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New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
Managing Hayti

Recent facts add to the condemna-
tion of the Administration policy
in Hayti.
1t appears that Franklin Roose-
velt wrote to Admiral Caperton
about four years ago, when we first
occupied Port au Prince, giving
him instructions to permit an elec-
tion for President" and stating that
the United States would prefer
Mr.. Dartiguenave. Our candidate
was promptly elected!
Thirty-one prominent citizens of
Butte, Montana, have signed a state
ment to the effect that Franklin
Roosevelt did boast of having writ
ten the constitution of Hayti, and of
running several of these small re-
publics." These affidavits are quite
apart from Mr.. Roosevelt's denial
that the United States controlled the
votes of these little republics.
And now John Barrett, late di-
rector of the Pan American Union,
admits that our policy in Hayti has
seriously injured our reputation with
the American republics.
This Administrator cannot escape
responsibility by blaming a few ma
rincs. The policy is alone to be con-
denned. And Daniels knew in Jan
uary, 1920, if not before, all the
pertinent facts.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19

pored, due to the temporary absence
{ our fee, but the result is inevitable.
His puny initial raids will avail him
nothing. Even if he lands force on
our shores the final arrival OF our
Grand Fleet, undivided and losistless
prepared and drilled as one big unit,
will smash his fleet and leave MS army.
,lt off by sea, to surrender,
In the World War the Germans
tried, by making raids on the English
coast, to induce the British to divide
the Grand Fleet. But the British did
not fall into the trap. Not at all.
The bombardment of few ports, the
destruction of little private property.
did not bring about the dispersion Of
the one force that, united and power
fIl, controlled the sea and saved the
world from the Germans, Division
would have played into Germanys
hands. And now shall we follow Rus
sia or England? Shall we cour.
disaster or make victory certain?
Moreover, We may say with conf
dence that our feet, if always united,
may for this reason alone prevent an
other nation from daring to attack US.
But if divided. so that its parts might
be attacked in detail, it might invite
II weaker nation to risk war with US.
Thus dispersion encourages attack and
promotes war; The parts may be
beaten in detail. The parts, separated,
may render big navy useless for
war. 1t may be the story of Russia
>"er again. Can we learn nothing by
experience?
In conclusion let US not court
possible defeat by naval dispersion
Let us clinch the victory by concen-
tration. By this means we will con-
serve Mahan's maxim: The enemy
must not simply be Tended off; he
must be smitten down.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
The Budget Menace

The tentative city budget now
totals $350,000,000. The Citizens
Union is taking legal steps to COM
pei the Board of Estimate to add
$3S, 100000, which will be spent
next year for school purposes, but
which majority of the board wants
to keep out of the budget exhibit.
The increase in taxation result
ing from such vast imitation of ex-
penditure-$115, 100000 more than
this year-will be painful to all ex-
cept the few immediate beneficiaries.
Higher real estate valuations and
taxes mean increased rent, or, at
least, enlarge the margin on which
landlord can claim a fair and
reasonable return. Increased taxes
and increased rents will be an ad-
(itional handicap put on the city
in its uphill fight to restore eco
nomic efficiency in its industry and
CRITICALLY increased cost of living.
New York is rapidly falling behind
other cities in desirability as a place
to manufacture in, do business in and
live in. 1t isn't getting adequate
results from the present high cost
of government 1t is overstraining
it's financial resources for purposes
which in an economical sense are
unproductive. The city is poorer
than it thinks it is and is unwilling
to face honestly the fact that it is
sliding back rather than getting
forward.
The dollar has fallen in value and
services cost more than they did six
or seven years ago. But that is
only another reason for holdi g
back on new expenditure. Build
ing a new courthouse is a luxury
which the present city administra-
ton cannot afford. Many of the
proposed new school buildings could
hardly be classified as necessaries
except for city government whose
treasury was overflowing.
Now is the time also to cut all
the fads and fancies in our mu-
nicipal system. The borough admin
istrations are -out-of-
date concessions to the local preju-
dices of the consolidation period.
The city has been unified. The
borough governments do nothing
which the central government could
not do as well.
Their maintenance is wasteful
charge on the public, for the public
has to pay eventually the whole of
the city's operating expenses. Here
is one field in which there is no OBJ
stacle to a Tightening Of the pub
lies burdens. The Legislature is
willing to amend the charter so as
to eliminate the borough establish
raents. Only the petty interests OF
the office holding class here stand in
the way of this sensible reduction
of our bloated municipal personnel
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19

