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New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Who Sent Decatur?
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir Early in January l received extracts
from tho diary of my brother the Rev. Fred
erck N Jessup, missionary with nv class
mate, Dr. William S. Vanneman) in Tabriz,
West Persia
When Tabriz was seized by the Turks the
American Consul escaped and my brother and
Dr.. Vanneman stayed to protect the Amer
lean property, Of which there was Il great
deal in the city.
Supposed by the Turks to be recipients and
administrators Of the fund for Armenian and
Syrian relief, my brother and DR.. Vanncman
were seized and imprisoned in tho hope of ex-
tracing from them the possession Of these
moneys, which the Turkish officer in command
intimated his Willingness and ability to
'properly disburse."
This outrageous imprisonment having ter
minated some weeks later and the Turks
having been unsuccessful in their attempts
to compel these two Americans to betray
their trust, my brothers diary letter reached
me, and on the information contained in this
letter | communicated with the Department
of State at Washington these facts. suppos-
ing, of course that, as in days gone by. that
department would be eager and vigilant in
its defence of the rights of American citizens.
Some two months later--that is just the
other day-I received an Acknowledgement
OF this letter from the State Department. re-
ferrlng to the occurrence as the alleged inn
prisonment OF the Rev. Frederick N Jessup
and stating that it would endcavor to ascer-
tain the facts in the case from our repre-
sentative in Teheran.
Since the American Consul had run away
from his post when the Turks entered Tabriz
(although we were not at war with Turkey
as your readers Will rcmember), and as the
only persons from whom authentic informa-
ton could be obtained were these two Amer
leans who were imprisoned and as | have
already furnished the State Department with
that information, | nm seriously at loss
to understand the attitude Of the State De-
partment and its exaggerated delibcration in
proceeding in this manner
in the second place, there havo been re-
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Affer-tlle-War Production

In the way of weaving from paper, from
nettles and from reeds, great progress has
been made, and in these Germany will be
competitor of the world if the prices can be
brought down.
The most serious shortages of industry
were in leather for BELTS oil for lubricatinr.
in rubber for all its varied uses, in nickel
and in copper, and no substitutes worth while
were found.
The cost Of after -the-war German produc-
tion and the ability to compete if afforded
level ground will be taken up later after an
examination of the various industries, but it
would be sheer nonsense to attribute any
superhuman virtues to the industry or to
imagine that it will be very much different
after the war from what it was before 1t
has suffered less than British industry and
it will not be hampered by the government
in its rehabilitaton-that is, it will not be
"assisted.' 1T has agents out in many lands
and most companies have large orders from
Austria and the Balkan stntes, but they are
in great doubt ~ to whether they can give
credit in these regions, md thoy also have
their own finances with respect TO raw
materials 70 consider
But there IS thia one fnct to bear in mind.
Nearly all Of Germany Is In frightfu state
Of funk. But the industrial people nre not
IT rs really cheering TO nect with them and
to hear words Of determination after the
helpless whining of the politicians and tho
bankers.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
A Northern Secession
(From INC Sprtn0uold Rcpubl,co

(From TIC Springfield Republican)
Rhode Island is marked by fate TO play
an historic rrole in the opposition to Fed
eraI prohibition The state Legislature
has already authorized the Attorney Cen
cral to test the constitutionality of the
Federal amendment And now tho state
Senate has passed bill making lawful 4
per cent beer in the dry time to come. One
can forecast what will happen Congress
will pass a law making the alcoholic per-
certage of beer much lower, and then, un-
der the concurrent power" clause of the
Federal amendment, Rhode Island and the
United States will clash over the enforce
ment of the liquor laws in that state I'll
tmntely the only way out for Rhode ISL
and may be to scccde from the Union.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Fefonious Dogs

