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New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
Re gistry of Grave S
o the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In view of the recent COMPLAINT
made to the Secretary of War regarding
the conditions of the military" cemeteries
in France it may not be out of place for a
civilian who has just returned from that
country to record his appreciation of what
is being done by the Graves Registration
Bureau he saw it.
Having promised the parents of Brook
lyn boy killed in the war that | would
make an effort to visit his grave in a Brit
ish cemetery on the Somme front, applied
British officer in charge Of graves was
most courteous and explained that the
cemetery wished to visit had not been re-
ported to them and they did not know its
condition. Also, that as a number of ceme-
teries had been badly shot up just prior
to the armlstlce, it was the rule of the de-
partment to refuse permission to civilians
to visit graves until they could be put in
order. But as was an American had come
a long way and was soon to return. thew
gave me the necessary permit, at the same
Registration Bureau in Paris to secure the
exact location Of the grave.
| called at the headquarters of the bu-
rcau in the Elysees Palais Hotel and was
accorded by the officer in charge every
courtesy that one could have wished
was Informed Of the location Of the ceme-
terry and advised to sec the officer in charge
of the bureau at Amiens. Here again I
met a captain belonging TO the regular
army who did everything he possibly could
for me, offering every facility for me to
reach my destination at Tncourt, where
this particular cemetery is located
My experience at the Graves ReQistra-
tlon camp in the woods at Tincourt was
one that made me proud 20 be an American
citizen. The officer in charge had also been
in the army before the wsr He accomna-
MED me to the grave and made arrange
ments for ME to eat and sleep at his quar-
ters. Every man at that camp was doing his
utmost to perform his grewsomc duty to the
BEST OF his ability. They were securing
the country in the territory for isolated
graves of American soldiers so that the
bodies might be disinterred and buried in a
permanent cemetery. They were on the lob
late and early without complaint and
showed great deal moro of sympathetic
interest in their work than might reason
ably have been expected.
The graves I visited were In splendid
condition, and if all nations are doing the
work Of recovering bodies in isolated
graves and rcburying them with as much
care and interest as the American soldiers
it was my privilege to meet there should
be no cause for complaint
The people of the United States owe the
members of the Graves Registration Bu-
reau deep debt of gratitude for the dis
tasteful work they are doing so we'll.
HECTOR c. ADAM.
New York, June 27, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
The First LIE ague

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The notion of q league of nations
is not new. Over II 900 years ago a league
was formed among ten kings, under the
terms of which Gas we read in an ancient
Greek account): "They were not to take
up arms against one another, and thew
were al! to come to the rescue if any of
their cities attempted to overthrow the
royal mouse; they were to deliber-
ate in common about war and other mat
ters. The king was not to have the
power Of life and death over any of his
klnsmen unless he had the assent of the
majority Of the ten.'
The Greek author goes on to tell how at
first "they despised everything but virtue,
caring little for their present state of life
and thinking lightly of the possession of
gold and other property, which seemed only
burden to them; neither were they intoxi-
Gated by luxury
Reading this we cannot but anticipate
that history is now again. in 1919, about to
repeat itself. Already we see the millen-
nial sun arising. Unhappily the Greek ac-
count adds that when the divine portion
began to fade away they then
behaved unseemly' so that Zeus
IN anger decided to punish them, and "col-
lected all the gods and
spake as follows"
Here, to our Distress the manuscript Of
Plato's "Critios" breaks Off and only from
Il passage in his "Tim@us" do we learn
that the island Of Atlantis where these ten
Ieaguers lived, went to smash in an earth
quake and sank in the Atlantic Ocean, pre-
sumably taking the league with it. The
above quotations are from Jowett's trans
1aton. L. L. FORMAN.
New York, June 27, 1919
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but bite herself. The unskilled cannot
do the work Of the skilled. More than
ever is there need of the incentives which
stimulate individual initiative. Not by
dividing up existing goods can an ade-
quate supply for the future be provided.
Russia is able to get along with Boil
shevism, after fashion, for the great
mass Of the Russian people live in eco
nomically self-contained villages; but
complicated Germany, with her division
of labor, must have an unimpeded cir
culation of trade or she will sink back,
with diminished population, to primitive
industrial conditions Next to Great Brit
ain or congested- ed-manufacturing Belgium,
Germany could least endure Bolshevism.
In Germany (the Germans are not
stupid when what they conceive to be
their self-interest is involved) are those
who are intelligent enough to see this,
and here is one reason, one may sur
mise, why the peace treaty is signed.
1t was we'll to threaten to run amuck,
but the amuck-runner, as he cuts and
slashes his own body, is not a happy
person. Germany will come back, if she
comes back, by finding no royal high
eway, but by painfully travelling the
main travelled road of industry and
thrift, with order guarding the way.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
"Just a Lot of Luck"