pie seldom becomes at once an I'M
steady and unintelligent one. Smillie,
the leader of the miners, wishing to
use them to establish a new center
of political power, tried at the last
minute to quiet the whirlwind he had
raised. He failed, but his effort
shows what large percentage Of
British miners already think.
If the British people potter with
the unpotterable through lack of a
competent leader America would
doubtless be willing to lend Gov
ernor Allen of Kansas, who in his
restricted field struck at the heart of
the issue raised when any set Of
men, for any reason, launch an eff
fort to subdue the many to their will
by misusing their power over a life
necessary.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
The High Cost of Strikes
Slow Progress of Production Theory
Into Labor Unions Minds

l o the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: That series of articles relating
to the high cost of strikes which has
been appearing in The Tribune is one
or the most important ever printed IN
any newspaper, yet it is doubtful if its
significance has percolated into the IN
teliects of any great number OF men re-
sponsible for present conditions.
Only this week l outlined to moro
than ordinarily intelligent printer the
simple proposition that if A is mining
coal, if B is producing food. if c IS
making clothing and if D IS building
homes, if any one of the four reduces
his output it is bound to affect the other
three, and incidentally himself, adverse
ly; that there is absolutely no way in
which the worker can shift the burden
CT his own failure to measure up TO his
responsibilities from himself and MS
fellows, for they make up 90 per cent
CT the population Of the world d-and ne
couldn't get the application He even
told of the number of printers now OUT
of work and the Importance of further
reducing hours in order that they might
sll have employment-the hoary o'd
labor union theory which has been dong
its best to wreck its believers ever since
labor discovered the art Of collective
bargaining. (My opinion, incidentally,
is indorsed by member of No. 8, ol
thirtyfive years standing
tried to get an expression from him
on what would happen if the real pro-
ducer, the farmer, should adopt the labor
union principle of decreased production
end shorter hours. Naturally, ne
couldn't conceive of such q thing. fe'
we learn that the American farmer VIII
this year get 81 500 100000 less for ra's-
ing 320,000,000 bushels more grain tbs
year than last. 1t is contrary TO every
principle for labor unionism-and trade
unionism-for any one 10 do more work
for less money, yet the farmer is dong
it. A. NJ. ADAMS.
Brooklyn, Oct. Q, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
The Latest illumination

The Presidents letter to Senator
Harding concerning informal ap-
proaches to the latter by French
representative who suggested that
the United States lead the way to a
world fraternity is characteristical-
ly arrogant.
If Mr.. Wilson had his way, it
would seem, no one except himself
would be allowed even to whisper in
relation to subject whereof he has
proclaimed a monopoly. He is so
incensed at others venturing to con-
slider it that he angrily puts forward
two alternatives as the only ones
possible.
The first is that Senator Harding
is liar and the second, if No. l is
rejected, is that the French govern
ment is dishonorable. In either case
there is a sufficient revelation Of a
pcrturbed state of mind.
But, though the less said about
the taste Of the outbreak the better,
it is not unwelcome. 1t contrib
utes something to popular education.
1t tends, though doubtless not so
intended, to bring to public notice
facts which partisanship has OBJ
scured- namely, that the League of
Nations, so far as it now exists, is
regarded by its principal members
as tentative and experimental and
that there is no strong objection to
recasting it or even discarding it al
together in favor of something
better.
This is not because the United
States is rot a member but be-
cause those already members have
not been able TO arrce Had we
been a member there would have
been merely an additional discord-
ant olemcnt. We would have seer
anothcr application of the doc
trine MY way or none,' and this
would have had its normal effect.
The disharmony was over the
course to be pursued with regard
% Russia and Poland Great Brit
ain wished to establish relations
with the Soviet power, and this was
tantamourt to abandoning Poland
France wished to protect and tc
save Poland. The Presidents letter
to the Italian Ambassador, it viii
be remembered, marked out thirc
program. Soviet Russia was tc
have no formal RECOGNITION, but al
the same time Poland was to have
no practical help. No one has rea
son to doubt that the President, dis
playing the quality his friends cal
frmness and his critics call stubborn
ness, would have clung to his PEE
prescription. The wrangle woult
have been three-sided instead o.
lwo-slded-that is the only differ
ence our membership in the League
would have brought
For a long time it was asserted
that the covenant must be ratisfet
as written, inasmuch as the othe
powers would not consent to ou
reservations. The country nov
knows this wasn't true. The pres
ent effort is to establish that tn
other powers will not consent to
new international association. Thi
also isn't true. We have before u
but another attempt to fool the pub
lie What the French representa-
tive said to Senator Harding is
commonplace not only in Franc
but in Great Britain and Italy.
From another point of view tn
Presidents letter is interesting. TIL
President is the captain of his part
campaign. He openly exercise
command. Cox is not even consul,
ed. The poor chap is ignored as O
no consequence.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
Dluidu1g the Fleet
By Quarterback

