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New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Article Tens Ambiguity

Concerning the reservation to Article
X our neighbor The World is persuaded
that if adopted the covenant becomes
scrap of paper. But our neighbor The
Times is not so sure. 1t discovers at
the end of the reservation the phrase
except by the action or Joint resolution
of the Congress of the United States"
and properly attributes force to it.
The issue, so far as there is one, with
respect to Article X, is not difficult to
understand if there is desire to under
stand. The article as it appears in the
covenant, in the view of many, con-
strains this country to intervene in
future wars even though Congress, when
the decision is made, is opposed to inter
ventlon. The President denies the ac-
curacy of this reading, saying that, of
course, Congress cannot be shorn of its
constitutional power.
"AIl right" rejoin the reservationists;
"if what you say is true, if Congress is
to continue to have liberty of action,
then why not say so?" To this the Presi-
dent makes no answer except to say that
Article X is the heart of the league
and must not be touched. This reply
naturally intenslies the determination
of the reservatonists to clear away the
ambiguity
Nothing in the reservation to Article
X fOrbids Congress intervening in Europe
or anywhere else. There is no "aban-
donment" of allies or of the weak and
helpless. Its effect is merely to make it
plain that Congress must say when and
how and where there is to be interven-
ton. This position cannot be tortured
into an avowal of isolation. The only
avowal is that there shall not be pre-
judgment and no transfer elsewhere of
authority to order US to make war.
All of the reservations merely state
definitely things which the President
says are already in the covenant. The
dispute is over whether plain or doubt
full language shall be employed - over
whether what We mean shall be expressed
straight out, man-fashion, or whether a
foundation shall be laid for possible
accusations against this country should
it not at some future time construe its
obligations as some secret diplomatist
may say We should Indeed, what the
Senate is striving for is the open diplo-
macy to which the President gave lip
adherence in ore Of his fourteen points.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Not Yet a Worker

In. his recent letter the younger Hohen-
zollern expresses the hope to be per-
mtted to return to Germany to go to
work.
What is the idea of the former prince
concerning what constitutes work? What
is his concept of job? Would he
busy himself gloriously and glitter
ingly as general or legislator, or would
he carry nod, or handle a pick, or
swing a hoe? 1t is greatly to be feared
the young man has restricted notion
of what constitutes work-he probably
entertains no notion of firing himself
physically, or of being compelled to live
or starve as best he may by the labor
of his own hands and brain.
If by some miracle it were possible to
convert prncelcts into laboring men the
world would find it easier to see the poor
timber that is beneath the veneer of
kingship. Peter the Great of Russia is
the only monarch one can recall that
cared for exercise with hammer, and
it was not the real thing even with Peter,
for he knew he was Gar and could quit
when his mood shifted The poor princes.
Their weaknesses are not all their own
fault. They are not educated right, as
Huck Finn said to jim on the raft. They
are cut off from the culture discernible
in no way except by living an unsheltered
life.
If only there was some way of putting
Friedrich Wilhelm really to work. And
with him his father, and Cousin Karl
of Vienna, and Rupprecht and Ferdi-
nand, late of Sofia, and all the others Of
the German royal crew. 1t would be
consummaton devoutly to be wished.
But the poor old sentimental world is
not sensible enough to try the expert
ment, and Friedrich smoking cigarettes
and stroking his long nose with his thin
fingers, has no purpose of experimenting
ON his own account. He is parasite
at Wierengen He is not supporting
himself. He is among an industrious
people, and probably could get employ
ment COW milking but does not apply for
employment at prevailing wages. He is
waiting for some one to feed him, accord
ing to the practice OF his class.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
How Many Are Radicals?

