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New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Thoughts ON Agitators

Mayor Hylan's latest order will raise
many difficulties. City employees inclined
to be agitators are "to have their posi-
tons abolished in next years budget"
Waving the legal doubts, one comes at
olRe to the question, Who are the agita-
tors? The Mayor does not identify
them. Instead he leaves room for
thoughtful conjecture.
81 am informed that there are en-
ployes connected with the city service
who spend more time agitating and max
ing trouble than they do rendering ser
vice for which the city pays them," says
the Mayor. Possibly this means the Non
Partisan Vigilance Committee, which is
agitating in the transit realm, making
trouble for Public Service Commissioner
Nixon and uttering Hearst-like phrases
about plot to increase fares.
Some of them seem to think that the
time they are on duty should be utilized
n reading newspapers or scheming for
selfish purposes, and give little consider
alton to the work they are employed to
perform" the Mayor continues. This
may include employees stationed at City
Hall who scan the newspapers to see how
the Mayors statements "got across" so
as to be able to report promptly; or it
may refer to the Mayors chauffeur, car
ried on the P D. payroll as "confden-
tial investigator
II direct you to give immediate atten-
tion to this class of employees and have
their positions abolished in next years
budget. They should not be on the city
payrolls to stir up strife and trouble for
their employer--the people OF the city"
his honor adds. He puts all the male
factors in one class and asks not merely
that they be removed from the payroll
but that their positions be abolished in
the 1920 budget. The only reason for
abolishing flied position is that it is
unnecessary What are these unneces-
sary positions and why are they not
abolished at once?
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
From No Sickbed

Yet MT hitting says that the reproduo-
ton lacks tho vigor of the original, ~ss II
fhe artist had left a sicisbed." But, BIZ the
very nature of the instrument, how can
it? Recalling Mr.. Philip Hale's review
Of Richard Buhligs recital given at the
Copley Plaza in 1917, at which a reproduce
ing piano repeated the programme, this
paragraph is interesting:
ut was not easy to believe that there was
mechanical reproduction. Tho impression
was made on the hcarer ghat the pianist
was playing then and there But there was
this paradoxical effect: There were at times
g beauty Of tone and freedom In bravura
passages that were more apparent than in
the preceding performance Of the pianist.
In other words, when the records were
taken Mr.. Buhlig was more in the vein than
he last night"
AS q further objection Mr. Whiting
argues that (and this is particularly en-
.vhasized, even iteratedj 'the dramatic ef-
feet of a musical situation depends largely
the gamble in human fallibility, in the
excitement of uncertainty as to whether
the thing really can be pulled off"
One hesitates TO comment on such "gufP,"
the fatus of mental ind digestion, but what's
the use after this:
"When the evanescent subleties arc re-
produced exactly (note "exactly'), are
heard many times in absolute repetition,
they become nothing less than a uockery
OF art
Raphael, Claude, Gainsborough, Monet,
Whistler. you worked in vain.
BUCHANAN CHARLES.
Boston, Mass, Sept. Is, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
The "Scuttle" Theory

President Wilson shows signs of
weakening a little in his contention that
the Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tees reservations to the covenant are
mere surplusage. In dispatches from
San Diego he was quoted as saying that
"some of these reservations amounted to
a declaration that the United States was
unwilling to assume the same obliga-
tons as those assumed by other men,
bcrs of the league" In other dispatches
he was reported as holding that the
senate notifications seemed to aim at
upsettlng the theory of equality among
the nations and at putting the United
States III special position of privilege.
Unfortunately no specifications we're
gwen indicating the purpose of the reser-
vatlons to dodge responsibilities imposed
IN. the text of the covenant as submitted
to the Senate. In what does the special
privilege status which the reservations
confer on the United States consist? The
reservations cover four points. BY the
hrst the United States asserts the rieht
TO Withdraw from the league on giving
two years notice. 1t is to act as sole
Judge of the satisfaction of the condition.
land down IN Article J. that all it's inter
national obligations and all its oblioa-
tons under the covenant shall be full
filled at the time Of withdrawal Does
this reservation give us a privileged
status? Mr. Wilson himself has said
emphatically that it does not. He has
insisted that Article | was never intend
ed to empower the league to pass on the
fulflment or non fufilment of anv men,
ber's obligations
Reservation Two provides that the
United States shall not assume, under
Article or other article, obligations
to go to war, to impose an economic
boycott or TO accept mandates, except by
action of Congress. Our Constitution
vests the right to declare war solelv in
Congress. We are claiming no special
privilege in pointing cut to the other
members of the league that any recon-
mendation from the council dealing with
the aforesaid subjects must obtain the
approval of Congress before it becomes
binding on the United States. Other ma
tons declare war in other ways. We
make no objection to their adhering to
their own constitutions in accepting rec
concentrations from the council, Mr..
Wilson told the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee that the present draft
~f ho
ton on this country to acquiesce in a
recommendation. And he admitted that
Congress had the right to interpret the
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
4 Cops Temper

