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Mail Marier GUARANTY Von can purchase fhei-chaniilte advortiaetJ In THE .Tr:8u?E with ?bsslu'.c safetv?for If dlssatlsfac tun fMiii?? In any ras? THE TRIBUNE |uarante*a 'o pay your mon? hack upon reauwt. Ne red tape. N? auiliMin's. Ws make leod promptly If the advertiser ilo?t not. MOtB^n OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The 'Ass'rr'.atcrt frcsj 1? ri;-lu*l*ety ?miried to the (mii for republKetVwi of all news dispatch?? credited IJ*. r-' '' r|p' !otl>r?rw we credited m this viaiw, and - a'4.5 thu loi-ai news of aiiontaneouti origin published her'-'.... . .All rtghta of ?publication of all other matter -nerelri aleo are Twcrrtxi. The Harding Character The^e seems no question that Sen? ator Harding's speech of acceptance has gained favor the mere it has .'fteen' i road and discussed. Hasty ??wi-ties jbf. the highbrow school dis itttisV^d It out of hand for lack of lit ^'?ry style?it is certainly utterly ? lacking; in that literary facility which is second nature to President \#llson. The intellectuals jeered at ?itbecause so much was tentative and 'hesitant and no complete and posi ?tive cures were promised. Nevertheless popular opinion has i been increasingly favorable to the ?'s?po?ch', and, we think, for a clear and sufficient reason. That reason we j^wouhl define as the downright sin? cerity of its utterance, the solid basis , qf A'haractsv, that underlies .?envinc .in.gly. the entire document. i ., Striking proof of the point is i furnished by the report of the cere? monies of acceptance at Marion, written by an eyewitness, of inde? pendent politics. Mr. Mark Sullivan, for "The New York Evening Post." T^-the. outsider the occasion seemed certain to be a wholly perfunctory *?fi??in .the, nature of tilings. So Mx. Sullivan expected it to prove. i.On the contrary, to his surprise, he ?''found the ceremony "exalted and moving." Why? ?Here is Mr. Sulli i van's analysis: "One vais quite sure that much of ,;-this solemhfty came from the audi? ence, but tlrobabty more of it came from Ilanitng himself. Not that he ? - eorrscnrui?ly created it. He has al? most nothing of tho dramatic in him, ??rnn hje was obviously and deeply moved, and moved in a way that was perfectly in tune with the occasion. "He v .is the picture of a diffident, almost a shy, man called upon to ac? cept a high responsibility, sincerely ' wishing to be sure that the country v understood his limitations, earnestly ;. determined -to make clear exactly what were his ideas for the adminis - tratron of thi- office to which he was ? baipg invited; rather more con? cerned, yoTi felt, with giving people ?? reasons why they might properly pre? fer another rather than soliciting ? ? the office for himself." There is here well suggested a r basic appeal of the Harding candi? dacy^ For lack of a more precise definition we offer the word "charac? ter" to cover these very fundamen ?i?l quuliti'js of rectitude and devo ./lon.'aiul steady intellectual processes ..-?yijich Mr.,Harding displayed in his .-speech of acceptance. It was essen? tially an American scene that Mr. SV.Iirvrtn described, and the qualities tvhich Mr. Harding tu>s to offer are preeminently American qualities. The speech includes no intellectual speculations. The phrases are neither imaginativo nor striking. In style it is the effort?sometimes laborious and involved?of a man to be accu? rate, painstakingly accurate, and frank-??neither pretending to more definitenesa- upon any particular isisUe than was in his mind nor hold? ing1; back any doubts or hesitations which he felt. The substance of the speech bore out the picture drawn by Mr. Sullivan, "a diffident, almost a ?shy, man," called upon to accept a high responsibility and sincerely wishing to be sure that the country understood both his limitations and his plans. '.We think the impression thus con? veyed by Senator Harding will grow with the campaign. We think it is {he true impression of the manner of m.a? Senator Harding is and the manner of President he will make. Those Americans who prefer a superman in the office will obviously tm??;" vole, for him. On the other hand, he wiil appeal strongly to all who ho?d t?> the older American tradition which views the President as a co? operating executive head, who can best serve* life country by organizing fti his Administration the best minds of his party, and conducting the 'bifsiness of the country by and with their advice. Plutocracy m Germany ?'