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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23

gotten those decades around the open
ing Of the Nineteenth century when
Napoleon's name was used to ~frighten
children to sleep, and when the menace
of the Little Corporal, standing on
French soil and gazing across at the
cliffs Of Dover while he assembled a
host of fishing vessels to transport a
great invading army, laid heavy on all
England.
In spite of the terrible nature of the
war waged BY Germany since 1914
England can be relied upon to keep
Germany in the concert Of nations as
an offset to the power of France. She
has checkmated France already in sew
eral ways in the present imbroglio,
chiefly by selling coal to the Berlin
authorities to enable them to keep
afloat in spite Of the shutdown Of all
supplies from the invaded region.
Keeping in mind the great principle of
the British nation it is not difficult to
forecast the fact that Germany will not
be stripped Of any of it's Ruhr dis
trict, the life-blood Of its manufacture
ing industries.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23

TTOPES FOR A PEACEFUL SET
IL Element of the Franco-German
difficulties over the Ruhr occupation
loom brighter as a result of three out
standing events of the past few days:
the formal declaration of the French
and Belgian premiers that imperialism
had no part in their plans; the murder
Of two French officials by some IN
known persons in the occupied district
across the Rhine; and a new move
ment instigated by German capitalists
expressing again the German govern
ment's desire to pay the reparations as
fixed by the Versailles treaty "as far
as Germany a go"
Taken chronologically the assassina-
tons come first. Two French officers,
NJ. Jolly, a technician in charge of the
railroad yards at Buer, and Lieutenant
Collins, the army officer in charge OF
the station at that town, were done to
death on March 10, their bodies being
found in a road leading to Buer. They
were thirty feet apart, when found,
five bullet wounds being discovered in
the head of each of the victims.
NJ. Maginot, minister Of war In the
French cabinet, addressing a group OF
French officers, gave Frances first re-
action when he said, 'In our attitude
towards the population Jul soldiers
have animated sentiments Of humanity,
but such a crime cannot remain I'M
punished and it is only right to carry
with it terrible reprisals."
The mayor of Buer, his assistant,
the chief of police, and two prominent
citizens have been arrested and are
being held as hostages. The deaths
follow that Of n French soldier and
two others wounded in the same dis
trict and this latest outbreak has put
the troops in an unpleasant frame OF
mind. The deaths are laid at the door
of the expelled German police by the
French but no grounds that they may
have for such a charge have been
cabled to this country. The underlying
thought in the minds Of those who
are keeping track of events is to won
der if the Germans are starting in on
the horrible Franc-tireur movement OF
fifty years ago that resulted in terrible
reprisals by the German invaders.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23

q TUDENTS OF CONTEMPORARY
- history Immediately associated with
the murders the joint statement of
Premiers Poincare and Theunis dis
avowing amy thoughts of their two
countries, France and Belgium respec-
lively, being imperialistically inclined.
Their statement vas made less than
two DAYS after the double deaths near
Buer and evidently was designed to
offset the reaction expected from the
world oven the summary deaths. The
statement says, categorically, that the
invaders have no desire to retain per-
manently any additional territory over
that granted them at Versailles and
that the allied soldiery will retire
from the occupied zon as fast as pay
ments are made on the indemnity
granted the allies by the treaty.
The statement of the premiers
robbed the murders of much of their
Importance from an international
standpoint. Had the double assassin
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23

