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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
Magnetic Surgery

Two interesting statements were made
by Lieutenant Colonel Allin Greenwood,
NJ. d., Boston eye specialist, upon his re-
turn few days ago from France. where
he was senior consulting eye surgeon
with the American Expeditionary Forces.
The first of these statements was that
the public has been given a wrong i'm
preston as to the number of American
soldiers made blind by the war. DR..
Greenwood says not more than 40 men
in the entire American army have lost
their sight as result Of the war. Con-
slderlng the number of men engaged, the
figures are small. The last census
showed more than $1,000 blind persons
in the lmited States as a result of in
dustrial Accidents and natural causes.
Dr. Greenwood's second statement of
interest was that the sight of MANY
American soldiers was saved by the use
of magnets. The use of the magnet in
surgery is an American development. al
though the first experiment along that
line is credited to DR. McKeown. of Bel
fast A New York surgeon, DR.. f.
Gruening, perfected the first effective
apparatus in 1880. -Four years later the
apparatus was used to extract a piece of
steel half an inch long and one-eighth of
an inch wide from the eye of a workman
without serious injury to the eye, and a
new era in surgery had begun. Indus
trial plants were quick to take advantage
of this method of removing bits of iron
and steel driven into the eyes and flesh
of workmen by explosions And it was
the experience gained in this manner
that enabled American surgeons to save
the eyes of many soldiers, extracting
bits Of shell and shrapnel by means of
powerful magnets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
False Hopes

The opponents Of the prohibition
amendment who are talking about con-
testing its validity because of referen-
dunn clauses in state constitutions de-
ceive themselves. The process of ratiti-
cation cannot be affected by anything in
state constitutions or laws requiring the
submission of state amendments or other
Legislative propositions to vote Of the
people
The Federal Constitution provides two
methods of amendment. One is the sub
mission of articles to the state legis-
latures by two-thirds vote in each
branch of Congress. The other is the
summoning by Congress of national
convention, on the request of the legis-
latures of two-thirds of the states. In
either case the changes proposed must be
ratified by the legislatures of three
fourths of the states or by conventions in
threefourths of the states, according to
the mode of submission.
An amendment submitted by Congress
to the legislatures goes into effect if
Gent and final. No state can prevent
their exercise of a power which the Con-
stitution grants them by requiring a
referendum to be taken On an amend
ment.
Congress has decided many times that
no state may prescribe qualifications for
Senators or Representatives other than
those contained in the Constitution. 1t
has treated such additional qualifications
as null and void. They do not bind
either legislatures or voters. Similarly.
any local limitations on the power of
ratification are superfluous and invalid.
Nor is there any way to reconsider
ratification once legally made The
amendment passes out of the jurisdiction
OF the state when notice of it's approval
has been filed with the Secretary of State
at Washington. When the Fourteenth
Amendment was under consideration
legislatures in New Jersey and Ohio at
tempted to rescind ratifying resolutions
adopted by previous legislatures. Secre-
tary Seward issued a proclamation an
nounclng the facts. Congress thereupon
instructed him to issue another procla-
NATION, announcing unconditional ratif-
cation, the votes of Ohio and New JERSEY
being counted to make the necessary
three-fourths.
If any state legislature which has rati
fed the Eighteenth Amendment can be
induced to submit referendum reopen
ing the question it's action will violate
established precedents and all existing
interpretations of the meaning of Article
VIII of the Federal Constitution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

