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1. 1 v f J - '- '!'., '. ' -,' ' - 1 ' ' - . V The WeWthef nrobnbly rain; moderate west s i norihwcst winds Sunday, becom ?" 0l-tlirast and east Monday, v Wilmington s 0 nly ' Leased Wire Associated Press Newspaper ; t, k rm I . t" i : . ...J - .... - ' ..-.'.:?. .,. -. - : ' ! !: - - c . ' - . ' . 1 . t- . i n' t - ..... . . ' " ' 1 1 1 . V VOL. CVI. No. 156. L1GAN CHAIRMANjSTOCIt lAWi BILL GOES faSBRES LEGION THAT THROyiGH VjTHOUT ANY WILL BE LEVIED EXEMPTIONS WHATEVER WILMINGTON, N. C4 SUNDAY MORNING; FEBRUARY 6 1921. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. benrose a xc v Taxing nanvii iui Cash Bonus. ...... pit MS yON'T PASS . NOW American People Favor Pro vision for Soldiers and Widows irASHTN'OTON. Feb. An Ameri- legion iieu'"-11"-'" ,v j ,tor Penrose of Pennsylvania, senate committee cnairman, ioaay mat 1, would favor increases in ieaerai ixation if necessary 10 provide ior e proposed cash bonus ror war .vet jns. He expressed doubt, however. hether the legisianun tuuiu ue pui Senator 1 on rose mu ociur iutvum- .r Republican, :orth JJakota, wno 1 . tin i charge ot trie Donus uui, were in- Uentatives. including F. W. Galbraith Cincinnati, national tuiiimauuer, ijna ilbert W. uettman, oi. Cincinnati, hainnan 01 uic cwiuuvo ;um- pjtti'f. tni3 eeuuiiB i;uuiiuiiioo vi lie legion will meet here Monday to iiscuss the situation. The opinion hat the American people iavor "aae-i Hiate provision ior soiaiers, tneir Wows ana reiauves, was expressea r Senator rcnrose to tne legion, rep resentatives. I further told the committee, said Senator Penrose, "that the country was a verv bad financial situation and ardlv able to meet its requirements U.d that revenue undoubtedly would all off to a very marked degree in the est fiscal year. "It the same time I conceded that it as the duty of the government to pro de the revenue for this patriotic pur-. nee and were it necessary ' that an killed tax bo levied, I would favor liese taxes at this short session, but was obvious that this is impossible." Senator Penrose said he found the gion's spokesmen "in a reasonable bd patriotic frame of mind.' - Hope for action on the bonus . bill k the present session was expressed to he legion delegation by Senator Mc umber. If no agreement can be eached regarding taxation necessary or the bonus provisions,; Setor4Mfi- 'umber said, the question could be left pen by deferring operation of the blli ntil the subsequent congress -could nact necessary legislation. . T ENJOY A SQUARE IJAKfCE Seriate Decrees'That Every Part of State Must Keep Up . ; Its Stock COURT BIBLE GERM Bill Passes Second Reading to Stop Kissing the Bible ! : in Oaths V Wallaee Peopjp, VounK and Old,' Hove Merry Evening (Special to The Star) . . - WALLACE. Feb. 5. One of the most movable affairs that has been staged a mis section for manv a dav was ii old-time square dance given by the 'ling men of the town E'ridav nieht. AH Hie older people of the town and ommunity took an unusual intercut. "iiieh helped to make it a grand suc- Some one said that the town had ?one on the dancing craze for" the rea- n mat trom the youngest, little A.h elurie llarrell, to the oldest ladies town, all were dancing and having a merry time. Another square dance s to be held on the 11th. ; 'IfS. J. N. 'Wells, who ha n hse.n rnn. fined to her room for some time, is sit- "ig up and doinc nicerv. G. H. Rob- nson, M ho has been in bed with uneu- moma since the first of the year, is now 'We to come down to his place of busl "w"fQr a fpw hours each day. Mrs. cplien Col well and Mrs. C. J.' Wil- HOW SLATE OF REPUBLICAN OFFICE-HOLDERS WILL RCW Morning;,, Star Bureau,. ' V, , , Yarbortmg'u Hotel. , . -;.....v By, R.' E. POWELL RALEIGH Feb." 5. After voting down all amendments offered by Sena tor Swain of Tyrrell, asking that cer tain sections of Hyde county, and other townships' In ; his district, be exempted from the operation of the law, the-sen-ate today passed the Elmer Long stock law bill which makes the law effective for the whole eastern section of the state. Despite the fact that the dis cussion took up much time, the vote on the proposition was not even close. ; , Early, in the session Senator Brown suggested that the vstock law and tick eradication be made a special order f6f next ""Wednesday, but some of the advocates of stock law did not want to jeopardize its passage by mixing t with 'the tick eradicators, so. it was finally agreed to make stock law ; a special order at the conclusion of the routine today. - The senate divided its consideration of stock law today with an enlivening discussion of whether or not 'possum hunters should be stopped from cutting down a tree on another man's land, and with the proposal of Senator J. Walter Lambeth of Davidson,' to elimi nate the necessity for kissing the Bible in taking an oath. The 'possum hunt ers lost out