alton been allowed to stand without
anything else to occupy the public
mind it would have removed the Ruhr
controversy to the field of national
prejudice, given the Germans a SPLEEN
did chance to float more propaganda
based on their inability to control the
peoples of the occupied area, and
given the French an equal opportunity
to assail the Germans for injecting
active armed force, coupled with MUIR
der, into a situation that is regarded
by the allies as being more of a police
measure than a military one.
The French have shown a desire to
confne the issue entirely to a com
mercial plane. They assert plainly that
all they want is their money and that
they regret being forced to use their
army as a force of bill collectors.
Until the declaration by the two
premiers that they would evacuate the
invaded territory as fast as payment
was made the world felt there was
the possibility that the Ruhr would
finally find itself in the same boat as
Alsace-Lorraine, a part of France.
A remarkable feature Of the state
ment is that it stands exactly upon
the words and actions of that arch
enemy Of France fifty-two years ago,
Bismarck.
History records that Bismarck, in
occupying France, asserted he would
retire with his army as fast as pay
ments on the indemnity were made.
The French p%easantry of those days,
as will be remembered, emptied the
hidden corners of their cupboards and
inside of three years paid over to the
Teutonic warlords the enormous sum,
for that period of the worlds history,
of five billions of francs, roughly ST.
OOO,000,000, besides territory.
France went through the same strain
that Germany now is undergoing. A
vast portion of its people absolutely
refused to aid in the payment of the
indemnity and for two months the
Commune, the Reds of that time, ragged
throughout Paris, attacking constituted
authority while the German army sat
idly by and watched the situation
clarity itself.
History appears to have repeated
itself, as it has a habit of doing, in the
present Franco German dispute. Close
| students are watching to see whether
the Commune will arise among the
Teutonic peoples; whether the Ger
man equivalent of the Franc-tireurs
| will arise, as was indicated by the MUIR
| ders of the two French officials; n
whether the indemnity will be paid
finally.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23
"A GOING

When we speak of a "going BUSH
ness" we have in mind a business:
That is trusted by its creditors, its
bankers and it's customers.
That knows how to perform a spe-
cific service, having demonstrated its
ability so many times that this ability
is unquestioned.
That keeps it's promises.
That will deliver goods of a certain
quality, even though this quality may
be so intangible that it cannot be
specified in the order.
How significant these factors are in
business was brought home to me the
other day when II visited a factory,
the doors of which had been sealed by
the sheriff.
This business had been organized
by the former employees of a COM
pany in the same line of business.
They had invested their own savings
and had sold stock to their friends.
They had erected a fine building and
had installed the very best of ma
chinery.
They had physical assets but they
had no tangible assets. They had no
credit; they had no reputation for
"know-how," for quality, or for
square dealing.
Sometimes a single personality can
bring all these factors into a business;
creditors and customers then trust
the man rather than the company.
In this case, however, there was no
such personality because the owners
were not known to the trade them
selves, and they did not see the need
of employing such a man until it was
too late.
1t is right at this point, it seems to
me, that most of the misunderstood
ing between capital and labor origi-
mates.
All that a business man can make
above the current rate of interest is
payment for this "know-how."
1t is his reward for developing an
organization; for doing business fairly
and honestly; for producing a depend
able product; for paying his bills and
notes when due.
The situation may be likened to that
Of the surgeon who spends ten or fif-
teen years of his life in medical
school and in clinical work before he
performs a single operation for a fee.
His fee may be large, but the job
is worth it. He knows how"
This leads to another thought which
has to do with the plans of one of the
most successful machinery builders in
the country.
The president of this company
called in his men during the hard
time" period and told them this:
1--WE are prepared to take a loss on
your salaries during this period. We
don't expect you to go out and sell
turret lathes to manufacturers who
are working only half time. But we
do expect you to call on these manu-
facturers as regularly as though they
were in the market for our product.
We want you to go back into their
shops, inspect their machinery, and if
you can find a gear that needs replac-
ing, or a single bolt without a nut,
we want to get the order even though
it amounts to only fifty cents.
Gin other words, go out and sell this
organization to our customers and
prospects, so that when business does
get back to normal we will get our
full share Of it, and a little more"
What chance has a business that
consists of only floor space and ma
chinery to compete with an outfit
which has spent more than twenty
five years developing goodwill and
confidence by such methods?-By Will
liam A. Feather in the Type Metal
Magazine.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23

Is the murder of two French
officials by unknown persons in
the invaded Ruhr district the
precursor of Franc. tireur activi-
ties on the part of the civilian
population in invaded Germany?
Is history, as taken from the rec
ord of the days that followed the
Franco russian war of 1871, go
ing to repeat itself?
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23
NEWS review OF.
CURRENT WEEK
Peace Looms in FranCo-G German
Dispute as Result of Re-
cent Events.
FRANCE DISAVOWS LAND GRAB