?phe (;ej-'m.vtus are notably a people u#<;di?!H?:lea<iership. They respond to organizing genius, but when the gKjius is absent show little resource flpjfeesK.-'This is the lesson of the revo? lution of 1?18. There has, perhaps, never been an upheaval of a great jjepple so totally devoid of inspiring personalities., Liebknecht was the only Socialist chieftain whose quali? ties approached genius, yet even in him sense of reality was missing. Apart from Liebknecht the Social? ists produced no leader, and their opponents have produced none. The republic is carried on and defended by mediocrities; it has been assailed mostly by humbugs like Kapp. The one asset of the republicans is the greater weakness of the monarchists. Has the outcome of the elections changed this condition? A cor? respondent of "The I-rondon Times" thinks it has. He asserts that the victory of the People's Party is not that of monarchist reaction, as it is usually interpreted, but simply of constructive big business, in the good sense of that much abused word. The People's Party, the cor? respondent says, "seems to have more executive ability and more constructive imagination than all ; other parties put together. They ! certainly have plenty of money and brains. . . . Germany is going to develop into a highly organized plu? tocracy, possibly with a certain amount of Socialist window dress? ing." . . . This is by no means an improb? able forecast. The heads of German industry and finance, as expressed politically by the People's Party, may do two great things for the German people: They ?may relieve it of the distasteful duty of govern? ing itself. They may, if installed in supreme power, revive production, and thus restore the material condi- j tions of civilized life and progress, j For the former task they may be as good as anybody else in sight; for the latter they ought to be better. ! A German government of big busi ness may be in occasional need of being reminded, like Herr Stinnes at Spa, of its manners. If it be ! intelligent at all it cannot fail to ' recognize that jts only chance to : survive is to adapt the interests and ' needs of the new Germany to her : place in the new Europe. A Traveler in Peril Not the least of the perils of trav? eling in a ?strange land is that of the published "impression."' The mod? ern explorer may escape the depths : of the raging sea and never come face to face with Indians or a sand ! storm on the desert, yet he is indeed fortunate if he avoids committing himself to fantastic generalities about the country into which he has peeped. The recollections of Hugh Walpole recently published were a shining example of this peril lightheartedly ! avoided. Mile. Jacqusmaire. Cle? menceau, daughter of the "Tiger of France," who has just returned from i a visit to this country, has not been ?so fortunate. The things she ob? served in a comparatively short so? journ, in a limited social circle, are set down ?n her impressions in "Femina" as typical of the Ameri? can people. Doubtless all the things she noticed did actually occur; they are the commonplaces of our humor? ous periodicals and the breath of life to our reformers, but they are not I typical. Take the club woman, for example. ! For a generation we have permitted ourselves to joke about her, it being all in the family, and well knowing that neither we nor our hearers took our remarks seriously. But it j rankles to hear Mlle. Clemenceau ? record for all France to read: "Her clubs are as numerous, as important,) as rich and as carefully organized as | i those of the men. The members j often live at their clubs more than j | at home, and arrange there meet? ings where national questions are ex | amined, debated and judged. The American family, which has appro? priated to itself the term 'home' and rendered it almost sacred, neverthe? less scarcely ever comes together as a whole in this home, though with a sure instinct it has created every? where a setting full of charm and favorable to long hours of intimacy, to the development of tenderness and of domestic ties." A nation which has lived down the charge that it ate mince pie for breakfast, will feel no particular rancor over the French visitor's dis? covery that we are addicted to oysters and turtle soup. "The cook? ing is generally good"- this is more than many travelers admit?"more chicken than meat, more clear soups ' than the heavier ones, more fruit than fresh vegetables. A great use of milk in cooking is noticeable. Oysters and