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New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Cleaning up Chicago

Congratulations continue to be ex-
tended to Governor Lowden on the
crushing defeat he administered to
Mayor Thompson In the Illinois Re.
publican Convention. 1t was clean
piece of work. It has disposed Of
Thompson, let US hope, as factor
in the Republican National Conven-
tion.
Thompson was in absolute control
Of nearly seven hundred delegates
from Chicago. He was thus politi-
cally dangerous, and Governor Low
den naturally wished to have no ac-
tive opposition at home. Thompson
was out to trade--would be "good" If
paid his price.
The Governor declined the Thomp-
son approaches and declared open
war on Chicago's pro-German boss.
Applauding the stand for decency
and 100 per cent Americanism, the
promptly threw Thomp-
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17

this the army has put forward the
proposition that there are military
as we'll as naval uses for the dirigible
airship. The departments hsve
failed to arrive at a workable agree
ment and the countrys defense has
suffered in consequence.
Now, after the loss Of much val
liable time and actual experience,
the whole matter has again been re-
ferred to the Joint Army and Navy
Board on Aeronautics for further
consideration. Several months will
elapse before definite action, If any,
is taken. This illustrates the evils
of divided control Of aeronautics
The remedy lies in tho establishment
Of such an independent agency as
the New-Curry bill provides.
With a Department Of Aero
nautics such problems as the devel.
opment of rigid airships would be
lifted from the realm Of discussion
into the sphere Of action. The du.
plication Of effort, material and tech
nical stats would be eliminated and
more aircraft produced from the
same expenditure.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
opens a way for an expansion Of the
industry in this country. Certain
~ mere prejudice should not stand
In the way Of action concerning a
matter Of such prime magnitude.
Another Good Year for
Carrying on Wnr Garden.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Tho steady increase In the cost
Of green vegetables, potatoes and
other common garden supplies since
the cessation Of tho war has been, to
say tho least, alarming. Whether the
scarcity and high cost Of garden
truck are directly due to tho abandon
ment Of war gardens or not am un-
able to say. But I am more than
certain that the introduction Of what
like to call the reconstruction garden
would be an enormous help toward
meeting the cost Of living problem all
over the country.
Owing to the late spring 1t is still
possible for this movement to get a
good start in time to produce results.
l have plowed and am sowing moro
than twice as much space as I under
took Tor war garden before the sign
ing of the armistice Will you not put
this idea before your readers and en-
courage them In following my exam
Pile? would be willing to do anything
which would help give publicity to the
scheme. Indeed, 1t is quite possible
that 1t has already been thought Of,
but I think that 1t Is up to all good
| citizens to re Hc''ind the llan and
give it oil pos BE impetus.
MN. ulLCOX PUTNAM.
Madison, Conn, May Is, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
A Law School That Knows
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune,
Sir: Some time ago there appeared
in School and Society" a statement to
the effect that Columbia University
was not likely to open its Law School
to women until Harvard and the
University Of Pennsylvania opened
theirs. I was under the impression
that women were already admitted to
The University Of Pennsylvania Law
School. and I wrote to the provost OF
the university, DR.. Edgar F. Smith, to
find out If this was the case. re.
ceived tho following reply, which
have permission to quote:
u can say to you officially that the
University of Pennsylvania has been
admitting women to its Law School on
equal terms with men since 1885. Nc
complaint has ever come from any o1
the professors or from the students
I have been informed that all of the
girls have done remarkably we'll"
Probably those law schools which
have tried co-education know more
about it than those which have not.
MARGARET I.ADD FRANKLIN,
New York, May ID, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
The Commissions Chance

