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New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
A Disappointed Wounded Man

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: AS discharged wounded soldier 81
the 9th Division ! would like to say few
words about the way we were neglected 81
regards the distribution of tickets for tts
parade. If it were not for the fact that The
papers had said so much about what was
being done for us | would not say anything
at all.
After ! found out that there had been nt
provision maac for US to march with tbs
rest of the boys I wrote a letter to the con-,
manding officer Of my battalion asking him
to send me two tickets. Not receiving any
reply TO this, ] went to the armory Thirty.
fourth Street and Park Avenue) the day be.
fore the parade and asked for tickets. Cap
tain German wrote letter 70 Captain Kent,
who was on the Mayors COMMITTEES OF Wei
come, and asked him TO give tickets TO three
other cx-menbcrs and myself We inatnedl
htely went TO see Captain Kent et the com
inittee's office (iIall Of Records). We pre-
seuied the letter at Room COZ. and sfsff
beng kept waiting about Fifteen o. twenty
minutes the letter whe returned and "e weH
told 10 take it to Room sos. Al Room sea
they referred us bhck TO Room COZ FinAlg
We were told that Captain Kent WAS na'
there. and that there was no one else ther
in command who could give us the ticket
Consequently, all | saw of the parade ws'
some bayonets.
Now that preparations arc being made 70
welcome home the 9th and AID divisions
this information may be of some help to the
discharged soldiers of those divisions.
CHARLES ". CALDWELL,
Honorably discharged from Company c, losd
Field Signal Battalion, 9th Division
New York, March 81, 1919.
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The Rosenwasser Case
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l noted with deep interest the ear
torial in your issue of March 25 entiae'
"rhe Rosenwasser Case" 1t seems to me y
be a fine and generous-yet no more 'nsA
just-act of reparation to give the WOES
possible publicity 10 the exoncration OF 'as
so-called defendants in the Rosenwasss'
Brothers -Hirsch case. l am frank to ss'
that I am the more rejoiced in your sta'e'
ment because / was one of those WY
throughout the war deeply deplored any s',
which seemed to be indicative OF wans =, !,
loyalty to our government and nation :
was shocked at the time of the indictmess
and gave expression to my sense OF Ps3
that it should be possible 10 Level sass !. !.
charge against group of men WHO oasa,
to :be most eager to serve their country s"-
uphold its honor"
Again i desire to thank you for your =
of public reparstion, an act which Is n0ns'.
ing to you IA it is to those gentlemen ~es
were most unjustly accused and now s'a''s -
not merely acquitted of crime but mo.sss
vindicated. STEPHEN D "iS'' &
New York, March Is. 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
MIR. Roots Proposals

f.lihu Root, in his lucid, clarifying and
concerning the so-called covenant which
it was recently proposed TO jam through
without opportunity for consideration or
amendment, discloses spirit worthy of
an American statesman in the presence
of great problem.
Without indulging in word of ex-
press criticism, he sufficiently exposes
the nature of the mad enterprise recent
ly attempted and brings home the good
done by the Senate when it refused to
be browbeaten. If an agreement is
reached it will be more likely to safe
guard peace than if the Smuts-Wilson
plan had been blindly accepted. The
Senate deserves the thanks of all really
desrous of establishing a league to en-
force peace.
Mr. Root, in his six amendments, adopts,
with some notifications, the amendments
suggested by Senators Lodge and Knox
and Mr. Hughes and indorsed in princi-
pie by Messrs Taft and Lowell, and ap-
parently now accepted by President Will
son. But Mr. Root adds new matter.
He would have a court of arbitration to
handle justiciable questions, which the
covenant does not require, and also
congress of nations to codify and enact
international law, also unprovided for in
the covenant. AS TO Article X he would
have the mutual guarantee of territories
run for five years. He would also
strengthen the article bearing on NUM-
tion manufacture, and would have in not
less than five nor more than ten years
the assemblage of a plenary council to
reconsider the covenant, thereafter per-
mitting the free withdrawal of any dis
satisfied league member.
The amendments would greatly vital
ize the ambassadorial council which the
covenant creates and make its delibera-
tions less farcical, but it is to be noted
that the central agency of the league
would still lack anything except ad-
viarry power; could do no more than rec
ommend, with the real decisions made by
home governments as severally they
might determine. Thus there would still
be no sanction to the decrees of the
league as such, and no league to enforce
peace, as the phrase Is commonly under
stood, established. But, though this is
so, tho council, besides furnishing reg
ular meeting place for the airing OF
grievances, might, and probably would,
have some moral power, and thus repre-
aent an advance.
Tho President obviously did the cause
which he has been urging great harm
when he denied To himself the aid that
mon Of the quality Of Mr.. Root and Mr.
Hughes were willing TO give and brought
on Ali unnecessary controversy with the
senate, his partner in treaty making
Why this course was adopted continues
to be matter Of mystery
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31

