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New-York tribune., 1920-03-05
Making Diplomats
A Plea For Educating Experts
to Represent Us Abroad

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Men should be trained for
diplomatic service as the military and
naval academies now train them fer
war. West Point and Annapolis 8"
curatives. An academy or diplonafg
would be a preventive against con-
tagion from international ills.
There are those In the consular SER
ice and higher posts who are eminsnsi9
qualified for their work. But naturs
inclination and native ability sfs
wholly responsible. Their occurrsnss
in those places Is largely accidental.
These men at the crossroads Of ~
Torld are important men. Their spl'
ity affects the pay envelope Of sh'
worker in the New England shoe IT.
tory, the profits Of the Iowa faFms''
the prosperity Of tho metropolitan nsf'
camille house and its employees. Grea'
Britain built up her commercial su'
premacy on her consular system.
Diplomats may be born to that dsr
tiny. But so, too, are statesmen
and animal trainers and Latin tesei'
ers born to theirs. But il privats ln'
was ordered as public life is. II 'n'
government said to a ditch-digse'
you're . salesman" and the bo'a
salesman was not chosen, much s00'
it would do the salesman =. ("
the government. Put the born snin'
trainer aboard . submarine, prsVsh'
the born Latin teacher from ever se$
ing a Latin book. II they were ssF
fuses the salesman who was passed
and the animal trainer and the LAs'a
teacher might succeed in spite ..
everything. But the birth-rate o.
genius Is not nearly so high as In esi'
tain other class often cited. In fses
it is dlscouragingly low.
1t would seem that the United Sfs"
had advanced too far to go on tenrs
the editor Of "The Podunk Buse
You're a diplomat" Such posts >"
important enough to need more pfsF
arstion than the purchase Of es's
loid collar and Q new pair Of susseF
ders.
Open the way for men to serve VIZ
out the sword. Here 10 high ronsn's
and swift adventure, more power 10 "a
decision Of = single man than ID -
strength Of armies and tae might
fleets. The attraction 10 there "
opportunity for service, and the ehsa"
Of reward for work well done. !"
nation needs the men.
1t is . situation that has its para's
in every business-the problsn
finding the man for the place
appears that the country could -
profit systematically 70 about solss'e
H. G. x. Y.
New York, March !. 1874 q
New-York tribune., 1920-03-05
Regulating the Farmer
4 Protest From a Daryponan
Against Mill Control


To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The passage Of Governor
Smiths proposed law to create a state
commission with power to control the
milk industry would mean ruin to the
New York State dairying industry and
make tho dairy farmer a vassal Of the
state.
l was born on this dairy farm and
have lived here many years. so write
from experience on a farm, not as an
investigating committee in a citv Of
flee.
In a recent milk investigation in New
York City no attempt was made to 90
among dairymen and learn the truth
about the business Of producing milk,
the cost Of operating a dairy farm and
the capital required. The dairyman
was ignored and his business was in
yestigated from an office chair.
Would the people Of New York CITY
appoint committee Of farmers to sit
on their farms and investigate some
tancied wrong in the streetcar service
OF New York City?
Why should a state commission set
the price of milk the farmer produces
and not set the price for flour, sugar.
cattla feeds, shoes and cloths which
the farmer has to buy? Why discrim
mate against the dairyman, the man
VINO works twelve or fourteen hours
day and whose wife and children
milk and help with the farm work
The eight-hour day has taken the labor
ing men to cities, and dairyman cam
not do his work in eight hours. He Is
dealing with life, fact which seems
to be generally overlooked.
Why is the Governor against +he
farmers organizations? If we emn1ov
carpenter here on the farm, he Is q
member of the carpenters union wbo
Will work but certain number of
hours at fixed rate; the tinsmith and
the blacksmith the same. Even the
merchants in town with whom we trade
nave their association. But when the
men who produce your food organize
there is a cry like an Indian war
whoop.
The dairymen are a most important
factor of the state, as Mr.. Cityman
cannot live without food. They also
are American citizens, not machines
run eight hours day, and if their
business is to be controlled by the
state, they can go out of the milk
business, sell their COWS and keen
sheep. Then Mr.. Cityman and his
wife can keep cow in the garage, and
II Mr.. Cityman happens to produce a
surplus. Governor Smiths commission
will give him a license to sell. find
him customer and fix the price per
quart. If Mr.. Cityman loses money
ne must be a good sport, buy another
COW and lose more money, so his neigh
Dor, who doesn't have a cow, can have
cheap milk. CARRIE M. COOPER.
Little Falls, N. Y, March 4, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-05

jected to the powerful pressure Of a
combination Of Federal Office holders.
But it's deliberations would be
greatly aided by the showing which
the various candidates make in the
primary states. Every delegate
who stands for election will, there
fore. do the party a service If he an
nounces his choice for President
when opposed, or, whether opposed
or not, gives publicly his reasons for
wishing to go to the convention un-
instructed.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-05
Books u.,,,ss s' e,...

