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New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
Begging for Food
And Hoarding Grain

While Poland is begging food fer II,
starving peasants and unemployed wor,
men from America, peasants in certa;,
Polish provinces are known to hoard grain
for speculation and the government =.
afraid to proceed against them, as then n.
peasant group in the Diet, which is NON
forming the Centre, may swing to the Left
giving reby the parties of the Left
majority and breaking the present regina
While in the humber sections of War.
saw the poor have not even sufficient blacl
bread to sustain them, in the aristocrat,.
cafes of Warsaw the nobility and moneved
classes of Poland, at fabulous prices. "a
be sure, consume the best quality of food
the daintiest kinds of pastries, cakes and
rolls of the whitest -four.
These conditions have aroused much "a.
sentiment in the growing American COLONY
in Warsaw-a colony composed of men and
women who have come to help the Polish
nation get on it's feet. The matter finally
came to the attention of Reginald C. Fos-
ter, who is the American unofficial charpA
d'affaires at Warsaw. Mr.. Foster took il
up with the Polish authorities, with tha
result that this display of luxury was
toned down; the baking of fancy cake.
was temporarily forbidden.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
The Nineteenth Amendment.

II any one had any notion that the
suffrage amendment was to face an nm
hill and difficult battle the vote j.,
illinois ought to serve as a significant
warning. There is nothing new or
radical about this very American sno+
It mas been one Of these United States
Tor over century. The southern half
includes enough Southern settlers to
give the state real claim to being rem
resentatlve OF about every element that
Ame11ca possesses. If there is such q
thing as an average state or a tvnical
state Illinois has very good claim to
the title. And Illinois ratified the suf-
frage amendment by unanimous vote
in the Senate and vote of 1872 to 3 in
the House.
The fact that Illinois has granted
women Presidential and municipal suf
frage undoubtedly added to the strength
OF the movement and made ratification
certain. But such unanimity indicates
something more than political pressure.
1t means that the question has been re-
moved from the realm of doubt that
opposition has collapsed.
The remainder Of the ten states whose
legislatures are now in session or are
soon to be called in special session will
be quick to follow the example of
Illinois, already seconded by Wisconsin.
Four more whose legislatures meet next
January IN regular session are counted
upon to aatify. This leaves TWENTY-FIVE
states needed to complete the thirty-six.
Mrs. Catt's telegram to the Governor.
OF twenty-five states asking them to
agree to call special sessions should
bring prompt acceptance. It might be
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
Governments Reason
For Martial LasU

The following official communication. is-
sued by the Ministry of the Interior, in
explanation and excuse for the enactment
of martial law, gives fairly true picture
of the chaotic conditions in Poland. The
communique says:
"In view of the material destruction OF
the country, in view of the armed attacks
by neighboring governments, in view of
the generally discorded condition of eco
nomic life, which was called out by the
many years of war, the upbuilding of the
Polish government is proceeding under ex-
tremely difficult conditions. These condi-
tions can be overcome only by complete
internal quiet and by unanimous collabo-
ration of the people with the lawmaking
Diet and with the government which is re-
sponsibe for it.
"There are, however, so-called commu-
nlstlc groups which are as a matter of
principle hostile to the upbuilding of the
Polish republic. Instead of a government
which should rest upon the laws made by
the Sejm, these communist groups aim to
create an organization which should be
united with Russia and which should rest
upon the dictatorship of only one class Of
the population.
"The communists know that to create in
Poland conditions similar to those in Rus
sia will be possible only with the help of
foreign armies and with the disorganiza-
tion Of the Polish army. Tney have, there
fore, developed propaganda in the army
and they are planning a united uprising
together with the armies of the govern
ments which are hostile to US.
"The aims of the communists have re-
Gently strengthened themselves by the over
turn which has occurred in Hungary. They
build their criminal hopes upon this move
ment and it is their intention now to use
every form of popular excitement which is
purposely created by them, not hesitating
even to incite pogroms, in order to bring
about confusion in the government In this
agitation there play an important role tho
foreigners who now within the from
tiers of Poland, especially the emissaries
from the East, with which the Polish Re-
public is in a state of war; All of these
circumstances have brought it about that
the government should institute martial
law in the entire domain. Of congress
Poland :"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
The 42d Street Problem

