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New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
The League Still Intact

The charge that the Senate reser-
vations kill the covenant is accom-
panied by no bill of particulars.
President Wilson has never indicated
specifically what reservations he
objects to or why he objects to them
David Lawrence, strong pro-Ad-
ministration writer, has attempted
in The Evening World to fill the
vacuum and to itemize the Presi-
dents objections.
Mr.. Lawrence's analysis fails COM
pletely to support the view that the
reservations nullify the covenant. 1t
demonstrates, on the contrary, that
they modify it only in trif1ing and
non-vital detail. He admits that
Reservation A, concerning man
dates; Reservation 6, reaffirming
the Monroe Doctrine; Reservation
10, regarding contributions to sus-
tain the permanent league organiza-
ton; Reservation 12, concerning
the economic boycott, and Reserva-
ton Is, concerning equality of
national representation in the
league, are unobj as they
stand.
What complaint can be lodged
against the remaining five reserva-
tions? Mr.. Lawrence holds that
Reservation 2, governing with
drawals from the league, is Gun
CONSTITUTIONAL" in that it provides
for withdrawal by the United
States in pursuance of concurrent
resolution of Congress. The ques-
ton raised here has nothing to do
with the activities of the league.
1t is merely one of technical pro-
cedure on the part Of our own gov
ernment, and inasmuch as the Con-
stitution doesn't recognize any such
Thing as a concurrent resolution,
withdrawal resolution, called by that
name or by any other, would have
to go to the President. The obiec
tlon to Reservation 2 is therefore
inconsequential.
Reservation S, retaining to the
United States the right to decide
what questions are domestic and
therefore not to be submitted to the
council or assembly, is described by
Mr.. Lawrence as not Objectionable
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
Promotion for Senator Lodge

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In thinking of possible Presi-
Dental candidate for the Republican
party in 1920 there is one who ought
to tower above all others, the one who
has so prominently made this great
American cause his own--the great
leader, Henry Cabot Lodge. He pos
sesses the spirit and aim of Roose-
velt, plus clear, calm judgment and Won
derful, unfailng foresight | believe he
would sweep the country as no one
else can possibly do. He is the fore
ordained leader of the American
cause.
If he is too old, then I am sorry
for the young men. There are not
many traces of age in this last cam
paign. Lodge would accomplish in
one year more than any other would
do in eight.
A CITIZEN OF AMERICA.
Pelham, N. Y, Nov. 22, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
Gun Fodder"
A Volume of Disillusion That Mis-
represents the Soldier

represents the OOldier
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In a recent issue of "The New
York Times Review" the following COM
ment is made on Major A. Hamilton
Gibbss book "Gun Fodder"
GAS we turned the pages Of A. Ham
ilton Gibbs's Gun Fodder there rose
before our memory the faces of thou
sands of Tommies, poilus and doughboys
in whose eyes we had seen smoldering
DULY the inarticulate resentment of the
rank and file of fighting men who felt
that they had been made devils paapns
IN the aporld 1Oar-the faces of disilu-
stoned dupes who realized dimly that
the ideals for avhich they and their COM
rades had been laying down their iues
were IN reality only masks covering i'm
perialistic ambitions. And we felt that
every one of these men would gladly
make Mr.. Gibbs the spokesman of the
bitterness, the tragic rage, the sense of
the futility of their sacrifices, the fierce
irony about the purposes of the conflict
that fill their hearts to-day" (The
italics are mine)
| am taking it for granted that this
bitter arraignment Of the Allied nations
is no more in agreement with "The
Times" than Mr. Gibbs is in agreement
with majority of the soldiers. The
strange delusion of pacifism, which con-
dones the aggression in its blind at
tacks upon the defense, has of course
not been edtorially indorsed by "The
Times" nor is it ordinarily prevalent
among the men who actually faced the
enemy and realized the thing that they
were facing In this country the ex.
istence of the American Legion is a liv-
ing proof of the soldiers belief in the
cause for which they fought, and there
is little or no evidence Of lack Of such
belief in the soldiers Of the Allied ma
tons. The exigences of the situation
forced some men into the service who
lacked understanding of the cause, but
their enlightenment seems not to have
been in the direction of the bitter dis
illusionmcnt as to the purposes of the
conflict that the paciists attribute to
them. In the case of Mr. Gibbs even
Mr.. Philip Gibbs seems to have realized
that his brother, in spite of a truly
heroic performance Of duty, had not
reached full understanding of the
meaning of the sacrifice.
OF course the performance was the
main thing, yet the theory is impor-
tant at this time, because it is one form
that the everpresent enemy propaganda
is taking. I have found it in many
places, especially among the ''intelect-
uals," who are fond of stresslng the
ironic attitude of the poor, deceived SOL
dlers--one case even representing it as
discoverable on the smiling lips of death.
There is a beautiful saying of Lord
Dunsany's that very simply and clearly
refutcs paciistic theories in regard to
this war: at comes to this that though
we are all killed there will be songs
again; but if we were to submit, and so
survive, there could be neither songs
nor dreams nor any joyous free things
any more"
MARION COUTHOUY SMITH.
East Orange, N. j., Nov. ii, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

