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New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
lhe Pleasing Peysonal;tv

~ the Edltor of The Tribune
SIR: One of your corresnondor+,
asks Tor suggestions as TO "pleasinc
personality" Possibly woman's ohser'
'"''oi's OF traits IN "pleasing personali-
''eS may help toward the light. gath
e'eu IN relation to the business world
vrat touches varying professions and
Narylng fortunes. Of course, in the
social world every one is supposed 70
look pleasant" no matter what be
is thinking inside.
believe personality could he do
vcloped. l have noticed in peonla who
'eaiiy nave 1t lack of self
aolilty to put ones self in the other
lello" place, to get his viewpoint. thus
creating natural sympathy or common
oond OF interest; respect for the other
lello"s thought even if you do not
agree with 1t; avoidance of vanity and
selt-deception mot to be confused how.
ever with confidence in ones ability
which must be an element of all on.
de1Vor to succeed); watching the trifles
that make up day that they do nor
make too great an impression and
cause friction and irritation; kindness
courtesy, courage and gayety and the
quiet mind"
IT experience has embittered vo,,
compel your thoughts to 60 in another
direction-there may be a sharp dis
cerd as result Of change of key, but
the Master Hand will turn it into sweet
est harmony. So cultivate these habits
rs best you may without being art,-
fciai' and thus avoid your foot slipping
once in while, as it surely does with
every one.
cannot quote it correctly, but there
Is somewhere saying about habit
forming character, character reapinp q
destiny. Learn to be friends with YOUR
self first, and much will follow from
that. A REApEp
New York, Sept. ], 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
Back Up the Merchant Marine

Three billions of the American
taxpayers dollars have been put
into the creation Of a merchant ma
rine. In place of our pre-war ocean,
going fleet of a million gross tons
we now have one Of ten times that
size.
Mere possession Of a great volume
Of tonnage does not constitute mar
thine greatness, however. Without
cargoes the ten million tons of ships
are not national asset but a ma
tional liability. Extension Of foreign
commerce must go hand in hand
with the extension Of shipping, to
the end that American ships shall
carry the bulk of American trade.
We have the ships; what are we
doing to build up the trade for
them? In the last fiscal year the
United States expended 100000 for
the expansion of its overseas COM
merce. In the same period the
United Kingdom provided $17,250,-
600 for the promotion of it's foreign
trade-almost twenty times as much
as we did.
Three billions of dollars for ships
in three years! Less than three
millions in those same three years
for developing trade for our ships!
The moral is obvious. Unless we
are prepared to back up our world
trade feet with a decent effort to
secure trade for it the merchant
marine cannot survive.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
Alliance, Not League
World Peace Best Secured
BY a Concert of Powers

ures against any nation that does not
abide by the decision of the court;
If any nation attack any one of The
contracting parties it attacks all:
And tina: failure to recognize the
provisions of this agreement will con-
sttute an act Of war,
would only be development of the
alliance that saved Europe in 1914.
Such an alliance would have many
advantages over q complicated League
of Nations constitution. 1t could guar
antee self-determination just so far
AS IS considered equitable by the es-
tablished nations. 1t could guard
against war by an overwhelming show
of power and yet prevent that power
peinG used unjustly by the aCrecmcn.
10 abide by the decisions of the court
1t would avoid any complicated system
OF voting such as is provided for in
the League of Nations. 1t would OBJ
Vlate and render negligible the possi-
blllty OF outside interference with the
internal affairs of government such
as taxation, immigration and customs
which is only too possible in the presi-
dents league.
AS three nations, one a small. ore.
saved the world from disaster in 1914
and SO surely as preparedness is the
most certain way of maintaining peace,
tnen just so surely is an alliance of
'he 1our greatest nations certain to
preclude the possibility of any future
war A. WINCHESTER MACLIN
brooklyn, Aug. 80, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
The Haytian Constitution
And Franklin Rooscpclt's Alleged
Claim TO Its AUTHORSHIP

