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New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
Henry H. Cwran

Henry H. Curran, Republican can
didate for Borough President of
Manhattan, was in the Board of
Aldermen for six years. He was
Fusion majority leader of the Board
of Aldermen during the Mitchell
administration and under his guild
ance the building code was revised
a tedious but important piece of
work. Probably few persons remem-
ber that task, but many must re-
member the Curran committee that
investigated the Police Department
and secured living minimum wage
for first grade policemen. Mr.. Cur
ran has thus demonstrated to the
public fitness and efficiency.
The Tribune is qualified to speak
authoritatively about Mr.. Curran's
qualifications, because he was re-
porter and copy reader on it's staff
for two years-1899-190O He used
to edit copy" that came from AL
bany Later as reporter for The
Tribune he covered" ship news.
While employed on The Tribune he
attended New York Law School and
was admitted to the bar.
He was Republican candidate for
President of the Board of Aldermen
in 1915, but was defeated in a
close contest by Frank L. Dowling,
whose recent death created the va
cancy in the Borough Presidency
that, it is to be hoped, he is now to
fill
Mayor Mitchell appointed him
magistrate, and he has been engaged
In tempering justice with mercy
ever since, except for his absence on
military service, when he was deliv-
erlng shells to the enemy by the
crescent air route. He was a major
Of artillery, with a creditable over
seas record.
J Magistrate Curran was nominated
little more than two weeks in ad-
vance of the election, but has en-
tered into the contest with eagerness
and conviction of victory.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
Preferential Rights

Furthermore. when German foreign
trade IS excluded from all activity
when all preferential rights, advsn'
tages and concessions that Germsny
held in China are declared null ana
void. when German rights and claims
IN Siam, Liberia, Morocco and Egyp'
are brushed aside, wheu German pr
vate property in those lands is liqu'-
dated, when finally the news service
outside Of Germany absolutely neces-
sary to us-is restricted through the
seizure Of the German cables the re-
suit Of all these stipulations is thai
the great German shipping companies
are the chief sufferers.
There runs as a red threat through
the entire treaty the contradiction De-
tween two different tendencies-tm
claim for indemnties and the eHor'
ever and again recurring. permanently
to paralyze the Germsn competitor,
which was felt to be troublesome, sh'
the German commercial vessels fell
prey to that effort"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21

knew an art and literature rivaling
that Of the great Age Of Pericles,
but Mr.. Arnold, setting aside the
claims of culture, pleads for study
Of this Oriental culture from a
utilitarian point of view He advo-
Gates the training Of American
young men in the languages of the
Orient, not in schools here in the
United States but among the people
of China, of Japan and of Siberia. He
admits that the languages involved
probably are the most difficult in the
world for American tongues, but the
Germans before the war were not
dismayed and almost alone of all
the western peoples, their trade
seekers learned to speak Chinese. So
Germans bought hides cheaper by Is
per cent than could other foreigners
who dealt through compradores and
interpreters.
But two organizations from the
United States have appreciated the
value Of knowing the language and
the customs of the country. These
are the American missionaries and
the largest single business organiza-
tion in China, the Standard Oil
Company. They have learned, as
Mr.. Arnold points out, that business
in China is done over the teacup
rather than over the telephone. Mr..
Arnold's plan is for schools to be
established at Peking, Toxic and
Petrograd. Congress already has
provided for the training Of six
young men at Toxic and ten at
Peking, but so little attention
has been paid that only two students
have been sent to Peking in the last
two years. Such indifference speaks
i'll of our perception of the fate
that, whether we will it or no, is
pushing us into closer association
with the Orient.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
The Reservation Programme

