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New-York tribune., 1919-04-05
Whence the Fourteen

Our neighbor The World is once more
troubled over the origin of the Fourteen
Points. 1t objects to the finding of Colo
mel Harvey that thirteen of them are of
British origin and one (freedom of the
seas) came from Germany.
Seeking the true source and fount of
the items of programme which the
President has joined in kicking around
at Paris and which no one seems truly to
love except Germany, The World ex-
plains;
"Thorc was general complaint that the
Allies had made no clear and definite
statement of their war aims and Objects
The question had been brought up in
Paris, and the United States had favored
detailed statement signed by all the
belligcrcnts arraycd against the Central
Powers. There were differences of opin-
ion as to how this could be done, and
President WILSON finally decided to make
such statement himself"
Let's call the President himself as q
witness to refute the foregoing fable. On
January 8, 1918, The President made the
speech to Congress which contained the
Fourteen Points. Bat before reading
them, as part of his same speech, he
said:
"Ihere is no confusion Of counsel
among the advcrsaries of the Central
Powers, no uncertainty of principle, no
vagueness of detail The only secrecy of
counsel, the only lack of fearless frank
ness, the only failure to make definite
statement Of the objects of the war, lies
with Germany and her allies"
The Fourteen Points, except as to two
items, were contained in the formal an
swer that the Allies, in January, 1917,
made to the Presidents request for a
statement of terms. The President did
not present them as new matter. The
phrasing Was his, but the subject matter
had been previously covered. The two
variations were, first, the freedom of the
seas item, and, second, the pledge of free
dom to Austra's subject peoples. The
first the President subsequently aban-
doned and the second he included when
he revised the points
The Fourteen Points were not deemed
OF any particular Importance when ex-
pressed. Germany, recognizing them to
be mere restatement of the terms of
1917, Indignantly rejected them as i'm
possible. The President was so little
enamoured of them that he tried his hand
With another formula in july. and again
in September. Not until Austria and
Germany realized they were whipped did
they begin to be much heard of. Ger
many, naturally enough, thought it to her
interest to represent President Wilson as
having views different from the Allies.
and SO played them up. That some were
caught by the German trick shows chief
ly that not all our citizens are un-
gullible.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05
No Time for Experiments

Secretary Baker says that he and
President Wilson are of one mind in
holding that the time has come to grant
President was also of that mind in 1916,
when he supported the Clarke amend
ment to the Jones Philippine govern
ment bill, thereby involving himself in Il
sharp controversy with his first Secre-
tary of War, Lindley M. Garrison. A
Democratic Senate accepted the Clarke
amendment, which provided for renun-
citation of American sovereignty. But a
Democratic House of Representatives re-
jected it, and the President seemingly
lost interest in the matter.
Since 1916 the F'ilipinos have been en-
joying a large measure of self-govern-
ment. Prosperity has returned to the
islands and they have remained politi-
cally tranquil. The bond uniting them
to the United States has been irksome
neither to them nor to us. What reason
is there, then, for the recrudescence of
the agitation for Philippine indepen-
dence?
The Paris peace conference is devising
system of mandatory control over pco-
pies not yet advanced enough for COM
pletc sovereignty The United States is
being urged to act rs Il mandatory for
the new state Of Armenia. Will any one
contend that the Filipinos have marched
further along the road to determine
tlon than the Armenians have? Yet ac-
cording to Mr.. Baker and the President
the United States ought to cast the Phil
ipplnes adrift as finished state at the
same moment that it is helping to estab~
lish mandatory guardianship for Ar
menia.
If the Filipinos received a grant of
sovereignty, how long could they main
tain internal order and a stable position
IN the family of nations? Would they be
admitted to equal membership in the So
ciety of nations? If the new Filipino re-
public should fail to function and fall a
prey to revolution, the society of nations
would have another ward on it's hands.
and would naturally want to deposit it
on our doorstep. Then we should have
to start afresh with our work of educa-
ton and stabilization, the fruits Of
twenty years of which would have been
utterly wasted
This seems no time for turning un-
formed and untried nationalities loose
into world upset by war and afflicted
with strange political maladies. The
Philippine archipelago needs security far
more than it needs independence. Inde
pendence might easily be fatal gift. It
should not be bestowed in the cynical and
filppant mood in which the advocates of
the Clarke amendment sought to bestow
1T. Their purpose was to relieve the
United States Of political and military
liability. Nor should it be bestowed with
a gesture Of idealism, which ignores re-
alities and under an appearance of mag
nanlmity scuttles out of the performance
of a national duty Fortunately, Con-
gress alone can fix the conditions under
which independence can be granted
And it will hesitate long before disturb
ing our present satisfactory relations
with the Philippines.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05
THE DIARYof OUR OWN SAMUEL pEPYs

