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Holland "yields to .the demands ot
Prussia.
"China yields to Japan.
TCesa are day when rights ot
nation or Individual amount to lit
,Ue, unless he Is strong enough, and
Trilling to fight for bis rights.
When La Fontaine wrote his
table of the woir quarreling with
the lamb, he had human beings not
animals in mind. Many human
.wolves prove the truth of that
fable,
Holland, under compulsion,, gives
Prussia the Tight to transport
through Dutch territory "sand and
gravel, not to be used for military
purposes.'
Many things will go in those cars
labeled 'sand and gravel." in
cluding soldiers and dynamite.
Holland is helpless. Starvation
crowds her on one side. Prussia
the -wolf is on the other, ready to
Years ago the Dutch Queen said
to the Prussian King: "Your sol
diers Are not tall enough to fight
Holland" meaning that she would
open the dikes and drown them.
But war has changed. Her people-are
half starved. She would
Jiave to drown them and their few
fertile fields to drown the Prussian
army.
And the Prussian long-range
Sim and the flying machine have
come to laugh at Holland's ancient
protection "opening the dikes."
China and Japan in their "agree
ment" reveal an Asiatic imitation
of ancient Greece when .Sparta,
Japan of Greece, had power, and
no Greik state could make war ex
cept with Sparta's permission and
lea by 'Spartans.
According to the Shanghai Ga
zette, Japan's demands are thor
ough. Chinese -troops in Siberia
"shall be commanded by a Japa
nese." Twenty million Chinese soldiers
brave As any led by capable
Japanese officers might make
jrt-work.of Bolsherik'Kfreedom.'
Such an army might also make
the German Kaiser do serious
thinking.
The firtt- thought probably
-would be, fr3y not divide with
the l&Skade he vang his Chinese,
I nwGtrmans, Bulgarians; and
"EarHfta conquer and -parceliJout
tfc&ifend between ur
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'These interesting possibilities
made yen read with all the more
satisfaction the clear note of
feat .cctate&si rem. JdoydS
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exat: "Democracy and autocracy
have come to the death grip; one
or the other will fasten its hold
on mankincLr They must believe
that there, to make them fight
better.
Fortunately, we know in Amer
ica that it really isn't "one or the
other." Japan for today may
make her tool of China, as Prus
sia makes tools of south Ger
many, Austria, Turkey, Bulgaria,
and miserable Russia.
But all of these "tools" are also
men. Many of them ready all of
them think more or less, and all
"without exception can REBEL.
It is one thing for an Alexan
der, Caesar, Mohammed or Attlla
the Kaiser's predecessors to ride
over populations that could op
pose only their bodies to the con
queror's sword.
It is a different thing when the
Russian who looks at you with a
mild eye may be holding a dyna
mite bomb behind his back.
Where .any one mia nas power
through science and violence to de
stroy any other one man life is
not safe or comfortable for those
that undertake to rule the'world.
The "Europaesche Handelsges
jMllschaft" Is a German Idea which
means "European mercantile so
ciety." It Intends to combine selling and
buying operations and also to or
ganize trade boycotts particularly
against "neutrals" that may deal
with the allies or this country.
Trade.boycottlng fortunately. Is
something that the Germans will
not monopolize.
It ought to be at least one hun
dred years before anything Is
bought by this country from any
human being recognizing the Kaiser
or what be stands for It ehould
go ill with the American that
spends a dollar for any trade with
Germany except for bullets or pon
der to diminish the number of liv
ing Germans.
The present American policy is,
and for a long time will be. that
the best German is the dead one,
and the best German merchant
the bankrupt.
The Germans know now that
the Kaiser whom they follow has
murdered millions of them. They
have still to learn and they will
learn that he has bankrupted
them all.
' Therein, he may truthfully
claim that he is the agent of
Provider.ee for two things the
Germans evidently needed to
make them realize the rights of
others wholesale murder and
bankruptcy. They are getting both,
thanks to their adored Kaiser.
