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New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

evident that when the President
said that the reservations would
"nullify" the treaty he meant mere
ly that they would make it unpal-
atable to him. He is holding out
for approval of the instrument
which he brought back from Paris
not as a matter of courtesy to the
other signatories but as means of
protecting his own record. He is
apparently trying to salvage his
own prestige.
Ever since the Senate definitely
refused to indorse his work unquali-
fiedly he has been a "bitter ender."
France and Great Britain are not
"bitter enders." They recognize the
right of the Senate to attach res
ervations to the treaty. They
strongly prefer Americas signature
to the treaty with the Senate's res
ervations to no signature at all.
The President, on the contrary,
seems to want to insist on the alter
native of his own draft or none.
The Senate is now clearly entitled
to assume that the Presidents at
titude does not in any material
sense reflect the feeling of the Eu-
ropean powers. If a majority Of
the Senate and the European gov
ernments reach an accord, the Presi-
dent will be left in the unenviable
position of strangling the treaty out
of personal pique. How long can
he remain the single obstacle to rat
ification once it has become clear
that he has lost the sympathy both
of the Allied governments and of
the unselfsh friends of the treaty
in this country?
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

without any adequate knowledge of
it's pitfalls, in order to create re-
sponsibilities which we cannot meas
ure and do not understand The
European Allies have definite plans
for Turkish settlement. Common
sense requires us to stand aside until
they have worked out their own prob
lens before we evince a willingness
to assume duties to civilization in
that quarter Of the globe which it is
not yet clear we are better fitted
than any other nation to discharge.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
Shades Of Patrick Henry!
To the Editor of The Tribune.

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | wonder what the ghosts of
George Washington and the men who
spent the winter with him at Valley
Forge think about the country being
captured and controlled by the Anti
Saloon League? Wonder what the writ
ers of the Constitution would think of
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness" being construed to mean some
thing that car. be misconstrued at will
by any body of "reformers"? Wonder
what Abraham Lincoln meant by "of
the people, by the people," etc. Shades
of Patrick Henry
A. D. BRINKERHOFF.
New York, Dec IS, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
Ignoring the President

THE Presidents attitude" &C
krowledgcs Senator Hitchcock, "is
algood deal of mystery"
The attitude with respect to mo-
tfves may be a mystery, but there Is
no mystery about the consequences.
ltis the chief obstacle to the ratitica
tion of the treaty-the sole obstacle,
10 Is almost permissible to say.
One by one the excuses for mac
tion have been shown to be baseless.
lt has been demonstrated that, except
for a few stragglers, the Republican
Senators are ready to ratify on
terms that will be accepted by our
allies. The assertion that they OBJ
1ected to reservations which in the
main merely give notice that the
President of the United States does
not rule alone was always fraud.
but now it is a self-evident one.
1t seems time to ignore the atti-
tide of the President and to place
. ratification resolution, duly passed,
on his desk. The evidence is that
more than the necessary two-t thirds OF
the Senate are in substantial agree
ment as to what this resolution
should contain. The only trouble in
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
The French Treaty Doomed
By Franz II. Simonds

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.- Unless
there is surprising change in senti-
ment, the Anglo French American
treaty is doomed. If the treaty we're
called up in the Senate to-day it would
be overwhelmingly beaten, even after
1T had been amended to satisfy certain
imperious demands. These amendments
which are essentials are, first, the
elimination of the provision in the pro-
posed treaty making it contingent upon
the sanction of the league of nations,
and, second, the limitation of the life
OF the treaty to a period of five years.
The unmistakable fact in Washing
ton to-day is that those in a position
to hear from the country" believe that
it is the demand of the country that
the Senate should avoid all "entangling
alliances" Some of the champions of
the league of nations oppose the
French treaty while only a few of the
opponents of the league, notably Sen
ator Lodge, advocate its passage. The
few real friends of the French treaty
with perfect frankness that
in the present mood of the country and
in the existing temper Of the Senate
the passage of the treaty insuring
France against German aggression is
impossible.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
The Turkish Peace