April AT my desk all day, and in the
evening my wife and to a lunchroom for
dinner, and found it cheap and good, not
to say good and cheap; which pleased my
wife, for she is perturbed that my ex-
penditures are so great. Easy come, easy
3-With my wife to the warehouse where
all our goods are; and | got out my black
clothes, and some white flannel trousers,
against the tennis days. Thence to where
is the kitten my wife is to have white
angora and she caressed it and spoke to
it as women do to kittens. To my Office
for Il few minutes, and thence in my petrol
Wagon, and saw Mistress Neysa in new
dress, less gorgeous than her spangled
gown but good nevertheless. For long
ride, alone, in my petrol waggon and
to j. Wse's for dinner, Of lobster pasty,
and tendcroin Of beef, and n strawberry
and M. Glass there and Mary Caroline,
and NJ. told us Of his days in Paris and
London and Rome, and Of my Lord Wood
row, and how King George had spoken to
NJ; all highly divcrting Home and read
to my wife II. l.. Wilson's "IIerc's Howl"
the most amusing thing | have seen on the
question Of drinking.
AT work all day, hard and to Mistress
and home and to bed.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05

You can purchase merchandise advertised In The
TRIBUNE with absolute safety-or u dissatisfaction
suits In any THE TRIBUNE guarantees TO your
money back upon request. No red tape No qubb,Ins.
We make good promptly II tho advertiser not
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05
Fooling Away His Time
New York, April 2, 1919.
ffrom The Colu,nbus D;s,o,ch

tfrom The Columbus Dispatch)
We do not know who devised the income
tax form we filed out, but we should like
to suggest to him that he is fooling his
time away in that work. for there is a
fortune in the puzzle business for him.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05

The American language is rich in the
Technology of charlatanry. Mr.. Mencken,
however, makes no mention of the pict-.
uresque false alarm and fourfusher, nor of the
substantive shine and its offspring varnish.
And to describe a fourfusher there no
more picturesque words than gtass-crash and
thunder sheet. both obviously taken from the
vivid vcrbiagc of the theatre.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05
Also the ''Money Trust"

The next important act of the Legislat-
ure is designed partly to strengthen state
owned industries and partly to correct what
the farmers believe to be evils under which
they have suffered. 1t is the creation of
a state bank. The bank is to have n So
100000 capital supplied by the state, and
all state and county funds-including with
S6OO0O,00o school funds, about s12o.0oO.-
0oO-come under the control Of the state
bank. AS these funds are now on deposit
In private banks, the possibility of their
withdrawal unless interest rates are re-
duced to what the farmers think lust. or
the private banks use the state bank as
reserve institution is a very powerful club
IN the hands of the farmers.
The state bank is also empowered to sell
state bonds up to $1O000,0OO and to use
the proceeds in farm loan operations sim
liar to the Federal Farm Loan Bank. The
farmers expect this to drive down the in
terest rate on mortgages from an average
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05
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MEMBER or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled the use
FOR republication all dispatches credited to 1t
not otherwise credited this and also the local
news Of spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights Of republication OF all other matter herein
also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05
The Coming Tower
THE CYNIC SPEAKS

"Scorn we scoffers! Scorn we fate
Love like ours can never die!'
Would 'twere SOL Yet, sad to state
Scorn we scoffers, scorn we fate,
Esen ere shall SEPARATE
Matters not how loud we cry,
"Scorn we scoffers! Scorn we fate
Love like ours can never die'
MORRIE.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05