weight and others not-a system
which would mean nothing other
than a return to the old method of
speoial privilege which worked SO
badly, revival of the fcudalism
under which the few ruled and the
many obeyed, as in Russia to-day.
Yet the world is full of Sonias.
Great is the pity that their energy
and good intent are not guided
g little moro by nationality. Then
the masses would gain materially
and spiritually.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

from any legalistic viewpoint" He
simply says that other nations might
assume the same right to exclude
questions which they regard as
domestic. Why not? Common fair
ness compels US to acquiesce in such
an equality of privilege.
Reservation 8, regulating the
appointment of representatives Of
the United States to the council and
assembly and to commissions or
agencies under the league, is criti-
cized solely because it might bar the
way to appointment, without the con-
sent Of Congress, Of American citi-
zens as arbitrators or mediators in
disputes in which the United States
is not involved. This is a micro
scopic defect, hardly worth serious
consideration.
Reservation II permits the
United States, after having accepted
council plan for the reduction of
armamepts, to increase it's own
armament without the councils con-
sent, whenever the United States
is threatened with invasion or en-
gagged in war" Mr.. Lawrence rep
resents the Administrator as want
ing to have modifying clause in
serted permitting an increase Of ar
mament only after diplomatic rela-
tions with an unfriendly nation have
been broken off.
There. remains only Reserva-
tion 3, inconsistently described by
the President as "cutting out the
heart of the covenant" Mr..
Lawrence indorses what Mr.. Wilson
told the Senate Committee on For
eign Relations on August 19 last
when he says that this reserva-
ton is unobjectionable eff it means
that the military and naval forces
of the United States shall not be
used without the consent of Con-
gress." He argues, however, that
the moral authority of the Execu-
tive "to interfere in controversies
between nations" would be weak
ened if, before interfering, the
President were required to get an
authorization from Congress.
Here, at last, is given a hint of
the Presidents real objection to
Reservation g. He opposes it
not because it hampers the opera
ton OF the league, but because it
may act as check on his own
powers. All the outcry against the
reservations, so far as they affect
the league, SINNERS down to this:
that Reservation may restrict
the freedom Of the Executive to
interfere in controversies between
nations, under the provisions of
Article x. In other words, the
President wants to be able to accept
any council recommendations short
Of war-without the approval of
Congress.
The case against the reservations
has never been clearly presented by
the President or by his spokesmen
in Congress. No wonder. Mr..
Lawrence's candid analysis shows
how tenuous it is and how far it
falls short of sustaining the claim
that the reservations slaughter the
covenant.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
The Coming 7'ower
Village Nocturnes

