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New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
The Balance of Power

The alliance for the defence Of the
frontier behind which for two thousand
years Northern peoples have gathered
for attacks on a more pacific South and
West is spoken of as "a balance of power"
arrangement, and President Wilson is
twitted on having yielded to it after
saying he would not.
To describe the proposed agreement
as based on balance Of power ideas is
singularly inaccurate. What is sought
is not the creation of balance, but the
direct contrary; that is, spreponderance
Of power which will overweight one side
Of the scale and keep it down indefinitely.
A balance Of power exists when no
nation or group is sufficiently strong to
dictate to other nations. Hume wrote an
essay on this subject nearly two centuries
ago, pointing out that this method Of
providing against war is as old as his
tory and was familiar to the ancients
both as political theorists and practical
statesmen. Greece endeavored TO keep
the power Of her principal states nearly
equal, 80 that it would be hazardous for
any one to be aggressive. Until the rise
Of Rome Italy was organized on the
same basis. After the Northern bar
barians became civilized the balance Of
power principle was accepted in Europe
as automatic. So sincere a pacifst a.
Crotius held il provided the only posi-
bic sanction for international law, with
al nations interested in seeing that no
nation or group is prepondersnt-
The other method Of peace main
tensnee is the Roman method; that is.
TO have one power centre able to dictate
peace and order everywhere. The agree
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
A Word With McAdoo

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your issue Of the 4th reports ex-
Secretary McAdoo in Fourth Of July ora
ton as saying, in reference to tho world
league:
"Iike the Constitution, II is the most
gigantic step in constructive craftsmanship
since the formation Of the Federal Union,
and vet it is resisted by the same type OF
uncomprehendng men who fought the
adoption Of the Federal Constitution. They
have the same obliquity of vision. the same
selfshness Of view, the same indifference
to humanity and the same lack OF interest
in the masses Of mankind
Among the men thus lightly characterized
who did not approve the Constitution as It
frat came from the convention were John
Hancock and Samuel Adams, Of Massa-
chusetts; George Clinton, John Lansing and
Robert Yates, Of New York; Luther Mar
tin. of Maryland, and Patrick Henry,
George Mason, Richard Henry Lee. Benja-
min Harrison and Thomas Jefferson, OF
Virginia. Things have reached . pretty
state in this country when men OF Nc
Adoo's calibre are allowed to speak thus
of many Of the greatest names in our
history.
Let mo remind Mr.. ex-Secretary OF
little history which he either ignored or
conveniently forgot.
There were extremists on both sides then,
Just as there are Borahs and Hitchcocks
now, and some Of the extremists fought
the Constitution to the last. But the main
criticism o. it was its lack Of . bill OF
rights; and the fight in the three largo
states OF Massachusetts,, New York and
Virginia narrowed down to the question
whether to mako the addition Of amend
ments designed to remedy this defect
condition Of ratification. without such ad-
diton it would never have boon ratified
except by few Of the smaller states. Tho
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
"MusicAl Waxworks"

The phrase is by Mr.. Arthur Whit
ing. pianist and composer, who writes
in The Yale Rerisw in occasional praise,
but chiefly to the artistic condemnation
of all mechanical players, from the first
"horseless piano" to the most modern
monograph. art and mechanics are
enemies" he asserts broadly. The pres
entation of music depends for its ef-
feet on the gamble in human fallibllity.'
The great artist never plays given
composition the same way twice, and
his listeners prize the thought that
what they have just heard is unique and
exclusively their own"
Right here we begin to wonder. Is
it good sense or silly snobbishness that
would make listener prize a unique
performance? How about etchings or
wood cuts or steel engravings or litho-
graphs? How about the most mechanical
of all artistic productions, any book, IT
YOU will? To be sure, in literature there
is no need of the intervening interpreter.
The reader Of the poet or the novelist is
his own virtuoso. But consider play
of Shakespeare. When put upon the
stare it undergoes most elaborate and
variable Interpretation. Yet it is surely
none the less art when its lines reach
the eve from a mechanically printed vol
ume.
Mr.. Whiting is on safer ground when
he paints an actual picture Of the happy
family with its cans of music:
"The youngest member Of the family
can, and does, at any hour of day or
night insert a roll and food the house
with Chopin and the Rag until, after
some months Of this copiousness. the
elders show signs Of safety and wish that
sister had not given up her music en-
tirely The protoplasm Is now develop
ing, for father discovers. after many
trials, that the brazsn readiness Of the
mechanical genius does not attract him;
that while all the notes that sister
missed are sounded with authority. yet
when he anxiously pushes the button
marked expression something 10 lack
ing Whicn peioIe ks'e MI" So'o'"@''o"'
Those hard, brilliant scales and tempes-
tuous trills do not, after oil, make mu-
sic; they make only q slittsring. re-
pelling noise. He longs 10 hear again
the bashful. hesitating sounds which once
charmed him, thst human touch which
said something to him, although impcr-
fcctly."
This holds real truth. And it sug-
gests the fundamental reason why mo
chanieally reproduced music fails Of
complete satisfaction. Not because it
Is perfect and eliminates the gamble of
personal performance, but because it is
imperfect and has thus far failed and
probably always will fail TO equal per-
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
Going Bolshevist

