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New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
One Of The Conpcrly
Why One Democrat Hos Shifted His
Parlp <4llegicncc

ei ~ 4 l ttNS StI'fSS
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: never could break away from
,he Democratic party until this time,
Like Ex-Governor Hill, I am afraid 7
havc been proud Of the fact that am
Democrat. With age, however, parry
pias is disappearing Local and state
pride is being merged in5o national
pride. Now l am for the Country
tight or wrong
The personnel Of the Candidates for
President and Nice-President had very
little effect upon ny mind this year.
Harding behaved like gentleman; Cox
did not. He struck me as or the
Smart-Aleck type, quite willing to say
anything, adopt any program, stoop
TO any device. in order 10 get in-a
typical politician of the lower order.
Roosevelt seemed to me TO be Of q
higher class. Coolidge was the only
one who struck me "a of the heroic
tgTe, able, modest, American; but, as 7
say, the persons who were candidates
[ cared nothing about.
! think an typical OF thousands Of
Democrats n TIE country who we're
laying for Wilson and wisconsin. |
sec row that Mr.. Wilson, with his ego
-ism, his Intolerance, his sclf-suai-
cheney, was . nrocker, and that alto
e.aer. in spite % the good things
IN p, "a q.
fortunes Of the country. His Southern
bias, MS disposition TO cater 10 the
destructive forces underlying socieev
mat appealed 70 hin as iceahsm al
these vhings very greatly offended me-.
Perhaps the greatest offence was his
visit 10 Europe u match his mind
against the minds q the world, with the
absurd Utopian aca that he could heal
the wounds Of the war, and TO accom-
pish his ideal his attempt to coerce
opinion Of the United States by inter
weaving the league with the peace
treaty grant ne had these iGeals and
became q martyr to them. It offended
lne for him to take q lot Of men with
IL liz dS CpHLcleeSi 10 WUOm ne paid not
the lightest bit OF attention and who
hadn't the quality to assert them selves
He offended ne in bringing over Article
and trying to cram It down the Sena-
toriai throat. He offended me nj his
refusal to permit US to accept the
treaty, with all these fine provisions,
without Article Y.
Notwiths hs.anding all the camouhage
stpH got up by Cur Democrats can
cidates, it was plain TO me and millions
Of others that Article X compelled US
TO go to war in the last analysis by
order Of an international tribunal,
whether the compulsion was legal or
moral If the question Of the League
Of Nations was before the country for
its vote without Article X, Il would
have received as big vote as was
against it this lime. with tbs OBJ
noxious article in il.
Mr. Harding must favor a league Il
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
Wsac's WHO Il, rH:d-Eswone

Perhaps Cne Of the reasons why
monarchy is not yet restored N
central Eul orc is that there are too
many nonarchists. 4 chart rep
resenting graphically tfe various
groups and factions conducting a
series of interlocking &nd overlap
ping iutrigues with one another in
favor Of or against this or that par
ticLiar candidate would look about as
hopcless!y complicated as an ethno-
graphic map Of the Danat.
The two ccnters Of restorationlst
activities are Munich and Budapest
with Vienna as clearing house in
between; but the threads Of propa-
ganda branch eff 10 Warsaw and
Paris. Berlin and Rome.
In Budapest the "legitimlsts, ," who
work for the return OF the Haps-
burgs, are themselves subdivIded
into Carlists, the partisans Of the
ex-Ning Charles, and ,losephistss
who want to crown the ArchduXe
joseph king. B0th factions are
fought to The knife by the adherents
Of Regent Horthy. who aspres to the
throne himself The Premier, Count
Teleki, while bitter personal oppo-
men, Of some Of Jhe Hapsburg cham
pions. represents the so-caled
French orientation' against Czecho-
SlovaAia and Austria, and has thus
TO rely on certain Paris circles which
back up the restoration Of Charles.
Regent Horthy, while hurry!ng to
harvest in all the benefits Of The
French friendship while harvesting
is good, has established connections
with INidendorf and the German
National party by way of the Ba-
varian royalists, whose representa-
tive, Herr hanzler, recently visited
him at Budapest.
The Bavarian rovalists are for
Wlttelsbach kingdom. Thus their
aspirations clash with those of the
Hapsburg party, whose immediate
aim is Il union Of German Austria
and hungary, with the ultimate re
integration Of the Dual Monarchy.
Being anti-Hapsburg, the Wittels-
bach party has Us natural point Of
contact with Horthy But ct the
same time the Bavarians sol!ci,
French support, financial and moral
on the ground-which may be pre-
tcxt-that they work for the disrup-
ton of German unity; yet they CO.
operate with the Pan-German III
dendorff circle, which desires to
absorb German Austria INTO a re
stored German Empire.
In Vienna General Kraus. head
If the German National Officers
Union, is for union with Germany.
but not against Wittolsbach rcstora-
ton in Bavaria, while the other wing
If the monarchists, the Christian
Socialists, are pro Hapsburg and
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06

