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A'.i rights nf republicans- of all ether rtatter
berei.'i a_io are reserrea.
Keeping the Door Open
Secretary Colby's note to Lord
Curzon lays down the sound prin
fcinlc of the open door in mandate
territory. The open-door policy
harmonizes with American feeling
and policy. It is this country's be
? lief that in regions not self-gov?
erned or subject to some form of
international 'supervision, either
economic or political, the fair thin;;
to do is to put all nations on an
equality.
We have tried to hold the door
open in China, which remains at
? least economically dependent on
other states. There is still more
reason for our insisting on equal
privileges in the territories taken
from the Central Towers and put
under the guardianship of manda?
taries named by the peace con?
ference.
Germany transferred her over?
seas possessions to the five princi?
pal Allie,! and associated powers.
?i; The United State? is one of these.
: its consent is necessary to a dispo
i-ition of the German territories, j
We haven't yet given it. As to the
territories taken from Turkey, our
interest in them was recognized by
our European associates when they
invited our government to partici?
pate in the Turkish settlement. We
? arc still being urged to accept the
mandate for Armenia. Our status
as one of the victorious Allied com?
bination has never been questioned.
The fact that we haven't joined
the League of Nations should not
be used to disqualify us from full
consideration in the arrangements
made for administering mandates. !
The league is not complete. It can- ;
* not have sole and exclusive juris-;
diction of the mandate question so1
?ong as the United States reman s
' out of it. The mandate theory was)
devised in order to prevent monopo?
lization of trade and resources of
transferred territory by any one
of the belligerents. The old eco?
nomic rivalry was to be suspended
so far as those undeveloped regions
; wore concerne 1. We gladly accept
that theory because it is in agrec
. ment with our own earlier operi
ioor program. We are er,titled to
do what we can to 'maintain our
? privilege of equal treatment in the
mandatory - ates.
Such a policy is enlightened and
just. It will help in regions under
tutelage and it will be of undoubted
benefit to the world at large.
The Air Race
Speed, however important, was not
' the vital feature in the race for the
.'Pulitzer trophy. Questions of na
'? tiona! defense were brought to mind.
? The relations of aviation to the War
.'. and Navy Department organizations
, and the uses of airplanes in war
were thrust on the attention of a
? great multitude.
The different types exhibited at
Mitchel Field suggested the tactics
of air warfare?the small scout, or
skirmisher; the larger bombing and
? fighting plane, or the infantry; the
heavy bombing and torpedo plane, or
.' the artillery of the air.
One heavy plane was shown capa?
ble of carrying live 1,000-pound
bombs. Com ?der the value of such
a piare in attacking a fleet or a
? fort. The failure of the puny bomb?
ing attack on the cruiser Goeben
and tha Turks at the Dardanelles
. cannot be cited against the efficiency
- ef the present and the future planes.
The bombs u! ed there were small and
marry of them improvised. Modern
bombs would undoubtedly have de?
stroyed the defending ships and
. forts.
It was e!so demonstrated at the
Dardanelles, as it had been repeat?
edly in former bombardments, that
?-hip?, alone cann? t reduce forts. But
nortar fire- high angle fire?is an?
other matter; and bombing with
charges of a ton of high explosive
falling inside a fort hjrs, the effect of
mortar fire. It I? destructive where
the fire of a ship's guns is compara?
tively oarmh
** The recent air conference in Lon
4 don, attended by representatives of
all branches of the British go
jnent, decid?''] unanimously that avi?
ation should he BO developed as to
earry mail*, freight and passengei
in time fd peace- -that it should be
?. mad? a paying bul ? And then
in time of war the weight griven to
mails and paKB?rig<?r"} could be given
to bombs and torpedoes? the planes
r.nd their pilots could be assimilated
to. the military forces as merchant
, ships long have been.
In the mean time what is the
' United States doing?anything or
i nothing?
Backing Up the Rent Laws
Two more test rent cases have
been decided in favor of the validity
of the new laws. One came before
j Justice Wagner and the other before
Justice McAvoy. In each instance
the court went to the heart of the
question, which is whether the Leg?
islature was making a legitimate use
cf the police powe~ when it tried to j
meet the housing emergency by re- ?
ftricting tiie landlord's remedy of
...
dispossession.
