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ICAN
AH INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
THIRTIETH YEAR
28 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1919
US PAGES
VOL. XXX., NO. 77
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WOULD MAKE ALL
1LI1S INTO
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Consolidation of Many Sys
tems Into a Few Big Ones
Urged by Expert to Solve
the Railroad Problem
Big Lines Absorb Small
Ones
NEW YORK, July 12. Consolidation
. of all the railroads of the T'nited States
into a few large systems from 12 to 25
as a possible solution of the nation's
roalroad problem, is opposed by Robert
8. Lovett, former president of the
T-'nion Pacific railway in a memoran
dum to congress made public here to
day. Judge Lovett for a time was di
rector of the division of capital ex
penditures of the government railroad
administration under William G. Mc
A4oo as director general.
The effect of the proposed consoli
dation would be in his opinion "to im
pair the credit of the strong roads, in-
stead of improving the credit of the
weak road. Inevitable effect would be
1 to reduce the average of credit of all
the railroads-
"Congress," he asserted, "has no
right to compel one railroad to con-
; solidate with another. It may give one
the right to acquire the poperty of the
other by condemnation but it must pay
for it, and here is the difficulty, pay
for it In cash.
Need Fabulous Sums
"The underwriting of a fabulous
: amount must be provided. Will con
gress appropriate the billions neces-
i sary? Have we bankers enough to pro
vide the money except through a series
of years? And what will happen to the
welfare of the country n the mean
time? "My judgment is against the con
solidation of all the railroads of the
, country Into a few companies, because
; I believe the companies will be too
large and too unwieldy for efficient and
- economical management.
"I believe that the absorption of
some of the weak lines by some of the
strong lines, upon fair terms, should he
promoted but competition in service
and facilities should not only be pre
served but should be extended."
Judge Lovett also opposed the plan
which has been discussed for pooling
the next earnings of railroads by divid
ing them Into groups and establishing
rates sufficient to yield six per cent
or some other specified return on the
book value of each group. Earnings
in excess of the average, he pointed
out .would be set aside for the unprof
itable roads that earn less.
One Scheme Impracticable
Suggestion put forward bv many
financiers and railroad men "that the
government should guarantee fair divi
dends on the full value of the railroads
and leave the management in the hands
of the railroad owners, was character
ized by Judge Lovett as impracticable
because he did not believe the govern
ment would take all the risk and none
of the profits.
If a small return of two, three' or
four per cent were guaranteed, he said,
this- would not be sufficient to pay the
interest on bonds already outstanding.
"It would make doubly sure what is
already abundantly secured," he con
tinued, "but it could afford no colla
teral nor new issues nor secure new
loans.
"The importance of re-establishing
railroad credit cannot be overestimat-
ed," said Judge Lovett. "but neverthe
less, I am persuaded that no guaranty
short of a retrn upon the full value
of the railroad property will be helpful
to that end, and that a guaranty of full
"value is not practicable without gov
ernment operation, which I regard as
beyond present discussion."
after Brokers who
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
N'EW YORK. July 12. Internal rev
enue officers who yesterday launched
a campaign in this city against stock
brokers who have evaded payment of
income taxes, tonight turned their at
tention to theater ticket speculators,
arresting five on charges of defrauding
the goverrfment by failing to pay war
taxes on tickets sold by them.
More than a. score of ticket broker
age offices vere visited, and the agents
had expected to make about 40 arrests.
It was believed that the brokers had
been "tipped off," however, as only
four offices were found open.
The complaints on which the arrests
were made charged that the brokers
had violated a section of the revenue
act which provided that "whoever sells
an admission ticket or card on which
the name of the vendor and the price
i not printed, stamped or written, or
at a price in excess of the price so
printed, stamped or written, is guilty
of a misdemeanor.
NEWS EPfirOfVIE
70REIGN
Orangemen warn United States not
to interfere in government of Ire
land. Secretary Lansing leaves Paris on
first leg of homeward voyage.
British dirigible R-34 ends homeward
voyage, alighting at Pulham early
this morning.
DOMESTIC I
Townsley and Gilbert, non-partisan
league members, are found guilty
of disloyalty; stay of execution
. granted.
rVoposal made to make all railroads
of U. S- into few great systems.
LOCAL
Hotel blocking ease to be argued be-
fore Judge Stanford 9:30 Monday
morning.
