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New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
zation may be threatened--not by autoc-
racy as such, but by the archaic ele-
ments in mankind.
Costa RIGA. Too

The Senate Military Affairs Committee
has approved an amendment to the army
appropriation bill which invites all Allied
nations unable to train and equip their
own troops to send them to this country
for training and equipment The lam
guage of the amendment is broad. It
covers "any country which is or shall be
at war with any country with which the
United States is at war" The invitation
is extended to our European allies, to
Japan, Siam and China and to these six
Latin-American nations-Brazil, Cuba,
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama and
Costa Rica.
Our Washington dispatches say:
COSTA Rica cannot be included in this
offer because the American State Depart
ment refuses to recognize the present
government" We hope that this is not
the case. Why persist in fantastic dis
elimination against one Of our American
allies? BY signing an army appropria-
tion act, carrying the Senate committees
amendment as it stands, the President
could gracefully extricate the Administra-
ton from a false position, stumbled into
hastily and without warrant in interna-
tional usage.
Our State Department has refused to
recognize the present government Of
Costa Rica, on the ground that it came
into power through revolution. The
United States has recognized scores of
foreign governments which came into ex-
istence that way Our own government
was established through revolution. Only
a couple of years ago President Wilson in
a message to Congress highly eulogized
the right of revolution. The theory that
the successfully established government
Of an independent state should be boy
cotted indefinitely because of its revolu-
tionary origin is entirely new in interna-
tional law and morals.
In fact, our own recent practice has
been inconsistent with the Costa Rica
boycott. We have recognized a revolu-
tionary government in Peru. We have
also recognized the revolutionary Car
rama government in Mexico. Why split
hairs about the de j,tre character of the
present administration in Costa Rica?
This little state has entered the war
against German autocracy. It is our
ally. AS such it is entitled to our consid-
Grafton and cooperation. Portugal, an
other of our allies, had a revolution re-
Gently. Did we boycott the new govern
ment and cut off diplomatic intercourse
with it?
A friend in war is twice friend. If
Costa Rica has any troops to send here
to be trained and equipped, we ought to
welcome them. Mere pride of opinion has
no place in war diplomacy.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
JOHN DRINKWATER.
Serbia Answers

A REPLY TO THE GERMAN hymn OF
HATE"
(Fron, the Serbian of Stephanovstch Svettsluv)
~ YE great Lords Of Crime,
~ Whose hands are black with blood
OF slaughtered millions
Lives have ye taken that ye could not give,
And treasure stolen that ye never stored:
Pure joys outcrushed that ye did not create,
Trampled on laws that ne'er did grace your
State;
Crushers Of human freedom, ye,
Freedom ye never gave, and knew not how
to forge.
Ye Singers of your Hymn of Hate,
Who would with hate impregnate all the
world,
Was it for hate that ye were great,
Was it.for that ye exercised your Might,
Was it for that ye so have climbed the
Height
O We dark souls.
Who call yourselves the Nations Light,
Ye without sight,
Ye hold yourselves to be as gods,
But without God are vel
Mail-hsted tyrants over men,
Lords but of serfs are ye,
Despots of creatures who NAV not breathe
free!
Accurst Of God be ye!
Take ye the curses of the countless tears,
Tears OF the countless living,
Tears of the countless dead,
Tears of which the pain doth stay,
VI countless hearts the tears suppressed.
Hearts without comfort, knowing naught of
restl
The curse Of God is on you
God whom ye called the "Ally" Of your
force!
Aye, there is Spirit Who casts on you His
curse;
Vainly shall Mortal strive with the i'm
mortal
Free from strongest letters, up from dun
geon deepest,
Like the spirit from the flask, in Oriental
tales,
He shall come upon ye riding on the
clouds
Himself fulfil His curse before the Uni
verse.
Translated by J. W. w1LEs, M. A., Christ.
College, Cambridge, England.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
The Vicious Tin

