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tribune Flr?t to LasV-the Troth: News?Editorials ?Advertisements Member of the Audit Tlureau of Circulation* ?.a1.1 , .- ? -^. , ' _i -ra WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1919 r," ?-:-? , ' ? ?- -1 ?thvned and puM1sh>?(l dully hjr New York Tribune? tne . ? New T,?Tk C"rp?ir.iilr>ii. Oplifn Raid, Pr?sident; ?5. Temor Roger?, Vlce-Prosldent; Rolen Rogers Held, Secre? tary: V. A. Buter. Tre??aurer. Address. Tribune Building. 154 Xa?sau Street, N'en York. T. ,,:.,?. . H, .?:.-.?. ?TBSCTtTI'TTON RATES?Bj MAIL, Including l'oatag? IN THE UNITED '-TA TES AND CANADA: One Six fine Year Month?. Month. Dally and Sundaj.?..J;? ? $5.00 $i.on Pallv on!-?. 8 "0 4.(10 .75 Sunday only. S.00 1.50 .30 Sun?ay only, Canada. 8.00 3 25 .55 FOREIGN RATES Dtttj? and Sundaj.$26.00 $13.30 $2.40 Daily only . 17.40 S.?u 1.45 ?Sunday only. 8-75 5.12 .86 Entere.! ?1 the Postofllce at New York ?s Second Class Mall Matter GUARANTEE Yeu can purchase : erchandi?e advertised In THE TRIBUNE with ab?otut? snfrt>?for It dissatisfaction re- , suits In any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your ! money back upon request. No rril tape. No quibbling. ; We make good promptly If the advertiser does not. MEMBER OF Till" ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press la exclusively entitled in the use I fot ?publication of a,l newa dlspal . - credited to It or i not otherwise credited In thla paper and also tue local j ?ews of spontaneous origin \ ibl ?lied h ell All rights of repubU?.??JU o? aJi other matter herein ' ?re also rcaeircd. I Not a Settlement Xo business can long be carried on j normally and wholesomely at a loss, j So the subway settlement is a stop-gap , rather than a solution. In the judgment of most it was estab- j iished that the subways did not pay their ! way with wages what they have been. . Now that there is a 25 per cent in- ! crease, negotiated under public author? ity, with a prospect of a further increase of 25 per cent, it will not be seriously contended that tilings can go on as they are. What is presented to us is a choice of losing or crippling a service vital to the city's life or allowing a higher faro. Demagogues are voluble, but they cannot screen by words the facts of the situation. Even as things now are, the subway deficit under the operating con- ? tract is at the expense of the city's | treasury. The Prophets of Discord How much have the professional and amateur prophets and promoters of dis? harmony cost the world since the signing of the armistice? If there was any sat- , isfactory way of arriving at the sum it ; would probably appear'that the cost per month is wed up to that which marked the highest peak of war expend ture. Within the domains of the Western na? tions, not including Russia, are approxi- ? mately 200,000,000 workers, the current value of whose labor is something like $3 each per day. So eVi rv d; \ this is idle means a loss of six hundred millions, or eighteen i illions a month, or two hundred and sixte? n billions a year. The wealth-pro ? 'ing employment of tins army of worl ? ?. is depend? ?it on i harmony. 1F there is a di scord and a weakening of co?peratii n and coordina- '< tion the machine stops or stumbles along on two cylinder.; oui of four or?six. By ?<>]? sorts of interferences with the social wiring groups of men and wo been induced not to work, . nd when the throwers down of to ils wi re in some vital industry others associated in the inter- ? relations of industry were compel? 'i to quit. '1 in- ?:-?? pp ige has bei n ?i ri i is. Mr. Barnes, the Wheat < ?ont roller, estii that the agriculturists of Western Eu? rope will raise but 70 per ee.n1 of ? nor? mal crop this year. If the fanner, who is not as dependent as other mi n, is thus not busy il is to be inferred that other industries have fallen off as much. A deer, ase of 30 per cent in all prod sufficient1 ly < xplains prices. This falling off is in large degree un? necessary. Return to a peace basis pre? sented many difficulties, but the shock might easily have been endurable except for the maleficent activity of the pro motors of disharmony. But these? have been writing,*, preaching, talking, and even screaming, to stimulate discord. They have a mi art ing new pub? lications to f? n ui t. t. They hate to see men at. work Their influence lias reached to labor organizations, where excitable and hot-headed elements have caught fire and spread the consuming , flame. Masses of men are conservative, are practical, order their uves by the pre ? cepts of common sense, bul all men are susceptible to propaganda if the ding donging is kepi up long enough. The agitators for disharmony, of course, , for the greater part intend no evil. They delude themselves with the belief that they arc friends of progress and are furthering good causes. But excellence of persona] intent