THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.
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AVIATORS HE SAFE
RESCUE OF HAWKER AND GRIEVE
STIRS OLD ENGLAND.
PICKED -UP IN MID-OCEAN
VON BERNSTORFF, TYPICAL GERMAN
rYH-Ynri-
1 Handley Pngo "Berlin IJombcr," with Itolls Royvc engines, that Is being set tip In Newfoundland for n try
at a transatlantic flight In June. 2 U. S. S. Westward Ho In the Kiel canal carrying food sent by the Polish na
tional committee to the starving Poles and Jews. li Arrival of the transport Mount Vernon carrying tho Ono
Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry, formerly the Second regiment I. N. G. of Chicago.
HEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Germans Given Another Week to
Complete Their Protests
Against the Treaty.
MIES CONCEDING NOTHING
Tronic Replies to Brockdorff-Rantzau's
Notes Displeased American Ex
perts Resign Wilson's Stand
on Wartime Prohibition
Arouses Storm Suf
frage Winning In
Congress.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Stalling and playing for time by
'handing In many voluminous protests
and promising to produce many more,
the Gorman delegates to the peace con
ference succeeded last week In gaining
an extension of time to Mny 29 for
making their full reply to the treaty
terms. To expedite the work Brock-dorff-Rantzau
nsked leave for a spe
cial train to take printing presses and
printers to Versailles.
Among the notes, ho said, that are
to bo presented to the allies were
those dealing with Alsace-Lorraine,
with the occupied territories, with tho
extent and discharge of tho repara
tions obligation undertaken by Ger
mnny, with labor laws, with German
private property In enemy countries,
and with territorial questions In tho
east.
The nnswers of the allies to the
notes already submitted by tho Ger
mans couldvnot have given the latter
much encouragement as to results.
"When they complained of the taking of
mines and nitrate beds they were told
the treaty did not prevent their buying
minerals and nitrates from other na
tions; when they objected to tho loss
of their mercantile shipping and the
consequent loss of employment for
their sailors,- they wore reminded that
the allies wero not thus nearly com
pensated for' their losses due to sub
marine ravages; and when they said
Germany would bo unable to feed her
population If deprived of agricultural
lands, they were told tho reduction of
population through the loss of territory
left her fewer mouths to feed, and the
Germans could easily obtain agricul
tural products from other countries.
The attitude of the allied delegates
Is that their countries have suffered
far too much already, and It Is tho
turn of Germnny, nnd they assert the
German people cannot shirk the re
sponsibility for tho war because of a
partial and perhaps nominal change In
their form of government nnd In Its
personalities. Such, Indeed, was tho
substance of the reply of the council
of four to tho German note regarding
reparations, In which the Hun dele
gates declared Germany would not ad
mit responsibility. They wero told It
was too late to take such a position
and that It was Impossible to disasso
ciate responsibility from reparation.
Having asserted the German peoplo
would not have undertaken a war of
aggression, they nre reminded that
they approved of Secretary Lansing's
noto of November 5, 1018, In which It
was stated that the obligation to
. make reparation "arises out of Ger
many's aggression by land, sea and
air." Tho Germans asked that the re
port of tho commission on responsibil
ity be communicated to them ; this was
peremptorily refused.
Of course It Is apparent that In try
Ing to disclaim the responsibility of
the Germnn people for tho war or ag
grcsslon the Berlin delegates are rely
Ins on President Wilson's early contcn
tlon, that America was making war not
on tho German people but on the
military autocracy that was oppressing
them. After a whllo ho admitted he
was disillusioned by reollzntlon that
the German people heartily supported
Hm!r pnvornment as lone as they were
winning liattles .and then he directed
tho exertion of "force without stint or
limit." nowevor, tho Germans choose
to remember rather his former stand,
and on that and tho Fourteen Points,
they base most of their objections to
tho treaty terms. Those points nro
especially emphasized In the statement
Issued last week by the Scheldemunn
cabinet which snys Germany cannot
possibly accept the treaty as formu
lated.