, President Matthews of Tempe Nor
mal reelected treasurerwf National
' Eduational association.
More than one-half inch of rain fell.
Work on three new school buildings
. to start in a few days. .
EVADED INCOME TAX
MartialLaw
Likely Result
Of New Clash
LONGVIEW, Texas, July 13.
The situation here in connection
with Friday's clash between whites
and blacks was revived late last
night when a negro named Eurch,
father-in-law of S. L. Jones, al
leged negro ringleader, fired upon
a party of officers who visited his
home. Martial law will be de
clared today, according to an
nouncement by Mayor G. A. Boden
heim at 1 o'clock this morning.
Mayor Bodenheim said he talked
with Governor W. H. Hobby at
Austin over the telephone at 1
o'clock and the governor said he
would order ZOO additional national
guardsmen to come here probably
from Dallas. Martial law, the
mayor said, would be declared
upon the arrival of these men.
County officers went to Burch's '
home and asked admittance. The
negro, according to the officers,
fired five shots, none of which
struck the officers. The negro es
caped in the darkness and blood
hounds were put on his trail. He
was captured at 2 a. m.
gitSible
lands safely st
NUWIUL
LONDON, July 13. (Sunday)
The British dirigible R-34 landed
safely at Pulham at 7:02 o'clock
this morning, Greenwich Mean.
Time.
LONDON". July 12. The British dir
igible R-34 passed over Clifden, Ireland
at 20:10 Greenwich Mean Time (4:10
p. m. New York time.)
After passing the Irish coast Major
Scott, in command of the dirigible, did
not communicate with the ministry for
hours. His last report was that the
R-34 was crossing Ireland high up in
a clear sky, with a following wind.
The Pulham airdome has received a
wireless mesage from the R-34 saying
that she expected to attempt a landing
at about 6 o'clock Greenwich Mean
Time, Sunday morning.
The air ministry calculated at mid
night that the R-34's landing time
would be about 8 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. The British dirigible R-34 is proceed
ing to England under none too fav
orable circumstances and Major Scott,
her commander, protested tonight
against landing at Pulham. He re
ported that a second motor of the
craft ia working badly which leaves
only three in good working order.
Major Scott has asked the air min
istry to rescind trie order changing the
dirigible's destination, but without
avail.
COSHiSEMIhlESSHOW
BISBEE. July 1. Reports compiled
by Cochise County Treasurer Guy C.
Welch for the board of supervisors,
covering the period from September,
1918, to May, 1919, show a total amount
of city and county taxes collected to be
$1,919,279.52. Of this amount, total
taxes of corporations of Cochise coun
ty were $1,475,481.77. City taxes paid
equalled $239,438.02.
Taxes that were delniquent in May
equalled $31,000. Total taxes paid by
smaller taxpayers were $443,817.85.
Under the present law, the county
treasurer of Cochise county collects
the taxes for the different cities in
the county which are unincorporated at
the same time that the county and
state taxes are collected.
The total net assessed valuation of
Cochise county for the year 1919 for
the producing mines is $113,258,170, "an
increase of over $3,000,000 since 1918.
The Phelps-Dodg&'corporation Copper
Queen branch, ranks second in the
entre state with a valuation of $72,
050,407. IDE BILLY DIES FROM
INJURIES SUSTAINED
IN FALL FROM HORSE
WASHINGTON', July 12. News of
the death of Edouard de Billy, former
deputy French high commissioner to
the United States, who was thrown
from his horse in France, was con-,
tained in a cablegram received today
at the French embassy. No details
were given.
Mr. de Billy came to this country
with the French high commission after
America entered the war and remained
until a short time ago: He acted as
head of the mission for several months
after Andre Tradieu returned to Paris.
WHITE REPRESENTS U.S.
ON "COUNCIL OF FIVE"
PARIS. July 12. Henry White rep
resented the United States at the af
ternoon session of the council of five.
Secretary Lansing called to say good
bye. The Italian request that the Austrian
concessions at Tien Tsing, China, be
transferred to Italy, was referred to
a commission for consideration.
It was decided by the council to
send a message to the Czechs and
Poles, declaring that if no agreement
is reached regarding the contested
Teschen coal situation within 10 days
the council will decide the question
itself.
INVESTIGATING BUREAU
IS REORGANIZED
NEW YORK, July 12. The national
investigating bureau organized by the
war chest committees of various states
during the war to investigate war
charities, announced today its re-organization
as the national information
bureau to investigate social and wel
fare organizations national in scope.
