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gniers was a humble and touching
symbol of the eternal solidarity of the
two republics of the Old and New
World" and added, Our people will
never forget that during the darkest
days of it's sufferings our brothers Of
the United States brought them the
help not only of their arms and ma
terial support but of their faith in the
future"
Mr.. Herrick spoke for America in
his usual happy style. disdaining all
and any thanks for that which Ameri-
cans might have done during the war
and dwelling upon the fact that
France and the French had suffered
In defending human rights wherever
they might be endangered. OF the
moving speech or NJ. Berard I shall
cite only this one phrase: I'VE desire
TO put into practice the maxim. Know
one another in order to realize the
higher maxim, Love one another"
When the cornerstone was laid
among the things that were placed in
1t was the following statement writ
ten upon parchment: 1.-THE Ninth of
July, 1922, in the presence of :.
was laid the cornerstone of the COM
munity buildings reconstructed on the
ruins of Fargniers with the generous
assistance of the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace. This stone
will stand forever on French soil as
symbol of the everlasting fraternity
of the American people and the French
people, determined to remain united in
peace for the cause OF progress and
humanity as they were in war for
the defence OF right and democracy"
The ceremonies were brought to
close by an excellent luncheon pro-
vided for all those who had come for
tho Occasion. And / can assure my
readers that. though the people OF
Fargniers may be living in tents or
in barracks, they have not forgotten
how to cook and that the reputation
ot the French for satisfying the bodily
as well as the spiritual needs Of man
was kept upon it's high level.
Fargniers promises TO be an impor-
tant railroad center in the very near
future. I am sure II will always
remember that it has many friends
across the Atlantic Ocean who will
watch with pleasure its growth and
its advancement-not the least of
whom will be the writer of these
words
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October 2 and retroactive 10 Septem-
Der / to it's worsted and wool workers
and loom fxers. No mention was
made OF the cotton department, which
numbers about 1900 OF the company's
5000 hands. The conference COM
mittee refused this offer and the
strategy board Of the u. 4. w. OF A.
urged its rejection as designed 10
disrupt the strike"
But the Pacific company was quickly
on the scene with another offer with
an additional concession. The opera
tors were invited to return under the
former scale. effective October 2, and
retroactive to September /, with the
reservation that the scale would be
guaranteed TO the cotton workers only
until December 1, but with the assur-
ance that II any change In their pay
were made Ii would be fair"
The same day the strategy board
OF the u. L. w. OF A. voted to rec
ommend acceptance by its subsidiary
unions. but the conference delegates
of the one Big Union, the American
Federation OF Textile Operators and
the Mule SpInners stood out, at a
meeting not attended by the Il. T. w.
OF A group.
AT a special meeting of the u. It.
w. OF A. strategy board It was voted
70 urge their members to return on
September /, the day the new scale
was 10 &c into effect. The local unions
Of that body quickly voted their ac-
ceptancc.
Within the next day or two the
Katama, Acadia and Monomac mills
posted notices that the old scale was
10 be restored Monday. August 2s
these mills composing the we'll known
Whitman" group.
once more the Pacific Mills appealed
to the court TO declare Ben Legere.
Fred st. Rock and Burt Emslie, all
One Big Union officials. In contempt
for alleged failure 10 abide by the
courts temporary order OF July 81.
This petition likewise went TO n mas
ter. Attorney Robert w. Hill OF Salem
being chosen.
The Everett Mill followed by posting
a notice that II would open September
3 on n full time schedule and with
the former scale in operation, the
unions meanwhile having voted TO
accept the offers OF the other mills
that had fallen into line. The Penn
berton and Nethuen mills acted like
wise,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
Professor Richard
GotthenDescribes
for'The NewYork
Herald the Cere-
monyAttendedby
Ambassador Her
rick in Behalf of
the United States
BY Prof. RICHARD GOTTHEIL
OF Columbia University, New York

