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New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Who Won the War:?
To the Editor of The Tribune

q INe EQltOP or Inc Tribune.
Sir: Anent the contributions that have
recently appeared in your columns as to
whether or not America won the war. NAV
l direct the attention of your correspond
ents to the following facts the effects Of
which on the final outcome of the war
should be carefully weighed and considered
before determining this vexed question?
These facts. culled for the most part from
American official reports. are:
/. That for nearly four years before the
Americans arrived in appreciable numbers
at the firing front British supremacy of
the seas Lad been starving the despicable
Huns into submission, and that their
morale had already become greatly i'm
paired through the hardships and priva-
tions they had endured
2. hat it was the redoubtabe armies of
France, under the superb leadership of
Joffre, Foch and Petan, which successfully
beat back the tremendous German on
slaught at the Marine and Verdun, forever
shattcring the Teuton dream of victory.
). That French military genius conceived
the strategy and directed the entire oper-
ations of the Allied armies which brought
VIC NSi iHdhS W dH lGuOInlNlOuS surrender.
4. That it was the Italians who through
out the war engaged the entire Austro-
Hungarian forces, thereby depriving Ger
many of the help that might have turned
defeat into victory
b. That British, French and Italian fac
tories supplied 80 per cent of the tanks
alrships and big calibre guns in use both
by the American and Allied armies at the
time of the signing of the armistice
q. That the British furnished rs per cent
of the ships for the transportation of all
troops, munitions and foodstuns.
2. That the total mobilized forces Of
America were 100000, whereas those of
the Allies, exclusive of Russia, were 22,-
100000, made up as follows:
British, 7500,000; French $500 900; Ital-
ian, 100000; all others, 100000
g. That the percentage of actual fighting
done by the various armies, measured by
battle losses, was as follows:
French, 4750 per cent; British, 2536 per
cent; Italian, 16.43 per cent; American,
l.1o per cent; all others, ssa per cent
Now, IN the face of these facts, can any
sane person claim the great Allied victory
as due principally to the efforts of Amer
lea, or, Tor that matter, to any one nation
IN particulare Indispensable as was her
aid to the Allied cause, England makes no
such boast, neither does France nor Italy.
Why should America
THAT her associates in the war have much
to be thankful to America fer no one viii
deny certainly not the Allies. who have
On several occasions gratefully aelnowl-
edged this fact, Yet to say that Americas
aid was the chief factor that brought vie-
tory to the Allied armies ia not only an
insult TO American intelligenee, but the
most shameful attempt to rob her beat
friends and associates of the credit which
il theirs j. S. GONSALVEs.
New York, April IA. 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
The League of Nations

tF'fem tAe Poetry eeeies. g.eeaeal
peAch, cry tho lying prophets. Peace,
y from seVing ef late
Gather ye fes OF thistles though ye rise
un early and late:
VIII se garner truth from faiseheed. ffuil
from rotten tfpeg
VIII sweet come forth from hitter. fresh
streams from the saited scar
Ne have mocked and spurned My Beloved
and built your house ON the sands.
And the waves have beat against it (be-
holdl how much of it stands?l
fe have made a tomb of My garden, have
sown Ny wheat with tarcs
And now ye look for harvest that only
My good seed bears.
le may sign and seal your parchments,
your legions may disperse.
Ye may strip the strong of his arnor, and
put him under a curse
But except ye become as children, and love
as the children love,
fe find not the Peace of Nations, nor enter
My peace above.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Wooden Ships

from The Bookman)
TNHEY are remembering forests a,A
they grew:
The midnight quiet and the s,.,.
dance;
And all the singing summers that +h.,.
Are haunting still their alterede ci~oru.
stance.
Leaves they have lost, and robins in tyo
nest,
Tug of the friendly earth denied to shin.
These, and the rooted certainties,and rest
10 gain watery girdle at the hips.
Only the wind that follows ever aft
They greet not as stranger on thsiv
ways;
But this old friend, with whom they drank
and laughed,
Sits in the stern and talks of other dsvs
When they had held high bacchanalias
still,
Or dreamed among the stars on soma
tall hill.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
against him he shuts his eyes, as men
of the lamp in all ages have been prone
to do,
The Returning Aliens

