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New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Another Witness Speaks

The crushing testimony of Mrs.
Philip Snowden, wife Of the British
labor leader, himself an ardent
Socialist, on Bolshevik rule in Rus
sia is now supplemented by the
uttefances of Mr.. Henry Vincent
Keeling, lately Russian correspond
ent of 'sThe Westminster Gazette, :"
who has just returned to England
after being imprisoned at Moscow
for ten months. Mrs. Snowden, it
will be recalled, said Bolshevism was
not Socialism, not even Communism
or the dictatorship of the prole-
tariat, but "the dictatorship Of six
men, aided by an extraordinary COM
mission" She rejects Soviet rule
because it is tyrannical, also be-
cause it is inefficient.
Her central statement-that Boil
shevism can teach the British work
ingman nothing-is now repeated
verbatim by Mr.. Keeling, who is
not Socialist but a Liberal. He
denounces Bolshevik militarism.
Everybody is either in the army,
which numbers millions, or else
working for it." But he makes his
most telling point about that growth
of a new bureaucracy which strikes
all first-hand~ observers of Russian
conditions as the central fact of
Soviet rule.
Conditions in Russia are very bad,
Mr.. Keeling says. But Lenine and
his associates have their power we'll
in hand and are we'll established.
"They are likely to be in power for
long while. A new and more viru-
lent bureaucracy is growing up in
Russia. All the intelligentsia are
accepting posts under the govern
ment. There is nothing else for them
to do"
The psychology Of the officeholder
10 pICCty lluCll tIiS SdIIiS every where.
But it was in Czaristic Russia that
the .bureaucrat's sense of omnipo-
tence, his notion that the people is
not his employer, not even the mate
rial on which he works, but simply
a superf1uous yet inevitable nui-
sance, have reached their supreme
height. This old Russian tradition
of the "tchinovnik" is inherited by
the Bolshevik administrator it is
aggravated by the fanatic self
righteousness of the MARKHAM dog
matist. 1t is one of the paradoxes
of human nature; put the fercest
libertarian into Office, endow him
with absolute authority, and he will
turn into despot of despots. Pobye-
donostsev or Dzherzinsky, Holy
Synod or Commission Extraordinary:
the bottle may be new, but it is the
same old wine.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Bib,liolatry
A Criticism Of the Belief in an
Antlnopomorphic God

Antfuopomorphic God
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Rev. Charles J.. Dutton well
said in last Sundays Tribune that if
the Church continues to teach creed.
or doctrinal belief, not based on .cience,
with absurd conclusions, it will fall into
decay.
What must be the feelings of any
intelligent, educated man who attends
services in church that still adheres
to belief in an anthropomorphic God,
the tribal deity of the Pentateuch. who
walked in the garden in the cool of the
day" Genesis iii, 81, who "smelIed
sweet SAVIOR" Genesis viii, 2D-these
words are taken from the pagan Baby
lonian tablets-and who put his hand
before cleft in the rock, so that in
passing by Moses might see only his
back parts Exodus xxxiii, %, 23).
Imagine such words being written of the
Creator of billions of suns in an In
finite Universe! Well did Huxley scorn-
fully use the term Bibliolatry. Has not
Christ said God is a Spirit?
The great Russian, Tolstoy, who loved
Christ with ali his heart and soul and
tried to follow His teachings literally
in the face of public ridicule, left the
orthodox Church because among other
things he did not believe in the fall of
man, dogma. formulated not by Christ
but by Paul. Geology and anthropology
J have established the fact that man has
existed on the earth for ages, and there
is no shred Or scintilla of evidence that
fall from the state of primal innocence
occurred either at the time fixed by
the genealogies of Genesis or any other.
At the Parliament of Religions, held
about the time of the Chicago Worlds
Fair in 1893, one of the Buddhist priests
told his audience that he was we'll aware
this fundamental dogma of Christianity
was based upon Babylonian mythology
the evidence may be seen in the British
Museum-and that there was not the
least probability his co-religionists would
ever be converted to such belief.
I In spite of it's outworn creeds
Christianity, working hand in hand with
civilization, has conquered the world
mainly because its ethics are pure; but
bjust as law existed before the Decalogue
so there are many of the cardinal vir-
tues, as Herbert Spencer once pointed
out, which have been longer taught end
better practiced by the Buddhists, Jains
and those Of allied religions.
A E. G.
New York, July Is, 1920.
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Modem Immodesty

