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more than 350,000 workers now begins to hold a conspicuous place in the economic situation of the country. Notice of an intended reduction in wages has been given by the operators to the coal-miners of the Loire région. It is to be effective on March 15 and to amount to 10 percent of the scale now paid. This step is made necessary, according to the operators, by the difficulties which the industry is encountering. A profitable temporary market resulting from the coal-mining conflict in Great Britain has now been closed for many weeks, and in France itself a slowing down
for many weeks, and in France itself a slowing down of industrial activity is resulting in reduced demand for fuel. Representatives of the miners’ unions in the Loire are therefore to meet the operators within a few days for a conference on the proposed reduction. It is expected that such a conference will be approved by the central organization of the Unions, which assembles tomorrow to decide upon its reply to the operators. But, in advance, spokesmen for the miners affirm that the latter will submit to no reduction, however small. They maintain that there has been no decrease in
small. They maintain that there has been no decrease in the cost of living to justify a lower return for labor and that wages, moreover, have never kept pace with the rise in the cost of living. The national organization of the French miners’ unions has been notified of this development and some action by it is probable soon. What the leaders of the miners fear is that the initiative taken in the Loire district will be followed by the companies elsewhere, as in the great basins of the Nord, the Pas-de-Calais, the Tarn and the Moselle. But their position
the Pas-de-Calais, the Tarn and the Moselle. But their position is weakened by the fact that the miners of the Sarre have not protested against a reduction of 10 to 12 percent, effective in a fortnight. Those miners admit that the cost of living has fallen 7 or 8 percent in the last month. The proposed reduction of wages in the Sarre, moreover, corresponds both with a parallel reduction for other workers there and with lower prices for coal—now about 13 percent under the prices on January 1 of this year. This problem raised for the French coal-mining industry is
year. This problem raised for the French coal-mining industry is related directly to the general economic problem still before the country. It involves, in addition, the “rationalization” of industry so much discussed of late. On all sides, there is agreement that the cost of production must be reduced, whether by larger individual output or by lower prices for basic materials, or by both, in order that France may again be able to compete in world markets and in order that the domestic cost of living may fall. Lessened demand upon labor in the coal mines, by reducing the cost of
labor in the coal mines, by reducing the cost of the product, should normally have a desirable effect in many another field of national activities, since coal, as both raw material and as fuel, enters into so many industrial processes. But for France, a question now arises whether this first step towards what may be a general scheme of reduction of wages will be attended by a conflict similar to that from which Great Britain is painfully recovering. “With Marines in Nicaragua, gunboats in China and a tense situation in Mexico, some people still imagine the United States can keep
Mexico, some people still imagine the United States can keep out of world affairs by merely shying away from the World Court and League of Nations.”—Los Angeles Times. “A Georgia farmer had a lot of cotton and a lot of sweet potatoes. He got twelve cents for his cotton and $1.65 for his sweet potatoes. He blames the Government for the low price of cotton and thanks the Lord for the high price of the yams.”—Atlanta Constitution. “A few days ago Mr. Coolidge appealed to the press of the country to support unitedly his foreign policy. Yet his foreign policy
to support unitedly his foreign policy. Yet his foreign policy is such that it does not even command the support of his fellow-Republican, the Chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Foreign Relations. Is the press wrong? Is Senator Borah wrong? Or is Mr. Coolidge’s foreign policy wrong?”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “The Americans ceased to be a seafaring people when the fast sailing packet was driven from the high seas by steam. Some support for the view that we have become a nation of landlubbers is furnished in the fate of the 199 Shipping Board vessels bought by Henry Ford. After their
199 Shipping Board vessels bought by Henry Ford. After their years of idleness in the water they are now being converted into mechanisms for land conveyance.”—New York World. English Comment. The visit of cadets from the French Military School of Saint-Cyr to Sandhurst is commented upon by the Times: “When the war came to an end, all cadets now at Saint-Cyr and at Sandhurst were still infants. At that epoch, they could have had only an indirect knowledge of the horrors and sufferings of war. Even now they have only a vague idea of the heroism of those long and
a vague idea of the heroism of those long and painful years during which soldiers of France and England fought side by side. But because in their turn they must be soldiers and ready, in case of need, to defend their respective countries, it is good that while they are still young they should learn something of the spirit, the habits and the ideals of their neighbors. Saint-Cyriens are strangers to us as we are strangers to them and, between men of different race, the surest means to durable friendship is the understanding acquired by a personal and reciprocal acquaintance.”
