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New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
The Fraternization Failure

reaction against the attempted fra
termination of American soldiers with
German civilians seems to have come.
Mr.. Forrest, whose dispatches to The
Tribune first called attention to the
danger, now records its passing Undue
friendliness is condemned by the army
regulations, and the men themselves are
less disposed to display it.
That the calculated effort of the Ger
man population to curry favor would
fail in the end none who knew the tenn
per of the American soldier could doubt.
An easy-gong way of forgiving in
juries is a national failing. An army of
occupation, finding civilty on every
hand, might naturally regard the people
with softened feelings. Love for children
and respect for women would facilitate
the process. Yet it was incredible that
the evidence Of barbarity in France
could be so soon forgotten or that the
contrast between unravaged Germany
and devastated Germany could blot out,
by mere creature comforts, hatred Of the
Hun and all his works.
The enlightenment OF our men has
been hastencd by the discovery that all
the polite palavcring of the German was
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Health Insurance

At Troy the other day occurred a
meeting of the Rensselaer, County Medi-
cal Society when the following resolu-
ton was passed in opposition to the
Davenport Donohue health insurance
bill
Resolved, That each and every prac-
tlslng physician, surgeon. nurse and dent
lst In the County OF Rensselaer, pledge
themselves to oppose the passage Of the
Dill; that each one of them visit in per
son or write the Governor, Senator and
Assemblyman of their respective districts
protesting against the bill; that they
pledge themselves under no circum-
stances to enter into any contract under
this health insurance law"
Not only are some members of the med
ical profession moving against the bill,
butthere arc signs Of other opposition. An
attempt is being made to organize the
employees of the collar and shirt facto-
ries at Troy. The objection put for
ward from this quarter relates to the
contributions the employees are asked
by the bill to make to this health fund.
If, as limited, the employers are "ac-
celebrating" this opposition they are
hardly to be congratulated on their
tactical wisdom. If not careful, they
may land the whole expense of the sys-
tenn on the employers.
A third source of opposition springs
from those who are alarmed, or say they
are, because health insurance was first
developed in Germany 1t was sup
posed Lloyd George, who has never
been accused of being pro-Prussian,
took the curse off this argument when
he established health insurance in Great
Britain; but enough vitality is doubtless
left in it to make it Of use as a screen
to cover real reasons.
The advocates Of health insurance,
not inaccuratcly described as the most
important measure before the present
Legislature, have a busy time ahead Of
them. If they would win they must
prepare for a hard contcst-a contest
perhaps as prolonged as that wagcd
over workmcn's compensation.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12

Congress and the President, when minds
were unclouded, both spontaneously as
sumed that the business of ending the
war and the formulating the new inter
nationaism were separable and could
best be handled by different bodies.
laration Of policy, made by both houses
of Congress with practical unanimity,
and approved at the time by the Presi-
dent, is seldom mentioned. But it is
highly pertinent, if for no other reason
pie things were until they were mixed
up by a sophisticated leadership, dis
posed to ovcr-cmphasizc small issues
and disregard big ones.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Assist the Producers

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The first step in the solution Of u
employment and high prices NH be ac''
leading producers to begin to manuiac'"
at some loss. This first sten may be SCI
imposed and voluntary, or may be inv0lU'
tary and slow. This depends entirely up
how Federal and state aid applied u
result OF this first move VII be tw0i'
Employers viii thus make greater G.
mand for labor, and labor. already urged
high prices, will respond. The supply
commodities thus increased prices vii y
some. When once this movement stars 2
two lines representing the cost Of pF0''.
ton and the price TO consumers-'''
widely apart-wil gradually approach IT,
other
Federal and state legislation, 10 efecfF'
reach the masses, should first come 70 :.
support of the producers, and shD
strengthen production in this order: ~
staple foods; second, staple building y
terials; third, staple clothing supplies.
HERBERT L. WlLBUE
Hackensack. ~ j., Feb y. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Nothing Left

