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New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
Our Frontier

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your leading editorial Of to-day
glows foundational truth of such supreme
Importance that It should be set apart by
itself, and with special emphasis impressed
indclibly upon the public consciousness:
"Thc frontier of France is the frontier Of
sane and safe civilization. 1t is thus for
frontier %
Once this fact IS comprehended aay for
NAL league of nations" is a superHuits
In the present crisis no other boundary but
the frontier Of civilization is apparent to
an enlightened statesman. It has been tc
hold this frontier against the barbarian
that we went forth to war. There let us
now stand fxedly with those Of our civili-
zation.
And les us recognize that the frontier
of Italy also is as truly part Of this
frontier of civilization as is the frontier
of France. and let US stand as firmly with
Italy against every pretension of those
who make common cause with the barbarian
against her. Italy's frontier is also "our
frontier.' RICHARD FERRIS.
New York, April 20, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
A By-Product

The Paris Matin, whose report of con-
ference proceedings is translated by
The London Post says when the Japan
ese amendment for equality of races was
before the commission majority was
for it. But Mr.. Wilson ruled that
unanimity was necessary, and thus de-
clared the amendment defeated.
Then, when the proposal to make Brus-
sells capital of the league was submitted
the division was seven to twelve; France,
Bohemia and Portugal were among those
voting for Brussels, and, on the other
side, for Geneva were the United States,
Great Britain, Italy and a number of
smaller states. "The majority has de-
cided," said Mr.. Wilson; Geneva has it,"
Thus, according to the Matin, ma
jorities count when with you, but not
when against you. The work of recast-
ing parliamentary law goes forward as
by-product of the great deliberations.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30

II. Jugo Slav Bulgarian Greek war
over Macedonia.
12. Jugo-Slav- Italian war over almost
anything.
13. Italian Greek war over Albania.
ID Italian German war over the
Tyrol
The issue is not at all whether the
settlements to be arrived at are intrin-
sically just or otherwise The question
is simply how long it will take for popu-
lar passion to boil over in countries
which, rightly or wrongly, feel them
selves injured by those settlements.
For every one of the Wilsonian four
teen points the American nation is asked
to underwrite a possible new war. Thus
numerical unities are maintained.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
No Quarrel?

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: It was not the Kaiser but the Ger
man people who pclted our wounded and
our prisoners on their way to captivity with
rotten potatoes, and even spat on them at
every station where the train stopped.
Further, it was not the Kaiser alone, but
the German people with him, who received
goods of all possible description stolen by
their soldiers in Northern France and in
Belgium, and on ad infinitum. This is not
a vague accusation due to imagination, but
some of the victims of The German people
are here in New York, reliable witnesses.
who will sign aiidavits to that effect.
Therefore, when peace conditions
based upon the principles chat we have
no quarrel with the German people" we
shrug our shoulders in disgust and ask our
selves who in reality won the way? It is
certainly beautiful dream, that dream of
brotherhood, but to the victims of German
oppression such beautiful dream becomes
q horrd nightmare.
May not also express surprise that the
peace delegates did not incorporate in the
treaty that census of the population of
Germany be taken at once under the super
vision of the Allies?
How much more interesting and how much
more fruitful would such a census be for
the future security Of poor France than q
league Of nations born in dreamland. and
whose existence for good not one states-
man can truthfuly promise or Justify? The
Germans deceived us in 1914 as to the
number of their population; what, if
not census taken now, will prevent them
from deceiving future gencrations??
They have not gone to Cannossa.
Will they ever go?
JONAS LIPPMANN.
New York. April 16, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
At the End of His Rope