is the understanding acquired by a personal and reciprocal acquaintance.” The Daily Express discusses the new Road Bill and responds regarding automobile traffic. It writes: “The proposals to be incorporated in the Ministry of Transport’s new Road Bill are now being considered. Road transport has grown so enormously during the last few years, and will increase so much more in the near future, that certain provisions and precautions have become not only desirable but highly necessary... Motor-car driving in these days of crowded roads and considerable speeds calls for a high standard of mental and physical capacity, and it is
high standard of mental and physical capacity, and it is unthinkable that a system under which the halt, the lame, and the blind are allowed to go to an office and, in exchange for five shillings, obtain official permission to handle a powerful machine, should be permitted to continue without safeguards. The peace of the world will never cease to be discussed until it is attained — someday. Then it will seem the only normal state. Learned treatises will explain why men continued to waste lives and resources through centuries of war. The latest pronouncement on the problem was made
of war. The latest pronouncement on the problem was made yesterday by Professor James Thomas Shotwell, formerly of Columbia University, in New York when he assumed the new Carnegie Chair at the German Academy of Politics in Berlin. Professor Shotwell offers reasoned hope that peace will eventually arrive. But he clings to the old belief in political organization, in the creation of some super moral force which will finally hold the quarreling nations in quiet neighborliness. “What is needed is the working out of a method whereby we may observe the means of justice, or secure the aims of national
the means of justice, or secure the aims of national policies formerly entrusted to the forces of war.” The weakness of this reasoning is that it is very doubtful whether all or the majority of wars have begun because justice and policy have been entrusted to armies. Many other factors, factors which would not be influenced by any system of arbitration, however perfect, play a part in every war. The fighting of nations is no more based on a single cause. M. Marcel Hulin, in the Echo de Paris, deals with M. Poincaré’s project for a provisional arrangement with regard
with M. Poincaré’s project for a provisional arrangement with regard to the French debt to the United States. After quoting in full the text of the temporary accord submitted by the United States to the French Cabinet, by which $10,000,000 is to be paid by France on June 15, 1927, M. Hulin points out that great care observed by M. Poincaré to assure himself against misunderstandings. He continues; “Several observations, of great importance in my opinion, must be made relative to this accord: 1. France, which does not repudiate her debts, pays within the limit of her possibilities, shows her
debts, pays within the limit of her possibilities, shows her goodwill and now pays an installment on her political debt. 2. It is said in the text of the agreement: ‘When an accord for debt funding will have been ratified, etc.’ An accord does not quite mean the accord, such as the one signed by Mr. Mellon and M. Bérenger. That permits the assumption that after the new United States Senate enters upon its duties, arrangements may be made to amend the accord of April 29, 1926. 3. The rights of the French Parliament are safeguarded.” A Soviet Calendar TO
of the French Parliament are safeguarded.” A Soviet Calendar TO RE-NAMED MONTHS AND DAYS Not deterred by memory of the failure of the French Revolutionary calendar, the Soviets propose to make a similar experiment. The People’s Commissar for Public Education is said to have recommended to the Council of People’s Commissars a scheme for changing the names of ten of the months and of all the days of the week. February and October, because of the revolutions which occurred in them, would retain their names. It is recommended that January be called after Lenin, March after Stalin, and so on.
