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BY FRANK III. SIMONDS.

~ ENEVA.-Ffve years ago it was my
fortune to be present on that memo
rable day when, in the first plenary
session of the peace conference, the
late President Wilson presented to the confer
and TO the world and obtained from the
former the acceptance of his covenant of the
league of nations. For all of those who were
then present the memory of Mr.. Wilson,
flushed with triumph, conscious of the fact
that the eyes of the whole world were upon
him, contrasted with the pathetic figure of
the dying man who fingered in Washington
for brief but bitter years thereafter, consti-
tutes of the supreme tragedies of X
perience.
And, with the memory of this past event
stirred by recent stay in Paris, where many
things and many people recalled that other
day, l to Geneva during the session of
the council of the league to what had
been the development of the idea in the still
brief period of time between the Paris
ference and the present moment
Now, when one attempts to write about the
league of nations even about the fact which
is disclosed here in Geneva, there always in
terposes the realities and-if you please-the
utilities of the long political battle in
America Thus, one must, in recording facts,
struggle with two memories-that of Mr..
Wilson as he delivered his great pronounce
ment, which the origin of the league in
Paris in 1919. and that of the United States
Senate and all the enormous battle over the
league, which carried on in American
politics and measurably still continues
Not n superstatc.
The first impression. then of the league of
nations in Geneva, and, perhaps the last, is
that it is something equally different from
the thing which Mr.. Wilson dreamed and the
United States Senate feared. The first reac-
ton is not of n body engaged in tremendous
tasks and backed by the public sentiment of
mankind; not of men of an institution ca
pable of preventing future wars, and it is
just as Enthusiastically not of institution
perstate. invading the liberties of free coun-
tries and subordinating nations to its brand
of internationalism
To get even the remotest conception of the
league of nations as it exists, not as 1t has
been conceived forecast, one must see it
actually within its field of operation.
Seen there what does the league appear like?
First of ALL a detail homogeneous, perhaps,
as it is striking, the headquarters of the
league are in what once of the con-
siderable hotels of Geneva, hotel which has
preserved all its furnishings and its char
acter, something distinct from any con-
affairs as the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New
York might if it were suddenly annexed
as new seat of Congress. What mean is that
, YOU never for a single moment in the Palace
of the Society of Nations in Geneva quite es-
cane the sense of the hotel-the hotel where
citizens of many nations encounter each other
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League of Nations Proves Usefulness,
But Never Will Dominate Governments

Yet here in the Palace of the Society of
Nations, a certain number of relatively in
significant politcians-second string men, so
far as the great countries are concerned
have been for week wrestling with the prob
lens of Meme of Jayorina, of police eff
fectves in the Sarre valley, and, perhaps a
shade more important of the financial recon
struction of Hungary. Inevitably. then, you
have the impression that in Geneva you are
in back eddy, side street of Europe; that
somehow, for reasons which may be of one
kind another, the big procession has gone
by the other street.
The brief session which 1 seeking to
describe lasts but minute. All has been
settled this is the end of the week; what is
left is routine, the merest routine-conVer-
sation In French, declarations of principle on
the part of Poles in French, more or less
formal inquisition by Lord Parmoor. suggest
ing desire for notice rather than information.
While this continues the audience, inconsid-
cradle, made up mainly of the relatives of the
permanent secretariat of the visiting del
egates, stirs uneasily. Most of what is said
is too inaudible to CHALLENGE interest You
feel that you came to not to hear; that
every one came to see, and, having seen, is
quite ready to depart Again the odd recoi-
lection OF the hotel comes back, guests who
strayed in a salon where public lecture was
going on and then strayed out. Then. alb
ruptly the thing breaks up; the delegates,
their secretaries, every one ruShes out for the
hotel as delegates after a national convention
at home.
This first general impression which 1 am
seeking to describe, then, is one a little. L
think, OF triviality. Is it quite fair? No, L
am sure it is not The more one observes the
league, the more one talks with the men and
women who engaged in the necessary
tasks the more clearly it is demonstrated that
there is here a great deal of devotion, not
little intelligence, and, looking out over
Europe, not little of achievement.
Net the Thing Dreamed Of.
The two curses of the league of nations,
so far have in my judgment, been the result
of claiming too much for it and then treating
it as too insignificant. Seen at close hand it
certainly is not the thing that Mr.. Wilson
and the world dreamed about five years ago.
What it exactly is at the moment is an ex-
traordinary and useful little machine, working
in a remote and tranquil corner of Europe,
working on relatively minor matters, but
dealing with them in a pretty average eff
cient manner
As it stands at the moment, the league is
not even remotely thing which could pre-
vent war between great powers. 1t has little
or no concern with the larger questions of
peace or war. The great powers do not re-
gard il as important enough to send consid-
cradle men to attend it's sessions, and the
great questions of Europe not being con-
sidered in Geneva, but in Paris, London and
Berlin.
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BY GOULD LINCOLN.