Postmaster General Burleson yielded
to the inevitable when he announced the
immediate return of the cable lines to
their owners and the return of the land
telegraph and telephone systems as soon
as legislation can be procured from
Congress.
There will be no trouble about OBJ
tanning legislation from Congress end
ing Mr.. Burleson's control. Under his
management service has steadily de-
Perforated, while charges have been in
creased. Users of telephones and the
telegraph have been thoroughly dis
gusted with the results of Postoffice
Department management. The travel
ling and shipping public is equally dis
gusted with the results of government
operation of the railroads. If there ever
was any popular belief in the efficacy
of governmental operation and owner
ship Of transportation systems and in
strumentalities of communication, that
belief has been extinguished by the ex-
perience of the last two years.
Mr. Burleson's own incompetency may
be somewhat to blame. But it has be-
come pretty clear that even with more
intelligent direction at the top the
natural ineficiency of our governmental
methods would have steadily lowered
the standards of operation and altered
to the disadvantage of the public the
equation between service and cost. Our.
governmental structure is too primitive
ard the average officeholder's sense of
responsibility for results is too unde-
veloped to justify the hopes of those
who have set out to give better service
under government auspices at cheaper
rates.
Psychologically as well as cconomi-
cally that is a visionary programme
under present-day conditions in this
country. Now we have had our lesson.
1t ought to last us for another gener-
alton. Government initiative is inferior
to private initiative. Government ca
paclty is below private capacity. Our
political development has Jagged behind
our economic development. We at least
owe to Mr.. McAdoo and Mr.. Burleson
a convincing demonstration that with
public utilities in the hands of political
managers utility service will not i'm
prove or even stand still. In the very
nature of things it will 90 back
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
RoiI,Cay Orders in Hand

The orders in hand are from Holland Den
mark, Norway, Sweden and the Balkans--the
large Austrian orders have all been held in
abeyance. The Krupp agents all over the
world have been instructed to take orders
and it is thought by the directors that a con-
siderable number are in hand and will be for
warded when the mails open. The agents
are active in the East, but a reorganization
of the sales force was taking place in South
America when the war broke out. and that
country from which Germany hopes to get
much trade is closed TO the Krupps.
The general policy of tho Krupps-
this policy is characteristic Of German peace
plans is not to 20 into unchartcd fields
simply because they have extra machinery on
hand This machinery has already been writ
ten oil their books and they do not intend
to waste any great sums Of money in ex-
pcrimcntlng in opposition TO firms that
have made speciality of these articles
They are somewhat bothered about labor,
but otherwise supremcly confident Of the
future. And the labor situation is not caus-
ing great uneasincss, for it is believed that
more employment viii settle most of the
differences.
Inc hrupp plans are more or less the
plans of the great ironworks of Bochum
and Dortnund, especially the Bochum Asso-
citation Steel Works, which has largely in
creased, and the Hoesch plants. They have
not generally departed greatly from their
peace work equipment and can turn to new
orders without material change All of them
contemplate reducing to basis somewhat
above the pre-war average, but much below
the war capacity, and all have discharged
the thousands of men who were imported for
the war work. They all financially
stronger than before the war and none
has been compelled to pay out so much
money in unearned wages as to cripple them.
What they did before the war they are pre-
pared again to do, once they have the raw
materials.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
Another Black Yea

On May 5 and 6, in New York. will
occur national conference to further
the cause emphasized and declared for
by President Wilson when he said last
summer:
81 therefore very earnestly and
solcmnly beg that the Governors Of all
the states the law officers Of every
community, and, above all, the men and
women of every community in the United
States, oil who revere America and wish
to keep her name without stain or re-
proach, will cooperate, not passivcly
merely, but actively and watchfully, to
make an end of this dsgraccful evil. 1t
cannot live where the community does
not countenance it.'
In the mean time the barbarism has
continued. During 1918 lynchings to
the number of sixty-seven occurred
sixty-three Of negroes and four of
whites. AS usual only small percent
age was for the offence whose enormity
is pleaded as justification. But four
teen killings were for alleged attacks
on women. In no less than fifteen cases
it is admitted that innocent persons
were victims.
The customary savagery was dis
played. Five victims were women. Two
were burned at the stake before death.
and three others tortured. A mother
and her five children were killed in
Texas, the mother for the crime of trv-
ing to drag the bodies Of her four sons
from their burned cabin. In two in
stances the lynchings were in court
house yards and in one picture post
cards were later sold on the streets.
No great progress has been made in
securing punishment. In South Caro-
lima seventeen prominent farmers we're
arrested, but the grand jury failed to in
dict. In Alabama, however, a special
grand jury, headed by clergyman,
brought in twenty-four indictments In
Texas The San Antonio Express has
offered to pay rewards of $1,000 for
each conviction, but no one has claimed
the sum. Nevertheless, various bits of
evidence suggest the beginnings of bet
tcr sentiment in the lynching regions.
Such events have gone on at home
while many thousands of negroes were
fighting and dying. for America abroad.
The shame of the record surely warrants
u national protest.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
Disrespect to the Colors

