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Since the time of the first railroadsstrong,sturdy, fast-color, never-break-in-the-printStifel's Indigo has been the popular garment cloth for railroad men. Before you buy OVERALLS -.-- -.%m SONS lndiuo Dyers and Printers Wheeling, W. Va. SALES OFFICES d Frisco Building, Saint Louis A Review of the Year 1919 Thc Firs 1 Ycriod of Recons~ruction AEtm 1hc Grca t War Markcd by S~rnggl~sOver Pmcv Trcaty and Lwync of \r alions. 1:'I'EK ncal-I!; five years 01 fri~yhtiul\\-al-i;~~-c, in \\,hicii :lI! oi tke great 1)on.crs and ninny oi the smnllcr ~latio!:s 11;lc.i becn in\wlvctl, the \vorltl A iound it difficult to return io a~i!.thing likc normal renditions during the year 191!). \Vliilc Gie arn!isticc. 11-hicli Ivas signed in tlie closing \\:ecks of 1918. lirouglit a ccssntion ni 1iostilitic.s l)ct\\-ecn the t\\:o groups of nations that had lwen engaged in thc great sti-ngglc. it did not In-ing 1)cacc to all the pco1)lcs involvetl. 'I'cchnically, tli(~\\-orltl \\.as still at \\r;lr throughout practically all of the )-car just closctl. as the peacc trcaty, ~\.Iiicli\\:as framctl in Paris aitcr ~nonthsof ncyotiation conltl not Iw ~natleidl~r effective until ratifictl I)y the great po\vers ant1 iormnlly pr-o~liulgatetlby tlic Pcace Con- icrvncc. l:ailu!-c oi tlic Unitccl Statcs Senate to ratify tlic treaty, because oi ol)l)osition to thc covenant oi tlie I.eagne of Nations, which \vas made a part oi tlic ~)cacetrcaty, !)revented thc formal declaration of pcace until mow tlla11 a year af'trr the arrriistice \\las signed. In the nlcantinic~,i1itc.riia1 disorticrs and territol-id disl)utes, arising from the cstal)Iisl~m~~~tof many ne\v nations kept a large part of Eurol~ein tur- moil. Such a co~nl)lctcrcn~alii~lg oi thc map of I;.~rrol)cas resulted froni tlic great \\,:lr nntur-all!. coultl not I)c ;~ccomplishctl \\rithout friction. The great e1nl)irc oi Austria-Ilungary had fallen to pieces \\-it11 the tleicat of thc Central I'o\\-crs, ant1 out of thc \vrcclcagc ne\v statcs arose. 'I'hese ne\v nations-A~rstria. Hungary, l'olancl ant1 tlic Czoch antl Jup-slav states- could not cstal)lish thcir nc\v 1)oundarics without friction among themscl\,es and with thcir ncigllI)o~-s.'l'hc ncw goy-ernmcnt of Germany, \vIiich had hccn transfur-met1 into a rel)uhlic. \vas stl-iving to ~nain[nin itself' ax-ainst the attacks of ~xtlical clerncnts. l<~rssin\\.:is tol-n I)? civil strifc. 114th half a tlozc~~grorrps iighting io!- thc ~nnstcr!;. At timcs \vorltl Ixacc secmcd still far OH', 1)ut as tlic yc:~r !)assctl conditions l)ccanic more settled a~rtlit secmed prol)al)le that \\-it11 thc formal pro~nulgationof thc pact trcaty the seeming chaos into \\:hich l:,urol)c had bccn th!-oivn \voul(l pass. In the Unitctl States contlition~Tvcrc not so ~rnscttledas in thc nations that had I~ccnlongcr engagctl in thc I\-:LI-,I)LIL h~rc.:LS in 1lu:-ope, the transi- tion fro111 a war to a pcace basis \\';IS not easy. Se\\- industrial prohlenis had Iw.~ crcatccl. 'l'hc high cost of living caused Ialmr to makc insistent antl rcpcntctl tlcmantls Tor higher ~\.;lpsand rcsultcrl in nlrmel-ous strikes among all classes of \vorlicrs. R:lrlic.al Icadcrs t00li a(lvanta~cof the unrest that esistcrl to recruit their forccs antl thcy 1)ccamc so active that the coustitutcd authorities of the riation finally io~rntlit ncccssay to takc tlctcr~ninctl.steps Foreign Affairs. Clenlenccau ior pernlancut chair~na~~ \\:bile the treaty \\.:IS being ncgo- of the conference and the delegates tiated conditions rcmainctl \.cry un- elected him 13). unanimous vote. It settled not only ill the territory which was ilctcl-~uinedat the beginning that had been includetl in the four tleic:~tecl onl~-the live great 1)elligerent j)o\vcrs, natiorrs, I~utthroughout ~CLII-OI)~.I-{us- the linitetl States. Great Britain, sia conti~iuctl in a statc of turmoil 1;rance. Italy and Jal)an, shu~~ltltake tl~~-o~~gl~outthc !.car. .-lltI~o~rgl~the part in all mccting.