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New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Poisoning the Future

Charles A. Beard, formerly Of Co.
lunbia University, questions the follow
ing, contained In "a Syllabus Of the
World War;" prepared by the local De-
partment of Education:
"Great Britain responded Ito Belgium's
appeal in support Of her integrity with
note to Germany warning her to respect
disregarding the warning, invaded Bel
gium, England declared war, August A."
Professor Beard comedies the literal
accuracy Of the foregoing statement, but
picks at it because 1t does not include
many interesting facts of the negoti-
ations-for example, the evidence sug-
gesting that Great Britain might have
gone in though Belgium had not been
invaded.
The maybes and mightbes are pabulum
for some kinds Of mind, but the sober
historian Is averse to them-is aware,
when he INDUCES in them, that he is
likely to cease being an historian to be-
come merely prejudictd person. The
British government demanded of Ger
many that she respect Belgium and in
structed its ambassador to ask for his
passports If Germany did not comply by
midnight. Germany did not comply and
the ambassador left. If she had COM
piled the war might have come, but over
some other issue. Seldom has an inter-
national matter been so simplif1ed as
how war came between Great Britain and
Germany.
Why the interest Of the Boards in tor
turing everything in favor of Germany
and against Great Britain, France and
Russia? Do they not reveal the con-
clusions they would reach? Professor
Beard inquiries, apparently deeming it
poser, why the Board of Education did
not invite the assistance of trained
teachers of history" in the preparation
Of it's pamphlet. Why it did not seek
the assistance of one of them may be
surmised.
AS warning heritage for our chill
dren no effort should be spared to pre-
vent the special pleaders, no matter how
disguised, poisoning the mind of the
future as to why the Great War was.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18

Both the German submissiveness (;a..,
istic as it may be) and the Russian ,...
lessness (fed on the corruption of all ~.
virtues) are utterly foreign to the pn,;..
nation, whose qualities and defects are a,,.-
gether of another kind tending to n .sr,.;-
exaggeration of individualism and n.rh.n.
to an extreme belief in the govern;nr
power of the free assent, the one invar;.,,s
vital principle in the internal eoveynu.,.
of the old republic
No Feudal Quarrels
There was never history mora s...
from political bloodshed than the his+orr
of the Polish state, which never ,r.-
either feudal institutions or feudaI cr..
rels. At the time when heads were fal,,rr
on the scaffolds all over Europe there was
only one political execution in Poland
only one-and as to that there still ex;s,s
a tradition that the great chancellor who
democratized Polish institutions and h.a
to order it in pursuance of his polit;ca,
purpose, could not settle that matter with
his conscIsnce till the day of his death
can't imagine. in whatever form ~
democratic government Poland elaborate,
Tor itself, that either the nation or i,s
leaders would dc anything but welcome N.
closest scrutiny of their renewed poltica,
existence. The difficulty of the probleu ~
that existence will be so great that som.
errors Will be unavoidable, and one may hs
sure that they will be taken advantae. of
by Its neighbors to discredit that living wit
ness to great historical crime. If not ths
actual frontiers, then the moral integrity
OF the new state is sure to be assailed he.
fore the eyes of Europe.
The Offspring Of the Eest
Already there are innuendos, threats
hints thrown out, and even awful instances
fabricated out of inadequate materials. but
1T is historically unthinkable that the
Poland of the future, with it's sacred ira
dltlon of Poland and its hereditary sense
of respect for the rights of individuals and
states' should seek its prosperity in aggres.
s1Ve action or IN moral violence against
that part of its once fellow citizens who
speak Ruthenan or lithuanian. The only
influence that cannot be restrained is sim.
ply the influence of time, which diseneares
truth from all facts with a merciless logic
and prevails over passing opinions. the
changing impulses of men.
There can be no doubt that the moral
impulses and the material interests of the
new natlonalities which seem to play now
the game of disntegraton for the benefit
of the worlds enemies. will in III. erd
bring them nearer to the Poland If ,h,.
wars creation, will unite them sooner or
later by a spontaneous movement toward
the state which had adopted and brought
them up in the development of its own
humane culture-the offspring of the West
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
THE DIARY or OUR OWN SAMUEL pspYs