Another American locution, probably also
from the theatre, is to get it across. Origi
nally it meant to project an idea a speech
the footlights, from the actor to the
audience.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05

Sell, in its new refexive meaning, comes,
we believe, from the advertising mans vo-
cabuary. To have man sold on something
is to have convinced him; to sell himself Is
to put himself across.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05

1t is fascinating subject, that Of
whether men would rather be liked than
listened to; and we should like to write
a whole column about it.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05

But we'd rather 60 home and deliver an
oi"''on Oh IL. +. r, A.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05

Regarding the traditional power Of the
press, at which we took our pen in hand
to jibe, intimating that it is non existent,
Mr.. Bert Lesion Taylor, in the Chicago
Tribune, speaks as follows: "After every
election there are always persons who take
their pens in hand to jibe at the power of
the press, intimating that it is non-ex-
istent; a viewpoint thoughtlessy taken
Press power which is ineluctable as gravi-
tation, is as constant now as it was fifty
years ago, but it is eXerted in different
way. Thus, the Morning Star espouses the
candidacy of A, the Evening World chooses
b. the Inquirer plumps for C. When the
polls open and the birds begin to sing
the readers of the Star vote for the Worlds
candidate the readers of the World vote
for the 1nquirers man, and SO on Or it
may be that all the papers are united in
favor of one man, who naturally is de-
feated. The force of the press persists:
the problem is to ascertain when and how
this force was changed from a centripetal
to a centrifugal force, so to speak Some
should be able to do this We were
never good at fgures-female figures possi-
bly, excepted"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05
suBscRn1yoN nArEs-Rz Mar. Including postage:
GUARANTEE

Entered the Postonce at New York as Second Class
Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05
SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1919

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New-York tribune., 1919-04-05

"But Mrs Miller says" says Mr. Hackett.
who, being of the loquacous sex, takes more
than twice as many words as Mrs. Miller
and says less than she does-"men are
solemn, ~.p are heavy, men are boring.
Men? Anatole France? Gilbert Murray Z?
Colonel Roosevelt? Max Beerbohm? Ger
man men? French men? New Republic
editors? Or-just men? 1t is an extensive
SEX" 1t is. Anatoe France and Gilbert
Murray probably are not boring; Colonel
Roosevelt, for whose memory we have rev.
erent affection, probably was freouentlv
1t is unlikely that Max Beerbohm is; but
he may be. If, one may say, he be bore
to me- what care l how bright he be? Ger
man men? Yes. French men? Most Of
them, as are most Amercans,-most peo-
pie, when they talk, which is the subject
In hand. New Republic editors? Our cues,
IS Yes, though Mr.. Hackett's ability to
bore, in conversation or writing, never has
been demonstrated We know NOBODY in
whom that power is so non-existent
New-York tribune., 1919-04-05

"If you could peddle life insurance with
the same degree of intelligence you dis
play in your column" writes one who
bravely signs himself "a Vctim," "you
would starve to death in the former job"
That, dear friend, is where you err. In
Drawer and elder day we pedded life in
surance and fought off starvation. And
then. when we felt our intelligence oozing,
we took up the low trade of colyuming.
The sun., 1919-05-07
N. Y. u. FRESHMEN
SWAMP COLUMBIA
Win Dual Track and Field
Meet by 68 to 81 Points.

