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The New York herald., 1920-01-17
SYRIA ESSAYS BATTLE.

Battles in Syria between the native inhabitants
and the French are reported by way Of Cairo and
London. Only such scraps Of intelligence as can
find knothoes or cracks in the high fence OF cen
sorship have reached the world hut these indicate
that tho fighting has been at various points and in
considerable force. The Syrians fulfilling their
oft-rcpeated threats TO resist by arms the over
lordshp OF France.
No reader of the HEIALps special correspond
encc from the Near East can be surprised Mt the
news The clash inevitable and will con
tinue 1t is more than the revolt Of a proud peo-
pie against n colonial suzcrainty imposed upon
them against their will; it is the conflict of two
utterly irrcconcilable principles.
Older than the American Declaration Of Tndc-
pendencc is the passion of patriots to govern them
selves in freedom from alien rule This war be-
tween Imperialism and Independence is world
wide and unending II is universal conflict.
Every continent and every color and every class
The New York herald., 1920-01-17
HELP THIS SPLENDID WORK.

The American Legion does we'll to direct the IT.
tention Of business to the fact that there still
are thousands Of American boys who served their
country and their flag during the late war and
who now are out Of employment. Here is a prob
lem which most persons thought had been solved.
1t appears, however, from a statement by DR..
Richard Derby, son-in-law of the late Theodore
Roosevelt that at least three hundred applications
for work arc received each week from veterans of
the war and that thousands of former soldiers
who have received jobs so uncongenially
placed that in the interests OF efficiency a general
shifting around is needed.
This is a big job yet one that must be done. It
is unthnkable that any American who wore the
uniform of the army, the navy or the Marine
without it All praise to DR.. Derby and to Colonel
Marcel Keene, q. s. A, who have reopened the
employment bureau at No. 500 Pearl street and are
prepared to tackle this problem.
These men need help and are entitled to it. It is
the personal affair of every employer in this city
to cooperate with them. DR. Derby says that
men experienced in every line of industry seek
ing work. so here is a medium through which the
job and the man get together
The telephone number at the employment bu-
reau Is worth--92JO. Call It to-day, Mr.. Business
Man, and offer at least one chance to a boy who
put his all in the balance when his country called.
The New York herald., 1920-01-17
HIGH PRICES.

To TIE EDITOR or THE ilERALp:-
What is the matter with trade? Iligh
prices for everything you eat. yet you
cannot sell foodstuffs out Of the ware
houses of New York for less than ccst
prices. Just try 1t as a broker ana ses
how you come out. Europe is supposed
TO be starving and Uncle Sam is asked 10
give up $50 Oo.0oO to feed Austria Steam
ers are landing foodstuffs from Europe
daily in New York. a large quantity ue
butter from Denmark has just arrived. Vet
the people in Europe arc suffering prr-
cipally from the want of fats. There ar>
moro eggs stored in New York today ihar
during the war. yet just try to buy q
dozen and see how YOU come out. tnc'
Sam is going to feed Austria. Who II
going to feed the United States? With al
the promises from Washington VIC have
been fed on about the cheaper cost Of
living. We are still paying high prices for
food and Europe is beginning to feed rs
at high prices instead Of feeding her own
people
The question OF supply and demand docs
not cut much figure in prices these days.
Charge all the traffic will bear. used 70
be the policy of G. p. Huntington. of the
Central Pacific Railroad. That seems 20
be the policy today in regard to the prices
of foodstuffs. HAROLD STURGES.
New York City. Jan. II. 1920.
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Herald Readers !.
Discuss Topics
of Live Interest
Correspondent Finds Parallels TO the
Intolerance Expressed in the !
Eighteenth Amendment.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HEnArp:-

