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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1923)
Breakdown of League Is Feared Lloyd George Critical of Italy's Attitude Toward Treaty It Helped Make. U. S. More Honorable By DAVID LLOYD GEORGE London, Sept. 8.—The shores of the Mediterranean have, from time Im memorial, been the scene of erup tions and earthquakes. They gener ally break out without warning. Sometimes they are devastating in their effects, destroying life and property over wide areas and on a vast scale. Sometimes they provide brilliant spectacular display, terrify ing In appearance but not causing much destruction. To which of these two categories doe* the last eruption of Mussolini belong? To drop hot cinders in the Balkans is a dangerous experiment The soil is everywhere soaked with naptha and it floats about In un chartered pools and runlets which easily catch fire. A cinder flung from Vienna started a conflagara tlon which spread over continents. That was only nine years ago. The ground is still hot—the smoke blinds and stifles. You cannot see clearly or breathe freely. Now and again there is a suplclous ruddiness In the banks of smoke, which proves that the fire 1* not yet out. And yet there are statesmen flinging burning fag got* about with reckless swngger. The temper of Europe may be gauged from the reception accorded these heedless pyrotechnics on tho part of national leaders by their own countrymen. Every time it occurs, whether in France, Italy or Turkey, and whether It be Poincare, Musso lini or Mustapha Kemal who directs the show, applause greets the exhibi tion. False War Conceptions. I remember the first days of the great war. There was not a belliger ent capital where great and enthusias tic crowds did not parade the streets to cheer for war. In those days men did not know what war meant. Their conception of it was formed from pic tures of heroic—and always victorious —feats hung in national galleries and reproduced in the form of cheap chromes, engravings and prints which adorn the walls in every cottage throughout most lands. Triumphant warriors on horseback, with gleaming eye and flourishing saber, are their own countrymen; the poor vanquished, under crashing hoofs, are the foe. Hurrah for more pictures. The crown prince denies that he ever used the phrase "This jolly war." His denial ought to bo accept/ed in the absence of better proof than is yet forthcoming ns to the statement ever having been made. But the phrase represented the tem per of millions in those fateful days. It used to be said that in wars one lot cheered and the other fought. But the cheering mobs who filled the streets that August were filling trenches in September, and multitudes were filling graves ere the year was out. But when they cheered they had no realization of the actualities of war. They idealized it. They only saw it in pictures. Grimness Now Realized. But the cheerers of today know what war means. Fiance lost well over a million lives In the Inst fight. Italy lost 600,000, and there are men in every workshop in both countries who know something of the miseries, as well as the horrors, of war nnd can tell those who do not. What then accounts for their readiness, at the slightest provocation, to rush Into all the wretchedness over again? The infinite capacity of Mankind for de luding itself. The last time, it is true, It was a ghastly affair. This time it will be an easy victory. Then you had to fight a perfectly-armed Germany or Austria—now it is a very small affair indeed. In one case a disarmed Ger many which cannot fight or, in the other case, a miserable little coun try like Greece, with no army or navy to talk of. So hurrah for the guns! A blood less victory, except, of course, to the vanquished. More pictures for the walls to show our children what ter rible people wo are when provoked! This episode may end peaceably, but it was a risk to take, and quite an unnecessary risk under the cir cumstances of the case. Italy was indignant and naturally indignant, at the murder of its emissaries in cold blood on Greek territory, and al though it took place in a well-known murder area—on the Albanian border, where comitadjls and other forms of banditti reign—still Greece was re sponsible for giving adequate protec tion to all the boundary commission ers who were operating within its frontiers. Greece