St. John's Daily Star, 1921-02-23

              The St. John's Daily Star  Our Average Daily Circulation, September 9181 Vttw i&und lmn6 THE WE A 7HERProbs~fw and Warmer VOL. VII. Price: One Cettt i WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1921 ($3.00 per Annum.) No. 43 Eight Persons Are Killed In Collision Trouble Is Ahead For Home Rule Act SAYS RUSSIA IS NOT HOME OF THE FREE kenine Admits Majprity of Russians Are Held in Subjection by the Minority.DICTATORSHIP PURE AND SIMPLE Rule By Dictators Must Continue Forty Years to Crush All Opposition.IONDON, Feb. 22—Nikolai Lenine, Bolshevist premier of Russia, ex pects the Russian peasants to continue their resistance against the dictatorship of the proletariat for 40 years but says the Communists will continue that government until they submit, according to .the delegates of Q\t Spanish Socialist Party who have just returned from Moscow.The Spaniards went to Russia to present a statement of the conditions under which their party would affiliate with the Third Internationale. Oti their return they told a repiesen tative of The Times about their interview with the Bolshevist premier. Lenine's Opinion. Asked, by Senor de los Rios and i Senor Anyurano, who matfc the trip to the Soviet capital, when the Russ:an: jvould be replaced by a regime of freedom, Premier Lenine »aid: "We have never spoken of liberty. We are exercising the dictatorship cf the proletariat in the name of the minority because the peasant rlass in Russia is not y<|t with us. We shall continue ( to exercise the L Jistatorship until they submit. I es- Medical Missionaries, Nurses in The Outports, Called 'Perfect Godsend' Nurses Have Their Own Surgeries and fyedical Supplies, Where They Receive Patients And Dispense Medicines —Do Great Deal Of fishing. DOING A MOST VALUABLE WORK FOR SICK, IS ST A TEMENT MADE BY ONE CLERGYMAN i Travel Miles On Foot and By Boats and Dog-Sleds and Endure Much Hardship As They Move Abtut—Nurses Letters Relate Some Experiences. JT may interest the people of St. John's to hear of the good work started in October last in two of the outport districts by the first two nurses under the Outport Nursing jQommittee whom Lady Harris brought back with her from England. The ] scheme is working most successfully, so much so, indeed, that the two other nurses engaged and coming out in April are both already promised to districts rei timate the dictatorship will last j about 40 years." Senor de los. Rios. and. Senor j Anguiano, who disagree as to the j expediency of adopting the dic?ator: ship of the proletariat idea, spent i two months in Russia. While both j were disappointed by conditions ! there, they were full of admiration i for the possibilities of the Russian • revolution. Their report will be prei rented at a Spanish National Social ! ist Congress April 9 when the question |tion of affiliation with Moscow will ■■ be decided. -**•— - • -mW^ The Spanish delegates presented j the three objections of the Spanish socialists to Lenine's twenty-one ; points, (terms of admission to the j Third Internationale) and brought j back a stirring appeal from the cxci cutive committee of the Intemationcle to the Spanish proletariat to disregard the hesitations of their chiefs and give adherence to the Communist body. quiring" their aid. The biggest things have often the smallest beginnings, and it is the ambition of lithe Committe to see a chain |f nurses extending oyer all tho|e outports in the Colony where *;nedical aid is so sadly needed! The committee appointed under Mijmte of Council, consists of the Hon.' Dr. Campbell (chairman); Lady Harris (Secretary-Treasurer) to whom all communications should be ad- Mrs. R. [A. Squires; Hon. VT. W. Halfyard, and Rev. Dr. Jo&es. The scheme is on a firm basis, *he Government guaranteeing lithe salaries and medical /c-quipmfent of the nurses 'to begin with. I Not Charity The islea is that the *»6rk shall in timei be self-supporting or very nearly so. It is no charity concent and every patient pays for the* attentions of the nurse, .and is ready to, do so, the j handing in a weekly to the Refeving Officer Who sends the amjbunt quarterly *to the Treasurer of the Committee. The two nuyses now