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Evening star., 1922-01-15
ARMEN|ANS SECURE
UNDER RUSS WING
Americans for First Time in
Year Draw Cheerful Pic
ture of Country.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright, 1922.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Janu-
ary 14.-Americans who have just re-
turned from Armenia draw for the
first time in many years rather
cheerful picture of that country. The
first thing that impresses the. trav-
eler Is the feeling of security pre-
yailing among the inhabitants. Fear
has disappeared entirely. In Alex
andropol and Erivan, where the peo-
pie in the last four years have al
ways had most of their belongings
packed so as to enable them to leave
Eome at the first signal. they are now
settling down and looking after busi-
ness affairs.
Children Attending Schools.
Children in these towns are attend
ing regularly the schools opened by
the Near East Relief Association and
business is reviving gradually. Squads
or men are working on the railways
which, though short of rolling stock
are still in sufficiently good condi-
ton to enable the administration to
run daily trains The government
is working hard to reorganize the
country and is assisted materially by
the Moscow authorities.
Thousands of refugees arrive each
month from Anatolia, but they are
no longer seen camping in the streets
Of Erivan or wandering from town
to town. The government, assisted
by Americans directing the Near East
Relief, has established concentration
camps near the principal towns
whence the refugees are distributed
to various parts of the country where
agricultural laborers are mostly
needed. The Near East Relief hopes
that if wheat for seed is brought in
time the Armenians will be on their
a farming country and even mod
crate harvest will easily provide food
for all the inhabitants.
Armenia'S greatest trouble in the
last three years has been the prevail
ing uncertainty. Kurds, Turks and
even Georgians were always ready to
grab some land or town from the
practically part of Russia, these un-
desirable neighbors seem to have dis
appeared This was illustrated in a
talk which an American who visited
the country a fortnight ago had with
members of the present Armenian
soviet.
1We can now safely use all our
try they said. I'VE no longer need an
army or fear our neighbors. 1t is
not because they feel kinder toward
us, but because a Russian army di-
vision is here ready to defend us,
especially against our bitterest
enemies, the Turks. In spite of all
the treaties signed recently between
the Russians and the Turks. these
two races are irreconcilable antag-
oufsts and the Russians are watching
all the acts of the Turkish govern
ment.''
Evening star., 1922-01-15
BY MAMMALIAN HARDEN,
Germany's Foremost Pablicist.

=
BY Gable to The Star.
BERLIN, January II. whittier
goes France?
This is the question which stirs the
civilized world today. Are the men
who demand the last pound of flesh
of the treaty of Versailles going to
lead her into new and foolish adven-
lures?
BRAND had shown some apprecia-
ton of conditions as they are. But
the main pack of the French politi-
clans has refused to see these con-
ditions. They are purblind to every
thing except a pot of gold.
Lloyd George Again Rises.
1t Is too bad that the Cannes con-
ference has broken down under the
BRAND resignation. l Have often
said that / would joyfully greet any
defensive alliance among the powers
which would offer France her desired
security, because such an alliance
might end the useless Rhine occupa-
tion, which eats up enormous sums
that might otherwise go to repara-
tions purposes and feeds the hatred
of the French and German peoples.
Out of this latest muddle in Eu
ropean affairs Lloyd George arises, as
usual, the dominant figure. His sixth
sense, attributed to him by the En-
glish writer, Keynes. was function
ing when he used the Franco-Bel-
gium dispute to brin ng about the
Cannes conference before the wash
ington conference had concluded its
work.
France had hoped to go to the Ri
vi in a RI
would have frightened England into
making concessions. Her shield was
to have been the Angora treaty with
the kemalist Turks. Her great sword
was to have been an unlimited sub
marine fleet.
Danger in Submarines.
The honorable Mr.. Balfour was quite
right when he declared these sub
marines were to be directed against
England Persons, whose memories
do not go back of Edward VII, forget
that for centuries there has been con-
tinual warning squabbling between
the Anglo -Saxons and the Gallo Celts
This enmity ceaselessly fourished un'
til the grave military menace OF a
Prussianized Germany drove Englan
and Franc. into an alliance which
came into full fruit, and being in the
war which crushed the German mill
tary masters.
But no one who has studied the
France of the last year need be told
how high the weeds OF distrust ano
suspicion of Great Britain have
grown. In her entirely. comprehensi'
BILE distress over her devastated re-
eions, France has forgotten that En-
gland. too, suffered in the war-suf-
fered in blood and treasure and in the
loss of her important export trade
France has imagined herself neglect
ed and half betrayed by "perndIious ptI
Albion" against whom she needed an
effective weapon.
The last war proved that England
greatest danger was unrestricted
submarine warfare. France rightly
tpured that she could carry on this
warfare much easier and with much
greater success tn Germany
achieved The channel would be nc
protection to England. Long range
guns at Calais, at Havre and Cher.
bourg could sink destroyers and even
wreck English towns. German sub.
marines took fouy or five days In
going to and returning from the
Evening star., 1922-01-15
TRANSVAAL STRIKERS
TO MEET MINE OWNERS
Federation Agrees to Discuss Means
of Ending Tie-Up of Coal and
Gold Workings.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa.
January 1.-THE Federation of
Workers, some of whose members are
on strike in the coal and gold mines
of the Transveal. today agreed to
meet representatives of the mine
owners to discuss means of ending
the strike. Suggestion for such a
conference was made by the govern
ment.
The conference, which. it was said.
might be held before the day was
over. will be presided over by Premier
Smuts, and, it is generally believed,
it is likely to end the strike. Neither
side attached conditions to it's par
ticipation in the conference.
Meanwhile, carrying out the an
nouncement of the Federation of
Workers that all essential services
would be stopped this morning, the
essential service men quit work at
the time set. Their tasks were taken
over by mining officials, under gov
ernment protection.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
BY ANDRE TARDIEU.
Former French High CommissiOns
to America.

