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New-York tribune., 1920-06-21

the Bolshevists, to start propaganda
in favor of rapprochement with Ger
many, to facilitate the entry of Ger
man prisoners into the Red armies
and to get German officers into places
Of authority. Thus the word passed
was to bore from within.
To what end? To promote Ger
man-Russian alliance. And why
such an alliance? To enable Ger
many, Ludendorff says, to destroy
the consequences of defeat and to
realize in the near future revenges
by pushing the Red armies even to
the Rhine"
Ludendorff will doubtless deny the
authenticity Of this letter. But its
contents fit in with all the known
facts. How long will there be blind
ness among any in this country to
the complete lack of any evidence of
German change Of heart?
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
The LudendorH Lctfer

The Ludendorff letter written to
General Hoffman, the German army
chief in the Ukraine, six weeks after
the German collapse. confirms the
worst ever said by the most sus-
plcious Frenchman as to Germany's
intentions.
Ludendorff recognized, as his let
ter shows, that prior to the Russian
revolution it was wise to pursue
a double policy in Russia-on the
one hand to encourage the revolu-
uonlsts and on the other to intrigue
with the court party which plotted
to bring Russia to Gcrmany's side.
1t was prudent, he says, "to make
one play sure and to lose in neither
case SO Germany financed Leninc
and also the pro-German monar-
chists.
When the Bolshevists came tc
power a new situation was created.
Germany, with Russia eliminated.
then expected to win tho war, and il
seemed safe to consider the future.
In the postwar period Germany
though triumphant, would need al
hes. Russia was to be one of them.
10 TINS end 1t was desirable to re
establish the monarchy, or at least
a stable government whose efficiency
could be relied on. SO at Rrcst-
Lltovsk, while not yet ready COM
plctcly to throw off the mask, screw;
were applied to Trotzky, the Bolshc
visit ncgotIator. Then to Moscow. in
the gulsc of maintaining an ambas.
sador, German rroconsul was dis
patched.
Had Germany won she would
have squclchcd, as Ludondorn makes
PLAN, the Russian democracy and
nave set up reactionary govern
mcnt. The Allies, despite the Rus
san treachery, won also for Rus
STA. Some day the Russian svn-
pathizers in this country, who are
not at heart pro-Gcrmans, viii rec
ognlze this obvious fact.
But. German defeat required an.
other shift Of policy. More than ever
Germany's interest demanded an al
lance w'th Russia. 1t was risky for
Germany to try to dictate. She
startcd to cajolc. General Hoffman
was advised TO give active aid To
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
Coolidge and Suffrage

II the Nlce-Prcsidcnt on the Re
publican ticket had been nominated
rom Inc state of Montana, there
might be little change TODAY in suf-
rage prospects in New England.
hol Calvin Coolidge was born in
Vermont. "
ln ms native state and in Massa-
chusetts there is more interest than
there was before the Chicago con-
Fention IN securing the thirtvsixth
state for the ratification Of the Fed
'r0l amendment.
Sixteen million women will vote
anyway, for or against Calvin Cool
idge for Vice President next fall, but
fho2e voters viii not be in New Eng
l@nd. Rhode Island and Maine have
oven women the right Of PrcSi-
heftial suffrage, but these are small
aiatea ia the number Of voters. and
.Iainc has decided n have rcfcren-
otn On the Presidential outrage bill
nl September.
The sufragists Of all the New
hngland states have long been dis
tressed over the poor showing made
~ the "c1adle Of democracy" They
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21

perfect readiness" The
last sentence of the General Boards S
letter reads: "We should prepare
now for the situation which would
thus be created"
Congress reconvenes on December
4 and Secretary Daniels does not go
out of office until March 4. Revenge
full activities by him might draw the
disapproving eye Of Congress to
himself and quicken the memory of
the misstatement he stands proven
as having inflicted upon the Senate.
Nor, as his recent testimony in the
Senate naval investigation has been
given under oath, is impeachment
the worst that might happen.
Admiral Sims thus seems in little
danger of receiving Wood treatment.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
The Butler Attack
Why 1t III Becomes the Prea
dent of Columbia

