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New-York tribune., 1920-03-20
When Our Fleet Was Chained

Admiral Sims has shown that the
Navy Department sent only six of
our seventy-four destroyers to the
other side when we went to- war,
and this after nearly a months
delay. Yet Josephus permitted, if
he did not procure, Creel publica-
tions which sang of the great things
the navy was doing,
But what about our battle fleet?
1t was held in Long Island Sound.
The British fleet could keep the
German fleet from getting out to
the north; but the demands on both
the British and French navies were
so great that the Channel was in
adequately blocked. So in July
Admiral Sims asked that four of
our thirty-five battleships be sent to
close the Channel. This request,
though Endorsed by the Allied Naval
Council, was ignored and denied
until November, when Admiral Ben
son, upon arriving in London, at
last acceded to it.
The Navy Departments dis
patches, now in evidence, justify
its refusal on curious grounds. In
July. and after three months con-
sideration, the department. cabled
Admiral Sims an outline of it's
policy. It expressed "its willingness
to send its minor fighting forces in
any numbers not incompatible with
home needs [but] it's un-
willingness as matter of policy to
separate any division from the main
fleet for service abroad, although
it is willing to send the entire battle
ship fleet abroad when the
emergency is deemed to warrant it,"
Battleship reinforcements were to he
withheld until after the emergency
had occurred and the damage was
done.
Two emergencies were conceiv-
able: that the German battle fleet
might sally forth, sink number of
Allied battleships and return to its
base, or that after a successful en-
gagement it might reach the open
sea. If raid had occurred and the
Allied fleets had suffered losses. as
was to be expected, then the rein
forcements required from us must
have been larger; if the German
fleet had broken through, the i'm
pounded American fleet would have
faced the Germans alone. One
doesn't have to be an expert in
naval strategy to see it would have
been safer for all had we added our.
battle fleet to the others and thus
made any attempt at a sally evil
IDENTIFY suicidal. Yet Secretary Dan
iels and Admiral Benson withheld
vital and easily-to-be-supplied re-
inforcements for many critical
months. Why?
1t has been established that orr
fleet was not even approximately
ready when we declared war-after
over two years Of warning. Nor
had the Navy Department any
matured war plan. The Navy De-
partment drifted and bungled, and
we seem likely to go down in history
as having refused to give our allies
reinforcements which we had and
could have spared. The navy heads
either didn't have intelligence enough
to act properly or the department
was controlled by influences whose
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20
The Attack Upon Poland
By Frank H. Sin,onds

merely before the partition of 1772
but also Of that of 1893.
In addition we have denied the Poles
actual control of their single port of
Danzig, we have insisted upon plebis-
cites in Upper Silesia, where the pop
| ulatien is undenisbly Polish, and We
have permitted the Germans MANY
months in which to carry on policy
OF terrerization in these regions as a
preparation for the consultation of the
free will Of the inhabitants; we have
ordered plebiscites in East Prussia,
where the people are Slav beyond de-
bate, and we have denied the Poles con-
troll of the main Danzig-Warsaw rail-
way.
Wilson's Line
But while we have done this we haye
consented, through the President. to
drawing the "Wilson Line" in the
Tyrol and in the hinterland of Trieste
IN such fashion as to put under Italian
rule, against the will of the populations.
100000 Germans and upward of 500 900
Slovenisns. vs. have, then, conceded
the legitimacy Of Italian strategic neces-
sities, but denied them to the Poles. al
though tho Poles face common enemy.
while no immediate danger threatens
the Italians.
The doctrine Of self-determination,
not accepted in the least by the British
or the American nation, 80 far as their
own territories are concerned, is being
applied in the east of Europe in such
fashlen as to insure new wars and new
world disturbances. One can imagine
the enthusiasm our ancestors would
have shown had the peace which at
last gave us freedom been hedged
about by provisions for the self-deter-
mination Of the North American Indian
In tho hinterland Of the new country
One can imagine what our grandfathers
would have felt had the territory taken
from Mexico, after the Mexican War.
been subjected to a plebiscite in which
the voters would have been, in ma jor-
ity, the scattered Spanish and half
breed populations.
4 Base for Bolsheuism
Now between the "Wilson Line" at
the Bug and the old Polish frontier
OF 1898, before the Second Partition,
laying aside the Lithuanian regions,
ahof foh
and inhabited by mixed races, in which
the Polish, concededly in the minority.
is still the ruling and the educated
class. Without this land Poland is
doomed to ultimate destruction, to be
ground to pieces between the German
and Russian millstones. And if the
Peles ara now compelled to evacuate
this region it will serve as the base
Tor immediate Bolshevist attacks.
Certainly no American interest is
served in the extinction of Poland. no
American end is advanced by opening
the road for Bolshevism, or for Russian
nationalism to return to Warsaw. If
sentimental considerations no longer
have material weight, still it is worth
recalling that in the American Revolu-
t1en Poles played distinguished and
useful part. All of which may not be
an argument for our supporting Poland
by arms. but is it not reason for
preferr'ng not to interfere in Poland.
to the ruin Of the new nation?
AT all events Americans should un-
derstand that American policy. with
British, explains the newest Bolshevist
invasion Of Poland.
Copyright. lsso. Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.}
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20

