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New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
The Russian Children
4 Protest by Russian Community
Against Soviet Influence
To the Editor of~The Tribune.

To the Editor of~The Tribune.
Sir: The series of scandals which
took place in connection with the So
journ of the eight hundred Russian chill
dren refugees from Soviet Russia, who
are in this country in care of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, has now become a matter
of public discussion.
The Russian community ir New York
watched with deep regret the gradual
but deliberate surrendering of these
the Bolshevist gang headed by Martens,
the self-appointed Ambassador" of
Soviet Russia. The Russians in this city
protest most emphatically against the
disgraceful behavior Of the Bolshevist
crowd in their dealings with the inno-
cent Russian children. The moment the
Bolsheviki got the opportunity to ap-
proach the Russian refugees they con-
verted their Entertainment" into pub
lie scandal. In the New York Geological
Garden, at Fort Wadsworth and at Mad
ison Square Garden they openly
preached anarchy and corruption to
those very children who have fled from
the horrors of the Soviet regime. Pic
lures Of Lenine and Trotzky, together
with red flags, were openly distributed
among these children by the East Side
Bolshevki.
| wish to impress upon the public
mind that the Russian colony is not to
be held responsible for the disgraceful
behavior of a gang of irresponsible in
ternationalists who seize every occasion
to spread their venomous theories among
the population at large. The Russian
colony had nothing to do with this en-
tertainment, and regret to state that,
due to the passive attitude Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, the whole entertainment
Of the Russian children was placed un-
der control Of non Russian Bolsheviki.
Z BORIS BRAsOL,
Chairman Association Unity Of Russia,
New York, Sept. 8, 1890.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12

bravely attempting to do their duty
in protectingaives and property. These
casualties Seem to be entirely over
looked by the Sim F@in element who
are clamoring for MacSwiney's release.
The situation has become one Of
tense emotion and truth perverted in
the tangled mass Of misleading infor-
nation.
was among the first to advocate
strongly the releasing of MacSwiney,
feeling the moment might be propi-
tious to bring about through this mag
unanimous act better understanding
between England and ireland. But it
is question now whether this con-
ciliatory spirit would be understood
by the majority in Ireland. To all
thinking people it is apparent that
England has been most lenient to Mac
Swiney, and if it had been possible
would have released him. The Prime
Minister has plainly shown this spirit
in this mornings paper, and all Mac
Swiney's supporters know how simple
the solution is. Lloyd George has said
he is convinced that the British gov
ernment would release MacSwiney
if guaranteed "that the murders Of
police in Ireland cease"
1t is clear to-day that England and
Ireland should seize this opportunity
to get together "and try to arrive at
some settlement Of the Irish question"
Sincere Irish patriots should seize
this propitious moment to present
some form Of government for ireland
that would be on q workable basis.
What is most needed in Ireland TO-
day is clear thinking leader, a states
man, able to present some form Of gov
ernment for Ireland to Great Britain
that will more nearly satisfy her
Ireland's) aspirations than the home
rule act
ELIZABETH GREENWOOD.
New York, Sept 8, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
Bergdoll's ''Tnhuence''

