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New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
On the Presidents Train,


September @, 1919.
CT. LOUIS in various thoroughfares was
ablaze with bunting, audible with the
cheering and handclappng of thousands
of her young and old, and, outwardly, for
Wilson.
Like every other American town, St.
Louis, when it sets out to do honor to its
national Chief Executive, does it in whole
hearted way.
But neither st. Louis nor the State of Mis-
souri,, according to close political observers,
is pro- Wilson or Democratic, but Republican,
giving substantial assurance that it's electoral
vote in 1920 will be cast for the Republican
candidates.
Caspar S. Yost, editor of "The St. Louis
Globe Democrat" stanch Republican news
paper, says that the political trend is in
favor of Republicanism; that the election of
Selden Spencer to the United States Senate
last year was Indicative, and that the
strength of the od-line Bourbon Democracy
is ebbing.
Mr.. Yost says that large majority Of
the Republicans as we'll as Democrats of Mis-
souri, in favor of the ratification of the
treaty is sure to be ratified, sooner or later
"The majority of the Republicans insist
that reservations forming part of the act
of ratification are essential, particularly as to
the right of withdrawal, the validity of the
Monroe Doctrine, the supremacy of the Con-
stltutlon in the application of our obliga-
tons and the inviolability of domestic juris-
dicton, and in this view, doubtless, a num-
Der of Democratic Senators concur" said
Mr.. Yost to the Tribune correspondent
"unly on this question of reservations can it
be said that there is a party division and
that is a question of detail and procedure
that will not prevent the ratification of the
treaty unless it is found to be impossible
to reach compromise satisfactory to a
constitutional majority of the Senate and
the President. Such a view is highly prob
able, in view of the fact that majority
on both sides are sincerely desirous of a
settlement
The league of nations is not q partv
question. 1t is not the offspring of Mr.. Will
son. 1t did not come out of the Democratic
party out of the Republican party.
Great Republicans and great Democrats were
advocating it before Mr.. Wilson gave it his
approval. 1t was the natural, and believe the
inevitable, outcome of American principles
applied to the appalling situation into which
the world was plunged by the war, and while
it might have been worked out differently
in some details, have not the slightest doubt
that if a Republican had been in the White
House he would have been advocating a
league of nations upon much the same gen.
cral principles of organization as the one
that is now before us.
Subject to the reservations which they
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11

both sides rely upon these decisions-did
not specifically pass upon the question
raised in New York City. Here the
principal contracts were made on behalf
of the city jointly by the Public Service
Commission and the Board of Estimate.
If the two bodies acted together to fix
the rate of fare in franchise can one
act alone to change that rate? The
Mayor says the Board Of Estimates
concurrence is essential.
Commissioner Nixon has cautiously
replied, saying that he claimed the right
to exercise powers conferred by law and
welcomes an adjudication Of the dispute.
So must every one else. But it is to be
noted that legal victory by the Mayor
will settle little The big practical ques-
ton will remain of what to do. Obvious
ly cars cannot long be operated by the
issue of receivers certificates. The new
first lien will be worth no more than
other former first liens if passengers are
carried at a loss.
Nor would taking over of the lines
ny Cllc CICV dNHlCNc any CillllS, 4OA CiO
Board of Estimate has neither the au-
thority nor the money to meet big
deficit 1t is not watered stock which is
at the bottom of traction difficulties. No
matter what the Mayor may see fit to
say, he knows this as we'll as any one.
SO does Hearst, to whom the Mayor
seems to look for advice.
The only discernible practical conse-
quence of legal triumph by the Mayor
will be an application to the Legislature
for an enlargement Of the power of the
Public Service Commission. 1t is to be
taken for granted that the companies,
much as they dislike the five-cent clauses
of their contracts, will not quit under
circumstances that would jeopardze
other parts of their contracts-thc parts,
for example, under which subway deficits
become an accumulating charge against
the city, some day to be paid. The Mayor
as a strict enforcer of contracts would
do we'll, it seems, to read more of the
contracts than the provisions relating to
fares His eye should rest on the provi-
sions which prescribe the order Of pref
erence in the distribution of subway in
come.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Undeserved Exoneration