the wheat grown in North Dakota. Surely
a long way from complete socialism.
But does Townley mean to stop there7
Will he be satisfied with such rela-
lively conservative change7
What Is his outlook and pufpose7
There is good deal Of evidence to in
dicate that Townley is much more radical
than his announced policies in North Da.
kota indicate.
For one item, he hns already organized
rs private venture Of the league great
aystem Of ebein stores in the state. Ruuor
says TINT these VIII ultimately be sold
10 tbe state Rumor says also that the
one -four mill is simply the entering
wedge
He has had close relations with the /,
W. W, and in 1917 made AN extraordinary
attempt to unto the farmers Of North Da-
kota with the l. w. w. harvest hands in II
working agreement that would have vastly
enlarged and strengthened the Haywood
union.
He was so much of "red" that the war
interested him not at all until the second
Russian revolution showed what a force
for radicalism it might be. He did not
directly oppose either the draft or Liberty
Loan He did attack the war as being run
by capitalists and argued that the capital
lists should pay for it. In his Minnesota
campaign of 1916 he nominated for Gov
ernor Charles A. Lindbergh, more ex-
tremc critic Of the capitalists war than
Townley himself. In the campaign of 1913
the membership of the league was unques-
tonably augmented by the entire pro- Ger
element Of Minnesota and North Da-
kota
Townley realizes perfectly that his sue
cess in North Dakota has depended upon
the un-American character of the popula-
ton, which made it less tenacious Of in
dividualism. He is so organizing the
schools and newspapers of North Dakota
that they can be made effective weapons
of socialistic propaganda.
How far and fast does Mr. Townley
hope to lead the North Dakota farmer along
the road to socialism? The fact that no.
body knows is one of the chief sources
Of anxiety among the opponents of the
league in North Dakota.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
n THAI .Shouid Happen

~- The Nonpartisan League Is just MS
A strong as Townley and stronger.
This is "A reservation which must be
constantly borne in mind
If he collapscs or blunders hopelcssiy the
league will collapse.
The success or failure of the whole social
istic programme OF North Dakota depends
upon the executive ability of Townley
He is the government of North Dakota.
And Townley is, or was, a speculative
punger, who, before he went into politics.
plunged twice in large scale farning-and
failed both times. He is temperamental and
dctatora He has learned some caution
anG talks as if he realized the necessity of
going slowly in the North Dakota pro
gramme. Yet there are already signs of
the plunger in the activities of the league
Townlcy himself is a wholly American
product. His political methods have some
striking resemblance to soviet methods. But
they were entirely original with him and
natural product of this peculiar section of
America He is an American Lenine, not
a Russian Lenine, in origin and inspiration
He was born in Minnesota, the son of
farmer, and comes of straight English stock
He is tall and lean, dresses in black and has
been called by his enemies 1.-The hawk" He
has clcan-shaven, sharp face, with dark
hair rolled back from his forehead, and when
he IS burning up audience he bends his
knees and swoops down like an avenger
Background OF Failure
Nobody knows much of Townley's earlier
years. His two farm failures are matters
.>c. ,1UA< r,.
Colorado and flax in North Dakota, both on
huge scale, financed by Others money
Both failed utterly. Hc was to be the
"Flax King of North Dakota" and did make
$4,000 the first year. Then came two bad
years. and he went under The cynics say
that he got his socialism then. at any
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
Legal Technique

. The league has embarked upon this
Zs venture by wholly legal and consti-
tutional means and, leaving aside the
question of leadership and certain tenden-
cies of the movement away from funda-
mental Amcricanism, the country at large
might we'll view the venture as an inter-
esting and salutary experiment, exactly the
sort of local variation in government which
our Constitution permits. 1t may prove
hard North Dakota to be used as So
cialst laboratory, but the instruction for
the other states is certain to be great.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
MrMnrn or a1ln Aaa0clArrn rnras

