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International Currency nosh.
Iti'fcmatlonal currency propaganda
la behalf of International bankrupts
1b International humbug.
I (..the League of Nations were any
longer of Importance, and It isn't, the
Conference of Parliaments might urge
till the cows come home that It adopt
on Interim tlonal currency, but no
balanced brain In the league could
tver3 jfnnglne that such a scheme would
uncover value where value does not
exist".
If elevtu men out of a dozen
haven't a penny while the twelfth
mnn;tuis a dollar pooling the solitary
dollar among the dozen wouldn't add
dollars, couldn't add a red cent, to
thelrtombined possessions of one iron
boy.In exactly the same way amal
gamating good, bad and indifferent
credit or good, bad and Indifferent
currency will yield exactly as much
pooa .in inc wnoic as mere was Be
fore -in all the parts, not one whit
more; and exactly as much bad ns
therejfWns before, not one whit less.
British currency Is now at a dis
count In our own country of about 20
percent, French fmncs G3 per cent.,
Itallfljxllro 76 per cent., German
'marks 01 per cont. If those countries
went1 Into an International currency
pool Great Britain's lntormitlonn.1
currency power Instead of being down
about 20 per cent, from normal In this
country would bo down perhnps 60
perccnt. France's- and Italy's and
Germany's would bo up up by Just
as much value as was diluted out of
the present British currency power
nnd trickled through the interna
tlotial percolator into the now color
less substance of those other coun
tries. That would be all.
Art international currency would
nly .serve to transform tbe Euro
pean nations using It into one pur
chaser still short of purchasing power,
It still would have to meet the tie
mantis of the selling countries In
respect of this question the real
problem It would bo as useless as an
International bond issue. It would be
as useless as a German bond Issue
handed over to, tbe Allies for them
to try to convert Into, gold In richly
stocked selling markets all over the
world.
Unless the United States and South
Ametlcan countries and those coun
tries of Europe which were neutral
during the war, nnd arc solvent and
rich now, got under an international
bond issue the international bonds
woid have no standing in those ricm
r ndsolvcnt countries whose resources
tbe Urn of the European members of
the Lenmio of Nations Is to tan. Tin-
essi those solvent nnd rich countries
wer$ under the international cur
rency Issue they wouldn't accept it
as legal tender. If it were not ac
cepted 'ns legal tender the countries
having the international currency
'could not ns a whole buy any more
In the countries having for sale the
things they now wnnt to buy without
ooyt-free. gold, without much credit
and without much more hope.
, This country is not in the League
of Rations, never will ,be In the
JCague of Nations as It Is constituted,
rod'-never would be in any league- of
nations which conld compel it, In
jlect, to throw Its good gold basis
dollars into n pool along with the
hundreds of billions of more 6r less
worthless printing press paper dollars
of bankrupt' countries and peoples.
So fong as the United States Is out,
with other solvent nnd rich countries
similarly out, mere couiu DC no inter-
.... . .. ( .
national currency worm a great ueni
mojce than cigar lighters.
For better, however, than any In
ternational currency Issue or any
International bond issuewould It be
for Europe, whether the strong nnd
the weak or the well and the sick, if
tbe Conference of Parliaments or the
ministers of finance or th& trenlna of
.banking houses worked out and got
eniorcea a pian lor orasnc uovern-
ment retrenchment In all European
countries. International bond Issues
or international currency, lntrna
tlonol credits or International alms
giving, they are not going to- have
good financial standing, they are not
going to get on their economic feet.
Uiov are not coins to have enough to
cat and drjnk nnd wear until their
Governments quit printing paper
money by the ton nnd spending
like drunken sailors.
It
Fay the. Fen Offlco Employee Uv
Ibi Fay Bd Do It at Once.
Fourteen months ago Congress ap
pointed a Joint committee to Investi
gate the pay schedules of tho Post
Office Department.
When tbey began their Inquiry
the member of tho committee knew
generally what everybody else who
has any knowledge of tho subject
knows, that tho post office pay was
too low, and that because the pay was
too low the service could not hold tbe
men It needs or attract other men.
The committee has finished Its hear
ings and is writing ite report. There
Is now fear in the postal service that
the presentation of the report may
be delayed so long that action cannot
be tnkenon this subject by Congress
In Its present Fcsslon.
If such n delay occurs, if the re
port of the committee Is withheld
until It Is too late for Congress to
revlso the Post Office Department pay
schedule, n grave wrong will be done
to the thousands of employees of
the Post Office Department who have
Hayed loyally on the Job, struggling
to make both ends meet on salaries
and wages notoriously Inadequate
anil striving to give satisfactory ser
vice to the public
Tlicso men have stayed faithfully at
their posts while the cost of living
has advanced by leaps nnd bounds,
and no corresponding pay increase has
lieen granted to them. They have
worked to the limit of human endur
mire with staffs short handed, be
cniiFc the postal service could not get
workers to enter It for the pay It
otfered. Tbey have suffered and
their fnmlllea have suffered because
the Government has not paid tbem
what It ought to pay them.
This Is nn aspect of tbe matter
commonly understood; there Is an
other not usually considered.