June l4-To the courts with S. Spaeth
and ne beat me three setts in five. and
then we to watch better players; and saw
Richards and Behr beat Throckmorton and
Hunter, and l wagered a dinner with S.
Martin on it and lost and so took him to
dinner, and he must needs have a cock
tayle, albeit liquor was not stimulated in
the wager
15-To H. Ross's for breakfast which
my wife and Mistress Caroline cooked. not
bad, neither; and then I played two sets
with S. Spaeth, and beat him both. For
ride then with my wife, and in the evening
to see the Lambs Gambol, which amused
me nightly, in especial Mr.. Cohan and
Mr.. Collier. TO my inn, and had some
soup, and salmon salad, and beaker of
sarsaparilla, and some ice cream. and
thence to bed, but could not sleep till
near four o'clock.
l6-All day at my desk, and met Mistress
Helen Pemberton at dinner, and her babv
lckle Flopplt, was with her; and | wheeled
the baby home, down the Avenue not
without pride, neither. Though l detected
IN the glance some gave me and Mistress
Helen, Why did that lovely girl marry
him?
17-Up by times, and to the Office. and
H. II. kohlsaat to visit me, and he talked
OF the old days in Chicago. Finished NV
stint in good time, so home to rest.
The typically American linotyper first
spelled it "Quentyquec," so we changed it
to "Quentyquee," which the typicallv
American proofreader changed to "Ouentv-
quet."
Vox ct Prrterea Nih
Sir: She was lamenting her lost voice "Tt
cracks whenever l try n high note. If it wasn't
so sad pd be funny she dulcied Eyes II
must he a scream" l answered. just that Quick
ly Now, wasn't the M, m. w.? u,
The Profiteers' Mother Goose
There was an old woman who lived in shoe
She had so many expenses she didn't know what
to do:
So she split up the shoe, with some laths and
cement.
And hung out placard, Apartments to Rent"
Baa baa. landlord. have you any fats?
Yes sir. yes sir. for plutocrats.
One that has three rooms, and one that has four.
And the rental is Twcnty-scven Hundred or more
This is Clean Up Week, so we took a
look at desk.
What it needs is Clean Up Month.
+. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Testing Health Insurance

In recent address upon the subject
Of health insurance Warren S. Stone,
chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, said
"If we have accomplished anything as
a nation it has been due to the fact that
the men and women of the country have
been allowed to work out some of these
problems. l do not take much stock in
paternaism; I do not believe in a gov
ernment that tucks you in bed at night,
and if some plan of health insurance is
adopted, worked out and finally made a
law, / fear it's effect on our country; I
fear it will be the beginning Of the end.
l do not believe any nation prosper
when the government does everything
for the industrial worker. 1t destroys
initiative and makes him a dependent
upon the bounty of his government.
l want to to say to you frankly
as a representative of labor that there
is not going to be any compulsory health
insurance if we can help it,"
The man or woman who does not emo
tionally and Intellectually respond to
the spirit of this stalwart representative
Of free labor has something the matter
with his Amercanism. The human be-
ing comes first Better bodily illness
than the soul illness incident to depend
ence. The. instinct is sound which re-
sists the intrusion of government.
Those who advocate compulsory state
health insurance must meet these tests:
First, that what they propose is a good
thing in itself; second that long expert
ence has shown that individuals are in
competent to achieve it; third, that the
public is competent to achieve it. The
first is admitted; as to the second, it is
fairly established that we can get the
good thing only by concerted public ac-
ton; as to the third, the weight of evil
dence is that public health insurance
stands up.
Timt was when courts, police forces
highways, parks, schools and even ar
mics were privately owned and managed.
These activities have been successively
taken ove- by the public, and few would
go back. The latest annexation from
the private field is in the workmen's
compensation act, covering industrial
accidents. Compulsory health insurance
applies similar principle to disease
loss that we have applied to accident
loss.
We had no fall of the death rate
until the public supplied water, and we
are not likely to have a fall Of the dis
ease rate without system of preventive
personal examination and treatment
which comes as an incident to properly
ordered health Insurance. The dentists
have educated US to bi-yearly teeth ex-
animation, but we drive our body ma
chine with scarcely ook-over until it
breaks. Cooperation might perform the
function, but it makes little progress.
In the mean time the annual bill is
heavy.
We believe in the principle upheld by
Mr.. Stone. Ill will the country fare
when man is under no pressure to grow
by looking after himself; but in this il
logical world sound principles are limit
ed and conditioned, and what seem para
doxical proposals concidentally sup
ported
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18