Barry C. Smith of this city will con
tinue as director, with Gustavus D.
Pope, Detroit, president,
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NON-PARTISAN
LEAGUE HEADS
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Jury Finds They Conspired
To Teach Disloyalty A.
C. Townley and Joe Gil
bert, Defendants Wanted
To Argue ' Own Cases
JACKSON, Minn., July 12. The
jury in the trial of President A. C.
Townley and Joseph Gilbert of the
Non-Partisan League, late to
night found the defendants guilty
of the charge of conspiracy to
teach disloyalty, in violation of the
Minnesota law.
When Prosecutor E. H. Nicholas
completed his argument tonight in the
case of A. C. Townley and Joseph Gil
bert, charged with conspiracy to teach
disloyalty, Townley made a personal
plea to the court that he be permitted
to argue his own case to the jury-
Townley told the judge he had dis
missed his attorneys and that the co
defendant, Gilbert, had waived the
right of further representation by
counsel and that Townley asked the
privilege of speaking on the ground
that he left the Non-Partisan league
was on trial.
Judge Dean denied Townley's re
quest to address the jury.
Townley, after conferring with his
attorneys, announced he had decided
to rest his case without argument.
Judge Dean then began his charge to
the jury at 8:55 a. m.
Prosecutor Nicholas, in his address
to the jury charged that the state hart
proved its conspiracy charge against
the two Non-Partisan league leaders
through the testimony of witnesses
who had heard various speeches made
by the defendants, through evidence
in the form of league literature and
through the testimony of the state's
leading witnesses, one of whom was
F. A. Teigen, a former member of the
league, who declared that Townley
told him in 1917:
"We are against this war, but can't
afford to advertise it."
After Nicholas closed his argument,
Townley stepped before the court. ,
"Tour honor," said he. "I have dis
charged my counsel. I feel that I and
the organization are on trial and that
I can handle this defense better than
my attorneys. I do not know what Mr.
Gilbert is going to do about it."
Defendants Wanted to Argue
At this point, George Hoke, who has
been chief counsel for the defendants,
announced that Gilbert had waived his
right to be represented by counsel.
"I ask your honor that I may be per
mitted to make my own plea to the
Jury. The attitude of more than
250,000 farmers and a million of people
throughout this northwest will depend
upon the decision of the jury."
Judge Dean questioned whether the
law would permit one of the defen
dants to try his own case in an action
of this kind without legally repre
senting the other defendant. Townley
is not a lawyer.
Assistant Attorney General J. E.
Markham, objected, holding that the
court could not prpperly grant the de
fendant's request. Judge Dean then
asked the attorneys to submit authori
ties on the issue, and Townley took his
chair while the lawyers argued.
The case went to the jury at 9:45
p. m. Much of Judge Dean's charge
related to the question of conspiracy
and the fact that the guilt of one de
fendant in a conspiracy action is con
sidered the guilt Of both defendants.
WILLARD REACHES HOME
LAWRENCE. Kan., July 12. Jess
Willard and his wife slipped quietly
into Lawrence last night and were
resting at their home west of town to
day. Mrs. Willard told today how she
went from her home to Toledo without
being recognized until after the fight.
Willard plans to leave here shortly on
a business trijto .ihe-Teaa&.-oil-fields.,
FANNIE! HEH, HEH, HEH!"
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MOVE TO BLOCK THE
TREATY ENDORSE!
WASHINGTON, July 12. Plans for
preventing unreserved ratification of
the peace treaty were discussed today
at conferences of senate .opponents of
the league of nations, but it was said
no decision was reached on the ques
tion whether President Wilson should
be invited before the foreign relations
committee when it takes up the treaty
monday.
The subject of the president's ap
pearance will be taken up tomorrow
when it is said opposition members of
the committee will endeavor to agree
on united action. Some of them are
understood to favor inviting the presi
dent to sit with the committee daily,
while others oppose it on the ground
that the treaty now is out of his hands
and the senate alone is responsible.
Mr. Wilson's supporters were pri
vately predicting tonight that the first
motion to be passed at Monday's meet
ing of the committee would be one in
viting him to be present at subsequent
sessions.
proiitSebite
concluded i house
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON. July 12. General
debate on the prohibition enforcement
hill twelve hours of it was concluded
today in the house, and advocates and
opponents of the measure made ready
for the real battle that will begin Mon
day when it is taken up for amend
ment. Prohibition leaders admitted tonight
that it was doubtful whether a vote
would be reached before Saturday.