Joint Statement of French and Belgian
Premiers and New German Move
ment Clarity Situation; Brit
ish Hold Aloof; More Irish
Executions; Lenin Re-
ported Near Death.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23

vxTHAT PART THE BRITISH
w government had in forcing the
declaration of France and Belgium that
they would retire as o o as their war
debt had been paid, is not known and
may V be disclosed. British dip
lomats are never far distant when an
important matter of foreign policy
comes up. 1t is a prime principle of
the kings advisers that England shall
side always with the weaker power,
building it up until it overshadows its
former opponent, when, in turn, the
British change their %sympathies.
The British peoples have not forgot
ten the wounds inflicted by the German
battle-hosts, but neither have they for
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23

r ENIN AND TROTZKY ARE RE-
IL ported near death by former Am
bassador Charles r. Crane and the
world is wondering what will happen
to present Russian politics with the
passing of either or both Of these men,
who are unquestionably great in their
achievements, no matter how one
views their activities. The death of
Lenin would put the Soviet government
to it's greatest test and it alone will
answer the question as to the depth to
which his bolshevik teachings have
penetrated to the mass of the people.
Government is seized or perpetuated
by three things: by hereditary, by cleo
ton or by a coup d'etat. Lenin will
have no heirs, even if they would be
recognized by the soviet peoples, an I'M
| thinkable thing; while the country has
no election machinery and a seizure by
| the military is not considered likely.
1t is understood that a small coterie
| Of Lenin's advisers, some eighty men,
have already apportioned their part>1 in
the events that will succeed the die
| tator's passing from power but the
world will wonder whether the eX
tremists or the Missionaries will be IN
| the majority when that event ONE to
pass. Trotzky's illness is said to be
slight by others who have seen him
this month.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23
CEDAR HALL SOON TO BE SOLD

Negotiations have been going on
strong the past week in reference to
the sale of Cedar Hall, on Cedar ave-
nue. near Atlantic avenue. This hotel
and annex contain so rooms. The
asking price is 100000, but the proba-
bilities are that a figure slightly un-
der this would be acceptable by the
owner, Mrs. Sarah Clark, who is about
to retire from the business.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23
THE IRISH QUESTION WILL NOT

THE IRISH QUESTION WILL NOT
Il down and executions still are pro-
ceeding Of the members of the IRE
public" Seven insurgents were shot
to death in one day last week and the
day following our more were executed
by the same method, making a total of
GA in recent months. The firing squad
is the answer Of the constituted gov
er1Ament to the assassinations of mem
bers of the Dali Eireann and their fam
lies, along with a huge destruction OF
property. Whichever side wins an
enormous indemnity will have to be
paid to victims of the civil strife. In
this connection the refusal of the Ca
madam government to allow a repre-
sentative of the Irish republic to enter
the Dominion from New York state
shows that the hand of the entire Brit
ish empire is set against the revolu-
tiOnists.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23

Published Weekly at Wildwood
JED DUBOIS, Editor and Proprietor
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23
THE PASSING OF DR.. GEORGE

THE PASSING OF DIR. GEORGE
l. Francis Lydston, eminent Chicago
physician and surgeon, at his home in
California, has robbed the world of an
outstanding figure. He was that adj
mirable figure, a radical in thought
who confined himself strictly to the
orthodox practice of his profession. 1t
was Doctor Lydston who first attracted
attention by the transportation OF
glands to a human body, his expert
ments being on himself first. showing
his sincerity. He asserted, as a result
of his researches, that gland trans
plantation afforded only temporary re-
lief from the penalties of old age. 1t
was a fayorite assertion of his that
the relief lasted only six months and
had to be renewed to be effective. Doc
for Lydston never asserted the glandu-
lar operation was a benefit, except in
cases of dementia praecoX among
women or advanced age, on many OF
whom he successfully operated.
Another brilliant achievement OF his
was the sterilization of a criminal In
Michigan, who was given his choice of
a suspended sentence or the operation.
His fame extended to the four corners
of the globe and was added to by his
writings, which he varied by incursions
from strictly medical works to BOOKS
Of fiction.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23

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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23