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. deprecate political post mor.srl
but one of the assertions Of Dr.. Bua.
in his statement published in The Tr.
une last Tuesday must not be allow.
to go unchallcnged.
There has rarely come TO my atta
ton more ineScusable misstatems,
than DR.. Buffers attack on the chan
ter Of the group Of gentlemen who pr
cipally financed General Woods prms-
campaign.
At the time when Dr. Butler, thress
paciiistic utterances and by his suppe'
of so-called anti militarst!c soce.ia
was making more difficult the work
preparing this nation for its inevi.ss
entry into the European war, and 4
the same time when, on the other hst.
Leonard Wood was laying the found
tions Of those officers training CAM
by which the young soldiers Of .
nation were ultimately saved in pi'
from the sacrifices which otherT.
would have been The result OF the q
preparedness policx. William Coor
Proctor was one of those patriotic NJ
Of influence and standing who gave .
their time. their business and tse
comfort to join the business ms''
regiment at the Plattsburg trair''i
camp in 1915, and thus set the Hesss
example of patriotism in preparedn@
1t was through that association 'hi
he met Leonard Wood and acquired g
him the respect and loyalty which
many of us share. l. was in that sa''
spirit of patriotism that he subseQu'''
ly volunteered his services and q
fortune to aid in the inevitable eSps''s
Of national primary campaign on =
half of candidate VINO had no p'-
cal machine behind Ann Mr. AnSRS
Mcneil. another chef financial '1
porter Of that campa gr, was a"
soldier who rendered excellent seTTl''
France.
The group Of which these .~O n
were prominent members was ini'9
Nth ,lo c,.,... , .r.,..-..o tn the rt.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
Hard Boiled Justice
o the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May l ask you in the interest
of humanity TO devote an editorial in
your influential paper to the fragrant
example of military despotism de-
scribed in the Massey case? 1t is not
necessary to call attention to the fact
that 1t furnishes the most cogent ar
gument to aself-respecting man against
service in the United States Army.
When shirkors who were convicted
Of the most fagrant offenses at the
front cowardicc in action, self-mutila-
ton to escape duty and falling asleep
at listening posts escaped with light
sentences, when they ought to have
faced firing squad, the cruel punish
ment meted out for this venial offense
IS blot on our military system.
No wonder that there is such a gen
cral sentiment against universal mill
tary training and preparedness, NV
three sons and myself served through
out the war and would serve again in a
similar emergency, though we have q
hearty contempt for the hard boiled''
regular officers with whom we came
IN contact. Until they are eliminated
from the army it will never regain its
former position in our estimation. The
American youth Wi! be slow to enter
voluntarily into a condition of slavery.
EX-COLONEL A. L. f.
New York, June IS. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
The Russian Debt

Krassin, Lenine's agent, who is
seeking to cajolc western Europe
has created a favorable impression
by his frank admissions Of the COM
plete failure of Boshevist COM
munism. Life has proved too
strong for theory" he has said
For long time to come Russia, he
admits, must not expect realized
socialism if her masses would eat
and live in comfort
But though thus practically con-
ceding that Lenine is struggling to
retain political power from the same
motives that have led on other ty-
rants, Krassin is like his master in
the GOODNESS Of his impudent cyni-
csm. He lacks the sense of moral
ity that differentiates man from
other members of the animal king
Ydom.
The French peasant, out of the
savings from his thrifty labors, has
lent money to Russia. The advances
went to build steam and electrical
railroads, waterworks, factories and
other machinery of civilization
which Russia still possesses. Other
parts established the gold reserve
which placed Russia's credit on a
firm basis. Probably not one franc
in twenty was spent to sustain the
Cars government or to supply
armament.
Having seized all this unpaid for
property, the Bolshevists repudiated
the mortgage on it. They ride on the
railroads, what goods they have
come chiefly from factories France
provided, and these enemies of capi-
talism closely guard the Russian
gold hoard. The excuse for repudia-
tlon is the false and diaphanous
claim that the obligation was exclu-
sively one of the Cars government.
Now Krassin informs France Rus
sia will pay if the Lenine regime is
recognized and peace is made with
it, but not otherwise. He seeks thus
to buy French support. If the debt
is not Justly due it is Of course mon
strous to load the Russian masses
with a burden of billions. If it is
justly due, then any government in
Russia is required to meet it. Kras-
sin, who has been pictured as the
best of the Bolshevist lot, thus shows
the sort he is. He makes his shame
full proposal MISUNDERSTANDING
assumes it is proper one.
What is there about Marxism
which drives conceptions of right
from heads entertaining its doc
trines?
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
The Verb: To Butte