A layman not being very familiar
with Mahan's writings, may fail to
condemn the division of our feet be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific. He
may not fully realize the true func-
tions, or the strategic power, of a
feet in war. Much confusion exists on
this point.
In the first place it is a cardinal
principle that fleet does not exist
for coast defense. Not at all. Strictly
speaking, fleet has nothing to 40 with
coast defense. The coast must be de-
Tended by forts, mines, torpedoes, air
craft, submarines, etc. 1t was by such
means that Germany protected her
coast. And such means are ample. A
hostile feet can not and ehould not
ignore these defensive elements. 1t
may be seriously endangered, or even
destroyed, by them alone if il IS care
lessly handled. And helpless trans
ports, loaded with armies, cannot be
safely subjected to attack from sub
marines, aircraft and torpedocs.
Much time is needed to remove or de-
stroy such defenses, even IN the alb
sence of an enemy fleet. And the army
of the nation attacked must resist in
vasion if landing is threatened. So
much for coast defense proper.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
The Negro S Vo{e
Why It Should BE Cast .4goinst the
Democratic administration
10 the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: This is an appeal to the negro
to vote the Republican ticket this Pres
ldential year. 1t is directed to the
negro because the Democratic Admins
tratlon during the last seven wears has
made dastardly attempt to bring about
serf conditions for the race and strip
II of every vestige of polite :, indus
trial and educational rights in this coun-
try, an attempt to introduce con-
dltlons that came near tearing the
'atlon apart in the SOS. 1t has
teen egro-hating administration.
with everything done against him sane
toned by the President down. Begin
nlng IN 1912, when the President had
hardly taken his seat Of Office. con-
ccrted movement was aimed at the negro
government officials, when they were
segregated, screened eff in unsanitarv
rooms, Inundated and chagrined, and
the negro Federal offceholders. who
had been recognized part of the Cabi
net under all Republican regimes. were
turned out and their places filled by in
competent Democratic office seekers.
Then came the infamous civil service
regulation, when applicants had to send
their photos before appointment, which
meant that any face bearing the African
hue was put down as unfit. For two
days there ragged in Washington, right
under the shadow of the White House q
herce race riot, and during that time
"heh human souls were brutally killed.
not word came from the WASHINGTON
house in condemnation of this riotous
act. During the last seven years riots
have broken out all over this country.
IN centers least expected, and negroes
were lynched in Northern centers, after
ne fashion of the crowds that make nm
the Southern mobs. The lawess element
n this nation took advantage of the
lethargy of the Wilson Administration.
took their revenge out on the negro. and
as the result of the tyranny Of the South
over 100000 law-abding negroes of the
South had to seek other quarters for
safety. The old Ku-Klux Klan. that
was thought buried, revived again
under the Wilson regime, ana n many
of the Southern towns to-day that band
of midnight terrorists sweeps down
upon innocent negroes and drives them
from the farms and their homes.
Then came the Infamous Havtian mol
icy, when American marines were told to
go there and shoot down innocent ma
tives. AS the result of this policy; sane
toned by Secretary Daniels, $3.50
Haytians have been slain by representa-
tlves of a government sent to preserve
order Secretary Daniels has known
these facts since September. 1919. but
not a word has he uttered in condemna.
ton of such outrages This nation must
be restored to normal condition. or. il
rot, conditions like those in Russia will
prevail. The last seven years have beer
cnes Of race discord. | appeal to the
negro to end this Infamous rule. II
"the wages of sin is DEATH" then it
means death for the Democratic party
for it has sinned.
CLEVELAND G. ALLEN.
Negro Editor.
New York. Oct Is. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
Calvin Coolidge Says
(From his address at Manchester