Sergeant John O'Hare and Ser
geant Calvin York have been set
free by military court. They were
tried for neglect of duty on charges
that they permitted the escape from
their custody of Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, draft dodger and heir
Of Philadelphia's ulti-millionaire
brewer. Bergdoll has been at large
for nearly four months.
While on Governors Island this
precious scoundrel was confined in
the disciplinary prison, commanded
by Lieutenant Colonel Hunt. The
latter also has been tried and ac-
quilted on proof that he merely
obeyed orders of a superior officer.
This unnamed superior officer" or
dered Lieutenant Colonel Hunt to
permit Bergdoll to leave Governors
Island in custody of two trustworthy
guards, in order that Bergdoll might
recover large sum of money he
said he had hidden in a remote
mountain fastness. The absurd
story about buried treasure was, of
course, the vital point in carefully
concocted plot to enable Bergdoll to
escape. It is understood that the
superior officer whom Lieutenant
Colonel Hunt obeyed was the adju-
tant general.
From this point onward-and up
ward-in trying to fix responsible
ity there is an absolute blank, an
impenetrable mystery. The Secre-
tary of War still refuses to give his
fellow citizens word of informa-
tion in the matter, although they
are boiling with indignation over it.
Public opinion is in no mood to
accept a silent dismissal of the Berg
doll case. If the adjutant general
transmitted the orders to Lieuten-
ant Colonel Hunt, the public wants
to know who directed him to take
such action. On the other hand, if
Lieutenant Colonel Hunt received
the orders from Someone" else, it
is high time for the adjutant gen.
erals friends to say so.
Does anybody imagine that a
friendless, poverty-stricken draft
dodger would have been permitted to
leave Governors Island as did the
heir to the Bergdoll millions?
What sinister "infuence"-politi-
cal, financial, social or other-was
used in Washington so cunningly,
so successfully, that Grover Cleve-
land Bergdoll was enabled to escape?
Who issued that original order in
the War Department authorizing
this defiant disloyalist to leave Gov
ernor's Island?
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
Not Interested
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: From day to day you give very
prominent place and space Gas if it were
generally interesting news item) to
;hc consideration of Terence MacSwiney.
This man has been convicted of a
crime and is in Jail. He endeavors to
defeat Justice and the law by a hunger
strike, hoping in that manner to gain
his freedom.
Plenty Of food is at hand and can
be had, but he refuses it and prefers
to die. Well, if such is his desire, let
him die, and let US come to the end of
giving so much Importance to this case.
| doubt if per cent of your readers
arc at all interested in MacSwiney-
whether he lives or dies-and it would
be better for them to spend their SYM
pathies on the wives and families Of the
eighty policemen who were murdered
in ireland. W. E. J.
New York, Sept. 6, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
More Uncertainty

'FTOm fFc IOttNO btHuEp
A Yale professor who is interested
in taxation methods gives the country
the interesting news Washington hav-
ing failed to report itthat the audit
ing Of Federal tax returns is three
years behind the procession. Thus,
while the citizen is paying his 1920
taxes and congratulating himself that
that irritating business is over, leisure
ly clerks at the national capital are
examining his papers of 1917 with the
hope Of finding mistakes in his arith-
metic. Three years from now, unless
the present pace falls off, the 1920 re-
ports will receive the minute attention
of the experts. 1t used to be said,
Nothing IL certain except death and
taxes" Anyway, nothing is 80 deadly
certain as the fact that you'll never
know when your taxes are all paid.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
China $ Obstacles
Internal Troubles and The Menace
of Japan

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is believed that the formation
OF the new consortium of the four
great powers-the United States, Great
Britain, France and Japan-promises a
day of betterment in the future for
China's financial condition as we'll as
her industrial development. We under
stand that the essential purpose of the
revived American financial activity re-
suited in the consortium in the reopen
ing of the closing door in China. M.
Larmond, the American bankers repre-
sentative, has repeatedly emphasized that
ti1c-eim of the new consortium is not to
seek for an opportunity to exploit
China but to proffer assistance to
her whenever she desires to have it,
and that no country should attempt to
cultivate special sphere Of influence in
any part of China. For this friendly
spirit and good will Of the United
States l must express my profound
appreciation.
But there are some practical difficult
ties in carrying out the principles of
the new consortium. The persistent
effort of Japan to maintain her special
position in China is its most deadly
enemy. Notwithstanding her recent ac-
ceptance of the consortium, she is still
claiming her Especial interest" in China
as necessity Of national defense" and
Economic existence" of Japan Mr..
Hara, the japanese Premier, has recent
ly announced that "while the other
powers can afford to regard the new
consortium solely as business matter,
Japan is differently situated, since her
vital national interests are apt to be
particularly involved in the enterprises
of her neighbor." This utterance makes
clear the real attitude of Japan toward
the consortium, and simultaneously
brings US to the conclusion that the
Japanese government is still standing
on the Lansing-Ishii agreement in de-
fiance against the American open door
policy in China. The "Far Eastern
Monroe Doctrine" of Japan is striking
at the very foundation of the new con-
sortium.
In the second place, the unstable
political situation in China at the pre-
sent makes it impossible for the gov
ernment to benefit by the financial help
from foreign countries. The dissen-
sions between the North and the South,
and between military and political lead
ers, are entirely too strong to promise
united and responsible government.
We cannot develop our industry or inn
prove our financial condition until our
internal political trouble is over.
YE YOUNG CHAN.
Columbia University, N. Y, Sept. 6,
1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12

