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The Washington times., 1919-03-13

dispatch describing the result as in
the opinion OF its opponents. a re-
pudiation Of the Administration.
Dispatch Was Killed.
weeks afterward, l learned through
roundabout channels that that dispatch
was killed by the New York cable
press censor. the explanation being
that the suggestion of reputation
was Objectionable. have never
taken the matter up with the censor,
and, Therefore, have no positive in
formation that this is a fact,
However, my dispatches have been
literally censored. They have uni
formly been of the most matter-of-
fact sort, giving excerpts or synopses
Of speeches in Congress dealing with
the peace negotiations and the League
OF Nations covenant, and was finally
notified that it was useless to file
such matter. because the censors
would not pass IL. The notification
came from the Echo office, not from
tn censorship authority. At the time
assumed that the French censorship
was responsible. Later a newspaper
friend in Washington told me that his
paper had received from its Paris cor
respondent a cable saying that my
sional discussion had been barred.
with the explanation that 1 was in
the employ of the Republican Nation
al Committee.
That. Of course, was absolutely un-
true, but certainly suggests that an
American authority had been active in
providing a pretext for the suppress
sion. 1t is hardly conceivable that a
French official would conjure up so
fantastic reason.
The Washington times., 1919-03-13

Economy in the diet does not always depend upon
limiting the of certain foods but it is sometimes
question of actually increasing the of foods which
furnish nutrtve material at relatively low cost. Milk
belongs to the latter class, AND THE HOUSEWIFE
WOULD DO WELL TO STUDY ITS FOOD VALUE
AND DECIDE WHETHER HER FAMILY IS USING
AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD The average person in this
country only little than half pint of milk
daily, and this quantity CAN VERY PR0FITABLY BIZ
INCREASED WHEN SAFE MILK is AVAILABLE
The foIIouinr tnbIe. eoupIed By -
The Washington times., 1919-03-13
Frontier CLAIMS
BEFORE ECONFEREES

PARIS. March 13.-The fixing Of
Germany's new eastern and northern
frontiers again engaged the attention
Of the peace delegates today. There
are at least two sets Of demands be-
fore the ENJOYS: One from Poland In
the east; the other from Denmark in
the north.
The supreme interaIlied war council
did not meet today, but will meet to-
morrow.
The following formal communiQus
was issued:
"The supreme war council met on
Wednesday from TO o'clock in the
afternoon. The aerial terms to be inn
posed upon Germany IN the prelimi
naries OF peace were discussed. The
articles drafted by the military ex-
perts were examined in detail and
aeopted. The next meeting will take
place to morrow afternoCn at
o'clock"
May IReludee Railways.
Another commission is to be es-
tablished as soon as the preliminary
peace treaty is signed, to straighten
out details for. the regulation If
waterways affected by the war and
probably railways as well. II the
commission's authority is extended to
railway lines one of the biggest prob
lens wiz be furnished by the Bagdad
line.
(There is already a commission
dealing. with the Observation-Disclosures
OF harbors and waterways. but it has
no authority over railway lines The
Ragdad line was to have been part
Of Germany's Mittel Europa scheme
Tor an unbroken commercial route
from Hamburg to the Persian gulf
General satisfaction is felt today
ever the recommendations Of the
waterways commission that the
Rhine shall be made a free waterway
FOR the use Of AL nations, and that
the Kiel canal shall be open TO the
traffic Of the whole world.
FoOd Need Urgent.
The conference has substantially
agreed that the canal shall remain
under German sovereignty, but in
peace time it shall be an open water
way for all the world. even for war
ships
Further reports from Germany by
American and other experts emphasize
the necessity Of speedily feeding the
country. II is considered doubtful IL
the. present government could with
stand another revolution, which is said
60 be imminent unless supplies are
forthcoming.
The coming Of President Wilson to-
morrow Is expected TO give impetus
20 the work Of the conference. The
American delegates have a great ac-
eUmulatiOn of reports and other data
for the President to go over as soon
as he arrives.
The Washington times., 1919-03-13
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY,
MILK AS A FOOD

