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New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
Worried Mr.. Taft

In another column is a letter from,
Henry W. Taft in which he seeks to
break the force of the deduction The
tribune recently drew from a statement
in which he hal said:
Undoubtedly reservations which do not
purport to amend but only to intcrpret
treaties do not constitute such a change
IN the terms of the treaties themselves
as to require ratification by the other
parties"
The Tribune remarked on this that
Mr.. Taft was doubtless aware of the
width of the door he had opened; under
the name of reservation practically anv
thing could be injected. if there wore M
objection. Now Mr.. Taft seems to COM
PLAIN because there was no quotation re-
ferring to his subsequent contention that
reservations which introduced substan-
tial changes would be amendments and
require the submission to the other par
ties. The omission was Of no conse-
quence, and IN any event the point was
fairly covered by implication.
That The Tribune fully covered this
phase Of the matter appears from the
following (Which Mr.. Taft does not
quote) in it's article:
Sand who may object in tho present
instance? The President, Of course; but
objectlng or constituting the reservations
~ defeat Of ratification, he would take
on himself the responsibility of tearing
up the whole treatv or Of caIlino for 8,
rcassemby Of the peace conference.
Does Mr.. Taft, knowing what he does
about America, think the President would
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
Bobby Ashe

This is the tale Of Bobby Ashe. The
first knowledge of him came when an
infants cry was heard in an ash-can Of
Mount Vernon. There he was. He re-
posed not on feathers, but on cnders.
Lifted out and given the ablutionary
treatment recommended to Betsy Trot-
wood by Mr.. Dick for David Copperheld,
he was discovered none the worse.
Bobby found refuge in hospital, and
was surnamed Ashe in honor of the
place where the stork dropped him. He
prospered, and along came childless Mr..
and Mrs. John Finebloom, whose pos
sessions, as the romance demands, were
many. 1t was not difficult to arrange
legal adoption, and Bobby, not that
he cared, entered into purple living. A
special nurse was his devoted slave, and
the fbres of all hearts twined about the
little fellow A motorcar for outings
and cottage by the sea were planned.
Then descended the agents of the
hospital. A statute forbids an insti-
tuition to surrender a founding to
guardianship not of the religion there
is evidence the child is born into. A re-
examination of Bobbys accessories dur
ing his ash-can hours showed a card
which attested he was of Catholic pa
rentage. The Finebleoms were of an
other faith. So back he went, and the
bereft foster parents are inconsolable.
In the chronicle is a cross section of
the old and the new. An ash-can, so
designed as to give the maximum of
noise when ratified and banged in the
early morning, is urban, and secular,
and exudes galvanized modernity. And
the rule invoked speaks of the far-off
days of piety when the clerical afilia-
tions were of supreme consideration.
Fitness requires that the hospital which
immures Bobby have turrets and a moat.
Let US hope that in>the dispute as to the
proper possession of the future citizen it
viii not be necessary to hack him in
twain
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
Flag Flaps in q Film

oFrom The Toronto Doiry Star,
me Duke Of Connausht and Lady Patricia
Ramsay were among those present az a private
view of the Canadian war film. The Heart OF
humanity at the London Pavilion on Tuesday.
1he picture. which tells the story Of Canada's
saCF9hce and glory in the war shown by NJ.
John ~ Ilppett.-Cdndd3cn Gazette London.
England.
AS it is shown in Canada and as it is
shown in England "The Heart of Hu.
man'ty' is a Canadian war film, telling
the story Of Canada's sacrifice and glory
IN stirring manner. The Canadanisn
of 1t will make it not one bit less at
tractive to the British public than to the
people here. But it is significant that
this stirring war film, in order TO be made
acceptable to the moviegoing public Of the
united States, has had its whole character
and purport changed the heroine being
represented as an American girl yis;ting
IN Canada; the American flag. and no
other, is introduced in the charge over
Vlmy Ridge, and later on when the
Canadians are supposed to be hard pressed
and driven back by the Huns, in the early
part OF l9l8-which they never were-up
rush irresistible American reinforcements
with flags flying, and save the day
Are the movie people to blame for put
tting this sort Of thing over on the Amer''
can public, or are they right in saying
as they do say. that the American pubic
would not stand for the film unless
were doctored and fag-favored in this
manner? Would not this film as it Is
shown in Canada and as it is shown IL
England, being a deserved tribute to 'ns
performances of Canadians in the war; o.
acceptable to American audiences! We
fancy it would. But the trouble is thss
nobody in the American film business
would ever think of trying it. There
reason to believe that humanity has muep
more heart and chivalroue sentiment tass
these people are aware Of.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
Mr.. Taft She ds Lieht