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to the discussion in
last Sundays issue in reference to
"immodesty Of woman's modern dress"
permit me to state that there is a
good deal Of truth in what DR.. Hibben
states, and equally true are some of
Mr.. Hubbell's statements.
The main trouble is that children
are not taught proper sense of re-
sponsibility toward the world. Of
course, they are not to be blamed. 1t
is principally the fault of the parents.
Many fathers and mothers are anxious
to preserve the virtue of their daugh-
ters, yet take no steps to teach their
male children one moral code Of self
restraint. They shut their eyes to i'm
morality practiced by the sons, and
yet this very practice is responsible
for woman's immortality and endangers
the girls.
"Man is as woman makes him; wom-
an is what man wants her to be-
When the world will expect man
to come to woman as pure as he ex-
poets her to be, and he will be ostra-
cized just like woman is when failing
to live up to it, then-and only then
will morality prevail and woman's
greatest weapon given to her by ma
ture-m odesty-tbe preserved.
just as long as man worships i'm
modesty and feeds his senses and eyes
with sensuous methods, it is useless to
expect woman to act and dress diff
ferently than she does now.
1t is not SO much woman's i'm
modesty that produces bad thoughts as
mans inability to keep his. eyes on a
higher level that is responsible for
most of the ills in this direction. Let
US teach children more ethics and
character and less science and culture
MISHA APPELBAUM.
President, the Humanitarian League.
New York, July l3, 1920.
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The Tragedy Of Reform

It has been the misfortune of Re-
form in this country to be badly at
tended. The young lady herself is
attractive, but her sponsors and
chaperons are often so repellant that
would-be suitors, after one glance,
take to their heels.
Some of the ideas of the radicals
who foregathered at Chicago this
week are sound. Many would like
an opportunity to promote them.
But the good is so mingled with de-
structive nonsense and is so much In
charge Of fanatics and self-seekers
that it has no chance, and progress
is prevented.
The business depression Of 1893
led many Americans to see the great
need Of a better money system and
fairer industrial system. Condi-
tions existed which called for rem
edy. But along came Bryan with his
preposterous silver nostrum. The
cure would have intensified the dis
ease, but it was definite and it duped
millions. The intelligent were there
upon forced to unite and for the
time being to give over thought Of
bettering changes. Bryan doubtless
had excellent intentions, but his ac-
tivities put back reform for ten
years. Not until Roosevelt came did
the country get back to the path of
progress.
The war having broken the crusts
of many prejudices, hopes have
mounted high concerning the better
days that were attainable. But up
has jumped a brood Of maleficent
agitators. The way for the world to
get on, they say, is to destroy the
good it has developed. A new war
was declared while the embers of the
ended one still glowed--the Red war
of classes. There was to be "demo-
cratic control of industry-that is,
sovietism that would inevitably
| lessen production and lead to gen.
eral want.
| The Forty-eighters wished a pro-
gram merely trimmed with Red,
Super-radicals seized their organiza-
ton and made it Red in all its parts.
Russia, with an industrial produc-
ton down so per cent, shows what
| the forces of destruction can do
But the men who turned out the
original Forty-eighters as bourgeois
care nothing for examples or facts
| They do not look far.
| If they can but capture the assets
| Of the old order they hope to subsist
on them indefinitely. They ignore
| the patent fact that the world has
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Shoe Prices and Qualify
Old Relationship Betpeen the Tho
Derangcd BY Sellers

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: This may not be as applicable
to conditions existing when received
as it has been recently sin the United
States, judging by number of maga-
zine articles. 1t has seemed to be
popular to blame the laboring man for
the high cost of living, particularly as
regards clothing, on account of paying
high prices for what he gets. A recent
Article cited the case of a shoe mer
chant who put two different prices on
shoes that were Of the same quality
and which cost him the same at whole
sale. | presume the shoe merchant
who admitted doing this intended to
convey the idea that he did it only as
an experiment. However, an honest
merchant, one who considered his busi-
ness reputation above few dollars.
would not make an experiment of this
kind. neither would he have a business
policy of putting two prices on the
same goods.
In the old days, among the reputable
dealers, one could usually safely as
sumo he was getting good article
when he paid good price for it,
whether he was a laboring man or
otherwise. The merchant knew the
goods he sold and put price on them
according to their value, taking a rea-
sonable profit that might vary accord
illf. to the trouble of selling and value
CT the article. This was part of the
scrvice for which the public paid. In
those days man could assume, when
he went into an establishment of the
better class to buy a pair of shoes
or suit, that the higher priced arti-
Gle contained better material and bet
ter workmanship, even though he might
not be good judge of such materials.
l believe that this square deaI' policy.
is still followed by the best houses,
those that do nation wide business
and which realize that their reputation
ia valuable asset
Ii | went into shoe store TO buy
good pair of shoes | would assume
that the higher priced shoe was
better shoe, even though it looked
about the same, because it is not
difficult job to cover up poor leather
aad, to certain extent, inferior work
manship. If | got poor shoe after
paying the top price | would figure
that either the retailer or the manu.
facturer was dishonest, and would be
more inclined to blame the retailer
unless it was standard product the
price OF which was fixed by the manu-
Il cturer. Down in this country the
consumer Is frequently "stung' because
OF the lack of protection of the makers
name, and about as often on account
OF the fraudulent use of reliable
manufacturers name or trademark.
z. r. DULANY.
Raneagua, Chile, June 9. 1920.
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The Spirit of Christ
Punishment of Germany Is II
accord With Divine Lam

