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edge of the Nation
The statement of Elihu Root and
his associates, all stout advocates of
a league of peace, puts the case with
respect to Article X simply and un?
answerably.
The article binds this country to
make war to uphold the existing
political independence and territori?
al integrity of forty or more na?
tions. The obligation is explicit, the
nation's faith is pledged. We could
not disregard the agreement except
at the sacrifice of national honor.
Whatever a Congress might think
in a particular instance, it would
have no option but to vote for war.
A treaty is a supreme law of the
land, and the duty to execute it rests
on all branches of the government.
The inviolability of treaties is a
principle so well established that it
should be unnecessary to refer to
authorities, but, in view of the per?
sistent attempts to obscure it, let U3
quote Wheaton. He says: "If a
treaty requires . . . any special
act which cannot be done without
legislation, the treaty is still bind?
ing on the nation, and it is the duty
of the nation to pass the necessary
lavs." To the same effect speaks
Chancellor Kent, who says: "Trea?
ties of peace, when made by the
competent power, are obligatory on
the whole nation," and adds that
Congres.; ha? no choice but to act in
accord with the treaty. Discussing
our treaty with England as to the
Panama Canal tolls, President Wil?
son himself emphasized the same
point. He ?aid that, although the
treaty muht be a mistake, being
made it had to be respected. "When
I have made s promise as a man,"
he declared, "I try to keep it, and ?
know of no other r le permissible to
a nation." On September 21 last
Secretary Colby, justifying the |
President's nullification of the mer?
chant marine act, said that the act !
violated our treaty obligations, and ;
thus was not law.
The power of Congress to disre- !
gard or violate a promise of com ?
exists, -but this does not create a
right so to do. Will any one say
that because i man with a club tan
brain another he may of right do so?
The whole peace plan centers upon
the idea of substituting right for
might, and to assert that this coun?
try may enter into solemn obliga?
tion end then, at its pleasure, dis?
regard it negatives the whole peace
idea.
But our representative in the
league council, it is said, may with?
hold consent, and thus the required
unanimity will be lacking. Again
there is confusion as to what can be
done and what of right must be
done. The question before our
r.^ent will not bo whether this coun?
try deems, it unwise to plunge into
a particular war. TTie sole perti?
nent issue before him will be one of
fact?whether or not any league
member is threatened by aggressive
action affecting; its political inde?
pendence or its frontiers. If there
is such jeopardy, our vote in favor
cf assistance must be automatically
cast, or our honor will be sullied.
Moreover, the American member
of the council will, of course, be
selected by the President, and thus
I be responsive to his instructions.
Congress will have no agent present,
for under the Constitution the in?
itiative in international matters is
properly with the President. Oui
national agent at Geneva will be tht
President's personal agent, and ?
President will have one idea anc
Congress another. In these eircum
stances the constitutional inde
pendence of Congress will be illu
sory.
Because of these consideration:
the Lodge compromise reservatioi
proposed that the world should b<
informed that the obligation to ae
did not attach to our nation unti
Congress, in any particular case
gave consent. The President de
feated ratification rather than hav<
such notice given. If, as he some
times contends, Article X does noi
in fact or theory invade the consti
tutional field of Congress, then h<
objected to harmless surplusago anc
a mere reiteration; on the othei
hand, if the article creates a valic
obligation binding on Congress, ther
his contention that the prerogativ?
of Congress is not touched shows
hollow JniiiiMrUy.
, Xfca wt?gb* tf ?vidmat to thai b*
and Mr. Cox are well aware that the
obligation of Article X is binding
on all parts of our government from
the hour of ratification?that with
it adopted Congress will have
r.either the legal nor the moral right
to disregard it. The pledge will be
of the nation.
The Cox Sinister List
One is astonished at the modera?
tion of Governor Cox. He identifies
but seventeen selfish groups behind
the candidacy of Senator Harding.
Why not say 217 or 2,017?
The Governor attacked the Ger?
man-Americans, the Italians, the
Bulgars and the Greeks as sinister.
