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8 A THE OMAHA SUNDAV BEE:' AUGUST 31. 1919. 40,000 TRAINED GERMAN TROOPS TOAIDMSSIA Alliance With Japan and Russ in Near Future Freely Talked of by Teu tonic Officers. . Taris, Aug. 30. A modernly quipped German army of 40,000 men has assembed in Luthuania and is preparing to march into Russia under the pretense of endeavoring to reach and help Admiral Kolshak, according to Lithuanian sources here. Word to the effect was brought to Taris by Chief Engineer Steibiko of Ibc Lltnuanian railway system, who declared the Germans talked freely nf a coming understanding between Germany, Russia and Japan. Ignore Orders of Foch. In describing the situation to the correspondent, M. Steibiko said that the large German forces which had reoccupied Lithunian territory, from which they have been several times ordered away by both the Lithuan ian government and Marshal Foch, were entrenching themselves and preparing for a march through Rus sia. They call themselves "Kolchak ist." The Germans have partly evacuat ed the region, but since August 1, according to M. Steibiko, they have been concentrating troops anew in western Lithuania with their base at Shavli, where they also'liave estab lished a general staff. Their line of occupation frcm north to south is Yilkovishki to the mouth of the Dubissa river: thence to Radvilshkis and on to Jani; likis. Goltz is Virtual Leader. . They are under the ostensible leadership of the Russian general, Hrrgmann, but their real comman der, it. Steibiko declares, is the Ger man General von der Goltz. They control the railway lines in all the occupied territory. They number .17,000 Germans and 3,000 Russians, all wearing German uniforms. The Germans serving in this army call themselves volunteers, accord ing to the engineer and claim alleg iance to the all-Russian government, thus pretending to be exempt from orders issued by Marshal Foch or the inter-allied council. Prisoners Sent Into Army. Numerous Russian prisoners, he declared, were being sent from Ger many to join the army at Shavli, while in the way of equipment for the army, the Germans had brought 380 airplanes, 100 automobiles and one armored train into the territory. Although the Lithuania govern ment at Kovno had sent many notes to the Germans demanding their withdrawal and the allied officials had ordered them out, they had paid no attention to the demand, M, Stei biko added. Explorers' Are Off forthe Far North in Search of Rich Gold Nome, Alaska, Aug. 30. Twenty nine weather bronzed explorers hail ing from every quarter of the globe and bound for some mysterious gold country of northern Siberia, left here tonight . aboard the sailing schooner Casco, once the property of Robert Louis Stevenson. Fears were expressed by Nome residents before the boat left that it would not be able to. get through into the Arctic ocean, as reports re ceived here recently said the Bering Straits were still blocked with ice. Members of the ship's company said they were bound for some point in a vast uninhabited territory lying along the Arctic shore of Siberia between East Cape and the Lena river. They would not divulge the exact location of their destination. The party is known as the North ern Mining and Trading company and is led by S. L. McGirk, a min ing engineer of Hamilton, Tex., president of the company. A. L. Johnson, another of the party, is vice-president. Capt. C. L. Oliver is master of the adventure ship. With the exception of the destina tion there is little mystery about the expedition. McGirk said while here. He asserted that the party possess certain knowledge about the country for which they are :ading and are aiming to explore the sec tion and find what it contains. No rich gold strikes are expected, he declared. The Casco may be set t buck from the north this fall, after landing her passengers at their ''"stination. Austrian Treaty to Be Presented Next Tuesday Present Plan Paris, Aug. 30. The supreme council this morning decided to hand the peace treaty with Austria to the Austrian delegation next Tuesday afternoon. Five days' de lay will be granted the Austrians before signature of the treaty. The council concluded its exami nation of the treaty and approved the covering letter to accompany the document. The text of the treaty will be sent to printers this evening. Premier Clemenceau pre sided at the meeting of the council. All-American Planes on Tour of U. S. Wrecked Columbus. 0 Aug. 30. Two air planes of the All-American path finder expedition were partly wreck ed early today when a windstorm f unusual violence swooped down over the landing field at Ohio state university. Bees Re-Steal Honey. Lawrenceburg, Ind.. Aug. 30. When Robert E. Terrill went to his storehouse to get a quantity of honey he had taken from his swarm of bees, the honey was gone. He supposed thieves had taken it, but later ttntirmA Kee aKnnf fne tnre house and made the discovery that they had carried the honey back to the hives, gaining access to the storehouse through a keyhola, Leaders Tell of Churchy Part in Reconstruction Bishop Scores Greed of Modern BusinessBelieves . Church's Disagreements Disqualify It for Service Sorely Needed Now. The Problem and an Indict ment "Democracy of political forms may but serve as a camouflagee to conceal a ruthless and oppres sive autocracy in industry, fi nance and commerce." "A socialism devoid of Chris tian principles is making its way in the life of the world and the nation." "Democracy is safe for itself and for the world only if it is developed in the fellowship of Jesus Christ." "Christianity stands before men divided and disunited . . . The church is disqualified for service by her own internal quar rels and disagreements." Detroit, Mich., Aug. 30. (Spe cial.) A handbook on "The Church and Reconstruction," issued by the Detroit committee on