Because the Government bus not
paid salaries and wages high enough
to keep Its trained post office em
ployees in the service, and because It
has not offered pay sufficiently high
to attract new men to handle the
ever Increasing postal business, the
whole post office system Is crippled,
and It Is not an exaggeration to say
It Is near the point of collapse.
Skilled men, experienced men, men
who have spent years in the sen-Ice
and know Its intricate, toilsome re
quirements, are resigning, and for
monthB have been resigning, by the
dozens rmdby the scores, nnd bj the
nunurea.1.
All over the country the same
story is told; from carriers to assist
ant postmasters, men are getting out ;
men who want to stay in, but who
cannot afford to; men who like the
work, but who cannot live on tBe pay
it offers. As these men go nobody
comes forwnrd to take their places.
Already the condition is serious.
It is constantly and rapidly growing
worse. A calamity tbe practical
breakdown of the whole postal ser
vice is not only possible, but it Is
within tho limits of easy probability.
And It can be nverted only by prompt
action by Congress, which should In
slat on an Immediate report from Its
investigating committee, and should
act on that report wisely and fore
slghtedly without delay.
Post office salaries should be re
vised upward ir Justice to the men
ana women tne Government now un
dcrpayu, and for years has under
paid; nnd post office salaries must be
revised upward If the people of the
United States are to continue to have
any postal service at all.
A New Public.
In the amusement season now
d ratting to a close substantial proof
has been given of the existence here
of a new set of patrona who may bo
relied on to support liberally tbe of
fering's lnnnuslc and tho drama which
appeal to them. They are the Bu-
slnn8 who are now so numerous In
this city. Possibly the Influence of
their growing Importance to the en
trepreneurs Is feltchiefly In the world
of music They have in their quarter
of the town the dramas which appeal
to. them possibly more than the aver
age American show. But there are
also certain styles of dramatic offer
Ings in English which they enjoy.
The. disposition to support their
own artists was snown nrst wnen
certain singers began to draw audi
ences composed In large part of the
Busslans settled In this city. These
singers were not slow to put on their
programmes Bongs which might find
nn echo in the hearts of their new
hearers. So the power of certain
Hussion musicians to draw largely
on the local colony of their com
patriots was soon recognized: This
loyal support was not confined to the
concerts of tbelr favorites. Russian
opera which had relied on the sup
port of musicians If on any spe
cial body for Its encouragement at the
Metropolitan Opera House soon began
to attract the Busslans who had
within recent months grown 'sufll
ciently prosperous to indulge this
taste. Tbe production of "Eugsne
Onegln" received the support of this
new 'element of operagoers, and so
have representations of "Boris Go
dounoff." f
The theatrical representations which
ITfE SUN
bring these strangers up townare su-
ally ot the more serious character.
The long run of Annua Bomum's
fine realization of Titoy's "The Liv
ing Corpse," known here' as "Redemp
tion," was saade possible tsrauch tho
support of the Russian colony. The
series ot Ibsen plays at the Plymouth
Theatre was also a sufAcleat magnetto
bring tbem up town. Dancing Is an
other form of art that delights tbem.
Indeed, It was tbe experience of two
Russian dancers' In this city that first
called attention to tho support which
may come from these expatriates.
These artists were not ot worldwide
fame, although tbe name of one stands
at tho head of tho founders of the re
cent blend of dance, miming and music
known as the Russian ballet Several
years ago a ballet troupe made up
of the best known of the Russian
dancer with tho decorations of tbelr
own painters as backgrounds, lan
guished in this city under the Indiffer
ence of our public. Still more chill
ing was its experience In other towns.
But in those days the Russians were
not a factor la any local amusement
enterprises. Either they were not
sufficiently numerous or tbey could
not afford such luxuries.
Now tbey throng tbe theatres, oc
cupy the most expensive seats and
are entirely able to live up"to their
reputation ns a new but Importnnt
colony In tho art metropolis of this
country.
Xusslaa Trade Is Soviet Trade. J
Despatches from Copenhagen say
Ing tbe Soviet trade delegation has
turned Its back on the Allies and de
cided to break off negotiations be
cause the Allies would not accept the
Lttvinoff personality or meet the Rus
sian conditions for n trade rapproche
ment emphasize the futility of the
American proposal to resume trride
with Russia at tbe risk of the trader
and without any recognition, formal
or other, of the power regnant,
whether it be Soviet or something
else. If we wont to stay out of that
trade we can, but If we want to get
In we have to accept Russian political
conditions as we find them.
Lloyd Geobqe, tbe British Prime
Minister, has chosen M. Lirviworr as
a pawn with which to manipulate the
general Russian situation In the hope
that thereby he can move the United
States to change Its attitude. But
President TVilbok never changes his
mind, and the British Government 1b
not making a dent in tbe stubborn
ness of the Sorlet's masters.
The Idea of refusing to do business
with a country which Is n vast store
house of national wealth, as Russia Is,
simply because one Individual months
ago circulated Soviet propaganda in
England while on nn official mission
is ridiculous. The Soviets have the
upper hand. They are doing business
with the Scandinavian countries.
They are doing business elsewhere.
No matter what form of government
Russia may have it does not change
the taste of her grain or tbe quality
of the ores and hides she can furnish
to those that want them. No mattor
what we wont to do or are going to
do about Russia we might as well look
these facts In tbe face.