on the bill introduced toy Senator Kinsland of Haywood, which made it a misdemeanor for a man to cut timber on another man's land, and would not allow the defense that the" timber was cut in pursuit of jrame or to collect honey, to be offered as an excuse for cutting a tree. Varaer to Renene ... Senator Varser "immediately sensed that' the bill was aimed at the 'possum hunters,'.' and. vByrd. of . Harnett, . Hart sell of Concord, xarid others came to his rescue'. Senator Byrd jsaid that 'only Tf Asportation sure to yjOIN LOWER PRICE SWING Cheaper Freight and iPassenger Rates Bound :. to Come in the Widespread Revision of Prices in Everything Else . Labor Board Expected to Sustain Railroads' Plea for Wage Reduction Labor's View By HARDEN COLFAX . .. (Staff Correspondent of The ' Star. Copyright. 1921) , WASHINGTON, Peb. 5. Lower freight and passenger rates are on the way to the American people. They doubtless will ! be months in coming, but the downward revision of prices is in ' full swing , and transportation charges can - not withstand the move ment. ;- ? Summing up the situation about that i way, official Washington is pre pared to receive a decision from Chi cago next week in favor of the rail roads in their fight to reduce wages. It looks now as if a majority of the railroad labor board would vote that way: The transportation interests centered here confidently expect it; the labor leaders are fearful that it is bound to come and those govern ment officials who will talk at all say privately that they regard' it as almost inevitable. And the chances are that there will not be any railroad strike, although a very likely and spectacular demon stration probably -, would be made by labor, should the board's decision be unfavorable to the workers. Remote as the connection may seem now, the fight at Chicago is regarded here as -being the natural result of the - pressure of the economic law tending, almost irresistibly to bring the 'dollar back, nearly to pre-war pur chasing power. ."It is impossible to resist the work ing 'of : that law," , said a nationally prominent railroad Executive today. "The government; can not prevent its operation; the producers -can not; the carriers can not and labor can not. We might as well try to dam the tides as- to stop wa-es -from felling. We are working -backto normal all of us and- until, the dollar will purchase 100 cents worth of labor as well as 100 cents worth" of " commodities, we can - not expect " normal-times." ' Roads Want Lower Rates I ' have it' on .the authority of a-l man who has spoken, officially many times for the united .railroads of America that the railroad companies' are . more anxious to reduce theid freight rates and passenger fares than the public is to have them re duced. v .' . ' "You can say emphatically," he de clared, "that the railroads want to. reduce rates and fares and will do so as soon as they can get their financial affairs in such shape as to permit t." At the present time the financial af fairs of the railroads are depicted as being in deplorable condition. .. In the month of December the rail roads should have earned net ' $88, 000,000. The Interstate Commerce commission contemplated that the roads -would earn that much7 when it granted the . rates in last August. That, amount of net income would permit the roads to nay their Investors ..interest- at - the rate of 8 per cent a year on their money. Instead, the roads earned less than $23,000,000. .;That amount of net in come permits, them to pay interest at the rate of one and one-half per cent a year. , , . One reason, although not a major reason, why the roads' income fell off so sharply is that the traffic is taxed morethan it will -bear. Fewer (Continued on Page Three.) HARDIMG WILL RESUMED THIS WEEK HIS TALKS1 WITH THE 'BEST MINDS' He Has Done Absolutely, Nothing On All-Important ' Inaugural Address MUCH IS EXPECTED Both America and Europe Are ' Looking for Great' Deal ' of Information TIFTEEN MILLION FACE' DEMAND SETTLEMENT Blockade University i Loses Its Equipment (Special to The. Star) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. Prohibi tion Director John F. Kramer, told this story on North Carolina today: "The prohibition; director for Nbfth Carolina told me of the case of a certain individual who had set up a school of . distilling in the mountains. " This learned gentle man . had quite a number of 'stu dents' whom he was teaching the refined artf whiskey-making. One night his entire outfit was stolen, still and all. The next day the ""professor' went to the sheriff of the county and laid his complaint be fore him and requested that his still be restored to him. "Much to the surprise of the 'pro fessor,' he was lodged in jail and later given 'a heavy sentence in the penitentiary for violatinf? the Vol stead act." There are a number of people in the Old . North ' State, who believe that, the art