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The exhibit made by Edmund H.
Moore, who came before the Ken
yon committee as the confidant of
Candidate Cox, was pitiful. He had
no facts?did not pretend to have
any. And his principal had no bet?
ter information, he said, than him?
self.
The only new fact he brought out
was that the Cox charges were based
on an article Mr. Cox had read in a
Democratic newspaper. Did Mr.
Moore care to read the article to
the committee? No, he did not. It
was better to leave it in oblivion.
Yet on this ' tenuous foundation
Mr. Cox built his superstructure of
scandal.
No wonder decent Democrats feel
none too kindly toward their stand?
ard bearor. They are going through
'he motions of supporting him. But
thty perceive his quality. He has
revealed himself, and it is charitable
to assume that he really believes
that the way to reach the Presidency
is to travel a path marked by the
footsteps of other cheap politicians.
Oar neighbor The World still
seems affected by what ftn F. P. A.
contributor calls Dementia Procox,
but The Times and The E venin g
Tost have apparently had enough,
and even Hearst's American finds
the dose net easy to swallow.
Yet though in this case falsehood
has not been able to travel leagues
while truth waa getting its boots on
let us not minimize the harm Gov?
ernor Cox ha? done. What is the
trouble with the country? One
thin? is that certain proup?, for
mean, seliish advantage, have too
Icng labored to manufacture sus?
picion against other groups. Gov?
ernment of, for and by 'slander is
being substituted for government of,
tor and by the peuple.
That fine concert of spirit, that
realization that, however we may dif?
fer in opinion, we aro Americans all
and would do the right and patriotic
thing has been steadily clawed and
hacked at. Those who indulge in
this vicioua propaganda, whose ?ob?
ject is to create a distrust which can
be capitalized, are poor friends of
the Republic. It is serious when a
contender for the Presidency be?
comes so mad to win as to base his
campaign on the premise that his
opponents are deliberate corruption
ists?declares they are seeking to
buy control of the government and
intend to use its powers to thrust
bayonets at the throats of labor.
To prosper, the country must have
a rebirth of confidence. Profes?
sional arousers of discontent, hoping
to fatten when envy and hate become
dominant passions, will not ?give this
to us. It should be the pride of
every honest partisan, if he really
has faith in his doctrines, to be more
than fair to those who disagree with
him. When he assails their motives
he is not so much describing them as
furnishing a picture of what he
would do in their place.
For speeiftc and provable offenses
the whip of exposure and punish?
ment cannot fall too quickly or heav?
ily. But the country, in its indus?
trial as well as its political life, has
had enough, and more than enough,
of all varieties of Coxium.
Justice to the Farmer
The agrarian program which Sen?
ator Harding outlines has the merit
of not being mad? up of windy and
impossible promises. He does not
pr?ssent himself as a miracle worker.
As a man of sense he speaks to
other men of sense.
Senator Harding did not Insult
the intelligence of his hearers by
palpitating with affection for them
??left to other? the old political
business of farming the farmers,
His Ideas are definite; his policy
specific.
If Senator Harding has his way
the farmer is to have more direct
participation in government?is not
to be so much ?compelled to appeal
to Sawyer* and business men who
little understand hie problem?. It
is ? reform tee long delayed.
The Herding administration will
ei>eeere#? -sor?poretiv? organisation*
fer the tcrncralcAl ?-aer-kettag of
Wl1?* y*Vi?M?SwW*Sa*f> <m*9swMtfirVoe> VCMP J^NvJ
of prie* fixing and not, in the name
of deflation, trf to drive ?down agri?
cultural prices; will provide funds
to enable farm tenants to become
farm owner?, restore railway facili?
ties and, finally? will protect the
farmer from unfair competition
from abroad.
Of all groups of the population
the great farming industry is the
?one least affected by ?combination
and capitalistic aggregation. Free
competition exist? in it Such being
the case, many laws needed to regu?
late business and industry are not
needed to regulate the farmer. He
can be trusted not to rob, because
other farmers will not let him.
