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New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
No Tammanyized Bench

The issue raised by Tammanys refusal
OF denomination to Justice Newburger,
OF the Supreme Court, and Judge Smith,
of the City Court, assumes greater i'm
portance as the registration days ap-
proach. This fragrant violation of the
established principle that judges whose
record upon the bench has been of high
standard should be renominated without
regard to party considerations has more
thoroughly united the best elements in
support of those Judges than in any
similar case for many years.
All the influential lawyers organiza-
tions-the City Bar, the New York
County Lawyers, the Bronx Bar and the
Women Lawyers associations-are en-
Enthusiastically behind the movement to
prevent their defeat. SO are practically
all the judges of the city who have sat
upon the Supreme Court bench or in the
Appellate Division in recent years. These
are the persons best qualified to pass
upon judicial fitness. The Republicans
were only responding to a just public
sentiment when they nominated Judges
Newburger and Smith for another term
The Citizens Union, which always sub
jects judicial candidates to severe scru-
tiny, is cordially behind their reelection
General public opinion is also reflected
in the fact that nearly every New
4ork daily newspaper has protested
against this attempt to Tammanyize
the bench and has urged the Importance
OF defeating it at the polls AS this is
an off year in politics, the chief danger
lies in the possibility that there NAV not
be tull registration Of Republican and
other anti-Tammany voters Next Mon
day is the first registration day. Full
registration Of such voters should fur
nlsh the first evidence of Tammanv's
coming defeat
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Anericanizatiof

There is emotion in Mr. Herbert Kauf-
mans plea for Secretary Lanes Ameri-
canization bill which was printed yester-
day in The Tribune Magazine 1t is an
emotional subject. 1t touches the life
blood of the country. The bare facts, in
deed, which he quotes arouse and excite
an alarm beyond any days grist of news
out of Pittsburgh.
One sees at glance the source of all
that ominous cloud Of misinformed, mis-
led discomfort which hangs upon our
horizon waiting for some untoward wind
to blow it across our land in a wasting
tornado.
For example:
Three million are deaf to the English
tongue.
Five and a half million more are blind
to the printed word.
Only 8 per cent of Russians are natu-
rallied within five-to-nine- year period.
Of Bulgarians 96.4 per cent, of Ru-
manians 95 per cent, Of Greeks 90 per
cent, Of Croatians 95 per cent, of Ar
menians 76 per cent, Of Austrians 67 per
cent, employed by 112 employers Of
labor, are not citizens.
Notwithstanding races in the
coal mine regions are much more liable
to death and injury than the English
speaking workers.
Of our farm folk 100000, or 10 per
cent, cannot read or write.
How can we hope for united nation
amid such conditions? We have no way
of communicating effectively either our
theories or our social life to these vast
masses of our population. They are not
America. They are not becoming Amer
ica. They are great islands of alienism,
utterly beyond our reach to persuade or
advise or protect so long as the deep gulf
Of an alien tongue separates them from
our national life
What can we expect except that radi-
cal leaders appealing to these alien
groups in their own tongue can easily
win them to stupid and suicidal attacks
upon that which they do not understands
1t is a modest programme that the
Americanization bill lays down. Some of
the problems it does not attempt to touch
the breaking up of alien communities
and the foreign-language press, for ex-
ample. Its provisions are admirable as
far as they GO They should have the
hearty support of every one and to their
execution when enacted every state in the
Union should bend its keenest effort.
These aliens came to America by our
consent, upon our urging in many cases
We can save America only by saving
them TO save them we must first of all
open their ears to the English tongue
and their eyes to the printed word
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29

schut2e, of light and heavy brjeades Of
helchswehr and of some volunteer units
lhese Gruppenkommandos correspond IN tho
general STATS of armies of the old Germa,
organization, and they divide GERMANY into
lour military regions, including Bavaria
whose former independence disappears.
Inc basic unit of the new army bo,v-
ever, is the brigade Its exact comnos;+;o,,
mas not yet been determined. but its ssele-
ton formation is that of the former d;v;s;o,
ana IL Is TO include all those organisms
mat the experience of the world war ba.
proved indispensable.
In effect, say the French who gro s.,,a,
ing the question anxiously. the German.
are carefully preparing powerful armv of
caores. The present government 10
stralnlng every nerve and USING everv
means at its disposal to translate the ;aao
INTO actuallty Pamphlets and posters. an
peais III the press. propaganda in the uni
versltles, exertion of influence in favor Of
oflcers and non-coms. out of work since
oehoDlllzatlon. imposition of military ex-
erclses on employees, students and officials
an 'hese things and many more carry
iencn memories back to 1918, when Cor
many was forbidden an army and pot opa
by stratagem.
Forewarned is forearmed savs +bo ..
eio oo' the great war put the proverb ont
of currency
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
impatient Tourists
From The Buffalo Erpyes$,

