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New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Black Prayers
From po~fruj

From Po~frp)
THERE is a woman
Has taken my man from me
How was / TO know,
When ! gave him my soul to drink
In the moon of Corn pianting.
When the leaves Of the oak
Are furred like a mousee ear.
When the moon curled like a PRAYER
plume
In the green streak over Tuyonvi.
When l poured my soul to his
In the midst of my body's trembling.
How was ] 70 know
That the soul of a woman was no mora
to him
Than sweet sap dripping
From a bough wind-broken.
If had known
l could have kept my soul from him
Even though | kept not my body.
MARY AUSTIN.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Produce!

According to figures compiled at
Pittsburgh the steel workers Of
the district, in consequence Of the
strike which this week was declared
off, lost in wages not received $4S,-
600 In other districts there
was a loss as great, but as much or
more loss in industries dependent on
steel production. The workers Of
America are perhaps $20O,000,0O0
poorer because Of the interruption
of production engineered by Foster
and his associates.
On a calendar for 1920 which has
reached The Tribune Office is re-
printed the following:
"Produce. Produce! Were it but
the most pitiful inhnitesimal frac-
tion of a product-produce it IN
Gods name 'Tis the utmost thou
hast in thee. Out with 1t, then!
Whatsoever thy hand fndeth to do
do it with thy whole might. Work
while it is called To-day, for the
Night cometh, wherein no man can
work Carlyle.
This was written in time of eco
nomic stress and political agitation
in England 1t is worth hanging up
in every business Office in America
and particularly in the headquar-
ters Of every labor union. Only by
increasing the sum of objects OF
human desire is it possible to in
crease material welfare in large
Way.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

The tendency of the juvenile to imi-
tate his elders in some amazing fashion
has taken new turn. That surest in
dex Of home life, the youth Of ten, is
registering new symptoms. and they are
not the customary histrionic sort. The
is now idealzing the soapboxer, and
using the agitator's terminoIogy and
methods. He is also being encouraged
in that direction by home influences
That is the conclusion of the teachers
at Public School 1870, Manhattan, one of
the cty's institutions for delinquent
boys. When asked by Tribune re-
porter if world unrest is in any way re-
hected in her charges the principal Of
the school replied:
"Never in my fifteen years with de-
linquent boys have | had such difficulties
as this year. Something entirely new
has come over both pupils and parents.
The boys are initiating soapboxers and
refusing in an unheard of way to rec
oenize authority Their parents en-
courage such actions.
81 never had boy soapboxer until
this year A short time ago, however,
| received letters from two officers in
Siberia. If we leave them there without
read the letters to my boys, asking if
they wished to bring books and maga-
zines to be sent to the soldiers in Siberia.
"The next day all the boys brought
an abundance of literature except a class
of eighteen. From this number not q
single book or paper was forthcoming.
l quietly Investigated and found that
the class had been harangued in soap
box fashion by ffteenyear-old boy Of
Russian Jewish extraction.
"He had said to them, in effect:
American soldiers have no business in
Russia If we leave them there without
what they need they will throw down
their arms and come home. Besides, the
government ought to supply them with
reading matter. If the government has
no money to buy both magazines and
bullets it has no right to ask them to
fight.
eve have always had boys who were
pickpockets. gamblers, gangsters or
truants. But this year we have a new
type-the boy who thinks be has the
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
The SchooBoy "Red"
Radicalism Has Taught Pupil and Parent
That No Authority Is To Be Obeyed

right to do just as he pleases when he
ognze authority has been unprecedented.
The other day a teacher was explain
ing Longfellow's Psalm of Life After
reading the passage about footprints on
the sands of time she went on to draw
the moral that they themselves were now
making footprints of character that
would enable other people to judge what
sort of men they were when they became
older.
"A big Italian boy broke in upon her
recital Throwing his arm on the back
of his seat, he said disgustedly: oh,
hell, What's the use! The good die
young
"Another day a boy got up in the
middle of lesson and left the school
without permission. Later in the day
teacher found him at movie with
Younger brother He explained that he
went home in order to take the child to
the movies.
His mother defended him, asking bel
ligerently, What difference does it make
if he isn't in SCHOOL,
"That also is entirely new on the part
of the parents of these boys. Hitherto
we have had either cooperation, or at
least submission from the parents of
incorrigibles. Now it is common for
parents to deny that teachers have the
right to forbid their children to do as
they wish.
"This is responsible for many truants
beinr listed with us as missing chill
dren' when their parents know their
whereab bouts all the time. Usually in
case like that the parents pretend to be
prostrated with wrief, but by visiting
their homes when wa are not expected
we usually find the children"
AS one possible explanation of the
cause of this years revolt against au-
thority among her boys this principal
remarked that fully so per cent of them
are Of Russian-J Jewish extraction, and
largely from homes where both parents
are away all day working.
What are you going to do about it ,"
she was asked.
"Get after the parents WAS the grim
reply. "Rscognition of authority has
got to start at home"
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
The Presidents Treaty Power

