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--si " V" Y ' "Li - v.-",. FOURTEEN. THE MORNING. STAR, WILMGipiTN." Cj SJJIJ&ATNOVEBIBEII 24, 1918. .1; - ' ' 1 ' . ' ' -1 - ' RE-BIRTH OF SLAY AND CZECH LIBERTY New Republic Carved Out Austro-Hungary. of I nally Meant a Merger Under Dem-f-rrntie Government of Old Bohem ian, Moravian and Silesian Kingdoms. New York, N'ov. 23. Sliced out of . the heart of northern Austria and Hungary by the sword of war, the Czecho-Slovak republic, youngest rec- composed wholly of individuals or units from the Austrian- army taken prisoner by the Italians. In -France the organization numbers 11,000,"' in cluding 6,000 men from the,-5. Czech army in Russia and 5,000 volunteers from the United States. Czecho-Slovaks are ruling their lib erated countrymen from their capital in Prague today because they foster ed through generations the flickering flame of freedom which Austria and Hungary attempted to snuff out in 1621. They maintained a succession of secret political organizations, cul minating in that which set afoot active opposition to Austria in the early days of the war, and, through propaganda conducted among emigrants in Russia, laid the foundation for the indepen dent Czecho-Slovak force which has held for more than a year the Volga front, preventing the Germans " and Bolsheviki from drawing on the food supplies of Siberia. Of new nations formed or in process of formation through the upheaval. of war. the Lzecno-siovaK was me iirst ITALY'S SCHOOLS TO BE AMERICANIZED Italian Countess Foresees Many Changes. i ognized members of the allied family of J to win anjed recognition, and .the only nations, is in reainy a merger uuuer 1 0ne so iar iuiiy recogniseu,uj ameuw. Existing only on paper as long as tne Hapsburg dynasty remained in power, democratic government of the ancient Bohemia, Moravian, Silesian and Sla vic kingdoms, subjected for almost 300 years to Teuton and Magyar domina tion. The re-birth of Czech and Slav in dependence forms one of the most striking romances of the war. For centuries Bohemia stood in the fore sfront of European culture, giving to the world the Christian martyrs and educators, Huss and Jerome of Pra gue," the poet Kolar, the linguist and teacher Comenius, and, in the field of art, Brozik, the painter, and the mu sician Dvorak with many others whose deeds have found places in history, lardly less ' advanced was the civili sation of her sister states. With such Inspiration, the Czecho-Slovaks re tained, despite Austrian oppression, a . . . . i -national organization, ana were pre Npared even before the start of the con flict now terminated by armistice to trike the blows that have given them tfreedom. They opposed the mobilization of the Austrian army, resisted induction of (their manhood, despite oourtmartial 5a nd wholesale executions, and through tout the war obstructed and undermin ted the Austrian administration. From their ranks, through desertion or cap ture, thousands of fighting men found ;their way int othe Russian and Ital , ian armies, where they turned and Tfought the power that had conscripted ithem. By their spirit and efficiency las soldiers they gained recognition by fthe allies of Czecho-Slovak units, and &efore the war ended more than 100, 00 Cecho-Siovak troops, under their town commanders, were embattled for The allied cause in France, Italy, Euro pean Russian and Siberia. In Russia the Czecho-Slovaks have B0,000 men under arms, some recruit Jed from the demobilized Russian army, tothers deserters from the Austrian forces or former Austrian prisoners of Russia released by the Kerensky or Bolshevik governments. The Czecho slovak force in Italy is 20,000 strong, the republic became an actuality with the dissolution of the Austro-Hunga-rian empire. Its president, ' Professor Thomas G. Masaryk, formerly of the University of Prague and lately sta tioned in Washington, through Dr. Karl Kramarz. the vice president, for years a political prisoner charged with treason against Austria, and his asso ciates in Prague, is administering the affairs of 13,000,000 people occupying 48,000 square miles of territory (ap proximately the size of New York state). Extending from Saxony and Bavaria on the west to Ungvar and the Carpa thian mountains on the east, a "dis tance of 320 miles, Czechoslovakia cuts a swath 120 miles wide into the form er Austro-Hungarian domain. Its western half, comprising the one time Austrian provinces of Bohemia, Mora via and Silesia, follows the borders of Saxony and Prussia on the north and skirts Bavaria on the south until the Austrian boundary is reached, when it swings thirty miles north of Vienna to the March river. The eastern half. formerly the Hungarian province of Slovakia, follows the Danube from Pressburg to the river Ipola, twenty miles north of Budapest, where it turns northeastward to the Carpathi ans. From Ungvar, the eastern limit, the line folows the old Galician bor der west to the Prussian line thirty miles west of Cracow. The new state effiectually cuts Hungary, off from its former provh.ee, Galicia, which is now claimed by Poland. The republic boasts the University of Prague, long a center of eastern Euro pean culture. With independence, its trepresentatives in this country de clare another university,' for which large funds already have been sub scribed, will Tbe erected at Brunn and a countryside public school system will be established. Effect of American Influence Through War Relief - and " Sending Troojjs ' - There is BeeomlnsT. Evident