Yet the Wilson administration
has proceeded on the theory that
against millions of competing pro?
ducers it is necessary to proceed as
against an industry in the control
of a dozen or more concerns. No
wonder the farmers are in revolt
and demand a square deal. And a
square deal means, in the end,
i cheaper and more abundant food.
The RepuhlkAR Primaries
The victory ?of Senator Lenroot in
Wisconsin is a victory in which the
whole country, Republicans and
Democrats alike, can rejoice. In his
service in the Senate Mr. Lenroot
has established his ability beyond
controversy. His is unquestionably
one of the ablest minds in either
house of Congress. What is equally
important, he has shown a consist?
ently progressive spirit and a broad
and generous outlook upon matters
foreign and domestic. It was his
counsel which largely controlled the
Republican attitude toward the
league in the Senate, and it will be
largely to Senator Lenroot in the
coming years that progressive Re?
publicans, young and old, will look
for leadership and inspiration. The
Tribune ?congratulates the Republi?
cans of Wisconsin and the nation
upon Senator Lenroot's success in
the face of heavy odds and a bitter
antagonist.
The Democratic contention that
the country is ablate with enthusiasm
for the Wilson League of Nations as
it stands will hardly find support in
the overwhelming victory of Sena?
tor Moses in the New Hampshire
primaries. Here a vigorous cam?
paign was made against the Sena?
tor solely because of his sympathy
with the "irreconcilables" in the Sen?
ate. Especial effort was made to
organize the supposed sentiment of
the women voters in favor of the
! league as it stands. The effort was
a total failure. New Hampshire Re?
publicans, men and women alike, ex?
pressed their preference for a Sena?
tor who, whatever his mistakes upon
particular issues, has made an envi?
able record for courage, sincerity
and intelligence.
Sentiment for leaping into the
I Wilson league with eyes shut may
yet develop in some unforeseen quar?
ter. Thus far every indication
strongly favors the Harding policy
of constructing a whole league out
of the half league formed at Paris
and not only looking, but taking
counsel of the entire wisdom of the
country before we leap into any?
thing.
Villa Elsa Abroad
At the August meeting of the
French Academy one of the Immor?
tals, Emile Boutroux, remarked that
he recently had happened upon an
English book called Villa Elsa, by
an author named Stuart Henry,
which impressed him so powerfully
that he forthwith ordered a copy
for presentation to the Institut de
France.
Those who read the American
edition of Villa Elsa, published a
few months ago, may understand its
interest for French Immortals. It
gives what the author says is a true
picture of the German people during
the years preceding the war?a
portrayal so merciless that not a few
feel it must be greatly exaggerated.
In the author's opinion, kaiserism
brought about a mental and spiritual
condition in which the people of Ger
i many as a whole became "pagans at
heart, thinly coated with a veneer of
outward Chiatianity." He believes
that they never will abandon the
idea of revenge on France and Eng?
land, unless this spirit can be
eliminated.
This cannot be done, he thinks, by
military or economic force. As an
alternative he suggests that some
agency, private or governmental,
bring to the United States each year
about ten thousand German boys and
girls of ten or twelve years. These
he would have distributed among
American families all oves the coun?
try, attending public schools and
imbibing democracy as it is known
here. At the end of a few years
they would be returned to their
German homes.
Such a program would be costly,
Mr. Henry admits; but he declares
that it would cost no more to!
bring over and maintain ten thou?
sand children in this way then to
build a single battleship. He is con?
fident that such "peaceful penetra?
tion" would do what even defeat in
war has failed to accomplish. The
author of Villa Elsa expresses the :
Opinion that it would be possible to
carry out his plan if undertaken at
once?-while living conditions are so
hard in Germany; but adds that
when Germany get? on her tset eco?
nomically it might be very difficult.
