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New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
On the List

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir; It appears that the associate coun-
sci to tho Lusk committee, Mr.. Archibald
E. Stevenson, is up to his old tricks again.
This time he gets mailing list Of the So
called "Soviet Bureau" and extracts from
It the names Of welf known l. w. WIS and
revolutionaries, and also the names Of
several respectable, law-abiding citizens
and then he proceeds to tar the latter with
the brush Of the former. 1t is way he
has Of paying off personal grudges.
Needless to say, I am not an I. W. W.
or revolutionary, although my name ap-
pears on Mr.. Stevenson's latest "list" AS
a matter of fact, I served during the war
as q captain in the United States Army,
having been attached to the Military In
telligence Division of the General Staff
from August, 1918, to March, 1919 Any
one at all familiar with the military in
telligence service will recognize how silly
1t is for Mr.. Stevenson to classify me
among revolutionaries. l take it that his
course In this instance was dictated to
him by desire to "get even" with officers
Of the military intelligence who differed
with him about the the validity and cor
rectness Of another "list," which he
evolved from his inner consciousness last
January.
From study Of Mr.. Stevenson's past
activities, l am convinced that the asso-
ciate counsel to the Lusk committee is
either an old-fashioned witch burner or
new-fashioned notoriety seeker, and that
his random and indscriminate accusations
arc peculiarly dangerous to the welfare
and solidarity Of the good people of the
State OF New York, and likely to injure
the prestige Of the Joint Legislative Com
mittee. CARLTON 7 n HAYES
Associate Professor of History in Co.
lumbia University and late captain,
United States Army
New York, June 81, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
A Domestic Question

The Knox resolution, now shelved has
been chiefly discussed as bearing on for-
eign relations. But it related also to
domestic question--represented, besides
an attempt to get the treaty revised
an effort to clarity the respective func-
tons OF President and Senate in treaty
making. The resolution politely notified
the Paris conference that the treaty
making power here was divided, and at
the same time sought to educate our
people concerning an alleged invasion
OF the Senate's constitutional preropa-
tive.
The Constitution makers contemplated
close association between the executive
department and the Senate az the part
q the legislative branch which pecul-
iariy represents the states interally.
In the early days the President advised
and consulted with the Senate in literal
way. As lecturer DR.. Wilson held It
Presidents duty to take the Senate
into advance counsel, arguing this wa.
not only practical necessity, but that
70 % otherwise would be to "usurp."
Before taking ship 70 promised to con-
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24

suit, saying he would keep Congress ad-
vised as to the progress Of negotiations.
In Paris the President dealt with gen.
tlemen who, under the Cabinet system,
or because Of the authority Of the execu-
tive department to ratify without refer
ence, were principals. Perhapshe feared
for his influence if he acted with less
authority. Whatever the explanation, he
returned on his brief visit with the idea
that what he had done could not be
treated except as a whole. Any linger
ing willingness to consult disappeared
when the Senate's Round Robin followed
the White House dinner. The President
went back, declaring he would so inter-
mingle the peace treaty and the cove
nant that the two could not be dis
sected apart. He did not conceal he
hoped to create dilemma which would
prevent liberty of action.
This doctrine meant practically an end
to the Senafe's treaty power. What one
President could do another could do, and
in every case an instrument could be
drawn to make the President supreme.
If different method Of approach had
been used the differences of opinion with
respect to the covenant might have been
calmly ironed out. Conscientious men,
bers Of the Senate believe they are GUS
todians Of a great tradition and are
constrained to prevent grave invasion
Of the prerogatives of their body. Prob
ably some Of them feel it is more i'm
portant to have this Republic republic,
with every public servant definitely re-
sponsible somewhere, than it is to have
the covenant, willing as they are to ac-
cept it with slight safeguarding modi-
fications.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
Earth Spirits
(From The London Morrir ,

tFrom The London Morning Post)
Splrltualists, or "spiritsts," as they now
prefer to be called, have been much exer-
cised in their minds by the suggestion. i'm
piled in recent pronouncements by Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle, that intercourse by
means of medium with the world of un-
seen things might bring the investigator
into dangerous relations with evil spirits.
Most Of the medieval demons seem to have
retired from business, but there exists a
curious wealth Of modern evidence for
belief in the elemental" or earth-spirit,
which is released by extensive excavations.
to plague q whole countryside The "ele-
mental" assumes the form OF q very tall.
lean man, with small head, and his gi-
gantic strength enables him to turn over a
cart or throw a mounted passerby into
ditch. Recently, in a southern county.
series Of alarming accidents occurred to
motor cars passing an excavation, and it
has been suggested that a released earth
spirit was at work.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
The Great Day