Our Socialist friends never weary Of
making the charge, heard from every
soapbOx, that the press of America, by
deliberate design and with malice pre-
pense, refuses to publish the news of
socialism. Support Of special organs Of
publicity is asked on the ground that
without them the party could secure no
public attention.
In view of the Industrious reiteration
of this indictment figures submitted to
the proceedings of the Socialist Nation
al Convention at Chicago challenge at
tention. 1t appears that the total mem
bership of the party. both men and wom-
en-, is 42,2l7. Before the war the party had
a membership Of 1l7,000, but Withdrawals
and internal disturbances have reduced
it more than two-thirds. On election
days, as refuge place of the dissatis-
fed, the party attracts outsiders, but the
number of enrolled Socialists is pitifully
small.
How pinched and meagre is the enroll
ment in New York City is shown by
this weeks primary returns. A bitter
contest between the left wingers" and
the regulars" had been waged for
weeks. On the result depended the
psrty's future. Yet in the great Bor-
ough of Brooklyn, with close to 100000
voters, only 1000 struggled into the So
cialist primaries-1,0 900 voters support
ing the regular organization to 600 left
wingers. In Manhattan, in the Sth Alder
manic District, Algernon Lee received
only so votes to 81 for his opponent. In
the I'd Judicial District, including large
part Of the East Side, less than 800 votes
were polled.
The press, instead Of discriminating
against the Socialists, manifestly favors
them. No other group of similar size
commands eqvI publicity. Would you
become know.. Join the Socialist or
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

ganization and make the most of your ad-
vertising opportunities. A Socialist gets
a preferred postion-top of column and
next to reading matter. A cRmorous
few, by their genius as noise makers,
make the public believe they are many.
Think of the tons Of Socialist prppa-
ganda annually distributed. Let your
eye rest on the rows of books expounding
Karl Marx. Consider the million or more
speeches delivered every year. Reflect
also on the solemn warnings from
alarmed non-Socialists who fear society
is about to be engulfed. Then look at
the Socialist enrolment. You will be in
clined to smile and to compliment Social
ism on having the worlds most active
press agents.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
The Wife's Business
tor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The letters from q Home Maker"
and from IN +. r." are so admirable that
am writing to beg The Tribune to do all
1t can to further the ideas they express.
| have been d "home maker" for more than
a generation and am convinced that the
one remedy for the deplorsbe condition OF
houseworkers' business is the training OF
domestic workers, in this way removing
the absurd social stigma which at the present
time forces US to depend largely on in
competent proiiteerng foreigners for the
workers in our homes. 1t would, indeed,
be good thing all around if our American
girls, most of whom have a decided liking
for work of one kind or another in house,
would go into this business as we'll as into
factories and Offices
OF course the opinions of your mere man"
correspondent and of the woman who lives
in the restricted space Of tenement house
are of no value.
The view OF the former is unreasonable,
for unless he operates push cart he GER
tainly cannot manage his own business house
by himself, but must have some sort Of
assistant, whether it is furnace man, q
clerk, cleaner or q typewriter; hence why
expect his wife to do otherwise with her
business!
The tenement house lady has apparently
no experience of the varied requirements Of
a house sufficiently large to accommodate a
family of big and little people, with which
many Of US are blessed. With all the good
will in the world no one person could attend
to all the needs of such home.
Will The Tribune please give to US harassed
housekeepers and home makers all the help
il can?
Many househoders would be glad to assist
in the establishment Of the necessary schools
and in raising the funds, if only we were
shown the way. The children Of this gem
Grafton must not continue to be taken-ss at
the present tme-to hotels and apartments,
because their parents, on account Of the
shortage of domestic helpers and the high
wages, cannot continue to keep up the homes.
The space and the many advantages of
house are their due. MARY J.
Deal Beach. N. J., Aug. 20, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Chicago's Administration
CFrom The Chicago Neus)


Notices are being given of numerous suits
against the cty--that is to say, the tax
payers --o of Chicago for damages arising
out of the recent race riots. In the aggre-
gate such demands expected to reach
several hundred thousand dollars. Here is
a concrete example of the direct loss to the
people of bad administration of public af-
fairs III the long run the individual citi-
zen is always called on to pay for the de-
linquencies of his agents. The administra-
tion that tolerates vice and crme such rs
played SO great part in these race dis
turbances, that permits evil politics to in
fuence police operations, inevitably runs up
heavy bill to be paid by those who sub
nit to such control Of their affairs.
The taxpayer fOOts the bill in various
ways, but he cannot escape making payment
in full Bad administration hits him and
hits him hard. He may pay in the form Of
inadequate protection to life and property
and the resulting losses, including high
rates Of insurance. lie may pay in the form
of large appropriations for services that are
never rendered or that are ineficiently rem
dered. lie may pay in the form of bond
issue in satisfaction Of judgments obtained
for riot damages. He may pay in many
ether ways. No matter how the bill may
be disguised when presente% he may be
absolutely sure that If vice and crime and
crime breeding conditions are tolerated in
his city goodly part of the taxes required
Of him can be sscribed to such tolerance.
Decent government is eminently worth
fighting for.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Pittsburgh's Rivals Protest
New York, Sept. 3, 1919.
From The ManuJacturer8' Recordl