Poland is the logical and inevitable
consequence of Anglo-American policy
pursued in the east of Europe at and
since the Paris Conference. 1t is the
result Of an effort to apply rigidly and
unlntelligently that principle of self
determination which in the west of Eu-
rope we have not applied with anything
like the same rigidity. Underlying all
else has been the notion that if only
the Poles were restricted to the mar
rowest possible areas, to those areas in
which the majority were Poles (and
even where the majority were Poles
plebiscites were provided on the small
est excuse), neither Germany nor Rus
sia would ever again attack the Polish
people.
But the Poles, on their side, with the
menace of Bolshevism in front of them,
have sought, frequently with Allied
approval, hastily given and later with
equal haste withdrawn, to occupy an
area in which the population is at
least Polish in part and In all Of which
Poland rpled before the notorious par
titions, and thus to prevent the arrival
OF tho enemy at tho csntsr Of their
own territories.
The Allies and the Rhine
In the case Of the Germans, con-
quered and held in complete subjeetion
by reason Of the threat Of the blockade.
we have authorized the French and the
Beleians, reinforced by British and
American contingents, to- give the thing
the color OF an Allied operation; to
occupy tha left bank Of the Rhine and
also certain bridgeheads across the
Rhine for period of years. But we
have denied the Poles any such pro-
lection.
To-day the Bolshevists have concen-
trated some $4,000 troops on the Polish
frontier with the svowed purpose of
invading Poland and breaking down the
Polish state, which stands between Rus
sla and the chaos Of the middle of
Europe, and in the face of this menace
the Western world, British and Amari-
can, has been redoubling it's demand
that the Poles should retire from the
debatable districts, thus bringing the
enemy to their very doors, on the
chance that, thus Modified. the Bolshev-
lists would stop and make peace.
1t is an odd circumstance how short
memories are. Exactly this course was
puraued by the French in July, 1914,
when French armies were ordered not
to approach within ten kilometers of
the German frontier in the tense davs
before war was declared, to avoid riv-
ing Germany any offense. Yet the con-
sequence Of this policy was not the
preservation Of peace, but the occupa-
ton by Germany, throughout the war.
OF the Briey iron district, almost in
valuable as a source Of raw material
At the very least France could have
put these mines out of commission. with
evil consequences for the enemy.
The Old Frontier
We and tho British have drawn an
arbitrary line on the east side of the
old Russian Poland and declared this
to be the future Polish frontier. II
bears no relation to the lines Of com
or to strategic circum-
stances which are of utmost Importance,
at least until it becomes clear whether
the Bolsheviats mean to make peace or
war. This frontier is scores Of miles
inside the frontiers Of Poland not
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20
The Coming 7owcr
A L.st.r Of commis.ra.lon to Lizzie