MANY PEOPLE THINK OF MILK ONLY As A
BEVERAGE, BUT IF THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT IT
is IN REALITY NOURSHING FOOD, THEY
WOULD INCREASE THEIR DAILY ALLOWANCE.
We eat foods for two main First to
RENEW BODY WASTES and PROMOTE GROWTH
by forming tissues and fluids, and second. To
SUPPLY ENERGY FOR CARRYING ON BODY FUNC-
TI0NS Milk contains the bodybuilding materials
(prOtein and mineral substances such lime ana phOs
phOrus), and also supplies energy.
The Washington times., 1919-03-13
ApVERTIsEMENT

Colds cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets remove the cause. There
IS only one ''Bromo Quinine. I"
E. w. GROVES signature on
box. Soc.
The Washington times., 1919-03-13
Must BE Censored.

81 am told that returning American
correspondents who have lately been
in Paris were required to send their
dispatches, unsealed, to the American
postal authorities in Paris in order
that they might be censored; and,
after returning home these CORES
pondents found that not only their
news dispatches but even personal
letters had been censored. This would
seem to bear out the charge by Andre
Cheradama, in the Paris Democratic
NouVelle, that American censors
working in Paris have been handling
this matter and freely cutting 1t.
81 have been told that Transmission
Of copies of the Congressional Record
to France, when they contained
speeches antagonistin to the Admin
istration policy, was interfered with,
and that they did not arrive. Not
having tested 1t by the attempt to
mail such matte. 1 do not know
whether this is accurate, but I con-
slider my authority for 1t excellent"
The Washington times., 1919-03-13

Make the paying of youF income tax
the one big thing yea have 20. 20
today.
The Washington times., 1919-03-13

We are pr6ud Of eur Amerieaa war
record, and We are gOlng 70 eOmplete
our tasks. one Of them q paying eur
Income taxes.
The Washington times., 1919-03-13

Victory e. ours, bHt the cost In col.
lars q yet 70. be met. Have you paid
yOuF income taxi
The Washington times., 1919-03-13

BUENOS AIRES, March 13.-The
port strike, which has tied up ship
ping here for more than two months,
las cost 100000 losses in customs
The Washington times., 1919-03-13
NEWS CABLES TO
PARIS CENSORED

Free and open communication be-
tween Washington and Paris has
beeh interfered with constantly" /"
Judson .weIliver. Washington cor
respondent of the Echo de. Paris, said
today, in an interview with The
Times.
Mr.. Welliyer says he has not learn
ed the detail of censorship arrange
ments. ------s~~-
When he filed story showing the
population Of the Administration at
tie polls in the last election, that
Lhase of his cable was deleted he
says.
Although his dispatches have been
more or less matter-of-fact, giving
excerpts or synopses OF speeches in
Congress dealing with the negotiay
tiOns and the League of Nations cove
nant, he says they have been "hbersi-
ly censored"
He was finally notified by the Echo
office that it was useless to file such
matter for the censors would not
pass it.
French Censor Ship.
State Department officials today
declared that any censorship existing.
on American press dispatches into
Paris is exercised by the French gov
ernment and not by American censors.
II any Americans are doing any of the
censoring, they say, they are in the
employ Of the French government.
The charge was made by a French
journalist that the censors were holding
up news Of those opposing the league
OF nations to prevent IL reaching the
peace conference.
Dir. welliTer says that information
reaching him through reliable sources
would appear to bear out the charge
that American celsors working in Paris
have been handling this matter and
freely cutting It..
Mr. Welliver's statement follows:
Although have been for several
months acting as correspondent of
the Echo de Paris, I have had little
opportunity to learn the detail OF
censorship arrangements, / do know
that the free and open communication
between Washington and Paris has
been interfered with constantly. AZ
ter the election in November, filed a
The Washington times., 1919-03-13

dispatch describing the result as in
the opinion OF its opponents, a re-
pudiation of the Administration.
The Washington times., 1919-03-13

The following table, compiled BY specialists Of
shows the Quantities various foods needed to 81
. quart OF HliIki
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
ership which still make their appeal to
the Mussulman mind.
Bishop Greer