Tho Congregational Meeting House
TIC moonlight bathes the old white
church
From panclod doors to gided weather.
vanc.
Deepening with shade the cool restraint
Ot haAd,- wrought classic ornament
And making exquisite the sweep of roof
With shnglc shadows like dim moss.
Upon a rise it stands,
Above the village green,
And now, at midnight while Its high
clock booms
Il hear the hammer creak for every
blow,
1t seems great white ship
Full-poised for lifting flight.
Ghost of the days when perfect line
And just proportions and chaste orna-
ment
Were seemly in the eyes of simple men!
Ghost of tho days when your eight
hundred seats
Were filled on every Sabbath morn!
Ghost not of what was terrible and
bleak,
Not of dark fear and lust to persecute,
But of clear faith and courage
And the upright hearth
Ghost of the vanished grace
Of old theologes!
w Az rI,R pp1NIIApn EAT0N
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
The Probable Solution
(From The Philadelphio Inou,rer)

Commenting on the coal conference
to determine how much of the pro-
posed increase in price should be passed
on to the consumer, correspondent,
who is evidently hot under the collar.
snorts and asks, "Why depart from the
usual custom Of passing it all along to
the consumer and then add tax for
purchasing luxury, not omitting the
opportunity later on for arresting him
for boarding coal for his winters sup
ply"
We are not going to try to paint the
lily, and will leave that question just
as it lies
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
The Old Story

(Fron The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune)
After all, it is another case of tho
vicious circle when the price of feed
forces up the price of eggs by inducing
the sale of hens to save the cost of feed
and secure the cost of meat. thus depict
Ing the number Of layers and causing
continued scarcity of eggs and further
boosting of price,
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

At last we are to benefit materially
from the general increase in prices.
Our forthcoming collection of Perish
less Poems, coming forth next spring,
will be priced $3.50. The royalties
on those sales are due four months
after August, 1920; so we are telling
the grocer not to despair.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
Cooling of the Reds

C00Iln% On the Reds
SEATTLE. Wash. h.-Alaskans are combat
ing radicnlism with the hope of making
Alaska 100 per cent American, Governor
Thomas Riggs. jr, of Alaska. declared to-
day on his arrival from Juneau.
Eve are going to make it so hot for those
who not red-blooded Americans that
they will have to go up above the Arc tic
Circle" he said
'Trotzky. Trotzky. I've been thinking
What wonderful world thisd be,
If the Reds were all transported
Far beyond the Northern Sea.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
THE Last Straw
(Erom The Rnstnn Hernld

Consular Agent Jenkins may be par
doned for feeling little peeved; it is
bad enough to pay your own ransom
without being charged with having
staged your own abduction.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

Among the twelve things we cannot
understand is why the publishers of
"The Moon and Sixpence" call the
author-on the cover and the title
page Vaughan.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
WALTER PRICHARD EATON.

81 am here and now willing" Senor
Ibanez is quoted as saying, "as a poor
writer, to subscribe $10O to a memorial
to the man Poe in whose house |
now stand" If Senior lbanez actually
is poor writer he should devote
some effort to securing a better CON
tract with his publisher. 1t is said
that "The -Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse" has sold more than half
a million copies. His other books are
not without sale. 1t is hardly con-
ceivabe that he is a poor writer, if
by poor" he meant impecunous.
"And what is this myth" asks Wash
ington Square, "about the proverbial-
ly boorish, ill-mannercd and untactful
American who otfends against hos
pitalty and good breeding whenever
he steps upon Latin SOLE"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
Mrsssyn OF rpr Assoc,.rvn rnrse

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tho Associated Press is exclusively entitled to tho
nse Tor republication OF all dispatches credited
herein. ' s
Az rights % republication OF all other matte,
herein are aao reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

What has become of the o. f. bed
maker who, for s12 week, knew how
to tuck the sheets and covers in tightly?
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

First class in Mnemonics, rise. Now,
then, who was the British aviator who
made the speech in London belittling
the American achievement?
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
What Is Left OF The League
Senator Leoot Wisconsin, Speaking the Senate of the United
States Wednesday, November From The Congressional Record