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial Of to-day on the
"New Felony touches the heart Of every
owner of chickens, and grateful are we
for even this slight measure of protection.
But how about the worse thieves, the
chicken-killing dogs, which are allowed to
run at large and devastate whole neigh
borhoods? These are not, be it noted, hon
est country watchdogs, household pets,
companions and protectors of children,
such dogs rarely kin or chase chickens,
but the millionaire's kennel Of valuable ,
dogs. ranging at night in defiance of the
law and killing Wholesale until their poor
country neighbors. who depend largely
on their poultry for their food, have not
a hen left twenty-five out of aock OF
thirty killed here, four of another flock Of
ten, and one poor woman's entire flock
wiped out, and what does the millionaire
dog owner do for this last? Pays her 81
a hen for the first four killed, and after
that declines to pay at all, saying it was
not his dogs. What can be done to such
men as these? They should be sent to
prison for two and half years. dogs and
all. But it appears millionaires' dogs arc
above and beyond the law. The poor woman
who is trying to do as the government
urges and increase the hen power Of tho
country, besides providing food for her
little family, can get no redress.
Hence Bolshevsts. CHANTICLEER.
New York, April %, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

shevism goes, and probably not sooner.
Let us not seek to anodyne uneasy con-
sciences. The way to help the we'll dis
posed Of Russia is to help them rid them
selves Of Bolshevik rule. This our gov
ernment and other governments refuse
to do. SO refusing we dedicate great
populations to starvation, and a little re-
lief around the edges promises to effect
little good. On the contrary. it tends
to prolong the Bolshevist nightmare and
means that to the starvation of this year
will be added starvation next year.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

peated references in the public prints to the
imprisonment Of Mr.. Dana, one of the Amer
Ican mission in Beirut, in respect to whose
case perhaps the State Department would
like some information. | have lust heard
from the most authentic source that Mr.
Dana has succeeded in getting back, after
having lived through suffering and racking
experiences beyond anything | have ever
heard Of in real life deliberate torture
imprisoned for three days and nights,
Jammed in small room with thirty-two
prisoners of the foulest description without
food or drink (two prisoners died during tho
time and were left in with the rest for two
days; this was in july, then taken off TO a
dungeon, and he had another day in the dark,
without food, then for ten days he had only
one piece of black bread day and nothing
else-kept for five days in a room with a
crazy man, who tried to kill him again and
again at night. But he lived through It!
The sentence with which this account
closes reminds me Of the remark of dis
tinguished gentleman to whom l complained
of my brothers imprisonment in Tabrz and
demanded that some action be taken bv our
government to vndicate the dignity of Amer
lean citizenship, to which this gentleman
Indignantly responded, "But he's out now.
isn't he ?"
Who sent Decatur? And why did he go?
HENRY w. JESSUP.
New York, March 20, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
GLimpses
By Wilbur Forrest

SOBLENZ, - -.-Post-war Con-
. 4 gressional investigations NAV hsr.
the opportunity to probe into ove,
seas tobacco sacks and cans before ali n,
boys return home. Gradually some rrado.
of tobacco shipped to the troops in Euro,o
have become inferior in quality, indica,-
ing that some one is engaged in maxine
better percentage of profit than during tbo
earlier days of the war. Though this fact
has been sufficiently noticed by the dough
boys and others who smoke pet brands Of
American tobacco, no official cognizance ba.
been taken by army officials However,
Congressional visitors are now touring tbs
occupied area, and there is plenty of ev,.
dence that their portfolios will contain tbs
tobacco crouch" when they return 4,
Washington.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
The Coming Tower
The Good Sports

The luck was mine, quoth the pool player,
But you played SO we'll, I'll swear
You merited we'll the game you won,
For you beat me fair and square.
| played my best, quoth the tennisecr,
At the net and the old base line,
And my health was never better than now,
But your game is better than mine.
And ! fell down fight of stairs,
And | gave terrible scream;
And futtered my heart as, with s:art,
woke from my pleasant dream.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
The Unsecret Treaty.