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD: -
There never has been a greater
wrong perpetrated on the American
people than the prohibition amendment
to the constitution.
Depriving the citizen OF his personal
liberty. which was the underlying basis
OF the Declaration OF Independence.
without his having any say in the mat
ter or allowed to vote on it. is a crime.
aganda Of misstatements and the huge
expenditure Of money used to bring =
about
When you consider the very serious
economic condition OF the world, the
burden OF taxation caused by the war,
which is bound to be greater later on,
the high cost OF living and the unsatis-
factory business situation, it seems a
shame that prohibition had to be added
Just when the government requires
the revenue derived from 1t and when
II means the wiping out OF hundreds Of
millions of dollars Of property (Which
the government will probably have to
pay for) and the throwing out of en-
ployment of tens OF thousands of men.
1t Is now that we want to increase our
imports from Europe to offset our sur
plus exports. and the great item Of
wines and liquors which we should be
buying from Europe in great quantities
is prohibited. just because a group of
intolerant men with only one viewpoint
have forced it on US for "our own good"
1t is just the same spirit that caused
the inquisition in the earlier history Of
the Church; just the same excuse that
the Germans gave for starting the war
for the good OF the rest Of the world:
the same spirit that burned alleged
witches in Colonial days; just as intol-
Grant and unjust as the Bolshevik gov
ernment OF Russia. forcing the people
to do their will, stealing their property
and destroying their freedom and hap
piness. There was never a greater in
suit or a greater humiliation to the
manhood OF a great nation of intelli-
gent and enlightened people than this
eighteenth amendment.
l have been reader OF the HERALD
for fifty years. and nothing in that
time has happened that was so unjust
and unnecessary and deplorable as the
eighteenth amendment to the constitu-
ton.
A GENUINE AMERICAN FOR FIVE
GENERATIONS.
New York City, Jan. Is. 1920.
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Civilization May Have Reason
to Tremble at Danger, Says
DR.. Ellis.
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
| [Copyri9ht, 1920, By the Neao York Herald
| Company-AU RiqhtS ReserredI

lCOpyTtyHt, I5~U, Oy Ne NeD 4 OfH HeTo!d
Compony-4H Rights Reserred.I
Slowly the idea has percolated into the
consciousness of civilization that Boil
shevism is conducting universal cam
paign. To Occidentals that merely means
an attempt to capture Europe and Amer-
lea. Really, though, the most omincus
aspect Of the Red drive is its effect upon
Asia.
Early IN the rise of Bolshevism in Rus
sia it struck for Turkestan and the Cau-
casus. That meant something portentous.
1t revealed a comprehensive knowledge
OF, history on the part of somebody at
the centre of the Boshevik movement.
For all the great racial migrations, from
the days of Noah down. have come out
OF mid-Asia and the Caucasus. Turkestan
has throughout the ages been bubbling
we'll Of human life and origins Lenine
simply followed the clear strategy of his
tory when he made Tashkent, in Tur-
kestan. and Tiflis in the Caucasus, cen
tres Of his propaganda.
Any man who, as a scout OF civilization.
has been on the scene Of this battle be-
tween the red and the black. between Boil
shevism and reaction, may be forgiven
for writing in condemnation Of the course
of the European Powers, for their blum
ders have now resulted in the gravest
possibility Of all--that discontented Asia
M make tho wild leap from no self
government at all to the extreme mob
license Of Bolshevism. Once let the
peoples who have no traditions Of democ-
racy or OF crowd-restraint accept the
teachings that are coming out Of Russia
and civilization will have reason to
tremble.
AS the case now stands, Turkestan,
which is that section Of Russia lying along
the borders of Persia, Afghanistan and
Mongolia, and within easy reach of India.
has been rather thoroughly Bolshevized.
Its central city, Tashkent. had been fixed
upon as the centre to which the leaders
would retire II forced out OF Petrograd
and Moscow. for ii is closer to the major
ity of mankind than is Paris or London.
Already the Bolshevist doctrines have
been carried into India, Persia, Mongolia
and Afghanistan. They have tinged the
recent political unrest in all OF these coun-
tries. The idea is spreading rapidly amid
the ignorant and the oppressed that Boil
shevism is the new cure-all for mankind
The New York herald., 1920-01-17
PRAISES NEW YORK WOMEN.

To THE EpTTor or THE HEEArp:-
read with interest your California. cor
respondents (Mr Matthews) letter in
viting the ladies Of the East to spend their
vacations in the West.
It Is tribute to the Eastern women
and particularly. J think. those of The
greatest city on earth-New York | have
spent many vacations in New York, and
have found os D rule that the New York
women arc very capable indeed; wise. kind.
patert. pathetic. human. humorous
big hearted and broad minded-r fact. the
very cream OF womankind. And have
found IN my travels that men from Ill
parts of the L. s. A.. and. in fact from
all parts OF tho globe. have expressed 4
great admiration for the women or New
York. and not few have desired to annr x
one OF them for life And why not. for
they have all tho virtues n discerning and
apprcciative man could wish fo- in . lire
partner. They cannot he surpassed W
those IN other parts OF the globe
CALVIN J, 'roMrktNS.
Daytcna, Fla, jan ~, 1920. Il
The New York herald., 1920-01-17
IN CONSECRATED GROUND.

