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New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
The Need for u League

IF this view Of the German atti.
tude and purpose is true or half
true. it means the necessity for a
very strong LEAGUE Of Western ma
tions as the soc hope for peace With
freedom Does it mean. however,
thatf crude force viii be the only
guarantee or the chief one? An es-
sential guarantee it certainly Is to-
lay. and it viii continue to be so
for some years to come, but if there
Is anything in the human race that
gives it the tit.e TO own and enjoy
this planet at all force will be very
far from furnishing the sole basis Of
peace. There is something better in
store for the world than a neck-and-
neck rivalry Of two leagues, leading
to final struggle between them.
The immeasurab'e blessings from in
ternational union and frien iship are
the largest factor in the situation.
A community of nations has value.
moral and material, for every state
that is member of il. AS a sing e
state organization has ir1measurab g
value for Individual citizens, enab-
ing them to enjoy life, liberty ami
the pursuit of happiness" so a world
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

fort and the sacrifice that the
achievement will cost. Let US put
ourselves into the German position
outlined in the following paragraph
and mentally plan a natural course
of action.
"As Germans we must bring Aus
tria into the empire with her terri
tories restored. Let US bring Russia.
the Balkans and the new border
states into our sphere of influence,
and form a league that will control
both Central and Eastern Europe.
How much then shah we have T.
fear from the nations Of the West?
How much shall we gain by attack
ing them? Can they enforce the
guarantees that the peace treaty has
put upon us and stop our military
preparations? Can they prevent US
from marshaling the fighting forces
that lie to the east of US, and hold
US in our place rs merely single
great state? Not unless they can
make league stronger than the one
that we are already beginning to Gre
ate If they can do this it is pos
sible that the peace may he lasting
and in the long run, when our wrath
has subsidized, we ourselves may even
wish to uphold it. Successful in
dustry may give us very much and
may end by making US peaceful citi-
zens of the world. 1t will go hard,
however, with any weak Western
alliance II we can beat il before we
have learned to content ourselves
with the peaceful conquests In a
weak league of nations or none what
ever lies our present hope Of quicker
and cheaper gains Let Us act on
the principle that Tacitus attributes
to the Germans of his day, our an
cestors. that 1T is a disgrace t. gam
by labor what can more easily be
gained by the sword"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

were decorated or cited in person by
American and Allied commanders Or
rulers.
lie preachers are more than go.
ing to have thLir say al the couNen-
ton. Many Of them have openiv
charged that the \ NJ {. \. func-
toned too little as a religious organi.
zaton overseas and have - nted 20
the National War Work Councils
own report as evidence. TIE report
shows that on.y ? per ceat Of the
y S" wartime expenditure was for
reilglous supplies and the cost Of re-
ugious meetings. On the other hand.
persons who particularly stress the
economic and social possib lities N
the "f' have saised the cry Of too
much religion.
To tie the organization definitely
to the best religious leadership IL
the country and at the same ne
u - va cN'itt 81 cctN aNG AnOtaA
TO the lay public. mixed cor,m,s~
sion Of prominent divines and busi-
ness men was appointed Or ".
Douglas Mackenz g, Of Hartford. is
chairman. and the commission in
clutes F. ". Aver, famous adver-
tis'ng mar; Judge V. Lane. of Ann
Arbor. Mich, 3 shop Coadjutor
Frank Du Moulin, cf Toledo. 8.sh D
Thomas Nicholson. Of Chicago. and
DR.. Ernest N. Stires. Of New Yors.
Colonel w c. johnson. chief
athletic officer Of the A. Z F., VII
tell the convention what mass games
accomplished for the army and wha.
he believes they can accomplish for
civilians. Secretary Of the Navy
Daniels will make a general address
and Commander C. b. MAYO will
speak in his ofsic al capacity as vel
fare officer of the navy. Colonel
Jason Joy will represent the morale
branch Of the army.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

