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New-York tribune., 1920-04-08
Japan in Vladivostok

me Japanese occupation OF Vladi-
vostok followed attacks on the jap
anese forces at other points in
the Maritime Province, notably at
Nikolsk and Khabarovsk. In the
original Allied intervention in ST.
IBERIA Jepan undertook to pacify
the lower Amur region, where the
Bolshevist forces were most active
and where the Hungarian and Aus
.trian ex-prisoners of war were most
effectively organized in support of
the "Red" regime. The Japanese
easily overran this section and cap
tured Blagovestchensk, the capital of
the Amur Province.
When Kolchak retreated east from
Omsk toward Irkutsk and the
Czecho-Slovak, British, Italian and
American contingents were about to
return home the Japanese seemed
inclined to set up a military barrier
to Bo'shevism on the line of Lake
Baikal. Then the whole fabric of
the Kolchak government suddenly
collapsed. The admiral was mur-
dered. Eastern Siberia was cap
tured by the "Red" army. A Gordon
on the Lake Baikal line became i'm
practicable. The Japanese garrisons
IN the Amur district soon found them
selves in a difficult position. Local
Red" hostility increased and finally
hlazed out in the attacks at Nikolsk
and khabarovsk on the forces of oc
cupation.
Up to April I, when the last
American contingent sailed from
Vladivostok, that city was under an
ostensibly pro-Ally Russian govern
ment Fearing trouble with it or
actually encountering trouble with
it, the japanese command decided
to take over the port-the main
base of communication with japan.
The occupation has been accom-
plished after much hard street
fighting.
Japan has reason to fear the
spread of Bolshevist propaganda
INTO Corea. She is protecting her
frontiers in holding Vladivostok and
retaining foothold in Eastern ST.
IBERIA until order is reestablished in
Russia and the Moscow government
settles its affairs with the Entente
powers. Toxic cannot be blamed for
dealing on a war basis with Lenine
or any local administration sub
scrvient to him, for the Entente is
still technically as much at war with
the Soviets as it was when it was
lighting Lenine in the Urals, in the
Archangel region, in Southern Rus
sia or on the Polish, Rumanian or
Baltic state fronts.
The Allied powers seized Vladi-
vostok in 1913 as war measure.
Japan has taken exclusive possession
Of the city as Wal measure. Her
right and privilege to do so cannot
be questioned merely because the
other Allied contingents have evacu-
ated Siberia. Japan naturally does
not propose to have an openly hostile
power established in sight of her
coasts, able to raid her shipping with
submarines.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08
The Coming 7ower

ORACLE
Bulkley, Of Colchester, stretched, yawned.
and sighed;
Folded the foolscap sheets, 10 each applied
Its waters: then no rose and crossed the
And looked ont on his apple trees In bloom.
THE church In Hebron, like these orchard
trees,
May yet bear precious fruit II Heaven
please"
He mused II pray her promise be not lost
Through fatal tempest or untnely frost.
Sometimes my head is sick. my whole heart
fants
Der this unceasinx strife among tho saints
1t must be meant that In another sphere
Peacemakers shall be blest-not now or here"
And then John Bulkey. having nibbed anew
His pen, with flourish snarled and curlicue
Directed his two letters.
In due course
Tho Hebron church folk were convened in
force
To hear the awaited words Of counsel read.
My brethren all" the moderator said,
Our reverend adviser writes: Repair
Your fences no,U. and take especial care
OF tho old black buu. These words Of his
appear
OF mystic purport. very far from clear.
therefore call any who may choose
To give a full expression Of their views"
At last member said: my friends, indeed
This to me the advice that most we
need.
Repair uour fences means We should take
heed
Whom wc admit and in our numbey hold
Strange cattle have brought discord to- the
fold
The old black bull most plainly signifies
Against that ancient enemy shall set
A double guard. that he may never get
Rampant again among u.s." Then a hum
or appreciation halle this Daniel come
To Judgment. 1t was voted that they try
The Bulkley plan; and ere month went by,
The Hebron church, to harmony restored.
Blessed sage John Bulkley's name and praised
But on distant farm in Colchester town.
John Bulkleys tenant with a puzzled frosvn
Conned DER a lcng thy missve-and in vain;
Grumbling, why should he write in this
here strain!
There's somethn' loose In Dominic Bulkley's
brain" n s. r
"The Fanny Hursts and the Edna
fcrbers." writes Prof. Haywood Broun,
have taken US up long flights of stairs
into the humdrummery of Harlem"
Which story Of Miss Fcrber's pictures
the humdrummery, or the romance, or
the anything, of Harlem? None that
we have read. Perhaps Pro-
fessor Broun is thinking of the Emma
McChesney stories, which treated of the
emale-drummery of the waist trade
And why couple Miss Hurst and Miss
Ferber, whose similarity ends in their
being women writer's of fiction? AS
we'll speak of the Haywood Brouns and
the Paul Elmer MOres.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08
Vale the Favorite Son!