statesmen ana politicians he
has great power The two are different
and arise from different causes, but they
both contribute to the same effect. That
effect is the elevation of President Will
sons present position in Europe, and his
elevation is the outstanding fact at the
peace conference. The underlying cause
Of this elevation, the aspects of it that
are Fictitious, the things that Wilson may
do through it and with it and the conse-
quences that may flow from it are i'm
portant enough to Justify an attempt at
Interpretation to the Americans at home
The causes of Wilson's popularity with
the masses are readily analyzed. First of
all, the masses in Europe are simple and
unread to degree that has no analogy
among people at home. These Euro
pean masses, in their simplicity, make no
distinction between Wilson and America
To them Wilson is not only Wilson. He is
also all of America He is not only
man, but also q symbol. He is not only
Wilson-he is also the American eagle and
the American flag when they applaud him
along the line of parade. They are ex-
pressing not only such emotions as they
have about him personally they are also
expressing all they have ever felt about
America land of freedom and promise
Wilson is to them the personal symbol
Of the land Of the free and the home of
the brave. All the stories they have heard
about America FOR generations the
legends which illterate peoples hand down
by word of mouth around their evening
firesides, all the memorials of Kosciusko
in the Revolution and of Garibaldi in
exile more than half century ago, all
the recolections of the messages that
have come back to these European peas
ants from emgrant brothers and cousins,
all the tales that have trcked into their
pinched lives about the comfort and aff1u-
cnce Of America, all their longing for es-
cape from political oppression and for
economic opportunity-al of that is en-
bodied in that friendly gray-haired Amer
lean man who at this very instant is bow
ing and smiling and lifting his hat to them.
Wilson Reaps Arn1y's Glory
Not only that. President Wilson is also
the American army. Each one of those
$4,000 American soldiers who lie in French
graves left resduum OF glory which falls
as a legacy to Wilson personally. Those SOL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

or tifteen vears aco ,,han ,nov hoc,rc
restless u,asr ,vbs. va tan,,aa ...ho ola
ganen Tho. lool ,,o,, +ts;, o,;4;a;ans
and leaders as we Looked mon No hoses
and thew see Wilson % tho rafor,,o,.
Wilson with that int,;+i,o ,naorstand;,,.r
of the moods of the neonle u.b;c,, = he
most pseful asset as noi;.;o;ar saos +hs+
situation He sees II IN tho sa,,o tars,s :,
which he saw his own nol;t;co, o,,,,or+,,n;.,,
at home ten wears aco. He bas hs,,n 70
use here the very vocabulary Of +b.+
period in America
In the ;n+e,,.ia, - ,ybich bo ;r.roa,,ooa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
On Sewing Circles

Admiral Henry r. Mayo, appearing
on Thursday before the House Naval
Affairs Committee in support of the
Administrations naval programme, re-
ferring to the leagut of nations, said:
"This idea is rapidly getting down to
a sewing circle, with no means of en-
forcement and with no international
police force"
In his eloquent address to the peace
conference last Saturday the President
said:
"Thcrcforc. it seems to me that we
must concern our best judgment in order
10 make this league of nations a vital
thlng-a thing sometimes called into life
to meet an emergency, but always func-
tloning in watchful attendance upon the
interests OF the nations, and that its
continuity should be vital continuity;
that its functions are continuing func-
tions that do not permit an intermission
of its watchfuness and of its labor; that
1T should be the eye of the nations, to
keep watch upon the common interest
an eye that did not slumber, an eye that
everywhere watchful sra attentive
"AHu IL we 40 HOI make IL VITAL Wndt
shall we do? We shall dsappont the ex-
pectations of the peoples That is what
their thought centres upon.
hope, Mr.. Chairman. when it is known, as
| feel confident it will be known. that we
have adopted the principle OF the league
of nations and mean to work out that
principle in effective action we shall by
that single thing have lifted a great part
of the load of anxiety from the hearts
Of men everywhere
President Wilson also said that he
Unjust be a crusader for these things,
whatever it costs and whatever it may
be necessary to do in honor to accom-
plish the object for which they (thc
American soldiers) fought"
Yet an American admiral, speaking
for the Navy Department, dismisses the
league of nations project as something
that has tapered down to "a sewing
circle" 1t is natural inference (and'
that Inference is strengthened by Sec
rotary Daniels's address at Annapolis
Yesterday that the Navy Department
anticipates no outcome from the work
VI Viz NOillCiNi -NOllIilltltC charged
with setting up league of nations which
will relieve the United States of the
necessity of maintaining navy sur
passed by that of no other maritime
power. "1ncomparably the greatest navy
in the world" was the mark set for the
United States by Mr.. Wilson in a speech
at ST. Louis, marking his conversion to
preparedness.
Mr.. Daniels still holds fast to that
ideal. SO does Admiral Mayo. Yet a
league Of nations which is to have vital
functions, which is to acquire territorial
possessions and administer backward
states, plainly clashes with that ideal
Which view of the future of the
league of nations is sound-that of the
President abroad or that of his Admin
istration at home?
And what must be the effect on Flu
ropean opinion of Admiral Mayo's cyni-
cal Interpretation of the implications of
President Wilson's eloquent league of
nations speech?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
What S the Secret2