The Federal Trade Commission. which
is undertaking to break up the custom of
"trade bribery"--that is, the giving of
tips, dinners, cigars, liquor and the like
to influence the placing of orders-has a
hard row to hoe. Undoubtedly this is
unfair competition" but unfortunately
the practice is one of long standing in all
kinds of business A recent Investigation
by a legislative committee in this state
put on the records what everybody knew
that even janitors or superintendents
OF apartment houses got milk, newspa-
pers and ice for themselves by giving lists
Of residents in the buildings and setting
up trade monopolies for the dealers who
Scratched their backs"
Practically the question is one of
morals or ethics. Various states have
adopted anti-tipping laws. but morality
can't be legislated into human nature,
much less adherence to given standard
OF ethics, so their enforcement has been
conspicuous by it's absence rather than
by its effectiveness. Moreover, it is diff
ficult as matter of law, to draw the
line between bribe and the luncheon or
dinner given by salesman soliciting an
order to the buyer Of some firm merely
as pleasant social attention.
Tipping is vicious, since it is wasteful
economically. whether it be the tip to
hat boy or the full fedged brbe to a
buyer of a big concern, which goes into
the :salesman's account as "expenses"
and is eventually passed along to the
ultimate purchasers in the increased cost
OF the articles. But, so weak is human
nature and so faulty are trade habits, it
Will take many prosecution, and many
conviction even, before this particular
form of tipping can be eradicated.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
In a World of Females
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: When / arrived at Broad Street
Station this morning I saw a woman put
ting up signs over the gates through which
passengers enter to the trains. large
negro woman was sweeping UP the rem
nants of paper and cigar stumps of the
station floor. At the newsstand where ]
bought the morning paper I was waited on
by woman, and a woman sold n.e ticket
to Washington. I bought stamp from
woman in the postoffice substaton. and at
q hotel in South Penn Square woman
clerk sold me a room. Going to the
luncheon counter ! was waited on BY
woman, and I was told by the waitress
when asked her question that my break
fast was being cooked by woman
I called up man that I wished TO see
and woman telephone operator switched
me on to a woman clerk, who told me that
the gentleman in question was out but
had left tho matter in the hands OF his
assistant, and from the fact chat she called
this assistant Miss Blank ] knew that
would have to deal with another woman.
To get to this office was taken up In the
elevator by a woman elevator operator.
Finishing my business with Miss Blank !
went to Wanamaker's, where made some
purchases from woman, and judged thst
was one Of perhaps fifty men in the sfose
among several thousand women. In desper-
alton / went into a saloon and bought
drink from a man, but to my consternatlon
/ found out that his employer was wonaan'
Shall women vote? FORD JENNINGS
Philadelphia, Penn, June Is, 1919.
She who is taking this dictation is
female Of the species. y. -
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Harder or Wiser

1t is tragic news that comes out of
Indiana, the wreck of circus train and
the crashing death Of scores, almost the
whole gay, hard-working community that
makes a circus. Yet it wins only a small
display on the front pages of cur news
papers. And we read it with pass ny
distress. It is undoubtedly true that the
tragedy, has made US all but Indifferent
to accidents which a few years ago
would have set our hearts throbbing with
grief and sympathy.
But are we the harder for the change?
We suggest not. A slight thickening Of
the skin may have come, but that is a
very different thing from hardening of
the heart. We do not react as readily as
once we did to any stimulus of sorrow;
we cannot afford to and live through
what we all must face. But emotions are
surely not less poignant and deep STIR
ring than before the war. They are, for
most of us, revivified and stronger than
ever.
40 ~ i'oI really oul perspective tnaC mas
altered? Amy number of tragedies, large
and small, that grieved us greatly bef re
the war have now fallen into their proper
place. We are not Indifferent to. ts.em.
We see them in new relation to the great
facts of life, truth and justice and right,
Our individual Importance has lessened
by the side of such eternities. Are we
not wiser rather than harder?
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Mark Twain Minus His Humor

Must the laws of copyright be amended
to include the works of those resident in
another world? That might be a logical
If somewhat difficult consequence of the
international legislation it took so long
to secure. There has been much snner-
mundane literary activity in recent wears.
That the revenue from "best seller"
would be of much consequence in thu
ghostly life there is no reason to believe.
But the author who takes to the ouiia
board or other spiritual means of COM
munication may have left relatives or
publishers who have an interest both in
his estate and in his reputation. Thus
the Harpers feel compelled to protest
against the publication of Jap Heron"
novel ascribed to Mark Twain, by Mrs.
Hutchings, on evidence which the sken-
tlcal might consider imperfect. "After
several messages spelt out" the preface
asserts, "the pointer of the planchette
traced the words Samuel l.. Clemens
lazy Sam.'" But the publishers of the
books written by Mark Twain in the flesh
are not in the least convinced by this
touch OF the familiar. They still insist
that Gap Heron" is not genuine. and
they ask that its further publication be
enjoined.
The plain wayfaring man, of course.
who knows nothing of spooks and has
never read the proceedings of the So
clety for Psychical Research or the pro-
found divagations of Professor Hyslop.
will at once conclude that the whole pre-
1ence OF Clementian authorship is alb
surd. Dead men tell no tales of anv
kind. Nor is the character of the work
imputed to them after their death such
as to dispel unbelief. Their intellectual
return from the bourne is too unillumi-
mating. They seem to have suffered too
great a sea change. Readers would
never know them without label. This
question Of mental deterioration in the
life to come is problem for deep think
ers; and they have not answered Il
Omar sent his soul to the invisible. but
ne remained on earth to identify it when
1t returned. It would really be safer for
authors who have substituted the ouiia
board for the typewriter to follow the
example OF Patience Worth" and keep
shrewdly in the shadow. Mark Twain
loved merry jest, but it may be doubted
II ne would appreciate the humor of this
capture of his fame by unseen hands.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Gas the Twi9 Is Bent'