Why does he leave out the Irish, the
English, the Scotch, the French, the
Belgians, the Scandinavians, the
Spaniards, the Portuguese, the Poles,
the South Americans, not to speak
of the Maoris and the Fiji Island?
ers? These also seem deaf to the
wooings of Cox.
Indeed, the citizen of foreign
birth who would not separate him?
self from the great body of Ameri?
cans finds it difficult to be for Cox.
The habit of being for Harding is
so universal that not to fall in line
would mark a group as suspiciously
peculiar. With everybody doing it,
not to support Harding suggests a
stubborn non-conformity reminis?
cent of hyphenism.
Other omissions from the Cox sin
isters are noteworthy. Why is Wall
. Street not mentioned, this being the
time of a campaign when it is cus?
tomary to bring it in? Why does
not Mr. Cox include the disillusioned
barkeepers out of a job among his
foes, and the big brewers who in?
vested in a gold brick? Why leave
cut the auto bandits, Colonel Deeds
and the hired hand who wrote under
orders the Governor's pro-German
editorials? The Governor should
lengthen his cuff and find time be?
tween stations to make his enumera?
tion more complete.
Coal Strike Repercussions
British coal miners have voted to
go on strike, and unless there is an
eleventh hour settlement Great Brit?
ain faces a calamity only less dis?
astrous than actual war, while other
countries dependent upon British
coal will find themselves in a situa?
tion of extreme gravity. The United
States is not dependent upon Brit?
ish coal, yet the strike's repercus?
sion will be felt in practically every
American home and business con?
cern unless the Federal government
at once takes measures to regulate
the exporting of our own limited
fuel supplies.
The emergency is of such grave
nature that the Washington Admin?
istration can take no chances. With
the existing scarcity of bituminous
a.:d anthracite in American markets,
not an hour should be lost in getting
leady to safeguard this country.
European buyers will pay famine
prices, and hi;rher than famine
prices, for every pound of American
coal they can lay their hands on.
To carry it abroad they will charter
cargo space in every available ship.
A heady comes news of a schooncr
load of American coal purchased for
about $10 a ton and immediately re- I
sold to an Amsterdam buyer for $35
a ton. If the British strike occurs
and lasts only a fortnight, European
buyers, frantically bidding against ?
one another, will pay anything !
asked for American coal.
The people of the United States
have proved their eagerness to aid
those of less fortunate lands. We
want to do all we can, as we have
done in the past, with food and
medicines and clothing and fuel.
But it would do no good to permit
coal to be sold at famine prices for
export. The severer the strain in
Europe the quicker a settlement is
likely.
It is not for a newspaper to decide
how best to meet the crisis. Ex
| perienced men in the coal trade,
I however, urge the immediate reap
j pointment of a Federal fuel admin?
istrator, who would take charge of
the entire output from every coal
mine in the country, first of all as?
suring sufficient supplies for our
own needs and distributing them
equably at fair prices to. consumers,
and then intelligently directing
whatever surplus remains for ex?
port to the most needy countries
abroad. The coal men do not want
Dr. Garfield reappointed. The man
abovo all others whom 'they would
have placed in charge is Herbert
Hoover.
The Wilson Virus
Several of our correspondents
write to express their opinion of the
sort of campaign which the pro-Wil?
son league press is conducting. In
I particular, criticism is made of The
j Times, which the other day referred
I to Republicans as in no position to
j complain if they were held to favor
I "an absolute disregard of every in
| terest in Europe" and "a settling
I down in our own sty with swinish
I grunts of satisfaction."
Our correspondents suggest that
to designate one's political opponent
as swine is not the mark either of a
just cause or of manners beyond the
barroom level. Moreover, this in?
creasingly insulting tone of the ad?
vocates of the Democratic ticket is
performing a very evil service to the
larger cause which these pleaders
consider to lie in their hearts.