THE Aisne Valley is of sinister
memory. Not for many year
= and day will the world for
get the events that happened there in
the great war. and the reconstruction
of its burned, buried and waste places
would seem to be the duty of,so much
of civilized humanity as still re-
mains on this earth. AS an American
I am glad than an American founda-
ton is taking part in showing the
world what is to be done and what
can be donc in restoring these regions
even to a state better than that
in which they were in the year 1914.
In the year 1921 it was the Carnegie
Foundation for Peace that laid the
foundation, under the able leadership
of it's own and Columbia Unversitys
president, Nicholas Murray Butler for
the work of restoration that 1t had in
mind to do at Rheims. This year it
had chosen a modest spot, Fargniers-
an outpost, as it were. of n larger
place by name Tergniers; and here it
proposed TO lay out a Carnegie
Place" and TO build certain buildings
which should serve as models for the
future little city to be built there; for
which purpose 1t had allocated the
sum of $4,000.
/ had been upon the spot in the
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year 1920. The signs of war were
then still TO be seen on every hand.
The place was practically level with
the ground. Anything above the
ground was nothing more than waste
ruin. A good deal below ground had
been plowed up by cannon, by spade
and by pickax. 1t was picture of
desolation. And yet. the former in
habitants were commencing TO work
their way back; to put up a few
wooden houses and to open a few
shops made of boards hastily nailed
together. The ground of their be-
loved commune had been desecrated,
Their one desire was to reconsecrate it
again by hard labor and by the sweat
of their brows.
II was my good fortune to be there
again on July 3, 1922, when Mr.. Myron
Herrick, our American Ambassador in
Paris. and Baron d'Estournelles de
Constant, Senator and president of the
European branch OF the Carnegie
Foundation. laid the cornerstone OF
the Place Carnegie.
M. Poincare, president of the French
Ministry, was to have been there, but
at the last moment official duties pre-
vented him from leaving Paris. and
his place was taken by that splendid
colleague of his. NJ. Leon Berard,
Minister of Public Instruction and of
Fine Arts. Nature was not upon
friendly terms with us on that day.
AS we left our train the rain came
down in torrents. We felt sorry, not
for ourselves, but for the good people
of Fergniers. who had lined their i'm
perceptible streets with bunting and
had entwined their barracks and
newly rising houses with the Stars
and Stripes in common with their own
flags. But the dripping bunting and
the pools of water were unable to
lessen the ardor of the good people
there or to diminish in any way the
fine presence of their Mayor, NJ.
rHerondelle. adorned with his scarf Of
office.
Despite the umbrellas, despite the
raincoats and despite the rain itself
the proposed ceremonies were carried
through from beginning to end. The
Mayor in his address of welcome gave
an all too short account OF that which
the commune had suffered and of that
which IL had done already to bring
itself TO life again. Senator d'Estour-
nelles de Constant insisted that Far
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June % when the big Pacific Mills
made their first opening for negotia-
tons which. after long duration and
many maneuverlngs. finally resulted
in an agreement for all the milla of
the city. On that day the Pacific
Mills announced that they would open
their gates on the following week
with the wage cut in effect as an
nounced. but that on October 2-the
time OF the beginning of the fall activi-
ty--the situation would be studied by
Treasurer Green, Charles w. Fisher
of the State Board OF Cancellation and
Arbitration. and Father O'Reilly, head
of the citizens committee, and that IL
this group decided that n wage in
crease was Justified at that time 1t
would be granted.
This offer was important because
no mill had ever before agreed 10 take
in outsiders. in this section at least.
giving them a voice in a wage settle
ment
At the same time the Pacific Mills
went into court and asked for an in
junction gainst officers and members
OF the One Big Union to restrain
Legere and others from continuing
alleged interference. This petition
was referred to a master who retired
and the hearing OF evidence was
passed on TO another.
The T.. r. w. OF A. heads were
openly skeptical about this offer and
Il was vigorously opposed by the One
Big Union. Two important local
unions, the wool sorters and the loom
fixers. voted to reject the plan, and
both revealed their determination TO
stand firm for the complete with
drawal of the 20 per cent. wage cut.
The following Monday, the day the
strikers were invited TO return, a rec
ord sized picket line, fully 1900 in
number. was on duty at the Pacific
Mills gate. There was. no trouble, al
though the few who passed inside
were saluted with volleys Of derisive
laughter and jeers.
About this time the State Board OF
Cancellation and Arbitration got in
decidedly wrong with tho strikers
with n statement 10 the effect that II
was satisfied that this was the best
offer the Pacific Mills would make.
Organizer German of the u. T. w. OF
a. attacked this statement as a
scheme to stampede the workers"
The strategy board of the L. I. w. Of
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A. branded the statement of the State
board as most unfair"
In July Father O'Reilly, chairman
of the citizens committee of clergy
men, in statement from his pulpit
declared 1t was Ito the discredit Of
those who pay IL per cent. dividends
to say that they cannot afford TO pay
workers living wage" Charges that
some Of the mills were employing
school and college men were made by
strike leaders, but these were never
well substantiated.l
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Guards. BHstling With
Weapons. Guarded President