oif whiskey-making, is a part' of their f religious duty and they cannot brlnr themselves to be lieve that there is any violation of the Jaw. lnt carrying on this work. And they, receive -encouragement and . are given distinguished consid eration 'by many good citizens in private, business , and-, professional circles of life. . .. CHAINS OF DEBT WILL BIND FOR GENERATION: GERMANS' FATHERLAND '3 Maximilian Harden Views th . Future arid Its Tremendous Burden of Debt By ROBERT T. SMALL (Staff Corrvspondent of The Morning; i Star Cvyria-ht 1021) ST AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 5. His two .weeks of playing in southern Florida- at an end, President-el-ct Harding: is to resume, here this week his "best mind" conferences. A vtst amount of work is ahead of the com ing, chief executive and less than four weeks remain before his inauguration The President-elect has done abso lutely nothing so far on his alt-important inaugural address. There is not the slierhtest donht that ' the people of the United States are ex-! 7 - , k pecting to get a great deal of infor- PCDIflllJV Dl iVCII I HOT T btpANY rLAitU, LUol Ing a clarification- of Mr. Harding's5 .... ....1 - a w .a m.mm views as to an association of nations. AMM flllVT D k V IV TUt chttc.Uorto'1.ame much AH U ItlUO 1 I A I I 10 I 111. confused as to the attitude of this - 7 .country during the ' presidential cam- nr llTllf PlIT Al lfllfl til EW;a:rrss; SENTIMENT OF VIVIANI speculation as to wjhat ne proposes in . , : f. - ,A ' th-i way of a substitute for the league ! r . ; , .: .' IST? Indemnity Seems; Huge, So ' "V"J ' UUWiVII llltUU. ill . ... aiso was tiavoc vvrougni in Northern -France DEATH BY STARVATION Famine Situation in China Has . Reached Terrible Crisis, Says Report ; WASHINGTON., Feb: B:The f amine situation in China has reached, such "a M-tmlm tha t: t E flOO flflft..' seonle'CjnaVv ,di arjWU Dig -xree,- lora ora yuooum i jnK t Q f n ASHIXGTON. Feb. 5. The slate 'r the North Carolina Republican offl Meekers runs about like this, accord- "? to tllp latfflt ronnrtf TPi-i- monliil " l-the WPStfrn' flipfl-tft Pi-niirnlnm j: , , - - - - - v v . , A c. II rv XX. Mlkll.KJ barker; and prohibition director. D. Dorset, of Spencer. ' ; ; siate for the east is not ready. 'S Said that AT,. T l.. 1 J w .. uiuuc; w m uiu. Mentor because he can take car of !s "faith in that iob. wmilil hav. s office at Winston-Salem and his "Meat Rr,nn t. t, .,. Hnit v""r' 'wis now as n sax. 10'ton woi,d be district attorney, i - ,lnN. HJtKITZBERG DEAD .' rHT,T'",,,al to Th ' Btmr) E r. feo. a. Mrs. Aaaria aini v 7, ' w iuuw pi jtvev. ur. mi rch ,i 'itZberK of the Methpdist SpartanK yesterday . at her home in late M i r ,r," i? r, J- irDy ot opanan- " Chari , nreitzoerg resiaea C or 4 r fUr yea"' he beinfif (h,.!. .ot Tryon Street church. Dr. W "?,l.rB died in 1920, Mrs, Chreits Wth f,ve children surviving hirh. OTTE HOTEL CHANGES ohan: -.. . . "neon j- u . " iniDiceuiii y. h r0tel c,rcle took place to- ') g. yn f0 ta. -arzelare, manaeer of the r several years, goes to the oavannnh n r. j a n "n'" r A s:er at tne Mecklenburg UrMarf ntty left will succeed Mr. kl-nhMr v' fndrewB- c,erk a th ' Hoim becarne manager there ;,reia H,,, , Barran ' and Wilson, k'cnbJp6" 1easinE: the Selwyn and 0ln " "ATES POSTPONED : S in rZ h Sunday school conven Hdav a "'P Methodist church, today, Bibi, ,ana Tuesday,, the Lydia Yates '"nthlv Is -W'U1 POBtPone its regular lay. Fehr, ess meting until' Tues. ''nn B"okennagen and- Charles '"on . 'v arrested yesterdav after- tzp, ater and Dock streets. 'CW i , ,T an affray. Both were 1,1 jail, la default of bull. hunter would know that nothing but a kitten would cJimt a big tree. The bill nut the - violation, of this law - in . the hands of "the superior -court, whereas it is .now with the "magistrates, and. the senate decided it was. just exactly where 1 should be. Consequently the 'possum hunters won, out and the bin was killed 5 The proposal to eliminate kissing the Bible came up at the close of the ses sion, and passed its second reading before Sumner Burgwin interposed his objection. Reading the bill brought Lambeth- to his - feet -who. yielded the floor to Sol Gallert The Rutherford man recited his - famous poem, -vhich went' into details to show that , the germ was constantly alert for mankind The poem . brought ttie senate chamber td closer attention than all the oratory of the session has'done, and at its con cession Gallert merely announced that he was for the bill.. Under the spell of the poem, perhaps, the nill passed its second reading, but when Luns Long, presiding, offered the proposition for third reading, Sumner Burgwin suffi ciently f recovered from the spell of Qallert's . poetry to . interpose an objection.'-:.: . ..-;'-;.' ." i . Scoff at, : Microbea . iThe ' JCbrthampton i man 1 thought it foolishness. He did not believe the germ was as bad as it was pictured by "these new fangled theorists."