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New-York tribune., 1919-07-16

standing in the world, it would have fallen.
In fact, only the announcement that such
a pledge had been obtained saved the
Clemenceau government when it became
known that this government had consent
ed to Mr.. Wilson's demands.
Now the whole treaty of peace with Ger
many, so far as France is concerned, is
based upon the essential condition that
the United States and Great Britain guar
antee their protection and support to
France in France is attacked. We
have, in effect, persuaded the French to
consent to an arrangement Of her eastern
frontiers which will leave her open to
new invasion unless the Germans know
in advance that such invasion will bring
them instantly into collision with the
United States and Britain.
Deliberate BETRAYAL
If the United States now defaults, if
the Senate now rejects the engagement
of the President, if it declines to assure
France of the support the President has
promised, observe what the effect will be.
France will again be open to invasion;
she will be open to invasion because she
ie'c uSASGu W SulItHuSI ueL natural line
of defence at the request of Britain and
i the United States on the express condition
that both these countries promised to
come to her assistance if the German
attempts to follow his old pathways #
invasion.
To the French mind, and I think to
most fair minds, such a course on the
part of America will seem like deliber-
ate betrayal, France will feel that she
has been tricked into surrendering her
lines of defence, now occupied by French
armies and still conceivaby to be held.
In such a situation it hardly be ex-
pectcd that France will evacuate the Rhine
frontier and thus invite German aggrcs-
sion, and if she does not, the treaty of
Versailles goes into the discard and the
league of nations becomes a memory be-
fore it is even an experiment.
4 Disastrous Possibility
The discussion as to whether the Presi-
dent OF the United States had the authorl-
~ to pledge the support of his country
or not is, far the French are con-
cerned academic. He did pledge it, he
did persuade the French to con.en. to
that no French minister could have con-
sented to under any other circumstances,
by promising American aid. In fact, he
told the French that if they abardon
the Rhine barrier in the interests of gem
cral peace and of his league of nations
project they could count on American
armies to counterbalance the loss Incl
dent to their sacrifice.
Now, the whole treaty of peace has been
constructed upon this basic fact, so far as
France is concerned To destroy this
foundation is to remove the sole argument
for French retirement from the Rhine
1t is also to advertise to the Germans
that they are free to attack France again
if they choose without fear of American
intervention If we refuse to honor the
signature of the President of the United
States, if we refuse to pay where he has
committed our credit, it seems to me tic
consequences will be disastrous in the
extreme.
| Copyright. 1919 by The Mcclure Newspaper Syn-
dcate
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16
When the Wrong People Are Right

Those two. venerable play-boys of the
intellect, Chesterton and Shaw, are
back at their favorite game of feeding
one another charge, retort and counter
charge. Copy by the column and no
small entertainment and instruction are
the result.
The present brotherly row is over the
war, as to which Mr. Bernard Shaw was
always very much disposed to see that,
+ first of all, the Germans got nothing
less than justice; and Mr.. Chesterton
felt that licking the German idea was,
after all, the one real job in hand. Out
Of which grows Mr.. Chestertons present
candid analysis of Mr.. Shaws soul ex-
hibited for the benefit of the readers of
his weekly magazine, The Ncav Witness:
"He is simply irrtated at the wrong
people being right And, at the very
start, | refuse to allow that undoubtedly
irritating fact to irrtate me into being
wrong. He that vulgar and vicious
capitalist papers and politicians talk vul-
gar and vicious nonsense when they hap
pen to be the right side, as they do
wrong side l should not dream of de-
nying that much Of what is said against
Germany, in the form in which it is said.
is enough to make any sensible man sick
But it ought not to make a sensible man
silly"
At guess we should say that Mr.
Chesterton's explanation hits a very
large portion of our present dscontented
|, ,intelligentzia. We take with a grain of
salt Mr.. Chesterton's assertion that he
is able to refuse to be rritated by "the
wrong people who happen to be right"
Who not a god can achieve this plane
tary poise! But it is something to rec
ognize what is wrong with ones logic
| just what it is that makes one choose
the precise facts and syllogisms that one
does choose in order to reach desired
result. If we understand fully just how
little logical we are and just how largely
our basic antipathies, our likes and dis
| likes-our character, in short-affect our
| reason, we are surely on the road to as
much Of reasonable action as this world
of instinct yet permits.
1t was small minority of hard-mind
ed conservative realists who were right
when the war began. Most of us had
I travelled SO far along the road of mild
ness and content that we could not con-
ceive Of a Great Wars being around the
corner But the wrong people"--at
least those whom we had long regarded
as the wrong people"-proved to be
fright" And it was an unpleasant mo-
nent for human nature. One definition of
the pacifists would be "those who never
got beyond their irritation ut finding the
wrong people right" Most Of the world
did get beyond. "Facts are facts" it
said. "You are right; we were wrong.
Let's 20 on and make the best Of it,"
Mr.. Shaw was one Of those who never
became reconcilcd He curbcd his tongue
slightly, but his heart never budgcd. Be
cause he was by nature radical, an
idol-smasher, he could not bring himself
to admit that there was any good in the
conservative war-mnkcrs and tradition
tenders. So-hc is still wrong on the war
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16
A Hoodwinked People