A better victor, more generous to his
comrades and to fate, than Lieutenant
Commander Read captain Of the NC-4,
it would be hard to conceive. "All Of
the boats should have got across he
declared, in discussing the fight The
fog split at the one right moment and he
made land, while the others didn 't-"just
lot Of luck" he summarized
Nevertheless human nature gives
Commander Read the chief credit and
glory, and with good reason. Luck is
tremendous factor on the side of any,
body in any sort Of a contest or race
where the chances are even and the con-
testants are equally matched. But it is
oftenest on the side Of the most ingeni-
Gus and efficient. 1t is not so much deus
en n'ochina that sallies forth at one
psychological moment as a small percent
age always, moment by moment, oper-
ating in favor of the best mind and
heart and body You can never say
just when this percentage may be
enough to turn the scales for victory or
US1Soe. ooliStlIllcS IL may never 90 so.
Occasionally luck may beat it altogether.
But not for any long run or period of
time: In the overwhelming number of
cases luck follows ability, whether the
question is of sport or flying or business.
In lifetime there can hardly be question
that luck is almost negligible factor.
Commander Reads frank, clear-head-
ed talk should do much to set at rest
some of the optimistic dreams which
picture 'cross-Atlantc passenger and
mail service via the air practically at
hand. Zone out Of three boats across
not commercial proposition Com
lnander Read comments. He also makes
the point that the Liberty motors, fine
as they were, would have had to be re-
placed in order to have permitted home
ward flight They were worn beyond the
safety point by the eastward flight.
Again, not commercial proposition
The first great flights have been made.
and gloriously made by America and by
England. The long, slow task of per-
lection and economy and development to
practical state remains. Luck never
was large factor in fying-witness the
tedious, painstaking Yankee experiments
of the Wrights. 1t has less than nothing
to do with the development of the COM
mercial flying Of the still distant future.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
BIZ, the Esthe te
(Froni The London Daily Neus

Prom The London Daily Ne,cs)
During the warmest hour of yesterday a
traction engine drawing two "trailers" piled
high with barrels of stout and beer painted
painfully along Fleet Street One of the
laborers engaged on mysterious excavations
Of the pavement pointed with his shovel to
the process ion and exclaimed: "Oh. nv
Lord, Bill, amt that beautiful sight ?"
HIS mate gazed admringly at the glorious
spectacle and replied, with sympathetic
sigh, Not half" And yet some short
sighted cynic has said that the British
workingman is devoid OF vision" and
docs not, like the ancient Greeks, possess
an innate aesthetic appreciation of the
Beautiful"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
The Ne1u Masters
By Maxim Gorky
Translated from editorial in his Petrograd newspaper

circumstances. Or is he possibly hoping
for miracle to happen?
The working class must know that
reality knows no miracles; that hunger
is threatening the masses. Industry is at
a standstill, the means Of transportation
are being destroyed, prolonged and
bloody anarchy is rising.
In its wake will come an equally
bloody reaction.
This is the goal to which the prole-
tariat is being led by it's present lead
ers. One must realize also that Lenine
is not an all~powerful magician, but
cold-blooded juggler who does not spare
life or honor of the proletariat.
The workers ought not to tolerate
this heaping up Of adventures and sense
less, bloody crimes upon the heads of
the proletariat, for it will not be Le-
nine but the proletariat who will be
called to make good these crimes.
l ask: Does the Russian democracy
still remember why it has fought the
despotism of the monarchy-what the
ideals inspiring this struggle we're?
Does it consider itself still able to
keep the fight up for these ideals?
Does the Russian democracy recall
that when the gendarmes of the Ro-
manoffs threw its leaders and champions
in prison it considered such acts BASTARD
ly and base?
Wherein does Lenine's conduct tow
ard the freedom of the press differ from
the conduct of Plehve, Stolypin and
similar half-humans?
Does not the government of Lenine
put in prison all those who think differ
emily, just as the government of the
Romanoffs did?
The more sensible elements of the
democracy must draw their own conclu-
sions and see whether they care to go
further with this anarchistic type of
leadership.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
Time to Help Kolchak