One of the salient results of the first
application of the draft law was the dis
closure Of heavy percentage of regis
trants who had to be rejected for physical
disability. In many cases the disquali-
fication was not serious, but the percent
age was distinctly serious, since it indi-
Gated that vast number Of the young
men Of the country were impaired, not
only for fighting, but to an extent which
kept them below normal good health.
And the worst feature of this was that
IN the bulk of cases this disability might
have been remedied in childhood.
1t is to look after matters of this
nature that the Child Health Organiza-
tion, an association of physicians and
laymen, with DR.. L. Emmett Holt as
chairman, has recently been formed.
The plan of the new organization is for
a nationwide campaign to form health
habits in children, to endeavor to combat
malnutrition, to further health exami-
nations in school and to watch over the
young in industry.
Ihere is much need right here in New
York for the work of such bodv and
IN all probability this city is ahead of the
rest OF the country in looking after the
health of its young. DR.. Holt declares
that 1.-The nation is beginning to suspect.
II not to realize, that even more essential
to its permanence than progress in
science, politics or industry is the health
OF its people, especially its children"
And, an even more striking statement.
he insists that "this national asset
health-is at present the most in danger
OF all our national resources" Unfortu-
nately, there is more evidence than the
showing Of the draft examinations to
substantiate this. Infant health agencies
have reduced the infant mortality rate
but the showing of malnutrition in
New York City's schools made recentlv
was alarming. This city has an efficient
system of examinations by physicians.
nurses and dentists in the schools. but
strlngency OF funds does not permit this
to be as extensive as it should be: and
1t is by no means the rule in other
~A~A~os ~"A AS0S III tlc TuTaI district. 1t
is only in recent years that the effect
Of play--organized play-on the devel-
opment Of children has received atten-
tion, and it is only the progressive
communities which have experimented
with it.
The net result is that children ara
growing up with defects Of eyes. ears.
noses, throats, to mention the most usual
cases, which II taken in time and prop-
erly attended to could be cured. but if
let to go on result in far more serious
ailments, producing frequently serious
trouble. These unfortunate individuals
are thereby disqualified for putting into
the battle of life what they should and
for getting out Of the struggle with the
world what they need. Some Of them be-
come economic liabilities; most Of them
are doomed to be at discount economi-
cally. The danger Of this condition Is pro-
nounced now. War bears hard on The
child, always and everywhere, and the
experience OF social workers already
shows that the United States cannot
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23

comfort itself with the notion that it
will be any exception to this rule. The
work Of the Child Health Organization.
therefore, is not only needed, but should
receive the heartiest cooperation OF in
dividuals and officialdom.
GAS the twig is bent the trees in
clined." The way to make this country
strong and healthy, for work, play or
fight, is to begin with the children.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
A Week of Verse
The Fugitive
tFrom The Netp 1vitnsss)

O ~~ S3~s~'~
tFron. The New 1vitness)
ID EAUTY has come to make no longer stay
ID Than the bright buds Of May
In May-time do.
Beauty is with US for one hour, one hour.
Life is SO brief a flower;
Thoughts are so few.
Thoughts are so few with mastery to give
Shape to these fugitive
Dear brevites,
That even in It's hour beauty is blind,
Because the shallow mind
Not sees, not sees.
And in the mind of man only can be
Alert prosperity
For beauty brief.
So, what can be but little comes to less
Upon the wilderness
OF unbeliet.
And beauty that has but an hour to spend
With you for friend,
Goes outcast by.
But know. but know-for all she is out
cast
It is not she at last, ',7
But you that die.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
A Dream in War Time

A Dream in War Time
Fron' The Little Rsvseu)
7 HAD made kite.
Il On 1t had pasted golden stars.
And white torches,
And the tail was spotted scarlet like A
tiger-lily,
And very long.
l flew my kite,
And my soul was contented
Watching 1t fash against the concsvs OF
the sky.
My friends pointed at the clouds:
They begged me to take my kite.
But was happy
Seeing the mirror shock Of it
Against the black clouds.
Then the lightning came
And struck the kite.
1t puffed-blazed-fell
But still walked on,
In the drowning rain,
Slowly winding up the string.
AMY LOWELL.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
But Not Much Head

