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New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
Cermany's War Bill

If it is a good thing to praise whatever
in Germany is praiseworthy, approval
may well be extended to the speech Of Ma
thias Erzberger on German finances. 1t
is surprising to find ones self commend
ing Erzberger, but nevertheless it comes
to pass Without disguise or evasion he
laid before the Weimar Assembly the
primary fact that the only way to pay is
to pay, and held out no promise of any
feat Of financial legerdemain to trans
mute miraculously nothing into some
thing.
In madness the Germans destroyed
property representing some 9,000,000,000
days Of prior human labor. To repair
damages approximately 100000 Ger
mans must work for ten years, and as
they labor must be maintained by other
Germans. Germany's leisure class must
thus give up leisure; smaller profits go to
employers; owners of free capital net
less interest because of taxes on incomes;
land equities owned by individuals de-
crease in value because the public is to
absorb a greater share of economic rent.
The empires income must be increased
nine times. This burden must of neces-
slty fall not so much on laborers as on
property, for labor is mobile, while prop
erty Is not. The German workman.
should the subtractions from his earn
lngs pass limits, may move out, but real
estate, buildings, machinery, etc, must
stay. So those held chiefly responsible
for the war are to carry the principal
financial load. The proletariat, in per-
sonal misery, in lost legs and arms, in
the households bare of members, has al
ready paid and though it will not escape
altogether will not pay twice The new
German taxes in the main must thus
come out Of profit makers, capitalists and
land owners--from the holders of ac
cunulated wealth and from the recipi-
ents of what remains after the workers
get their irreduciblc minimum
Because the population clements which
will receive the interest on German WAY
bonds in one pocket and pay the interest
on these war bonds out of the other oro
identical, it is not unlikely strong party
IN Germany will demand a cancellation
OF the domestic war debt. Frzberper
says he will entertain no such proposal.
but finance ministers of a different mind
may succeed him. When the payer and
the payee are the same, why not burn
the note?
The effect on national productiveness
Of the digcourayenoen4 ~ +bu ;ua,,.4:.,
leaders OF Germany Is, Of course, not
Known. There has been no experience
with debt Of equal magnitude. II the
most capable OF Germany emigrate to
capitalistlc lands where personal capac-
ity is better rewarded, Germany will
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
The Presidents Speech