To THE EpIroR OF THE HERALD
I most heartily commend and approve
OF your editorial in today's paper ''rncrea So
ing the Number of Funerals" You ex-
press my sentiments exactly. have been
the recipient Of "Mr. Directors" appeals.
as one intimately interested. and was dis
tressed and narrowed thereby.
The last paragraph OF your editorial
should he printed in big type on your first
pa sc and left to stand until its noble senti-
ment burns into the minds Of the Amer
lean people -
LET the dead rest where they fell and
in the ground that they consecrated by tho
great sacrifice
They served their country until death.
In death let me proclaim by the ou'-
stretched arms OF these thousands cf
crosses what America did for France and
for freedom and fer humanity. and. al
though dead, speak to tie coming genera
tiors throughout the oges.
ONE WHOSE SOLDIER SON RESTS IN
FRANCE.
New York City. Jan. IS. 1920.
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SECRETARY BAKER TO THEIR DEFENCE.

Secretary Baker did not mend the breach be-
tween himself and the friends Of those officers de-
scribed by Representative Gallivan, of Massachu-
decorations by the War Department. In a recent
speech in the House Mr.. Gallivan declared that
only one enlisted man, apparently by error" had
been awarded Distinguished Service Medal.
while 554 officers and thirty-three civilians had
been given this decoration Mr.. Galivan refers to
priest Of Prussianism" and charges the War De-
partment with passing by General March's three
predecessors as unequal to the task"
Secretary Baker comes to the rescue Of the
''thrce predecessors Of General March-General
Hugh L. Scott General Tasker II. Bliss and Gen
era John Biddc--by informing Representative
Gallivan that two OF these generals bad con
spicuous and enyiabe record in the war while
General Bddle understood perfectly that he would
act as Chief OF staff only until General March had
completed his studies OF the European situation
and could return here with the advantage of that
experience"
1T thus appears" writes Secretary Baker to
Representative Gallivan, that the three officers
to whom you referred each performed his duty ac-
ceptably and that their separation from the office
Of the Chief Of Staff ia no case involved the
slightest reflection upon them"
The controversy will enter upon another stage
when Secretary Baker sends to the House the re-
port called for by that body. The probability is
that the military sparks will ny again.
The New York herald., 1920-01-17

participate In 1t. The world war gave immeasur-
able impulses to the passion for national liberty
so that there is no people earth so small or SO
remote as to be free from it, Syria is simply rising
on the tide of the times
out OF the classic land called Syria--better
known as the Holy Land-has come along with
tidings OF battle, pathetic appeal from the
Syrians to America. The little nations of earth,
struggling for selfrealization. cannot think of
liberty without thinking of America. II will be a
tragedy IL America ever should compromise her.
self internationally to the extent that she must
consider the feelings of any great European Power
before she considers the faith of the feeble folk
who look to her as the exemplar and guardian OF
democracy
The New York herald., 1920-01-17
ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD -
There has been introduced into the New
Jersey House of Assembly by Arthur e.
Warner OF Elizabeth. y. j.. a resolution
which states that aliens are allowed to
vote in certain States and requests that
the Constitution OF the United States be
so amended as to make this impossible
had always believed that a person
must be citizen of the United states
before he could vote for President and
was surprised and shocked to learn that
men who have not taken out their final
papers can have n say in who shall be
at the head OF the nation and who shall
sit in the Senate and House Of Represen-
tatives
believe that tho matter should be taken
in hand and the amendment asked for
by Mr.. Warner made a part of the Con-
stitution. GEORGE FRANKLIN.
Elizabeth y. j., .Ian. Is, 1870
The New York herald., 1920-01-17
WHEN THE
SLEfT IS
ON THE
PAVEMENT
By
ROSE DonERrY

and the blzzards the wing
And the stand a sheep shiverin.
have
blizzard blow
s a wishin', he buttons his vest
Andp the howln blast
they
the pavement
bizzards the wing!
ume Mother awful own.
An jints tearini round,
And the rppn rantn poun down the and sleet
feles shakin his heart full o
AS he buttons his overcoat and mufes UP his
he
blizZards the wing!
tn hills white
And the frost the window panes is equal to show
TIL mighty when
petin' umbrellas
ice a winkn mighty
angel, with the angels
the billiards. the wing!
The New York herald., 1920-01-17
TRIAL OF HE KAISER.

