OO.-
900 men, with a potential army OF
half q million Africans In reserve;
cont oiling. directly or indirectly.
nearly every great ornaments
factory on the Continent; her
forces intrenched on German soil;
her enemies alarmed; her control
over Belgium complete; her allies.
armed to the teeth under French
direction, established like great
military blockhouses over the
wreck of nations from Poland to
Asia Minor; her old ally. Russia.
which shed more blood for the
allies than France herself. reduced
to q saunt shadow OF famine in
the interests OF French bondhold-
e:s; Germany. disarmed and mutt
lated. stretcher on the rack OF
demands deliberately made impos-
sible in order to justify another
turn Of the screw that will break
her still more effectually.
INDICTS FRENCH.
That Is the spectacle that NJ.
Poincsre surveys on coming once
moro to power. 1t is his handi-
work. but he could not. Of course.
have achieved It alone. 1t could
not have baen achieved II there
had been a British policy Of Eu-
ropean settlement in the field
against this frantic hysteria OF
revenge. this debauch Of i'm
perialism.
We have seen the civilization OF
Europe outraged by the pouring
Of black troops into the heart o.
OF the Continent, We have seen
the covenant Of the League Of
Nations flouted by the refusal Of
France to disclose the secret
treaty with Belgium treaty
vitality affecting our interests; we
have seen France covering Eu-
rope with a network OF military
alliances and military missions:
we have seen her inspiring. arm
ing. and encouraging every MUIR
derous enterprise against the life
and liberties of Russia; we have
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the country and buy our commod-
files for. export without any sort
Of regulation.
At the same time, this control
OF foreign trade which we have
been compelled to establish Is no
iigid system which makes bust.
ness impossible.
On the contrary, the govern
ment is willing, under certain
circumstances, TO give foreign
firms facilities for business and
for buying and exporting raw
materials. But the business must
be done under the regulations OF
the state.
In so far as production in the
coundy itself is concerned many
factories and other Industrial en-
terprises have been given back to
their former proprietors on long
leases, the condition being that the
producer pays a percentage to the
government for the grant. And
with regard to big enterprises
which are still under the control
OF the state 1t is possible for for
eign firms to obtain concessions
giving them the right 10 reorgan.
ize them IN their own way. and
either to cell the goods In Russia
or to send them abroad. II Is
obvious, of course, that the firms
which obtain such concessions
must work in conformity with
the regulations which exist In
thu country
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AR POlNCARE II in the sad.
N die again. This Is only
partially true, for in =
very real sense he has never been
out of tho saddle. Whoever has
been in nominal power. II L. Poin.
cares sinister shadow that has
fallen across the path. II Ii his
whip that has kept them in shiv.
ering subssrviencs to his will. 1t
10 no who has turned down his
thumb when the hour for thar fall
has struck.
The Leygues ana BRANDS drift
like pnantoms across the stage:
but Poincars. whether In or out
Of office. II always There. debating
their entrance and their exit. the
parts they play and the manner Of
their extinction.
sometimes he 10 President; some
times he Is prime minister: some
times he Is only q journalist writ
Ing his cold and deadly command
ments In the Temps OF the Morning
Post; but whatever his nominal
role. he Is always tho dictator Of
French policy. always the most
formidable figure In Europe.
OUTRlvALS BISMARCK.
All the moro formidable be-
cause. In addition to his learning.
his iron will. his capacious under
standing. he Is an honest man.
There has been no such powerful
political intellect In Europe since
Bismarck. and no such dangerous
influence since Bismarck.
He has not the inches OF Bis
marck nor the barbaric brutality
OF Bismarck. He wears the velvet
glove, 10 suave in manner. icy in
thought: but he has Bismarck's
holiness Of imagination. Bis
marck's intlexibility Of purpose
and Bismarck's subtlety.
Bismsrck lived for ono thing
tho aggvaDdi1oment Of Germany.