That the full list of fourteen
reservations sketched by the Wash
ington correspondent of The Trib-
une will be adopted is, of course,
improbable. Some of them are un-
desirable, some superfuous, some
indicate over-caution, and others
relate to matters coverable by legis-
lation.
Senator Lodge, it will be noted,
does not predict the acceptance Of
the complete programme. His effort
is to protect the peace, safety,
sovereignty and independence of
the United States" The task is
single-to "Americanize" the cove
nant; all the proposals which are
sound flow to the one end.
To the original four reservations
it seems proper to add one which
will relieve the United States of re-
sponsibility for the Shantung ar
ticle and increase the likelihood Of
q recession TO emma.
Not properly interpreting last
weeks rejection of the Shantung
amendment, an agitation begins in
Japan to repudiate the informal
pledge to evacuate. Thus a further
reason is furnished why we should
express condemnation Of the trans
fer to Japan. This Of course does
not mean any threat of war against
Japan, or any of her allies, as silly
persons have alleged, but merely re-
iterates the old doctrine Of the
open door associated with the names
Of Roosevelt and Hay, whose valid
ity was admitted by Japan in the
Root-Takahira note--namely, that
China is not to be territorially vio-
lated by any power.
The Shantung trouble did not
start at the peace conference, but
antedates it; nor is it the conse-
quence of secret pacts. Its roots 90
Lack to the Lansing -Ishii note, when
our government recognized tina,
Japan has special rights in China
because Of propinquity except
for this blunder Japan would
scarcely have demanded at Paris q
cession by Germany. The way out is
to reestablish the "open door" prin.
ciple, whose justice Japan ha,
acknowledged.
AS to the reservation covering th
inequality sought to be corrected b,
the Johnson amendment, few, no
even in Great Britain, will object
All that seems necessary is a de
claration that the word party" Al
used in the covenant shall mean an,
nation which Is diplomatic unity
The effect Of this would be that IL
any dispute in which we we're in
VOWED with her, Great Britain ant
her dependencies would stand aside
leaving its settlement to others. even
~ we would.
The reservations covering the field
VI the Fall amendments seem un.
desirable. No sufficient reason has
been advanced Why we should be un.
represented on the international
commissions. Such representation
would be in accord with American
precedent, and would have the merit
Of habituating US to- international
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
T0n-for-Ton

Gwen to-day Germans not in close
touch with shipping affairs are appar-
emily not clear in their minds as 10
what the peace terms signify for Ger
many's future maritime position in the
world. 1t would be foolish to deny
that the toni or-ton principle rigorous
ly carried out in the treaty has struck
German shipping to the heart
From the destruction of the entire
German economic structure, as stipu-
lated by the peace document, the de-
struction of our shipping follows us a
natural result. Besides those para
graphs in the treaty that refer direct
ly to shipping the AVER is so strongly
affected indirectly by whole series Of
other paragraphs that it is difficult as
yet to decide which category, in its
final effect, will prove more disastrous
to the German shipping interests.
Among those indirect influences must
be reckoned the cessions of territory
which, by diminishing the number Of
shipyards, ironworks and coal mines,
reduce the capacity of our shipbuild-
ing industry. The indirect influence Of
these cessions is very considerably en-
hanced through the transfer OF Ger
man railways to foreign ownership as
we'll as the further fact that shipping
on the Rhine passes partly, that OH the
Vistula wholly, under foreign control.
Moreover, the loss of Industries es-
tablished in other districts potash
mines in Alsace, textile factories and
ironworks in Lorraine and Luxemburg)
means considerable damage to our
shipping, which is deprived Of cargo
by the diversion of business from Ger
man to foreign ports and ships, for
those industries will without doubt
transfer their import and export busi-
ness to Antwerp or French ports. Un-
der this heading fall also the enor-
nous material losses imposed upon
Germany through her Remuneration OF
all foreign possessions and rights, OF
indemnity claims for damages caused
by the Entente, of appeals against en-
emy prize court judgments in conflict
with international law; and, finally,
through the stipulation that all Ger
man credit balances abroad need only
to be reckoned at the rates Of ex-
change prevailing before the war. Ger
manY will be robbed Of a ~ lts oversee
wharves and docks for shipping.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
The Human Drift

tFrom Tho Louisville Courior-y ournaD
Every city is damned to the
guards There still is room in the
rural districts. where many houses
and millions of acres arc idle, but
avery ono wants running water, clee-
trio lights, vacuum cleaners. picture
shows. shorter hours, higher wages,
vegetables delivered at tho back door,
etc.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
Judging His Readers

tFrom The Louisville Courier -JournuD
Theodore Dresser. author of novels
Of sex, says in an interview: "The
average American is, outside Of busi-
ness in which he cxcels. the dullest
individual in the world" To sell widely
a novel must suit the average reader.
Py the sales Of his novels Mr.. Dresser
knows his felow-citizcns!
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21

tranquility and economic progress
They can be brought into the family
of nations and kept there only by
the sword. Is this job to be care
lessly assumed by the United
States?
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
German Illusions