at work earned in two months the equivalent of %heir salaries, a very satisfactory result!' The purses are boarded either in a clergyman's family or elsewhere, as convenient, and each has her little surgery where .she sees patients and dispense medicines; in necessary cases they, o* course, visit the patients The tifo nurses now out here hold vlry high qualifications, including widwifery; one of them is able to extract teeth, having studied at a dental clinic before coming out. i Many Hardships That; the hardships these nurses havfe to face are very real no one wao knows the outports will questi< n, especially in winter weather, but they are strong, brave-|tearted women, who will go far*to alleviate suffering and whose 'si ideal of duty is a lofty one! |We feel the best mode of giving* to the public some conception of the work being done is to quote extracts from the nurses' letters, but before doing so, here is a letter from a clergyman of one of the districts where a nurse is located and recently received by Lady Harris: "I am writing this to say how thankful and glad we are to. have |mrse with us in the Parish, and to thank you very much for the very great interest you have taken in us. "I Intended writing before, but ti at I have been away from headquarters a good deal. The nurseiis doing a most valuable work|and our people like her very nuch indeed, and are more than yjrateful for her services. She ii kept busy a/id sheTevi-' dentlj enjoys her work amongst our people. I am more than thankful that we could assure her services. lam sure I cannot expre, s just how much it means to us We shall do all in our poweato make her comfortable, nappy!and content."* Pferf ect Godsend In mother letter the nurse is spoken of as ' a perfect Godsend. '| The great anxiety is the supply of nurses. The expense of bringi jig them, from England is very treat and on this account it woild, of course, .be far better to engage them this side. Lady Harris has had two or three applicati Dns, but regrets to say the applicants so far seem unable to make Ip their minds, showing no definitl purpose, and only nibbling 'at the idea. Women required! for this work need the missionary spirit, and must be strong, self-reliant and capable. A nurse of the right calibre must desire|to take up this, philantnropiephilantnropie work an 6 nave ncr lisart in it. !Ins richdt note was struck hv » nurse, wuo w»s interviewed dv I_a6/l3arr,s m wdo was exoellent worll" in Hospital—"l want a larger spdere ot worlc ano. I love work- tor IKese poor people." Iliis nurse eoines out in  an<3 tiie 6istriot to wnioli slie is xoinF is pavin? tier passage across ancl uei- salary, relieving tne ttovsrn*ment ot all expenses. Mchr Kept Vns-7 liave deen I_ept on tne 30 all tne time lately. lam setting c*uite use 6to tde motor boats anci am setting 8««6 a-?ain i at rowing. Ine men tkinlc it ereat tliat take an oar. I These photographs show British "Black and Tans" carrying out reprisals in Cork, Ireland. The picture on the Left was snapped just as the British blew up a building from which Sinn Feiners had fired on English troops. Above, British soldiers are herding people back front the condemned building so they will not be hurt. On the right below, residents are shown removing their property before the blast. COUNCIL VERY BUSH League Meeting Discusses Means of Enforcing Decisions on Recalcitrant Nations. WOMAN AND CHILD . WELFARE DEBATED DARIS, Feb. 22—The Council of the League of Nations at this morning's meeting considered the question of the application of th* blockade to reca lit rant nations under the League Covenant when the need for economic measures might arise.' It also took up the women and children welfare question, as touched upon uV Article Twenty-three of the covenant and various minor questions with regard to the blockade proposition. It was learned that organization of blockade commission has been| begun. The commission will com-; prise delegates from France, Great Britain*.. Italy. Japan, Norway,1 Spain; Sweden and Cuba. Pending action by the commission, the council will ask the various governments (Continued on Page 2) WAR SPIRIT ALIVE AGAIN Germans Particularly Bitter Toward France Who is Blamed For