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New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
A Menac;ng Nuisance
o the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The pulpit orator who knows
little and cares less about economic
conditions, who probably never thought
of investigating and ascertaining wage
scales, cost Of production, etc, who
merely "orates" on the assumption that
the under dog, the workin gman, is alb
solutely just in his mandates, while
the employer, "the plutocrat and ex-
ploiter," must be wrong because be, too,
dares to assert his inalienabie right to
state his case from his own Anglican
orator of this caliber, say, Is social
disturber, nuisance and a menace.
I am not opposed to ministers, as such,
dealing with industrial problems from
their pulpits. Not at all. On the con-
trary, preachers, striving to conciliate
the wrangling elements-pouring' 'their
oil upon the turbulent waters of dis
content, rather than using it for the
purpose Of feeding the flames of ha-
tired and malice-such men are indeed
rendering a great service to society.
~ is LHc ScUSdllOUSllSI, Lno man WHO
would feign have you believe that he
is ahead of his time, that he is the
true apostle of social and industrial
democracy, who blows his trumpet and,
like jeremiah of old, bids his auditors
to repent lest a calamity overtake
them"-it is man of this type that
deserves the contempt Of the commu-
nifty. Well may the laws abiding work
ingman wish TO be saved from such
friends.
In conclusion, permit me to add that,
fguratively speaking, the writer of
these lines ia long, long way from
Wall Street, and, being a workingman
himself, he is not in the least con-
! taminated by Its predatory" wealth.
S. S. SKlDELSKY.
New York. Dec. "a, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Ashamed of Ne.U York

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t certainly Is a pleasure to see
that The Tribune has been good enough
to give Sergeant Flynn's article the
publicity it has received, and I trust you
will let me "air my views on this mat
ter also.
This shows how long our patriotism
which Mayor Hylan and other off
cials have Dragged Of to the many
visitors to our country has lasted
Americans need not ask any of our boys
how the French people treated US
let me say that no wounded man ever
stood up for fraction of minute in
any of the Paris transit lnes-for time
after time I have seen women, yes,
women in their fifties and sixties, rise
and give n seat to both French and
American wounded
Shame upon those who have not the
or woman or aged person seat, And
some Of these people call themselves
Americans and some of them Christians
They are not one biz better than the
Huns. Yes. say this, and l am one
who was born and brought up in New
York City I am ashamed of New York
ers, ashamed to call myself one, espe-
cially after having seen the conditions
which, have arisen in the last ten years.
AN AMERICAN CHRISTIAN.
New York, Dec "a, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Backing the Wrong Horse

I do not in the least despair of bet
ter relations between Great Britain
and the United States as a result of
recent association in war, provided
these relations are allowed to develop
normally and not translated into that
form of unilateral contract which the
majority Of the American people con-
celve the league of nations to be: but
do warn my English friends against
persistence in a policy which, to use
an old phrase not wholly unfamiliar,
amounts to backing the wrong horse"
The way to Americas heart is not
through Mr.. Wilson's policies. A great
deal of the opposition to the Pre- sident
Is purely partisan; some of it comes
from Irish and German sympathizers,
but these categories by no means
exhaust American opponents to the
treaty. The fatal opposition has come
from that mass Of American people
who feel that they have had their name
signed to something without their per
mission, have had their name used
without their consent, and feel gen
uine apprehension over such an extern
sion Of executive power, with al. the
concomitant possibilities for the fu-
ture
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Mr.. Kaufman Corrects
Statement