pi'ovides no assurance ,' e :cellence of result. A certain place, we are told, is paved with good inten? tions. As long as it is a fact that social harmony js essential in modern industry if the production out of which all was? 3 are paid is to be normal or be increased, the motive of the parlor Bolshevist is of no consequence. The parlor Bolshevist has bec*,n laughed at. But so were the junkers of Prussia. Small groups, even though adherents of preposterous" doctrines, are capable of do? ing great damage. Those who style themselves intelligentsia are largely re? sponsible for many of the conditions of which there is complaint. Our colleges only half educate. The universal strike which is the goal of the intelligentsia, of course, means universal starvation, but though this end has not been reached there is an ap? proximation to "it in some countries, notably Italy. The refusal of men to mm wtk work inevitably develops among employ? ers an uncertainty which prevents a re? opening of plants when the workers would return. There is an atmosphere of distrust and fear, instead of one of confidence and hope, and things go ill, and, of course, the general population suffers. The parlor Bolshevist has been an ob? ject of amused curiosity. He has pre? sented, by his contrariness, a pleasing variation and fillip to conversation. He has seemed to be going against bis per? sonal self-interest, and this is engaging. So little note has been taken of the harm be was doing. It is time to assess the pest as it is?to treat it as other scourges of the human race are treated. If half the energy which has been ex? pended in promoting false ideas had been expended in promoting true ones recon? struction would bo further on, prices would be lower, employment at satisfac? tory wages would bo more general and in cool temper the business of gradually bettering human life in definite ways would bo in progress instead of at a standstill. The original sin of Adam was in lis? tening to a smooth rhetorician, and for ten weary months the world has shown itself as gullible as was Adam. Coming Around The President, after six months of squirming and manoeuvring against the reasonable and the inevitable, now has reached a point where he is vailing to accept reservations if embodied in sep? arate resolutions by the Senate ami not made a part of the ratifying resolution. No prophetic powers are necessary to predict that this proposal will meet an emphatic refusal. To accept it would defeat the purpose of reservations. Sep? arate resolutions would have no validity, as the Supreme Court made clear in the Diamond Rings case, with respect to tli$ McEnery resolution. The treaty would be. in unmodified effect and the resolutions would be nullities. Should a dispute arise as to what the treaty bound us to do, we could not point to the act of ratification. Nor could we point to ac? companying resolutions. Xo foreign government is supposed to take notice of resolutions passed by our national legis? lature. On many occasions our govern? ment! has refused to discuss their con? tents with foreign powers. They are thus not notice to the world. When the Algecivas convention was ratified by the Senate, the ratifying res? olution said: "Resolved, further, That (he Senate, as a part of this act of rati? fication, understands," etc. Here is the model. Sensible, reasonable, constitu? tional?-something to which a foreign country can assent expressly, or tacitly as it pleases. Our reservations to the Algeciras treaty were tacitly accepted; the outlook is that reservations to the pending treaty would be tacitly accepted. In any event, other countries would have a clear an.I honest statement of - ha1 ?ins country ui der: ; ? i its obliga? tions were, and no complaint could be made if wc clung to these interpreta tioi in the future. This country would not be known as a word breaker, If the President, after six months of delay, would now have an early ratifica? tion of the treaty let him desisl from captious opposition. To his Senatorial callers he admitted that most of the pro ? reservations are compatible with :. bandings of the covenant's obligation. Why, then, object to their inclusion?. He will surely not seriously rid that the other countries will cavil over interpretations which will but restate that which, according to his read in , is already in the treaty. It has taken a long tussle to induce tiie Presi dem>to dismount from a high horse. But one foot is now out of its stirrup and the other will soon be likewise free. ? England. Still Take all of Shakespeare and all of Dickens and most of Wells, and you could reconstruct England as she was in those centuries with tolerable accuracy a thou? sand yetas hence. Burn all the histories and bomb the British Museum out of ex? istence, and you would still have in tTiese few feet of books the essential facts of British character and life and