- He did not think it would be possible to make the negro of eastern Carolina tell the truth unless he kissed- the Bible. Not believing it would promote the health it pf-ofessed to promote in its -title, ani considering.it just another, means of breaking away from the old traditions, Burgwin wanted to let folks know that he was opposed to?it. Some of the other senators doubted the -solemnity of the kiss at the close of . the r oath. - They thought it was just ' about afi solemn to smell the Bible at the conclusion, and - Just as' effective. . It , was this crowd" which put the measure across on the second reading. It will come up for - final passage on Monday, .-- - ' Senator Swain had his amendments exempting certain townships in, his district ready when the stock law bill came up. ; He immediately offeredT them and made an impassioned plea for their adoption. k His oratory, was constantly punctuated by questions from different parts of the house. Stanley Winborne, hearing the Tyrrell man say he . was representing the wishes of his people in offering these amendments, asked if he did not come from a seven-county rfirHrr'and if the majority of the peo ple there did not want , the stock law. He admitted this was : true, but said there were natural barriers in .the shape of rivers and swamps which made' the stock law in th'ose sections Unnecessary. ." f K ' ' 1 -r.'.- " v" f . : Twenty-Mile .Fence v Swain got Into a , discussion with Nash, of Richmond, about the length of the fence Hyde county would have to build if it was " exempted.? Swain thought only a few miles, but Nash, who , declared he lived in that section for many years, was of the opinion' it would take 20 miles. ; The senate finally refused to mpass the exempting amend ment and also the second one offered to allow the people in these sections jto vote on -the question, passing the bill by 29 to 6. Some of the . six . voting against' the measure . explained . that they were r stock law, but did j not want' to cram civilisation down: the throats . bfv other people, who did -not want it. , , " . - v-,- . v Several of the members who ex plained their votes declared that they were willing tor stand by any senator in a local matter, but; that thei.d n.ot thin a local measure. Neither could, they hold with the Tyrrell man ing ' to ' information received toaay by the state department. ( . - rAnother famine . equally .severe -;-ihay arise . -next - fall - unless . food is made available to the Chinese farmers, - who are' practically unable .to undertake . the spring plowing, a statement-issued by the department said. - ! ' The"; Chinese are - doing all In their power, to .relieve the- situation, - the statement 'added, and it is- estimated that 15,000,000 will be obtained for; re lief by surcharges -imposed orj the rail way, telegraph and postal, services. Red Cross funds amounting , to -$1,000,-OOO' will - help 85,000 persons 20Q days, it was stated. " ". " Otncial reports, the -statement said, show that every economy is being prac ticed in adminlsteVing and distributing relief. ' ' . . IS FOUND 1JNCONSCIOUS OF RAIL QUESTIONS Railroads Ask Immediate Filing of Protest to Propositions . ; Mr.. Harding expects to make a definite statement of his International scheme ! V. -rrll J. ,,n- ' . no tt m iiiyc iu avuuiuuiisn a . Kreai i ideal during, the -limit' of more than I three weeks which remains for this ' preparation for the Dresidoripv. TCo hm V T m v what an association of nations should be, but the . plan was far from com pleted when he left Marlon and he his given the subject but little if any thought during his vacation trip down the Indian river,' and return. Treat League Generally - The best information available at I this , time is that . Mr. Harding may in:' general; terms--in ' his inaugutal ad. aress.i, ieaying the x mattejr for consid ry. 'bf the Association of 'Ra.ilwa.tr 1 Executives, protesting against further! delay, in action on his request for im-i uicaiaie aorogatiorr fs-the - national Working agreements. : 7 v, General Atterbury's letter, addressed to B. T. Whiter," chairmah of the carriers'- committee before the7board, said he was informed J.the "employes had asked' further postponement' of their reply to the Atterbu-ry request. At the office of B.' M. -Jewell, t"epresentl ng the railroad . employes affiliated with .the CHICAGO, -: Feb. S.--Hailroad repre sntatives7todav flleH witv .twa labor ' board. ; a lette,rfoi - Mr; Harding' . takes the - grdund that there is no particular need for hurry with his plans for &n association ot nations. He feels .that Europe is going ahead- and arranging her affairs in-her own way, ; The" German reparation has been fixed without American represen tation t and 'Will be .collected unques tionably in the. same way. J. . ; One- qf Mr. Harding's conferences of the next ten days will be with. Sena tor .Media McCbrmick of Illinois, who American Federation of . La'bor, it was i recntly - returned . from.. , survey of said no such postponement was con tempiated and .Members' of the board said they had received no such request "This is not 'in any sense a protest against Mr.. 