BY ANDRE TARDIEU.
Former French High Commissfone
to America.
BY Oable to The Star.
PARIS, January 14.-France's
awakening has comet
Aristide BRANDS reign-a year
long string of improvisations with
never a clear-cut line Of French
policy-is at an end.
The past two years have been
years of disintegration for France.
Disintegration of our interna-
tional status by a servile accept
ance of foreign theses rejected In
1918 by "Tiger" Cemenceau. Dis
integration OF our domestic poll
tics by giving power to men VINO
were in a hurry to profit by
victory they did not help to win,
and who were repudiated by the
voters at the last election. DIS
a weak policy which propagateo
defeatism Of the peace.
Discsra was Plain.
Why did BRAND resignf When
twice within twenty-four hours
meet in the absence of their chie1
and twice communicate with MIN
GEOGRAPHICALLY there plainly Is
discord.
When parliamentary committees,
generally SO circumSpect, make
imperious Recommendations, there
is defiance. ;.
In brief, parliament was begin
ming to check up on the premier.
And what of our inter-allied re-
lations? Inter-allied relations are
possible only on a basis of right.
Premier BRAND. with his own
hands, destroyed that basis: He
surrendered the rights of France
on reparations. He surrendered
the rights of Belgi on priori-
ties. He surrendered Frances
rights in agreeing to German
moratorium. He surrendered on
the admission of the Germans and
OF Russian sovietism to the con-
ference on European reconstruc-
tion. France had the right to fear
that in another day he might have
surrendered the vital clause OF the
treaty of Versailles giving france
the right to continue the Rnlne
occupation even beyond the speci-
fed term Of fifteen years IN e tne
event that Germany fails to meet
her obligations.
Successive surrenders Sanctioned.
a majority IN the CndIHpeF VI
deputies weakly had sanctioned
these successive surrenders. but
the time of resentment and refusal
came at last. NJ. BRAND recognized
1t and stepped aside.
Events marched with bewilder-
ing rapidity during the week
When the Cannes conference con-
yened it was instantly perceived
apprehensively that 1t was prepar-
ing to overhaul the whole founda-
ton of the world war peace. The
principal parliamentary commit
tees Immediately adopted resolu-
tions expressing their inquietdde
to the premier. Analyzing the rea-
sons for this inquietude Is perhaps
the easiest way of clarifying the
situation today.
In the first place there was the
question of reparations. l will not
dwell upon that except to confirm
what l cabled week ago. 1t was
proposed largely to diminish
Frances expectations for 1922.
Considering the condition of
Frances financial budget this re-
duction was an extremely serious
thing. Furthermore, one had the
right to suspect that one reduction
would only lead to another. Against
this the parliamentary finance
committees protested.
Moratorium Cause of Feeling.
A second cause for discomfort
was the i'll feeling aroused between
France and Belgium on account OF
Evening star., 1922-01-15
100 ORPHANS TO GET HOMES.

BUENOS AIRES, December 17.-One
hundred Russian Jewish orphans from
the Ukraine, whose parents were VIC
tins of war conditions, have arrived
here. A committee representing the
Jewish community proposes to find
them homes in agricultural districts.
All the children are under thirteen
years of age and appear to be healthy.
vivacious youngsters, completely re-
covered from the privations they have
undergone.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENZA
ALARMS SCANDINAV
Soldiers Especially Hard Hit, &c
Being Ill in Stockholm,
Is Report.
BY HAL O'FLAHERTY.
By Wireless to The Star and Chicago u
News Copyright, 1872!