Columbia's Valuable Extentloa
Teaching Work-
Columbia University through Its
department of extension teaching
issued some time ago its 1020 revised
list of home study courses in Romance
languages French, Italian and Span
ish. A general statement concerning
theso, courses makes filaln that here
Is offered no royal road to knowledge,
no skip stop trip to a valuable end.
The courses have no reference, It is
pointed out, to academic credit or de
grees, but students who have satis
factorily done a definite Amount of
study corresponding to an equivalent
of work done In residence at the uni
versity may receive a certificate Issued
by the registrar on the approval of
the director of extension teaching.
Tho usefulness of such a certificate
to a student seeking employment
where knowledge of a foreign lan
guage would .count Is -manifest.
"These courses," says Dr. L. H.
Alexander, who has general super
vision of them, "are not Intended to
be a substitute for residence work.
In every community, however, there
are individuals who for reasons
known to themselves are compelled
to abandon or postpone their aca
demic work and who are reluctant to
drop it entirely. There are also
many persons whose circumstances
will not permit them to adjust them
selves for any considerable time to n
formal system of Instruction."
It Is on behalf ot tbe latter class
that our present Interest In this mat
ter Is aroused : young men end women
necessarily employed at wage earning.
who have the wish and gumption to
undertake hard study with the pur
pose to earn better wages In commer
cial or bonking lines, to obtain Jobs
open to those having a knowledge of
French, Italian or Spanish.
The courses are prepared, super
vised and conducted by members of
the teaching staff ot Columbia Unl
verslty. With their advice and guid
ance and of course with honest,
steady study of the textbooks pro
vided students may acquire reading
end writing facilities. Astopronuncl
atlon and oral reading, Dr. Alexandex
plainly says that students most sup
plement the work supervised by Co
lumbia 'with oral lessons. These It Is
many times possible to obtain by an
exchange of lessons with one speak
ing the language studied.
The tuition fee Is moderate; 136,
for example, for the first year In a
course which Is equivalent to two
years of high school French or other
Romance language With such a
AND NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY
foundation a Jetermlat4 student
working to equip himself for business
usefulness rather than for bigoer aca
demic preparation can progress as
far as his purpose or amotion
prompts.
Here Is offered to any ambitious
person In New York at ft nominal ex
penseno more than the cost of a
dally glass of soda wnter valuable
Instruction: humanising, mentally
broadening, an equipment for limit
less entertainment even if not to be
used for better wages, Colombia is to
bo congratulated utvoa so admirably
covering this broad field of ettenslon
teaching; New York Is to bo congrat
ulated tmon having this addition to
the worth whilo things which make
tho city attractive to those who seek
what Is best In the metropolis.
Crime and the Weather.
Nowadays a statesman has to watch
everything, lncludlngtbe weather. In
Brooklyn Judge Haskell, who Is fa
mous for his candid desire to prohibit
prohibition, found himself face to face
with a statement that there were
fewer Indictments last March than In
the previous and wet March. Was
this a sticker? Not at all. The Judge
explained :
. "The crook uses an automobile to
set about Tho atreeU were Impassa
ble In February and his mode of
transit was Interrupted. ThU It the
reason for so few Indictments In
March."
Of such sound logic ore great de
tectives made. Sherlock Holmes would
have thought of the same thing and
would havo reconstructed n puzzling
crime accordingly, leaving the Inspec
tor from Scotland Yard floundering
in his own stupid obliviousness to any
weather except that of the day.
The Antl-8aloon league will have
to hire a meteorologist If It wants to
keep up with Judge Haskell.
Emma Goldman's Punishment.
It is Interesting and not at all
painful to hear the note of regret
which Emma. Goldman sounds lu a
letter from Moscow to a friend in
Chicago. She tnlsscs America, she
enys, and Russia is not n place
"where one moy hopo to take
root easily." Why, we had under
stood from Miss Goedmak's American
speeches that Bolshevist Russia was
the Ideal plac to be! How could
anybody fall to take root nmong
those whose lives arc Ideally lived?
Miss Goldman has not become
active in Russia, she Bays. Tills is
easily understood. .It is one thing
to offer nn apple to n boy who hasn't
had one. It Is something else to hold
out the npple to a lad who has gorged
himself and Is suffering torments
therefrom.. Tbe apple which Gold
man extended to her softheaded ad
mlrers In the United States Is not
tempting to tho Russians now. They
have had theirs nnd the doctor hasn't
arrived yet.
The exile complains that her friends
here do not write to her. Very likoly
they are busy filling Miss Goldman's
place, having the excitement that
once was hers In the gulling of fools
nnd the defiance of the laws. That
Is the life she loved. Not to, have It
now makes her miss America. She
Is having the 'most exquisite punish
ment tliat can be inflicted upon n per
son whose greatest pleasure was the
pursuit of notoriety. '
Owing to the Inroads on the basic
supply made by the takers of straw
votes on the Presidency straw liata
may be both scarce and high this
summer.
"I don't -want to spread alarm, but It
ts a fact that typhus Is In the Balkan
States, the plague In Poland, smallpox
In Italy and cholera In the stricken coun
tries of southeastern Europe.'" Health
Commissioner CorsLAND as he sailed for
Europe.