Tho treaty has not been formally
signed, but two hours before the expiry
Of the time limit announcement was
made Of unconditional acceptance of the
terms.
After five years Of effort such as no
generation has ever made, we stand at
: the threshold Of day whose coming has
been so passionately longed for. The
world was frantic with joy on armistice
day, but doubt and apprehension con-
tinued to lurk. Elements of discord ap-
peared among the Allies and Germany
was alert to take advantage.
1t is great day. The immediate
perils are over. 1t holds out hope to tired
humanity. AS far as any document may,
1t gives assurance that the dead have
not died in vain. The assaults on morale
we're as futile as on the slopes and
trenches of Verdun and Belgium
But in our rejoicing let us not be
deceived. The war came because the
peaceable lacked intelligence They shut
their eyes to the palpable fact that a
monstrous evil was uncoiling. Never
again!
Germany processes no repentance. She
says the peace is one Of violence, thus
declaring that lack of physical power,
not her will, prevents her renewing it.
May the next generation not re-
proach tho present one. May determina-
tlons harden. Germany may not be
trusted until there is change more
fundamental than yet manifest. Ger
many must be kept disarmed and from
tiers strong until the danger, passes
Here are our bulwarks of peace. There
are none other as long as Germany is
rs she is
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
Bitter Japan

Commenting on the league of nations
covenant, several Japanese journals 70 to
extleme lengths in criticism of American
motives in the Far East and personal abuse
sof Prcsis5ent Wilson, says the Toxic CORE
spondent Of "Thc London Daily Express"
THE Osaka 'Nainchi Deupos' unhesita-
tingly refers to the Presidents dangerous
justice and female Demon term vividly
dcnunciatory in tho Oriental mind, while the
militarist 'Yamato Shimbun' in series of
open letters severely arraigns the motives
of the President
THE supposed Anglo-Saxon domination in
the league prompts the Toxic 'Nroku
shimpo' to advocate an Oriental league Of
nations" g
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
House Rules IN Diplomacy

The policy of the United States
toward Costa Rica has been determined
by house rule laid down by the State
Department. That rule provides that
no Latin-American government which
comes into power by revolution shall be
recognized. Such a rule has, of course;
no warrant in international law. Within
the last year the United States has
recognized Czecho-Slovakia, Poland and
Jugo-Slavia-all coming into existence
through revolution. Previously it recog-
nized Carranza, another successful revo-
lutionist.
Tinoco seized the Presidency Of Costa
Rica by force. Subsequently his title
was confirmed by election. Under him
Costa Rica severed relations with Ger
many But because he was on the State
Departments private blacklist Costa
Rica was excluded from representation
IN the peace conference-a right con-
ceded to every other government which
severed relations with Germany.
Recently the stability of the Tinoco
regime has been threatened by domestic
uprisings and by hostile forces assem-
bled in Nicaragua. The former Presi-
dent, Gonzalez, thinks that he could re-
gain power if he were allowed to or
ganize an expedition, using Nicaragua
as base. But the United States ex
ercises protectorate over Nicaragua.
and the State Department has warned
the local government there to observe
neutrality and not to permit armed
forces to cross the boundary into Costa
Rica.
An impasse has thus resulted. Wash
ington continues to boycott Tinoco, but
discourages Gonzalez's efforts to rein
state himself. Yet if it is competent
for the State Department to deny rec
ognition to a government of revolution
ary origin and to make it an interna-
tional outlaw, is it not also competent
for 1T to help to eject usurper in favor
of the legitimate claimant?
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
The Balance Sheet
On the debit side:
Killed, 100000.