Those who hoped that the President,
in his speech to the Senate, would over
come his liking for vague generalization
and discuss the particular issues which
are under debate will scarcely be able to
escape sense Of disappointment as they
read yesterdays words.
The President places himself at the
disposal of the Senate and its commit
tees and promises to give, formally or
informally, any information in his pos
session. This is we'll, as it should be.
But 50 far as the public is concerned it
must be satisfied, for the present at
least, with an address which is practi-
cally bare of details or of elucidation.
Most of what the President says is in
disputable-relates to matters as to
which there is agreement. Other things
are dsputable-such as, for example,
the implication that our motives in the
war were better than those Of our allies
and that the negotiations at Paris con-
sisted of long tussle with the demons
of unrighteousness-with this country
playing the role of St. George and the
fothers, for the most part, the role Of
dragon.
But in the main no argument is at
tempted-the country is treated to re-
view of the general situation which fol-
lows a we'll beaten path. This is inter-
esting and instructive in way, but it
contributes little to the enlightenment Of
those who hold that time arrives when
the concrete has claims above those of
The abstract.
If the President holds parleys with the
Senate or its committees it is to be hoped
q way will be found for the public to be
within earshot, for the public has an
understandable desire to know why's and
wherefores.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
Ye ats on Briggs
70 the Editor of The Tribune.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune
CIR: Why have you removed Mr. Briggs
\ from the last page? My practice has
been to read the first page. 1t was my
duty, and did it, costing about five minutes
Of my time, and then I turned to the last
page and to the real business for which
was born--the humorous, poetical and fan
ciful appreciation of life. For in Mr.. Briggs
are all three--humor, fancy, poetry. Now
have to search for him, where he is found in
some inner page. have by that time read so
many paragraphs with their headlines that
my temper is spoiled and gone is that spirit
Of peaceful contemplation without which one
cannot appreciate either life or Mr.. Briggs
am, perhaps, not as much interested as
ought to be in the league of nations or in
the labor movement. Even the Irish republic
that dream beautiful az a pink and orange
rainbow among the storm clouds, touches me
only family, Irishman though I be. I can
even forget that there are scoundrels and
murderers, not only among the exalted, but
among the low and detected, suddenly made
drunk with powec or the thought of it; yet
as long as l enjoy Mr.. Briggs there is hope
for me. I am on tiptoe to hear and under
stand everything he tells me about this
bewildering world. l am even tempted to
learn how to play golf or at least to make
some good resolutions on the subject
In the work of most comic artists I am
interested in the legend and then in the
figures. 1t is because my imagination is
instantly caught by the Briggs husbands and
wives and boys that I read the legend hop
ing thereby to know more about these fam
tastic creatures Have you noticed that it
is only in the realm of fantasy that realism
comes to it's very own? The boys I see in
actual life are not SO real as the boys that
come from the Briggs Imagination. They
are too much dragged down by circumstance
They are stopped and hindered ut every
turn-thc parents, the maiden aunt, the
schoolmaster, are in conspiracy to rob them
Of their liberty. "a novel," said Stendhal.
Should be like looking glass dawdling
along the road This is true of the novel
of observation--but how about the novel of
creation? How about Bazac and Dickens
whose realm is broad than anything
written by Stendhal. and how about the fan
tastic and delightful Briggs who, while
he uses life yet leaves it behind him. And
it is by craftsmanship he does it-he
knows how to draw. He has that triumph
antly intimate knowledge Of internal form
for which we artists labor so long and strenu-
ously and prayerfuly, and mostly SO vainly.
Mr.. Briggs is humorous also, for he is
poetcal. He makes laugh, yet with
something which Is not laughter, which even
contradicts laughter. 1t Is easy to be funny.
New York, July s, 1919. J. B. YEATS.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
Missin g on All Four

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t has been said that genius is
akin to insanity. Henry Ford may be a
genius at the automobile game, but is he
otherwise as we'll balanced as the ma
chimes his factory turns out?
In a moving picture house the other night
was shown q "Ford Motor Company Educa-
tional Weekly" 1t pictured many splen-
did things America had done in the war.
and l was quite impressed with the edu-
cational value Of the film until, as finale,
an animated cartoon on the league of ma
tions wound up with this inscription:
"When you hear a man opposing the
league .of nations keep your hand on YOUR
pocketboo
Does this accuse half the American peo-
pie of being pichpockets? Shame!
ANTI-BIGOT.
Carbondale, Penn, July 8, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
No Analogy

1t is small wonder, therefore, that Amer
leans have not taken offence at the Con-
gressional resolution on Ireland They
truly believe that the question is in fact, if
not de jure, an international one, and they
are relieved that the Senate, by such an
overwhelming vote, expressed itself on the
Irish question. Nor will they be satisfied
with the attempted analogy between reso-
luton of our Senate on the freedom of Ire
land and a supposed recommendation by
the British Parliament dealing with Fed
cral and state relations under our Union.
ireland is country separate and distinct
from England in territory, in people, in
customs and in nationhood She has never
acknowledged British sovereignty nor in
any way waived her own standing as a ma
ton. No American state remotely answers
this description JOHN B. DOYLE.
New York, July 7, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
Must We Aid a Robber?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: China might resist the robbery Of
Shantung Would that be external ag-
eression? Could Japan call upon US 10
demand that we send our quota @. troops,
ETC., to help her keep intact her terri
torial integrity? GO SLOW.
New York, July 10, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11