Show* Regret. Italy is therefore entitled to de mand stern reparations for this out rage. This Greece promptly con cedes. Not merely has Greece shown Its readiness to |iay full indemnity, but It has offered to salute the Ital ian flag by way of making amends for the offense,Involved to the Italian nation in this failure to protect Itnl lan officers transacting legitimate business on Greek soil. Mussolini's answer to the Greek i acknowledgement of liability Is to bombard a defenseless town, kill a few unarmed citizens and enter Into occupation of Greek islands. Does anyone Imagine that, if the incident had occurred on French soil and the French government had displayed the same willingness to express re gret and offer reparation, without further parley he would have bom barded Ajaccio? Or, had It been Britain, would he have ahelled Cowes and occupied the Isle of Wight? But Greece has no navy. .That, I suppose, alters the merits of the case! Force Is still the supreme arbiter of right and wrong in international aii'alrs In Europe. It Is worth noting how the new code of International law Is coming Into existence since the wpr. French armies Invade neighbors’ territory, occupy it, estniiliah martial law, seize ■SM run tho rallwuys, regulate tts|j| press, deport tens of thousands of Its Inhabitants, Imprison or shoot down all who resist, and then proclaim that this Is not an act of war. It Is only a peaceful occupation to enforce rights under a peace treaty. “Diplomatic Precaution.” Signor Mussolini shells towns be longing to a country with whom he is at peace and forcibly occupies part of its territory', and then sol emnly declares that it is not an act of war but just a reasonable measure of diplomatic precaution. Once force decides the issue it also settles rules. There was a time when the Eng* llsh and Spaniards fought each other in the West Indies whilst their gov ernments at home were ostensibly at peace. And French and English fought In India without any diplo matic rupture between Versailles and St. James's. But in those days these lands were remote and the control over the center of events at ^ese distances was intermittent and occasionally feeble. And sometimes it suited gov ernments to Ignore what was taking place on the fringe of the empire. But even In those days, an attack on homeland meant war, and It would mean war today were the attacked countries not powerless. I have heard It said that there Is one law for the rich and another for the poor. There Is no doubt that there Is one Inter national law for the strong and an other for the weak. What about the league of nations? This Is pre-eminently a case for ac tion under the covenant. Italy and Greece are both parties. How can they, consistently with the terms of the treaty they so recently signed, refuse to leave this dispute to be dealt with by the league? Italy had a special part in drafting the treaty and in Imposing it upon Germany and Austria. It cannot now In de cency repudiate Its clauses. It is suggested In some quarters that, the dignity ofMtaly being Involved in the dispute, It cannot possibly con sent to leave It in the hands of the league. That Burely is a fatal llmi tation on the activities of the league of nations. Is league Waning? Every dispute Involving right im plicates national honor and, as every nation is Judge of its own honor, ultimately all differences would be ruled out of the covenant which it did not suit one country or the other to refer. The league is not allowed to touch reparations. If this quarrel also is excluded from the considera , tion of the league it is no exaggera tion to say that this valuable part of the treaty of Versailles becomes a dead letter paragraph. It is one of the gross ironies of the' European situation* that the treaty of Versailles Is being gradually torn to pieces by countries which are not only Its authors but have most to gain by its provisions. France had already repudiated the first and most Important part of the treaty by declaring that it will refer no question arising between Itself and its neighbors under the treaty itself to the league of nations. It has further Invaded and occupied its neighbor's territory in defiance of the provisions of the treaty. If Italy also declines to respect the first part of that treaty, then noth ing is left of it except what It suits the nntlons to enforce or obey. And if the framers do not