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: IT, MS Mr.. Wilson states, it is not
compulsory for us to regard the clause in
the league of nations providing for the re
duction of armament; if we may reserve the
''gn' 10 Withdraw in case when we
were called upon to punish armed forces
as our position in holding recalcitrant
member OF the league up to the prescribed
CODE OF honor, then what is the sense Of
our Joining such league?
furthermore, if what is sauce for the
goose Is sauce for the gander, how .s~n we
ons'stently ask Europe and Asia to OBJ
serve the Monroe Doctrine II wc as n mem
per OF the league of nations accept the
responsibility of mandatory of former
German colonies? COMMON SENSE.
New York, March 3, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
The Je1us of Ru71ania
Chairman Committee Jewish Conorcss
By SOLOMON SUFRIN

The glad tidings recently reached US
that Rumania has at last emancipated her
Jews. large number of people have re-
ceivcd the news with JOY and confidence
Unfortunately, however, these are not ac-
quaintcd with the tactics of Rumanian
politicians.
Those who know the ingenuity of those
who headed ths Rumanian governments re-
ceivcd the news with some distrust. They
feared that, usual the Rumanan gov
ernment must have some ulteror motive
in this surprising change of attitude while
the peace conference is in session How
ever, the general belief is that the Ru-
manian government has learned it's lesson
from the horrible experience of the war
and that it realizes that equality is impera-
tive to weld together all elements of its
population. To give proof of its bona
hdes the Rumanian government has dis
patched, as representative, to the peace con-
ference Cerol Rosenthal, Jewish lawyer
of Bucharest and associate of Take Jonescu
the exMnister of Foreign Affairs in the
|. c. Bratiano Coalition Cabinet.
The writer of this article. on the morn
ing when this news was officially reported
from Washington, was asked his opinion
on the situation. His answer was to
sumo the attitude Of "watchful waiting'
After due inquiry from proper and reliable
sources the truth of the situation began to
filter through. Rumania, it appears, want
ed to appear before the peace conference
rs n liberal and progressive nation and
bring into realization her dream for
Great Kumania.
Hence, to hasten matters, she caused the
rapid enactment Of an emasculated emanci-
patton law applying to the 100000 Jews
Of Rumania. A study of this law shows
that more than 35 per cent of native
born Jews would become cmancipated, and
even they would have to overcome serious
technical obstacles. The Rumanians kept
no record of birth certificates prior to 1875,
and yet the law provides that every appi-
cant for citizenship must produce docu-
mentary evidence he was born in Rumania
No secondary evidence is to be ACCEPTED
Commiss ions to pass on each applica-
ton, and the fate of applicant will, TO a
large extent, depend upon the whims OF
each commission
Should Rumanin change this deficient
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Austria Entitled to Survive

WI the peace conference give new
sanction to the pan-German propaganda
by uniting German Austria to Germany?
The chief mission of the conference is to
punish Germany for her crimes and to
make her impotent to repeat them. This
will hardly be accomplished if Germany
acquires the German provinces of Aus
trla as an offset to the loss of Alsace-
Lorraine, part of Posen, small sec
ton Of Schleswig and part of West
Prussia The German Austrian PROV
inces have a larger area and a bigger
population than have Alsace-L Lorraine,
Posen, Schleswig and West Prussia COM
bined, and even if a nominally indepen-
dent Rhensh republic is set up on the
west bank Of the Rhine, that republic
will remain in all essentials attached to
Germany
Germany, extended to the Danube
would encircle Czecho- Sovakia on the
north, west and south. Hungary would
shut it off on the southeast. Only a
narrow outlet would be left to the east
and northeast into Poland But it is i'm
portant that Czecho- Slovalia should
have an access to the Adriatic as we'll as
to the Baltic. Her natural southern out
let is through Vienna to Trieste.
Austria is a much older state than
Prussia. Vienna has been for centuries
the chief seat Of German culture The
Austrians as a people arc much more
,,,,l, 4
Prussans. Why should Vienna, an his
torica centre of Teuton influence, dating
back to the Holy Roman Empire, sink to
the level Of minor German capital,
hardly as consequential as Munich or
Dresden?
Austria's independence is worth pre-
serving, and most Austrians, after a
short association with Prussia in an en-
larged Germany, would probably regret
ever having sacrificed it. From the AL
lied military point Of view the assign
ment of German Austria to Germany
would be a costly bundcr. Even from
the political point of view it would be a
solution less desirable than the creation
of an Austrian republic neutralzed by
international guarantees. 1t might even
serve Allied purposes better to release
Austria from some Of her reparation
obligations than to attach her to Ger
many with a view to making her bear
some Of Germany's future indemnity
burden.
Vienna certainly deserves better
fate than to perish utterly as a world
capitalize be reduced to the dust by
crude upstart rival like Berlin.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
The Czecho-Slovak Record in Russia