TINE Joint resolution passed by
the House March "a. by an
overwhelming vote, authoriz-
ing the expenditure by the
government of the United States Of
$40, 000,0 for the relief OF the dis
tressed and starving women and chill
dren of Germany, is at present await
ing action by the Senate foreign re-
lations committee.
Two factors have halted, at least
temporarily, the progress of this res
olution. One is the doubt that the
Congress can constitutionally author
ize the expe nditure of the revenues
from American taxpayers for such a
purpose. The other is the e1pecta-
ton that the adjustment of the repa-
rations muddle now suggested by the
committee of experts in the Dawes re-
port to the reparations commission
will make 1t possible for Germany to
get back to doing things for itself
again, and will be able to care for tho
women and children now undernour-
ished and in some instances starving.
May Adopt Loan Plan.
To avoid the question of constitu-
tionality, the resolution may be
amended so as to provide for a loan
of $4,000, 900 to Germany to be ex-
pended upon the women and chill
dren. 1t is argued that if the purpose
is really to make the German people
a present it will matter little what
terms are made in connection with
such loan.
That there Is real distress among
the women and children of Germany
and the men, too-appears from the
testimony first before the House COM
mittee on foreign affairs and now be-
fore the Senate committee on foreign
relations. A report from the United
States ambassador in Berlin was
quoted, in which he said that in large
areas of Berlin more than so per cent
of the children are tubercular, that
they are weak from undernourisn-
ment and that there has been less
than SO per cent of the amount of
milk necessary to supply their needs,
and they are without fuel to warm
their homes. This is a terrible pic
ture, well calculated to awaken the
sympathy of the American people,
and consequently the officials and the
government of the United States.
Among the witnesses who appeared
before the House committee in favor
of the resolution introduced by Rep
resentative Hamilton Fish of New
York, who served with distinction in
with Germany. was Gen. Henry T. AL
len, who commanded the 9oth Division
of the A. E +. in France and later
the American forces in the occupied
area of Germany.
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u. S. POURS OUT MILLIONS
TO AID EUROPE'S HUNGRY
German Relief Plan, Now Delayed in
Senate, But One of Many
American Efforts.