sH'o"e me butdfo Espresso
Inc police records of Berlin show tba+ .ho
United States leads all the other A1lios !,
the number of visitors at the German cor;+a,
According to Berlin's register Of foreiensrs
there arrived in that city in August pro
Americans, against lao French. 1872 Rr;t,sb
"A belglans and SO Italians These visitor
were largely professional and business mo,
1t Is explained Correspondents are baoin.
ning to send such dispatches as this. "Tbo
big hotels and restaurants are beginning 70
take on decidedly pre-war air. The lobh;os
and dining rooms resound with Amor;c.,,
voices. Proprietors, managers and the botol
help, especially the walters, are reioicea .+
seeing real American tourist coin again and
are falling over themselves to cater n tho
transatlantic spenders"
Inc questions that naturally occur are
How do they get there? Why does the Irni+aa
States allow them passports? What are tbsv
dong? They might at least have had +ba
oecency to wait until peace was Officially,
declared.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Stop Luxuries

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Women could help reduce the h;rh
cost Of living. What could be expected if
a group of women were willing to start a
nationwide campaign against luxury and
unnecessary attire, moved suddenly by =
sense of charity? Let us assume that we
all renounce jewelry, feathers. beads. tas
sells and other stupidities
Much of the mems greedincss is due TO
the craving of their sweethearts, who cam
not be happy without $50 900 necklace or
other costly things. Suppress them and
YOU certainly check profiteering
Another scheme would be change in our
school system.
How many Of our boys and girls who for
get their Latin and Greek soon after grad
uation can do some practical work. now
that readymade clothes are so costly and
we cannot secure men to repair our homes :?
We must face this new situation and nre-
pare our children accordingly. 1t is neither
Homer. nor Virgil, but science and manual
training which will solve the problems con-
fronting us.
AT each strike should have an armv
OF boys and girls ready to do what students
did In Spain and elsewhere
HENRlETTE VARON.
Iompkinsvillc. S. l., Sept. %, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
A Tax Danger
To the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: If the Court of Appeals sustains
the decision of the Appellate Division of
the Supreme Court. as is more than ikelv
that the city schools are state and not n
city activity, then the New York Citv
school budget Of some $4,000 900 very like
ly becomes. like the direct state tax. ex-
cluded from the state constitutional maxi-
mum per cent tax rate. This Will enable
the city administration to increase the bud
get $90,000,000 and increase the tax rata
from, say, 2.40>to $50 per cent whenever it
becomes necessary.
We werc the only organization to fight
the 1917 educational law, which produced
the above decision, and this was one Of
our reasons for SO doing
An amendment to the constitution is tho
only way of averting the above possibility.
STEWART BROWNE.
President United Real Estate Owners AS
sociation.
New York, Sept. 23, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Germany Rearn,ing
From The T1ibune's Poris Buyeo,,