Aspcrsions on the Czccho- Slovaks who
fought in Russia arc answered by Nine
Catherine X. Breshkovsky, the vencra-
bic "Grandmothcr' Of the Russian revo-
luton. Nine. Breshkovsky came in
close personal contact with the Czccho-
S]ovaks at Omsk, Ekaterinburg, Ufa,
Samara and other East Russian and ST.
berian cities. She testfies enthusiastic
cally to their discipline, courage and
kindness and to the affection in which
. they were held by the Russian popula-
tions which they rescued from the
clutches of Lenines Red Guards
1t stands TO reason that the Czccho-
Slovaks were humane and consderate in
their treatment of the Russian communi-
ties in which they operated. They were
soldiers with the highest military ideals
They were intense patriots, fighting
for the liberation Of their own coun-
try from Austro-Eungarian oppression
They could never have remained in Rus
sia--a handful Of men, thousands Of
miles from any base Of supplies-if they
had not won The confidence and support
of the civilian population. They were not
looters and mcrcenaries, like the Rcd
Guards They were not fighting for
plumber or power. They were not max
ing civil war. Ienne foolishly prevented
them from leaving the country. They
stayed on and fought him because he had
sold himself to Germany
The Czecho-Slovak adventure in Rus
sia was one of the great romanccs of the
war. Only soldiers with clean hands and
a spirit of chivalry could have carried
that adventure through. The results of
the campaign made by The Czecho-Slo-
vaks speak for themselves. Hardly lO0,-
600 strong, they conquered Siberia and
drove the Bolshevists back to the line of
the Noga. They contributed more than
any other one influence to prevent Lc-
mines delivering Russia and Siberia into
the hands Of the Germans.
Nine. Breshkovsky says of them:
Everywhere and in all circumstances I
found them the same-noble, unselfish
strong in their duties and faith.
always found them fine men, beloved
and esteemed by all the Russians'
She means, of course, by the real Rus
slams, not the criminal and boodthirsty
followers Of Lenine. Their work is to be
judged not only by the friends but also
by the enemies they made
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12