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: \ policeman works under law
winch requires him to do eight hours pa
troll duty out Of every twenty-four. with
eight hours reserve duty (extra time after
patrol duty) after every third tour of pa
troll, except (here is the joker) in an emer-
gency when he be worked twenty-four
hours. We often work the twentv-four
hours, and most times when it Is absolutely
: unnecessary.
Every time there Is parade every man ts
on duty at it. This is the reason that
no one seems to want to be policeman
nowadays. We are at present about 600
short in New York City.
Some men work from Il midnight nm
I'll a. m, and are then sent to do Darada
duty. They have not had any rest and have
not been able to get proper meals. Thew
are cranky. Why not? They are human
and need rest and proper food
IT a patrolman is working the 4 y. m. to
midnight tour and makes an arrest he has
to be up next morning at a. H. to ro to
court with his prisoner. He gets off about
l p. m. and reports back for dutv at An m
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Shall Patrolmen and Firemen Marry {?

or the letters received by The Tribune
from patrolmen and fremen regarding
their living conditions at the existing
salary scale almost all come from mar
ried men.
1t is an acknowledged policy of the
Police and Fire departments to encour-
age the men of both services to marry.
The policy is thoroughly sound Mar
rage brings an added sense Of respon-
slblllty, which is an aid to steadfastness
in duty, which in turn reacts to the very
great benefit of the city.
But in order to be effective this policy
needs the support Of more than verbal
encouragement. In existing conditions
the married policeman or fireman finds
that his domestic responsibilities are dis
tressng burdens. It cannot be other
wise. The salary of a patrolman or a
fireman ranges from 81 200 to 81 $50 a
year. Two per cent Of this amount is
deducted, in the case Of the police. for
pension fund expenses. In both services
mandatory expenses make discouraging
inroads upon the stated income Actu-
ally there are men in both services who
are required to support their families
upon less than $1,000 year Even the
men of the highest grades do not have
more than $1,000 year with which to
meet the cost Of maintaining their
homes.
The city cannot longer encourage
these men to accept the additional re-
sponsiblities of marriage unless it is
prepared to accept its own responsibility
to pay them wages which will support a
family. 1t is not only a question Of
policy. There is a moral obligation in
volvcd which should be still more
pressing.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
The Reproducing Insirumen.