The Allied powers have promised to
give the Omsk government material
support against Lenine They have de-
cllned to send troops to fight in collabora-
ton with Kolchaks forces. But thew
have pledged him arms munitions, COM
missariat material and financial aid.
Now is the time to make those engage
ments good. Kolchak's western armies
have been obliged to retire again toward
the Urals. They are now considerable
distance east Of the Volga and are handi-
capped by shortage of rifles. The Omsk
government has plenty Of man power.
but insufficient equipment.
The greatest need oe the antiBol
shevlst forces is an abundance of
tanks of the whippet type. With these
they can break any Boshevist line
Great Britain has supplied General
Denlkine, the Cossack chief, with whip
pets, and he is making constant prog
rcss on the Don and Azov fronts Kol
chak's generals could probably carry
through an offensive toward the Volpa
this summer if they had enough tanks
and rifles
Allied intervention in Russia in the
summer Of 1918 was tardy. The COM
pact with the Omsk government should
be lived up to without delay. Kolchak
has been recognized He is entitled TO
fighting chance.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30

ENlNE, Trotzky and comrades are
already infected with the indo-
lent poison of power. How else
can one account for their shameful con-
duct toward the freedom of the press
and OF person, and the entire structure
of rights for whose victory democracy
is struggling
Blind fanatics and conscienceless ad-
venturers are racing at breakneck speed
along the road which supposedly leads
to the social revolution, but which in
reality leads to anarchy and to the
destruction of the prcletariat and the
revolution.
Lenine and his co-champions think it
permissible in their course to commit
such crimes as the murder at the gates
OF Petrograd, the fusillading of Moscow,
the abolition of the freedom Of the press
and the stupid arrests-deeds as shame
full as those committed by Plehve and
Stolypin.
Plehve and Stolypin, to be sure,
fought against everything good and hon
est in Russian life. Among the follow
ers Of Lenine, on the other hand, there
ls-for the present-a considerable
fragment of the working class. I am
convinced, however, that the healthy
Judgment of the working class and it's
realization of the historic mission of the
proletariat will soon open it's eyes to the
fact that the promises Of Lenine are
impossible of fulhlment
The working class must realize that
Lenine is but experimenting at the ex-
pense of its flesh and blood. He wishes
to goad the revolutionary sentiment of
the proletariat to the utmost and see
what the result will be.
1t is quite obvious that he does not
believe in the possibility of victory of
the proletariat in Russia under the given
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30

Here's to Private Cresp and his hos
tlery on Lake Maggiore He who holds
the title Of most-wounded veteran of the
Italian army merits bit of free aGvcr
tlsing. Nor is our enthusiasm for him
dimmed by our knowing that the battle
places Of Europe will soon be populated
by race Of heroic innkeepers. This is
as it should be. When khaki vanishes
from the streets and histories have
grown dusty the innkecpers of France.
Belgium and italy will keep the story Of
the Great War fresh.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
Too Many Kille d

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In Wednesdays issue of The Trit-
une was contained brief outline of an
address delivered by Secretary Of State
Hugo before the New York Automobile As
socation convention at Auburn According
to your story, motorists were told that thew
killed too many people.
The angle from which it was written
throws the blame entirely upon the motor
jst. This, think, is manifestly unfair
have driven cars for number of wears. and
can testify that in practically eight cases
out OF ten it is the pedestrians fault when
accidents do occur
has 1t ever occurred to you that one Of
the reasons ~for the number of fatalities In
the city is the fact that we have a,
present no ordinance which would shield
the Jay-walkcr from the result of his own
folly? At the present time n pede strian is
permitted to cross the street at anv spor
and at any time which may strike his or.
her fancy. Centre of the street CROSSINGS.
Dutch" crossings and crossings regardless
OF the flow of traffic are so common as to
pass unremarked and unnoticed
While in Middle West city some time
ago attempted to cross the street from
east to west while the vehicular traffic was
moving from north to south l was prompt
~ halted by the traffic policeman, who COM
PEELED me to 60 back. Only the fact that
was an out-of-towner saved me from
severer reprimand than was gwen me.
have 40 doubt that this custom prevents
many accidents.
1t is my firm opinion that il there w,r.
law which would make it ali offence to
cross the street save at the corners. and when
the traffic is flowing in the proper direc-
ton, decrease in the number Of injuries
to pedestrians would result.
HAL HODE3.
New York, June 81, 1919.
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RyTIE7SEggg77EIzg2lEg2s1
Gotham Gleanings g