MIR. LENROOT-I propose to take d
few moments Of the Senate's time in ex-
aminng what is left of the league of ma
tions covenant and of the treaty if the
treaty be ratified with the reservations
attached.
Beginning with the league covenant,
We read Articles /, 2, 3, 4, s, 6 and T.
The reservations do not affect any of
those seven articles, except in two par
ticulars-one with reference to the right
of withdrawal of the United States
from the league, and the reservation
that has been adopted in that respect is
in exact accord with the Interpretation
given to the treaty by the Senator from
Virginia Mr.. Swanson] and many other
Senators upon the other side
The other reservation affecting these
articles is that with respect to equality
of voting, which was adopted last
night. If Senators upon the other side
desire to take the poc4ton that protec-
ton of the United States from the ST,
votes of the British Empire to our one
vote nullifies/ the treaty, very well; let
them take it; we will let the American
people decide.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

In Brentano's: "Have you Briggs's
ooh, MANI cartoons?" "No, all We
have OF his is Bringing Up Father
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

We see by the paper-the Westfield
~ j., Standard-tha Remold Werren-
rath will sing in Westheld on January 15
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

Yen ean purchase merchandise advertised Ia THE
tisn results Ia any ease TIE TRisUNE guarantees
to pay your money back upon request. No red tape.
no suloe'ias. W make good pros,ptH II tho
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

matters affecting the peace of the world,
but without any authority to bind or
obligate any one. Mr.. President, as to
the value and Importance of that arti-
Gle, which, | repeat, is not affected by
the reservations, let me quote what
President Wilson said on the 4th day of
September last:
"Therefore, want to call your at
tention, if you will turn to it when
you go home, to Article Il, following
Article 10, Of the covenant of the
league Of nations. That article, let
me say, is the favorite article in the
treaty, so far as l am concerned"
absolutely Intact
Then he proceeds to detail the very
great benefits to be derived by the world
because of the presence of that article
in the treaty. AS I have said, the reser
vations leave Article IL absolutely in
tact
The next articles in the treaty are 12.
lo' II, 10 ana 1O-anQ tncy are all
grouped relating to arbitra-
ton, compulsory inquiry concerning dis
pntes, the agreement not to go to war
within nine months after the submis-
sion of dispute, and economic boycotts
for violation of any of the provisions of
Article II or 13. Those articles, Mr..
President, together with Article II, well
warrant the United States in entering
into the league of nations, and with
those articles adopted the greatest effort
will have been made toward the preven-
ton of war that has ever been attempted
by any concert of nations The articles
to which / have just referred are not
affected in the slightest degree by the
reservations that are pending except in
two partlculars-one that domestic oues-
tlons are not by the ratification of the
treaty submitted to the league Are Won
upon the other side of the aisle opposed
to that Do you object to the reserya-
tlon because we refuse to agree to
those articles unless we save to our
selves the right to determine our own
domestic questions?
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
"Where the West Regirsn

Apologies to Arthur Chapmanl
Out in the land of the Boshevist raids,
Where the I. w. w. shoots up parades,
That's where the West begins;
Where the booze is stronger than 275,
Where every third man you meet tries to sell
you real estate in Los Angeles and the
other two make you buy oil stock, and
you are lucky to get away alive
That's where the West begins
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
Economic Boycott

Inc only other provision in the reser-
vations that affects any of the articles
OF the covenant is the one relating TO
Article Is, which permits us to trade
despite the economic boycott with ma
tlonals of other nations residing within
our own country or in neutral coun-
tres. Otherwise, Mr.. President. these
reservations leave all of the arbitration
ana inquiry articles absolutely intact
What was the Presidents view short
time ago of the Importance of these
articles which the reservations do not
toucn IN any material particular? He
SAID IN his speech at Indianapolis on
September last
The great bulk of the provisions
of that covenant
Speaking of the covenant of the
league of nations
contain these engagements and prom
ises on the part of the states which
undertake to become members of it:
Ihat IN no circumstances will they go
to war without first having done one
or the other of two things-without
nrst either having submitted the aues
ton to arbitration, in which case they
agree to abide by the result, or hav-
ing submitted the questions to discus
sion by the council of the league of
nations, in WHICH case they will allow
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

Writing to the illustrated Daily
News, Miss B. r. says that she ar
rived home late from a party and as
she didn't want to awaken her sister,
whom she saw lying on the bed, she
started to undress in the darkness and
relate her evenings experiences. But
why relating them in the dark
wouldn't awaken her so worried us
that we never did find out what
happened.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
The Book Borrowers