'Jewell -having-his . say in court,: GeneraVAtterbury's letter said. "I fully appreciate the desire and ob ligation of the labor board to dealVith ooth parties In utmost fairness Europe. While Mr. McCormick was in Europe ; some question, arose Nas . to Whether or not He had been sent abroad as a. representative of the ALLIES ARE UNITED Peoples Fought War , in Common and in ' Peace Are En- i Harmonious . ; y RKKbIviVJ AI ; r, ' (Special Cfhlfe., to The Star- Copyright, iSAiUS3eEi5-nc roofed trjehdship" of the allled peoples has been' reflected in the solidarity bf their governmentSv'The '.;'omewhat sharp discussions' at - the . first' sessions of 'the Paris conference "should' not, for a moment,' have raised; the, fear that the conference would. break up in dis cord. The allied - peoples .fought the war in common and found- themselves Inspired by 'almost. "a common1 soul, and even if their governments; welre hostile, which Is untrue, the peoples are so en tirely harmon(ious: thatrtheywould pre vent any disunity. ' , . These peoples have examined the fu ture and counted the risks, inherent to agreement or rupture ; and: they have realized that- only through- unity can 4k 1 .U- H i. I 1 A - J Freslaent-eiect. Mr. Harding denied i (,.,i., K. i ln tne treaties. Thus, reason, as well as sentiment,' has-been served by that great spirit of world democracy which, though, it does net know everything. that this was so, and emphasised the denial by falling to invite the senator from Illinois to. the earlier - confer ences at Marion. The two men met at But if Mr. Jewell were required to Palm Beaoh recently, however, and Charles Cooper, San- Antonio, In Fay ettevilie Hospital (Special to The Star) FAYETTEVTLLE, ' Feb. 5. Charles Cooper, of San Antonio. Texas, wno was found in an unconscious condition on the national hightway three miles north of Fayettevllle, is-U? a local hos pital. His condition was declaredto be improved today. He was found or! the road late Thursday by Deputy Sheriff West and was .brought to the county jail here. The man is said to have had a bottle of acid, or some other drug1, on his" person, and a Btomach pump was used botn ' at ttie jail and after he was taken to the hospital." One of a number of Fayetteviile men who have befriended him -said today that in his opinion Cooper had not swallowed any of the contents qf the bottle, but that he wafe merely suffer ing from exhaustion and lack of food, having declared on regaining con sciousness that he had not eaten in a long time. From letters .on Kis person the man was found to be a Hebrew, and mem bers of his race, being informed of the circumstances, promptly came " to - his aid and have done everything In .their power for the unfortunate man. They are Of "the opinion that Cooper was out of work and being oo proud to 4 beg, went without food until he collapsed. SOUTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IN SESSION make his answer on Monday next, he would have had an entire . week in which to prepare it. Under all these circumstances,. I think we are fully justified in -protesting' against any mis luse of the right to be heard, for the purpose or having the effect of de laying the time when the board can. with propriety, give relief to which the railroads and the. public are entitled." ; Mr. Jewell's reply was scheduled for last Thursday, but Upon his request, it was postponed until next Monday, when the. board convenes the fifth week of the hearing. GREENWOOD, S. C, Feb. 5. Faculty representatives of the South Carolina Intercollegiate Athletic association ' in annual meeting here today, adopted the constitution, and rulings of the South ern Intercollegiate Athletic, association. Dr. William Riggs of Clemson college, was re-elected president, and ; Prof. L. S.-Lettellier, of the Citadel, Charleston, secretary.'- 1 -.-0- ": -' ''. ' ;' Z BLlTB - LAWS LAUGHED OUT MILWAUKEE, Feb.' 5. W. A. Brady, theatrical produoer, ; president - of1 the National Association of Motion Picture Industries, said on his arrival here to-: day. that the association is not waging, a fight against the. blue laws. r - "There is' no fight. .. There Is nothing to" flight: . The blUe laws " have ' been laughed: out, of . court," he said. '.; "The public ;dld all' the fighting there vwas any necessity for.";. ' ,:;r.ir-r-''-. '"' ' & f MONARCHY - TALK IS . TABOO fv V BUDAPEST, Feb. 4 Premier Teleky, replying to an interpellation in' the assembly today, declared ' the gSvern ment proposed to eliminate the ques tion of restoration" of monarchy" from parliamentary, discussion and. prom ised Jto .prohibit any .person .from, dis ReminatinE" oropa-randa n the subject, The assembly then,, by a vote -of 119 to STAMPING STUDENTS BREAK . DOWN GYMNASIUM GALLERY 1 DENVER,, Col., Feb." 6. More than,' a dozen persons were injured today when a. balcony -in -the-., north Denver high school gymnasium fell during a bas ketball game, ; plunging: a hundred spectators to, the floor 10 feet below. The accident ' occurred when stamping by" students"- loosened the ceiling sup ports of the balcony. WANT GENERALS CONFIRMED . WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. 