From The Manufacturers Record
Some long-established trade customs be-
come so firmly fixed that it is difficult to
change them without seriously uprcotng and
overturning many business methods and in
juring some business interests Such GUS
tom is that which has always prevailed Of
making Pittsburgh the bssng point for steel
prices. Against this custom Birmingham has
for years protested. and now Chicago and
Superior, steel-producing centres, are also
entering vigorous protest.
The matter has been carried to the Fed
eral Trade Commission. which purposes to
take jurisdiction over the subject and to hear
testimony on both sides. Steel producers. at
least those long accustomed to the dominant
position Of Pittsburgh in the steel trade have
rigidly adhered to this long-establlshed Gus
tom, and doubtless some of them will vigor-
ousy oppose any change. Nevertheless. a
change should be made. This is one case in
which old trade customs must give way be-
fore the great changes which are taking
place in business. The system is not logical
or scientifically accurate Ii is indeed in
keeping with some of the illogical and un-
scientific freight regulations of the past.
The movement to bring about change will
be watched with interest by steel producers
as we'll as by steel consumers throughout the
entire country.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
The Price
fFrom American Poetvy Mage.

from American Poetry Magazire)
7 USED to love all nature so
l. The rivers sweep, the sunsets ges'
The fields and woods, the pure fresh air
The golden hours SO free from care.
! wandered where'er fancy bade-
A gay and careless happy lad.
But Time Ambitions seed instilled,
| was with strong desire filled
To win great rank and wealth and power
hlIed With toll each feeting hour;
And then, at last, | reached my goal,
But oh, alas, at what a toll!
Gene is my old and keen delight
In sunny day and stsr-lit night.
Alas. one impulsesrul my brain
The wish for greater power and gain.
And am old, and gray and sad;
! sigh for that gay, careless lad,
Would gladly give my hosrdsd pelf
For golden yOuth--my better self.
Friends plead. you're wealthy. honorss'
great
Life lies before you-pleasures watt
! only shake my head sRd sayi
II have forgotten how to play!"
GLADYS ". MIsoA
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

that war will occur no more if the cove
nant is ratified, and hears at the same
time that 1t will soon be safe to be with
out cannon and ships!' He is likely to
fear that he beholds the serpent Of war
engendering paciHsm crawling about in
rev skin, but otherwise unchanged.
And so he says to his neighbor: "This
covenant seems to have some good in it.
but let's be careful about committing
ourselves too far. Give the scheme a
trial, of course, but enter into new obli
cations cautiously and gradually"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Song
The Granite Mountain
TO CARL SANDBvRG

TO CARL SANDBt re
(From Eeeiy's nirroO
T KNOW a mountain; lone it lies
i Under wide blue Arctic skies.
Gray against the crimson rags
OF sunset loom its granite crags.
Gray granite are the peaks that slnder
The clouds, and gray the shadows under
Down tho weathered gulies flow
Waters from its crannied snow;
Tumbling cataracts that roar
Cannonading down the shore;
And riyulsts that hurry after
With . sound of silver laughter.
Up its rsmparts winds trail
To a clover me allowed vale,
High among the hills and woods
Locked in lonely soltudes.
Only wild feet can essay
The perils OF that cragged way.
And here beneath the rugged shoulders
OF the granite cliffs and boulders,
In the valley of the sky
Where tranquil twilight shadows lie,
Hunted creatures In their flight
Find refuge for the night.
LEW r. SARErr.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Feet-Or Wingsp
(from The Atlantic MonthlJ