2 The settlement OF every question. whether
OF territory, of sovereignty, OF economic ar
rangement, or Of political relationship upon
the basis of the free acceptance Of that settle
ment by the people Immediately concerned and
not upon the basis of the material interest or
advantage of any other nation or people which
may desire a different settlement for the sake
OF its own exterior influence or mastery
In one form OR another he repeated this
principle or condition, not once but many
times, before the peace conference con-
vened. When spoken it applied with pecul-
lar fitness, and since then has applied
with still more peculiar fitness if that
were possible, to the case of Ireland and
the government of the Irish people Eng
land accepted and indorsed this principle;
she willingly accepted the material bene-
fits that it was intended to justify, the in
tervention Of American manhood and treas
ure in saving England and her allies from
destruction through the Prussian nfamy
The Endorsement by the public men and
the press of England, including "The
Times" Of the Mount Vernon address was
whole-hcarted, even fulsome, certainly not
without recourse" when applied to the So
called domestic concerns Of the British EN-
pire. At any rate, this is the way the stu
alton seems to run in the average Ameri-
cans mind, and it is hard for him to escape
the conviction that justice required that
this noble principle should have been in
voked and put into effect at the peace con-
ference in favor Of Ireland, on motion Of
our President and his American associates.
with the acquiescence, if not the enthusi-
astic support, Of Messrs. Lloyd George.
Balfour and Cecil.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
AS in Mexico
(From T'ac Dallns No,

NFFOW Tho Dallas -NCfCs)
The Montenegrins have rebelled against
Serbia. Farming in Montenegro is too
dull business to interest the people lonE
at time.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
GUARANTEE

You purchase merchandise advertised IN the
TRIBUNE with absolute safetyfor II dissatsfacton re-
suits In any THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
money back upon request. No red tape No auphlins.
We make good promptly II the advcrtlses does not
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
Our Worries Soon to End
(Fro,n Tne yud{rrrnou, N..,.>

tFrom The Indianapolis Ne1Ds)
There's no use in worrying over the
league of nations issue. In u month or two
the college debating clubs will be In session.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
Need for New Coins

tFrom The Pittsburgh Gasctte- Times,
Six and IL cent coins would be Il great
convenience now. The familiar nickel and
thin dime have lost their grip in meeting
full demand. j
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
More Lynchine Bees

tFrom The Bi'min0ham Aoe-Hercld
Evidently the South is finding it easier
to reduce tho cotton acreage than to CUT
down the number Of lynchings,
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

CIR: The protest Of "The London Times"
X , that the Irish question is not an interna-
tional issue and Il At he resolutions Of
our Congress are not entitled to consdera-
ton because dealing with the domestic con-
Germ of foreign power can hardly impress
events of the last year. On July 4, year
ago, in his address at Mount Vernon, the
President stated as one of the conditions or
foundations upon which the peace of the
world must rest:
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11

have condition akin to Bolshevism, and
the results, it may be assumed, will be
disastrous
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
FRIDAY, JULY II, 1919

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New-York tribune., 1919-07-11

Whether T. R. would have supported the
l.. of N. we do not know; probably not. But
the fact that he is dead is accentuated to us
by Senator Johnson's speech in Boston. SEN
ator Johnson, we fear, is the kind of man
who doesn't See by the Paper, but Whose
Attention Has Been Called "When any
man." he Grated, ~ care not who he is, tries
to tell the American people that Theodore
Roosevelt would have favored the League of
Nations, that man lies" What the Senator
means is that anybody who says Roosevelt
would have favored the League of Nations
is liar.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
xrMnrR OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated exclusively entitled to tbs use
for republication dispatches credited to 1t of
not otherwise credited this and also the local
hews CT spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights republication OF all other matter herein
I also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
Thanks for the Suggestion, Tab