habit. Or if even these were lost (in the [ sacking of the Western world by the I East in 2432 A. IV), suppose that by j some freak a charred copy of The Lon ? don Times survived on which there ?could I be deciphered the following advertise | ment in that absorbing column of "Per I son?is" with which The Times and Croat Britain begin their daily annals of the 1 universe: OLD CROCK. Will a few generous bouIs cele? brate Peace by ASSISTING disabled MAJOR, \ Joined up in 1914 at 45 as a prh-ate soldier, to . purchase a piano street organ. Outdoor life or ? dered ; genuine appeal, (las,, up ?500 a sear n> ? join the ranks. No pension, no income, bad i health; friends killed; still cheerful and smiling | - Box <"? G97, The Times, There would be call for much imagina : tion. Probably no true Oriental could reconstruct such a preposterous being out of his mind. But there would surely be some who from direct contact with ! tiie absurd British would explain enough i to make the whole story clear. And \ with such a beginning these sixty worths ! would yield about as much of essential j British character as would be needed. | Talk ?bout "carrying on"! H?re is the : original never-say-die. Ridiculous stuff, i of course. What would a major do with a piano street organ? Is there a touch of bitter irony in the personal? Well, that is British, too, providing it is good natured, cheero stuff, as this clearly is. Really, there is precious little of British character lacking in this record. Courage of the calmest, smilingest kind, yet nothing gay, mind you, still less pompous. Whimsical is the word for the humor, perhaps. (One remembers Barrio's old clubman?was he by chance a major??in "The Little White Bird.") The wholo would bo forced and ridicu? lous, and unpleasantly self-conscious if it were not so obviously a sacred na? tional ritual, a deep plan for enduring human tragedies calmly, effectively, sweetly. How can you beat such a peo? ple! The old war cry comes back: "Are we downhearted?" with its answering roar. Neither yet, nor ever, we suspect by much evidence t?at comes out of England to show that England, broken and saddened, is England still. Bossing Guatem-ala Guatemala is the one country of Cen? tral America which has a practically un? broken record for law and order. It has a government which protects the rights of its own citizens and those of foreign? ers. It lias been an excellent friend of 'the United States. When we entered the war Guatemala promptly followed our lead. When Carranza tried to or? ganize Latin America against us Guate? mala broke up the ?.scheme. Yet word comes that our State Depart? ment has . given notice that Estrada Cabrera, must not be rcchosen as Presi? dent of Guatemala. It is said that he has served long enough and milst quit. Washington has another candidate, and it demands that he be selected. Who is responsible for a policy which has established dictatorships in Santo Domingo and Hayti, maintains in Cuba a President the majority of Cubans do not seem to want, which has just driven one President out of Costa Rica and now sends a bowstring to Cabrera? The in j trusiveness smacks of imperialism, but, of course, no one wishes to bring this charge. Nevertheless, it may scarcely be doubted that a spirit of antagonism is being developed to the south of us which will lay a heavy burden on our future. Why is it impossible to avoid entangle? ments that may lead to the loss of the good name it has taken a century to build up? Other Administrations were able to keep clear of dictation. This one should be able to do the same. It will be an evil day fin- this country when : our neighbors are persuaded that we use | ! nur power to the destruction of their ! ! right to goveim themselves. A Proud Record The Knights of Columbus have reason to feel proud of the figures carried in the report their officers have sub? mitted to the public. During the year ended on June 30 '? the free distribu?a ? : to soldiers, sailors and marines wc o $7,000,000 in value. Each soldi ;r abroad, in small but highly prized luxuries and comforts, had placed in his hands gratis goods to the value of m arly $2.50 a] i< ci . Not much per man, but what a difference it made to the doughboy when pay ?.vas slow in coming! Abroad the Knights niai ntained 12 < huts and clubs of : ab: tant ial size, and at home th j operated 461 buildings and thirty-two Li nts. In all din ing the year $10,794,0 10 was this though dipping bul ? 