It is a fortunate thing for the pub
llo'a peace of mind that Dr. ComAND"
does not want to frighten us. ,
Commissioner Count of the Depart
ment of Public Charities is going to
watch the illicit liquor traffic from tho
aids lines for a few weeks, but if the
law is not enforced more to his liking
pretty soon he will turn his inspectors
loose to "uncover tho facts." Uncover
lngj facts la an excellent thing, and It
wii interest all the taxpayers to learn
that Mr. Count has so many Inspectors
on the public payroll they cat! do their
own work and still have time to check
up the United 8tates officials charged
with enforcement of the VoUtead act
The Cine,
How can on spot the ex-doushboy?
Are there slsni each aa furniture "harks"
Read in the train ot a hautboy?
Kay the itjhti they have wltneit ed graved
marks?
la there the stamp-of raw horror
Discernible In a set frown?
(Oh, without doubt they underwent wart) Or
An there haunts In their eyes to track
down?
I confess I've not struck such sHzmata,
Nor yet found that soldierly "thrust"
Clicking heels, shoulders squared, the cocked
hat-a
Positive symptom to trust.
All round us they teem Incognito,
Nor In' dress emphasised nor In'siance,
Dut one sign you'll Infallibly meet! oh,
They're all broughtJUek speech tags from
France.
Your ears keep them cpenl will tingle
Delighted, refreshed with surprise:
Teamsters, toughsi stevedore will mingle
With their "lingo New York" gusty sighs
Tor Flfl beaucoup peacherlno.
And waft an ornate "La, la, la'k
To 1 5, hear ens with a tongue that frames
"beano"
In the chaste gilt ot "Comma cl, cemme
ca."
They echo and linger, these ripples
Ot grace on Illiterate dearth;
"Cest bin" la a pur accent stipples
The raucous contours of their mtrth.
Thess OsUle embroideries soft pedal
Their reogh edges, a just pride enhance:
Ay, the doughboy wear ne nobler medal
Than the speech tags he brought back from
rrsncs.
SXiSttT K1SS9BJ WtUOK.
TO PULL DOWN PRICES
let Eaefc Bay ly What NeeewKy
Demand.
To Tks BUN and New Tons I'snAis:
Tour correspondent "IV argues that a
cessation of this orsy ot buying every
thing at any price that dealers may' ex
act "would produce a surprising result"
It certainly would ; surprising and agree
able. The old infallible rule of supply
and demand would make iUolf felt It
a universally admitted that the produc
tion of everything that enters Into the
life of the Individual Is far behind- the
demand, therefore it fallows that if
every one would curtail his expendi
ture production would have a, chance to
catch up. With stocks ot goods stead
ily accumulating prices would necessar
ily work lower.
Let us have our clothes renovated and
wear them longer, cut out extravasant
luxuries from our tables, In short, re
fuse to buy at the present Unheard of
prices everything that we can for the
time being do without
Supply and demand have always gov
erned prices ana always will do so. Let
the supply equal or exceed the demand
and the cost of living- will come down.
Nnw Voaic, May 8. W. 8. C.
WHY LIMIT JHE BONUS?
Let AU the Men IrTWho Registered
Under the Draft Law.
t
To -Tii a Sun and Nsw Tonic Hsrald:
The Congressmen who , vote for the
bonus for our f.gU.rs can' and undoubt
edly will point with pride to their record
In helping- the boys to secure bonuses.
But in each Congressional district will
the votes of the grateful soldiers and
sailors be sufficient to re-elect their
benefactor to the halls ot Congress.? I
doubt It,
Is nothing to ho done tor those
gallant millions of males, aged 21 to 45
years, who, when their country called
them, registered for the draft? Should
not the potential soldier bo recompensed
for those months of waiting anxious
waiting?
If Congressmen want their office to
become a sinecure let them extend the
bonus as I suggest. If In years to ime
their pointing- with pride to their proud
record garners fewer votes let them
grant tho bonus to those potential sol
diers who were In Mexico or In the
woods or In Iavenworth Prison at the
tlmje their country thought It might need
them.
Let us show the G. A. It. that they
were the merest pikers. Where hud
they gotten a year and a half after their
little war? Dean PALitzn.
Sakanac Lake, May 7.
MAYOR LUNN'S NEW JOB.
Does It Mean an Amalgamation of the
Socialists and Democrats t
To Thb Sun and Nrw York Herald:
The recognition of Mayor Lunn of
Schenectady by President Wilson as
State dispenser ot Federal patronage
appears to confirm the belief of many
that the Democratic regime has swal
lowed the Socialist party, hook, line
and sinker. Mr. Lunn'a Ideas about
government are well known, as he has
announced them In his aggressive cam
paigning In time past and on the wltne&t
stand and platform
It 13 understood that he hns Senatorial
ambitions. It is to be hoped that tho
voters of this State, after their expe
rience with radicals, have learned that
(here Is not much In the change of name.
Brooklyn, May 8. Amkrican.
YELLOWSTONE PARKV
'Another Protest Against Encroach
ment on tho Great Preserve.
To Thb Sun and New York Hxsald:
May I be permitted to add my protest
to -that of Mr. George Bird Grinnell
printed on May 8 In regard to tho en
croachment upon Yellowstone Park for
commercial purposes?