Post-War Ills. MILITARISM v REARS ITS HEAD *% • / No Animosity Towards England and America, . Evidently for Trade Reasons. ' DERLIN, Feb. 22—Recrudescence of the war-spirit of the German people, which even as late as six months ago, apparently had been completely banished, recently has assumed a new and noticeable aspect, particularly in ' relation to the French who generally are blamed for most of the post-war ills of the Ciennan nation. • ' Civilians and former soldiers alike frankly express the most intense (Continued on Page 2) 8 PERISH IN WRECK ThirtyrThree Casualties in Head-on Collision of Trolley Cars in American City. FIRE DESTROYS CARS RAPIDLY JJHLLTON. Conn., Feb. 22--Light persons were killed and twentyfive injured this afternoon when two . trolley cars collided, head on, on the Bridgoport-Shelton»line, near High Bridge in the southern part of Shelton.The collision occurred about five hundred feet south of a switch when both cars were travelling at a fair rate of speed. Witnesses said there was a loud report immediately following the crash and flames burst out in the wreckage where the two cars were buckled together. The report circulated among the crowd that gathered at the scene of the wreck, was that at' five" gallon can of gasoline was in the front end of the Bridgeport bound car._ Spectators were of the opinion that something accelerated the flames, as! they spread rapidly. i__j^__■■ Thinks Traffic in Liquor Profitable To Province H. PmThompson, Formed]) Canadian Food Controller, Points Out British Columbia's Opportunity Under The X Prohibition Regime. SETS POSSIBLE REVENUE TO THE PROVINCE AT AS MUCH AS SIX MILLIONS ANNUALLY. VICl6it5H.- L. 0., _?eb.  control 2116 8210 ok'litM»*r, it propki-lv man-tgolH, BhoH6 result in substantial tax relict in Vritisn Ooln_ndi_t, to possidl,/ as innen tz6,1X)0,000 vsarl)*, is tne delist ot _3. L. I_io___Bo_., toriner too 6 oontroller tor (!ni-»6_t, a Hirector ok tbe li6i6.!>s-16. 00., as expressed in an interview publisb ed in tbs Victoria Oolonist. Nr. Ibomson, in stating bis views, predicted tbat tbe Hob ok administrating tbe liquor business would soon be,recognised as tbs bsavisst eontront ing tbe government, and declared tbat tbe appointment ot a oabi net minister wboss Hole dut"? would be tbe administration ot liczuor control atkairs, would bo essential to tbe eKieient bandling ot tbe problem. 13 » Zlonopl*^ "Ibe control ot liquor will be a monopoly, and prices and protits may bo tixed to *yield almost an)* revenue. Ibe government, wbils taking care to make a good round protit, would bave to guard against legislation wbieb would bave tby Meet ot allowing tbe rieb to wbat tbe poor could not buy. "' taking into consideration tbe requirements and tbe vast pohsibilities ot expansion, it would be kair to estimate a turnover ot about tz30,000,000 a year, and t-bis sbould vieldiMMt protit to j AMERICANS MAKE DEMAND ON ALLIES Want Equal Privileges With Mandatory Powers in All Territories WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—The United State's government has presented directly to the Council of the League of Nations its demand that all allied and associated governments be given equal opportunities in mandated territories, it was announced today at the state department,Something to Say Paris, Feb. 22—In its first note directly to the League of Nations the United States state department  nounces it has observations to make regarding the terms of mandates for former enemy colonies. YOUNG LAD DROWNED. Leo Stanley, aged 12, son of Thos. Stanley, was drowned at Lit-] tie Fogo Island on Monday, Feb.! 14th, while trying to reach a duck in the lake, rje lost his footing on the ice and fell in some distance from the shore. The body was not recovered. Messrs. A. S. Rendeli, Ltd., had a message this morning stating that] tb/j schooner Mirian H., Captain Doyie, had arrived at Pemambuco op the 21st, after a run down of 39 days. J BRITISH DETERMINATION TO ENFORCE HOME RULE ACT CREATES MORE PROBLEMS Southern Ireland Believed In Too Chaotic a Condition to Permit the Experiment of an Election—Electors, Too, May Refuse to Vote IT WON'T BE SMOOTH SAILING IN ULSTER, FOR NATIONALISTS ARE AGAINST THE ACT Preparations for Application of Act in the North Are In an Advanced Stage—Arrangements Made For Northern Parliament to Meet in Belfast nUBLIN, Feb. 22.