In commenting tho other day on
Maurice Hewlett's fine novel, "The
Outlaw" we spoke Of the game, a COM
bination Of hockey, soccer and rugby,
which was played by Gisli and his
friends and foes and wondered whether
it was actually sport Of Iceland. Mr.
John Davidson, Of Valley Cottage, N.
Y, writes to say that he often took
part in similar game when he was
g. schoolboy in Scotland.
"When l was a laddie, lang syne, at
the skull" he writes, 1--WE used to play
it on the ice, on the links, on the
school playground, or anywhere we
could find room. In the 'gableendie'
town of. Montrose (Scotland) we called
it 'hailin,' and we played it with little
hard rubber ball, or tennis ball, or
a golf ball, or little ball of news
papers tied up with a string, or with
Geordie Bowman's bonnet; we kicked
tho ball, or we batted it with a stick,
or we hit 1t with our hands, or headed
it, and we did everything we could to
hit 1t against wall, which was usually
the goal, and was defended by the op-
posite side In like manner. No quarter
was asked or given, and many 'barkit'
shins were received and many u bloody
nose, and many knuckles lost much
cutic'e when the ball happend to get
near the goal and our hands scraped
tho wall. The game never ended till
tho schoolmaster blew his 'wheelper'
in a peremptory manner and for the
third time. Surely, it was a rough
game, md We boys would sit down
about our desks surreptitiously wiping
the gore from our noses on the sleeves
of our jackets, but from these scrim-
IMAGES emerged the fearless kickcrs
and runners, the backs, halfbacks and
forwards that made famous history on
the big association football fields of
Scotland and England for years after
ward.
MAN, laddie, yon was tho happy
days!"
"You quote John Maynard Keynes
and George Jean Nathan and H. L.
Mencken," writes DR.. Harry M. Hall.
OF Wheeling, West Virginia, "as at
tributing many Of President Wilson'S
characteristics to the fact that he is
Presbyterian. will wager a small
sum that more Presbyterians read
Nathan, Mencken. George Moore, Pc
ruse The Rainbow hear Mary Garden.
write about The Moon and sixpence.'
than any other body of men and women
extant- In fact. they have had more TO
DO with the possibilities Of tho toler-
ance and freedom of these United
States than any other sect or organiza-
tion. A Unitarian Is, perhaps. the
broadest in his outlook, but next-and
hrst among Christian churches-is the
Presbyterian. So that when men like
Nathan and Mencken write bedroom
farce most Of it is too dull for Presbv-
terians."
ANY one who reads James Huneker's
"Bedouins" (Scribner's) must keep his
mind alert in order to adapt it to the
numerous guises in which Mary Garden
10 presented. At various moments in
tha drat chapter Miss Garden 10: a
1'ne o. Pater's prose. the glance Of one
New-York tribune., 1920-03-05
: The Pirate of the Bosporus