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: have just finished reading
your splendid editorial "Richlv De-
served i'll to-day's Tribune in which
You so satisfactorily annihilatc DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler Without wait
ing moment am writing to thank
you for tina; editorial.
In to-day's paper Dr.. Butlcr affects
SNUG complacency in referring to
Leonard Woods prompt and manly
reply to Dr. Buffers fdo-likc attcmpt
to approve the disregard Of the publc's
choice of candidate at Chicaqo. But
DR.. Butler should remember that his
tory gives many instances of men who
have "lost temper in replying with
righteous indignation TO false charpes
and even the New Testament indicates
lost temper whom certain persons
OF that daV were described as being
Whlted sepulchres' and, again, as be
ing a generation of vipcrs." SO Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler should realize
thal lost Temper may signify the
measure of greatness Of the loser over
that Of the little person who causes the
loss of temper
Few men in tho public eye fail so
misefably to stir the Imagination as
does Dr.. Butler. And what pitiful
nguro he cut at Chicago whom he begged
the New York State delegates to put
ms name on the list of those who were
among those voted for, What y
nignliled attitude for the president Of
Il great university, 10 beg, hat in
hand, the two by three delegates for
votes,
The Tribune is especially to be
thanked for reminding us Of Dr.. But
'ers course daring the war and at Chi
cago IN l912. What two-penny rolo
he played at that time when true
Kepublicanism WAS BEING saved from
becoming dry rot hy he suicidal blind
hoss Of the cold guard"' Poor DR.. Bat
Ter has backed the wrong horse in his
'hofis Ia be remembered gratefully for
regularity"
sl8 course should enrich the Ian.
rhage with n new vorb-to ndo or to
butlc! REPIInIICAN
In Spite Of Buffers.
New York. juno II. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
The Days Of Mckinley
4 Plea for Their Return After the
Last -Four Years


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | was interested to read your
somewhat non-committal editorial in
The Sunday Tribune on the outcome
of the Republican convention Being
supporter OF General Wood, I could
easily appreciate the gloom which
tinged your article. But before we
relapse into the opposition faction in
the party it would be we'll to consider
what evils we fee from. which we think
we know, and those we wot not of to
which we would flee.
VIII it not be a desirable thing to
hark back to the days Of Mckinley? :?
To my mind there is no one thing this
country stands in greater need of and
nothing which, at heart, it more sim
cerely desires than return of the
days of conservatism, of undiluted
Americanism as opposed to interna-
tionalism, and of constitutionalism as
opposed to autocratic prerogativc
1t will always remain an unfortunate
fact that one of the great fcats Of
Roosevelt, that of splitting his party,
was exceeded in magnitude only by its
disastrous consequences. The Progress
sive party, while it drew together
great number of liberal and public
spirited citizens, also furnished haven
FOR numerous host of the political
i1otsam of the country, men without a
party and men who, from their inability
to appreciate or support constructive
craftsmanship, are no asset TO any
party. They are men who have nothinr
to lose politically by wrccking the
chances of their party's success; where
fore, IN a spirit Of rule or ruin, they
welcome a chance to bolt when the
majority overrules them. OF this spe-
cies is Mr.. Amos Pinchot. The reunit-
ing Of the majority of the progressives
with the Republican party has brought
into it most Of this visionary political
element. Like the Irish, they make
moro noise per voter than ten average
men and, bike the Irish, they enjoy
voting most in voting for themselves.
How they would run the country we
shall never know, for there will never
be enough Of them who think along the
same line to make party; hat what
they can do for country we have been
learning for eight LONG years.
so. while the influence of these po-
Itlcal nondescriDts over General Wood
would have been negligible if he had
won, the fact that they will not be
among the supporters Of Senator Hard
ing should enhance rather than lessen
his desirability as candidate.
And what an altcrnativei Four more
years of governmental experimenting
with industry, legislation and human
liberty. -Four more years of Adamson
laws. Burlesons and Gomperses; of
criminal extravaganza in expenditures
and paralyzing taxes to meet it; of rad
'eallsm IN labor, the worlds great men
ace, iostered by the Wilson league and
treaty. Tightening It's strangle-hold on
the nations industries; of "watchful
waiting IN Mexico. Of impertincnt
mcddling in Europe These are some
of the evils which we may rightfully
expect from what We have experienced.
Bearing this in mind, who shall saw it
IS not time we "hark back to Nc
kinley"? T. B. HIGDON.
Atlanta, Ga, June 10, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
Admiral Si1ns's Safety