Italy'Xovea tVIIaon. Biplane Break Down. Deming, X. ML, Nov. 23. The Long head biplane "102" which left Santa Barbara, Calif., this morning' for Dem lng, enroute to- Washington, D. C, broke down and was forced' to land at Tacna, Ariz., this morning. New York, Nov. 28. Changes in the public educational system of Italy, bas ed upon methods , in vogue in the United States, are one of the indirect possibilities of the war, according to Countess Maria JLoschi, envoy of the Italian government to : the United States, who is obtaining data in this country .regarding betterment legisla tion in Italy for women -and children. "The 500,000 American soldiers who went overseas in the first contingents, I am told, included many boys of Ger man parentage or extraction. Their splendid loyalty and brilliant fighting was the admiration of all," said the countess. "Only the principles of de mocracy taught in the public schools j of America could have brought it about and . that is why I believe Italy will adopt the American educational idea. "Teachers in Italy are poorly paid and overworked. It is one of the aims of the suffragists of Italy to improve.; their condition. "The war has given an impetus to education in Italy. Every young per son is more than ever desirous of learning new things. In the hospital Q-34, between Palmanova and Cor mons, near Gorizia, where I served for a time as a nurse, educated young women taught the illiterate young sol diers during their convalescence how to read and. write. The government has supplied the nurses with millions of primary school textbooks. "The American Red Cross and the Young Men's Christian Association have done inestimable god in Italy. They have dealt bountifully with our impoverished people in giving them food, clotihng and shoes. I am hope ful they will introduce the idea of the American public playground in Italy, also public baths and dormitories such as you have here. It is for improve ments such as these that the women of Italy, if ever they are enfranchised, can be depended upon to secure for the people. "In Rome we have the Lyceum, a great woman's club, where under the stimulus of war needs, hundreds - of women of such type as Madames Or lando and Nittl, the wives, respective ly of the premier and the minister of the treasury, gather to discuss music. charity, - art, - literature and economics. Both, are suffragists and you may be sure .their famous husbands are too. Next month In Florence will be held the big suffrage conference at which many vital reforms will be discussed. .5. ' i.- - BRIG YOUR CHRIS 1AOTS TO THIS BIG STORE You may rWhen you buy, here you have the privilege of choosing from one of the most complete stocks in the Carolinas buy for each member of the family, and be assured that the merchandise you have bought is of the best quality newest style. . ' -. m Yrl"i. k . . . -.. . a ,- . . . 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Ton will find prices here always a lit- tie lower. Dolls, Carriages, Wagons. Automo biles, Shotguns, Tricycles, Skates. Skud der Cars, etc., etc. I Specials .in Seasonable Silks Tard-wlde 2.00 quality Messe line Taffeta and Crepe-de Chine in all colors.'yard, $1.49 J. H. REHDER & CO. The Popular Uptown Department Store 615-617-6-19 North Fourth St. OUT-OF-TOWN SHOPPERS INVITED TO INSPECT OUR BIG STOCKS. i ' - f3m -' -Ej' 'MSMt r-- " : "v "x. "m. aF- wtr r niniiniiii i i 1 th nr iviV.'.'Xt(-.v -'-v.w...'r ,r ammmbht-i r w li i w u i r j i L"uiri u i i nui ""t, r jie- i i f r r x wx -. -. tn j , t . .' vui i i i ui vv r. rv i rMun - SPANISH DAi.y.jyrr' ri , .lT.r--r..-il.. y ,t M i " --r . r i r s . y FRANCIS H, SISSON, V.c President Guaranty Trust Com pany of New York. The plans laid by Italy and Spain to enlarge their respective shares vorid buslnta after the war are of particular Interest to American busi ness men. There is every indication that industrial and commercial con ditions in the United States after the war wall be affected to a remarkable defrree by the measures which Italy s developing to re-establish herself on i peace basis. While for many years before the war Germany and Austria dominated the foreign trade of Italy, the latter country has long been one of our best customers. In 1913 Italy imported more raw materials and foodstuffs from America than from Germany and Austria together, but she procured her partly finished and finished products to a large extent from her Teutonic neighbors. Italian exports also went mostly to these countries. Exchanges with Germany In that year tntaiJi $183,872,058; with Austria, $93,424,457; u.ngiana, 5161,899,440: with with France, $96,740,416, and with America $152,041,111. The total of exchanges with all countries, Including these, was $1,184,091,723. Italy's invitation to America, therefore, is not to enter a new field, but to extend and enrich an old one. To no country did the present war mean a greater disorganization of en terprises and trade channels than to Italy. Taljf devotion ofber resources to be to complete,. J3e 4 ilNERAl- VIEW ' OF ROME pre-eminence In r i;"iuctIon of cer tain articles of i-t...iuerce marked her as the chief source of supply for simi lar products of a warlike nature. Her ordinary production of automobiles, aeroplanes, turbines and heavy oil en gines has, merely been intensified and modified In the direction of such a standardization as would permit quan tity production. ' ' ... , The Italian Government is very much interested in the plans; which manu facturers are making to turn their