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New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
able, except with the consent Of the
council Of the League of Nations.
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able, except with the consent Of the
council of the League OF Nations.
Yet Austria has taken the first step
toward incorporation into the Cor
man reich~-a result greatly desired
by the people for economic reasons.
Many British and other advocates
of the revision of the territorial
provisions of the peace treaties also
favor the consolidation Of Austria
and Germany. Such union would
help Germany immensely-more
than recouping her in population
for the loss of Alsace-Lorraine,
Posen, parts of West Prussia and
Silesia, and Northern Schleswig.
One of the main objects of the
peace would be defeated, however,
if Germany were allowed to carry
through her long cherished project
for the annexation of Aus
tria's German-speaking provinces
Frances security would be threat
enedj Bohemia would be nearly en-
veloped by German territory.
Yet so lightly are the safeguards
of the Versailles compact now es-
teemed in many quarters that Aus
tria openly plans to reinforce Ger
many and counts on inacton by the
League of Nations and the Allied
council to protect her from any,
thing more than verbal repri-
mand. Her plebiscite and Jugo-
Slavia's occupation Of Klagenf,lrt
mark a new low level of respect il
Central and Eastern Europe for the
decisions of the Paris peace makers.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
For a Brave Man
Tribute TO Motorman Henry Helms,
Crippled at His Posi- of DUTY
To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: That was a pretty mean acci-
dent which The Tribune described
last week. A strcetcar going down
that steep hill on Amsterdam Avenue
and 135th Street got ouu of control,
owing to the air brake not holding
it. The motorman worked furiously
at the hand brake all the way down,
but in vain. The car crashed into an
other car at the bottom. The motor
man was caught by the legs. One leg
had to be cut off to get him out. The
other was amputated in the hospital.
This man, Henry Helms, of 419 East
Seventy eighth Street. is an cx-soldier,
not long out of the army. His lifc
is suddenly changed. Will The Trib-
the please send him the inclosed
check, to help him along while he is
learning how to live without legs?
CLARENCE DAY JR.
New York, Oct ~, 1920.
The Tribune has delivered Mr..
Days check, at the request of
Henry Helms, to his mother, Mrs.
Henry Helms ST., of 419 East
Seventy-eighth Street. Henry Helms
is still in hospital, in a critical con-
dltlon, but expected to recover,
thanks to his strong constitution
and the fact that he is in the prime
of life. What Mr.. Day says of his
problem is sadly true. The pros
pect of beginning life anew, thus
crippled, is the most depressing
factor in his mind-he can see no
way in which he can be of use to
his mother or himself. His heroic
sacrifice deserves the same chance
to begin again that any wounded
soldier would have, and The Trib
une will gladly forward any help,
IN tribute to brave man, that our
readers may care to give.-Ed.1
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
Calvin Coolidge SAYS
(F'rom has speech accepting the Re-
publican nomination for Vice
President, July 27, 1920

rom NtS speech accepting CHC ne
publican nomination for Vice.
President, July 27, 1920
Our country has heart as we'll as
head. 1t is social as we'll as individual.
1t has a broad and extending sympathy.
1T looks with the deepest concern to
the welfare of those whom adversity
still holds at the gateways of the all
inclusive American opportunity. Con-
sclous that our resources have now
reached point where there is an
abundance for all, we are determined
that no imposition shall hereafter re-
strain the worthy from their heritage.
There will be, can be, no escape from
the obligation of the strong to bear the
burdens of civilization, but the weak
must be aided to become strong. Ample
opportunity for education at public ex-
pense, reasonable hours of employment
always under sanitary conditions; a
fair and always living wage for faith
full work, hcalthful living conditions,
childhood and motherhood cherished,
honored, rescued from the grasp of all
selfshness and redcdicated to the
noblest aspiration of the race-these
are not soCialistic vagaries, but the
mark Of an advancing American civili-
zation, revealed in larger social JUS
tice, tempered with an abounding
mercy. In this better appreciation Of
humanity the war carried the nation
forward to new position, which it is
our solemn duty not only to maintain
but to amplify and extend.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
Progressives for HARDING