THE MOVEMENT PUT ON FOOT
l. by German capitalists is a variation
from history and is therefore to be
s%crutinized with great care. In es-
sence it is said to formulate plans
whereby the entire structure of Ger
man industry will be placed in pawn
to foreign nations as the basis of ain
international loan which is to be used
to pay part of the country's indemnity.
Underground reports from Switzer-
land say that the German movement
has proceeded to the extent that a
tender of the equivalent of ten billions
of dollars in gold was made to a French
emissary. This offer is the largest
that has ever been made and is con-
siderably higher than Chancellor
Cuno's tender at Paris, the rejection
of which was signalized by the occu-
patton of the Ruhr. Acceptance of the
offer will unquestionably result in the
immediate retirement of the French
from the invaded district, as Oon as
satisfactory guarantees have been
made.
AS the French have taken one leaf
out of Bismarck's book by occupying
territory, they will not act hastily
in %consenting to a reduction of the
occupving forces. In fact another 100,-
600 soldiers were reported either in
the Ruhr or on the way, Tightening
their already powerful strangle-hold on
the life-blood of industrial Germany
The Colorado statesman., 1923-08-25

they were again seated on the porch,
she brought up the subject again.
"What was II you were going to
show me?" she asked eagerly.
"oh, yes" He slipped a hand into
his pocket and brought forth two
birthday cards addressed in a childish
scrawl to himself.
I've kept them all these years, he
said, handing them to her, "because-
because l loved you even then. Now
do you still think I'm fllrtlng?'
"oh, John" she said softly. "What
dear you are I'm afrsid I've been
too flippant. Really, dlCA't know you
cared that much. l was afraid it was
only at best some passing fancy. But
but I'm awfully glad. No, walt
minute. Sit down. For a penny I'd
show you something because I've been
so horrld to you, but I guess It'll spoil
you forever. I'll do 1t anyway. You
stay right bere and I'll be back in a
minute"
She fitted through the doorway and
returned a moment later with one
hand behind her back.
'Shut your eyes tight" she said.
"-now look"
And there in front of him were three
birthday cards addressed to her in
handwriting that he had little diff
Guilty in recognizing.
IL kept these because" she
stammered, but got no further for John
had taken her into his arms.
"You little fraud" he laughed hap
PLY. You're the firt and all the
time thought you didn't care. What
dance you've led mel"
The Colorado statesman., 1923-08-25
MASTERPIECE OF GREEK ART
Bronze Mirror Made Centuries Before
Christ Added to Collection In
British Museum.

A Grecian bronze mirror, 2,400 years
old, has been added to the British
museums collection of Greek antiqui-
ties. Its age has been deduced from
comparison with other early Greek
bronzes found in the Acropolis excava-
tions. According to a bulletin of the
Copper and Brass association, the mir
ror dates from earlier than 40 B. O.
1t measures seven inches In diam
eter across the disk, which is plain,
except for an egg-and-tongue mold
ing and beading around the delicate
ly-worked edge. Marvelously well pre-
served, 1t bears witness to the great
ness of the ancient Greek metal work.
ers, as indeed to the enduring quail
ties of the material in which they
wrought. The disk rests on q base
forming an arc of a circle, with
voluted palmetto in the center support
ing 1t. Below are the figures of
winged youth and winged maiden.
springing apart, one on either side, as
though for flight from a central lotus
flower. Under the flower is a spike
which was probably fixed originally
in some kind of pedestal, as the
whole work seems too large and heavy
to have been used as a hand-mirror.
The figures themselves are nodded
in the round, but the rest of the group
is in flat relief. The girl, whose fig
ure is draped, is shown holding fold
of her skirt, while the boy, who is
nude, carries a wreath. 1t Is believed
that they represent Agon (ContesD
and Nike (Victory).
The earlier. bronzes found in the
Acropolis excavations allowed less free
dom to the forms. The new statue
is, in fact, a later modification of the
"kneeling run" pose, as the feet of
the figures are brought closer together
than had been the former custom of
the bronze metal workers.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-08-25
Odd Names.