deepest affections of human nature and
the very fount of natural emotions, has
never made US vengeful. 1t is worthy of
notice that with every incentive present
in our emotional reactions we had no re-
course to political assassination. Arms In
hand, hopelessly or hopefully, and always
against immeasurable odds, we did affirm
ourselves and the justice of our cause; but
wild justice has never been a part of our
conception of national manliness In all
the history of Polish oppression there was
only one shot fired which was not in battle.
Only one! And the man who fred it in
Paris at the Emperor Alexander II was but
an individual connected with no organiza-
ton, representing part of Polish opin-
ion. The only effect in Poland was that of
profound regret, not at the failure, but at
the mere fact of the attempt. The history
of our captivity is free from that stain;
and whatever follies in the eyes Of the
world we may have perpetrated, we have
neither murdered our enemies nor acted
treacherously against them, nor yet have
been reduced to the point of cursine each
other"
4 Nation Without Rerenge
l could not gainsay the truth of that
discourse. I saw clearly as my inter-
locutor the impossibility of the faintest
sympathetic bond between Poland and her
neighbors ever being formed in the future.
The only course that remains to a. recon-
stituted Poland is the elaboration, establish
ment and preservation of the most correct
method of political relations with neighbors
to whom Polands existence is bound to be a
humiliation and offence. Calmly considered.
1t is an appalling task, yet one may put ones
trust in that national temperament which is
so completely free from aggressiveness and
revenge.
Therein lie the foundations of all hope.
The success of renewed life for that nation
whose fate is to remain in exile, ever iso-
lated from the West among hostile sur
rorndings, depends on the sympathetic un-
derstanding of its problems by its distant
friends, the Western powers, which in their
democratic development must recognize the
moral and intellectual knship of that dis
tant outpost of their type of civilization,
which was the only basis of Polish culture.
An In,perishable Individualisn,
Whatever may be the future of Russia
and the final organization of GERMANY the
old hostility must remain unappeased, the
fundamental antagonism must endure for
years to come The Crime of the Partition
was committed by autocratic governments,
which were the governments of their time:
but those governments were characterized
IN the past, as they will be in the future,
. by their peoples national traits, which re-
main utterly incompatible with Polish men
tality and Polish sentiment
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18

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New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
THOsE who died east and west, leaving

THOSE who died east and west, leaving
SO much anguish and SO much pride
behind them, died neither for the
creation of states for empty words,
nor yet the salvation of general ideas.
They died neither for democracy, nor
leagues. nor systems, and not even for alb
stract justice, which is an unfathomable
mystery. They died for something too deep
for words, too mighty for the common
standard by which reason measures the
advantages of life and death, too sacred
for the vain discourses that come and go
on the lips Of dreamers, fanatics, humani-
tarians and statesmen.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Suggestion
sFrom The Boston Gio]

tFrons The Boston Giobe)
Only think! The great new Commons
wealth Dry Dock at South Boston is big
enough to hold b5,ooo.ooO gallons of water
or any other liquidl
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18

The Kaiser is going home as soon as
the peace treaty is signed, and those
who wondered how Germany was ever
to be punished sufficiently are answered.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
The Only Enduring Thing