see little In the ordinary player piano
myself, but enough cannot be said in favor
OF the reproducing instrument. My special
interest in these machines originated in
dislike for concert halls, and, while | have
facility for manipulating the keyboard
like De Quincy | think that to the deep,
Voluptuous enjoyment Of music absolute pas
slvcness IN the hearer is Indispensable
Nevertheless, much of the pleasure | have
got from music has come from its as
socation with other things the glamour
with which it has bathed "reminiscences, the
flavor it has given books
But in either case, before the invention
OF the player piano, to hear music IS
wished seemed possible only at prohibtive
expense, only by employing the services
OF fine pianist. But that luxury which
only millionaires could afford was eclipsed
by this discovery Of modern SCIENCE, the
bugaboo of hyper-@ thetes.
AT public recitals the people and the
hall itself are distractions, and the pro-
gramme, which convention arranges like
a dinner menu. can seldom be satisfying.
The concert hall is a compromise at best.
o"s Inc expense OF even private recltals
makes 1t necessary evil. To hear the
music one wants played as one wishes
IS an unattainablo ideal there. But the
photographic player obvates all difficulties.
Now We may hear Paderewski at his best,
or Hoffman, or Bauer, or Ornstein They
Will play whenever wish and whatever
we like even better than in person.
Doubtless every pianist has his Ideal
interpretations, but how often can he per-
form them? Seldom, except by means OF
the reproducing piano which permits cor
rccteQ rendition.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
The Mechanical Player
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 tne 1IdltOr OF Inc Tribune.
Sir: In "The Yale Review" for July
Arthur Whiting writes about "The Me-
chanical Player" predicting its doom in
oblivion. "Art is jealous and revengeful
mistress who," he explains, "will not tol-
crate mechanics in any form on her do
main" To mark Mr.. Whiting as an in
competent critic it is needless to 20 fur
ther, but would it not be startling to hear
such statement from q composer Still
1t IS said in the contributors column Of
"The Review" that he is one. Writing With
that idea always in mind, / dare say
Schoenberg has little on him.
To any one who gives the matter serious
consideration, however, Writings essay is
negligible but to tho mass of unthinking
readers, probably already prejudiced, the
effect viii be decidedly harmful, confirm
ing their erroneous opinions and retard-
ing the development Of really meritorious
invention. And in spite of the slight weight
or anything can say, it at least gives salts
faction to know that such biassed criti-
clsm has not gone unanswered
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Why?

"Why?' cries the excited Nation to
President Wilson, Governor Coolidge ct
al, who are urging policemen and others
to be loyal to the state. Why should a
soldier, why should anybody, be loyal to
the state? eXclaims this hectic radical,
thirsting for revolution.
Fortunately, most people know better
than to waste time over such nonsense.
Loyalty to the state is an instinct Of slow
growth, developed simultaneously with
the progress of modern nations, which
have alone made modern civilization and
democracy feasible. Why do we walk on
our hind legs? Why do we love our chill
dren? Why do We obey the Ten Command
ments? Because Of such is that stream
of progress in which we dwell and by
which we have reached such enlghten-
ment and conscience and far play as are
our good fortune and achievement.
OF course the world might be better
if monkeys had walked only upon their
hands, or if children were kicked into full
growth, or the Ten Commandments were
revised by the Rand School. The world
might be better if nationality had never
come into being or were now aban-
doned for the sort of cat-and-dog
competition of loyalties which The Na-
tlon and sundry other reformcrs of the
guild or soviet bent Of mind would sub
stitute A return to the happy buc-
caneering days of feudalism is what
these remoulders are urging-and it is a
pity they can't 90 off by themselves and
try it for while
The rest of the world, as Boston can
assure any one who is curious to know.
prefers central state and a sufficiently
united loyalty to make our complex
dolngs run smoothly and safely. But
why rcstate what every child not q
efownup and every grownup not a child
knows?
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

duties Of the new organization, which
consolidates several bodies of a similar
purpose in the old imperial government,
will lie in the field Of trade propaganda
and espionage. 1t will publish a special
news service which will be sent to ali
German manufacturers and merchants
recommended by their local professional
associations. A series of pamphlets con-
tanning commercial information is also
being issued; a few, entitled "Jugo-
Slavia,' "The Cotton Market During the
War" italian Stock Companies in the
Second Half of 1885," are already being
circulated, while one on the War Finance
Corporation of the United States, and an
other cn "The Organization of American
Export Trade" are Forthcoming.
An interesting suggestion relating to
trade propaganda is made in the
FossSsche Zcitung by Georg Paul Neu-
MANN Pointing to the extreme i'm
portance of the shaping of public opinion
for the development of commercial in
terests, he urges that the government
should organize an arplane newspaper
delivery service to Holland, Denmark and
Switzerland. The German morning
newspapers would thus reach cities like
Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Zurich on
the same day, "and could undertake the
struggle against hostile influences with
the assurance Of success" Herr Neu-
mann hOrac
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
German Trade Plans