American opinion is solidly behind
Senator Kings resolution declaring
for the expulsion Of the Turk from
Europe. Our people long ago ac-
cepted Gladstone's judgment of the
Turk as a ruler-that he has been
and is an unspeakable stencil in the
nostrils of civilization. He mas
sacred the Bulgarians a generation
ago. He has been massacring the
Armenians ever since. He has al
ways been a parasite, living on con-
ouered races. His nature is tyran-
nical and his hands are dripping
with blood.
The arguments advanced by the
Allied premiers against ejecting the
Sultan from Constantinople leave
America cold. Whether these argu-
ments are sincere or not, they do not
move us. We cannot comprehend
the necessity of deferring to Turk
ish or Moslem sentiment or Of giving
sanction to Mahometan theories to
the effect that Constantinople has
become an Islamic holy city.
Our people have never understood
why President Wilson restrained
Congress from declaring war on
Turkey. Turkey courted dismem-
berment when she joined the Teuton
alliance. The Armenian slaughter
proved that her innate barbarism
had not been cured by the surface
conversion of the Young Turk lead
ers to "Europeanism" and "prog-
ress." Turkey was an enemy because
the ally of our enemies. She stood
condemned before the bar Of justice
and humanity. Why was the hand
of the United States not raised to
help strike down one of the worlds
arch-criminals and oppressors?
Our government didn't contribute
in a military way to overthrow the
CHASTITY rule of the Sultan. 1t thus
forfeited all moral claim to partici-
pate in the dictation of terms to
Turkey. Great Britain and France
are, therefore, within their strict
rights in allowing the Turk to re-
tain his seat of authority on the
Golden Horn. But though the Ex-
ecutive Departments hands are self
tied, there is no reason why Ameri-
can sentiment should be silenced.
1t is Internationally against any
further pollution of Constantinople
by the Sultan's presence and against
allowing him to exercise any
further authority over non-Moslem
peoples.
Senator Kings resolution makes
this clear. Nor is the American
attitude wholly unknown to those
who are trying to prolong the Sui
tan's tenure in Europe. Stephen
Lauzanne, the editor of LIE TEMPS.
who spent some time in the United
States during the war, has just been
describing the American state of
mind. "Anerican public opinion
without party distinction" he writes,
demands that the Bosporus be freed
of the bands of puppets and thieves
who up to the present have ruled
over the Turkish people,"
There can be no doubt Of the accu-
racy of this statement. The coun-
try's only regret is that, not having
declared war on Turkey when we
should have done so, we are now
scarcely in a position to emphasize
in the treaty our unqualified detes.a-
tion of the Turk.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-05
Is Cavalry Obsol.,.,,
What II Did IN the War H..
and Abrond
To ths Editor Of Tie Tribu,.

s9 ASo's"A "a AGO lribuna
Sir; I think / can answer n. :,
query. which appeared in your ~ ;..s so''s
February 20, by saying that c.sa .,ae
not obsolete and never can ~
give you the following data to n,.. -aa
assumption. rs u
At the time Of the German :.
the German army used its c.vs,s sa'
tensively, and 1t was not INIT, g.
armies had to "dig in" that II. 0'sa
ceased to be used. Had tn. -.n7 sn7
driven the Germans back int. a ~
own country tho same need for cav, .s.a
would have been felt by the Ana.
was the case in the advsnc. =, ;,
German army. And both tb. AN ~
and the United States were ho,.a ''
their cavalry ready should such q .s'as sa
bc contemplated. There's wh.r. ' :,
cavalry was disappointed-is dIs "a -
have the chance to put over tn. ss'
punch" which it anticipated. ana '' ~
was only because the armisti.. ~
signed while the German armv ,t;l, "
in France.
But what was the United g..
cavalry doing ali through the war ~,
it was waiting for the final d,;..,
Most people forget, in tho ,n,..'.
shown in affairs in Europe, that M.'
were important duties for our c,v.,.
over here, along the Mexican how'd.
Had we left that border open :. ~. Co.
man intrigue and guerrilla raid, !.
Mexican bandits. we would hsy. h..'
in a sorry plight, indeed. And ~.
cavalry, and trained cavalry At ths.
could protect it; infantry and ,.,.'
planes can help, but are usel.., :.
that country without large bodie, =,
cavalry to do the work. All throu.s
the war that border was patrolles ,'s
protected by United States cay.l,,
each man Of which was chatting una.,
the bit to be allowed a chauc. ;,
fight in France, aud keeping his spi,,.
up only by realizing that when W. al
drive the Germans out Of their hol.,
Uncle Sam would need his cavalry Az,
need it badly.
In my own regiment, the 7th Csulr
while doing patrol duty along Il,
border, we were ready, at a mom.rss
notice to 60 to France. We were on Ii.
priority list eight months, with al! Sur.
plus equipment turned in and the r.r.
ment perfectly trained. In my ox,
troop every man had been in the reru.
lar army before we entered the va,
most of the men had been with Pe
shing in Mexico, and the troop had been
under fire with Villas band at Cue.
rero, Mexico, on March 90, 1916, sni
again at the capture of the town o.
Tomochic, Mexico, on April 90, 1915. !
had three non-commissioned otiesu
with more than twenty years seryiu.
Our commanding officer, Colonel S. .RH
Tompkins, had seen thirty-five years
service, practically all of which had
been with the 7th Cavalry.
Does anybody suppose that Unel.
Sam, at time when he needed trained
men badly, would have kept men lik.
these, trained and true, and with the
experience Of already having been in
action, down on the Mexican border,
unless it was more important to have
them there than to have them in
France? Or that Uncle Sam would
have kept them in the cavalry and KEEP.
his cavalry intact and ready for use L
cavalry had become Obsolete!
A. CAMPBELL SMIDT,
Late Troop Commander, 7th U. s.
Cavalry.
New York, March I, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-05
The Coming T'ower
THE JAN1rREss