Poland's independence springs up from
that great immolation, but Poland's loyalty
will not be rooted in anything so trenchant
and burdensome as the sense of immeas-
urable Indebtedness, of that gratitude
which in a worldly sense is sometimes
called eternal, but which lies always at the
mercy of WEAKNESS and is fatally con-
demned by the instability Of human senti-
ment to end in negation. Polish loyalty
will be rooted in something much more
solid and enduring, something that could
never be called eternal, but which is, in
fact, life-enduring. 1t will be rooted in
the national temperament, which is about
the only thing on earth that can be trusted
Men may deteriorate, they may improve
too but they don't change. Misfortune is
hard school, which may either mature or
spoil national character, but it may be
reasonably advanced that the long course
of adversity of the most cruel kind has
not injured the fundamental characteristics
of that nation which has proved it's vitality
against the most demoralizing odds. The
various phases of the Polish sense of self
preservation struggling among the menac-
ing forces and the no less threatening
chaos Of the neighborng powers should be
judged impartia1ly.
To the End Of Time
This situation was brought vividly home
to me in the course of an argument more
than eighteen months ago. Don't forget"
l was told, "that Poland has got to live in
contact with Germany and Russia to the
end of time. Do you understand the force
of that expressions: to the end of time?
Facts must be taken into account, and
especially facts such as this to which there
is no possible remedy on earth. For rea-
sons which are, properly speaking, physio-
logical, prospect Of friendship with Ger
mans or Russians, even in the most distant
future, is unthinkable. Any alliance of
heart and mind would be a monstrous
thing, and monsters, as you know, cannot
live. You can't base conduct on a mon
strous conception.
Oppression. not merely political but,
affecting social relation, family life, the
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18

Switzerland has permitted herself to
be haven for emigrating radicals of
other nations, and look what's happened
in Zurich!
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18

One reason why Galsworthy is among the
great is because he never tries to be funny.
Well, hardly ever. We still remember re-
gretfully his one-act play "The Little Man."
with it's painful attempt to burlesque the
travelling American. OF course "The Pig
con" is humorous, but it is also effortless.
The reading public of to-day is mad about
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
MEanER .ov rur Assoc1ArEp PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the
fce republication OF all dispatches credited to 1t
otherwise credited this paper and tho local
Of spontaneous origin published herein
Al rights OF republication al all other matter herein
also reserved
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Poland, Child of the West
By Joseph Conrad
(From an article in Collier's)

public uteance Of the English
Korzemowska the of his land
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18

rule by force. If there was thought
dictagraph it would probably report
Martens saying to himself: "These
Americans, what fools!"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
B O O k s
By Haywood Broun

THIS is as fine time as a man could
wish in which to be book reviewer
Think what the job must have been
back in the days when Walter Scott was
turning out ten novels a year, and what
fearful bore Dickens became to the men
who had to read every word he wrote.
Of course, it would have been fun to have
seen "'Vanity Fair is the best book we
have read this month";. Y. Tribune" in
the book page advertisements, and there
might have been satisfaction in writing,
eve heartily recommend George Merediths
The Egoist.' We think this young man
will go far"
But ours is no mean age, for we have
Wells and Galsworthy and Conrad and
Shaw. We particularly moved to feel
that this is fine time in which to have
the privilege of reading new books because
we have just finished John Galsworthys
Saints Progress" and it seems to US su-
perb. When Wells can work himself into
a good lather we would rather read him
than any alive, but there are periods
in most of his books when he is merely
warming up. His social consciousness
sometimes interferes with his artistry. At
times he has so much to say that no novel
will hold it. Galsworthy has a marked So
cial consciousness in most of his plays. 1t
animates "Strife" and Justice" and "The
Silver Box" but it is less evident in his
novals. saints Progress leaves the world
just where it found it. AS in Wells, there
is search for God, but no discovery. Nor
is there a denial. Edward Pierson prays
for deliverance at a certain point in the
book, and Galsworthy notes, "Whether from
prayer or from the scent and feel of the
clover he found presently a certain rest"
1t is the attitude of neutral.
But though Gasworthy keeps himself and
his feelings outside the novel, it does not
lack intensity. His characters feel things
acutely. There is chaper in which
woman is giving up man she loves, and
her emotion is conveyed so wildly as to
drag the reader into the turmoil of it ALL
Saints Progress" then, is not a book to
pass the time between here and Pough-
keepsie. Whoever reads it must live with
it That demands no sacrifice, for Gals
worthy makes life mean more for US by
bringing to us its fulness, its depth and
its intesnity.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18

Writers who deny allegiance to any in
visible king still see q we'll ordered uni
verse. In two agnostic novels which we
have read within month fathers have
prayed passionately for sons. On both oc-
casions little girl was born in the very
next chapter.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
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New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
The Poetry Service Station