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Almost every Democratic paper
you pick up says that some Progress
slve has gone over to Cox.
was 'legate to the Republican
National Convention in 1912 and stood
Tor Colonel Roosevelt to the last, and
am just as stanch a Republican for
Warren Harding as was for my old
friend Teddy.
AS travelling salesman I see peo-
pie and hear them talk, and | doubt il
per cent Of tho Progressive n.~A will
vote for Wilson's man, Cox
CHARLES +. FRAZEE.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 10, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
general trade with Canada reached
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general trade with Canada reached
an unprecedented scale.
The situation is such that w. G.
Wickham, British Trade Com
missioner to South Africa, has
made a report thereupon to the
British government in which he en-
phasizes the increase of imports
from the United States. He notes
as especially disturbing the inroads
American electrical goods are MAX
ing. He thinks British manufac-
turers will have to fight hard unless
they are willing to lose Still more of
the South African trade, which only
a few years ago they regarded as
their own.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
Too Much Sympathy
(From The Do,ya. ,,o...,. =,

tfrom The Dallas Morning Nc,ps)
When the persons guilty of the death
of thirtysix men and women who ham
pened to be walking on Wall Street. at
certain time, are arrested, as they
eventually will be, undoubtedly there
Will turn up numerous men of deep and
sympathetic natures who will say it is
shame to punish them, considering
that they are guilty of only a political
crime.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21

of this provision, 50 far as the United
States is concerned, would not be re.
sisted either in America or Europe,
save by Mr.. Wilson or some one who,
like Mr.. Cox, stands for his policy
|. The other principal criticism by
Senator Harding of the present league
is the absence from its constitution Of
provisions for "a world court whose
verdicts upon justiciable questions this
country, in common with all nations,
would be both willing and able to up
hold"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
The Policy of France

Back OF the controversy over what
"a spokesman" or "spokesmen," for
France said or didn't say is of course
the matter of what is the true atti-
tude of France toward the Wilson
league.
The President scarcely went into
q rage over a question of punctilio.
He has himself notoriously en-
ployed unofficial representatives.
other governments do the same.
What infamed him was fear that
American knowledge of what France
really thought might knock down
the last prop of his league-namely
the argument that other nations are
I firmly committed to his plan, and
that we should conform.
What France thinks is no mystery.
Whoever talked to Senator Harding
cf French Indifference to the Wilson
league trod we'll beaten ground.
When France joined she did not pre-
tend the scheme suited her. Indeed,
Clemenceau did not sign until prom
ised the supplementary tripartite
treaty for French protection-a
treaty the President promised to
urge on the Senate, and promptly
forgot.
From the beginning Of the confer
ence France was cold to any sort of
talking league. When the President
arrived Clemenceau had just deliv-
cred his great speech outlining
French policy, policy which the
Chamber Of Deputies voted approval
Of. France asked two things-repa-
ration and protection. The protec-
ton she sought was perpetuation
of the war alliance. Still face to
face with Germany, she was little
interested in dreams and visions
had sadly discovered that paper
agreements do not bind.
AS to reparation, President Will
son yielded, but he long opposed
special protection for France. Not
until the closing days Of the confer
ence did he even nominally concede
the rightfulness of the French de-
mand. French statesmen know this,
as they know what he hasn't done
for the tripartite treaty.
Stcphane Lauzanne, editor of the
Paris Matin, and for a long time
spokesman for France in this coun-
try, is familiar with French opinion.
He does not hesitate to say that
"France is entirely Indifferent as to
whether the league remains as at
present constituted or whether it's
form is changed and it is rebaptized
under another name"
The realistic French mind is not
opposed to pietistic declarations, but
will not accept them in lieu of actu-
alities. She values American friend
ship and would have closer rela-
tions, but as an honest ally rather
than as a preacher of barren ideali-
ties.
Before the war pacifsm smoothed
the way for the German armies, and
France is fearful lest another reli-
ance on phrases and promises will
promote another disaster. To her.
if she has any choice, an association
of nations would probably be more
acceptable than the Wilson league,
for it is less pretentlous, and thus
less likely to be regarded as a sub
stitute for ability to defend against
invasion.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
INDIAN LOVE SONG

sing dusky Indian dame,
A full blood Tuscarorer;
a true blue princess of the name
And o. but l adore her!
| lured her to my lakeside shack
In far-oT Adirond--
How long before she'll wander back
10 those blue hills beyond?
My mother and my sister. too,
How do they feel about it?
lheir attitude is plain to view
Observers cannot doubt it
Iney worship with me at her shrine
You really ought to see EN-!
She cooks the food on which we dine
For just three bucks per diem. S. L.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
The Root Court