Th&t the volume Is At the moment
attracting mor* attenttea Is Europe
than here also is of interest. M.
Boutroux and bis fellow Immortals
may be surprised to know that Mr.
Henry, instead of being a Britisher,
is a native American, born in Glifton
Springs, N. Y. He went West at an
early age and attended the Univer?
sity of Kansas. Later he spent six
years abroad, most of the time in
Germany. During this period he re?
ceived the impressions recorded in
his book.
Italy's Dependence
Eduard Bernstein, the eminent
German Socialist, speaking of the
attempts to introduce Bolshevism
into Germany, remarks that the sys?
tem would be "more dangerous here
than it is in Russia, for Russia is
an agrarian country, while Germany
is an industrial country."
Russia is economically self-suffi?
cient?is able to supply at least the
primitive needs of her primitive peo-1
pic. Russian Bolshevism has lasted
because the peasant, when driven to
it, can get along in a fashion without
trade. But trade is the life blood of
industry, and so the Bolshevist blight
has particularly withered Russian j
cities, all depopulated except Mos?
cow, where a political autocracy
with an army seizes from the peas?
ants food for a limited ration.
The British Empire is likewise
economically self-sufficient ? could
endure if its scattered parts held to?
gether and its fleet prevented, a
break in communications. Likewise
the United States is economically
self-sufficient, and so is Brazil, and
so during long centuries has been
China.
But of the principal European
countries Italy is economically the
least independent. She lacks metals,
does not raise enough food to
meet the requirements of her popu?
lation. About the only thing she has
in abundant store is labor. Recog?
nizing these facts, Italian states?
manship has labored in two direc?
tions. First, Italian industries have
been built up which have converted
raw material brought in from other
countries. Second, the Italian gov?
ernment, more than that of any
other modern nation, has counte?
nanced, even encouraged, emigra?
tion.
It follows from all this that the
Bolshevist industrial system, should
it secure.control, would have much
more severe immediate effects, and
hence last less long, than in Russia.
Trade rests on confidence?on a sell?
er's belief that his buyer has both the
ability and the wish to pay. Would
France and Germany, Great Britain
and the United States be willing to
ship raw materials in large quanti?
ties to the committees in charge of
sovietized factories on open account?
They would not. No blockade would
need to be declared.
The Italian government, represent?
ing all the people of Italy, has put
forth herculean efforts to get credits
abroad, convertible into supplies on
which Italians could work. Much
has been secured, but not enough, as
the price of the lira attests. Destroy
all confidence, and there would be
nothing.
Burke remarked that he knew no
way to draw an indictment against
a people. Similarly there is no
court competent to isBUe an injunc?
tion forbidding a people embarking
on suicide by starvation. A popula?
tion can declare a hunger strike if it
will. Italy faces the questions of
whether her masses have a liking
for greater misery or whether they
prefer a chance to be happy.
Turning Against L?nine
The German Independent Social?
ists who came back from the Moscow
meeting of the Third Internationale
saw what others have seen. Karl
Ballod, one of the delegates, says:
"Whatever our attitude toward the
Russians may be, the fact remains
that they have not given proof that
they are able to establish socialism
in their country." He also advised
earnestly against recommending
German workmen to settle in Rus?
sia.
Georg Ledebour, one of the leaders
in the Spartacist revolt of the win?
ter of 1918-'19?which revolt was '
subsidized through Ambassador Joffe
by the Bolshevist government?has
turned against the Soviets. He de?
nounced L?nine for applying "dan?
gerous anti-Socialist policies." Frau
Louise Zeitz also advocated cutting
loose from the dictatorship which
Moscow is trying to assume over the
proletariats of other European na?
tions.