By Royal Cortissoz
lSccond Noiicel

Second Notice.
~ NE of the best and clcvere,.
B subjects exhibited in the orsa ss1's
W collection on view at the Am.4q' A."'q'
Art Galleries, to be sold =. 'sa
Plaza Thursday and Friday even;ns 'os
Miss Begux's portrait of an Orient.,
The Fledgling." And the later la,d.sT'
painters make a good showing
Crane, c. II. Davis, W L. Lathron 'u's
Mura, J. Francis Murphy. and Others =, aux
are interesting marines by Paul DopcA.N.
irving H. Wiles and the late Robert F;.,'"a
berger, who died untimely, and in n. ra' @p'
terles' of the late William T. Inglis -.
is still life having a merit which csn.
particular commendation. Smiljns |
them all is head of girl, "a Gatbs,slf fVa
Chips by Thomas Sully, in which ~.
regime confronts the new-and is !. w
wise abashed. Neither is it unduly trir-.'
ant The Sully simply rounds out in
pathetic fashion remarkably craS;..S
American contingent
The most appealing of the foreign -.
ures are certain specimens Of the MOD.
Dutch school, landscapes by Theonbn.
Book. leaving q beautiful impression.
the Barbizon group is not negligible ~
Rousseau, a small Sunset" is a fna ~.
and there are interesting relics of n,'s
and Michel. One of the Michels. oss,'
the Shower" seems to register its sou,.
beauty even more powerfully than whom -
last saw it, in the Warren sale. full six...
years ago. Memory of it had not faded H..
was refreshingly confirmed The sketch !.
Dupre, "The Old Farm is 8 minor exam,,
of notable artistic value Out of the p,a
collection there come trfes by Gericsr.
and the rare Orientahst, Marilhat. Thou..
they are trifes, they have the interes. =,
unusual visitors in our exhibitions Mo,
celli, Theodore Frere, Henncr, Madrs,.
Jacque, De Neuvlle, Van Marcke. Zjem
bot and the German painter of the nus
Curt Agathe, figure in their various accos
plshed ways on the walls II is pleas,
to note that they do not prevail over N.
works of our own school. The connoissss.
who would appreciate fine landscape r.
gardless of its being painted by an arts.
entirely unfamiliar viii note the "woa
and River by Oscar lorna
In the furthermost rooms there A..
gathered about six hundred Japanese Oh
iects Of art from the estate Of the la.
Rufus +. Moore, TO be sold on the lsr
three afternoons of this week The Lacquer,
and bronzes make n good effect There ar,
also many interesting swords md dagger,
The best things in tho collection, however
are the examples Of Oriental pottery Sr
suma and The like.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
The Drug Menace

1t is reasonable to suppose that many
persons, deprived Of the alcoholic stimu-
lants, may resort to drugs as a substi-
tute but it is hardly fair to hold prohbi-
tion altogether responsible, before its
advent, for an evil that is already as
suming alarming proportions. The use
Of drugs, particularly cocaine, is regret
tably becoming more and more preva-
lent in New York, especially among
women.
1t is not an American or q New York
problem alone, however. London, which
is threatened with no curtailment Of its
beverages, has the same evil. Recently
there young actress, a popular music
hall favoritc, died as result of taking
too much cocaine. The investigation de-
veloped that she had no intention Of COM
hitting suicide, and that the drug was
obtained by her regularly AS a result
of this and other cases, the authorities
have conducted raids which have un-
covered a regular traffic in cocaine
Cocaine is an insidious drug, cumu-
lative in effects and deadly in its final
results. 1t requires no hypodermc nee
dle-is used as our forefathers used
snuff. In many instances cocaine is re-
sorted to by those who no longer find
alcohol affords them sufficient stmua-
ton In these cases prohibition may, in
the long run, help eliminate the drug
habit.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Foundations of Real Peace

The wars immediate cause was the
belief of the German war lords that
at their disposal was a military power
sufficient to crush opposition.
Germany having given no sign of
real change of heart her disarming thus
lies at the heart of the peace problem.
This being so, it is agreeable to learn
that peace terms matured during the
Presidents temporary absence bring to
nought the German propaganda in prog
ress since November H. The future
German army is to be small one
100000 men, 1000 officers and no gen
eral staff. Artillery in excess of the
needs Of this establishment must be sur
rendered, and kWit is placed on future
manufacture of'both guns and mun-
tions. Finally, the Rhine forts are to be
dismantIcd and conscripton abolished
If Germany were left free to re-
arm, the world would not be safe for
democracy and other nations would not
dare disarm. SO there is idealsm Of the
highest kind in this realism 1t is neccs-
sary to have Germany incapable Of
making future trouble The example
Of what happened to her will be warn
ing Of what may happen to any nation
that darcs to break bounds and to show
contempt for others. More permanent
peace is contained in these Foch ar
rangements than in the words and paper
pledges of many covenants.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12