On the debit side:
Killed, 100000.
Crippled, 20,000.000.
Homes destroyed, 100000.
Money loss, $4,000, 100000.
Anarchic conditions over one-half Of
Europe and with difficulty kept out of
the remainder.
A social quackery which plies it's trade
among peoples confused by losses that
are rsparable only by industry and thrift.
On the credit side:
A demonstration that liberty is so
priced that to save it no sacrifice is too
great.
New proof that man is moral being
and reacts to moral ideals.
A greater sense of fraternity among
brothers of the soul who fought to-
gether.
A chance that the lessons Of the war
will so sink in that hereafter gigantic
evil would be stopped before it gets
afoot.
The losses are in material things; the
gains are spiritualities. One mass looms
large to those who see only things; but
the other looms large to those who see
ideas.
The world is impoverished in temporal
goods, but il summoned before the True
Assessor would be proclaimed richer
than five years ago. A jewel was found
IN the mire of war. Mankind went
through fiery furnace and the smell
Is upon it, but it survived the ordeal.
A generation capable of performing the
prodigles marking this one may claim
1t Is master of it's fate and foresee, not
Tar distant, the day when the mark Of
the Beast will be gone, but, forever re-
naming, the glorious memory that he
was successfully resisted.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
Ratifying the Covenant

The method proposed by Mr.. Root
for, dealing with the covenant viii
achieve these ends:
1. Save what is good in the plan. The
league machinery will be established,
regular and special conferences will
occur, the council will perform the ad-
ministrative duties laid on it, and will
provide for as much delay before war
as If ratified in gros.
2. Remove, so far as concerns this
country, obligation to guarantee exist
ing national boundaries, or to partici-
pate in petty quarrels or to impair the
|, Monroe Doctrine.
8. Hasten, and not delay, an ex-
change Of peace ratifcations. No re-
assemblage Of the peace conference will
be necessary. There is choice other
than that between unconditional ratifca-
ton and rejection of the whole treaty.
4. Adherence to American practice.
Often have we inserted reservations in
ratification resolutions. See both the
Hague ratifcations, the Algeciras rati-
fication, the ratification of the conven-
tion for regulating the South African
slave trade. The Supreme Court, pass
ing on such reservations, has upheld
their validity. It has accepted inter
pretations given in advance to treaty
clauses, and silently consented to, as de-
claring their true sense when before
American courts and the executive and
legislative branches Of our government.
Mr.. Root thinks the league in its
judicial aspects should provide for a de-
velopment Of arbitration, international
law and the judicial principle generally,
and in its political aspects should make
it more clear peaceful nations are to be
protected. But these affirmative things
cannot be secured except by recasting
the whole instrument, with the consent
Of other nations. So he foregoes these
and accepts the good at hand while safe
guarding against the evil.
In 1907 Mr.. Root, then Secretary Of
State, instructed the American delega-
ton to The Hague to favor "the adoption
of resolution by the conference pro-
viding for the holding Of further con-
ferences within fixed periods and ar
ranging machinery by which such con-
ferences may be called and the terms
of the programme may be arranged,
without awaiting any new or specific in
itiative on the part of the powers or
any one of them" Offered this much
now, Mr.. Root would clinch the offer:
so he is for ratification, being seasoned
enough in life to realize that realiza-
tions seldom measure up to the hopes
Of the sanguine.
Mr.. Root enters the discussion not as
partisan, but as an American states
man. May his intervention produce re-
suits. His solution ought to be accept
able to both camps. The great under
taking has been greatly bungled and
the difficulty of ratification has been in
creased by the promotion methods which
have been used. But out of the threat
ened the essential things may be saved,
and Mr.. Root shows the way.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
Burlesonian Insurance

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: During the last quarter Of 1918
sent from Virginia a package by parcel posi-
insured. 1t was not delivered.
One Of Mr. Burleson's agents now states
that my claim for loss is duly proved ans
in line for payment, but that
tal 1t cannot be paid now, because fns
appropriation for paying such losses Is lens
since exhausted, and
OBJ Nobody knows If or when new er
preparation for such payments will %
passed.
Save your pennies If you mediate des
voting any to parcel post insurance.
New York, June 20, 1919. STuN0'
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
The Coming 7owcr
APARTMENTAL D1TT1Es