When such land as that of the nark
is set aside, by Congress, supposedly fet
ing In the Interest of the people for
their recreational use, surely the itter
have a right to demand that it shall re
main Intact and free from all such van
dalism as that against which Mr. Grin
nell so justly protests, else how can
public property historic, scenic or other
wise bo considered safe at any time
from the clutch of the sordid and mer
cenary element who appear to have no
Interest in the wonders and beauties of
our country aside from what such assets
may yield In the mere heaping up of
moro dollars to enrich themselves at the
expense of depriving thousands of what
to them Is undoubtedly in many cases
of much more value than money only 7
I trust that this matter may be given
the utmost publicity and be at once
taken up beforo It Is too late to do any
thing. SUBSCRIBER.
MiDDUrrowN, Conn., May 8.
Oalja at tho SwlUhboard.
To Tub Sun and Nbw Yonie Hbrald:
Most people say the telephone service
Is bad ; I And It miraculously good.
A few nights ago I was out and all
my family were out, leaving our private
telephone, with no switchboard or party
wire conneotlon, unattended.
An old friend, just arriving from a
foreign country, called me up that eve
ning. He did not get my house he got
the wrong number.
In this city of seven millions of lost
souls the wrong number was, In this
event, that of a man who knows me well
and who chanced to know where I was
spending the evening, and he told my
friend and my friend easily reached me.
Does OuIJa run the switchboard?
Richaxd P. Read.
NeW York, May 8.
A Teto Not Addressed to Buncombe
' ' Coanty.
To Tub Sun and New York Hbrald:
"May I not" as a plain voter express
gratification at the new demonstration
that the Governor of Massachusetts does
not consider people of the County of Bun
combe among his constituents?
Whatever one may think of the pro
hibition amendment and however absurd
may be the Volstead act, ail straight
thinking men must rejoice at Governor
Coolldge's rebuke of legislation that is
merely meant to fool voters. A few more
men In public-office like Governor -Cool-Idge
-might effectually discourage the
politician's habit ot passing the buck.
The veto Is like a fresh Mayflower
breezo blowing qyer. Cape Cod.
R. C. B. Bsown,
New York, May 8.
The CeRsclealleo Ourk Reporter.
Laid torrUBonitnet JlunellvUle Courier
Democrat. '
We understand that Hay Mosea ot this
pjaco and Lona. Stanley ot Bullfrog were
married yeeterday, but have not learned the
details yet.
10, 1920.
STRIKE NOW PERILS
ALL LIFE OF FRANCE
TraRsport&tlon and Public
Utilities Menaced by Tying;
Up of Ports.
POLITICAL COUP WON
G; F. U. Support of Badlcals
Aims at Nationalization
of Hallways. .
Sptcitt Coble Dupatch to Tns 80s asd Nsw
Yowc Uir.n, Copyright, 1K0, bv Tns Sus
isn Nw YoK lUsiiP. '
Paris, May 0. The calling out of the
metal workers, building trades nnd ad
ditional members ot the transport
unions, Including street car, nuto buses
and bubway employees, drayfnen and all
chauffeurs, with the possibility of the
strike extending to electrical, and gas
workers, Indicates that France Is not at
the end of hor labor troubles, which nbw
Involve serious political elements.
The action taken last night by tho
General Federation of Labor has como
somewhat as a surprise In view ot tho
languishing character of the railroad,
strike, although the dockmeiTs strike
at the ports has shown tout tittle ameli
oration. France to-day Is plainly in
the grip ot a labor situation which Is
moro threatening to her than any she
had had to face since before tho war.
With the tying up of her ports and now
tho menace of a complete paralysis of
her transportation and public utilities,
together with existing cconomlo condi
tions, she seems to be heading toward a
national calamity. There Is hope, how
ever, that good sense still niles In tho
councils of many labor unions, and that
the latest strike call will not bo gener
ally obeyed.
Last night's action, however, shows
that the General Federation of Labor
was In earnest when it announced it
would support the radical railroad ele
ment In a political strike for the na
tionalization of the railroads, and hav
ing cooperated with them In joining Is
sues with the Government on this ques
tion, which strikes at the very founda
tions of nn orderly Government, The
central labor body is determined not to
see the battle lost without first resort
ing to desperate measures.
Whether the present Government Is
really up against a serious political
struggle menacing its very existence
will most likely be Indicated by the
character ot the response to the latest
call, which, if successful, will tlo up all
transportation throughout France, nnd
if gas nnd electrical workers will be
Included will paralyse the entire in
dustrial life ot the nation. To appease
the public the General Federation of
Labor declares that it Intends to as
sure the victualling of the country and
that proper measures to this end will
be taken. This assurance Is considered
ridiculous, for if the leaders' plan will
bo- followed the unavoidable result will
be tho cconomlo disorganization of
'France.
The significance of the whole move
ment ts that the French labor leaders,
having got their Inspiration from the
British "Bis Three," soem nor deter
mined to go further than any of these
unlpns In England to accomplish labor)
latest aim. nationalization, and Coupled
with the feature of tho International
control of commercial affairs by labor,
constitute a policy which, the leaders
declare, Is essential to the cconomlo re
organization of the wprld after the
effects of the war.