be called after Lenin, March after Stalin, and so on. As for the days of the week, Sunday would be Lenin’s Day, Monday would be Soviet Day, and Tuesday, which would replace Sunday as a day of rest from labor, would be known as Revolution Day. This scheme differs from that of the French revolutionaries in being at once more conservative and more radical. It preserves the existing division of the year into twelve months, coinciding with those in the standard calendar, while the French began and ended their months at different dates, mostly at the 20th to 22nd of
at different dates, mostly at the 20th to 22nd of the present months; and the Russian proposal preserves the seven-day weeks, instead of dividing the months into three ten-day periods, as did the French. On the other hand, it goes to a radical extreme in giving to the months and days the names of Russian revolutionists and institutions, while the French were content with merely numbering the days and naming the months according to the characteristics of the seasons. CURRENT HISTORY TOLD IN CARTOONS IN THE MARGIN The underdog in China is clearly the Pekingese. The easiest way to get
China is clearly the Pekingese. The easiest way to get to the top is to go to the bottom of things. The Englishman is the most incurably sentimental animal in the world. —Stanley Baldwin. “A FEATURE ACT ON THE CHINESE STAGE” PROFESSOR MOSCOW; ‘There you are; he can speak his own mind even though I'm not near him.’ (From the London Daily Express.) Sun Spots Again A Sky Traveller The Pons-Winnecke comet, which caused mild excitement in 1921 because of its proximity to the earth, will make a clearer visit in June, when it will appear again at a distance
in June, when it will appear again at a distance of 4,500,000 miles from the earth. This is to be the closest approach to the earth by a comet ever recorded. When the Pons-Winnecke traveler was visible in 1921 many people prepared for the end because of the reports that gases from the comet’s tail would wipe out all life on earth. The comet next time will come so close to the earth that the latter will pass through the tail. Whether carbon monoxide gas is present in the tail of the Pons-Winnecke comet is not known, but the experts
of the Pons-Winnecke comet is not known, but the experts say that there is no danger. Outlaw Mustangs WYOMING TO BE RID OF THEM With cattlemen and sheepmen, traditional enemies of the range, united behind it, a Bill aimed at ridding Wyoming of thousands of wild horses has passed the legislature and reached the Governor for his signature. The Bill authorises County Commissioners, when petitioned to do so, to appoint a foreman, who shall organize and hold a roundup. Horses unclaimed will be sold or otherwise disposed of, the money received from them, if any, going to pay the cost.
received from them, if any, going to pay the cost. “Scrub” horses are running on the ranges in rapidly increasing thousands, eating grass and other forage which otherwise would feed valuable cattle and sheep. Their market price at shipping points is only a few dollars, which will scarcely pay for rounding them up. Their chief value is in their hides, and fat, used in making soap. Some of the meat is canned and shipped abroad. Paris and its Statues Paris is noted as a city rich in statues and public monuments, in which connection it is interesting to note that
monuments, in which connection it is interesting to note that the Third Republic has been more lavish with statues than all previous regimes. Of the 550 odd monuments in Paris, 171 are statues of celebrated men, with those of monarchs leading with twenty-one, divided between kings and queens. Statesmen come next with eighteen, while sixteen writers of great prose have statues to their memory, poets follow with sixteen and painters are represented by thirteen. Twelve French philosophers may be seen in the streets or public places of Paris. Scholars, economists, doctors, dramatic authors, military leaders, musicians, sculptors, architects, divide the
doctors, dramatic authors, military leaders, musicians, sculptors, architects, divide the remaining seventy-six statues among them. The Third Republic is responsible for 142 of the 171 statues mentioned, in a period of fifty-six years. The oldest statue is the equestrian figure of Henri IV, on the Pont Neuf, set up in 1614. ACADEMY DISCUSSES EFFECTS While a report was being printed on this page yesterday concerning the statements of a Russian professor regarding the effects of sunspots on influenza and general human activity, Dr. Maurice Faure was reading before the Academy of Medicine in Paris a paper pointing out a correlation
of Medicine in Paris a paper pointing out a correlation which he has noticed between sunspots and sudden death or crises in chronic diseases. His theory is that these results are brought about by sunspots and that some vital mechanism of the human system not yet clearly understood, is thrown out of tune by the activity of the sun. Dr. Faure’s observations show that twice as many sudden deaths or serious crises in disease occur on days with sunspot influence as on days free from it. He believes that in people over forty-five years of age among whom most sudden