On March a, 1918, replying to a oues-
tion in the British House of Commons "a
to whether copies Of all treaties, secret or
public, and all other memoranda Of other
agreements to which Great Britain had
become party since August d, 1914, had
been communicated to President Wilson.
Foreign Secretary Balfour said: sspresi-
dent Wilson is kept fully informed by the
Allies.'
Whatever may be true of others. the
so-cal!ed secret treaty" of April. 1913
was no secret as far back as March. 1913
to our government. When the armistjce
with Germany was under negotiation it
had knowledge of its contents. When
Austria-Eungary asked mediation after
her defeat on the Piavc and indicated
Willingness 10 dissociate herself from
Germany, and was referred to the Italian
commander in chief, the secret treaty was
on file at Washington SO it was when
American troops we're ordered TO co0per-
ate with Italy and large credits were
placed at Italy's disposal. There was no
ignorance when Italy, adhering TO the
general principles Of the Fourteen
Points, indicated she did not understand
they superseded the pledges made to her.
The aid Of Italy helped to win war an
much ours as hers. Her 100000 dead
were vicarious sacrifice that saved many
an American household from sorrow.
When we were fighting With her VIC did
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Feeding the BoIsbeviki

Concerning the feeding Of Russia, Mr..
Hoover says the plan is, first, to have
complete distribution to all classes, re
gardless of all distnctons"; and, second,
the Bolsheviki are to keep themselves
IN clrcumscribed area, ceasing all mill
tary action and attempts at INVASION"
Mr.. Hoover adds that if relief is not
furnished the bulk of those on whom
the Bolsheyiki have thrown the famine
will be dead "before the next harvest"
The humanitarian motives which in
splre Mr. Hoover arc sympathized with
by all Americans. The surplus products
OF thus country, heaped up under an eco
nomlc system against which the Bolsho-
Wiki have declared war, have always
been at the djsposal Of mcfaenpcrs Of
mercy. Yet it is highly probable, If re-.
llei does not 20 forward until the con
dtions mentioned are met, harvest time
will be long passed before the aid is
provided.
The Bolsheviki, 80 far as concerns
Central Russia, are not territoriallv set
apart. They are intermingled with the
population and are not dstinguishable
from their neighbors Should shipments
be sent to Petrograd and Moscow. the
1000 would be eaten by the Bolshcviki,
or those recently such and likely again
to be Bolsheviki as soon as their stomachs
were filled. The members Of this sect
hold it virtue to trick and to despoil
the Egyptians.
The local governments in the famine
districts are IN their hands. No authority
other than that Of the soviets exists or
Is permitted to exist. To distribute
through such agencies, and cooperation
"ith local authorities is Indispensable,
would scarcely reach those we would
save The Bolshevik commissary would
be restocked. That's all.
Nor does the soviet central govern
ment show the slightest WILLINGNESS to
cease hghtlng, except as it is compelled
oy 1orce so to do If the Siberians con-
tinue their advance in the East and the
Cossacks and the anti -Bolshevjst Irkrain-
lans push on from the south, Lcnine and
lrotzky may seek an armistice. but II
would be to give them time to nrenara
iarther. Then, the anti Bolshevists who
nave arms in their hands, and nurnose
not merely to relieve famine, but to cure
~ oy removing its cause, would scarcely
stop on the eve of victory.
Moreover, as it would take nun,bor
Oh months to get the food shipped and
distributed and no start has vet been
"'aoe' IT seems practically impossible TO
"fn'eVe anything between now and
August Possibly n few cargoes could
DC hurried in, but the circumstances sug-
gcst That they would feed the Bolshoviki
and the Bolsheviki alone. 1t Is not we'll
10 deceive ourselves as to what the food
policy really implies.
Russia has been the greatest cereo1
producer in the world. Her loss of this
diStlnctIon and the famine arc the result
OF discerniblc causes. Hunger came with
inc rise of Bolshcvik power and will
disappear, 1t may be assumed. when Boil
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