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter of G. s. Bryan in your
paper of to-day entitled "The Spirit of
Christ" hope may be widely read,
as it admirably exposes the morbid
sentimentality, SO prevalent to-day,
which would condone the greatest
crime the modern world has ever known,
when Germany, invoking "might is
right" undertook to destroy and sub
jugate peaceful nations which had done
her no wrong.
That she is now being punished by
Almighty God we cannot doubt, and it
is not ours to try to mitigate that
punishment until the wrongdoer shows
signs of true repentance, which up to
the present she certainly has not. God
is merciful, but He is just.
In private life the man who sins
against another is punished, and he is
entitled to no mercy until he confcsses
his sin and honestly seeks to make
reparation.
Is Germany any better than the man
who steals into your house and ravishcs
your wife. or seduces your daughter with
the ferocity of wild beast, and in SO
doing perhaps destroys life? Not a
bit! And until he has humblcd himself
and sued for pardon and sought to ex-
plate his crime, there should be no con-
sideration whatsoever shown him and
he must suffer for his sins.
This is the Divine law-His law who
said: Whatsoever man soweth, that
shall he also reap" and woe be to him
and all foolish sentimentalists who at
tempt to interfere with the Divine judg-
ment. G. A. CHAMBERLIN.
New York, July 13, 1920.
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Why Poland Wants East Prussia
4 Discussion OF the Recents PZebiscies in
Favor of German Rule by T. Luf 4Skaszepski.
Director Polish Bureau of Information in America

fore the plebiscite took place and that
at the same time the number of the
inter-Allied forces should be increased
IN order to guarantee the security of
those who wished to vote for Poland
They further demanded that the pleb-
iscite should be adjourned until such
time as the terrorized population again
felt itself secure and free to express its
will. None of these demands was
fulfilled. In addition, the plebiscite
was carried out unexpectedly, at mo-
ment when Poland was menaced by a
Bolshevist invasion, permitting German
agitators to paint the situation in the
blackest colors
Allies Still Free to Act
According to the kilograms from Ber-
lin, the plebiscite gave the Germans an
immense majority. If the information
from Berlin turns out to be correct
what will be the further results? In
reply we quote the decision of Article
81 of the Versailles Treaty:
On the conclusion of the
voting the number of votes cast in each
commune will be communicated by the
commission to the principal Allied and
associated powers, with q full report
as to the taking of the vote and a rec
ommendation as to the line which ought
to be adopted as the boundary of East
Prussia and Poland in this region. In
this recommendation regard will be
paid to the wishes of the inhabitants as
shown by the vote and to the geo
graphical and economic conditions of
the locality. The principal and Allied
powers will then fix the frontier be-
tween East Prussia and Poland in this
region, leaving in any case to Poland
for the whole of the section bordering
on the Vistula full and complete control
of the river, including the east bank
as far east of the river as may be
necessary for its regulation and i'm
provement. Germany agrees that in
any portion of the said territory which
remains German no fortifications shall
at any time be erected"
When the plebiscite is accomplished
and the final result confirmed the de-
cision will belong to the associated
powers, taking into consideration geo.
graphical and economic conditions.
These conditions will speak for Poland.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
How to Interpret Christ 5
Teachings

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May l add few words on the
articles in the Peoples Column, "The
Spirit of Christ" as represented by
George S. Bryan, of Connecticut, in
this mornings issue?
If only the masses could understand
that the world is in an inharmonious
condition to-day and full of turmoil and
fear for what is coming next. because
it has taken the teachings of Christ and
applied single verse to their own ideas
and condition, making the Bible every
mans Interpretation instead of applying
their lives to Gods Interpretation, which
is plain, if one will study with the aim
to know the mind Of God and read all
the previous and succeeding verses
connected with the particular paragraph
How ridiculous to take one verse out of
any authors work and then try to ex-
plain the whole work, or simply make
it work out to ones own ideas. How
strange a remark, Christ believed in a
God Of justice" when Christ himself
was God in the flesh, and was full of
love, mercy and justice. But he will
not justify sinners in pride, deceit, falsi-
flying. backbiting, oppression Of the poor
and helpless Of any class or nation.
If Mr.. Bryan wants to know some
thing about the Spirit of Christ he
should read His famous and magnificent
Sermon on the Mount, and he will find
that In that sermon is reiterated "Love
your enemies; do good to those who de-
spitefully use you; if man compel you
to walk with him mile walk with him
twain" Christ's teaching all through
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the Scriptures was love and pity for
His enemies, but condemnation of their
sins, small and large.
It any one can get enough of the
Spirit of Christ to let his love and pity
triumph over the hatred Of his enemies
to him, then, indeed, he shall know
something of real joy, and he shall
lose nothing Of his own dignity, but
soar into loftiness he has not known.
Al. M. MEEKS.
(Not drop of German blood in the
writer's veins.)
Bogota, N. j., July 10, 1920
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For the Sins of the Fathersa
the Editor of The Tribune.

