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New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
Cutting Our Aerial Hobbies

The great transcontinental aerial
derby Just ended illustrates. first.
that aerial transportation has made
marvellous progress, and, second.
that much remains to be done to
make ITS further satisfactory devel-
opment in this country possible. 1t
Is appropriate, therefore, that Con-
gress should have before it at this
Time new measure for the ad-
vancement Of our air service. This
bill attempts, by establishing a ma
tlonal Department of Aeronautics,
10 Drlng order out of the chaos into
which American aeronautics have
faiien since the armistce. Since No
Vember II last American aviation
mas been entangled in the red tape
OF controversy to such an extent
That It's lusty young breath has been
almost extinguished. Two measures
have been before Congress, one in
troHluced by Senator New. of Indi-
ana, the other by Representative
Curry, Of California. Without going
too deeply into the merits or de-
merits of either measure, it might be
SAID that the Senator New bill placed
too heavy an emphasis on other
than the military uses Of aviation,
and also directed the appointment Of
Director OF Aeronautics at The
mcagre salary Of $4,000 year,
while the Curry bin was declared by
It's opponents to lean too heavily
upon the military side.
All thcEc differences arc declared
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
Columbus Day

There will be mingled and novel
emotions for our Americans of Ital-
ian blood on this, their day. 1t finds
them in a strange situation with re-
lation to their old country and their
new.
Officially, the government OF the
United States, or at least that branch
of it which controls our foreign poll
cies in the first instance, has set its
face against project Of redemption
dear beyond price to Italian hearts.
President Wilson convinced himself
that the Italian city of Fiume should
be reserved from Italy and held open
as a port for the southern Slavs.
When the controversy began many
Americans had never heard of
Fiume. They We're willing to take
the word OF our representative on
the spot. But time soon brought
doubts.
We have a deep and loyal friend
ship with the Italian people. They
have sent us stream OF citizenship,
energetic, ambitious, quick to learn,
rich III native courtesy and imagina-
ton. AS we know the Italian race
here we know it at home. The more
clearly the solidarity of Italian sen
riment with regard to Fiume has
been demonstrated the more loath
We have been to condemn it's hopes.
Coincidentally, we have experienced
a new revival of nationalism in our
own America. That vague interna-
tiolalism which dreamed of a super
state last winter has gone into the
shadows
So while Americas knowledge of
the Adriatic problem is still imper-
feet, our attitude has changed. We
stress for Italy. as for ourselves, a
sturdy, secure nacionalism first of
all We sympathize with her dream
Of security and We understand her
vision of greatness.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
Europe's Latest Wars

War is spreading again in Eastern
Europe. A few days ago General
Petlura, the anti Bolshevist leader
III the Ukraine, opened hostilites
against General Denikin's Russian
volunteer army. Now Russian
volunteer organization in the Baltic
provinces, backed by German troops
which General Won der Goltz for
merly commanded, has attacked the
Let's and captured Riga. Lcninc is
lucky. Enemies whom he had to
face on the northwestern front and
or the southern and southwestern
&ront are now fighting each other.
This situation grows out of the
chaos in the Russian western bor-
derlands which the peace conference
has so far made little effort to over
cone. The peace treaty with Ger
many created an independent Polish
state, with boundaries defined on the
west and left underlined on the east.
But the Baltic States and the
Ukraine, receiving no territorial ac
ccssions from Germany, except the
port of Mcneil (Which is to be held
IN trust for a time by the Allied
powers), have been allowed to re
tain their anomalous revolutionary
status The treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
separating them from Russia and
attaching them to Germany. has
peen annullcd. Yet they have neither
been .retransferred to Russia nor
recognized as separate political
units.
The Ukraine is jealous of it's
neutrality-suspicious.. The Ukraine
nationalists, under Petlura, are
fIghtng Denikin because they fear
that a restored nationalistic govern.
ment in Moscow will seek to reunite
the scattered portions Of the old EN-.
pre-, except Poland and Finland
The Esthonians, Livonians ant
Let's have the same feeling of in
security. They successfully resiste,
The Bolsheyist penetration. But the,
dread the triumph of the anti-Bol
sneVist movement in Russia.
In the Baltic provinces there is al
added peril. German troops wer.
left there under the arrnistice term,
as safeguard against Bolshevis
invasion. These troops have becom,
practically colonists in Courlane
and nave been ostensibly discharged
from the German service. The Ger.
man landlord party in Courland al.
ways a great power there, In plan.
ming restoration Of pre-war condi.
Ions. II would rather make terms
with an anti Bolsheyist Russian gov.
ernsnent than with the native yepa.
ratist governments now in existence
an paper. Won der Goltz's veterans
reinforced by German volunteers
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
''Ding %