Thanks for the Suggestion, Tab
"This agile young lady is Jessica Brown"
Whose beauty is worthy of widespread re-
nown,
person of pulchritude, pleasing to view,
Whose smile Enthusiastically captivates you;
Delightfully."- youthful, decidedly smart,
She causes a quickening beat of your heart;
Oh, where is the man who could stub
bornly frown
While gazing at agile young Jessca Brown?
The Chamois Shimmy
Said the chamois to his NANNY
Though the Purtans may lam me
/ shant sham q shame a chamos shouldn't
show;
Though the shocked old chamois damn me
With horror cold and clammy,
Why chamois shouldn't shimmy don't
know.
There's simmer to the shimmy that q
chamos should essay"
SO the chamois shimmied shamelesslv
away BERTON BRALEY.
Every time we hear a lucid explanation
of why the daylight saving law was repealed
we wonder why it was repealed
Most of the gentlemen who signify their
intention of Telling the World are likely to
find it deaf old planet.
Samplng the Presidents speech, it oc-
ours to us that his reference to Hoboken
was typicaily Wlsonian. 1t was conde-
scending, like minister in a smoking car
who swears just to.put the others at their
ease The President referred also to "the
rest of the folks; and our guess ls that
he put mental quotes on folks"
How do those who genufect to the Presi
dents mastery of English defend "Nobodv
supposed Germany would build up a great
military machine like she did?" We have no
quarrel with the American people, but we
have n quarrel with President who uses
like as n conjunction.
Looks like he was going after the Southern
So'o' F. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
Suppose 1t Was the Philippines

At the Hotel St. Regis (and understand
also at other hotels and at the theatres)
collections were publicly taken up, while
war with Germany and Austria still ex-
listed, for the purpose of financing revo-
luton within the empire Of Great Britain.
Are there no laws against such thing
I shall be greatly surprised If the activities
of those making such collections or assist
ing them In any way do not bring them
within the scope of the law.
Reverse the case and suppose that agta-
tors from the Philippines, from Hawaii, or
even Bolshevst agitators from this coun-
try, were to go to London, establish head
quarters and start widespread movement
there for the financing of a revolution in
the Philippines or in Hawaii or here at
home, what would we say or do? Would
our Department Of State remain silent in
such a case? Would our newspapers have
anything to say about it? And wrat would
we think if the British authorities re-
mained passive and permitted the move
ment to go unchecked? Every one
knows that every newspaper in the land
would denounce it, that the cables would
be overworked on the subject, and that
State Department would be demanding
explanations from the British government
Would We Be Silent?
Suppose, further, that some prominent
and patriotic American who might happen
to be in London at the time, say Mr. Root
or Mr.. Bryan, or Mr.. Frick, should enter,
say, the Hotel Cecil, and, finding there
collections being publicly taken up to
finance a revolution in America, should
hotly protest against it and should then
be thrown into the street. what would our
press have to say about it? Would they
maintain silence? To ask the question an
swers it. Such an occurrence would, very
likely, bring the two countries to the verge
of war, and even if the troubles were
smoothed over enduring harm would have
been done and hostility between the
countries would have been engendered
which would not disappear in a lifetime.
What, then, must be the feeling of our
British cousins, under the same circum-
stances, toward a country which permits
those within its borders, whether aliens or
otherwise, to openly engage in a movement
destructive to its national unity, and which
has let it go on without taking vigorous
official steps to check it?
JAMES CHITTICK.
New York, July 6, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
Ireland n
Parallel Diuergencies
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
CIR: desire to voice an emphatic and In
dignant protest against the taking up
of public collections in this city, and
elsewhere, for the so-called Irish Repub-
lie"
The United States Of America and its
allies were actually at that moment. at
war with Germany and Austria The great
free nations thus brought together in q
common cause and shedding their blood
and treasure without stint have been
drawn closer to each other than ever be-
fore, and I cannot conceive that any one
truly American at heart could assume any
attitude or take part in any movement
that would tend to disturb these good
relationships or produce friction between
these countries. Yet what do we see?
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11