Tho Associated ttees u exclusively entitled tho
f feeui'not Of an dispatches efsdifad ~ Il
not obffaiss credited ~ lhis pbpef aud also tbs ioa
hs~s u spontaneous ofigtn published hefolH,
Al rghs NJ republication Of all oihm matter herein
are aisv reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
Master Propaganda

Townley is master propagandist rhs,.
has never been in America pronass.as
Of magazines. newspapers and speakers ss
enborately and ably organized as that -
the league. His funds have been bura
$4,000 expended chiefly in two sta,s,
North Dakota and Minnesota. No politics,
party ever spent anything approaching tbs
sum among so few voters And the esoss.
ditnte Of the funds has been entirely see,s
The league is not. noninally. political pafts
It's system Is TO 20 into It primary and nams
It's own men OF the ticket likellesi 10 win
The present league government Of Nor,s
Dakota, for instance, is nomnnliy Repuh.
lehn was elected on the Republican ticket
that is Townley does not publicly accom-,
FOR the leagues moneys TO any one. OF al
secret autocracies there has never been any,
thing to compare with the league.
1T is no wonder that the enemies of N.
league have frankly accused Townley of hs.
ing in the league for what he could make ou
of it. That is the very general belief of hi.
critics. The financial secrecy of the leagOs
is unquestionably source of suspicion. Yet
~''+NtA
veys is quite otherwise. He gives the i'm.
preston of sincere and intense radical.
shade cynical, extremely despotc. but uer.
sonaly honest.
One of the blunders Of The opponents Of
the league has been to underestimate Town
ley. He is a real leader man of imaejna.
ton and intense personal force He is tina
of l,o
criticised by his opponents for running the
league in high-handed fashion and not call
ing general convention to pass upon his
leadership. Townley prefers the autocratk
system. But there is no question of his pop
ularty or his natural supremacy in The
league. There is religious fervor among
the members, and it centres about A. c.
Townley in something very closely akin to
worship. The first open revolt has lately
broken out in the league in North Dakosa
1t may succeed but the chances would seen
to be all against it.
Never before in the history Of American
politics have we had benevolent despot
who swayed the fortunes Of his followers 50
absolutely as Townley sways the fortunes
of North Dakota and his league members
in dozen other states. We have had our
bosses, goodness knowsl But the grim huror
of North Dakota's situation is that in the
name of democracy and to end the despotism
of Big Business" the farmers, or major.
ity of them, have placed the whole future
of their state in the hands of private cit
zen, the autocrat Of their soviet and boss
of their entire governmental machinery.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31

If we had begun playing pool at, say,
1:45 this morning and stopped at 3:15,
would we have been charged for thirty
minutes, or would the proprietor have
proiteered on the daylight saving?
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
The Coming 7ower

Just as it was about to be suggested that
bartenders become teachers of Latin and
Greek, what do the Aboltionists do but
throw away those life-rafts, too What
can ex-bartenders and ex-teachers of Latin
and Greek do Everybody can't solicit life
insurance.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
GUARANTEE

Yon san purchase ,erchandlse advertised In THE
rHsUaE With absolhb s$eiyfof II dissatisfaction rs'
suits In any THE BUNt guarantees Is pay your
money back upon tseesM He I'D tape No aubbnp
We make eeod promptly T. tbs advertiser docs not
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31

When it is generally known that the
United States is q boozeless, tobaccoless
land, we shall not have to bother framing
any immigration laws.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
MONDAY, MARCH 81, 1919

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New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
By Geofrey Parsons

TEvO MANY the Noupasan League radical
central
alarmed conservative sympathy among
radicals. the object contradictory
This and the tlwing articles the Investigation
by t'eo observers approaching from different
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
Flirting With Labor

w What tactics will Townley pursue in
other states in his alliance with
Ne labor? There he must have a strong
labor party to win. In view Of his own
extreme views, in view of his opportunist
tactics in Minnesota, may he not ally him
self with the reds of labor, if, as now
seems likely, that is going to be the only
possible road to success? He is master
of inflammatory speech. There is no labor
leader to match him on the platform. With
out such active, organizing ability as he
possesses the new labor party seems GER
tain to fail
If Townley should attempt the task of
organizing the radical labor unrest in the
country he would be a grave problem.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31