(Fron. The Kansas City TymsD
General von Stein seems to contsin inc
usual amount Of freth and it has the usD-s
tendency to run over. They ought g -
his lid down.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
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The associated Press is exclusively entitled the us
not otherwise credited IN this paper the
hews OF spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights OF republication Of all other matter herei
also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23

vou svrehass msrehAndss a6versised Ia THE
TRIBUNE vita absolute sassty-sor dissatstactoa
suh In any THE TRIBUNE guarantees TO pay
msncs back request No red tape. Ns clubbing.
Wa mako good promptly u the advertiser dses not
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Love Song
(From Tho Little Revicw J

(Frons Tho Little Revtc.o)
HE
You have come between me and the ter
rifying presence
OF the moon, the stars, the sun and the
earth
with all its crooked outgrowths. The DESC
lation of life
has been darkened by your shadow. hut
toward me
your face has been a light your hands
have been
soft rain, the voice from between your lins
thing that carries me as the air carries
a bird.
l have spread my arms out with wide feel
ing you about me
and looked up and taken a deem breath,
deep! an April in every finger tipl
From your eyes, from among what you say,
tangled like singing bird in a green tree.
you have entered and spread down through
me all
so tnat treasure my youth again and wish it
never to go from me--for It IN not m;ne
but yours
that shall hold warmly, safely within me
forever.
(ofter paase)
SHE
Your love song halts and repeats.
NJ
Your song is glib.
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS.
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wv WASHINGTON. June 22.-Air castles
wv have turned into aircraft and
fond dreams have become toll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
HOW SOON WILL US.
WIN? QUESTION NOW
Answer Depends Upon Quick
ness With Which Americans
Outnumber Enemy
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger

Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
copyrioht. 1918. by Neto York Times Co.
Paris. June Is.
America is a country Of Indispensable
last things Hoover used to say the last
bushel Of wheat would win the war.
Others said that victory would depend
on the possession of the last dollar. But
more tangible way in which the thing
is expressed in the face Of the presentA
German drive toward Paris is that side
which can keep coming with the reserves
will win. That surely is the side on
which America fights. These reserves
are pouring in now. The roads from
Paris.to the north are filled with long
lines Of American soldiers and their
snpply trains going UP to take their
places on the front
The big military question is not what
village changes hands In the fighting OF
the day or what river the enemy or the
Allies cross. The question is:
First. How soon will the coming of the
Americans put the Allies on even terms
numerically with the enemy?
Second. How soon will we outnumber
the enemy and win?
Nothing else matters. 1t is a simple
problem in arithmetic, with the answer
plainly in sight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
PRUSSIAN HOUSE AGAIN
REJECTS VOTE REFORM
Fourth Failure to Redeem
) Kaiser's Promise Causes In.
creasing Political Chaos
By GEORGE RENwICK
Special Cable to Euening Public Ledger
CoDUri0ht. 1918. bu Nc,o York Times Co.
A-.x.raacn Jnpe TX

CopUrioht. 1918. bu Nc,o York Times Co.
Amsterdam, June 16.
The political chaos increases In Ger
many The Prusslan lower house
fourth rejection. by bigger majority
than ever. of the democratic franchise
reform for Prussia promised to the peo-
pie by the Kaiser is having a serious
effect on the whole German political sit
uation and threatens to result In the
disruption OF two great political parties.
The fifth reading of the Prussian
Franchise Reform bill must take place
In twenty-one days, but 1t Is highly i'm
probable that any other result will be
obtained. The most serious split is that
in the National Liberal party. 1t threat
ems to fall into two parties. the more
democratic section being slightly larger.
This will be the third disruption suffered
by the party which has been steadily
LOSING ground since the flourishing times
when 1t was Bismarck's instrument in
forwarding some of the worst features of
his policy.
The Roman Catholic Center party. TO
which the Chancellor belongs. is SINH
larly threatened About one-third Of 1t
is against the franchise reform. though
in this case Nhe cement Of religion may
prevent wide breach in the ranks.
From all parts OF the country protests
are 1owing In upon the executive or the
party against the attitude of the reac-
tionary- wing. The center's situation is
made all the worse by the result of the
recent by-election In the Glenwitz con-
stituency Of Upper Silesia. where a
strong Center candidate, standing for an
nexation. was defeated by a majority
Of nearly 5000 by a democratic Pole In
constituency where as recently as
1898 the Polish candidate could not OBJ
tain fifty votes Center papers IN East
Germany frankly and disappointedly ad-
NIT the defeat was owing to the candi-
dates annexationist attitude.
The question is: What will be the
course of action of the Prussian Govern
ment. which promised to stand or fall
by the equal franchise?"
Count Hertllng said recently that he
already possessed the Kaiser's mandate
for the dissolution of the Prussian Par
lament. Will he make use Of 1t? As
far as can be seen he is hesitating to
come out definitely on the democratic
side, and It is unlikely that he will do
anything much before the end of this
year The famous democratizinS OF
Prussia need not therefore be talked
about for some time.
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