Bitterness, even if only the bitter
gaOM oi ft failing cause, breed* bitter?.
ness. The danger to the cause of an
! international league of peace is
| plain. Such unpopularity as the
j league principle faces to-day is
: largely due to President Wilson's
! bitter personal advocacy of his pet
idea. Governor Cox early in the
campaign placed his plea upon a low
level. Now that he is attempting
the high, humanitarian note, he is
equally insulting to the motives of
his opponents. The Democratic,
press is tending more and more to
support him in kind. What is to
come in the closing days of the cam?
paign we hesitate to think.
Such a campaign cannot win and
is not winning, as all impartial po?
litical reports agree. But it can
arouse an intensity of feeling which
will tend to alienate the .American
people from the idea of an interna?
tional association for years to come.
Cannot our neighbor The Times
and its allies forget their monopoly
upon humanitarianism and lofty
idealism long enough to recall that
wholesale insults -arc not arguments
and that the cause of international
peace is larger than any Presidential
ticket?
Greece as a Republic
Paris dispatches say that should
King Alexander die a republic may'
be set up in Greece, with Venizelos
as President. Such a move would
be almost a political necessity, for
Constantino is plotting to.regain the
throne, and the younger members of
the royal family, including the for?
mer Crown Prince, are Constantine
partisans.
For a long time a king was a
political necessity to Greece?was
imposed on the Greeks as a matter
of expediency by the great powers?
Great Britain, France and Russia?
which aided Hellas to emerge from
Turkish slavery.
They guaranteed Greece a stable
constitutional government and con?
stituted themselves her political
guardians. Great Britain and France
ejected Constantine in 1917 because
he had violated the constitution and
tried to make himself an absolutist,
pro-German ruler.
The first choice of the powers was
Otho of Bavaria, who reigned from
1832 till 1862, when he lost his
throne through an insurrection. Then
the present Danish house was In?
stalled. But the Greeks are a demo?
cratic people?heirs of the first demo?
cratic system set up in Europe. The
royal house is an exotic, cut off
from the nation. A century ago the !
major European powers distrusted j
democracy. Greece was also not ripe ;
then for self-rule. Europe to-day is j
full of republics, and there could be ?
no serious political objection to j
allowing the new Greece to adopt a :
republican form of government.
Under a republic Venizelos would
be the undisputed choice for Presi?
dent. More than any other man he
is the maker of the Greece of to?
day. A Cretan, he took a leading
part in reuniting Crete to the i
motherland. Under his leadership
Greece recovered through the Balkan
wars Southern Epirus and most of
Macedonia. In the great war he
tried to hold the government to Its
alliance with Serbia and to frustrate
Constantino's pro-German, pro-Bul?
garian, anti-Entente policy. When
Constantine illegally dissolved the
Chamber and set up as a military
autocrat, Venizelos had the sagacity
to retire from Athens and establish
in the islands and in Macedonia a
provisional government, pledged to
support the Entente. He continued
to serve Greek interests, while Con?
stantine was betraying them.
The result was that Greece was
finally brought into the war on the
side of the Allies and profited largely
at the peace conference. She ac?
quired more of Epirus, nearly all of
Thrace and a foothold on the Asi?
atic continent in the region of
Smyrna.
Venizelos is the greatest states?
man of modern Greece. It would be
natural for him to become the head
of the new Greek nation, which owes
to him its enlarged area and re?
established prestige. Democratic
Hellas could hardly hesitate between
honoring him and saddling herself
again with Constantine or a prince
let of his selection.
ever way the word be read, it doe?
not square at all with the lives of
great men that have fallen under
our attention, from King Solomon
and David to Lord Nelson and Lord
Byron. Perhaps biographers ex?
aggerate these "pursuits" or "es?
capes" by reason of what is techni?
cally known as the drawing power of
"heart interest." It has indeed oc?
curred to us upon occasion to won?
der, modifying Mr. Shaw's language,
how these men, with real work in
the world, found time for their
work. That they found the time,
however, seems incontrovertible.
We see only one explanation to
fall back upon, and that is the sac?
rilegious theory that G. B. S. is af?
flicted with a phobia of women.