In his speech at st. Paul President
Wilson, predicting Germanys speedy re-
habilitation as great power, made this
statement:
"The German bankers and the German
merchants and the German manufacturers
did not want this war. They were making
the conquest of the world without it. They
knew that it would spoil their plans, not
advance them"
This theory harmonizes with the Pres
ident's other theory that we went to war
with the German government, and not
the German people. That once famous
distinction was long ago abandoned as
fallaclous. Experience proved that the
German people were enthusiastic in their
support of the war so long as they
thought the war was going to be profit
able investment for them. DR.. Muhlon,
in his diary, accurately described the
spirit of the German masses, even of the
radicals and Socialists, when he said that
they would gladly go along with the gov
ernment while it was victorious, and
would turn and rend Hohenzollernism
only if the German armies were beaten.
DR.. Muhlon, who was director in the
Krupp works and had an intimate
knowledge of the sentiment in high fnan-
.cial and manufacturing circles, also
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11

throws much light on the attitude of the
German manufacturers and great indus
trials toward the war. He tells of the
consuming greed of the Rhine Valley
iron and steel barons-houses like those
of Thyssen, Stiness and Kirdorf-who
cold-bloodedly promoted the war and ex-
pected by means of it to get possession
of the Briey iron district and Of the Bel
gian and French iron and steel industry.
Il still quiver with shame" writes
Muhon, after attending gathering of
steel and iron leaders to discuss the
division Of French and Belgian booty.
"These modern German industrials are
nauseatng."
Muhlon tells of a war conference held
in Berlin early in July, 1914, before the
Kaiser went on his trip to Norway.
Baron Won Wangenheim, German Am
bassador in Constantinople, admitted to
Ambassador Morgenthau that he himself
attended that conference, which took
place on July 5. Wangenheim said that
representatives of the large banking and
manufacturing interests were present.
and that they agreed with the army and
navy spokesmen and the diplomats that
Germany was ready to go to war. All
that the bankers asked was delay of a
couple of weeks so that they could clean
up on their foreign business.
Germany went to war as a unit. That
is why Mihlon found his own isolation
so tragic. To say that the German
bankers, merchants and manufacturers
didn't want war in 1914 is to fly in the
tace OF all existing evidence. They
ceased to want war only after they dis
covered that war was pushing Germany
into the abyss of bankruptcy
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Armenia s Needs

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The dispatch from your Washington
correspondent in which it is stated that
100000 troops may be required for the occu-
patton and policing of Armenia must be in
correct either as regards numbers or region.
If the number of troops mentioned be cor
rect then it must be assumed that the in
formant of your correspondent had in mind
not Armenia only, but also Georgia, the Baku
region Turkish Anatolia and the Constanti-
nople district.
About month and half ago Great
Britain had AZ 900 troops distributed through
out the regions referred to above Three
weeks ago Great Britain had 10000 troops
in Transcaucasia, of which about one bat
TALON was to be found within the boundaries
of the Armenian republic, doing garrison
duty, and five to six battalions held the
Batum- -Erivan line. There were at the time
only ten twelve British uniformed men in
Erivan, the capital of Armenia. The major
portion of Lesser Armenia is now held by
the French, who occupied it last December
and January with 5000 Armenian troops,
which troops have since been gradually de-
mobilized by the French, with the exception
of 1000, and who being replaced by
Turks, Kurds and Algerans.
The assumption that the Turks dispose of
considerable organized forces in the nom
occupied parts of Armenia is not founded on
facts The exact number of troops that the
Turks now have in those regions is not we'll
known. But a Russian general who has
seen service in the Caucasus front and who
has just arrived in this country states that
he can, with $4,000 Armenians, occupy all
the n-occupied parts of Armenia, pro-
vded other troops maintain order in his
rear He also states that, with the exception
of one organized body of Turks under Kemal
in the region of Sivas, the Turks Kurds and
Tartars in and around Armenia are an armed
rabble only
1t is illuminating to recall in this con-
necton the fact that in October, 1918, the
Turks disposed of $1,000 rifles in Palestine
against Allenby, 5000 mobile rifles in Meso-
potamia against Marshall, and two divisions
IN the Caucasus, together with consider
able number of irregulars. The greater por-
ton of these Turkish forces have been either
captured or destroyed prior to the termina-
ton of the war.
There several available official
memoranda on the subject of the number
of troops that may be required for the occu
patton of Armenia. The most recent one
of these has been prepared by commission
of five Armenian generals (who have held
the rank of general in the former Russian
army, and supported by Colonel Bromond.
Military Governor General of Lesser Ar
menia. 1t is stated in said memoranda
that, in the absence of any preliminary or
ganization work among the Armenians. q
maximum of 10000 men may be required
to occupy Armenia, and that Is 900 of these
men may be withdrawn in the course of a
few months-that is, following the BEGIN
ming of the organization of Armenian CON-
tingents
The Turks report that if America were TO
accept mandate for the whole of Turkey
they would not offer any resistance to
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
In Missouri
By Charles T. White