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Did Franklin D. Roosevelt
say he wrote the constitution of Hayti,
or did he say he wrote some amend
mcnts thereto? In matter of author
ship it is not usual to claim a work
when one had added only paragraph,
sentence or word here and there to
the text, no matter how important in
substance the additions may be.
1t has been the custom in Hayti as
in some other countries having formal
written constitutions, when amend
ments are to be made to insert the same
in the body of the text at appropriate
places, and to discard or remodel such
parts of the old text as may not be
consonant with the proposed amend
mert. 1t also has been the custom to
call the redrafted constitution, when
adopted, a new constitution, although
the textual changes were slight. So we
have in Hayti what are called new con-
sttutions of 1886, 1919, 1867, 1874, 1879,
1889 and 1918.
The last, ratified on June 12, pro-
claimed on June 10, 1918, and published
in the official organ, lie Moniteur, of
that date, shows new material added to
the 1889 revision of about per cent
i. e., about twenty-five lines in over Geo
as printed. The discarded matter is a
little more in quantity.
Going back to the constitution of
1846, all the changes made, including the
last, represent only about onc-tifth of
the text.
One might say with propriety that
the person who drafted the 1916 text
(thirty-six years before Mr.. Roosevelt
was born) is entitled to credit for
authorship, were it not that this con-
stitution was itself an evolution from
preceding ones. DR.. Louis j. Janvier,
in Les Constitutions dHaiti tParis,
1850, gives the text of twelve in the
period of from 1901 to 1885, seven be-
fore 1876.
By far the most important changes in
substance made in the 1918 constitution
were in the addition of the three fol-
lowing articles:
Article 3-"Les regles relatives a la
nationalite sont determines par la
loi."
In the old constitution they were
determined by the constitution itself.
Article 4-"Tout &tranger qui sc
trouve sur lie territoire d'Haiti jouit de
la meme protection accordee aux Hal
tens"
1t has been claimed that the old
constitution did not secure this right.
matter of doubtful interpretations.
Article 5-"I.c droit de propricte i'm
mebllere est accordee d l'etranger re-
sids,nt en- Haiti ct aux soci6te formecs
par des etrangers pour les besoins de
leurs demeures, de leurs enterprises
agricoles, commerciales, industricles on
d'enseignement.
ace droit prendra fin dams une
periodic de cinq ann6es apres que
petranger aura cesse les operations de
ces compagnes."
The old constitution prohibited any
except Raytians from owning land.
These articles, the last the most i'm
portant, in all probability were written
in Washington, and perhaps by Mr.,
Roosevelt, but are they more important
than the Nineteenth Amendment, and, if
not, did Miss Susan B. Anthony write
the Constitution of the United States?
If she were alive, l do not think she
would say so. w.
Washington, D. c., Sept 3, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

with that Of other states, but she
cannot gain O seat because she has
a deficit of nearly $4,000 in the pres
ent apportionment. Washington, on
the contrary, has a surplus fraction
Of $4,000 and will increase her House
representation from five to six.
In these six states-four normally
Republican and two normally Demo-
cratic-the Republicans can expect
to gain three electoral votes after
1920 and the Democrats none.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
Cox's 8 Own

Governor Cox continues his effort
to get away from the Wilson issues
and to create a Cox issue. Be il
ever so faulty, he wants an issue
which he can at least label "Made
in Dayton" If Mr.. Wilson had beer
renominated he probably would have
repeated his 1918 blunder of ask
ing the country to go Democratic
in order that any influence whatever
on American foreign policy could
be denied to Republican opinion
But he hardly would have dreamed
of seeking reelection on the claim
that the Republican National Com
mittee was trying to buy the Presi-
dency.
The Democratic party has been in
power for more than seven years
1t has created vast army of new
officeholders. From April, 1917, on
it exercised almost autocratic con.
troll over business, finance, trans
portation and industry. 1t has had
sources of political support open to
it On every hand. If these sources
have failed it, whose fault is that?
When before has the party in power
SO lost its sense Of humor as to
accuse the party out of power with
trying to purchase a Presidential
election?
Governor Cox has produced moth
ing to support his charges but as
sertions that employees of the Re-
publican committee worked out GER
tain fund quotas. You can't buy
an election with quotas. Nor can
You buy an election in the United
States, with it's more than 3O,OO0,-
900 voters, with a campaign fund,
for all purposes, of 10 cents per
voter-or even SO cents. Many of
the Democratic nominees more SEN
sible supporters are disgusted with
the new tissue" which Mr.. Cox
seeks to bring to the front They
see that it can't last through the
campaign. 1t is pif1e to all intelli-
gent voters.
There have been few Presidential!
campaigns in which voters have had
more fixed and definite reasons for
wishing a change in administration
Those who want a change know ex-
actly why they want it, and those
who don't want change may also
be presumed to know why. If cam
paign effort is to be of any use, it
must be directed toward confirming
or altering by argument convictions
which have already taken form
But no argument could we'll be more
futile or more uncomplimentary to
those who want a Democratic ad-
ministration continued than Gov
ernor Cox's faYsetto warning tc
them that the Republican National
Committee is conspiring to buy their
votes.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