Dreading their advances, and even
more their retreats, he first accuses
them of pursuing men to their
doom; and, second, finds that they
have made pursuit of their favors so
costly in time and money as to ex?
clude this interesting activity from
the lives of busy men. Mr. Shaw
tells of the actress who shivered at
the thought of what he might do to
the women of London if he were fed
beefsteak instead of string beans.
Might not a psycho-analyst decide
that beefsteak was just what Mr.
Shaw needed to make him a safe and
equable member of society, neither
pursuing nor pursued?
Calvin Coolidge Says
(From his speech accepting the Re?
publican nomination for Vice
President, July 27, 7920.)
The government of the nation is in
the hands of the people, when it is ad?
ministered in accordance with the .spirit
of the Constitution, which they have
adopted and ratified, and which meas?
ures the powers they have granted to
their public officers, in all its branches,
where the functions and duties of the
threq- coordinate branches?executive,
legislative, judicial?are separate and
distinct and neither one directly or in?
directly exercises any of the functions
of either of the others. Such a practice
and such a government under the Con?
stitution of the United States it is the
purpose of our party to reestablish and
maintain. All authority must be exer?
cised by those to whom it is constitu?
tionally intrusted, without dictation,
and with responsibility only to those
who have bestowed it, the people.
Cox's Newspaper Says
(From The Dayton Daily News,
April 2, 1017, four days before
the United States declared war
against Germany)
The best way to injure our enemy,
if Germany should become our enemy !
through a declaration of war or because
of a state of war, is to supply the do- I
ficienciesof the Allies. These delicien- I
cies consist of food and clothing and I
munitions of war. Instead of diverting
our resources to raising an army of a
couple of million men, instead of send?
ing men abroad for sentimental pur?
poses, we ought to go to work to sup?
ply the Allies with everything they
need, and they do not need men. We
can be:it serve our own purposes by fur?
nishing other matter than men.
A Quid Pro Quo
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: One thing is clearly shown by
the text of President Wilson's speech to
the Rumanian and Serbian delegates, as
published in connection with his con?
troversy with Senator Spencer, and that
is the reason why the President so stub-'
bornly insisted on Article X of the
league covenant. It is quite evident I
from the President's own words as pub- ?
lished by his secretary that the guar- I
anty contained in Article X was used as
a sort of quid pro quo in persuading
some of the smaller nations to accept
settlements unsatisfactory in other ! re?
spects to them.
If Article X is eliminated or weak
er.ed the President finds himself in the [
position of failing to make good his own ]
implied promise after, apparently, talo \
ing a leading part in persuading th" ;
representatives of these nations to ac?
cept otherwise unsatisfactory terms.
How much of the peace treaty is baaed I
on similar understandings or guaran- !
ties is not known. If the treaty is
ratified with Article X unchanged does j
not America automatically pledge her- i
self to make them all good, and what '
freedom of action is left for decision in
individual cases that may arise? How !
can any one then say that the obligation j
created under Article X is not abso- J
lutely binding? A. C.
Yonkers, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1920.
Beefsteak for Mr. Shaw
To that large and solemn public
which has taken the utterances of
G. B. S. seriously and sought to
I live thereby will come perplexity
and dismay on reading the latest
| beatitude quoted by Mr. Heywood
I Broun upon this page yesterday.
! "No man who has any real work in
1 the world has time or money for a
: pursuit so long and expensive as
i the pursuit of women," read the
: words. To be sure, there are ele
I ments of facetiousness in the sur
i roundings of the speech?Mr. Shaw
j is writing his own biography in the
! third person and from various other
j remarles would obviously be not af
| fronted if the reader gained the im?
pression that he was a devil of a
! fellow. But the dictum stands, none
the less?with whatever discount for
Shavian humor one's idolatry will
permit.
And how square such words wit!
the masterful moral of "Man anc
Superman," that man is the pursuec
and woman the pursuer?that everj
man is no more than a marked-dowr
quarry, a destined prey of som?
woman? Perhaps Mr. Shaw meam
"escape" instead of "pursuit," Bu
ha did not say so. Moraorar, which
A False Comparison
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: One of the favorite arguments
of Democratic campaign speakers when
urging the adoption of the League of
Nations is to draw a parallel or assume
that there is an analogy between our
present situation and attitude toward
the league with our situation in 1788
with regard to the Constitution proposed
at that time.