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: VIII you permit me space to
correct a statement made some time
since in an article in The Tribune,
which was called to my attention only
week ago? This article recorded,
imperfectly it seems, talk with Mr.
Harry P Burt. Of the firm of A. L.
Burt & Co., the publishers Of reprints,
and said
Mr. Burt keen 10 point out that
his list (of reprintsl contained work OF
Ehnor Gyms. or Reginald Wright Kauff-
mans, or Upton Sinclalr's These books
were of doubtful puri1y--Nnd the great
majority OF popular book buyers he be
lieved, are aggressive In the matter OF
purity. Large the sale Of these books
has been he feels 1t would bs poor bust
ness policy for his house TO be identified
with any but wholesome reading
Mr.. Burt has written me, telling ME
of this interview as it was procured
by the reporter from The Tribune. He
says:
She the reporterl first brought up
the title Of Three Weeks and then
Immediately followed with The House
of Bondage | simply replied that we
didn't have either one of these titles.
and feared that the publishing Of these
might lay us open to criticism on the
part of some Of our dealers and read
ers. There was no such remark as
was attributed the list contained
none of your books for the reason
given
No others Of your books were men
toned. There Is not the slightest
reason or feeling that none Of your
titles should be on our list. This un-
fortunate situation shows how easy it
is to misquote and lead to misunder-
standing"
Permit me to add that nearly all
my books-including the ones that
your reporter seems to have had in
mind have been published III reprints.
and that of my twenty-five books only
six can be justly said to touch upon
what is commonly called the sex
question:
REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFMAN.
Columbia, Pa, Dec. 20, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Blank Check" Denied

When Mr.. Wilson began to speak In
the name OF the American people, de-
of peace, there was renewal of Ameri-
can resentment. since Mr.. Wilson had
never submitted to the American peo-
pie any draft Of his program. and tho
American people had rejected "blank
check Endorsement such as he had
sought at the November election. The
more Mr.. Wilson assumed TO speak for
America the more resentful the ajor-
i,y of the American people became. Mr..
Wilson had counted on a shining success
at Paris which would be sufficiently i'm
pressive to enlist American support
fwhsn he came home, but In poans Of fast
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28

is against the spirit rather than the
form or the language that American
opposition is directed.
1t is possible to exaggerate the in
tensity of the opposition. Roughly
speaking, there are three shades Of
opinion. A great many more oppose
than advocate the adoption of the
league Of nations portion Of the treaty.
There is third fraction, much larger
than the other two combined, which is
not in the least interested. The league
Of nations has failed as a popular ap-
peal; therefore, the action Of the Sen
ate is totally unlikely to be reversed
by any popular protest.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
American Suspicious

The situation. therefore, comes down
now to this: Far from advancing the
cause Of the league Of nations or the
interests Of Anglo American associa-
ton, British praise of the President and
Of the league Of nations to-day serves
to confirm American suspicious, which.
however unjust, are none the less wide
spread. In addition, such Endorsements
seem in many quarters little short of
British interference in American poll
tics on behalf Of one party against an
other, with the obvious purpose to per-
suade the people Of the United States to
adopt an agreement made without their
consent or without consulting them, and
involving very great risks without any
profit, material or moral.
What, then, Is the solution? 1t does
not seem to me there is any immediate
solution. After having been amended
by the addition Of many reservations,
the treaty may conceivably be ratified.
This ratification, however, will merely
mean formal assent to restoration
Of peace with Germany and to the mate
rial conditions imposed upon Germany
by the Treaty Of Versailles. The abso-
lutte rejection OF the idea Of cooperation
in world administration will stand, and
the chances Of future growth for the
league Of nations scheme seem to me, as
far as America Is concerned, very dark
The main trouble always lies in the
American conviction that Pres sident
Wilson tried to deliver the United
States, to commit it to a one-sided
scheme, against the interests of the
country in defiance Of the will of the
country, and that he did this mainly
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28

own theories and vanities by our Euro
pean associates in the World War.
In my judgment, the very best basis
for future Anglo American association
will have to be natural cooperation
growing out of mutual interests, but in
no sense subject to any constraint or
written partnership. In any event, as
things now stand, the league of nations
covenant is dead so far as the United
States is concerned, whatever the for
NAL action by the Senate. And the
more British statesmen, public men
and foreign friends of the United
States try to revive it by praise and
by Endorsement the more general will
be American resentment
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Peace Terms Approved

The reservations which the Senate
has proposed are more or less techni-
cal; some Of them are obviously absurd
but the reservation which majority
of the American people have adopted
IS the one that counts. That reserva-
tion specifically declares against any
American possibility in European
or Asiatic affairs growing out Of the
peace settlement, and provided for in
advance by the Treaty of Versailles
America does not disapprove Of the
peace terms. There is less criticism
in America than in Europe so far as
the sentence pronounced against Ger
many is concerned. The decision to
reject the treaty was not influenced by
the Sarre Valley detail or the Danzig
circumstances. No change that could
be made in the conditions so far as
Germany Is concerned would make the
treaty moro acceptable in America.
In sum, the treaty has failed, or
rather the league Of nations has been
rejected, on American issues, and be-
cause it was negotiated without refer
ence to American opinion or knowl-
edge. The situation will not be
changed hereafter by any formal ratifi-
cation accompanied by reservations. Il
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
A Week diverse