Insurection That Threatens the
Peace of The World

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t would seem as if the Lord
Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney
was very pathetic figure, because
according to his light he believes
that the stand he is taking will fur
ther the cause of Ireland. Now this
cause of Ireland is a most compli-
Gated problem and seems to be gradu-
ally embroiling the world. There is
certain pathos in the misdirected
efforts Of MacSwiney, who is labor
ing under the hallucination that by
committing suicide he will become
martyr for his countrys cause. One
astonishing feature about his case is
that the Church of Rome, which re-
CARDS suicide as one of the "deadly
sins," has made no remonstrance. On
the contrary, it would seem that by
the administering of the Holy Sacra-
ment 10 the Lord Mayor in prison
it condoned the act. Why is it that
the voice of Rome has not been raised
in condemnation of this deliberate
self-destruction?
We are hearing constantly of Eng
lands brutality in placing Mac
Swiney in an English prison, and be-
cause he refuses the food daily Of
fered him she is accused by Sim Fem
ers of committing an outrag. against
all humanity. Let US see the facts as
they are. The Lord Mayor of Cork,
an official servant of the British gov
ernment, was tried and convicted for
having in his possession a copy of
resolutions drawn up giving the al
leg'ance of the City of Cork to the
proposed Irish Republic" He was
sentenced to two years in prison and
was placed in Brixton prison, in
London, where every privilege pos
sible to political prisoner is ac-
corded him. MacSwiney was indirectly
the cause OF some eighty policemen
Of ireland being killed In the recent
mob zieta Throughout che country while
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At Gods q Gate

{Frosn The Nese WSswsss)
SIX bronzing beeches in circle stood
~ Cohplacently like somber kings aua
old,
Until the Western sun went through
the wood
And smithied every leaf to glinting
gold.
And in the gold small red robin made
Six silver notes before he went to bed:
So that marveled of it all and prayed,
For, "These are Gods own very gstes."
said.
And in His peace the woodland lay and
hushed
With crinkled pine cones dropping ene
by one,
There came q stricken rabbit. manelea.
crushed,
And dragged him by the beech holes
and was gone.
A. NEWBERRY CHoYCE.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
They know Better

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: You are quite justified in say
ing that in accusing manufacturers Of
closing down in order TO coerce their
employees votes Mr.. GomDers "knows
better" So do all the intelligent party
candidates, editors. speakers, commit
teemen, CSC, "know better" when put
ting forth at least half their stuff in
behalf Of their own party candidates,
policies, platforms and campaigns and
against those Of the opposition. Bu.
they do not fool and humbug as many
readers as they think they do.
Z. G. HOLDEN.
Tryon, N. c., Sept. 6. 1920.
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and genuine Magyar patriots pray
for foreign help that may save the
land from ruin.
The Art of Lying Awake