The catling on taxi drivers, tramway
and bus men, draymen and possibly the
gas and electrical workers to cease work
In a struggle which is purely political,
there being no demand Involved for
higher wages or shorter hours, demon
strates that labor is trying to enforce
this programme upon the majority of the
people, who are apparently opposed to it.
Aa many French papers point out.
this movement. If carried to Its logical
conclusion, would establish a complete
domination of all governments by a
labor dictatorship as represented by the
General Federation of Labor.
To what extent Bolshevism lies behind
this movement Is still uncertain. The
Government measures so far have In
cluded merely the arrest of certain
minor leaders throughout Franco sup
posed to tws agl(atora of the Bolshevist
type, but the Government has refrained
from laying hands on all the leaders of
the labor federation, despite tho fact
that these men now tiave virtually been
unmasked as trying to upset tho pres
ent Government, using tho general strlko
aa a weapon.
Tho latest strike order will be opera
tive nt 10 o'clock to-morrow morning,
affecting In Paris alone at least 50.000
employees. The employers express their
confidence that the majority of tho bus
men and subway employees, as well as
those ot'othcr transportation companies,
will refuse to obey.
These employers meanwhile are ar
ranging for a further use of tho civilian
organization which manned the lines on
May Day. Indignation at organized
labor Is growing so rapidly amonfe the
population of Paris "that this organiza
tion U gaining many recruits, who de
mand that they be allowed to replace
union workers, despite the fact that
thoy arc bitterly denounced by labor
officials as "yellows."
RICH COMMUNIST
TO BE TRIED TO DAY
W. B. Lloyd, Harvard. Grad
uate, and Others to Appear.
Sptclal to Tns Son ajd New T6s; ITiiuto.
Chicago, May 9. Twenty-six alleged
members of the Communist Labor party
will go on trial beforo Judge Oscar
Hebe! to-morrow charged with conspir
acy to advocate tho overthrow of the
Government by force.
Thlrtv-nlnn wftra inrilrtftri huf tint all
wi)l appear In court, for several are
reported to nave fled to Mexico and
Europe. One, John Reed, magazine
writer, author and first Bolshevik en
voy to the United States, Is now In Jail
at Abo, Finland, according to State
Department reports, accused ot smug
gling from Bolshevik Russia.
Next to Reed the most prominent of
those slated to go on trial Is William B.
Lloyd, millionaire sergeant-at-arms of
the Communist Labor party. Lloyd, Ilka
Reed, a graduate of Harvard University.
Is the son ot the late Henry D. Lloyd,
the Boston philanthropist, who amassed
a large fortune. The son, whose home
Is in the wealthy Evanaton suburb, has
characterized himself In newspaper In
terviews as the "reddest of the Reds."
Among other defendants are Alfred
Wagenknecht of New York,' national
executive secretary of the party:
Charles Batter-ot Cleveland, a national
organizer; Alexander Bllan and Edward
Llndgren ot New York; Max Bedachfbf
Ban Francisco and Jack Carney of Du
luth, all national committeemen.
The IndJctmenUi charge, In four
seperate counts, conspiracy to advocate
tho overthrow" of the Government by
force: to publish or distribute printed
matter advocating that purpose; con
spiracy to belong to on organization ad
vocating It and conspiracy to attend
meetings at which overthrow of the
Government was advocated.
LLOYD GEORGE WILL
BUILD NEW MACHINE
Split Between Illra and Liberal
Party Not Capable of
Being Bridged.
BITTERNESS IN SITUATION
Believed Premier and Bonar
Law Will Absorb or Bo Ab
sorbed by. Unionists.
Sptelel Cable Btipateh to Tns Svx and Nsw
Yosk HkjuU), CopvHotit, If. 6y Tns So
Akd New Yrmx lltnilt). -
London, May 9. The split between
Premier Lloyd George nnd the Liberal
party now Is Irremediable. To-morrow
will see the first move by him to shape
his own political machinery throughout
the country for the coalition.
Opinion differs regarding who was
responsible for the riotouB excommuni
cation of Premier Lloyd George and his
Ministers by the National Convention of
the Liberal party in Leamington Friday.
Government organs cry out against the
scream of triumph bv tho Lord North
cllffe press, but certain neutrals, includ
ing the weekly newspapers, hint that
'tho so-called excommunication was a
framcup, not on tho part of tho Liberal
organization, but on tho part of Sir.
Lloyd George himself and his political
supporters to provoko a spilt. It Is as
serted by competent, political observers
here that tho Premier and his followers
saw a chance to place tho burden of
blame for the split upon their opponents.
However, whdtever may havo been
the political manoeuvres behind the
Leamington move and they weja legion
they will not affect the Lloyd Georg
government. Tho coalition has carried
soven out of eight of the last bye-clsc-ttons,
and thoy have shattered a noisy
opposition to a frightfully burdensome
.budget Tills week thoy probably will
ih. TH.t, hill thn mnit controver
sial measure before, the House of Com
mons In a generation, tho only tormai
nnnrt Itfnn tn tti Tuiranrn nf thn meaSUro
coming from tho Labor and the Liberal
benches.
Many persons here are asking whose
personality Is behind tho Liberal an
tagonism to Mr. Lloyd George. It Is
conceded that It Is not being directed by
Herbert H. Aaqulth. formerly Premier.