2,000 into the $25, 0 ; 1,000 v. Iiich In oi rranization's quota ; of the United War Fund. And these vast -urns we re : cured with collect ion expenses not a regal ing as much as the ere ii which come from the prompt ; payment of merchandise bills. Energy and devotion to duty marked , the Knights of Columbus. They were i engaged in a work of love and they did not weary. The civilian, in spirit at , least, tips his hat to the soldier, and the I soldier gives a soul salute to those who ; cared and showed they carpd. Fcr Our Own Sailors ? To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Newspapers have made several refer : enees to a fund of millions that I nited States citizens aro trying to raise for the benefit ? of British civilian sailors or their families who suffered during the war. It is an ad : mirable idea and is sponsor,'!] by rcprescnta ' tive citizens. The seamen of the British mer? chant service gave constant manifpstations of civilian courage at sea under wai con? ditions that make all mar?timo mi n, o'f what , ever nation, prouder than ever of their call 1 ing, and Should thrill even the inland citizens . of our own country, whosi ion e 0J civilian I sea life, through long nej led of it, is vague. But more than six liundred civilian sea? men of tli?' United State:; merchant marine 1 died at sea as the result of war perils. Many ; others on,lar, J hardships that entailed long illnesses or permanent disabilities. I know personally of numerous cases where seamen and their families will be handicapped all : ieir r< maining y, ar ! because of the way the civilian sailor of the United States merchant marine bore has part in the ocean cargo shij during the war-during four years and ? a half, not only two years, of wa r. 1 cannot ]>:-<,vn that either the government or any pi iv ?te commit tee h is charged itself to ?ee that these men and their families do not suffer through the years ahead. They served steadily, with no enforced enlistment ' petaml and with an insurance guarantee from the government of only about $1,500 in case . they lia,!, while a sailor in the navy or a soldier in the army had $10,000 of insur? ance ??'? :? ' ??'? '? for a' family and all the ntus of fn e comfort - and succor that tlie navy or ai my so . dmii ,!>!y provide. While the fund is b< ing raised as a tribute to British seamen, or liefere it is raised, a substantial amount should be -?'.and. gov? ernmental^ or through private subscription, for looking after these men of our own and their dependent.--, m the same attitude of admiring recognition and not of charity, . XELSON COLLINS. New York. Aug. 15, 1919. A "Basic" Fact (from The Minneapolis Journal) Near beer contains \-? of 1 per cent of alcohol, the other 0'.?!-j per cent being near? ness, Team Play : .... The PI la IHpl a r iblic Bela Kin bumped Hungary and Archduke Joseph caught it on the rebound. For the Enslaved To tho- Editor of tho Tribune. Sir: Tho editorial of August 6 entitled "Tho Impudence of Reform" is, to say tho least, rather unusual. It certainly would indicato that tho person who wrote it was an enslaved soul, held under tho cravings of tho appetite that ho there so weakly seeks to defend. * The craze is on with terrible power. I pass j on a quotation that camo to my notice re? cently: "A few weeks ago it was currently re? ported that tho temperance forces would now formulate a constitutional amendment against the raising of tobacco and the manufacture of cigarettes. Wo sent out an emphatic denial that tho temperance forces contemplated doing anything of the kind. The use of tobacco may bo a per? sonal vice, but it is not, in tho sense that the liquor traffic is, a crimo. "If the tobacco trust continues to put tho noose around its own neck, and it is pulled by the American people, there will bo an autopsy over it somo day, and the verdict ought not to be 'Murdered,' or 'Executed,' but 'Suicide.' "We have, an anti-tobacco programme. Wo will publish millions of educational leaflets on the nicotine poison and the doped cigarettes, hoping to prevent boys from taking up the practico, or parents from allowing their children to fall vic? tims to tho cigarette evil; and it will set forth appalling facts from tho battle front, how young men trained at great ex? pense by the government to fight its bat? tles had to be led out of the fighting ranks to havo cigarettes stuffed in their mouths before they could stand up and hold a gun. Tho attempt to call this shaking 'shell j shock' is amusing to every ono who knows, j It was tho taking away of tho nicotine after the system had becomo accustomed thereto. If any ono wants to prove this for himself a demonstration is easy. If he is a cigarette victim made by tho government, the Y. M. C. A., or tho Red Cross, or tho ladies who stood at tho depot and pressed cigarettes upon every young man who wore the uniform, and is now habituated to the uso of about thirty cigarettes a day, let him try to go without them for a few days and nights and see how he feels. He will experience another shell shock such as ? have described many a young fellow as having on the battlefront." This long quotation is from a tract en- | titled, "The Reformers' New Programme; or, After Prohibition ? What?" by Dr. Clarence True Wilson, These things are enough to stir the blood of any normal man who in any sense realizes the dan? ger to a white heat, against this most | vicious habit that is now gripping the lifd | of the American public. Then for this editorial to come out and speak of "The Impudence of Reform"! Impudence of I refi i;;i, forsooth; why not entitle it "The i (mpudenco of ?..vins"?