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Passing up from lower Broadway a
few days ago, felt indignant on noticing
our Stars and Stripes most undignifiedly
displayed and shown by some enterprising
individuals In their store windows. In sew
eral places it was nailed against the wall
near the window. In others it was placed
in such a way as to be scarcely noticed
among the other commercial displays in the
window, while in others the dust on the
flag was 50 thick as to scarcely distinguish
the colors. In one particular place on
Broadway l noticed large American flag
extending from the floor and wrapped
around huge steel safe that stood by the
window.
While I was overseas there was a time
and place where the flag not only of our
country was properly displayed and re-
spected, but Also the flags of our Allies In
camps and in cantonments there Is a fitting
time daily observed when the flag is low
cred at retreat" and most solemnly re-
spected. Every man in the service is
always taught properly to honor and salute
the colors.
l would suggest that the Police Depart
ment be given tho duty of seeing that our
Stars and Stripes, II displayed, be done in
a proper manner and to instruct in the
proper way of showing our Stars and
Stripes. I would also ask that the Police
Department prohibit the street organ users
from playing "The Star-Spangled Banner"
while people pass unconcernedly and dis
respectfully and the organ owner roinr
around soliciting aims.
A. ED. ALLIES,
Honorably wounded and discharged,
105th Infantry, eth Division
New York, April 26. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
The Fatal Fourteen

None Of the covenant articles has been
attacked so often and from so many diff
ferent quarters as Article X. Mr. Root,
Senator Knox and Justice Hughes have
exposed its seeds of future trouble. Even
that ardent advocate Of all things Will
sonian, The New Republic, has refused
to swallow it. Conservative nationalist
and Utopian radical agree in it's con-
demnation.
BY subscribing to this article the
American nation will be under some sort
Of obligation to become a party to every
war that may arise later from the terri
torial settlements which to-day are being
manufactured at Paris, with what sue
cess the withdrawal Of the Italian delega
tion indicates.
1t would appear that there are exactly
fourteen possible wars in this one article.
II Europe alone is considered, apart from
Soviet Russia and from Turkey. Here
is the list
l. Franco-German war over the Saar
Valley.
2. Gcrman-Polish war over whatever
territories Germany loses or Poland fails
to obtain.
3. Polish-Lithuanian war over the
northern boundary Of Poland.
a. Polish -Ukrainian war over Galicia
or Cholm, or both.
5. Observation-Disclosures war over Bes-
sarabia and Bukovina.
q. Czecho-Polish war over Silesia,
z. Czecho-German war over German
Bohemia.
8. Magyar Rumanian war over what
ever territories Hungary loses or retains.
8. Magyar -Czecho- Slovak war, ditto.
10. Magyar-Jugo-Slav war, ditto.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
Germany To-Day
Germany To-Day
Confident Krupp; s
BY SAMUEL CROWT4ER
Special Correspondent of The Tribune Just Returned From Germany


TIME chief point Of industrial interest
for the foreigner in Germany is al
ways Krupp's, partly because that in
stitution is commonly regarded as the back
bone of military power, and because it is
equally known as being uncommonly re-
sourceful in adapting itself to conditions.
What have the Krupps done and what are
they going to do with their works now that
munitions promise not to be an acceptable
German export?
Krupp's is regarded as being at Essen,
but it is an institution rather than fac
tory, and it only so happens that the big
gest of their eight or nine plants is located
at Essen. AS matter of fact, Essen en-
ploys about one-half of the personnel, the
others being divided among the several
works and mines. Going into the Es-
sen had 1896 men, against total en-
ployment of 1885, and at the end of the
war Essen had O6,665, against a total of
178645. During the war every peace activ-
ity, with the exception of railway material,
ceased. The Germans kept up the essen
tial parts of the railroads, such as the rails
and rolling stock, and merely let the non
essentials, such as paint on stations and up
holstery, go by the board. As conse-
quence the railways, like everything else
in Germany look deal worse than they
really are.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30

