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VOLUME XII, NUMBER 264. j __ ' ___;-.-------~ ””
liKKLIN. April 1*» Demand that
the peace treaty contain a clause
granting amnesty to Herman subma
rine commanders for the outrages
committed in the nithless submarine
warfare, is voiced by the Allgemainc
Zeitumr. The Herlin newspaper e\ »
dently expects that the allies will de
mand the surrender ot all Herman
submarine commanders, and endeavors
to present an argument to show wlr.
these men should not be punished tor
the crimes they con.m tted on or un
der the seas. The paper also giv »<
warning that any attempt to ho d
them responsible for their murders oi
innocent persons might fan the flame.
of an international hat ml.
“The e captains ” assorts the nows,
paper, “wore not responsible for the
conduct of submarine warfare or f * *
carrying on the unrestricted under
seas campaign. They were acting with
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in the scope of their orders, and
the entente could not possibly hope
*o defend the position that those men
wore responsible when they simple
carried out in a profe sional way the
ins* • actions they had received.
-If th' entente is determined t »
{ *he *esponsihility for the war
>n c» ain persons and make them the
subject of criminal proceedings, an
!nt rr.a iomil tiihunal would he the
only < couit; and before tlx *
wv gl;id’\ await the verdict.
"Fnglan i and other members of tlr*
entc it \ h>\ ever, will do very well to
carefully ponder whether this would
u\v a - a precedent which might b'
followed a ter the conclusion of peace
to r n u t! 1 fame of hatred. If this
iV t»» he a peace of understanding and
iccopcihntion. the treaty to he con
cluded v.u.-e contain the traditional
amnesty clause.”
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STOCKHOLM. April 15 — How do
the bourgoise manage to live at all »i
Russia ?
Bribery!
The bourgeoise is given no bread
by government authority. He is given
no cheek to buy other foods as is the
proletarian.
But the bourgeoise lives by th *
dishonestly of the tyrants who ha\ •
robbed him.
The corruption of toe czar’s regime
was well known. It reached to every
rank in life.
The corruption of the Bolshevist
government is greater.
The Bolshevists have permitted th-'
continuance of pensions granted by
the former imperial state where they
do not exceed .‘1000 roubles $1500 in
American money under the old gov.
ernment but a mere trifle with th*'
present depreciation of Russian
money.
First a member of the bourgeov-c
paid 25 per cent to a soviet official
to have his pensions continued. Then
others were compelled to do the same.
Then burgeoise who never had pen
sions under the old regime got on the
pension rolls by similar bribery, and
now the practice is almost universal.
Bribe Officials Smuggle out Rubles
Thousands of Russians who have
gone into Scandinavia have take t
with them vast sums in roubles. They
have bribed port officials with 25 pe •
cent of the sum involved. The roubles
are sold in Stockholm at a third >f
their par value. They are bought ut
home for a fifteenth to a twentieth or
their par value. The transaction is
very profitable.
One Russian was stopped smug
gling out a million roubles. He was
lrinoff , former district marshal of
nobility. He was beaten, jailed and
starved until he died. But most of
them get through.
Only one-fifth of the tax budget
for the last h;lf year was paid in to
the government. In most of the rn- '
gions controlled by the soviet- th re
•s no official tax collection system.
Sometimes the elected members of
the Councils of Soldiers and Work
men collect. Then they arbitarily
decide how much shall go to the con
tra1 governm i*t*— and the rest goe?
to the collectois. .
A levy of 10.000,000.000 roubles t >
be paid by the bourgeoisie was to be in
the hands of the government by Doc.
1-"). Little of .it ha;- b^gp turned in. In
some districts only one-thousandth
part l as been paid, but the Jlolshovik
tax Inspector, Zacharsky reports two
or three times as much has ho°n pai-l
n a has reached the government. The
tax collectors pocket, the rest.
Permit Costs As Much As Suit.
Soviet heads sell for (500 to 700
rubles a permit to buy a suit of clothes
which costs an equal amount. A per
mit to buy a loaf of bread may be
had at a bribe of five roubles.
Permits may be bought by bour
geoise to remain in their houses de
spite the expulsion held by the Com
munes of the Poor. In fact* a middle
man class has grown up which acts a*
a go-between for corrupt officials and
Russians with a little rnonev would be
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permitted to exist.
Of course there have been efforts
on the part of the central government
to stop some of the corruption in the
lower ranks—ami somo of it in higher
circles. Dzorzhinski. head of the ex
traordinary commission for combating
counter revolution and sabotage had
five member? of the supreme council
shot for stealing. Then he "had hund
reds of others of lower rank shot. Bu„
Dzerzhinnski snubbed Lenine himself,
and fell from grace, and otters found
a way to curb his power. He was too
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- . MAY. It-.LIBERTY SUNDAY *
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 15— *
' Sunday, May 4, is to be observed *
•. thioiyglU'Ut the country as Victory 4
* Loan Sunday, and ministers of
* the I2th>Federal Reserve District *
* comprising the % seven Pacific *
* slope states, will conduct Victory *
' thanksgiving services
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l»y Associated Prrs*
WASHINGTON, April 15— Major
General Richardson, commanding the
American force in noithern Russ a,
in his first official report since his ar
rival at Archangel, says that the mi’
ita;y situation there is satisfactory.
Bv Associated Press
BALTIMORE. April 15— Attorney
General Palmer and U. S. Secretary of
t!ie T ea ury Glass practically opened
the Victory Loan campaign here last
night with addresses in two large
theatres.
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By Associated Press
MONTREAL* April 15— The wets
have won the refemndum vote on the
question of permitting light wines and
heer in thd Province of Quebec.