- for in the face of the fact that the woman Christian Tem perance Union has done a wonderful edu? cational work, felt throughout the nation, this editorial proposes to laugh at the pro i ramme of education that that remarkable organization has dune to train the school j children pf the nation to the highest and , cleanest living possible. One is led to wonder that the editor could let such j vaporings dribble from his pen in the sight ! of the greal American people. Go on with ! ."our slavish smoking if you have to, my ? rro' ?1 editor, but ?h> not laugh at those who ! i aro trying to do good in the held, and, bv | so doing, seek to neutralize the good that they are doing. It may be that ?his may not be printed j in Tiie Tribune, as it ought to be, but it | seems to me that you ought to publish it I j in order to counteract the damage done by your editorial of August ti. TIIEOPHILUS. Union Valley, V V., Aug. 15, 1919. The Soap Bubble Pipe To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: May I bo permitted to write a few i . words m defence of childhood? Being a I : bachelor and having withal a deep-rooted love of children, I see in the renewed attacks I i ' on the tobacco habit a possible source of ; much unhappiness for our young fry. Will j the W. C. T. 1'. condemn the practice of | soap-bubble blowing because of its acc?s- i sories? Think of a child using a pipe- even if for an innocent purpose! Horrors! Protection for our young soap-bubble I blowers should form one plank in the next l Presidential platform, for we older smoke | ring blowers will soon be helpless. Spare ' | the little ones! P. X. OBER. Riverside, Conn., Aug. 16, L919. Settling Ireland ! To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: That was an interesting letter from ! I an English ctfncer in Ireland, quoted hy his j cousin, "IX S. M.," in your issue of to-day. j It was interesting as .showing, in colloquial j terms, the English point of view on what ? the Tory mind, there and elsewhere, likes ' 1 to call "the Irish muddle." "How can we settle a nation which is not | | settled itself?" Could anything beat that for self-revelation? Please notice the "we," the note of despair over the weight of "the ? white man's burden" in governing and "set? tling" other people's affairs. Well, it might occur to the poor, bewildered | English officer that such hopeless people do ! ' deserve his military aid any longer, and that the best way would be to take his tanks j and machine guns and airplanes and 200,000 , com:'..des in arms out of the ungrateful island. That course might even "settle'' the i nation that has not learned, in 750 years, ' , to "settle itself" under the care of the armed . i forces of an uninvited foreign power. I would suggest that those 200,000 worthy "settlers" be sent with full equipment to j Turkey to protect the Armenians and Syrians, j JOHN JEROME ROONEY. ! New York, Aug. 16, 1919, _ So Easy! To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: 1 wish you would tell us in your valuable journal why the railroads ?an't be given back to their original owners, | according to promise, and the governmenl . agree to lend money to finance them until i ? - adjust themselves. It all seems to me s0 eas>'- A WOM.w VOTER. j New York, Aug. 15, 1919. The Servant Debate Introducing Among Others the Admirable Crichton To the Editor of The Tribune. SIR: The discussion in your paper on the servant problem would be funny did it not. strike at tho basis of the artificial comfort of so many people. Permit me to speak from tho point of view of a well trained English butler. Trained to wash glass, silver and china, and trained also to bo polite. Coming to this country about eight years ago, I soon found myself botween two fires? the one, my employer; tho other, my fellow servants. My employer appreciated my ingrained civility and ability and showed it by speaking to me ns we do in England, i. e., by saying, "Thank you" and "Please," etc. This was soon noticed by the other servants and commented upon, to this effect: that 1 was seeking favor with tho employer, whereas it was quito natural. I am freo to admit here that my employer invariably spoke to the other servants in tho usual American way, which, of course, I think is rough and abrupt, and I think the influ? ence this abruptness has is bad. By being polite it is not difficult to train others to be polite. I use the word trained in the fore? part of this letter. It is the right one. I was trained to be polite. Thero is nothing that will oil the machinery. of a household more than this common re? spect for one