owe allegiance to the treaty they drafted, why should those who only accepted It under duress bow to Its behests? The vic tors are busily engaged in discredit ing their own charter. Anteriran Course More Honorable. It would have been a more honor able course for the nations to pur sue If they had followed the example of America by refusing to ratify the whole treaty. To sign a contract and then to pick and choose for execu tion parts of it that suit you is un worthy of the great natlone which profess to lead the world toward a higher civilization. There are ugly rumors of possible complications arising out of this un fortunate incident. It does not need a vivid imagination to foretell one or two possible results of a dls — astrous character. In this country they would be deplored, not only for their effect on European peace, bvt for the damage they must inevitably Inflict on the best interests of Italy. It has had enough of victory. tVhat it needs nowr—what we all need— is peace. There is no country which has a more genuine goodwill for Italy's prosperity and greatness than Great Britain. It is an old and tried friend ship. The two nations have many common interests, they have no rival ries. Hence the deep anxiety of Britain that Italy should not commit a mistake which will mortgage its fu ture, even if it does not imperil its present. Italy Should Relent. There are, no doubt, strategic ad vantages for Itnly in hokling Corfu. It enables them to "bottle up” the Adriatic. But it Is Greek and it menaces Slavonia, and this introduc tion of foreign elements into the body of a state for strategic reasons always provokes Inflammatory symptoms in jurious to the general health of the community. They tend to become malignant, and, sooner or later, they bring disaster. Bosnlt ultimately proved to be the death,of 'the Aus trian empire. When the Bosnian cancer became active the evil of Italia Irredenta broke out once more, and, between them, they laid the empire of the Hapsburgs In the dust. Italy has played a great part In the work of civilization, and so has Greece. They have still greater tasks awaiting them—one on a great and the other necessarily on a smaller scale. It would be a misfortune to humanity If they spent their fine enthusiasm on hating and thwarting each other. Copyright, ltzi. School Inspector Will Address Meeting Here I. N. Clark, from the office of the state superintendent of schools, will address a meeting of the county su perintendents "of the Omaha district in the office of the county superin tendent of Douglas county September 11. The meeting has been called to discuss matters of common Interest to schools of the district. Mr. Clark and H. M. Eaton, county superintendent, will visit several schools of the county preparatory to their standardization. Iowa Lutheran Get New Post. Atlantic, la., Sept. 8.—Rev. J. H. Llndemeyer, pastor of Zion Lutheran church, has been made visitor of the Council Bluffs district. “Visitor" In the Lutheran organization Is equival ent to presiding elder in the Methodist organization. Rev. Mr. Llndemeyer’s territory In cludes that between Council Bluffs and Des Moines and from Coon Rapids to the southern boundary of the state. Clearing House Statement. New York, Sept. 8.—The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows an excess In reserve of 84.332.890. This is a decrease of 34,402,610. Warm Blankets —at Low Prices— For Monday Selling Huv Blankets now and he prepared for fold weather. Our Blanket Department is \yell stocked with i now and warm blan * kets. . ounsei riaia BianKets—m assorted colors, neatly whipped edges. 1 QC Size 64x76 inches, per pair, * *Ov 10 Dozen Full Size Comforters—Cov ered with fancy sateen or cambric, some have 9-inch borders to match, size 72x84 inches, positively worth C AA 7.00, speciallv priced at, All-Wool Plaid Blankets—T ri assorted colors, neatly whipped edges, thorough ly scoured and steamed to prevent shrinking, remarkable value, O *7C special for Monday, per pair. 0» • O Wool Finished Blankets—In gray or tan with assorted washable borders, thread whipped edges. Extra heavy wool finish; worth 3.95; spe- O /?Q eiallv priced Mondav. pair. ^ Basement—We»t I New Fall Gloves Our Clove De k > a r t ment Is * Showing Com ole t e Assort ments of Smart New Fall Gloves. All Reason ably Priced. Long Suede Gloves—From V. Perrin & Co., elbow length, extra selected