fa cilities to the output of peace products and large profits have been earned as a consequence of the war. To foster DreDarations for internatlonalr comne- tlOon after the war, Vttjpf government who' Invest ascertain -portion of thei profits ii nHw. plans or in extensions. These 5 policies are; especially .sig nificant to. the United States because, for many years, we ,- have looked to Italyor a.large.part of that Increase In h lahrtr Biinnlv which 8. new POim. . . . X m - a. A ' ' ,-. ' . ''?..' -J- M r1 ' mages an auowance to lyanuiacturersixtaiy, into tag WW i-guy.. tream of sober, thrifty, biit,-f or the nabst;part, unskilled, labor rot, that,, country -wats cut off. . if:x6xxV:ism metr.and wdmen wha never-worked in factories before are;becQraln skilled workers (In ttiflnta fi-nn. ,'nritt . -i-i plejhents-of war are -heing -suDplled.' It. Is tjie ibellef ;jf '.the- Italian leadhi depends so much upon the u?e of every available unit of human energy that emigration will be restricted. Italy looks to America as the chief source of raw materials and finished or partly finished materials formerly obtained from Germany and Austria. This she does, largely from a desire for economic independence from these countries, but partly because she feels that these and other European na tions will for some years be so busy with their own reconstruction pro grams ns to have scant, opportunity to , fill the heavy demands of Italy. Coal, Iron, ; lumber, machinery, rail road and shipbuilding materials will be needed in large quantities. 1 Italian agriculturists are-nreDarine to meet the competition of the Span iards In Prance, and of-both the Snnn- PREPARATORY TO r - titles of oranges and lemons In France and in the belief that they can obtain a larger share df this business, the Sicilians now have a commission in France studyine the markets and seeking to acquaint the rencn with the advantages of using Sicilian products. Italy also seeks to supplant Spain In the exportation to s ranee of those heavy wines , which the French mix with their own lighter varieties. Much study is beine eiven to the Improvement of marketing naeinoas and one of the first steps., In uus direction will be the cancellation of agreemeats giving sales monopolies in ioreign countries. The opportunities to extend foreign traae nave naturally turned attention to increasing the facilities for onernt. tog a greatly.-increased merchant mn. others are to be enTnrgpd. The mon. ace of the Invaders to Venice has di verted trade to Genoa, nd enlarge ment of this harbor is now under way. An engineering task of huge propor tions has been undertaken In the con version of lakes near the Adriatic coast into supplementary harbors. Italy's lack of coal has brou.eht for ward the possibility of using tier water power for the production of electrical energy, not only for manu facturers but for railways. These railways are to be extended and the familiar single track lines of the coun try are to be double-tracked. Abroad there is planned an Increase In a number of branch banks through the investment of Italian capitalists in the financial Institutions of other countries. There are no restrictions imposed by law upon the amounts which Italian bankers may invest in foreign banks, and no restrictions upon the establishment of foreign branches. In the case of Spain, the war ' brought about a rejuvenation. Lika many a younger country, she has been forced to rely upon her own effor:s and through that experience h.is tje come a producer for foreign markets on a scale that has given her insrira tion for the future. A Commission of the Directorate General of Industry and Commerce is now making a study of economic con ditions with the object of so directing agriculture, industry and trade in the future as to Insure maintenance oi Spain's present favorable internation al position. The tremendous boom In 'foreign trade brought to 'Spain by the var quickly demonstrated the necessity for Improving the country's methods of production, conditions in the fac tories, and transportation facilities. The government has done mnch and has Indicated its purpose to do ffiore to encourage the development of the country's resources by direct subven tions by the conclusion of favora.j'' commercial understandings with other countries. More than S2.000,000 hns been' appropriated to assist iu t..e cultivation of oranges, lemony ami grapes for exportation In the prov Inces of Alicante, Almeria, Castellen, Murcia and Valencia. Under agreement with England, minerals are to be exported in return for coal, and. In addition, England is to take enor mous Quantities of oranges, grapes, almonds, raisins, bananas and onions. For the present, the United btares is mostly concerned regarding the re building of Spanish railroads ana furnlshlne supplies of cotton in ex change for foodstuffs for the Ameri can Expeditionary Forces. The re newal of mining, manufacturings and agriculture on a large scale in Spain tata'thOGBifi. In Ens,and and the rine.. New, harbors , on Italy. "fi - I .nnntrv'S PVlUeilk UUWCVCl, aiiu uiaii .v.jw.' purpose to participate In the straw- for commercial pre-eminence u,r"r rpniion of an excellent marKei for American machinery and raw terlals. Spain has i become ea y Kkvrn a hop -ronrlMt dreams in the i . r ... CTia ta ridv to buy WDe, the-world's markets are agaiB tnrw- 0 gvvr should' ,rn.AM tmwMM tn be CO govr reason why the United States sbouia not become her chief source oijsac 1 -1
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