'Another ef fort to secure-- confirmation of ; major generals and brigadiers nominated Jbyk President Wilson .was. promised in the. senate today - by Senator Robinson, Democrat of Arkansas. '"In"- further criticism of the 'Republican opposition to confirmation,- Senator Robinson said that next "week, if necessary to . secure formal record, he would move for ah executive, session of the senate. ANTHONY MEMORIAL ARRIVES WASHINGTON,. Feb. s! -The; suffrage memorial statute ;of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady- Stanton and Liiceretla Mott, pioneers in the women move ment reached the capitol today for un veiling in the rotunda -February,' 15: Thirty-six natlonaV women's organiza tions give 'it. as a,' tribute, to their lead ers in the Jonp fight for sufferage. Jane Ad dams, of Chlcag-o,. will preside at the unvemnsr ceremony. . . ,k . i-.-m r ''. ' ".'"'."'"' '-''r ' . ' ''"" '.' . ;. .":-'.' OPPOSE 3UTY WAGE REDUCTION COPENHAGEN, V yet). 5.Delegates from the Dapish,- 'Slavish,' Norwegian and - Finnish .''trade unions,, at a meet big in Stockholm -yesterday, decided "to refuse ' the - demands , for reduction in "the wagep .f the workers they, repre sented, and ah increase in their work--ing iours. It - wa declared - the, duty ot the various : governments to And 'pu'bllc . werfe -;;.f of 1 'the. 'unemployed or to pay -sufljeienf' allowances to all persons out of work : ?- : .,'' 'X -;-V' 4 : '(Oontinuii -S.;Tmi; 7 IV approved. the Kov.rnaeut-. decUipxu day MUST LEAVE OFF UNDJORM ' PARIS, Feb. 3. The authorities of Munich, Bavaria," have; asked the allied Officers Jthere riot. to. appear,. in.uniXorm in the streets, according to reports? reaching, the -.French loreign office to- Mr; Harding then asked Mr. McCor mick.to come to St. Augustine to go over the European situation with him. - What the : nation really is looking for " in the inaugural address is - a steadying and an encouraging word on business. There-Is every reason to believe Mr. Harding is going to give much serious attention to this subject, and the forthcoming St. Augustine conferences will ; nave to" do. largely with the Industrial ana economic sit uation. The .President-elect is fully aware that business renabilitation and economic readjustment are ''the press ing matters of the moment. . Want , Polities Adjourned. During' theperiod or readjustment it is very, apparent that tne people of the United States would like to see poll tics adjourned. . " . The writer has talked since the elec tion with many Democrats of .promU nence and has founa every one. of them nof only willing but anxious to; pitch In and lielp the new administration to getraway to an auspicious start. Men like Edward N. Hurley of Chicago, for mer ohairman of the snipping board, and Bernard M. Baruch, of New York, and: William Jennings. Bryan himself, are all hopeful for the sake of the country that Mr. Harding may be granted the. wisdom to. say the . right things and do the rirht things, during the first three months of his adminis tration. They regara this period as the critical time n-ot only for . Hard ing's political future, nut for the wel fare of the people or, the United States. Even so keen a partisan as .Governor Cox is urging that congress shall drop politics for the time -being and. let the new administration have full sway. . -There, was a hope shared by. Senator Harding himself that the congress now pn its short session .would feel a pa triotic ' Impulse pnd lex partisan con siderations laps? for the time being but the resentment ; in' congress to ward President Wilson is- so bitter and so deep-rooted it -had been impossible to frame a legislative program look ing -to- helpful accomplishments be cause of the fear of some bf the lead ers that- the' administratloh of Wood row; Wilson - would get i some iheed' of credits Jpr.- the work."; "Congressional leaders have 'had to-admit frankly-that this was the case.-- Senator Harding's Expressed desire ih Ws farewell ad dress to the senate that the present session should be a session . of deeds rather-than1 words has had to go by the board.'... Senators -and members alike have sal that they preferred to wait until; the Harding administration could get full credit for any construc tive legislation .framed under- Repu-b-lican auspices. -'v.