New York Cniversitys freshmen track
team defeated the Columbia first year
men yesterday afternoon in a dual meet
on Ohio Field by score OF IS to 81. The
Violet cubs showed up particularly we'll
in the field events. Out OF a possible As
points In these the winners scored ~
points on the track. The home team
won only two firsts out OF s!x races, but
they scored enough second and third
places TO even snatters up.
Weatherdon. the n. Y. U. star high
Jumper, was the individual star OF the
meet. scoring twelve OF his teams points.
He tied for first in the high jump with
his teammate. Dorff took second in both
the discus throw and the broad Jump,
and tied for second with Ferguson in the
pole vault. The summaries:
100 Yard Dash-won by Perleman, N.
Y. u: Moscienski, Columbia, second
Peters, N. Y. L.. third. Time. 10 As sec.
onds.
,,,; go Yard DashmwOS by Mo;eisn,ki; CO:
Peters y. Y. L.. third. Time, ai-5 sec
onds.
holland. y. y. u. third. Time. 80 Sec
onds.
Half Mile Run-won by Leo N. 7. u:
bia third. Time. ii as.
Mile Run-Won by Bernard Columbia
Frazier. y. Y. L., second; Allan. y. Y. L.,
l2O Yard Low Hurdle-won by Crystal.
Columbia; Boynton, y. Y. T., second
Peters n. Y. L.. third. Time, l6 10 Sec
onds.
/? Pound Shot Put-won by Quincy. n.
7. L., - feet llis inches; Fargo. Colum
bia second, ~ feet IL inches; Dorfr y.
Y. L., third. Al feet 3 inches.
Discus Throw-Won by Quincy. n. Y. u.
100 feet 10 inches: Weatherdon, N Y u
second, es feet 10 inches; Dorff, y. Y. u,
third. rs feet 7 inches.
Running High Jump-Tie for first place
between Weatherdon. n. Y. L.. and Dorm,
y. Y, L., feet IN inches; Chrystal, Co
lumbia. third, feet inches.
Running Broad Jump-Won by Braun
stein. n. 7. T.. 30 feet ! inch: Weather
don. y. Y. u. second; 10 feet 5 inches
Goldstein, n. y. T.. third. is feet Q
inches.
Pole Vault-Won by Boynton. n. Y. L..
feet inches; tie for second between
Ferguson. n. y. u. and weatherdon. n.
Y, u, feet,
The sun., 1919-05-07
WOMEN GOLFERS IN
TEAM COMPETITION
South Jersey and Long Island
Players Win Opening Matches
Gossip Of Links.
ny INNS BROWN.

South Jersey and Long Island are
away to lead In the team competition
between members Of the women's Met
ropolitan Golf Association by virtue Of
Victories in rhe first clashes OF the sea-
son yesterday. The former defeated the
North Jersey team by IS points to at
the Englewooo course. and Long Islands
players defsated westchester at Piping
Rock by count OF 90 to 8.
Play as whole was not up to the
standard, owing to the fact that the sea-
son Is yet quite young and maQy Of the
contestants have not reached their best
form. Substitutions made necessary by
the unavoidable absence of members OF
some Of the teams. also hurt the aggre-
gate scores.
While the winners enjoyed comforta-
Bile margins In the ultimate results. COM
petition was keen In many OF the
matches. Two of the matches at En-
glewood resulted In even counts. while
the winner In another had a margin of
only one point Likewise at Piping Rock,
two one point victories we're registered.
The second round OF those matches
will be played next Tuesday. On that
date Westchester will meet South Jersey
at Scarsdale. Long Island will engage
North Jersey at Cherry Valley. The
scores follow:
The sun., 1919-05-07
LEXINGTON ENTRIES.