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What did Brooklyn do to make the
police behave at the Brooklyn Victory
Celebration Committee mass meeting at the
Academy Of Music Wednesday nights
Whatover the argument. they'd better i'm
part the secret to the New York Citizens
Welcome Committee 1t might prove use
full in case OF another mass meeting in
Madison Square Garden. L. S.
Brooklyn, Jan. 81, 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

The High Cost OF Contributing.

One Tribune goes to June
Every time | land.
One to Flo, one to Zoe,
One to Peggy, and
One to Bess, one to Tess,
One to Clementine.
One to Fay, one to May,
One to Caroline.
Then there's Ann, Lou, and Fan,
Rosemarie and Jennie.
Gosh, Pm sorcl Fore the war
Tribs were just penny.
Now, Old Top, when | cop,
Where's the recompense?
My first squib in the Trib
Cost me thirty cents.
Jove, Pm broke. Watch in soak,
Portemonnaie is kinked.
Better far if my car
ICONS and stuff are zinced
lGNATZ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
The Millennium Postponed
yryom The EUsadcr Rcoiste,,

In an article written by G. f. Kcrney, jr,
and printed in "The Register" last week. the
date when 1t is hoped that Christ's King
dom would be established over the earth
was given az 1923 This was an error on
the part of the printer; it should have
been 1882.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

purchase merchandise advertised IN mn
TRIBUNE with absolute safcyfor II dissatisfaction re-
suits any THE TRIBUNE guarantees 10 pay your
r=oney back upon request. No red tape NO uutooh"s
We mako good promptly u the advertiser does not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
NrN,prn OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated exclusively entitled to the use
for republication all dispatches credited 10 II OF
not otherwise ersdod this and also the local
news OF S.s1ni origin published herein
All rights Of republication VI all ether matter herein
also -cscrved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

In greeting our soldiers we don't need
any "honds across the Bridge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

Or stage victory celebration without
outside intervention?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
" ilsOn or Boisherisn,

Liberty and justice and the limit of an
Italian orator some limit. All this
helped to stiffen up the Italian morale, it
helped to win the war-and it set up in.
the Italian peasants heart a figure of Will
son wh;ch stood side by side with the
picture Of the Pope or Garibaldi. | am
told by subordinates who helped Creel on
this work that in little Italian. villages the
big posters Of Wilson are set up along
side the shrine of the Madonna. with
candles burning to both.
The final reason for Wilson's popularity
with the masses of Europe is that thew
look upon him as a contrast with their
own politicians; they are sick and tired
of most of their old leaders. and we'll thew
may be. This is not the place to 90 into
it fully, but European politics are much
more sordd than American politics ever
was at ita worst.
The European peoples are in much the
same mood as our own people were ten
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
SERVICE STARS

1t seems to me the time is almost ripe.
For some one to create a new sensation
By printing out in clear and honest tvpc
What once was left to our imagination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

They've changed the name of the
Cape May section base of the naval sub
marine patrol service, but the change
to Cape May Navy Yards disap.
pointing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
Eggs