The Michigan primaries seem to
have a clarifying effect on public
opinion with respect to the probable
outcome of the contest for the Re-
publican Presidential nomination.
General Wood was beaten-badly
beaten; yet, paradoxically, his
chances of success at Chicago are
better than week ago.
The chief menace to the Wood
candidacy has been in the "favorite
son" movements. The plan of his
most astute opponents was to dead
lock the convention and then rely on
the natural tendency of groups in a
convention to concentrate against
the leader.
The poor showing in Michigan by
Governor Lowden of Illinois follow
ing his failure in South Dakota may
be regarded as practically ending
the "favorite SON. plan. Governor
Lowden is the strongest of the favor
ite sons-barely missed getting into
the list of national candidates. If
he is not able to impress his Michi-
gan neighbors, what other state
favorite has chance?
Not only is Michigan unwilling to
put herself in trading position, but
Wisconsin, on the same day, broke
her habit of sending a delegation to
shout uselessly in behalf Of Senator
La Toilette. The number of in
structed delegates at Chicago will be
large, but the situation does not
promise to be complicated by local
pride. For not only is the Lowden
boom Debated, but even more the
Sprowl, Harding and Poindexter
balloons. All of this is obviously to
the advantage of General Wood be-
cause making for a speedier show
down.
That Senator johnson will be
nominated is, of course, not antici-
pated even by the Senator. His at
titude Of reealcitrancy with respect
to the treaty makes him unavailable
The country has had enough OF
know-it it-all stubbornness. His nomi-
nation would Immediately revive
dropping Democratic hopes and
jeopardize the November result.
In 1912, while the Democratic Ma
tional Convention was balloting at
Baltimore, with Speaker Clark in the
lead, Kermit Roosevelt, asked to in
dicate Oyster Bays view, made the
country laugh by blurting out: "Pop
is, Of course, praying for Champ"
Similarly Woodrow may be assumed
now to be praying for Hiram.
Mr.. Hoover remains to be consid-
cred, and it is plain his friends have
reason to be cheerful over the Michi-
gan result. 1t has been demon
strated that he is exceedingly strong
with independents and with num-
bers of the other party. His sup
porters may claim with plausibility
that he is even more certain tc
be elected than General Wood
So, though the Hoover delegates at
Chicago may be few, it may be said
if General Wood stumbles, that the
next best bet is Mr. Hoover. Con
ventions have strong prejudice in
favor Of selecting candidates whose
nomination lessons anxiety during
the campaign We dismiss alto
gether the theory that a few party
bosses, even though they have the
power, will be foolish enough to
name any one who falls into the
classification Of the hard boiled.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08

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New-York tribune., 1920-04-08

est Of "skin- alive" annexation
lists is merely further evidence Of
the fact that the learned faculty of
Berlin University lives still in the
spiritual atmosphere Of 1914.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08
No Possible Doubt Whatever

Ffom The Kansas C,ty Star)
Inc German propaganda for revi-
SION OF the Treaty of Versailles de-
'cribes that document as "the greatest
crime of humanity" Probably that is
a little strong, for even at TIE worst
the treaty could only be the next to
the greatest. First place rsmsiys
undisputed
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08

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New-York tribune., 1920-04-08
The kopp Stroke