ffrom an editorial in The Berkshire Evening
Eagle. OF Pittsteld Mass.)
MAYBE you never heard of Ding. If
A'A you never have, your life is in
complete. lie is the chap who draws
those inmitable cartoons that dav by
day appear on the front page of the
New York Tribune Tribune fans do
not consider that their day is started
right unless they have laughed with
Ding"
Perhaps we should qualify this by
saying "some Tribune readers" Some
are opposed to Ding. Not that he is
not clever, not that he does not see the
fun in all this seriousness, not that he
can't laugh at himself occasionally, not
that he is unable to forge into posi-
tion where he can take people less
seriously than they take thems selves
no, no; not that, not that.
A reader discovered the other day
that he was not always in harmony
with the editorial policy OF his paper.
He said that Ding on the first page
destroyed the effect of that which was
published on the fourth page. Then a
flood Of letters came. AS is usual with
letters to the press, the sentiments
they expressed were about equally
divided pro and con- In one Of them
the editor was censured for encourage
ing Ding in his incorrigible cartoon
ways. K. S. Martin, editor of Life u
took a contrary view. Said he:
II read in your paper this morn
ing complaints because Ding's pict-
ures were not consistent with the
political basis of your paper.
$50 much the better, | should
say; but, anyhow, please don't let
any one disturb Mr. Ding. ! hear
that in private life his name is
Darling. He is one. Even if his pict-
ures were consistent with your
politics. think l should like them
for they might still be funny. Mr.
Ding makes for mirth, whatever
his consistency or whatever his
politics. He cannot b. spared
Please guard him from molestation.'
Political evolution in this country
has brought many curious changes
Years ago we had school which de-
manded of it's newspaper only one side
1t did not care to read any Of the oppo-
sition arguments. 1t wanted its politics
straight and undiluted. 1t based all its
arguments on what 1t read in its party
paper" and in consequence found IT,
self grovellng in the sand when 1t en-
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
The Tragedy of the Mark

One way Of summing up Ger
many's losses in the late war is to
say that the Kaiser's folly cost the
Fatherland so pfennigs on the mark.
Before the war the mark con-
tanned 100 pfennigs; to-day it is
worth about 20. A statistical table
published in the Vossische Zeitung,
showing the fuctuation of the mark s
value during the last five years,
might be called the chart of Ger
many's defeat. One hundred Swiss
francs converted at the Berlin Bocrse
into German money as follows:
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13

countered foe that had perused other
contentious. To-day a newspaper is
required to give all the news and the
truth about it. Whatever it may say
on its editorial page. its news columns
must carry the news, intelligently. i'm
partially, just as it has happened, leav-
ing the individual reader to draw his
own conclusions, form his own opin-
ions, helped, it may be, by the con-
scientious, though often unconscious
partisan bias of the editor. 1t is in
evitable that in some instances now
and then there should be departure
from this rule, but it holds good in
most cases. A reporter who gets
"corking good interview" with celeb
rlty is inclined, being only human, to
give him the benefit of the doubt.
Roosevelt used to talk of weasel
words,' words that sucked from words
that preceded them their original
meaning. Obviously not everything
that appears in newspaper reflects
the sentiments of the editor. He has
" pASS o!i WHICu W present tnOSe. "A
Republican newspaper, publishing a
statement by Candidate Long, for ex-
ample, might not necessarily indorse
his views. Bushnelrs cartoons do not
always linn the opinions of the news
papers in which they appear. The ma
tlonal editorial service, in which men
of all shades Of political opinion have
chance to air their views, are not al
ways the sentiments of the news
papers in which thev appear. Some
publications like "Life," which detest
consistency. contain paragraphs in
the same issue that neutralize each
other. That gives them charm
If The Tribune puts the soft pedal
on Ding it will make grave mis-
take. We have enough of the broken
spirit in this country. enough OF men
who have s;ihcd their souls. their
thoughts, their longings and desires,
in the machine. and produce nothing
but namby pamby mental pap that nau-
seatcs the intellectuals The Tribune
is better newspaper because of Ding.
Let it's first page continue to spark la
amidst the daily stories of the evil
that men do and their inane stupidties.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
In Our Town
D the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May | express my appreciation
for the continued excellence of your
feature page, "In Our Town" ] have
been enjoying it's weekly appearance
immensely.
AS an ex-East Slider | have been
especially impressed with the articles
on that section. These sketches seem
to show keen sense OF observation
ana vivid manner Of noting the i'm
prossions. l trust | can look forward
to more OF the same and tho other
brlght-wtted crticles on Gotham.
(Mrs.) EVA WElNSTEIN.
Rayonnc, N. j., Oct. 6, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
Canada's New Status