another. T may add that my experience shows that it is difficult for an English servant to secure a placo in England after having been to the United States?the decision being that you have been spoilt, i. e., are no longer polite. This is unconsciously absorbed from tho way the average employer speaks to the help on this side. t From experience, I would say that your household problem is aggravated by the in? discriminate? selection of tho servants in one household: to herd an Italian, a Dane, a Norwegian, a Swede, an Irishman, a Pole ? and a try-on occasionally with a colored per? son within four walls aims for troublo and bad service. Something similar has been my experience and a bad one. Your correspondent "K. A. M." deliberate? ly ignores the fundamental, i. e., supply and demand. "An old Housekeeper" is self-con? demned; in thirty-five years she has aroused a feeling of respect in two maids and those two of nationalities generally admitted to be low in mentality and upbringing. Fie, madame, fie! JOHN E. CLENDINING. Danville, Fenn., Aug. 16, 1919. The Need of a Plan To tho Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Please allow me to indorse all that is said by "K. A. M." in the letter in this morning's Tribune on "Profiteering Ser? vants." The question is certainly a most serious one, and its solution warrants more attention than is being given to it. Homes are being given tip and children beinjc brought up in hotels and apartments, owing to the impossibility of paying the wages asked by servants and the unwilling? ness of worn,-a of other classes to assist the mother in her domestic duties. Can this matter not lie made to interest the men in our government, who have proved their ability to cope with so many of the problems of mir troubled times, hut who are leaving this very serious question to the j mercy of profiteering servants, to employ? ment agencies and distracted wives and ; mothers? It seems to me trat the opening, a- soon j as possible, of our doors to the women of j other countries, and the training of our own ! women to act as "home assistants" might bo of some help, but the quest on a difficult ono and needs our best brains. W. V\ . E. Long Branch, N. J., Aug. 16, 1919.^ The Household Assistant Works To the Editor of Th'e Tribune. Sir: Do tell "K. A. M." that immigi ttion means, commonly, stupidity, an?! stupidity i always expensive. Some American has thought of a better plan. If she will read an article in "Vogue," issue of August 1 on "The Household As? sistant," page 57, she will see that not only food but room and laundry are eliminated, so that the little more pay an hour makes it cheaper in the end. It works. It works well. ? have tried it. New York, Aug. 17, 1919. C. B. HALL, Let the Mothers Strike! To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: I have read with great intere the letter of "An Old Housekeeper" in your issue of August 15. I wish to corroborate every word she says and to say my experience has been worse. The questions, problems an?l anxieties of the modern mother, wife and housekeeper are now almost unendurable, atel I wonder, as it's the fashion to strike, why a mothers' strike wouldn't be a good thing. If there is any harder working or worked person on the face of the globe than the mother, wife and housekeeper of to-day I would like to sec her. Wouldn't it seem fitting, when after the leaguo of nations, all grievances of all trades, labor unions and Bolsheviki have been fairly dealt with, that those in authority might "give a thought" to the s'lent partners of the country and in some manner amend the immigration law so that it may still keep out the enemy aliens but let in the unspoiled women of France and Belgium to relieve the broken backs and anxious minds of American mothers? f do not believe the immigration law now standing is more than a camouflaged affair to protect the overpaid laborer by keeping out many who would help to bring his unreasonable wage to a more wholesome figure. Which is the bigger asset to this country, tho ignoran*, overpaid, underworked laborers of this country or its overworked, underpaid mothers ;.:.d house? keepers? How can these women go on with their valuable service to charity, the run'* and the community at large it' they must do all the work of the house, which formerly was don?; by two or more maids, and this in addition to the brainwork, telephoning, and, if there is anything left of h"i win n all is done, the physical care of her children? I am a nervous wreck, doing half of mj work the past two years because of the lack of household help, and I appeal to the Congress of th<- hind that some help ma\ be sent us soon in answer to this vexed and harassing problem. There will ! e i o wives an?! mothers if something soon, and there will be no new generati - for an old maid's life will look good t< many. TIRED MOTHER. New York. Aug. 16, 1919. Hellenic Thrace To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: The peace conference is confronted by many great problems, the greatest of them being the Thracian question, which is th?