Whnt the Germans really will do
nbout tho treaty Is still the subject of
much speculation. Opinion In Paris
that they ultimately will sign Is un
changed, nnd Is supported by advices
from Berlin to tho effect that a power
ful party Is growing there In favor of
submitting to tile allies and gaining
ponce thnt will permit the resumption
of business. In this the Independent
Socialists arc Joined by bankers, mer
chants and many others, who sny thnt
anything would be preferable to bol
shevlsm. In Washington It Is believed
that the Ebert government may retire
temporarily In order to lot a dummy
government approve the treaty. Tho
dummies thereupon would be ousted by
public opinion nnd the Ebert crowd
could return, but the treaty would have
been signed.
It may bo that final ratification of
tho trenty will be delayed by tho ac
tion of the United States senate, which
has begun debate on the league of
nations, covenant. Some Republican
leaders wish to notify tho peace con
ference formally that the covenant
must be amended and should be sepa
rated from the peace treaty of which
It Is now an lntegrnl part. It Is certain,
too, that tho peace terms will be scru
tinized at length by tho senate. Sen
ator Hitchcock nnd other supporters
of the government aro convinced that
both tho trenty and tho league cove
nant will be ratified by the senate.
An interesting fact concerning the
peace negotiations has just developed.
A number of tho experts attached to
the Amcrlcnn delegation have resigned,
declaring tho treaty Is unacceptable to
them In many respects. They were
taken over to gather historical, racial
nnd other data, and they assert that
tho mnss of Information they handed
In hns not been used or even read by
the delegates. They more than Inti
mate that the framing of the pence
treaty degenerated quickly Into a proc
ess of bargaining nnd that Mr. Wilson
was compelled to surrender his Idenls,
one after another, In order to put
across his main Idea of a league of
nations. According to these malcon
tents, the settlement of tho Snar basin.
Dnnzlg, Shantung nnd other problems
was all wrong, and they evidently have
no confidenco that the Italian muddle
will be cleared up properly and Justly.
What shall be done with Turkey?
was n question thnt occupied the atten
tion of the council of fpur Inst week,
President Wilson acting rather In nn
ndvlsory capacity since America was
not at war with the Porte. Some of the
delegntes wish the sultan to bo re
moved to n small territory In Asia
Minor nnd Constantinople turned over
to the United States under mandate,
The Indian delegates, however, fear
that to force tho sultan to quit Con
stontlnople would cnuse great trouble
In the Mohnmmedon world, nnd there
foro tho British prefer that he bo left
there but with only spiritual powers
Though It seems to bo accepted that
America shall be tho mandatory for
Armenln, It Is not at nil certain that
the Amerlcnn peoplo would bo willing
to take charge of the Turkish capital
Continued fighting between tho Poles
nnd the Ukrainians gave the delegates
added trouble, for tho Ukrainians, who
wero losing ground In Gnllcla, com
plained bitterly, blaming the "Insane
policy of tho allies In supporting the
Poles." Pnderewskl apparently cannot
compel his countrymen to cease hos
tllltles, and tho council of four took
under consideration the wisdom of
giving further support to any people
who refuse to obey orders from tho
conference. Jews throughout the world
also have been nroused against tho
Poles by reports of bloody pogroms In
which thousands of their race hnve
been slain, and mass-meetings of pro
test were held Inst week In the larger
American cities. The leaders of tho
Poles deny the accuracy of the stories
nnd point to the fact that their relief
organization Is supplying food nnd
clothing to Jew nnd gentile alike.
Recent news from the near East says
Lenlnc nnd Trotzky have established
airplane communication with the Hun
garian communists nnd arc urging Beln
h.un to hold out at all costs, promising
nld as soon as they get possession of
Roumnnla. Tho Red army, It Is assort
ed, has orders to bum Budapest iind
scatter If too hnrd pressed. Meanwhile
an nntl-comniunlst government hns
been set up at Arnd, Hungary, and tho
belief thnt It has tlio backing of tho
allies Is confirmed by tho arrival there
of Gen. Frnnchet d'Esperey for tho
purpose of directing a new movement
against Budapest. Lenlne Is quoted ns
declaring he will make class warfaro
until capitalism Is destroyed and tho'
whole world Is ono In brotherhood.
Admiral Kolchak has been notified
that the allies will rccognlzo the gov
ernment at Omsk as soon as It Is firm
ly estnbllshcd nnd a constituent a;
sembly Is formed, and he has replied
that he Is striving hopefully toward
that end. It Is said only 50,000 of the
Czecho-SIovnk troops who went to
Russia nre left, and these aro mnklng
their way to their homes In Boheinia
The Internntlonnl womnn's congress
nt Zurich, after registering Its oppo
sition to the pence treaty, has adopt
ed a resolution declaring that th$
women of tho world will go on strlkd
the moment nnothqr wnr starts, wheth
er or not It Is ordered by tho league of
nations.