William Allen White, the Kansas
editor, who has risen to the PROUD
eminence of plenary commentator on tne
world in general, says he is convinced
that sooner or later England will be
fiourishing under soviet government. III
will be bloodless and orderly proceed
ure." continues Mr.. White, "with King
George as a sort of royal soviet ruler"
Passing over the question of whether
anything can be said to be really ana
trulv soviet, which is bloodless and
orderly, and also passing over the ques-
tion of how divisible goods can be in
creased if there is a decrease in produc-
ton, the practice of predicting that
countries are about to "go Bolshevist
is interesting.
As near as can be made out, when
large number of persons find themselves
uncomfortable the cure is to go bolshe-
visit. If there is a condition OF semi
starvation it is assumed soviet principles
will find acceptance. Hence, campaigns
to feed the distressed-to overcome bol-
shevism by barrages Of food and meat
Yet it seems established in Russia that
Bolshevism is the quickest method ever
devised to convert scarcity into SEMI
starvation. The cure for the misery OF
diminished rations is smaller ratlons.
Curious doctrine! Under the old mathe-
matics. one hundred divided by one hun
dred is one; under the new, fifty divided
bv one hundred is to be something ike
two. With poor methods, czaristic Rus
sia raised approximately six billion BUSH
els of grain annually, and Bolshevlsm has
brought this down to about three billion.
Will some sort of super-Bolshevism, II 1t
comes. finish the work and attain a loo
per cent paralysis?
At any given time superior force can
achieve a flat distribution Of goods on
hand. But England keeps only about
a months food supply in warehouse.
When this is consumed, or the end OF the
surplus is in sight, the cunning and the
strong will more than ever, 1t would
seem. seek to escape individual extinc-
ton by fierceness of savage rivalry.
Russia, agricultural and primitive, with
many geographical units self-sustaining'
can get along in fashion with Bolshe-
vism, but let highly industrial country
like England try it,
The parasite looms large in the public
eve. and his extinction and the partition
of his estate promise handsome divi-
dend; but there are scarcely as many
in the class as is commonly supposed.
The English dukes number only about
fifty. To destroy capitalism would not
create bushel of wheat or weave yard
of cloth. 1t would be necessary, as here
toforc. for community to live on Its
annual production. Going Bolshevist is
good deal like jumping overheard to
swim across the ocean because cabin
accommodations on a steamship are not
liked
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09

ment with France and Great Britain Is
Roman rather than mediaval. Three
nations undertake the duty once assumed
by one, but this is a difference OF form
rather than Of substance. The three
nations bring together an overwhelming
force, thus discarding altogether the idea
of equpoise. The agreement is thus the
antithesis of a balance Of power-crea'es
a preponderance Of power.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
rus n,Asyoe OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPYs

JUN b-Early up, and with my wife 70
Croton and I left her there at H. Broun's
house. and | then to Pleasantville, wnere
Mrs Bassford gave me luncheon, and Miss
NJ Grove admired greatly tie l wore, OF
orange silk, so gave it her, and got great
credit for my generosity, but the truth Is
nv wife refuseth to allow me to wear II
N her nre,ence. H. Hathaway beat me
two setts of lawn tennis.
6-This day the youths Forster and Won
yernuth beat Dr. Gammons and me, IN
double.. but we gave them farish fight
Tben il came on to rain, and through II
70 Croton. to call for my wife, and we
drove 70 Yonkers in the rain, which sne
enjoyed not at all.
TO the city by steam train, and had
Will White to luncheon. and he talked Oh
this and that he having been IN france
since December, and Of my Lord woodrow
and how difficult his work was But great
,ove for nv Lord Woodrow ! thought VIII
had not, albeit he approveth the League
With my wife to the playhouse, and saw
"The Gaieties of 1919" and G. Hassell, 10
nv notion. being comickall, but nobody
e,ae. forasmuch as all the energy and
talent appear to be expended on the pano-
niles and nvestitures and the dancing,
which have great appeal, and too little on
the comick things
s-To my clothiers and made to order
a suit. but so great crowd of buyers and
40 few clerks l bought only some SOCKS,
and met a. tho counter another and
rival clothier, and he took me down town
in his petrol-waggon, which so pleased me
I went into his shop and bought me two
suits: and thence to my dentists, and he
found nought at fault, which | was glad Of
The professional man is a hazy, vague
;dcalist and the business man is an accu-
rate. practical doer A systematic person.
We wrote letter four weeks ago, to four
real estate firms. asking for list OF their
4-room and larger apartments, bounding on
four sides the district. The practical real
estaters, except one, failed to answer. The
one who answered gave list Of Groom
APARTMENTS on a street two miles from the
districts boundary.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
Climbing

Vrom The 81. LoSts Poss-DtsSascA)
Now there's a chance for the bookkesper
to get of his high stool and put IN his
vacation working in a Kansas wheat field.
But maybe he couldn't climb back on the
stool at tho end Of the ya:ation.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
Socialism 40 Il Works
eFrom TAs Noste~ss RspsSiSeos

FToW IhS HosSoNnS 8S1SSdc0U
Government ownership Of rsilwsys y
the United Kingdom has resulted 10 ID
creased rates, poorer service and sn -
nual deficit Of . half billion doilara =
eialism works the same way IN ell ~
guages. .
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09

In regard to Messrs. Lenine and
Trotzky, the Administration has appar-
emily compromised on a 2.75 per cent
war.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
THE WEAKER SEX

HAROLD
Il was January when met Harold;
Nearly a year we were IN love.
Then, in December, he went away,
And Christmas came.
I searched the town to fad his present
And sent it flying on its WY.
We never wrote again.
I've never seen him since.
But will do him tho justice TO say
That perhaps he didn't like the leather
Turgeniev
I sent TO him
Any better than liked the silver brush
and comb set
He sent to me. ALICE.
Not without lyric possibilities would be
chamois shaking the shimmy.
Some Of the stuff now being served has
kick that suggests the beverage hasn't been
proofread.
The decimal seems to be one point too far
TO the right +. p. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
Ever Thus

fPyom The Columbia, S. c. Record
The war is over. Therefore we have
wartime prohibition.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
More News
fPyo1n Th1 Detroit Ecsos)

fFrorp Tho Detroit Hcsos)
You know, Of course, what Is meant by
"the packers" They ars the fellows who
got up the cost Of living.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09

You can puretas. msrehsndlse sdssfis.o ~
ve,ruNC w.s absolute ssfsts-fsr " dissauNae,~ ~,
..,., !. s.s ss,, Iut TRIBUNE guarantees 10 pay you
ss's ~ " 80 80, r.cve<t Ne rec tape. No au'oD""'
~. m.ss ssed promptly ~ the advertiser docs ne''
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
Still Buxzin' Round
(1rom TAs Dsevo<e p

(Irsm TAs Dssrete Svss Prsss)
The moro this country does for Csrrsno
the nastier he acts. A geed swat IN y
solar plexus might teach him msnnssI =
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09

The Crown Princes threat that the
Allies will get only his dead body should
not discourage any one.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
,r.,,prp or TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS

~ A.o,s,ed Press is exclusively cntiiltd 20 ,ne us
,,,s.,o, ~ All news dispatches credited 10 u 90
nc. Otherwise credited IN this paper shu AZ" Wv
r.,,s ~ snoutaneous origin published hersih A,.,,
All right Of republication OF Z" o'ne' "''"'
are also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8. 1917

Owned and published daily By New i'fS ,s.S,n,: q,
q New York Corporation. Ogden he'd' ia ss-~-
v.por Rozcrs Vice President: Helen Rogers h n,',dos
t.ry: y sutcr Treasurer Address i''. ~, ,,n 1000
i;t Nassau Street New york. Telephone n''""
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
The Coming 7ower