The landlords claim that their
i property rights have been invaded !
j without constitutional warrant. But j
j the two justices hold that the emer
? gency declared by the Legislature
| justified limiting for a time the land- j
lord's freedom of action.
Concerning the emei-gency police
; power of the state Justice Wagner
? is explicit, saying:
"For a century and a half our con
stitutional restraints have received
interpretation benefiting every emer?
gency and public need. The statutes j
in Question weie enacted to avert a j
crisis. No constitutional right of j
; the owner of property was trans- |
greased."
In the case before Justic? Mc
' Avoy the plaintiff sought to over?
throw the laws by indirection. He
didn't challenge their constitution?
ality, but pleaded that, although the
Legislature had abolished the legal
power to remove a hold-over tenant,
a remedy in equity remained. He
therefore asked the court to aid him
in getting rid of his tenant, because
without such aid he would suffer
wrong.
Justice McAvoy declined to grant
any equity remedy on the ground
that siuch action would nullify the
laws without any finding to the ef?
fect that they were unconstitu?
tional. On the main issue he said:
' The Legislature, without question,
bad power to abolish the remedy
which it granted to recover real
property by summary proceedings >
and would, if'an emergency existed,
under the police power, be entitled to '
suspend the action of ejectment for !
p. prescribed period."
The courts thus seem to uphold ?
the doctrine that a legislature is
competent to declare when an emer- i
gency exists?that a declaration to i
this effect is a political act that the j
judicial department will not set i
asido. But concerning the major ?
feature of the housing problem the \
; decisions give no help. They do not !
! r.dd an apartment to the city's sup
ply. On the contrary, they rather
tend to lessen the supply.
The Mayor's Thanksgiving
On the glad Thanksgiving Day,
while thousands of happy New York
families were helping themselves to j
turkey and cranberry1 sauce, and per
haps tossing off something from the i
family closet, where was their chief :
I executive? \
Where indeed but in his bleak and ?
! barren office in the City Hall dict?t- j
j ing in grief a reply to the con- ?
; scienceless scoundrels who by insinu- ;
| ation and innuendo dare to intimate i
that things have happened during I
I his administration that reflected no I
. glory upon the city.
Bereft of his Bushwick, torn from I
I his turkey, while the powerful inter- |
i ests and their lawyers were culling ;
: out a holiday, it. is not surprising j
; that the Mayor so phrased his state- !
ment that the very stenographer I
must have set it down between sobs. ;
It appears that the wicked Unter
myer actually sought to create the
impression, jvhile Mr. Hylan was on
the stand, that he was a lawyer
: when he said he was an engineer, or
an engineer when he said he was a
lawyer. After only two readings we
; are not clear which.
It also appears that Mi. Unter
myer did Mr. Hylan a cruel wrong
when he intimated that permitting
the courthouse excavation to be filled
with ashes which must be taken out
again at a great expense wa3 not a
, wholly statesmanlike thing to do.
In his dejection the Mayor does
not mention the fact that the ques?
tions about dates were to develop
the fact that the Mayor knew Mr.
Hettrick, who was a stenographer at
the courthouse where he practised
law, whereas he\had stated on the
' stand that he wouldn't know Het?
trick if he should see him.
Nor did he, amid bis lamentations,
[ dwell on the fact that his former
secretary and present Commissioner
of Plant and Structures was once a
member of one of the firms which
got rid of its ashes cheaply and ex
peditiously by dumping them into the
courthouse excavation.
But th? se things do not matter.
, Mr. Hylan has sworn that he never
knew Hettrick, the lawyer for the
| stone contractor.', and that oughl to
be enough. Further, the very fact
thai he appointed Mr. Whftlen ought
to put Mr. Whaler beyond the reach
of cavilers.
What matters < normously i? the
cruelty of a city which by lending a
too credulous ear to the voice of cal?
umny forced its Mayor to drop his
knife and fork on a great national
holiday and dictate two thousand
wordi of refutation.
. But sorrow endureth for a night.