rate, he next appears as Socialist ag;s...-
The Norbartisan League was a nat,,s''
evolution, a steady four years growth e.
very small beginnings. The present svs..~
of collecting SIG from each member 40 -
years" dues Ito cover the legislative tss~'
came gradually. From the first members !
collected Sc. This was later raised - a.
and then to SIG. From one Ford csr q
movement has grown until it now sends brs
dreds of Fords into state, each viii
trained solicitor, who receives a quarter :.
the SIG in good book agent fashion
The politicians throw up their hands ou.-
Townley's success in separating ooo oo.
farmers each from SIG. The farmer doos ~.
give up money easily, and it required ~,
political genius to get him in. and ths~
having got him in, to get him to "st;os
The device Of persuading him to paw a go.s
sized sun-s16-to cover two years in -
vance seems simple enough. but il Ven.
stroke Of genius. 1t keeps the farmer int
ested for two whole years, at any rsts
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
Built on To,uuley

a WHATEVER serious menace the
movement holds lies not with the
farmers of North Dakota, but with
the future course of Towney In his ap-
peal to the cautious farmer he has care
fully avoided even the word socialism. let
alone any talA of l. W w. violence. or
Bolshevism, or internatonalism. The laws
and constitutional amendments passed per
NIT complete state socialism, But any
such extreme programme is expressly dis
avowed by the leaders 1t is certainly not
the intention of the average league mem
Der. He expects to see the state run
terminal elevators, one good sized -four
mill, the state bank and packing house
also the Ignite mines, if they can be
worked economically. The announced pur
pose of the mill is simply to establish
standards Of wheat prices and flour prices
to regulate the general market. 1t would
probably grind only about / per cent of
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
Solid Block Of Fire

Whatever Townley does with labor
N his Nonpartisan League stands a
40 good chance of carrying IA solid block
Of five states in l920-North Dakota.
Minnesota, South Dakota, Idaho and Mon
tana- These viii cast 80 electoral votes
~ the Presidential election enough TO de-
eide a close election like that of 1916 Tho
nomination Of IA third ticket in 1920, n
labor ticket supported by the league, de-
pends upon the rapidity with which labor
sentiment for separate political action de-
velops and also upon what tho old parties
do. If there is no third ticket there will
be diekefng with tho Democratic conven-
ton 10 secpfe AT radical nominee as
possible IN this event the Endorsement of
the lengue might be IA considerable factor
ia the election.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
Neutral on the Red Flag

- The un-Amercan tendencies OF the
= league were most clearly shown in
the refusal of the Nonpartisan legis-
lators to pass n law prohibiting the display
of the red flag or a law excluding all lam
guages save English from the elementary
schools. The leaders we're perhaps more
responsible for this stand than the league
members But it seems clear that the bulk
of the membership, while loyal in the war,
is not completely Amoricanzcd and has
neither assimilated basic American ideas
nor been able to make effective use Of
American representative governments
The unprecedented success Of Towney
in building up an intense and bitter class
feeling as an engine of government must be
mentioned here. The populist movement
and every American farmer uprising have
been based largely on class feeling The
whole free silver appeal was fundamentally
to tho debtor clnss.
But Towfiley has organized class feeling
with new nnfrowness and new venom.
Only farmers can bo members Of the league
With very few exceptions. only farmers
hhye been elected to Office by tho league.
Every effort has been made 10 mako Tho
farmer class conscious and 10 fan iia hatred
Of te capitalist.
Whether it Is fair or not 10 emil this
effort un American, it Is cerlninly at odds
with eyery old American political custom
and faith, 1t seems a clonr effort TO rc.
place our old community representative
system by the soviet type OF occupntional
representation. As such ii has undoubtedly
met with minimum Of opposition among the
alien population of North Dakota
1t should be added that the Immigration
to North Dakota has been chiefly Nor
wegan, with some Swedish and German. and
Is highly intelligent, industrious and hon
est. 1t is as fine stock as the country can
boast. Any blame for un-American ton
denotes in North Dakota must not rest
upon her people but upon the nation which
permitted so unassimilated a populatos 10
assemble and persist. The facts have been
IN the census for all to see. North Dakota
IN It's formative period, showed a higher
percentage Of aliens than any other stata
has shown in the last half century. In
1890 the percentage of foreign born reached
the extraordinary figure of 427.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
The Truth in Adyertising

