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vance veiled by reassuring declara-
tions.
Thus the Chinese feared Japa-
nese intrigue at every point. They
believed that revolutionary activi.
ties, as in the past, were getting
encouragement from Japan. The
japanese were ready to take ad-
vantage OF and to aggravate any
weakness which might exist in
Chinese social and political life.
They would fasten like leeches
upon any sore spot. The tendency
toward rebellion and brigandage.
the counterfeiting Of banknotes.
the corruptions Of officials. the un-
dermining Of the credit Of impor-
tant private and public enterprises.
the furnishing OF more dangerous
drugs when opium was forbidden
in connection with such mischiefs
individual Japanese had been ac-
tive to the great damage of the
Chinese. But though 1t would be
unjust, of course. to charge up this
meddling to the japanese nation
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LIBEL VALLEY FORGE.

gave me an idea Of how widespread
was this anxiety. Some of these
protests were written with the
blood Of the petitioner.
Count Okuma's declaration that
a large increase in the military
forces of Japan was needed to pre-
serve peace in the Far East was
interpreted as meaning that Japan
would take the present opportunity
to make good her actual domina-
ton throughout eastern Asia. The
Chinese felt that any understand
ing with japan would inevitably
lead to the total subsection Of
China to the political dominance
of her neighbor. They distrust all
professions Of japanese friendship.
Whenever / tried to argue that
frank understanding between
China and Japan was desirable I
was told that China could not trust
Japan: that Japan must not be
judged by her professions, but by
her past acts, all Of which show a
determined policy OF political ad-
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WOMEN OFIRELA LAND AFEDIVIDED;
Mi. .ITANT LEADERS AID TREATY
CHINESE EXPRESSED FEARS.

Many Of the Cumann ma Mban
branches and individual women
did magnificent service during
the war, but an indication OF
their present curious attitude is
given by the fact that they have
deleted from their constitution
the following rule Of policy for
l921-1922: ITO organize the wom-
en- of Ireland to carry out the de-
crees Of Dali Eireann and TO assist
in it's schemes OF national recon
struction."
The natural Inference, Of course,
is that these ladies repudiate Dali
Eiresnn 0he Republican govern.
meno because it indorsed the
Treaty.
1t is a fact Of interest that the
leading women on the pro-Treaty
side are women who have them
selves done things" and the lead
ing women on the anti-Treaty side
are mostly those who are relatives
of men who have died for Ireland.
For instance, Mrs. Pearse. Mrs.
Clarke.N Mrs. Ceannt, Mrs. O'Cal-
laghan are anti.treaty leaders:
then they have Miss Mary Mac
Swtney, who took no part in the
fighting in Ireland herself, but
was the sister of Lord Mayor
MacSwiney; DR.. Ada English, who
is not an Easter Week woman,
but is sister to a man who was:
Nora Connolly, daughter Of James
Connolly, and doubtless many
less we'll known. DR.. Kathleen
Lynn and Mrs. Sheehy Shifting
ton are also anti.treaty leaders.
The pro-Treaty Party have a
number of well-known non.mili.
tant women also organizing for
them. Chief among them is Mrs.
wyse Power, a member Of the
Dublin Corporation and a distin-
guished lady in public affairs
(She was famous in the old days
in the Ladies' Land League);
Mrs. Stopford Green, the well
known historian; Mrs. Arthur
Griffith, the very charming wife
Of the pro.Treaty leader; Mrs.
Eoin MacNeill, wife Of the ia
nous professor. who was SEN
fenced to penal servitude for life
after the Easter rising: Miss
Spring Rice. the niece Of Lord
Monteagle; Miss Frances OSulli-
van, formerly a member Of the
Cumann ma Mban executive and
daughter of T. D. Sullivan, we'll
known in the United States.
Meantime, women on both
sides are clearing the decks for
action, and everyone hopes 1t will
he a clean and kindly fight as
befits one old comrade against
another.
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RATIONAL Disputes Over "pos of China" Revealed by DR. e

Of the past good will of the Chin ese
toward us, were not slow to point
out that American friendship was
a bubble which vanished before
such concrete difficulties as the
violation Of China's neutrality. But
the Chinese, after all, saw that 1t
did not lie within the sphere Of its
action for the United States to
come to the rescue with direct po-
htical and military support.