First Race Claiming; purse. $500; 'h-re
year olds and INV ard. siN fur'ougS. H.. {
Burgcyne, l0I; Redmon ll": Bon from ~
Sands OF Pleasure M Jago. lUg; Nlpiy /
Lucky, llS; Walnut Hall, ll6.
Second Race-Purse. $500; twuycl.o
maiden illies: four and half far. !
CenteTvillc, ne; Mlha. IL; Mabel g. .
Maj Man II; Busy Signal lie; Sweet L.'~i
Third Rare-Pursc, SSoO; thrco.year old 90
lies; six iurlongs; Adele w lO6. Mad.a- /
Orcnzo unp). los, Bending Tie. n.
Fourth Racc-Claimirr $500: fort, g. r.
olds and upward; one mile and an cr-Hr.l
Benefactor. 90; sam McMeelun. iO}: o. :
tine. 1903: Little Spring. lG7; Miss Wells =
W, H. Buckner, l03; Col. Marchmoul, i
Regresso, ll2.
Fourth Race--Clalming $500; fo.-. I
olds; hve furongs: Inquiry % MsN En-.
1903; Rib, lo6; Boonvllr. l0a: Plain R.I
Percaht, l0i; Annette Teller. lUs. MosA ~
Shth Race-CIaiming; purse, $50; ir,r.
year-olds six furlongs Iorenu Moss
Louie Lou, 9S Lafoudre. lOl: Jim uu1...
1903; Silver Joe, 1903, tol. Harrisnn iof C..1
mand dmr), 9S; ID. Jirnette. lOi; Plaid klrF
l0l Parking, lo3; Punter Plat Loo Saa, &
Sigh, l06 Also eligible Lillian G. |
Sarasota. l0i; Marmte, l0i: EiCurouel Urpp,
1903; Milda, 70 Water Willow l0l
seventh Race-tlaiming purse, NN: ',.
ycar.olds and upward one mile and an eli /
Rookrry, s6; Parr dmpD, lOl Bonnie Tess 4
Flash OF steel 1903 Waterproof los; Homo
lol Athena, l0l; Erin. lo3 Bogsrt, M
Weather. slight rain track fast.
The sun., 1919-05-07
LEXINGTON RESULTS.

First Rsce-Maiden three.year-old and ND.
w wsTd; G Pa purse $500 six turionss
Miss Manage. 1905 (saladero), $40. 70, s. 50,
second; Hopover. ITO Gentry, Nl.lo. third.
second Race-Two. year olds: hliies; purse,
los ccrumpS' nSS, 81 and out, w Ssf R R1e%'
los Murphy), 50 and out, second; Spring
Vale los Gray. out. third Time, O:b4 as.
Thru Rsce-Handicap; three year Odds and
Go.t fos ' Roon:on 81, in q, fgllsSs and HsS
won Tacola Ill tGarner), So, 90 and 50. on, sec.
osd sewsIi Combs, no tMurphy). $3.50. third.
Fourth Race-Idls Hour stakes; colts
and seldinss; two. year,,olds; $4,000 added
four and half furlongs: Chiscs, ll3
Garner: N22,so. s3i.7O and 1890. won
Mickey Moore, ~ &C.. R0binson), $40 and
s?sO, second; Westwood. lls Connolly.
$40 third. Time, IS 2-6. Peace Pennant.
Sam Freedman. Mandalay, Fritz. Virgo,
spieebush' Travesty. Best Pal, ST, Germain
Fifth Race-Three-year-ol and up
C Cspd n Gaining Pgnse 800 six fu,onG,;
and 81 50, second; Nobleman. liz tMur.
phy). $3.50 third. Time. l:l4 as. Har-
lock- Capers, Maud Bacon, Durward Rob
err, pletograph' Manganese, Msllomot,
sixth Race--Three- year-olds: claiming
purse $500; one mile; Corson, l03 MUIR
ply, $40, 81 and ,2so, won: Cantilever,
cambo, los (wilils). 1910 third. Time.
q. Is: by Right, Buncranns and Bus
ter Clarke also ran.
Olds and upward; claiming; purse $500;
one mile and sixteenth; Or. Carmen, ITO
tGarner), $3.50, $3.50 and 1920, won;
High High, Low Mo-, iGs tPSSsole>; 1920 and 1920
Basch also ran.
The sun., 1919-05-07
Golf Abroad Due for Boom

The news from overseas that Co,
wait {. John7on. chief athletic officer
OF the A. T.. r. has strongly urged that
the powers that be in tennis do not in
sist on the early return of several crack
players now over there gives rise 10
speculation as to what efforts will he
made to boost golf along in an interna-
ttonal way In France
AS matter OF course the game has
oeen practically at a standstill for the
past four years. However, as in other
sports. an active revival may be OK
pected now that the war Is over. Re
ports indicate that the French are ra-
pidly reviving racing and other outdoor
sports, and golf is due for a boom.
fortunately the devastation<s of war did
not harm the courses of southern
france. where the game received the
most attention. II is to be expected
that devotees OF the sport among the
rank and file OF the a. f F., OF which
there are many. will throng the southern
courses during leaves periods and at
such other times as they have opportu-
nifty to visit them.
The sun., 1919-05-07
FORDHAM PREP TEAM
SCORES AT TENNIS
DolDn StuyUesant in Dual
Meet by S to D.