George l.. Bell, during the war cxecu-
tive secretary Of the War Labor Policies
Board, takes direct issue with the COM
mittee of bankers with respect to the
causes Of the recent movement of aliens
to Europe.
Having made detailed inquiry, which
the bankers committee seemingly ne
elected doing, Mr.. Bell discovers no
evidence that Bolshevist. agitation has
anything to do with the movement He
finds it is normal and springs from nat
ural causes. The war has shut off money
men from communication with their fam
lilies and their old life, and many seize
the first opportunity to go home We
have an accumulation of four years of
inconsistencies and its force shows. The
only acceleration discernible is bv the
steamship companies, as usual seeking
business.
Russia is practically closed, and, ex-
cepting few professional agitators who
have gone back to enjoy the good things
OF membership in Russia's new ruling
class, there is no flow thereto, Great
difficulty exists in reaching other parts
OF disturbed southeastern Europe and
mail connections have long been absent.
The aliens here, able to learn nothing.
want to know what has happened to their
people, Wages have been high in Amer
lca and employment general. So the
alien has funds with which to go. #
consuls were better able to get divided
families into contact and money could
> be safely transmitted it is probable the
outflow would greatly lessen.
1t is too early to say which way, out
ward or inward, the population move
ment will develop. Europe greatly needs
workers, but, unless wages are as high
there as here, it is likely the pulling
power Of the old economic influence will
assert itself. In many cases, of course,
fealty to personal obligation will keep
aliens who have had a taste of America
at home, but the footloose in the main
will return,
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
The Glittering Drudge

prom The srayord JournuD
y / SCHOOL she wore old clothes
= Given her by the neighbors
Who meant we'll without doubt.
She always had draggled, down-at-the heel
look,
And hurried through with her studies
To get home to look after
1nnumerable little brothers and sisters
For her mother was forever ailing
And her father usually drinking
And always vicious.
do not think her body was very strong,
For her great eyes always looked weary.
At any rate she died quietly one day,
And the neighbors Clipped in and bought
her caskct dress.
1t was the only thing she had ever worn,
III warrant
And it was not beautiful
Being selected for neatness
And because it was cheap, having been
marked down for a sale
And so she was buried-never having once
complained
AT not having pretty things like other
girls"
And now I think of happy chatterng girl
angels
Shipping and fitting,
Busy about her,
Lengths of sun-ace cloth
Scarfs of moon glamour,
And gorgeous draperes of flaming coad
Her great eyes sparkle like the stars
Enmeshed in misty hair.
her poor tired heart catches the lltiIs
laughter
Of the maids
AS she surveys herself in Heavens mirage
Made beautiful at last,
A glittering drudge.
Maybe | only think of her thus
because il makes me more comfortable
MARY CARMACK Mcp4uGAL.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
We Apologize to Most Cour-
teous and Livelv Friend
teOuS

To the Editor of Tho Tribune.
Sir: In Your article to-day on the sale
Of the Empire Building to the United
States Steel Company, I was very much
interested on your reference to the late
Washington Connor." Will you kindly let
me know when l died and where | was
buried.
am sure you will admit that, under
the circumstances my curiosity is justified
WASHINGTON f. CONNOR.
New York April "a, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
A Pillar Of fhe Nobility

ne HeJm was opened by Prince Fer
dnand Radzlwiu, a distant relative Of tho
hohenzoierns and one of the nil1ars of
the old Polish nobility. The honor accordod
Prince Radziwiil was declared 70 ha 81,
solutely without political sipnifcanca h,,4
ehtlrely a matter of custom. The nrinco
came INTO the temporary Presidency bv
reason of seniority only. He is ejrhtv-6va
years old and IS the oldest member on tho
moor Oh parliament. By virtue Of a sim
llar CUSTOM the youngest two members
OF the house, Socialist and a Catb-
ono priest, neither Of them more than
twenty-five years old, acted as vica-nros;
dents and sat to left and right of tho ola
nobleman all through the first session as
slstlng him in the carrying on of his
duties W
M Paderewski, the new Minister and
president Of the Polish Republic, and a
Deputy to the parliament, sat in a box to
'he right OF the prince along with the
members of his Cabinet. His entry into
the hall contrary to the American cus-
tom, dld not provoke demonstration on
the part Of the delegates There WIS M
pubic ovation for him, the dignity and
the solemnity of the day and place an
parently excluding it. But all THROUGH tho
many hours which the session of parlia-
ment lasted individual men among the
delegates would wcnd their way noiselcsslv
TO where the great composer, and now their
chlef statesman sat, to shake his hand and
say few words Of welcome, to which
fadercwski would reply with that fervent
cordlallty and fine polteness which so
distinguishes the Polish nobility. Distin
guished on the floor of parliament were
the figures of lgnace Daszynski and Andrei
Moraczewski, both of them ex-Minister
Presidents, and both seemingly not in the
least rufed by the Fact that they and their
party are out of government now, for the
Paderewski government is distinctly GOV
ernment of the "right' or conservative elc-
ment, in contradstnction to the semi
Socialist governments of both Daszynski
and Moraczewski.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Classifying l.enine