These confessions of disgust with
Lenine's leadership and achieve?
ments merely corroborate opinions
expressed after the German revolu?
tion by the more intelligent German
Majority Socialists. In "Germany
After the Armistice" Lieutenant
Maurice Berger, of the Belgian
army, tells of an interview he had in
1919 with Eduard Bernstein, one of
the recognized pillars of German
socialism. Bernstein was asked
why he opposed the Spartacist
movement. "I condemn their pro?
posals," he answered, "which would
carry us back to a primitive social?
ism, taking no account of the neces?
sities of national life.' . . . Bol?
shevism is a madness which has
! seized many minds. It is one of the
consequences of this terrible war,
which has arrested the evolution of
socialism, created hatreds among the
nations and dug chasms between
classes."
Bernstein knew what would bap
pen in Russia if the L?nine experi?
ment were pursued to its logical end.
What he foresaw the hotter-headed
German Socialists of the Ledebour
type are now beginning to realize.
Lenine's doctrine of proletarian su?
premacy means slavery for all
classes, Including the proletariat.
Calvirt Ccolidge Says
(From his address to the Brockton
. Chamber of Commerce, April 11,
1916.)
Man's nature drives him ever on?
ward. He ia forever seeking develop?
ment. At one time it may be by the
chase, at another by warfare, and again
by the quiet arts of peace and com?
merce, but something within is ever
calling him on to "replenish the earth
and subdue it."
Wherever we can read human history
the answer is always the same. Where
commerce has flourished there civiliza?
tion has increased. It has not sufficed
that men should tend their flocks and
maintain themselves in comfort on th6?r
industry alone, however great. It is
only when the exchange of products
begins that development follows.
It is only a figure of poetry that
"wealth accumulates and men decay."
Where wealth has accumulated, there
the arts and sciences have flourished,
there education.has been diffused, and
of contemplation liberty has been born.
Anti-Sinn F?in
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Irish cause of late seems to
be the main topic, and the public press,
generally speaking, is giving publicity
to every breath that the Sinn F?iners
take. It is about time that the voice
of the ant?-Sinn F?iners are given a
hearing through the dailies of the
great city of New York*
Will you kindly give voice to my pro?
test against the insidious propaganda
against Great Britain, our ally, through
whatever channel it is propagated,
whether under the auspices of the Sinn
F?iners or directed by the spiritual ad?
visers with their main office at the
Vatican, and whose agents honeycomb
most of what wo hold so sacred, our
public institutions?
I hereby most strenuously protest
against Mayor Hylan for having sent
the so-much-tslked-about telegram to
Lloyd George, of England, in which he
m&de the very absurd statement that
ho spoke for all of tho citizens of tho
city of which he was Mayor. He cer?
tainly made a mistake in making such
a statement, for he spoke but for a
small minority of Irish sympathizers.
If the Sinn Feinere in this country
would get their right deserts and were
treated according to the aid they gave
tho Allies during the war, I think that
the affairs of this country would have
a healthy turn toward adjustment.
I am Italian by birth, and therefore
cannot be charged with being pro-Brit?
ish, but surely I realize this much: that
the Ulsterites were our friends dur?
ing the war, while the Sinn F?iners
gave aid and comfort to the Germans.
Are ??we to reward those who stabbed
our boys in their backs? Never!
VINCENT LAVATT.
Lawrence, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1920.
Mayor Hylan's Insult
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mayor Hylan's cable to the
British Premier is an insult to a large
percentage of New York citizens.
We note that there ia no record of
his having sent any cable to the
Irish republic headquarters protesting
against the murder of poor Swanzy,
who was shot down in cold blood as he
left church after service.
What would the Mayor of this city
say if the Mayor of Sheffield, England,
cabled a protest to Washington re?
garding the latest lynching in the
South, or ventured to protest against
Jack Johnson being allowed automobile
rides .with lady friends when he is
supposed to be serving a term for on
offense against the Mann act? ?
Let us get through with this butting
in on other nations' affairs and watch
our own a little more closely.
A DISGUSTED CITIZEN.
New York, Sept. 6, 1920.