feet, making it necessary for but a
single row of columns down the CEN
ter. This magnificent edifice would
make an ideal social center for va
rious large gatherings, dances. ath-
letic competitions and Fairgrounds
Smaller community gatherings, So
cial events. movies and seml-private
affairs could be held in the former
Y. NJ. c. A., K. Of c., or Jewish Well
fare buildings.
The portion Of this camp nearest
New York is directly on the Boston
Post Road and contains more than
two hundred buildings. One hun.
dred and forty-four Of these are
twenty-six feet wide and ninety
nine feet long Some Of the re.
naming sixty-odd buildings are con.
siderably larger.
More than 1900 carloads Of ma
terial, not including 80 scowloads
and truckloads too numerous to
mention, were used in the erection
Of these 200 buildings To supply
the necessary 100000 square feet
of radiation to insure a comfortable
temperature, there are 10000 fee.
of pipe. ranging In size from one.
fourth inch to ten psches. The
plumbing required 1905 90 feet and
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

me modern sewer system is $4,000
Feet in length, making a total of
over forty-two miles of piping.
The electricians used l86,50O feet
Of wire. Thirty-fve miles of it,
The quantity Of lumber used would
astonish the oldest lumberman.
imagine 100000 feet of sheathing
and 100000 feet of novelty siding.
Seven thousand gallons of pant
improved the exterior appearance
and 1000 gallons of varnish helped
to brighten the interior.
The roads, paths and verandas are
pased with $4,000 bags Of cement,
mixed with sand and gravel accord
ing to "Hoyle." There are 100000
square feet of these roads and paths
more than enough to lay an ordi-
nary three-foot path from New Ro-
chelle to Brooklyn.
All Of the above buildings REQUIRED
more than million square feet of
roofing material. And this is only
two-fifths of one of several similar
camps!
With material and labor at the
present prices and New York Citv
admittedly FIVE years behind in its
housing problem. is there not a par
tial solution in the above answerf
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

Of the growing boy for fun and
sound leadership.
A remarkable challenge 10 service
has been flung the assoc .ation from
European and Asiat c governments.
including France, Italy, Belgium.
Ileece, Rumanla, Czccho-Sh yakia
Armenia and Palestine. The Com
mission On the Occupation of the
fieid, including Lewis A. Crossett.
b"ston shoe manufacturer. who is
chairman; George w. Perkins. Roger
Il. Williams, DR.. D. II. McAlpin and
Governor Carl r. Mlliken of Maine
VIII advise regarding the acce pta nce
by the "Y" of more than a score If
oircial requests for service South
America, too. has applied for greatly
enlarged association work.
One of the features of the Detroit
meeting will oe the exhibit of ..Y'.
war work. beginning with the Civil
war and extending through ali
phases OF aid rendered the United
states and the Alles. A large hat
has been built to house the exh bit
The art panels in it are said to be
unusually fine mural specimens and
the Photographic files Of several
continents have been culled for wall
displays.
A French Legion of Honor medal.
SIX medals Of the Order of the Brit
lsh Empire, the Belg an Cross OF
the Queen, six French war crosses.
two Greek Orders Of the Redeemer
TWO Distinguished Service medals
and a personal citation from Per-
sning for dist. t.nguished and ex-
ceptlonal gallantry" will be pre-
sented at the convention. These will
bring the total of "Y" war work hon
ors to 1876 decorations. III citations
and i4l concentrations. Out of
about $4,000 secret,s'ies overseas. sos
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would have been avoided; and yet
England was already committed to
France in a way that bound her in
honor to just such a course. 1t
was because she was estopped from
frankly saying 80 that the war oc-
CURED. What is needed is a peace
loving power strong enough to beat
an aggressive one, if attacked by
it, and not only able to declare its
purpose to do so at the proper time,
but so fully and openly committed
to this policy that any nation in
tending to play the bully will know
What it has to face.
A large group of great nations,
ready to fight for the freedom Of
any member, would, in all probabil-
ty, never have to fight at all, while
weak or irresolute group would
nave fighting forced upon it to its
'wn destruction. Where the will
70 conquer exists the power to do
it is all that ls needed to insure a
var Of conquest, and there is small
lope for peace with freedom ir
urope, and very little for it any
here, in world in which Germany
'th her present purpose. gets a
reponderating power. 1t is as in
lspensable that the order loving
2tes uf the world should be- dom
ANT as it is that the order-loving
tlzens Of a single state or city
aould BE- so.
Do we realize under what q vast
inducemert to renew the war Ger
many finds herself? Colossal debt.
trade restricted. colonial territory
lost, ambitions rudely thwarted, ar
intolerable subjeclior imposed
what if all this could be undone by
quick and successful attack or
separate and unwary enemies
What if Germany could regain he,
territories with vast new area,
strip rivals Of colonies and put the
war debt on them? What if
'Deutschland" could become ''uber
allies instead of unter allies? The
motive for war that would dc
all this for her is overwhelming
but how about the power? 1t is
IN sight, but not in possession, and
Il is on the question whether il
viii be in possession that the fate
# the world depends. The subject
state will become master if it can
and it will put no limit on the ef
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
If Rents Are High, Why Not Liue in An
Army Can,p?

