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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
japanese Greetings
The Old Warshio Kdsuga and Her
Greetings


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The 'Kasuga" is one of the old
warships of japan. In 1902, for the
order Of Argentina, she was built in
the Ansoldo Shipbuilding Yard in
Genoa, Italy. and was called the "Riva-
davia." Japan bought her from the
navy department Of Argentina, before
she had been taken to her country. It
is not big warship-only 344 feet
long, 81 feet wide. and % feet drapght
with one ten-inch gun, two eight
inch, and fourteen six-inch, and Ave
three-inch, and four torpedo tubes.
On the tenth of August, 1904, the
"Kasuea" met the Russian Fleet in
the Yellow Sea. and fought bravely
rolling on the sea which was nothing
but an immensely of great foaming
waves. She tossed. pitched, washed her
nose and writhed from side to side.
She advanced through the wind fighting
the waves, and gained a victory.
On the twenty seventh and twenty
eighth of September, 1905. the warship
took active steps to guard the Japanese
Sea. She fought again and wounded.
But urging herself on 70 the compile
ton of her task, she toiled hard and
wss victorious. In the great war with
the Central Powers, she guarded. not
only her own shores, but also those OF
the South Sea; and she had chance
of promoting better understanding
and good accord between her country
and the Allies.
Japan has sent the "K suga" to the
United States to let he represent her
country, but also TO exchange coufte-
sizes which will institute in both the
countries propaganda for mutual
understanding. In her visit TO this
country she will see something signth-
cant concerning the great nation. When
going back to her country, she W"
stimulate and foster If lecnational IN
beTcst and friendship. Her captain
said in his farewell message to the
people Of Boston:
"Your kind treatment could not have
been surpassed, and we lock forwarp 10
the future, with exp ectanoy, for aT-
other opportunity which, viii bring rs
back in your midst.
1--WE will convey to Japan and It's
people the enthusiastic welcoming that
re receixed here, and Il Is our hope
that we are leaving in Boston the
goodwill, the friendliness and cor
diaiity of Japan and its people
KEIzo MATsUNo.
Harvard University, Jaly IA, 1895.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
Is There Desire to Elect?

Henry M. Sage, of Albany, for
ten years member Of the State
Senate, announces that his name
will be presented as candidate for
Governor to the advisory Republi-
can convention.
Two things with respect to Sem
ator Sage are we'll known. The first
is that as member of the Legisla-
ture he has, with insignificant ex-
ceptions, steadily opposed with his
voice and vote every progressive
measure which has been before him.
If the bill related to equal suffrage
or to protecting the interests of
labor or to social amelioration it
has been certainty that he would
be. on the negative side.
The other thingigenerally known
about Senator Sage is that he is a
close friend and political associate
of William Barnes jr. He has been
reckoned the partner and chief
spokesman and representative of the
former Republican state chairman,
q gentleman who is credited with a
willingness to resume relations to the
Republican party which ceased about
the. time he lost the suit for libel
that he brought against Colonel
Roosevelt.
The Sage candidacy raises the
question of whether there is any
serious desire on the part of the Re-
publican leaders OF the state to elect
a Republican Governor in November.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
The Third Party Eallacy

The third party hzzle at Chicago
disposes Of a good deal Of loose po-
litical theorizing. 1t has been fash
ionable in liberal and radical circles
to say that there is no essential diff
ference between the two historic
major rarties-that in methods and
iieas they are as alike as Two peas.
On the basis Of that assumption the
liberals and radicals were led TO be-
l'eve it would be q simple thing to
form a third major party, intended
10 attract the support OF those whose
faith in the Older organizations has
bean chilled.
Our neighbor "The World fell
into this mood last spring. 1t said
that the Republican and Democratic
PARTIES no longes' stood for anything
distinct and definite. II pledged
i5self to break new ground in poll
tics and to support for President q
snan whom it conceived to be above
PARTY attachnients-Mr, Hoover
whether he was nominated by tie
Democrats, the Republica or u lew
rarty group.
The World" is rot nov support
ing Mr.. Hoover. 1t ha. gone back
% its old Democratic affiliations.
Liberals and radicals who felt that
j. would be exceptionally easy this
year to found new natioaal party
sve tried thsir Land at II icago and
failed fun,itiaeinsiy. Only a mar
row class parry Il replica OF the
existing Socia'i~t orgs NATION has
emerged from the hubbu'. The two
old major partie seem n,ere strongly
iatrenched than ever in The national
ted.
Tho tro',b1e With the bird party
OK timists was that Trey grossly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17