In Provence: The Young Dead
From the Yaie Rerie-ci
A H, HOW l pity the young dead who
All that they were, and Nigh. becon7e,
that we
With tired eyes should watch this
perfect sea
Reweave its patterning Of silver wave
Round scented cliffs OF arbutus and
bay.
No more shall any rose along the way.
The myrtled way that wanders to tho
shore,
Nor jonquil-twinkling meadow any
Nor the warm lavender that takes sh.
spray.
Smell only Of sea salt and the sun,
But, through recurring seasons, every
Shall speak to Us with lips the dark
ness closes,
Shall look at US with eyes shat missed
the roses.
Clutch US with hands whose work VIA
Just begun,
Laid idle now beneath the earth We
tread
And always VIC shall walk with the
young dead
An, how I pity the young dead, whose
eyes
Strain through the sod to see these
perfect skies,
Who feel the new wheat springing in
their stead.
And the lark singing for them over
head
EDITH WHARTON
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Changed
From Contcrnporar1 y

From Contemporary Verse;
IN DISTANT fields they lie,
Young lads whom you and
Have teased and played with sunny
afternoons,
Have kissed or houted under gentle
moons
In distant fields they lie.
Beneath the ood-bought soil Of
Picardy,
Their names forever set
Among the great whom Time may not
forget
In distant fields they lie
SO clothed upon with majesty,
SO far-so far
We can but view their shining as
star
That thrones its deathless are
Above the puny reach OF our desire
Of love-or grief.
1t seems beyond belief
That We have ever known
These lads to hero stature grown:
That these have ever been 70 US III.
gay
Lght-hearted comrades of summer
day.
IDA JUDITH JOHNSON.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Inc Kaiser's Christmas Tree

NO doubt the one-time Kaiser en-
,''ed his Christmas tree, even in ex-
~ az Amerongen. The Christmas
ses Is peculiarly German institu-
' "0'i' although it has been widely
.'Op'ed outside of Germany. The
y amer German immigrants brought
" 70 this country. Indeed, they had
=, rr4ch to Go with many of our present
Sa'istmas customs. The festival
rays great part in German poetry
20 AIRY tale. There Is q sentimen-
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Evangelines
From The Philadelphia Recordj

from ne fhHoGelph Rec0rdJ
According 20 Attorney -Weinberger
counsel for our late deported Red
brethren, the compulsory sailing Of the
Red ark was just three times as
great q crime es that perpetrated upon
the peasants of Acadia l5o years ago.
Il the story of 'Evangeline' ever moved
you said he sobbing out his last APP
peal the inference, choked by tears, Of
course, being that we should be at least
three times as greatly moved by this
outrage. There were three "Evange-
lines" among the 24s passengers, and
poor dear, innocent Emma Evangeline
Goldman was the greatest Of these.
Contemplate of US to treat delicate girls
in this fashion. The idea Of tearing
them from this alien land, whose gov
ernment is odous to them. and sending
them, surrounded by all the discomforts
that beset first class passengers, back
TO tho old homo in Russia. Pity these
4edWnEysNgsltpsurl
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Gold Brick" Securities