10 all poor mortals who are
troubled with that worst Of all tragic
habits, insomnia, Mrs.. Winfield Scott
Moody writes a delightful and re-
freshing message in the current
Scribner's. 1t is not lack of sleep
that distresses and debilitates in
most cases, she argues, writing from
long experience. Not sleeplessness,
but sleeplessness plus worry at lying
awake is the real evil. And she not
only makes out a good case for her
theory, but presents an interesting
technique for eliminatingathis worry.
Four hours Of sleep nightly are
sufficient for comfortable living, Mrs.
Moody considers, provided they are
supplemented by four hours of real
rest. Now there are few, if any,
afflicted persons who do not get this
minimum of actual sleep. Many
honestly believe they do rest, but
there is no subject in which self
deception is more frequent. But
four hours are not enough if the
rest Of the night is spent in the
poignant despair which sleepless
hours long continued usually hold.
There must, on the contrary, be "a
technique of lying awake, quietly,
calmly, restfully, with fear and
worry eliminated"
To realize that sufficient sleep is
almost certain to come if one does
not clutch after it is the first great
point. Entire Indifference is the
first attitude to be achieved. There
after Mrs. Moody recites a long list
Of practices which she has found
useful. The body must first be re-
laxed. Then the mind is taken in
hand and put to some mildly divert
ing mental game like recounting in
alphabetical order the names of the
towns Of state - from Akron,
Bucyrus and Chillicothe to Xenia,
Youngstown and GAINESVILLE in the
case of Mrs. Moody's own and sim
gularly blest state. Books, of course,
are recommended, though never a
thriller or any new and absorbing
volume. In theory the old and
leisurely novel or a calm and up
lifting philosopher is indicated,
but Mrs. Moody owns to a prefer
ence for "mail-order catalogues, with
their beguiling pictures and mex
haustible lists of things offered for
sale, from plumbing to playing
cards, from voiles to viaticums."
Nor is the night itself, with it's
bird calls and sunrises and street
cries, to be forgotten. Once one
has learned the art Of lying awake
happily all things take on a new
value. A white night can be thing
of infinite fun and beauty if one
will only learn to enjoy it instead
Of worrying with a crescendo of
despair because it does not end.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
In Behalf Of Pets

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you kindly grant me space
in your columns in which to express
the hope that people who are return
ing to their homes in the city after
a sojourn in the country or at the sea-
shore will not be so brutal as to leave
their pets to starve, unless they are
rescued or disposed Of by humane and
indignant neighbors.
A LOVER OF ANIMALS.
Providence, r. l., Sept. 8, 1920.
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{Proms TIE B1eaGsA RsvseseY
q DELICATE Air stseped throue1
With blue beyond all blue,
Dazzling the eye.
The man who lives In thee
Shall live delight9ully,
Aud late shall disy
About the castle wall
The blue swifts wheel and eall.
And morn and even,
To small breasts white as niYk
Thou feel'st as sestast silk
New spun in Heaven.
Thou bringest ecstasy,
Thou puttest rock and tres
In tuneful plight.
While from the bosky wales
Blown notes Of nightingales
Do breathe delight.
Thou tell'st Of thyme. the bee,
The bright gorse and q sea
OF boundless blue.
or dragonfiies no dearth-
Wing'd gems Of joyous birth
Exult in you.
o fair beyond all fair,
Exquisite summer air
Dazzling the eye,
Thou subtlest Of all things
That bearing wandering wings
Or sing or fly.
KENNETH HARE.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
The@ OK Break-Do

Senator Edges biting statement
goes to the heart Of Governor Cox's
reckless campaign fund maneuver.
The latter made the specific charge
that the Republican National Com
mittee was conspiring 'to purchase
the Presidency" The only founda-
ton for that charge was the allega-
ton chat the committee was collect
ing 8 campaign fund of $15,000,-
ooO-s30, 900, 900, as Franklin Roose-
welt light-heartedly put it.
An attempt to buy the Presidency
would indeed be sinister" as Cover
nor Cox says. The collection of $780,
0O000o-or even $4,000, ,000-to in
fuenee the voters might also have a
certain sinister" aspect. But the
only,fact which the Democratic NOM
inee has produced SO far to corrobo-
rate his charges is that number of
ex-Y. M. C. A. drive experts, in the
employ of the Republican National
Committee, amused themselves by
allotting trial quotas" to various
eieies-"quotas" which have not been
collected and were never likely to be
collected. The bubbling enthusiasm
Ct these subordinates-eager to ex-
plot their own talents-is the sole
thing on which Mr.. Cox's fabric of
scandal stands.
If the Republicans should spend
S5,000,W on the national, Congress
and state campaigns this year, that
sum (allowing for the fall in the
value of the dollar) would hardly
equal the amount spent to reelect
President Wilson. The Democratic
National Committee disbursed more
than $2,o00,oo0 in 1916-equivalent
somore thaA 100000 now. Consid-
ering the great Increase in the cost of
organization and collection, it is rea-
scnable to assume that at least ST.
100000 of a $5,00O,0OO fund for all
purposes will be eaten up in oper-
ating costs, whereas in former cam
paigns the cost of operation was
relatively negligible.
Mr.. Cox has, therefore, been mere
ly raising dust. He is trying to dis
tract attention from the real issues.
This campaign like other Presiden-
tlai campaigns, will not be decided
BY the size Of party campaign funds,
nor by charges from the Democratic
nominee that the opposition has
bigger barrel than he has. The
voters know what they want and
cannot be dissuaded from putting an
end to wisconsin by hectic COM
plants from Mr.. Wilson'S political
hsir OF an inequality in the appor-
sfoniisent OF campaign sinews. 1t is
moe the poverty Of the Democratic
Aataonal Committee which ails
'he Democratic campaign, but the
paffys bankruptcy In public favor.
Aaat bankruptcy has been aggra-
sased' II such a thing is possible, by
governor Cox's pitiful failure to
make good his accusation that his
opponents, despairing of beating him
~nefwise' are trying "to buy the
Presidency" If he doesn't withdraw
mat charge he will stand convicted,
a. Ar. Edge says, "of descending TO
we most despicable type Of profess
nonai politics imaginable"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
! Shall Be Loved as Quiet