ne can read tho minds of his country
men. Our nation Is less desirous OF
fqar tran any nation III the world ana
We want our country to enter mo any
coordination with other nations for he
purpose of stepping wars, retaining our
sovereign rights under the Constitution
ana acting IN accordance with that in
strument. Mr. Harding must throw
over Borah and Johnson Thcv are as
obnoxious as Mr.. Wilson with ms Ar
riclo Y.
I am sorry that Mr.. Wilson's dreams
Of world peace are shattered. am
sorry that he could not head this ideal
tribunal that was to solve all the racial
problems and heal The wounds Of the
war. ! am sorry that he is sick and I
believe he has sacrificed his health
upon the altar Of his ideals.
In all OF Lincolns great trials he
had the people with hlm. The critics
tc1e him 70 pieces, bat the people were
with him. With Mr. Wilson it Aas beer
Just the opposite, and il IS amazing to
ne that neither he nor his followers
could see what was perfectly evident 70
ne people in Maine, and the people in
California and the people in all the
states Of the Union except few states
Of The South. and without any com
munieation with each other.
shall probably vote the Democratic
.''ket the next opportunity that is af-
torded pc. DEMOCRAT
New York, Nov. 4. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
A Farm Secretary

Now there is report that the
choice of Senator Harding may he
Henry c. Wallace, as meeting the
double requirement Of man with
national breadth Of view and special
knowledge of agricultural problems.
If the offer is made and accepted
there will re agreement among those
best informed concerning the happi
ness OF the seleCtior MIR. Meredith
happens to be a successful conduct
or Of farm periodicals, but his dis
tinction IS that Of business success.
Mr.. Wallace. his Des Moines fellow
townsman. also happens 10 be the
conductor of an agricultural publ
cation, but the smell of the soil is
about him-his editorial function. In
certain sense, is merely priced as
it gives him a chance to work for
the upbuilding Of the agricultural
interests of America.
The food problem $ 70 be more
pressing in the future than IN the
past. Citv folk. in their own IL
terest, must consider agricultural
questions more than heretofore So
here is reed for Secretary Of
A Agriculture, non-political III his
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
Sitting on a olcano
Chairman Whites Anolysis Of III.
PariD's Failure