It is not a fact that democracy
OR autocracy will fasten its hold
on mankind.
The fact is that autocracy is
committing suicide, slowly and
painfully for all concerned, but
none the less certainly.
Intelligence and justice in the
long run rule in this world.
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Pasturage That Has Lured
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Will Be Enjoyed by War-Time
Mutton-to-Be.
By iAVlD LAWREtfCE.
(Coprrtstit, lttl. by Ktw Tort Evening Fort
Company.) (
And it came to pass that four
lambs and twelve sheep, white of
fleece and black of nose and feet,
were chosen to graze on. the White
House lawn. .Many have been those
not all quadrupeds either who
have cast yearning glances toward
the estate where sits the titular
shepherd of a' great flock, but few
have been permitted even to bask
ja evnsEiif..the.Secctfro
Mansion. Loud-speaking animals
have been barred. Goats have been
particularly under ban.
Peace and the Atmosphere of pas
toral tranquillity has ruled. Nothing
has disturbed the southern landscape
as it stretched toward the Potomac
nothing but ,the curious-eyed
tourist and khaki-clad guards. The
grass has grown, under nobody's
feet, and has been shorn in bucolic
seclusion.
Act Is Approved.
To all "Washington, therefore, the
decision to permit the Presidential
crass to be eaten In tender humil
ity by sixteen sheep came as a pleas
ant surprise. Even Congressmen who
boast their right to criticise every
thing that Mr. Wilson does or doesn't
do confined themselves merely to
pleasantries over the transfer of the
stock from a New Toik bank presi
dent to tbe White Bouse, the aca
demic fondness of the President for
sheepskin and his much more recent
penchant for wool wherewith to pull
over the eyes of folks on Capitol Hill.
This acclaim of a Presidential In
terest in animals Is not new, how
ever. The late Senator Ike Stephen
son of Wisconsin generously be
stowed upon Mr Taft a lara-e brlndle
cow which In time begat a calf. In
the Roosevelt days the children played
with guinea pig and turkeys and
snakes, though it Is said the en
tangling serpents were more of a
diversion for the head of the house
than his alert offspring. Once the
Colonel received a zebra, but
promptly consigned it to the zoo,
where It still bras.
'Tis said also that Mr. Roosevelt
was presented with a wolf, but Its
present whereabouts Is unknown.
Goats are believed to have been pets
In the Lincoln household, but hlstory
on this subject Is vague, and more
accurate knowledge might be obtained
from Mr Creel of the Committee of
Public Information Certainly, during
the Wilson Administration, the Presi
dent has quite modestly declined to
accept the gift of a live owl, and has
sent away all the 'possums, of which
a goodly number have come from the
."outh Tame squirrels still est out
Of your hand in the White House
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"I am very thankful
to The TIMES. It
rented my rooms in the
shortest time imagin
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ly tenants."
We get word like
this many times daily.
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furnished rooms at
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Because at least one member of the jury, Crittenden
Walker, former mayor of Kensington, Md., read in The
Times Sundajrfhe story of the Both-Frank $70,001? suit which
said among other "things: ""
"Before the curtain rings down there will appear aman
said to he the exiled Count Frankenstein, son of a ruler in
a German kingdom, now known in America as Charles Lee
Frank, arti8tsandTeigning husband of Mrs. FranV the .trial
was abruptly halted today.
Moves For Dismissal.
Mrs. Johanna. Roth, ot Georgetown,
for fifteen rears an intimate of Mr.
Charles Le'Frank.-whom she referred
to aa "sister," is now suing Mrs.
Frank for sums aggregating $70,000
she claims as due her for certain
stocks she 'says Mrs. Frank disposed
of, for life, insurance amounting to
several thousand dollars and divi
dends on certain stock amounting to
18.000.
In the course of the trial of the
case yesterday afternoon, Ignaclus J.
Cosllgan. Washington attorney and
leading counsel for Mrs. Frank,
moved that, the jury He dismissed.
When Juror 'Walker admitted hiving
read The Times' Sunday story of tbe
trial. The motion waa granted, the.
