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New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
ltaly's Righteous Claims

The correspondents at Paris, either
through ignorance or design, have been
at great pains to confuse the public
mind with respect to the Adriatic oues-
ton.
Il is assumed that the Fourteen Points
arc decisive and that they are contrary
to ltalys claims. Here is double error
In the first place, there is no agreement
to which Italy is party which applies
the Fourteen Points to the relations of
Italy and Austria-Hungary The lam
guage Of the reply Of the Allied govern
ments was as follows: "Thev declare
'heir Willingness to make peace with
the government of Germany on the
terms of peace laid down in the Presi
cents address to Congress Of January,
1919 and the principles of settlement
enunclated in his subsequent addresses"
II was with Germany alone that the
fourteen FONTS agreement was made.
" men Austrla-Hungary sought to adhere
president Wilson rebuffed her. referrjnp
her TO Italy. If technicalities are to be
placed against Italy this fact Of the
record should be remembered
In the second place, nothing in the
fourteen Points forbids Italy asking
protection for her future. Fiune js an
Italian city Is it to be put back under
the rule Of those who plainly show their
hatred of Italy? The rule of no annexa-
tons Is to be reasonably applied. 1t is
not proposed that the wards in Con-
stantinople inhabited by Turks are to be-
treated differently than the wards which
are mixed or Greek. Nor is the rule Of
nationality pursued to minute sub
DIVISIONS, with new frontier at every
league. II the Fourteen Points were
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23

construed In this forced manner it
would be necessary for US to abandon
the Panama Canal strip and Porto Rico
Nor is the so-called secret Treaty Of
London (secret about two weeks, to give
the Italian armies time to get ready con-
trolling with respect to the equities Of
the Adriatic question. If no such treaty
had been signed Italy would ask all she
asks. Her case primarily rests on ex-
actly the same ground that has led US to
seek the recognition of the Monroe Doc
trine, measure Of nationalistic self
defence.
But there IS broader reason why
Italy should be supported. She has
shown herself good and faithful ally.
She is to be trusted Doubts are to be
resolved in her favor. On the other
hand, the populations who oppose her
have shown themselves grossly untrust-
worthy. They now profess to be good.
but who can say the mood will last? For
many years Italy was compelled to be
the ally Of Germany and Austria Hun
gary to disarm their enmity. We must
not put her back under similar pressure.
Is she to be left doubtful as to whether
it is safe for her to follow her demo-
crate impulses? The assistance Of the
brave Bersagleri may again be needed
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
New York. April 20. 1919.
For a Few Nights Onlvi