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you please answer the
following question: Is the President
of the United States empowered to
make treaties without making known
his intentions to the Senate, so long
rs tho treaties are subsequently re-
ferred to the Senate for ratification
or rejsotion3 e. S.
New York. Jan. 6. 1920.
THE President is undoubtedly en-
powered to negotiate draft of a
treaty without making known his
intentions to the Senate. He can
not "make" treaty in the consti-
tutional sense--that is, ratify 1t by
proclaim alton. unless he has previ-
ously secured the consent OF the
Sensts.-Ed.l
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

at Wilhelmshaven, and the captain of
it placed a guard with fixed bayonets
on board TO see that nobody removed
his gun.
And this" remarks Gothein, sarcas
tically, occurred in the third year of
the war. at time when the Supreme
Army Command was placing upon the
U-boats its only hopes for winning the
war!" And when the U-boats were
finally equipped with proper guns it
was too late to use them effectively.
for by that time the British had sue
ceeded in arming nearly all their mer-
chantmen with guns of equal. or even
greater. caliber, and the fraii subma
rine craft seldom dared to come with
in range of their guns, for single hit
would dispose of them
Gothein was himself one of the chief
prodders to finally bring sufficient
pressure to bear upon Tirpitz and his
staff to get them to build enough sub
marines and arm them properly. He
reports this conversation which he had
with leading German manufacturer
who had had experience with the Prus-
sian War Department.: II know moth
ing that is technically more behind the
times than the Prussan War Ministry"
said the manufacturer. But | do
answered Gothein. Il am curious to
hear" came the reply, and Gothein
said: The Imperial Marine Office" "
you are probably right agreed the
manufacturer
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Whoa. Zebe, Whoal

lFronl Poetry)
GADDLE me up the Zebra Dun
~ Whoa, Zebe, whoa!
Double -cinch the son of . gun
Whoa, till bride you, whoa!
Foot in the stirrup, straddle him quick
Pitch and squesl and buck and kick.
Take your gait or the spurs will prick,
Lope along, you Zebra Dun.
The boys are OF for town Tonight
It's a-riding Zebra Dun!
Playing poker and a-getting tight
Sift along. o Zebra Dun.
Bunch Of girls at Browns Hotel
Knows the steps and dances well--
Rattlesnake Pete and his fiddle
Lope along, o Zebra Dun!
Lights Of the town are a-shining clear
Run, you Zebra Dun!
Last four weeks seems like 4 year
Run. Zebe, run!
ZIP, ytp. yi-yi, yi-y{!
Rnm. you old stif-kxsed erasskcppe-.
You spiroi-spined jackrabbtt. you
A-ho. s0hoopes'
Browns Hotel we're bound to see
Swing them girls at the dance party.
One and twenty on q moonlight spree
4ho, whoopee'
Whoa, Zebe, whoa
Whoa. till I hitch you. whosi
EDWIN FORD PIPEA.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
The Marches of Europe