Jury dismissed, ;and the case con-
rm of
court
Kally For Liberty
Loan In Hut
Come to the Liberty Loan Rally,
8 o'clock tonight. In Liberty Hut
(tabernacle).
Wesley Frost, American consul
From Queenstown, will tell of the
sinking of the LusIUnia, and will
give heartrending details of other
submarine atrocities
Private W. L. Ormerod, of Wash
ington, and several other Ameri
can soldiers, fresh from the firing
line in France, will tell of their
experiences 'Vjver there"
The Marine Band w 111 play No
tickets necessary. Everybody In.
vlted. You are expected.
LIBER.Tr LOAN COMMITTEE
OF D. C.
Washington todsy scored victory In
America's third war loan by over
subscribing the clt s minimum quota
by 1879.130.
The nation's strong box Is 1 13.679.
160 richer today as a result of the
District's contribution to the war for
democracy. The District's minimum
quota is tl2.800.000 The honor flag,
awarded by tbe United States Treas
ury to cities achieving their quotas,
will float from the top of the District
building tomorrow
Plans were made for flag raising
exercises aa the army of 8,000 Liberty
loan workers speeded up their efforts
to bring Washington's total loan sub
scrlptlons to the new amount desired
by the central Liberty loan commit
tee, IJ5.600.000.
In Constant Stream.
There are 63,890 subscribers to the
third loan In Washington. Subscrip
tions poured In to the banks today
In a constant stream, encouraging the
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HEAVY CASUALTY LIST
ANNOUNCED IN LONDON
LONDON, April British casualty
Hits published during April showed l.UJ
officers killed, 4.M1 -wounded, and S.CJ
missing. S.1U men killed, tSXH wounded,
and Qt missing
Tbe total of SiSSO casualties is the
largast since January, when they were
T4.Q21 Tbe March casualties were It Ml.
and the February casualties 19.492. It Is
believed that neither the March nor the
April casualty liss Included the total
resulting from the German drive.
DISTRICT EXCEEDS MINISTER DE PENA
ITS LIBERTY LOAN OF URUGUAY DIES
OUOTA $879,150 IN HOSPITAL HERE
DEFEATED IN FLANDERS
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room at the Montgomery county
courthouse at Xtockvllle, where the
case la being tried, and copies of The
Times were produced.
Article la Bead.
Judges Edward "C. Feter and Glenn
H. Worthlngton, -who are presiding,
directed Attorney Costlgsn to read
the article In question. It was read
In ita entirety, including the head-
.lines.
, "Women guide the plot, and noble
men, clergymen, financiers and poli
ticians, who- are among the leaders
in man's world, are but nlaythlngs
when you peep behind tbe scenes Into
a. real drama of Ufa being unfolded
in the little courthouse at Rockvllle,
Md the attorney read.
Ambition, mad In a search for
TjfftH-V1- Jo. scandal and (he
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Dr. Carlos Maria de Tens, envoy
extraordinary and minister pi en I
potentlary from Uruguay, died at
Emergency Hospital at 9.45 o'clock
this morning. Ills death marks the
second within two weeks In the Diplo
matic Corps.
Dr. de Pena'a death was due to an
inflection of the right leg. His family
had been summoned when physicians
realized the end was approaching.
This Is the second recent death
among envos of South American re
publics. Senor Santiago Aldunate. the
late ambassador from Chile, was a
friend of the Urugujan statesman,
and members of the Dlolomati,. r.,..
said today that Dr de Pena had never
ujiy recorerea rrom the nhock caused
by the sudden death of his associate
Dr. de Pena u an honorary pall
bearer at the funeral of the Chilean
ambassador His condition compelled
his removal to the hospital Thursday
last.
Flags at Half Mast.
The flags of Uruguay and of the
Pan-American Union were at half
staff when news of the diplomat's
death was given out at the legation.
The board of governors of the Pan
American Union will adopt resolutions
of condolence at a i-peclal meeting
Thursda).
