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& TAKES q good deal to disturb the
I serenity of Stratford- d-on-Avon. Life
runs on very placid lines here. Come
day, go day, God send Sunday, seems to be
the prevailing rule of existence, but lust now
things arc taking unWonted turn. In
the town council minutes week or two
ago there appeared record Of the sale Of
portion of the allotment land adjoining the
Birmingham Road. The simple entry looked
innocuous enough, but behind it lurked the
serpent which, after the manner of it's kind,
is causing trouble in this Garden of Eden.
The land in question had been acquired
by Birmingham manufacturing firm for
the purpose of erecting factory from which
"back smoke and poisonous fumes" might
be expected to bclch forth. That is out
rage which no devout Stratfordian can con-
template unmoved, the result being that
find the population divided into two camps,
one body determined to preserve the ameni-
ties of the town, the other bent introduce
ing industry which, on the face of it,
threatens to destroy much of the ancient
charm Of the place and bring it down to the
depressing level of black country town.
Happily, the contract with Messrs
Joseph, the aluminium workers, has not yet
been signed. The town council has taken
only the first step on the downward road
by agreeing to sell Opponents of the
scheme, therefore, have little time in
which to marshal their forces. Protests
are arriving in shoals by every post, and
If the council is in the smallest degree
sensitive to outside opinion 1t will reverse
its decision
The corporation has not been, the
Mayor (Alderman Flower) reminded ME
this morning, entirely unmindful of its
obligations. The contract is to have in it
a covenant that there to be no blast
furnaces and smelling furnaces. Neither
is any process to be carried on which will
in any degree whatever be offensive or in
jurious That covenant is be perpetual
and Messrs. Joseph are willing to sign it,
The firm explain that the works will
comprise office and stores block, with,
at the back, a one-story shop 800 feet
long There will be no chimney stacks
rs none is required for their operations
1--WE are" they say, "saluminum workers,
not aluminium manufacturers. Our produc-
tions made from the pure aluminium
which is purchased from the large extract
ing and refining works in the North Even
at those works there are no blast furnaces
or smelling works"
AS to their. motive for coming to STRAIT
ford the firm explains that to enable peo-
pie to live as we'll as work in healthy sur
roundings is n good commercial PROPOSE
tion, and they desire to put that theory to
the test. Nevertheless, Stratford would
really rather they didn't. What the in
habtants feel is that it is not so much a
question Of the erection Of this one factory
tho processes in which may be compara-
lively harmless, but what it may lead to.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
Vote s ", the South
the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Slr: Whether or not the South. as a
whole, accepts and ratiies the woman suf
frage amendment, Southern traditions are
bound to be violently shaken up over the
discussion of 1t. There is ALREADY wide
cleavage Of opinion between the men Of tba
South over the question, and in the moan
time the women, although they, too. are
divided, are coming in for q larger share
OF recognition than they have ever before
enjoyed; those who favor the amendment
are necessarily united and allied with the
men Of the same group; those who oppose
it are being pushed forward and into the
councils CT the men who oppose il. md nj
tlmately whatever the women lose bv tho
general division in their ranks will be over
balanced by the larger benefits of their
awakened and released power.
1T it wasn't for the negro" and "invad-
ing states rights are frequent phrases
winch We hear above the din Of debate ~
southern council chambers and legislative
nails "" "oman suffrage is inevitablc." saws
me Houston Post as it suggests ratjfv-
ing the amendment and then MAKING i
dead letter. so far the negro is CON-
cerned. ne Atlanta Constitution" shares
the same opinion, but expresses it with
more Vlgor. Other dailes, like "The R;r-
mlngham News" and "The MONTGOMERY Ad-
vertlser," are frankly opposed to il. on +be
grounds that it invades states rioh+s ona
menaces white supremacy" "rf +ho
amendment is adopted the power To con-
trol elections will pass into the hands Of
the Federal government" warns "The Ad-
vert'ser,' land we shall have repetition
OF the reconstruction days following tho
Civil War"
Inns leads us to presume that It hos IN
mind the condition of the negro ir Tho lo.o
GUS, when he was first given the r;cb+ -
vote Then he was lardlcss, homeless on
per cent llllterate ard just q few mon+bs
removed from slavery. The negro of +ba+
period IN no way compares with tho ro
gro OF the present day. The percentaoo 80
llliteracy has been reduced from eo rar 49,.
in 1867 to % per cent in 1919 o,,a 49,. 80
per cent diiferental in literacv v,h;oh 49,,
resents advancement toward in+e,1;oor+
"setui citizenship, insstently obtrudes it.
'e'' ana cannot IN justice and democ
'"'9 NC ignored In addition to reducing
'ne'r lihteracy oS per cent negroes have ac
cumuiated more than a million farms and
'oo'ooo homes--all paid for: have estab
hshed 10000 business enterprises md are
raising among themselves more than 50
ooo,ooo annually to educate their children
IN addition to that. during the great world
war just concluded their record for low
ATTY patriotic response and heroism on the
pattlehelds was such as to compel the un-
s'inted and unrestrained gratitude and ap
probation Of all their fair minded country
men, North and South
ALLEN L. HOLSEY
Now York, Juno 80, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
When the Bell Rings