" ITtItSs
News. Copyright, 1922
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, January Il
An epidemic of influence is spread
ing throughout Scandinavia wit
alarming rapidity. Soldiers in ban
racks are especially hard hit, 81
being i'll at this time in Stockholm
In Copenhagen the disease is spread
ing with equal rapidity, half of tn
garrison there being affected. Physi
clans and drug clerks are workini
night and day, while theaters an
stores are deserted.
The symptoms of the disease ar
the same as .those noted in the cpl
demic of 1918. but the illness runs il
course in a much shorter time Sfd
not complicated by other maladies
Exceptionally few deaths are re
ported
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-04-06
,shot,l. \ DE WELL LAID OUT
isnpssSAAes - Proper Planning q
TskDS tvturs 10 Matter Tee
.tfApA 70 De OvArlooAod.

Speaking at the session OF the con-
fereneeathe Rev. Howard s. Childley
Of WipGhester pointed out. that town
planting is an ancient art, applied BY
the Romans in England and excel
lentl&s anstanced by the planning Of
the town common at Oxford, England.
in ftg Application. he said, European
cities and towns are far ahead OF the
United States and American cities and
towns show today of what value plan
ming would have been at their incep-
tion. To obtain tliis development now,
Doctor Childley urged, education Of
the community to the economic value
of the work, and then the enlistment
of individual interest in cooperation
must be attained.
AS the representative of the Com
monwealth, Mr. Young declared that,
despite eight years Of encouragement
by law, the need of town and city
planning Is not widely enough realized.
He asserted that the time has come
for the state to provide more appro-
priatlon for this work and to aid In
creating public interest Pointing to
the development of municipal forests
abroad, he urged the importance Of
such reservations to community
with the lapse of half century.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-04-06
home kNun|
| Y Helps Y !
WELL CALLED MODEL TOWN.
Industrial Community in Massachu.
sets Approaches the Ideal as
Place of Residence.

OF the town of North Billerica,
Mass, a correspondent of the Boston
Transcript writes:
AS one walks about town he Is pleas
antly surprised by the appearance of
cottages and gardens. They represent
various types and periods of construc-
ton and evidence of individuality In
taste, but their charm lies mainly In
their gardens. Here one discovers the
feminine touch In delicate vines,
trained over roof, porch. fence and
wall, or in charming porch box filed
with color, harmony and grace.
The more ambitious maculine effort
is detected In spacious gardens, show
ing evidence of muscle and determi-
nation. Everything. however, reveals
the hand of the landscape designer
who, by his advice and supervision,
has helped to create and maintain the
desired effect, being careful not to de-
stroy the Individuality that is so i'm
portant part in any garden, and
thus the yearly competition feeds the
very natural element of ambition.
"Do you feel that you secure mate
rial advantage by employing land
scape designer to beautify the grounds
about your plant and help your tenants
In making and maintaining their gar
dens7" ! asked Frederic s. Clark,
president Of the Talbot mills.
ut is impossible to state from a
dollars and cents standpoint the effect
Of the landscape work, or OF any Of
the other features which we have In
troduced outsisie our purely business
relations with our employees" he re-
piled. Il am glad. however, to say
that our relations In. every way are
Of very friendly character. We have
had but ,.Ohe strike Of any moment
and that was about rs years ago. Our
labor turnover IL comparatively small,
which issHK indication Of satisfactory
smployment. conditions"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-04-06
When a City Is Disfigured.

When any part Of the city Is dis
figured by billboards or when any res
idence neighborhood Is ruined by the
Unnecessary intrusion of business the
whole city suffers. People don't enjoy
passing ugly or ill-kept property in GO
ing to their homes. 1t weakens the in
centiye for family to own its home IL
there is danger that the property may
be hurt at any time by the erection Of
a business house next door.
"A city cannot permit Itself to be
disfigured in spots. 1t cannot acqui-
esce in a policy Of ugly neighborhoods
here and there. If it does, 1t subjects
itself to unnecessary handicaps 1t re-
tards its growth.
A cty is unit. Damage to one
part S damage to the city.-Kansas
City Star.
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Opportunities to secure the Royce
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Profits $4,000 to 10000 per month in
proportion totime given. Write for
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Among The tired business Men.