law it would be incumbent upon the peace
conference to exact ample securities and
effective guarantees that the emancipation
VIII be put into practical and literal eff
tect within reasonable time The Ru-
manian Jews will remember the declara-
tlons of Lord Beaconsfield, Waddington and
other statesmen during the Berlin Con-
grcss in 1878, when they announced the
emancipation Of the Jews in Rumania.
This time the Jews in Rumania have pinned
their faith in the great leader OF the Amer
lean nation. To him they look for succor
They know that America has the right to
raise her voice to demand the enfranchise-
ment Of "the last slaves of Europe"
In this just cause I am sure that Amer
ica will find at her side the great liberal
democracies of Europe These great pow
ers will also demand that the 100000 Jews
of Bessarabia, Bukovina and Transv!vanj ia
be included in the emancipation. While
we are concerned over the economic condi
tlons of our brethren in Rumania. and
prompt relief is imperative, it can be safe
ly said that the political status of the Jews
IN Rumania is uppermost in their minds
The Rumanian Jews are anxious to assure
the Rumanian nation that with their emon-
cipatlon Rumania will become stronger Doli4;-
caiy, lndustrially and economicallv and
lhat they VIII not bear any malice for past
lnJustlces and indiscrminations.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Holding involuntary Regulars

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Ny husband was drafted last Mar
and sent to France July t. He was very
proud man 10 be called into the service o.
his country, circumstances having preyente.
him from cnlsting at the Begin ng Of tf'
war. | was as proud as he to have him -
uniform and to have him take par n be
fight against the vile Hun. He served b.
country we'll, winning the coveted Crox .,
Gucrre He IS with the 9th Division q
regulars. l. who need him. ask W by soul
of the drafted men VINO were inducted int,
military service for the duration Of the VS.
only, have been put with the regular
whereas most of the other draft men are !,
the National Army? Ny husband 81.
others with him viii be kept overseas fo'
SIX, eight or ten months. possibly yes'
longer. when they are needed here at hons
TO take care Of their famihcs
II is my hone that you VIII print my st
ter in your paper 50 that wives and mother
Of men in the same position as my husbsrs
viii together protest to the War Depar
ment for Their release. We gave tnsr
proudly. gladly, for the duration of the wa
the war is over and we need our men her
at home. They are sent TO Keep the hs's.
Boches from doing themselves mischM
Does any one really care how much '''
Huns cut their own throat
Send our loved ones home 20 Us who m'
them, OH, so much.
MRS. ROBERT W BENNEr
South Bethlehem, Penn. March g. 1917.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
The Coming 71ower
TYPICAL AMERICANS"
A Merchant

A Merchant
We cast about
For that mental trading ground
Strangers seek when sitting face to face
Throughout a meal:
I'd never met his friend Jim Whtmore
From "out Peoria way
He said he didn't much 60 in for liters:-
turc;
Just read the Cosmopolitan"
SO we parried
Till one Of US named South Anne RIGA,
Which proved common quarry.
I talked of propaganda
How we'd worked to foster good relations.
Counterfeit suspicion and the i'll effects
Of so-called Yankee marketing.
He scarce could hear me out,
Exploding with snort:
"Excuse my language, mister,
But all you've dones not worth damn
| know you've spent the country's money
And had lot of fun,
But let me tell you, sir, you're wrong.
Just yesterday had letter from a Chile
firm;
They had the crust-those yellow dogs
To tell me that as soon peace was signed
They'd resume their trade with Germany.
Imagine that.
1t gets your goat.
If you've done anything,
You've spoiled a virgin market for our
goods
And such a market, too.
Why I was getting rich
Shipping seconds socks for irsts
And all the shopworn stuff we had
They just ate 'em up.
Cash on delivery to the dock
All you had to do put the good ones
the top
Excuse me, sir, your propaganda
Why, it's not worth a damn
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12

the sheercst hypocrisy, that the people
we helped to defeat hate US as bitterly
as any of our allies. 1t is at some such
point as this that German propaganda
always fails. For the German has low
cunning rather than high cunning. He
conccives plan that is ingenious, but
with fatal defect that prevents it from
working. If you really hate people you
may pretend to love them for time,
but the truth is sure to come to the sur
face in the long run.