If the Allies make peace with
Lenine what policy is to be pursued
toward the Russian border states?
So far the Allies have taken official
cognizance of only two of them,
Poland and Finland; the rest are,
automatically, still non-existent. And
yet they might have been most
useful allies. For these countries
made open war on the Bolsheviki,
and the mere fact that they sur
vived against overwhelming odds
testifies to their inherent vitality.
These border peoples oppose the Boil
sheviki with an intensity unknown
among the masses of the West. For
them the tyranny of Lenine is the
old tyranny Of the Gar in "red"
disguise.
Instead Of supporting these
natural enemies OF Bolshevism, the
Allies remained inactive, or, in the
case of the Ukraine, positively
hostile And yet counsel to the con-
trary existed. Theodore Roosevelt,
in his speech at Carnegie Hall on
October %, 1918, laid down the fol-
lowing policy in regard to the Rus
sian border peoples: "All of Poland" "
he said, must be a separate COM
monwealth, with a seafront on the
Baltic; Finland and the Baltic
provinces, Lithuania and Ukrainia
must be made as absolutely inde-
pendent Of Germany as Of Russia. y
Roosevelt never claimed to be Rus
sian expert, but his sound judgment
hit upon the right solution.
This, however, is past history. AS
to the future, clear-cut alternative
exists. The Allies must either Sc
cure the adherence Of the border
states, or else permit Lenine to beat
them to it, Just as in bygone CEN
turies Poland and Hungary guarded
the gates OF Europe against the
Turk and the Tartar so in the years
Immediately ahead Finland, Es-
thonia, Lettonia, Lithuania, Poland
and the Ukraine must act as the
insulators Of European civilization
or else they must become the out
posts Of Trotzkyism.
To secure the allegiance Of the
border peoples the Allies must dc
two things; they must Immediately
recognize their independence. and
they must put the recognized states
economically on their feet. For
after the signing Of the Bolshevik
peace the states Of the Russian
border-~r,ow become the marches OF
Europe--will be the hrst Inns II d.
! tense. Ths prosperity and content
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Those Profitable Hens

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent whose let
ter was printed in The Tribune of
January I under the heading THE
Profitable Hen" could have made out
better case against the farmer if he
mad reduced his figures as follows:
Cost of feed, $2l month, or 20 cents
day, which amounts to about IL
cents hen. Considering a day when
a hen laid an egg, the egg, therefore,
according to your spondent's
method of figuring, cost ll2 cents,
while it sold for 8l2 cents This shows
profit of cents an egg.
The which, of course, is
ridiculous oposition-merely shows
the fallacy of such statements as con-
tanned in your CORE spondent's letter
He has omitted altogether the cost of
feeding the hens up to the time they
begin to lay and during the time Of
the year when they do not lay; ne has
included nothing at all for labor or for
interest and depreciation on the cost
of buildings and equipment or for any
overhead charges; he has assumed that
the farmer receives 81 a dozen with
out any expense for packing, shipping
and selling, which is very far from the
actual situation.
ORA B. CHAPLIN.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
How 1t Started
From The Sp1mof.ld Rep~bliean)

fFros. The Springfield RepwbliodnJ
With the death of Sir William Osler
the old story that he advocated chloro-
forming men at sixty is being repeated
In its original unqualified form. 1t is
worth repeating that in the speech which
rave rise to the sensational story he
referred jecosely to "the admirable
scheme" in Anthony Trollope's novel
"The Fixed Period" "of college into
which at sixty men retired for year of
contemplat1on before q peaceful depar-
ture by chloroform. and speculated on
what the effect would have been upon
human progress.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Why the U-Boat Failed
By illiam C. Drehcr

Berlin Correspondent of The Tribune
BERLIN, Dec. 15.-Georg Gothein,
member of the National Assembly and
chairman of the subcommittee now
investigating the causes that prolonged
the war, has just contributed to the
press an article showing up some of
the technical shortcomings of the Ger
man submarines. In doing so, he con-
victs some of the naval authorities of
remarkable degree of shortsig ighted
ness and bureaucratic narrowness of
vision. He contends that If Germany
had started the war with fairly ade-
quate number of submarines properly
equipped with artillery it would have
been possible, even in cruiser warfare,
to sink enough tonnage TO compel Eng
land to come to terms. even without
resorting to unrestricted sinkings. The
unsatisfactory results of cruiser war
fare in the first year or two of the war
he holds, We're due to lack of proper
artillery on the U-boats. which was a
more important weapon for them than
torpedoes.
According to Gothein, the bureau
cratic muddling began in 1911. At that
time it became known in Germany that
England was equippng its submarines
with guns on fixed mountings The
German U-boat Inspection Bureau
took up the idea at once and asked the
gun manufacturers for plans for
3i2 inch gun, but here a bureaucratic
snag was struck. The Weapon Bureau
of the Navy forbade the manufacturers
to supply drawings to the Inspection
Bureau and ordered it to take no fur
ther steps, claiming for itself the right
to decide in such matters. The In
specton Bureau made representations
to Tirpitz, but he could reach no quick
or unequivocal decision, saying it was
question whether a smaller caliber
would not prove adequate.
And thus the matter dragged on until
the war broke out, when the navy ac-
tually found itself with only two guns
for submarines, and even these proved
unsatisfactory. Then, in 1914, there
q Y Inch gun was chosen, although
the U-boat Inspection Bureau had de-
manded the 312 inch gun. The U-boat
commanders soon found that they
needed the bigger caliber and sent in
demands for it, but Tirpitx yielded to
them only grudgingly and with delay
One of the best boats sent to the Medi-
terranean, which had been doing ef-
fective work, was compelled to dis
mount it's 33t-inch gun "in the inter
est of uniformity in armament"
But more and more Of the British
commercial vessels were being armed
with and ~ inch guns, and this
compelled the German Navy finally to
put in bigger guns, but this was not
before the spring of 1915. At last
twelve 4-inch guns were set aside for
the Uboats, but 1t required some time
to build mountdngs for them. "a special
construction in the body Of subma-
Hns is necessary for such artillery.
Only two of the guns had been mounted
on U-boats in the Mediterranean by
the time the Battle of Jutland was
fought, and that event, in some way
not explained, convinced the Chief
Commander Of the Navy that he needed
the other ten of those guns for his
torpedo boats. One Of them. however,
was already In position on . submarine
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
A Week,of Verse
The Flyers
From The Nation