("And I may say.' added tho Senator,
'that regard the Ford automobile ~ an
International pest. 1t dsatroys more useful
material than any other sinkhole in the
world. 1t II 4 waste Of time and substance"
On the Floor Of tha Senats)
When Sherman of the Senate talked at lensth
about POUR father.
The world at large. which knows your dad,
his weaknesses and such.
Passed on to read the other newa lin short.
it didn't bother.
Heeause it knows the Senate shows q wisdom
far from much.
The pespul In this land we love have got
your fathers number.
And 80 when ShermtN said his piece. they
shrugsed~-it wasn't nav.
But when he had that nightmare in his sena-
torial slumher
He applied \ lot Of added rot whenas he
slandcred you.
But do not weep. my Liz, those tears. his
namesll never hurt you.
guy like that can't harm you with the ver-
biage he's flung.
For while your countenance betrays no paint
to mar your virtue.
What though your shape be made the jape
Of every idle tongue7
Let Senate simps defame you, Kid, and damn
your works with punnng,
For though you lack lot Of what I'd look
for in car,
Your Million-some constituents insist youU
still be running
Whenas with Shermans final term he gets
the Gates Ajar.
According to where you sit, the news
that one hundred radicals held for de-
portation have been freed by the De-
partment Of Labor is either triumph
for democracy or a blow at Ameri-
canism. Our own opinion is that it
really doesn't matter, matter, matter,
matter, matter.
Emerson has said: "Next to the man
who first voices a great truth is the
man who quotes it."--Dr. Berthold A.
Baer
Still, WE'LL bet the doctor would like
to find the man who first voiced "Omit
flowers"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
entertained General Pershing at din
ner last evening at their residence
64O Fifth Avenue.-The Times, March
19.
ashington.-General John J. Per-
shlng was the guest of honor Inst
evening of Mrs. Cromwell Brooks at a
dinner of twenty, followed by dancing.
The Times, March 18.
Considerable rapid travel necessary
in the military service, we'll asseyerate
to this planet.
y do not want divorce" saws Mr..
Charles Chaplin, Neither do l want
Mr.. Chaplin's money" But the law
yers have persuading way, and they
may convince the Little Woman that
she ought to have both.
A friend in New York City, whom
the Drifter suspects is pessimist
The Drifter, in the Nation.
Perhaps the Drifter's friend is Cyril
Speaking of non sequitur, "He was
an ardent prohibtionist," says a. recent
obit, "and leaves a wife and two daugh-
ters"
A truly imaginative poet might
write lyric explaining how self-con-
scious and ashamed a flower feels that
wins only second prize at the show.
If we owned newspaper one Of tho
first things we'd do {and therefore.
probably, the next to the last thinp)
would be to charge the milk profiteers
81 an agate line for their advertise
ments.
The vilest profteers, of course, are
those who traffic in the milk Of h. /.
=. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20
M1uaBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tho Associated Press is exclusively untitled 10 tho
use for republication Of all news dispatches credess
70 II not otherwise credited In this paper and
also the local nova Of spontaneous origin published
herodn.
All rights Of republication OF all other matter
hsrMn also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20

Yeu can purchase merchandise advertlsed In THE
TRIBUNE with ahssaute safeti--fsr n dissatisfae-
tiss results in any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees
to pay ysur msnsy hack upen request. No rsd tape.
Ne avlbbns. We make sood promptly II the
advertiser dess not.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20
Call Columbus 5000


Sir: year or ago I wrote a little
song all by myself and called it 'Smilin'
Through" 1t took root and blossomed into
fragrant flower that has been much worn
and sung. Somebody came along with a
dramatic watering pot and the song-Aower
developed into q Jane Cowl play of the
same name. This is all very we'll and good
and would be still better if my pockctbook
IN consequence bulged as much as my head.
But now comes a Doctor Of Mortality and
rudey plucks petal or two from this hor-
ticutural. lyrical musical and dramatic
triumph and uses my tender title in news
ing corpses to his place Of business.
protest violently, ! never wrote "Srnilin'
through for the glory and profit Of un-
dertakers. l am aware they will yet mo
yet, but is that reason why they should
appropriate my. pretty brain-child without
even compensating me by commissioning me
to, compose EN- Dead March?
ARTHUR A. PpNN
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20
SATURDAY, MARCH 20. 1890

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New-York tribune., 1920-03-20
SUBSCRIPTION RArns-sy mall. snelut
GUARANTY

Eatessd as the Postotncs =. New York a. Second
Class Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20

The vilest prohteers, of course, arc
those who traffic in the milk Of h. +.
r. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20
The Diary ofour Samuel pepys