"There will be a fight in every line
of the printed text." they said, first
of which will be over an attempt to
split the three part bill so as to take
up separately a straight measure for
enforcement of the war-time law.
Representative Igoe, democrat. Mis
souri, startled some of the prohibition
advocates by suggesting that they
raise no point of order against a pro
Dosal to let the house vote on an
amendment to repeal the war time law.
This action has been expected and
half a dozen were known to be ready
with the contention that such an
amendment was not in order.
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BIG DECREASE IK
Dili VALUATION
GLOBE, Arizona, July 12. The total
net, assessed valuation of Gila county
for the year 1919 is $158,524, 234.11, ac
cording to figures recently compiled by
Frank Gates, clerk of the board of su
pervisors. This amount is $5,594,663.37
less than the total net assessed valua
tion for the year 1918.
The producing mines of Gila county
are assessed at $119,654,096.21, the In
spiration ranking first with a vauation
of 173,444,184.
Clerk Gates, Chairman Rose, of the
supervisors, and Assessor Duncan
leave early next week for the Grand
Canyon, where they will meet with
the state tax commission, scheduled to
convene on July 21.
GERMANS PUNISH SOVIETS
BERLIN', July 12. A court martial
at Munich which is trying the com
munist leaders today, sentenced Erich
Muehsam, who was one of the mem
bers of the Bavarian soviet cabinet to
15 years imprisonment for high trea
son, with extenuating circumstances.
Herr Wadler was given eight- years
penal servitude as as accessory.
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ORANGEMEN GIVE
HlMMIIlIC HOT TO
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HELP IN FOB
Ulster Leader Has Hard
Words for American Mis
sion It Stirred Up Trou
ble Irish Republic, He
Says, Backed by Church
and Germans
BELFAST. Ireland, July 12. The
twelfth of July celebrations were car
ried out today in Ulster on a large
scale. Sir Edward Carson, the Irish
unionist leader, speaking at the Orange
demonstration at Holywood, Belfast,
said :
"There is a campaign going on in
America foistered by the Catholic
church which will soon be joined by
the Germans, and their funds, in order
to create a great anti-British feeling.
"Heaven knows I want good reeling
between America and this country. I
believe the whole future of the world
probably depends upon the relations
between the United States of America
and ourselves, but I am not going to
submit to- this kind of a campaign,
whether for friendship or for any other
purpose.
"I seriously say to America today
you attend to your own affairs; we
will attend to ours. You look after
your own questions at home; we will
look after ours. We will brook no in
terference in our own affairs by any
country, however powerful. . It is not
for that we waged the great war of
independence which has just been con
cluded. " What right had an American,
mission to come to this country come
here in a breach of hospitality of one
nation towards another to attempt to
stir up strife in matters in which they
were not connected?
"The encouragement those men gave
the Sinn Fein has created for the Brit
ish ' government far more difficulties
than ever before. I believe that the
visit of these men and the encourage
ment they gave to lawlessness, which
is being preached throughout the land,
has added greatly to the campaign of
assassination of innocent policemen
who were only doing their duty to their
king and country and who were foully
murdered on the roadside, with men
looking on, who had not the courage
to arrest life assassins or give such
information as would bring them to
justice."
Sir Edward Carson denounced Sir
Horace Plunkett, who, he said, was
elected chairman of the Irish conven
tion because he was "thoroughly hated
and distrusted by both sides," "and,"
added the speaker, "a nice mess he
made of it."
CHEER wm
OF IRISH REPUBLIC"
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CHICAGO, July 12. A ,15-minute
demonstration greeted Emmon de
Valera, "president of the Irish repub
lic," when he arose to speak at a
luncheon in his honor today. He was
borne on the shoulders of his guests
and carried around the room as he
waved an Irish flag in one hand and
an American flag in the other.
Mr. de Valera came to Chicago this
morning and was received by a com
mittee of 1,500 and a large crowd.
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SPEECH
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, July 12. The
right of congress to deflnte intoxi
cating beverages was denied to
day by Samuel Untermyer, a New
York lawyer, in testifying before
the senate judiciary sub-committee
which is considering prohibition
enforcement legislation.