1t was the combination of executive
ability of a high order with the broadest
Christian charity in the finest sense of
that word that made Bishop Greer
distinguished servant of his church and
his community. The upbnilding of his
old church, st. Bartholomew's, marked
the constructive talent that later admin
istered a diocese with tact and wisdom.
A reign. of ordered growth and pros
perity was his, whereof the great church
building on Cathedral Heights stands
the sign and symbol.
In the war, and especially in the cur
rent of that great interdenominatonal-
ism which service of the nation set free,
Bishop Greer gave the most generous
and inspiring leadership. His stanch
liberalism came to the fore and enabled
him to unite with rabbi, with Roman
Catholic priest, with every faith, in the
one cause of the hour His was
splendid and lasting example. 1t was
the crowning opportunity Of long and
useful career and in its memory not only
the members of Bishop Greer's church
but every New Yorker can be grateful
and mourn his death.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
The Sick Man of Europe

Rumors are coming from Paris that
Great Britain and France are disinclned
to go to extremes in dismembering
Turkey. 1t has been universally assured
that the Sick Man of Europe was on his
deathbed and that the Ottoman Turk
was to return after the war to his
ancient stamping grounds in Asia
Minor.
The United States never was at war
with Turkey and cannot become a sig
natory to any treaty of peace and par
tition to which Turkeys plenipotentiaries
are requested to affix their names.
But paragraph twelve of the Fourteen
Points, which were accepted as the basis
of a treaty with Germany, reads as
follows:
@Thn Turkish portiona of the present
Ottoman Empire should be assured Sc
cure sovereignty, but the other national
tiles which now under Turkish rule
should be assured an undoubted security
Of life and an absolutely unmolested oppor-
tunity Of autonomous development; and
the Dardanelles should be permanently
opened as free passage to tho ships and
commerce of all nations under interna-
tional guarantees"
The only genuinely Turkish portion Of
the Ottoman Empire is Anatolia The
Turks form a minority of the population
of the empire as whole and are largely
concentrated in this one province Con-
stantinople's population is probably less
than one-half Turk. 1t already has the
makings of an internationalized COM
munity.
But Great Britain and France are
said to be apprehensive Of the effect on
their Mahometan subjects Of an election
Of the Sultan from Constantinople. He
is the nominal head Of Islam, and al
though his political suzerainty has been
rejected by the Arabs and other Moslem
peoples, his religious character remains.
There is talk, therefore, Of permitting
MN to remain in Constantinople, which
IS one of the chief capitals Of Islam, and
attaching the city and strip of Euro
pean territory to his shrunken An
atolian realm.
The Sick Man on the Bosporus has
had many lives Tho powers of Europe
hesitated for generations to eject him,
because they could not agree on divi-
sion Of his inheritance. At last he was
despoiled Of everything he owned in
Europe except Constantinople and its
environs. His European title seemed to
be completely liquidatcd. But when po-
htical considerations could no longer save
him religious considerations intervened.
1t will be the strangest respite in his
long career II he shall now owe a contin-
uation OF his tenancy in Constantinople
to the Discrimination Of his Christian con-
- 4naS9zk a xsxsA HIN as sxmAela eS jsads
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Unscrambling the Railroads

President Wilson's notice to Congress-
that he win turn the railroads back e.,
private ownership at the end Of the
year. viii hasten the unscrambliny which
is now inevitable The Administrations
is apparently as sick of government rail
road operation as the public is- The ex-
pertinent has been an unrelieved fajlnre.
Shippers and passengers are paving
7nore for inferior service and the tax-
payers arc being forced to make good
huge railroad deficits Mr. McAdoo bade
xpodby to his job as Director General Of
sthe railroad inst In time. His successor.
dr- Hines. Is closing ont a hopeless eco
1orndc venture.
Everybody agrees that the railroad,
spught to be restored to their owner,.
What Congress has to do before the
transfer Is made Is to serure TO the OWL
err fair chance to operate their recov-
fred property on an equitable basis. Coy
ernnent regulation viii survive, and is.
lin fact, essential. But IL ought nor To
b regulation of the old sort, which sought
primarily To keep down. xstes and there
~ cEpQaeG tn& cxad1t Of many xaadx md
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Saving the Common Schools