Six thousand dozen baseballs, 5000 catch
ers' gloves, numerous thousands of other
gloves. 10000 baseball bats, hundreds Of
chest protectors and masks, enough uni
forms to clothe an infantry brigade-4bis
is some of the baseball equipment ALREADY
received by Americas military force In
Germany for the 1919 baseball season. All
came from America except the bats. and
they were made in France especially for
the American Expedtionary Forces. Uncle
Sans national pastime is already ringin,
the hills of Germany with "Atta-boy,'
"Bonehead" and other familiar expressions
The natives look on in mute surprise. About
one thousand soldier teams are at it. The
cry "Kill the umpirol" is barred. for under
army rules the Jump" is universally an
officer and such an expression would be
breach of discipline bordering on Bolshe-
vism and not countenanced in active army
life.
Baseball, however. is decidedly king, and
many big leaguers are in the making for
peace time, with ten hundred teams to pick
them from. Connie Mack is expected to
make a scouting trip through the American
bridgehead before midsummer One diyj-
sion-the 2d-has formed two leagues-tbe
National" and the "Amercano Other divi-
sions have their "majors" and "minorsv
The army's "World Series" will undoubted
ly be played before the home going. unless
the Bolshevili spread west. and in TINT case
it will be another national game PLAYED
with the same enthusiasm.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
WANTED: A peace that German
aciU not forQet.
Surveying From the Skv
From The London T;,ncel


Lecturing before the members of tbe
Royal Geographical Society upon mapoinq
from air photographs Lieutenant Colonel
M. N. Mcleod, d. S. o., r. f., said that.
owing to the experience gained in the war
very little development was required to rivo
us the power not only OF preparing from
cir photographs complete and occurote
largo-scalc maps Of civilized and hirhlv dc
vclopod regions, but also of obtaining ron
sonably accurate maps of unoxplorcd re-
gions. For accurate work we could NOT of
course, dispense with the surveyor o,to-
gcther. and in hilly country, until wo could
devise some satisfactory form Of stereo-
plotter, the air photographs would not hel,
us very much. There did not, however
seem to be anything to prevent us MAKING
such mn instrument, and when this vvaa
done it should be possible to man vcr,
cheaply and quickly steep, hily regions at
present troublesome to survey on account
OF the difficulty Of getting nbout in thom
inc ncroplanc was already "A valuable in
strument for both exploration and accurate
survey in fiat country, and it should not h.,
long before it's application would be nlmost
universal.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
The Supreme Issue

Deprecatlng the controversy with
Italy, but recognizing the supreme inn
portance of the issue, Lord Reading, the
British Ambassador, is full Of hope a
solution will be arrived at. He declines
to entertain gloomy forebodings. He
predicts that "the intellectual giants at
the peace table will find way to recon-
cile their differences"
Thus the British Ambassador, al
though avoiding any lifting of q threat
ening ferrule, declares by implication
what to him is the big thing at Paris; !;
namely, that there be no breach; that q
union that has won glory and may win
more be not discovered.
Let us not shrink from the full con-
sequences of this conclusion. Any one at
Paris who, through pride Of opinion or
through stubborn insstence on his con-
ception of the demands of doctrinaire
idealism, helps to throw down the only
structure for peace that the world pos
sesses is not to be rated servitor Of
mankind. Any one who, by tactless
manner or words, drives the division
deeper may deem himself friend of
peace, but is the reverse.
The danger that has come has long
been foreseen. The ink on the armistice
was scarcely dry when campaign which
has never ceased was begun to divide
the wars victors. 1t originated in subtle
German brains, and the poison passed
thence to the Allied countries. First on
one ground and then another, effort was
directed to winning at the peace table
that which had been lost on the field
OF battle. Strange is it that any were
caught by so transparent a device. But
many, alas! have been.
New hates and distrusts we're deliber-
ately fostered. 1t has seemed, so art
fully have successive plausibilities been
emphasized, as if there were a central
agency from which a command has
steadily come: "Manufacture suspicion
any way, anyhow" Sometimes it was
Great Britain against which the propa-
ganda focused, sometimes France,
sometimes Italy. Sometimes the poor
Bolshevih were presented as lied about,
and again a masquerading humanitarian
ism bewailed the sad fate Of Germany.
At last, in the case Of Italy, bricks
have been dislodged Unless they are
restored we confront future wherein
one important democratic nation viii not
bc Il member Of any league of peace.
some one must give way If the German
delegates nro not to reach Paris with
milling faces
In this juncture it is proGtcss to
plunge into minute weighing Of the
merits Of a specific controversy. Every
possible thing on this score has already
been said during the argument at the
conference. The result is public state
ment which Italy's spokesmen regard as
insulting and the departure Of the Ital
ian Premier from Paris. Assuming thai
both sides are equally sincere, it is OBJ
vious the impasse is not likely to b,
broken except by compromise
We are familiar with the principle
that there are circumstances under
which man may be too proud to fight
AS companion to this might be erected
a saying that there are circumstance,
in which a man may be too proud tt
insist on having his own way.
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New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

