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New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
Eternal Golf

Horace Hutchinson, several times
amateur champion Of Great Britain,
has been told by his doctors that he
may play no more golf, and it is
understandable, therefore, that he
should comment somewhat wistfully
in his new book, "Fifty Years of
Golf" on just what prospects there
are of golf in heaven.
Mr.. Hutchinson has played on too
many good courses to be content
with any promise Of just golf. He
intends to hold heaven to the strict
est accountability as to the nature
of the fairway and the greens.
After citing the theories of Sir
Oliver Lodge and Conan Doyle about
a future life, he adds: "Such revela-
tions, if we attach value to them at
all, inevitably carry the inference
that we shall there find golf, to-
gether with other conditions not
widely different from those that we
have known on earth-not a fancy
golf on illimitable Elysian Fields,
with never a bad lie on the whole
immense monotonous expanse, but
real golf, difficult golf, golf with
bunkers and all incidental troubles
to be overcome-Yiot without vexa-
tion of the spirit"
The suggestion that the heavenly
links shall be bunkered will come
gratefully to most of us, who would
not feel that it was quite the same
game if no place were made for good
and faithful niblicks. There should
by all means be bunkers on the
eternal links in order to afford the
mighty satisfaction which comes to
the golfer who can get we'll out in
one. Or if not in one, it is to be
hoped that heaven will put some
reasonable limit on the number of
strokes required to get out Of
trouble. Even the most enthusi-
astic Of golfers might grow to doubt
the celestial character Of his refuge
after a third or fourth failure.
Eternity, of course, offers Pc
ouliar appeal to golfers. 1t affords
a. promise to many that they may
eventually learn to putt, and the
man who has sufficient faith may
even see CLEAN Of hope that in
life without end he will, perhaps, be
able to modify a little a chronic
tendency to slice.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
EMPLOYEES as Directors

An excellent bill that should pass
our state Legislature without delay is
that prepared by the City Club, and
introduced by Colonel Roosevelt in
the Assembly, making it possible for
a corporation to provide in it's by
laws for the election of one employee
or more to it's board of directors.
The provision is permissive, not
mandatory, and follows the plan Of
q statute already enacted in Massa-
chusetts. Such directors are to be
elected by secret ballot of en-
ployees, the qualifications for voting,
the method and time Of election, etc.
being fixed by bylaw.
This is a thoroughly American
way of approaching the difficult
problem of increasing labor's partici-
patton in the conduct of business. IT.
is the opinion of many impartial OBJ
servers that it is dubious and mis-
leading plan, offering the employee
only the name of participation with
little effective opportunity for power.
The criticism has also been made
that it gives labor a voice in affairs
in which it has no proper voice and
fails to reach directly those matters,
such as working conditions and
wages, in which it is entitled to. an
equal voice. The principle of man
to-man dealings which offer 50
much promise is not really met by
representation upon a board of di-
rectors, for it is not the directors
who actively conduct a business.
Especially here in America is a
board of directors little more than
a committee Of investors maintain.
ing only the most general supervi-
sion over the operations Of the cor.
poration, the real direction of which
is intrusted In large and small mat.
ters to its president and othe,
officers.
But the experimental method il
the only sure way Of determining
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
A Vote of Protest

To the EII.or of. The Tribune.
Sir: l am not Socialist, and fut|
thermore do not exactly know whS|
Socialist means and less | care, bt.
am so utterly disgusted with th1
disastrous Machiavellian policy of oq
present Democratic Republican ProhA
bition combination government, boH
Federal and state, that at the next eleS
ton shall certainly vote the Socialis
ticket straight. This is the only prd
test OF. rebuke possible for myself, mi
family and few million citizens bd
sides, who, looking into the future, SD
no relief whatever from the crushin|
burdens of ever-rising cost of living
of taxes of all kinds and, finally. q
the triumphant climax of enforced sub
mission of personal liberty to guard
ians who have neither brains nor com
mon sense to regulate the mode .
iaving either for themselves or anybod,
else. A g n
An Old Republics
New York. Feb. .. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
The Slesvig Plebiscite