Daily observation shows that
majority of our people do not vet IN.
derstand the scope of the pesce treaty
In wide circles the illus;on
appears to be cherished that our en..
mics are probably not so serious in
their purpose to destroy as appear.
ances indicate. Nothing could be mora
dangerous than that, and our comnlet.
breakdown would be unavoidable if ".
rush blindfold into our misfortune
Only clear recognition of our dread.
full position can preserve us from still
worse disappointments, only the con.
sciousness that our salvation lies sole.
ly and alone in our own strength and
efficiency, and that we therefore have
every reason to present a united front
against all those destructive power,
which are quite Indifferent to the
future of our country and are seeking
exclusively their own advantage.
"ln this getting together of all who
are resolved to cooperate in the re-.
cuperation of Germany it is indispen-
sable that we get rid of feeling Of
distrust for our own people
We must at length learn to admit the
good faith of our opponents in polit-
cal. economic and social matters-a
thing that we too often forgot in the
natural heat Of the struggle during tho
nos x>o1+b,
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
Work-The Staff of Life

BY John Rusi.n) -.
II you want knowledge, you must se'
for 1t; if food, you must toll for N
and If pleasure. you must toll for !,
Tell 10 the law.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES.

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled TO the
for republication OF sll dispatches credited
to IL NOT otherwise credited In this paper, and
also tho local Of spontaneous origin publahSd
herein.
All rights Of republication Of all other matter
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
Well and Good!

tFron tn, Pittsburgh Gazette -Ttne,)
Uncle Sam is starting a drive to- en-
list 100000 men in the navy. And the
war il over!
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
GUAR RANTEE

Ssu can purchtse merchandise advertised In THE
vRteUNE with absolute safoty-for II dIssAt,sfac.
tlsa results In any THE TRIBUNE guarantees
10 pay yssr money back vpsa request. Ne red taps
Ne auibblins. ~ make ssod prsmstly II the
advertiser does net.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
Who Is a Foreigner>

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: VIII you kindly tell me "Who
'S foreigner mean, what kind of
people arc foreigners? am reade,
OF Tho Tribune and I am sure that
you'll tell me the truth about it.
Z. EGERMAIER.
Spring Lake, N. j., Oct. i, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
Tos1-for-Ton
By William c. Dreher
Berlin Correspondent of
The Tribune
ID ERLIN, Sept. 2o.-The "Yesrbool ..
- the North German Llovd" wh;.,

II As~AAN, OCPt. SV.~l ne e9rboAI 40
I'D the North German Lloyd" which
has just been issued, does NJ.
make pleasant reading for German.
IN it they learn that all the osesn-oo
ing tonnage of this once powerful lin.
was turned over to the Allies in March
and April; all that is left is On.
schoolship, the Duchess Cecilie. which
is still in Chilean waters. Then thor.
remain the small passenger steamer,
that ply between Bremerhaven and
bathing resorts on tie North Sea and
a number of tugs and tenders. Owinc
to the loss of the big ocean liners and
the prospective loss of steamers sill,
under construction the COMPANY h,.
been compelled to dismiss a large mart
Of its officers and seamen, and i, i.
trying to find other employment fo,
them
The Yearbook contains a str;kin.
article by Director Heineken on Cor.
man shipping and the peace treaty.
which will interest American reader,
He writes as follows:
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21

Owned and published daily BY New York Tribune
ne. New York Corporation Ogden Reid. Pres!.
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Rcsers Reid Secretary: F. A. sutcr. Treasurer
Address Tribune Building l5A Nassau Street. New
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New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
~ BSCURED by the events which
at the moment command atten-

~ BSCURED by the events which
at the moment command atten-
ton both in the domestic and
foreign fields, the decision of Luxem-
burg on its recent plebiscite to enter
into economic alliance with France,
while preserving its dynasty and there
fore its political independence, has a
significance which should not be over
looked. On the historic, political and
economic side, this popular vote may
have farreaching consequences.
For the moment, with the military
events CT recent years in mind, it is
the military meaning Of the decision
which will claim first attention. Lux
emburg, little state, smaller than
Rhode Island, commands one of the his
toric routes of invasion from the north.
By it many armies have come down into
France in all the remoter past, and by
it the army Of the German Grown
Prince entered France in August, 1914.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
Prison Capacity

tFrom Tho Toledo Blnde)
1t 10 not . bad idea to find out how
many people tho city prison will hold
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21