LehiDe as an Intellectual exhibit is
not diiHeul9 to classify His mind is of
type quite familiar, Professor nraner
weuld find 1t easy to place him, Pie Ia of
that Age OF Skertieiam which stansla he
tween tho Age OF Faith and the Are al
Science, He Is thfowbaek. 81 reve1e
sion to that pre- Baeonian period when
what WIS apptehended as truth was,de-
duced; when hvpothesea principles. the
cries. conclusions. were not corrected bv
observation and humble study of facts
lie is ho1seman on the highroad off i
71'lo1i and is averse to the difficulties of
the path of d poste1qori.
If Lenine had lived in the Middle Ages
he would have been a schoolman.
philosopher of the manner of Albertl,s
Magnus and Duns Scotus IF he had
lived a little earlier he would have heen
dogmatic ecclesiastic--S Byzantine
logothete, as has been said of another.
He shows a liking for the ahs,lrdities OF
purely formal logic. He is interested in
dlalectlcs rather than in facts. Like
1QGdllSm
into nominalism, and a word which
stands IN rough way for an idea be-
comes to him something substantive.
The children of the mistakes of his brain
become sacred offspring, and in his
vacuum world all things happen accord
ing to his plans
The result of this profound and basic
ignorance--for the man who accents not
science and is unwilling to submit his
flctlons to test is ignorant-is iupressive
to the primitive The processes are or
DERBY; conclusion seems to flow from
premise, and child-man regards the
case, whatever It may be, as established.
Some identify Lenine as a rogue and
others as fanatic At times, driven on
by the claims Of practicality, he doubt
less is rogue, and at other times, en-
meshed in the tenuities of his own ratio
clnatlon, he may be fanatic; but char
acterlstically he is mixture of school
man and dogmatic theologian. II is a
fault that afflicted Kari Marx and con-
trolls socialist writers generally.
The major premise of Lenine is that
capitalistic society is unjust and -ineffi-
clent. That it has these qualities to
some degree is admitted, but, narrowing
ms VISION to exclude all else, Lenne sees
nothing other in capitalism. Having
travelled thus far, he advances the minor
premise that the unjust and inefficient
system must perish; therefore, capital
ism must 90.
Inc error, Of course, is that human
hle Is relatlve-that there is no such
'hlng as 100 per cent Justice or 100 per
cent efficiency in the domain Of the more
or less where comparisons rule.
Inc question before Lenine ia not
whether there Is perfection in either
capitalism or socialism, but as TO which
II the better instrument to bring about
The feeding, the clothing and the housing
of The human paee, This issue ID 10 he
resolved not by augmentation but by
test IL starving Russla better for nol,
shpvlsmS Are her masses as we'll fed
ana au leisufet aa the masses ef Amer
lea2 Are the Russian masseH na weil on
materially as whom egafian,. with all TIA
hbusea, exlatedY
The Russian dictator does not dare Ga
submit these questions. lie pleads ok
susea for bad results. Tho facta being
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Limitations ON the Ia Points