! Joy cometh in the morning. Perhaps
s not this morning or to-morrow
morning, but sooner or later a time j
will come when Mr. Hylan will not
be compelled to spend a part of !
Thanksgiving Day. or a part of any i
other day, in the City Hall. Then, j
doubtless, lus heart will no longer be
bowed down with the weight of woe |
that now burdens it. Incidentally, j
considerable woe will be lifted from i
the hearts of some of his fellow |
citizens.
Hyphenism Back Again
In his sermon on Thanksgiving
Day Monsignor Lavelle, rector of St.
Patrick's Cathedral, exhorted hi3
hearers to pray for "wisdom to re?
tain the confidence which the Irish
race has won and holds to-day."
And while the words of the ad?
monition still freighted the air earner
the noise of breaking glass and ?
hurtling brickbats. The wise had
caught sight of a British flag across
the way and were irritated. And
the learned priest, following after to
the place of disturbance, felt it ap?
propriate to beg the attacked to com?
ply with the demands of the mob.
It is the misfortune of Irish agi?
tation to fall undt;r the leadership of
hysterical extremists. No sooner is ;
some credence gained for claims that j
the English are monsters and the
Irish vlt'? patient saints than is
beard the sound of shillelaghs. The
scene on Fifth Avenue was not cal?
culated to persuade the wavering
that the Irish majority can be
trusted to be just and tolerant
toward the Irish minority. Britain
is surely well served in this country
by those who are filled with frenzy
when they look on the British em?
blem. To tear down the British
flag in New York is scarcely a good
way to "nduce our people to assist in
elevating the Irish flag inJDublin.
Besides his inopportune remarks
toncerning wisdom, Monsignor La?
velle said another "nteresting thing.
He referred to the American Repub?
lic as "Greater Ireland." Hyphen
it>m was supposed'to be dead, but
here it is again grinning at us. We
1 nve been annexed by the mythical
government of De Valera, and it is
the privilege of this gentleman, who
steadily -efused to take the risks of
residence in the older part of his
dominion, to impose his taste in
flags on us.
Defending the Panama Canal
When the Governor of the Canal
Zone told Senator Harding that a
battleship with sixteen-inch guns
could lie beyond the range of our
forts on the Pacific side and destroy !
the Miradores locks he communi
cated no new information. Expert?
have long been aware that the locks
could be thus destroyed and the
junction of our two half-manned
fleets prevented, thus enabling an
enemy to Ittack each unit sepa?
rately, j
The existing condition has been I
known to the Administration for i
years. Why has it done nothing toi
meet the danger'.' Manifestly, the |
army and navy must coordinate in '
this matter. A joint board of army j
and navy officers was organizer! in
Washington years aero for this spe- j
cific purpose?to coordinate all de?
fensive, and offensive forces. But the
Senate investigation disclosed the
astounding fact that, in 1016 this
important board was forbidden to
meet! The Administration opposed
the consideration of preparedness
and coordination for war.
The remedy is simple:
1. Mount eighteen-inch guns on '
the Pacific side as soon as possible, j
2. Establish a strong and perma
ncnt flotilla at the canal at once.
. Station a strong and perma- j
nent destroyer force in the canal
ports. Destroyers in numbers am?
ple for that purpose have been built.!
4. Organize a permanent air force :
of bombing and torpedo planes for
canal service.
5. Unite, permanently, our two
divided and disorganized fleets and
organize one efficient fighting fleet,
to be stationed in the Pacilic for
the present. _,
These measures will meet the
menace permanently. Nothing else
will. The present. Administration
has neglected its duty. Mr. Har
ding's Administration should do its
duty promptly, by a proper use of
existing forces. Only a small appro?
priation is needed for new weapons.
A Leading Citizen
The obituary notices of that mol- !
low and outstanding figure of the;
past, the late Commodore I". C.
Benedict, have stressed his ad- j
mirable adventures as host and
yachtsman without throwing into
relief what was the unique flavor i
of bis position. II" was, in brief, j
"a leading citizen" of the town, of
?a type then conspicuous and con-;
I trolling in every activity from poli?
tics to religion, 'ffn? now, alas, as
defunct as the stage coach.