Poincare lives for ono thing-ths
aggrandizement OF France. But
compared with tho dreams Of Poin.
care, tho dreams OF Bismarck were
modest. Bismarck aimed only At
consolidating the 0~man people
and making them the dominant
power In TIN councils Of Europe:
Poincare aims ut q naked military
ascend~ncy In Europe as complete
~ Nspoleon's NJ its zenith. and
moro enduring than Napoleon's be-
cause founded On the control not
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- R new economic policy WIN
enable foreign capital to find
openings in Russia. Govern

UR new economic policy WIN
enable foreign capital to find
openings in Russia. Govern
ment control of foreign trade will
be necessary, in order to prevent
nations with strong currencies
from buying UP Russian foodstuffs
and raw materials at absurdly low
prices, but the control will not be
q rigid system. I think, however.
that the resumption Of trade rela-
tions should come after the recog-
milton Of the Soviet Government.
II Is time that the whole posi-
ton between ourselves and the
outer world was settled.
The first need Of our people is
economical restoration. and the
economical restoration OF Russia
cannot be brought about without
help from abroad. But while we
want this help It must be remem-
bered that the position Of Russia
Is that Of country which has
0odstuffs and raw materials which
are indispensable to the whole
world and especially to Europe.
The fact that we have a social
and governmental system which
does not coincide with that Of
other countries is not, in our opin-
ion, an obstacle to good relations
between ourselves and the outer
world. For under the new eco
nomic policy Of Russia conditions
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n ETURNING to India. after
N, twenty-five years absence.
am shocked at the change
in demesnor and acts toward
white people by both Hindus and
Mohammedans. and especially Mo.
hammedans. who were formerly
most friendly. For the first time
In lndlsn history Hindus and Mo.
hammsdans are NOW acting in
close com bination. have inter.
pugated over 100 Moslems Of every
class and sect. and they are unan.
imous. In tho Dutch Indies. Ma
lay States. Ceyion. .hadras, South
ern india. Hyderabad. Central
india. the United Provinces. the
Punjab, Ratputana. and Bombay,
the attitude OF Moslems 10 now
ono OF sI!len silence or outspoken
hostility. 4 distinguished loyal
Mohammedan. a judge. who wus
educated at Oxford. whittier his
son 10 now proceeding. said to
mo: Tho most dangerous sign Is
that our women are now becoming
infected with the anti.Br!t!sh
poison. and alI students Of Islam
know What that means"
In the streets many Mohamme-
dams are to be seen wearing anti
British white caps. which are the
emblems OF Gandhism. Loyal Mo-
e hammedans demand tho instant
arrest OF Gundhi. saying that it
would proven. outbreaks by Hin
du and Mohammedan extremists,
but peace cannot be assured until
the Moslem question has been ad
justed. Moslems bitterly resent
our attitude after causing Moslem
to fight Moslem in Mesopotam!a.
The recent loan to Greece II
especially resented
WHAT MOSLEMS WANT.
explain the demands of mod.
crate Moslems as follows: In eff.
feet they state that Indian Mo.
hammedans who are communica-
ting with all Moslem countries in.
tensely resent our policy regard
ing Turkey. and fee. most deeply
the slight they consider has been
put upon the KhalIfate. Their
veneration for the Sultan OF T,A-
key as head of Islam is of quito
recent date: II did not exist In the
days OF Shah Jehan. and only
came into being about the time
Of the Crimean war. though ex-
tremisfs deny this. Since then
however. they have learned to re-
we're tho Sultan as Roman Catho-
lies revere the Pope. and regard
the disintesi alton OF Turkey In
Europe and Asia much as Catho-
lies would regard the fall Of the
Holy See. Moderate Mohamme.
dams whom / have Intercepted,
and whose fingers are on the
pulse Of Moslem feeling state that
IL the following program were
instantly carried out IL would heal
wounded sentiments. and restore
peace and tranquility to India.
They contend. first. that tho
British should again recognize
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the Sultan as head Of Islam and
warden OF the Holy Places, Nee
ca, Medina. and BagdAd. and
grant free access to them TO all
Mosiems. Secondly. Adrisnopis
should DO returned to Turkey.
Adrtanople IL a Holy City. and its
loss would never cease TO rankls.
Thirdly. the whole Of Asia Minor
should be handed over to Turkey.
not excepting Smyrna for the
Turks regard Asa Minor ~ their
homeland, and while they have no
legitimate grievance regarding the
loss. by the fortune of war. of
their empire In Irak and Arabia.
they resent the splitting up Of
he land Of their birth.
