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PROBLEMS FACING
STRICKEN WORLD
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction
in Europe Follow the Great .
World War?
POLAND NOW STANDING ALONE
Heroic Nation, Herself in Dire Need,
Is the Only Barrier to Bolshevism,
Fighting the Battle for
Civilization.
. Article XXXII.
By FRANK COMERFORD.
The problems of Russia and unrest
are up to the nations of the world.
Russia's problem affects the world. It
must be solved by the powers In con
cert. Its solution will make the first
step toward rest. The complete solu
tion of the problem of unrest must be
decided by each nation In its own way.
I asked two Important Slav leaders
for their opinions as to the proper
policy the world should adopt toward
the bolsheviks, and the Russian prob
lem. In Prague I spoke to President
Mazyrik of Czecho-Slovakia ; in War
saw I interviewed General Pilsudski,
president of Poland. Both answered
the question In practically the same
words : "Leave Russia alone ; let the
Russian people solve the Russian
question."
What Is the Russian situation? A
minority has seized the government
and is holding it by force. The form
of government adopted cannot last.
Communism will destroy Itself If given
sufficient rope. Already It has de
stroyed production and brought on
chaos. The great danger bolshevism
offers the outside world Is its effort
to organize the unrest of the world
and lead It to revolution.
Poland's Hard Position.
Poland is the barrier holding the
"Red" wave of bolshevism back. I'o
land is a new state. It Is almost as
big as France in population and about
the size of Germany in area. Three
thrones fell to make a presidential
seat for the Polish republic Austria,
Russia and Germany. The Polish peo
ple are intense in their patriotism.
They are Individualists. They are
against the "Red" terror. But I'oland
is poor, terribly poor. The war
brought her to the point of hunger.
She is now facing starvation. She is
doing world guard duty. Her army Is
holding closed the door of bolshevik
Russia. It Is an army made up of men
of zeal and determination. I have
never seen men sustain their spirit
under more trying conditions. Think
of men without shoes facing the "Red"
army; hunger and cold, attacking
them, but standing in their places
holding the front. When I was in
Kurope in October, 1919, I saw this
magnificent army. Forty per cent of
them were without shoes. There were
less than 10,000 outfits for 350,000
men. They were hungry, they were
cold. Back home their loved ones
were not hungry, they were starving;
they were not cold, they were freezing.
Still these nif-n stood at their posts. I
talked the matter over with the chief
of state, General I'ilsudski, and I shall
never forget the manner, the tone and
the words of this Roosevelt of the
Slavs.
"Our army will hold the pass; the
..'Red' terror will not bring the torch
to Europe unless winter and want
force us to retreat. Chattering teeth
and pain pinched stomachs will kill
the morale of any army in time. The
indomitable spirit of our men has
withstood hardships that might have
destroyed an army made up of men
less inflamed with the pnssion to make
secure their newly achieved freedom.
We are without transportation facili
ties even for the front. Our soldiers
are ragged and hungry. They do not
complain, nor do I complain for them,
but facts are facts and these facts
belong to the world. Our army is
fighting a world cause and against a
world evil. Civilization is in the bal
ance and every citizen of civilization
lias a right to know the conditions un
der which Poland is doing world guard
duty.
Fight Under Frightful Conditions.
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"We have no ambulances at the
front and our soldiers going into bat
tle know that if they are wounded and
are not fortunate enough to fall near
a field hospital, they are doomed to
die of neglect and exposure or come
to death by torture from Chinese mer
cenaries who make up the torture bat
talion of the 'Ited' army. We have no
antiseptics and our wounded men are
exposed to a gangrenous death. We
are without anesthetics and wounded
men are required to submit to opera
tions while keenly alive to every sen
sation of the knife.
"Help must come, and It must come
soon. Our troops are willing to fight
on ; this Is their glorious spirit, but
they are only flesh and there Is a point
at which the finest spirit surrenders to
cold and hunger and pain."
- Appeals were made to the peace
table for help. They fell on deaf ears.
Great stocks of clothing were locked
up In England and France while the
Polish army shivered at the bolshevik
front. I saw locomotives and empty
freight cars on the side tracks In Eu
rope at the time I'oland was fighting
the world's fight and crying for trans
portation. The bolshevik must he shut In.
They must be confined to Russia. If
the "Red" army breaks through Po
land, Europe will blaze and bleed from
reovlutlon. Poland stands at the gate,
guarding the pass. She is not fighting
Poland's fight; she is not fighting for
territory or war spoils. She is trying
to hold back the threatening terror.