-t? -- -. , ' Time for Actios . Soon . j -. Rut fortunately business and the country generally, had expected Uttle ta be .accomplished , between the .elec-r tion and the fourth of March, The lat ter date now is r' rapidly approaching , , continued, oa Page Three. ? EXPRESSES A HOPE - v ssnn-MasnnMsi Sees in the Changing Years" Final Agreement That May -k Bring-Relief - v ;.' .1 ' ' ! Hi '4 'St -i hi m it h -t :Jt ft ""'41 !' I ', . - ;i -..-.'.' i ii . tt : 1 a; i '.V.r'W '':: 'Kt: . . Si I' 7 ':5; J ;..vi? -;;!i' knows the art Of heart-to-heart com munication. 'Indeed, the allied peoples look still' further-; they realize that world 'peace must be founded on a final basis because the war would be without a decision and without a moral if It had not taught this lesson of jus tice. Consequently they never deubted but that an agreement would be reach ed by their plenipotentiaries. . -German Fn'y Expected The publication of the conference's resolution is followed by Germany's official opinion, expressed in the reich stag- by von Simons, after it was fore shadowed by-the .indignant protests of the German press. We are indifferent to Germany's fury and indignation. and we are not taken in by this com edy, following the other comedy which has been running two years, consisting of an effort- by Germany to convince the world of her distress. Von Simons regards the Paris resolutions as prop ositions made by the entente to Ger many. Naturally, if they were proposi tions, the door would be open to' counter-propositions.. But . they are some thing else. The time for discussion is over the hour for . action is here and proof; that It was not a question of propositions to be rejected or modified is the allied 'provision for meajxs of enforcement in case, Germany doe's not execute the decrees. Hence - Germany can not have the illusion that sh may gain more time for interminable dis cussions,! nor that those who, for two years hav.e been under the burden of enormous taxation, .will tolerate a con tinuance - of this comedy which soon would become - a tragedy. . The resolutions Plainly fix the total of reparations. Germany deems them excessive, butit was not expected that she would consider them acceptable. It is quite - true that . the figure is one which, before' the war was . beyond imagination but,' also, before the war nobody could hav.e .imagined the mad massacre of-destruction which German imperialism .inflicted on France and the - world-by" destroying our ten de partments . which economically repre sents - from One-half to two-thirds of the wealth of France. 'The Germans gave no thought to tht reparations . which - they would have, to make. Filled4 with' the' pride and con tempt of justice that marks all their history they thought they would win and Impose demands, themselves. ' . Germany Most Pay Germany jplayed and lost and must pay. . American public A opinion seems disturbed, not becau.se we are exercis ing our .rights parenthetically we lose because we don't clainv the whole total of -our damages-Jbut because of the v12 per cent tax on export which, if I am not mistaken now. amount to ten bil lion fraaceg 'annually.;.; The only Just plan, howevel. is -one" allowing for both Germany's . present ' laek of treasury funds, and her; future paying capacity, which has been developing, surprising- ly since the armistice-; - - , . Germany, preparing .for voluntary (Continued on Page Two) By MAXIMILIAN HARDEN ; " (Special Cable to The Star. Copy-' right, 1921) BERLIN, Feb. 5,--When you. my boy.t' whom we ; are baptizing today without " clergyman or. church ceremony, are In t'iu your 40th year have grown up children '"". ana are pulling the first gray hairs from your temples, even- then v your fn fViorlonrl - r1T1 - V a . 4 v . w debtor's .jail wherein' for the last 271 months he has been imprisoned. ; ; ? For, during . 42 years many.-billions are to be paid to your conquerors,' some years three billions; later six. Even if your little head, already seamed and wrinkled like that of an old man, from the suffering and misery,., surrounding your tiny . bed, could un-y derstand the figures, we should not ad vise you to reckon the total ot tho. debts two hundred . and twelve er four hundred and twenty-four billion marks. . 