German military forces remain in
the control of the old military gang.
The most vital concern for this Prus-
sian group is to preserve the army in
tact, following the precedent Of Prus-
sia after Jena. But under the pro-
visions of the Treaty of Versailles n
reduction of the army should take place
in the current week. Therefore, so far
from being unwelcome, the Ruhr dis
orders are blessing for the military
party. This leads, naturally. to the
suspicion that the military party had
two strings to it's bow In its recent
countcr-revolutlon.
Indeed, Ii may appear lator that the
object Of the Kapp stroke was not to
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08
French PoHcu
By Franz II. Simonds

i IeaCn pOllcy, as represented IN the
decision to occupy Frankfort, must be
interpreted in the light of the actual
facts and not of the imaginary scndi-
tions created by propaganda to deceive
the western nations. BY the Treaty of
Versailles the French were assured
three things: the prompt reduction of
the German army, tho creation of a
neutralized zone between the Rhine
and France, and for a fixed distance
east Of the river, and the payment to
France of preliminary indemnity in
the shape of monthly coal contribu-
tion, intended to replace the coal yield
Of the Lens district, which had been
abolished by German depredations.
Now, the Germans have failed to live
up to any one Of these three pro-
visions. They have increased, not re-
duced, their army; the coal payments
have sunk to nothing, and, finally, they
have now, without Allied permission
invaded the neutralized area east of
the Rhine. Thus the French see the
Treaty Of Versailles transformed into
useless thing, less than year after
it was signed.
No Decision in France
If the German continues to increase
his army, If he obtains the right to vio-
late the neutralized area, if he is able
to evade the coal payment, France has
lost all that the war could have brought
to her; her terrible sacrifices have
been in vain, and she must face the
possibility, the probability, Of another
war. Therefore, there is not the small
est division among Frenchmen as to
the course that the French government
must pursue.
For the French there is a profound
diSillusionment in American and Brit
lsh policy at the present htur. Neither
OF the nations was invaded during the
war; both of them achieved real Sc
curity when the German fleet was
eliminated; but despite the fact that
France has been left in a difficult sit
uation, without any sure protection
against German attack, both the United
States and Great Britain, in their
eagerness to get back to busi'.ess rcla-
tlons with Germany, profitable for
them, have shown complete willing
ness to close their eyes to the needs
and perls of France.
All the discussion in Britain, which
had its echoes in the United States, Of
the need Of modifying the terms of the
treaty of peace, and all the modifica-
tions proposed were at the expense of
France and have had their effect in
Germany. The present defiance of the
French prohibition of any violation Of
the neutralized area Is only logical
consequence of the German interprcta-
tion of Anglo o-American sympathy with
the Germans and support Of the sug-
gcstions of modified peace settle
ment
The kapp Stroke
German military forces remain in
the control of the old military gang.
The most vital concern for this Prus-
sian group is to preserve the army in
tact, following the precedent of Prus-
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08

They may legislate the Socialist
party out Of politics, but tho scent Of
ldcnlism will cling to it still But
why not let tho Socialist party alone,
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08
The Diary Ct Oar Own SamueIp2pys