In this respect also recent develop
ments are making for the removal Of
the obstacle. There has been pre-
sented for adoption to the council Of
the League of Nations by an advisory
committee of jurists plan for the
institution as part of the league Of
permanent court Of international JUS
tice. Elihu Root, in influence probably
the foremost Republican to-day, has
been acting as the American repre-
sentative of this committee by the
choice of the League of Nations. The
plan of this committee provides for
n permanent world court of char
acter and authority far transccnding
my similar tribunal which has hither-
to been accepted among the nations.
With the adoption or this plan for
world court and with the excision OF
Article x very long steps will have
been taken TO transform the present
league into the judicial league and
compulsory conference Of the Republic
can platform and Mr. Harding. To
any one who believes, as think most
progressive Republicans DO, that these
steps of transformation are right and
necessary to have our efforts toward
international peace stable and perma-
nent and effective, can there be any
doubt as to who will be the more ap-
propriate leader for their accomplish
ment, Mr.. Harding or Mr.. Cox!
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
The Coming Tower
THE REClTERg

oh, I've sat in the deep Of the northern
night. hundred miles from u lime,
While somebody laid fresh sticks on the
blaze and some repeated a rimc
Surveyors and miners and rangers there,
sun-burnt and husky crew
Applauded guy who bawled UP at the sky
THE Shooting of Dan Mearew"
1t was sure affront to hurl that stunt
in the face of the kindly moon,
But it wasn't bad as to list to lad read
from Sicg Sassoon.
Oh, I've had to sit at n movie show-twas
lot Of tushery, too:
The one bright spot in the whole blamed
lot was the weekly news review
And I'd wriggle and squirm and writhe like
worm and deem 1t too much to stand
When a silIy-faced thing with voice like
string piped "Thc Rose Of No Mans
Land"
That sure was tough. with little enough of
the we'll known grace that saves,
But 1T wasn't 80 bad to hark to lad
read verses from Robert Graves.
Say. that pair of birds have but just found
out that Sherman was jolly well right
The notions not new. but it gives those two
such grsly deal of delight!
Were a morRue wreck'd they'd have no
respect. but would hurry and pry and
look,
And they'd invoice the horrors like con-
nosscurs and write them down in
book.
Why. Old Dan Megrew and the Red Cross
Nurse, they both seem but blessed
boon
When n Jealous bore deals the coup dc mort
by reading from Graves and Sassoon!
AGRcofA STRONG
When as in silks our Julia Sander
son goes, and when as in silks of
splendious textures and glorious hues
other beautiful girls 60, the visual de-
light to the spector of "Hitchy Koo"
(libretto by Glen MacDonough) is acute
and great. But Mr.. George AIDE, au-
thor of the Side Whiskers- AL l-a-Man's-
Own-Faul wheeze, gets no credit on
the program. Neither does Mr. Kin
Hubbard, whose observations - one
about the man who drives his car to
the poorhouse to visit his father and
one about the girl who goes out walk
ing on Mondays because it breaks her
heart to see her mother do the wash
lng-are the high bits of humor in
the show. And neither Go Ward and
Vokcs, who pulled the "'My cocoa's
cold Put your hat on" jest at least
twenty-five years ago.
Doubt as to the mental equipment
of young Mr. Edward Roche Hardy
Jr, the 12-year-old Columbia fresh
man, is not ours. But when "the
fourth dimension held no ter
rors for Edward, and he amazed
learned professors with his clear con-
ceptions of the subject" we cry, "Say
it amt true, Nicholas; say it amt
true"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
BALLADE OF THE MOST APPRECIATIyF
AUDIENCE