Macs the guy whose nose I'll hammer on
He swpcd my very rare "Decameron."
Nor is that all I've other wrongs
There's Sol who has my "Song of s5cngs":
And then l must get after Harry,
IT'S he that has my "Sister Cn~rc''--
BUT-first III go shake ham Nth Hannah
For she, dear girl keeps "Polyanna."
CHoWBoRE.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
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Class Msil Matter
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

O. you whom we should like to thwact,
Please bring our Mrs. Thompson" back
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

IT looks like white Thanksgiving.
F. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

The Prince of Wales regrets that
lie didn't have might off" like his
grandfather did in New York.-The
Sun.
Sounds like the Suns grammarian
had night off.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

The menace of Bolshevsm is upon
US, of course. And it is feared by us
Of the so-called capitalistic press.
Perhaps the fear, is greater than the
danger merits; we think it is. But
if we were the capitalstic press and
wanted to minimize discomfort, we
should eliminate all so-called society
news, and not print pictures of the
Kansas ladys $4,000 lace waist.
"The memorial" Park Commissioner
Harman is quoted by The Tribune as
having said, "is in simplitied Greek
Gothic STYLE" And not, one deduces,
in Germano- Byzantine.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
Article 10

We are unwilling to enter into such
an obligation; and would resign my
seat in the Senate, Mr. President. be-
fore l would vote to ratify this treaty
with the obligation imposed by Article
10 as the President of the United States
asks us to accept it,
Article II is the next article of the
league covenant. The reservations do
not affect in the slightest degree that
article, which, to my mind, is one Of
the most, if not the most, important
article in the league covenant, because
under that article We as a member of
the league agree that we will meet and
discuss in the council or the assembly
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25

Led monaco or no red menace
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
If United States Is Threatened

Coming to Article s, the only effect
the reservation has upon that article
is that if at any time the United States
should adopt plan for disarmament.
whenever the United States is engaged
in war or is threatened with invasion
it may have the right to increase it's
armament without the consent of the
council or the league. Are anv of the
Senators who propose to defeat this
treaty to-day because of the reservations
opposed to that? Do any Senators
upon the other side of the aisle desire
to put the United States in a position
where, if it is engaged in war, it cam
not increase its armament to defend it,
self without the consent of other
powers?
We next come to Article Q, which the
reservations do not affect in the slight
est degree. The neXs article is Article
10. That has been discussed so often,
and the question involved is so clear to
every Senator that l am not going to
take time upon it now, except to say
that the real issue between us is not
whether there shall be league of ma
tlons, but the real issue is whether the
President of the United States and the
Senate of the United States shall TODAY
enter into an obligation that will COM
pei our boys for all time to fight in
every war that may occur in every
quarter of the globe without their con-
sent or the consent-the free consent
of the representatives whom they have
chosen in the House of Representatives
and in the Senate
New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
GUAR RANYEE

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Class Nail Matter
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
CAL0MEL SELDOM
SOLD HERE NOW
Nasty drug salivates, makes you sick
and you lose days work.

Every druggist in town-your drug
gist and everybody's druggist has no
ticed great falling off in the sale of
calomel. They all give the same rea-
son. Dodson's Liver Tone is taking
it's place.
"Calomel is dangerous and people
know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone is
perfectly safe and gives better re-
SUITS" said prominent local druggist.
Dodson's Liver Tone is personally
guaranteed by every druggist who
sells it. A large bottle costs but a
few cents, and if it fails to give easy
relief in every case Of sluggishness
and constipation, you have olny to ask
for your money back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant
tasting, purely vegetable remedy,
harmless to both children and adults
Take spoonful at night and wake up
feeling fine; no biliousness, sick head
ache, acid stomach or constipated
bowels. It doesn't grippe or cause in
convenience all the next day like VOL
ent calomel. Take dose Of calomel
TODAY and tomorrow you will feel
weak. sick and nauseated. Don't lose
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Tone instead and feel fine, full OF
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