Article X of the covenant, and the ma
tons with which we are at war raise no
objection then state peace will, ipso
facto, exist. No imaginable interest
would induce Germany and Austria
with us rather than consent to the quail
fication.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
Costa Rica's Banishment

In the society Of nations, as organized
at Paris, there are forty-fve charter
members--nine first class and thirty-six
second class. Thirty-two figure as sig
natories of the peace treaty. The other
thirteen are neutrals invited to enter the
association.
In the published list of member nations
we look in vain for one which ought to be
in it. Where is Costa Rica? That little
republic severed diplomatic relations with
Germany on May 19, 1917. She was en-
titled to participate in the peace confer
ence on the same basis with the other
smaller nations which severed relations
but didn't fight. But she was excluded
from the conference and is now excluded
from the society of nations, although
membership in it has been offered to Co.
lombia and Venezuela, neutrals at least
strongly suspected of sympathy with Ger
many.
Why was this discrimination made
against Costa Rica? Apparently because
of the boycott declared against the pres
SiiC SOSCe> AlCdI SONCIIlIllcIC ny OuI Oc~
partment of State. Article x Of the COW
enant of the society of nations pledges
the associators "to respect and preserve
as against external aggression the terri
torial integrity and existing political in
dependence of all members of the league"
Our State Department several years ago
drew up little Article x of it's own, ac-
cording to which it undertook to pre-
serve against domestic aggression the
tenure of existing american gov
ernments.
This article was salvaged from a pro-
jected Pan-American treaty which died
a-borning. 1t has been used in Wash
ington to establish a surveillance over
Latin American revolutions The State
Department, without any warrant in in
ternational law or in American practice,
suddenly resolved that it would not rec
ogniZe any Latin-American government
coming into power in an extraconstitu-
tlonal manner. 1t has departed from the
rule in the case of Mexico by recognizing
Carranza. But it has atoned for that
weakness by long-continued boycott of
the Tinoco regime in Costa Rica.
It's animosity against Tinoco has now
been carried to Paris Costa Rica, which
was strongly anti-German, has been kept
beyond the outer wall both of the con-
ference and the league of peace. She
has been classified with Germany, Aus
tria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, Russia
and Mexico as an ineligible and a sus-
pect.
And this not because she did anything
to hamper the Allies or to disturb the
peace of the world, but simply because
she broke IL house rule Of the American
State Department! Why do our dele
gates not add another reservation to the
covenant providing that it shall not in
tcrfcre with the Administration private
blaS<lists?
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
High Water at Emporia
tFrom The Topeka Capital

lFrom The Topeka CopitaD
What" said the missus, as she slipped
meditatve cup of coffee, 'is William Allen
White trying to do?" Bill Allen isn't try
Ing to do anything. 1t is merely that the
spring tide. of his emotions is at high
water mark and Bill Allen is overfowins
his banks. When the water is low there
are none clearer headed or saner than he
But his emotional freshets always sweep
him away upon his own torrent
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
The Coming Tower
7 DON'T BELONG HERE

DON'T BELONG HERE
I don't belong here;
l belong out yonder,
Where the air is lilac
And even the grasses
Are heavy with dew.
] work in hot Office
On dusty books,
And near me Is
A Bookkeeper,
Whose lungs are Chinese,
For they shrek
In cold fresh air.
He closes the windows
And tucks up his
Black cuff protectors
While I gasp.
And from home they write:
How wonderful, son,
To be in the thick of things
In great New York;"
And watch the old Bookkeeper
Tuck is protectors,
While think
OF sunlit fields
And lisping streams.
| don't belong here.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
A Gun Euery Hour