underrated the vitality Of the exist
ing dual party system. They forgot
that the United States is still split
politically into geographical sections,
that party allegiance is deep rooted
everywhere, and that with vast nunl-
bers of Americans party alignment
is not so much natter Of intel
lectual conviction as it Is Of Instinct
and habit. We have eleven states
those Of the old Southern Confed-
eracy---in which to most Of the
voters party is question merely OF
ace and complexion. In at least
three others 1t Is largely question
OF personal tradition and inherit
ance. In these states principles
and policies count for little or moth
ing, Political designations count for
everything. In the rest Of the
states, too, the enormous pressure Of
past associations and conscious or
sub-conscious prejudices is at work.
A third party, whatever it's pro-
gram, could make no appeal to the
Southern states, where Democratic
regularity is the prime considera-
tion. And so long as the South re-
mains aloof and impervious to new
political ideas other sections will be
disinclined to drop their allegiance
to Republcanism for fear of hand
ing back to the South its former bal.
ance of power.
Only one successful third party
has been developed in this country
since popular parties began to be
formed. The Republican party
swallowed the Wing party in 1856
because the time was ripe for the
emergence of an out-and-out anti
slavery organization. The ground
had been laid for it by years of sec
tional rivalry and Jealousy and by
the economic necessity Of checking
the slave power. The Progressive
party of 1912 was not third party
III the true sense, since it represented
only temporary revolt on q ques-
ton Of party admin stration.
The persistence of established
parties is one Of the controlling fac
tors in American politics. Our po-
litical habits are ingrained. The
liberals and radicals at Chicago pur-
sued theory and ignored a con-
dition. That is one reason why
their efforts came to naught.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17

tionary Russia as means Of resist
ing Allied PRESSURE for the fulfill
ment Of the Versailles Treaty.
i Some modification Of the Allied at
titude toward the Soviet government
seems inevitable, therefore, il Lenine
accepts The arnistice offer. What
tia new relationship will be vii, de-
pend, perhaps, on the degree Of CON
fidenee which Moscow can create in
its own good faith and in it's willing
ness to accept nationalistic respt nsi-
biiities. If Tire rev Russia wants to
be state In the normal sense and
honestly drops the role Of an inter
national crusader against the pres
snt world order the Allied govern
ments may readmit her into the Eu-
ropean family. But she must come
back as RUSSIA nation willing to
live up to her past commitments and
not as new creation Of Bolsheyist
fanaticisn1, at bitter ern1ity with the
rest of the world. The Allies may
find it advisable to deal with a Rus
sian state conducting within her
own borders fantastic and brutal ex-
periments in self-government. But
they cannot afford to deal with &
Russian state repudiating it's debts
and trying to ran amucS over two
hen,ispheres with the propaganda OF
class terrorism and revolution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
The American Woman

There are few women nlomen-
tarily conspicuous in the public eye
whose utterances are calculated to
make any man wonder why the BAL
lot was ever given to women.
There is the leader of the suffrage
pickets, for instance, who spends
most OF her time in attempting to
prove that twenty-nine is no greater
than six--that the Republican party,
having produced the former number
of states to ratify the suffrage
amendment, is no better off than the
Democratic, which produced the lat
ter number.
There are also the few remaining
ants, Of whom Mrs. James w. Wads-
worth, wife of the senior Senator
from New York, is the most vindic-
tive and persistent. If it could be
helped, without injustice to other
women, would anybody want such
bitter Mrs. Partingtons to share in
our governmental affairs?
Lastly, there is Mrs. Cox, wife of
the Democratic candidate, who issued
a statement in which she seemed to
pride herself upon her innocence of
public affairs, That she was neither
suffragist nor an anti matters not
at all. What does matter and what
makes her example a false and un-
fortunate one is her apparent lack
of interest in government. 1t is not
a question Of any peculiar knowledge
needed by Presidents wife. 1t is
question solely of the ordinary
American woman as citizen and
voter, either present OR prospective.
We mention these conspicuous
women for the exception they con-
stitute. The great bulk Of American
women share none Of the attitude
o. any of these women, we are CON.
fdept. The effects Of suffrage are
already abroad in the land. Women
generally showed their keen inter
est in the Presidential conventions,
and they are showing their thorough
desire to pass upon the candidates
with conscience and intelligence.
There is more general political dis
cussion than ever before. There is
a keener, fresher interest by men
as well as women. The new leaven
is working-not to prod:ce miracles,
to be sure, but to advance the politi-
cal problem to q new plane Of
public concern at any rate.
This holds true Of American wom-
en-, whether in earlier days they
were suffragists or ants or neutrals
The day Of the American woman
who expressed an open-eyed igno-
rance Of public men and public
affairs has passed by. The new era
of a joint partnership, with both
sides heartily cooperating, IS al
hand. Occasional voices to the con
trary only prove the rule.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
The Offer to Russia