Chairman White 5 Anolpsis Of His
PmW's Failure
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I'VE wero sitting OH the top Of
volcano and did rot realize it.'
This statement by Chairman white.
Of the Democratic National COMMITTEES,
sets forth concise!y the mental condi-
ton OF the Democratic party during
1he past eight years Every intelligent
man in the United States durng ths
past Few weeks hsa beeu positive that
crushing defeat would be adru:nis-
tered to the Democrats on Tuesday Of
thls week, but apparently none of the
Democratic leaders knew it, and on the
eve Of the election We're making pre-
dictions whi2h would disgrace school
boy
They, the Democs ats, "wcre sitting on
volcano and did not realize it. during
The years they should have been makiuq.
some preparation for the inevitable
conflict, but so obvious we're they to
tn. trend Of world events that thsv
went i.lto the Sresidential contest four
years ago with the "kept ua out os
"ai' slogan.
They were sitting on volcano and
did not realize ~ when they followed
inc stubborn leadership of The Prssi.
dent On the League OF Nations ques-
ton. refusing to accept The rcvisions
offered III good faith oy the Repubi-
cans.
This eonplste, aeplorabls ignorance
has ap9arent'y, characterized very DE-
aar,'aent Of the eevernm Mt, fren1 tbs
President down, for eight ears. and
Chairman White stated the reoson for
me overturn on Tuesday as clearly es
any Republican could nave hoped to do.
a ". ADAMS.
Brooklyn, Nov 4, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
Menacing Shortage

Bucharin. another Bolshevist chief
in, writing ir tho petrosrad Prayda
o. September II, 1890 says:
The iood shortage this year will
take on very menacing form. Things
are terribly bad With us"
He adds:
I'VE cannot shut our eyes to the fsct
chat there has been a crop failure in
Russia The terrible danger ought TO
compel the workers 10 offer new forces
'oT the food front. The main group
Of fighters ought to be sent to the Ky
ban, which is the chief granary for us.
tc should start on a crusade against
the horrors Of the winter The winter
threatens us not only with hunger and
cold, but also with paralysis OF all
life."
The Derenvenskaya Communal, an
osher organ, in its issue Of September
., 1870, says frankly:
"The front demands urgently that wo
mobilize all Our transport and food re-
sources. The rainless summer has con-
siderably reduced the acreage that
noarished the consuming localities
Never before has the republic passed
through such serious food situation
as ut present. pctrograd and Moscow
are dying Of starvation. The army
5 suffering from food shortase'
The following figures concerning The
production Of iron in the Urals for the
FIRST hall Of 1920 are given by the
RraVda, No l94.
'1nstead of the scheduled 100000
pools q pood~S6 pounds. only 2.3
million poods were produced A de-
cline Of month by month production is
noticeable, SO that ii we should take
'he output for Januory as 100 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
The Rrink OF R,Gn

The t~agic situation pictured by the
f. going Bolshevist authorities IS
further aggravated by the following
figures, published by the Bolshevist
CommissaYiat of Public Health. show
ng the ravages Of disease in Soviet
Russia, covering forty-three provinces
for the period between July /, 1918.
and July !, 1920. During that period
cases OF typhoid in various forms were
registered. as follows; Spotted typhus
3,ST6,l6l, and recurrent typhus. 633,4o4.
The largest number OF cases was regis
tered between July !. 1919. and July l,
1920. During that period 2.516,l95 ser
sons were stricken with spotted typhus
and o9t.a5o with recurrent typhus.
It is eaay TO conceive what the
rayases OF disease N Russia viii ne
this winter III the face of the terrible
economic ,rivation confronting the
Russian people And yet, what DO the
bolshevist cAieftains and principal or
rans saggesc to meet this appaling sir
.rion-7unitive expeditions, terror
compuision end constraint This is the
rolicy the Holshevist government has
been pursuing from its very inception,
and it is Ire policy which has driven
Russia tc me brink Of complete ruin
where she now stands.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
More Thoughts for Thanksgiving

1Fro'" The Hartford coarant)
The New York Tribune rejoiccs that
It is exit Danio.s." Why in the world
confine tie exits to Daniels? There is
room enough ia this vide country for
them all 70 walk out and give cause for
universal rejoicing.
Bufleson with his wandering mails
end his underpatd and scart force Of
postal Workers, Baker with MS runaway
oeggdoil, of for ecld under a mountain
and his boast that he. selected to man
age the War Department, belonged %
every peace society that ne knew OF and
thanked God tina. we were anprepared
for the war he was 10 conduct. And
50 on.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
The Delicious Times
To NE Editor Of The Tribune