APARTMENTAL D1TT1Es
One more unfortunate
Hunting a fiat,
Begging, importunate,
Dofing his hat.
Kick him out scornfully
If he should say it,
Hopelessly, mournfully,
II cannot pay it."
Laugh at him, guyeri
Expose him to railleryl
Everything's higher
Excepting his salary.
Alasl for the rarity
OF landlords charity
Under the sun!
Oh, 1t was pitiful
In q whole city full,
Home he had none.
"Living Is zeroi
Existence a flivveri"
Shouted our hero,
And jumped In the river.
Not till l drowned him
At the end Of this pome
Could I have found him
An ultimate home.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24

dividual and crowd psychology, here Is
meat indeed. The picture Of the tank
and the rosebush Is one Of the unfor-
gettable pen portraits drawn by an eye
witness Of the crucial fighting in the
Battle Of the Seine.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
MnfnEn or THn Assoc1ArEp parss

he Associated Press Is exclusively entitled tho u.s.
sef republication Of all dispatches credited
oee osneywfse credited in this paper and
nswe os spontaneous origin published herein.
AL fshs Of republication OF al other matter hersin
ore also tteerved.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
One Hasn't

{Froms The Clcpeland PLATA Dealer,
"Father would sooner die than submit
to trial tribunal" says the ex-Crown
Prince. Zone has ones honor, you know"
Oh. has one7
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
Cov.ky Calling
to the
SouI Of Russia

After the revolution Maxim Corl,. 4.
great Russian novelist. whose book. so,,..a
sold by the millions among his own peool.
turned editor and lifted "a voice in the wild.
ness for reason and restraint. Hi. n,n..
is called The New Life" His me,,s.. !.
delivered in series of shor. edi,or;.L
rible in their direct and naked simpl;c;,.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
Our Ron1ag7,e
p oMAGNE, France, May 80 (By maiD.
-There ia ona rnnt fy, Franco whnsa
By Wilbur Forrest

ID oMAGNE, France, May 80 (By mail).
IN There Is one spot in France whose
name will grow in the memory of
hundreds Of thousands Of folk at home
while other names better known to-day
fade gradually into the haze Of time. That
spot Is called "Romagne, Argonne," and Gro
: MAN," as the French pronounce it, was
once pretty little village, nesting placid
~ half hidden by orchards and gently roN-
ing hills.
Romagne to-day Is ugly, a conglomera-
tion OF rubble patches Of prick and stone,
lying in death under scraggly, broken trees,
some Of which are trying to put forth
pitiful signs Of life under the French sum-
mer sun.
But to Americans the significance Of this
word "Romagne" Is not what RomaRne was
once or is to-day. It Is that the word
stands for acre upon acre Of neatly plotted
and well-gravelled ground, with long lines of
white wooden crosses, beginning on the
northern slope of a small valley and ascend
lng-each line-as an arrow over the crest
toward the goal which brought us ultimate
victory.
1t was here at Romagne, marking one
point Of the long battle line in the Argonne,
where the enemy began to break and to
fight without hope It was our own guns
mainly which reduced the little village to
the rubble it remains to-day, and as our
troops swept through 1t, advancing north
ward, many fell from an enemy rear guard
machine gun fire directed from the crest
over which the multiple lines Of white
wooden crosses stretch northward to-day.
Americas Greatest Battle
Probably the last American soldiers to
leave France for America will be those en-
gagged In the Argonne grave registration
service, whose orders are to find the body
OF every American boy who fell in Amer
lca's greatest battle-the Argonne- Meuse-
and tenderly transport It to Americas
greatest military cemetery~at Romagne.
1t would be a great comfort to the rela-
tives Of those who fell to know with what
care these shells Of men are found, identi-
fed and removed, often a score Of miles or
more, to their resting place here under the
white crosses.
Often in the heat and confusion Of d
moving battle men fell in spots which would
seem to defy the chance Of ever being
found. In order that every possible method
Of search should be employed the regi-
ments composing the grave registration
service are fighting the war over again in
the Argonne-Meuse, using the actual battle
maps and records of advance. A portion of
the great battlefield Is assigned to certain
units, who spread out in skirmish forma-
ton just as the troops in actual battle ad-
vanced. This time the advance is slower.
There is no friendly or unfriendly barrage
or hail Of rife and machine gun bullets to
distract Every man in this second advance
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24