skins, heavy embroidered backs in brown, beaver, silver and black; spc- C Cft daily priced Monday, pair, Perrin’s Tunisia—One-clasp glove with large flare cuff, contrasting inserts in suede and glace; all the new £ rkfk shades, special at, per pair, i Kayser Sixteen-Button Length Cha I moisette Gloves—Splendid pre-shrunk i fabrics, attractively embroidered backs, : in beaver and covert, specially 1 HZL ; priced Monday at, per pair, 1 • # O Main Floor—North Imported Green Gold Mesh Bags Our own importalion, just arrived, green gold finish, extra fine mesh, in long shape with round or square frame, beautifully etched, has a pannier mesh handle, a jeweled clasp and exquisite pointed fringe. This value cannot he duplicated in domestic hags; specially priced for Monday nt, Main Floor—East j —Imported— Novelty Ear Rings | No costume is complete today without ear rings; we have a wonderful lot in long drop and shower effects, crystal, pcnrl and jet com binations, many lovely patterns to choose from. In three great lots— Loti. 59c Lot 2.99c Lot 3..1.49 Main Floor— East Leather Hand Bags Leather liand bags in many smart leathers and styles, some of fancy Chinese leathers, also pin seal, patent, crepe grain, cordovan, calf, tooled and many others; swagger, envelope, shopping nnd overlapping styles, many have double handles; all are silk lined and nicely fitted; vnlues to 5.00; specially priced Monday, each, tu • ui/ >__ Main Floor—Eaat Monday-F ashion able Black Silks 40~Inch Satin Canton Crepe 2.69 Per Yard The back of this fabric with its crepe finish forms an effective self trimming; this usually sells for 3.45. Black silks, more in demand than ever in rich, beautiful qualities for gowns, for three-piece costumes and for blouses. Here are some of the specially interesting fall weaves at prices that are marked concessions from our usual low prices. Charmeuse Satin 1 36 Inchet Wide, Yard X • A splendid weight and highly lus trous quality, regularly 1.98.* Main Floor—Center 40-Inch t Flat Weave Crepe 2.38 Per Yard Very desirable for the new draped gown and highly recommended for excellent service, regularly 3.25. 40-Inch Crepe de Chine—Good weight md highly lustrous quality, excellent 'lack, usually 1.98 per yard, 1 CQ pccially priced at, per yard, 1*0^/ 40-Inch Charaeuse de Luxe—This fab ic is in the height of fashion, a beau tiful, highly lustrous finish and ex cellent for draping. Itegu- O /I Q larly 3.89, specially priced, *0 40-Inch Canton Crepe—Equally adapt ed for the making of either afternoon frocks or general utility wear; all pure silk, regular price 2.98, spe- Q >1 C _e*inIlv priced Monday, yard. ^> i J 35-Inch Messaline—Desirable weight i for linings and inexpensive dresses. I regularly sell for 1.79, spe- QQ cially priced Monday, yard, 1 / 35-Inch Duchesse—Well woven with a high luster and desirable for sepa rate skirts, regularly 1.98, J CQ specially priced at, per yard, X «D J 35-Inch Satin Florence—Handsome im ported fabric, made by Bonnet & Co of France and recommended for ex i Main Fioor—Center 40-Inch Klo-ka—Curious quaint pat terns, woven in blistered effects on a silk and wool background and ideally adapted for coats or jac- Q AA quettes, regularly 4.98, vard,0**/0 40-Inch Satin Spiral Crepe—A heavy, lustrous satin face quality and it* equally crepy reverse, makes it a lead er of reversible silks Reg- Q A Q ularly 5.00, special, yard, 0*«70 40-Inch Georgette Crepe—Good weight and crisp finish, excellent black, ideal for blouses or entire gowns, 1 A A regularly 1.98, special, yard X >U\7 -Wash Goods and Domestic Specials—| Genuine Peter Pan Gingham 65c to 75c Valuta Per Yard The celebrated Peter Pan Gingham in assorted checks and plain shades, 32 and 36 inches wide, guaranteed fast colors, sun proof and tub proof, no mail or phone or ders filled, regular 65c to 75c. Shirting Madras 32 inches wide in a beautiful range of pretty patterns and colors; jacquard and other styles. Special, Yard 39c 10-4 90-Inch Unbleached Mohawk Sheeting A famous brand, recognized for its superior wearing and washing qualities, 10-yard limit to each customer. Per Yard 52c Domestics and Wash Goods for Fall Sewing. Aprons. Chil dren’s Apparel and Other Gar ments, All at Special Prices. Genuine Serpentine Crepe—In a splendid assortment of new fall patterns and coloring?, regular 30c values, OQ specially priced, yard, " ** ^ 36-Inch Lingette—In plain or