All these were possibilities. but we
finally got there with many calls. com
mands and counter orders. a large
sampan was between us and the gun
boat They would not let us get any
nearer than that. We had 10 Chamber
over II 10 send our cards and notes in
TO the President. The sampan was
filled with sun Vat Sens men. all
armed 10 the teeth" as De Wolf
Hopper would say. They didn't look
with any great favor on US. They
toyed with their guns In such an
affectionate way that I had an idea
they were lust dying" TO use them.
We reached the "frowning front" Of
the ship--under such circumstances a
hattleship naturally does frown! The
deck was filled with M re men. each
with a rifle or revolver in his hand.
This was literally true, for every man
that had revolver. and there were
many, did not carry II In his holster
but handily, In his hand a leather
thong was attached to II and each
mans belt, so that In a matter Of
surprise they would not lose their
weapons even II they dropped them.
There were no feliclties, The one
who took our cards and notes was as
nonoommital as the No. 1 boy at the
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President of the
Southern Repub-
lie of China Says
His Sole Ambi-
ton Is to Get the
Best Pos sibl e
Government for
His People

hotel. Taciturn, impassive. masklike
he took our "chts' and went on his
way while we waited. grasping the
rigging OF the sampan and standing
perilously on its prov. The taciturn
Chinaman returned, but the fates
themselves could not guess. from his
face, the message which he bore. |
was hoping II was all right. but was
doomed TO disappointment. Somebody
on the inside apparently wanted to
know what genus this Byrd was? Or
perhaps they wanted to know whether
this Doctor" was a dentist, veterinar-
ian, medical man or just plain doctor
of divinity? ] suggested that the in
terpreter tell the latter fact as DR.. sun
is a product Of Christian missions
and himself baptized Christian.
The interpreter followed my clew
For the first time the messengers face
showed some little CLEAN of interest.
The plan worked. The man actually
hurried away and in few moments
came back and invited us aboard. The
Church had prevailed over the world.
the flesh and the devil We were at
last in the presence OF Sun Vat Sen!
How shall | describe him? He Is
tall, spare, ascetic looking. He has no
ponp, no state, no pretense. He was
not dressed as we'll as any OF US there,
even including his own encourage.
Croft had told me how he paid him
$4,000 back salary out OF his own
pocket after the Treasury OF the Re-
public had been seized. He may be
mistaken but he is at least sincere and
shows It by sacrificing everything for
his people.
i am coolie." he said, in the very
beginning of our conversation, land
the son Of a coolie. ! was born with
the poor and am still poor My SYM
pathies have always been with the
struggling mass and that is the rea-
son they rallied round me when we
threw off the Manchu yoke in 1911.
They would rally now. but | am shut
up on this ship, a virtual prisoner on
my own vessel, with my army scat
tered and an enemy army in my CAPT.
tai"
What, Or. sun" said, was the
cause Of this last debacle?"
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Strike Hurt New England.
Declared Mayor CurIey

Mayor James II. Curley Of Boston
took a hand in the difficulty the latter
part of April with a statement that il
was the duty of every one to use his
influence to end the strike. which he
said was harming all industry in New
England. Mayor Curley sent some
what lengthy telegram TO Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge at Washington re-
questing a Congressional investiga-
ton OF the entire textile situation.
The first real conference between
the two sides came early in May, when
Agent II. A. S. Reed of the Patchogue-
Plymouth mill sat down" with repre-
sentatives OF the workers OF that plant.
This mill. which had ordered a 10 per
cent. cut. was willing to make a slight
modification. The workers complained
That the cut amounted to Is to II per
cent. in many instances. They made
no progress Mt this meeting nor at one
that followed.
An interesting sidelight at that
time was an announcement in Father
O'Reilly's parish paper that occasioned
great deal of discussion. In this
statement was the assertion that the
strikers We're demanding justice and
human rights" while on the other
side was the principle Of economies
and material profits" Speaking from
the pulpit In an appeal for relief
funds, Father OReilly voiced warn
ing that ITO reduce wages to the
breaking point and to maintain divi-
bends as high as possible would re-
suit in anarchy"
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Cut Was Essential,
Said the Mil Owners