(Frort The Atlantic Nonfhly)
n TETHERED spirit take for mate
" No swallow-winged and windy one;
No wanderer strange and passionate
Beyond the strongholds OF the sun.
And, winged one, beware that thou
Cast out TO stars no earth bound child.
Loving the hearth smoke and the bough
OF lilac more than flight too wild
Choose loneliness, before the slow
Torture Of twisted leashlng- strings.
Love should not BE too blind to know
II the beloved hath feet-o wings.
FANNIE STEARNS CLIFFORD.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Old Clothes Wanted

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In spite of the change in the liquor
situation drunkards continue to drift into
the McAuley Water Street Mission, willing
to begin anew, but unable to obtain work
unless clean clothing is provided for them.
The great need for men in all different kinds
Of work means that success for life may be
ahead, but utterly impossible unless good
appearance is assured.
Any cast-osF garments, shoes hats, under
clothing, will be very gratefully received, no
matter how DID, and placed to good advan-
tage, and called for. Phone Beekman 403s.
J. II. WYBuRN, Supt.,
$40 Water Street.
New York, Aug. IS, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
How to Swim
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: | was taught to swim in one lesson
when boy Of twelve years of age. was
on pier 700 feet long, so feet Of water.
A stranger told ME to put my head back as
far as | could and make my hands and feet
go as fast as could, initiating a dog run
ning-to push the water downward. | did
so and Immediately found myself swimmer.
Many lives are lost in ponds and other
still waters. II people would keep their
hands below tbf surface and follow above
directions there need be no further loss Of
life. ROBERT THOMPSON.
New York, Sept. 2, 1915
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
~ yHEN I was boy I attended iitt'e
vA .o,,.ry school in Maryland Inere

w yHEN I was a boy attended a little
w country school in Maryland. There
were from sixty to seventy chill
dren who attended this school every day'
no had ono room and one teacher. we
werc taught to sing "The Star-Spang'eo
porrorv "America" and "Thc Red, White
and Blue" We were compelled to memo
rize the Declaration Of Independence ana
the preamble to the CONSTITUTIONS We
learned to recite Lincoln's "Gsttyspure
Address" "Horatius st the Bridge" ana
"Paul Revere's Ride" When we studied
about the Revolutionary War and 'ts
causes our teacher put special stress on
the speech of Patrick Henry before tne
virginia convention, and we were taught
that taxation without representation -
tyranny. We were also taught that 'he
areat Civil War had been fought to Tree
the slaves and that the Fourteenth ana
Fifteenth amendments were part OF the
Constitution. As | grew older used 10
ask nv father and the school teacher why
il WAS that colored children were taught IN
the schools that all men are created equai
and that our country is the land OF the
free and the home of the brave when' as
a matter of fact, white people enjoyed
many liberties and privileges denied 10
persons of color.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
What Do | Carel

What do care, in the dreams and Ii.
languor OF spring.
That my songs do not show me at all!
For they are fragrance. and am a An.
and q fire;
am an answer, they are only call
What do I care-for love will be over y
soon
Let my heart have its say, and my mind
stand idly by.
For my mind is proud, and strong enough 70
1t is my heart that makes my songs no, l.
1t Is Not a Word
IL is not a word spoken
Few words are said,
Nor even look OF the eyes.
Nor bend of the head;
But only a hush Of the heart
That has too much 10 keep,
Only memories waking
That slept so light sleep
Song
Let it be forgotten, as flower is forgotten,
Forgotten as fire that once was singing
gold.
Let it be forgotten forever and ever
Time is kind friend, he will make Us oli
If any one asks. say i, was forgotten
Long and long ago
As flower, as a fire. as a hushed t.o.b.
In long forgotten snow.
SARA TEASDALE
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
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Augmenting the Dictionary
New York, Aug. es, 1919.