present conditions7 Existing laws
may make that impossible. but the
war has shown that it is possible to
change existing laws.
Here, within q distance consider
ably less than many commuters
travel daily, we have more than five
hundred buildings - with electric
lights, steam heat, modern plumb
ing. good roads and cement walks.
The steam heat is obtained from a
central plant similar to ones used
in many cities, and even in q GER
tain lower part Of Manhattan.
Various fire apparatus is distrib-
uted throughout in addition to rsgu-
lar departments.
A laundry with more than s40,.
600 worth Of the most modern
equipment would surely help to
make Monday less blue.
Mess halls could easily be con.
verted into restaurants and the
bakery. with a capacity Of three
thousand loaves Of bread an hour
plus hundreds of pies, might con.
ceivably be used to advantage.
The heated drill hall. 500 feet long
and 200 feet wide. Is one Of the
largest frame structures la the
world. Tho roof trusses span LOO
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

noticeably or make the ~ girl less
respected. IS all right in the U. S. A.?
lis it going to cease to frown
on Sunday amusements?"
The head of financial journal
Of international repute had this
question to ask:
"Is the Y. M. C. A. going to do
anything specific to help toward
,ndustr al content, especially through
the medium Of Americanizing for
eign born workmen and their
fam;lies?"
Other people by the thousand,
most Of whom have given money
at one time or another to the asso-
citation, are asking questions.
Preachers are asking lots Of them,
but let that pass for a moment.
The doughboy-editor Is certain to
get q fine display Of oratorical fire.
works for his answer, unless debate
IS smothered In committee. The
very queries he has put were
sent out In questionnaire form by
the Commission on the Conservation
OF Work Values, headed by joseph
T. Alling, Rochester financier, and
counting among its members Guy
Potter Benton, William Sloane Cof-
fin, Harry Emerson Fosdick and
| Bishop Luther B. Wilson.
Besides setting forth the lessons
he war taught in regard to tobacco,
0anc'ng and Sunday amusements,
Mr.. Alling's commission is going to
report on weightier matters. and
the editor who wants specific infor-
nation on an economic program will
get full reply. The demountable
hut which the Y. NJ. C. 4. scattered
over the world from 1910 Q 1913 and
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
i'll There BE a Greater Armageddon:

Clark
Eco
of the Carnegie wmetfo
ld that
evenpr
in
ut bloodir thn ha
"Before fed there hu been the is be-
make
a auas t eneu tva
true
league 'th
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