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: AS was attempting to drive down
Park Avenue the other day, l was inform ed
by the traffic policeman It Forty fifth Street
and the ramp which runs into the Grand
Central Station, that no downtown traffic
was allowed to the west of the building
after 2 o'clock, as experience had shown
that it was dangerous to have uptown and
downtown traffic go through this narrow
passageway in the congested hours of the
day.
This is a very sensible regulation but I'M
mediately brings up the question, Should
not all the uptown traffic pass to the ea ast
of the Grand Central Station and the down
town traffic to the west of it? Apparently
this arrangement would interfere, to some
extent, with the express business now
conducted in the Grand Central Terminal,
but it is only question Of time when public
demand for the utilization Of the viaduct
at Forty second Street, which was primarily
placed there to relieve congestion, will
cause the eastern driveway to be thrown
open to the public instead of being used
as a private passageway for the railway
and the Hotel Commodore, rs a present.
The question of congestion Of traffic brings
up another question which has been very
much agitated in your columns during the
last few months, viz, What is to be done
with the vacant block east of Park Avenue
and Forty second Street? There appears to be
in the minds of many who have discussed
this an idea that it has been suggested to
make park of this space. AS | under
stand the suggestion, it is that parking
space be provided where automobiles wait
ing for persons transacting business in the
Grand Central Terminal, the three large
hotels adjoining it, and the large business
buildings alongside, can stand without OBJ
structing traffic, and no one who has noticed
the congestion in the immediate vicinity
of Park Avenue can fail to see the neces-
sity Of such a space The plaza at Sew
enteenth Street and Union Square ds filled
most of the day with motors whose ewners
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
PadereaUski's Eision
OF a 'sCreat PoEand''

And Paderewsk not only upheld this
view, but propagated it. In his first mes
sage to the Diet he outlined Poland en-
bracing 42,0O0,O00 people, with Danzig as
it's seaport, with Wilma as its second capi-
tai and parts of Lithuana, White Russia
and Volhynia its tributaries. The news
papers echoed these sentiments. They were
received with enthusiasm in the fashion
able cafes on Novy SWAT (the Nevsky Pros
pekt of Warsaw by the aristocracy And
in spite of the protests Of the Socialists
men of six classes, that is, from the year
1896 to 1901, inclusive, were called to the
colors, giving Poland a potential army of
half million with which to help acquire
and maintain the great Poland" of A.
10000 population.
With the announcement that Poland was
not to get Danzig, not to get it outright,
the friendship for the Allies, and especially
America, took a sudden drop. The Pader-
ewski regime, with equal suddenness, be-
came the subject of sharp, critical scrutiny
1t had neglected domestic questions for it's
foreign policy. Now that foreign policy
lay in the dust and the internal condi-
tions of the country were chaotic.
The extent of this economic chaos in Po-
land can best be seen when one makes a
cursory examination of the work of the
Polish Diet. l arrived in Warsaw on the
day the Diet was opened. When l left
nine weeks later, it was adjouyning for the
Easter holidays, after thirty sessions Dill
gent search fails to disclose any steps taken
by the Diet during the more than two
months it was in session to meet the coun-
try)s troublesome economic questions. The
questions of parceling some of the larger
estates and the so-called crown lands among
the landless peasantry, of rehabilitating
the factories which are not running, of
revlvlng commerce, Of satisfying the dis
satisfied workmen, and last, but most i'm
portant, OF doing something for the mill
ION unemployed, thousands of whom walked
the streets of Warsaw barefooted in the
months of February and March-all of
these questions were left unattended by the
Diet
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
Working Glasses
ShotUing Discomfort

The consequence of this failure to act
upon internal economic issues by the Pader-
ewski regime was startling growth of dis
content among the working classes. By
the thousands they now focked to the work
mems councils, of which there is bv this
time one IN every industrial city or town
in Poland, or about 800 in all The total
membership of these workmen's councils
is reliably estimated at nearly 100000 work
men. These 100000 organized workers, with
slight exception, are at war with the gov
ernment. They are at war in various wavs
strikes, demonstrations, continuous nron-
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
Fort Washington

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: This society wishes to be counted
among those who would deeply regret the
use for building lots of the site of Fort
Washington. 1t would seem that this es-
pecially attractive bit of the Hudson's shore
should be preserved a park both on ac-
count Of its great historic interest and be-
cause OF its value to the whole city as an
element of civic beauty
IL the heirs or owners could be induced
to defer the sale, surely the historic and
civic societies of our city, with the aid of
public-spirited citizens, could devise some
plan that would satisfy both the private
and the public interest in this spot.
The loss of this particular site would
make little difference In the housing prob
lem, but the loss to all of us Of the SPOT
made memorable by the death of so MANY
patriots OF the American Revolution would
reflect upon our civic sclf-respcct.
JOSEPHINE RICE KEEN
Secretary the Municipal Art Society of
New York.
New York, Jdne O, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
Polish Grateful
To AU the Allies