To the Editor Of The Tribune:
Sir: The letter "Unionized Teachers
published on your editorial page Of today,
is an affront to every intelligent public
school teacher. l. as young city trained
teacher, protest against q labor union for
educators
The appointed leaders of our future
American citizens must fail in their work
If unions are to limit their ideals The
enthusiastic teacher Who is capable of
thinking for himself and who instills true
Americanism into the minds Of the children
must obviously decline TO have any connec-
tion with such an organization A pre-.
scribed working day is not fitted for fur
ther mental development or to inspire the
pupil with a great respect for the teacher
whose interest in him and his work stops
when the bell rings
Unfortunately the New York public
schools are burdened with certain teachers
who look upon the moral and intellectual
instruction of the young as merely physical
labor This class Of teachers, therefore.
claims the rewards Of physical labor, N
union"
certainly believe that the intelligent
teachers of New York have enough regard
for their profession TO maintain their
independence
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER.
Hunter College ABB, Columbia Univer-
sity MA
New York Jnne o7 1910
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
The SacriIegious Hyphen

To the Editor of The Tribune:
Sir: o-day-this glorious day of peace
as l walked abroad, aglow with patriotic
pride and devout thanksgiving, my JOY was
marred by seeing exposed for sale at a
corner newsstand an illustrated periodical
bearing the name "Deutsch Amerika" !"
Surely there is no such thing as "Deutsch
Amcrika' pray God there never may be-
The combination of anything "Deutsch"
with anything American is as unthinkable
as the Simultaneous worship Of God and
mammon. Should not publication with 50
audacious and sacrilogious title be sup
pressed? T. A II.
New York, June %, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
Man 8 Little Hour
From, The Lorion Do,y,, "

From, The Lordo. Daily Nercsp
Generals, like prophets, would seem to have
but little honor in their own country At any
rate they are seldom recognized b. the man
in the street. General Sir Julian Byng, who
commanded the Canadian Corps and after
ward the Sd Army through much epic fight
ing. and who was genuinely loved and trusted
by the troops under his command, now daily
walks down the Embankmont from De
Keyzers Hotel without attracting the glance
Of single passerby. And this in spite Of
his rows of ribbons and the beautiful light
gray leggings that he always wears
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
Capitalist Nearing

From The Philadelphia Hccord,
Is 1t really consistent with Mr.. Scott Near
ing's overpowering love for his fellow man
to take 500 for a speech and rake in s61o
in single month for telling people how
happy everybody except the capitalists would
be If they would only initiate the Bolshevists
and tho Spartacans? The manual laborer
can't make any such big money even under
Lenine and Trotzky, unless his wages are
reckoned in irredeemable paper rubles. We
arc very much afraid that Mr. Nearing is
in the capitalist class.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01