10 the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir; The brightest OF the planets and he
brightest Of the suns Of night are now On
exhibition. for few more evenings. COM
mencing about SIS .. n. OF course. Venus
and Sirius are on ornamental exhibition
before this tine, but Il IS better 10 wait
until twilight mas wholly faded. Both Venus
and Sirius are rather low II the starry
heavens, the former being in the south
west and the latter in the wes.. Even an
inexperienced star gazer viii be able TO
ind them, since Venus shines 50 brightly
and Sirius sparkles so brilliantly. q course.
Venus is more conspicuous than S'-:rs but
nevertheless each IS srecsses-s-. The
planet IS millions Of miles distant. re sun
trillions Of miles. One should .ook for
them as soon as the twilight hiss faded. be-
cause Sirius and Venus are rather low in
the sky and are constantly descending
lower. CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
Newton, Mass, April 10, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
English Politics
Through English Eyes
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The fight between Lloyd Georv.
Prime Minister, and Lord Northciiee, nev,,
paper proprietor, which is predicted bv
your special correspondent in London. A.,
serves 70 be watched by ali who are in
terested IN the peculiarly dirty gam. =,
politics and live in the hope Of seeinv
cleaner hands on the re:ns OF uarlizrn.n
tary and congressional governments ana
the end Of newspaper blacknail BY N.
syndicate press. When Lloyd Georv.
gave vent the other day 70 his deNc,ou.
diatribe in the House ot Commons and
held the Napoleon Of the halfpenn7 nevs.
paper Up TO The r1dicule OF the whole world
he gave al illustration of worm turnin.
which can never be surpassed.
Created Prime Minister in ire early
period of the war because Of his roac;.
tongue and his genius for smashing p-ee-
edent and tradition, Lloyd George has
been obliged 70 eat out Of Northclife,s
hand. pander to MS vanity, hand him jobx
which would permit him 70 walk throaph
obsequious mobs, and take up the cudtel.
n his defence whenever he put clumsy
foo- bang through the middle OF things
which he never failed TO do With ths
Aorthchtfe press pointed 81 his head like
loaded gun, Lloyd George has walked IN
eggs through all the difficult and danps--
ols years o. war. knowing too we'll that at
any moment i might xult the unscrunulous
newspaper proprietor % swing TO soms
other man whose ambition could be used
TO better purpose. and who could be made
70 pay for power and leadership 10 fur.
Their extent than Lloyd George ,nirh. dars
10 do. His honchman, Max Altsen. 10 thu
utter amaTemont Of Canada. had ALREADY
stepped from baronotcy 70 peerase
and IN al probability tho master Of them
both desired dukedom. Never in the
checkered history Of politics has press
olackmaN been so shamclcss'y and openv
conducted or have the life and efforts ~
prime minister been so terrorized sna
made use of as in this aacrsnt case The
evil power Of tins press hlackmail has
ldng been watched By al who cherish the
desire for clean politics with growing con-
Germ and uneasiness; il has its counter.
parc nearer home as well.
The sudden and unexpected getaway re.
Gently performed by Lloyd George is. there.
fore, Of epoch making Importance and in
ternational interest. and the fight which
must certainly take place between the chief
OF great government and the head of a
great newspaper syndicate nus. crush
one man or the ether It Is. indeed.
70 be hoped that, to the future honor
and honesty Of parliamentary politics it
will be the newspaper man vAo viii be
unseated from his throne and sent into
the limbo OF INSCRIPTIONS and selfish
causes w3th all his dangerous news sheets,
and that his utter rout will be followed
quickly b that q his brother Napoleon
in Our United States. Then. and not until
then. shall we all pc able to pu. our houses
in order and apply the bitter and bloody
lessons Of the war 70 the reconstruction
that is SO full of menace to the world.
ONLOOKER.
New York, April 20. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
In u hich Century?

When YOU observed some Of the things
done al the conferences, some Of the ex-
prossions of the point OF Wow Of the OIL
cial mind about the agencies OF public in
formation, YOU just threw up your hands
and wondered if you were living in tho
twentieth century or whether you had gone
back TO Louis XIV. For example, one day
the Paris correspondent Of The New York
Tribune sent his usual daily cablegram to
his paper The cablcgram on that day,
which was partly for publication and partly
for the editorial guidance Of The Tribune,
included an allusion in these words:
Among the many sensational rumors
habitually ahoat in the Chamber OF Depu-
ties there has been one to the effect that
President Wilson has threatened to with
draw American troops from France if Ger
tain Of his IDEAS are not followed by the
peace conference"
say the Paris correspondent of The
Tribune "sent" this cablegram to his paper
What I mean, of course, is that he did the
best that any Of US could do He went
through the motions of sending it, That is
to say, he wrote it and took it down to the
French cable Office and gave it to the clerk
and trusted to luck and the censorship
What actually followed I shall now mar
rate:
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and diligence as o reporter may pos
sess. He gets a cew from an Italian dele
gate whom he may happen to know adds a
hint from Freuchman. puts the combined
-uHor up 70 an American fer verifcation,
and makes deductions from The manner Of
me one who denies or confirms It, This
method, and whatever ether resourceful-
ness and insight he may have, are a re-
porters sole reliance
That is the whole story Of "open cove
nants openly arrived at" It was betrayed
by President Wilson ard fagrar-ly aouced
by the conference. So - as any .ets VS.
made for it, that fight vas made by The
American reporters.
Throughout al this there was, of course
good deal OF Indignation about the throw
ing overheard OF the frs. of the fourteen
points. most Of which was directed against
President Wilson personally as the one
most called upon 70 defend open diplomacy.
One was forced to conclude that President
Wilson frequently uses phrases like this
because they sound well, without calculat-
ing in advance JUS. what their precise in
depreciation may call for. Later. when de-
mand is made for the action thai the phrase
calls for and that action turns out 70 be
inexpedent. or Impossible at the time he IS
called upon 70 make good Mr.. Wilson feels
hurt and sullen, as il the world had done
him an i'll turn
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
Rolling Their Own