"You no longer embelIish your
speeches with humorous anecdotes
q had to quit it, replied Senator
Sorghum. Audiences got to calling
for funny stories instead of paying at
tention to my serious arguments"
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The only two---Wliese liiiaRs szae
one are a flea an dog.-Georgia
County Newspaper
Mr.. Worrimore: Easyou shouldn't
have brought your 5ewcls with you.
Where is gentleman bandit said to
0pbe working this patti of the road"
His wife: eff he's gentleman he'll
lver find them where I've hidden
thin. Judge.
Kriss: "Was he itching to marry
that chicken?"
Kross: Eyes. Now he's tctatch-
ing 70 ra whole brood" -Town Topics
.-aWhy don't you treat your wife a
little better?"
II tried it 70 a while, an she got
SO suspicious l could hardly live with
her. Judge.
"You know what I'm going to do?
I'm goin't smash you on tn jaw"
go ahead, yuh big stiff! And
hope you break your wrist" Rich
mond Times Dispatch.
Many of the older streets of Mon
treal are named for saints, male and
female.
A progressive Yankee put the fol-
lowing sign in his drug store window
Meet your girl here for an ice
cream soda. This is where st.Thom-
as meets St. Genevieve."
Julian S. Carr, Jr., known as "the
Hosiery King" is dead. All the
Aockings in the country should be
Worn at Observation-Disclosures Age
Herald.
| yWhen Mr.. Casey died he left all
! he had to the orphan asylum"
sIndeedl That was nice Of him
What did he leave2"
"His twelve children. Exchange.
fare skirts being worn lsnger, Do
you think
eMg wife doesn't Wear fhem any
LONGER she get new ore essry two
week Town Topics
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the last touch in quality $3.50
sack.
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freieh depot)
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CHAS. M. PARRISH,
Belington,W. Va. 3-30-2t
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The saddest thing that can beraA a
soul is Nlen it loses faith in God and
oman-A,exandar Smith.
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The FAT NAN has promised the Editor
the whole The FAT MANis
uo ercks and clever things
piece for them when suitable for his
Editorial
Dept, National Pictorial News, D.
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Hnne and low

A propensity to hope and joy is real
~iches;:s on 20 fear and sorrow. real
poverty. Hume
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"You're a genius! Ever had to
work on an empty stomach"
My dear, Pm a sculptor, not a
tato1 artist. London Mail.
Madam, since you are looking at
Ehings for your living room and for
your boulder, could | show you one
of our new escrotoires 2"
"Thank you, no. There's nobody
ht our house could play on it any,
Retail Ledger
Here's a story in the paper of a
woman who used a phone for the
first time in-63 years" "She must
be on a party line. "-Notre Dame
puggler.
"How's your cold, old top?"
Obstinate."
Elbows your wife," @
about the same. Portland Ex-
press.
Irate Metorist: Say, this =hlan1ed
car won't climb a hill! You said it
was fine machine" rs
Dealer: 81 said: on the level it's a
gooM car."-Science and Invention.
"Your honor, was not intoxicated.
"Butthis officer says you were try
ling to climb lamp post"
II was, your honor. A couple of
.cerise crocodiles had been following
me around all day, and ! don't mind
telling you that they were getting on
my nerves" Birmingham Age Herald
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The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-09
The Drama of Life.
(CinCinnat1 ENQUIRER.

Not to the mimic reproductions of the histronic
stage yet to the silent silver need we
turn to study the development of Lies drama. There
can be denial of the fact that truth is stranger
than fiction" Comedy, tragedy melodrama-they are
all about us, and the stage and never
unfold their complexities, their mysteries their
Movements of motive and passion does the daily
press 1t is the newspaper which holds up the steady
mirror in which reflected the all in all life
A situation that should inspire the genius of a
dramatic fctionis is attracting natiOn-w attention.
The papers have told you all about it, that is all that
at present is known about it. But back of story
is weird involv ement which deies analysis upon
any other theory than that of unbalanced mentality.
And yet practically anything may be possible in this
world.
A woman, dying, denied in her will that she was
the mother of the five children who always had be-
lieved that she their mother. She bequeat he'd
her estate of nearly million dollars her cousins
if any such living. She made no explanation
with reference to the true parentage of the disin-
heried children. An aged negress, who had been a
lifetime in her employ, declared that the children
were the children of the dead woman, that she had
been present at their births
How could such thing be? If the woman is
right the children who have grown to manhood and
womanhood, do not know and connot know who they
really are, whether, indeed, they related to each
Hther She never in life limited that they were not
her own. They grew to maturity loving her and re-
joicing in their legitimacy.
Surely this woman must have been of unbalanced
mentality.
But, as we have said, strange things happen in
real life far stranger things ever are ted
on the mimic stage.