believe to be essential to safeguard our SOW
ereignty and the supremacy of our Consti-
tuition in the control and direction of
conduct as u nation, the majority of the
Republican members Of the United States
Senate are, l confidently believe, in favor
of the league. Except in the minds of about
a dozen Senators there is no question of
league or no league. The activities of five
six of these Senator'S have created the
impression among many that this is the
issue, but it is a false impression. The sole
issue is one Of reservations no reserva-
tions, the President taking the position that
the treaty should be accepted as it stands.
"That the peace of the world could be
established upon terms satisfactory in each
particular to every one is an utter impossi
bility. 1t would not be possible to draft a
general treaty that would be wholly salts
factory even to the bitter end members of
the Foreign Relations Committee, assuming
that they themselves had charge of the Amer
lean interests in its formulation. The only
results of renewal of negotiations would
be to tear down what the treaty has built
up, prolong indefinitely the agony not only
of the outside world, but of America, to in
crease vastly the difficulty of a general res
toration to normal conditions, and to en-
danger most seriously the standards that
have been set up for the preservation of
peace among the nations of the world. Not
thing would be accomplished for the
benefit of the United States or the welfare
of mankind. The settlement of this great
question is sorey needed by the United
States, needed because until it is settled
we are sailing without a chart, and we can
not fix our course in any certain direction"
Asked about the opposition of Senator
Reed, of Missouri, to the league of nations,
Mr.. Yost said:
Senator Reed by nature and choice is an
insurgent. He is a magnetic and effective
orator and generally has what is termed the
crowd with him. He has not agreed with
his party on many things. His opposition to
the league of nations has split the Demo
cratic organization in the State of Missouri
and to some extent has aided the Republicans
in the building up and strengthening of their
state organization The political trend in
this state is distinctly favorable to the Re-
publicans. The Republicans seem very conf
dent that they will win next year, not only
turning the electoral vote over to the Re-
publican candidates, but increasing their
representation in the House of Representa-
tives. The city of ST. Louis is naturally
Republican. The great business interests Of
the state quite generally favor a protective
tariff policy. uncomplicated by possible labor
issues, the state may be classed as Repub-
llcan The people are weary of Democratic
administration and will welcome a CHANGE
us there a distinct detection among the
Americans OF Irish antecedents from the
Democratic party?"
Unquestionably," said Mr.. Yost.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Our Own United States

tFrom The Merchants association Of Greater Mem
YOrh)
A public speaker recently pointed out that
while the United States has only per cent
of the population of the world and only
per cent OF the land, it produces:
Sixty per cent of the worlds supply of
copper.
Forty per cent of the worlds supnlv Of
lead.
Fifty per cent of the worlds supply of
zinc.
Sixty per cent of the worlds supply of
aluminium.
Sixty-six per cent of the worlds supnlv
of oil.
Seventyive per cent of the worlds supplv
of corn.
Sixty per cent of the worlds supply of
cotton.
Forty per cent of the worlds supply of
silver.
Fifty-two per cent of the worlds sunnlv
of coal
Forty per cent of the worlds supplv Of
iron and steel
Twenty per cent of the worlds supn,v of
gold.
Elghty-fve per cent of the worlds snnn1,
of automobiles
twenty-five per cent of the worlds snnn1v
or wheat and refnes 80 per cent of tba con
per and operates 40 per cent Of tho ,vorla,n
railroads.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Choice Cuts Only
York, Sept. 8, 1918.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: While marketing at my butchers,
one of the first class dealers in Flatbush,
the other day, asked if there was any
possibility of the price comingdown.
was told that if the people would buy
meat intelligently The price would come
down at once, and that it was on account
of the demand being for steak and chops
only that the price of these was SO cents
a pound, instead of 30 cents a pound
The other parts of the animal, which
were equally nourishing. suitable for stew,
round steak, kidneys, etc. they had left
on their hands, as there was no call FOR
them. He seemed to think that the chill
dren should be taught in school the neces-
sity of marketing in an all around way.
If these facts are true, can you not bring
them to the attention of the public
RIETA D. MARINE
New York, Sept s, 1919. =
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spondent submitted the following ques-
tion to an unnamed high French govern
ment official and received the answer set
down:
Question-"Woud such reservations
the Senate four have to be accepted by
all the signatores before they would be
valid as applying to American member
ship in the league of nations?"
Answer-"Most certainly"
The same question was discussed at
the recent meeting of the American Bar
Association, and both the majority and
minority reports of the special committee
seem not to agree with the high French
official We quote from the majority re-
port, which recommended on other
grounds (its members as to this speaking
as citizens rather than as jurists) an
unconditional ratification:
Reservations, however, which are
merely declaratory of interpretations are
not notifications, and. therefore, would
not require further action on the part of
the other signatory powers"
When a reservation is an interpreta-
tion and an amendment is matter of
opinion and no body in the world has
jurisdiction to decide in which list a par
tlcular reservation falls, Americans, con-
fused by their own institutions, often
assume a supreme court Of the world ex-
lists somewhere, but it does not
There is no tribunal to say what con-
stitutes a valid ratification and what
does not. Each nation passes on such
matters for itself. 1t may assent to, or
dissent from, or be silent as to any ac-
ton by us just as it peases. 1t may, as
signing no reason, refuse to sign any
thing submitted to it, and similarly it
may sign anything submitted to it, Ma
tions are independent entities and, in
legal sense, all their acts are valid.
But there is a reason for thinking the
French official would lose his case even
though there was a supreme court of the
world The covenant provides but an as
semblage whose decisions are to be ar
rived at unanimously. The reservations
must be construed in connection with
this rule of unanimity. SO construed
they amount to solemn asseveration of
how this country will vote should certain
specified questions arise. We do not
wish our friends to be under misappre-
hension. SO we give them notice of our
intentions in advance What we would
control is not their acts but our own.
Therefore, the majority report of the
Bar Association committee accurately
says the reservations "arc not binding on
the other signatory powers" The other
powers may argue to their hearts con-
tent that we are wrong in our interpret
tatlons; but if our interpretations are as
outlined--and in the Pittman resolutions
President Wilson in effect says they are
it seems fair and honest to let our
friends know how we intend to construc
our duty. We have no right to expect
foreigners to be American constitutional
lawyers and to know that war DECLARING
and the ordering of preparations for pos
sible war are Congressional functions. Sc
it is eminently proper to embody in oul
ratification express information
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
The Coming Toper
Palinode

