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New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Not a Prime Minister

What is the purpose behind the policy
which the President fol- vs. with respect
to the other department. the govern
ment and in his genera. handling of
public questions?
The explanations commonly circulated
do not altogether satisfy. The President
does not lack in intellectual CAPACITY or
firmness Of will = is not an arrogant
lgnoramus, as was Andrew johnson, or
q weakling in will, as was highly in
telligent James Buchanan.
Nor is it possible to trace the policy
to wrong-headedness with respect to the
particular issues. The tendencies which
mystify his fellow citizens, although
thrown into relief by the war issues,
were manifest long before hostilities be-
gan in Europe
Nor IS excessive partisanship an
adequate explanation. The President
though willing to use his party to ad-
vance his aims, has seldom put devotion
to party first. He is strongly mugwump
in his mental bias Moreover, his course
is antlpodal to that traditionallv upheld
by the political organization of which
ne is a member. More than Hamilton
he is an ant-Jeffcrson-is an upsetter
of the work Of the Jefferson who believed
IN diffused government and was violently
hostile to centralization President VII
son scarcely processes even life-alle
giances to state rights-cares little or
nothing for states as conceived bv Demo-
cratic theorists.
The most plausible explanation is that
the President, for what he thinks are
good and patriotic reasons, seeks to alter
the governments character-apDarentl
entertalns deep-seated conviction that
a government Of independent powers and
separated departments is a great blum
der. He is persuaded that the evils Of
dlsunlty are greater than those of con-
centrated power. Americans have found
1t difficult to locate responsibility when
public business went wrong. He would
have, he has said, "'Tis you" govern
mcnt rather than "Twa'nt VIC" govern
rncut
tie would achieve undcation by break
ing down the wall that divides the execu-
tive and the legislative and combine in
one agency both sets of,prerogativcs. The
same men who wrote the laws he would
nave administer and interpret them. for
IN the scheme is little place for a veto
ing Judiciary In a word, we should bor-
row from Europe the Cabinet system;
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Drying Up Drug Sources

IL the drug habit is to be dealt with
eHeceiVeiy throughout the country more
adequate means to lessen the supply of
haTcotics must be found The estimates
oi 'he number Of victims in this CITY
are oouDtless excessive, but there are
more than the 1000 who have registered
'hus 1ar' indicating that it is still easv
I" get supplies of narcotics. The ac-
'lViues Oh the pedler have not dimin-
is"ea ana are neutralizing the work Of
the Health Department and the State
Narcotic Commission.
Registration is step in the r;ob+ a.;
rection, hut does not reach tbe heart ~
the problem. What is needed il not eo
rnuch an attempt TO control distrihu
ton as 70 stop supplies. It il ,,r;sly
TACT that many times as much opium ner
capita is consumed in the United States
than IN any other country where rccords
are kept. Az all the stuff coueg in
IRON abroad it would seem possible r.
e~'se a Eicense-importing system under
which only enough would come in 10
meet the demands Of the medical pro-
fession. rationing lvstcn would
make 1t impossible for a crooked doctor
or pharmacist to get hold of extra sup-
pics. Establishments where opium is
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
The Munich Terror, Russian Style