March 17-At my scrivening till four
in the afternoon, more hurriedly than
| like, and to the train to meet my
wife, who seems we'll and in a merry
mood; so with her to Mistress Lola's
for dinner, and found there J. Street
and Ada, who tell me they are going
to Japan next month.
18-Beat B. Hooker this day at pool,
though by what rare good fortune I
do not know. So to my office, and did
some work, and Mistress Sylvia sat by
me the while, not bothering me at all,
and w. Waldron to see me, so to tea
with Neysa and A. McKeogh and Dor
othy Conry, whom ! have not seen in
near three years, and had no tea, but
beaker of chocolate; and home, late
to dinner, but my wife not out with
me for that, and found H. Ross and
j. Winterich there, and we talked of
the brave days in Paris and other
things.
1910 the dentists, long time,
and to the office, F. Keppel to see me,
looking very handsome in new brown
suit. Finished my stint, but gazing
out at the snow most Of the afternoon.
and SO to the show Of the Dutch Treat
Club in the evening.
The "parodists" Of Gilbert are as lazy
and incompetent, as a rule, as the
"adapters" Of "In Flanders Fields" who
don't pay the original even the respect
of writing rondeau. In Reedy's
Mirror Anne Higgnson Spicer "paro-
dies "The Heavy Dragoon," with it's
trisyllabic rhymes. She weds "trog-
lodyte" with MAZDA light"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20

A truly imaginative poet might
write lyric explaining how self-con-
scious and ashamed flower feels that
wins only second prize at the show.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20

Speaking of non sequitur, "He was
an ardent prohibitionist," says a. recent
obit, "and leaves. wife and two daugh-
ters"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-20

New York. March 1s, 1920.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-03-11
LAND Nf.N OE STATE
TO BOOST ADVANTAGES

Oklahoma city. March il--A ma
tion wide advertising campaign to
put the opportunities IN Oklahoma
farm land before the public may r.
suit from the meeting here OF real
estate men. March q The meeting
is called by the realty men OF the
capital city II has the support Of the
state department OF agriculture whose
head. John whitehurss. yesterday
sent out letters to 500 realty operai-
ors in various parts OF the state. urg-
ing the importance % the gathering
To many outsiders Oklahoma IS
known only as an oil producing state
wbitehurst and many real esiai>
men feel that II Is time the world
knew OF oklahoma's agricultural re
sources. and that an effort should 'lle
made 10 get the farm lanG of this
state settled by people who will make
II their home. appealing TO people
both within and withou. the borders
OF the state.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-03-11
PRICE or Gas IN
STATE IS BOOSTED
Permit Extra Eight Gents To
Get Supply Thrt Formerly
Went To Kansas
Consumers

OklRhema CITY March ~ Per.
mission 10 Increase gss charges eiahi
cents for each 0aa cubic feet. ef.
fectiye March Is. ls granted 10 All
companies distributing gas supplied
by the Oklahoma Natural Gas Com
pany In q temporary order Issued
by the state corporation commission
today al the request of the company
and committee - Oklahoma Ci'y
citizens The increase viii make tha
rate Tor gas supplied for domestic use
as cents Tor i.e0e cubic feet instead
OF 40 cents
The increase Is 70 enable the sag
company to purchase gas in the
cuRhng field. which has formerly
been owned b. the Umpire Gas Com.
pany Tor distribution In Kansas az a
higher rate than that charged IN on
iahoma. the commission stated The
contract with The Kansas company
expired today. Il wa said. and 80 on
able the Oklahoma company 90 obta n
the gas placed on the market on that
account. prompt action Wy the com
mission was necessary.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-03-11
STATUTE Of LIMITATIONS
NOT GOOD IN THIS CASE
Supreme Court OF State Holds
That Statute Does Not Apply
When State Funds Are
Involved

Contrary 70 the opinion OF Chief
Justice owen. majority Of the state
supreme court yesterday decided that
the statute OF limitation does not run
against the state in an action on a
promisory note held by the state
bank commissioner as the assets Of
an insolyept bank. The question /rose
lr. the case OF the state W.. Harvey
Smith and ". V. Pryor. which was
appealed from the district court OF
Creek county. The state bank com
missioner took possession OF the assets
OF to State Bank OF Sapulpa Janu-
ary "a. 1914 Among the assets was
note due February 3. 1913 Action
was aot brought on this note until
July 10. 1918. and the defense de-
INJURED to the petition. claiming ac-
ton was barred by the statute OF
Limitations. The trial judge sustained
the demurrer. and the state appealed.
The supreme court reyerses the
Judgment Owen. although disagree
ing with the majority sentiment Of
the supreme court. and believing the
statute Of limitations should bar ac-
tion in this case. wrote the courts
opinion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-03-11
PERMIT CONVERSION
OF LIBERTY BONDS
Holders Of Certain Issues May
Have Their rercorary
Securities Made
Permanent