Dr. De Tena ranked high as a
statesman and scholar He n, ap
pointed minister to the United States
185., Dr De Pena was a graduate of
University of Montevideo m 1876. He
held many public offices until 1908.
when he entered the diplomatic serv
ice aa envoy to Brazil. He wai the
author of several books on educa
tion, commerce and Indmirv
Prominent In Society.
HI family are leaders in Washing
ton society Besides his widow.
Madam de Pena, the diplomat is sur
vived by four daughters. Miss Man
uela de Pens. Miss Albertlna de Pena.
Mirs Carlota de Pena, of Washington,
and Mrs. Herqulnlgo, wife of a
Chilean diplomat.
A son. Hugo V de Pens, Is first sec
retary of the legation here.
u . Va.te.ufU5,rUu ""Ice will be
held, but thu date has not been fixed.
CONSCWTOOFUBOR
PUT OFF UNTIL NEEDED
Conscription of labor for war work
will be considered by the War Depart
ment only If the need becomes pressing,
and not until then. Assistant Secretary
of War Crowell today wrote Senator
Chamberlain, chairman of the Military
Affairs Committee.
CREEL WANTS
INVESTIGATION
101 WOI
OF HIS BUREAU
Writes Letter to, President of
Newspaper Publishers' As
sociation Refuting Charge
Against Him.
NEW TOTHC April 30. Demand
for an Investigation of the Commit
tee on Public Information was mad
by George Creel, Its chairman. In a
letter addressed to Frank P. Glass,
of Birmingham, president ot the
American Newspaper Publishers' As
sociation, -which became public bere
today.
Creel's letter was written in an
swer to charges made by Hopewell
Rogers. bn'Ines manager of the
Chicago Daily News. In bis address
last week as retiring .president ot.
the A. J". P. A. Roger. .rtwfed t
the- CM3iltiee- as a -departmenT. of
lie Government, on the one hand
dealing, out misinformation, and on4
the other withholding news until It
has reached the public through the
bulletins of the enemy," and also re
ferred to "the Incompetent and dis
loyal head of the department who
glories In our unpreparedness"
Should Prove Charges
In his letter to Glass, Creel said:
"I Insist the American Newspaper
Publishers' Association Is compelled
by eery dictate of patriotism to
prove or disprove the charges that
Mr. Rogers made as its president"
Creel also announced he had wired
Rogers on April 25", asking for such
an Inquiry, but that he received no re
ply and so far as he could asce-taln,
Rogers did not communicate his tile
gram to the convention.
Creel's letter ,ln part, folliv s:
Outlines Work.
"When Mr. Rogers accuses me of
disloyalty. I am not greatly disturb
ed, for 1 feel that the devotion of a
life time will weigh against any sin
gle, reckless, unsupported statement
made In prejudice and partisanship
Vhen Mr. Rogers attacks my com
petenc), however, the personal ele
ment disappears, for not only does be
assail the entire educational work
that the committee on public Infor
mation is doing In the United States,
and in every other country in me
world, but he Impugnes the motives
and patriotism of thousands of men
and women who have given them
selves wholeheartedly and unselfishly
to this branch of the national service
Three thousand historians are at
our call In the Drenaration cf pamph
let matter, virtually every writer of
prominence is giving time to tne worK
of the committee: the division of ad
vertising enlists the energies of every
great advertising expert in the United
States, there are close to 50,000 speak
ers In the Four Minute men: the war
conferences of the State are under our
supervision, men and women of all
nationalities go rrom coast to coast
at our bidding .the famous artists of
the United States are banded togem
er for the production of our posters,
the motion picture Industry has been
mobilized and Is giving us ungrudging
support without thought of financial
return, and In everj capital or tne
world there are men and women serv
ing with courage and Intelligence
"I can readily understand how the
Germans might insist that our effort
was worthless and that those thous
ands were laboring vainly and even-
lv disloyally, but It Is amazing In
deed that one who calls himself an
American should level such a charge,
especially when he never has taken
the trouble to rail upon me. and
knows absolutely nothing of the
work of this committee, its alms, and
Its plans.