Lloyd Georges intimation that the
European Allies who conquered Tur-
key will impose peace on her ought
to end deadlock which has become
both irksome and dangerous. The
European Allies invited the United
States to take part in the Turkish
settlement. This was an act of
courtesy, for the United States,
having refused to go to war with
Turkey when war was on, is not
logically in a position to claim any
&c post facto rights as a belligerent.
Our representatives at Paris had
seats at the council board at which
the Bulgarian treaty was drafted.
Their participation in that covenant
was irregular, since we never de-
clared war on Bulgaria or even broke
off diplomatic relations with her
government The result of Ameri-
can intervention in that case was un-
happy. Our influence was used to
shield Bul garia--the most imperial
istic and grasping of all the Balkan
states-and to deprive Greece of
territory to which she thought she
had a valid claim. We contributed
to an unstable peace and at the same
time unnecessarily trod on the toes
+ Of our Balkan friends.
There is no reason why we should
commit such a fault second time.
The Turkish settlement is one which
/ primarily concerns our European as
sociates. We held aloof when we
might have fought. If we now took
hand in her dismemberment we
should not only be thrown once more
into antagonism with our allies, the
actual belligerents, but might also be
obliged to assume mandatory respon-
sibilities which seem far outside our
natural sphere.
Our government has long delayed
declaration of its intentions. Lloyu
George said frankly that Great Brit
ain and France had waited very pa
tiently for such a declaration. No
answer has been given from Wash
lngton, because the political situa-
ton here has made it impossible for
the Administration to assume any
definite commitments with regard to
Turkey. If the President limited at
such commitments while he was in
Paris American opinion has by this
time virtually cancelled them.
1t is unwise to keep Turkey on the
anxious seat any longer. The Sui
tan's government at Constantinople
has lost its authority Anatolia and
kurdistan have revolted A con-
dition approaching anarchy prevails
all over Asia Minor. The British
Premier told the truth, and showed
no disrespect whatever for the
United States in telling it when he
remarked in Parliament: Owe are
no" entitled to say that we have
waited up to the very minute we
promised America. and there is no
prospect of America coming in"
The United States is not inclined
to shlrk burdens which may legiti-
mately fall to it in the world settle
ment But it is imprudent for US to,
rush into the Near Eastern jungle
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
"Unscrambling"

'Dissolution of Big Five Strikes
Great Blow at High Cost of Living"
so says one set of headlines over
the news Of the unscrambling of the
packing industry. Attorney General
Palmer, seemingly not averse to pin
ming flowers on his achievement,
speaks of "a great victory" for the
public. Active Francis J. Heney is
similarly delighted and disposed to
congratulate himself
A skepticaI public. remembering
what did not happen when Mr..
Wickersham won a similar "victory"
over the Standard Oil and Tobacco
companies, may be pardoned waiting
for results before it spends other
wise the money it is promised from
cheaper meat. Heretofore an un-
scrambling has been bull" argu-
ment with respect to the securities
Of the unscrambled. 1t may turn
cut so again.
During 1918, as the figures were
reported to the food administra-
ton, one Of the largest of the pack
ers paid on an average S92.7O per
head for the live cattle he bought.
He received for meat $Sl.45 per ami
NAL and for by-products S22.06 per
animal total Of S103.51 per ami
mai. Of the difference of $1O.S1 be-
tween buying and selling prices
5000 went for operating expenses,
leaving $1.O2 per animal for return
on the huge investment and for
prpfit.
Now the packers are to retire
from dealing in side lines-partcu-
laFly from the retail vending Of
their products. The public is to be
TUNED over to retailers. Can they
oriwill they sell on lower margin of
expense and profit? If they do not,
then either the producer is to get
less for his livestock or the con-
sumer is to pay more for his meat.
Does the average retailer do bust
nees on or II per cent margin,
covering his rent, his investment
and general overhead charges? The
general impression is he does not
and cannot. 50 it is not clear how
the cost of living is to be reduced
Td be left alone with the retailer
offers little basis for hope.
The competition of the packers
has been Objectionable to the retail
err. He has objected to the methods
ofsthe big concerns-especially found
fault with the big fellows tendency
to sell for less. So it looks as if the
unmergng is not victory for either
producer or consumer, but for mid
dlsmen.
The families which are struggling
toskeep expenses down to the level
ofincome grow weary Of mirage re-
lief. More and more they realize
that agencies which through supe-
rior efficiency cut down profit-mar-
gins are not public enemies They
understand the damages of monopo~
lies, but they turn away from the as
sumption that the possession of
power necessarily means its gross
misuse. This doctrine does not yet
coHtrol a Federal trade commission
which is more interested in preserv-
ing competition, with its wastes,
than in lowered prices, but some day
& commission entertaining a differ
ent conception will sit in the seat of
authority.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