Beginning May IL the United Tex
tile Workers established an elaborate
system of picketing on the basis Of a
card system. This work was linked
up with the relief benefits in effective
manner and whenever a strikers card
failed to show punches proving his
share OF picket duty a proportionate
amount of relief to him and his fam
lily was withdrawn.
Another sign OF weakening" was
noted on the part of the mills on May
%, when the Patchogue- Plymouth mill
agent, after a conference with Fred
w. Knight of the State Board or Con-
Citation and Arbitration, offered to
lower the wage cut to per cent. to
become effective September /. An
other vigorous mo" was the reply.
with the accompanying assertion
from the strikers that they would
consider no offers until the notices OF
the 20 per cent. wage cut were re-
moved from tho gates OF every mill.
Mill officials met the State Board OF
Cancellation and NArbitration at the
State House early I'm June. when
they adhered TO the stand that the
pay cut was essential to the continu-
alton Of the business.
) II was during the first week In
June that the conflict got into the
higher courts. This came about when
Agent Read Of the Patchogue- Plym-
outh Mill petitioned the Superior
Court for an injunction TO restrain
members Of the u, IT. w. OF A. and the
One Big Union from interfering with
the workers in the MILL Intimidation
and the like being alleged. The petit
ton was referred to Attorney James
w. Santry OF Lynn. who. as master
conducted extended hearings. On
August 10 Santry submitted to counsel
for both sides a draft OF the report he
was 10 file with the court strongly
favoring the sustaining OF the charges.
This report has not yet been filed and.
now that the strike has been settled
may never be required.
An event of Importance came on
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Sun Vat Sen Too III
To Be Seen, Said Friends

When FIRST preached the question
OF an interview with sun Vat Sen |
was laughed out of court. 1t was ut
terly impossible. Sun Vat Sen saw
nobody but his own immediate adj
visers and bodyguard, as he could
trust no one. He had too many daily
worries to keep the enemy from seiz-
ing OF killing him TO give time to
mere reporter. He was a sick man.
lie was a dying man. one German
doctor--mark the nationality-had
told a friend. who told my friend that
he had Just been called in consulta-
ton and gave Sun Vat Sen only two
or three days TO live. He had brain
fever He had gone insane. He was
already dead, but his followers were
hiding the fact. All these and many
other rumors were flying thick and
fast as I entered the Shameen this
morning and started my negotiations
for an interview.
/ was wary of international compli-
cations. l kept away from our Con-
sulate. IL was to see the President
II should not be by the devious ways
of diplomatic relations. Indeed, l had
n sneaking notion our Consul would
pooh pooh the idea and tell me for the
hundredth time that my desire was
preposterous and impossible.
/ sat down under the cooling shade
Of the loggia OF the Victoria Hotel. the
Shameen's most exclusive hosiery.
had no letter, no form OF introduc-
tion. but had a notion that I would
see some one worth while pretty soon.
had managed 10 interview Gen.
Leonard Wood In the Philippines,
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hani-
hara In Toxic. Nlscount Shibusawa,
the Grand Old Man of japan" and
others, so why not believe that ! still
could overcome the difficult and SEEM
ingly impossible. On the way from
Macao the night before had met a
Young Englishman to whom ] told my
desire and hope. III any one can help
YOU" he said instantly. 1T IS a. j.
Croft, an American instructor In avia-
ton for sun Vat SENS army. He has
more influence with him than any
other foreigner and has his entire con-
fidence."
That sounded good. That was the
reason I was at the Victoria. Mr..
Croft was staying at the Victoria and
| saw that he had not checked out"
before sent UP my card. ! was watt
ing now for the NO. boy" 10 bring
me word as TO whether he was In.
No. boy appears l can't read that
Oriental mask which some call 2 face,
Grave issues are depending upon his
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Long and Costly Struggle at
Lawrence Brought to a
Close, Largely Through
the Efforts Of a Citizens
Committee Of Clergymen.