(F'ron, his address to the Massachu-
sets Senate on being elected its
President January 7, 1914.)
Do the days work. If it is to pro-
tect the rights Of the weak, whoever
objects, do it. If it be to help a pow
erful corporation better to serve the
people, whatever the opposition, do
that. Expect to be called a stand
patter, but don't be a stand-patter.
Expect to be called demagogue, but
don't be demagogue. Don't hesitate
to be as revolutionary as science
Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as
the multiplication table. Don't expect
to build up the weak by pulling down
the strong.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

Sir: Two and a half years ago, when
President Wilson was preparing to tour
! Europe, Clcmenceau said that if in
1914 there had been a positive under
standing among England, France,
Italy, Japan and the United States to
protect one another against invasion
there would have been no great war
| Clcmenceau, the ablest statesman in
Europe, came out fatfooted against a
league Of nations-not against a Will
son league, for at that time the project
was only in its infancy, but against
any league. Clcmenceau was for an
alliance, something that had proved
its worth in time of stress.
The Tribune and many people at that
time favored the plan Of Ciemcnccau.
But as time wore on and a league was
developed at Versailles this country
became partly reconciled to the idea of
league. We convinced ourselves
that the hope of the world lay in a
league of nations.
But to-day Poland is fighting Rus
sia almost alone. Italy is too taken
up with her economic reconstruction
to look up an see what the rest of the
world is doing. England is hedging
between lukewarm support and an at
! tempt to pacify her radical element.
We, while giving absolute moral sup
port, hinder by delaying the unload
ing of munitions at Danzig. France
alone is helping Poland.
Perhaps no nation can claim the
honor of winning the war, but surely
the glory of preserving the Treaty of
Versailles belongs wholly to France,
And now, at this crisis in world af-
fairs, where is the League of Nations =?
Every civilized nation is blockadinr
Russia. But is the league?
The League of Nations may have the
power to create countries, but it most
certainly has not the power to pro-
tect them.
To-day, in his leisure moments, Cox
supports the Pres ident's league al
most in its entirety. Senator Har-
ding states that he believes the league
TO be thing of the past, something
dccayed almost before its completion
lie wishes to put teeth into combi-
nation OF friendly nations, to use the
best in the Old World court at The
Hague and the best in the new league
But IN 1914 arbitration, the forte of
the Hague tribunal, failed because it
lacked force to back its decisions. Mr..
Root, one of the wisest minds in the
country, also is in favor of an inter-
national court. But as the League of
Nations failed, not only because il
was too intricate TO function smoothly
but because it lacked the power to
pack up its mandates, just so surely
Will new Hague tribunal fail if il
attempts to maintain peace SOLELY
through the medium Of law.
An alliance of England, France.
Japan and the United States, which
ought not to be so difficult of consum-
nation in view of existing treaties
and moral ties, based on the mutual
agreement that
All disputes between nations must be
referred to an international court for
arbitration;
All nations must abide by the de-
cisions Of this court;
The contracting parties will insti.
tute blockades or other defensive meaa-
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
The World Do Move

tFrom Tbs, Toledo Blade
Once poet sang that there was =,
freside, howe'er we'll defended, w.
had one vacant chair. Now, VIZ,
father and mother gone to poli'''',, ,
meetings, sister taking q JOY ride aA'
brother at the movies, all Of the chaii'
are vacant.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