& TRANGELY enough, it was quiet, back
~ ward Bavaria, with its sleeping viii
ages and it's Catholic population,
largely reactonary and somewhat stupid,
a peasant land with little industry and
without much wealth, that took the lead in
the German revolution. The Bavarians
themselves, indolent and avorse to radical
experiments, did not effect this revolution.
1t was a small group of Jealous revolu-
tionaries led by Kurt Esner which. on No.
vember 8, 1918, overthrew the centuries
old kingdom Of the Wittelsbachs like
mousse OF cards. The people Of Munich went
to bed as usual on November 7, railing at
the thin war beer, and awoke astonished
on November as citizens Of the first Ger
man democratic republic.
The Idealise Leader
The greatest influence on the masses WAS
exercised by Ernst Toller, twenty-five
year-old student of economies. Like Eisner.
who used to work twenty two hours a day
and allowed himself hardly the necessa-
r1es Of life, he Is whole-souled idealist
who fought not for his own ends. but to
hberate the proletariat, to free the poor
and exploited, with an enthusiasm that
sprang from his own high spirit.
On the other hand, the leaders Of tho
Communists, who acquired greater and
greater influence with the masses, were Of
another type. At their head stood the Rus
sian Boishevist Max Levien, fascinating
speaker who could arouse the mob instinct
MI NV, Il
often INSCRIPTIONS methods, q man who
lived only by hate, and wished to know
nothlng Of kindness and reason, preacher
OF brutal terrorism Of the proletariat over
the middle classes. With his pale. cruel
face, furrowed by suffering, he seemed moro
like wild animal than clever resource-
ful politician. Far superior to him in learn
ing and spiritual purpose was tho Russian
ag1tator Levinne-Niessen who had led the
Spartaclst riots in Berlin, where a warrant
was out for his arrest. He had studied in
Germany. belonged to revolutionary circles
IN Russia, had been arrested and mis-
treated by the government Of the Car, had
tied from the fortress of Sts Peter and
Paul and had finally come to GERMANY "a
Bolshevist agtator.
cIit-DOTn hepHblLc
Thus, the Bavarian soviet republic was
Stubborn Its leaders themselves we're
never united. Because independent and
majority Socialists took part In its found
lng' 1t was not radical enough for the Com
munists, who consequently refused at first
10 work with the so-called government, at
whose head stood Tollcr. His lack OF
craftsmanship, for which glowing idealism
can never be substitute, now showed IT,
self instead of liquidating the unluckv
onhertaking AZ soon as possible, he in
sisted 'hat the soviet republic must be
maintained. Tciegrams of greeting to tho
Russian and Hungarian soviet renublics
were drawn up. The Bavarlan Minister to
Herin was recalled in dispatch that
created great amusement. Tho bourgeoisie
was ordered to dlsarm. under heavy penal
ties The socallzntion first Of the press.
then Of dwellings and Of mineu vss to hs
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
A New Mascagni Opera
tFron, The Buffalo Erpress)

1Fron' The BN6alo Erpress)
Pietro Mascagni, composer of "Cavallera
Rusticana," has written a new opera entitled
"Il Piccolo Marata." The theme is the con-
hict of ideas between the autocrat and the
democrat; between oppression and freedom.
The characters are not personal, but repre-
sent ideals. The evolution Of man is de-
picted in song. If Signor Mascagni comes to
America to produce his latest creation, let US
hope that he finds American hearts and
American purses open to welcome him. His
last experience here, when he hardly accu,nu-
lated steamboat fare home, was not cacu-
lated to inspire confidence in our cordialty.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

but as a constitutional OVerhaullng is
difficult if not impossible a series of
encroaching interpretations and prac
tees are relied on to bring the desired
result.
In the form of theory the Cabinet
system is attractive to many Americans.
It is direct, understandable, responsible,
secures maximum Of democracy. But
scrutiny shows what is proposed is not
the Cabinet system at all but only half
of it.
The Cabinet system in essence is, first,
a union of legislative and executive
powers, and, second, a continuous current
responsibility to freely elected legis-
iature 3r parliament. While in Office q
Cabinet has all powers, but en- be
turned out 10 an hour by vote of no
confidence. Thus is linked efficiency and
responsibility.
Vow the Presidents programme is
practically I blank with respect to plac-
ing his incumbency at she mercy Of Con-
gress or any one. II the Cabinet system
is not imported intact little can be said
for bringing it over at 81.
In q general way The President has
conceded the principle ~f responsibility
ard has said II President SHOULD be re-
sponsible to public c:,inion But public
opinion cannot express itself unless pro
vided with some sort Of trumpet The
press is not to be accepted as carrying
it's voice, and accelerated mass meetings
are unsatisfactory. Concerning disputed
matters no one knows what the majority
thinks or wants. If there is RESPONSE
biity to public opinion there must be
definite ways for it to declare itself.
Now, only once in four years is there
Presidential election, and it is appar-
emily no part Of the Presidents plan to
hold himself ready to resign during his
term. Thus it would appear that or
but one day out of 1,461 would a Pres-
dent be responsible A fixed term is
incompatible with the Cabinet system
is destructive OF it's heart and life.
1t is theoretically possible to have the
Cabinet system in this country, and this
without altering the letter Of the Con-
stitution. Only the President and the
Vice-President have fixed terms. Other
wise the Presidential succession is as
Congress fixes. Should it become polti-
cal practice for President and Vice
President to resign, when Congress votes
its lack of confidence, and should Con-
gress provide for the succession to fall
to some functionary named by it and
serving at its pleasure, there would be
the foundation Of Cabinet system. The
British have shown how easy it is to
devise similar fictions-indeed, the Brit
ish Cabinet system rests on fiction
scarcely more artificial than the one
outlined above
But no sign comes that the President
desires to become responsible during his
term. Thus he is not endeavoring to
give u.s. Cabinet and the boon of a
'Tis you" government, and an -explana-
ton Of his course that is significantly
plausible breaks down and why he does
as he does sinks deeper and deeper into
mystery.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Running Song