, with Rumania, with Italy, with Bulgaria.
WITH Austria, with Hungary, ard she Is
carrying on active little campaign OF
ner own against the Albanlans. With Ru-
mania, Serbis-that is, Jugo- -Slavia-dis-
putes the title to the Western Banat; with
Austria she Is actually fighting for Klagen
furt and certain districts north of the
Drave River; with Italy the dispute is over
Flume, Dalmatia and the territories at the
head OF the Adriatic, and this dispute has
already made profound impression in
Paris, provoking the Presidents appeal to
the Italians, and, at leas: indirectly. the
fall Of the Orlando ministry. With Hun
gary the Serbs are disputing regions be-
tween the Drave and the Danube. and
across the Theiss from the Torontal With
the Bulgarians there is the old contest
over Macedonia and with the Albanians the
fight at least seven hundred years old for
Prisrend, Jacova and Ipek.
Russian Vars, large and Small
The Czecho o-slovaks on their part are to-
day actually fighting the Hungarians; they
are at odds with the Poles, as have said,
over Teschen, and they have bitter quar-
rel on with the Ckranans; they are also at
odds with both the Germans and the Aus
TRANS. With the Ukrainans they are dis
putting the title TO the Say districts lying
along the eastern Carpathians between Ru-
mania, Galicia and Hungary With the
Hungarians they are actually fighting for
this same territory, while with Austria and
Germany they at odds over the ultimate
disposition of more than three million of
speaking people in Bohemia, Mora
via and Austrian Silesia, which the Paris
conference has awarded to the new Slav
state.
Turning to Russia, there are several re-
specta blesized wars going on in addition
TO the smaller conflicts along the fringes
which have already mentioned. 'fhe Let's
Lsthonians and Firms are moving eastward
on either side of the Gulf of Finland.
toward Petrograd; Admiral Kolchak's forces
are coming westward, the Cossack3 from
the south are moving up while in Siberia
active operations are foot against such
Bolshevist forces as remain
Such a number but not all of the
European controversies now on foot. In ed
dition, the British are facing revolt in
Egypt and India has been menaced bv
E1ls,HdHS Co-NlES tnIOuRN knyDer PaSS.
Italy is confronting new and costly cam
-gn in Tripoli, where her troops have
been driven to the coast, during he Euro
pean War, and France has been and is still
busy dealing with unruiy tribesmen in
Morocco, who have been stirred to rebellion
by German influences and money
Mexico and Ireland
Whether one should describe our recent
crossing of the Mexican frontier as war or
peace, what definition one can most accu-
rately apply 70 the conditions existing in
Ireland, these may be left to Individual
choice. although it is plain that neither
quite fultils ell the requirements Of perfect
peace. But, ali things considered, it is at
least plain from this brief summary that
the Temple of Janus has not yet completely
closed its doors, and the task Of the league
of nations. wien it gets to work. will be
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01

to be Of moro Importance than land de-
fence or sea defence. War. In fact, may
be revolutionized by the progress made
with planes and dirigibles in the next
ten years. Desirable as retrenchment Is
along most lines, it should not extend to
this particular field Of military expert
mentaton.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
A Feu, Wars

BY Frank II. Simonds

q PEAKING in the House Of Commons
last week. Bonar Law warned the Brit
iah public that peace was still in the
future and that at the precise moment in
which he was speaking not less than twen-
ty-one wars were in progress. When left
Paris three weeks ago one Of the American
officials connected with the peace mission
had calculated that the number Of wars
then going on was eighteen. But IL one
calculates the number of wars either in
progress or at the point Of breaking out
tho total will be nearer thirty than twenty.
A Partial Computation
In the present article l am going to try
to make not complete list--this is next
20 im2ossi ble-but partial computation Of
the contemporary conflicts, indicating,
where 1t is possible the occasion of the
fighting. Such list may serve the useful
purpose Of demonstrating low long and diff
hcut is the task before the responsible
statesmen of the world before anything
approximating the peaceful conditions OF
five years ago can be restored.
To begin at the beginning, tho nation
fiches- in wars at Che present hour would
troop at the moment are actively engaged
in fighting the Ukrainians in Galicia, the
Bolshevists in White Russia; they are fac
ing German armies actually in line, If not
actively engaged from the Nemen to the
Oder and they have acute disputes with the
Lithuanians and the Czecho Slovaks. With
the Ukrainians the Poles are fighting for
the possession of Eastern Gaicia and its
capital, Lemberg, which they hold. With
the Bolshevists they fighting to preserve
their eastcrn Frontiers, stl unfxed from
invasion by the Reds With the Germans
they are contesting the possession of tho
Prussian districts which the Paris confer.
cnces had decided shall be Polish, including
West Prussia. With the Lithuanians they
are disputing title to Wilma and practically
all Of the territory of. this race; which was
once united with Poland With the Czecho-
Slovaks they are quarrelling over the dis
trict of Teschen.
The Busy Balkans
Rumania is cnly a little less atfluent in
wars than Poland; it has not yet concluded
its campaign against the Hungarians; it is
daily fighting the Bolshevists on the
Dniestcr; it is threatened with q new fight
with the Bulgars over the Dobrudia The
occasion Of Rumania's wars Is. without ex-
cen'ipn, territorial; the Bolshevists are
fig ing &c regain Bcssaraba an old Rus.
sian province populated by Rumanians,
which has voluntarily united itself with
Rumania. The Hungarans are resisting
Rumanian occupation of the, Trans yvanian
and Baaat regions. peopled by Pumanians,
which are to go to the latter under TIE
terms Of the Paris treaty. The Serbs are
determined to bold the Torontal county in
the Banat, which has majority of Serb
Inhabitants and has been assigned to the
Serbs by the Paris confe renee AS for the
Bulgars, they are planning new effort to
recover the southern Dobrudja, theirs be-
fore the Second Balkan War, and theirs
again after Rumania Joined the enemies of
the Central Powers three years ago
Nor is Serbia poor in wars, for sha finds
herself enbroiled at the present moment
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
Guilty. or NOT Guilty?