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: My attention has been called to an
editorial in your issue of last Sunday. en-
titled "Mr. Taft Sheds Light" in which Won
comment upon recent article of mine pub.
lished in The Times" under the title Of
why the Paris Covenant Cannot Re
Amended Without Postponing the Peace the
World Needs" You quote from THE
Times" article the following part of
sentence:
~ Cndoubted DO edly reservations which do not pur.
not constitute such change in the terms Of
IN me treaties themselves to require ratification
ny the other parties
And you say:
If sailed reservations instead of amendments
.h Mr; Iaft is doubtless aware of the width of
tharo Xatlons s. practically anything be injected II
senlDllng or the peace conference.
AND you conclude your article with the
following:
Mr.. Taft. in fact shows how the treatv NAV
peace. Aos'poA'as
You would hardly have found justifca-
ton for these comments if, after quoting
the above extract, you had also quoted the
next two sentences, which were as follows:
thdna 6ut an expression Of the Senate, which,
seeks TO introduce substantial change is in
a aace an amendment Its adoption. on principles
already referred TO. amounts TO disapprovsi
OF the treaty. and requires its resubn.ission as
amended to the other parties.
The value of your space no doubt pre-
vented you from making copious extracts
from too long article, but it would have
been pertinent, although destructive of
your argument, if you had referred to the
concrete illustrations which | gave of what
the Senate might and might not do, and
notably what l said concerning Mr.. Roots
SIX suggestions, viz, that two of them. re-
latlng to the Monroe Doctrine and internal
questions, could be Satisfactorily covered
by resolutions embodying the Senate's in.
terpretatlon Of the treaty, but that the
other four advocated by him would all un-
doubtedly come within the category Of
amendments to the treaty which, if adopted
by the Senate, would require the assent Of
all parties to the treaty before ratifca.
ton"
May l take the liberty of saying that in
ITS treatment of the tenor and substance Of
The Times" article your editorial affords
striking instance of an amendment" as
distinguished from an INTERPRETATION?
HENRY W. TAFT.
New York, June 3, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
The Unknown Text

information concerning the "lost,
strayed or stolen" text of the peace
treaty builds up. The document exists.
Not merely in Germany, where copies
sell for half q mark, but herein the
United States of America.
Nor alone in the secretest archives OF
the State Department, behind walls of
chilled steel, With the combination to
the huge lock known only to the Acting
Secretary.
But in New York. Senator Lodge has
seen it and Senator Borah has heard of
it, and they are credibly Informed that
no fewer than six copies have reached
this side-are in private hands. Senator
Borah adds the grisly detail that one
copy has reached Wall Street and was
discussed at a board meeting of a cor
poration.
Ordinarily, in days whose torridity
suggests the dog days, no one would
ciamor for a chance to peruse book of
20S pages with contents not exactly
summer fiction. But there is interest in
this latest demonstration of "open cove
nants of peace, openly arrived at"
How far Senator Lodge proceeded in
his reading he does not say, but far
enough, it appears, to stir his curiosity.
It is said there are important sections
in the treaty that were not touched in
the summary.
Despite the intimations of deliberate
Il. s. h1o
that the summary, when compared with
the treaty itself, will be found to have
been false The work may have been i'm
perfect, but the probabilities ere against
any studied garbling Those at Paris
were aware the text ultimately would be
published. France and Great Britain
appear to have had the same summary.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
CowS ThatDon'tCare