'Even ? an experienced banker. ' can hardiy distinguish between such ' sums. For these marks are to be gold while we,' poor beggars, have only ija-'; per and we shall - have to print teni -paper marks to make one imaginary,--gold mark. So two hundred and twelve are to us 2,120,000.000,000 and before such a-mountain . of figures even the Alpine climbers of the great banks are breathless. ". . . . - ': When Germany, in 1871 demanded five billion francs from .France the French representatives said that only. a person who began , counting at the,"? birth of Christ could ever finish count-; ing such a huge sum, and Bismarck " answered that therefore he had brought ' along a je wish banker whose reckoning had not begun alt Christ's . birth. - - . '' v When., you reach high school they will try to prove to ybu, by comparing industrial - trade statistics,, what won- .' - V'Z, ;"ifl! derful. progress humanity -made In our., century.; But, ..vnlyri'Jthjfcwflidtl- jnains -the same" as' oh- your baptismal ' "dajr there will -be the : gray and wlii te , world t Judges . who, from time to tlrde .! got. together and , from' whom always the. same melody i th same words like those of an old. phonograph record: .. - Germany's Indietment , -"Germany was :.: the( attacker; she changed .blooming - countrysides into desert wastes, created armies, of crip- , pies, widows and orphans, and after her defeat she signed a treaty promis ing to compensate all loss. ( Inasmuch ' . 7 ;.' as she rejects all -demands as impos- " V '-.-'; sible of fulfillment even those whose , -fulfillment proves to tho contray L -'.',' she does , not make a single proposal ' -herself, but Is again flirting with mon- - ' archism, militarism and', revenge is - i ".! again glorifying Wllhelm and von. - . Bethmann-Holweg, and spending enor- 1 - mous sums on Imported luxuries, horse -. - racing, champagne, tea, coffee, etc. She makes no attempt .to conceal her , sumptuous feasts while thousands of (her children are living on foreign . charity. For all these reasons we must , act energetically to force, payment. " ;' Any impartial buftiness man would s call a creditor a dupe, who let himself be called a leech and hypocrite by the . ' self-same man who squandered his money - and who, whenever he was asked to pay, repeated the same litany t ' about misery and ruiri.' ' That " is unanswerable. . The con- querors demand about 100 billlonX marks which Germany had already of-'?'. fered, with reservations at Versailles,'- : and they declare- the depreciation - of the German currency which makes -a great differerce- between gold and pa- " per marks. Is not their, fault.. : But, a ! yve are unable to pay immediately, tile . with intrest, makes the. figures agreed .;Y-. ;,' upon in Paris. "'' ;-V " ;-'".; " '"' ". -i.-.- ''-"'' '! For the purpose . of controlling . Ger- v.. man export ' trade and preventing dumping, a 12 per cent tax is imposed which not only provides an income ; for our editors but permits their inter- j;j ference with German trade. '' 'h, Whoever has - a sense, of duty and -1 ''. sees the necessity of alleviating in eV- . ' ery possible way c the terrible devas-. '',' , tation In northern France and the re- : "--tp- " " suits of other horrors will not -deny : .S - the justice of- this reasoning. With: N. Ki 7 the heip of German experts it mus"t;- y be proven that the amount, of damage ' $ ' ' i has been correctly reckoned. ; No. Just -;.,V'V' 4; man will dispute that the proceeds Of ,' the export tax -and the .amounts, al- JV f iji ready paid should be subtracted from",''.v . '- ' the total.. If we were' freed of the v. -. r nT-ii cV, fnrr arJK KltfttT lir1oTl . tit fni-ltl . ' "W" I occupation, and could borrow . from ;;- .'V v America, with the "approval of the al-.,iit lies who; would be entitled to supervise our exterior finances, about 'two bil lion dollars, enabling us ; to pay ouro flrst annuity- and purchase, necessary '.'; ; foodstuffs and raw materials, without" C 'j ! r further- inflation, we' then, could man' ,'' - ;"T-.. age the next live-years with the quiet v'; conscience of a poor-but industrious . V nutn who is striving with all - his --;'-;' Bugh't to repay'- his . debts. That we must pay about "three billion marks f j yearly must have been clear to every body, and now we must, by our earnest '" ' ' work and economical life overcome the ' : discrepancy ; between gold "and- paper '.'.s marks. - ' V '-. ' .-. ' '-' ''.-. :f ':' '-.. .'y-f,'V"-.: The World Will Change -- Thinking about years . beyond 1924 7? . f and-1927- and - blowing the trumpets- of ,'': ;' moral- indignation because -we must carry 'mountainous burdens from '1932 v--, I to 1963 seems . senseless -to '.roe.- Hur - U manity is 7 ever changing. Houses, which! today are -built ' for tho young will' not be hospitable for the old.. By i$ 1926, indeed, the wnole world win nave ; 7'v k 1 1 it ';i i; 1! 1 1 f H It if bi it ; t- I 1 - -' , 1; ... V B tii in-. it 13 ;b 'f.,i I"?'" '7 ..- mi ;-'r-.; v'. '" '; .v; 1 .1. F.' fc9 ? ft -;. t-; m ; 1 ' ", - t. S if v quite f a d liferent aspect- and - tne aay . , j : " i,. 1: , f i when 4 Briahd's clever sUging , insured ;.'- ,V " j 1 1 ! I 4 the entehtea inflexiblei unity and 'of- V, , ! ? fered a - Jacob's ladder of brilliant - V r ' j 1 i rungs -of tfgttres Jo-the French imagi-'' .,-'.. ;r , V f naton. while lifting Trom the British lion's already, greying name at least (Continued on Page Two) ;-, ; : .4- cr; 1 - III fur U , 1 i ' I ! rt' ' 1. f ft: ll ,1 , !-:!.. a .1 1 'I : 17 1 k-t- 1 "
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