Fordham Props tennis team yesterday
won its second team match OF the sea-
son by defeating the Stuyvesant High
School racquet wielders on Fordham's
court by ) matches TO o. Fordham won
the three singles and the two doubles
matches.
Robert Walsh OF Fordham defeated
Rodgers OF Stuyvesant in the singles and
paired with Edgar Dawson in the dou-
bles beat Leo Janoff and Edward Rod
gers Of Stuyvesant in straight sets at
Ga. 60. The summaries:
Singles-Robert Walsh. Fordham. de-
feated Edward Rodgers Stuyvesant High
School. -, e-3; Edgar Dawson, Ford
ham. defeated Leo Jsnon. Stuyvesant
High School, s.. s-1: Frank Walsh.
Fordham. defeated II. Levine. stuyvesant
High School. 60, 6--1.
Doubles-Frank Walsh and MoHugh.
Fordham defeated A. Bernhard and l..
Lefkowitz. Stuyvesant High School. 6-s.
81: Robert Walsh and Edgar Dawson.
Fordham. defeated leo Janofr and Edward
Rodgers. S.uyvesant High School. 60.
SO
The sun., 1919-05-07
TROTTING OFFICIALS
IN SOLOMON ROLE
Liberty Bond Winners May
Escape Records by Taking
Cups Instead.

Whether trotters and PAGERS which
won Liberty Bonds last season when
no entry fees were charged were to be
regarded as money winners was the
salient point offered for discussion and
decision at the meeting OF the Board
or Review of the National Trotting
Association, which opened at the Muir
ray Hill Hotel yesterday.
A ruling was asked by Richard Wills
secretary OF the Burlington County Fair
Association of Mount Holly. N. J. At
Mount Holly last summer tho trot win
ner was the Whipcord. which gained a
record of 2.24. and tho PAGER, Dick
wills, in another race. took a mark of
22l. Wills contended that from pa
triotic motives Liberty bonds had been
substituted for trophies In the amateur
races. and that the Liberty bonds on
this account should not be considered
as a cash purse. But for this belief
the owners would not have lessened the
value OF their horses by giving them
records that injured their chances to
win in slow classes.
Daniel J. Wright of Allentown, y. J..
owner of Dick Wills. testified he would
not have started for Liberty Bond II
he had known that the rule governing
races for purses would he enforced.
James Haney. a director OF the Camden
County Fair Association, OF Gibosboro,
n. j., made n similar plea regarding
three races for Liberty Bond prizes at
the fair last fall.
Gocher said that the Hartford Driving
Club had proposed to give such races
last year. and that he had written 10
John C. Welty, president OF the national
association, to learn whe the Liberty
Bonds would be regarded as cash. Welty
answered that the bonds were money.
After considerable discussion the
board rendered this decision:
Liberty Bonds count g money under
the rules. But in the cases specified. II
the winners will return their Liberty
Bonds in exchange for cups the records
against their horses will be cancelled"
John c. Welty. Canton. Ohio, pres!-
dent OF the board, acted as chairman.
The others present were w. II. Gocher,
secretary-treasurer. OF Hartford. Conn. ;
Edward Moultou OF Worcester. Mass.
delegates from the Eastern district: De
the Atlantic district; Carlos NJ. de Gar
the central district, and E. W. Swinter
OF Columbus Ohio, delegate from the
Southern Western district
The only decisions made by the board
OF review were the following suspen-
sions: John p. Hughes of Binghampton,
Mo, and John NJ. Hardenberg of Shelby
willie, the latter for having entered the
horse Esther Mckinney out of her class
at Newark. Ohio. September 49, 1918.
The board then adjourned.