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: What has become Of the common
sense of the American people rhsy am
allowing themselves to be Hoodwinked o'
= class of fanatics and hynocrites led D! :
band OF money makers, who call themse""
uplifters. Bosh. HIRAM S. DE"Ei'
New York. July -, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16
From a Direct Voter

To the Editor OF The Tribune:
Sir: / would like to see your paper eo"'
out strong for direct vote for Preside'"
1t will be easier to vote.
LELAND NJ. CHUpp.
Winter Park, Fla, July 10, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16
Books
By Haywood Broun

Mundy's seems to be first .,..s
tale OF adventure Is far q. 80
gone, but there are times when us ~
that the author would thin out h;s ,..S'
color. Our interest is Jared when ". :.
careening through an exciting paraersnh
only to come up against "1mshi'" and sra
at the foot of the page, "'Imshi' (Arahc1
get to hell out of here" Or perhaps on'
attention is dragged away with "W.r.
gazi'" and we are compelled to seek ~.
glossary to find "'Wapagaz, plural Of
pagazi, porter"
For our part we are inclined tn 60,
"Imshi" to the whole family of footnot.s
and most of all to those which occnr :,
adventure novels.
In brief autobiography which Ruper.
Hughes has contributed to a yolum,
called "The Men Who Make Our Noyel, y
by George Gordon, Mr.. Hughes paws nj.
respects to the Importance and the diff.
Guilty of true talk.
"Realistic dialogue" he writes, "is a
matter of intense scientific research ara
nothing pains me more in many novelist.
of eminence than the absolutely i'm.
possible bookish talk they put in tina
mouths of their characters. What N.
people 1 know actually say and do and
wear and spend-all these details of our
immediate American life are matters tba,
l approach with The reverence of WI.
ness of sacred gospel"
Judged from the standard of true talk.
Maurice Weyls new novel, "The Choicen
is decidedly successful. His character,
carry the conviction of reality in the man.
ner and substance Of the things they saw.
Here, for instance, is brief dialogue be.
tween the telephone girl, who is the heroine
Of the book, and a young fellow, who has
just taken her to the movies:
WASN'T that fellow a nut to let him.
self get all tied up like that? II he'd a
thought for a minute, he'd "a been on to
the Villains game
eyes said Asenath, but she did NIT
agree with him. To her the hero OF the
story was simply perfect.
"'Well, l amt crazy about those kind
of pictures, anyway. like Charlie Chap.
lin, don't you?'
Ono, l don't answered Asenath, firmly.
Honest? Why, kill myself laughing
at Charlie. Why don't you like him.?
"'Oh! He acts so crazy
"'But don't you think he's screaml
Don't you laugh at him.
"'Of course, laugh at him; you can't
help it, he's so simple. But | don't like
him.
~ can't see that. Don't you like "a
laugh?
"This was a hard question, much more
difficult than either of them imagined
eyes, like to laugh said Asenath, af.
ter brief pause, but / don't like Charlie
Chaplin"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16

The atruistic landlords, if you appear
at the proper time, which usually is be-
tween and o'clock p M, will some
times let you see the apartment before
YOU rent it. Admission is not yet by
ticket, so the tickets haven't fallen into
SPECTATORS hands.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16
MEMBER OF THE

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press s exclusively entitled to the use
for republication OF all dispatches credited TO 1t
otherwise credited in this and also tie local
OF spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights Of republication OF all other matter herein
also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16
IIeadlincse