1t was into such Poland that the Amer
lean missions began to come in-missions
with food, missions with medical supplies,
missions to give political advice. Senti-
ment ran high for Americans and for the
Allies generally From morning until
night crowds stood in front of Hotel Brs-
tol, in Crakowsky Square, where the inter
Allied mission and President Paderewski
lived under the same roof. The Blue Pal
ace on Senatorska Street, where the Food
Administrations Mission to Poland had
hung up the American flag and begun the
business of feeding Polands hungry, was
another centre Of attraction and of enthu-
siasm on the part of the populace.
There were banquets, receptions, theatre
parties in honor of the American guests.
At these banquets speeches were made in
praise of America and the Allies The
American and Allied representatives re-
sponded with speeches in praise of Poland.
The Polish press reported these speeches
eagerly and mnutey. Pictures of Wilson
and Paderewski were displayed side by
side from thousands of windows.
When I left Poland nine weeks later.
the enthusiasm for America was waning
in the Polish press. The populace echoed
what the press told it.
Likewise, there seemed to be change
IN the American attitude. The Americans
of the food mission and of the Red Cross,
who had come to Poland, the former to
feed and the latter to 'delouse," to use a
technical phrase, the Polish population,
appreciated highly the courtesy and ee-
gance with which the Polish nobility sur
rounded them
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
The Bees and Bolsheyism

Sir: Since I came out here to the
suburbs I've learned few things about
bees, and think it might be a Kind and
generous thing to pass them (the dis
anything like l used to be you're not verv
fond of these little so-caled models OF
industry / used to hear too much about
their ability to improve each shining hour.
and too much about being stung But on
the whole the bee is not to blame. for
from my present point Of observation I
can see that the propagandists were busy
as usual with only one side of the story.
| do not see why the said bee was ever
held up to US as pattern. In the first
place, the worker bees live very busv
life from early morn until dusk with the
result that they work themselves to d death ,lh
IN four or five days The drones, or |.
w. W. bees, are pleasure loving group.
have all the fun to themselves and
live on and on until they either die of old
age or IN mortal combat with one of their
fellows. The deducton-a short life ana
busy one; long life and merry one.
Then the bees have been held up as
models Of organization. They do work
very well together and each sticks to his
own job, but there is no chance for ad-
vancement and they are imperialists of the
first order. No czar or king ever received
such homage as the queen bee receives
and no ruler was ever moro exactine and
merclless There is a royal family and
all that, and the royal children, or future
queens, are fed and educated as BELTS their
position. When queen abdicates or dies
and the hive needs new one to keen
things straight, you have to be very care
full to introduce her properly. Unless
great care IS taken to follow the correct
procedure the new queen will be stune to
death or smothered by the unorganized
bees, and the hive will revert to Boil
shevsm This means that each bee will
lose his community interest and hoo;n r.
work for himself, resulting in scarcitv
of honey and general degeneration. x
bee democracy does not seem to be prac
ticable just now, but if have any luck
III let you KNOW. MABEL.
II there must be music the day our
obituary appears, let the selection be the
one played at Keith's. Washington. last
week:
Exit Mnrch-"The Coming Tower"
r. p, A.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

difficult to obtain special sessions if the
result were\in doubt, but if agreement
can be reached for the necessary num-
ber Of states the movement will un-
doubtedly gathe. weight daily.
Women will help choose the President
in twenty-nine states in 1920, anyway.
The whole country ought to march 10
the polls on the same basis of woman
hood suffrage. We think the results in
Illinois and Wisconsin are sure omens
that it will
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
TINE DIARY OF OUR own SAMUEL pspYs

June with h. Ross to Forest Hills
and saw Miss f. Goss beat Miss Marion
Zinderstein; and thence to the city, where
Mr.. Freethy beat me, and later even S.
Spaeth, and so inept was my hitting that
could beat nobody but S. Martin. Late to
dinner, and met c. Flanders and Mistress
Annis, and safe with them till midnight
and then took Mistress Jobyna for ride
IN my petrolwaggon.
o-Io the courts again, and beat S.
Spaeth this day, but take no credit for it.
forasmuch as he was weary With Jobyna
and Mistress Zoe Atkins and W. Hurlburt to
dinner at an Italian place, the dinner in
different poor. Home, and read H. Canbys
"Our House." but the characters had no
vividncss for me-
9-At my office all day, and H. Broun
had US to dinner; and l found R. Fosdick
there after, and he is soon to go to Geneva
to live, and H. Ross and A. Woollcott and
j. W'nterich come to call. and we played
at dice, and ] gained 4 few dollars, and
then took all for drinks I having a beaker
of buttermilk. My wife back from the
country this day, in better health and
spirits than before she went
ia gray morning, so to the Office,
where all day at my scrivenng. The Peace
Treaty is published this day, and much
discussion of it here and there. but 7 took
no part in it.
we agree utterly with w. ". E., who
says that it speaks Libraries for the messy
memories of humanity that nobody recalls
with pleasure the animal acts. We, for
one, don't remember single animal act
that we enjoyed. ~ do not think thew
have been popular" writes W W. E., "since
Ewes trained snake act fivved on the
Mesopotamia wheel"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

aganda against it. Thousands unon +,.-
sands OF them are avowediy Bolshevik; tn.
rest are on the verge of Bolshevism. Ths
slightest provocation will force them ;nte
the Bolshevist stream
Then there is the huge problem of fooa
distribution.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