The new powers Of the enlarged
Interstate Commerce Commission
are about to be put to the test. The
railroads have petitioned the COM
mission to exercise the authority
granted it in the Esch-Cummins act
to establish an emergency system Of
priority in freight shipments, such
as was in force for time during the
war. The commission announces
that it is considering relief meas
ures.
Under earlier regulatory legisla-
tion the commission adopted mega
tive view of its powers. 1t looked at
railroad problems judicially, and
sought to act merely as an umpire
between shippers and carriers on
questions of rates. It inclined tow
ard a restriction Of rates, judging
each controversy on its narrowest
merits and ignoring the effect Of it's
decisions on the general development
Of the railroad system and the fu-
ture capacity of the roads to serve
the public.
Under such regulation railroad
progress was checked. The carriers
were held in leash. Their expansion
didn't correspond to the expansion
Of industry and traffic. They
couldn't meet the demands of the
war. So the government took them
over. But 1t continued to operate
them on an artificial deficit basis,
losses being met out Of the public
treasury. The decentralization due
to restrictive pre-war regulation and
the false economy of government
war operation has not yet been over
come. The present transportation
situation is deplorable. The roads
haven't sufficient rolling stock to
move the freight offered and are
afflicted by labor troubles, caused
chiefly by the railroad administra-
tons vagaries.
Congress has authorized the In
terstate Commerce Commission to
repair the errors of the past. 1t can
succeed if it shows decision, energy
and a desire to broaden it's views.
The country hopes that it will drop
it's old negative theories of regula-
ton and do something constructive.
1t has the chance. The war has left
us no bigger administrative prob
lens than the restoration of the
railroads to solvency and efficiency.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
The Paper Shortage

1t seems possible to sum up the
newsprint trouble which gives con-
Germ to the publishing industry in a
few words.
In 1919 the domestic print paper
production was 1,375,000 tons and
the imports from Canada were 625,-
600 tons-a total supply Of 1000, 900
tons. The trade absorbed an this
and drew on carried-over supplies to
the extent Of $4,000 tons. The de-
mand increases and this country
lacks pulpwood to meet it, whereas
to build new mills in Canada (the
existing mills there being operated
to capacity will take time.
Obviously the answer to the prob
lem is to bring pulpwood from Can
ada to American mills. But Canada
prohibits the export of pulpwood cut
from the crown lands, which offer
practically the only feasible supply
Of pulpwood for American mills. To
lift the prohibition action is neces-
sary, and this can be secured only
by negotiations and the offer of
trade concessions which she will ac-
cept. This country, If the publish
ing industry is not to be throttled, is
in the market for essential goods and
must strike bargain.
The Underwood resolution now
with Congress unacted on provides
for the creation of commission to
make bargain with our Canadian
neighhors. The passage Of this reso-
luton seems to offer the only practi-
cable hope Of preventing a print
paper famine. Yet for one reason or
another its passage is not ener-
getically urged by the press.
In the old days. before the print
paper war with Canada began, our
manufacturers acquired leases in
Canada, built dams and carried on
development work which would per-
NIT the speedy shipment of pulp
wood to this side provided it could be
cut. So the Underwood resolution
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Josephus's Afterthouxhts

Secretary Daniels brings his
extraordinary testimony to a eli
max by claiming that as early as
March, 1915, the navy, under his
guidance, was preparing for war.
In. 1915 Mr.. Daniels was trying to
hold down naval construction and to
keep increases in the personnel of
the navy to a minimum. He was
less strong for naval expansion even
than the Democratic majority in
the House or the Democratic ma
jority in the Senate. He sat on the
lid. He contrived to lose the val
liable report on the necessity Of inn
mediate preparation written by Ad-
miral Fiske. He was pleading in
his reports for naval disarmament
and expressing his confidence in the
unifcation Of the world ON a fedora
tion of peace basis. He was con-
cerned about the preservation Of
strict neutrality in thought, word
and deed. Some of his apologists
have explained that the navy's lack
of preparedness in April, 1917, was
due to he Secretary's over-rigid ad-
herence to the theory of "strict neu-
trality."
The Administration was prepar-
ing the navy for war in March, 1916,
says Mr.. Daniels. But on December 8,
1914, President Wilson had advised
Congress not to be thrown off it's
balance "by war with which we
have nothing to do, whose causes
cannot touch US, whose very exist
ence affords us opportunities Of
friendship and disinterested service
which should make us ashamed Of
any thought of hostility or fearful
preparation for trouble" The Pres
ident even deprecated new naval con-
struction by saying: "Who shall
tell us now what sort Of a navy to
build? When will the ex-
perts tell US what kind we should
construct~--and when will they be
right for ten years together, if the
relative efficiency of craft of diff
ferent kinds and uses continues to
change as we have seen it change
under our very eyes in the last few
months?"
For two years the President clung
to the idea that the United States
could be "kept out Of the war" He
sought reelection in 1916 on the i'm
piled promise that he would continue
to keep us out of war. And that at
titude Of mind was necessarily re-.
flected in our failure to prepare.
Secretary Daniels was as ardent an
anti-war man as Mr.. Wilson. The
record shows it. It is only under
pressure to construct an alibi to the
Sims charges that he transforms
himself into an advocate Of genuine
preparedness away back in 1916.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
In Three Generations