SIR The headline writers might be amused
to hear perhaps 'bus-talkers, a certain small
section Of the human that headlinese
as its official slang In the conversation of these
mortals, urge" and gem are as usual as
"drub' "kin" and wed" Not to speak of
youth" and "fay." Bah.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16

CUARANTE EE

You purchase merchandise advertised In THE
TRIBUNE with absolute safsty-for II dissatisfaction re-
suts In any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees to your
money bsck upon request. No red tape. No auhbllng
We mako soed promptly II tho advertiser docs nos
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16
The Coming Tower
Apartmental Ditties

"'Man wants but little here below
And Titles all that's due him"
The merry landlords say, and so
They straightway give it to him.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16
Every Dog Has His Day

tFrom The kansos CITY Sfd'l
1t may be pointed out to the ex-Oro'.
} Prince that there is considerable a".
ference between going back and CONNIE
back.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16

To the vocabulary Of headlinese i.
added, by Silas, Foo as an adjective: as
in Foe Territory.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16

This seems to us a workmanlike render
ing of the manner in which Mr. Weyl's
people should speak. It has not the genus
for Photographic accuracy such as marks
Ring Lardner at his best or Fannie Hurst,
but Mr.. Weyl has met the criticism partly
by writing: "Since an attempt TO spell
the sounds she made phonetically would
cause great difficulty in reading her re.
marks, we shall write instead the words
that she supposed she was uttering We
shall follow the same course with the
speeches of the others"
We think Mr.. Wcyl is correct in sup
posing that it is achievement enough for
an author to set down the words which
his characters believe they are uttering
Even this amount of fidelity is not com.
mon in English or American fiction.
AS for "The Choice" we find somewhat
the same objection to il which Asena'h
had for Charlie Chaplin. It is TOO
simple" Now, as a matter Of fact, the
simplicity of Chaplin is compounded Of
various subtleties, and this may be true
of Weyl's novel. 1t seems to US singu-
larly veracous and sincere story about
some rather uninteresting people. The
problem is roughly that Of Leonard Msr'
rick's Cynthia" An intelligent and well
educated young man marries empty
headed girl. Weyl is much fairer to his
complication than Merrjck who absented
his heroine from the main current of the
story for couple Of years and then
brought her back highly improved "ey
works no such miracle The hero man
ages to induce Asenath to read Mrs
Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" and Re
becca of Sunnybrook Farm but he gets
her no further, and the end of the BOOK
leaves him fiat against the fact that u
will never be possible for him 10 brldge
the intellectual gap between himself and
his wife. The rest Weyl leaves in the an
and we are not informed whether Mr. ana
Mrs. Hero managed to make q 60 OF things
forever after, despite the condition, OF
not. Perhaps it is just Is well to leave
such kno.ty problems to the reader. More
over, there isn't any reason why Mr.. "e',
shouldn't write a sequel TO "The Choice
Tor in many respects it is an exceedingly
promising novel.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16

"Name them! Name them!" the House
cried when Representative Gallivan said
that he understood that many members of
the House have their cellars SO we'll
stocked that they are prepared for twenty
years of drouth. 'lf they weren't good
fellows l would name them," replied Mr.
Galivan. If they weren't good fellows
they wouldn't have stocked up like that
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16

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New-York tribune., 1919-07-16
GET Lux Erat"

Sir: Now that the daylight law presumably
has been saved for u.s. may l not suggest as a
slogan for 1920 He kept us out Of darkness
J. D. l..
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16

For conspicuous bravery In reaction.
+. +. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16

The longest time in the world-even
longer than the telephone girls Just
Minutes the time between from when
you think the barber has finished to the
time he actually has finished.
Regarding the young woman he is to
marry, Baron Ireland writes that she is
worth his weight in gold
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16

Some of the Senators should receive the
Congress ionnl Medal.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16

Mr. r. NJ. Crosby, whose cover adorns
this weeks Life, was a Lieutenant in the
L. S. Army, but he evidently was happily
free from paper work. His title reads To:
From Subject; and all Army writer's, as
any of us who won the war with type
writer's can tell you, put themselves first.
Those who doubt that it is possible for
the heart of the world to break have only
to look at the map. How else those arch~
pelagos?
New-York tribune., 1919-07-16

The ban is off trade with Germany, and
1t looks as though should be able 20
buy n hArmonica now
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-26