The final act IN the HE OF Jr. w IklNS
led to prompt inference in almost
every ones mind. But the Inference was
anything but uniform. Just as a matter
of common observation, it would seem as
if human nature split about fifty-ffty.
Half reasoned that he must have been
guilty for the reason that, if innocent,
he would not so easily have given up
hope. Half reasoned that in the shadow
Of death he must have told the truth and
that his final declarations of innocence
were to be believed And there the pop
ular verdict lies-until some chance re
veals the truth of this whole strange
tragedy, difficult Of comprehension un-
der any theory.
AS for the general probabilities, there
have been, Of course, erroneous COnVic-
tions for murder and for every crime.
But the percentage Of wrong convictions
under our Ang(o-SaXOn system is very,
very small. The percentage Of guilty
who are acquitted on the other nand, is
unquestionably high The theory Of our
system Of criminal trials could have no
other result Every conceivable safe
guard is thrown about an accused per
son from the moment suspicion falls upon
him.
Dr.. Wilkins, for instance, was in the
eye Of the law presumed innocent until
found guilty. The jury was instructed
that in order to convict it must be
convinced "beyond a reasonable doubt"
The concurrence Of al twelve Jurors in q
verdict Of guilty gives defendant an
other enorpous benefit. In this case
eleven out Of twelve men who reard the
evidence were convinced Of his guilt;
one dlssenter was overcome by argu-
ments in the jury room. Try to get
twelve men to agree as to any ordinary
human transaction and you will realize
how heavy a burden this requirement
places upon prosecuting attorney.
The weakness OF the case against Dr..
Wilkins from the outsiders point of view
was the fact that the evidence was al
most wholly circumstantial. There was
no eyewitness, practically no direct testi-
mony to connect the defendant with the
crime. 1t was the dovetailing of lot of
small items, backed by the weak and con-
fused explanations made by the doctor
himself, that made up the case against
him. The dispute over the value Of such
evidence is an old and endless one. But it
is worth remembering that those who
have observed criminal trials most place
the greatest faith in circumstantial evi-
dence. An eyewitness can lie or can be
mistaken. A bloodstaned coat can be
placed in evidence in such fashion as to
reduce the factor Of human error to p
minimum. Similarly with the attempts
of a defendant to explain his actions.
Allowance must be made for a natural
confusion. But the words, in the end.
speak for themselves. And it is the sum
OF all such circumstances, each small in
itself, that makes the proof "bcvond p
reasonable doubt
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
GSA2AN'f EE

YOU can purchase merchandise advertised In TIE
TRIBUNE With absolute safetfor II dissatisfaction
SUITS In any case HE TRIBUNE guarantees to
money back request. No red tape. No Guib5ne.
We make good promptly II the advertiser does rot.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
Peace Is" -What3

(From The Seattle Port Intrilocnceyj
Six months Of quarrclling at Paris ought
to movc somebody TO eny something about
peace as thrilling as tho Sherman rcmark
about war. ,s.,. ,
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
The Inter Fleet

From The st Louis Republic,
The success Of the great naval manoeuvre al
Scapa Flow reminds US that the German
Navy all through the war did its best work
under water.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
AEMBrR or ruE Assoc1Arrn rREss