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: l can safely say that I have
been a constant reader of The Tribune
for over forty-fve years. I we'll re-
member when | was boy eight years
old that my father, who had lost his
eyesight in the Civil War, would bring
The Tribune home and have me read
what I could and spell the words that
/ could not pronounce for him.
My father died in 1887. Since his
death have bought and read The
Tribune daily and Sunday.
Ny oldest son will not buy or read
any other paper but The Tribune. The
youngest boy, eight years old, as soon
as he has had his breakfast on Sun
day mornings, will give his mother no
rest until she gives him 10 cents, and
then he will run to the store for his
paper, as he calls 1t, The Tribune.
The Tribune seems to be in our blood
G. J. CLARK.
Peekskill, N. Y, May 10, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
The Beast at the Do
French Facts %. the Deoa..-. !.
ing Beauty Of Peuc. 's"'

70 the Editor Of The Tribun.
Sir: In your able editor;s, .,.,.,
Unity at San Reno" reas -. as,iea
lowing: There is no good ,s i''
also, why France should not a;s.' 'A
any intention to annex tn. left bs :. 20
the Rhine. All that France ,rA 49, y
is to occupy the left bank un,;, rs'' =
''..nJ has i~.iilied her treatv '
tracts" eon'
In tho case where an bo,o.,,
enemy has been vanquished ana aDs ~
laid down her arms and tho vas
peace have been arranged upon ~ v
satisfactory to although ~. '
together pleasing to beth, ss nm. ~. a.
the case--there is nc doabt w.. -
academic discussion Of terms :. -, 1s
case would lead to the lmore,.,o. ~ ,1i
these terms would be loysllv co..
out to the letter by both eide, y
tor one intimately acquainted With ~ ;.
french people. as the writer. the w.. -
ter appears in a different lieh. '
During the writer's lif. Frs,..
been twice invaded By Darbarie ,,.,s n
who, disregardng the honorable -.
OF warfare. has sacked and pillaged ,.s
stepped the country in blood fo, % -
nero wanton JOY Of destruction - =
me and to the scourged natio, "
France there can come no desir. :,
abide In a treaty which carried no ~.
lection against the recurrence O, a.. ~
acts, nor any confidence therein
It is all very we'll for the sstu.. ".
Lloyd George and the self-appoin.eaw.
Wilson to settle Frances fnt,,. :.
way which cannot affect the destni..
OF their own countries, but Franz. :.
left with the beast at her door md :,
is only matter Of time before u
covers sufficiently to be at her .b,,.,
again. 1t may be safely assuu.a
Notwithstanding the academic besp., :,
carry ng out an agreement in the a.-
1t is understood By those who view !.
from a distance and free from y,
consequences, that France will remain
on the left bank Of the Rhine. I. \.
longs to her as just reward of arm,
! and as ths only possible guaran,,
against invasion.
think this determination exists !,
the heart of every Frenchman; to 4,
/ anything else would be to invite sen,
destruction. The right bank of as
Rhine may be invaded OK not, to an.
force the terms Of the peace tres,s
but the left bank may never again SEA
the black. white and red colors aoa,i,.
there. FLEMING TUCKERMAN.
New York City, April 2s, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
For the Red Dictators