Quebec is the only province in the
Dominion of Canada that is wet.
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By Associated Press
CAR JO, April 15— General Allen
by l as .issued a statement saying that
Egypt has been quiet since last Fri
day. Over 400 have been arrested
throughout the nation In connection
with the recent rioting . Several were
Killed at various places during the dis
til ibances.
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' GREAT TI NNED COMPLETED
NEW YORK, April 15— The ne.v
$7 000,000 Clark street tunnel under
the ra-‘ river, connecting Snvcntij
Avenue subway with Brooklyn was
opened today without ceremonies. The
tunnel was started in 1914.
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NO CLUE IS DIVULGED IN
ANCHORAGE WOMAN’S DEATH
SEATTLE, April 15— The autopsy
performed upon the body of Mrs. Hal
e v of Anchorage, who died myster
iously yesterday morning following a
joy ’ ’do, failed to disclose the cause of
death.
honest for Bolshevism.
‘‘Commissaries, be honest! Do not
steal like the czardoms fuctionaries,”
was the warning of Lcnine in one o*
his speeches.
But Bolshevists set their own stand
ards of honesty.
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By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April 15— It is
expected that four million tons of
‘cl -ships will bo built in American
yards this year the output being ex
pected to exceed by 700,000 tons, the
combined construction of both steel
and wooden bottoms of la. t year.
This record to be made this year is
expected to make good Chairman lim
it yprediction that a steel merchant
marine, under the American flag, will
be capable of competing with the mer
chant navies of all other nations.
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By /issoeiated Press
LONDON, April 15— A dispatch
today fkom Copenhagen says th*. I
travellers report that the Budapest
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Communists? executed Archduke Jos'•
j)h, former Premier Alexander Weker
le, and Minister of Commerce Baron
Joseph Sztcprcnzyi.
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By Associated Press
SEATTLE. April 15— Police guard
Hasselblad, Patrolman W. F. Patten
and lour others have bt cn arrested
charged with stealing 4.000 quarts of
liquor, worth $30,000, from the United
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States appraiser’s stores here. The
robbery was committed March 31st in
bioad daylight, a truck having backed
up to the doors of the stores and the
liquor trucked out and loaded. The
liquor is said to have been recovered.
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ATLANTIC
FLEET IS
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By Associated Pres*
NEW YORK, April 15— The At
lantic fleet arrived today from Europe
making 103 vessels in port in the
North river, the greatest assemblage
of war vessels ever seen in any Amer
ican port.
Thirty thousand sailors and ma
rines off the boats are to receive va
cations beginning tonight.
Airplanes met the Atlantic fleet
ton miles off shore and escorted them
to the anchorage in the north river.
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Wrangell is now without an ex
press office. The Wells Fargo people
have closed their office. It is reported
the local agent refused to continue
unless he received more denaro. ■
i, Associated Press
PARIS, April 15— Warsaw reports
that Germans at Hamburg pillaged a.i
American ship carrying food for Po
land.
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CABLE MEN FOR ALASKA
SEATTLE. April 15— The West
ern Army Department says 80 men
are now wanted for the Signal Corps
on the Alaska cable. The men are to
assemble at Fort Lawton before May
‘25th then sent to the Alaska station t
to relieve men there who enlisted only
for the duration of the war.
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Bv Associated Prea*
SAX FRANCISCO, April 15— It is
reported here in private advices that
the Japanese have arrested four Am
erican missionaries at Seoul, Korea,
in connection with the revolution in
that country'.
This information has been wired to
the State Department at Washington,
D. C.
JAPS SENDING TROOPS
TOKIO, April 15— Japan is rein
forcing the Korean garrisons and al
ready six regiments of infantry and
400 gemlarms have been sent to Ko
rea by transports.
Riots in Korea are officially re
ported as becoming dangerous and
disturbances are extending to all parts
of that country.
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OSPECTS
BRIGHTER
By Associated Pre«a
PARIS, April 15— The prospects
for peace suddenly brightened today
as the result of the agreements reach
ed by President Wilson, Premiers
Lloyd George, Orlando and Clemen
ceau. The agreements reached are the
advanced ones and indicate that the
world will soon begin to return to
something like normal conditions.
President Wilson has issued a state
ment indicating that the treaty will be
completed soon.
Meanwhile the big four are consid
ering the conflicting claims of Italy
and the Jugo-Slavia to the Adriatic
territory.
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BANDIT LEADER KILLED
MEXICO CITY, April 15— Emil
iano Zapata, bandit leader, was killed
early today during a battle between
the bandit forces and government
tioops.
THEY HAVE NEED OF THEM
COBLENZ, April 15— Business in
the German postal, telegraph area has
increased to such an extent that re
cently thirty-five additional soldiers
were added to the force of censors.
1000 ENEMY ALIENS INTERNED
WASHINGTON, April 15— By A.
P.— Attorney General Mitchell A.
Palmer announced today that 4000 en
emy aliens were interned during the
war. Mr. Palmer says 600 of these
have been parol led; 1100 have been
deported and. the disposal of the re
mainder has not yet been decided.
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DIVORCED WIFE OF
VANDERBILT MARRIES
NEWPORT NEWS, April 15— El
len French Vanderbilt, divorscd wif>
of Alfred Vanderbilt, who lost his life
in the sinking of the Lusitania, has
married Lieutenant Paul Fitzsimmons
of the American navy.
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The Chitna Arctic Brotherhood in
tend to enlarge their present hall to
make the building one of the largest
in that district and embrace many
features.