Tic Associated Press is exclusively tled the
faE republication ot all dispatches credited to It
not otherwise credited PAPER ard the
ts~s OF Spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights Of republication o.: all other matter herelu
a,so reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01

In an editorial on the financial rewards
of the late Amelia Z. Barr the World
sets forth that sheer love of writing al
ways produces the best results. We OBJ
ject. A canvass of writers who achieve
the best results, our guess is, would show
that nine tenths of them don't love 80
write There is good deal of bunk about
it, and it is hard to get honest answers;
many writer's are afraid to say they don't
enjoy the writing sob
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
Russia Need

From Tho Florida Ttmcs- -Union
The Russians have demonstrated the ncccs-
sity for n Gar.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
The Daylight Luxury

(Fron Tho Indianapolis Nctrs)
Next year every fellow will have to savs
his own daylight
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01

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vernon Rogers. NlceirvSide. Helen Rogers Reid Sccr
tary: f. A. Suer. Treasurer Address T7ihuuc Bulins.
lsa Nassau Street New York. releVhcne Beckmaa 5000.
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Tho Waterwagon starts this morning
Ideal Tour No |.
Well, we were all good fellows when we
had It,
1ntcr: Early this morning manv sill
have It..
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
Two-Sevcnfy-Eive

The country is To remain for the pres
ent 2.75 wet. The Attorney General and
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
The Coming 7ower
To a Lady

10 q Lady
Lady, when I donned the O. D.,
You, ignoring all applause,
Did your earnest bit to show do
Votion to the sacred cause.
With patience unremitting,
In your car, your opera box,
Everywhere-you would be knitting
Army socks.
In the days thst were exciting,
I, a lowly son Of Mars,
In the thickest of the fighting
CAS- I rode in Colonels' cars)
Wore those socks; and, without knocking
Any branch, or any one,
assert your brand of stocking
Beat the Hun.
Lady, through the battles bloody,
In the Vosges and in Cote dor,
Over dusty roads and muddy,
Yours the socks I always wore.
But-and, lady, do not doubt a
Syllable Of what | say
On the courts I'm wearing out
Pair day.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
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TRANP'S END

Climbing to the summit We the road so down,
Plunging through the hemocks to the little town
Then. across the valley. lifting far and high
Cardboard mountains rose-splashed sky.
Grass between the wheel ruts dewy on our feet
Fragrance of the fern-braEe forcst-fresh and
sweet
A sound of running water in hidden Glen.
Far from cities and the ways of men
All along the roadside. crowding from the woods.
Gay shrubs OF laurel naunt their rosy hoods
Or, like children around their mothers knees
Lurk in the shadow of the great gray trees
lIarN from tho hemocEs M efn horn is blown.
The call Of the hermit who holds the woods his
Cooler than the twilight, swecter than the West
Mozarts music to bird on hcr nest
Smoke mountains melting into crav
Scent-flled shadows on the downward vav
Plodding in the darkness when the dust is soft
Blue star of evening growing big aloft.
Then the sudden dazzle OF village light
Voices and laughter coming through the nivht
Tramp of our own feet where tagged walks begin
Soft white bedding at wide-toored inn
WALTER ParcHAnD EATON
The effect of Prohibition on contributing
will be watched with interest, but not by
US. Prohibition will have no effect on it.
as it will have no effect on most things.
But now the vets ard the drys are going
to claim every good and bad thing.
When The Police Field Day is over, and
the Irish Liberty Fund collectors hnvo
amassed all that they expect to amass.
motorists VIII be able to go from point
to point more quickly than pedestrians.
But the most horrible sound in the
world,' says j. w. NJ, as the clink of
the ice in the shaker when Barney at the
adjacent clubhouse is compiling q ginger
ale, and your score is 5-nll, third set"
Not since "sertainly" appeared in a d;a-
lect story has anything so spoiled our dav
as "shure," in "Mr. Boyle" by Mary r.
Shpman Andrews in the July Scribner's
Why not "sure"?
"You might inform Smced," writes Baron
Ireland, who Used to Run Column in the
Chicago Evening Post "that have become
member of the Used-t to- Run a Column
Club, now numbering himself, G.. s. K, and
me. Let's have a reunion in the Wool
worth Tower'
The song changes to Drunk last night
drunk the night before; going to be sober
to-night and be sober forevermore"