Dear f. P. A.:
You print a gay
But caustic gem
BY G. +. M.
Who charges me with being muddled
Because my Jake and Abbie Nuddle'd
Had a daughter of eleven years or so,
Though they'd been married only seven
years ago.
He thinks this sours my coup of Fury"
But l will leave it to jury:
If that were one of my mistakes
Or one of Abbie sand of Jake's.
RUPERT HUGHES.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Picturing the Future

'from The Philadelphia Bulletin
That third instalment of the income o..
comes as stiff jolt after the summer vaca.
ton. But it's good reminder of the taxe.
ahead.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
10 Be Worked Out Later

CFrom The Arizona Republican,
Inc new Hun constitution gives the empire
exclusive rights governing colonies, but
doesn't suggest any means of getting tho
colonies
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
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Well, Bob Small wires the Washington
Post one of the Presidents humorous stories,
the omission of which complained of
few days ago. The story was told to en-
phasize the Presidents contention that the
arbitration and time clauses in the covenant
of the !. of n. would prove preventives of
war; and it is opposite yarn, too:
~ remember" he said, "if | may illustrate
a very great thing with a very trivial thing,
l had two acquaintances who were very much
addicted to profanity. Their friends were
distressed about it. 1t subordinated rich
vocabulary which they might have otherwise
cultivated, and so we induced them to agree
that they would never swear inside the cor
porate limits; that if they wanted to swear,
they would go out of town.
"The first time the passion of anger came
upon them, they rather shecpishly got in
streetcar and went out of town to swear,
but by the time they got out of town they
did not want to swear"
The President believes, ne says, that the
cost-of-living question cannot be settled until
the industrial world is put on it's feet. And
until, he might have added it gets off ours
The industrious mosquito, however, appears
to have no desire for an eight-hour day.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL pEpys

September 8-Eary to the office, and fin
shcd my stint bctimcs, and with S. Spaeth
to the courts, and he trimmed me without
mercy For ride in the evening with nv
wife, and home early and to bed.
9-All the town in gay and ioyous revcr-
ence to General Pcrshng Beat S. Spaeth
TINS day, and in the evening with K Mac
go"an to the playhouse, and saw "a Regular
Fellcr,' labored play and sparkling onlv
with the droll anticks of J. Bradbury. Yet
1t is pleasant to go to plays, and feel sad
whenever the curtain falls, forasmuch as
had llefer see poor play than none.
lo-Saw this morning General Pershing:
and thence to the Office, where all day. at
my scrivening and much reading of MANY
journals.
1t was a great day, the athletic New
Yorker said for Polishing and the Foist
The Man (of ArD in the Iron Mask
From time to time
You mention Mr. Neblcn
And so does Mr.. Percy MacKayc, yet
How differently!
1t seems you both agree he has some class
The leisure class
But neither vouchsafes what I aim 70 ask
In this detected con, contribulation.
But read anew, beg, "The Civic Theatre -
And throb, perhaps in sympathy. over
democracy devoted to constructive
leisure
Which ought to be but is not
Then to prohibition turn warm mnemon;c
How little did we fear it years ago.
And note, beg, the new restrictive laws
That chart the boundaries of all endeavors
SO that each, like deep-sea fish. can live
Only under pressure.
Come, aesthetic sage,
And tell US how the Halifax we can
Expect to see in these United States
Any high perfect blossoming of arts
Except the kind unnumbered laws will hind. d.
Laws for the hghbrows
Laid down by the scornful.
Like you and M. I do but mention Veblen
Y. NJ. S.
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