Not Concerned
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The message cabled to Lloyd
George by Mayor Hylon, reported in
the evening papers, is a disgraceful
exhibition of meddling in the affairs
of another nation with which we are
on the most friendly terms. And fur?
ther, the Mayor's statement is not the
truth when he says he speaks for all
the citizens of New York. He speaks
at tho request of a few Irish politi?
cians.
The substantial citizens of New York
are not Interested in the case of a
man deliberately committing suicide in,
a foreign country. We are more con?
cerned about the more than one hun?
dred policemen and soldiers who have
been murdered in cold blood by those
ruffians known as the Sinn F?iners.
W. R. EDWARDS.
New York, Sept. 4, 1920.
Exceeded His Powers
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mayor Hylan greatly exceeded
his powers when he Cabled asking the
release of MacSwinoy "in the name of
all tho people of New York City" and
"so that our war aim? should not be
disgraced."
If Mayor Hylan better upheld and
understood principle instead of senti?
mentality he would command more
respect from the people of New York,
the majority of whom by no means
acknowledge him as their spokesman.
! MARIE HEMSTREET.
! New York, Sept. 3, 1920.
Good From Evil
iFrorti The Indianapolis ffewsl
The Democrats mi^ht argue further
that the great campaign fund they at?
tribute to tho Republicans is an ex?
ample of prosperity under a Demo?
cratic Administration.
A Practical Joke
(Prom Th? BalHmOr? Stsn)
Brevity Is the soul of wit, bat, there
is tsothlng funny shea? see's brief pos
B?talos el a week's was?*
TheConning Tower
THE DEPTH OF DESTITUTION
Whene'er I take my ride? abroad
How many poor I ?eel
I weep for Ethel, May. and Irlande.
And curno their poverty.
I've ???en a girl who*? h??sl* were worn,
And one who?e ?carf wag frayed;
I've glimpsed a maid whose veil wa? torn.
Who?? gown waa ready made.
I
But on the subway yettere'en?
Sight not to be forgotten i
Oh poverty! I mw a queen
With stockinga made of cotton.
On? of the stories current in the
Lit'ry Set is that "Misa Lulu Bett" was
offered to at least a dozen magazines,
and rejected by all it was sent to. We
should like to know the truth; to know
which magazines turned it down. Also
we should like to print the names of
the magazines that would have pub?
lished "Miss Lulu Bett" if they'd had
a chance.
When the Jinotyper made it "the
stocky champion from Puttsburg'^'' the
proofroom, apparently, didn't have the
heart to change it.
Incidentally, there might be a golf
championship in Driver, Va.
TO MABEL DUNHAM THAYER
liegardino "To Morrie': Regarding 'Th*
Unbeliever.' "
Lady, you say "Speaks thus your youth,"
And I must admit that you speak tho truth.
For that there lyric that got you sore
Was penned when I was a sophomore.
And that?in case you should care to know-?
Was a good many?well, five?years ago.
And a sophomore (do you know your Greek ?)
Is a chesty lad when he start* to speak.
But now I'm a serious bird and sober
(I'm gonna be twenty-five in October).
And things don't look the same as they did
To me when I was a college kid :
The "flftminfr goddess" who copped my vote
Is married?find not to tils here pote.
The friends that I so merrily trusted
Borrowed so much that I'm still busted.
And the only battle that makes me rage
Is the well known fight for a living
wage . . .
And that's why, Mabel, if you must know,
I doubt as I did five years ago.
MOBtlS.
Oh Grave, Where Is Thy Vlctrola?
[From The Huftalo Expresa]
FOR SALE?CRYPT, BUFFALO MAU
solcum ; Fine Hill ; cheap, or will ex?
change for a Victrol? or something. Ad?
dress Mausoleum, Express OiTice.
Things in The Tribune office have
improved conspicuously since Election
Day, 1916. The returns, you may re?
call, wore coming in all next day, when
North Dakota and California were
being so carefully counted. The ticker,
in those days, was situated about five
feet from our desk, and work was
more difficult than usual. Nowadays
the ticker has moved over near the
sporting department, and it looks like
a quiet November 5 and 6.