Odd names appear occasionally in
American newspapers. as for instance
one in an obituary notice in recent
New York daiies, in which the name
Gardner is printed thus, with an apos-
trophe; but this is outclassed by the
following, brought TO light by au acci-
dental turning of the leaves of the
English who's Who: Sir Ruatomjee
Cowasjee Corsetjee Jamsetjee Jejeeb-
hoy of Mazagon castle, Bombay; and
Gen. Roger Pine-Coffin of Beraham-
sted, Herts.-Outlook.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-08-25
Two PURPOSES Served.

The operation was a great success
and the lady spoke of it with enthu-
siasm around the circle of her femi-
nine friends, which included the doc
tors wife. But when a bill was sent
in for $500 she protested that 1t was
but firm.
"The bill, madam" said he, sis very
reasonable. That operation has pro-
vided you with health for long time
to come and with conversation for the
rest of your life
The Colorado statesman., 1923-08-25
PEOPLE SHOULD INSIST THAT
THEY MUST NOT oVERDo
AND THUS BREAK DOWN.
VICTIMS OF IDEAS OF DUTY
Wilson Paid the Penalty With Illness
and Harding With Death, and Prob
ably Roosevelts Life Was Shortened
by Twenty Years.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK

Washington. - When the news
reached Washington that President
Harding was dead the officials Of the
government asked question which has
been asked before: "Will the Ameri-
can people ever come to the point of
insisting that their chief executives
shall not work themselves to the
breaking point?"
Leaving out all question of sorrow
and sentiment, the United States gov
ernment suffers when its chief execu-
tive is incapacitated, and 1t suffers
also when the presidency through the
death of a chief executive passes to
another man. Everything is disrupted
temporarily at least, and the govern
ment ceases for a time properly to
function.
1t was known long ago that Presi-
dent Harding was overworking, just
as 1t was known that Woodrow Will
son was overworking, and in an older
day that Theodore Roosevelt was over
working.
/ Woodrow Wilson was stricken on a
western trip when he was laying the
his fellow countrymen. He had borne
the stress of wartime troubles and
the hardships of European negotiations
which he undertook In person. On
top of this he insisted, against the
advice of some of his friends, on TAX
ing the platform in America in behalf
of the cause which he had at heart.
Paid the Penalty of OVERRIDING.
President Harding had not only the
troubles of an administration beset
with difficulties consequent on the war,
but he met with unusual domestic pol
icy difficulties because of disagreements
with some of the leading members Of
his party. The Presidents trip to the
South in the spring did him good, but
even that trip in way was n working
trip. In the heat Of the summer he
started on a long journey, one of the
hardest journeys ever undertaken by
q president of the United States. He
paid the penalty of OVERRIDING.
Every president of the United States
seemingly feels that he ought to carry
a message to the people two or three
times at least during his administra-
ton. The idea of the presidents has
been that they must give an account
of their stewardship and that the peo-
pie expect it of them. In view of what
happened to Woodrow Wilson 1t is
the feeling of Washington officials that
the country readily would have under
stood and have approved of deter
mination on Mr.. Harding's part that
he would rest rather than travel.
A few weeks before he left for the
Northwest President Harding told the
newspaper correspondents here that
he believed he could get much bet
ter understanding of what was neces-
sary for the rehabilitation of Alaska If
he should make tour of personal
study and observation. He felt that
the Alaska trip was duty and he,
like other presidents, felt also that
he ought to visit his constituents in
the various states. What some of the
government officials hope is that in
the future presidents may come to be
lieve that their duty to the administra-
ton as an administration is paramount
to any duty which will tax strength
and imperil life.
Roosevelt Seemed TireIess
The Colorado statesman., 1923-08-25
Aae of Giants.

In these pages praised the publish
ers of Augustus Thomas autobiog-
raphy for making 1t light book, easy
to hold. Just after reading my COM
pliment Prof. F. w. C. Meyer of
Rochester received a German folio
Bible printed in 1872, weighing twenty
five pounds, and the title page bore
this comforting legend, which l trans
late: "Now, however, through the
grace of God, we have for the first
time printed this book in comfortable
and readable shape" The old Bible
readers were a hardy race.-Scrib-
ner's Magazine.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-08-25
Two of a
Mind
forever and ever, amen"
By CORA REMINGTON

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