"Poor us my work may be-" con-
.fesses DR.. Frank Crane, az am not
trying to get raise in salary by max
ing my output less and punker" Well.
then, how?
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
4 Hopeless Defense

This seizure enabled the Germans
to strike directly at French territory,
and the great army of the German
Crown Prince presently came down
through Luxemburg, once a great fort
ress, now an open town, crossed the
French frontier near Longwy, an old
fortress which made a gallant, but hope
less defence, and then drove through
Montmedy, across the Meuse at Stenay.
and thence southwark to the region from
which they were expelled by Pershins's
army four years later.
1t was this advance which put Verdun
in jeopardy in 1914 and again in 1916.
1t was this open gateway that enabled
the Germans to seize the Lille-Metz
railway, which was their main line of
communication between their eastern
and western armies for four years. But
more than this, had the French, instead
OF the Germans, seized Luxembourg at
the outset of the war the great often
sive through Belgium would have been
impossible. So long as Luxembourg was
in French hands the German armies
in Lorraine and in Belgium would have
been separated, the rear and. communi-
cations of each threatened. Before tho
advance which ended at the Marine
could have begun Luxembourg would
have to fall, and this meant weeks of
delay when days were of vital mpor-
tancc.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
French Frontiers

French FrOntiers
Now that France has regained Alsace-
Lorraine, thus obtaining the great
fortress Of Metz and Strsssbure
and the defensive lines Of the Rhine.
the Sarre and the Moselle, Luxembourg
becomes the final link in her chain of
defensive armor against any new Ger
man offensive. The vote Of the people
Of Luxembourg to throw in their lot. on
the economic side, with the French Re-
public means that France will replace
Germany in control of the Luxembourg
railways, which have always been ad-
ministcred in close conjunction with
those of Alsace-Lorraine, now French
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
Bisnarck's PLAY

AS a more or less disguised pro-
tectorate of Germany. member Of the
German Customs Union. with its rail-
roads under German control, Luxem-
burg was a grave menace to France As
far back as 1865 when Germany
crushed Austria, Napoleon III had made
vague bargain with Prussia by which
in return for French neutrality in the
Austrian war France should annex
Luxembourg, hut Bismarck merely
played with Napoleon, and after he had
conquered Austria he refused to fulfill
his promise, and since Napoleon was not
prepared to fight Luxembourg remained
under German control
From 1871 onward Germany has
steadily increased it's influence in the
little duchy, despite the fact that the
population was wholly French in it's
sympathies and as anti-Prussian as the
people of Alsace-Lorraine. When the
World War broke out almost the first
German move was to send some troops
into Luxembourg to seize the railroads.
This was easy, since the whole rail-
way system was administered by Ger
mans. Without opposition from the
Luxembourg army, three hundred strong,
but in the face of a formal protest
OF the Grand Duchess, Luxembourg
passed under German military control
and remained there until the armistice
of November II, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21

From threnody written in 1890:
Hardly u man is now alive
Who remcm bers the zestful 2.7b.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21

The Guilty Feeling is what Old Art
Samuels feels, he says, when he reads
DR.. Berthold A. Baer's rhapsodics and
realizes he-Old Art, that isis living.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21

Until it is possible to understand the
words of an English operetta or opera,
say, in English, we shall not oppose
the performance Of German opera in
German. Like Bunker Bean, we can
imagine nothing of less consequence.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-21

whom he charged struck him
on the head
whom she charged kicked
her in the abdomen Home
News.
The Bronx Whom News, more an
propriately.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-12
FIRST SESSION
.EPWORTH LEAGUE;
OPENS TONIGHT
RECEPTION AT METHODIST
CHURCH BY LOCAL LEAGUERS
VISITORS GIVEN WELCOME
Hundreds of Delegates Be
gin Pouring in on Trains
Reaching Cordele Today.