It is my opinion as a student of his?
tory that the analogy id false. There is
practically no comparison between the
League Covenant and the Constitution.
If there is any comparison between the
two documents, let those supporters of
the league as it stands with no reserva?
tions remember that the Constitution
itself was adopted with reservations.
These reservations became the first ten
amendments. Massachusetts was one of
the states which refused to ratify until
its statesmen were promised that prin?
ciples later incorporated in the first ten
amendments would be made a part of
the Constitution. None of these amend?
ments broke the heart of America or
impaired the success of the government.
VERITAS.
Danbury, Conn., Oct. 11, 1920.
The Driest of the Dry
h(,Frcm The Philadelphia Public Ledgtr)i.
Only one thin</ in this country is
dry, and that is th? Presidential cam
ptlga.
The Conning Tower
ANOTHER WAR BALLAD
[In reptu to Flaeeua]
Oh, I read a ballad by Flaccu? of his woes
as a volunteer,
In ihe war ilia? was raging oversea? and
he says was raging here ;
I read of hi? tribulation?, of the mUery
that he knew,
Of the ?hock that wa? cau?ed to hi? high
?ti'ung ?oui by Dangerou* Dan Megrew.
Well, Flaccu? ?uffered, I have no doubt,
but never his tender hand
Lay bleeding and torn from the ?tab of a
thorn called "The Ro?e of No Man'?
Land."
He mentions the gloriou?rK:ss of war, and
how he knew it wa? Hell,
When they billctted him in Ithaca at a place
that they call Cornell;
He speaks of a Service stripe he wear? for
the suffering he went through
From the poems of Robert Service, and "The
Shooting of Dan Megrew."
But what car? he know of perdition'? depth,
. or the heights whereon WE stand.
Who swallowed the curse of the "Red Cros?
Nurse; She's the Rose of No Man'?
Land."
Now, it mustn't be thought that I didn't love
the trim little figure in blue.
I might even ?ay in a general way that I
fell in love with two.
But the song was a terrible slander; they
loathed it as much a? I,
And if ever the author should cross our
trail we swore that we'd ruin the guy.
Well, Flaccus's quarrel is picayune, minute
as a grain of sand,
And "Dan Megrew" was a piker to "The
Rose of No Man'? Land. J. R. 0. P.
"We have never seen The Dayton
News nor The Marion Star,'" confesses
Jay E. House in The Philadelphia Pub?
lic Ledger. "We should esteem it a
favor if some friend would send us
a copy of one or both. We are curi?
ous us to the kind the people of Cen?
tral Ohio are taking nowadays." Well,
if they are faking what is advertised
in Gov. Cox's Dayton News of last
Wednesday, they are taking Bro-Feren
Excelento (for kinky hair), Arvon
Phelaetine, Laxa-Pirin, Leonard's Eai
Oil, Aspironal ("Better than Whiskj
for Colds and Flu"), Tona-Vin, Ton
siline, Beecham's Pills, Foley Kidnoj
Pills, Mayr's Remedy, Vinol, Dreco
Vola-Sol, Mi-O-Na, Sorbol Quadruple
Hyomei, Chase's Blood and Nerve Tab
lets, Eckman's Alterative Acco, Vita
mon, Var-ne-sis, Lydia E. Pinkham'i
Vegetable Compound and Stuart';
Dyspepsia Tablets. If they are takinf
what is advertised in Senator liar
ding's Marion Star of Tuesday, they ari
taking Dreco, Mayr's Remedy, Light
ning Hot Drops, Hpyo-Cod, D. D. D
Bear Oil Trusler's Rheumatic Tablets
Haelanol, Hyomei, Mi-O-Na, Vitamor
and Mentho-Sulphur.
It is almost impossible to decid
which of two candidates, whose chie
concern appears to be the health o
the public, to vote for.