AS the war went on the Krupps increased
their shop area from 100 to final total
of $50 hectares-an increase of so per cent,
and most of it at Essen They drew back
many of the old pensoned employees, di-
luted labor by about the proportion of five
skilled to eight unskileo where the for
mer division had been about equal, and in
troduced some $4,000 women into the light
er work. At the end of the war Krupp's
were turning out gun Of some kind every
hour, twentyfour hours a day, and, in ad
dition, were making all kinds of projectiles
down to those used for field guns, heavy
forgngs for use on the ships, propeller
shafts, Diesel engines and all kinds of rail
way materials. They made no guns under
five centimetres and practically none or
the lighter munitions, although they did
make steel for the trench helmets All of
these munitions were turned out without
substantial changes from the old methods
and very few new higher officers were
brought in-the old force simply expanded
and became the skeleton for the new, and
under plans which had been plotted in ad-
vance, although it was not the expectation
at the opening of the war that any great
physical additions to the plant would be
necessary; it had been thought that merely
changing from the peace to the war basis
would be ample for all requirements. The
Germans were as much surprised as any
ono else by the extraordinary amount OF
war material that was eventually needed,
but they never allowed themselves to be
come excited over the fact
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
Clutching at a Tea Leaf

(From The Philadelphia North An,ericdn)
Jack Warwick mentions something about
women being half tipsy from tea Can we
obtain -the blue prints, field notes, specl-
fications and trademark of that tea? If
1t will fling one into the wozzles, Jack,
Houston will buy 1t.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
Last Var Not Orer

The war work going Mt full speed, stopped
with bump ut the armsticc, for at the
very opening Of thc revolution the German
workmcn everywhere refused to work upon
munitions Of war. Krupp's stopped amos,
overnight and there are many thousands of
unfinished guns to bo seen about the shops
But since the firm has made at least 360,-
100000 marks out Of tho war (thcy have
probably made moro than that sum), the loss
of these products does not seem 70 cnusc any
particular worry and especially because it is
tho intention of the firm to make munitions
after the war just as they did before, unless
the peace conference intcrforcs. There is no
thought about the Krupp works that the last
war has taken place that the making Of
munitions will henceforth have but curl
osity interest.
The closing, the only department which
had orders on hand and raw material to
work into those orders was that concerned
with railway equipment When I visited the
works that was the only department in op-
Grafton and it was going night and day, max
ing complete locomotives, carriages and all
roadbed necessities Since the war the
krupps have taken up the building Of loco
motives and all descriptions of railway
material, so that they can now, right out or
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
From: M. c. S. Subject: M. G.. 8.

Sir: I see that there is another M. C. S.
who tries to get to the top of this Tower
by the express elevator. She got nearly
to the 9th floor the other day. I don't
know who she is, but she says she is fortv-
four years old. Now I own up to moro
than that when it comes to birthday cakes.
she can't hold candle to me- But can't
have people looking at me, and saying,
"What d. y mean, forty-four?" 1t impugns
my veracity; and / am just as truthful as
| ever was. So / wish it understood that
there are two M. c. Esses, both women folk.
and both trying to crowd into that elevator.
And-oh, yes, nearly forgot It's this
way Next July l expect to be moved to
tears by hearing again that old sweet song
of my youth
Said the monkey to the owl, "Oh. whatIl
you have to drink?"
"Well, since you are so very kind, I'll take
bottle Of ink" M.C.S
Some evening when we are eight or nine
paragraphs from The Towers basement. and
are in a hurry to get to theatre, the 7
o'clock mail comes in, and it's as though
the contribs were saying: "Sure. Well
finish the job"
AS to newspaper men and the war
Brigadier General Harries, who was made
Commander of the Legion Of Honor yes-
terday, was once editor Of the Washington
Star.
The Perfect Smile AS useful as No
Smoking sign in n garage
Perhaps the Western Union and the Pos
tai are the last lines the government will
give up.
Mr.. Burleson may have our |. |. sLr
"'olh'hg' +. p A.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
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New-York tribune., 1919-04-30

You purchase merchandise advertised In The
TRIBUNE with absolute saety-for II dissatisfaction
suits In THE TRiSUNE guarantees to your
money back request. IA red tape. No uulbbng.
We make good promptly II to advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
But Consider Mr.. Burlesonl

fFrom Tho Houston, Post)
Mr. Burleson might have known that
of all women the hello girl is in a
strategic position to have the last word