A Japanese press reporter called
at the legation on January 19
and related his troubles to one of
the secretaries. The Japanese
minister refused absolutely, he
said, to say anything about what
passed between him and the
president, therefore he had sought
the American legation, which
might have knowledge which
could help him. With his as
sumed naivette, the man possibly
hoped to get hint as to whether
a leak" had occurred between
the Chinese and the American
minister. But 1t was not until
January % that I learned the as
tonishing nature of the Japanese
proposals.
Calling on one of the Chinese
ministers on current business, I
found him perturbed. He finally
confided to me. almost with tears,
that Japan had made categorical
demands, which, IL conceded,
would destroy the independence Of
his country and reduce her to a
servile state. He then told me in
general terms their nature, say
ing: Control OF natural re-
sources, finances, army! What
will be left to China? Our people
are being punished for their
peacefulness and sense Of justice"
The blow evidently had come with
stunning force, and the counsel
lors of the president had not been
able to overcome the first terri
fled surprise or to develop any
idea as to how the crisis might
be met.
Copyright. 1922. by Rr. Paul s. Reinsch
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History Teach Patriotism

Congress what We had gained BY
the 1919 war. Henry Clay took up
the challenge. He spoke OF ma
tional glory.--giory such a. Hull
of the Constitution, Jackson, Law
renee and Perry have acquired"
Mr.. Clay continued: Are son-
tlemen insensible TO their deeds. to
the value Of them in animatins the
country in the hour Of peril here
after? DID tho battle OF Tber-
mopylas preserve Greece but onosf
- Every act Of noble sacri-
fioe to the country-every instance
of patriotic devotion to her cause
has its beneficial influence. A
nations character is the sum OF In
splendid deeds"
The struggle in which our fore
fathers fought was the most hs-
roic of the ages. Their clarity OF
vision, their courage and seifsacri-
flee have proved magnificently
fruitful. The excellence OF their
work has been attested by the
march of events.
It 10 for us, their descendants,
to tell and tell again the old story
of what they did and suffered; to
insist that that story be as ia
miIiar as the multiplication table
to each generation Of Americans; to
SEQ to 1t that the stars on the flag
shine with undiminished luster;
that the stripes speak to all Ameri-
cans of the snow-white' purity Of
our forefathers' motives and of the
red blood they offered that govern
ment Of the people. by the people
and for the people might be estab-
lished in this western world.
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Lovers of Egypt
Wooed SWeetieS
I'm Modern Style
CHICAGO. May 81

CHICAGO. May 27.
HOW the lovesick pyramid
builder used to scratch the
emotions of a heart on a brick
which he hurled through the win
dow of an Egyptian belle was dis.
cussed by solemn scientists here.
Loves origin was one Of the
topics at the University of Chi.
cago. where professors celebrated
the hundredth anniversary Of the
decipherment Of Egyptian herio-
glyphics.
DR.. A. r. Nyk. Of Northwestern
University, spoke on love as 1t has
been translated from old times.
Wooing four thousand years ago
was not much different, it seems.
than in these days Of flappers and
joy rides.
The Egyptian and Arabian
definitions of love was the same
as that of the troubadours," DR..
Nykl said. They believed 1t wns
the union Of two souls who have
been united in the world above.
They also believed that love en-
tered the heart through the eye.
THE manifestations Of love
through the ages are the same.
The lovesick ono wants to be alone.
He falls into confusion when his
loved one approaches. He wants
to drink from the cup which her
lips touched. The ancient lovers
believed one could fall in love with
a woman by simply hearing de.
scription Of her"
In connection with the oelebra-
ton of the decipherment OF heiro-
glyphics the American Oriental
Society Is holding It's annual meet.
ing at the university,
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= SEEK 10 inculcate no pref
udice against Great Britain.
I would have every school
history make clear that George III
has been dead for more than 100
years; that there is no responsible
public opinion in Great Britain
which now defends his policies or
regrets that his plans came to
grief.
But / am in accord with Charles
Grant Miller, the author of the ar
ticles in the Hearst papers, in his
contention that our American his
tories should have an American
background; that the story of the
American Revolution should be
told with fidelity to the facts,
with emphasis on the righteous
ness Of our forefathers and
with colorful portrayal of the
heroic achievements and the pa
tient spirit of sacrifice through
which our political privileges
were won.