Yesterday we referred to Ted Rob?
inson's "Pipings and Pannings." Don't
ask for it. Ask for "Piping and Pan?
ning," by Edwin Meade Robinson.
Among other verses, it has these:
MAKING MYSTERY
The man that fixed my typewriter, he showed
me what was wrong.
He fixed the little dingus that had bothered
me bo long.
He straightened out a doodad, and he tight?
ened up a ?crew,
And the old machine mndo music a? it did
when it was new !
It took but fifteen minutes to adjust the
twisted gear
And I had tinkered vainly with the thing
for half a year ;
I voiced my admiration, as Ute man pickec
up his hat?
"I wish that I could learn," said I, "to fi>
up things like that."
The man that fixed my typewriter, he frank
ly answered, "Why,
It's something any one can do?you've onb
got to try,
You keep this oiled, you keep that clean
you give this screw a turn,
Do thus and bo and t'other, and that's al
you've got to learn.
Now sit and write a line or two. ;'nd se
how smooth it goes."
So I sat and wrote a jingle, which i; easie
than prose.
And as I wrote, that young mechanic woi
shipfully sut- -
"My gosh !" cried he. "I wish that I coul
do a stunt like that!"
I did not answer honestly, as he had done
not I ?
"It's something any one can do?-you've onl
got to try.
You scatter accents evenly, and give yoi
words a turn,
Do thus and so and t'other, and that's a
you've got to learn."
I did not answer honestly to him?bi
what's the use ?
He has explained his trade, but still it
cryptic as the deuce.
So let me think that fixing up machine
is hard,
And I will still pretend that it takes brail
to be a bard !
Just as we were writing the pr
ceding, along came Jimmy Montague
fust volume, "More Truth Tha
Poetry," a book of high readabilit
Jimmy's satirical stuff is his be:
though Irvin Cobb's preface singl*
out "The Sleepytown Express," becau
he says "in it I have found a thii
that 'Gene Field might have done
Put Jimmy's knocks on that poor hei
the resident member of the hum;
race known as the ult?mate consum?
are, we feel, far sincerer.
And then came Christopher Motley's
"Hide and Seek," with some go;xi
verse, especially "Translations from
the Chinese"; and William Rose
j B?net's "Mootv; of Grandeur," a book
| of poems.
Moved to lyricism by the announce
i ment of Mme. Numara's song recital
i Sunday afternoon, Freddie warbles:
"I'm hearing ?amara to-morrah, but
I I'd much rather hear her to-day, for
j to-morrah, I say to my sorrah, is Sun
| day, my period of play." "I saw Dul?
cinea yesterday," adds Freddie, "and
she told me she hated to lose one
glove; she'd rather lose 'em both."
"Who," asks the information seeking
editor of The Bowling Green, "is the
author of the Hymn of Haiti?" Well,
Chris, it wasn't much of a wheeze, bat,
in round numbers, we are. Date, circa
1916.
Jennings resigned? Say it ain't
true, Hughey. I
F. P. A.
SOME PLAYERS SEEM TO BE ABLE TO RUN A LONG WAY
WITH THE BALL AFTER THEY ARE TACKLED
Ccrpyright, 1920, New York Tribuno Ino
Democrats for Harding
The Report of a Dyed-in-thc-Wool
Regular for Tn>ent\)-four Years
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I read a good deal in the
esteemed Times and various other Demo?
cratic papers about the large number of
Republicans that will vote for Cox. But
how about the Democrats that will em?
brace the opportunity to show their dis?
approval of the Wilson one-man regime
and the jumpingjack Cabinet?
I am a traveling salesman and my
work takes me from one end of the
country to the other. I know personally
over 100 traveling men who will vote
the Republican ticket for the first time,
to say nothing of the merchants, clerks
and all sorts of people that I come in
contact with.
I myself am known as a dyed-in-the
wool, rock-ribbed Democrat. I was borr
in Louisiana and have voted the tickd
straight for twenty-four years. Bu'
this year I flop and vote straight Repub
lican.