people over forty-five years of age among whom most sudden deaths occur, the organic functions have so begun to weaken that an influence which would otherwise have little effect can produce death. His attention was called to the problem by the observation that sudden deaths seem to run in periods of four or five days. He began to investigate the problem, and decided that since the people affected lived in scattered sections and were subject to different local conditions, some general cause must be present. Finally, he noticed the relation of sunspots to the deaths. Fiction in America Using a
of sunspots to the deaths. Fiction in America Using a complicated and highly accurate method of scoring, Professor Irving H. Hart, of Iowa State Teachers’ College, has compiled from the lists of American fiction “bestsellers” since 1895 a list of the twelve most popular authors of novels in the thirty-year period. Winston Churchill, author of “Richard Canvell,” “The Crisis,” and many other books, leads, being mentioned in nineteen of the lists and ranking first in eight of them. He is followed, in order, by George Baird McCutcheon (of “Graustark” fame), Harold Bell Wright, Gene Stratton Porter, Eleanor Porter, Mary Roberts
Harold Bell Wright, Gene Stratton Porter, Eleanor Porter, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Zane Grey, Alice Hegan Rice, Booth Tarkington, Florence Barclay, Mrs. Humphry Ward and Rex Beach. For the ten-year period from 1917-1926, the first ten were: Zane Grey, James Oliver Curwood, Sinclair Lewis, Mary Roberts Rinehart, A. S. Mutchinson, Joseph C. Lincoln, Harold Bell Wright, Peter B. Kyne, Gene Stratton Porter and Rafael Sabatini. Cremation in Moscow The work of building the first crematorium in Moscow is progressing so well that it will be opened to the public on April 1. It is located in one of the buildings of
1. It is located in one of the buildings of the Dan Cloister, Well-To-Do Indians Bank deposits of individual American Indians totaled $35,042,316 on December 31, 1926, a gain of $3,000,000 over the previous year. This is exclusive of tribal property and other funds on deposit in the United States Treasury. Warmth in Blankets Scientific tests made by the Bureau of Standards in Washington show that a thick blanket, especially a tightly woven one, is not necessarily warm. In a tightly woven blanket the fibers are packed too closely to leave sufficient insulating air space, with the result that they
leave sufficient insulating air space, with the result that they act as conductors and actually carry heat away from the body. Cotton blankets resist the passage of heat about as well as woolen ones, but they tend to absorb moisture, while woolen ones repel it. THE MAN OF THE DAY M. ALEXANDER KERENSKY The most momentous period for Russia in our time—the months of May in 1917 when the structure of Tsarism crumbled and Bolshevism rose to power in its place—is recalled to mind today by the news that M. Alexander Kerensky has arrived in America. Secrecy is maintained as
Alexander Kerensky has arrived in America. Secrecy is maintained as to the nature of the business which takes him there. Some will see significance in the fact that the movement for recognition of the Soviet Government has been growing in the United States in recent months. The one-time "Provisional President" of Russia, the man who directed its destinies in the period before that Government was formed, could not fail to be interested in such an event, however near or far it be. Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky already has a status in history as the outstanding personality in Russia who sought unsuccessfully
history as the outstanding personality in Russia who sought unsuccessfully to keep its armies in the fighting front against the Central Powers. In 1917, the people were sick of war. Unparalleled losses, the knowledge among the masses that corruption and worse in high positions were working for the enemy, a shattered economic system, want, lack of munitions, had created a "psychology of defeat." M. Kerensky has been blamed for inability to stem the tide of discontent that brought about a social upheaval. In his defense, it may be said that he, like Mirabeau before him, encountered forces before which any
he, like Mirabeau before him, encountered forces before which any single man would have been powerless. Noted as an orator. "PARIS TIMES" LETTER BOX Students Still Doubted. Paris, Mardi 1, 1927, To the Editor of The Paris Times: If a mere businessman may be permitted to enter the controversy over the seriousness of students in Paris, particularly foreign students, I would like to come to the defense of "Abeird," who evidently wrote from a more or less academic point of view. Of course, all the young geniuses and whatnots he has offended will probably decide that I am a mere
has offended will probably decide that I am a mere Babbitt with no conception of their real ideals, but I am willing to risk that charge. From my own observation, I am ready to say that it is true that many students do no serious work at all. This is true even of people such as one or two I happen to know personally, who were very hard workers in American Universities, and are now living here on scholarships they won by their hard work. But they simply look upon Paris as a vacation, a pleasant interlude in their lives.