turtle soup are espe ! cially popular dishes. Great predi . lection is shown for pastry. The Americans do not eat much bread, I as every one knows, but seem to live on cakes and ice cream (this is their favorite delicacy), and nibble candies, always detestable ones, all day. They have just been stricken with a painful dispensation which they support with impatience, but which, after all, they do support?prohibi? tion. They drink ice water, which is to be found everywhere at hand on ' turning a spigot, even in their bed? rooms or on their trains." The expense of running the luxu? rious American home, and in particu? lar the terrific wages paid the Amer? ican servant, receive great stress from this visitor. Untold ?sums go for food bills, she believes, and such is the nervous strain of conducting these complicated establishments that "much receiving is done in hotels." Mlle. Clemenceau tactfully puts it down to the climate that "all the women have gray hair at forty," but -. _^ we are sure that, in her heart, she thinks the servant problem respon? sible. T?oamwork The sporting writers, those monu? ments of erudition who amaze us with the mass of their knowledge, seem generally to agree that Reso lute's good showing is because of the superiority of her crew in team? work. Shamrock is new, and in? genuity exhausted itself in develop? ing her new speed devices. But Resolute was more skillfully handled; her canvas was spread or stowed more nimbly; and so, though an ancient hulk, she did that which naval mathematicians demonstrated she couldn't. A lesson lurks in the story. Vhat ails Russia? What is the matter with other countries? What is the cause of the restivene.ss of America? Lack of teamwork. Men and women, yielding to their suspicions and mistaking superficial veneers for real substances, have said to themselves that perhaps, after all, there was something in the theory that an employer was neces? sarily an enemy. If a computation could be made it would doubtless appear that the central dogma of Marx and its re? flexes have done more material dam? age to the world than all the Ger? man shells. Men lost the habit of keeping step. They were exhorted so to do, and listened. Teamwork! This is what makes production large even as it makes yachts fast. It quadruples power while diminishing individual ex? penditure of effort. Do you want real wages higher? Then display teamwork. Do you want prices lower? Develop teamwork. Excessive profits, refusals to divide fairly the products of industry, a buccaneering spirit that leads to the capture of galleons freighted with the wealth other men create?these things are regrettably present. All except a few Bourbons agree that every method wit can devise should be employed to counterpoise them. But, after all, the little filched through gimlet holes bored by self? ishness is nothing compared to the waste that comes when hoops are loosened and staves smashed in. The i profiteer flourishes in all kinds of business weather, but the more, rather, when it is stormy. The ] average man cannot prosper except j when conditions are settled. So it's j teamwork that must be had?more | and more teamwork, and suppres? sion of all who oppose its multiply? ing harmony. Bertrand Russell Goes to Russia It is only a few months ago that Bertrand Russell, the British philos? opher and radical, was completely converted to Bolshevism. He depre? cated violence and hoped England would achieve communism without it. But such were the gains he fore? saw that he was willing to use any means necessary to bring this Uto? pia to England. But, alas for theories, Bertrand Russell has now been to Russia. He accompanied the recent British labor party mission to Soviet Rusda. He spent five days in Petrograd, eleven in Moscow, traveled down the Volga, stopping among the peasants ; had an hour's talk with L?nine, spent a night in the country with Kamener, and saw Trotzky in action at the Moscow opera, calling for "three cheers for our brave fellows at the front!" like any other imperialist leader. And the facts have converted Pro? fessor Russell, if not from commu? nism at least from the revolution. He is convinced that unlimited gore is not a safe road to the brotherhood of man. In an article in "The Lon? don Nation" he presents a picture of Bolshevism that confirms all that the most unfriendly critics have assert? ed of it. One of the first things he discovered was the "profound differ? ence" between the theories of actual Bolsheviks and "the version of those theories current amo^g advanced ?Socialists in this country"?meaning England. Let the admirable prose ? of Professor Russell speak for itself: "Friends of Russia here think ?