> only important provision of the still unsettled Bulgarian treaty. l'!i race has been profoundly Hellenic since the very dawn of history, by language, feeling, sympathy, race and civilization, and, as Ford Salisbury declared in 1ST8 during the conference of Berlin, Thrace is not less Hellenic than Thessaly and lipirias. ; The last Turkish census shows clearly : that the (?reek population of Thrace is seven times greater than the Bulgarian , population of this country. Before tin.' ; Balkan wars and during the elect am of 1912 the Bulgarians and the Greeks of Thrace signed a compromise by which one Bulgarian and seven (?reek representatives : from Thrace were to be elected to the Turkish Parliament, and thus tho Bul? garians themselves admitted the over? whelming numerical superiority of the ? Thracian Greek?. The delegates of Great Britain, France and Japan at tho peace conference already | had recognized that the overwhelming majority of the Thracian people is Greek anil expressed the opinion that according to the principle of self-determination Thrace must be united with Greece. Jt is really surprising that the delegates of the United States, while recognizing the He! Ionic character of this country, insist that Thrace must be awarded to Bulgaria. The high ideals and principles of r. a- | inanity, justice and self-determination) the independence of the Thftician people and the safety of Greece are sacrificed .:. ird? r that Bulgaria, the enemy of the Allied powers, obtain an outlet to t'.'1 .-Fgean Sea at the expense or' Greece, which did all that was humanly possible to join the Allies at the earliest possible moment. The Bulgarians must have no access to the .F.ac.u! other than commercial ac i possibly at Dedeagalch or Porto-L without any political rights. The Greek government is willing to construct a rail? way hci'.j^ the Thracian territory :> enable Bulgarian goods to reach the sea. The Thracians through long centuries of agony and despotism have been struggling in order to complete their national unity. It is inconceivable that the great demo? cratic powers of the World, after the com? plete triumph achieved in the defence of the independence of smaller nations and tiie right of self-determination, will refuse tho realization of the Thracian rational aspirations, as they will thus undermine at the very base the morral foundation of a league of nations. CLEANTHIS ZONARAS, A Thracian Greek and former Civil Gov? ernor of Myriophyto, Thrace. Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 15, 1919. Fight It Out To tii" Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Assuming that good judgment, svith knowledge and fairness, was used bj tl m authority who decided that rh- employes of the I. R. 1'. ! ould not immediately re ccive a 50 per cent raise in wages, it is clear that the strike was not justified. Nev? ertheless, these employes have suddenly dis? continued this public service. They have precipitated a cowardly attack upon the public. To them we appear as helpless as Belgium did to Germany five year- ag?>. Here is presented a splendid opportunity to test our courage. The greatest venience, confusion and suffering will he felt by the public on the first, second and third business ?lays of the strike. After that, if the strike continues, matters will slowly but surely tend to adjust them ?? Ives, and the really essential elements of the city's life could go on, with discomfort, for months, if need be, without the use of the subways and elevated or even the surface car lines. The suggestion i wish to make is based upon the assumption that our officials who permitted the men to strike rather than accede to their ultimatum felt they "had principle and right to justify their stand. Principle and right are good causes to heiit for. Therefore, why not let mal ers remain a< they are? Let the strike con? tinue as long as the strikers choose. Men who said they could not live on $3 to $5 a day will soon lind it more impossi? ble to live on nothing. If we as a people have the courage we often boast of, we can do without local rail transit longer tha . these I. R. T. employes, who ignore our wel? fare, can do without '.vage?. CHARLES B. SLADE New York, Aug. 17, 1919. The Unorganized Ti ' h ? Editor of The Tribune. Sir: The impending strike of the subwaj and "I." lines reminds one of what happened in France some few sears before the rec? ni war broke out. At that tone, the em;.loves of one of the most essential, public uti '* : in France threatened a strike, unjusl in it nature, calamitous in its effect . But there was a strong government at the head fliers by the thousand.