Tn. Ballad Of the Thoughtless Waiter
I saw him lying cold and dead
Who Yesterday was whole.
"Wbv." I inquired, "hath he expired?
And why hath fed his soul?'
"Bu. Yesterday" his comrade said,
"All health was his, and strength;
And this is why he came to de
II may speak at length.
"But yesternight at dinnertme
At a not unknown cafe,
He had frugal meal as you
Might purchase any day.
"The check for his so simple rare
Was only eighty cents,
And dollar bill with a right good VIII
Came from his opulcnce.
"The waiter brought him twenty cents
Twas only yesternght
Tha. he softly said who now is dead
oh, keep it. ATS a right
"And the waiter plainly uttered Thanks,
With no hint Of scorn or pride;
And NV comrades heart gave sudden
start
And my comrade up and died.
Now waiters overthwart this land,
In tearooms and in dives,
Mute be your lips whatever the tips
And save your customers lives.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
For Benefit Of Cult
rrer rhe washtroton Star,

fFronp The WdsktHofon Stdr)
"Educntion," said Uncle Lben, lis like
n gun: helpful an necessary when you's
goin' huntin', but mighty dangerous II en-
ployed keerless."
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09

The President doubtless is glad-even, per-
haps, very glad-to be back. But Mrs. Will
son will find that household expenses have
oone IN since she went away, and probably
will have to have her allowance increased
II it isn't one thing, as Job observed, it's
another.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09

Ever patriotic, Washington continues to
do her bit. At the Wardmaa Park Hotel
the July 4 dinner card bad Clear Green
Turtle. Pershing .So-.40; Brook Trout, King
Albert, 12O-.75; Fillet of Beef pique, Boiling,
2.oO-1 90; Half Poulet, Clemenceau. 1.5o;
One Dreaded Mutton Chop, Lloyd George,
.eb; Breast Of Duck, King Albert, 1885.
Filet Of Veal, Wilson, 1.6O-.s5; and SQUAD
decossi, Generate Foch, It's.
At the Broadway Theatre, Saratoga
Springs. N. Y, is Captured by Cannibals,"
showing, take it from the advertisement,
"wild, Naked. Man-Eating Savagcs who
bury their dead alive
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09

CORPORATION frankness, from the N. T.,
n. n. and H. r. r. timetable: This rail-
road is in possession and control OF the
Government Of the United States"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-Dy NAIL Including ''F''''
GUARANTEE

f-tered .. the ros,ofnce Al Nev YORK a. seo0nu ''''
Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
The Poets Service Station

Sir: The Lord High Excellent Captioner
Of The Tribune Graphic started something
Sunday. Under the picture Of an alluring
person:
"This agile young lady is Jessica Brown"
he baballads joyously. Surely this line should
;nspre C. W. to get over being too busy to
help furnish few spare parts. TAB.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-09

The decimal seems to be one point too far
TO the right +. p. A.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-11
YANKEE CADETS VISIT ITALIAN
 BATTLEFIELDS

MOUNT GRAPPA. Italy-CBy MaiD Cadets of the graduating class of the United States military academy at West Point who are visiting battle fields of the world war, had four days of thrills in their visit to the Italian front when they were taken to the summfts of Mount Sabatino Mount Grappa and Mount St Michael. a series of positions in the Italian Alps which were scenes of mountain fighting by the Italian army in the war
 Mount Grappa, approximately 6,OOo feet high, is a solid rock projecting into space in gigantic proportions and almost perpendicular on it's side The ascent is made by a series of wind roads made on the west side in a switchback formation There are G9 switchbacks each approximately 200 yards in length rurving at each 'nd in breath-taking curve
 The engineering work staggers the imagination The bare mountain would have convinced one of the i'm possibility of the ascent by road but the army engineers accomplished the task. constructing the roads in such a way that a garrison of two army corps could be kept in full operation. during the entire war with supplies of ammunition. food and equipment
 That surely was a great ride" slid one of the West Point cadets t. the Associated Press correspondent "Ir took my breath away numbtr of times on the way up and I had my heart in my mouth many times. I Was ready set for a jump in case that Italian chauffeur started back ing up" It was no place to finger on when there was danger
 From the summit of Mount Grappa the fields of operations of the Italian and Austrians could be seen for eigh- ty kilometers. The movements of the armies during the military opera ttons of the war were explained by Italian general staff statisticans who had participated in the engagements
 The chief of the conducting party was Major Stabili who had led battalion or bersaglieri, Italian sol iiers typiied by the flowing plumo~ in an attack on Mount Sabatino, an utan~ steep rock more than 2000 feet "i"h. Of battalion of more than o0o men, Major StabiIi had but 95 left when his unit took possession of the crag The scaling of the noun tain was made in just 1T minutes after the battalion left their first line trenches.
 Mount SabantinO with Mount St Michael was the key to Corizia and controlled operations for fifteen miles in either direction
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-11
NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION CiTI-
 ZENSHIP NIGHT SCHOOL.