Jess Willard is in Toledo on
business.
Geo. w. Plank sails TODAY for
London, Eng
Condo Mast is leaving for for
cign parts to-day.
Leon Crolcy of Yonkers began
his vacation Saturday,
fridays rain intcrfered with
baseball and tennis hercabouts.
MIR. and Mrs. Burton Green arc
soJourning in Mt Vernon during the
heated term.
-Berton Braley called one dav
last wk, also Art Guiterman and
Charley Sachs.
Joe Wise of here is spending his
birthday, July l, with Mrs. w. at
| Lake Placid.
The Socialist party, from the Right Wing
to the Left Wing, measures quite a span
From tip to tip as we ornithologists saw.
Thrift
Baa! baa! black sheep,
Have you any booze?
Yes, sir! Yes. sir!
Sews and slews!
o. W. D.
more than the Mississippi River sepa-
rates Missouri from Kansas" says John
Preck in the Globe. Morc--or less.
The Anti-Saloon League Is thinking Of
electing Clemcnceau, author Of "Keep your
powder dry" an honorary member.
Booze is the bunk on which the wild
time grows. F. p. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
Not ENDED" Yet


the war "ended" on Saturday, when the
draft of the peace treaty with Germany
was signed. Hostilities with Germany
ended on November II, 1918, when the
armistice became effective. Hostilities
with Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria Hun
gary were terminated little earlier by
armistice agreements.
Now plenipotentiaries representing
Germany and the Allied powers have
signed formal treaty. But these pleni
potentiaries acted merely as agents. Mr..
Wilson didn't subscribe to the document
laid on the conference table at Versailles
in his capacity as President of the
United States, but in his capacity as a
peace commissioner appointed by him
self. The Versailles treaty has yet to be
ratified by the governments represented
at the conference 1t is not to go into
effect until it has been ratified by Ger
many and by three of the "principal AL
lied power" s"-France, Great Britain,
Italy, Japan and the United States. And
then it is not to 60 into effect generally,
but only so far as the ratifying nations
are concerned.
Treaties with Austria and Hungary,
the two remaining enemy fragments Of
the Dual Monarchy, have not been
finished. Negotiations with Hungary
have not yet been started All the Allied
nations are in a state of war with Aus
tria and Hungary. Most of them (the
United States not included) are also in
state Of war with Bulgaria and Tur-
key. 1t is therefore a stretch of rhe-
torical license to hold that the world war
was Tended" by the ceremonial at Ver-
sailles. That high function merely
marked the end Of a second stage in the
progress toward peace.
War activities and war legislation can
not be terminated in this country until
a peace status is reestablished between
the United States on the one hand, and
Germany, Austria and Hungary on the
OF. er. This status will return when
peace treaties with these three countries
are ratified, or when Congress passes
and the President signs resolution de-
claring the war at an end, pending the
ratification of treaties
The President says in his message to
Mr.. Tumulty with reference to the war
prohibition law that the operation of that
law will not be ended until the conclusion
of the present war and the termination
of the process of rehabilitation. It is
estimated in Washington that demobili-
zation may be over within seven weeks.
This is sanguine guess. And if de-
mobilization is effected within seven
weeks its end may antedate the conclu-
sion of peace. For it is not probable
that ratification of the treaty with Ger
many, just signed, Of the treaty with
Austria, not yet finished, and Of the
treaty with Hungary, not yet begun, will
be accomplished before August 20
Theoretically the war is "ended." But
we have not returned legally to state of
peace. Bella Kun is one delaying factor.
Another is the manifest uncertainty as
to the final form which the peace treaty
with Germany will take.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
We lcone Dorkne SIS