TWO OBJECTIONS RAISED.
Moderate Mohammedans admit
that two objections can be raised
against this scheme. but both are
capable according to them) Of be-
Ing discounted. The first Is that
Baedad. being in occupation Of
the British, 1t would be incom.
patible with the occupation to grant
the Sultan any influence there, but
according to Mohammedans this
argument does not hold good, al his
wardensh!p or tho town would ex-
tend to scarcely a quarter of q
square mile Of territory and would
be purely nominal. The second OBJ
lection IL that Greater Armenia lies
within that portion Of Asia Minor
which the Turks regard particu-
larly as hereditariiy their own. and
we cannot allow Armenians to fall
again under Turkish rule. Moder-
ate Mohammedans advance two
solutions to this difficulty. The
first and easiest would be TO create
Armenia an independent state,
with a British resident to protect
II. much on tho lines Of some native
states In India
The second solution. I gather. IL
to invite Armenians to leave what
Moslems cal! bleak. impoverished
country. and to migrate to the
country lying about the Gulf Of
Alexandretta- where they would b
protected northward ana westward
by the Taurus mountains. and
where We could protect them from
the sea The considered opinion
Of the Indian Mohammedans I met
and Of well.informed Englishmen
Is thar. by carrying out the above,
We should be ourselves protectors.
as We have dono before, OF alien
religions. and We should be playing
the game OF our Indian Moahm-
medan people, who maintain they
played 1t 80 CALAMITY by US during
the war.
express no opinions. but the
Moslem situation here IL much
uglier than the home press appears
to know. Before transmitting IL I
have submitted this statement to
the official. commercial. and press
authorities. who, while not neces.
sarily approving OF the details. are
insistent on the urgency OF a com.
plete and rapid settlement Of the
Moslem impssse.
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Sossp"usxeAsns swered, Ito
attend the funeral Of the ships
which sweat blood in 1915 and
1915 to secure"
ooh" he said. "I did not know
you would take the sinking OF In.
animate objects so seriously"
But in a sense, they were my
children" told him. II saw them
in their birth-in fact. officiated
when they came into the world.
was their proud Godfather and had
the honor to give them their names
when they were christened. Does
not this connection with the strang-
ling of the ships bring me grief?
Am I not entitled to be chief
mourner when these beautiful ships
are inferred and strew flowers over
the water when they sink beneath
the waves?"
The Admiral, who had taken q
large part in the designing and con-
struction of the new dreadnaughts
and battle cruisers, to be strangled
before they are allowed to take
their first plunge. looked like 1t
would be to him a real funeral. We
fell to talking about the critical
days in 1915 when the big program
was in the making, Of 1915 when
Congress approved, and how all
plans were ready to rush compile
ton when the peculiar conditions
OF the European war compelled the
Navy to specialize in building de-
stroyers and other small craft.
WILL SINKING BRING PEACE!
"It the sinking of these cherished
children of our hopes will bring
peace to the world ! am resigned"
I said to the admiral. but can
not subscribe to the view OF the
Washington Conference that 1t was
the part Of wisdom to scrap q 1S.
inch gun ship upon which 70 per
cent Of the total cost has been e1-
pended, instead of sinking the IL.
inch gun ships which are Of little
or no value against a ship of su-
perior gun.power."
The war taught US that In any
fight between big ships. tho ship
which had the guns Of longest
range won in every contest. What
enabled the Germans to sink the
ships Of Admiral Cradock, OF the
British navy at Falkland island
in November, 1914? Not superior
strategy or speed or construction.
1t was entirely due to the fact
that their guns could hit at q
longer range than tho British
ships which went UP against
them. They opened fire at . dis
lance Of 1890 yards.
What later defeated the German
ships near Cape Horn. in Decem-
Der, 1914? In that battle the Brit
ish had the biggest guns. And
could hit and sink the German
ships before their guns Of shorter
range could get into action. They
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opened fire at a distance or i2,-
900 yards. Give me five sixteen.
inch-gun ships. like the North
Carolina and the Iowa. enough
money having already been spent
to nearly complete them, and I
can defeat a score Of dreadnaughts
like the Wyoming, the Arkansas.
the Texas. the New York. and
such ships with twelve-inch guns.
that are to be kept.