1t strikes us that the Postoffice De-
partment should announce that in cer-
tain towns the special delivery stamp
is yellow primrose. In many places
letters with g. d. stamps affixed are de-
livered with the ordinary mail. A spe-
cial delivery letter mailed in New York
Friday at l a. m. was delivered at
Great Neck with the Saturday morning
mail. Ten cents, as any calculus stu
dent knows, is ten cents; and the
sender ought to get his money back.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

strategy was subordinated to Ger
man political strategy. The latter
failed, and the consolation is still
open TO those who side with the nav
alists that, had their view prevailed,
the outcome might have been diff
ferent.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
Table-talk of Dulcinca, Vivienne, and
Tiger Tuesday

Dnl. They say that what finally stopped
the German advance Paris in 1914 was
the wine-cellars at Phcinls. Is il true?"
T. 7. mo one will ever know Naturally
tho Germans wouldn't tell. Mumm's the
word"
DM. 1T is curious how great nations rise
and fall"
Fir. Yes. look at the once famous
Phenacetin maritime nations"
Dnl What was the cause of their de-
cline?
T r. Tyre got punctured because it had
too much Smlon."
Viz. Il suppose we should find rising
and falling empires if we went clear back
to the photographic age"
D"L Yes. even at the dawn of history
IF we only knew how civilization started in
the first place p
Vic. ITS like the old question--which
came first. the ham or the egg?''
Dul Some think our modern boas ted
Ango-Saxon civilization will be equally
transitory. Did you see Colby's note to the
Poles r''
T. 7. Yes. and it is pleasant to remem-
Der in this changing world. where everything
Is tceting and transitory that letter-paper
is always stationery T. r.
Grindstone. Mich.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
MEsfBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Fress is exclusively entitled to tho
use FOR republication Of all dispatches credited
TO It or not otherwise credited in this paper. and
also the local news Of spontaneous origin published
herein.
AL rights Of republication OF all other matter
herein also are reserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

1t was a gallant swain, overheard
by NJ. L. H., who was explaining to his
love the presence of the footfault
judge and the linesman at the baseline
"You see," he said, "the ball comes so
fast it takes two men to see whether
it's good"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
A Long Chance
(trom Tho Indiamoroi,S Nt

ttrom Tho Indianapolis Netco j.,
There would be no difficulty spoI
inaugurating MIR. Debs, his runnim
mato says. Nav, indeed; the difnea'
ties are all on this side of that "
mality. i
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
For Adoption by the Umpires' Assor
citation

Cl1tlOU
Sir: My only disappointment at For
est Hills was the discovery that all the
people who ever crawled over my feet
in the thcater while the play was on
were there. | knew them at q glance,
because they rubbed past me to go
below just before the beginning Of
every rest period, and did not come
back until they could blot out the
view Of most of the first game after
the intermission. We need a new ten
mis- rule: all spectators to be riveted
to cushions, cushions rivctcd to seats,
seats pile driven to a safe depth, and
none to be released by any one but
the umpire, in his own good and venge-
full time. AL.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
At Forest Hills

Said William 7. to William j.:
"I'm helpless when you place tha
way"
"Your service is too good for me-"
Said William J. to William T.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

Prodigal though cid Jack Doyle is
known to be, he uses his old stationery,
which bears the legend Imported and
Domestic Beers, Wines and Liquors."
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

Our claim for exemption for bad
debts has been disallowed by the State
Income Tax Bureau. This announce
ment should give a gigglc to several
persons who never before got one from
this Globule of Gloom.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

You can purchase merchandise advertised In TINE
TRIBUNE with absolute safety-for II dtssatIsfac.
slon results In any case TnE TRIBUNE guarantees
TO pay your monoy back upon request No red tase.
No auibbilng. Ne make good promptly II the
advertiser docs not.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

1t will take about two years, our
guess is, for the advertising gentry to
weary of Feature" as a transitive verb.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
The Dignity Of Labor

Sir: The chances when the Numbers
helper returned with the match they both
had to 20 back to the shop for the blow Ipc
JACK DOYLE.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