Sir Robert Borden, the Canadian
Premier, was delegate to the peace
conference and took a highly impor-
tant part in it's deliberations. He
has just contributed to The Neac
York Sun an article defining Can
ada's status in the league of nations
and her changed relationship to the
British Empire growing out of her
league membership.
Premier Borden holds that Can
ada achieved real nationality through
the war. She didn't declare war on
Germany, being carried into the
struggle automatically by the action
of the British government. But
Canada's peace delegates went to
Europe last winter determined that
she should be recognized as a sigma
tory of the peace treaty in her own
right. Sir Robert began by persuad-
ing the British government to &C
cord distinctive representation to the
five principal British dominions, COL
onies and dependencies, and to per-
nit their delegates to serve from
time to time among the five directly
accredited to the conference from
the British Empire.
That was the opening wedge.
France and Italy were sounded out,
and they agreed in principle to the
suggestion that the five British do
minions, colonies and dependencies
should be put on the SAME footing in
the conference as the minor Allied
powers. In the Council Of Ten at
Paris opposition was made to the ap-
parent multiple representation of the
British Empire. 1t came, presumably,
from the United States. But the
British delegates stood firm and car
ried their point.
Having been admitted to the con-
ference as separate units, the five
imperial subdivisions next claimed
the privilege Of signing the treaty
on their own account. Sir Robert
submitted the proposition that the
assent Of the King to the German
treaty should be signified in respect
to the various dominions, by the sig
nature of Dominion potentiaries.
This was agreed to. 1t constituted a
striking departure in British prac-
tce. AS the Canadian Premier
says: "Thc dominions appear there
in as signatories, and their concur
renee in the treaties is thus given in
the same manner as that Of other
nations"
At first the conference didn't seem
ready to accept all the implications
Of the new status conferred on the
British dominions, colonies and de-
pcndenccs. But in the completed
draft Of the covenant their full mem
bership in the society Of nations was
conceded. The text of the compact
justifies Premier Borden's conclu-
sion: "They [thc imperial units
are to become members as sigma
tories of the treaty, and the terms
, OF the document make no distinction
between them and other signatory
. members"
The imperial units have ratified
the treaty, each Of it's own volition
And Sir Robert holds that each of
the units must hereafter "have its
} voice as to those external relations
. which involve the issue Of peace or
OF war; II this is so what becomes
OF President Wilson's contention that
the British Empire is still "single
diplomatic unit" and that none Of the
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
to German money as follows:

The ups and downs recorded in
the above table signify the ups and
downs Of warfare; the low point
registered in October, 1917, was the
effect, then first fully realized, Of
Americas entrance into the war.
The rise Of April 1, 1918, signifed
the hopes aroused by Brest-Litovsk
and the March offensive; the depth
reached by the end of July their
failure. The braggadocio Of the
General Staff may have fooled the
German public; the exchange knew
better.
Herr Georg Munch's commentary
on the above figures shows that even
a German journalist is capable, if
hard pressed, of learning by expe-
rience. Referring to Americas en-
trance into the war, he says: "How-
ever low our estimate Of the mill
tary significance of that event be, it's
economic effect, at any rate, was
considerable. America had sup
ported us by manifold credit grants,
above all by taking over securities
in our possession; up to her bellig~
erency we knew q considerable por-
tion Of our national wealth-ships,
factories, commodities and cash-to
be safe within her territory from
hostile infringement. Her entry into
the war changed all that with sin
gle blow"
This is an excellent statement of
the situation-as prophesy, how
ever, it has the disadvantage of be-
ing of the post fact1tm variety. Alas !!
in 1915-'16 the Vossische Zeituug
was one of the most frantic sup
porters of unrestricted submarine
warfare and contributed to no mean
extent, through her Tirpitzian prop
aganda, to the success Of the policy
which eliminated in making Amer
ica one of the Allies in fact if not
in name.
Typically German is Herr Munch' S
wailing that "the honest help which
so many Germans had expected
from America"--after the conclu-
sion of peace, that is-did not real
ize. Just imagine: Gwen what we
Germans receive from her in the way
of food supplies is inadequate and
has to be paid for by transferring
to her our last reserves of foreign
securities" That America insists
on being paid for provisions seems
to Herr Munch the acme of selfish
ness, as does the fact that American
financiers do not rush to bolster up
the German exchange.
The only solution for Germany's
economic difficulties, Herr Munch
concludes, lies in the East-in re-
opening trade with Russia as soon
as possible. Among other reasons, he
points out that however low mari,
exchange is in Western countries
with that Of the ruble it still com.
pares favorably. Surely a slender
solacc.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
The Coming 7ower
There Is No Night

There is no night, no stretch Of dreadful dark.
Where Love elects his shining house to build
Where Love builds not nor steers his rddinnt
6arQue,
Each hour IL lustrum-1ong and shddoW- filled
Where Loves glad song so dulcetly is triled
IT'S always Notwithstanding and the la-A
Day is uncnding and all dolors stilled.
There is no night, stretch of dreadful dark
No valleys tenebrous. steppcs white and stark
Are found in this fair country, rosy hilled
That garden land lit by his splendent spark
Where Love elects his shining house to build
The fields lie bare unfertile and untitled;
The brook might laugh, yet none would bid
you Hcrk!
So are ali hearts self-centred and so chilled
Where Loco builds not nor steers his radiant
6drQue.
Hate. cen as Death. loves well shining
mark
That may be dimmed. Its substance hapy
killed:
And ere Love strips the victim of his sark
Each hour rs lustrum-long and shado,c-t filed.
Where Love is not Life stumbles on un-
thrilled
NJ goal in sight, of Hope no blazing arc:
But where Love regns any of his guild
Light conquers Fear and soul-corroding cark.
There is no night!
EDWARD W. BARNARD.
The women are going to ask "Why
Murphy" over the telephone billion
times before Election Day. And when,
ladies, you get Murray Hill 900 don't
say we didn't warn you.
The viewpoint, once one is out Of the
army, changes. We never now see men,
ton Of Major General Harbord, f'rinst,
without thinking of him as the general
whom r. Norris Williams was aid to.
Political candor by Candidate Harry
E. Lewis: "His watchword is retrench-
ment in expenses without etfccting eff
cheney in service
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
Business Sense

(rrom The Philadelphia Rceo'oi
The man who slows down on ad-
vertising because business Is easy
to get will find business hard to ge'
when the steady advertisers are reap
ing the benefits Of wise and prudent
foresight.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
Gotham Gleanings
S57SY SH S11z Sf1 M Ef1 1z li7 N, Sis7 7