Of course the Prime Minister threw
down tho gage of battle nnd Lord North
cliffe picked it up. Slnco then he has
been hammering tho uovernment with
all his newspapers, Meanwhile the Lib
eral party, with Its completely working
machinery and agents throughout tli
country, naturally has been bitter over
the practical desertion ot its one tlmo
leader. v
But the strength of the demonstrations
In Edinburgh and Leamington eeerri tn
Indicate that thore wao constructive per
sonality BotneWhfirc in the opposition
wood pile. If this Is correct, or it Lord
Northcliff hlmsolt Is ambitious polltl
cally, as Mr. Marcosson hints in his
now book published to-day and whloh
already Is widely quoted, the result may
bo scrloua tor Premier Lloyd George,
bocnus the Liberal party Is well en
dowed with funds, clubs and alt the de
tails of organization.
mile the Coalition so far has been
able to avail itself ot the political ma
chinery of the Unionist party, whose
majority In the House will pass the
home rule bill, yet, despite this situation,
the "modernity" party Is yet to bo or
ganized. But with the Lloyd George
and Bonar Law combination swaying
an overwhelming majority In the House,
these two leaders will be little disturbed
by a serious Hght there, which would In
volve an appeal to the country. 'Ulti
mately, it is believed, they will further
entrench themselves or absorb or be ab
sorbed by the Unionist organization un
det a new and more suitable name.
BUTLER OPPOSED TO
RECOGNIZING SOVIETS
States'Views on Reopening of
Russian Trade.
Dr. Nicholas Murrayv Butler's answer
to tho request of the National Civic
Federation addressed to all Presidential
candidates for an opinion on reopen
ing trade with Russia, was given out
by the federation yesterday. He wrote:
"I am absolutely opposed to the recog
nition by the Government of tho United
States of the .so-called Soviet Govern
ment of Rusela. Such recognition, it
based upon grounds of possible com
mercial advantage, would bo to sell
American principles or money.
"The ao-called Soviet Government of
Russia a tyranny of a small, well
organized minority, which happens to
occupy a strategic point in the politi
cal and economic life ot' the Russian
people. Their announced principles,
which Include the exploitation of a
peoplo by a class, are abhorrent to every
lover of liberty and every believer In
Justice. ,
-"I stand on the doctrine stated by
Theodore Roosevelt in his message to
Congress December 6, 1904. It Is a
mere truism to say that every nation
which desires to maintain Its freedom
must ultimately realize that the right
of such independence cannot be sepa
rated from making good use of It."
POLICE IN IRELAND
K VUIT SMALL FUSTS
One Garrison of 7 Surrenders;
S Fight Off Raiders.
Dublin, May 9. The authorities are
continuing the policy ot shutting down
the small police barracks in the rural
districts and sending the men to the
larger central stations. Two organized
attacks occurred at small barracks last
midnight -At Cloyne, County Cork, the
small garrison of se-ren, after a pro
longed fight, was compelled to surreal
der, one of the men being wounded.
The other raid was at the village ot
Newtown Hamilton, South Armagh,
where 300 Sinn Felners attacked the
barracks garrisoned by five men. The
fight lasted two and a half hours. The
building was sprinkled with petrol jtnd
burned, driving the garrison Into an out
house, where the, men continued their
defence. The raiders ultimately retired.
Alden Redmond, one of the hunger
strikers recently released from the
Mountjoy prison, died In the hospital
here this morning. He had undergone
an operation for appendicitis.
Major La Gnardla to Speak.
Major F. H. La Guardla, President ot
the Board of Aldermen, will be the
principal speaker at a dinner In the
Hotel Blltmore to-night for tho benefit
Of the Italian Welfare League. Among
the other speakers will bo Magistrate
John J. Freschl and Commandators O.
Capronl. The league, under the patron
age, of the Consul General of Italy, has
taken over all social service cases of the
Italian Consulate. v
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, THE WEATHER.
Eastern New YorkFair to-day; to
morrow falrVwd warmer; moderate west
and southwelt winds.
New Jrscy-I-Falr to-dav. virmtr. tmnt
on tho east osast. To-morrow fair, gentle
wet and southwest winds.
nortnern new EnglandFair to-day,
warmer, excent on Eastern Mains coast. To.
morrow fair, genu south and southwest
winds.
Southern New England Fair to-day I to
morrow fair, warmer In interior; siederats
wr.i ana aouinwesi winos.
Western New York Partly cloud ud
warmer to-day; to-morrow fair.
WASHINGTON. Ma O. Tbam ha turn
general fall In preoauro, with the principal
centre ct disturbance over Colorado and
another over the Canadian Northwest. Theso
disturbances h&v resulted In local showers
and thunderstorm In the Plain States, Neif
Mexico, Colorado and the extreme Northwest,
and ther were also rain mostly during last
night In New England, and light local rains
along tli coast to the southward. Elsewhere
the weatlur was fair.
Temperaturts are generally higher, rept
oter the extreme North and extreme North
Host and the district welt of th Rocky
Mountains.