The whole state can be thankful that
Governor Smith was finally won over to
the teachers pay bill. DR.. Finley's
clear and candid mind evidently fur
nished the decisive argument that saved
the legislation. Once persuaded, Gov-
ernor Smith backed his signature with
an admirable statement of the broad
basis of common school education in
terms which every taxpayer must ap-
preciate.
The gravest fact has been the failure
to attract proper material for the train
ing schools. A teaching force cannot
be improvised. To let our teaching sal
aries remain as low as they have been
would not only handicap our schools in
the next few years but cripple them for
a generation To permit such a condi-
ton In these crucial years, when every
force making for Americanizaton will
be needed at its highest efficiency, would
be the height of folly.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Scotland's s. Oldest Newspaper
(From Tho Detroit No,os,


recent issue of "The Aberdeen Journaln
was the 20,000th number of that venerable
newspapcr-now the oldest in Scotland.
Tho first issue of "The Journal was pub-
lished on April 18, 1746, and contained an
account, by an eyewitness, Of the battle of
Culloden, fought two days previously This
narrative, however, offended the Jacobitcs.
and James Chalmers, the editor, narrowly
escaped falling victim to their wrath He
was fellow apprentice of Benjamin Frank
lin. Another notable incident in "The Jour
nails" history was its being publicly burned
at the hands Of the common hangman in
October, l753-"an excellent advertise
ment" we are told.
But perhaps the outstanding event in tho
career OF the newspaper was in 1887, when
"The Aberdeen Journal" was visited by
Robert Burns during his northern tour.
In the office, on this occasion, Burns met
Bishop Skinner, son of The author of "Tul-
lochgorum" and THE Yowic VII the Crookit
Horn,' masterpieces OF literature, which
evoked the admiration Of the Ayrshire poet.
Afterward Burns and Chalmers (son of the
founder) adjourned to tho New Inn, whore
Ab faAHaaA Alae AtAxs& IA hiA NAH Aaxtaa
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Twilight Prohibition

The President recommends a repeal
of the prohibition law which covers the
period of disqualification so far as con-
Germs wines and beers.
This means, if Congress agrees,
no sale of spirtuous beverages will oc-
cur after June 30, while the sale. of
wines and beers is to go on until Janu-
airy, when the constitutional amendment
becomes operative. During period of
six months there will be semi-prohibi-
ton.
The more astute prohibition leaders
have given signs of willingness to have
twilight time before the full rigors of
the constitutional amendment arrive
They realize that, while the language of
the amendment is plain, much depends
on the supplementary enforcing legisla-
tion yet to be enacted. The lifeless
clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
which requires the reduction of a states
representation in Congress and in the
Electoral College proportionate to any
limitation on male adult suffrage is a
warning that something may be in the
Constitution and not in the law. 1t is
feared that Congress may refrain from
blowing a full breath of life into the
new constitutional amendment. While
the delicate business is under consider
alton prudence suggests no unnecessary
irritation of -prohibitonists.
Conversely many prohibitionists
who are more interested in conditions
next year than in the immediate future
prefer to have complete prohibition in
effect while Congress deliberates. They
hope for some permanent amelioraton
and argue that it would be valuable for
Congress to have the instruction of
actual experience.
SO the roles are to some degree tenn
porarily reversed. The man who wants
his favorite tipple and does not look far
by such refinements, nor will the man
who considers any traffic in alcoholic
beverages immoral. But between are
elements which will manoeuvre for uti-
mate advantages. The goods exhibited
at Washington may not be exactly as
advertised.
No inconsiderable body of opinion,
composed of persons who want to know
if nationwide prohibition will work, will
incline to the view that if prohibition is
to come the sooner it comes the better.
AS things are, many are left in dubety
and defer search for other employment.
If the time Of uncertainty should
scarcely be prolonged, if adjustment
must be made, July is as good time to
begin it as January
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Disarmed, Not Enslaved