Cordova will have creditable cele- bration July 4 and there is still time to subscribe to the fund if you have not already done so.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-26
STRIKE SERIOUS
 AT YAKUTAT CANNERY

Conditions are becoming serious at Yakutat, owing to the strike of the native fishermen, according to word received from Superintendent B. A. Williams of the Libby, McNeil and Libby cannery there.
 The U. S. s. c. BIO left here the other day for Yakutat to assist in re- lieving the situation.
 The strike among the native fisher men was caused when they refused to fish for the same price as the white fishermen, which is the same as the government price was last year. The native fishermen have moved to the fishing grounds in a body, according to word received by the marshals office from Yakutat, and have pulled up the gear belong ing to the white men. stopping them from fishing. Tho natives have also threatened the white men and said they would not permit anyone to fish.
 The season has just started and the cannery was going full force when the trouble started.
 Mexlcans Strike
 Several Mexicans have struck at the Alaska Packers cannery at Kar- lux and have arrived at Kodiak des- titute, according to word received by the kovernor's office. The Mexicans, refused to work on account of the poor food given them, according to their claims.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-26
FAVORABLE REPORT ON $l20 ,000 FOR ALASKA RAILWAY
KAISER IS ALSO REPORTED
 PLANNING MAKING GETAWAY
 FEARING PUNISHMENT IN STORE

PARIS June 26 by Associated Press) )The former Ger prince has made his escape from Holland and has entered Germany The peace conference has been stirred by the and regarded event of considerable slgnl in veiw of German recacancy in the matter of signing the peace terms although is not felt that the onarchnists and reactonaries will gather around him.
 Plan to Enbarrass Allies
 WASHINGTON, June 26 (by Associated Press):-The learns that the former kaiser may attempt to turn to Germany when the treaty peace has been signed and that possibly the prince concerned with plan of the German military caste to military situation within Germany in order to embarrass the allies in making the treaty effective
 Escape of Kaiser Not to Be So Easy
 WASHINGTON June 26 { by Associated Press):-lt IS believed Holland be held accountable for the Grown Prnces escape if he preserves his status soldier It is also believed Holland will redoub it's efforts to prevent the escape of the kaiser
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-26
ALASKA SAILS FROM SEATTLE
 THIS MORNING

SEATTLE, June 26 (by Associated Press) The steamship Alaska sailed from here this morning at 9 o'clock, with the following passengers for Cordova:
 William Paraen, H. H. Derrough, Miss Wallace, J. B. Wallace, MT. and Mrs. A. D. Longmore, William Long more, Miss Kate Elliff, s. P. Hedges K. E. Williams, Stanley Eisman, Newell Miller, Mrs. w. G. Smith ana baby, Mrs. James Klout, Irwin Moore Mrs. c. H. Phillips, MT. and Mrs. Nels Stark. Mckinley Joh1eon, J. A. Schulthies, Mrs. c. B. Brainerd, JACK Brainerd and fourteen steerage.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-26
PACIFIC FLEET WILLS00NS
 FOR NEW POST

WASHINGTON, June 26 (by Asso' ciated Press).-The recently-created Pacific fleet of the United States navy is being organized from vessels in the Atlantic fleet, and will leave Hampton Roads for the Pacific about July 16 Secretary of the Navy Daniels prob ably will be passenger on the super dreadnaught New Mexico, which is to fly the flag of Admiral Rodman. The Pennsylvania will remain the flagship of the Atlantic fleet.
 The Pacific fleet will visit the prin. cipal ports in California and Wash. ington.
 It is planned by Secretary Daniels to keep the navy up to it's wartime efficiency, and to have the two fleets meet each year in tests in the South ern Atlantic or near Hawaii.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-26
HDRE R0D|I|ES
 RESCUED FROM
 SOPHIA WRECK

JUNEAU, June 26 Especial to the Daily Mmes) The gasboat Clopey, with Diver Jack Donovan on board, al. rived here this morning from the scene of the wreck oa the steamship Princess Sophia. She brought seven teen additional bodies of victims of that disaster. Identification work will proceed this afternoon.
 This makes thirty-nine bodies, all told, that have been rescued from the suuken vessel, in addition to those picked up last fall from the water.
 The bodies of woman and boy, heretofore reported as unidentified, have been identified as those of Mrs. Edward Bell and son Robert, of Dawson.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-26
REPUBLICANS SHOW INTEREST
 IN ALASKA BY FAYORINC BIG .. APPROPRIATIONS FOR NORTH