"I beg you to believe that it Is not
only an. Injustice that I am seeking
to have remedied It is a great and
necessary work that I am trying to
protect. If the American Newspaper
Publishers' Association can help me
in any manner, or point out to mc
what larger efficiency can be secured.
It Is Its duty. I shall be glad to re
ceive this committee at any time"
D. C. GARBAGE BILL PASSED.
The Senate this afternoon passed
the District garbsge disposal bill,
enabling the District to acquire the
plant of the Washington Fertilizer
Company and to handle garbage It
self The bill will go to the Presi
dent for his signature without de
lay It was pssied bv the Senate
with only brief discussion
There was no opposition.
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Mr. Taft, as a memberof the Federal Labor Adjustment Board,
has begun active work again in the Capital. He .heard today the
statements covering- the strikers' side of the Offterdinger cigar fac
tory disagreement.
TAFT HEARS PLEA
Claiming that they -sere being dis
criminated against in the matter of
par, a committee representing the
80 striking women employes of the
Henry T Offterdinger cigar factory.
ry T onteminger cigar iaciury.
Ninth street, today presented
on
their cases before the Taft-Walsh
Federal Labor Adjustment Board.
. w m d mmltlfrS:nv.
the Washington committee of the Ja-
tlonal Women's Trade Union League.
.VTrrr,i fn ih otrlkors read
appearing for the strikers, reaa a
Mrs. Glfford Pinchot, chairman of
aiiyruuMB i". ."" ----. - : pi
prepared statement before the board,!
wnicn. set lorin we biuuu ui iuc-
strikers and their demands.
Mrs Rebecca Perry, representing
Local 110, of the International Cigar-makers-
Union, which the striking
Offterdinger employes have formed,
supplemented Mrs. Plnchot's state
ment with facts regarding the pay of
the women employed and the num
ber of employes In the Offterdinger
factorj
Questioned By Taft.
Following the reading of the state
ment, Mrs. Pinchot and Mrs. Perry
answered questions asked by former
President William Howard Taft,
chairman of the Labor Board, re
garding number of employes and
other general details.
Tne details of tne sinners ue
mnds. nnd information they furnish
ed regarding the Offterdinger factory
and Mr. Offterdinger's treatment of
his employes, together with the
statement -as read by Mrs. Pinchot,
were taken under advisement by the
board following the hearing. The
Offterdinger side of the controversy
will now be looked Into by the Fed
ami arbitrators, after which a de
cision In the case probably will be
reached.
Brief for Strikers.
A summary of Mrs. Pinchot's
statement follows:
"We come to you because the
principles at stake are identical
with those which your board has an
nounced as vital to the national wel
fare, and because all other means of
securing a fair and reasonable ad
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OF OFFTERDINGER
WOMEN STRIKERS
PICARDY
Taken Today,of
Taft onNew Job
0FU.S.0NJ0BHERE
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For the first time in history, two
American Presidents one ,of them
an "ex" are on the Job in Washing
ton, working to win the war. Though
of opposite political faiths, they are.
flr,lratlvely. working side by side.
while President Wilson is culdl
guiding
the destinies of the nation In the
greatest crisis In world history,
I '" l"Ml Taft. still rotund
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dustrlal forces of the nation In line
nroduction. without delav and
for war productlo
wl,h0ut injustice.
Taft Find Own Place.
For a ears it has been a problem In
the United States as to what to do
with our former Presidents. Former
President Taft has solved this ques
tion In his own way. After an ab
sence of six years he has returned to
Washington to take a modest desk
In the Department of Labor, doing
bis bit In the war.
The former President has never
stood aloof on his dignity as a former
President of the greatest nation on
the earth When he left the Presl
dents chair, Taft went to Yale and
took a Job of teaching the young.
He was a game loser, and has won
great popularity by his unhesitating
return to the ranks of the people
and his ability and willingness to got
tk sj rtiL nnrl mmlf a llfr
to work and make a living.