The plebiscite in the Slesvig
zone showed, roughly, three
fourths majority for annexation to
Denmark. More than fifty years Of
German rule had not Germanized
this territory to any appreciable de-
gree, for the pro-Gerrnan vote repre-
sented chiefly those born in Slesyip
OF German parents, serving there as
civil or military officials or settled
there as colonists.
The German government was we'll
aware that it had never reconciled
North Slesvig to German discipline
or Kultur. Prussia had promised
Austria in the treaty of Prague to
allow the North Slesvigers to de-
eide whether they wanted to remain
German or to be united politically
with Denmark. That promise was
never kept. No date for the referen-
dunn was set in the treaty. There
never was any prospect that Prussia,
uncoerced from the outside, would
risk an election.
Prussia was state built on mill
tary force. Most of it's TERRITORY
represented acquisitions through
violence. West Prussia and Posen
were taken from Poland. Silesia
was snatched from Austria, Saxon
Prussia from Saxony, Pommerania
from Sweden. Hanover and Hesse.
Cassel were conquered, and various
other small states and cities were
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
Senator Wadsworth and the
Socialists


10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
]. Sir: AS a subscriber and an admirer
of The Tribune for many years, I am
writing for advice and information con-
cerning the coming political campaign.
which perhaps one of your many read
ers can furnish me.
Senator Wadsworth, 1 understand. ia
running for denomination. 1 am most
anxious to know how he stands in re-
gard to the ousting of the five Social
lists at Albany and whether he is with
Speaker Sweet on the matter, or with
the Socialists.
WoIld it be possible for you to tell
me if he has come out publicly in
regard to this? 1t seems to me, as a
candidate for denomination, the voters
of the state should be informed as to
how he stands.
GEORGE Fl. BAINBRIDGE.
New York, Feb. 10, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
The Port Treaty.

The demand made by various civic
organizations that the New York
New Jersey port treaty be acted on
at this session of the Legislature is
thoroughly reasonable. These civic
organizations want to see a unified
port created, with a view to eco
nomic operation and scientific de-
velopment. Without unified plan,
embracing both sides of the Hudson,
wasteful competition will be encour
aged, and the great halves of
the port area will be severed and
driven into hurtful economic rivalry.
The net result Of this would be to
increase confusion here, to lower the
value of the port to the distant ship
per, and to benefit the other Atlantic
and Gulf ports which are trying to
cut into New York's business.
The questions raised by the port
treaty are not local in scope They
affect the state as we'll as the city,
since the state is directly interested
in the development Of commerce and
taxable values anywhere within its
boundaries. Is the future of the
half OF the port to the east Of the
Hudson to be safeguarded by fore
sighted legislation, or is that fu-
ture to be left to take care Of itself?
Up to now the port has developed
without plan. This haphazard prog
ress hasn't worked especially to the
disadvantage of New York City as q
trade inlet and outlet, although il
has imposed serious economic bur.
dens on the population east of the
Hudson. But now the end Of han.
hazard development is in sight. The
port must be modernized to take care
OF its business. If we are clear
headed enough to accept New Jer
sey's offer of an alliance, the de
velopment may be controlled in sucf
= way as not to prejudice the New
York side. But if we hold aloof ane
close our eyes to natural engineering
aspects Of the problem we may soor
wake up to find the ports center o1
gravity shifted west Of the Hudson
New Jersey is making a friendly
and mutually beneficial proposition
She ia asking no favors. In sense
she offers moro than she asks. The
city administration has been Indif-
ferent to the treaty. It's eyes are
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
Like British Policy of Past