Mrs. Edith Wharton has, in her'.
i\tre of Innocence, summed up for'
all time the era of which Commo?
dore Benedict, was an ornament
it was a New York of unity and !
poise, small enough to be led by one
group of conspicuous fo'k, socially,
financially, in its sports, in its
arts. It was provincia! and ah
?urd in many aspects, as Mrs
Wharton makes (dear. Yet there Is
no denying to those years a certain
dignity and quiet comfort which
'ater New York can lay no claim to
The relation between size and
these matters is not inevitable. I
London, lancer than New York,
maintained its mellowness and
T'Oisc, before the war, at any rate.
Its leadership was definite and cer?
tain. Just why New York has now j
engulfed its great men is hard to I
say. One could almost fix the ;
date of the transformation?within
a decade, at any rate. To-day great
rien are and they are not, and the
city ru?ibles on ? as before, with
hardly a ripple to mark their with?
drawal from a scene toe vast, too
'umultuous, to permit any one fig?
ure to stand out.
As a guess we offer the thought
that th?3 chaos will not always be.
New York will never return to the
age of innocence; but it may well
discover a new order, a fresh j
?m'stocracy?perhaps of the sor+ !
which Mr. H. G.^VVcHs has trum-j
1 peted. For order can come only
tnroucrh leadership; and there can
be no real leaders unless there are
^oise and spaciousness and con?
tinuity to give them elbow-room?
or sea room, let us say, to fit the
late commodore. Room ' of any
kind may seem a fantastic hope to
t redict for New York. We only
suggest it as a distant dream which,
if it ever materializes in things of
the mind and spirit, will d mand a
jeturn to the futuristic equivalent
of exactly that which Coin inodoro
Benedict so completely was, a lead?
ing citizen.
To the American Who Throws
Stones
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Wo all agree with Mr. Ayre, who
writes in this morning's Tribune that
this country ia the purest, cleanest and
most virtuous the world ever saw, and
that such a terrible creature as Bakla
r.off should not be permitted to remain
hero to contaminate the dear, sweet
American atmosphere. Nevertheless,
the following are indisputable facts:
That no country has so many divorces '<
or regards the marriage tie ?o lightly as
this.
That no country has such dirty or
corrupt politics as the United States.
That crookedness and con upturn per?
meate the business world and even that
of sport.
That there ia more lawlessness here
than anywhere else.
That there are more crimes of vio?
lence in the United States in a month
than in any other country in a year, ;
and that thero ar? fewer brought to I
to justice of those who commit the :
crimes.
In view of the above facts, I wonder I
'now Baklanoff dares to r> main in tins
pious, holy country. DISGUSTED.
New York, Nov. 24, 1020.
Wild Duck Slaughter
To the Editor of The Trib me.
Sir: At Loew's New York Theater
last week there was exhibited, ns part
of the Father News, a picture showing
flocks of v.-nd ducks and geese photo?
graphed from two aeroplanes. These
aeroplanes drove through trie (locks
killing and injuring, as the caption
declared with pride, over 2.000 i
birds. The final picture showed the
pilots picking the dead and injure.!
birds out of the various parts of the
aeroplanes.
This is a brutal and ruthless waste
of bird life? which the government il
so stringently trying to protei by lim?
iting the number of birds to be killed
to forty n day for two men in a boat.
Yet, in a few minuti : th< aero?
planes killed as many as a hundred
men could shoot if they had miracu?
lous luck. Can you not tl rough the
influence of your paper, brin : this
matter to the attcntipn of the proper
authorities so that such cruelty and
unnecessary destruction of birds may
be stopped? JAXON LI ED.
New York, Nov. 22, 1.*'!).
Literature
To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Your story, "'Smiling Bullet'
Kills Leung Yung," on the front page
November 'Si, seem.- to one worthy of
comment. It is\probably a truism that
much of tin* stuff appearing anony?
mously in the newspapers is better lit?
erature than some of the professed fic?
tion. I think this story in question
is a case in point. It is well written,
clear, objective. (t reminds you of
Thomas Burke, not alone in subject mat?
ter either, but In the artistic way tiie
story is told. There are no "phrases"
in it. It is not "journalistic" in that
sense at all.