With th exception of showsr Tuesday In
the northern upper lake region. Indiana, the
lower Ohio Valley, Tenneseee and th East
Gulf States fair weather will prevail to
morrow ana lueiaay over mi lorecaii ais
trlct. Temperature will be somewhat
higher Monday In tbe lake region, th Middle
Atlantte States and New England.
Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations, taken at 8 P. M. ytater
day, seventy-fifth meridian timet
Temp. , Rainfall
Last 24 hrs. Barom- laat
iign.Low. eter. at nr. wther.
Albany .... 66
Atlantic Cv T2
52
66
S9.S4 .08 Cloudy
Baltimore... 72
Dlamarck... TS
Roston 08
Buffalo .... 60
Cincinnati... TS
Charleston.. 78
Chicago .... 78
Cleveland..., TO
Denver T4
Detroit .... 72
Galveston... 78
Helena 04
J-vllle, Fla.. 74
Kan. City... 76
Lo Angeles. 62
lllukee.. 78
Now Orleans W)
Oklahoma... 72
FMIadalph!a..70
nttsbure... 68
P'land, M US
P'land, Or., 62
8alt L. City 70
San Antonio 84
San Diego.. 64
Ran F'cleco. 56
St. Louis... SO
St. Paul 78
Washington. 72
10
84
SO
29. M ,02 Clear t
29.64 ., Clear '
29.78 .SO Cloudy
29.82
20.98
Ratn
Clear
Clear
Clear
-PL Cldy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Clear
Cloudy
Clear
Cloudy
Cloudy
Pt. Cldy
Clear
Cloudy
20.00
20.92
29,88
29.50
29.86
29.96
29.64
80.02
29.90
29.M
29.86
30.00
29.84
29.86
29.92
29.70
29.88
29.50
29.84
29.88
29.92
29.98
29.60.
29.90
48
SO
64
.12
58
48
.. wear
.. Clear
.54 Clear
.. Cloudy
.. Pt. Cldy
.. Cloudy
. . Cloudy
. . Cloudy
.. Clear
s Clear
.. Clear
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.
8. A.M. 8 P.M.
narometer- 29.90 29.M
Humidity 69 3d
Wlnd-dlrtctlon N.W. N.W.
Wind velocity IS 16
Weather Clear Clear
Precipitation Nona Nona
The temperature In this city yesterday, as
recorded by the official thermometer, lJ
shown Irr the annexed table:
A.M. P.M. P.M.
8 52 A 67
0 54 2., "....67 7 67
10 58 3 67 8 64
11 60 4 08 9 S3
12 62 5 69 10. 62
1920. 1919. 1920. 10J9.
0 A. M. ... 54 52 6 P.M... 67 St
12 M 62 M 0P.M... 63 62
3 V. M.... C7 53 12 Mid 60 54
Highest temperature, 60 at .5 P. M.
Lowest temperature, 48 atTJ A. M.
Average temperature, 58.
EVENTS TO-DAY.
Navy ball In honor of th Atlantic fleet,
Hotel Commodore, 10 P. M.
Mount Holyoke College Endowment Fund,
dinner. Uotol McAlpln, 7 P. M.
Walter T. Arndt and Raymond V. Ingersoll
will speak on "The Legislature of 1920" In
the City Club, 53 West Forty-fourth street,
8:15 P. M. .
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler win be th
principal spe&ker at the forum of the Re
publican Women' Stat Executive Commit
fee, Hotel Vanderbllt, 3 P. M.
Dorothy Canfleld Fisher will speak on
"PrencM and American Children In tho School
and In th Home," Ethical Culture School, 2
West Sixty-fourth street, 8:15 P. M.
New Tork Academy of Sciences, section ot
biology, meeting, American Museum of
Natural HUtory. Seventy-seventh street and
Central Park West. 8U5 P. M.
Gov Lynn J.jFraiUr of North Dalwt
will speak on 'The Non-Partisan LeaxSv
Carnegie Hall. 8 P. M.
The Soototy ot Medical Jurisprudence, meet
ing. 11 West Forty-third street. 8:30 P. M.
'Accident Report and How to Prepare
Them," addtrss by Dr. Frederick Crum at
a meeting of the Metropolitan Safety Council,
20 West Thirty-ninth street, 8 P. M.
Zionist Organization of America, conven
tion, Hotel Astor. all day.
Catholic Actor' Guild, luncheon, Hotel
Astor, 1 P. M.
Ohio Society, last monthly meeting, Waldorf-Astoria,
I P. II.
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GARRISON SUCCEEDS BOOT.
Is Elected flonorary Frealent of
Security Leaarne.
LlndleyM. Garrison has been elected
Honorary President of the National
Security League, succeeding Ellhu Root,
who held the office after tbe death of
Joseph H. Choate. Judge Alton B.
Parkrr was reeleted Honorary Vice
President Among the new Vice-Presidents
are Col. Michael' Friedsam and
Lleut-CoL Theodore Roosevelt New
directors are Oliver. Harriman and
Adolph wltohn. Notable additions to
the Executive Committee are Gov. John
J. Cornwell of West Virginia, Dr. Cy
rus 'Adler of Philadelphia. Gen. Georg
W. Wlngate and P. Vf. A. Fltzlmmon
of Detroit
Tlie present membership of tho leagu f
Is stated to be nearly 100,000.
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