--Stri ing is the order Of the day.
Never prettier day than
Wednesday in these environs.
Dave Lawrence has accepted d
job with Ralph Pulitzer.
Bill McAndrew is out in Califor-
MIA for a month or SO.
II. O. Davis, Eddie Bok's sue
cessor, was i'll town yesterday shop
ping.
Jack Drinkwatcr and wife dned
with Ferris Grecnslet OF Boston
Thurs. eve'g.
Geo. Lorincr is writing double
loaded editorials for the Sat. Eve'g.
Post these days.
-Franklin A. Bcnchley is think
ing of changing his name to Richard
Parsons Bcnchlcy.
-~lrv Cobb, II. L. Wilson, Bill
Mcclellan and others arc up ii.
Canada hunting moose, etc.
~--Yc cd. is installed in an apart
mcnt again, and anybody who has
any books Of ours is at liberty to
return same.
The annual meeting OF the
Beach .Haven Farm Association
will be held next Saturday and
Sunday at Charley Beck's small
cottage, Beach Haven, N. J.
Chuck Towne and Austin Story
are going to Hartford to-day to hear
the opera they wrote to the music
of Offenbacl,, a German who died
before the war
Doc Jim Burgess, Grant Rice,
Jack Masters, Ted Liebler and Joe
Wise are those VIC remember to
have bet with on the ball games.
Others will please dun u.s.
Life in newspaper Office IS one
compliment after another. "You look
80 funny when you think" observed
the blandshing Miss Harrictte Underhll
as she passed the given point known
as our desk late yesterday afternoon.
"It's wee bit of Il room, as to length
and BREADTH" treaces the Santa Bar
bara, Cal, Press, "and quite large in
it's other dimensions" Quite large, one
gathers, in thickness and the fourth di-
mension.
"Speaking, as you were,' writes II. s..
"of your detestation of inaccurate de-
TAIL the Hotel Emerson, Baltimore, adj
vcrtiscs Laundry received before a. m
returned after p. m And what inter
ests me, far more than what your Lord
Woodrow has read to him, is just how
much after"
There was time when it was con-
ceivable to wonder what paperhange1
thought about, but the chances are now
that his mind is occupied largely with
the pleasant contemplation of how much
he is being paid for what he is doing.
A week from to-day will be the Gath
birthday of Morrie, the industrious bu,
gifted contrib. In accordance with 8
promise made long time ago. his birth.
day present will be the privilege of writ
ing the whole Tower. Now is the time te
subscribe.
Widow. twenty, wishes position as
cook or housekceper on a ranch, cattle
ranch preferred, for bachelor or widow
Have two children. Those with evil in.
tentions need not apply. Write the
Martha, 1s N. 9th. st. Billings, Mont
Sheridan, Wyo., Post.
Many short story has been writer
from less promising nucleus
This is Columbus Day, on which VIZ
discover ourself in narrower column
Now some might think this equivalent
to a raise in salary, but we scorn sucl
/ gifts. In order not to give short weight
and especially not to crowd out tn,
contribs, much of tho column hereaftc,
will be set in smaller type. and uncadcd
Corpulcnce and age, the doctors say
are comrades. But not 80 with The Con
ming Tower.
Tho older it gets, tho slcndcrer.
i Il d A
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
No

20 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you kindly advise if tho
Customs nre correct in valuing tho
pound sterling Mt s485 in collecting
duty on packages from London by par
eel post? SUBSCRIBER.
New York, Oct 10, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13

1t has been our experience tha. most
Of the successful numorisfs Of tie
world have been more concerned with
notes than beams. If a man concen-
trates to any considerable extent or
beams, we do not hail MIN as the pos
SCISSOR of an acute sense Of humor. No,
indeed We say that he has an in
feriority complex and send him 20 see
old Doc Freud
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13

We are prone, as we have said, to
expect too much OF q sense Of humor.
There used to be story in vaudeville,
and perhaps it is still there. about
London bus driver who upon passing
another vehicle dangled little piece
of string in one hand, whcreupon the
passing driver began to curse 4. him
prodigiously. The bus man put the
string back in his pocket and. jerking
thumb back in the direction Of the
passing driver. explained to a passen-
ger, THAT bloke's no end o. lark.
rs father was Jung last week and 'e's
got no sense Of 'umor.'
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
Ironically
(FroM The BuNaio E'xprt

'froM Inc buNdto ErpressJ
Ii the old lady who lived in the shoe
was New Yorker she probably would
be cvictcd.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13

Likewise it is perfectly possible 70
be pedant or prig about a sense Of
humor DIR Johnson's forty-fve-cert-
metre sense of humor did not prevent
him from being a redant and il seems
to US that we have from time TO time
read pieces in "The New Republic"
which proved that an obscss on of in
fallible wisdom is by no means fl bar
in others
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13

There are even times when a sense
of humor seems not to be virtue
Some months ago we were sued for
libel by an actor who was angry be-
cause we said he gave the worst per-
formance we had ever seen. : law
yer went after US severely in the
cross-examination, bringing ont such
cised baseball games and pr;zetishts'
but he held a graver charge for his
climax. Stepping close and shaking an
angry finger in our face, he sad'
You always write N humorous veln'
Cont you?"
We remember that we denied the
charge Indignantly.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-13

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