As we have been reading The Tribuno
up here for three generations it gives
mo a kind of proprietary pleasure to
si rid this wholly unnecessary commen?
dation of one of your writers,
CHARLES CHADWICK.
Lyme, Conn., Nov. 24, 1920.
Why Milk Goes Down
To the. Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: It is somewhat surprising that
in the various press allusions to the
recent reduction in the price of mi k, us
recommended by the Dairymen's
League, the reason for such reducl on
ii allowed to remain somewhat of a mya-J
tery. The reduction is made simply be- |
.'.-. uso t he cost of feed has declined.
When the cost of producing milk bad
advanced and was advancing, the farm?
ers demanded and received a higher
price for their milk, as was right and
proper.
Now that the cost Gf producing milk
has declined, the farmers reduce the
price, as is also right and proper.
GROVE 1). CURTIS, a Farmer.
Orangeburg, N, V., Nov. 21, t'.*2?.
Another Who Saw It
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Indeed, "some one else did Bee
it." it was n m ist welcome letti r of
Georg .1. Je rvl i, and 1 wonde r how
many more of New York's populal on
noticed thai shooting star on the i ?<?
ning of November 19. Cannot ome
ono tell me what accounted for its un?
usual size nnd brilliancy?
ELSA IL SC11 M ID.
New York, Not. 25, 1920.
The Conning Tower
It is, as ?ome satirical fellow has
said, a free country, and if ft club
wants to fly the British flag it should
be allowed to do so. And if there is
objection, the objection should be al?
lowed to be made.
Now the sight of artificial flowers j
in a limousine's glass cornucopia in?
furiates us as much as the British flag
angers an Irish Republican. And our j
impulse, nobly suppressed, is to smash
the glass and trample the flowers. But
do we do it? One thousand times j
no. . . . Of course, we get relief ?
by expressing our indignation. ,Why \
not givo each Irish Republican a
column? A twenty-four-page news?
paper could take care of?allowing one J
other column for news and advertise- |
ments?191 angry persons a day. And j
now that's solved.
Watching an aeroplane race, some of
the spectators tell us, ia more fun :
than watching a yacht race. The bore?
dom endures less than an hour.
WHEN A FELLOW NEEDS A FRIEND
By Stephen ScepkowSki
[Fourteen ears of one. and messenger boy
to the Stale Commission of Highways)
In a city there lived a very poor boy
with his mother and at the age of ten
he was forced to go to work for a
living. His father died in an accident
when the boy was six years old. Since
that time his poor mother has been
working in a factory, supporting her
seTf and lier son whose name was Bob.
One day Hob's mother got very sick
and died a few weeks later. All the
money tiie mother had saved was spent
for the doctor, and the funeral cost so
much that everything in the house was
sold to pay for the funeral. A week
inter Bob had a job on a farm. He
worked there for his board and 75
cents a week, which he saved for his
clothes, He worked there for four
years and had saved eighty dollars. He
went to the city at the age of tiftpen
and got a job as messenger and was
getting seven dodars a week. His
board cost him four dollars a week and
the other three dollars he put in the
bank, Now he had sixty-eight dollars
in the bank, a few weeks later he got
a rare of three dollars, that, made it
ten dollars a week. He worked there
for ;; year and was promoted to junior
clerk and got. a raise of two dollars;
that made it twelve dollars a week.
Une day while sitting in the office he
heard the broker say that a certain
stock was going to be boomed. So Bob
went to the bank and drew out $200
and bought 100 shares of this stock |
ut S2 a share. In a few days this stock ?
wenl up twelve points, Bob was ho.d- ;
ing on t?1 it, the next day the stock '
went up three more points. Bob was!
very g ad he bought this stock. Bob
gol scared and thought the stock would I
lake a downward jump, so he sold out !
and had $1,500. Bob invested the j
.-. 1,500 in another stock. This stock!
u mt down to nothing and Bob was out
if 1,500. Thinking luck was against him ;
he joined the army when the Mexican
war broke out.