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: When a boy I worked on farm.
and we had about thirty cows. The time of
milking in winter and in summer varied
by more than an hour and did not seem
to affect the amount of milk. We MIXED
about a. m. in summer and $3.50 .. m
and in winter about 6 or 80 a. m. and s
p m. 1t did not make any difference to
the cows, and we varied our time from dav
to day at that.
Certainly you are mistaken about the
COW, for had long talk with the owner
of a prize COW yesterday, who gave your
theory the laugh, but said the hired man
was not willing to abide by the summer
clock on rising, but insisted on knocking
off by it in the evening. SO he worked one
hour less day by the new time. Hard
on the farmer, all right, but soft for the
hired man. A. I. gOyCr
New York, June 8, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06

possible by the violation Of an unim-
paired treaty. We should also have on
our hands In Anatolia a population
utterly alien to American ideas and
methods, troublesome, intractable and
burdened with debt. There may be much
to be said in favor Of an American trus-
teeship for Armenia or for the Constan-
tlnople district. But Anatolia is GER
talnly white elephant which we don't
want to adopt and ration.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
Books
England Defended

TRADlT1oNs OF BRITISH srArEsMArs.,,
.odd, Mead & Co. 1919 PIP < $50 1osHt
1T is perfectly possible to make ont ..
excellent case for the TRADITIONS of British
craftsmanship" during the last hund~..
years by contrasting them, say, with thos.
OF Russian or Austrian policy in the s.n.
period The success of the attempt. how
ever turns entirely on the authors modera-
ton. on his willingness to see The bos~.
IN the English eye without overenphas;z;n,
the mote in the other fellows. No snoloor,
of British diplomacy in the nineteenth oa,s
tury is worth the paper it is printed rro.
If it fails to start with the adm;ss;o,
of its three fundamental mistakes. Tbar
were the backing of Turkey in 1854 tho
non-backing of Denmark ten wears la+.r
and the engineering of the treaty of Berlin
IN which Beaconsfeld accompl shed for Gov,
many that which Bismarck lacked the nar,..
to accomplish himself
MI Elliot tries to smooth over the srs.
blunder, politely defends the second and
practically ignores the third and most fs,s1
Inc volume IS devoted mainly to a defence
OF British policy in the ten years precedin,
the world war. This has been done befor.
and done better. The fact that in the sum.
mer of 1914 Britain acted honorablv and a.
the common good while Germany acted d;..
honorably and criminally, is generally rec
ognlzed, and its reiteraton can hardly
justify new volume the subject. Il /,
pretty safe test to judge an English pub.
lclst by his attitude toward the Irish prob.
lem. MIR. Elliot implies that the Kaiser wa.
materially encouraged by the prospect Of
rebellion in Ireland. He does not seem to
be aware of the fact that in July, 1914
Berlin expected the main diversion. NOT IN
the part of Sim Fein. but on that of Sir
Edward Carson and his Ulster volunteers
The slip is unconscious: its implications
label the author and his work E.SR
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
Governmental Scorn
itOr of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Government control of the RAILWAYS
and express companies has introduced some
peculiar changes, perhaps for good reason,
but certainly annoying. Formerly the ex-
press companies were eager to get the
business of shipping trunks and were cor
daily helpful about it, having them brought
down from upper rooms and Transported
with ncatness and dispatch. Now the
drivers disdain touching trunk unless it
is passed to them at the front door: a
mighty Inconvenience for houscholders not
employing two men-of- all work. Thev scorn
to handle it even If offered tip In this
city of Poughkccpsie freight for certain
points is accepted only on certain days:
for instance, goods to be shipped to Long
Island will be received only on MONDAYS
and Thursdays. Unaware of these novel
ties, man hires a truck on the wrong dav
cannot deposit the shipment, has to have it
brought home and unloaded, and trans
ported again on the proper day, making an
extra expense~for two hauls-formerlv
unnecessary The general policy underly-
ing these annoying restrictions seems to
be TO the tune Of II should worry"
F. NJ. TOWNSEND.
foughkeepsie N. Y, June 2, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
<S A Be tier &c neraI''
tFrom The London TtmesJ