Discussing the trial Of the fugitive Kaiser, the
London Daily Chronicles diplomatic correspondent
says such trial would be very long in any case,
but without amendment of the treaty it cannot be
begun until the United States returns to the fel-
lowship of the Entente''-that is, ratifies the
treaty as it is.
The treaty ARTICLE 22O provides that 'the allied
and associated Powers publicly arraign William
of Hchenzoern, formerly German Emperor, for a
supreme offence against international morality
and the sanctity of treaties A special tribunal
will be constituted to try the accused thereby as
surng him the guarantees essential to the right Of
defence. 1t will be composed of five judges, one
appointed by each of the following Powers, name
y, the United States Of America Great Britain,
France, Italy and Japan"
Likewise it is provided in Annex III. of the
treaty that delegates to this 1.-THE Reparationl
commission shall be nominated by the United
States OF America. Great Britain. France, Italy,
Japan, Belgium and the Serb-Croat-Slovene state.
Each Of these Powers will appoint one delegate
and also one assistant delegate
The question arises, If the treaty can be put
into operation without the United States so far as
the Reparation Commission is concerned, cannot
it be put into operation without the United States
so far tribunal to try the fugitive Kaiser is
concerned? If the treaty formally can be set in
motion, as it has been by ratification ''by Ger
many on the one hand and by three Of the prin-
cipal allied and associated Powers on the other -
what limitations can be set up or delays sug-
gested, so far as the ratifying Powers are con-
cerned, by reason of the failure Of the United
States to ratfy? If the treaty is in full force
to one provision is it not in full force as to all?
On Saturday. January 10, Premier Clemenceau
Of France stood in the Foreign Office of that Re-
public and said:-"The protocol between the allied
and associated Powers and Germany has been
signed Notifications Of the treaty with Germany
have been deposited. From this moment the
treaty enters into effect. 1t will be enforced in all
its terms" If Mr.. Clemenceau is right can there
be any excuse for delay in the enforcement Of all
the terms Of the document because the United
States has not ratified?
The New York herald., 1920-01-17

It being necessary to move
DIFFERENCE the tailor shop Of Andrew
Johnson at Greenville,
Tenn new opportunity is afforded for discuss
ing the ways of that rather turbulent President.
He was different from statesmen Of our time.
Having only thirteen books, he read them all and
often. Nowadays statesmen have libraries and
read nothing but the reports Of their speeches in
the Congressional Record and press clippings.
The New York herald., 1920-01-17
BOLSHEVIST DRIVE IN
CENTRAL ASIA FULL OF MENACE

the liberty and opportunity to which
even the humblest aspire.
In the Caucasus all OF the South Russian
peoples have been affected by the doc
trines Of the Reds. The new North Cau-
casus Republic, the Kuban Republic, the
Georgian Republic, the Armenian Repub-
lie and the Azerbaijan Republic, all Of
which are recent self-determinato TONS
have such marked Bolshevist proclivties
that even the Turkish government Is
alarmed. This Is given as the reason why
I will not permit any OF the Armenians
from the Russian Caucasus to cross the
border into Turkey-it fears the infection
Of Bolshevism. While some of the more
extreme Turkish Nationalists have openly
flirted with the Reds as measure OF re-
talation against Europe, the more con-
servative Turks see that the chaos follow
Ing Bolshevism would be the worst fate Of
all. They know that there are Bolshevists
in Constantinople and other Turkish cities.
Jerusalem especially, and so they are try
ing to be careful.
Asia ms an Avalanche.
What the West needs most to remember
in connection with the success Of the Boil
shevist programme in Asia is that these
people. more than ninety per cent of whom
are illiterate and wholly unused to the
restraints OF SclI-6ONerEment, arc pecu-
liarly subject to mass movements.
Mob psychology in the Orient always
tends to extreme forms OF violence. The
Asiatic hordes recorded by history have
always manifested ruthless barbarism.
When the Orientals do rise it is to in
dulge In excuses Of fury and class VEN
geance. Even the Chinese showed this
quality during the Boxer rebellion. Within
recent months the effete Persians have
slaughtered. burned and looted like fiends
in the Urumia region. The mild Egyp-
ticn fellaheen. when they attacked eight
unarmed British soldiers last March, mutt
lated them beyond all hope Of recognition.
If the patient, docile, gentle. kindly
spirited Russian pea SAINTS could be meta
mcrphosed into bitter Bolshevists. class
conscious and relentless. what may not the
aroused Asiatics do. with their ancient
traditions of loot and lust and bIoodthirst;-
ness?
Red exccsses in Russia have been trifling
as compared with what will be witnessed
II ever the -Asiatic avalanche of ignorance
and intolerance and passion is let loose.
in the West real liberty wars against the
spurious article offered by the Bosheviki.
Generations of self-restraint and the exer-
else OF democracy have fitted men to test
the proposals OF radicalism. II is only
tho democracies that arc safe In this day
Of dcluge.
Should the automatically ruled Orient
succumb TO Bolshevisn. God help human
ityi
The New York herald., 1920-01-17