At Paris there was Enthusiastically the
same general tendency in British pol
icy. What Britain was seeking to do
was to reduce her own obligations and
commitments on the Continent, but this
time her course was to seek such a
with herself of the United States Brit
ish statesmen believed that their coun-
try and ours, in close cooperation, could
exercise an enormous restraining in
fuence upon Europe and thus greatly
reduce the danger of new complica-
tions, which would necessitate new
military operations on the Continent.
The American instinct, however, was
plainly revealed in this country to be
in favor of American withdrawal, alike
from European and from British part
nerships. What the United States
seemed to want was to resume that
complete freedom from foreign obliga-
tions, in the sense of treaty commit
ments, which existed before we entered
the World War. And this, after all,
was only complete imitation OF British
policy in the past.
Europe is beginning to appreciate
that the best that can now be expected
OF the United States is a thoroughly
limited partnership, a consent to sit
in the council of nations, but a con-
sent conditioned upon European con-
sent to permit US to retain our entire
freedom OF action, to remain unbound
by any decision made in the league of
nations conference which is not sub
sequently ratified by Congress-
Grey had recognized this, although
the limitations imposed upon him by
his position have necessarily restricted
his public utterance. The effect Of
his letter viii be to demonstrate that
Europe is now prepared to welcome
American participation in the league Of
nations on American terms. 1t has
demonstrated already that Europe is
eager to have any possible measure
OF American participation at any cost
IN the way of concessions.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
Pronounced Reaction

What Grey's letter does not recoe-
nize is the fact that this participation
is likely to he fleidly limited for en
indefinite period of time lis view is
that once we enter the league of ma
tions we shall become by the process
Of association and development, full
partners; that insensibly we shall DRIFT
into a resumption Of the role played
by US, through President Wilson, at the
Paris Conference.
Undoubtedly Europe will expect this.
but American evidence certainly does
not sustain the foreign hope. The
notion that we shall join in ultimatums
delivered to Italy, Turkey, Jugo- -Slavia.
share IN making policies affecting Ger
man reparations, dealing with Russian
chaos, hardly finds any warrant in the
views and temper found in Washing
ton to-day, or reflected in public senti-
ment throughout the country. On the
contrary, it would seem that the nation
is passing through period of pro-
nounced reaction against all American
interference in European affairs. So
far Viscount Grey's otherwise adm;-
rably clear and accurate pronounce
ment may prove misleading.
Copyright. 1890. Mcclure Syndicate,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
The Majority DON'T Care
Il Report Upon the Public Mind
and the Leaguc

and the League
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: / wonder sometimes how The Trib-
me and other newspapers gather their
Impressions Of the thoughts and feel
ings Of the American people.
I gather from reading The Tribune
for several months past that you are
strongly Of the opinion that the Ameri-
can people want the treaty Of peace,
including the league Of nations, rati-
fed and put in force. And wonder
where you get that impression.
live in small town in the western
part Of New York State, but get away
from home rather frequently and in
winter the cold weather brings me
down here; so I think that / know
pretty we'll the thoughts and feel
ings of Americans scattered widely
through the eastern part of the United
States. l am bound to say, however,
that my associates are mostly Ameri-
cans Of two or three or more genera
tions, Of the class who make living
in business or trade or profession, and
include very few politicians and no
labor union men. They are just "plain
people"
There are few of this class like
myself who read pretty faithfully what
the newspapers are pleased to print
about the league Of nations, and conse-
quently we have opinions, and those
opinions are of various kinds. Some Of
us want it with, some of us want it
without, and some of us are violently
opposed to it either with or without.
But bless our heart, we are in an i'm
mense minority-the great big maj jority
don't care.
Their thought and attention are
taken up with making q living and
other affa lrs of one kind and another,
apd they give no thought to the league
of nations. They carefully read moth
ing in the newspapers about it further
than the headlines and would much
will be the next President-the truth
to say, they can't get up much excite
ment about that. They are heartily
glad the war is over and would be glad
to dismiss from their minds it and all
the issues flowing from it. They are
inclined to be resentful toward any one
bringing up such subjects. They would
be satisfied if the league of nations
were never heard of again, and if it
should by any means be adopted, with
the usual American careless optimism,
they would assure themselves that it
probably could not do us much hurt.
And that is about as near as they come
to approving 1t.
1t is astonishing to me that no news
paper speaks for this immense class Of
American voters. j. c. LEGGETT.
Miami, Fla, Feb. Z, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
The Real Autocrat
fFrons The Kansas CITY Sta,