nARlS, Sept 10.-Treaty Of peace or no
treaty OF peace, Germany means To
nave d great army, and her plans to
'''"' ei'o are ALREADY IN operation. French
men VINO Know Germany and have resumed
touch with her make this statement with
absolute conviction and support it bv q
more or less detailed description of what
is going on in the REPUBLICAN empire
Colnclding with the return of war nr;s-
oners to Germany, they say, we shall see a
recrudescence of the propa aganda-alreadv
very actlve-carried on by the pan-Ger
manlsts and the "Old German" partv
against the Entente and the stipulations of
the versailles treaty. The hope of re-
sumption of hostlities under condition,
making German success probable has never
been given up, and meanwhile the jrrecon-
clables are preparing "a strenuous eco
nomic, intellectual and moral war.
Inc usual means of propaganda are being
used. Tracts, posters and even money ara
being distributed in all parts of GERMANY
with the thnly disguised idea of recon-
sttutng the armed forces of the empire
"A vast association is said to be directing
Inls propaganda, and this association is
composed OF the banks, the great captains
or industry and former government off,
clals They turn any cause or anv crv tn
their service Here they are ostensibly pro-
noting anti-Semitism; there it is ",var IN
capital that they profess; TODAY thav aro
endeavoring to excite strikes in Entente
countries; tomorrow they are bewailing the
sao lot OF German prisoners tortured" bv
the Entente, and for whom a triumphal re-
turn nome is promised, and always thew
are sending money TO demobilized men. for
IN these is their hope
VI such men, we'll disposed and ready to
serve at call, there are already from 700 OOo
10 100000 valuable, and it will not be din.
cult to imagine how immensely this number
might be increased when occasion do.
manded it,
n"' Tor the moment, according to French
Information, the skeleton of the new Ger
man army is The Reichswehr The greatest
care is taken in the selection of the mon
Tor the present necessity is to have n,ep
VINO can be utterly depended on and who
Will form the trained "cadres" of a fnt,,ra
most. thus men who have suffered mil;to,.u
punishment are not accepted, and desertors
are rlgldly excluded Pay is set at a fgure
l'hely 10 stimulate recruiting-2 marks
year Tor prlvates, $500 marks for nom
CONS. and from 5000 to $4,000 marks for
ofncers. Opportunities for non-coms. to at-
.eho an officers school are promised. and
IN case OF honorable discharge places in
the police, the gendarmerie and the civil
service are to be reserved for former "A;
and men.
Inc new army is to consist of four Grup-
penkommandcs. of non -brieaded CO.,
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Books
By Haywood Broun

~HARLES WOODWARD ur-rvo,,.
~ "f'.'en an interesting introduetio,
to Lafcadio Hearn's "Fantast;c. 'e
Other Fancies," collection Of ua aug
newspaper sketches published by po,.I.
Mffiin. Mr.. Hutson tells some,b;ns
Hearn's life in New Orleans and HI. w :"
as a newspaper book reviewer
He was too good critic ,rr,.o ~
son, mot to know his value. and -
sistently refused TO cheaper it bv .ns@ w."
ing it to appear in any second-class
dunn mean any Of his literary 7o,L
distinct from the Journalistic rna.+er :. -
for his daily bread Nor would bs Ie-
himself by crticsing any book or ,..~
which he did not consider WORTH - -
opinion. Thus he was obliged, IN spite -.
his kind nature, which impelled him IA !.
anything which a friend might ask -
fuse to criticise books of inferior wo,.s
and he was very firm and dignifed .hoa.
such refusals He would not debsss h.
pen by using it on inferior subjects
The attitude strikes Us as si.g.ls,,,
convenient one for book reviewer ".
wish we had sufficient dignity and frnns,
to get away with il Then. when the ma,
aging editor summoned US by telephone =,
inquire, "Where is the book copy for ss
urday's paper?" We would need only :.
arise briefly and reply, I'm sorry 10 60,
that nothing worthy Of US has come alor,
this week." and go back TO bed again
Working under Hearn's theory. drams,.
criticism would become a snecure. T..
production of "Ah There, Eloise." or "Oc.a.
Was Ostermoor" would provide free even.
ings for the reviewer which he miss.
spend proftaby at bridge or poker wjthou.
going near the theatre OF course. tbe,.
might be difficulty in ascertaining before.
hand whether the book or play in cues.
ton was actually worthy Many an ex.
cellent and honest novel beats beneath
gaudy jacket and play titles are motor
ously deceptive. How, for instance. coulc
one tell in advance that An Exchange of
Wives" would turn out 70 be prosy moral.
ity or "Clarence" sparkling light comedy,
Why should one expect grim and fasei.
mating novel TO iurk behind The Noon
and Sixpence" or be prepared for delight.
full fiction in volume called From til.
Life?
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29