I can't 6tand for the one-man govern
ment idea; I can't stand for the kind oi
Cabinet we have had under Wilson;
and, last but not least, I can't stand fo;
the League of Nations. In my opinioi
for the United States to hop in and tr;
to help run Europe would be about, liki
a big, prosperous business going inti
partnership with a lot cf quarrelini
bankrupts.
My business and salary depend o
the orders I shoot to the firm. I ca
get plenty when general business i
good, and I can't see that old genera
business can be good unless the goverr
ment is run on a business basis. ]
surely is far from that at present, an
I am there with both feet for a poveri:
ment that v/ill steer clear of "high-bro'
stufF" and get down to good old bras
tacks.
I forgot to give you my opinion c
Cox and his mudslinging campaign. Bi
you could not print it, anyway.
ALBERT H. BROWN.
New York, Oct. 14, 1920.
Acres for Immigrants
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: One of your contemporari
writes upon "Housing and the Ac
Home" as follows: "Whether those w\
are already inured to tenement life c?
be successfully transferred to acre horn
is a question that can only be answer
by experiment."
Owing to the work in connection wi
my book, I have had extensive oppc
tunity of observation, and may be al
to throw some light upon this poi
The newly arrived immigrant is son:
what shy of the country unie-,? he h
soma acquaintance there who can as.-u
him of steady and profitable emplc
ment. If he has to take a chance,
would rather take it in the city. The c:
imm'grant who conies here greatly pi
fers the city, because the ways
living of the poor are much what he 1
been accustomed to.
The better class, however, who live
what we call flats, whether American
foreign, are iasily induced to live in
country. The colony of the Libe
School at Stelton, the Fellowship As
ciation opposite it, and the notable s
cess of Free Acres, N. J., shows this.
Exemption of new buildings from t
ation for five years in New Jersey ou
to help greatly. It is to be hoped t
New York will make its exemption
mandatory also.
The houses may be of the simp
kind. I have uscently seen some in Is
Jersey intended for residence on
chicken ranch, which contained tl
rooms with no more improvements t
a cold water Hat, but can be rented
without the chicken house or appliances
for twelve (512) dollars a month. They
are perfectly satisfactory winter camps
for a man and his wife, even with a
child or two. BOLTON HALL.
New York, Oct. 14, 1920.
Turn the Clocks Back
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I am an advocate of daylight
saving, but I believe its efficiency ends
about the end of September. At the
present time it is dark enough to turn
on the electric light or gas at G:30 a. m.
and 0:30 p. ?n. The work of the men
with farms is ended by this time of the
season. The temperature yesterday at
6:30 a. m. was 52 degrees and at 6:30
p. m. it was 66 degrees. This causes an
unequal range in temperature between
the hours of night and morning. In the
morning a light overcoat feels comfort?
able and at night coming home it is irk?
some.
This is a suggestion to the general
public to observe the progress of the
daylight saving, so that when preparing
for next season we can consider if it
would be well to amend the law so as to
turn our clocks back about the end of
September or, at the latest, the middle
of October. W. J. SHARP.
New York, Oct. 14, 1920.
Let Us Be Soothed
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Why become bellicose in tone
over the discussion of moderating or
not the city noises. A citizen who
suggests the needlessness of Startling
honest pedestrians into anger with
raucous klaxons or ear-splitting hoots
is met by the fellow citizen, motorist
and pedestrian, who is "made to smile"
at the above mentioned pedestrian's
wanting to be "soothed" rather than
warned when a care free motorist
would demand and, if necessary, seize
right of way.
All of this is far from tho point.
If he who drives an automobile, in or?
der to be completely a motorist, must
be lordly and overbearing and ..oisy,
the fact must be taken into account?
at least, that is, by the psycho-analysts.
If, on the other hand, the pedestrian
must have less noise and better man?
ners on the part of motorists, in order
to enjoy hard paved pedestrians' lights
?again the fact must be taken into
due consideration.
Meantime, the crux of the matter
under discussion is somewhat other
than either of the points suggested.
In the name of the few, possibly, who
are sufficiently hardened, I would plead
for such measures as may be practi?
cable, which may in some degree tone
down the city racket?excuse the word.