We have heard various theories to
explain the latest eccentricity of our
ever variable fashions, whereby the love-
Hest creatures now roll their hair into
an exact imitation Of Deerfoot Farm
sausages and then plaster the same
tightly over their ears.
One is that of modesty This might
seem fantastic suggestion in view Of
other features of our current styles.
But, as every anthropologist knows,
modesty is not thing to reason about.
Our friend the socioloest works out
a quite different explanation by what
may be termed the historical method.
The bobbed hair Of Mrs. Irene Castle
was very jolly to look at, but it re-
quired much courage to go to a barber's
and come home with ones hair in 4
newspaper. Greenwich Village had the
courage. But not Fifth Avenue, or anv
avenue bourgeois or aristocratic and
not radical. Hence originated the in
genious system Of Stimulating bobbed hair
BY rolling the hair under at the ears and
so on round about-to use lavman's
language rather than words Of art. The
present rolls are conceived to be survivals
Of this era OF imitation, as useless in
their present form as the buttons on a
mans cuff, but Of equally purposeful
origin. So argues the Expert Observer.
There has also been suggested the
theory that these charming creatures
were shocked Of the times and sought
BY this dtYice to shelter their ears from
frank and daring remarks. But OBJ
serving that the percentage Of ears thus
clad IS highest at the movies and noting
the frank and daring character of many
movies, we reject this out of hand We
prefer to apply the movies theory in
another fashion. Il is not necessary to
have ones ears at a movie Eyes and
a dime are ample equipment We forget
what percentage Of q girls time is now
spent at the movies, but it is high.
Therefore, the ears Of our young things
are being covered up quite obviously for
the simple reason that they are no longer
needed. Presently they will no doubt
disappear altogether, and the old ob-
servation that man was given two ears
and but one tongue will no longer be
true-of woman.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
Mr.. Balfours s Denial

Inc American correspondents did put IL
on the wires. Later in the afternoon the
English newspaper men heard Of the dis
patches that had been sent to America and
became interested. They came around to
the American correspondents to find out the
basis for the dispatches. and were told all
that the Americans knew. Then they went
to their own statesmen 10 learn # there
was any verifcation to be had. and quickly
found that so far as the British were CON
cerned there was no basis whatever. Mr
Balfour declared he had never heard OF
such proposal. He went further and said
with good deal OF emphasis that so far
as the dispatches to America referred 10
"the other powers" they were seriously mis-
representing the British. Mr. Balfour called
Up Colonel House and Colonel House it
was believed. called UP Nr Wilson ami
tried to prevail on him 70 take some action
TO prevent the dispatches which he had in
spired from being sent If Colonel House
did make such an effort it was unavailinc.
The dispatches were sent and were printed,
and in the American papers Of that dav
they were the most conspicuous Of the news
from the peace conference The British
authorities. OF course, prevented tire dis
patches from being published in England.
and it goes without saying that the French
censors promptly suppressed any effort on
the part of the French press to allude 70
the eDisode
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
The Seventy-seventh's Parade

FTesldent WiIson has cut The rnd g..
wn'cn tied up the 77th Divisions parade
New Yorkers will have an opportunitv
aoous May ] to pay this home division
'ne same sort Of honor it paid the o7th
Where there's will there's wau
The emotion Of real hovoecoro;a.
worth while. 1t uplifts the returning
soldiers as much az it uplifts those Who
turn ont With full hearts to greet them
"hy sacrifice the thrilling sensations
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
Back to ruth
BY Mark Sullivan
From Col}ier'sJ

e American newspapers had Of the peace
conference dealt principally with q threat
tha. tnc peace conference WAS going 10
leave Paris and 20 60 10 neutral country.
That was the particular item of news tha.
was most prominently displayed by the
papers. It we'll might be. for i was sensa-
tional. The New York Times" had two
headlines which ran all the way across the
front page, Threat to Take Peace Con
ference Out Of France" The New York
World" also had I seveH-column headline
Peace Conference. Obstructed, May Leave
France All The newspapers in America
tnar day had similar headlines and carried
stories n the spirit Of .he headlines
Boys, Here's a Story
Tha. was the news which America had Of
What went CT II Paris the day before, and,
50 lar as il went the news and the sensa-
t.oral headlines cid, IN way, reflect What
rad happened. And yet fancy ,he Amer
can public would have had q different re
action i they could have had simple
narrative Of what preceded ard what fo,-
owed. Such narrative o. what actually
took place would read about as follows;
Late il ne afternoon, when mcst o. the
American correspondents were IN ,he press
room G the headquarters O. the American
delegates TO the peace conference, there en-
tered tho pressroom member Of President
Wilson's official family. the one who in Paris
.ls some ( the functions which IN Wash
.agioa are filled by Nr. IGmuity. among
Others that Of hMson between the presi-
dent and the reporters. This o.acial spoke
20 the correspondents about as follows.
Boys. heres story for yoa. The Presi-
dent is very much irri.a,ed about some Of
these stories that are appearing in the
Paris papers. and unless !; stops the peace
conference is going 70 be taken away from
Paris 20 some neutral country. You can
out il on the wires
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
An American Monument
10 the Editor OF The Trih,,na