(From he Detroit Free Press)
Eggs are selling at . cents dozen in
China But china egg probably iun's
worth any more.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

Obviously it would be big day for
this department if the Grand Duke Cvril.
whom it is believed may be, will become
Gar of Russia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

The Coming Tower, from time to
time, or less frequently, will confer
decorations upon persons entitled to
them. To-day a cross is awarded to
Wilbur j. Whoozis for exceptional gal
lantry. ON the face Of sturdy opposi-
ton, Mr.. Whoozis succeeded in taking
his hat and coat into hotel restaurant
without checking them, severely wound
ing two check boys and one head waiter"
The Coming Tower world like to
cite some poet for conspicuous bravery,
thus: an the face of harassing fire. he
avoided the temptation to write in free
verse, and at tremendous financial cost
expressed his thoughts in rhyme"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

Some peoples business seems to be that
of ininding other peoples.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

The Coming Tower world like to
cite some poet for conspicuous bravery,
thus: "ln the face of harassing fire, he
avoided the temptation to write in free
verse, and at tremendous financial cost
expressed his thoughts in rhyme"
the DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL pEPYs
January 29-To dinner with Mistress
Mary Caroline Glass, and thence with
her to hear "Oberon," the musick being
good and the investitures of great
beauty, and it was sung in English, but
for aught | could make of the words. it
might as well have been sung in French,
either because the singers do enunciate
poorly or because the translation is dif-
ficult to sing; or haply for both reasons.
3O-Early up; and to the Office, and
K. Benchley is come for luncheon, and
we had merry hour. This afternoon
| walked through the town, and I was
struck by the great beauty of the wom-
en-, and it is clear to me now WHY the
English and the French who visit us are
also taken with our women, forasmuch
as | saw more beauty in mile of the
Avenue than in score of French towns.
10 Mistress Alice's for dinner, and find
P. Littell the great critick and his wife
there, and Mistress Betty Hare. all very
gay and pleasant.
3l-Up by times; and to my tailor's
to have my trousers adjusted For my
wife had sublet them to H. OHigeins.
who had had them narrowed and length
ened till they We're not fit to be worn.
10 breakfast at the new Hotel Commo-
dore, where | had a baked apple, with
some of the core in it, and 2 eggs, and
some fine coffee, costing me ST, which is
more than | can afford; albeit it is SO
pleasant to have some money again that
did buy pair of shoes, which I did
not greatly need, forasmuch as I ought
flrst to pay my debts. To r. Lingleys
Tor dinner, and to fruiterers to buv
some grapes to take to my wife, and
then to the train for Washington.
Slgnor Marconi estimates that it will
take four years for message to reach
that comet, and four years for the re-
turn-eight years, if the addressee re-
plies at once. "That's nothing" first in
dorsements Tom D'Urfee. Gust vo,
wait until Rurleson takes over the
ether"
1t is safe to predict that many boyish
will tirco
the French at Verdun grimlv declarinp
lhcy shall not pass" and will better
visualize the bulldog tenacity of English
courage which dares to admit, as did Haig,
that Our backs are to the wall THE
Tribune
Not that the boysh spine can't visual
ize, at that
IL the AntiTobacco crowd, inspired bv
the success of the Anti Booze crusaders.
IS successful, it will work an acute hard
ship on many of us, especially on garage
inmates whose literacy doesn't 20 so far
as mo SMOKING"
SERVICE STARS
1t seems to me the time is almost ripe
For some one to create a new sensation
BY printing out in clear and honest type
What once was left to imagination
SIG SrAETu.
Obviously it would be big day for
this department. if the Grand Duke Cyril.
whom it is believed may be, will become
Gar of Russia.
They've changed the name of the
Cape May section base of the naval sub
marine patrol service, but the change
to Cape May Navy Yards dsap
pointing
Why not Cape May / Not?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

celebrate peace. but can't we celebrate it
without further hostlities?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

get through, but Washington should
WOrrN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