(From The Pittsburgh Gdsetts-T,mcs)
The word Hun is going into the die
The Germans do not like it, but
they cannot help it,
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Excluded

In no nation in the world is the mlnor'
itv race excluded from the government as
in the United States The oppressed foies
had voice in the German government
Irishmen have representatives in the BTU
ish Parliament, but the negro has no voice
in his own government
n the negroes are wise they will beware
If the propaganda of radical Socialists. 1t
;s ,udierous TO read of the Attorney Cen
eral reporting that riots may be caused
bv the spread OF Bolshevist propaganda
among negroes, when in every case oi
rio, white men were always the aggressors.
We had heard nothing OF the BolshevIsts
at the time of the Atlanta or the East st.
Louis riots. Still, believe that the negro
has nothing to gain by joining hands with
the radicals. for it is the white worker, and
not the capitalist, that is the enemy Of the
negro Of this country to-day.
America seems to have had more than her
share of racial problems. The reason seems
70 be that the men of light and leading have
never tried hard to solve them. The ques-
tions that the negro asks the American peo-
ple to answer could be readily answered IL
there was an honest effort made to solve the
problem.
Is the right to share in the government on
some terms, and under some restrictions, the
right of all men or Of white men only?
What must the negro do in order to be rec
ognized by his government?
When you have excluded from the eiecto-
rate the convcts. the insane, the paupers,
the illterates and the non-psyers OF poll
taxes, can you then go on and exclude mill
ions of men because they have darker skins
protection from his government in case of
protection from his government in care Of
riots? On the solution of the above qucs-
tons depends the future of free government
in America. No white man need be de-
ceived, for all that any negro asks is to make
it possible for man to be both negro and
an American.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
A Week of Verse
Memories
From Poetry)
The Long Hill

r MUST have passed the crest a while a.,
And now am going down.
Strange to have crossed the crest and
not TO know
But the brambles were always ca.chi,,
the hem Of my gown.
All the morning I thought how proud /.
would be
To stand there straight as queen
Wrapped in the wind and the sun, with Ii.
world under me.
But the air was dull. there was It'll. I
could have seen.
It was nearly level along the beaten ,rast
And the brambles caught in my gown
But it's no use now to think OF turning back
The rest Of the way will be only gong
down.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
What the Negro Wants
By Benjamin Alvin Arnold

never get a square deal In the courts 10
long as all the judges, district attorneys
and iuries are white. There is not one
negro in thousand who believes that tne
moor negro without influential white frlehds
ever gets fair trial either IN the No''"
or the South.
The charge is made that when negroes
rovc into neighborhood it has tendency
N dcpreciate the value Of property. Ih's
ia indeed hard to understand, for the negro
.,wovs nays more rent than his white
neighbor, and If he wants to buy the pr'ce
IL usually boosted sevefsi hundred do'isrs'
Negroes are not anxious to live IN wnits
d;stricts. but it is a fact that cannot pe ae-
MED that in nearly all of our large cities
negroes are paying as much, or more, rent
for novels in the slums than white peopis
are having for good houses with modern
conveniences on good wide streets. IL IL
not a desire to associate with white peop's
hut a desire to live decently that Is fore-
ing the self-respecting negro into wn''s
districts.
Education
know from experience that negroes are
not anxious to send their children 70
schools with white children, but Wherever
we find separate schools the negro scnoois
are neglected. Take, for instance, balt'.
more. with its large negro population ana
one old-styled, poorly equipped high schoo''
According to the last census, the ne
croes while constituting but 1O.2 per cent
Of the total population of the United states
ten years of age and over, constituted AUS
oer cent of the iliterstes Of the country
In Mississippi the negroes have no voice
in the government, although they consti-
tute 5G.2 per cent Of the total population OF
that state. Mississippi approprIates slo'oo
for the education of each white child ana
1925 for each negro child. In one year
Mississippi gave $336,5s4 for the higher
education Of white children and sll,ooo for
negro children. Is it any wonder that
Northern negroes look with disfavor on any
movement for separate schools IN their
states!
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

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GUARANTEE

entered ., IN. rcscrics At Nsu S~s - sseon' ~''''
Nail Aattss
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Spring Torrents

Will it always be like this until am dead,
Every spring must I bear it all again
With the first red haze Of the budding map,
boughs,
The first sweet smelling rain!
oh, ! am like 9 rock in the rising river
Where the flooded water breaks with 4
low call,
Like a rock that knows the cry Of ii.
waters
And can not answer at all.