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to the article in your March
Is, 1919. issue, entitled. Mexico Ready to
Meet Fair Deal From United States" which
contains the statement that the Vera Cruz
line Mexican railway between Vera Cruz
and the city Of Mexico. now operated by
the Mexican government. IS splendid ruonu.
menT to British engineering skill. this is an
error as the original exploration. survey,
location and a greater part of the construes
uon was made by Captain Andrew Talcott,
a renowned American civil engineer and q
tormer member OF the Corps OF Engineers,
I. ). Army, during the years lS5s-'67.
EMILE LOW,
Buffalo, \. Y. April L. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
War on the Rhine
1From The Manchester Guara,ar, )

'F rom The Manchester Gudraiari
Bonn and Cologne spend good deal Of
Their time quarrelling, and the British oc-
oupying Cologne are amused TO that
the quarrels so on. though German -houd
ourn. The truth is that the two big towns
are too close together, and thai sorn,
which IS a sort Of Oxford considers that
Cologne, watch s. say, sort Of Man .he~-
ter, gives herself airs and apes her et,ers.
Recently Prussia gave Cologne the right
to found university. Bonn was zap in
arms st once, pointing out that il had ale
ready too many competitors, and that any
body IN Cologne who wished to learn had
only TO run over TO Bonn TO do so. But
worse was to follow-worse. at least in
these days Cologne has not only stuck
firmly to her rights IS regards university,
but she has been getting preference over
Bonn with the Allies in the way Of food.
Both Cologne and Aix-la- Chapelie have, it
appears, been allowed special privileges in
getting food through Holland. Bonn. which
IN January was at pains 10 prove how dis.
tlnct was the old university .own from
Cologne, Is now using all her lesrniag snd
science 20 prove that economically abe IS
so bound up with Cologne that she ought
to have the same privileges.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23

and memories Of such an occasion to the
demands Of the everyday routine Of
utilization?
The President has done well to give
New York another memorial day in spite
of humdrum hestations in Washington.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
An Ab0minable Lie

The next day Premier Clemenceau called
around TO see Mr.. Wilson. The Premier
had The Tribune correspondents cablegram
IN his pocket, the original of it. N.
Clemenceau showed 1t to Mr.. Wilson. Mr..
Wilson read It and they discussed the
rumor which the cablegram alluded to. Mr..
Wilson assured N. Clemenceau that the ru-
NOR was "an abominable lie" Thereunon
the official American propagandist organi-
zation in France, Mr. Crce's Committee on
Public Information, vas called in. It sent
out the following Official message to the
American press: "President Wilson cate
gorically denies making the statement at
tributed to him in the telegram in The New
York Tribune that he had threatened 70
withdraw American troops from France un
less the conference agreed with his views
Mark the words "in The New York Trib-
unc."
At the same time NJ Clemenceau. from
the French end went around to the Cham
Der of Deputies and made a speech. He
still had The Tribunes cablegram During
his speech he took it from his pocket and
read it to the Chamber, and in the course
OF a rather lengthy discussion quoted Mr..
Wilson's denial. This public discussion in
the chamber was, of course, news, and as
news all the American correspondents in
Paris transmitted it to their home papere
The next day the American newspapers had
considerable accounts of the whole enisoda
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
The Poseur Galahads

Sir; In what classified group are we to
place the healthy, robust male specimen
who takes apparent pride in remarkjnp
with an "Am-I- -I-not-different-from- -the-rest %
air; = never eat thing for breakfast.
Just bit of toast and cup of good strong
coffee and l am satsfed"? To be sure
IN nearly every instance, the group known
as affected Liars" would cover the casa
neatly. There must be, however. a sub-
group, which would more aptly apply.
AMBROSE GLUTZ.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
Sings Jugo-Slavia :