The janitress wears . gray sweater,
A short, bunchy skirt, and old slippers;
Her hair, dragged away from her fore
head,
Is screwed to knot-hard, unlovslys
Heavy and red are her hands,
And her arms thick and powerful,
Shrill is her voice, and her language
Rich with invective.
She runs the furnace,
Shovels the coal from the bin,
And takes out the ashes.
She clears the steps and ths sidewalk
After each snowfall;
Like Brunhllde she stands, on q snow
bank,
Swinging her shovel.
And urging on Grandpa,
Who is old and needs urging.
All day she is busy,
Tireless, unfagging Of spirit,
Unsparing of tongue and 61 MUSCLE
Upstairs and downstairs on errands,
Washing and cleaning and scrubbing,
Hearing complaints, and preserving
order, we'll being, and comfort.
Her husband,
Broad of shoulder and lusty,
Works from nine to Ave daily,
And on Sunday goes hshing,-
For a man must have some diversion.
I saw her tonight at tho butcher's,
Hurried, and shrill with impatiencs.
"My man is that cross" sho confided, !"
eff he has to wait for his dinner
After he's worked hard all dayl"
r
New-York tribune., 1920-03-05
AS Expected in Russia


about what was expected by those
who know something Of Russia and
general history. Since the German
government sent Lenine to Petro-
grad and provided funds to take
Russia out of the war by an over
throw Of the provisional govern
ment the developments have been
normal and natural.
When the Cars machine was
broken there remained in Russia but
one unified group with a definite
program-namely, the Bnlshevists.
1t was not numerous, being only a
skeleton organization, confined to
few urban centers. But Bolshevism
had head and parts. It's leaders
knew what they wanted and were
restrained by no moralities. They
first played the part of unctuous
hypocrisy, were vociferous demo-
Gratis and condemned the use Of
force, and played this part as easily
as later they played the part of
Tartar tyrants.
Other Russians, so far as they had
any philosophy, gave themselves over
to the ecstasies Of Tolstoyan pacif-
ism. The millennium had come.
All men were brothers. Beautiful,
but the mood opened a gate to the
unscrupulous; for the Russian
masses are passive and docileN; can
be ruled by the knout in the hands
Of ruthless minority; during three
centuries never once rose against
the Car.
So the pulpy provisional govern
ment, Notwithstanding it's high mo-
tives, never had a chance. 1t
dreamed dreams and ignored reali-
ties. 1t would not attack it's en-
clnies when it had power to destroy
them. Lvoff went and so did Miliu-
koff, and the weak orator Kerensky,
visionary Socialist, thought he
could rule by rhetoric. He dis
claimed purpose Of betraying the
Allies, but he helped the Bolshevists
by discussing the dishonor. Con-
trolling a regiment or two, Lenine
became dictator and signed his sep
arate peace as planned with Berlin.
The mask Of pretended devotion
to democracy was quickly thrown
off. The Constituent Assembly was
dispersed, and since thenNhere has
been no election except Of the Mexi-
can variety, with the Bolshevist boss
determining who may vote.
A pretense was made of continu.
ing the communal system which
had started under Kerensky. But
Lenine knew the scheme would not
work, and the workmen's commit
tees were gradually reduced to i'm
potency and then ignored. The Boil
shevist leaders devoted their en-
ergies to consolidating their political
power. They launched the Red Ter
ror and then raised huge army by
conscription and induced it to fight
by the same methods the Cars had
successfully used. Possessing the
chief military resources of Russia
and the Allies not giving whole
hearted support to the anti-Bol-
shevists, the Bolshevists. of course.
won.
In lieu Of local factory communism,
based to SOME degree on consent,
there is now substituted industrial
Imperialism. Industrial proconsuls.
as they may be called, are sent from
Moscow. A cloud Of supervising
managers have been put in control
OF all important plants. These
nave authority to make men work.
Strikers find their bread cards dis
honored, and If they do not yield to
starvation the army, when a plant
manager 50 requests, Is ord led TO
New-York tribune., 1920-03-05
The Annexation of Bermuda

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Senator Kenyon's resolution in
re the annexation Of Bermuda IL really
deilciously inconsistent. Does it never
occur to such peculiar folk that the
British colonies are proud Of the en-
p're; that such empire is already q
league Of nations, without which the
worlds liberties would to-day be n
dream Of the pastf
A. J. xLoCKT0N.
New Ysrh, aMsreh .. 1ssn
New-York tribune., 1920-03-05
Hollywood Happenings