- were taken into sc> vice, trained efficiently, and the public servil e was continued as before. Not only this, but a lesson was taught that was not easi gotten. The root cause of the evil situation is 'this: Capital is organized; so is labor; but the middle, tiie consumer, is not. If only the example of the I-Tamch government were followed ?it the present time the strike would be speedily ended. And I would further sug? gest that there should be a ystematic boycott by employer.?! of those who have taker, part in the* present strike. J. A. DEWE. New York, Aug. 17, 1919. Books By Heywoori Bioun THE Russian writer Dmitry M'reshVow. sky has called Ros) , p^, Horse.be most Russian b-,?* '*? j the period," a rding '"'-'?'uctiuj m the new edition published by Alfred 4 Knopf. We are no1 ? .?.??M, statement after reading the first chap*?? .' w'h.ra we found: "1 bores tue't?. weariness. I know so well ?ta hall port? ?n his blue ' in c, its jnlt mirrors, ??- ,-,.. ? a shabby ., - ,. rooo ] and dusty curtain?. I have placed th?? kiloj ra i of nite have brought .* from abro smells of a chemist's shop. I hav? fa?ad aches a! nig I He narait?. w, understan I that . headaches when used We like Jo- n Galsworthy a great d*al better than we ever did before after readm* his "Addresses in America, 1919" (Scrib ner's i, for it i ema to u -n.n of !-. ????? wisdom b) ' k a certain human tendency to fa . ?ppycock oe : ':' ?gin? a closer ci - n ? e Enelisk" speaking nations Mr. < ? ? write?: "For unless we work together, and in n? selfish or exclusive spirit -.o O ? ilization! It, will vanish like dew off th? grass. The betten tent ? of th? British nations- and Amor a, but of ill 1 mankind, i ar . We suppo ?e the d ich par? ticular m? adow get I - -a:,flr. ! ally and tell each other that when they an j gone there will hr> no mor, di But then I there conies another morning. We ars not anxious to se?-? Anglo-i '.Illation pass away, but after all there are other civ? ilizations in the world, and there have bee? ' others, and others will come, ?ioine, we sup ! pose, may be worse, but there is at least? , possibility that others may b<? better. Nor : are we fond of hearing the English-speak | ing peoples talking about 't! - betterment : of all mankind." It has .' -aver of i a German heresy which put the world into ! a four years' war. Next to ma *rea"ir.g for 1 eign nation?, almo-' ? - thing that any powerful country can et c.; I to better * At ot her pc I - . i 11 ve id Gslv worthy's word o ou . a:n?, as wb.es he writes: "] have often tho ght dui ig these pis*. ? years what an ironical eye Providence anit have.been turning on National Fropagandi on all the - ? rich hi* been issued to ord? r, and : -ales of _ d .; : :ti each ry to prove t : es t lit ; hey are its inferioi ' \ ttle vind will blow ? . i er i to the limbo of thin air. Al "posing. I soon they w 11 be d thinking t here are but tv ?' Propi? na r.da. two ? o '-.?.-? 3i ?uafv' woi th, which def? Time: The re?? ity i to take ad antage of l - ? nor to tolerati del % isting tl? g a n d a i s 11 * artist, ol m i ? ? and:?.' Such Pro?aga: da them, to th? in ' Land. Bj s :' Plutarch; Dante, V\ ? rvantei, Spino;a; Montaigne, Itac ? Shake? speare; Go? *in , Kant rson, Lowell it one mon h a v.- exalted 1 of all, and ad kind." \\ ? in tin nit? ,1 Sta't km id stanl cousin, I 1 of t Galsworth \ lesci dr>- sses. i ; v, as he "w io it mot on ';' the m.is?er -' mei ting and r a sho* . " | inds I ^ favor. N ? ' ? ?-?: ??' held up, ' ! : en,' he sa : n' : the grcatej i ... at d : Hsr ??<;- O'H iggini might ited in th* eption of free s? i in Russia during the eai ly da olut ion. .A ce? r ling to G .-tory. an Extremist . ? .. I ad1 :-.??.: : ? ? . ' ? refus? to light ..-.i ' o .-?? orne ? move ment to ru ?hhim, but tin ' ant. held bai l. rowd and I: "Broth? ers, yo i km t our < ntr; no?? ? country of fr? :. this man, we let hin ' ' t "' will. But. brothers, when 1 ed, well ? - head ii We dec? le o? to let H. t ' ?rd ri?? ?...'; lead culcate i spirit of militai -:,i' v" an illumin?t? d et of Freedom .s. We rememb? r thai ' ? '??'*?'' ? "B 1. o IHgl ? . ' "Fi ".Magna Car \" ' rh" 1 ioelcs ha?. ? The set ? licked ai i the pa t '' " and thr? w "H bea pus" out of the wind?* Christopl . ilorley mser.1 I to at -,-..? of the , ?ce tvh I in tl ?? "< .:-? Sam.oel 1er," i ? ??-? he H.i . Hoc Booksh ; "That 'a... it 'writes M '.. m ide o.:* of shi d inno ! su? ? e, however, it'i books. When I wa England 1 ?' get what they call 'a lemon -ol?. * ,;, licious fish wit! .. ? ? ? ? f,?vor quite diff?rent froi i what ?? ??*? hereabouts) dribbled upon a th I ?? 5?nl* mucilaginous pink sauce. It ia an empyrea? kind ?-. grub ? i N'o matter how i ? have been ing, after a round >r two with the sol? ?? .. ir pipe tastes like the first ?>* the morning." , ? Names ..... Plant '? i ' Residents oi Willard Street, San Era?* cisco, want the r imi to ivrop**" Avenue. But how long do thef ???P*0* Dcmpsey to remain unlicked?