(f rom ms dddTeSs at Wdnchcster,
". H., September II, 1920
"The independence of the Congress
must be preserved 1t is not the for
tune of legislatures to be popular. they
DO not catch the public fancy. Being
human they may err But no Lcgisla
ture ever usurped the liberties of a
country, and no country ever lost it's
liberties until its legislative repre-
sentatives had been stripped of their
independence and their power. The
sole defender of the liberties of the
nation by the only effective means for
ther preservation, an independent
Congress, now left to the American
people is the Republican party"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19

Can it be possible that the French
government has done anything so
outrageous as to send mysterious
envoy to America, travelling on a
secret mission, representing nobody
can be sure whom-a Colonel House,
in short?
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19

hampering of such an undertaking
merely for lack of sufficient funds,
however, should not be permitted.
It Is too important matter of ma
tional interest.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19

Our neighbor The World gives
signs that it realizes that this time
of the campaign is one in which
party organ is expected to give birth
tc a roorback.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
Snlite Hin, Doun!

And, again, the fleet in being" to
fulfill its mission beyond all doubt,
must be much more powerful than the
enemy's fleet, or superior to it in fight
ing efficiency. Moreover, this surest
defence, this force which assumes to
command the sea-" should represent
the nations maximum naval power, or
utilize if po1ible so much of the ma
tion's sea strength as to be absolutely
invincible at all times. 1t must not
simply aim to defeat, but to complete
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
The Coming 7ower
AS Sung hv a Brookalyn Sopranner
Sea It'd one day yatt the yawginn
was weary ann dill at tea,
zand my fingers wandah dye dlee
OYah the nersy KEYS.

Il ran into II. Bell Brown, Esquire,
at my haberdasher's this morning."
writes M. C. "He was looking at shirt
ings, and thought he might purchase
some cravats and half hose, though he
was just browsing around, as one does
at shops of the better Sort"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
Raids Hnefectire

There is one more point. Some of
our people may think it wise to divide
the fleet in order to have even q small
naval force on the coastsa at the
point that may be first attacked. But
here again Mahan comes in-the great
est Of all naval strategists. He in
sts that the fleet in being" though
of course, it should, if possible, be
held in the ocean where the enemy first
appears, will, nevertheless, if kept un-
divided and invincible, be a much surer
ultimate defense and much more potent
for ultimate offense even if it happens
to be IN far-away sea than if il is
divided and scattered in an attempt to
cover all points. The reader must not
question Mahan's principle-it is vital.
The fact that one coast may be bonn
barded or a landing effected by the
--.emy in the absence of our aeet will
rot WIN the war for him. If our fleet
Is more powerful than his; if it is un-
divided, organized, drilled and disci-
pinned as one big, overwhelming fight
ing force, its mere existence anywhere
on earth insures the ultimate destruc-
tion of the enemy's sea power and his
humiliatng defeat in war! The evil
day 6ox him may be somewhat post
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
A Parodist, a Pnrodist, Most Ingenious
Parodist

ParodSt
Sir: Since you and w. T. L. seem to be
speaking of metrcal parodists, can you tell
me, in the interests of accuracy q few of
the rhymed parodies Of Max Beerbohm? Are
you not forgetting that his two notable
volumes in the vein GA Christmas Garland"
and Seven Menu are fully as much prose
at Bret Harte's CONDENSED Novels"
And if one considers Bunner and Calverley
great parodists Gin spite of the fact that
both rarely wrote parody but devoted them
selves chiefly to. respectively a delicate and
lusty light verse;, why not add Austin Dob
SON. Andrew Lang, and even old Matthew
Prior? And if you seriously put forward
Quiller-Couch as a parodist Of the first rank
where would you place his acknowledged
superior, Owen Seaman? And has every
one forgotten that James Whitcomb Riley
began as a burlesque bard par excellence.
foolng the iterati of the '70s with his
newly discovered" poems of Poe and others :?
And, if one is thinking of Bayard Taylor,
why not give thought to Henley's incisive
parodies and Swinburnes memorable series.
The Seven Against Sense?
LOUIS UNTERMEYER
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
The Only Mission