And yet, with all our faults, as Gil
bert said, we love the Railroad Admins-
tration. At the Pennsylvania Station
the sign above one window says "Parlor
Car Tickets Only" We wanted berth.
so we sought another window. After
waiting 20 minutes, being No. 3 in the
line, the ticket seller told US that only
parlor car tickets were sold at that
window. Now, the r. A. might have
frlvoled away lot Of money for signs.
but why should it have? These econo
mics, in the course of a year, amount up;
and II the wrath of the travelling public
increases also, why, we are humorous,
good natured, CHEEKY people and our in
dignation is highly volatile.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
iiurnc
TO the Editor of The Tribune

@0 viz HultOI UI he Tribune.
Sir: Your courageous editorial of
this morning will be gratefully remem
bered by every American of Italian
birth or descent living in this country
and Flume. When the history of her
struggles for liberty and reunion to
Italy can be written, she will never
forget the liberal attitude of your
valuable paper. ANDREA DIANA.
New York. Dec 1S. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
Welcome Isn't the Word

Sir: If l should bring enough for
myself and one, would | be welcome
at the dinner? Put me beside a con-
trib who likes Sauterne and who will
not take "emough" too literally. S. s.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

Nowhere, as often has been observed
herein, is the repartee so instantaneous
as IN newspaper Office. Wonderment
was articulated yesterday as to why
Ruth's "Dipping Into the Future" had
brought so many replies-replies which
continue, Ruth, to clutter up our desk.
Our guess was that it was the mention
OF red checks, symbolizing the Cosmic
Urge. "You mean" observed Miss X.
Phelps, "the cosmetic urge"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tho Associated Press is exclusively entitled 10 The
use for republication OF all dispatches credited
to II or not otherwise credited in this paper and
herein.
An rights OF republication OF all other matter
herein also reserved
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
american. Weoriness

The failure of the country at large
to indicate any clear resentment over
the defeat Of the German treaty and
the apparent WEAKNESS and indifference
OF the people in the matter of European
dangers or duties has led those opposed
to the Treaty of Versailles to believe
that their action has met with public
approval and to conclude that the de-
feat Of the French treaty will prove
even less matter of general regret.
The real pity Of the situation. plain
to any one familiar with Euronean
facts, is that the American rejection Of
the French treaty will be accented il.
Germany as an advertisement that the
United States is no longer interested
IN the fate of France This NAV we'll
start the Germans on new campaipn
for world power and for revenge. This
campaign may be avoided if the Ger
mans sec French security guaranteed
by American strength. But Washing
ton to-day Is totally unconcerned with
the European consequences of it's ac-
ton. Like Pitt on a famous occasion,
it has rolled up the map Of Europe"
copyright. 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
Zero in Worries
From Th~ CT.~.y.y p,- ~.

FROM The Cleueland Plain Dealsr)
New York reports a shortage of small
change, but it is hard to see why she
complains Of it. What can you do with
small change in New York?
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
GUARANTE E

Hon can purchase merohandso advertised In THE
IIIMeUN. with absolute ssIety--tor Il dissatstac-
to pay your money back upon request. No red tape
No euibbna. We make good promptly II tho
advertiser does not
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
AS GOOD A PARAGRAPH
AS THIS DESERVES A

IO-I OIIV I Oh IING
Dempsey Demands Half Mil
lion for Championship Battle
with Carpenter in Paris
Tribune headline.
Apparently being only little
more anxious to fight in France
than during the shipbuilding
days Immediately preceding
November II, 1918. E. S.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
The Noblest Omen of Them All

SIR; Does Woody know that in the 1S6th
Volume Of New York Reports. at page 4O@
there Is reported the case of Peace against
Wilson" and that the final decision therein
was rendered against Wilson?
LESTER B HAVE
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
Our Own Travelogues

Sir They call it Dynamic Detroyut And
there are two kinds of people here--the
strangers here myselves and the native De-
troyuters. The s.-h.-m just keep on re-
peating that any place outside New York
you're camping out But the n DIS have
gay old time. They subsist solely on pop
corn and chop suey. except at breakfast
which is ct at serve-selfs Then they walk
five squares to the plant and have a series
of conferences PIytIIs
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