—British determination to, apply the newly enacted Home Rule Bill has injected new complexities into the Irish improglio.The big questions of the hour are whether conditions in Southern Ireland are too chaotic to permit the experiment of an election and whether the electors in that section will refuse to vote. An important problem in Ulster is whether the Nationalist minority will refuse to accept the Home Rule Act and thus give full sway to Unionists, of whom Sir Edward Carson has long been leader (since succeeded by Sir James Craig). These are the dominant issues on which the whole country is speculating, v The Position Of Ulster. Preparations for the application of the act in Northern Ireland are in an i I'jiuwnri £££M« £ ■ TiriiTm Mm i itr y\ . met. ZS intTf#M iwsssfe* convenient date. The splendid Belfast City Hall will be placed at the disposal of the new Northern Pailiament, eliminating any delay for erection of a Parliament House. It is assured that the Carson adherents will have a working majority. The result will depend on the extent to whr*l» *he Nationalists in northeast UiHei dissatisfied *ith its severance from the rest of Ireland, go to the polls. , If they vote in proportion to their numbers, they will form somewhat less than half of the membership of mc new body. The Carsonites will be given virtual carte blanche if the Nationalists boycojt the election. Refusal of the Nationalists to vote wjll not prevent the Parliament from functioning. Southern Opinion. In the South, there are two main currents of opinion in official and Unionist circles. The one which appears to predominate is in favour of letting the South make a trial of the act at the same time as the North. The other view is that in the South the time for attempted application of the act is inopportune, From several sources, "feelers" are being put forth in the endeavour to bring out candidates for the southern legislature. Men of moderate opinion are being asked to offer themselves. The letter of Lord Decies, announcing his candidature, is considered likely to stimulate willingness among moderate Home Rulers to accept office. The Farmers' Union has announced that it does not intend to put forward any candidates. But individual farmers have repudiated its claim to speak for "the general body, and contend farmers should take advantage of the opportunity offered them. Sinn Fein Sentiment The old Irish Parliamentary Party has made no move, and its members seem indisposed to run counter to Sinn Fein sentiment. The Home Rule act provides that it shall come into operation on "the appointed* day" which is defined as "the first Tuesday in the eight month after the month in which the act is passed, or such day, not more than seven months earlier or later, *&**!& be fjx.ed by Order of his Majfesty mQiaaat.'* TuaiAmVts a wide margin, varying from about the present time to 15 months hence. The main principle of the act is the establishment of two equal Parliaments one in Dublin for southern Ireland, and one in Belfast for the six northeastern counties, with a central connecting council. The act even provides that local parliaments may, if they choose, abolish themselves altogether and turn the central council into one parliament which, if it is ever constituted, would exceed in importance and functions the Home Rule Parliaments contemplated by Pamell and Redmond. Meanwhile many, if not most, of the powers they contemplated will be exercisable by each of the local parliaments in its own area. CASE OF SMALLPOX. A case of smallpox has been reported at Hermitage Cove. The patlent is being treated by Dr. O'Connell who has again taken up practice at Hr. Breton. INQUIRY INTO FIRE. The enquiry into the recent fire 3t Deshowiti'? store and which was postponed owing to the illness of some witnesses will likely be continu ed next week. _ l° (coutin»«l on ?a«e 5) (Continued ou ! age 2) . HTTTTTTT'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.".''.''.''.'.'.'.'.'.',',','.'.'■'.'■',''.'.'.' \ CRESCENT THEATRE! 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