~ ~''0 zHuHouo Guy OEufI
Alexander Howat, the Kansas miners
leader. says Governor Allen is referred
to as "slave herder," and that
America is not going to submit to "this
subJugation of the laboring class" So
far as the public can see, Mr.. Howat
has his facts twisted. Governor Allen.
who has helped provide court where
the miner can get justice without re-
sorting to a strike, can hardly be re-
gardsd as "slave herder''-a descrip-
tion, however, which might be applied
to Mr.. Howat, who has driven his men
into strike after strike and has refused
to recognize any rights of the minority.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12

these questions; and II Is our natu-
raj American way. The plan may
well confound it's critics and be de-
veloped into an admirable means Of
securing cooperation between en-
ployer and employee to the benefit
Of all. This bill offers the oppor-
tunity for just such development.
It compels nothing. It opens the
door for much.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12

fixed on the present, not on the fu-
ture. But the Legislature may be
expected to take a broader view. 1t
has an opportunity, which may not
come again, to secure the orderly,
unified growth Of this port on terms
highly favorable to New York City
and State. It should have worldly
wisdom enough to approve an excel
lent business bargain.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
Grey S Service
Bp Frank II. Sinonds

danger has been disposed Of, Great
Britain has retired from the European
field, resumed that splendid isolation -
from which she was called the last
time when Germany set out upon her
pathway of world domination. Even
the actual participation in wars which
seemed to have British interest has
been opposed by large numbers of Eng
Ii u man
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
Traffics and Discoyeries

IFAnIc6 ana O5COVer1eS
Sir: I can't convince Anthony Faro, who
does the buying for the Pyramid Mercantile
Co., of Phoenix, Ariz., that he should smoke
Egyptian Prettiest instead Of Fatimas. How
ever, I'm sort of glad that the lady buyer
for the Paris Stores. Inc, OF Troy, N. Y,
sports Helen for her first name. Aren't you
AS 1 was writing the preceding, I heard
my sister, who is studying her history lesson
deliver herself Of this:
I'm the fifth grade learnt that Columbus
discovered America. in the sixth grade
learnt that Columbus discovered the West
Indies, in the seventh grade learned that
Columbus discovered the Bahamas, and now
they tell me Columbus didn't discover Amer
lea at all. but the Morse Vikings didr'
TRACKS,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-By MAI
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New-York tribune., 1920-02-12

Tho Associated Press II exclusively entitled to tho
use for republication Of all dispatches credited
TO It or otherwise credited In this paper, and
also the local Of spontaneous origin published
herein.
All rights Of republication Of Ill other matter
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12

There is one suggestion that the
United States Lawn Tennis Association
might make to the newspapers. if it
papers print, somewhere in the an
nouncement or account of tournament,
information as to whether admission is
open to the public, either at price or
free.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12

Six universities are entered in the
hrst air race, which is set for May 6.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12

Havana City Of Fair Prices-Globe
Fair prices and brave men.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
Our Different Situation

This thing works both ways. More
than once Lloyd George was compelled
to modify his positions, taken in Paris,
because they were unsatisfactory to
the majority in the House of Commons
Thus the British Parliament expressed
its will, in a certain measure, during
the actual making Of the treaty A
reputation by Parliament afterward
would thus be unthinkable and in
degree Reputation Of an obligation
actually entered upon.
Of course our situation is quite diff
ferent, but the appreciation of our sit
uation was not general in Europe
While the President was in Paris he
and those with him spoke for the
United States without qualification.
To Europe the President seemed the
official spokesman of the nation, and
there was not the smallest suspicion
that there could be any subsequent
questioning Of his decisions in the con-
ference.
Grey's frank letter puts this phase
OF the question correctly before the
British public, and it is an odd but un-
mistakable fact that it was necessary
that some Englishman of his eminence
should do this, because no American
statement on the subject was sufficient
or even satisfactory to the British pub
lie, which was the more confused be-
cause Lloyd George publicly and
through his friendly newspapers con-
tinued to assert that the sole explana-
tion was discoverable in partisan politi-
cal considerations.
There is another aspect Of the oues-
ton which Grey could not explain with
| equal frankness for obvious reasons.
Underlying all else in the American at
tttude, popular rather than official, has
been the instinct against any actual
commitment of the United States to
European entanglements, an instinct
which has been disclosed in British his.
tory for three centuries. From Crom-
we'll to Lloyd George, Britain has in
tervened in Continental contests innu.
merable times, when these contests
threatened to affect British interest ad.
versely, under circumstances at least
recalling our Intervention in the World
War.
! But invariably, after the immediat,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12