A deporable source Of waste is
the sale Of worthless or nearly
worthless securities. These securi-
ties are ordinarily disposed of
through false representations. Manv
innocent purchasers are defrauded
and thus acquire an aversion for
what they consider wall Street
methods.
Swlndlers grow fat at this busi-
ness at the expense of the unwarv,
who are prone to put credence in
the promises of glowing printed
prospectuses. In many states So
called blue sky laws have been
passed to stop the vending of inita
tion securities. The Postoffice De
partment has also INTERVIEWED ener-
getlcally to check promotion frauds
by issuing search orders and for
bidding offending firms and corpora
tlons the use of the mails.
Governor Smith recently appointed
a commission to take up the ques-
ton Of restrictive legislation in this
state. The majority of the committee
has made report which deprecates
the enactment of anything like a
blue sky law. The majority dis
approved Of state licensing Of ven
doris and Of imposition on them of
civil and criminal responsibility for
the misrepresentation in the promo
tlon literature which they issue. 1t
recommended a strengthening of the
penal laws against fraudulent pro
motion and rigid inspection of
securities sales by the State Bank
ing Department and the Attorney
General. The majority summed up
its program in this sentence "What
is needed is flexible, virile fraud
hunting state machinery, driven not
by statute, but by human intelli-
gence and human activity"
The primary need is, of course.
spirited intervention by the state
authorities. But it is hardly going
too far to ask for little more pro-
lection in the form of legislation. A
minority of the committee-four
members out of twelve-recom-
mended the licensing of sellers and
an insistence on civil and criminal
liability for false statements.
Reputable houses have the habit
Of appending to bond prospectuses
the warning that they do not vouch
for the statements contained there
in, although these come from
presumably authoritative sources.
Goods bought in shops are generally
returnable because of discovered de-
fects or because they do not live up
to the sellers representations. This
is probably an impracticable stand
ard to set up for security transac-
tions, many Of which involve the
element of speculation. But why
shouldn't the principle of RESPONSE
bility for representations prevail in
the latter field as well as the
former?
Honest vendors have an interest
in protecting their own business by
helping to protect the public. Un-
doubtediy the most practicable means
of freezing out the dishonest opera
tor would be a combination of the
bankers organizations, the stock
exchanges and the advertising as
sociations-all cooperating with the
Postoffice Department to stamp out
frauds. The fight can be made more
effectively from within than from
the outside. A determined voluntary
boycott of sharps and sharks might
be better than blue sky law.
Yet why not put the additional
force behind such a crusade of legal
liability for the misstatements made
by the emitters of questionable in
vest!nent literature?
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Beauty

iF,orr The London Westminster Gazette}
GO MANY people have made palaces
~ for thee,
N ade thy house Of marble or a summer
sea;
Made thy home in high cliffs tha,
strange birds kept.
Or in the laughter OF child who never
wept.
Some men find thee only in that narrow
place
Under the grass, with those who looked
and loved Deaths face.
Who think there only art thou found
Away,
That all else goes sleep-wise, passing
like day.
But have more beautiful place to
see.
That is mine only. there do house thee
That shall be as long as there are eyes
10 gaze
The face Of my first love, all bright with
loves amaze
HAROLD LEWIHyooox. 4
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
The Distrust Breeders.

The Distrust Breeders.
dispatch from Vienna published
our neighbor The World says that
,,ners Of the three provinces
.ch are now Austria refuse 10
sd food supplies to the starving
ss.rian capita Only one-tenth OF
q. toodstuas rc4u.sit.oued has been
esined and the government is too
|s,ssk to enforce the seizure.
4 Within Austria, it appears, there
s supplies enough to prevent fam
l., even If not to provide plenty.
ss.. food possessors viii not let go.
4 The explanation that the Austrian
f,mers are caiiously selfish is
larcey adequate. They are, Of
SEurse, looking after their own safe
4 first, but there are, it may iv as
B tned other reasons for their hard
s|ks. Normally a producer of grain
.d cattle is willing, even anxious,
D sell. Indeed, their business is one
Mraising to sell.
4 It must be they fear they Will get
3y.hing in return if they ship, that
3ssy doubt whether purchasers On
3,edit have any serious purpose Of
Fsr paying
In Vienna, as elsewhere where
ggMshevik ideas prevail, the doc
pine is preached that the man who
sgMuces az article has not q better
/ .lim to it than one who merely
ants it The Vienna populace, in
red to action by imitators Of Le-
Isie, first grabbed by force from the
|ch, then from the bourgooisie. and
|aally one group of the proletariat
faided the supplies Of other groups.
The consequences, of course, in
!rtably came. The despoiled either
|I not produce or hid or otherwise
|'sng on to what they produced, and
|as fruits of forced seizures did not
Iang suffice to fill empty stomachs.
The marauders could not lay hands
IN enough to last long.
What is the root of the trouble
Il the disturbed regions of Europe
|rd Of the world in general? At bot
Ian 1t IS breakdown in confidence.
aSNrust and hate have been manu-
|aftured among nations, distrust
Ind hate have been stimulated
|nong classes. Men no longer
are rely on their neichbors. The
rfrit Of cooperation which feeds
ankind has been chilled The
|Tnciple of the division Of labor has
zen fouted What has happened
|'as bound to happen.
!he way out Of the morass Is by
s'racing the steps by which it was
Uttered Confidence must be roes-
solished. The Austrian farmer is
'ooably not specially selfish. But
lis nonsense TO expect him to give
'p what he has to those who are
0mmitted TO the doctrine that thiev-
fS, If only done in a certain way,
\ lustifiable- Thou shalt not steal"
vas written on the tablets of stone.
aspect for it IS as necessary to
S"nomlcs as to morality.
The business of hate-spreading
~ become an established Industry.
'A's country is not free of it. We
pFmltted our President to 90
SO'0ad, and large part of our
"pulation supported him when it
F'peared that he thought the world
.'ald be benefited by course which
@oSe 1 down the moral union of the
A"lss. Our public opinion tolerates
. .-'Se forever busy spreading the
'9t Of hate.
Inc healing Of the world never
WI come through listening to such
'aNsels. Only by getting together
.'A there be peace ana production
!. ''a other good things. Beware of
-s man or the party that distills
se poison Of distru.t. Such are the
aDei enemies of the wearied world.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
A Song