DOWN IN MEXICO
While down in Mexico one night the
Mexicans attacked their camp and ?
killed three of his pals and wounded i
Lob severely. When Bob recovered he,
tayed with the army until the Great j
War broke out. Bob was with one '
of the troops that were first to go
across, When they got across he niet
a French girl on the dock who was
,rccl ng tire soldiers and he liked her
,-erj ... [1. She told him that her father
was ;. Major in tne French army out ;
in the battlefields just now. in a few
days the American troops were out in
the ban elields of France. While in
the trenches he heard the moaning of!
i dying person. He put his head up ?
?i :il aw a French Major lying there s
dying from a wound near the heart. It
meant death to the man who would go |
ou and save him, but Bob took a !
chance and got him into the trench, ?
but it was too late because the Major .
was dying. The Major asked for r. |
?eco of paper and a pencil and told ;
Bob to write down the following: To j
go to Paris and he would find his j
(laughter; that she had a locket given !
? her by lier mother when her mother j
was dying and that he left his fortune;
to Bob if Lob would marry his daugh?
ter. He took the pencil and signed
Ins name to the paper. While Bob!
was advancing on the enemy with the j
oth .- men he was shot in the breas,t ?
;. d was taken to the nearest hospital !
and there he saw the French girl as a I
nurse. While, she was taking his coat !
iff she saw the letter with a hole in
it and stained with blood, and her;
father's signature on the ietter. She!
inted and lator she was revived and |
while Bob wa.s telling her the story]
three French officers walked up and
asked for Bob. They came near Bob i
and one of them pinned a medal on ?
i: breast for bravery and kissed him
on both cheeks. Bob did not like that !
kissing, but he thought it was all
and was worth that for the medal. !
Bob left the hospital with tiie French;
girl. They were married and with their
fortune left for America. Happy the |
cud, i
In Mr. W. L. George's "Hail, Co?
lumbia!" in the December Harper's he
wants, he says, to "effect n synthesis
of the American mentality." The first
'.void in the article is "I," which ia
repeated five times in the first para?
graph, which contains three "my's" and
e "me." There are 128 "Es" in the
article, twenty-one "me's" and four?
teen "my's."
All the important weather prophets
forecast a mild winter, but the white
Christmas plank remains In our plat?
form, if it takes all summer.
Old Ben Huebsch, whose bride was
bom in Sweden, got this invitation
yesterday: "Dear Ben: Come up to
dinner, including the Scandinavian."
LOST?Vicinity Carnegie Hall, two pet
mountain dogs, male, female, size
large cat, faces like Teddy bears, feet
and tails like monkeys. Bryant G657.
Tire Time -.
Am] I thought, writes Howard, who
rays his meal ticket to the Contribs'
a inquet depends on being credited for
tl is, W( were living in an age of spe- j
cial i'/.at ion.
The (liarles Garland wiio won't take
the million is not to he confused with
S. Garland, the well known
Chuck of tennis fame. Any tennis
[lay.r who inherited a million would
accept it.
Speculation as to what, we should
.'., ?n young Mr. Garland's position of
finding ourself with , one million ber?
ries is idle, but permissible. For it
gives us a i
last lin'
This would ho it.
r. p. a.
ABOUT TIME TO CUT AWAY THE HARNESS
Copyright. 1920. New York Tribun? Inc.
a Mooney's New Trial
Further Details and Earnest Support
From One Who Knows
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: NThat was an excellent editorial
in your issue of November 24 on the
subject of "Mooney'a New Trial." In
one particular you convey a wrong im?
pression of the facts. I refer to your
statement that Mooney could be "put
on trial on one of the many untried
indictments returned against him," thus j
intimating that there are many indict?
ments still pending.
The fact is'?and it is one of the most
damnable Incidents of the entire case?
that one of the last official acts of the
district attorney who framed Biilings
and Mooney was to move the dismissal
of all the indictments at that time re?
maining against them. This was sim?
ply a move to throw away the key of
the penitentiary. The motion was vig?
orously and successfully opposed by
Maxwell McNutt, attorney for the two
men. In compliance with McNutt's
eloquent plea, Judge Griffin dismissed
all the indictments save one against
each man. The idea here involved was,
of course, that some day there might
be found a different type of Governor
at Sacramento-?a man sufficiently big
and alert and courageous and fine?
grained to see justice done in this no?
torious case.