Gen. Allen is keenly interested in
relief measures for the women and
children Of Germany and is in charge
of a relief organization engaged in
collecting funds from the American
public to send over to Germany food
packets to be distributed by the
Friends organization. Gen. Allen told
the committee that already $1.4o0,o0O
had been collected for this purpose.
He said that $4,000, 900 would not
suffice to meet the situation, however.
Situation May Change.
1t has been the hope of the admin
istration that the reparations com
mission would grant Germany prior
ity in making a s70,000,0o0 loan for
this purpose. The plan now devised
through the committee of experts
may result, it is believed. in very
great change in the situation
America and Americans have not
been slow to answer appeals for aid
to foreign peoples in distress Dur
ing the world war and since the
armistice was signed, November II,
1918, this country has poured out
millions of dollars in relief work
in many nations. This has been ac-
complished through action of the
government itself and through such
organizations as the American Red
Cross, the Near East Relief, the
Young Mems Christian Association.
the Knights of Columbus and the
Salvation Army.
In 1919 Congress put through an
act creating a 500. 100000 revolving
fund to be administered by the Pres
ident of the United States for the
relief of peoples in war-worn Europe
Herbert Hoover, now Secretary OF
Commerce, was put in charge of the
American Relief Administration. For
part of the funds distributed obliga-
lions of the countries aided were
received by the government, as fol-
lows: Armenia, sS,O2s,412.15; Czecho-
slovakia, s6,42s,0S9.1s; Esthonia, ST.
7S5, 1912; Finland, s8,281, s2s.17; Lat
via, $2,610,417.S2: I.ithuania, ssa2,-
1867; Poland, s51,e71,74s.36, and
Russia, $4,465, 465.o7. Interest on
these obligations has accrued in con-
siderable amounts since they were
given.
BY act of Congress approved De-
cember %, 1921, the President was
authorized to expend out of the funds
of the United States Grain Corpora
tion sum of s2O,ooO,000 to purchase
in the United States, transport and
distribute corn, seed grain and pre-
served milk for the distressed and
starving people of. Russia.
Grain Corporations Work.
The United States Grain Corpora
ton was authorized under an act APP
proved March 80. 1920, to sell fol
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cash or credit on such terms as might
be necessary to relieve the popula-
tions in the countries of Europe
flour in it's possession.
The obligations received and the
countries from which they were re-
ceived for this aid were as follows:
Armenia, s3,s31, $685.; Austria s24,-
0s5,7os.92; CzechosIoval<ia, s2,s73,-
23s.25; Hungary, 1855, sS5.s1, and
Poland, s24,311,514.37.
The United States Grain Corpora
ton, acting as fiscal agent for the
American Relief Administration, de-
livered commodities for child feeding
and for other charitable services, for
which no obligations for repayment
were taken, as follows: Czechoslo-
vakia, s2,261, 22s.s6; Esthonia, $780,
621-73; Finland, s560,275.75; Latvia,
$4s3,575.52; Ltthuania, 1919, 721.53; Po-
land, $4,743,147.07; Rumania, $414,-
2S6.43; non-bolshevik Russia, $373,-
s7s.72; Serbia, $1,035. 40759; freight
on Red Cross supplies, 75,287.23;
freight on typhus equipment, $11O,-
4oz.oV. IOtdl, SIu,Sz5,ooS.lS.
Funds Spent by Red Cross.
The American National Red Cross
has expended the following amounts
in various foreign countries for re-
lief since the armistice: France, $685.
$4,000; Belgium, s2,1s6,ooo, Italy,
$S,099, 900; Great Britain, s4,741,000;
Switzerland, s71S,000; Balkans, s1S,-
$4,000; Palestine and near east, 81
$4,000; Poland. s17,2SS,000; Czecho-
slovakia, sSS1,000; Russia and Baltic
states, $13,221, 900; Vienna Budapest
SIS, OF. 900; Constantinople and vicin-
ity, for Russian refugees, s7,94S, 900;
other aid in Europe, ss,111, 900; Japan,
for the relief after the earthquake
last year, $11,soo, 900; Siberia, 500
so2, 600, and China. 1881. 900. Total,
s1ss,sss,ooa. 49,.
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COULD FRANCE SETTLE
HER i. S. DEBT WITH ISLES?
Believed America Would Lose Finan.
cially in Trade, On Basis OF
Billion Obligation.