It is the doty of the world to come to
her support generously. It is not
enough to help her with munitions and
army equipment. To keep up the
morale of the Polish army It is neces
sary to help the home flank. Poland
does not want charity. She asks for
her due. She Is morally entitled to
support. If she is not given It, she
will crumble before the onslaught of
the Reds; the world will pay the price.
She is starting her life as a nation.
By her position in Europe she is called
upon to hold back the revolutionary
horde, the bolshevik terror. In the
meantime she must build her house
and organize her life. She needs
credit to do this. It is her crying
need. It must be forthcoming. Dol
lars and pounds and francs will be
worth much less than they are today
if Poland, the keystone of the arch, is
allowed to fall. This is a question the
allies must answer. America is vital
ly interested and should lead in the
response.
If we can hold thdSsbolshevIks in
Russia and keep Europeree from this
menace, bolshevism will die a natural
death. In the meantime we should
adopt a policy and bend our energies
to carry out that policy. Russia is
made up of co-operative societies. I
believe 20,000,000 Russians are en
rolled in these organizations. The peo
ple trust their own co-operative so
cieties. They do not trust the bol
shevik government The majority , In
Russia are against bolshevism ; they
are victims of it. Why should not
we arrange, if possible, to help the
starving people of Russia through
these societies? Without recognizing
the bolsheviks it is entirely possible
to make an arrangement under the
terms of which allied help can be
given to the majority of the people in
Russia, the people whom it is the In
terest of the world to save. If such
an offer is made and the bolshevik
government does not agree to it, an
uprising in Russia, increased opposi
tion to the bolshevik government,
would weaken its power. Such a pro
posal was made at one time, and I
believe President Wilson favored it,
but because of the lack of team work
at the peace table and the absence of
a definite plan It failed to get beyond
the discussion stage.
Let Russia Find Herself.
Let us take our troops out of Sibe
ria ; let us leave Russia alone. She
will find herself sooner if we do. Let
us convince the Russian people that
we are their friends. Let the nations
of the world acting through the League
of Nations compel Japan to keep her
hands off Siberia. Let our friendly
co-operation make unnecessary and
impossible further German penetra
tion of Russia. Let us not encourage
Denikines, Yudenlchs, Petluras and
Kolchaks. Let us, by our acts, con
vince the Russian people that we want
them to have self-determination 'and
that we are not planning to put upon
them a reactionary government. With
the end of military movements in
Russia inspired from the outside, there
will be no reason for the "Red" army.
The people will compel its demobiliza
tion. The soldiers who make up the
"Red" army will be eager to get back
to civil life. There will be no In
vaders In Russia to give morale to
troops and a reason, for a big army.
With the passing of the army the
soviet government will crumble.
The majority In Russia want a free,
democratic government. They will get
It if left to themselves. Russia is
rich. The establishment of order In
Russia, the reorganization of Its life,
will contribute much to making Eu
rope solvent. I do not mean that Rus
sia is to be exploited. What I have in
mind Is that a productive Russia will
help feed the world and furnish it
with raw material. Russia In normal
times hefore the war exported knore
grain from Black sea ports than the
United States and Canartn combined.
We should not be afraid of bolshevik
propaganda. All we need do is to
abandon our policy of calling names
and abusing our own people by carting
them bolsheviks, when they are not
We have the truth on our side. Why
not use our resources to get the facts
about bolshevism to the people? There
is no occasion for secrecy or mystery.
Few people In America would enter
tain bolshevik leanings if they under-
stood the program of bolshevism and
knew the methods adopted by the bol
sheviks. The press, the pulpit, the
platforms are available. Open the
schools, the churches, the lodges, the
labor meetings, the community centers
and expose the crime against the
world. The getting together will do
us good.
(Copyright, 1920, Weptern Newspaper Union)
Aerial Searchlights.
The British air ministry announced
that, as an emergency to assist belated
aircraft to. locate their airdromes after
dusk, It has been arranged for vertical
searchlight beams to be projected from
the official airdromes from about dusk-
till all service machines have arrived
From Hounslow airdrome there will
be one beam, from Kenley two beams.
and from Llmpne three beams a
ranged In a triangle. Scientific Amei
lean.
Valuable Chemical Discovery.