The speed demons Of the War Depart
ment and the Postoffice Department. in
perfect collaboration, have succeeded in
getting to us our $50 bonus. 1t was ac-
complished in three months, from tip to
tip; and our gratitude to the government
is boundess
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-10
JACK AND
JESS SEEK
RED CROSS

TOLEDO. Ohio. June lo,-nf nitesl
Press. AFTER camp casualties OF
yesterday 10th Willard and Demp.
s~y will be little more careful In
their workouts today.
Jess stili carries a cute egg under
his lief, eye. a development Of Jael.
Hempefs night hand swat. And
Dempsey In wearing a plaster over
his right eyebrow. which was decor.
ated by the jamaica Kid.
Jack Iloan. of Winnipeg. heavy
weight champion of Canada. who
was knocked 10 a cuckoo by Denap.
Hey In - seconds on Monday. ~lll
try u again today. Ross In ak fee,
two inches In height and weighs
close To 30 pounds. hut he couldn'i
stand the terrific swa,tinE OF the
challenger.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-10
Giants and
Reds Battle
inOhioCity
Crucial Series Billed in Sen
ior Major League Ball
Today
ny u. G. uAMILToN

Omitted pres. STAFF cortespondenO
NEW YORK. June io--if the
Giants. who are on the road. will
crack. II will begin Co be apparent
today. for the eocky sneisnta Of
New York arc billed for a tAnEie
with the Cincinnati Reds-ln Gin
einnati II tho Reds can't hold
that line. the west might a. we'll
resign itself 60 an inexorabis fate.
which u has become used 60 doing
with the toss OF nubc MArauard
from the Dodgers pitching staff
with broken ankle. the battle
has settled Tor the present be-
tween the Reds and Giants The
Cubs have gone into third place.
with hurting battery that is
rounding into form. which makes
them highly dangerous. but not
Immediately ready TO vault into q
death Erappis with the two leaders
Fer that matter. tn. position Of
the Giants is strong enough 20
Withstand some husky challenges
for time
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-10

Young Gibson. the Northwest
ern league pitcher signed by the
locals for a weeks trial. win 20
On the hill Wednesday. according
to Manager Clymrr. Gibson.
who got trial In the San Fran
cisco camp this spring. but was
LET out. delivered In fine shape
far Seattle In the defunet North
western circuit. lie looks like
pitcher. and local fans are pull
Ing for him to make good.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-10
Toledo Fight
Men Fauoring
Jack Dempsey
Challenger Is Well Liked in
Ohio Hamlet
ny FRED TuRByyuI.E

TOLEDO. o.. June iO.-"Here he
comcsf'
There he Foes"'
All Toledo stops. looks and listens
when Jack Dempsey. challenger of
Jess willard. heavcs into sight.
Toledo steps aside and gives Jack
plenty OF room 10 pass. meantime
gazing in open.mouthed admiration
on the man who is being hailed as
the next champion.
Town Il His
Already the town IL his. He can
have most anything he wants He's
the hero Of Maumee bay and IL
drawing the undivided attention of
all
And II hasn't turned Jacks head
in the leas' lie has stopped on the
street and chatted with many a man
or boy he'd never seen before. Hen
gossip about the weather or most
any other subject. but he doesn't
care TO talk much about the fight.
aside from saying how he feels and
how much he likes HIS new training
quarters.
Before Jack was lodged in the
training quarters al Overland club.
the Body hotel lobby. where IN,
challenger stopped. was filled all day
with those anxious TO get a Aauint
at the big boy. They crowded about
and almost paralyzed business. since
Jack moved out 10 the Overland
club. on Maumee bay. n constant
stream of automobiles has piled he.
tween the city and town. carrying
the followers Of the ring game. to
look him over.
Dempsey Home Favorite
Wizards latencss In arriving has
made Dempsey the favorite of tho
Toledoans. Those who before
thought the coming match looked
like an even bet began predicting n
Dempsey victory after they'd seen
the big hoy at work and at play.
Jack IL very popular. and II he
beats willard the folks of Toledo
would Ike very much to have him
stick around and call this place
home.