Already are the effects of tho 19th
Amendment palpable in West Virginia,
where, according to The Mingo Re?
publican, "A son has been born to Lt.
and Mrs. John V. York and has been
named Elizabeth Anne."
Well, Ifs a Small World
[From The Sea Cliff News]
Wednesday, the 22nd.
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) ?
Regular meeting of the Brotherhood
of St. Andrew.
Expert as a diagnostician is Mr.
Harold T. Pulsifer, who offers that the
worshiped New York World is suffering
from Dementia Procox.
The Compleat Slangier
(From Irving's Life of Wawhington, II, 270]
"Though General Lee has many
things to recommend him as a general,
yet I think he was out of luck when he
ordered the guns from the battery."
Suggested prayer (by E. J.) for
European passengers:
And may there be a tinkling in the bar
When I put out to sea!
A LEGEN?T?F FAILURE
As our beginnings in our endings fail,
One finds lost ventures in each olden ?
tale,
How men crown heroes for a losing
game
And pity is the amaranth of fame.
Argo has lived though Bhips have come
and gone;
Her crew have lived that drank until
the dawn,
Then scampered boisterous in the I
morning chill
Down to the quay below lolcos hill,
And bent unjaded to the cracking oars
Crowding the Argo on to magic shores,
Rowing as lads can row that leap
with glee
Straight from the revel to the reveille.
They won, but yet they failed, when
all is told;
That fabled fleece they took was found
fool's gold.
Their captain won, but could not learn
to wear
The black-eyed witch he brought from
over there.
What of the Argo, was she left to rot,
Bleaching her bones upon tho sand
forgot?
Though poets have not bothered to
record,
No doubt the good lolcos shipping
board
Conveyed this craft that Greece had j
pinned her pride on
To certain canny huckster men of
Sidon;
Doubtless she made the Semites many
monies,
Transporting Cornish tin or pickled
tunnies,
But still her name ? think that we
would lack
Had she not brought ono losing ven?
ture back. PAN.
This thing of "quotas" proves noth?
ing. Sometimes we allow ourself half
an hour to whittle and make up thia
Scaffold of Salubrity.
And then it always taken forty-five
minute a.
F. P. A,
REMOVING THE INGROWING TOENAIL
Co)?jTl*nt, IS?. Www Totk T?lbane Iixs.
The Neu) Polish Front
By Frank H. Simonas
All the discussion which is now going 1
on as to the fixing* of tho njw Polish
front is conditioned on certain obvious
circumstances. First of all, there is the
so-called "ethnic frontier," which has
come to have something like a fixed and
sacred meaning in London and Wash?
ington. Now the truth is that the
"ethnic frontier" is neither a frontier
nor a front; that is, it does not exist
politically or militarily. It stands for
one of the familiar Paris compromises
and was recognized in Paris as purely
provisional.
In 1919, while the Paris Conference
was in session, it became necessary to
fix an eastern as well as a western
frontier for Poland. This involved the
whole question of a settlement with
Russia, and the peace conference
avoided the issue by establishing a pro?
visional line. In substance what it said
to Poland was that it was plain there
must be some line on which Poland
could rest. The line fixed was the
line of the so-called "Congress Poland,"
that is, the Poland recognized by the
Congress of Vienna in 1815. All terri?
tories west of this line were beyond all
question Polish, thus Poland might con?
sider them as indubitably hers and
proceed to organize them. But as to the
lands to the east, White Russian,
Ukrainian and Lithuanian, which had
been Polish before the first partition
and contained a considerable Polish
population, decision was adjourned to
the future.
That "Ethnic Frontier"
To-day the attempt is being made tc
establish the idea that this so-called
"ethnic frontier" was a definitive line
that the Paris Conference fixed upor
it as the eastern frontier of Poland
which is both untrue and unjust tc
Poland. In fixing the provisional lin?
the Paris Conference agreed that i
should be accepted as temporary an?