Mr. Untermyer told the commit
tee that neither under the war time
prohibition act nor the constitu-.
tlonal amendment could congress
say that any particular percentage
of alcohol content constituted an
intoxicating liquor. Both the act
and the amendment, he argued,
left this as a question of fact which
could be determined only before a
jury.
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STATE HEADQUARTERS
OF AMERICAN LEGION
Resolutions Condemning I.
W. W. and Demanding
Congress to Investigate
Conscientious Objectors
are Passed
TUCSON, July 12. The first con
vention of the Arizona division of the
American Legion closed here tonight
with a home coming celebration for
all service men, at which Dr. R. B.
von KlejnSmid, president of the Uni
versity of Arizona, was the chief
speaker.
At the concluding session of the con
vention, Walter Sandberg of Yuma was
elected state vice commander of the
legion, and the following were elected ;
members of the executive committee:
George H. Myers, Flagstaff; A. J.
Detloff, Bisbee; George W.. Nilsson,
Prescott; R. M. Aiton, Clifton; Oscar
Ruggles, Phoenix.
The following were elected delegates
to the national convention:
John C. Greenway, Warren; E. M.
Robinson, Flagstarf; Cliff Faires,
Globe; Lewis S. - Douglas, Jerome;
Power Conway, Phoenix; Gerald Jones,
Tucson.
The next state' convention will be
held at Globe, Arizona, on the second
Monday in August, 1920.
Thoenix was selected as state head
quarters of the legion, over the oppo
sition of the Cochise delegation, Ira
B. Joralemon declaring that the head
quarters should be at the home of the
legion commander and further, that
the establishing of headquarters at
Phoenix would make the legion sus
ceptible to state politics.
The legion passed resolutions con
demning those responsible for the al
leged protection of conscientious ob
jectors and demanded an investigation
by congress; denouncing the I. W. W.
international socialists and anarchists:
denouncing the misuse of the flag and
uniform in business; endorsing the so
called Lane soldier settlement plan;
demanding re-employment of returned
soldiers; for the protection of service
men's rights under the war risk insur
ance act: favoring equal suffrage, and
condemning the use of military titles
by civilians and others.
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DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, July 12. The day
light saving law was rescued from re
peal today by President Wilson's veto
of the agricultural appropriation bill.
The president also vetoed the sundry
civil appropriation bill because, he said,
by restriction of funds it crippled the
work of rehabilitating and restoring
disabled soldiers and sailors to civil
life.
The latter veto was accepted without
contest by congress and the sundry
civil bill went back to committee to be
reframed.
Veto of daylight saving repeal wag
not accented so readilv olthm.o-h h
prevailing opinion was that a necessary
iwo-tmrna vote to repass it over the
president's veto probably would not be
mustered.
The first test will come in the house
Monday, when, according to announce
ment, republican Leader Mondell or
Chairman Haughen of the agricultural
committee will move the re-passage of
the bill with the daylight saving repeal
intact, over the presidential veto.
Both bills provide funds for which
agencies of the government long have
been waiting. They are already months
behind schedule because they failed of
passage in the last congress.
COIER WTTO SELL
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. WASHINGTON, July 12. Prices at
which surplus stocks of canned and
cured meats held by the war depart
ment will be sold to municipalities were
announced today as follows:
Corn beef, from $3.60 per dozen cans
to S24.
Roast beef, from $3.48 per dozen cans
of one pound each to $26.40 for six
pound cans.
Corned beef hash, $2.76 per dozen
cans of one pound each and $4.80 for
two pound cans.
Bacon in crates, 34 cents a pound in
twelve pound tins, 36 a pound.
These prices are bout 20 per cent less
than the cost of the government Pro
posals must be for a minimum of one
carload. .
WILSON SAVES THE
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PLUS MEAT STOCK
LANSING MAKES
LOT STATED!
ON PEACE MEET
A Farewell Speech to Press
As He Sails for Home
Pleased But Not Over
Complacent at Treaty
Sees Many Crises Ahead
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
PARIS. July 12 Before leaving Paris'
tonight Secretary Lansing aSdressed a
message to the French people acknowl
edging the courtesies extended to him
during his sojourn. H exrpessed re
gret that he was obliged to leave Paris
on the eve of the fete in honor of vic
tory, in spite of the great temptation to
remain.