tFrom The London ItnteS)
Sir Douglas and Lady Haig spent Satur-
day afternoon on the St. Andrews Links,
when in foursome Sir Douglas, partnered
by General Kggell, lost to Lady ,Hag and
Andrew Kirkaldy by holes
In the hall of the United College Sir
Douglas presented the cup given by the late
Sir John Batty Tuke to be competed for
nually by the University Gold Club of Edin-
burgh and St. Andrews to the St. Andrews
Club, who had been successful in winning
it in the day competition.
He said that a rector of St. Andrews he
glad that Edinburgh had allowed the
cup to go to st. Andrews. He thanked Edin-
burgh for being such good fellows a. to
play the way they had. They would not
expect a simple soldier to say much about
golf in St. Andrews. 1t was the life and
soul of the place, and he also might say Of
Scotland. Wherever a Scotsman was he
played golf more or less we'll.
AS they knew, he was a wee laddie at
Clifton Bank School, ST Andrews, but he
neglected his opportunities then to learn
golf. A caddie who was watching his play
the other day rema rked, well, we'll, he is a
better general"
Golf should be learned in youth. It was
said to be an old gentleman's game. There
was some truth in this. There was no game
like Rugby football for boys, but the time
came when they got too stiff and heavy to
play Rugby, and then the delights Of golf
really were appreciated. But unless one
started young he would never be good
golfer, and one should therefore learn tho
game In youth.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06

Dewey" daughter and cheers.) It was a
Delphic answer to those who did not under
stand the significance of it, but, if he might
say so, it was very Illuminating (Renewed
laughter and cheers.) They could never
forget that Dewey's victory was secured by
the cooperation and the fine spirit of the
British admiral. (Cheers.)
Ten years ago, Admiral Sims, speaking at
banquet in London, made a speech in
which he said that if the time ever came
when the soil Of Great Britain was threat
ened with invasion the American people
would fight with the English people shoul-
der to shoulder. Nor did they forget that
the Admiral was rebuked for that speech,
for the President, in pursuance of policy
sent him formal reprimand. (Laughter)
That reprimand, in the light Of this hour
decoration of honor. Cloud cheers.)
No Competition
He could not say what mobile police force
would be required, but it would be calami-
ty than crime if the British people
and the American people ever entered into
a competition in navy building. (Cheers)
1t was not for the good of the world that
any nation should possess so large a navy
that it could, under any conditions, domi-
nate the world.
eve recognize in America" said Mr..
Daniels, "the conditions surrounding your
empire, and we know that they call for
powerful navy; and you will never see the
day when shall have any suspicion of
your objects. We know the British navy
has never fought for greed, we know it has
fought against tyranny and wrong. You
know the spirit Of America-that while we
have a large coast line and large and
growing trade, and need a strong navy,
there is no feeling-in either country
that either should have navy to dominate
the world, but that the navies, whether
large or small, shall act not in competition,
but in cooperation"
PARLIAMENT of Man" was in session in
Paris, and so far as America and Great
Britain and other free nations were con-
cerned, they had determined that a "Fed-
Grafton of the World" should be something
more than hope, and that it should bring
a permanent and enduring peace. (Cheers)
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06

do this? Objection may also come from
other nations But does Mr.. Taft know
ing what he does about international af
falrs, think any other nation would OBJ
Ject If the practical consequences would
be to postpone the peace?"
AS to what will pass as a reservation,
II the President or any one else with
authority protests, is shown by the rati-
flying resolution of the Algecras con-
ventlon. This resolution declared that
by ratification the United States was
without purpose to depart from the
traditional American foreign policy
which forbids participation by the
United States in the settlement Of poit-
lcal questions which are entirely Euro
pean in their scope" Language could
scarcely be more broad. If this annex
did not postpone the ratification of one
treaty, can it be said the annex Of
similar proviso to the pending treaty
will necessarily postpone it?
What, then, dsmissing refnements,
does Mr.. Taft drive at? 1t may be sur
missed that what he really objects to is
transfer to the White House of the
choice of postponing peace or of accept
ing reservations. He has campaigned
for the idea that it is necessary to ac-
cept the covenant without blotting a
comma, and it is, perhaps, not easy for
him to see that the shoe may squeeze
another foot.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
Not Our White Elephant