~~lsAAsA%AOxAS CA2 aAIts X ! Os!aAS
The World yesterday illustrated the
perll' of trying to tie up the Fiume con-
troversy with the Fourteen Points. Our
nelghhor says that the italian Premier
and the Italian Foreign Minister were at
Versailles on November d, 1918, and ac-
cepted the proposal to make peace with
Germany ON the basis of the Fourteen
Fonts. 1t therefore assumes that they
agreed to make peace with Austria-IIun-
gary ON the same basis
There is no foundation for such an
assumption Germany WA the only enemy
To obtain telma in advance through neeos
tlauo5h The Fourteen Points are, theres
fore, limitation on the peace confer
ohee only so far aa the treaty ih
Germany Ia concerned Specific ae-
knowleagment Of this fact Is mada IN
Seetctaiy Iansng's note TO tho German
government, made public on November
last. Mr.. Lansing says: "Subiect to
the qualifications which follow, they Chc
Allied powers) declare their WILLINGNESS
to make peace with the government Of
germany on the terms laid down in the
Presidents address to Congress of Jan
uary, 1918, and the principles of settle
ment enunciated in his subsequent ad-
dresses'
flume was put by Mr. Lansing's
language entirely beyond the scope of
the Fourteen Points SO is every other
detail Of the peace to be made with Aus
trla-Hungary Moreover, the Fourteen
Points, as such, cannot apply in anv
way to Bulgaria or Turkey because the
United States, not having declared war
on either of these two powers, is not en-
titled to take a hand in making peace
with either Of them.
AustTla-Hungary would have been de-
lighted last fall to make peace in Accord
ance with Article X of the Fonrteen
Folnrs- Her government appealed to the
United States for a settlement which
would have "safeguarded and assured
Arst11a-Hungary's place among the
nations" But her days of grace had
expired Our government properly re-
plled that 1t had already recognized the
7
Siovakla and was prepared to give sim
Lar recognition to the Jugo-Slavs.
Vienna was obliged to surrender at dis
creton- She went to the back door IN
ger peace, just as Bulgaria and Turkey
dld- She was compelled to apply for an
armlstice to the commander in chief Of
the Italian armies.
President Wilson admitted in his
statement Of April % that "tbe war
ended by proposing to Gegn,unu an ar
misticc and peace which should be
founded on certain clearly defined priD-
clpes.' He then drew the general CON
cluslon that the same principles should
apply to peace with Austria Hungary
lie Is himself free to adopt that policy.
but Italy is not pledged to adopt it,
Nor is any other Allied power repre-
sented in Paris.
America wants to see a fair and eoui-
table settlement of all territorial and
racial claims But it is impossible now
to set up the Fourteen Points as p law
governing the territorial adjustments in
southeastern Europe,
The United States may support them
Or some Of them-n the apportior-
ment of the territory of the defunet Dual
Monarchy, But had faith cannot he
charged against other powers which do
not support them
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
A Week of Verse
Old Critics and Young Po.t.

Old Critics and Young Poets
From The English Reyie.,y
k<HEY would have us silent and old, US +h..
are young; ''
They are afraid of the fearless eyes
the quick sha
Laughter, the surge of the dawns ana !.
hills in our lung. '"e
They are sick.
For the youth they had once and .,m.
and shall know not again. ''ea
The gloom of the years is thick
Like scum that grows on the stav,..,
pools Of their brain. s
Shall VIC heed them, my comrades. obed;...
ly crouch to their feet?
Ours at table with wistful. svco,h...
eyes? fAahe
Wait till their largesse shall throw,
their gobbets of meat
For prize?
are 'here NILS left and blue bare spsce,
of sky and road and starr 'e'
Let US rise, let us rise.
There is scent of desperate winds. tho..
rumor of mountains ATARI
we shall sing on the peaks of the bi,,
the tumult of thunder, for there
The envious antique shall not tw;tcb g.
our throats with suave.
With murderous hands; we shall -,
fame in our hair;
We shall crave
Audience only of curfew and kite. Of s,..
fresh streams. ''
We shall run, We shall wave
The swords of our Song to the East IN a.
morning of dreams!
LOUIS GOLDINC
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

which IS medieval in its makeup. His
belted satin gabardine reaches to the floor
and he wears black velvet skullcap. The
only Deputy on the floor Of the parliament
10 wear a skullcap is the Catholic Arch
bishop Theodorvich, who is one o. a large
number Of priests that have been chosen to
sit as peoples representatives in the Sejm.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Which Ouatiela )

'ffem the ohs,ese Epee,sp resn
II uned To he that whom seme ane eeehs
ol 'he hls -Four one Instinetvely Thought
of a railroad, Nowadays IT IN mnessihla
to tell whether Wilson, lloyd Ueaype
'lemenceau and Orlando nre meant or
Charlie Chaplin, Douglas iarbunka. Mary
PickIord and b. W. Urfnth
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
But 1t Was the Five O'clock Dailv

U70'1 TIC Lo1IeN SNNl
With delicate irony "The Boston Globe,
remarks that Fall River is feeling good
over the news that commencing May 5
she is to have another forenoon train for
Boston. We family remember some actor
who was quoted as saying the best thing
he knew about Boston was that it had a
midnight train to New York Saturdays.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
4 Picturesque assembly