shadow stripe effects, the na tionally advertised fabric for underwear, > lingerie, step-ins. linings. Children’s dresses, rompers, in a rainbow of the wanted colors, also black and white, yard, Cotton Batting 10 cases extra fine quality cotton batting, neatly stitch ed and ready for comforter, making each roll enough to make full size comforter, limit two to a1 customer, worth regularly 1.30— Special Basement—North 7500 Yards of Assorted Remnants in Two Groups at ioy2c- I8y2c Pet* Yard Consisting of shirting mad ras. poplin, pongee, sateens, repps, ginghams, cretonnes, percales, cotton ohallis and other similar materials, the values range from 15c to 35c. Bleached Cabot Tubing 42 inches wide, a popular brand, with heautitul soft mellow finish, worth regularly 45c. Special, Yard 32y2c 39-Inch Unbleached Sheeting Xiee quality for making sheets and eases. 5 to 15-vard lengths, Monday, Yard 10y2c -Some Specials in Household Linens Imported Handkerchief Linen—In white and colors; about 35 different shades, specially priced for 1 AA Monday’s selling, per yard, * 300 Odd Table Cloths—Assorted | lengths for the new tables, Q | also lunch cloths, O - # ^ I Kitchen Toweling — Absorbent qual ity; neat blue border; per 18c A New Creation—Make your own bath robe out of our new imported Rub Dry bath sheet. See our O QO samples, the sheet is, each, Materials for Bathrobe, com- O *70 plete, priced for Monday at, I —— Aii "nporter’s clearance of all sam ples and odd lots of dish towels and ' lace towels. Many are all linen and some union, spe- to 1 OC ciallv priced, Lm£lD Full Size Satin Finish Marseilles Bed Spreads—lletnmed ends, a O no pood heavy quality, each, * Wtln Floor—Wist New Fall Apparel For Infants >and Children I mpo rted Wearing Apparel for Little Folks—The Youngest Member of the Fam ily Has Been Given His Share of Atten tion and His Wants Supplied With Many Beautiful Imported Xr tides. Knit Novelties—Include coat and cap seta, saques, dresses and even suits for little boys. All knit of beautiful yarn and offered at ex ceedingly low prices; QQ to A QQ special at, from «70C Sweaters—Are in the popular slip-over style, knit of wool in beautiful colors and made very clever with knitted silk borders. Colors are rose, blue, brown, tan, peach and white; sizes 2 to 6 years; spe- Q QQt°^ QQ cially priced at from 0»I70 Baby Dresses—Are of finest materials, all hand made and daintily trimmed. The most exqui site embroidery in sprays and scallops with edgings of real lace make these little 1 O C dresses irresistible. Priced up from For the Little Girl—From 1 to 4 years the im ported dresses are novel in style and trim ming. Dainty applique in contrasting color* and the finest drawn work make them differ ent and the sheer materials leave nothing to he desired in quality, Q QQ to QQ specially priced from, <3*a/0 0*«70 Neat Little Cozy Wraps—Our Infants’ Depart ment has given the tiny babe a hint for cool fall weather. In white, trimmed with blue and pink, keeps baby warm even if the thermom eter drops a little. Very specially f\ QQ priced for Monday's selling at, each, m **70 Bathrobes—Soft and warm and of the dainti est colors. Bound with satin and with or without collars. Pink and blue, *1 qq comfy for baby after the bath, each, 1 «.i/0 | Third Fleer— East Art Needlework Unbleached Rompers—1 to 2 year* size, com pletely sewn and stamped for simple embroidery, specially priced, each, jUC Full Size Bedspread—Of fine quality ecru color scrim. Rustic basket of flowers with blue birds. The stamped pieces come with bands of 7-inch antique lace down each sHe and the embroidery is so simple it can be finished! quickie Spread .4.95 Bolster .2.00 Stamped Three Piece Buffet Set and Dresser Scarf—In floral design to be cm- Q broidcred in three shades of blue, at, *51/ C Third Floor—West Glove Silk Vests Soiled and odd lots; mill runs; jersey silks; orchid and flesh in bodice styles. These vests would sell in first 1 IQ quality for 2.00 and 2.25, at. * • A %7 • Third Floor—Center Monday Special Values Fine Shoes A\ For Women Formerly 10.00tol4.50 I ills lot includes about thirty different’ stylos in dress and semi-dress shoes- of patent, leather and satin; heels are in! 1 uban- box and Spanish strles. This is “ii unusual saving «* I1 p o r i 11 n l ty, and thrifty women will be glad to buy sev eral pairs at this low price. - All Sizes, r* Third / Floor ! Ea.t