a EY FLYING feet have left behind
4gk The meadow and the hiu
For the cliff that leans TO greet the SKY
O leaping heart, be at.il.
cleave rhe fattering darkness, Will
The nieht-birds, calling dart
In winging circles round my eivht-
Whittier viii you, ny heart.
And like the night-blra Of tbs hill
skim the cliff 20 greet
The one ] love. Be still, ry heart
But o, be swift my fest
SARAH LNNA.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Sim Fein in 1875
litor of The Tribune.

o CHe EUTC0T OF I ne TrlbUne.
Sir; Your views are too pro-Britsh
Your paper is foreign to the spirit Of the
Declaration of Independence. The founders
of this republic were Sim Feiners, just as
are 1rshmen to-day.
If lrishmen submitted in Chinese meek
ness to perfidious Albion's treachery and
to Lloyd Georges humping lies, we Irish
Americans would despise them. They are
not going so to submit. M. HApTON
Hartford, Conn, July "a, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Our War on I.eniE,e

President Wilson's letter explaining
why American soldiers are retained in
Siberia deftly minimizes the military
character of their mission The troops,
it is said, are to serve solely as railroad
guards. They are to repel attempts to
interrupt traffic on the Transsiberian
Railroad
The President is careful to describe
such attempts as being made by "parti-
san bands under leaders having no set
tied connection with any organized gov
ernment and bands under leadership
whose allegiance to any settled author
lty is apparently temporary and transi-
tory This description adroitly covers
not only mere marauders, but Bolshevist
lrregulars-perhaps, also. organized
Bolshevist forces.
The safeguarding of the Transsiberi-
an Railroad is a legacy transmitted to
US from the early days of the Rus
sian Revolution. The Lvoff government
solicited our aid in this task and the in
vltatlon has been reextended by the in
dependent Siberian government.
The propriety of our military service
TO the Slberians-limited as it is-can-
not be doubted General Gravess force
is not making war on the Siberian peo-
pie IL has not invaded hostile coun-
try. Nevertheless, it's presence on
Siberian soil and it's assistance to the
elDerlans constitute acts of war against
Lenines government, which treats ST.
oerla as rebellious province and is
surviving to reconquer it. By whatever
form of words it is softened. the fact
remains that the President officially ad-
mlts that we are doing things in Siberia
which en- involve US in state of war with
the soviet regime. ''''' ''i
Such state of war has. of course
existed for more than a wear, although
not officially recognized. American SOL
dlers have fought the Bolshevists in
northern Russia. They have helped to
scatter Lenine's armed Siberian SUM-
porters. The United States and the En-
tente Allies would long ago have over
thrown Lenine's soviet government bv
force If they had not been deferred bv
the effort and cost of such an under
taking
were our government to withdraw
ahe troops now in Siberia, as it has al
xeady withdrawn most of the troops in
Russia proper, some color could be given
TO the claim that we had ceased to make
war on Lenlne. But so long as General
Graves's guards remain along the
Transsiberian Railroad we shall be actu-
ally at war with him.
And if this is the case, why not frank
~ face the consequences of the situa-
ton? If Lenine is our enemy, why not
do something really worth while to end
his career Of terrorism and savapervo
General Denikin needs help. Help
given, TO him will bring larger immedj-
ate results than help given to Kolchak.
he heads a victorious anti Bolshevjst
army which has made steady progress
IN southeastern Russia Clothing. mnn;-
tons, supplies and tanks offered him
would do much more for the reoenera-
ton OF Russia than the policing of the
Siberian railroad can ever do.
II we are making war on Lenine, 1vby
make 1t feebly and faint-heartedlv?
Give thought to Denikin and bis Cosl
BACKS lhey certainly deserve it.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Rustic Toosts
CFrom The London Morn.n7 posa