A discovery of French chemists is
that by coating the Interior of con
tainers with aluminum paint the ac
cumulation of deposits which come
from hard water may be prevented.
Journal of Industrial Engineering
Lhemlstry.
The Man From
Huntington
By H. LOUIS RAYBOLD
(), 1920, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
For seven long months Carter Rags-
dale had been living In New York. It
had been a decided change from Hunt
ington, Jliss., with its 2,878 popula
tion, approximately all his personal
friends or cordial acquaintances.
One had to be mentally alert in the
offices of Richards Bros. There were
no free intervals there for regrets and
repinings. Particularly lf one had
firmly determined to learn, in as short
a time as possible, all the multitudin
ous details of a very big business, and
some day to hold one of its proud
positions.
Evenings were different. Then Car
ter Ragsdale had thought that he
would gladly exchange all the thrills
of metropolitan existence to be back
at home again.
On the first Sunday in May, when
spring was making Central park a
place of enchantment, throwing a soft
veil of green over the chill loveliness
it wears in winter, Carter Ragsdale
went for a stroll through Its highways
and byways.
It was a beautiful riiornlng. Things
had been going well at the office. His
chief, a man little given to praise,
had spoken some words of warm com
mendation, the afternoon before. He
had been given increased responsi
bility. There were hints of promo
tion, with a salary increase, before
long.
As he paced slowly that Sunday
morning, Carter was thinking that
things were indeed well with his
world If he might only sometimes
see some one from home. Then he re
membered the Huntington paper, the
four-page weekly which came to his
boarding house each Saturday, every
line of which he read on Sunday. lie
sat down on a convenient bench, and
drew the thin sheet from his pocket.
No records of world happenings In
the groat New York papers were as
Interesting as the "Live Little Locals"
"Why, Mr. Vernon."
5
oh the last page of the Huntington
Mercury, pne by one, he coiined them.
"Miss Bess Walpole sprained her
ankle last Saturday at the Baptist
Sunday school picnic at Laurel Creek."
"Mr. Roger Vernon has a new auto
mobile." From some sudden Impulse Carter
Ragsdale raised his eyes.
Directly opposite, across the path,
sat a strangely familiar figure. An'
old gentleman, lean of franre, aqui
line of feature, keen of eye, was
watching him. Instantly upon his feet.
Carter Ragsdale whipped off his hat,
and bounded the dozen Intervening
feet, his face exultant
"Why, Mr. Vernon," he called, "who
would ever have expected " ,
By this time he had reached the
bench where his park neighbor sat.
His face fell.
"I beg your pardon, sir," he stam
mered. "I thought an old friend
from home from Mississippi I had
just been reading about him in my
home paper. If I'd only stopped to
think but the resemblance really is
strjklng!" .
Embarrassed, Carter started away,
calling In valedictory, "I trust I have
not annoyed you, sir."
The stranger summoned , the young
man to a seat beside him. '
"I did not catch the name of my
double," he said courteously.
Then Carter made explanations.
"Mr. Roger Vernon, sir. He Is presi
dent of the bank at home, and a very
fine gentlemnn. No one could object
to having such a douhlo,"
Carter found himself talking quite
at ease with his new acquaintance.
The old gentleman boomed a laugh
of hearty appreciation.
"Your double has Just bought a new
. jeSu
machine" Carter indicated the newa
paper item.
The headline of the "Mercury"
caught the old gentleman's eye.
"Jumping Jehosopbat I" he exclaim
ed. "This is strange!"
From an Inner pocket he produced
his card. Carter read : "James Roger
Vernon."
"Young man, your Vernon's my sec
ond cousin. I never was in Hunting
ton in my life, and I never saw hira.
But I've heard my father tell of vis
iting in Mississippi when he was a
boy. I've always Intended to get in
touch with my southern relatives some
day."
Just as they were launched on this
topic, there came an Interruption. A
slim, graceful girl, with dark eyes
and coppery hair, stood before them.
"I'm just getting Introduced for the
first time to my relatives in Missis
sippi," explained the father.
Alicia held out a pretty hand. "Oh,"
she said, "is this a new cousin from
Mississippi?"
Carter shook his head dolorously.
"I'd certainly claim the relationship if
I didn't know I'd be shown up an im
postor later! But the families are
great friends. I sent my first valen
tine to your fourth cousin."
Alicia laughed. To Carter It was
the most charming he had ever heard.
"How nice to have met you!" she
said.