would be to find some basis on which
to estimate the value of these pos
sessions"
Could not our purchase of the
Virgin Islands from Denmark offer
some guideT I interjected.
Perhaps" said Mr. Crosby, dubi-
ously, but I have never yet heard
any explanation of how the price of
$25, 900, 900 which we paid for those
islands, was arrived at. The deal was
put through with a great deal of
hurry and confusion, but I am not
sure that at this day there is any one
who knows what we paid for and
why we bought it If you figure the
purchase on the basis of population,
you will find that we paid about
$1,000, in round figures, per native.
If you figure on the basis of area, we
paid about $500, 900 per square mile.
If we buy the French islands on a
similar population calculation, 1t
would mean a total of $404 sec, 900.
Calculated per square mile, the price
would be only s23s, 200, 900. Figured
either way, you would not get the
sum anywhere near the $4,000, 00o, POO
which France owes us. Neither would
1t help very much If we add Guiana.
On the population figures that colony
would only add $44,o0o,0o0 to the
total, excluding the uncivilized In
dian population, of which no reliable
census has ever been taken. OF
course, il you were to figure by the
square mile the purchase price of the
colony would be 1000, 900, 900, an ut
terry fantastic figure"
Little Trade Value.
There remains the question of
trade value" I suggested.
You would not arrive at a very
high purchase figure that way" said
Mr.. Crosby. THE trade of the islands
is only about $20,o00,0oo yearly,
counting both, imports and exports.
French Guiana is practically unde-
veloped, with less than 10000 acres
under cultivation, and placer gold
mining its only important industry.
It's total yearly trade is less than
s., 900. eco.
(which does not sound like a good
bargain"
MOI Wnen you consider IT. IroHi
the point OF view of an ordinary COM
mercia1 transaction.
Does America need additional de-
fenses?" I asked.
U. s. Needs Defense.
I'm my judgment" said Mr.. Crosby,
earnestly, she needs every defense
that she is capable of providing.
Though I have written on the Causes
and Care of International War;"
am not one of those who believe
that the day of great wars is over.
1 believe that there are other ire
mendous conflicts coming, and that
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~ GUILD france pay her oeoe 10
the United States by cession
of her possessions in the
~ western hemisphere?
The possibility of such a solution
has been suggested more than once
both in France and America, but so
far no authoritative statement has
been made as to the value of the
French possessions should such a deal
be possible. For an opinion on that
one of the American financial ad-
visers at the time of the peace con-
ference.
Mr.. Crosby's knowledge of interna-
tiona affairs was won at first hand.
He has made international relation
ships his hobby since the days when,
as young man, he explored in equa-
torial Africa, Abyssinia, Borneo and
the misty lands of central Asia
Mesopotamia was visited in 1914.
Shortly after the world war he went
to Belgium as director of the Ameri-
can relief for that country and north
ern France. Later he returned home
to accept the post of assistant secre-
tary of the Treasury on the entrance
of America into the war, and in No
vember, 1917, was appointed presi-
dent of the internally council on war
purchases and finance, with head
quarters in London and Paris.
Might BE Possible.
"A settlement of the French debt
on the basis of her ceding her posses
sions in this hemisphere might be
possible" said Mr.. Crosby. but 1t
certainly would not be practical from
the point of view of the ordinary
business transaction I mean by that
that it would not be case where
merchandise of known value Is ex-
changed for it's equivalent in money.
There is no way that I know OF by
which you can arrive at the value of
such things as islands and colonies
as you can, for instance. decide the
value of a plot of land on which to
build a house or the value OF a store
which you might desire to buy
Let US see, first Of all, what the
French would have to offer, assum-
ing, of course, that they would be
interested in such a proposal at ALI
Their possessions in the West Indies
! consist of the two larger islands of
Guadeloupe and Martinique, with a
, combined area OF. LOO square miles
and a population of 100000. and the
two smaller islands of st. Pierre and
Miquelon, with a combined area of
81 square miles and a population of
1900. Outside of these islands, they
hold French Guiana, which has never
been properly surveyed, but contains
probably about $4,000 square miles,
] with a population of about 1900.
The first thing we would have to do
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TINE joint resolution passed by
the House March "a. by an
overwhelming vote, authoriz-
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. GUILD France pay her debt to
the United States by cession
of her possessions in the
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~ ENEVA.-Ffve years ago it was my
fortune to be present that memo
rable day when, in the first plenary
session of the peace conference the
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very existence on such organizations
and ila ErsatSr number conceived
IN ignorance ana lust ana 1g0uEbt
forth iu poverty. Che more plausible
htcumrs tho excuse
Because Teddy Roosevelt applaud
90 and sent his autograph 60 par.
suts ~ extraordinary families Meth.
&C. m1rallztd OF lcEalisrd such mo.
iua opsmudL
Margaret Sanger. who waa Jailed.
and had her hooks on birth control
burned vas doing tho proper thing
20 prevent race suicide A multiple,
rs OF Feeble minded. llifed dtgeuer
ates Be- race6uigide Itself what
protection can tho ideals and lusti.
buttons OF a country expect from
such r. hoTdeg
God made man In Ills image.
and 'rDrrathel tho breath % lif,
into him Does anyone for a mo
meni believe that God wants 60
have images ouly taking zap space
ON this beautiful world. without ana
hIt.uu, hopeless without brains
enough 10 understand hia TEACHINGS
wandering around almieu and llfs
lsssg
oh. no. Mr. Pinto. don't think
so You had hest SO and jump into
The underiow J. c BRowSE.
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DDITr DInnc At
I nILL DInUO HI
POULTRY SHOW
Judging 700 Fowl at Pine
ST. Market tuesday