>f the dictatorship of the proletariat as merely a new form of representative government, in which only working: men and women have votes and the constituencies are partly occupation? al, not geographical. They think that 'proletariat' means 'proletariat,' but 'dictatorship' does not quite mean 'dictatorship.' This is the op? posite of the truth. When a Russian Communist speaks of dictatorship he means the word literally, but when he speaks of the proletariat he means the word in a Pickwickian sense? lie means the 'class-con? scious' part, of the proletariat--i. e., the Communist party. He includes people by no means proletarian (such as L?nine and Tchitcherin ) who havo the right opinions, and he ex? cludes such wage-earners as have not the right opinions, whom he classifies as lackeys of the bourgeoi? sie." Interesting parallels are suggest , ed. The baser side of Bolshevism is declared to resemble most the Direc? toire of the French Revolution. The sincere Communists are likened to the Puritan soldiers under Crom? well. Cromwell's dealings with Par? liament are compared to those of L?nine with the Constituent Assem? bly. Both tried to make their coun? tries live at "a higher level of moral? ity and effort than the population found tolerable." Life in modern Russia, as in Puritan England, is "in many ways contrary to in fstinct." If the Bolsheviks fall, Pro? fessor RusBell declares, it will be for the same reason for which the Puri? tans fell?because there comes a point at which men feel that amuse? ment and ease are worth more than all other goods put together. Of the Pickwickian sense in which high-sounding words of democracy are used in Bolshevist Russia there are other illustrations. Bolshevism is "internally aristocratic and exter? nally militant." Shades of "The Liberator/' "The New Republic" and Emma Goldman I The Communists have "all the good j|nd bad traits of an aristocracy which is young and vital." Is this the proletarian idyl of which our young radicals write so emotionally and toward which they would drive poor, prosaic, capi? talistic America? The Communists, little brothers of all the world in their patter, are "dictatorial, lack? ing in ordinary consideration of the plebs, such as their servants, whom they overwork, or the people in the streets, whose lives they endanger by extraordinarily reckless motor? ing." They have better food, alone have motor cars and telephones, and possess the inside track ? to such emoluments as railway tickets, per? mits for purchases at the Soviet stores (where prices are about one - fifth of what they are in the mar? ket), theater tickets and so on, Exactly what does Bertrand Rus? sell conclude from these facts, which plain, common-sense observers have been reporting for months but which the super-intellect of a philos? opher was unable to credit until he saw them face to face? We do not wish to do any injustice to Professor Russell's conversion. Here are his exact words touching the L?nine theory that only a bloody revolution can advance the world: "For my part, after weighing this theory carefully and after admitting the whole of its indictment of bourgeois capitalism, I liml myself definitely and strongly opposed to it. The Third International is an or? ganization which exists to promote the class war and to hasten the ad? vent of revolution everywhere. My objection is not that capitalism is less bad than the Bolsheviks be? lieve, but that socialism is less good- ?at any rate, in the form which can be brought about by war." Having felt the fire of socialism, Professor Russell realizes that even the frying pan of capitalism has, after all, its good points. "Peace" (From The Villager) WARSAW, July 20. The long-awaitec general attack by the. Bolsheviki alonp the lina of the River Styr commenc?e ; Monday, and has been repulsed by the heroic work of seven Polish divisions. SHANGHAI, July 19,?Hankow wai thrown into a panic ?Saturday night b} a machine gun battle on the outskirts o: the city, between the Anfu troops an? the forces of Wang-Ghang-Yuen. LONDON, July 20. -Large reinforce ; ments for the British troops have beei 'ordered from India to Mesopotamia. Mi j Churchill said to-day that the frarrisoi ! in Rumeita is holding out against tli? Arabs. Fll.'MK, July 20. -taptain Gabrie I d'Annuiift.io says he intends to maintaii i the Itali n claim to Dalmatia even shouL ! the Giolitti government have other plans ! "It is said Giolitti intends to renounc Italian claims to Valona," he d?clar?e . "I will have to occupy Valona inime ! diately if he docs so." PARIS, July 19.