When they took their departure Car
ter walked beside them. Not far from
the park a luxurious limousine waited.
"Don't forget our address, young
man," said Mr. Vernon. "Come to see
us. Come to breakfast next Sunday
nine sharp. We've got a southern
cook."
The recipient of this Invitation
stood as rapt as one upon whom man
na from heaven was descending. He
could scarcely murmur his grateful ac
ceptance. As Mr. Vernon turned to give di
rections to the chauffeur, Alicia added :
"I want to hoar all about this fourth
cousin I've never seen. I scent ro
mance." As Alicia's father bundled her Into
the car Carter protested, "Oh, no, she's
married now. It was just puppy love
a sort of trial heat."
A lovely face smiled, "Never mind.
You can find a romance here. New
Yorkers always say one can find any
thing one wants."
Mr. Vernon leaned out to call, "Nine
o'clock sharp !"
Then a certain young southerner,
from whom a burden of loneliness had
been magically lifted, went blissfully
upon his way.
Next Sunday was only seven dayj
off. New York was giving him busi
ness opportunity. Now the wonderful
city held out another lure. "Find ro
mance here?" he quoted under his
breath. "Why, it's already found!"
WHERE TWO EXTREMES MEET
Civilization and the Wild Places of
Earth Come Together at Falls
of the Zambesi.
Once upon a time It was in western
America that one happened on the
meeng place of the wilds and civili
zation. Now It is Africa, Africa of the
elephants and the Uganda railway.
Perhaps the best-known meeting' place
of the two extremes on the 1 dark
continent Is the hotel at the Victoria
Falls of the Zambesi, where the tour
ists scamper about the desolate
stretch of bush-veld.
Twenty minutes takes you from the
hotel to the savagery of the falls, and
on your way you may surprise a troop
of baboons, grubbing about iji the
rocks, who will dash off at a clumsy
gallop and show their teeth as you
pass. The guinea fowls' ctckle, the
hornbllls fly over, and the kaflirs are
stalking about outside th(j modern lux
urious hotel. Inside, the tourists try
ing to maintain western: dignity at a
dance, while the great jungle baboons
slink up to the hotel's orphan tj steal
the ripe oranges. Inevitably St re
minds you of Mowgli'scry, "Let in
the Jungle, Hathl !" Truly contrast,
and if contrast spells romance neru,
by the great Zambesi, may yon find it.
Fine Art of Reading. J
An English writer holds "browsing"
to be more of an art and thinks that
the perfect "browser" should stand
up or assume some other position of
easy negligence, because for him to
settle down in a chair is to "degener
ate almost inevitably into a mere
reader." lie then goes on to point out
that one does not "browse" on Mere
dith or Browning a statement to
which might be added that one does
mighty little "browsing" on Henry
James.
, "Browsing" is not quite the same
thing as skipping, although you do
skip; nor yet as skimming, although
you do skim; it Is, In other words,
just browsing, and this may be con
sidered as satisfactory as a great
many definitions. Christian Science
Monitor, .
Not So Skimpy. '
. Her husband was counting his ready
cash when she stole up behind hira
and laid her hand on a $20 bill. i
"I saw a lovely bathing suit yesterr
day," she wheedled, "and this would
Just about cover It"
"It would, eh?" he retorted. "Then
get It by all means. I think the one
you have now could he covered by a
couple of postage stamps." Boston
Transcript.
Conclusive Evidence.
"But how did the boss know Clar
ence had taken the car out?" asked
Hmiry.
"Why," explained William. "Clar
ence ran over him." Harper's Maga
zine. .
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Handicraft for Boys and Girls
By A. NEELY HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS
(Copyright by A.
SLING-SHOT GLIDER AND TOP.
The glider type of model airplane
Js simplest to make because it re
quires neither motors nor propellers.
Fig. 1 shows a sling-shot glider. Cut
stick A (Fig. 2) of the proportions
shown, and with a saw slot one end
for a distance of two and one-half
inches to receive keel B (Fig. 3). Cut
keel B out of heavy cardboard to the
dimensions given in Fig. 4, then fasten
it in the slot with brads. The hock
upon the bow (C, Fig. 5) is providtd
for the loop of the sling-shot to slip
over. Make it out of a heavy hairpin.
Bend the pin into a straight piece,
then bend one end into a hook (Fig. 6).