He Is doing bis citizenship bit
hrartlly and efficiently, being alert
to and giving much anxious thought
to tbe winning of the war He has
unhesitatingly supported his suc
cesor in everything relating to the
war.
On M ar lbor Board.
Taft came to Washington a few
weeks ago and took a modest house.
He settled down prepared to act as
a member of the War Labor Board
He Is chairman ot the employers' sec
tlon He has an unpretentious office
In the Department of Labor building,
on G street The board Is charged
with settling all labor disputes dur
Ing the war, and with the larger task
ot keeping Justice and content be
tween capital and labor
Just what salary the former Presi
dent Is to receive has not been finally
determined It Is probable, however,
that he will receive the regular allow
ance ot a Department of Labor con
ciliator, which Is 110 a day while en
gaged on a case.
TWO PRESIDENTS
II
LINKERS
ENEMY IS
FORCED!
HALT BIG
fFENSIVE
Wave After Wave of Onrutfimfc
Foe Mowed iJown bfrfflet
'Guns'in tiesperatffAssaufts
to Break Line.
TheC defeat administered in Plan.
kr Ty he combmed British and
French armies has compelled- tia
Germans to resort to itnntsMr
"breathing spell."
The enemy opened the battle earir
yesterday -with arr intense hombarjU
raent on practically the jmtlK
norwern jrot
EJS2S
forward off thtfU
twees Metercn sad ZiUebeke.
All day and far1 into tbe night the
Germans- hacked and buffeted at the
allied positions. The British, mow
ing down wave after "wave of the
attacking: forces, refused to jrjve an
men. The French, forced, to yield
some ground near Locre, launched
counter attacks until they had re
gained all the territory.
Quiet, Haljr Says.
Today Halg announced that the
northern battlefront was "compara
tively quiet." Thus the, most des
perate assault attempted by tbe Ger
mans in several days bad failed.
Tbe bombardment ot British posi
tions between Lens and Arras yester
day, which was conducted simultane
ously with tbe cannonading la Flan
ders, failed to develop any infantry
action.
The allies appear to retain th
Initiative in Pleardy, as Is shown by
Half's announcement that the Brit
ish yesterday advanced their lines
slightly east of Vlllers-Bretonneux.
This village, which. Is about eight
miles east of Amiens, has changed
hands several times.
Halted la Tracks. t
This time the Germans were halted
in their tracks, and the effect upon
Teutonic morale must be Immediate.
General von Arnlm. commander of
the defeated German forces, suc
ceeded General von Kluck early' in
the war. when tbe latter was re
moved after his famous drive to Paris
overran Itself and contributed to the
German repulse at the battle, of the
Marne. The tradition of defeat to
which von Arnlm succeeded ha now
been emphasized before Tpres. and
his own removal may shortly be ex
pected If the allied lines continue to
hold.
Rejoicings in Berlin at the ex
pected capture of tbe Channel ports
will cause von Arnlm's failure to
produce a more profound reaction
than otherwise. The criticisms Of
Hlndenburg which have begun among
a daring minority at home, because
of his slaughter of German man
power will now have increasing
weight Von Hlndenburg cannot af
ford to stand still. When that con
dition is forced upon him. the fact
of Germany's ultimate defeat must
become Increasingly evident to the
Cerman people
BIG GUNS ROARING
ON PICARDY FRONT
PABIS. April 30. Violent cannon
ading continuea along the Pleardy
front, especially on the southern
flank ot the German salient that Juts
toward Amiens along the Sorame. ac
cording to the communique, issued by
the war office today.
French patrols are becoming more
active along the whole front.
The text of the official statement
follows.
"Violent artillery firing is occurring
north and south of the Avra river, la
the sector of Noyon. and on the south
bank of the Olse river.
"Our patrols, have been more active
on the whole front. Fifteen German
prisoners were taken.
"On the rlsbt bank or the Meuse
river (Verdun front) and la Upper
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