President Wilson's message cabled
from Paris and read to congress as
sembled In extraordinary sesslou
made various recommendations for do
mcstlc legislation, moSt of which line
been anticipated by tho caucus pro
gram of tho Republicans, who contro1
both houses. These Include tho ques
Hon of labor, tho revision of tnxes, th
stimulating of foreign trade, tho rotnrr
of telegraph and telephone lines t
their owners, the settlement of th
railroad question anil tho adoption o?
woman suffrage. Mr. Wilson nddei)
tho advice that tho war-time prohlbl '
tlon law, which goes Into effect Julj ,
1, be amended or repealed In so fai
as It applies to boers and wines. For a 1
dny or so the "wets" were Jubllnnt ovoi
this part of tho message, but tho "drys
promptly declnred their intention ti
prevent any such nctlon as the presi
dent recommended, nnd took-steps in
put Into effect the measure as II
stands. Temperance nnd church bod
ies nil over tho country Joined In de
nunciation of Mr. Wilson for what
they termed surrender to the enemy. ,
Sheppard of Texas, Introducing In the ,
senate a bill providing means for en I
forcement of the law, said ho knew j
of no senntor bravo enough to Intro- j
duce a bill repealing the measure, and
In any event such nn attempt would
bo certainly defeated. Ho attributed
tho president's uttltudo to representa
tions made to him of widespread un
rest among labor as to enforcement of
the law.
The suffragists nre about to reap
tho reward of their years of strenuoti9
effort. The house Inst week passed
a resolution for n suffrage amendment
to tho Constitution, and there seems
to be no doubt that the senate will
tuke similar action, for enough vote
nre pledged. The vote In the housi
was 1504 to 88, most of the opposition
coming from the Southern Democrats
Spcctnculnr success and trnglc fail
ure marked tho week's doings In nerhil
navigation. Three Amerlcnn navy sen
planes, after mnklng tho flight to New
foundland, sailed away for tho Azores
along a course dotted with navy ves
sels. Ono renched Its destination snf
ly, ono was lost near the lsInmK
though tho crew was rescued, and thu
third, nfter landing on the water, "tax
led" 205 miles to Its port n wonder
ful achievement. Tho successful
plnno was prepared for further flight
to Portugal and thence to Englnnd.
Pilot Hawker and Navigator Grieve,
In their Sopwlth plane, undertook their
long-planned flight direct from New
foundland to Ireland, nnd mot tho foto
of so mnny pioneers. They never
renched land, and Just what befell
them probably will bokforever a mystery.
Little Danish Steamer, Without Wire
less Outfit, Saves Nervy Airmen
Engine Troube Ended Flight
London, May 27. All Engtnnd Is
stirred over tho rescue of Harry G.
Hawker an'd Llcutonnnt Commander
Mackenzie Grlevo, who wero missing
for six days and virtually given up for
lost, after attempting a flight across
tho Atlantic ocean In n single motor
airplane.
Some 1,100 miles out from Now
foumliand nnd S0O from tho Irish coast
Monday, May 10, tho aviators, making
the best of nn engine which was fall
ing to function properly, wero forced
to nllght on tho witter.
Tho littlo Dnnlsh steamer, Mary,
hound from Now Orleans and Norfolk
for Aarhus, Denmark, picked up tho
wayfarers arid continued on her north
ward voyage. ,
Lacking a wireless outfit, Uto captain
of tho steamor was obliged to with
hold tho good tidings of tho roscuo un
til ho was opposite Butt of Lewis,
vhero Uto information was signalled,
by moans of flags, that Hawker and
Grlevo wero aboard his ship.
Immediately word was flashed to
.the British admiralty, which sent out
destroyers to overtake tho Danish ves
sel and obtain confirmation. This was
done and ono of tho destroyers took
tho airmen off, and later transferred
them to flagship the Revenge.
From this safe haven lluwiker sent
a mossngo thnt his machine had stop
ped owing to tho blocking of tho wa
ter circulation system.
Whon tho airplane sped away from
her starting point Pilot Hawker let
loose his wheels and undorgcarlng,
thereby lightening tho weight of the
machine by a considerable amount, but
making a possible landing In Ireland
a moro hazardous venture.