WASHINGTON , June 26 (by Associated Press).-The senate appropriations committee this afternoon in reporting the sundrv civil bill increased the house appropriation of for continuing the construction of the Alaska rail $1200OO00 It also included appropriation ot $OOO0 for combating influenza in Alaska and added an ap propriationo $25000 for developing the Alaska herring industry.
 In reporting the sundry civil bill the senate committee increased the Shipping Boards shipbuding program from $276OOOO0O to $49 100000 The committee recommended the tariff be abolished and struck out the house appro praton $300000 for salaries and expenses
 Secretary Lane Works for Appropriation
 SEATTLE, June 26 (by Associated Press)-A special to nteg says that Secretary of the Interior Lane has asked the substitute appropriation of $2 100000 the Alaska railroad in place of the o0ooo voted by the By spending sl200OOO0 during the present calendar year year the road could be com pletd by 1921, said the secretary
 estimated that the total cost ot the railroad Will pc $50436.971.
 The senators from state of Washington supporting the It IS believed that the mouse will not oppose the larger sum-
 Construction Not Over-Costly
 SEATTLE June 26 (by Associated Press)-A special to the Times from Washington that James h. McPherson the Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber ot Co merce appearing before the appropriations committee of the today testified that $645 OOO was needed to compete the Alaska government railroad
 Mr. McPherson said t'at the completed road would cost only $73000 per mie which lower cost than that or any other road which had built in recent years lie said that appropriation of needed for the present fiscal year.
 McPherson told the senate committee the increase o the original estimate of the road cost only one and oneenh per cent notwithstanding the increase of ynne cent Tn the cost of abo to hundred and fifty per cent m the of material and hundred and per cent m in cost of transportation construction bases lie said the Copper River Northwestern Railroad cost an average of per me while the returns to the Interstate Com merce Commission show the Copper River railways eqp ment $146000 per me the returns for the Wte Pass Yukon Railroad mile valuation of $ll5OOO Senator said the government must complete the project and merely question of how this can be most economically accomplished He added I understand $l2 0OO0O0 is the least be economically employed dur ing the next fiscal year.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-26
MURDERER IS
 INTERESTED IN
 COMING FIGHT

NEW YORK, June 26 (by Associa- ted Press) Gordon Fawcett Hamby, who killed Brooklyn bank teller, has been sentenced to be electrocuted on July 2S. The condemned man said he wanted to live long enough to hear the result of the Willard-D d-Dempsey prize fight at Toledo on July 1.
 Hamby was arrested at Tacoma, Washington.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-26
CANADIAN STRIKERS
 TO RETURN TO WORK

VANCOUVER, B. C., June 26 (by Associated Press) Tt is probable that the strike will end at noon on Friday. Hundreds already have returned to work.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-26
GERMAN DELEGATES ARE NAMED
 TREATY BE SIGNED SATURDAY MUCH RI0TINC IN BERLIN

PA1[S June 26 (by Associated Press).-The peace ference has made for the signing of the peace treaty Saturday next It is semocy reported that the German delegates route for Paris and will be here by that time.
 Men Who Will Sign for Germany
 BERLIN, June 26 bv Associated Press) ).-Foregn Min Herman Mueller and Minister Dr. Pe have been named delegates sign the peace treaty for Germany and will leave Berlin for Paris Friday.
 Disorders in Berlin
 LONDON June 26 (by Associated Press) )-Disorders Increasing in Berlin Many streets have been barrcaded and there have been serious engagements between the troops and the mobs
 BERLIN, June 26 (by Associated ress-Mobs inspired by agators roted and pundered throughout the night Troops finally succeeded in clearing the streets after much lighting.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-26
GERMAN REFUSES SALUTE TANK
 AND IS FINED

COBLENZ, June 26 (by Associated Press) Captain Bachhauser, attach ed to the German army, was fined one thousand marks for refusing to salute an American lieutenant. The captain contended the war was over and any way the regulations do not call for his saluting officers of lower grade. Civ ilians in general seem joyful over the action of Germany in deciding to sign the treaty.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-26
NO SPECIAL SESSION OF
 WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE

sNATTLN, June 26 (by Associated Press) Governor Hart says he IS not planning to call special session of the legislature to ratify the woman suffrage amendment to the federal constitution.