These new ships, doomed to de-
struction. would burn oil. while
ships like the Wyoming. to be kept,
burn coal. A coal-burning ship
and q twelve.inch-gun ship Is a
back number in an engagement
with an oil.burnins ship carrying
sixteen.inch guns. And yet,
though we have spent so to 70 per
cent on the bigger and better
ships, they will soon be resting on
the bottom Of the ocean while we
will retain ships which would soor
be headed for the scrapheap.
Is 1t. any wonder that call it
a funeral and am ready to mourn
the loss Of great ships which
would have soon made the United
States the mistress Of the seas?
MECHANICS DISARMED OF JOBS
The next day after attending
the funeral Of the great ships.
I was walking down Pennsylvania
avenue and CHANGED to meet a
skilled mechanic who had been
working at the Washington Navy
Yard twenty years. He looked
like he had been attending a
funeral, and he had. 1t was his
own funeral.
81 went TO work this morning
as usual" he said. carrying my
lunch with me as was my habit.
Upon reaching the yard was
served with a writ OF ejectment
and dismissed without q moments
notice. What do you think OF
that as consideration for men who
have rendered faithful service for
nearly quarter Of q century,"
expressed my sympathy.
mover before knew any private
employer, much less the govern.
ment. to discharge 1000 men with.
out an hours notice. Washing.
ton was up in arms. To be sure,
IL the big ships, largely COM
pleted. are to be strapped there
will be less employment for men
making guns, but the men denied
work without notice will be ex.
cuscd II they ask in the words Of
an old opera:
Perhaps It was right to dlssem.
BILE your love,
But why did you kick me down
stairs?"
Three months ago when the Con-
IcTcnCo Oh blbdIfIlhtnent DuHh anu
Allianc. in the Far East was call
ed the people were led to believe
It would result m large savings by
q wholesale reduction in the army
and the navy. And now we are
told that the Harding administra-
ton does not propose to reduce
the army at all and that the navy
10 to be kept at twice as large a
strength as in 1915.
When tho people were throwing
up their hats and hurrahing over
Mr.. Hughes speech and telling
taxpayers how much they would
save in taxes by the action of the
conference, officers of the navy
pointed out that such rosy prophe,
cies of tax reduction could not be
fulfilled II the ships to be left in
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the navy were well manned and
coal and oil provided TO enable
them to keep in good condition.
The estimates OF the navy de-
partmenc show that the expecta,
lions of wholesale reductions Of
taxes by naval loss Of ships can
not be realized II the estimates OF
expert naval officials are TO Be
needed.
1T you cut down." say these
experts. "as much rs Ii suggested.
You will make our navy. mt . B..
10 3 n relates to Japan. but It will
give the proportion Of 3 to : In
favor Of Japan"
LOT OF BUNK IN CONFERENCE.
All of which shows how much
bunk there was in the carly hur-
rahing over tho big reduction In
army and navy by the conference.
When the inspired propaganda
was rushing people or their feet.
more sensible people said: Hold
on. Let us wait nd Sc ho~ much
money the taxpayers will save.
There is nothing in this whole
business except tax.saving--not
CLEAN OF world help and world
stnbility-only cold, calculating
saving OF dollars. Wait and see
how much you will save"
How much money In taxes will
the conference save? That is the
question practical men are ak.
ing. Tho news from Washington
In not giving them much hope.
The saving will be a repetition OF
tight At tho spigot and loose at
the bung."
This is one reason why Republi-
can politicians here in Washing
ton are suffering from a case Of
the blues. They feel like they are
at a Belshazzar feast--that they
can even now hear their doom.
Thou art weighed in the balance
and found wanting" Today was
talking with a Republican Con.
gresham about the elsstion next
November.
What will be tho Democratic
majority In tho next House?" he
asked me.
told him that I rarely dealt in
futures and asked II he conceded
that the Republicans were doomed
to lose.
NO CHART. NO COMPASS.
Doomed to lose" he answered.
I'VE have already s~r We have
no leadership. no policy. no chart,
no compass. We are drifting like
a derelict. waiting only for No
vember to hit a rock and 60
down."
That Is tho view Of many Re.
publicans who talk as they feel.