From The Natio@)
WE ARE the children of Science that
mated with Vision.
Sons of song that was welded TO fur
mace and wheel;
We are the riders of vapor and vastncss
Eiysian
Oceans impalpable dying in light at our
keel.
We are the strangers OF storms and
the wild playfellows
OF dusk that obscures and empurple,. Of
dawn tha: yeiioNs
The paths of 1carus over an earth en-
giroled
With rail of iron and rope Of copper
and steel,
We are the bearers of thunder to sector
and city,
We are the sewers of death from the
heights OF the world.
Flinging our missiles of fame on III.
thousands we pity.
Watching the harvest that leaps 70 the
seed we have hurled:
We arc the stalkers OF prey for the
hard-hpped slayers.
We are the makers of sorrow for
mourners and prayers,
Makers of hate for the fury and glory
of battle>
Till Staying is slain and the Tags Of
the siayers are furled
We are the merchants Of mcrrovs
whose caraNels marry
Lima with London. and Boston with
Omsk or Bombay,
CARVING cargoes or mon as the cables
that carry
Thought on r hutter Of sound in
futter of day
We are the sellers of speed and the
strong-souled buyers
OF time that the millions mourn and =
world desires
The gem men lust for. the thief tha,
ruins and plumbers.
The beast we hunt through The heavcn-
and find and slay
We are the bearers of freedom to mi
lions besotted.
Men that have moiled in the mill Of the
Office or trade,
Losing their souls in the grind Of tho
labor allotted.
Slaves by surrender to habit. the starved
and dismayed;
We are the masters that bind to new
indenture,
Waking the soul with imperial call Of
adventure
In cloud and cold and infinite isolation
The lure, the challenge. the quest. and
the high crusade,
Ye that are cheated of life by the toll
that sustains you.
fe that have wasted your days for h.,
want of goal
Ye that have need of sword for thc
sin that profanes you.
Ye that are avid of life TO the least of
its whole
Come to the gates of the sky and the
great-sailed galley.,
Seek ye the wine Of speed in the cloud
walled alleys,
Riding the road of gods till the path
ye follow
Shall wake the god that sleeps in the
dust of your soul,
FRANK ERNEST HILL.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Official Lawlessness