Gotham Gleanings

Lots OF moving this week here
x hereabouts
Mag d. f. Nolan was in town
one day last week.
Rex Beach was in the city Tues.
on pleasure and bus. combined.
T. w. Wilson is expected back
III Washington, d. c., some time this
week.
Try Cobb is not settled in his
new house yet, it not being COM
pleted.
Mont Glass went up to STAN
ford Fri. to see the premier opening
ol his new play Barney Bernard is in
Miss Jobyna Howland. who
opens in "The Gold Diggers" Tues
day evening, is too busy to read the
papers these days.
= ack Drinkwater the w. k. Eng
llsh poet is now in this countrv
Many are familiar with his poems
especially "A Prave17."
Henry S Harrison moved Sat-
urday into his new. house on Gram
ercy PIX. Henry is quite recovered
from his recent illness.
Eddie Box has resigned from
the l.. II. ournal and II. O. Davis
IS now boss of same. H. O. used to
be Mark Watson's boss in San
Diego
An Elevated monoIogue, as 81 overheard il.
"elss comes up to me this mornin' n saws
whenJa go to bed las night? MI says.
what's that your business? NE saws. v'eotta
tired look like y'been spielin' all night MI
says, Say, when | wanna asst anybody in this
dump fr advice about my pers'nr affairs voud
be the last one I'd pick out. NE saws Av
you like me a little bit, doncha? Like Won
| says with look | wouldn' give Won tho
right time An III asst you if it's allasame
to quit talkin' TO me in business hours. He
looked like some one dropped safe on his
dome. Din | do right, May"
The melancholy days are come, the saddest
of the year. when the moving man nick.
the furniture and scratches the veneer.
In Framingham or Kalamazoo.
In Brooklyn or Japan,
The costest thing that man can do
Is hire a. moving van
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Belgium and Holland

The dispute between Belgium and Hol-
land, although overshadowed by larger
and more spectacular issues, is one of
the most delicate of the items now await
ing settlement. In its essence the issue
was raised by the very event which was
one of the immediate reasons for the
outbreak of the world war, namely, the
violation by Germany of Belgian neu-
trallty as guaranteed by the powers in
the treaty of 1889, since immortalized
as Herr Bethmann- Hollwegs SCRAP of
paper. The Belgians contend that since
the settlement between their country
and Holland, as fixed by that treaty. was
based on the assumption of Belgian neu
trality, the termination of this condi
tlon-the passing of neutrality, that is
calls for the revision Of an ARRANGEMENT
with which Belgium was never contented.
The principle that the treaty of 1889
needs revision was approved by the Com
mission of Belgian Affairs created by
the Supreme Council of the Allies. A
resolution adopted by this commission
sets forth that the aim of this revision
must be Ito liberate Belgium from the
limitations of sovereignty imposed upon
her by the 1889 treaties, and to do awav
with the risks and various inconveniences
resulting from the aforesaid treaties in
her own interest and in that of the gen
eral peace This resolution was adopted
unanimously by the Supreme Council, and
formed the basis of the negotiations con-
quoted by conference of representatives
OF the five great powers sitting with
those OF Belgium and Holland
'rudely speaking, the Belgian claims
lail INTO two groups The one is con-
cerned with the recovery" Of the "lost
provinces of Belgium, Zeeland-Flan
ders, or the area on the left bank of the
Scheldt estuary, and South I.imburr. the
triangular salient of Dutch TERRITORY
projecting south along the Meuse with
Maastrlcht as its centre Both the nr;n-
c1ple of nationality and STRATEGIC con-
slderatons are invoked. How far tho
inhabitants Of the two districts are
flemlsh rather than Dutch is not for ns
TO decide. 1T is certain that Holland en-
Joyed undisturbed possession since the
hrst half of the seventeenth century. and
evidence OF an irredentst sentiment has
yet to be produced. On the question If
"retrocession," as the Begians term il
tine Dutch protest against the "retro">
Belgian opinion itsAf is divided. "
The second part of the Belgian claims
pertains to the sovereignty and navipa-
ton rights on the Scheldt and Mense
rivers. Here it is much easier for tho
outsider, wishing to be fair to both mar
ties, to form Judgment The Sche1d+
Is the principal waterway of Belejum
and Belgian resentment and uneas;ress
over its sea entrance being under Dutch
control can be appreciated. 1t is cer-
tainly an anomaly that Antwerp. Bel
gums chief port, should have no FREQ
access to the sea, and although under The
treaty Of 1889, assuring free navigation
an time of peace, Antwerp attained phe-
nomenal prosperity, the history of the
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29