It is not feasible to put rubber wheels
on the "L" trains or rubber pegs on
the dishes in Childs, the haven of
the masses. It is not conceivable thr.t
the many people who have -.othing to
say should stop talking so leutiiy about
it. Houses must be built and bteam
hammers must batter, so wo will net
even consider possible elimination
here. But in the name of the peace
and poine that are precluded in the
present-day city, why not do the little
that can be done toward a worthy end
-namely, less jangled nerves, fewer
short tempers, better digestions, etc.,
not to mention more purposeful energy
and greater resiliency of spirit.
Thus, we beg to reiterate, may not
something be done to convince the mo?
torist that he, the motorist, really pre?
fers a pleasing-voiced horn, instead of
an infernal machine; also that the
pedestrian is ready and willing to re?
spond to reasonable demands in the
matter of getting out of the way with?
out being "warned" into deafness.
SARAH BAXTER.
New York, Oct. 10, 1920.
Bloody Benevolence
The Wilson Policy in HaVli Criti?
cized bv an American
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to the Haytian revolt
.'.gainst the Administration's policy, I
note that Secretary of State Colby
claims that the purpose of th3 Admin?
istration is purely benevolent. It strike*
me as exceedingly strange that this Ad?
ministration, dominated and controlled
entirely by the oligarchical South, where
millions of black men are disfranchised,
where free and fair elections do not
exist, and where justice is dealt eut
according to the color of a man's skin
and not according to the facts in th?
case, should invade this little island to
establish a government that black peo?
ple might not suffer loss of rights and
privileges. The attitude of the Demo?
cratic Administration toward tnc black
people of the United States is enough
in itself to make the inhabitants of
Hayti suspicious and mistrustful of sny
benevolence that may come from the
United States.
About five years ago the Administra?
tion sent to Hayti 3,000 marines, and it
is alleged that these were sent without
taking into counsel either the American
people or their representatives. Herbert
J. Seligman, writing in The Nation,
says of these American military forces
now in charge in Hayti:
"Haytian men, women and children t?
a number estimated at 3,000, innocent
for the most part of any offense, have
been shot down by American machine
guns and rule bullets; black men and
women have been put to torture to make
'.hem gire information; theft, arson and
i murder have been committed aim it
with impunity upon the persons and
property of Haitians by whit? men
wearing the uniforms of the United
States; black men have been driven to
retreat to the hills from actual slavery
imposed upon them by white Americans;
press and speech in Hayti are abso?
lutely shackled; The Associated Press
correspondent has not been allowed U
send a line to the United States in three
years regarding the military operations;
68,000 acres of the best lands have
passed into the hands of American capi?
talists, and most of the banks, railways,
sugar mills and lighting-planta are now
in the hands of Americans."
In conclusion, 1 will state that rea?
benevolence needs no powder and shot
to make it acceptable.
HENRY H. SMITH.
New York, Oct. 14, 1920.
Adequate vs. Average
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you permit a protest
against the method suggested in your
editorial this morning entitled "Ade?
quate Pay for Teachers"? You quote
United States Commissioner of Educa?
tion Claxton as suggesting "$2?00 asan
average salary for teachers in the ele?
mentary and secondary schools.
Among the best ways of preventing ade?
quate pay for teachers is such use ?
averages. To compare the New York
high school teacher's salary that m?f
now go to $4,250 with a rural teacher's
sulary in Alabama of $420 conceals ths
lowness of the rural school salary.
It is quite possible to raise the aver?
age salary leve: to where it would see?
quite satisfactory, while utterly faiiin?*
to increase salaries where they ?*?
scandalously too low. American teach?
ers and the American public have ?
right to more discriminating suggestions
from the Federal Bureau of Education.
The method quoted by you suggests Dr.
E. A. Winship's favorite question about
averages: What is the average sp?*
of a wheelbarrow, a one-horse cart, ??
automobile and a flying machine?
WILLIAM H. ALLEM.
New York, Oct. 14, 1920.