The British governments note to
Moscow, read in the House Of Com
mons, contains an offer of an armi-
stice on the Polish and Crimean
fronts. 1t also discloses desire to
restore peace in Europe by the nego-
tiation, under Allied auspices, of a
treaty between Soviet Russia and
the border states of Poland, Lithu-
auia, Lettonia and Finland.
Soviet representatives have already
signed treaty with Lithuania.
Negotiations with Finland are still
hanging fire. Ukrainia is not men
toned in the. British note. Neither
is Bessarabia. But the purpose of
the suggested peace conference in
London will evidently be to clean up
the whole situation in the Russian
borderlands. The note also says that
if the Soviet armies refuse an armi
stice and invade a neutral zone
stretching fifty kilometers east of
the provisional eastern border Of
Poland, running from Grodno south
through Brest-Litovsk to eastern
Galicia, the Allies will assist Poland
with all the means at their dis
p0sal."
Peace is therefore in sight If Le-
ni;,a wants at laaS+ "a cessation
of hostilities which will bring Soviet
Russia to the peace table with recog-
milton as an independent belligerent
state. The Allies are not formally
at9war with Lenine's government. al
though they have been contributing,
directly and indirectly, for nearly
three years to overthrow it. Some
Of the new states which have been
at war with central Russia are
wards of the Allies, and the Allies
couldn't well avoid responsibility for
safeguarding them by securing their
recognition by what remains in Eu-
rope of the old Muscovite Empire.
hi the Treaty OF Brest-Litovsk Lee
nine consented to their severance
from Russia for Germany's political
profit But the Allies denounced the
Brest-Litovsk agreement, end are
now bound to replace it by terri
torial settlement Of their own with
the Soviet republic.
Allied policy so far has denied
recognition to terroristic Russia. 1t
has enforced az economic and moral
boycott against rthe Red autocracy.
Yet if Lenine is willing to negotiate
fdssa general eastern European set
tldnent that method of general paci-
fication will undoubtedly be resorted
TO-. Without such a settlement NO
reA European peace will be possible
Tor German diplomacy will still
work for an alliance with revolu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
"A super-soeialist' Thanks

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Congra tulations on the MADE
leine"-Sumner editorial For once lm
in real accord (Being one Of those
"super-Socielist read The Tribune
solely because can read F. P. A. M
Broun and Mr.. Briggs nowhere else''
Mr., Sumner deserves eni the com.
munity needs that he sh ould get az
the excoriating you give HIM. "oa'o
that Mr.. Sumner himself, as well a.
the community, might profit theresg'
am tempted to add q word ansh'
the Implications in the editorials eoh-
GLIDING paragraph But | refrain. fsf
be it from ms TO Offer TIE Tribune
anything but NY ssan'ss- when can
ALICE VAN TUYh
New York, Jnly II, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
A ountain and a Bolshcvik