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In reference to your statement that
the majority of the people favor daylight
saving, beg to call your attention to the
fact that the majority of the people live in
houses that are insutferably hot under the
suns rays, and to the women who work and
the children who live in these sun baked
rooms 1t is great hardship to be deprived
OF an hour of cooling darkness (when the
curtains can be drawn back and the air les
in) before bedtime. CLARA B. TAYLOR.
Greene. N. Y, June %, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
Dry Honors

From The London Daily Ncms)
Distinguished honors for temperance in
South Africa. At the end of an immens.
list, filing fifty-four pages, Of recipients Of
the Mcritorious Service Medal we find thc..
two names:
Pte. Booze, s.A. Nat. Labor Corps.
Native Chaplain Dambuza, ditto.
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otherwise credited in this and also the local
OF spontaneous origin published herein.
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also reserved
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so many other people can consume goods
in the extravagant manner abhorrent to
Mr.. Jerome K. Jerome.
The progeny will pay-to-morrow
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
Ellis Island Hoodoo

From The Cleveland Neps,
May we not say we hope that second de-
portaticn party gets embarked without get
ting all broken up at Ellis Island?
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30

And 1892 Was Long Ago
'Fro,s This Phi'adsIphta Pablo xcdcey,
Il has taken North America 4 lonr tim.
to discover South America.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
Speech That Isn't Free

tFrom Tht Cincinnati Enenirerl
Talk may be cheap. but the phone com.
panies seem bound to have It otherwise.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
The Coming 7ower
THE WINNING OF THE WAR


A legend CHANGED to stay his feet
legend chanced his gaze to meet:
Food Will Win the War.
II guess that's right" the doughboy said.
The while he scratched his close cropped head
"Irs guys must certainly be fed"
Food Will Win the War.
A little later, down the line
The doughboy pped another sign,
It's sentiments quite as fine:
Ships Will Win the War
IL guess that's right" the doughboy said,
But still he sort of shook his head
A moment after he had read
Ships Will Win the War;
He'd scarcely turned the corner when
Another sign in his ken.
And this is what he read just then:
Guns Will Win the War.
II guess that's right" the doughboy said.
"The guy that wrote that's got head.
That's right" he said and more read:
Guns Will Win the War.
The doughboy sailed he fought. endured
Became to pain and death Injured
Serene because he'd been assured
Food Would Win the War.
ne war was WOn--tne dOuSnDCy CaWe
Back from the fields Of gas and fame,
But still feeling much the same
About what won the
He got job and earned his bread.
No doubts resided in his head
Until one day his paper said:
Marines, they the war;
II guess that's right" he said again.
'.Ttov ro auro N know those writer mon
Gee whizl I wish I'd been there when
Marines they won the war"
The doughboy sought the busy mart.
A lady stood upon a cart
And cried in tones that smote his heart:
The Women Won the War;
The doughboy's arm waved his lid:
"You bet your blasted life they did
That is thing that can't be hid
The Women Won the War;
The years fled on-the doughboy grew
Old and old until he knew
Soon he'd remember very few
Things about the war.
His grandson climbed his only knee
And said please Grandpa, tell to me
The things YOU did across the
The time you went to war"
What can you mean? 2" the doughboy said
Your eyes wild-your face is red.
You're gone clean crazy in the head
About this bloody
Next April I'll be eghty-two
Yet has soul but you
Suggested I had aught to do
About the blasted war;
Then. Why" the child said on. said he.
''Werc you dispatched the sea?
Why not have stayed at home like nc
Away from all the ~
The dousfboy said land scratched the plate
That reinforced his dented pate),
You ought to know and so III state
About this here, now. war
Just get this, son. See what it means
Twas women, guns and ships, marines,
And food that spilled the German beans
And won the bloody war"
But why?" the child still made demand
The doughboy Grossly said: Good Land.
You're much too young to understand
What twas that won the war"
Il only went to stop lead
And thousands like dead.
Why? Well-oh, goodness, go to bed!
Dry up about the war"
The doughboy yawned-then tapped keg--
He next unstrapped his wooden leg
Then hung one arm up peg
And dreamed he won the war
A E. THOMAS
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