AS to the Interpolation Of verses
into Gilbert librctto we see no rca-
son why topical verses should not be
substituted for some of the obsoletely
topical lines in "I've Got a Little List"
and ITO Make the Punishment Fit the
Crime" But they should be written
with semblance Of metrical skill.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
No Hurry

tFron The Lisbon (O.) Journal
The many friends of Mrs Sam Harris
Will be pleased to know that she is i'm
proving slowly from her recent illness of
several weeks
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

Speaking of war taxes on celestial
Instruments, Mr.. A. Holy, of the Bos-
ton Symphony Orchestra, plays the
harp.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

Miss Marbury To Be One of Big
Four.-Evening Post headline.
Nominated, by Cuckoo, for the
others: Don Marquis, Bill Edwards,
and Roscoe Arbuckle.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
Great Britain Free

1t will be recalled that the specific
purpose of the Angi1-F French American
treaty was to guarantee American as
we'll as British aid to France in case
of an unprovoked German attack. If
the United States should decline to ac-
cept this treaty, Great Britain would
be free under the terms of the Paris
arrangement to give or to refuse her
pledge to France.
AS to the history of this proposed
treaty it represented the price paid to
france to persuade her to renounce the
Rhine frontier. Marshal Foch, in
memorable letter to M. Clemenceau,
declared that only at the Rhine was it
possible to defend France against a
new German invasion. Considerable
French sentiment was aroused in favor
Of following Foch's advice, but Clemen-
ceau was at once confronted with Brit
lsh and American opposition. This op-
position was based upon the belief
that the occupation or the annexation
of German speaking regions on the left
bank of the Rhine would create new
Alsace Lorraine and another war breed
ing situation.
Clemenceau was thus in a dilemma:
to rebuff Foch was to run great do
mestic risks, since the word of the
great soldier was bound to have re-
spectful hearing in France and not
few Frenchmen still regarded the Rhine
as natural frontier" But Anglo
American obligation also carried with
1t grave menace to French security.
lie finally escaped from this difficult
situation b. agreeing upon behalf of
rance to retire from the Rhine and
to permit a plebscite to settle the
Sarre Valley question, at the same
time demanding and receiving an
Anglo-French guarantee against Ger
man aggression, and thus an Anglo
American treaty of insurance was sub
stituted for the Rhine barrier.
France at the Rhine
But if the United States now re-
fuses to honor this signature of Pres
ldent Wilson, if it repudiates the ar
rangement made by him-and the tech
meal right of the Senate to do this IL
obvious-then it Is almost certain that
the French in their turn will with
draw their agreement to retire from
the Rhine. and ono Of the most imnor-
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

Last Monday night, when "Thc
Pirates of Penzance" opened, Mr..
William Danforth, as the Sergeant Of
Police, sang added and extremely un-
Gllbertian verses to "a Policeman's
Lot" 1t was pointed outs-by Mr..
Alexander Woollcott in the Times
that this was mistake. And it
should be credited to Mr.. Danforth
that he needed the hint and thence
forth sang only the Gilbert verses;
also that he did them we'll, and had
not the overconfident assurance that
sometimes flaws the perfection of his
work.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
The HedIey Theory

Sir: am wondering now if next sum-
mer Mr. Hedley will reason that evapora-
tion produces cold, and that, therefore,
the sweltering, sweating crowds in the
jammed subway cars easily can dis
pense with what comfort is afforded
by the whiring fans. Let all subway
travellers hope this line of rea sS2ing
will not appeal to the Interbp Ugh
president, nor that he will figure That
the fewer number of cars per train.
with correspondingly greater crowds,
the cooler the travelling. E. B. L.
One of B. l.. Ts contribs, answering
his little sons question, observes that
an all-day sucker is a man who buys the
morning, noon and evening editions of
the Hearst papers.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
A Meal Ticket

a VIpdT ITCKcL
I have never been in The Tower.
l have never written anything good
enough,
But please let me
Be hat check boy, at the Contribs'
Dinner,
So that ! may lamp the lucky guy
Who lands Ruth. ]. W. H.
Groceries are to pass from the
control of the packers, and, of course,
groceries will be cheaper
If grocers would only read the
papersl
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1919.