Yeu eaa purchase merohandbs advertised II THE
tklsUhE with absolute sasso-fpr dissatissartioa
eate 10 any sass THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay
MsaS eask upeh request. No red taps. No aulbbilne
Ws maks Sod promptly II tho advertiser does NOT.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
The Way Of Pilgrims

Over 5000 of those who fell lie here in
Romagne cemetery to-day, and before many
months, it is estimated, nearly 30,oO0-our
toll for victory in the Argonne -Meuse-will
have been moved to. the outskirts Of what
was once Romagne.
Considerable difficulty will lie in the path.
Of those who might plan a pilgrimage to
Romagne cemetery in the near future. 1t
is reached by way of Verdun, from which
ruined city a single-track railway line
winds northward along the course Of the
River Meuse. Following the curves Of this
railway line about twenty-five miles north
is found the village of Dun-sur-M Meuse, from
which village runs wide wagon road back
to the southeast and reaching Romagne
about four miles away. Undoubtedly at a
later time some enterprising French indi-
vidual or organization will establish trans
portation between Dun and Romagne, but
just now there is neither transportation
nor facilities for purchasing food except
through the American military units operat-
ing In this devastated region. When their
work is done they will leave and the pilgrim
will be forced to shift for himself Verdun
itself, the largest centre In the area, will be
unable for many months to house and feed
pilgrims en- route to Romagne. No plans,
so far as The Tribune correspondent has
been able to learn, have been made by the
American military authorities to care for
pilgrims.
But even in its isolated location Romagne
means something to every American which
cannot be put in words. To those who al
ready have seen these thousands of white
wooden crosses, neatly placed along
gravelled aisles, war becomes more sombre,
and the glamour Of it fades into a slow
burning hatred for those cowardly fanatics
who forced the world into it. To-day they
stink in obscure places in fear and trem-
bling for their personal safety. The con-
trast is out here on the side hill, under
white crosses shimmering in the sunshine.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
Credit to the Navy

tFrom The Indianapolis Nesps)
It isn't SO wonderful that the LeviatnsR
carries food enough to feed them fog
week. .s---s
New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
The Persistent Scandal

tFrom The Philadelphia lnqutrer)
We don't hear 80 much lately about
Lenine and Trotxky, but what we do hear
Is entirely too much. ~
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does 50 with his eyes glued to the ground,
SO that every square yard Is covered. If

does 50 with his eyes glued to the ground,
SO that every square yard is covered. If a
forgotten body or a shallow, unmarked
grave, dug under fire, marks the surface it
is identified for those who follow. The lat
ter identify uhe remains from the small
metal tag (which all soldiers wore about
their necks and prepare the body for it's
trip to Romagne cemetery. Motor trucks
follow to carry number of bodies with
each trip, and before one is put abroard an
officer checks the location carefully on
map in order that relatives some day may
come to France and see the exact spot on
which their flesh and blood made the great
sacrifice for the liberty of nations. 1t may
be amid the tortured ruins Of village like
Romagne, under clump Of bushes in the
thick underground of the Argonne Forest
or in an open field. But wherever it is men
are working to-day to find it and mark it
forever on q map.
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Among those who are here in con
nection with the Auto truck tour are
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Brennan of Chi
cago. Mr.. Brennan is in the Au-
tomotical Engineering department of
the Vacuum Oil Co., and is with the
tour to see that all trucks get oil SER
vice and he also attends to engine
problems. He arranges for service at
each town and while he and Mrs. Bre-
man drives their own sedan, he is in
close touch with all trucks and sees
that so far as fabrication and engines
that there is no trouble. He states
that up to the. present time there has
been only three flat tires since leav-
ing Chicago, and it is his opinion that
80 per cent Of the trucks will COM
plete their long and tedious journey
and return home without a fiat tire.
Mrs. Brennan is the only lady accom-
panying the tour, and she seems to be
having a most enjoyable time.