10 'ae Editor Of The Tribune.
sir: In collecting for your museum
me Democratic alibis on the Republi-
can Landslide, do not neglect this one
from the editorial page Of THE Times
November (, INST column, headed "The
'so.e.an Referendum %:
"Acv that the election has been he'd
II remains true, as we pointed out In
January, that it cannot be said that
me contest IVES decided upon the
'reaty issue. It was anything, every
hing but that. The country's desire
for change exerted it's often racur-
r1ng and powerful influence; dislike Of
the Administration and of the presj-
dent, Systematically aroused and sus-
tanned o. the Republicans. was ar i'm
portant clement; bot the controlling
factor in producing these mountainons :
ma orlties was the passionate desire
OF millions of the electorate that Tre.
land be freed, that Germany be treated
as though she had not brought or The
war"
Could anything be more delicious,
The six million or more plurality for
harding was rolled up to free Ireland
and coddle Germany. Words fail Us
LHONME QUI RIT
New York. Nov. 4, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
Human SnGracn

To the Edi,cr Of The Tribune.
SIR: Not having noted any reference,
either editorialiy or otherwise. 20 the
enormous part played in the Rcpu5li-
can lands lde by the women ia the coun-
tr9, II seems to me there he's been big
oversight by, The press in not giving
them due credit. The unprecedented
figures are the result Of careful pre-
meditetion on the part Of the Old as
welF os the new voters, and the latter
should be recognized by the press OF
the nation by its rising up, one srd
all. and saying. God bless the wom-
en- they know how to vote and have
vinGicated human suffrage.
WILLIAM A. HECKARD.
New York. NoY 4, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06

Copies { ,he latest Bolsheyist
papers from Soviet Russia just re-
ceivcd here indicate that the economic
crisis faced by the Bolshevist govern
raent this winter will exceed anything
which the Russian people have had to
contend with heretofore. Especially
critical is The situation with regard to
the production Of food, the acquisition
of raw materials and the spread Of
disease
Dealing with the problem Of ftarva-
tion Nikolai Lenine, ina letter made
public in the Petrograd Pravda, No
1919, says;
Notwithstanding the finished har-
vest, starving Centrsl Russia feels no
relief. Nay, more tnan that never be-
fore has the republic passed through
30 difficult period in the matter of
food as at present.
are starving TO death, the army is ex
pericncing severe food shortage
which hampers and impedes its opera
lions. The work in the various To-
calities is badly organized. But the
present moment demands the greatest
efforts and persistence in our work.
"All Soviet, party and public re-
sources ought to be devoted to the
feeding problem. In case Of need, co
ercive measures ought to be applied in
order t. Obtain be surplus from the
peasants. Fhose We conceal the gr,,i.
. 5ht to { arrested srd Imprisoned ;a
;.tcent atioa c4mps at compulsory
labor. AL respons pie workers who
slight theis work ought to be brought
10 trial.n
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
A Regretted Democrat

There viii be satisfaction in the
White House at the defeat Of Sen
ator Chamberlain. Of Oregon. bur
regret almost everywhere else. Re
publican S'ena' rs quite frankly con
fessed to the heresy Of horinr for
this stalwa1t old Democrats S success.
Admiration for the Chamber' ain
courage and independence is wide
spread.
Nothing bat an avalanche could
have shaken the Senatoi loose from
Ms chair. Other Candidates came
and went, parties rose and fell,
Oregon remained true to her grand
old man. On Tuesday he nearly
ovcrcame the Harding lead~-but not
quite.
Tie Tribune regrets Senator
ChaInbe1lain's loss from the Senate
his able, eugged figure cen iii be
spared. May he return again when
Oregon has been dug cut Of the ava
larcne! y There wil surely be d
chance AGAIN for this Democrat. who
is first OF all an American and who
assesses more ability than The whole
Nilsonian whst-n0t.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
fhoge Ilia..!y Convc1is