The Diary cf0ur Own SamueI Papys
April 6-Up, and to the Office, where
all day; and SO with r. Ives to dinner,
and thereafter, with my wife and Mis-
t:css Ellis Lardncr and Neysa and Sally
and Rosina and R. Lardner and T.
Hutchinson and II. Harrison, to the
circus, and Neysa and Ellis rode upon
the elephants, and looked more royal
than any queens ever saw. So to the
inn, where | had beaker Of sarsa-
parila and cheese rabbit, and home
and to bed.
News that Senator johnson hath
defeated General Wood and Governor
Lowden in the Michigan primaries, yet
l doubt that he will be our next Pres
ident. At my scrivening all day, and
l.. Dodd, the author, to see me, and
I glad of seeing him. Very merry all
day, forasmuch as lady told me last
night | appear younger each time she
sees me.
We have taxes upon every article
which enters the mouth or covers the
back; taxes upon warmth, light and
locomotion; taxes upon everything
which comes from abroad, or is grown
at home; taxes on the sauce which
pampers mans appetite, and the drug
which restores him to health; on the
orminc which decoratcs the Judge, and
the rope which hangs tho criminal; on
tie poor mans salt and the rich mans
spice. The dying Englishman, pour
ing his medicine, which has paid 7 per
cent, into a tpoon, that has paid Is
per cent, fings himself upon his chintz
bed, which has paid 22 per cent, ard
expires in the arms Of physician who
has paid a license of s10O for the
privilege of putting him to death. His
whole property is then Immediately
taxed from 2 to 10 per cent. His
virtues are handed down to posterity
on taxed marble, and he is then
gathered to his fathers to be taxed
no more.
How things have improved since
1918, when Sidney Smith wrote the
foregoing!
On First Seeing the Word "Deplore"
in Political Editorial, Season
of 1920
And shall I, nearing forty-six,
Make my blood boil with politics?
Astute old ego answers, Nix!
C. B. D.
Those who complain that costs are
rising and production is decreasing
might contemplate this column 1t
used to be 297 agate lines in length;
now it is 800 lines. The price, ab-
surdly enough, remains the same
More than a thousand extra lines a
yearl Good news for contributors.
Every copy reader should read "Why
We Punctuate," as intelligent and
ing of clear and simple English. A
reading of the paragraphs on the hy-
phen would make copy readers stop
speaking OF "Anti-R Rent Prohtecring
Bills" for one thing.
1t Is unjust to the American libret-
tlst to say that he doesn't take current
topics for his themes We have heard
OF show in town which contains al
lusions not only to prohibition, but
also to ouija boards.
If the bill eliminating tho Socialist
party becomes a law, we shall either
devote all our time to politics or re-
solve never to vote again
They may legislate the Socialist
party out Of politics, but tho scent OF
ldcnllsm will cling to it still. But
why not let tho Socialist party alone 7
That system did tho Ausiness for tho
Democratic party. f. P A.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08
What France Asks

OF course, in such a situation the
British government would reply that
1t must be the judge Of its own condi-
t'ons, that 1T must be permitted to de-
eide from what direction it was men,
aced. But this is precisely what the
French are now asking. For them Ger
many is the immediate menace. And in
Germany they see the deadly peril
comes from the Prussian militarists,
not from the radicals of the Ruhr.
The French case is, then, quite sim
pie. France asks that the German
army be reduced, as the Treaty OF Yer
sailles provides. She insists that the
neutralized areas remain neutralizcd.
or that German invasion Of the Ruhr
shall be countcrbalanced by French oc-
cupation of Frankfort, as guarantee Of
ultimate German withdrawal from the
Rhine area; she demands the coal
without which her industries must sus
pend, exactly as the Germans planned.
when they wrecked tho Lens coal area
during tho war.
Since her allies win NOT help her.
France is resolvca to act alone. No
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08

That systcm did tho Ausiness for tho
bemocrat'c party. f. r. a.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08

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New-York tribune., 1920-04-08

SciLc CONITOi OF the government, but
merely to incite disorders which would
supply an argument, the old argument
OF Bolshevism, to defend the mainte-
nance Of the German army at its pres
ent enormous strength. For the mill
tarists there is just one issue now. to
save the army. Unless there were
some new justification all the Allied
nations would combine to force the re-
duction of the army, but the British
and American fear Of Bolsheyisn is
still so acute that the Germans have
calculated that it can be turned to
their advantage and the army saved, if
only there is semblance of Bolshe-
vism in Germany.
lNititarisn Charge absurd
The fact is that France is afraid of
German militarism, and Britain and.
in measure, the United States are still
shaken with apprehension over the
peril of Bolshevism. Thus, while the
French are insisting that the German
army be reduced, the British are quite
willing to see the German army main
tanned, at least until there is no more
danger Of German anarchy. But the
French see quite clearly that the Ger
mans can use this British apprehen-
sion to postpone rehabilitation in
definitely until the time when they can
resist it openly. Thus Allied police
comes to chaos.
1t is, Of course, preposterous to
charge the French with militarism at
this moment. What has actually hap
pened IS that American and British
policy has, for reasons of obvious self
interest, decided that the real danger
IN Germany is Bolshevism, not Prus-
sianism, while the French policy has
concluded that the peril comes from
the mlitaristic direction. Thus France
is acting to compel the reduction of the
German army and the maintenance Of
the Treaty of Versailles, and, neces-
sarily, she has to act alone.
To take an obvious parallel, the
British at the present time have con-
centrated very great forces in Ireland
because they feel the security of their
empire is menaced in that quarter. If
France should urge the British to per
NIT the Sim Fein to occupy Dublin.
and, in fact, to control Ireland, alleg-
ing that the real danger in Britain
came from the Ulsterites and not the
Sim Fein, the situation would be about
what exists in Germany, with America
and Britain urging the French to per-
nit the Junker elements to keep con-
troll of great army and to invade the
prohibited areas.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08