This, probably, proved of much ad
vantage when it became necessary to
alight on tho wntor. Tho alrplnno re
mained afloat without difficulty during
tho hour nnd a half It took the Dan
ish steamer to effect a rescue.
Hawker and Grlovo had waited for
weeks at St. Johns, N. P., beforo they
decided to make an attempt to fly
across tho Atlantic. When word that
tho Amorlcan seaplane NC-4 had
renchod tho Azores May 18, and all
being In competition for tho Londan
Dally Mall prize of $50,000 for the first
successful transatlantic flight, tho two
Australian aviators took to the air.
Aviator Raynham at tho same tlmo
with his navigator attempted to follow
and both were Injured (when n rear
axle broke.
Tho one person In Englnnd who had
always held hope was Mrs. Hawker.
She always maintained thnt Providence
would protect her husband and, though
sho received condolences from all
classes of peoplo, Including tho king,
,sho said that sho had never ceased
to bollove that some tlmo and In some
way her husband would como back.
Ohio in Dry Column.
Columbus, O.. May 27. Ohio has
tossed her hat Into the prohibition
ring. Constitutional prohibition became-
effective nt midnight Monday
and tho f,(00 saloons In the state
quit business. Every wot center In
tho state gave "farewell" parties to
John Barleycorn. Some saloons closed
their doors early rather than attempt
to weather the closing festivities.
Tho biggest saloon In tho world, lo
cated at Bridgeport, O., closed its
doors. It is owned by Samuel Unger
leidcr nnd employed soventy-sovon
bartenders and clerics. For the past
four years It has sold an average of
20,000 drinks a day. Ohio Is now the
biggest prohibition state In tho coun
try.' Tho stnto was voted dry last
November 4 by a majority of moro
than 25,000.
Defect May Have Caused Disaster.
Cedar Rapids, la., May 27. Tho ex
plosion nt tho Douglas starch plant
In this city Inst Thursday evening,
which cnused the deaths of forty
eight persons and tho loss of moro
thnn $3,000,000, may luivo been duo to
defective starch tanks. It has be-
! come known that thero was another
explosion at the plant three days pre-
vlous to the big explosion, nnd thnt
ono of tho smaller tanks had been
, driven through tho roof of tho
i building.
Move to Make World Dry.
Washington, D. C, May 27. A con
ference on world-wldo prohibition will
ho held In Washington Juno 8 under
tho auspices of the Anti-Saloon league
of Amorlca. which wil hold Its annual
mooting hero from June 4 to 7.
W. ,T. Bryan will sound the "interna
tionnl keynote."
Vlolt3 Patient In Airplane.
Beaver City, Ncb May 20. Using
nn alrplnno ho recently purchased
for uso In making long professional
calls, Dr. P. A. Brewster of Beaver
City, flow from hero to Herndon.
Kans., to perform a surgical oper
ation on a patient. Ho covered the
dlstnnco, fifty-five miles, In fifty min
utos. The machlno was piloted by
Wado Stevens of Beaver City, a for
mer lieutenant and aviation instruc
tor. Tito return trip was made with
out a mishap.
infant at $1,8-15, whereas a yearling German is worth $2,800. At live tho child's
value is estimated nt $3,025. nnd nt fifteen, when ho "Is nenr tho bread-winning
stage," ho is listed as being worth $75,400, this being tho ngo "when tho
nation is about to rcullzo on him." At sixty tho valuation drops to $1,825.
As nn outwnrd evidence of tho effects of cutting off Imports of foodstuffs
tho document points out thnt It was apparent to nil observers that tho nvcrngo
weight reduction wns from 00 to CO kilograms, or 20 per cent.
Tho development of diseases caused by lack of food is exhaustively dealt
with. In 1017 mortality Increased 32 per cent rind in 1018 tho increnso was
37 per cent above the 1013 rate.
GUDDEN, AIR SERVICE PUBLICITY
Capt. Charles J. Glldden has been
mnde chief of publicity of the United
States ulr service, with headquarters
In New York. It is stated that tho
air service will soon open n recruiting
campaign to securo nearly 20,000 men.
Captain Glldden for several months
beforo tho nrmlstlco had charge of air
servlco publicity in New Englnnd nnd
then from Omaha.