If and when those absolutely au-
thentic and thoroughly guaranteed
impedimenta of William Hohenzol-
lern (item. one crown; item, one
throne, etc, etc. come upon the
auction block we hope there will be
no unfair competition and that the
really significant equipment of i'm
perialism will be permitted to reach
the one institution deserving the
honor Of possessing them. We refer.
Of course, to those loud voiced
patriots of the Left Wing, Commu-
nists and Leninites all, who sat in
the gallery at the Socialist gather
ings and did their best to break up
the affair, or at least stampede it
into really Red resolve.
That for which these Red Social
lists would howl away the last Of
their voices was very accurately de-
scribed by Victor Berger when he
stated his own faith and contrasted
it with what these applauders of
Bolshevism would set up in our
midst:
II am Socialist. I don't want a
proletarian dictatorship in this coun-
try nor any kind Of dictatorship.
l am democrat"
Absolutism is on the downhill road
in most countries. The wood-chop-
per Of Amerongen is one of the last
Of his line in Europe, and we must
turn to Russia for a revival Of SINH
lar theories Of the state. If our
friends the Communists could have
their way in America they would set
up a very similar rule here-a die
tatorship by handful for the theo-
retical benefit of larger handfuls-
of what practical benefit to anybody
the Russian news bears witness.
So we hope the crown and throne
and other historic baubles will land
where they belong. A neat coat of
red paint and both would be ready
for the Communist committee and
one Lenine in particular. Will not
some generous philanthropist take
and hold these exhibits in trust for
this their obvious destiny?
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17

son into the street. His knife is
whetted, but he now fears to use it.
He realizes that his opposition has
become an asset.
The feud between the Governor
and the Mayor has been on since
Thompson boasted that he was chief
magistrate Of the sixth German city
in the world. Thompson tried to
promote pro-German meetings, but
subsidized when Governor Lowden told
him he would call out the states
troops to stop them. Since then
Thompson has schemed for revenge,
or to force Governor Lowden to cater
to his power. Now his teeth are ex-
tracted. He may expect even Hiram
johnson to sidle away from him.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
A New Department Needed

America Is the one great power in
the world without rigid airship as
part Of it's means for aerial defense.
Ever since the signing Of the ar
mistice the army and navy authori-
ties in Washington have wrangled
over the question as to which should
have authority over experimental
tion and production Of airships of
this type.
On the one hand, the Navy De-
partment has contended that the de-
velopment of rigid airships was a
naval function exclusively. Against
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Not a Burning Question

From The Kansas CifD Journdp
Just where the Inauguration snou'
take place if a candidate in the penn
tentiary were elected President is o''
of those puzzling constitutional ques'
tions which the courts have neVe'
passed on yet. But doubtless the s'
cialists will find a way out-of th-
dilemma, Of course-by the time '''
emergency arises.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Fears for a Chestnutless World

i CdIS lOI a NNCSInuClcSS w OTl0
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I have read with deep concern
Of the passing of the chestnut tree
Can this be true? Why has not Con-
gress appointed an investigating COM
mittee? The chestnut tree appears to
be the only thing that has escaped
Congressional investigating COM
mittee. And yet we are assured that
the species will soon be extinct. Do
our lawmakers realize the vast, far
reaching consequences Of the passing
Of the chestnut tree? What Is to be-
come Of the amateur and professional
Entertainment Where will the mono
loguist gather his brain fodder? And
what, oh, what, is to become Of the
writer's Of musical comedies" and the
near "comedians" who disport them
selves therein? l pause for reply.
Brooklyn, May ID, 1920. NJ.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Primaries With a Kick
tFrcm The philadelphtn Record

tFrcm The Philadelphia Record)
The Mexican "primar aries" have elm
mated Carranza, but they haven't def
nitely decided who is to be his sue
cessor. Nobody knows how many thou
sands Of rounds of votes may have to
be shot before the things settled.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Achievement Of the Past

F'"om The Phlddclphia InQuirer)
Undiscouraged by the failure to hear
by wireless from Mars, science turns to
the moon once more. Tests are soon to
be made of the rocket which it is hoped
may reach our satellite. These things
are harmless exercises of ingenuity.
To communicate with Mars would be
great achievement. But it must not
be forgotten that the COW jumped over
The moon and that the old woman who
went up in basket reached a poine
seventy times as high as the moon
There were marvels in those days, too.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17

(F'rom The Philadelphia InQutrer)
1t is costing the Administration more
to run the government now than It did
during the war, we're told. Not strange
at all. The Administration only learned
how to spend during the war. Practice
makes perfect, and it is pretty darn
near perfect now.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
The Knox Resolution