70 The Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The leading editorial in this
mornings Times so good that I an.
sure The Tribune VIII agrce that some
Of it. at least. is worthy Of being
Quoted:
They the Democrats1 Rad
to attack, and in the last three weeis
Of the campaign they attacked with
aucn spirit and visor that thcy drove
the RerNb!icsn FROM ono untena0.c po-
sition attcr another, captured for thoir
own candidate whole Divisions and
army corps Of the enemy'g regular
,roops~his volunteer rc!utorcemouts
were impregnablc 70 any assault OF
reason ana ar51nent-and left his
forces, upon that issue. in state Of
p'tiful aud evor-iacreasing confusion.
Uncounted thousands Of Republican
men and women we:e brought to 5he
support Of Cox
What a pity that somebody didn't
think to count 'em before they all got
away S. Z. PALMER
.>sw York. Nov q, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
France and America

senator Hardings victory is
warmly welcomed in France, and
there is gocd reason fer this re.oic-
;ng. The French, who desire aocve
ali things cordial relations with the
United States. have fe)t for nearly
TWO years past that the way TO
sympathetic exchange Of IDEAS was
bopelessly blocked.
Ever since the arnistice the
French have had case to preee 1T
TO us, but have been hindered n pre-
senting It. France was The chief
war sufferer on the Allied side. 0ne
bore the brunt" Of tie Gc.snan At
tack. Her sacrifices saved WesJe n
civilization until Great britain and
america could arrive. Her north
eastern departments we're ravaycd.
She came out Of The war exhausted
and with The strongest possible
claim for .eparation.
The American people, always
friendly to France ard appreciate,
Of her heroic war effort, would have
been glad tc sec her literally con-
pensated. Bat Mr.. Wilson vent t,
Paris too much in the MOOD III which
ne wrote his famous ''pcace without
victory message Ffe was co.d to
the appeais Of plain justice. Cle-
menceau's advances were bruecuely
rejected. The President crue'lv dis
trusted Frances purposes. He de
clined to vlsit the devastated re-
gions. He had laid down As . c1;-
+erion Of the settlements. The im-
partial justice meted cut must ir-
volve no Discrimination Between
those to whom we wish tc be ;Ast
and those to whom we do not v'ieh
TO be just"
France couldn't warm to auci, an
attitude. Clemenccau was com
PEELED to feht tooth and nail n the
conference for any rcparations and
guarantees. Those finally most
grudginglv conceded were insult
cient, IN the French view France
has found herself left with treaty
which contains no sanctions-that
IS, no effective means Of enforcing
IT'S provisions.
While Mr.. Wilson remained in
power and the question of tne sue
ression was open the French couldn't
go over his head to state their case
10 America. He has unra.s,y
charged heir government with
being "militaristic" aad "rn7erial-
istic." Yet some degree Of arlna-
lnent is essential to France. Ner
army is her only sure reliance at
present. Instead Of secure east.
ern frontier ana allies pledged TO
protect it, she has had to take The
League of Nations and the now al
most forgotten promise &c Franco
British American military alliance
To her the league is, of course, bet
ser than nothing, but She does net
regard its safeguards as adequate.
The end Of Wisconsin therefore
removes the barrier to an American
French rapprochement. based on old
friendships and future common in
terests. The French value the
League of Nations in its present
form chiefly as a partial guaranty
Of the treaty. They would value
more our firm moral support of lie
integrity and our help in realizing
.he indemniications due them. but
now slipping out of their hands.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
The heConning7 ower
Craftsmen

Oh. little books with broidered binding
Your covers close like quiet hands
On cleaned treasure and the findings
OF cIoiscred men in varied lands.
Which of them knew toll like nine.
Searching through his spirits windinss
For the marvel Of single line,
GENEvlEvE TAGGARD.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
SOY EMBER TAREN0DS