Captain Glldden Is a remarkable
man. Although Blxty-two years of age,
he looks not a day past forty-five. Ho
mado tho long dlstanco telephone, built
the first ono nnd developed Its use
through advertising mnny years ngo
whllo president of tho New England
Bell Telephone company. Later he
was president of tho Bell Telephone
company In Texas, whero ho did pio
neering work In j telephone develop
ment. Still later he became a bnlloon en
thusiast, and has a record of having
mado three lllghts from Paris, two from London, two from Hull, England, nnd
42 In the United States.
When tho automobile camo along ho saw Its possibilities nnd led traveling
by auto in ovory civilized country of tho world. Ho was the first promoter
of nutomobllo reliability tours, originating tho famous Glldden tours, which
were annual events in America for u number of yenrs until tho war, nnd hns
offered tho Glldden trophy this year for a permanent possession to tho winner
of a transcontinental run, from Now York to Snn Francisco.
"Tho vnluo of advertising Is unlimited," ho snys.
LAMONT, YANKEE
provide moro as a working capital for Germany. If tho British plan had been
passed it was expected Germany would use halt to three-fourths of tho $5,000,
000,000 bond Issuo for reparation extracted under tho Paris treaty nnd the
balance for Internal credits. American financial wizards, under tho leadership
of Lamont, studied tho proposition and rejected It with tho president's approval.
"MA" BURDICK,
"Ma" Burdlck, sixty-year-old Sal
vation Army lassie nnd war heroine, is
back from tho battlefields of Europe.
It wasn't her silver hair alone that
mado Ma Burdlck, who was ono of tho
first women war workers to go abroad,
conspicuous among tho gallant band
that served under the Salvation Army's
red shield behind tho trenches. She
held tho ple-baklng record for Franco
with 824 pies made In 24 hours. Of
flapjacks sho mado so many that no
body ever had tho energy or patience
to keep score. Sho fried doughnuts,
too, nnd then carried them to tho sol
diers ns they camo from tho trenches.
Sho mended tho doughboys' uniforms
aud gavo first nld treatment to more
than ono wounded man.
After months of labor from day
light until long nfter dark, Ma col
lapsed aud had to bo taken to u hos
pital in Paris. Sho regained her
strength thero, returned 'and romalncd
at her duties behind tlio trenches until after tho nrmlstlce was arranged.
Ma, whoso official title Is Mrs. Ensign Floytl Burdlck, took her whole
family overseas with her. Her aged husband chopped wood for her flapjack
fires. Her son was In tho trenches, and hor daughter wbb, Uko herself, a Solva
tion army worker.
Count .Tohnun von Bernstorff, dis
missed ambassador to Washington,
evidently lias a typical German mind.
When Germany, decided to counter tho
American and allied claims for dam
ages which tho nil led population suf
fered ns n result of tho submarine war
fare, Von Bernstorff prepared tho doc
ument which Bets forth those counter
claims: Germany lias n bill for $13,
050,000,000 due, sho contends, ns com
pensatlou for Injuries to tho health of
tho German peoplo nnd to tho nation's
strength arising front tho "Illegal
blockade" which, Germnny nsserts,
was Imposed on her "in violation of in
ternational law."
Items In this bill Include : Valuo
of deaths duo to malnutrition, $2
100,000,000; lost of productivity, $7,
250,000,000; industrial value of Uvea
lost by starvation, $2,082,500,000.
Tito memorial is nn Interesting
document. It fixes tho valuation of art
FINANCIAL WIZARD
Following tho Klolz failure to sad
dle tho International pool of nil wai
debts upon tho pcaco conference,
which would havo loft tho United
States to carry tho allies' financial bur
den, tho American financial experts
headed by Thomas W. Lamont, ho.ve
rejected tho British plan formulated
by P. M. Keynes of the British treas
ury providing for a $5,000,000,000 bond
Issuo to Germony, to bo guaranteed by
allied and associated powers.
In tho opinion of tho American dele
gation, Including President Wilson, tho
British plan Is obnoxious to tho Amer
ican people, who nro realized to be re
luctant to become guarantors for Eu
ropean loans. Furthermore, the $5,000,
000,000 loan to Germany Js thought to
bo necessitated only because of the
shortsightedness of tho European
allies, who Insist upon extracting nil
tho liquid assets from tho Germans
and then want tho United States tc
SALVATION ARMY