Labor and Capital Scored by Minis
ter" There's no pleasing some folks
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
To Save You the Trouble of Sending
II In

tFrom The Tower OF August Ell
1t is cur forecast that the national
champions zip will be won this year by
Mr.. William NJ. Johnston, who will de-
feat Mr.. w. T. Tilden in the final round
1-6, 6-4, TO, 6-3, IS.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

Let column conductors who are with
out sin first chuck pebble at profit
eers. At the height of his deserved
popularity, Eugene Field, for writing
daily column of solid nonpareil, re-
ceived $50 a week,
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
TheConning 7 ower
AN AL FREsCO RECITAL


In hushed garden by falling stream,
A Druid circle in the liquid dark
Beneath new-risen Algol, here we
hark
One dance his dance, another dream
his dream
Wander with Chopin on the moons
white beam
Or mount with Schubert and the
springing lark;
While elves steal closer through the
shadowy park,
Charmed from their reyels by mortal
theme.
Then ending; and the little people fit
Before the babble that comes flood
ing back
To our uneasy lips: "Delightful, wasn't
it?
"My dear, he's young!" "You look
so we'll in black"
The place reverberates with nimble
clack
And high outlaws at some ones
pretty wit. G. S. B.
ut is" says Bernard Shaw, "such an
extraordinary, unintellectual and ig-
norant government"--- nor did we
bother to read which government he
meant. 1t is true of all of 'em, al
ways.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
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C!ass Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

One fights bait line and sinker.
4EH 9 +. p. A.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

In Buffalo is commercially candle
painter, Coppins, who advertises in The
Courier: "SoWe people have put ur
for years with color scheme that is
not pleasing to them--wc specialize ir
such matters"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

The only way" pulpits the Rev.
John Roach Straton, speaking Of the
dance, "to fight this bait of the devil
Is to destroy it root and branch" The
Doctor hastes his metaphors.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-08
HOTEL N N EN- IN
STATE TO FORM
ORGANIC ALTON
Plan to Make Organization Part
of the Greeters of
America

Minot, N. d., Dec. S-The formation
Of state hotel association is announ
ced here The first convention of the
organization will be held at Crane
Forks on Dec 2S.
It is planned to make North Dakota
a part of the Greeters of America, a
national organization Of 10000 hote
men. The purpose Of the organlza-
ton is to bring into closer relationship
the employer and employe and to raise
the moral and physical standard OF
hotel operation, according to J. o
Dahl, state organizer.
State headquarters are at present
located in Minot under Mr. Dahl's d.
rection Among the prominent North
Dakota hotel men behind the organiZa-
ton are A. Fl. Leimbacher. Of Fargo;
J. D. Bacon, Of Grand Forks; Ear!
Byer, of Lakota; NJ. r. Mayer, OF Dew
lis Lake; G. H. Parker, OF MinOt;
Richard Peyton, of Willjston; Ted
Kahellek, of Kenmare; G. A. Klaus. of
Jamestown; J. W. Aldrich, of Valley
City.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-08
ATTACKS LEAGUE
PLAN AS. AID TO
EUROPE LEADERS
Canadian Declares Canada Has
Paid Heavy Price for Old
World Diplomacy

Geneva, Dec S.-Plans proposed for
the formation of the technical organ
ization of the league Of nations deal
ing with finance, health and transpor-
tation were attacked at today's ses-
sion of the leagues assembly by
Newton Wesley Rowell, former presi-
dent of the Canadian privy council.
These plans, the Canadian ex-minister
declared, tended to take such organ
izations out of the hands of the as
sembly which should control them and
throw them under the influence of
Europe through the impossibility or
the non-European nations sending
their best men to three or four con-
ferences annually.
Fifty thousand Canadian soldiers
under the sod in Europe is the price
Canada has paid for European. states
manshp which has drenched the con-
tinent in blood he said. The Canadian
ex-minister's vigorous interjection in
debate took the assembly by surprise.
Most of the European delegates did
not conceal their surprise at the vehe-
ment tones of the Canadians speech.
but he was warmly applauded from all
other benches.