~oi thc conicrcnce Eolshe\,ist go\.crnmcnt, untlcr the tli- ant1 commissions to I)e aplwintctl ; that rection of Jxninr a11(1'l'~-otsk~. main- other belligerent ant1 associatctl ow- tained its contl-ol over a larp part of crs sl~oultlparticipate onl?. in mectings the iormcr cml)ire, it \\as hcm~nctlin at ~vhich questions cwnccrning then1 on all sides by oplwsing g-roups. which were to he discussed. att:ickctl it ivith \.ar\iing success. 'J'llc Tt was gencrall~,agrectl that none riel\. German repul)lic during- thc val-I!. of the dcfentetl nation should bc in- prt of the year faced serious opposi- vitcd to send rcprcsentativcs to the t1o11 from the radical Spartican elc- Peace Coniel-encc, but them \\-as some ment. l111t 114' the ntlol)tion oi sc\-cl-c tlificrcncc of or)inion as to whethcr the measures thc government succeeded rc~l)rescntati\-cb of existing Rursian in ~naintainingitseli :ind ordcr \vns jio\.ernn~cnts shoultl Ije asltrtl to lnr- restored thl-oughout thc coulltry. 'I'hc ticipate. France refused to approve ne:\;l!. constit~~tetlnation of Poland the p~oposalnlntlc by Great I<ritain was beset lor a time on all sides. 1)ut that thc arious TCursian qovernmcnt< it, too, succecdctl is, \\cathering- thc he askctl to send representatives to storm and had cstal)lishctl a stal,lra tli(, conferrncc~in the intercqt of world government hefore many nlonths h:~d harmony, but on January 22 th: Su- passed. nremc Council of the Peace Confer- I'ailur-e to reach a scttlemcnt of the cnw an~lo~incctlthat it had approved Giumc qucstion conti~luallyth1-catcnctl the ~n-o~)os:~Iof President Wilson that an nrn~etlconflict bct\veen the 1 talians e;lch 01-ganizcd XI-oup in Russia shol~lcl antl thc new 111go-Slav state. Serious scud rein-escntatives to confer with co~iditionsesistctl in I-Iungary. hot11 clclegates fro111 tl~ePeacc Conference hecausc of intcrnal disorders antl be- at Princcs' Island.\, ,Sea of l'larniom. came of clashes with Koumania and with the understanding that ill the \\~iththe new Czech gavel-nnic~~t. For n~eantimchostilities Ixt\\-cen the Rus- n time jt sccmctl that the great \Val- sian factions shoultl 1)c tliscontinuetl. had been ended only to rc~olvcitself The J3olshcvist go\~rnnicntof Russia, into a great numl)er of nlinor ccon- ho~vcvcr.dcclinctl to mcet the concli- flicts. tions imposctl I)y thc I'cace Confcr- Making of Peace. cncc and the p-oposctl confcrcmcc at The first steps towartl the organiza- PI-inccs' Islantls tlitl not materi:~lizc. tion of the T'cace Congress Ivcre takcn A? a result thc Russian prohlcnl re- oil January 12. when the Suprcmc War mained unsolved whcn the P(:;~ccCon- Cou~icil,mernlxrs of \vhich were Presi- ference completed its \\.orIi. .,\s thc rc1)rescntativcs of thc many d- :.'ilson and Secretary T,al-~sinm3 of t! 'tetl States, and the prcm~er-s belligerent nations cntcl-ctl upon the a. ign ministers of Great Britian. task ol bringing .peace to the \\:orld. and Italy, togethcr u.ith >In- EUI-ope\vas still In tunnoil. 'L'he old ..locl~and military representatlvcs empire of Austria-T luiigal-\~ had hen -6lThe several I)owers, began actual broken up into a numher of ne\\- states. consideration of the terms of pcacc to the hountlarics of \vhich \verc still un- be imposed ul)on the Ccntral Po\ver.;. settled. Poland was I)cing reconsti- The Peace Congress itselk,. \vitliout tutetl and the fi\ing of her Imuntlaries delegates from the defeated po\vcrs gavc riie to man?, contro\lersies he- or Russia, met in the Ministry of For- t~reenthe Pole< and surrounding peo- eign Affairs at Paris on Tanuar\- 18. plcs. At the time the Pence Confer- President l;\Jilson proposed P1-ernivr ence met it sec~nc(lthat \\nr for ELI Switchmanship By DUIT V7RIGHT, Smitclman Chicago Terminal, Illirlois Ccntal Railroad. - IG nrcn 11ow clays tell us that to man you do not get such a reception. succeed we must be a good You will go to the office antl tell your B salcsman antl that we must scll employer of your intention and he will something that wc believe in antl reply: "411 right." I-Ie calls in his clerk so~irething that the buyer will not ant1 tells him to give you an order have to put on the sliclf or scll at a for your time and a servicc letter.