The one and only "misson' of a
objective is the enemy's feet. 1t can
not control the sea and it cannot per
form it's first dury-seek out and de-
stroy the enemys tlcet-if it is tied
up to the beach. if it is chained to our
seaports, if it is divided and scattered
along our coasts. Such fleet is no
fleet at all!
Admiral Mahan in all his writings
emphasizes this principle. He insists
that the fleet must be free to roam the
seas. 1t must follow, everlastingly,
the enemy's fleet. 1t must be d free
lance. The Grand Fleet of Great
Britain was not kept at Scapa Flow to
protect the English coast. Not at al.
1t was kept there, intact, for but one
purpose, it had but one mission
to meet, to fight and to overwhelm or
drive back the German fleet should
that fleet attempt to come out and gain
control Of the sea. The Grand Fleet
defended the British Empire indeed
it defended the world; it commanded
the sea everywhere simply by blockad-
ing and rendering useless the German
fleet. 1t did not exist, nor was it en-
ployed, to defend the coast.
Another point must be noted The
mere existence of the Grand Fleet was
sufficien to accomplish this great re-
suit. 1t was not necessary for it to
! fight single battle for more than
two years-after Jutland. 1t was an
! irresistible weapon ever ready. 1t was
a veritablc Sword of Dam, cles' 1t
was held there. with its one mission
constantly in mind. It's eye was con-
stantly upon one thing--the German
fleet, nothing else. In this it obeyed
Mahan. The Grand Fleet was what
Mahan called a fleet in being"-a
powerful floating force free at all
times to perform the true functions
of fleet in war.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19

Of course, it was silly of us to
think of Max Becrbohm as a metrcal
parodst We do put Quiler-C Couch
forth seriously as a parodist, and offer
"Green Bays" as proof Owen Seaman
we should rate high; also Henley and
Swinburne.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
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New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
Concentration OF Force

The writings of Mahan bristle with
arguments for concentration of force"
Dispersion is condemned on every
rage. In dividing our fleet W. de-
liberately violate Mahan's doctrine.
We play into the hands of an enemy.
We protect our enemy from crushing
oefeat. Nothing justifes this.
Dispersion and division of forces.
ahoat and ashore, has always been dis
astrous. Rear Admiral Fiske makes
this plain in his new book. The Art of
Fighting. There are numerous exam
Piles. One will suffice. In the Russo
japanese War the Russians, though
war had threatened for some time, had
separated their Asiatic fleet into three
parts-one at Vladivostok, one in Corea
and one at Port Arthur. As a result
the Japanese pounced upon, destroyed
blockaded or kept these fragments sep
arated. Thus the whole powerful force
was rendered helpless and useless. Had
the three divisions always been to-
gether, organized, drilled and prepared
as one efficient fleet, the Russians might
possibly have met the Japanese on even
terms; or, if defeated, they would at
least have so crippled the Japanese
aeet that Rojestvensky's reserve
force, which arrived later. might have
successfully met the surviving Japa-i
nese fleet al Tsushima, ina ,much as the
japanese had no reserves. But dis
perslon destroyed the Russian Asiatic
fleet, and then Togo fell upon and COM
pletely destroyed RojestvensAy. Con-
centration conquered dispersion. The
Russian Navy Department lost the war
by dividing its feet. This is enough.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19

ly destroy the enemy. 1t must seek
TO overwhelm him. Here, once more,
we should note another of Mahan's
wonderful maxims: "The assumption
of the defensive in war is ruin. War,
once declared, must we waged ag-
gressively, relentlAssly. The energy
must not simply be Tended off. but
smitten DOWN." This latter principle
alone suffices utterly to condemn the
division of our feet. If we have an
overwhelming force we must keep it
ard use it. We must not subdivide or
scatter it, trusting that a part of it
will suffice to meet the enemy We
must provide for the complete de-
struction of the enemy-if possible.
We must "smite him down'-if we
can.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19

the police and detective say
ing churches la femme Newark
Ledger.
Probably it is.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
But old Vox

Says he won't vote fer Guy'nor Cox.
p. P. A.