The imminent telephone strike finds
New York calm in the conviction that
the service couldn't help being improved
II every one now connected with it
stopped work
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

The wire from Santa Barbara says that
the house said to be in course of con-
struction will be ready for occupancy by
the time the President shifts his mantle
to his successor If, when they read that,
Gen. Wood, Gen. Pershing, Gov. Lowden,
and Senator Johnson didn't feel just
little self-conscious, We'll never make an
other election bet.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

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New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

Germany is forming a court to try
ler war lords. Why not hold it's sessions
n what is left of Rheims Cathedral?
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
The Coming Tower

Mr.. John N. Beffel says that baby talk
is national peril, and we disagree. Baby
talk ia the motif Of two highly entertain
ing and powerful stories-Booth Tarking-
toms "Seventeen," with Ickle Floppit; and
Rupert Hughes's "Baby Talk" Baby talk,
as we envisage the theme. becomes a
menace only when it is used for babies
and children. Every baby-and even the
worlds greatest back page cartoonist bears
US out-appreciates being talked to as
though he were just little older.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

The Boiling Point
Though baby talk can condone
AS menace far from mighty,
I'd kill the fluff who DER the phone
Answers me with Call rightie!"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

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New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
Preparedness

You are old, Father Franklin" the young man
remarked,
For your hair is beginning to gray:
Yet, in spite Of your years. without stripping
your gears,
You can off column each day."
I'm my youth l frequented variety shows
And my cuff caught each laughable wheeze
And | filed them away, which explains why
to-day,
can fill up The Tower with ease"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

Considering the percentage Of literate
persons who, at the witching instant Of
shimmying to press, have read the treaty,
it is not at once obvious why objection was
raised to its publication.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

: 1t is impossible to give a thought to
Broadway without reverting to a song
whose chorus begans
All up and down Broadway
Newsboys you will meet.
And, although we fail to recall Lottie
Glson's eli! Hill Clear the Way for the
Rollicking Bowery Grill" we remember a
team-was it the Stewart Sisters who, af-
ter singing "The Leader Of Company B."
chanted:
I'm Broadway girl, I'm always, always happy
Broadway girl. l always have chappie.
l never get home in the morn till nine
by the orchestra in chorusl BEER?
No, nothing but wine.
I'm dear little Kitty, the pride of the city the
Broadway girl.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-12
More NeurOtiC Than Nice

his pince-nez and it is soon over But
about month later Alex breaks the en-
gagement. Noel does not understand her
and she is miserable once more. While IN
this emotional state the mother superior
Of the order which had charge of her edu-
cation is kind to her and Alex, contin-
ually misunderstood by every one else, re-
spends with passionate alteration. As
result she decides to be nun and even
tually becomes one. 1t requires ten years
for her to discover her mistake and re-
nounce her vows. After that things be-
come quite too dreadful all around until
the final curtain. 1t is disappointment
that Noel couldn't have been different and
have rushed in at the last and saved the
situation.
Consequences is painstakingly written
and its workmanship is distinctly aoove
the ordinary, but it is too bad that Miss
Delafeld couldn't have chosen happier
and healthier-theme.
CONSEQUENCES. BY E. NJ. DELAFIELD.
Alfred A. Knopf.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-12
"The Charm School"

THE deadly seriousness of youth Is
l. amusing to every one but the young
themselves, to whom its consequences are
very tragic while the consequences en-
t!ure. Which. are not for long, happily.
It is on this familiar groundwork that
Alice Duer Miller has based her laugh
provoking tale Of The Charm School, the
most genuinely funny story this reporter
has read for many a day. The plot is
pure farce to begin with, since it is built
around the situation of very handsome
young mans having been left girls
finishing school through the seeming ac-
cident of his aunt's not having made
will. He is an automobile salesman by
profession and thereby endowed with an
inordinate amount of cheek. He also has
original ideas as to what properly constl-
-tutes girls real education, asserting tina.
i, is "charm" girls need to have i'm
planted in their tender minds rather than
the ologies.
In conducting the school on this prin-
cIple all OF the girls, and one IN partlcu-
lar, fall in love with him. The CORE
spondence Elise carries on with Austin
Bevans, the principal Of the school is
pure delight to read as a revelation Of
the spirit of youthful amorist; and tie
outcome of this ENHANCEMENT of Austin
and Elise will bring joy to the heart OF
every elderly sentimentalist. Aside from
the humorous aspect Of youth the text is
witty to the last degree and the character
sketching, though slight, is as fine as the
work in good etching. For pure and
unauthorized fun it is not easy to recall
recent equal TO this story.
THE CHARM SCHOOL. BY ALICE DUER