The present Governor is a man of
probity and personal worth. But at
the same time he is a grocer. He ha?
what might be called the "pennyworth
of parsley" habit of mind. Until there
is a loud, persistent and irresistible
clamor for a new trial Governor
Stephens will do nothing.
San Francisco is a long way from
New York, and The Tribune can be ex?
cused for taking but passing interest
in the fate of Mooney and Billings.
It would be ?i fine thing if it would go
into the facts and tell the full story to
the people of the East, as Fremont
Older, of The San Francisco Call, has
told it in the West. It is a story worth
telling. JUSTICE.
Washington, D. C, Nov. 24, 1920.
"Joy Is Not in Owning"
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr. Charles Garland, the son
of the Boston millionaire who has re?
fused his share of a million dollars be?
cause he prefers manual labor to a life
of luxury, must be an interesting and
yet a peculiar figure. He evidently be?
lieves that happiness comes through
achievement, and this I believe to be
true. But if he derives happiness in a
small way, how much more happiness :
he can have if he put that million dol- ''
lars to work to achieve^ big things for;
I.im! There may be liollowness in
spending wealth, but there is certainly
great joy in creating wealth, not for tiie
sake of the wealth but the achieve?
ment. "Joy is not in arriving, but in
traveling." LOUIS LENGYEL.
Saran&c Lake, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1920.
Against Free Tolls
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: It doubtless is the opinion of
many of your readers that the commu?
nication which appeared in The Tribune
of November 22 from George W. Wicker
sham, protesting against free tolls for
American vessels in using the Panama
Canal, was very timely and patriotic.
May I offer a good reason why such a
free passage suggestion should be
scrapped as soon us it appears on
paper?
'S We had a gentlemen's agreement with
England that there should be no dis?
crimination in the fixing of tolls. Of
course, such a provision was proposed
by England and not by us. Wo ap?
proved it, nnd the canal was built. And
? now if we are true sportsmen we will
? not ?llow hypocritical and greedy poli?
ticians to ??scaVor any languag? ?bat
i ever in the "agreement" which would
i give American vessels free passage. We
! know there is no such meaning honest,
decent men and women of America will
i acknowledge, and we know they are not
I willing to be disgraced as proposed.
\ If there was to be ht\ exception m our
i favor, the honorable men of the cor.i
| mission would have had it plainly stated
; in the treaty, whose language forbid;-:
i discrimination.
LET US BE RIGHT.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 24, 1920.
England's Right to Ireland
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Almost unanimously your recent
correspondents on the Irish troubles
seem to fail to get to the fundament .1
j cause of the present difficulties. It ia
historical. Eight hundred years ago Eng
? land attempted to conquer Ireland. For
| the following five hundred years there
I was constant war, Ireland always as?
serting her sovereignty and in occupa
i tion of all but a limited area of coast?
line. During the subsequent two hun
| dred years England gained more terri
I tory by conquest. Then came the union,
! which the Irish have always held to have
i been brought about by corruption and
; fraud. Gladstone said that it was
, brought about by fraud and was without
j moral sanction.
Therefore England's right, whatever
| it is, can only be established upon par
? tial conquest, united with fraud. Ire?
land's claim to sovereignty i? based on
| the principle of international law that
! sovereignty ?3 not lost unless conquest
; has been justifiable and occupation com?
plete and with the conquest of the
i people.
The existing situation, I believe, is the
: result of the clash between English self
| interest and Irish incorrigibiliiy, which
in turn is a result of the long struggle.
It is the only thing by which they have
survived. It is hard to understand the
i unsympathetic attitude of many Ameri?
cans for Ireland, in view of her history.
JOHN B. LAWLOR.
Providence, R. L, Nov. 25, 1920.
Thanksgiving at Fox Hills
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you kindly allow me, through
your paper, to thank public;;.- (he men
and women who so generously responded
to the appeal, "Thanksgiving at Fox
Hills," which appeared on November 20 ?
Before spending the money I made a
special visit to Fox Hills to consult
with Colonel Cobb, medical director in
charge, and the Red Cross director, and
it was decided to give the boys in two
of the wards, where they are bedridden.
a phonograph and records. They were
purchased to-day and will be presented
to them Thanksgiving Day. These are
the things they need, and I hope we
may be able to give a phonograph to
each ward.