Polish consent to it should be withou
prejudice to Poland's claims in th?
regions beyond, in which it was con
ceded Poland has respectable histori
and ethnic claims.
So much for the political aspect o
the "ethnic line." The military phas
is at the moment more important. A
fixed at Paris the temporary eaat.er:
boundary of Poland started at the Eas
Prussian frontier, just north of Su
walki, and extended southeastward t
tho Niemen below Grodno, which wa
excluded from Poland's immediate cor
trol. South of Grodno it followed th
West bank of the Niemen for a fc
miles and then ran almost due south t
the Bug below and north of Bres
Litovsk, which was again excluded froi
Polish control. Above Brcst-Litovsk
followed the west bank of the Bug 1
the old frontier of Austrian Galicia
thonce east and south it followed the ol
frontier between Russia and Austri
until it reached the Rumanian fronti?
on the Dniester, just north of Cse
nowits.
Strategic Considerations
The line thus drawn was patently tl
Work of civilians without concern f<
any strategic consideration. It evict?
the Poles from the region to the nor
of Suwalki and the angle between tl
East Prussian frontier and the Nieme
thus destroying the military value
the Niemen as a cover for the nort
ern flank of the Poles and enabling tl
Bolshevists to establish contact with t
Germans. Theoretically this region w
to fall to the Lithuanians; actually i
gard for strategic considerations shot)
entail Polish occupation of the Nlem
from Kovao ?and th? East Prust?
frontier right down to Grodno, with
both of the towns, which are on the east
bank of the stream and control the
crossings. Polish claim to occupy Vilna,
the great railway center a few miles
east, of the Niemen, as an advance posi?
tion-, is equally in conformity with the
provision in the Treaty of Versailles
which establishes a neutral zone east
of the Rhine and permits Allied occupa?
tion of the bridgeheads.
A Bolshevist Boulevard
This front is complicated by the
Lithuanian question. The frontier be?
tween the Poles and the Lithuanians,
speaking ethnically, approximately fol?
lows tho line fixed at PSris, but until
Lithuania is established as a self-sus?
taining state, capable of defending It?
self against Bolshevist invasion, Lithu?
ania is bound to remain as a boulevard
of Bolshevist advance, as it proved in
tho recent ?perations. Therefore, Polish
occupation of Kovno, Grodno and Vilna,
as a measure of self-protection, without
political purpose, is clearly defensible.
From Vilna southward the natural
line of defense is that on which the
Germans terminated their great inva?
sion of 1915. The halt on this line was
not primarily due to Russian resist?
ance, but to the fact that any further
extension of the advance would have
involved a dangerous expansion of the
front and a similarly reckless elonga?
tion of lines of communication. Witli
due regard to rail communications
which were enormously improved aftei
the Germans dug in in 1915, it woulc
seem that the Polish front shouk1 ret
upon Vilna, Baranowitschi and Pinsk
South of Pinsk it would take ad vantagt
of the great Pripet Marshes and th?
line of the Styr or Goryn River to th?
old Austrian frontier behind the Zbruc
River, with control of the old Russiai
triangle of fortresses?Rovno, Dubn?
and Lutsk?so famous in the Brusilol
campaigns.
The Military Front
On the military side such a fron
would give the Poles absolute prote?
tion for their northern flank behind th
Niemen from the East Prussian fror
tier down to Grodno, with an advanc
position marked by tho Vilna Riv?
from Kovno to Vilna and the old Gei
man line from Vilna southward. TI
center would be largely covered by th
Pripet marshes and the river aysteir
down to the fortress of Rovno, while tl
right or southern flank would rest upc
the Rumanian frontier and stand behir
the Zbrucz. Such a front would ni
only bo the strongest conceivable, fro
the military point of view, but
would, in addition, be the short?!