Germany, in spite Of her domestic and
exterior difficulties, is losing no time in
preparing for the struggle from which
she expects the ultimate rehabilitation
OF her world trade. The German news.
papers, N their front-page editorials.
may wall that the peace treaty. leaves.
not hail chance to German commerce
IN the international market; but the
hnanclal and economic sections and the
advertising pages give away the fact
that mobilization for what NAV turn ont
the greatest and most desperate COM
merclal battle of ages is in full swing.
The general assumption is that Cor
many, Handicapped in the overseas field
which before the war was the land of
promise of German industrials. viii con-
centrate with all her might on Russia
and the adjoining countries as we'll as
the Near East. There can be no donh+
that the Germans will, sooner or later
pegn an organized trade offensive
against their Eastern neighbors. For
'he time being, it would appear, the
utter dlsorganization prevailing in the
territory OF the former Russian Empiro
puts damper on German ambitions in
that direction. The search is for nearer
more immediate prizes, and there are in
dlcations that the new orientation Will
be- to considerable extent. toward
Italy.
before the war Germany occupied the
FIRST place both as importer of goods into
Italy and as absorber Of Italian exnorts
'he peaceful penetration" Of Italian
finances by German capital also ad
Nanced to disquictng degree 1t seems
'la' German enterprise, trying to ex-
plot the conjunctures of the interna-
tlonal situation, is beat upon re;istah-
llshlng the prominent position held be-
lore the war by Germany in Italian
trade relations. Plenty of evidence to
tins effect is offered by the general aiti-
tude OF the German press toward ltalv.
Rather significant as an index of Ger
man plans is the fact that on a single
page of export advertising, picked at
random from among The August issues
OF the lossssche Zoitung, out of a total
Of twenty-six items thirteen referred to
Italy, while four were concerned with
Switzerland, two each with Spain, South
America and BELGIUM, and one each with
Russia, Poland and Holland
Preparations for the renewed CONNER
clal warfare are made with state encour-
agement and support characteristic
q the oc
central intelligence bureau within the
Foreign Office, charged with the double
task Of disseminating facts about Ger
man industry and gathering, through its
representatives scattered all over the
world, foreign information for the bene-
fit of German manufacturers. In other
words. to use wartime phraseology. the
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Where 'SNotl,ing Happens
lFrom 7he 81. Pag, Nc,nsl

Maple Hill, Kansas, IS the kind Of town
where nothing ever happens Its ropula-
ton is go City folk dash through such
places III their cars or glimpse them from
train windows and imagine existence us fiat
and dull and everlastingly commonplace for
those who dwell therein.
But dark tale OF death comes now fror,
Maple Hill. Three skeletons have been found
and damnng evidence is brought up against
a man who lived there. The village historian
bestirs his memory and revives the legend Of
an Indian battle on the site of tho town be-
fore white men took possession; Of killings
in later days when Maple Hill was boom
town, wide open, and then ranching centre.
Maple Hill has not been so peaceful. after
all. Tragedy has stalked there in the past
and black passions have held sway
four-corners is not merely the set4inq
for cheap vaudeville jokes Wherever hu-
man souls are clustered all emotions are in
action the heights and the depths are
reached
The rural hamlet has its underworld, as
sinful and shadowy as that Of Paris. II has
Its saints, its heroes and its monsters.
Humanity in large groups or in small is
anything and everything but du]l
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Without Me
(Fro,1 The Pooa1

(Fro,, The Pooan)
NOU think you can run away
L from love and ne
like coward
Just go away
without word, without sign,
and put continents between us
and crowd me cut OF your life
On, no.
SUCH effort Is as useless despair
wall haunt your yaking moments
until you seek est, thrstily, in slesu
Even then I Will disturb you.
torment you,
till your soul cries out In agony.
Bat you viii remain firm
and strong
in your determination 70 have don.
forever WIN ne.
And so you Viii Journey from place to
place,
like d guilty man, pursued.
But II the solitudes Of the wilderness
YOU Will hear ny voice,
calling
And in the CLINT Of the stars at rignt
you wlll see my eyes,
challenging.
And in the turbulence Of seething cities
you VIII find my heart
throbbing. poised, expectant.
And in time, broken spirited,
you Will return 10 me.
l. IS as inevitable
as the turn of the tide.
And I
l viii fling you back,
as fisherman fings back dead fish,
shiny, spincless, storm-tossed, upon the
beach.
! shall not want you
then--you weakling.
GLADYS MALVERN.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
moral obligation to acquiesce at the same
time that it ratified the treaty.