Holders of Liberty nasds new have
the opportunity OF conversion of Ger
tain ISSUES from temporary 10 pefma
nent coupon certificates. according q
recent eil.e'ar sent 30. b, tae treas
nry depa~ nsrt 10 uala-ie baaks
The call applies to temp,ars cou.
pom bonds OF four per cent first hA-
erty loan converted OF ls2s-ss tlasl
coupon mainred Decc nhcr Is. 1871
= per cent second liberty loan Of is2s.
as tiasi opspon maiured November
IS. 1912. ans four Ia per cent third
liberty loan OF is2S tiast coupon ma
turing March rs. 1890
All bonds In the above named class
may be surrendered for exchange ~
hanks for permanent bonds on or az
ter March rs. 1890
In order that the conversion TO the
higher rate may o. made a, the earl
lest possible date. all holders OF 4
per cent temporary couDon bonds are
asked 10 forward them for exchange
and conversion 50 the rate may apply
before the next sent annual interest
payment
Temporary coupon bonds Of the fol
lowing issues should not be presented
for exchange for permanent bonds
before the maturity OF the last inter.
est coupon attached:
Four per cent liberty loan convert
ed of ia32-a7 (lakt coupon maturing
June Is. 1920 4is first loan second
converted OF itS2-s7 tlaSt coupon
December rs. 1890 AZ
second loan converted of 1897 AZ
flast coupon maturing May Il. is20).
az fourth loan Of 1888 -as, last oou
pom maturing October IS. l92ol
Banks of Guthrie have announced
no charge will be made in making
the conversions. Il being the intention
TO absoT'oe me costs OF conversion
and insurance
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-03-11
TRIAL ny Jury GRANTED
IN CONTEMPT CASE

Distinguishing between direct aud
indirec; contempt Of court and hold
ing that a person charged with the
latter offense II entitled 20 a trial by
jury II he asks IL. the state supreme
court yesterday reversed and remand
ed TIE judgnen; Of the cocnty court
Of Canadian county By which Clayton
Phillips was fined for contempt Of
courf Philips he'd been ordered TO
contribute a certain amount 10 the
support Of child. IL was alleged he
had tailed TO DO 80 and he was broa-
ght into court on a contempt charge
He asked trial BY jury. out the re-
aues, was denied The judge fined
hin. and an appeal was taken. The
supreme court says this was a case
Of indirect contempt. as u did not DC
cur in the court room or in the pres
ences Of the Judge. and that. as such
Il should be tried ~ Jury II the
defendant asks such procedure.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-03-11
WHAT TIcKED OVER
THE WIRE DURING DAY

chariesfon The West Virginia
Legislature IN spectacular sssslon.
ratified the federal woman suffraxe
amendment. becoming the 1tlh state
"a 40 40 Senator Jesse rloeh, Who
made hurried trip from California.
cast tho vote which broke the dead
lock asnator A Il MONTGOMERY. an
anti suffrnslat. Was nos permitted 10
vote. kia seat having bee, declared
vacant.
--Chicaeo n n fisnnessy. a widely
knorn turiman. died.
Washlnrtoa champ clark Of
Missouri Democratic presidential can
didate eishs fear# afo, snhounesd
nnsquiy0ealif for unlnatfursed dele
gates 20 che democratic national con-
Fsniion
Peoria ilis--Tho twentieth An
nuai tournament of tho Americas
Ii0~llns Congress opened.
Memphis Federal Judge John D
Mccall took under adzlscment the
eossrnnenls application fsr pre-
limlnnry Injunction 10 reHrrin further
exchange ~ sales siocs ard prodns-
tlon reports amoag subscribers 20 the
open competition plan q stssissi-
cal auxiliary Of the American Rard-
wood Manufacturers association.
Macon. Ga .-oeofas A Long.
managlrs ediior of tae Macon fsls.
graph. and sell knosn Southeast.
ern newspspsfman. u dead
NJ Louis the standard OH com.
pany Of Missouri. flied sui, in fed
erai ai.ufet court 10 enIoin the state
petroleum Inspector from inspecting
iis products o. entering premises OF
the company ln Missouri
--I@xton. 0Ais Three persons
slightly Injured sna dozen houses
wrecked BY tornado
Detroit eddie Fifxslmmons Of
New York defeated Johnnie shep-
pard. lightweight champion Of Eng
land I'm ten foands
Omaha d. HuEu W weirhfman.
said % have cen the inventor OF
smo@elcss povder. died.
kalamazoo. ascb Bob Martin.
heavyweiEhf champion Of the AEF.
defeated Jack Riley OF Pert Wayne,
Ind, n the firzt round.