preparedness for the general convention of the Episcopal church, which meets in this city October 8 to 27, contains some ringing deliverances for indus trial democracy in the new world order and for reunion of the divided bodies of Christ as the only hope of a Christian world civilization in the future. Here are two striking quotations from the handbook: "It is not that Christianity has been tried and found wanting, but that it has been found difficult and not tried." "The democracy of tomorrow is not so much a matter of social and political arrangement as it is a mat ter of ways of thinking, of ideas of life's values and of the rights of others. It calls for new motives in living, new standards of conduct and new ethics. In a word, the changes that must come in reconstruction are changes in the wills, ideals and motives of men and women." Has Progressive Views. The bishop of the diocese of De troit, the Rt. Rev. Charles D. Wil liams, is nationally known for his progressive views on the all-absorb ing problem of capital and labor. As a member of the commission on social service of the general con vention. Bishop Williams himself makes a special appeal in the hand book to Christians to show forth the spirit of the founder of their faith. Says the bishop: We can by thoughtlessness and neglect, by spiritual and mental lazi ness and timidity .simply let an old and intolerable world dissolve into anarchy, or we can help create a new world wherein shall dwell a larger righteousness. The choice is between some form of bolshevism and some nearer approximation to a Kingdom of God, a celestial civi lization, a heavenly order in this present world. To all thoughtful minds certain things have grown clear in the lurid light of this su preme tragedy. "1. Admitting to the full that the insane ambition of the old imperi alistic Germany, her mad militarism, her tyrannous autocracy, her inordi nate and arrogant racial egotism, her utterly ruthless and heathen philosophy and ethics of the state admitting fully that these were the immediate occasion of the world war, yet we realize that its funda mental causes lie deeper, out ot ordinary sight. This war roots fin ally in international commercial competition, in the ambition of in dividual nations to dominate the world's markets and trade and as a means thereto, the greed of terri tory, especially the desire for pos session and colonies in the unde veloped regions of the earth, in order to create new markets for national trade and exploit the na tional resources and the peoples of those regions. "2. The same commercial greed, the same desire to exploit for priv ate profit by mea.is of special privi leges and possession, both men and resources, is the root cause in every nation of that' perpetual industrial war between classes which is far more destructive of life and wealth and well-being than any military war between nations. It is the source of those twin curses un earned .wealth and unearned but in evitable proverty. "3. The 18th and 19th centuries democratized our politics, but this war has awakened us to the fact that the democracy of political forms may but serve as a camouflage to conceal a ruthless and oppressive autocracy in industry, finance and commerce. And until democracy is established in all these realms, it has no worthy significance or real value. No civilization can stand half free (in political forms) and half slave (in industrial conditions.) "These are the sins, international, national and social, of which the war has convinced those who think." Church Unity. The deliverance in the convention handbook on the question of church unitv is made by the distinguished "high churchman," the Rev. Wil liam T. Manning, D. D., the rector of Old Trinity church, New York City. Says Dr. Manning: "The world war has brought out, with tragic clearness, the weakness, and the sin of the present divisions among Christians. Never in history has the need for Christian unity been so evident, and so urgent as it now is. The great tasks of recon struction are compelling us to see this. We are living in a new world. We are confronted with unpre cedented opportunities and respon sibilities. "As we go forward into the new conditions, we realize afresh our dependence upon religion. It is re ligion alone that can guide us. Dem ocracy is safe for itself, and for the world, only if it is developed in the fellowship of Jesus Christ. Men are feeling this as they have not before felt it. Religion has an op portunity such as it has never had on this earth. The barriers are down. Men's hearts are open. They feel the need for divine guidance. They want the church to lead and inspire. But when they turn to re ligion, they are beset with difficul ties. "Christianity stands before them divided and disunited. When there is great work to be done they are debarred from calling upon the church because of its own divisions, and of the jealousies which they fear may be aroused. They feel com pelled to create other organizations in order to keep clear .of sectarian differences. The churih to which their hearts turn is disqualified for' service by its own internal quar rels and disagreements. So long as Christians find it impossible to meet and kneel at God's altar, Christ's religion can not exercise its true power in the life of men." What Youth Needs. On the question of Christian edu cation, William E. Gardner, general secretary of the board of religious education, has this to say: "The problem of reconstruction is dependent upon religious forces. It is the Christian church in the large that will determine whether there shall be a democracy or whether materialism shall have a temporary triumph, and a kind of paganism rule in the minds of men. "It is the need of the nation for spiritual ideals which gives to edu cational leaders in every Christian communion a new impetus. What ever other