Finally, it would be the best served wi<
railways, as result of German const?
tion during the three years Germi
armies held this line.
To stand upon the so-called "ethr
frontier" is impossible, because thia Hi
has not only been drawn without rega
to railway lines, crossing them with si
niflcant disregard, but in addition it
far too long for the scanty Polish nui
bore. Moreover, the work of fortifyii
it would be far greater than th? ta
Incident to reorganising the old G?
man defenses, which were the result
more than four years of German indt
try and are provided with good latel
roads and even with military railway
It would be th? height of folly i
the Poles- to repeat their mistakes
the spiring and seek to regain the til
of th? Dwina and th? Dnieper, whteh,
to??? involve ?a ?aonaoua ?speusl
o?, th? front But it would b* ecus
a blunder to stand on the "?Hal?)
line," which is also far too long.
To ask Poland to stand at the "??ai?
frontier," sacrificing her railway ess>
munications, increasing her front If
several hundreds of miles, requiring: 6t
employment of many more divinioty
abandoning the line of the Niemn m
the north and the protection o? ft*
Pripet Marshes in the center, is to t?
an unreasonable and impossible ifctoj.
which we may be sure will be dssfoi
Political considerations must assit
military decisions in war, and ibaj
Poland, aside from French aid, bis it
go it alone, Poland, on French ?Mat,
is likely to establish herself on ??
front which best satisfies her mitlttry
necessities.
(Copyrighted, 19t0, by the UcClure K?Of
paper Syndicate. )
Art and the Machine
Why Hand Work Must AlwaytS*
pass Quantity Production
To th?? Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May I add further comments)
the letter recently published by A. EL P.
in The Tribune relative to machino pro?
duction and its effect on art?
Machines and their output aro OM
of the products of democracy?Of
should I say causes? And ?ttiotf
should be thankful to machine? fof
producing "quantity." They supply tS?
needs of the masses. Without 8?
chines the great majority would W9
to do without the necessaries. In ?0*ti
the present enormous population ?i|?
not even exist if it were not for n\>
chine production. The world's strife
increasing population almost exbs?*?
the products of machinery, so groot if
the demand of the masses. Partly?*
cause of swift production machte*
products have usually failed to ro??
such art possibilities as the macht?
might be capable of. Doubtless P**
improvements in the art value of ??
chine-made products could neverthoM*
be obtained if manufacturers wefO IS*
clinuesd to do the best their mscbiool
would turn out. In the future tho IS
side of machine products will bo ?
direct ratio to the demand of the OST1
ing public, and I believe there will?
a small but steady increase for ???*
artistic things. .
However, the machine is incapaWO*
attaining the maximum of art that**
be secured by the highest ord? P
hand work. Compare, for example? ?
machine-made cabriole leg on a Q***
Anne chair with the same part *?*?
by hand. In order to adapt the ???*?**
facture of such a part to the ??M*?*
it is necessary to sacrifice the do??*
The ?'feeling" of the design is ssertt**
in order to adapt it to the capaei?f f
the wood-working mechanism. Tbt?w
chine-made cabriole leg lacks "**
living line." It is a case of uVtox?m
with Hamlet left out. It lacks tbofj*
sonality which only hand work cas (g
to such an involved design. **^??
conscientious hand work of s 4M
artistic carver is required for tho ?*K
mum artistic result. Perfunetoff? *W
merclal wood carving, although doSOp
hand, is not enough.
The best art work ot the futur??
as heretofore, probably bo *WJ?
hand. Hand work can add to tho \*W
uct a personality that cannot l*W
tained by th? machine. W. 8-"*
New York, Sept. 6, 1920.
A True Democrat
i From The twiianapotsa ?*?*?"?**
The treasurer of th? D??o?r*t?j
tionsl Committee must feel tkst '
there is to much money aval
political pufpoioa thor? oh?
Bonnthinf approaching ?squall*
tribailea,