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among women of the upper classes.
And II you go into the byways
and the back streets where the
workers and the wives of the work
ers live and query them about the
treaty. you will be left with little
doubt that the ordinary democratic
women of Ireland will give an over
wheming vote for the treaty.
Not that they dethrone the re-
public. They don't Ninety-nine
out of a hundred ordinary pro-
treaty women in Ireland, like their
sisters in public life. are in favor Of
the treaty as a definie step toward
full and complete freedom: they
take It, they say, like Sean Mckeon.
as a good installment of the liberty
for which their comrades died
That is apparently why you find
some of the most famous gunwom-
en- and militarists on the pro-treaty
side.
Take, for instance, Mrs. Dick
Mulcahy, wife Of the minister Of
defense, who as Min Ryan. as she
then was, fought through Easter
week and was the trusted conf
dant Of Sean MacDermot IA sig.
tory to the proclamation Of the
Irish Republic and shot by the
English after the ytsing).
ORGANIZATION GROWS FAST.
Then there is Kathleen Browne.
Of Wexford, another Easter week
woman and an old jailbird in Ire
lands cause: Louise Gavan Duffy,
who was one Of the teachers in
Padraic Pearse's school and who
fought under his orders; and MORA
Rigney, sister OF Frank Rigney. Of
New York, who did nine months
hard labor for helping the Volun-
teers with guns and ammunition.
These are some Of the women
who are forming the new women's
organization to fight the election
for the treaty. Started only few
weeks ago, this organization is
spreading like wildfire through
Ireland. The immediate aim Of the
women is to win the elections for
the treaty, which they believe
give them immense opportunities
for universal development.
The majority Of them are trained
election workers, many are former
members Of Cumann ma Mban,
others Joined a political organiza.
ton. There is one remarkable fact
about them-namely, the number
OF professional and educated WON.
en- who have rallied actively to
their ranks. These now stand side
by side with the poorer working
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JAPS ACTION DISQUIETING.

In fine, the general temper and
direction Of Japanese action was
not relished by the allies Of Japan.
Japan had taken advantage Of a
conflict which was primarily Eu-
ropean, into the rigor of which she
did not enter, for the purpose Of
gathering up the possessions OF
Germany in the Far East and the
Pacific at a time when they could
be but weekly defended.
This policy OF Japan deeply af-
fected American prospects and en-
terprise in China, as also, that OF
the other leading nations. Since
the American attitude of good will
toward China had In the past been
understood by the Chinese to i'm
ply readiness to give them a GER.
tain support in times Of need. large
hopes were entertained as to what
the United States would do. Rich
and powerful beyond measure, she
would, In the minds of the Chinese,
help China to maintain her integ.
rity; independence and sovereignty.
Other nations, not a little Jealous
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Of God to write American history.
The men Of the American Revo-
luton have all gone to their re-
ward. They can no longer vindi-
cate the righteousness Of the cause
for which they fought. We, their
descendants. live in a larger and
better world because Of the clear
ness of their vision and the self-sur-
render of their lives.
CALUMNY ON HANCOCK.
Shall we permit our children to
be taught that the American Revo-
luton was an unnecessary war.
that after the lapse of a century
and a half there is doubt about
who was right?
One school history denounces
the Boston Tea Party as a 'law-
less destruction of property" an.
other as "a violent act viewed with
great anger in England"
One history refers to John Han
cock as a smuggler and the son of
a smuggler. Except for a refer
ence to the desire Of the British
authorities to capture and punish
him there Is no other reference in
the book to this man who signed
his name to the Declaration of In
dependence in letters so large that
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as a whole, the connivance Of their
militarist government was a fact.
True, the Chinese had encour.
aged American activities in China.
They had looked upon them as d
safeguard to their own national
life. Since they were conducted
in a fair spirit and without po-
litical afterthought. the Chinese
did hope and expect as a mini
mum that Americans would stand
by their guns and not let them
selves be excluded by political in
trigue or other means from their
share in the development and ac-
tivities OF China
CHINESE EXPRESSED FEARS.