The Belgian Ambassador and Baroness
de Cartier de Marchienne were the chief
guests of Mrs. Henry f. Dimock at dinner
last night Others in the company were
the Minister OF the Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes and Nine. Grouitch. the Saliva
dorian Minister and Sehora de Sol and Mrs.
Arthur Dodge, of New York, who ar
rived yesterday to pass ten days with
Mrs. Dimock.
The New York herald., 1920-01-17

Mrs. E. Henry Hartman mad large
dirner party at her home last night. For
"A dance that followed there were one hun
dred and fifty additional guests.
Miss Emmalina Sizcr, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs Robert Ryland Sizer. will be
married today in their home to Mr.. David
Duncan. son CT Mr. and Mrs William
Butler Duncan.
Mrs L.. Mortimer Ward will give n dance
tonight in the Plaza Hotel for Miss Doro-
thy Pest Clapp her daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs Marion Eppley have come
from Newport and are at the Commodore
Hotel.
Mr.. George s. Robbins. who was n guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Arden NJ. Robbins, has
returned 10 Philadelphia.
Mrs Forsyth wickes and Miss Fanny
Wickes will go South ,ext month.
Mrs. George r.. Dadmun and Miss Lydia
Dadmun have returned from Philadelphia
TO their apartment at No. 81 East Fifty
fourth street
s'r. and Mrs. Charles r. Flint have
rerted their house ut No. East Thirty
sixth street. an1 in May will take an
apartment.
The Mcssrs. James II. and raurcns Van
Allen, sons OF Mr.. and Mrs. James Laurcns
Van Allen. have gone TO Florida from Hot
Springs, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart G.. Gbboney have
come from their country place ir Hunt
ington. l.. l.. 10 their city residence, No.
lf5 rast Ffty-third street. for the re-
mainder OF the winter.
Senator Peter Goelet Gerry has come
from Washington to join Mrs. Gerry at
the Plaza Hotel. Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner
r. Mcknight OF Minneapolis also are
there.
Mr.. ard Mrs l.. fTavemeycr Butt OF
Tuxedo Park, arc at the Hotel Chatham.
Mrs. Howard G. Dickinson had a dinner
party last night for Mrs. 8. E Reeve, o'
Ascot, England, her cousin. who is pass
The New York herald., 1920-01-17

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Friday-A dis
turbance that was over the lower Mis-
scuri Valley Thursday night hos moved
to Northeast Ohio with increased inten-
sty. and there is also a second one off
the Virginia Capes, with an apparent de-
vciopment toward the northeastward,
and northeast storm warnings have been
ordered on tho New England coast from
FONT judith. X. l.. TO Eas:port. Me-
The New York herald., 1920-01-17
SOCIETY NOTES
The White House.

Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo and her little
daughter Ellen Wilson McAdoo, are again
guests OF the President and Mrs. Wilson.
Mr.. McAdoo has gone on to South Caro-
lima, to join Mr.. Benedict Crowell, Assist
ant Secretary Of War. and Mr.. De Lancey
Nicoll, of New York, who are guests OF
Mr.. Bernard Baruch at his shooting lodge.
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Average temperatures yesterdaN..s.....,. Ib
Average tempera ture for corresponding
date last year...................... IS
Average temperature for corresponding
date last thirty-thrce years........... 80
Humidity:--s a. NJ, N j. NJ, 4s; s
r. M, &C.
Harometcr;--s a. NJ. 1910; +. NJ, sos
sP. NJ, 2DN.
The New York herald., 1920-01-17
That first session of the Leasu,

GREAT Of Nations was rather pathetic.
OCCASION. Business done-regrets expressed
at the absence Of the United
States! where Is Prince Hamlet?" asked the
Queen AN It please Your Majesty said Po-
lonius. 'the Senate would not let him Gomez "Off
with the Senator's heads!" quoth She '"Tut. tut,
my dear" said the King; perhaps it is better so
Thereupon they appointed permanent secretary
from the British Foreign Office at large salary
and adjourned