streets of Rome.
In addition to this part of Wilson's ee-
vation which comes to him as the symbol
of America, he has an elevation of his own
which arises out of the picture which the
masses of Europe have received of him
personally.
The Creel Propaganda
Some of this picture comes naturally as
the result of his position in the war, the
speeches and deeds of his which had a
part in it, but for the more definite and
concrete part of it Wilson is indebted to
the Jealous works of the indispensable
Creel. To at home Creel was the Com
mittec on Public Information, which had
charge of the relations of the government
with the home newspapers, but over here
Creel was the Committee of American
Propaganda in Europe. At home we
thought of his functions as purely Ameri-
can, but the fact is that much of the
millions which he had was spent on propa-
ganda in Europe. To Creel American
propaganda in Europe was q simple formu-
la: Tell Europe about Wilson" Cree
is, in all seriousness, a most ingenious,
fertility and resource devoted to
ringing the changes on this one theme
Wilson the deliverer, Wilson the liberator
got into the minds Of every European SOL
der and peasant.
The. idea of Wilson in association with
the words liberty" and Justice" in asso-
citation with all the phrases which ever
have had the power of evoking emotions of
liberty in the heart of the oppressed, makes
every European peasant think of Wilson
as the embodiment of all that was good
and great in Kosciusko, Garibald and
Marco Bozzaris.
This not merely expression of
Creel's sincere and ardent admiration for
Wilson. 1t was the most direct and vivid
way of reaching a desired and necessary
end-a shrewd and simple method of legiti-
mate propaganda. At time when Italv
weakening, and it was feared she
might quit, Creel sent a corps of his
propagandsts throughout the Italian coun-
tryside. He flooded the villages with pict-
ure postcards of Wilson and extracts from
Wilson'S speeches. In every street he set
up moving pictures of Wilson and the
American army. He organized a campaign
among the Italians in America which re-
suited in hundreds of thousands of letters
and cables to their relatives and friends
III Italy. In fifteen thousand villages he had
an army OF native orators and American
orators accompanied by Italian orator-inter-
prefers with instructions to go to the limit
on Wilson.
WifsOn or Boisherism
Liberty and justice and the limit of an
Italian orator are some limit. All this
helped to stiffen up the Italian morale, it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

Why not Cape May | Not?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

If the Anti-Tobacco crowd, inspired by
the success of the Anti-B Booze crusaders.
is successful, it will work an acute hard
ship on many of us, especially on garage
inmates whose literacy doesn't go so far
as "NO SMOKING"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
America Arrives
And Wilson Is It's Symbol

"a TITH the masses of the people in
"a "a | Europe President Wilson has
q W great popularity. With the
statesmen and politicians he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

diers died darkly and without applause.
What the liberated peoples feel for them
and would like to have said to them is
now said through their only chance for
saying it in wives" and "bravos" to Wood
row Wilson he rides along the Champs
Elysee or through Brussels or along the
streets of Rome.
In addition to this part of Wilson's ele-
vation which comes to him as the symbol
of America, he has an elevation of his own
which arises out of the picture which the
masses of Europe have received of him
perSOnally
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

Slgnor Marconi estimates that it will
take four years for message to reach
that comet, and four years for the re-
turn--eight years, if the ADDRESSED re-
plies at once. "That's nothing" first in
dorsements Tom D'Urfee. Gust Won
wait until Rurleson takes over the
ether"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

1t is safe to predict that many boyish
spine will tingle at the mental picture of
the French at Verdun grimly declaring
They shall not pass" and will better
visualize the bulldog tenacity of English
courage which dares to admit, as did Haig.
that "Our backs are to the wall" The
Tribune.
Not that the boyish spine can't visual
ize, at that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
Wilson Reaps Arny's Glory

Not only that. President Wilson is also
the American army Each one of those
$4,000 American soldiers who lie in French
graves left a resduum OF glory which falls
as legacy to Wilson personally Those SOL
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