The Air Service sausage balloon tbs,
floats over the German fortress of Ebren-
breitstcin almost daily wos used recently
for observation purposes, even though the
Intelligence" telegraphed down to tho
ground did not include the most important
observation. Lieutenant -, observer
scanning underlying territory with field
glasses, "spotted' pretty villa poepinp
from clusters of trees on hillside about
two miles from the Rhine, on the east
bank He noted the spot on his map, and
with mess" companions made q trip Of
investigation by automobile. Result: A
half dozen lieutenant observers occupying
one of the most comfortable and pictur-
esquo little German villas east Of tho Rhino
IN the American bridgehead.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

Perhaps the busiest army in all Rhine
land is the French army Of occupation with
headquarters down the Rhine at Mayence
They arc actively engaged in collecting
French property stolen by the German
armies IN Northern Trauce during hosiill
tics. Much has been found md Identified
IN tho Allied area Of occupation. and. by
request Of the French, much booty, cfpe
clnlly machinery, has been recovered ia The
Third Army area. Bat tbs last requeft
etumped American army officials. II asked
that search be made for Franco Belgian
carrier pigeons gsrncred by the German.
and the birds be turned back TO the Allies
down the river. However, American officers
quietly and politely sidestepped the privi-
lege Of finding and determining tho nation
ality Of pigeons.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

At the present rate Of exchange it costs
nine mills in American money TO travel BY
steamer from Coblenz TO Ehrenbreitstejn
Two steamers constantly ply between the
two points, competing with the pontoon
bridge over which travelling on "shanKs
horses' is free. Tho distance is $50 yards
And the "lazy' water trip is most popular
with the American soldier. who is the con-
slant patron of the steamers.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

In reviewing Mr.. George Jean Nathan's
"The Popular THEATRE" M. A., in the New
Republic says that one Of the main points in
his Indictment is that the theatre is bad for
literature just as the mouth -harmonica is
bad for music We doubt whether the thea
tre is bad for literature or, at any rate, any
worse for literature than books are. The
average play, think, is rs good literature
as the average book
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
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AS to the mouth-harmonica being bad for
music, VIC simply sweep that idea aside.
Unless it be charged that tho piano Is
bad for music. For there are many more
poor pianists, in proportion, than poor
mouth -harmonica players.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

NESfBFR OF T1fE AsSOCTATED PnEss
The Associated Press IS exclusively entitled to the
for republication q all dispatches credited TO 1t
not Otherwise credited IN this paper and tho local
news O Spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights of republication Of a other matter herein
also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

And Mr.. Lloyd George in Paris IS
Applying for the license of CarregyddyfN
nallt Inn. Llanfairfcchan. at Bangor pc-
lice court, an cx-metropolitan police ser
geant apologiscd to the berch for his
inability TO pronounce the name,