Mftke a small hole through stick A
an men irom Uie bow end, slip the
straight end of the wire up through
the hole, and bend down against the
top of the stick (see dotted lines in
Fig. 6). Bind the wire to stick A by
wrapping with thread (Fig. 5).
HOMEMADE HANGING BASKETS.
As pretty hanging baskets as any
one could wish for can be made of
easily obtained materials.
Fig. 1 shows a unique basket made
out of a six-inch tin funnel. Pierce
three holes Just below the rim, spac
ing them equidistantly (A, Fig. 2),
and connect a hanging chain to each.
Lightweight chain will cost about two
cents a foot at the hardware store.
A cork fitted into the small end of
the funnel will serve as a stopiK'r.
A tin colander makes an excellent
hanging basket as you will see by
Fig. 3. Its perforated sides allow sur
plus water to drain off. Fig. 4 shows
how throe holes (A) should be
punched through the sides at equal
distances apart, to wire the lower
ends of three chains to for hanging
this basket by.
The novel form of basket shown in
F&g. 6 has a square wooden base (Fig.
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6); upon this base a pail is fastened;
and around the Bides of the pail
straight pieces of branches are piled
ui log-cabin fashion. ' 1
Screw eight small screweyes into
the board about half an inch outside
of the pail (A,' Fig. 6); also punch
eight holes through the pail just be
low thi rim; and connect the screw
eyes anil the rim holes with pieces of
heavy cord stretched tight and tied
secure to them. The purpose of tho
cords is to hold the pall upon the
board base, and to hold tho branch
logs close to the sides of the pail. Fig.
5 Indicates how to cross the ends of
the branch logs, also how to increase
the length of the logs of each tier.
When you have laid up tho logs, bind
together the ends by winding a cord
around them and tying. Screw four
screweyes into the baso near the cor
ners, to attach hanging chains to. '
Fig. 8 showf a simple basket made
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Neely Hall.) i
Elevator plane D and main plane Et
(Fig. 2) are made of heavy cardboard
Figs. 7 and 8 show diagrams for mark
ing them out. In mounting, place
them so stick A crosses their centers,
and bind each to the stick with a
strong rubber-band passed beneath the
stick and looped over the plane ends
(F, Fig. 2 and 5). Rest the forward
edge of plane D upon hook wire C
(Fig. 5) to give it the proper tilt.
Make a sling-shot of looped together
rubber-bands joined to. a tree-crotch.
Hold the tail end of the glider with
the right hand and the sling-shot with
the lett hand (Fig. 1), and launch
in the same way that you release am
arrow from a bow. Slide the planes,
backward and forward until you find
the positions which give the model
perfect balance while in flight.
The aerial top (Fig. 9) is one of the
most fascinating of aerial toys.
The top requires the shaft A and
hub-stick B (Fig. 10), for which a car
penter's dowel-stick or a flagstaff may
be used, two cardboard propeller
blades C, and a large spool D. With
a saw, slot the ends of hub B for a
distance of three-quarters of an inch.
Lto receive the propeller-blade ends.
Cut the slots at an angle that will give
the hlades the pitch shown in Fig. 10
and be careful to get both slots at this,
angle. Bore a small hole through the.
hub-stick and taper the shaft to fit
snugly in this hole (Fig. 11). Whittle
the opposite end of the shaft to fit
loosely in the spool hole. Plug up the
lower end of the spool hole.
Fig. 12 shows the dimensions for
the propeller blades. Fasten the blades.
In the hub ends with brads.
Hold the top as shown in Fig 9, for
spinning, and wind the cord about its
shaft spinning-top fashion.
out of a small grocery box, which may
either be square or oblong. Mark off
the center of each side, then prepare.
four square sticks an inch longer
than the box is deep, screw a screw
eye into the end of each, and nail se
curely to the box sides, one at the ,
center of each side (Fig. 9). Fasten;
chains to the screweyes.
The rustic hanging-basket in Fig. 10
has a box foundation (Fig. 11). Screwi
screweyes into the ends of four stioks,J
to connect chains to, and nail these
strips to the box, one inside of each!
corner. Select straight pieces of
branches for covering the box with.'
Cut a pair for each corner two inchesi
or so longer than the depth of thej
box, cut the intermediate pieces oner
half inch longer than the depth of the
box, and tho bottom pieces to fit be
tween tho sides. Nail the branches Jto
tho box with small nails, first fastdn
ing on the corner pieces, then the
pieces between, then the bottom
pieces.
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