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: At twelve minutes past 2 this
afternoon I entered Washington
Square, Il perfectly respectable men,
Der Of The Dutch Reformed Church.
At thirteen minutes past left
Washington Square a confirmed Boil
'shevik. l have already sent a dollar
and my address to Moscow. This is how
IL happened: The kids of the Washing
ton Square and the Fourth Street dis
trict have lovely play-street. 1t is
called Sullivan Street, and consists of
slab of cement surrounded by high
walls. But to-day the cement was gooey
and the walls exuded heat, and the kids
went in search IF more refreshing
pastimes.
l knew those infants. They are
darned nuisance, but to-day they were
very hot and very unhappy. In the
center of Washington Square there is
a fountain. This fountain spouts for
the benefit of the poor and the rich,
but the poor are moro likely to see it
spout in summer.
1t is surrounded by fence. Every
thing that is green and more or less
cool in the square is surrounded by
the same sort Of fence, to keep the
dogs away from the sparrows.
To make a long story short, the
Washington Square kids looked at the
fountain Then one climbed the fence.
Then another did the same thing. Then
one stuck foot into the water.
Then policeman came and chased
them all away. He almost ran, so hard
did he chase them.
That was the moment Of my CONVEX
SIGN. I believe in law and order for
the proletariat. That, however, does
not necessarily mean that am fool
10 make infants stew on the hot
pavement when the thermometer has D
fever and to hire policemen to chase
these self-same infants when they want
to use this inane little fountain for q
swimming pool is direct and open in
vitation to every variety Of Bolshevism
prefer to join voluntarily and be
enc OF the charter members. AS soon
as the movement Is successful I~shail
aply for the job of Kommissar of all
the public fountains and, Lord, what
splashings there will be!
HENDRIX WILl.EM VAN LOON
New York. July Is, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
Teanuork
applause for the Harding Vicp

of Vicc-Prcsidcnt
TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Tho office of Vicc-President
should be tho second highest Office IN
the land. 1t was the second highest
Office under Washington, Jefferson,
John Adams and other men who were
Instrumental in bringing this nation
into entity 1t was the office which
was allowed ITO decide ties in the
Senate.
True, the Vice President still has
that right He is, however, very timid
in using the little right left to him.
II question which needs brains cunles
up in the Wilsonian Administration
that question is not left to the dis
erection of the President if the
President happens to be absent from
the country on voyage to Europe or
elsewhere. That question is placed in
the hands OF the acting President" or
President Wilson's private secretary.
This man is more powerful than any
Senator, representative or even
member Of the Presidents Cabinet. l
am not discussing whether he is more
competent to act than any Of these.
II am discussing the fact that the Con-
stitution Of the, United States allows
the Vice-President to act in the ca
pacity of the President during the alb
sence or incompetence of President.
Recently President Wilson has been
ILL., Did the Vice-P President act as the
President? Was it not the Presidents
secretary which remained the real
Vice-President? What has become of
the authority of Congress when one
man can say to one hundred and ten
million people, "You shall have peace
if you will accept it on the terms I
have outlined. If you do not accept
it on these terms, there shall be no
peace. Even if all the people in the
country want peace and not war it will
not natter? This is the condition Of
this country day. We do not like
to admit it. We are ashamed of 1t.
Nevertheless, it is what ails the Ameri-
can Republic.
Senator Harding. realizing what this
policy has meant to the suffering
American people, has decided to put
a stop to this nefarious practice and
IS going to invite the Vice-P President to
take part in the deliberations Of the
Cabinet. That is what is needed. Cool
idge is fully competent to handle the
Office of the Presidency should Harding
seek to take a tour among the Jiverons,
tho Senegalose or the Hottentots. do
not believe Senator Harding has any
such Intentions. If did, would fight
him tooth and nail.
Coolidge and Harding have the right
idea. They have the idea Of team
work. 1t is teamwork and not one-man
work that will make US worthy Of the
name Republican; it will make US
worthy Of belonging to the party Of
Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, Mckinley,
Roosevelt and Taft.
s. YORKSTONE HOGG.
Fort Pierce, Fla, July ID, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
Boat for Boat