- General Gouraud' ? ultimatum to Emir Feisal expires tc ! day, and it is expected that hoatilitie ; may begin at any moment. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 19.?Rail j way traffic has been interrupted by th lighting between the Greeks and Turk ' in the region of Adrianople. There ar rumors that the Greeks are havin clashes with the Bulgarians. DUBLIN, July 20. -Military forces tc day occupied a large foundry here be longing to the Unionists, in which quar tities of shell and munitions cases wer stored. WASHINGTON, July 20,?A Stat ? Department report received to-day froi Mexico tells of the revolt of Genen Larraga, who is said to be operating i Tamaulipaa, about seventy-live mill west of Tampico. JERUSALEM, 701 B. C?The ambai sadors of peace weep bitterly. What Senator Sage Has Done , To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: As a Republican and becaui I do not believe that the Democrat party in New York State, with i New York City affiliations and obligi tions, can give tho state as a whole i i economical, efficient and business-lil : an administration aa tho Republics : party, I resent the implications coi ! tained in your editorial of Saturde ' morning. The fact that ?Senator Sage happer : to come from Albany County and thi William Barnes jr. happens to hai some influence in the political affai of Albany County is merely a coinc dence. To attempt to say that thei two facts, which are of no significanc should bar Senator Sage from beir considered as the Republican candida for Governor of the ?State of New Yoi : is not only far-fetched but unfal ' Senator Sage may not be as lot mouthed as some alleged progressive i who presumably will receive your su ; port for tho nomination, judging 1 the opening gun fired Saturday mor 1 ing. However, he is considered by t \ who have intimate knowledge of tl affairs of the state to be the one mi I who has stood head and shoulde above all others in trying to see th ! the state got a dollar's worth for ea dollar expended, and that so far : possible two dollars' worth in taxes , not collected where only one dollar j expenditure was necessary. H. O. HOPSON. New York, July 20, 1920. The Plurality Primary It Would at Least Prevent Bas? Nominations for Presidency To the Editor of Tho Tribune. " Sir: The arguments in the letter by Professor Loomis, of New York Univer? sity, in The Tribune of July 19,1920, are well taken, timely and to the point. The article, however, is somewhat pes? simistic, and it gives no remedy for popular control of the convention, it is, indeed, an unfavorable criticism upon the character and ingenuity of the American pflxplc, of whom Viscount Bryce so aptly remarks in his introduc- I tion to "The American Commonwealth": "What he (the European reader) proba- j bly fails to do is to realize the exist1-: ence in the American people of a re? serve of force and patriotism more than sufficient to sweep away all the evils i which are now tolerated and to make | the politics of the country worthy of its ! material grandeur and of the private virtues of its inhabitants." There seems to be no doubt in tho minds of the American people that at the present time tho President is not truly the people's choice. In this they are cor? rect. But is there, then, no remedy? My plan is the legal regulation of the convention in conjunction with the direct primary of delegates to the con? vention. Do away with the unit rule, the two-thirds rule in the Democratic convention and the majority rule in the Republican. Nominate your candidates at the convention by a mere plurality and by direct primary, force the dele- | gates of both parties to pledge support ! to one candidate and make the delegate ! a rubber stamp of the people rather j than x rubber stamp of the boss. Then, j when the delegates vote at the conven? tion, the man who gets the plurality is j really the people's choice. Let us take a practical example in tho present Presidential election. Who was the logical candidate on the Repub j liian ticket, who received the greatest number of pledged delegates, who re- j | ceived the plurality on the first ballot? ? In all cases it was General Wood. The 1 conclusion is evident: Wood was the real j ? choice of the Republican voters and or? ganization. But Wood did not get the ? | nomination, because the majority rule permitted bossed manipulation. The '. same thing happened to McAdoo, the logical Democratic candidate, but the two-third rule permitted Messrs. Mur? phy, Taggart and Brennan to put through a minority candidate. I sincerely believe that the simple ex? pedient, stated above would give the people their true choice in the Presi? dential convention. Make the convention simpler, prevent manipulation, and put it as far as possible under popular control. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, '21. New York, July 21, 1920. An Historic "It Is Me" To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Tripping up Dr. Shinier on his "I's" and "?ne's" brings back to mind ! the story Dr. McCosh, then the vener? able president of Princeton, told in | the '90s in a lecture to the students of I Ohio Wesleyan. He said his Presby? terian conscience irot to bothering him one night and he got up to stroll around the univ rsity grounds to gain back his sleepy mood. Spying a light in a window of a dormitory at this hour?2 a. m. he became curious to know what was keeping one of his students up so late. On gaining the door he was about to rap when he caught the click of chins and several low-pitched voices. Giving a vigorous knock which resulted in a sudden con? fusion of sounds within, a voice trem? blingly said, "Who's there?" "It's me, Dr. McCosh," the president replied. "You're a liar," shot back the voice. "If you were Dr. McCosh you'll have said 'It is I!'" "I folded up my tent and silently stole away," said the good doctor, "for I considered the honored name of Princeton for scholarship of vastly more importance than the break? ing up of a friendly game of poker," THADD ELLIS. Racine, Ohio, July 22, 1920. Too Proud to Fight To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Surely tho finding of a life-belt of the ill-fated Lusitania comes like a pricking conscience at a time when the shadow of another war is menacing ! the battle-scarred fields of Europe to | remind your mighty country that now is no time to condone tho blackest and most dastardly crime in history by electing as President a man who. on October 14, 1916, published in one of his own newspapers the following: "Our skirts are clean as regards the ; activities of the German U-boats. They have committed no crime against us." Did not Mr. Cox also cause to be published an allusion to "the splendid Germans," declare that the American army was being sent to France for sentimental reasons and state that the ; best means of aiding Germany would be to re?lect President Wilson? Was it for this latter reason that the Wilson battle-cry was "too proud ? to fight"? JUSTICE. Beverly Farms, Mass., July 23, 1920. Tar and Pitch To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: The first, broadest and evidently the most important plank in the Demo ; cratic platform is so fall of knots as | to display slight skill in the selection of timber from the Democratic lumber yard. Attention was at once directed to ! one of these disfiguring knots, i. e., I that falsely accusing Senator Lodge of J double dealing; and we. are informed j that the revised platform will have that knot tarred and pitched. But the plat ! form is built; that knotty plank ia in it ' and must remain. Tar it and pitch it j as the revisers may, that knot cannot be j obliterated. Both tar and pitch are unsavory materials; they are usually as black as the "lie that is half a truth," as that knot is. "A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies. A lie which is, all a lie may be met and fought with outright. But a lie which is part a truth is a harder thing to fight." PH?BUS. 1 New York, July 21, 1920, "And When They Turned the Kivers Down HeWasn't There at AH" Copyright, 1920, N? York Trlhun? Inc. Looks as if the Goblins Had Got All but the "Pants and Roundabout," All Right BL By UU?