~ COng
From The English Reuier)
DlLLOW your head upon my shoulder,
Look in my face, to yours I'm bend
ing low;
And love, love sweetest, for Loves
moments go.
Lean back your head until our lip,
shall meet
In one long kiss, that shall the mo-
ments fleet
Stay in the hurry of their swift re
treat.
Let your head rest so that your scent
ed hair
strays on my check, and strsyirr.
trembles there;
Like some bright web a-quiver In the.
Lean back your head so that mins
eyes shall gaze
Deep into yours: and love, for Loves
own ways
Alone are sweet in all our length OF
days.
Clasp your soft arms, and walled
kingdom make
For US to dwell; and of thy mercy's
Love me. an. love, lest Time US over
take.
Look, love- our breath in the still eve-
ming air
Rises one, and rising, mingles there.
A signing breath ascending as a
prayer.
A signing breath, contentment scarce
content:
All, heart of mine, when Loves short
hour is spent
What shall our life have for its orna-
ment,
A.E. LLOYD MAUNSELL
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Why the League Has Failed
From a Letter BY Frank II. Sinonds
to "The London Times'

Such comment az reaches this side
Of the ocean would seem to indicate
that the real causes underlying the
defeat Of the Treaty Of Versailles in
the United States Senate have not been
accurately reported either In Great
Britain or France.
whatever partisan Influences have
contributed to this defeat, it is no less
attributable primarily to the fact that
it was negotiated with the President
and not with the people, OF the United
States, and has failed to enlist the
support or the approval of the people
To understand the situation one
must 60 back year and recall the fact
that al the November election in 1918
Mr.. Wilson appealed to the people to
elect a Democratic House Of Repre-
sentatives as an evidence of support
for his past policies and of confidence
in his future purposes. These future
purposes were accurately understood
to include a trip to Europe on behalf
of the league OF nations
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
4 Decisire Defeai OF Mr. Wilson

The result of that election WAS a
decisive defeat for the President.
Under similar circumstances in Great
Britain or France the responsible min
istry would have resigned, since the
control Of the House Of Representa-
the opposition.
Instead Of resigning Mr.. Wilson per
severed in his determination to 90 to
Europe. The country had no constitu-
tional remedy, because the American
Constitution had been drafted at a
time when sailing vessels were the
only means OF communication with
Europe, and no one conceived of the
possibility either of swift voyages or
Of cable communications. The as
sumption implicit in the Constitution
was that the President would stay in
the United States.
Since there was no constitutional pro-
hlbition, Mr.. Wilson went to Europe, but
he went against the will Of majority
Of the American people, who clearly in
dicated by their votes and by their feel
ngs an apprehension as to the purposes
Of Mr Wilson; nor was this apprehensio
lessened when at the outset of his Euro
pean visit Mr.. Wilson was welcomed on
all sides with unprecedented enthusiasm
as the duly authorized representative OF
mis- cCuOtrv