Paris as a vacation, a pleasant interlude in their lives. When they go home there will be plenty of time to work, they say, but in Paris they find opportunities for frivolity which they would not dare imitate in their own cities. To sum it up, they feel that they are no longer answerable to anybody or any ideal. There are others who, as yesterday’s correspondent implies, are of no intrinsic merit; and are "accomplishing as much as could reasonably be expected of them," which is nothing. These do not matter, but I think it is a great waste for
matter, but I think it is a great waste for fine young men to be led into following the example of Villon and his ilk, A Self-Made Max. When the World War started, M. Kerensky was a national figure already. A native of Simbirsk, where he was born forty-six years since, he had become prominent in politics as a Socialist and was a leader at the Bar noted for his gift of oratory. It served him in good stead when the first popular uprising in March, 1917, caused the formation of the first Liberal Government and he became Minister of
of the first Liberal Government and he became Minister of War. An intense figure, with blazing eyes in a pale face and personally popular with the soldiers, he harangued them at many points in the battle-line and did much to postpone the final disaster. As one consequence, Brusilov attacked in Galicia. Kornilov, too, began an advance, but behind the lines the social unrest was increasing. In the middle of July, street-battles in Petrograd forced the withdrawal of the Government and M. Kerensky became head of a "Government of Public Safety." But when a National Assembly was called, it soon appeared
But when a National Assembly was called, it soon appeared that he lacked authority over it. Lenin and Trotsky began to emerge as the future dictators of Russia. Gradually, the Soviets which they controlled assumed the real mastery. To check their activities, Kornilov marched on Petrograd in September, failed and was arrested. M. Kerensky was made supreme commander of the armies. The "Russian Republic" was proclaimed. But events were moving rapidly. Early in November, the Bolsheviks rose for the last time. A few troops still loyal to M. Kerensky were defeated, he himself was forced to flee and a great
defeated, he himself was forced to flee and a great social experiment had its beginning. Since that time, M. Kerensky has lived in various countries of Europe, mainly in France, and he has been conspicuous as a publicist. Like thousands of fellow exiles, he has never ceased to work for the restoration which he feels is certain in Russia. Of its nature, he is sure. Foreign intervention in his country is a thing he discourages. A new Tsar he declares impossible, Russia of the future is to be a Republic on the Western model, once the Soviet organization has disappeared,
on the Western model, once the Soviet organization has disappeared, either gradually, from the impact of economic realities upon Marxism or from another rising like that which caused it to be. But, as has been the case previously, the fire of religion fades and by the time the curtain rises on the first act, the singer who violated all precedents and ran away to the city has returned to the gloom of the castle, and young Fastrade, who defied all orders, has come back to the baronial life of monotony that is a respectable living death. It is about the