In that case unprecedented
And Fiumc you deny,
VIC shall have to be contcntcd
With your heartfelt sympathy.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23

Mention of the Paragraphers' Union re-
calls the brave days of George NJ. Bailevs
red-headed widows Of Heavenly Houston
Henry Sydnor Harrison's star-eyed blondes
OF Royal Richmond, and the vermil;on-
Tipped lasses of Marvellous Mania ttan
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
Subsoiar Novelties

The plain, unassuming woman at musicale
who quietly stands. and suddenly becomes an
angel with a golden voice LOUISE.
The ten dollar bill which you carefully placed
in your wallet at breakfast time and which had
remained there undsturbed all the day and
which suddenly changes into a one-spot just as
You are about to settle your dinner check this
evening. Hov.Rn
The vanishing tennis ball. 1t was in your
alley when you saw it last, but when you 20
to PICK 1t up you find the west wind has carried
il three courts south r-yyot-,rs
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23

Tho Henry James revival said to be expected
shortly, recalls how greatly is that author in
cented for his fame to the humble nexspaper
paTagrapner. Most of can remember when
henry James Joke the standby the refuge. Of
every humorist; it much part of his
jest-kit as the mother-naw joke and mans
getting in late at night. Whenever para
grapher ran out of material all he had to do
was to ring in something about Henry Jane,
and 1t was sure to go. Thous ands of news
paper readers the country over who in all nroba
bilty might never have heard Of tho American
master novelist we're made familiar with him in
tins way. no deliberately planned and paid for
advertising scheme could have ACCOMPLISHED 50
much nor so subtly Henry James revival
might not be possible had it not been for +bo.o
unsuspecting paragraphers who building bet.er
tnan they knew, first launched the pronaoarda
that made him widely Known. p in ,ho
Evening Post.
In 1907 the Paragra piers Union de-
clared the Henry James wheeze contraband
although what it objected to most was The
ruober-stamp comment on Henry Jamcs,s
style by the paragrapher who never had
read word Of il Such paragranh was
an uneamed paragraph; its writer had n,
conviction. And the Paragraphers' Union
did much to annihilate the secondhand
comment.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
The Coming 7ower
The Gipsily Inclined7


II Is an evfl age tor tie gipsCy inclined
among r1en."-Ar Inland yoyoge
When the gypsy vans wen. trailing by,
The knot in the store peered out 20 see,
And the probate justice slapped his thigh:
"A vagabond crew" said he
But Ed, the clerk, was Of other mind.
1--WE often thought he said, with smile,
~ should like to leave this job behind
And just wander the earth for WHILE"
The justice still to any who lingt-&.l,
Dealt out his preachment with dismal
scorn
he knew gypsy folk are all light-fngered,
And they lie from the day they are born.
But Ed that night, when his work was
done,
From the silent village stole to where
He saw how cheerly the camp fire shone
On groups in the soft spring air;
Then dreamt, in his four walls narrow
space,
Tha. he roamed far ways through hills
Of green
a foo.-free youth of Romany race,
And beloved of a Romany queen.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
NJ. Clen,enceou's Pocket

At this juncture-and this is the illumi-
mating point Of the whole story-the much
mystiiied editors of The Tribune in New
York sent the following cablegram to their
Paris spondent:
New York papers contain accounts Of
cablegram about rumors of Wilson with.
drawing American troops from France al
legged TO have appeared in The Tribune We
have printed such cablegram and have
received no such cablegram Can Won en-
tighten US?
OF course this cablegram from the puzzled
Tribune editors, like all others, came under
the French official surveillance When thew
saw the inquiry from The Tribune thew
realized that they were in what might be-
considered, even for them, an embarrass;ne,
position. They realized that tho intcrna-
Nonai teamwork of the American and
French censorship organizations had hccn
bad. Then, and not till then. after Tho
Iribune's cablegram had been carried
around in M. Clemenceau's pocket for near
ly week. did they put it on the wires and
transmit it to the addressce.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
Birds tiereabout Are Renters

1F'rem The Detroit JcArssais
All the robins we have interviewed this
spring are enthusiasts over the ovn-a home
movement
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23

Fiume is Premier Orlando's story and
he's going to stick to IT,
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
Sings Italy

In that case unprecedented
And we lose Fiume, why
We refuse to be contented
With your heartfelt sympathy.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
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