Mr.. Henry Morgenthau, former Am
hassador to Turkey, has explained that
his plan for IN American mandate over
Constantinople, Anatolia and Armenia
does not contemplate a unihcation Of
these three sections Of the Turkish En-
pire into a single backward" state. He
says that his project involves the as
sumption by the United States Of three
separate mandates-one for the Con-
startinople district, one for Anatolia
and one for Armenia. But in order to
simplify administration the same Gov
ernor would execute all three mandates,
serving. as an economic link between the
three units.
This explanation relieves in part the
obvious difficulties and injustices Of an
attempt to merge the Christian Armeni-
ans and the Moslem Anatolians in one
political community. But it does not
cure them. Oil and water would mix as
readily as these two races. What is
needed most in Asia Minor is a barrier to
keep the Turks and their age-long vic
tins safely apart. Even an economic CO.
partnership would probably be highly
distasteful to botn.
There is another serious obstacle to an
American mandate for Anatolia. That
is the pledge made to Italy by France
and Great Britain in the Treaty Of Lon
don. Article X Of the treaty reads:
ok. France Great Britain and Russia
recognize as an axiom the fact that Italy
IA Interested IN maintaining the political
balance of power in the Mediterranean,
and her right to take over, when Turkey
is broken UP, portion equal to theirs in
the Aedlserranean- namely, in that part
which borders or the Province Of Adalia,
where Italy Rad already acquired special
rigats and interests, laid down in the
ltaio-brltsh convention. The zone to
be assigned to Italy viii, in due course,
De fixed In accordance with the vital in
teresta Of France and Great Britain. In
the same way regard must be had for the
Interests Of Italy, even in the event of
the powers maintaining for further
period Of time the inY.olability Of Asiatic
Turkey and merely proceeding to map OUT
spheres of influence among themselves
In tac event Of France, Great Britain and
Rufs'a occnpylnx during the present war
distfIcts of Asiatic Turkey, the whole dis
trict bordering on Adalia, and defined
above IN greater detail, shall be reserved
to Italy, which reEervcs the right 10 oc-
cupy it."
Great surprise was expressed by some
Of the Paris correspondents recently
when Italy landed troops on the southern
coat 81 Asia Minor But she was
clearly entitled ~ do 80 under her agree
nents with the other major Entente pow
ers. And it is hard 10 see how France
and Great Britain, IL they accept man
dates for Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and
Mesopotamia, can avoid giving Italy a
mandate for part of Anatolia.
Ir. Morgcnthau's plan involves nulli-
fcation Of the Treaty Of London to Italy's
dctrimcnt. The United States could not
well afford to accept a mandate made
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
And yet, by way of illustration,
The gods my graying head anoint
I wrote this piece at Inspiration
Poinf
And yet,

dent member of the human race, is re-
ported to look like a man who had lost
everything on the Stock Exchange. "Non-
sense" comments E. C. D. Call that he
has lost are his honor, his country and
his inheritance to Heaven"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
A Recurrent Rash
(Fr0n The SnrfunticLd e.

From The Springfield Republcanl
A humping revival of the oldtime town
and gown" feud in New Haven was not an
ticipated as ono Of the results Of the wor,d
war.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06

reu can purchase merchandise advertised IN rHE
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noney FAX reausst No red taps. No auibbns.
Ne mako acod promptly II the advertiser docs cot.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
The Coming Tower
ON ENVIRONMENT

used to think that this environ
Ment talk was all lot Of CUFF;
Place mattered not with Keats and Byron
Stuff.
If I have thoughts that need disclosing,
Bright be the day or hung with gloom,
III write in Heaven or the composing
Room.
Times when with my nerves a-tingle,
Joyous and bright the songs I sing;
Though, gay, l can't dope out a single
Thing.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
When Mr.. Daniels Came
to Judgment
From The London Morning Post

Tho cobed
last little indication Of how
omtu After
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
A Delicate Question
tFro,n The Boston c,oh4

tFron The Boston G,obc>
How much would government ownership
OF the coal mines increase the price of
coalf
New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
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