A good rustic toast is likely to be con-
cerned with beef and beer, like shat COM
prehensivo toast Of Arcadian wilas, "The
Nine B's," which is as much as to say:
Bakers best bread, butchers best beef and
brewers best beer. In another form 1T
runs' "Fhe inside of loaf, the outside II
JAIL pound Of beefsteak and pot OF
good ale The plough is toasted by m
enigma: "Lfe before, dead IN the middle
and body and soul behind The shy carter
gives for toast: "scorehea bread and v.aa
bnttered' adding, If mat ain't toast. lm
bothered Some toasts arc a nttis uasini.
as; May i'm as wunt wurrk in the 'eat
60 'ungry when the frostss comes. 10 IL
farmers vito it IS polite TO raise your
glass with tho words, "'Ego's good 'ealth
to 'ee' mum, an my yer allus ave tho
strength ter push about same as yew does
now and set pattern t. all the farmers
wivca way goundyv
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
4 Week OF Verso

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ca az Berkeley, Cat The soors. F..A- :.
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@sr"'t0r 81 m the deportneat OF ~. :"
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ing Corps. litter tic disco,,s,,,.' ,S '''.''
q f9s corps M Bgr'nsr gaze co'..,.
~ vefss '7fstsag. % tie follo,eina
last three ere bg members -
BYlner's class. ~
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Look to the Sea

r oOK 10 the sea, 0 dreamer, long ha~e
"A sought II there;
l havo felt the gray Of the wind-poushea
way IA my fsce and sun-bieacho-
Search Che moess Of thc Dolarlm BEL, 'he
iareuo, inr chafa of it's iuii.
Where life onlv the waviuE s'ass ri -Hc
sea aaa lo.ely gu'i
Where out Of the streaming ao.h.as'
ahe mad sqaau comes So birth.
To tatter the sails and vanish AGAIN 20 the
opposite poles Of the earth.
There - the life of the lasting love. the
ship. tho ses, and the air,
oh, look TO the sea. the mad white sos
and tho wind, you will hnd il there.
GEORGE HUGH BANNING.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
The CathrdraI of Spaces

NXTAKE to the darkness Of night,
W with lmitless towering Of stars
IN oases Of Brightness:
Clutch the shor. grass with your fee
And hang in the infinite arches
Of motionless air
Drink n the light Of myriad cias.ors.
The torches OF some far ethereal altar.
Breathe ia the exquisite inceu Of -en
Pies saDernai
And sing to the glory of u sht.
The cathedral Of spaces.
ROBERT N'KEE HYDE.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
A Definition by an Expert

f1ay e. House in Philadelphia Public Ledoerj
You probably had noted the fate Of Mr.
Townley at the hands of Minnesota iurv.
But it is likely that the incident does not
thoroughly identify Mr.. Townlcy to the
casual reader. We take pleasure IN intro
duclng him. He Is the gentleman who de-
v'scd plan to get money from the farm
ers OF the Northwest without using file
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Preparedness

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Chicago waited until it had terri
Bile accident before drawing up an ord;-
nance against aeroplanes and "blimnsu
sailing over the city.
Why should New York wait for a similar
catastrophe before prohibiting overhead
sailing? ROBERT GRIMSHAU
New York, July o. 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Who Is Payino2

(FTon The SAT- Lake Herald
Newt Baker is not quite sure whether il
is the Presidents contingent fund or
money that belongs to American soldiers
that is paying for the Czecho- Slovak
parade.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Dr. Max Hirschberg in The Nation