Our prediction is that "Prohibition" is
making difference in the number of home
staying husbands. A husband who used to
stay out and drink did it, generally, because
he was less bored doing that than staying
at home. The only difference is that while
he used to stay out and drink, now he stays
ont
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11

"Since July /" writes Esmeralda, "my
husband has been at home so much that he
knows the difference between the sounds of
the doorbell and the telephone bell"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
SUBSCRIPTION RArEs-By MAIL Including Postage
IrNI1.IrIa rArCS CANADA:

E tered q. tho Postoncs at York Second cass
Mali Matter
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11

Mr.. Ed. Wynn's wheeze in "The Gaieties
Of 1919" about the weather being almost
warm enough for the girls to wear furs
gets better every time somebody steals it
from its originator, Kin Hubbard
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11

the heretofore unchartered air
currents of the Atlantic. c.-New York's Fast
est Growing Newspaper
"No doubt" offers G. R. c., when these
winds have been successfully chartered they
will become trade Winds"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11

Jimmy Montague Ought to Know Better
Sir: In Mondays World James j. Montague
rhymes "eruditon" with "condition' and in
Life for July Elsie Janis rhymes "ambtion
with 'prohibtion CHICOT.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11

Looks like he was going after the Southern
vote. f.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
Selt-Deterrnination

world must rest
New Britain herald., 1919-01-01
U. s. RUSSIAN FORCE
 IN GOOD CONDITION
Secretary Baker Says They Are Well Situated and Equipped For
 Winter.

Washington, Jan. All informa- tion in the possession of the state de- partment and the war department is directly at variance with the charges made by Senator Townsend (Mich) that the American troops at Arch angel were improperly clothed, inn properly cared for and in danger of annihilation.
 Secretary Baker stated that the winter equipment for the men was complete and that everything possible had been done for their comfort and welfare. The expedition was arranged by Gen. Pershing and MT. Baker takes no stock in the reports that the Americans were outnumbered, 1J to 1 and in a dangerous position.
 The state department has just re- ceived a report from c. A. Martiuszine representative of the Archangel gov crnment, who has arrived in Washing ton and this shows that the Am erican troops there occupy good strategic ma rl<ably low and that the BOlshevik troops although otficered by Germans and well supplied with artillery are not inclined to precipitate fighting with the Americans.
 There is no intention of ithdrawing g the American troops from Russia. sc 1 far as officials here know. It IS re | garded as far more likely that they ! will have to be reinforced.
New Britain herald., 1919-01-01
OLD GEMS OFFERED BY ENEMY REJECTED
 A...
Artillery surrendered to Allies Must Be Modern, Receiving Commits
 sion Decides.

Coblenz, Jan. 1. Associated Press.} The old-fashioned heavy artillery which is being offered the American army by the Germans will be de- clined, according to a decision by the Allied arn1istice compission
 In reply to a message from the United States receiving commission at Coblenz asking what limitations should be placed upon the material offered by the Germans the armistice commission at Spa said that the ma jority of the cannon which the Ger mans delivered pustToe modern.
 The arn1istice nmission's in- srructions to the And leans were that they should not accept ten-centimete guns of models previous to 1904, fifteen -centimeter guns without cylin- der record mechanism, 150-centimeter howitzers of models previous to 1902, or 110-centimeter models of a date previous to 1910. The guns of the calibres specified have been arriving from Berlin, Essen, and other points, many of. them fresh from the factories after being remodeled.
 The armistice commission decided that the reception of material should continue after January i and until new instructions were received. Upon the ultimate fulfillment of the armis- tice conditions regarding materials to be turned over the material not ac- cepted will be returned to the Ger mans.
 Prince Albert, the second son of King George of Great Britain, yester- day visited the various parts of the American bridgehead area and in- spected American troops. He came to Coblenz by automobile from Co., Iogne and had luncheon with Major General Dickman, the American com mander.
 The Prince who formerly was in the British navy, was in the air ser vice when the armistice was signed, and is now acting as a laison officer. He was accompanied on his inspec- ton trip by several American officers.