MY ncighbor bows wicked violin;
he sounds he makes are marvellous to hear
ana when he puts the box beneath his chin.
me music lovers come from far and near.
his golden tones that bring a happy tear
Have won him many critical verbena-
But they are not what Ethel likes to hear.
She likes to have me play the ocarna.
My cousin Richard makes a lovely din
Upon his grand piano. People cheer
AS soon as they hear the lad begin
10 rattle OIL some Verdi, Meyerbeer,
Beethoven Chopin Lszt-a great career
They prophesy for him. And yet my queen a
far humber musco proclaims his peer:
She likes to have me play the ocarina.
The instrument | play has always been
A thing at which the cognosccnti jeer.
It's pitch Is none too accurate; sin
Against composers frequently, | fear.
It's gust bit of clay: its shape is oueer
|. wheezes like broken concertina.
Yet, though my Ethers heard it for n wear
she likes to have me play the ocarna.
Last night I learned the answer; now it,s
clear:
Although blow sound like hyena,
MY Ethels wholly tone-deaf-so the deor
she likes to have me play the ocarina!
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
Not Representative

Even in the heat of the bitter conflict
with the President less than half of
the Republican members of the Senate
aligned themselves with the views of
Messrs. Borah and Johnson Yet from
the beginning of the pre-convention
campaign to the present day the views
Of those two gentlemen have been
thrust forward with such effective per
slStence as to produce an impression
upon the campaign which | believe to be
wholly disproportionate to the numeri
cal strength Of their supporters. For
myself | have no hesitation in saying
that if | believed that the views popu-
larly attributed TO the so-calle ''irrcc-
oncllables' were to become the respon-
sible views Of the Republican party of
the future should not be a member
OF that party. This in itself would be
If slight consequence; but from my
ASSOCIATION with the movements for pre-
paredness during the last five years |
have become acquainted with the views
o. the young men of the country con-
ccrned in that movement in a way which
| should not otherwise have been able to
do, and the views of those young men
are 'of great moment to the Republican
Iarty. 10 many of those young men
such campaign as Senator johnson
conducted in his race for the Presidency
last spring seemed an attempt to over
throw much that they fought for in the
Great War. Such a campaign may gain
votes, but it drives away votes which
far outweigh in character those which
it brings in. Looked at through the
vista of coming years, the Republican
party could i'll afford to surrender the
confidence and support of the young
Americans who three years ago flocked
tf Plattsburg and the other training
camps in exchange for the support of
all the Sim Feincrs and Prussians
in America.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
1Saring Al That Is Good

On the other hand, it is also becorn-
ing clear that when the time comes
for the new Administration to End
way out of the present mess and 10
take up the settlement of the rela-
tions of this country to the VARIOUS
nations concerned in the war, any soiu'
ton possible must be based construc-
lively upon the present foundations. A
Knox resolution may terminate hos
tilities, but only treaty can FIX our
future relations to Germany. Now
Germany, in the Treaty OF Versailles
has already given, for her good be-
havior, what we might almost describe
as a blanket mortgage OF her powers
and possessions, leaving nothing to Dc
made the subject of a special treaty
with US, except by the consent OF our
former allies, who are parties to tnaI
treaty. Embraced in the Versailles
treaty, with ramifcations pervadins
many of its provisions, is the covenant
Of the League of Nations. Under these
conditions can any fair and cool mina'
unheated by psrtisanship. doubt tns'
both our future treaty with Germany
and our future peace association VIII
be constructed out Of the present MS
terial, taking, as Mr.. Harding has Eim-
self said, "all that is good and excisihg
all that is bad. from both organiEA'
tons?
This is the situation which Believe
will inevitably present itself and IN the
solution of this question believe tha'
the Republican party and its candida''
for President will be the agents o.
this country most likely to succeed IL
effecting a safe, a constructive and 50
honorable result.
HENRY L. STIMSoN.
New York, Oct. Q. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
For Harding and a League
Mr.. Henry L. Stimson Looks to the Republican
Party for a Constructive and Honorable Result