Japan is going to take ad-
vantage of this war to get con-
troll of China In these words
President Yuan Shih-kai summed
up the situation when l made my
first call on him after returning
from Europe in September. Many
Chinese friends came to see me
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SItVft,
What think you of a school
history which begins the story
of the American Revolution with
this sentence:
There is little use trying to
learn whose fault it was that
the war began, for, as we have
seen, such a long train Of events
led to disagreement between Eng
land and America that we should
have to go back and back to the
very founding of the colonies. AS
in most quarrels, the blame is laid
by each party on the other"
Another author Of a school
history, in discussing taxation
without representation. says:
There was here an honest
difference of opinion, and as
neither party to the dispute
would give way, a conflict was
inevitable"
The man who has not found
out who was right and who was
wrong in the controversy which
eliminated at Lexington and Con-
cord has certainly not been called
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Hannibal of the wust- ard his
little band Of riflemen.
There are those who say that
history should not stress war.
Some Of these school histories are
written on this plan. One of them.
comprising 627 pages in all. de-
votes seventeen pages to the Revo-
lutionary War. There are impor-
tant chapters in our peace time
history which should be adequately
covered; such for example as the
great constructive work of Alex
ander Hamilton and John Mar
shall. the sterling Americanism Of
Henry Clay. the service rendered
to the free soil cause by Abraham
Lincoln. But nothing else will
grip the Imagination of the young
like the story of the soldier or the
sailor who fights and dies that his
country may be free.
CLAY ACCEPTED CHALLENGE.
The chief value of the teaching
OF American history is the incul-
cation Of patriotism. The teach
ing has no value whatever II the
story of our past be told in color
less outline, and without dramatic
power. If large space is devoted to
our achievements in amassing
wealth and small space to our sac
rifices in winning freedom, the
next generation is apt to place
higher value on the dollar than on
the flag.
The great men in our past have
seen these truths. In January,
1916. a member of the anti.war
party asked in the lower house in
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George III could read them with
out his spectacles.
These men Of the American Revo-
luton were not perfect. They had
like passions with ourselves. I do
not object to their characterize
ton in accordance with the facts.
But this treatment of John Han
cock is not characterization; 1t Is
calumny.
One of these histories says:
Some thoughtless people went too
far and did foolish things like
burning the effigy Of the king or
burning his portrait in the public
square. In New York city the
American soldiers pulled down a
Ieaden statue of George III and
melted 1t into bullets"
LIBEL VALLEY FORGE.
The author Of this history u un-
happy that the statue OF George
III no longer stands in the great
metropolitan city. This travesty
on American citizenship considers
himself qualified to instruct young
America, and l am advised that
there are New York newspapers
which endorse his qualifications.
One Of the names with which
Americans have cor,IIred is Val
ley Forge. The fcrtitnde and
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women-doctors. journalists, teach
ers, shopgirls, charwomen and ser
wants in the one great combine for
the treaty.
Branches Of the organization al
ready exist in Queens County.
Kildare. Leitrim. Westmeath. Gal
way. Sligo. Limerick. Killarney,
Cork, Waterford City, Monaghan,
Donegal and Dublin. Many coun-
ties have several branches, and
every county is forming them.
The women are instantly taking
up the local election work, writing
out the canvassers' books, canvass
ing, collecting and bill posting.
They are working. Of course. with
the mems committees. and II
threats OF physical violence are
used the latter are prepared to
take their places and run the cleo
tions single-handed. Many Of them
have already acted as presiding
and returning officers, poll clerks.
personating agents, etc. at former
elections.
In one word women will not
only give the casting vote In the
forthcoming elections, but they
will play a more prominent part
than women have ever before
played in Irish affairs.
There is one point on which the
women on both sides are agreed
they want women candidates. So
far no candidates of either sex
or side have been nominated
The organized opposition wom-
men are confined to the Cumann
ma Mban. which up to the pres
ent has been a military and not
n political organization. They
have now, however, entered the
political arena and expelled every
member who would not consent
to oppose the treaty.
YOUNG FARMER GIRLS JOIN.
The organization is chiefly,
but by no means solely, composed
of young girls Of the working
and farmer class, and generally
speaking, they have little tech.
nical knowledge Of election work
which was in the past generally
left to the women OF Sim Fein.
1t is difficult as yet to estimate
their strength, as II Is not Ger.
tain how many have gone over
to the pro.treaty side.