neutral and italy probably on her
side. If neither army has the start
of the other-if the two rush into
the field in Napoleonic fashion-both
of them will march to destruction
about as certainly as though they
were plunging from opposite banks
into the Niagara River just above
the Horseshoe Fall. In the minds.
of many persons there is hazy
picture Of such a fate in store for
their children, if not FOR themselves,
and very few who see 1t at all locate
it's coming at any distant time, since
long waiting would weaken the will
to fight and strengthen the will TO
work, trade and thrive by the arts
of peace. 1t is. therefore, within
the score of years that are directly
before US that the greatest peril
lies.
After Russia had withdrawn from
the war and America had come into
it Japanese statesman who was in
this country said to an American
friend: "You will beat certainly in
the end, for you have the Creates
res ources; but it will not be With
two years or any small number, fol
Germany will control Russia iron
this time on" The prediction wa,
not verified as to dates. for the wa,
was finished in the two years from
the time when it was uttered and
Germany failed then To control Rus
sia, What the Japanese counted on
that Russia would soon figure
heavily on the German side. while
America would be slow in counting
on the Allied side--was the reverse
Of what happened. Germany had not
time to grasp and use the forces Of
Russia before American power de-
cded the contest against her But
what is the situation now? There Is
now time for Germany to do what
she then left undone She can
gather in vast resources. both mate
rial and human, from the states made
out Of Russian and Balkan lands.
Economic control, political influence,
command Of supplies, and, finally,
command of auxiliary troops-all
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

this there is time to grasp in the
years that are before her a map
Of Europe which shows the great
zcne over which, by peaceful pene-
tration, federation and quasi annex
alton, the power Of Germany may
extend shows at a glance how in
significant is the domain that Ger
many has lost in comparison with
what she is in a way to gain. 1t is
on the success of this movement
the march eastward and southwark
Of German power under forms Of
peace-that the whole future of the
world depends. Can the Western
nations of Europe build up power
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
ME- war is over; October Is
past; the furniture smash
ers have collected their $40

an hour and departed.
New York Is again temporarily
settled down or, rather. huddled to-
gether in its two rooms with kitchen
cite and bath.
simultaneously. dozens Of camps
within easy committing distance Of
The metropolis are lying idle - a
liability. when they could easily be
converted into q valuable asset. To
be more specific. consider the splen.
did naval camp at Pelham. Dur
ing the emergency the Navy Depart
ment borrowed park property from
the City of New York "for the dura-
tion." They spent between $5.0O0,-
600 and s6,00O.O00 and erected more
than FIVE hundred modern buildings.
Ii "profiteering landlords" can
afford to alter ancient brownstone
dwellings into "modern apartments" +"
why cannot these excellent buildings
be called into service and relieve ths
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
Only a Fighting League
Can Curb Her

orgs nization. imperfect as it may be,
may confer like blessing on It. con-
sttuent states. The very rui,men-
tary world community which existed
through the last century did mDco r.
this direction for its several mem
bers, and league more definitely
organized can do more.
II is not to be supposed that thres
great countries of Western Europe
viii in economic ways isolate thcm-
selves from the lesser states ard
from their late enemles. Para amount
above all military problems wlll be-
the economic ones which every such
state viii have to face
In what connection viii its eco
ncmic life De best developed How
will the crushing burdens which the
war has left behind - 5e most
readily borne? How. in the case
Of each country, VIII commerc 'al
and financial access TO the world
at large be most readily secured
The Western countries Of Europe
have a vast amount 10 offer - their
smaller neie hbcrs as well as 20 the
states of the East. Germany has
ar advantage over rivals In trade
within Russian and Balkan terri
tories, and her commerce with them
may be expected TO grow accord
ingly, bat that is as far as possible
from meaning that the new states
VIII Willingly surrender their inde
pendence and the advantages which
membership in the economic com
munity of the world will give them.
! hey will wish that any league that
hey join shall be one that s
democracy of nations rather than
group Of vassal-lke states under
an ambitious overlord that will use
them TO e. tend lts own conaue Is
| he sense If freedom the world ovet
VIII mean klnship with the powers
nat stand for freedom Deep in
he psychology Of nations are forces.
moral and material. that will MAKE
tor permanent peace. # only the
states hat have won the war car
make themselves the nucleus Of
large. permanent union.
In the long run this applies to
Germany itself Membersh IN the
world empire viii be worth much
to her, and Il would De strange
pessimism TO suppose that her peo-
pie are so unlike others that. in
the long run, they will not yiald &c
that influence. The country thar
today stands for menace TO the
rest of the world viii be q valuable
member OF an international lea.,ie
from The time when, in feeling. il
purpose and in economic interest
she becomes fitted FOR such cit
izenshlp. Evolution tends power
fully 70 bring her TO tina, condition
in which she has too mueh TO re-
ceive from the International broth
crhood and TOO much to give TO it
TO make the life of moral outlaw
and bull attractive. IN the dis
tance. indeed, but in the line Of our
present movement. lies the fedora
ton of the world
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w '"*::s"s :.,:' "''' :..':': ':':' i. ';':- De-
troit to determine the
future policy of the
Young Mems Christian Associations
of the United States and Canada.
These delegates will represent a
constituency Of more than 100000
active members, and will be aug
mented by large percentage of the
10000 men and women who wore
Red Triangle uniforms during the
late and unlamented war.
A great American organization.
which was subjected but yesterday
to the artificial enlargement and
the terrific executive strain Of world
wide war service, is going to have
the spotlight turned on it from
some Of the most cotdly critical
minds in the country.
! Handling, as 1t does, millions of
dollars Of the public's money, what
the association will adopt as its per.
manent postwar program has
aroused widespread interest.
A well known soldier-editor Of the
A. E. F. summed up his feelings
thus q day or two ago:
"I'm curious to know q lot of
things that may sound small, but
aren't.
els the Y. NJ. C. A. going to learn
lesson from Its overseas work and
rcmove the old ban on smoking in
its buildings?
els It qaing to decide that dane
Ing. which didnt hurt the doushboy
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