Fortunately, while the rule is by no
means universal. most of our best writers
are also good title makers Conrad seems
to US unusually expert in this respect
There is a tug about such names as "Ty
phoon," youth and The Arrow Of Gold t.
and it also seems to US that Kipling knows
how to display his wares. Even the reader
who had never heard OF him OF his works
would be attracted. VIC think TO such stories
as "The Man Who Would Be King The Ligf5
That Failed" The Tomb of His Ances-
tors" and "The Mark OF the Beast" Shaw
is no slouch, either. with MS Arms gnd
the Man. The Devils Disciple" Heart
break House" and Man and Superman" De
Morgan, also. learned the trick ard though
he began by calling a novel by the compare
lively dead title Joseph Vance" he later
presented books under such compelling
labels as "When Ghost Meets Ghost and
"The Old Madhouse"
OF course. title making is not an art re-
served to the masters OF fiction. Popular
novelists set even greater store By selling
name than their greater and less read con
temporarics. Robert W Chambers has al
ways had knack at titles You may re-
member his early The King in Yellow
and in later years there has been a prom.
ise. not always fulfilled. IN such rousns
names as "The Tracer OF Lost Persons
The Fighting Chance and The Restles.
Sex On the other hand. one must 20 be
yond the name to find The charm in Harri-
sons "Queed" or Snaith's THE sailor OF
Stacey Aumonier's The Querrils7
While a title may matter much in the
sale of a book. it is evidently not the sole
factor which makes success or failure Oas
Of the biggest reprint publishers arrange.
his lists almost entirely ON the basis of
gathering titles which he thinks VIII SCI
on themselves alone. He decided to try or
the popular market for Wells and Arnolc
Bennett and without a moments hesitation
chose THE Passionate Friends" and The
Price of Love" only to fail dismally How
ever, he has not abandoned his PHILOSOPHY
that it is not the story but what il =
called which sells books. and he will a.
sure you that he made Thousands Of do
lars for Harold Bell Wright b. inducing
him TO abandon "The Reclamation O
Rachel and rechristen hi= stors ~Ta.
Winning Of barbara Worth
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
New Freedom. Etc.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Re "Bayard Bullitt," your core
sEondent "Old- Fashioned Jouraais.' seer'
to have missed the point We are not nov
functioning under the conditions of honor ne
knew and practised, but under The New
Freedom Of "open covenants openly a''
livef at" He should AS Vel criticise ''s
Senate for discussing treaty in open sn'
public sessions D. n. b.
New York. Sept. 2s, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
J. Barleycorn Speaks
1From The Florida T,ueoru.

Prohibitionists have evidently bad
a"aAehlhg and their dream of the desert of
.ne T. D. a. goes further and further away
Ahey now admit that in order to secure suc-
cess IN America they will have to dry IN tbe
world and as Turkey is the one and ONLY,
country preceding the IT, S. into the drv
c0iumn 1t seems as though they had bio
contract.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29

Theatrical producers pay even more a.
tention to titles than book Publishers and
many a play viii be named a dozen times
before title is chosen which suits al.
concerned. Claiming PoliocA for year
has yearncd TO write a play 10 & the title
"The World, the Flesh and Little Mss
Montgomery" hut up to cate ne has gone
no further than the name Believers n
the all Importance OF the name VIII assure
you that "LIghtnin'" was huge success
not so much because OF the exquisite per
formance Of Frank Bacon rs FOR the IN
triguing nature of the Dtle However.
new drama called "Thunder' has as yet
shown no signs OF winning ke success
Just what determines a good title for
play is difficult to say We have a friend
who was interested in the fat of muse
al comedy then unnamed :. began :"
The Love Boat" which seemed 10 us a.
tractive, but wc were told that the ire
would not do because one Of the PLAYS '
New York had an act about love boat
which seemed 10 be d resort no better tnsH
it should be. One day cur friend came
home in wild excitement
We've got it at last" he SAID "tn'
new titles sure knockout" h exclaimed
why, what are you going 70 call the
piece" we asked.
He paused triumphantly and said, We've
named il See Saw
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29

the trainers of the two amendments to
protect the interests of the United
States in the case of controversies which
may be referred to the league assembly.