They are well taken care of and
have plenty' of good food, but tobacco,
candy, fruit and books are welcome.
What they need most of all is entertain?
ment, bCxing, vaudeville, etc.. and vol?
unteers to loan their automobiles t i
transport the convalescent boys from
the hospital to places of amusement.
Let us get together and interest our?
selves in our wounded and disabled boys,
i We do care, and we can't forget their
i sacrifice.
MRS. R. DE MILLE BROWN,
; President Veteran Association of
Women War Workers.
Brooklyn, Nov. 23, 1020,
Unrecognizable
( From Th? Cleveland Plain Dealer)
You can't blame the government for
?t> delay in recognizing Mexico. How
is it possible to recognize that nicely
behaved nation as Mexico?
Not Eligible
i From Th? Pittsburgh Oatette-Tltnesi
No Navy Cross for Admiral Sim?.
He did not lose hi? ?kip.
The Irish Ship of Slate
Why Cannot Her Great Men Cuide.
Her Dest'mV?
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I don't thoroughly disagree with
my favorite illu trioua sheet's stand
I assure you, because it must be
a free and independent
' -' whi Ireland now stewa its
bloody broth would most certainly con?
stitute a boil on the hack of Britannia's
neck; but will it do any harm to giTe
the whole subject a little impartial dis
on?
In the first place, how did England
acquire the divine right to Ireland? In
'he twi tury or.? of the Pope*
? ' .. British king. Since
then it appears to have been England's
even though they have long
broken with the l'ope and have
!* to either
material 01 rule. This I hardly
think could be construed as synony
mous with consistency. But?oh, well,
we weren't thei ?? iss the trans
action, so let's come up to date.
Washington was a renegade English?
man, it-e Boston Tea Party has had its
parallel in Ireland. France considered
it good policy to he p the Colonia] rebels,
It may not have been any of her busi?
ness to meddle in England's affairs, bot
. ? the Confederacy
of the rr aid and succor in the
Civil War. and that rebellion was es
? entially inter'
We had not been presented with the
.- prince.
Can I lay be denied in?
terest in the 1 a on, especially
in view of I !'-determina?
tion ha? been i'I rations 1*
the las
England has educated the world to
believe that Ire and is unable and thor?
ough y -r rovern herself.
Si-.-- has thus di monstrated her ability
as an advertiser. But ia it "ethical"
advertising? It doca prove, though, tb**;
advert?: ing ca? le sky."
Somi tatesmen that
ever lived have b en Irishmen. A great
many the wheel o? Brit
ain's ship of state, and an abundance of
our own i . been sons o.
Eric.. Is it, tl ?' sible for Irish
g the destiny of ?f
of state ?
Wh; . ? en, ? irtorrogste,
has tl e woi Id ?' no right to
take an ii ?? md, to the tl
' tent of maKing ta influence felt?w
prosperity f?:
Ireland?
W. LYON M'LAUGHLIN'.
New York. Nov. 24.
The Garland Million
To the Edit i'r bmne.
Sir: Charlea I '" Boston, ?
declining '3 s]tt"
of his father's estate, ia unique. ??
his must bi recorded ?naton?
.-ays, as re?
ported "One man ?a entitled to mo*
another only if he needs mort
\ I .-. ful and Chr ?>'? f'
and eq : table. He also is reported *s
?a ing of th- million: -'It is mort thsr
any o e Is; it might be d??j
? poor people a lot of good insteM t'?
accumul?t ng to no purpose."
? Nov., on h a or n argument, ha?n- ??
?' ? opportunity to put hia theory '
tice ? W by not take the legacy ???
hunt out and supply thoae whoso r.te ?
exceed the needs of othora? In sue?
I worthy work he could easily "se *J
?40.000 or $50.000 of annual income*
there need be no accumulation,
would simply be putting the miHio*
work to carry out his own theory
justice. In refusing the money B*
throwing away an opportunity gl**?
but few. A. F. SIIERWOOP
Wntorbury, Conn., Nov. 2*, ?9W?