owned ard published daily by New York Tribune
i.nc.t New York corporation. Ogden Reid Press-
Gcnte G Vernon Rogers Vice -presideni Nclsn
R9sers ao Esid Secretary; +. A Suscr Treasurer
York Telephone, Bcekiaan SosO
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

tant provisions of the Treaty Of Ver-
sailles will be abandoned
Nor is it probable that the British
IN the circumstances win continue
to press the French to quit the Rhine
With the United States removed as a
guarantor of the Treaty of Versailles,
British concern over German military
policy becomes far greater. If the
Germans ever get to Calais they can
lombard London, just as they bonn
barded Paris from the vicinity of Laon.
Thus Britain is almost as much in
terested as France in compelling the
Germans to begin any new attacks as
far away as possible from Calais.
4 Farreaching Reaction
In France the rejection Of the Anglo
French American treaty i s bound to
have the gravest possible consequences
1t will be regarded by the French as
the ultimate proof Of an American in
tentlon to abandon France and retire
from all European responsibilities and
1T will destroy the last vestige of
French support for the league Of ma
tions or the ideas of President Wilson.
Unless all signs fail, it will be the
signal for an immediate and far
reaching reaction to European meth
DDS. For the Anglo French Italian ALI
ance is based upon mutual recognition
Of special interests, those of France on
the Rhine and those of Italy along the
Adriatic. More than this, it will lead
to more and far severer terms in the
case OF Germany, amounting to q re-
vision of the Treaty of Versailles.
The defeat Of the French treaty
and, as have said, under present CON
ditions Washington regards the defeat
as inevitable-wi deprive France of
the chief advantage the Treaty OF
Versailles bestowed upon that nation.
1t will materially affect in an adverse
fashion the exchange and economic
situation, already extremely bad, and il
will prove disappointment when
hardly can be exaggerated. At the pres
ent moment, however, Washington is
in full reaction from the mood Of the
Paris Conference and from the Ameri-
can spirit of a year ago.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
The Coming 7'ower
"Nor ANY Drop to Drink"

''Nor Any Drop to Drink
should be happy, that am happy
Never at all since | came here.
am too long away from water.
| have a need Of water near.
From "Exiled," by Edna St. Vim
cent Millay, in December Ainslec's.
should be merry, that am merry
Never at all since the world is serc.
Water, however, l have in plenty;
It's the only thing you can got
down here.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

SUBSCRIPTION RATES-By NAH. including
Postage. IN THE UNITED STATES AND
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Union. Meeting.

Order of exercises for the Union
Meeting of the First Division of the
Edgefeld Baptist Association to be
held with Bethany Church on the 2Sth
and 29th days o.: June.
1880 a. m.-Organization.
1O:45 a. m.-Verbal reports from
churches.
11:O0 a. m.-Devotional Session,
to be held by someone appointed by
the Moderator.
11:15 a. m.-Worldy wealth and
Cody riches in contrast-Luke
1918 to 21: Eccl. 6: to 6.
Speakers Rev. C. G.. Wells, Rev.
H. B. White.
Christian Education.
It's distinctive features-Speaker
y. L. Minis.
How it should be supported
Speaker A.. S. To1npkins.
It's place in the New World Order
Speaker o. Sheppard.
Sunday School.
AS a Social Institution-Speaker
M. B. Hamilton.
AS an Educational Institution
Speaker j. H. Cantelou.
AS a Soul Winning Institution
Speaker DR.. Robt. G. Lee.
Intermission for One Hour.
Ought Every Church Member to
1.-THE, some reason why-Speakers,
]. K. Allen, Robert 7. Strom, w. B.
Cogburn.
What must our giving be to meas
ure up to the Scriptural Standard?
Speakers-Rev. L. H. Gardner, D. L..
Burnett, w. A. Cheatham, W. T. But
ler.
Sunday 11:3O a. m. Missionary
Sermon by DR.. Robert G. Lee.
Why should the Denominational
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Times Have Changed.

There was time when people,
most people, secuted the idea having
our courts impose a Jail sentence,
withouG option of fine, on violators
of the prohibition law. But gradually
public sentiment has changed to tf
point of not only sanctioning su,
sentences but demanding that they
be imposed for fragrant violations.
The sessions court of the new
county of Allendale made a good rec
ord by imposing a sentence in the
first case tried, that of violating the
prohibition law, of two months on
the chaingang without option of fine.