A good deal of misconception of
the reason FOR time allowance in the
cup races and in yacht racing gen.
orally has cropped up as result Of
the Resolute- Shamrock contest
To begin with, such an allegiance
is in no wise comparable to the
handicapping of horses by tho weight
they are required to carry Or Of any
other handicap system which en-
beavers to produce close contest by
penalizing the better contestant
Handicapping in yacht racing aims
simply to eliminate the advsntape of
size and to enable two yacht, Of dit
ferent measurements to compete
upon an equality.
This sounds simpler and easier
than it is. Efforts to devise fair
handicap rules have been perpetual,
and no altogether satisfactory rule
has been devised. That is why
small boat racing has Of late years
turned SO largely to one-design rae
ing. There hulls ard rigs are lder-
teal in a given fleet, and boat-for-
boat race is possible which is en-
tirely fair and in which, therefore,
the skill Of the skipper, in grooming
his boat end in sailing her, alone de-
cides the race. But, of course, such
racing is really not boat for boat at
all, but man for man. And while
the keenest Of racing results. the
impetus to experiment in design is
not present.
1t might seem to the landlubber as
if boats Of equal length might fairly
be raced against one another. But
the development Of the modern type
Of racer, with long overhangs, bow
and stern, makes length an unfair
test of size. If simple water line
length is used as a test, then the
tendency is to develop freak yacht:
of huge overhang, SO that the in
slant the boat heels to the wind its
sailing length increases vastly. 4
combination water limo length anc
overall length produces a differen,
set of difficulties for the designer
but one which can equally be evaded
The extreme scow body-of which
Shamrock ~ shows moderate typ.
was developed under rules Of thi,
character.
The race between handicap rul,
aid designer is little like that be
tween defensive armor and explosiv,
shell-cach new complexity of ruiz
is sooner or later eluded and over
come by clever designer. The ruiz
under which Shamrock w and Res
olute are racing Is the latest effor
to devise rule which will tend t.
produce a sound yacht, with no ex
IRENE or freakish quality. That i
has worked successfully few exper
observers Of Resolute and Shamrocl
~ think. The Nicholson boat is
modified scow, with fattish bottom
and snub nose; neither graceful
nor seaworthy typ, as her pound
! ing, splashing bows demonstrated o.
4 Thursday. Resolute was desirns,
by a master in this matter Of rules
as her speed and her low rating
earning her the huge time allowance
which Shamrock must give her
demonstrates But she is far from
beautiful boat and her behavior in
seaway is not ideal, In the matte
Of grace of line and balanced proper
ton Vanitio was superior.
The search for the ideal rule Will
doubtless go on. What most yachts
men would like to see in the Gu
races would be the development O
stanch, seaworthy craft, able t
fight their way through a blow i
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
Soldiers Out of Luck
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: While riding in the subway
this morning saw young fellow
who wore silver Victory button in
his coat lapel, standing all the way
from 1S1st Street to Times Square
station. 1t was evident to me that
this young chap had lost leg In
action "over there" and here be was,
tottering miserably on strap while
score of people in excellent health
were sitting down.
do not wear a silver button, but
bronze one, as it was not my good
fortune to have been sent across; but
here was O man who had lost g limb
in action. Genuinely sorry, asked
him if he was frequently forced to
stand up in subway trains or in cars,
and he answered. GAIL the time !;
people don't give damn for US fell
lows; we are out of luck, that's ALL"
The rotten, rank injustice of it all.
| am sure that hundreds of cases like
this happen daily in our great city
People evidently do not know the
meaning of silver Victory button
when they see one, or they 10 not
care.
I appeal to you to publish this
article in your powerful paper SO that
the many thousands CT people who may
read 1t will be enlightened as to the
meaning or significance o. these silver
buttons, and that they win never al
low crippled soldier OF the A. e. F
to stand the way this young chap
had to do this morning.
ROBERT M'NALLEY.
New York, July IA, 1920.
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necessary, thus applying the in
genuity Of our great designers quite
as much to seaworthiness as to sheer
speed in light weather---to develop
ing the all-around boat, in short.
Anybodywho can devise such a rule
which will work reed not plead for .
hearing. He will be welcomed
open-armed by the entire yachting
world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
Undertook Too Much

1t is clear, then, that the Poles under
took far too much. Marshal Foch
pointed out the other day that the wise
course would have been to establish d
front, we'll beyond Polish territory, to
be sure, but not SO far within Russian
territory as to be at once too wide and
too remote, and there await attack.
Such front was supplied by the Pripet
Marshes, and furnished with lateral
railway all the way from wilma in the
north to Rovno on the south. But num-