effected Immediately. In the place Of the
good old "Munchner Neueste Nachrichten"
appeared a revolutionary paper which, in
stead OF its previous gentle fare, printed
Communist manifesto, Bolshevst notices
and cubist pictures which filed the Munich
burgher with Indignation Foreign news
could no longer be obtained II was i'm
possible in Munich to learn about the be-
ginnngs of the peace conference. Some
times it seemed though we were wit
Messing comic opera.
Il RagannuGn Commune
But the affair became terribly serious
The Communists took over the leadership.
With them went the ragamuffins. while re-
spectacle workingmen, more and more con-
fused, saw destruction approaching The
Communist leaders now finally established
the dictatorship Of the proletarat accord
ing to the Russian plan, in the form Of
a hateful and brutal suppression Of all
property owners.
Then the Levien-Levinne government de-
cided on fearful step. 1t began to seizo
we'll known Munich citizens as hostages.
Armed bands forced themselves into dwell
ings, took hapless citizens of any age
prisoners and dragged them to Jail. More
than 100 hostages were taken, most OF
whom, fortunately, wore set free or escaped
In the prevailing confusion. small group
OF unfortunate hostages, who were never to
see the Light again, were lodged in the
cellar of the Luitpold gymnasium. Some
inhuman barbarian ordered some of then.
shot in retaliation for the first Red Guards
to fall in battle. Ten hostages, maong them
a woman who had been arrested for
counter-revolutonary activity, were shot
down in the courtyard. The news of this
bloody step spread through the city like the
wind and reached the government armies.
which had surrounded the city. The Hoff-
man government decided to attack at once
to prevent worse outrages. Hitherto It
had shrunk from shedding blood, as It had
from starving Munich. Now the eorern-
ment troops attacked on all fronts and
after fierce fighting forced their way into
the city.
The Bed Workxnen
Thus, quiet Munich became on Nav
and the scene of bloody civil war. Tho
workers and Red Guards, inspired bv the
Communist ideal and determined for the
most part to fight to the end, battlod with
terrible bitterness. The leaders and their
satellites, some Of the latter of whom had
Instituted an unbelievable misrule. mixed
with wine and women, in the cabinet cham
bers and public Offices, fed The work
men, however. blcd, as always, for the
sins Of their leaders. The number OF
those who fell on both sides Is reckoned
not less than thousand, and long rows OF
graves were dug in Munich cemeteries
Ior the unfortunate victims OF the combats.
Terrible happenings on both sides resulted
from the bitterness OF the conflict. Red
Guards on the housetops shot down tho
Hoffman scntries even eight days after
the government Victories. The governmene
troops, however, took their vengeance with
equal ruthlessness and brutality-the
white terror" WAS in full swing
More than ono hundred captured work.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Breaking the Heart of Texas
From Tho Dallas Mo,p;,o ~.

From The Dallas Morning News)
Wfat some people can't understand ia
why President Wilson wants to save dov.
ligh' when the saloons arc all closed.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
An End to the Drouth }

'From The Utica prcss)
The country seems to have rome we,
again.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
To W. B.

OH. SIR. II you must &c ean
60 scornfuliy Despise tat ...
land, or at least
Love always these western hn.
were lovellest.
Remember that All other hills he.
await their hour Dressed
IN mere prettness. uent ,n
without passion and qitfor.
They wait the hour when thefr s~...
60 west,
When they shall b. rewarded and POI.
And shall 60 to t5eir promised land a
the beloved ana the blessed
To sing and to Lest
The hills that fougAs q good asst
And were Inflated;
The secretly beautiful bHis tf.t u....
Patiently in an unbeconiag I,s-
For reward unslated:
The sray hiils, cruelty mated
WIN worl--stsined valleys igeogs ;. tba
night
And by the aayligh; hatcd.
These have finished their course and .s.,
sad crasading,
To their Zion they have come. knee.
IN starry cities wa6ing.
They shall never be Aesoiate nevsr bo ets.
Never again desolate: neither fading
BY night ner by day IN, blessed aboys
ali Mills are these.
They have donned their robes, embroidered
st every fold
With ieweled fantasy of trees.
They sing Hosanna. they cast down their
shadows and their crowns Of gold
Around CLASSY seas.
STELLA BENSON.
II
SO, v. Z. is going away, presently.
O Let as rot presume. IN our serena
Western fashion,
To pity himl
All we "ere able 70 give him
He has had always.
He carries with him
canons and redwood trees and high ba
roads,
Wild blooms lHound's Tongue ard sturdy
Indian warriors),
Silence and sun and sweeping valley vistas.
Crudely carved cliffs. salt fogs, and noun
tain ranches,
Tea bowls and jade and dim Chinese in-
teriors,
Remote and beckoning and satisfying
And the incredible glory of the sunset.
Wherefore. finely ecorning geography.
Without tiresome magic,
Without even Wishing Carpct
Thro' the sovereign alchemy which is
himself,
1t is always California
Where he is
RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL
& PRECIOUS plant produced IN p fro
q country
Stands high among its fellows and mas
tiers its own season.
The air Is perfumea; tho land is beau
fed; and Heaven and Earth are
made harmonious.
Winds ere its ian, clouds its canopy aaa
rain and dew its jewels
Bees and butterflies, dancing and qpes'ine
around ard around
Share the sweetness o9 tho flower VII
yet loses none.
Snring stays while the eower lives
Odor remains after the flower has passed
thousand years. ten thousand Years
S. c. KIANG, KANG-HU
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

you can purchase merchandise advertised In THE
fRsHHE with absolute saety-for II dissatisfaction rc-
suits in THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
money back uson request No red tape. No clubbing
We make good prom ptly II tho advertiser does not
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Stationary

fFrom The Philadelphia Press)
All sorts of wages are being raised cx-
cepting tho wages Of sin.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

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