However, 1t Is not It's leaders but the
rank and tle Of iis penutiaR that make the
Polish parliament exceedingly picturesque,
as we'll as significant ~ the changed char
aeter OF European civilization, Reside the
thoroughly EuropeAhised, 1eutonic looking
and Teutcnie hammered Deputies who
were formerly members Of the German
Roichstag and Austrian Relchsrat and who
are skilled in the rules Of paramentatsm
sit peasant delegates from the Carpathian
Mountains, from the plains of White Rus
sia. dressed in the native homespun coats of
light gray (sookmanas), ain embroidered
shirts, highly colored waistcoats and wear
ing broad red belts. Most of these dele
gates are dressed in peasant attire be-
cause they have no other. There are some.
however, among the peasant group in the
Scjm who dress in this manner from choice
and in order to emphasize their party allie
giances. Thus, one of the delegates in the
peasant group, who looked every bit like
small town mechanic turned out to be
doctor of philosophy and a well known en-
gineer in the bargain
Weak in strength but very much on the
alert, Is another group Of delegates in the
SeJm the Jewish group, consisting of only
nine Deputies. The Jewish block is headed
by the we'll known lawyer Noah Priluzky.
The remaining members of the group are
Attorney Greenbaum, DR.. Rosenblatt, DR..
Joshua Thon, rabbi of Cracow Dr. Vein
zicher, Dr. Max Rosenfeld Samuel Hirsch
horn, Rabbi Perlmutter Of WARSAW and
Rabbi Halperin Of Lodz. OF the latter.
RABBI Perlmutter makes an interesting pict
ure on the floor of the parliament. He is
more than seventy years old and his white
beard reaches to his belt He is dressed
IN the typical garb of the Polish rabbi
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Practical Paderewski
By Elias Tobenkin

wv ARSAW, poland,A bright, new
w chapter in roand's ancient and
tragic history the chapter of resur-
feet'on, has been written, The seim q,
paF'amen' which has been stlangled since
lsao NV the imperialism of Eussia, ee.-
many and Austria, has come to life once
more Al o'clock ia the afternoon az Feb
fHefy ID. The fashooable tea hour ia London
anu Nav York, but IN Warsaw lust aftsr
dinner, The Selm opened its frat businsss
sesaioh and 350-odd deputies from what
bot recently were Russian. Germa, a,,
Austrian polish provinccso nrocaedo, -,
'''7 business OF writing new political and
S'o'"i magma 'harta for ono Of the worlds
newest republics.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Ataianta
tFrem 8'e-eapn

4 No do soa still adore the sua~
n And breathe delicious siFs
And sll all naked do yeu run,
O Fleet and te'n
Aetees the ribbed and shining esh,u
ttheafhate sneed)
Stunn 60 an eeetasy of flight.
Arlashina through pools OF hteakinH llshs
Starred with anemcne and frlnged WITH
weed
ARNOLD riNCnARN
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MENLRrR oF run Assoc1ArEn pnEss

The Associated Press exclusively to tho se
Tor republication OF all dispatches credited It or
NOS otherwise cteded III this paper tho local
news OF spontaneous origin published herein
All rights OF republication of oil Other fiuruin
also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

him and in his government. Paderewski is
frankly relied upon to win far the Polish
nation the good viii of the American re-
public,
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Important Business

Nron The England, Ark Democrut)
Luther Martin transacted matrimonv in
Morrilton Saturday.
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Anti-Lcague Meeting Held In Boston,
Soldier Not Heard. Man In Uniform
Asks for Voice but Is Denied with
Senator's Given Preference.
Boston, March Resolutions in
dorsing the attitude of Senator Lodge
towards the proposed league of ma
| tions and opposing the acceptance of
1.-THE constitution Of the league in its
present form were adopted at a meet
ing at fremont Temple tonight. A
man in uniform who demanded from
the floor the right 10 speak on the res
lolution failed to get a hearing.
Attacks on the league by Senators
Borah and Thomas and Former Sen
ator Bcveridgc drew FREQUENT an
plause A minority at times interrupt
cd the speakers to dissent, but counter
demonstrations drowned their voices.
When Senator Borah declared no pro-
vision for the freedom OF Ireland had
been made he started a demonstration
that was helped along by young wo-
man in the gallery who unfurled the
flag Of the "Rcpublic Of Ireland"
AS the meeting was called to order,
man in the audience called for three
cheers for the president and got them
but after that those who sympathized
with the speakers had the meeting
well in hand.
Resolution opposing the adoption
the constitution Of the league in its
present form to be sent to the peace
conference and the United States SEN
ate, were offered. The greater part Of
the audience rose in approval and the
band striking up "Thc Star Spanglcd
Banner brought the others to their
feet.
Three speakers later addressed an
!oflivcrflow meeting Of several thousand
persons in tho streets.