Let che hiEErds howl as they may
ou'siJc the interior 20 Jhn Pine 81.
market where the third annual paul.
ny show % the PuggJ Sound asso.
cauon is bgiug held b. warm and
hathtomr with the lusty gaoviu.
~ many cocks ana caCkrrr's. 20 SAY
nothnE o. proud uagbung 0f prtnc
hens ans pallets
Nearly zoe birds arc htiuE shown
AZ tht show. Prize of the lJt is
Lady Jewel with an ygE rre0ra OF
gs5 Boz g6s days, ounoi by Charles
n LILY Many beautiful show birds
also are GA exhibit
JE8g started making awards
To aly JAMES Tucker, of Loyal
oaks Mich, b, Judging EXHIBIT birds,
Paul : pickry. of Puyal,up awards
tht prizes Tor the best esq exhibit
ana Prof D. $. Carver. 81 Washing,
Ton state college. is 90 judge tho
producing binds
Charles H. Head secretary % the
association. sali that interest In the
annual shows is Increasing each
year
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Once Pet; Now Pest
ish Sparrow Suffered Decline in
Popularity Since 1869

if aI the 0fnprns of one pair
Of ere bird survived far 30
grars the result would De- g75r
.Ggss5ss Fpauoaa. it D. rrg
20 aee that Philadelphia has "a
Ioi. o. explaining % Do
However. the Psuuglguaua
city D. not alone 90 blame u
1860 tHs frat u eight anarDaa
were brought into thl country
Professor Miller mgE bg The
Brooklyn institute
The institute believed The bird
would D. uscfuI iu killing iu.
srctH ~ has since been found
ihat the principal food OF Eng.
ll-h HpaFTura b. grains, and thEt
they eat relatively few insects,
Anyhow. give a thought 20
the English sparrow aud c0neoct
your own moral IN 1870 Il was
household pet. In 1924 rewards
are offered FOR ifs destruction.
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Gets Tear and Day
for Rum Conspiracy

A Year and "a day ln Mcneil bland
wen. s.reu Ralph Iirlir u DIS
ludss r. D. CuFhmau after Ia had
r'tsdfi nulty 60 Ilguar conspiracy
U federal court iiFniuria waH
taken with another man on boat
n Puget rouud lart August hy a
coast Euanb cutter WHISKY Fiu ant
beer NDrr seizSd Carl Shsrrr tho
other man. has pifadtl mot ruiliy
and vIIl stand trial thiH week
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Ask Six Cops for
Playground Duty

SlN additional park policemen 20
curb activities Of deEcneratcs in
Fairgrounds and parks arc asked lu
an ordinance introduced before the
council Monday by Councilman Rob.
crt Hssketh. 10 was referred 10 the
finance ana departmental efficiency
committees.
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Take England. Tor example. with
an OF her colonies and dependencies
I never yet saw Pinto pony out
side 90 an Indian herd, Ia my opln.
lou this man ruto idea ranks
with MJ aboriElncs-it Is antiquatrd
I think his idea Is just 90 buck into
the limclight 10y throwing the mari.
nl relations ruErnIye etc. 20
Ground. while he snorts world-su.
premaey Tor the hordes
Anyway, Mr. Pinto viii surely got
an encore from tho Social Welfare
league. the salvation Army etc. as
married people. lots OF children. and
moro poverty constitute their prin.
cipal Mrage, Social Welfare league
says. I'VE are not allowed 10 do
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TO SUE STORRIE
FOR S177,425
Finance Company AIIeges
Money Was Advanced

Action for collection ~ il7zses
alleged advanced b. D. 10 n A.
s'"fr.n q Coz EsaE.f rg1tHef5r
H.H la instituted Boo San FuHrf -.
Era1FaaTfgu ~ thr company ~.
C1rilus % attorneys Tor II ri
Grant A Co. Seattle and New Yg-s
lnaurirra-
Action followed Withdrawal q Il
HG.r 600 superior court here fa.t
week aud tbs inability thru a osg1
bE stephen Chadwick. Jrs atfoTusv
f1r El1rrle, 10 gamishfe au SIS 6og
warrant paid ~ tho city 10 EtoH 4
aa the last settlement for the sSaghl
work
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BY MELyIS VOORHEES,


lJRFi lAltllA l a NOTHING
4 o. tG nothing
Consider thr English rpaTra
DO b. much dfFplrri peat
State ana federal authOrIurs
ryUrgwhero are cooperating m
"a futile attempt 20 fid the o1uu-
try ~ the little gray bind from
over tH6 Atlantic
Yet according 90 Professor
Robert G. Muller. ~ the zoology
department of Tho University 90
Washington. the rpaTr8ws were
az one time aa much ~ a ad ~
are ranaries. cats and dom 90.
l1r
Poor Ola Philadelphia Is
blamed. iu part. ~ least, Tor the
EnEIish sparrowH invasion uf
tu-Hs United States For in
1855 1000 Of ths birds were i'm
ported from England by the
Quaker city.
And when u 10 estimated that