^o Heywood Broun "But if the reader, because the Anda iusians are slothful, truthless, but moderately honest, vain, concludes that they are an unattractive people he will grossly err," writes Somerset Maugham iin ".The Land of- the Blessed Virgin" j i Knopf'. "His reasoning," Mr. Matigh-j am continues, "'that moral qualities ? make pleasant companions is quite false; on the contrary, it is rigid principles and unbending character, strength of will and decided- sense of right and wrong which make inter couwe difficult. A sensitive conscience is no addition to the amenities of the dinner table. But when a ?nan is will? ing to counter a deadly sin with a shrug of the shoulders, when between whit?? and black he can discover no in? supportable contrast, the probabilities are that he will at least humor your whims ami respect your prejudices. And so it is that the Aridalusians make very agreeable acquaintances. They are free and amiable in their conversation and will always say the thing that pleases rather than the brutal thing that is. They miss no opportunity to make compliments, which they do so well that at the moment you are as? sured these flattering remarks come from the bottom of their hearts. Very reasonably, - they cannot understand why you should be disagreeable to a man merely because you rob him; to injury, unless their minds are clouded with passion, they have not the bad taste to add insult. Compare with these manners the British abhorrence of polite and complimentary speeches, especially if they happen to be true. J The Englishman may hold you in the highest estimation, but wild horses will not drag from him an aeknowledg : ment of the fact; whereby humanism : and the general stock of self-esteem i are notably diminished." - We were talking to our friend O'Doul about politics and he was calm enough ! until somebody announced himself "a , violent radical." "I can stand for socialism, a little of it anyway," said O'Doul fiercely, "but r it's this communism that makes me , mad. I'm not going to stand for any ' form of government under which a man ! can come up to me and say, 'O'Doul, there are too many men just like you in New York. You go out and livo in Columbus.' " Alice Brown's "The Wind Between the Worlds" (Macmillan) is not up to ?her stan .rd, but she has been hugely | successful in the creation of the mosf likable and lively old lady whom we j have met in fiction these manv months. 1 By old, we hasten to add, we mean be ; tween sixty-five and seventy. i There is also a shrewd comment on j the effectiveness of the sniff. "After Susanne had left the room," writes i Alice Brown, "Madam Brooke, who was . always careful to preserve the decent ! reticences between the family and 'be Tow stairs,' forbore to sniif until the maid had got well outside the door; ! then she did it with somewhat dimin ! ?shed effect, awing to the delay. This ??she realized. A sniff, she knew, had f to be served up hot." "The constant striving for effect and i the tedious effort, to present each sub? ject from a distorted an^lp,1' writes iVarlinspike, "are getting to be positive afflictions among journalists who ob? trude themselves on our notice by their special columns and their featured ac ! counts of everything from booka to conventions. It seems to b? a reaction from the modern craze for 'self expression' (regardless of the merits or qualities of the self to be ex? pressed), which allows half-baked views and the most intimate idiosyncrasies of the home to take the place of true criticism and analysis. The unusual and the bizarre are followed by writers of your type, my dear Mr. Broun, with a slavishness compared to which the most superstitious devotees of medi teval religion are models of enlightened ratiocination. Warped ideas arc more commonly featured than eternal prin ciples, because the latter are neces sarily bromidic and commonplace, and the acceptance of them nowadays is ; considered 'narrow minded.' Why one should be narrow minded in affirming truths and broad minded only in what one denies is a question which I will : leave to you, as spokesman of the mod i eras, to answer. I presume, however, that the solution lies in the newly dis? covered 'right' to believe that two and two make five." We must refuse the nomination. We are lost in wonder at the wisdom of anybody who knows of a certainty what is truth. The man who has also marie up his mind as to what is to be true forever and ever passes beyond us into infinity with the parallel lines. Moreover, we are old-fashioned enough to say "two and two make five." Marlinspike also rebukes us for a . lack of enthusiasm about the yachts, but lie has not been whipsawed by them as we have been. There have | been days when the wind was too light | and days when the wind was too strong, I and we have come to feel that future cup races should bo held in Madison Square Garden, tightly sealed, into 1 which the wind might be poured to ; just the proper proportion by means ; of a dropper. "In regard to your ?2 watch men? tioned in The