The Knox resolution passed by
the Senate on Saturday could hardly
have been expected by it's supporters
to restore peace with Germany. The
President will probably veto it if it
is sent to him after conference with
the House of Representatives. In his
present mood of desiring peace with
Germany on his own terms and no
others he is not likely to accept
any advice from Congress. He has
persistently tried to nullify the Sen
ate's right to advise and consent to
the treaty with Germany which he
negotiated at Paris. Undoubtedly
he will resent any pressure from
Congress on behalf Of q substitute
method of ending the war and re-
newing peace relations.
The Senate struck out Of the reso-
luton the paragraph requesting the
President to open negotiations with
Berlin for a separate peace. But
it retained the paragraph request
ing him to open negotiations for q
separate peace with Austria and
Hungary. Congress itself can't con-
clude separate peace treaties with
the countries with which we are
still nominally at war. Nor can it
force the President to do so, all the
more so since he and his agents
have already signed conventions
with Germany, Austria and Hun
gary.
Congress has undoubtedly the right
to repeal the declarations of war
which it passed in 1917 and to de-
clare a state Of peace for domes-
tic purposes. It may fix a date
on which legislation on Presiden-
tial proclamations intended to be
vacated on the termination of the
war emergency shall cease to be
effective. If the Knox resolution
should be passed over the Presi-
dents veto the state of war would
be ended in a domestic sense. But
it would still rest with the Presi-
dent when and how to conduct
negotiations to end it in an inter
national sense. AS Mr.. Knox said
the Senate resolution, were it to be-
come law, would not require the
President to negotiate separately. It
would at most impose on him q
moral duty to negotiate.
The issue raised by the passage
of the Knox resolution is academic
rather than practical. But it is
natural that Congress should desire
a completer record to be made Of
its differences with the President
He has refused to allow the Yer
sailles Treaty to be ratified in thu
only way in which it is now possible
to ratify it, with reservations full!
protecting American interests. H,
forced treaty deadlock and twic
exerted all his influence to secur
rejection of the instrument in
form acceptable to considerabl
majority Of Senators. Since h
blocks one path to the restoration
of peace, Congress now elects to tr
another path. He can block thai
too. But he must thereby assum
still weightier responsibility fo
. the maintenance Of an artificial wa
status, domestic and international
The Presidents self-centered an
obstinate personal policy keeps tn
United States at war when there i
no war. 1t prevents US from dis
charging Americas duty to the res
Of the world as the great majorit
Of the American people conceive tina
duty. Congress can't lift the err
/ barge. The only remedy in sigh
seems to lie in an appeal to tn
country.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Books r,.s.,;. r. 2; ~. i. w.,.,

1t we are to believe what Ralph AL
bertson sets forth in his "Fightiny
Without a War" (Harcourt, Brace &
Howe), the British directed Allied inya-
sion of the Murmansk district Of Russia
resembled the Gallipoli campaign and
the Irish muddle great deal and the
German methods in Belgium not a
little.
Take equal portions Of Gallpoli, Ire
land and ravished Belgium, freeze
thoroughly and sprinkle with anglo
phobia, and you have Mr.. Albertson' $
volume.
On second thought, we do not be-
lieve that Encyclopedia" is fair terri.
The author served in North Russia
from Thanksgiving Day, 1918, to Au-
gust 30, 1919, and was twice cited BIZ
the British for bravery. He was also
decorated by the Russian army Britain
was trying to raise. He should know
what he talks about. His book is filled
with condemnation of British AFRO
gance, British militarism, British au-
tocracy, British atrocities. Yet there is
little sign of mania or personal hatred
in his calm recital of what he says he
saw.
Fighting Without War" is not fia-
vored with the Hearst international at
titude. This, however, does not seem
to US to detract especially from the
seriousness Of the charges it contains.
Much political material has been
made out of the fact that the 339th H.
fantry and tho 31oth Engineers Of the
United States Army were held for
months in sub-zero climate shooting
down men with whom they had no per-
sonal quarrel and upon whom their gov
eminent had never declared war.
The author speaks Of this again, but
it is subordinated in his mind to the
mismanagement and sightednes
and brutality with which he says the
British disfigured what was at best nc
admirable or perfect quest.
"The method of the British control
Of che Allied expedition to North Rus
sia is subject for study and an ex-
ample for warning that the league os
nations may we'll heed" Mr.. Alberts. n
writes. If thousands of Americans
have gone homo thoroughly detestirg