reasons may exist for or ganized Christian education, these three are pertinent today: "1. A socialism devoid of Chris tian principles is making its way in the life of the world and the na tion. "2. The youth of the nation must be helped to see those moral issues of the war which disclose clearly the results of evil thoughts and acts, and the rewards of loyalty to righteousness and justice. "3. All schools and colleges should be influential in reconstruc tion. Students should be aroused to understand God's righteousness and truth as the basis of a suc cessful national life. "If the church people of Michi gan can help the general conven tion to face these three conditions and realize that what the church puts into its children will determine its future, the convention at Detroit can become a memorable event." Nation's Jews Discuss Plans for Development Of Palestine Lands Chicago, Aug. 30. (Special.) The peace commissioners still sit ting in Paris have the Jewish appeals for universal civil liberty before them, and they have also the name of the republic which is to be formed with Jerusalem as its capital city. American Jews meet in Chicago in two weeks, in part to push Jewish plans for liberty everywhere, and in part to formulate conditions on which American Jews will support projects-in Palestins. " This name Palestine does not suit Jews. Neither does Holy Land. Some favor the republic of Judea, but others oppose it because too re ligious. Above all, Jews are anxious to avoid even the appear ances of trying to set up a state founded on religion. It is now said that the name most generally favored, and to be laid before the Paris commission, is the republic of Eretz Yisroel, which means Land of Israel. It is said that this name will be given in the legal papers incorporating the uni versity of Jerusalem, which is to be the seat of the cultural part of the new republic, and the cornerstone of which has already been laid on Mount Scopas, the lesser of the two heights of the Mount of Olives. Athlete At 54. London. Walter Brickett, the British Olympic swimming coach, who has just passed his 54th birth day, is to attempt to cover eight miles in a varied running, walking, hurdling, cycling, swimming and sculling attack, in 60 minutes. Brick ett has been training for the at tempt for several months. To get in or out of business try Bee Want Ads. . - ' 300 Actors at Boston Theaters to Walk Out In Sympathy Monday Boston, Mass., Aug. 30. Between 200 and 300 members of the Actors' Equity association, playing at Bos ton theaters, voted today to join in the strike for union recognition. The walkout will become effective Monday. The actors' meeting was called by Francis Wilson, president of the as sociation. He predicted a nation wide strike, if necessary, to gain recognition of the organization. Police Say Man Confessed to Theft of Two Horses The carcasses of two horses, j stolen two nights ago frcm a barn owned by J. Batt, 2114 Caldwell ave nue, were found vesterday in the barn of Charles Daniels, 4124' Redman avenue, who, according to j the police, has confessed to the theft of the animals. Daniels is said to have told the police that he killed' j both animals, skinned them and sold ; the hides. The horses were the property of , Louis Rosenblatt, 2413 Hamilton street, and Sam Fagen, Twenty-fifth and Hamilton streets. Is Your Name Sam? HARRY, LIZZIE. ARTHUR. BLANCHE, CHARLES, DORA, EDWARD. FANNIE, HORACE, JACK, KITTIE, LOUIS. MAR THA. NED, PETER, STELLA, VERA. WALTER, ZINNIA. QUENTIN, MARY, NELLIE, DOLLY? Tell the man in the box office at Krug Park if one belongs to you, and you can see the Festival of Fun Tuesday night free. - EVERY HOME IN PEORIA FEELS EFFECTOF TIEUP Ice Handlers and Bakers Join In General Sympathetic Strike, Called to Protest ' "Black List." of Peoria to join the demonstra tion. The general strike began yester day and is to continue until Mon day night. No violence has been reported. Grace Methodist Church To Be Reopened Sunday Peoria, 111., Aug. 30.-After bringing street car service to a complete standstill and reaching every home in the city through the walkout of ice handlers and bakers, leaders of the general strike against a manufacturers' "black list" con f.ned their efforts today to in fluencing workers in the factories The Grace Methodist church, Twenty-fifth and E streets, will reopen Sunday morning following redecoration of the church during the month of August. G C Cissell, district superitnendent, will preach at 11 o'clock. Special music will be provided by Miss Althea Fletcher, Byron Budger and Ted Lehmer. The last quarterly conference of the year will be held at the church Monday night at 8 o'clock. Full reports from all departments will be heard. The annual Methodist conference will be held in Univer sity Place, September 9. OMAHA CZECHS VHO FOUGHT IN SAIL HOME Many Veterans of Campaigns in France and Russia Due in New York Tomorrow. Washington, Aug. 30. (Special Telegram.) Conveying many vet erans of the Czecho-Slovak army, former residents of the United States, who fought two years in France and then against bolsheviki, the French liner Rochambeau will arrive at New York Monday. The soldiers will be welcomed by the mayor's committee. They wijl be tendered a reception also by the Czecho-Slovaks of this country. Most of the returning veterans are residents of New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Detroit, St. Louis, Oma ha and St. Paul. Other Czecho-Slovak veterans are expected to arrive in this country soon. It is estimated that 2,500 will return to America within the near future, as permitted by the law in troduced a year ago by Representa tive Sabath, of Chicago. Iirtte Whut's that twit around the tow's neck fort Charley Oh. thut's what h ring when ah wants to tell the calf that dlu ner'a ready. 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