port as the party candidate. He pointed
cut the two classes of international
leagues which were under discussion. He
said
The one is a judicial tribunal to be
governed by fixed and definite principles
of law administered without passion or
prejudice. The other is an association OF
diplomats and politicians whose determina
tions to be influenced by con.
siderations of expediency and national
selfshness. The difference is one with
which Americans are familiar, the old
and fundamental difference between a
government of laws and government of
men.
In defining and supporting the former
type he said:
Such an association l favor with all my
heart, and I would make no fine distinc-
ton as to whom credit is due One need
not care what it is called. Let it be an
association, society, or league, or whn,
not. our concern is solely with the sub.
stance, not the form thereof
believe humanity would welcome the ere
alton OF an international association for
conference and a world court whose yer
diets upon justciable questions this coun-
try, in common with all nations. would
be both willing and able to uphold
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
MEAfnEn or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to Tho
use for republication OF all dispatches credited
70 Il not Otherwise credited In this paper. and
also the local news of spontaneous origin published
herein
Az rights Of republication Of all other matter
Ae.eln sso arc reSsryed.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21

1.-THE Executive Mansion (1912-'2O)
may be known to the public as
Chateau Theory, but to it's chief resi-
dent 1t probably will be Heartbrenk
House. .,..s5 q
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Those of us who disagree with
Mr.. Herbert Parsons's decision to vote
the Democratic ticket on account of
Senator Harding's attitude toward the
League of Nations should, nevertheless,
not fail to heed its significance.
Thirty years ago there was popu-
lar play current in New York under
the title "Too Much Johnson" Those
three words rather fifty characterize
the chief fault of the Republican cam
paign to date.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21

You can purchase merchandise advertised ia THE
TRIBUNE With absolute safety--for u dtssatstac-
ton results In any THE TRIBUNE guarantees
to pay your money back upon request No red tape.
NO qyttilns. We make GOOD promptly u the
advertiser does not
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21

If Sinclair Lewiss Main Street"
contained nothing but the town poseur,s !
remark about "the hwa pollwa" it
would be enough to make it our fa-
vorite book.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
Objectionable Article X

Time and the discussion of the past
two years are working strongly in
this direction. Article X is the pro-
vision of the present league which, by
its guaranty Of most of the politi-
cal boundaries of Europe, principally
transforms that covenant into the
political association criticized by Sana-
tor Harding and which is most at
variance with the traditional policy of
this country. We now know that this
privision was the pet child of Mr.. Will
son, suggested by him IN speech as
early as January, 1915, and in the
language of Secretary Baker forced"
by him into the league covenant
against the opposition of the princi-
pal nations At Versailles. 1t has thus
become fairly clear that the removal
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21

1t is Mr.. Kelley Aliens quaint no.
ton that Victor Victor, one of the
authors of "The Unwritten Chapter
might marry Miss Valli Valli. The
honeymoon, obviously, from Walla
Walla to Sing Sing, in Pic Pic car.
The wedding march from "Chin-Chin"
or Pom Pom" and the best man
1aret Garrett. The wedding break
last Of chow-chow, scn-sen, and zu-
zu. And as the bulbul sings it's
tweet-tweet, we, giving the pair copy
Of "Dodo,' whisper, above the shrek
OF the dum-dum bullet, "By By!"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21

In the pursuit of truth, we should
like to delete the word "entertain"
from newspaper stories. "Mr. Roose-
velt," The Times says, "also delivered
a short speech in Toledo, where he
was entertained by local Democrats" :"
Unless qualified by VASTLY" we
doubt it.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
The Parodious Comuor;so,

sir: Some of Burners best parodies
osIsned V. Hugo Dusenbury) arc omitted
from his collected works AS Miss Lower
appralses Bret Harte's as great" and
make a plea for Bunner and CalverJev. I'm
spte Of the fact that quality rather than
quantity Is considcred--as it would he In,
me case OF Catherine Maria t'anshawe and
her mock of Wordsworth. AS for Rilry,s
wen remembered metrica fake, Mr.. I'm
iernlry"r on second thought, will per-
maps agree that this was initation-a
thing somewhat different from parody.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21

1t is impossible, these shortening
days. to play golf or tennis long
enough to be late for dinner.