and construction camps; in subur.
ban and rural community centers
even in amusement parks and at
county fairs.
1t is conceded that the wholesale
use Of the motion picture, already
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

BY John Bates Clark
Professor Of Political Economy.
Columbia University
vy YaOEVER has recently talked
| " with Europeans has often
been conscious Of q certain
atent depression on their part which
Is not due TO disorganized industry,
public debts. ravages of war or dread
II revolution. Over the entire future
lhere seems to hang :he shadow Of
Rnother world war that is possible
land even probable. and the opinion
prevails that if it should come it
would be more savage and destruc-
tive than the recent one.
AS the imagination paints the COM
ing struggle, it will be modern in its
6ghting instruments, but prehistoric
i'm it's practices. 1t will improve on
the guns, shells, gases, air craft,
tanks and submarines, and will use
them in the spirit Of the Neandertha
man, throwing justice and humanity
to the winds wherever this will in
crease the chance Of success. It will
be bloodier than the war that has
"bled the nations white" and will
add women and children unreserv-
edly to it's victims. Cities that 1t
has touched will look like the vii
lages that stood in the track of the
Hun, and If this sounds like the
| phantom of an alarmist imagination
one has only to recall what war has
actually done, and make allowance
for its increased power and will to
do devils work. The savagery that
has gone to such lengths already will
not ba!k at going further, if success
requires it, and the means Of going
much further will be at hand. To
knoW that such war were soon
coming might drive mankind TO de
spair. and finding it probah'e within
a decade or two fully accounts for
much half-conscious depression.
Is such fate really in store for
the youth and childhood Of to-day ?
Does any country desire such war
and intend TO begin it? Not if it
would have to be fought on even
terms. That would mean practical
annihilation for the contending
armies and for civil puations
within the fighting zone. In the inn
mediate future, In any case, general
fighting will have to be suspended
but how long will this immunity
last? After the Napoleonic wars
there we're hundred years Of com
parative peace, but he would b,
wildly sanguine who should look 70,
any such period now, and it is safe
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

with the $4.50O.O0O worth Of which
the War Department has just been
presented for the peace-time use Of
the army is likely to appear, if sug.
gestions are followed, in factories
and mill villages; in lumber, mining
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

bringing brain training to the door
Of every workman will be urged on
the delegates. The need of rural
America for social centers CORE
spending to city clubs will not be
forgotten, nor the cver-present call
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

operating through the "Y" Indus
lr.ai Department in hundreds of
manufacturing plants throughout
the nation, will be recommended,
and that program Of education in
volving millions of dollars and