The first delegates to the Epworth
League Convention of the South
Georgia Conference arrived this after
noon and tonight the first session of
that body will be held at the First
Methodist church All local plans have
been laid for most important SEES
sion and the convention starts with
every assurance of splendid results.
At $50 o'clock the social event of
the convention will take place at the
church basement This has already
beer. arranged by the Pastor, Rev. T.
B. Stamford, and the young members
Of the church forming the local league
membership, together with the ladies
Of the entire congregation and many
people will attend.
Delegates arriving are being taken
70 the homes which have been thrown
open to them and within few hours
mtOrrow morning all of them will have
been placed. The work of the con
vention will be under way and the re-
naming portion of the week will be
given to convention work.
The city has been decorated for the
occasion; and the three days will wit
ness quite number of social activi-
ties in connection with the conyen-
lions.
Ttright's program follows:
SIS Song Service. Prayer.
$50 Address of Welcome on behalf
of Cordele League, Mr.. Clyde Smith,
Cordele.
Address of Welcome on behalf City
Of Cordele, Hon Max e. Land. Mayor
Cordele.
Special Music by Cordele League.
Response to Address Of Welcome
Prof e. A. Bailey, Quitman.
Special Music.
9:15 Announcements
$3.50 Social Hour. Reception to
Delegates and Visitors in the Church
Parlors.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-12
BOTH SIDES SURE
OF WINNING STRIKE
UNION WIRE LEADER SAYS 10000
OPERATORS OUT.

Chicago, June l2.-Both sides con
cerned in the telegrapher's strike to
day expressed satisfaction over the
first days results Officials OF the
Western Union and Postal companies
said the strike lis practically at an
end"
President Konenkamp of the Tele-
graphers' union said between eighteen
and twenty thousand quit Yesterday in
response to the strike order, and sew
eral thousand more will quit today.
In the face OF statements by officials
Of the commercial telegraph c0mpan
les that the nationwide strike of oper-
atOrs had failed. President Konen
kamp of the photographers union an
nounced today that assurance had
been given that the New York broker
operators. thirty-fye hundred stron%
would join the strike.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-12
JULY FOURTH PROGRAM IS
FAST TAKING SHAPE
PLANNING SPORT FEATURE
Barbecue and Basket Picnic
Dinner Will Be Spread at
Park of Williams Swim
ming Pool.

Members OF the Board OF Trade who
have been assigned to the duty of fin
iShing the plans for the home coming
for Crisp soldiers last night asked
Judge Walter George to come here
July Fourth and deliver the address
of the occasion 1t had been found
previously that he could be present
and doubtless he will consent.
Judge W. p. Fleming, Mr.. w. l.. Ro-
buck and Rev Wallace Wear were
asked to devote time to arranging the
details of the exercises which will be
held at the court house at an hour
previous to serving dinner. I'm those
exercises proper tribute will be paid
the six soldiers who gave their lives
in the war
The whole business community will
be decorated and the streets will be
waving in every block with patriotic
colors. Every business house will be
The general public will be Impress
ed with the fact that it will be bas--
ket spread Favored with barbecue and
no effort will be made to have Il
straight barbecue and bread menu
This never equals the basket spread
and for that reason the public will
be expected to prepare and bring
baskets to make it the right kind of
dir ner
The barbecue will be prepared in
tn very best manner Mr.. G.. c.
Cleveland is experimenting this part
of the work The arrangements last
night were for a much smaller number
iof pigs to be barbecued and a much
larger basket dinner feature. 1t will
be possible in this way to prepare a
wholesome dinner
The management of the exercises is
doubly anxious to impress everybody
in the county that it is wide open
affair to which everybody will have
a hearty welcome, but the basket for
the dinner will be expected. There
will be plenty of table room and plen
ty of help to serve everything.
Soldiers of all wars will be treated
as special guests. but men. women
and children from every corner of the
county will have hearty welcome at
all exercises. Heads of families where
soldiers went to the late war are ask.
ed to cooperate with the men ir
charge OF the days exercises in max
ing it fitting one for the returning
men from the battle fronts.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-12

Coblenz. "wednesday. Associated
Press. THE movement of war ma
terial by the Germans from the terri
tory beyond the occupied areas is
being continued. according to German
newspapers The beginning of this
withdrawal was made several weeks
ago. when there was a hitch in the
peace negotiations. The withdrawal
OF troops from the various sectors OPP
pOsite the allies bridgeheads is also
reported According to German pa.
pers. industrial plants. banks and
civilians east of the allies brigdeheads
are making preparations for eventu-
alities in case the allied forces nave
eastward