NOTICE k HEHEBN GIVEN that # rhr meeting held a rairbaufs school building on Wonaiy evening November 2. 1919 nursant 10 aayer- f~emont tho requisite number of per sons G2r required by territorial statute for inc organization of rlti- znehip night school did not appear or submit thatr names for enrolment. 'n ooar that persons desiring to ar. tend such school durfns rho winter months may not be- deprived of rha, .~ytl. ga by tU-uth@jont notice, mey will take nouc. that a second meeting will be- held at rhc FafrraDs- pGIiic school bufIafne on Monday Dyemng. November 17th 1919. al $ o'clock. at wljch all applicants for instruction houId be present. Let tt be under stood that this school is for persons of both sexes over the age of 1G. whether citizen or alien. fs free. and students a.e allowed tha use oI the school building n' oI text and reIor- o0ce books without charge on the one condition that aIl school property shall be -o used and car.d for a- 10 avoid damage thereto or extra eN- nouse to ohn school board The branches of study arc outlined in pre- yjous notice. and if fz suggested raar applicants for instruction write to inc clerk of the school board Immediately tatng aama a-.. address the partic- uIar studies desired and the numha. If weeks they will be able to attend. It is desirable that the school be ip
 +-0an at least four evenings d week for rhe full wenty-four weeks.
 Fairbanks School Board
 By A B. HEILIG
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-11
FORMS
 ARE OBTAINABLE
LICENSES FOR
VARIOUS BUSINESSES RECEIV- ED FOR LOCAL USE

Licenses required under Chapter 33 of the session laws of 1918, of AL as ka, have been received at the of flee of clerk of court according to a statement made yesterday by Clerk Kelly, and can be obtained from him by persons and firms coming under the provisions of the law
 The act provides that any person firm or corporation prosecuting, oI attempting to prosecute, any of the following lines of business in the Territory of Alaska shall apply for and obtain a license" Those enumer- aled are attorneys at law, doctors including persons practicing medicine surgery or osteOpathy, and dentists; firms or persons operating autOmo- piles for hire; bakeries doing busi- ness in excess of $500 per annum; electric light and power plants sell ing light, power and steam for heat and supplies to the public; employ mcnt agencies operating for hire and collecting a fee for services; fisheries of all kinds; cold storage plants; laundries doing business of from $2,5OO to $10OOO or more per annum; meat markets doing not less than $10,O0O business yearly; mercantile establishments; mining taxes one per cent of the net income of such Oper- ations on the net income in excess of $5OO0 By net income" is meant the cash value of the output of the mine less operating expenses, repairs and betterments actually made and royalties actually paid, and all taxes paid under Section 2569 of the com piled laws of Alaska.
 Provided, that the lessor of any mine operated under lease shall be deemed to be engaged in mining within the provisions of the act and the royalties, less the cost of collect ing the same, received by him, shall be deemed the net income within the provisions of this act,
 Others required to obtain licenses arc public messengers; ships and shipping; telephone companies, and water works.
 Under the law, "all license taxes, except those where the tax is fix ed one, shall be due and payable on December 31, of each year and must be paid on or before January 15, following"
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-11

OLD PAPERS FOR SALE.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-11

By A. E. HELLO,
 Clerk
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-11
Sh

Notjce-For the files of the Alaskan Engineering Commission, all persons to whom c. N. Banks is indebted for labor, supplies, machinery, etc, on account Contract No. 713 or Supple ments thereto, should submit detailed statement to the undersigned without delay. Labor account should include dates, rate of pay, deductions of whatsoever nature, such as board, store, etc. FRED'D D. BROWNE, Engineer in Charge,
 Nenana, November Q, 1919. 11-6t
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-11
DEVILED HAM.

Willie Ueading the BibIe) Pa, it tells here about the evil spirits enter ing into the swine.
 Father Well, my son?
 Willie Was that how they got the first deyiIed ham?
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-11

Fo. handling ru"Ez.. p.rsou. an Engtishm.n has invented a bed on orch stripes of webbing connected a frame cover tAe mattress. the frame webbing and patient being ....' hy grar5ng
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-11

Even the coal situation shouldn't influence man to jump from the frying pan into the fire