Legere from time to time and 1t was
not long before he was taken into
court by the Pacific Mills in connec-
ton with his picketing activities.
Broad relief plans were undertaken
and put into effect under the guild
ance of Mcmahon and other United
Textile Workers officials. The strike
was formally sanctioned by that body
and Central Labor Unions in many
cities cooperated in the work of col
lecting relief funds. Contributions
We're ample and served to keep actual
suffering reduced to a minimum. In
deed. there We're few reports of pri-
walton.
At one stage the One Big Union
sought to secure a voice in the con-
troll of the fund distribution by an
appeal to- the court on the ground
that the entire body of workers was
not being benefited. This effort re-
suited in nothing.
Many Conciiiators
Tried to Bring Peace
Local, State and national officials
all took their turn in trying TO restore
peace. The State Board OF Concilia-
ton and Arbitration was active in
bringing about conferences on a num-
Der of occasions and Federal con-
ciliators were on the ground from
time to time. None of these, how
ever, was directly effective in bring
ing things to conclusion.
Early in April. when the strike had
been under way barely week. the
citizens committee, headed by Father
O'Reilly and officials of the United
Textile Workers of America called
conference in the public library at
which mill officials were present. At
that time both sides were in an UNI
compromising mood and nothing was
accomplished.
Legere and his One Big Union
sought to build up" general public
support at this time by issuing a call
tor general strike of every worker
In Lawrence for a single day. The
call fell fiat.
A second conference Of the United
Textile Workers of America repre-
sentatives and a number of mill Off
Gals was effected on April 10 through
the efforts OF Mayor Daniel w. Ma
hony's committee of clergymen. No
change OF attitude was noticed and it
was called off.
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BY The REV. WILLIAM CARTER,
D. D.


~ UT in the harbor of Canton lies
1 a gunboat Of the Southern
Republic called the Wing
Fung. On It. trapped, like a bird in a
cage, lives the President of the South
China Republic. Sun Vat Sen.
! can see the boat as / write; can
almost see the lonely figure ! have
just left, as he PAGES the deck or sits
inactive in the confines Of his cabin.
A price is on this mans life. Eight
thousand of his enemies have taken
the city. Two million people live in il.
many thousands open and avowed
enemies of Sun Vat Sen. yet he has
lived In this gunboat citadel and capt.
tai of his for three months now, just
a scant quarter mile from the shore,
with no one able to approach him
further. Why?
Two reasons may be given in reply.
First "a Chinaman is not a heroic
soldier. He is not ready to do the
Hobson act and sink Merrimac
loaded with INT beside the Wing
Fung, as he realizes that in setting
Off the charge to destroy the ship he
will doubtless destroy himself too.
One man could do 1t II he did not
value his life at all, but the Chinaman
thinks a great deal of his skin, and
remember. that skin is yellow,
The other reason is that Sun Vat
Sen has many followers in Canton
who are still loyal to him, though the
enemy Is within the gates and
they are watching every movement OF
his foes.
I might give as a third reason that
each side is afraid of injuring the
"Shameen" or foreigners quarter,
which is ceded to the French and
English and Is directly between Sun
Vat Sen and the Chinese city.
Coming to South China this summer
! had two great desires: One 10
actually experience the thrill OF a
typhoon, the other 10 have an inter-
view with Sun Vat Sen. / have had
both experiences. and both were al
most equally painful. | was in the
typhoon last Wednesday which de-
stroyed so many thousands OF lives at
Swallow after tossing our $1,000 ton
ship like cork on the sea. have
seen the lonely figure OF the President
Of the South China Republic on his
gunboat capital at Canton. and / felt
that l was looking on another possible
catastrophe calamity that might rob
China OF more lives than the typhoon.
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SUN VAT SEN DECLARES
HE SEEKS ONLY PEACE

He Is Visited at
Canton by tn e
r ev. Villa m
Carter, d. D., Of
Brooklyn, w h 0
F i n d S H i m
Aboard a Gun
b O a t /, CT S e l.y
Guarded