moral obligation to acquicsce at the same
time that it ratified the treaty.
Reservation Three authorizes the
United States to decide for itself what
questions are within it's domestic juris-
diction, and enumeratcs various ques-
tions which it will not submit either to
arbitration or to the consideration of
the league of nations. Any other nation
is free to follow the Same course Mr..
Wilson has denied .emphatically that the
covenant seeks to bring any domestic
questions whatever within the jurisdic-
tion of the league Of nations.
The fourth reservation concerns the
Monroe Doctrine. This doctrine and its
application by the United States are
exempted from challenge or inquiry by
the league. 1t may be argued that such
an exemption creates an inequality of
status between the United States and
other members of the league We inn
pose veto on European intervention in
American affairs, though the European
nations do not impose veto on our
intervention in their affairs But that is
a situation established by long standing
American precedents. The United States
is unwilling to change it and would enter
no league Of nations if compelled to do
so. Moreover, according to Mr.. Wilson's
repeated assertions, the Paris text of the
covenant fully recognizes and guaran-
tees the Monroe Doctrine
II that is so, Europe has agreed in ad-
vance to certain inequality Of status,
and Reservation Four merely strengthens
and clarifies a concession freely made to
the United States at the peace confer
ence.
Mr.. Wilson's Especial privilege" allu
sions at San Diego were necessarily
nebulous. Were they reduced to definite
ness they would shattcr the whole fabric
of his Interpretation Of the covenant to
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
at the conference in the White House on
August 19 last.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
The Splendid Memory

,Fro,a The English Repie'o>
AF al the things that have lost,
- Faces of friends ard my wfc's Kiss,
And eager hours Of talking tossed
From that alert brain into this.
One of the latest sights / had
Before left nay dreams behind
Is the most sad, is the most glad
OF all that minge in my mind
l saw them, small, triumphant, bright,
Crocuses IN Hyde Park in serried lines o'
light. ION SWlNLbf'
France, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Chinese Drawings
From Ths Nntion)

a LADY
She does not see the tea her servant brings
Into the garden.
Her hands have fallen down from the In
strument
She was playing,
But the strings can still answer
The cold fingers of autumn.
A Scholar
Having won his diploma
He rides horse Of air
Through ten miles Of the color
OF apricot blossoms.
4 Philosopher
What though they conquer Us?
In at most nine hundred years
Some one viii conquer them.
A HorseD,dn
Beyond him are many inlets curvins
among mountains,
And OF the way a temple,
And there is gold on the harness Of his
horse,
whose head and foot are uplfted together
But the rider sits quiet now,
AS he rides toward the shadow
OF the second willow
WITTER BYNNER
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Who Serve and Are Last
Letters From Policemen nd Fircn1en
The Deadly Parallel

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir Seeing the gallant support that you
are giving the police and fremen in their
figl.s for living wage, 7 would like to sub
nit the following facts and figures for publi-
cation in your newspaper. will start with
the amount that is absolutely necessary for
the policeman to equip himself after being
appointed to the force and | will also show
that almost every article of equipment has
doubled in cost. These are the prices:
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

II he Is blind or coward or looks the
other way-in fact, neglecto his duty--he
gets his proper time off. A patrolman who
makes an arrest during midnight to 8 q.
m. tour is out of luck again. He has to
go TO court at o'clock and lose more valu-
able hours. II he works from 8 a. m. to 4
p. m. and makes arrest in the afternoon
he loses his night off and spends it in the
night court. Thus patrolman Is actually
punished for doing his duty. COP.
New York, Sept. IL, 1919.