The beauty Of the Broadway surface
car service is that It's paralysis isn't
SO violent q change az It might b..
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
Washington, D. c

Washington, u. q.
The immediate and most considerable
service rendered by Viscount Grey, in
his letter to "The London Times" lies
in its complete refutation of the view
held in Britain, and in Europe general
ly to no small extent, that the United
States has, by it's course toward the
Treaty of Versailles, actually repudi-
ated an obligation. This belief has
been held in Britain and it has been
encouraged to no small degree by GER
tain American champions Of the league
of nations, who have argued that to
decline to ratify the treaty as written
would be to desert Europe.
Americans have believed that Euro
peans generally recognized the divi-
sion of authority in the matter of
treaty making in our system Of gov
ernment and that this criticism of the
Senate's course was actually the fruit
of desire rather than of conviction;
that the desire to see the treaty rati-
fed as written led to criticism and
allegation not actually believed.
This has not been the fact, in the
larger number of instances. In all of
Europe the men who actually repre-
sented the nations at Paris were, in
addition, the responsible leaders of the
majorities in the several parliaments.
Lloyd George was able to speak for
the British government, and his sigma
ture carried the later approval Of the
House Of Commons with it, because he
was leader Of the majority Of the
House.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
II Remember, I Remember"

Sir: My first day at school was an
eye opener for me, as I discovered
quickly that children should be seen
and not heard. A few days before I
had learned to whistle by blowing q
feather in the air, and my pal, VIM.
Everett, who was few years older
than l, and in my opinion a sophisti-
Gated person, suggested that the way
to develop a strong whistle was to
whistle to any one at any time when
ever wanted to attract attention. So.
after being assigned to a desk in the
far corner of the schoolroom, noticed
that the desk was dusty inside, and
acting upon my pals suggestion, I i'm
mediately whistled to the school
teacher, beckoning her to come and
suggest remedy. She, being q strict.
ly up-to-date New England school
ma'am, thereupon sent me home with
note, cautioning my parents to teach
me better manners, and also suggested
that l spend less time with nv dog
c. E. S.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
The Coming 7ooer
Never Did Git to Go to Omaha


i've aIav. wanted to travel ever since
Jennie Larkin an mo was little girls
In school a, Sycamore Corners.
We used to go at night to geo tho Flyer
Flash acros. her fathers farm.
We'd SEQ long rows of lighted cars
Cleamin' against the dusk
An people inside havin' such lovely sime
Rcadin', writin' letters. an salkin';
Laug hin an eatin';
All dressed up with nothin' to do
But travel to the West; an we said
When wa grew up, we'd go Wes. on tho
Flyer.
Well, Jennie got grown an had beau.
He had a ranch left him out near Omaha.
An she said when they was married,
They'd pay my way out there. to visit them.
How would have loved to go to Omahal
A-ridin' out there on the Flyer.
Eatin' on the diner
All the way. an lookin' ou. the winders
At coyotes an wild lnjuns.
An grea, FIAT prairies an whoopin' cowboys.
But it all fell through.
Jennie's mother said she d sooner see her girl
Allyn in her coffin than married,
To any man alive.
She said she'd cut her throat If Jennie lef,
her.
So Jennie is an old woman now
In the Old Ladies Home.
An ! never did git to go to Omaha!
ALICE MARY K1MBALL.
DR.. Frank Crane advises economy
and saving of money. "If you lay by
your extra earnings" he counsels, "you
are going to enjoy yourself highly some
future day when many people will be
out in the rain" Now if there is one
thing that keeps us from enjoying our
self hugely on rainy day it is the
thought that many people are out in
the rain. Therefore, our advice is to
frivol away your money, and those who
have saved theirs will take you Unto
their warm homes, erected with their
savings; or at least slip you nickel
to buy a good raincoat and an umbrella
with.
Mr.. Mare Connolly, the far-famed
mining expert, telephones that he is
at the corner Of Seventh Avenue and
Fifty-seventh Street, and the diggers
have just located q rich vein Of car
track.
Down herc on Nassau Street digger
reports the discovery of cobblestone