10 German complaints of the eco
nomlc terms of the peace treaty the AL
lies reply that they chad no intention to
destroy Germany's economic life"
The allegation of German representa-
uves that her adversaries have coldly
determined to make Germany land of
slaves has no more basis than the as
sertion, parroted in German documents
for four years, that she was "forced"
into the war-that on her part it was
one Of necessary self-defence. AS the
one has been refuted, so will be the
other
Germany is dsarmed, and conditions
are prescribed under which she must
continue dsarmed. Instead of this be-
ing to Germany's economic disadvan-
tage it is to her advantage. In what
school have the Germans learned that
for workingman to carry soldier on
his back adds to the workingman's pro-
duction? 1t is the Allied nations, ac-
cepting the cost Of maintaining fleets
and armies to insure Just peace to all,
which will be under economic pressure
because of the peace. Germany under
the peace will sustain the relations to
the world that Canada bore to Great
Britain before the war. Canada was
assured of protection, but bore no con-
siderable part of the burden of pay
ment. Germany is similarly to enjoy
and not to pay.
German diligence will as much har-
vest the fruit Of it's labor as diligence
elsewhere. There is no trade shacklinp
in the peace. All that is sought is to pre-
vent Germany from having undue ad-
vantages. If her merchant ships had been
returned to her while those of Great
Britain were under the sea there would
have been no fair play. If Germany
were not asked to bear part of the cost
of reparation she would be busy max
ing goods while Frenchmen were put
ting up factories and installing ma
ch1nery. 1t may not be forgotten that
Germany is the one nation which
escaped from the war unravaged.
Nations in their separate capacities
are to have economic self determination
after the war. What they will do has
not yet been decided. but the peace
treaty itself establishes no discrimna-
ton. Germany thus still is a formida-
bic trade rival. None know this better
than German business men, who are get
ting ready to compete. There is far
more likelihood of unfair competition
from Germany than of unfair competi-
tion against her.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21

prevented the development of well-bal-
anced and efficient national transporta-
tion system.
Congress has not yet forgotten the
lessons of the war. 1t is in mood to
consider the regulation problem from the
constructive rather than the restrictive
side. Transportation is basic industry.
The chief concern of the government in
dealing with it ought to be to standard
ize it and to give all parts of the coun-
try more equalzed share of it's eco
nomic benefits.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
A Chinese Lyric

tTrom The Church Students MoeHaA
Li-Po was more warike in spirit than any
other of the early Chinese poets. lis Ines
reflect patriotic devotion rather than tho
wretehed aspects of war. This litsle lyric
with delicate stroke Of the brush gives US
the dream of home and fatherland:
"Athwart the bed
I watch the moonbeams cast trail
SO bright, so cold, so frai,
That for space it CLEANS
Like hcar-frost on the margin of ny
dreams
raise my head
The splendid moon see:
Then droop my head,
And sink to dreams of thee
My fatherland, of thee!"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Indenfure d Art
CFro,n The London Tines


The Corporation of Kendall has just come
into possession of an interesting document
concerning one of its most distinguished
inhabitants. 1t is the indenture Of PARTICLES
of agreement" between George Romncy and
his father on the one hand and Christopher
Steel on the other.
BY these articles Romney "placed and
bound himself apprentice unto the said
Christopher Steel to be taught and in
structed in the Art or Science of painter
''for the full term of -four years." during
which time George Romney undertook to
obey his masters lawful commands, and his
father further undertook to provide his son
with suitable and necessary cloaths both
linen and woolen.' For the privilege of
''tion under Steel the elder Romney paid
sci, for which, on his part, Steel covenanted
Curing all the said term of -four years"
to Sufficiently teach and instruct the said
George Rumneys in the said art or science
OF painter"
The indenture is dated March 20, 1855,
and is especially interesting from the fact
mat the signatures of both father and son
are distinctly "Rumney' and not "Romnev."
rHe form which the artist adopted yers
soon aiterward But the name is still al
most invariably pronounced Rumnev. 1t il
we'll known that Romney owed very little
to the teaching of the shiftless "Countv
Steel, who after time found the atmos-
pnere of Kendall too sultry for his health.
ana who in 1856 eloped with ono Of his
tupals,