A note In The Army and Ndry
Register suggests that the wrath
Of Secretary Daniels may be visited
upon Admiral Sims, and that for
daring to tell the truth for the fu
tUre good OF the service he may be
reprimanded by the President, may
DE detached from the presidency of
the Naval War College, and may
even be banished from the CONT
mental limits of the United States
and exiled to some remote insular
post, where his critical and construc-
tive voice cannot be heard during
the last days of the present Admin
istration.
Doubtless sweet, indeed, such re-
venge would be to Mr.. Daniels. But
there are several reasons why such
a move is unlikely.
Thanks to the Senate naval investi-
cation the public now knows the con-
dltlons which existed when we entered
the war. The evidence has shown
that Daniels cndeavored to stop
naval recruiting even after we went
to war. Official statistics submitted
by the Navy Department itself have
shown that on the day we went to
war two-thirds of our fleet needed
an average Of fifty-six days of Gre
! pairs essential for war service" and
nlne-tenths of our feet had on board.
on the average, but 81 per cent Of
the fuN war compliments Of men.
With such facts proving the pro
prlety Of Admiral Simss contentious.
any rcvengeful move might turn
doubtful states and make for Demo
cratic defeat. 1t is bad politics for
Josephus even to appear to want to
be rcvcnged on Sims now that the
facts are known.
But there is another consideration
the element Of personal safety to
Daniels. On April 12, 1916, the Sen
ate passed a resolution calling on
Secretary Daniels for "a communi-
cation dated August 3, 1914, from
the General Board of the navy
warning the Navy Department of
the necessity of bringing the navy
10 state of preparedness" On
April q, 1916, and with the
document referred to before him.
Secretary Daniels wrote an Off
cIal reply to the Senate, in which
he said that the document in uues-
tion "docs not refer to the necessity
Of bringing the navy to state Of
preparedncss'" Yet the first para
graph Of the document referred ia
actually SAID: an view Of the immc-
date danger Of Il great war in Eu-
rope, the General Board
earnestly urges that the baitlcships
be hroughL home, locked and put in
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21

have been ashamed that Connecticut
and Vermont have stood in the path
of woman's freedom, in company
with Southern states burdened by
local problems and unblessed by
traditions of liberty.
Impersonal convictions about the
march of democracy, even outraged
local pride, may not move the hearts
Of statesmen as will the opportunity
to vote for local hero. New Eng
land will want to cast record vote
for Calvin Coolidge. A cheap and
easy way to double the vote is to
double the electorate.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21

Nuzzles and Kicks from Pegasus

Godfrey Chducer
l rode journey once
In goodly company
And stabbed with the mortal beasts
That bore them, inn to inn.
What tales were told around the board
I missed, and chafed at tt
For those I heard upon tho road
We're sometimes spicy with the wit
That prudes are shocked to hear read
loud
And, later, flch the book and find the
page,
Consuming curious to feel
The full-pulsed life that gods speak out
about
In Jewel words of ruby hue.
My rider spoke them
In the journal of the road
To Canterbury.
1t was pity
That he turned to writing sermons
For the prudes at last
And lost the precious baubles
That | wear forever,
Set in a golden collar.
He lived too long
With brittle bones.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
Senators and the Presidency

A week ago The Tribune pointed
out that up to 1920 the Republican
party had never gone to the United
States Senate for Presidential
nominee. Three ex-Senators and one
Senator elect had been chosen by ma
tional conventions, but never any
body in actual possession of Senate
seat.
In the last few days many news
papers have printed statement to
the effect that no party has ever
picked a Senator as Presidential
candidate. That is not the case. No
Senator has been Presidential
nominee since 1860, except Mr.. Har-
ding But from 1860 back there are
several instances in which the en-
barge on Senatorial asprants was
raised
In the election of 1860 Lincoln's
chief competitor, so far as the Dopu-
lar vote was concerned, was Stephen
A. Douglas, Of Illinois. He was the
nominee Of the Northern wing of the
Democratic party. He had been a
Senator since 1S47 and had defeated
Lincoln for that post in the famous
joint debate campaign of 1888. John
c. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky, the
candidate Of the Southern wing Of
the Democratic party, was Vice
President under Buchanan and was
d Senator elect for the term begin
ming March a. 1861. John Bel, of
Tennessee, the Union party candi-
date, had left the Senate on March
4, 1859.
In 1913 the Democratic party put
Lewis Cass, of Michigan, in the field
against General Zachary Taylor.
Cass resigned his seat in thc Senate
IN order to make the campaign. At
ter he was defeated the Michigan
Legislature reelected him to fill out
his own uneXpircd term.
Henry Clay was twice the Whig
candidate for President. In 1874.
when Polk beat him, he had recently
resigned from the Senate. Resign
ing from one branch of Congress
and then returning to it was habit
Clay carried almost to the point of
eccentriclty. But in 1892, when the
first Whig national convention was
held and he was selected to oppose
Jackson he was Senator. In 1924.
when he competed, under the old
caucus nomination system, with
Jackson, John Quincy Adams and
William H. Crawford, he was Speak
er of the House of Representatives.
Rufus King, Senator from New
York, was an unsuccessful candidate
against James Madison in 1916.
The Republican party broke a
precedent of its own when it nomi-
mated Senator Harding. But it
didn't shattcr all political traditions.
Mr.. Harding is by no means the first
Senator to run for the Presidency.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
The Cart Before the Horse