Before leaving for the United States
tonight. Secretary Lansing made tha
following statement to the American
correspondents :
"Many thoughts rush to mind on
leaving the peace conference after six
months of effort. Never before haf
such an international gathering been
held, for here has been the meeting
ground of twenty-seven nations to li
quidate a world war and establish a
new order and a laboratory where al
ready a system of world co-operation
has been born, out of necessity.
"Out of it all has come the most im
portant international document ever
drawn the treaty of peace with Ger
many, a document which not onls
meets the issue of the present war,
but also lays down new agreements of
the most helpful and most hopeful
character. The nations are bound to
gether to avert another world catas
trophe backward peoples are given a
new hope for their future; several ra
cial entities are liberated to form new
states a beginning is made toward re
moving unjust economic restrictions,
and the great military autocracies of
Central Europe, are destroyed as the
first step in a general disarmament.
"The treaty is. of course, not all that
we had hoped for. It could hardly be
expected to be. Too many conflicting
interests were involved as well as too
many legitimate documents which
would tax the most perfectly balanced
mind. Nearly every one will find in it
weaknesses both of omission and com
mission, provisions inserted which
might better have been left out. and
provisions left out which might better
have been inserted.
Treaty a Stepping Stone
"Such a document, must, however,
be examined both against the back
ground of its creation and in the large
sweep of its spirit. From that point of
view, we may call it a stepping stone
from the old international methods to
the new. If it still holds some of the
distrusts and hatreds of the war which
Germany has full well earned for her
self if its construction has been hin
dered by memories of secret pacts and
promises, it must be borne in mind
that it carries with it the evident pur
pose to throw off the old methods of
international intrigue and plotting.
"But the present treaties are but the
starting point of world reconstruction.
Now that the general principles have
been laid down it remains to execute
them. And by that I mean not so much
retributive action against nations
which have recently run amuck in the
world, but rather the cleansing and
healing processes that shall really
make good our hopes and aspirations.
"Undoubtedly there is a great danger
m the world today. Many people have
thought that the mere signing of the
treaty with Germany marks the ending
or the world peril. Public opinion
seems to have breathed a sigh of re
lief and relapsed into apathy. Concen
tration of thought on world problems
is weakening now when it is most es
sential, and the forces of disintegra
tion and reaction have been given a
freedom of action far greater than
when the world was on its guard.
Situation Serious
"The situation today is serious,
Western civilization is still dazed b?
the shock of four and a half years of
destruction. Industry and commerce
are not yet restored. All of Europe
is impoverished; parts of it are starv
ing, Its whole political fibre has been
shot through. Russia and Hungary are
gripped by subversive political trou
bles, Austro-Hungary and Turkev as
empires, have ceased to be; Poland and
Czechoslovakia are struggling to their
feet as members of the family of na
tions. All that complicated machinery
of society which took decades to elabo
rate and a world war to tear down
cannot be replaced over night by a
wholly different machinery.
"Many problems remain unsettled.
Territorial adjustments to secure the
rights of peoples to live under their
own flag as far as possible in the
tangled skein of European nationali
ties may be made effective. Attain
ment of the Polish frontiers on all
sides, particularly in East Prussia, is
very difficult. The Teschen coal fields
are still a source of contention be
tween Eoland and Czecho-Slavia, Hun
gary is Interrupting the trade of all
central Europe. The Adriatic problem
is still unsolved, as well as the fate
of those large territories formerlv un
der the Turk, including especially Asia
Minor and Armenia.
Statesmen Will Be Sorely Tried
"World statesmanship will be sorely
tried in the next few years. Two things
are essential: First, arf alert, intel
ligent, interested public opinion and,
second, co-operation of the nations.
The former is needed both as a check
on any sinister purposes that may crop
up and as the great support for com
mon action. The second is essential,
unless the nations are to return to a
selfish particularism which can only
breed the most dangerous disputes.
"The peace conference has been his
tory's greatest instance of a unified
world statesmanship directing the
moral and material resources of the
world's family of nations. To allow
the spirit behind it to disintegrate at
this moment of emergency, when
united action is imperative, would be
fatal to all the hopes of permanent
peace with which we entered the war.
"If it is true that one nation can
destroy the equilibrium of all, it is
all the more true that each nation Is
bound by its own law of self-preservation
to co-operate with the others
to chefk troubles before they get their
headway.
"So. I leave for home tonight pleased
but not over-complacent with the out
come of the past six months and hope
ful, but not in the least unmindful, of
the problems of the next few years."
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