The Goldwyn Studios has just hired
new scenario writer. Although the
new hand has been doing slightly diff
ferent work since leaving high school.
the Goldwyn folk think they can break
him in eventually. His name is NJ.
Maeterlinck, and two or three things
he wrote have been spoken we'll Of.
BUSINESS in Hollywood is booming
brlskly. You can now rent nice s45
bungalow for $3.50 month on q vear's
lease.
Sam Blythe brings word form Mon
terey that H. Wilson has taken up rolf
and Is now the only living golfer who
can play l8 entire holes without hav-
ing the ball on the course once.
One of our leading Western directors
recently informed one of our LEADING
Western stars that in his forthcomino .
picture he would have to run the
gamut, and the star replied that he
could run any car made.
II all the tourists from Iowa now
IN Hollywood were laid end to end in
long grave the line would reach from
Saginaw, Mich, to Honduras and Hollv-
wood would be pretty nice place to
live in. r r
Is column conductor allowed en-
emption for the upkeep Of an automo-
bile? Frequently we deliver copy in
our Chariot of Cheer; frequently, to
discover what is going on in the world.
we take somebody for a ride. Arc we.
Mr.. Edwards, allowed exemption?
In the spring a livelier iris decorates
the daily jest;
In the spring another blizsard coma,
a-blizzing from tho West.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-05
"ExCUSE IT PLEASE"
70NYB 73 BLUE

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HIM BALTIMORE ND lo5sA MARI
FPA
CARE TRIBUNE NEW YORK
HERE IS A BOOST FOR A MUCH AND
JUSTLY KNOCKED PUBLIC UTILITY AGREE
WITH YOU THAT GETTING A NUMBER NOW
A DAYS is NOT AN ADVENTURE BUT A
CAREER HOWEVER LET'S GIVE THE DEVIL
HIS DUE I PUT IN A CALL THIS MORNING
FOR MY WIFE At ORANGE NEW JERSEY
CHARGES REVERSED AND GOT THE CON,
NECTiON IN EXACTLY THREE MINUTES
THE INCIDENT PUTS AN AWFUL cRlMP IN
THAT Remember WHEN STUFF
HERMAN HALSTED
tt<7A
New-York tribune., 1920-03-05

Turkish women, a returned traveller
says, have discarded wells and now arc
seen on the streets with uncovered
faces. And occasionally-Mr. Harry
Leon Wilson saw ono when he was
here-you may see New York woman
whose face has no top dressing, and
whose lips exert no carmine effort to
make Harvey's theory moro obvious.
Our candidate, Henry ]. Allen, Is On
his way to this city. When he arrives
he will be permitted to have as much
space as one column gives to discuss
his views on various matters, especial
ly on those which may influence read
ers for or against a candidate.
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song that was used on him as a lullaby
God pity Bessie, the drunkard's lone
child" And another he recalls is
"l'd like to die," said Willie,
"1f my pape could die, too,
But he says he isn't ready,
Cause he's got so much to do.
"1'd not like to tell tho angels,
When I reach that golden shore,
That my papa couldn't come,
Cause he's too busy at tho store"
Last stanza repeated acctuocatoi1
A famous brave song was "The
Drunkard's Lone Child" We do not
recall all of it, but some of it, as Mrs,
Julia Ferber's COX used to sing 1t in
Appleton, Wis, ran thus:
Out in the gloomy night, sadly roam,
I've no mother now. no friends, no home.
Nobody cares for me. no one would CRY,
Even if poor little Bessie should die.
Barefoot and tired I've wandered all day.
Asking for work, but I'm too small. they
On the damp ground I must now lay nv
head,
Fathers drunkard. and mother Is dead.
CHORUS
Mother, oh. why did you leave mo alone
With no one to love me, no friends and uo
home?
Dark Is the night and the storm RACES wild.
God pity Bessie, tho drunksrd's lone child.
We were SO happy till father drank rum.
Then all our sorrows and troubles bexuu:
Mother grew paler and wept every day.
Baby and were too hungry to play.
Slowly they faded, and one summer nixht
Found their sweet faces all silent and whits ,
And, with big t. ars slowly dropping. said ,
Fathers drunkard. and mother Is dead. I.
Well, the American Institute Of Meat
Packers-which, we assume, is no re-
lation to our alma mater, Armour In.
stitute-says that housewives and Ia.
borers are to blame for the continued
high cost of living. We knew it was
all our fault; and we apologize in ad-
vance to the ice dealers for the cost
of ice next July.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-05
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