Things
tFroms Earper's- Maoassne,.
y SHALL be loved as quiet things
~ Are loved-white psgsons ia the sun,
Curled yellow leaves that whisper down
One after ones
The silver reticenee Of smoke
That tells no secret Of it's birth
Among the fiery agonies
That turn the earth;
reaching arms Of trees:
The frayed and eager little moon
That strays unheeded through a high
Blue afternoon.
The thunder of my heart must 70
Under the muffing of the dust
AS my gray dress has guarded it
The grasses must;
For it has hammered loud enough,
Clamored enough, when all is said:
Only its quiet part shall live
When / am dead.
KARLE WILSON BAKER.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
A Persistent Illusion

tFron The Washington Ercnin0 starr
Calling a soviet 1.-The workers gov
ernment Of Russia" shows lively i'm
agination but not much perception Of
cold facts.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
a Welcome Rise

tlsrom Tho Provsdenps JournnD
Three hundred tons Of coal have been
salvaged from depth Of 300 feet in
Long Island Sound. This 10 o rise In
svs, 20 which no one will object.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12

tFrons The Phiiadelphia Public LedGer)
We have noticed that poor man
can put more passengers into q Henry
than rich man can crowd into Rolls
Royce
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
The Moon

A4C AvAOO14
(Frons The specfdter)
WHAT have you not seen
Old Whiteface, looking down
Since the heaven was followed out
And winds were blown?
You saw White Helen
On the walls Of Troy Town,
You silvered dew on the ruin
When Troy shook down.
Ulysses you saw
And the strange seas that bore him,
But all he wandered to see
You had seen before him.
Bodies black and yellow,
Gold tresses and brown,
The brown earth covers them
And you look down.
F. w. HARVEY.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
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va. n, republication Of all news dispatches credited
~ 4 - nos otherwise credited In this paper. and
also tas locaa news OF spontaneous origin published
" IN fsgAts Of republication Of all other matter
ks,ssn also are reserved.
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srascsrprrox RArEs-sy man. Including
GUARANTY

s.a sss saeehase merchandlse a6veffised On the
se,aunE with absolute safsty-ger u dIssatssfae.
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New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
Youth

From The OutIook})
TRHE glory Of the sunset and the
night
Adorned our kingly castles and our
haIss,
And as we dreamed we heard with
grave delight
The homage of the waves beneath our
walls.
When the end came or how, we do not
know
Others are wearing scarlet that was
ours
And insour castles others come and Ct
Dreaming our dreams and watching
from our towers.
B. PRESTON CLARK JR.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
FiurQe and Its FatherLand
By Whitney Warren

(Receny Appointed Representative in The United States of
Captain Gabrielle GAnmzo and the National Council of Funnel
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
"A Little While ,

9sosrs Contemporary E.rse}
A LITTLE while when I am gone
NY life will live In music after
me,
AS spun foam lifted and berne on
After the wave 10 lost In the full aea.
Awhile these nights snd days will burn
In song. with the. brief frailty Of
foam,
Living in light before they turn
Back to ths nothsngasss that 90 sheip
heme.
Sara TgAsDAxsm =
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
Sunday, SEPTEMBER IL, 1920.

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