The inability of the League of Ma
tons to operate for the purpose Of
restoring peace in Europe and Asia
demonstrates afresh the error of
putting the creation of the league
first on the program of the peace
conference.
Englishmen who advocate using
the power of the league to break off
the war between Poland and Soviet
Russia and to protect Persia against
the Bolshevists have been criticizing
Lloyd George and Mr.. Balfour for
subordinating the league to the
Allied Supreme Council. But the
answer to such criticism is obvious.
The Allied Supreme Council is the
only body in Europe capable of en-
forcing the peace terms and bringing
about pacitication. Even its re-
sources are limited. 1t is having the
greatest difficulty in prodding Ger
many into a reluctant acceptance of
her treaty obligations. 1t hasn't yet
carried the Austrian and Bulgarian
treaties into effect. 1t still has to
deal with Hungary and Turkey. In
Asiatic Turkey it faces new war
with Mustapha kemal and the Ma
tlonalists, who have an army and
are willing to fight, whereas the
governments represented in the coun-
Gil are reluctant to fight and prefer
u compromise.
The war between Poland and the
soviets is a legacy from the peace
conference. The eastern boundaries
OF Poland haven't yet been drawn,
and Russia's status as a European
power is undetermined. The coun-
Gil advised Poland to break off hos
tllities. But the Poles know what
they want, and cannot easily be
coerced. If the council can't re-
strain them (and it can offer them
no guarantees against Soviet aggres-
sionl, what could the inchoate League
OF Nations expect to accomplish?
Great Britain, France and Italy
are pulling different ways in the
council. Each government has ma
tlonahstic aims of its own, hard to
reconcile with the nationalistic aims
of the others. Unity of policy is at
tanned from timc to time by political
bargaining. But these three nations
would pursue the same aims through
their representatives in the league
council. Each would have an abso-
lutte right of veto there. SO would
each OF the other states represented
The restoration of peace in Eu-
rope and Asia is political problem.
Peace cannot be imposed without the
use of force or the threat to use
force. But when it comes to apply.
ing force the league is mere
shadow. It's only breath of life Is
derived from the states which sit in
it. Moreover, to accomplish any
ih'ng 1t would have to employ, with
much greater friction and awkward
ness, the political methods which the
Allied council uses.
At Paris the cart was put before
the horse. The conference didn't sec
that territorial settlement had tc
come first if a league Of nations was
to have chance to function. The
league has as yet neither military
power nor moral authority. 1t can
not have either until the partition of
EUROPE unwlsely deferred, has been
accomplished and some international
agency to conserve a peace based or
'nal partition can be put to practical
advantage
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21

tFron Ire C,HciaHen tsg'fo'
The proletarian czars nave s"'''' ].
in Transforming the fertile and pro-
ave Ukraine region into non'p'V.'' y
tive waste. The former bgead w.
of Europe IS empty and the peop.' :, /,
facing a winter Of starvation al" =
titutlon. What pity we can't s''''
American sympathizers with 'ne -.
system over there 10 enjoy the -
ings Of Lcninc democracy.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
Honor to Whom It Is Due

cFrop, The pa.Gdea ah.a Fe,H'e0 S1'5
The army mule has beer eiie' .
cially for hclrine 70 win the ~sF'
the time wheolbarrows, picks ana -
els, barbed wirc and few oia''
valuable ODDS and ends have been =
praised. the encau4u ANS will al =
been passed around About eTeFF'-
animate winch TOOK part n nc =
nict oxcep, the lovly coo.e mas :
recognized.