Tribune this morning," writes A. .1. Sawyer, of Robert II. In ' gersoll & Bros., "our question ?3: Is tiii; an Ingersoll ? If so we would be ?.iiA.s,.r? to receive it and enter it into our museum of notable timepieces (as we like to refer to our product}. With it we will put the clipping showing the 1 arduous service in which it perished. If it has any other memorable records, such as timing the cheering for Pal? mer at San Francisco, these would be of interest. II. 3d would probably en? joy it, but he might swallow the main? spring, and that would not be palatable, even if it had been boiled with the eggs." It was an Ingersoll, but we can hardly comply with Mr. Sawyer's request. Naturally, we gave it a sea burial. Up to date the vote against the "womanly woman" and the "he man" stands 7 to 3, but R. B, C. writes, "I may not be up to specifications or? the 'womanly' stuff, but if you have an un? suspecting 'he male' on vour files may I have his name and address." An Unnecessary Request 1 ???? ;.-.. h . ?? a Timen O ?spat i ;i I Radical prohibitionists who are com ! plain i - - neither of the politi ' cal par rted a plank in their platforms indorsing the Eighteenth Amendment are unreasonable. They ! might as well insist that both parties . were obligated to insert a plank in? dorsing the Seventeenth, the Sixteenth, the Fifteenth, or anv other specific amendment. Praise for Kenia Colony A Monl($ Testimony Transmitted via the Argorme. Forest To the Editor of O.e Tribune. Sir: In regard to the statement it your editorial on "Kenia Colony" ihat "only a small part, about thb size of Wales, is fit for settlement bv wftites," I would like to give you some informai tion, which, curiously enough, I picked 1 up at Chatel Cheh?ry, Argonne Forest, | in October, 1918. One day I ran into an interpreter belonging to the French army and attached to the TSth Division, operating on our left. This gentiemst? j was before the war (and 1 hope il ? again now, though life was uncertain those days) a monk-missionary from ; a French monastery in British East Africa. In the course of conversation he in? formed me that there was an area big? ; ger than France of the best farming;, maize-growing and cattle-raisine laut ' in the world in the colony; that tM climate was excellent and that it w4? the best place in the world for a youn? ! white man with a little capital and a I taste for outdoor life. The best proof 1 he offered was that his monastery had ! experimented in growing coffee and had ? been most successful. The reason cof ? fee grew bo well there was the country j mostly consisted of high uplands which, j needless to add. are also excellent for j white colonization. He also said that j the colonial government was most just j and ready to help coffee growers and '; all planters to find a market and trana 1 portation for their produce. We njet ' only for an hour, under most trying circumstances. I don't even remember his neme, but ! I have no reason to doubt his en'husi ! astic boost of Kenia Colony as one of j the best virgin spots in the world, capable of being colonized by millions ; of white settlers. E. A. L. BENNETT. New York, July 23, 1920. Two Flags 'To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: An item in The Tribune of July 1? states that British officials at Bermu'la have expressed regret for the insult offered the AmerimB ; flag by British sailors July 4. The message adds that I ft-1 w'10 took part in trampling upon the flag have been heavily fined and sentenced to terms of Imprisonmei Apropos of the above, I should HI? to inquire of the readers of The Tribune their opini penalty given the women who recently burned the British flag publicly, m the citf of Washington, within ?. e'a throw of the White House. The same or ? similar group of "ladies" paraded ?* banners bearing insolent inscription? in front of the British Embassy. Thi? was done in the name of American women. Just a plain American woman would like to know how other Amer? ican women and men fee! about the insult offered the British flag and th? ! British people. I should like to ha*? the guilty women "heavily fined and sentenced to terms of imprisonmesfc What do you think? BETTY W ATKINS. j Burlington, Vt.. July 19, 1920. The Test of Truth (From Tht CJUcc Before believing the report that a j fish larger than any whale has bee? j seen in the Atlantic, one demands to ? know whether the report was made by I a one-half of 1 per cent American skip? per or by a 100 proof foreign aeani??*