If the bill eliminating the Socialist
party becomes law, we shall either
devote all our time to politics or re-
solve never TO vote again.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08

And why couple Miss Hurst and Miss
Ferber, whose similarity ends in their
being women writer's of fiction? AS
we'll speak of the Haywood Brouns and
the Paul Elmer Mores.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08

GUARANTY

Suffered at tho Postottcs =, New Yssk ~ ssesod
Cas- Man Matter
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08

Those who complain that costs are
rising and production is decreasing
might contemplate this column. 1t
used to be 297 agate lines in length;
now it is 800 lines. The price, ab-
surdly enough, remains the same.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08
On First Seeing the Word "Deplore"
in Political Editorial, Season
of 1920

And shall I, nearing forty-six,
Make my blood boil with politics?
Astute old ego answers, Nix.
G.. B. D
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08
More than a thousand extra lines
yearl Good news for contributors.

1t Is unjust to the American libret-
tist to say that he doesn't take current
topics for his themes We have heard
OF show in town which contains al
lusons not only to prohibition, but
also to ouija boards.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-08

1918, when Sidney Smith wrote the
foregoing!
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-01
aft To Speak AT
Tuskegee School.

uskegee Institute, Ala, April "a
Elaborate preparations are being made
at Tuskegee Institute for the Founder g
Day Exercises, which will be held at the
Institute Thursday, April 81, at which
time ex-President William H. Taft will
deliver the address bearing upon the
significance of the life ofHthe later
BROKER T. Washington.
William G. Wilcox, of New York
City, and Chairman of the Tuskegee
Trustee Board; Julius Rosenwald, Chi
ago philanthropist; Frank Trumbull, of
New York City; Charles E. Mason, or
Boston, Mass, and other northern
.rustees are inviting group of friends to
Join the party of trustees, who will
make the trip from New York, Chicago
ind Boston TO Tuskegee for their an
nual visit.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-01
TAKE LEAD IN APPLI-
CATIONS FOR STATE
CERTIFICATES

Birmingham, Ala, April %. - State
examinations for white teachers are
being held in the Jefferson county
courthouse in Judge John C. Pugh s
courtroom.
The Negro teachers are taking their
examinations at the Thomas school.
DR.. n. 4. Baker, county superintcn-
dent of education. calls attention to the
small number of white teachers who
have applied. He says that this state
sof. affairs has been in effect since the
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-01
Chinese Prince Sued
For Divorce By
Hawaiian Beauty

Mrs. Alice Gordon Lee, 3012 Prai-
RE Ave. reputed to be of Hawaiian
extraction and to possess wealth, in
her bill filed in the Superior Court
of Cook County by her attorneys
Ellis & Westbrooks states, that al
though she married Frank Lee, a
wealthy Chinese merchant prince on
March 10, 1920 she was compelled
to separate from him on April list,
1920, and that the short period of
her married life instead of being
filled with roses was full of thorns.
That on March 21st, two days after
they were married that instead of
tender embraces and lucious oscula3
tons from her Frank he greeted hei
by beating her about the head and
chest and using abusive language
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-01

J" HE mattresses in most of
our restaurants continue
i to regale their "doings"
of the night before to Gus
toners of their acquaintance and to
those who are working with them
They never seem to think that most
of the patrons are not interested in
this unseemly and most times loud
chatter and that many patrons seek
the lone arm" restaurants or auto
matte lunches in order not to have
to put up with that might life Cos
sip. | wonder if some of the pro-
prietors know this? | wonder if
these proprietors also know that one
man has gone out of the restaurant
business because of the "long dis
lance" conversations of his wait
resses?