TFrom the Detroit Free Press1
A HUPP 20. 5-passenger touring, st25.
This will not last long. Rear, $50 Wa
bash ave.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31

Eddie, the most obligng and handsomest
proofboy on The Tribune day shift asked
yesterday whether all we did was to edit
this Monolith Of Metal. And then he made
the universal and true comment, "Pretty
soft" "We1l say It is" We said, and
euifing tho notion TO the word, said, at
is." Well, Eddie enys he'd ikc TO learn
bow; II nlways hns been our contention
thnt anybody could learn how to colyum-
TO give Eddie "A lesson, and before long
we hhnll turn The Tower over to him
for n day.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31

A wife Of our acquaintance says if the
Anti Cigarette League succeeds she is ro
ing to leave her husband He gave IN
smoking once" she says, "and those three
days were the worst l ever lived through"
THE Typical American" ventures Ro-
sepha, "cusses out the government, wecps
over Bone Dry, says we're all going to the
dogs; and then rushes out to buy n War
Savings Stamp"
The only non-smoking writer we know
OF is Old Sam Merwin, the transplanted
sage of Concord, Mass. Are there others?
Suggestion Tor song refrain: I'm the
nick O. time | gave up nicotine"
The Leagues TO Take the Joy Out of Life
are forming.
Let us unite-the Drinko- Slaves and the
Smoke Slavesi
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
And Won't Be What 1t Is

tFroB Tho Toronto Gsobel
Geography isn't what it used 70 ".
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31

1t is time to revise the "go-like-hot-
cakes" simile. In most hotels the hot
cakes taste as though they weren't going
with especial rapdjty that morning.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
The Loyalty Question

"A So far as North Dakota goes, The rank
and file Of the league are neither dis
loyal nor 7. w. w. in spirit or in fact
They resent being called even Socialists
They are simply a radically minded set of
farmers largely of alien parentage, re-
solved upon venture in state ownership
in an effort to redress certain definite and
long standing grievances
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31

For Chairman of the Committee to Wei.
come the Mayor Back into Private Life,
Orson nominates Herbert Quick.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-31
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Mail Matter
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Gotham GIeanings
i0li7lhT m III III IIl d IinIi0l n

1u h11 i NV NI u1li itlltLCIAl ii
-Bingo Wells is back hcmc from
France.
-Czuch Townc is reading up on
the Czccho-Slovaks.
-Denning Miller, of Cambridge
Mass, Tucsdaycd here with his
MOTHER
Grant Rice and Bill Mcclellan
are playing around in the warm
Southland.
Miss Zoe Atkins gave a party
one night last week, an elegant time
being had by ALL
The many friends Of Ray Ives
will be glad to know that Ray is a
Maj. now in Paris.
Art Samuels, George Dyer's as
slstant, moved into his new apart
ment Thursday and IS going to give
house warming soon.
Everybody who ever was in the
Coast Artillery Corps before the war
Will be sorry to hear that Col. K. c.
Masteller has lost his coach dog.
-flec Turnbull was married the
other day to Miss Blanche Laskv
and this dept wishes the happy pair
a prolonged Already, as the noet
says.
Rein. Wcrrenrath sang at the
opera house last Wcdncs. in "Faust,"
an opera by Chas. Gounod, a promi
ncnt French composer. Rcinic is
Brooklyn boy himself
-Runor hath it that Wallace
Morgan is on his way home from
Ncufchatcau, Montmirai1. Chat
mont, Paris. etc Welcome home is
how VIC phrase it, Morg.
The Nadir Of Narvet6 is attained by s. W.
who writes to tho Philadelphia Record:
would you please give me information
how TO bring poetry work before the public
md derive some compensation for it: poofne
nro tn German loheuoge7' Our advice is
FOR s. W. to try tho New York Sun or
1Infvey's Weekly.
tf we felt ingenious which, fuddled
with alcohol and eoddcn with tobacco ~
VIC are, Of course We do not we should
write sonnet "To Woodrow Wilson," ono
point for ench line.
at is" observes w. X. c., thinking n
long time to pass the fourteen given
points"
Even so careful a writer as Mr.. Francis
Iiackett speaks of Eugene Walters; and Mr..
Lawrence Fellows. in Judge is an artist
who puts the divisional insignia on the
soldiers right sleeve.
For Chairman of the Committee TO Wei.
come the Mayor Back into Private Life
Orson nominates Herbert Quick