The raucous cry Of .oisy crows
+, aeeling overhead a~akens ms
the ray morn IS young
A glance about the room
4 dull desnair
o. ervhems my spiri.
d. SIZE gone.
Cav or cae the slesie biackbi-d.
fiurl down theis sneerin9 taun.s
To me n my empty hours
And wonder what the day
Holds for nc in my iistlessness
haze no clan,
fa'e holds me in her fell embrace.
Th- seven-twslve Is gone.
CARrnrt
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
a BIG WILLIE NILLANELLE

That leagues down n out.
1t hadn' no chance"
you tell EN-, OF scout"
This Cox got some clout-
N Englaa' n France
THAI leagues down n out.
II seen 'thout doubt
Cox'd lose his OF pants.
You tell EN-, OF scout"
Il ain't one to shout,
But this amt no romance:
That leagues down n out"
Make b'lieve Wilson amt pout-
In an doin' q dance!"
You tell en-, OF scout"
Now business en- sprout
In Amcricon plants"
That leagues Gown n out"
You tell EN-, o. scout"
ELMO P. ABBIAr1.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
Campaicn Debris

From q-'.s B.ralo Frarsss)
Vel. It's al over but the accusations
OF bribery and corruption, cheers and
resrs, halls and walls. pointing M..h
pride and v.ewing with alarm. For
these be the hfter-efects of all cleo
tons
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
A Eepuhlican Sloean

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir From now the slogan Of the Re
pubiiean party should be Have Faith
in America" S T. LEFFERTS
New York, Nov. 4, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06

spirit. who has the broadest vision
and yet n the Same time is recog-
nized by his special constituency as
a stalwart friend.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
MrusrH OF ras ASSOCIATED rRuss

NENsER OF T17E Ass0ClATrO rRENs
Tho Assoctsted fress IS rlciusias, .ntts; % 10
are foe republication o. al dlsi sehes ccsii,,d
70 It OF NOT cth-rwise credited in II eapcr and
also the local ns~s O. spontaneous published
oerstn
Al rsht. s. republication & AL atAsr mat.
oerein also reserrod
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06
the Diary of Our Own Samue! peovs

Noeen6cy 4-Early enough Up, bot
'elt dull and zestless, v hat with cold
n my had and sneezing To the
Office. and read in Life that Tie Satur-
day Review held parody to be q poor
art, foeasmuch az it made game of the
object paroaied which is n silly thing
20 say. for good parody, and no other
parody at all, a,--'e often loves and re
veres that which it rarodies tnaa not
Some times, true, the parodist may
icathe that which he parodies; but,
-ordl t5a" It is not art of the highest
sort IS q fooihardy statement to make
Til late AZ the office, and so home,
wheIo Miss Z. Ferber is come to dinner.
ard glad to see her and wish she woui5
come here to live. Drove her to r.
Cases in my peJrolwaggon. and SO
home and t-ied, but IN vain, to play the
ocariTaa, ana so to bed.
5-Wrote my sister Evelyn whose
birthday is 10 come tomorrow, and it
IS mean thirty years sirce she had tn 2
tairest golden cuYls ever | suw, ami
wore bathrobe fashioned OF l. blue
blanket, and FAR pretter she was than
any littic ch;ld eyer DO soc nowadays.
All day at my Office labouring at this
task and thag, but at none with any
great enjoy ypent. and read to-s.ay some
verses made yesterday ana so dis
pleased with them cast them away.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-06

Misgivings are expressed, by various
fight fan trends Of ours, as TO the
Governor-e attitude toward box
ing Boxing exhibitions, to our notion,
are good deal Of fun to watch. be-
cause it is thrilling to see oue man
wallop another CO the jaw, or to see
a Knockout. But it is, at best, vicari-
Gus sport; and about as important in
the work of making men as tight-rope
walking is