1t is. perhaps. permissible to link
the spirit which seems behind the
suspension of the five Socialist AS
semblymen with spirit which for
several years has been displayed on
divers occasions in many parts of
the country.
The first conspicuous outcropping
was in Northern Idaho. A ''bull
pen" was established into which men
were thrust without process of law.
TIE scene then shifted to Colorado,
to Arizona, to California, and then,
in milder form, to Lawrence, Mass,
and Paterson. There were illegal
deportations, denials of opportuni
ties peaceably to assemble, suppress
sions of free speech as it had been
practiced in this country since it's
foundation. In those proceedings
officers of the law sometimes partici-
pated and sometimes connived.
The justification put forward war
rantinR, it was said, disregard of
the letter of the guarantees of the
Constitution was public necessity.
1t was said that anarchistic and
semi-anarchistic groups were at
work to introduce the rule of brute
might and that the only way to put
them down was by summary proc
esses which disregarded the niceties
Of the law. Speaking generally, the
illexalities have seemed to have the
approval of the communities, COM
posed of excellent people, which
witnessed them.
But it is also true to say that the
departures from legality have not
been as numerous as propagandists
have led many to believe. Consider
ing the country as a whole and the
multitude Of the contentious which
have arisen, the great body Of Amer
lean opinion has been tolerant, just
and admirable.
1t is time for earnest citizens
seriously to consider. whether this
policy admittedly indefensible in
theory and necessarily abhorrent TO
those who have deep reverence for
law as law, can be defended on the
grounds Of effectiveness and practi-
cal benefit. As to this it seems i'm
possible to resist a negative conclu-
Aon. The elements whose principles
are opposed to Americanlsm have
sfown stronger rather than weaker
Under the sort Of opposition they
nave encountered. As often as those
Clements have been able 10 say with
FEASIBILITY that they are denied
me equal protection Of the laws and
+" point 70 facts that superficially
supported their favorite charge that
'ar government vas in the hands Of
class, they have gained recruits
and sympathy.
~ seems time for those who re-
gao themselves az conservatives to
s"vpL The opinion which those who
theSnseIyes as liberals long ago
.sfhed; that it Is wise tn get BE-
n'ad the law and the principles OF
~ square deal. In this country
.T mans rights must be demonstra-
~ ~ Tood a. those Of another
maie az nearly equal AZ the
sasy 81 human institutions and
Humsnts permits. Guilt II a pr
''s' thing. punishable only after
conviction for specific onenses.
s* criticism which the suspension
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
The Beauties of Russia
From Tbs Wichita Beacon

Treasonable agitators in this country
are painting the beauties of the Bolshe-
vik or Soviet government Of Russia and
are urging that this nation adopt the
same thing.
According to the "Izvestia." the off,
cial organ Of the Russian Soviet govern
ment. the. Bolshevik authorities shot
down $4,000 persons in the first three
months Of 1919
No wonder even Emma Goldman and
Alexander Berkman hated to 80 back
there.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Stopping Strikes
From The Buffalo Expvsss)

II is estimated that the coal miners
lost $50 ,00O, 900 in wages by the recent
strike. The pay of the leaders, how
aver, went on just the same. When some
labor union adopts n rule that the
salaries Of officers shall stop whenever
the pay Of the men stops. 1t will fnd
that It has raestAblished the old princi-
MIA that strikes should be undertaken
only in the most extreme cases.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Their. Sensitive Point

From The Philadelphia Reco+d)
The Attorney General h>nds the
packers somsthing bettsr thsn solar
plsxus. lt's . slam in the bread bsskss.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

Yey saR purchase msrchandiss advertised In THE
yRtBunE with absolute ssfet--fsr n dlssatisfae-
tlss r.sults In aRy csss TIE TRIBUNE guarantees
10 pay your money back UPON request No red taee.
No suibhiins ", make good promptly II the
advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
But Diamonds Are So Much
More Plentiful

tr~eml The Atfnntn Constitution,
BY pll means let this years Christ
mss present. bs one Of coal. Diamonds
xan watt.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
MEafBER or rnE ASSOCIATED rREss

Ths iard Press is exclusively entitled the
use for republication sf all dispatches credited
10 II otherwise credited in rlus page. and
alsc the local news az spontaneous orIGn published
herein
All lights Of republication Of all ether matter
tasin also reservei
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

$22.l2 net profit
Mr.. Fairchid's hens each earn SO
cents month, while on the same basis
mine are earning s1.59 apiece
WALTER c. BURRELL.
Red Bank N. j., Jan. 7, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Fairfeld's letter on the
profitable hen may and probably does
do justice to the fowls of New Hamp-
shire. Down in the health resorts of
New Jersey we can do better Here is
my balance sheet for December, same
month as that quoted by Mr.. Fair
field, and showing the output of my
fourteen White Wyandotte pullets.
Matched on May II, 1919:
sos eggs.
09 price egg, local quotation
S27.12 gross value of eggs.
$50 cost of feed.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
. SUNDAY. JANUARY II. 1929

Owned and published dsiy by New York Tribune
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Rexs-s HHd Secretary Sntef. Treasure
Address Tribune Building lS Nassau Street New
YorS. Tslephons. Bcekn'an 5000.
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ORA B. CHAPLIN

New York, Jan. s, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

srBsCErruoN RATES By MAHA including
rsssAre IN THE UNITED STATES AND
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GUARANTY

pn,sred at the rostc.,c~ At New York ~ Second
Claas Mai, Matter