Here is also the fact that just
before the recent convention anti.
treaty organizers were sent down
through the country to reform
branches Of the Cumann ma Mban
for the purpose of the convention,
which had become moribund dur
ing the Irish war.
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tue Which Our Ancestors Fought the Most Heroic of the Agey Act of Noble
Sacrifice the Country Every Instance Patriotic Devotion Her Cause Has Its Beneficial
nauene-A NatnS the Sum of Its Splendid Deeds"

garnered from such sources as
these7
That which costs nothing has
but little value. Tie franchises
comprised in our bill of rights are
not ours by grant from despotio
power. Every one Of them was
wrested and defended by valorous
achievement. II they arc to be
priced in the futurr. the coming
generation must be taught the
price which was paid for them by
the fathers.
Works Slight tho War.
I am aware that tho story can
not be told in its fGlncss without
reflecting on George Ill nno the
men who did his bidding. The
George Rogers Clark expedition
does not stand forth pictured in all
its bright colors until we learn
that Col. Henry Hamilton, the
British commander at Detroit. had
heavily subsidized the Indians on
the frontier from the lakes to the
gulf; that it was his plan to let
loose on the frontier these barbar-
Gus warriors TO the end tEat in
1879 men. women and children in
our frontier settlements might
perish. This was the disaster
averted by the heroism Of the
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COULD NOT TRUST JAPAN.
BY PATRICIA HOEY,
One Of the Leaders of the Pro-
Treaty Woman's Movement
in Ireland.

One Of the Leaders of the Pro-
Treaty Woman's Movement
in Ireland.
MISS HOEY is one Of tho mill
HA tant Women who fought for
IreLand's freedom; she returned
to Dublin from Canada to fight
in the Easter week rebellion of
1916. She became k1ro1on as the
"Flora Macdonald of Ireland"
after the dramatic escape from
her house of Michael Collins,
after q s4-hour siege by Black
and Tans.
(The following article deals ,oith
the part I1-ishWonen hope to play
in the forthcoming elections on,
the treaty. 1t is the first of
series of three articles, written
especially for Universal Service,
shouting ho1o tho women of the
country may be erpected to line
up at the electoral battLe.)
DUBLIN. May az.
"HE Pro-Treaty women Of Ire
land are going to play an
u even more prominent part
than men in the coming elections,
and in some emergencies they may
take mems places. They will be
led by some Of the most famous
women who fought in Easter Week
and by women who were in prison
for their republican activities in
the late war-and these ladies'
will one and all publicly state their
belief in the constitution OF their
new organization, namely. that the
republic is not '1et down"
The treaty is accepted by them
as a good and powerful step to-
ward complete independence.
The exact words Of the consti.
tuition of the new organization
which is called Cumann ma Soirse
Oeague of Freedom)-are as fol
lows:
"Cumann ma Soirse Is an inde-
pendent body Of Irish women
pledged to work for the securing
and maintaining of Ireland's right
as an autonomous and sovereign
state to determine freely her form
of government. Immediate policy:
To assist in the return at the forth
coming elections of candidates who
accept the treaty as a step toward
the complete independence of Ire.
land"
WOMEN STRONG FOR TREATY.
Many threats have already, II is
said, been made against women
who intend to vote for the treaty,
but in spite of the utmost intimI-
dalton which can be used there can
DO but little question Of the result
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steadfastness with which our fore
fathers endured The hardships Of
that terrible winter have been
throughout our histury the high
water mark of patriotic devotion.
In these later days a school his
torian tells us that cne man IN
every five In that heroic band
turned traitor and deserted to the
British. II we stand for that libel
who can maintain that we are
worthy sons of the good Non and
true whose blood flows In our
veins?
You will search these histories
in vain for any mention OF Ma
than Hale. Sergeant Jasp"c, Mol
lie Pitcher and Betsy Ross. The
story Of Marion and Sumpter. of
Pickens and Williams. is either
ignored or compressed into three
or four sentences.
Must Be Taught Price.
The true story OF Ethan Allen.
John Starke, Israel Putnam and
Anthony Wayne will stir the blood
of any real American. Rat the
story is not told in these books
under fire.
What can we expect of +he COM
ing generation IL their IDEAS Of
the genesis of our government are