The others are like Micawber, hop
ing something viii turn up to save
their ship from the catastrophe
which awaits 1t. Thought Of the
idea OF November gives them the
shivers and the fear OF what will
happen sends cold chills even to
the White House.
I see now. since talking with
Republican Congressman. that I
am scheduled to attend two fu.
morals this year-one in the sum-
mer. when the ships I worked so
hard to secure in 1891 are
buried under the waves. and the
other on the second Tuesday in
November. when Republican Con.
gressmen who have failed to keep
the promises made to the people
are buried under the wrath of pop
ular condemnation.
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By ANATOLE FRANCE.

(Greatest Living French Writer)
I'M. Poincare (the Ex=President of France),
Will Take Us to the Edge of the Precipice
Before He Is Through-My Socialist
Friends Are Wrong i'm Thinking That the
Capitalists Are at the End of Their Tether"
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Bv NIKOLAI LENIN---

of BolsheUism and Virtual Dictator of Ruid)
"A New Chapter the WORLDS History Has BeunMuch of the Work
Here Has Not Yet Been Carried to Completion and Every Step For
ward VIII Have to Be Accompanied BY Changes i'm the Soviet
SyStem."'
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Bv LORD NORTHCLIFFE

British Publisher Who Is Touring
the World for His NeWspapers)
Returning to India After Twenty-Five Years
Absence, Northcliffe is Shocked BY the
Change i'm Attitude Toward England and
the United Opposition of All Creeds to the
Island that Holds 300,O00, 900 People in
Submission.
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WORLD CHANGE.

First, we thereby withdrew from
the imperiallst world war and ef.
fectually interfered with the mu-
tual slaughter Of two groups OF in
ternational capitalistic vultures.
As far as we Russians are con-
cerned. our job here is finished.
The entire completion OF the work
can come only as a result OF revo-
luton in the important countries Of
the world.
We created the Soviet state.
which incorporates the dictatorship
of the proletariat.
A world change has taken place.
The epoch of bourgeois.demo.
cratic parliamentarism is over.
A new chapter of the worlds his
tory hss begun: the epoch OF prole.
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E(VHT HAT brings you to the
w Navy Department to-
day." asked an Admiral
OF the Navy as he met me on the
stairs of the big building once too
small to house the naval admins
tration.
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ct have come
to the funeral"
was my reply.
" w h o is
dead?" he in
quired.
4" I h q " o
come" I an
8 W e re d. ito
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Bv JOSEPHUS DANIELS

(Secretary of the Navy in Wilson's Cabinet)
Attends the Funeral of Americas Supremacy the Seas he Says
The Ships Nearing Completion Ought Have Been Finished and the
Tweyech Gum Ships Sunk-Deplores Lay of Loyal Navy
Yard Workers-Republican Congress i'm BLUE Funk.
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Bv A. c.. GARDINER
(FOrner Editor of the London Daily Ne
Writing for the Sunday NelDs)


Writing for the Sunday NeDs)
Poncare 0utBEmarckS Ahmed Only Conso
dating and Making the German People the Dominating Power
the Councils of Euope Poncare Aims Naked MILITARY Ascend
ancy More Enduring Than poons" Asserts British Editor.
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as soon as they lose their sanity
and begin to fancy that the great,
triumphant. va I'd revolution is
a final end in itself. and that all
problems. under all conditions, in
all fields of action, can and should
be solved solely by revolution.
Such thoughts are stupid, and
In the heat of fighting. since the
revolution Is the most intense OF
wars. the price paid for stupidity
IL defeat.
Engels was wont to stress the
fact that stupid foolish things are
done in the course Of revoiu-
ton, as well as in other times.
II should be our endeavor to
commit as few stupid and foolish
actions as possible. to repair
thoee already made to determine
as carefully as possible what can
be accomplished by revolution,
and what cannot.
Our own experience shows us
that the Brest.Litovsk peace was
revolutionary, but a reformist act.
or ever worse than reformist; since,
as a genera! thing, reform:st &C.
tivities usually move forward care
fully. slowly. cautiously, but still
forward. while our act at Brest was
a step backward. Yet the correct
ness Of our tactics in concluding
the Brest-Litovsk treaty has now
been so thoroughly proved, that
there is no use wasting words argu-
ing about II.