the Editor or Inc tribune.
Sir: l cannot forbear answering the
letter in your issue of July 13, 1920,
in which George S. Bryan takes issue
with Lydia Z. Millington's interpreta-
ton of Christ's teachings as applied to
non-comhatant sufferers in Germany.
For the life of me cannot see how
making children suffer for the sins of
their fathers can be reconciled with the
Christian spirit. Now that the weak
ness of the churches is under discus
sion, why not look in this direction for
failure? As to the sentimentality
charged against the would-be merciful,
it seems to me that the poem quoted by
Mr.. Bryan, Germany asks for bread"
is very largely sentimental in it's
appeal. F. 8. CARRITHERS.
New Milford. Conn, July ID, 1920.
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$50 A. Nj. on 32d Street

Wv "a 1fA. OiA ILQ OtIcSC
THE wind snuffed like happy cat
At scuttling beetle people.
The sunshine would have reused fat
To try and be steeple.
Ny breakfast in me warm and stanch,
Your letter in my pocket,
The worlds coon that's climbed a
branch
And l am David Crockett.
Five years ago I saw you first
And knew in every part
The aagrant and immortal thirst
Love salts into the heart.
Five years ago the Pleiad crew
Sang in their starry hive,
Because miracle like you
Could dare to be alive!
Five years, and still, through Earth's
degrees
You, like pageant, pass;
Courageous as invading seas
And careless as the grass.
Pauper poets of rhymes grown thin
Mutter their madhouse wrongs;
have eons to love you in,
Ages to make you songs!l
Pour your rain on the bitter treei
Harrow the soil with spears!
/ shall grow you Felicity
After million years!
The street-signs winked like smiles at me.
The aoind pdaoed BY enchdntedl
The sun sfoumg high for all to see
I'd stop hina if / acamtedt
STEPHEN VINCENT BENET.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Reopening the Danube

fhe organization of a British
syndicate to develop Danube ship
Ping and provide connection between
Danube and western European ports
's likely to do more for the recon-
suuction of a much troubled section
% Europe than year Of diplomatic
Mg-of-war. Several important ship
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
A Week of Verse

The following four poems are from
"Parabaiou." pamphlet pubiished By
Danford Barney from VIII W1yren's
Den. Pennington, Conn. -AAH ths
Ursters are recent graduates Of Yale.
They are reproduced scish the permission
Of Mr.. Barney, BY Uhom they are copy
righted.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

The fact that the population Of West
ern and Eastern Prussia is for the
most part Germanized or imported
from Germany is so we'll known that
it did not need confirmation by plebis-
cite. The plebiscite was arranged for
another reason.
These provinces belonged to Poland
up to the time of the partitions, and
the Poles demanded their return be-
cause:
I. They legally belong to Poland.
2. Their possession would give Po-
land both banks of the Vistula, secur-
ing to her access to the sea.
8. That through them runs the only
railway connecting Warsaw with
! Gdansk.
A. That in them are situated the
Mazurian Lakes whose possession
would protect Poland from German at
tacks.
5. That the German majority there
is artificial, obtained by Germanization
and the destruction of the Polish ele-
ment, and should therefore not decide
should belong to Germany any more
than it did in connection with Alsace
and Northern Bohemia.
Lloyd Georges Opposition
For these reasons Polish demands
found strong support at the Paris Con-
ference. The. unconditional incorpora-
tion of Western and Eastern Prussia
with Poland was obstinately opposed
by Lloyd George, who generally tried to
diminish Poland on every side, and the
conference therefore decided upon a
| plebiscite.
This plebiscite could result favorably
for Poland only if, in addition to the
whole Polish population, part of the
German population should also vote
for Poland. This was possible on con-
dition that the plebiscite should be
carried out without pressure or menace
In order to accomplish this, according
to the Versailles Treaty, the inter-
Allied commission, supported if occa-
sion arises by the necessary forces,
will have general powers, of admins
/ tration and in particular will be
charged with the duty Of arranging
for the vote and of taking such meas
ures as it may deem necessary to in
sure it's freedom, fairness and secrecy"
| The inter-Aliied commission undertook
the administration of these provinces.
but with the insufficient forcas at its
disposition was unable to counteract
the terrorist agitation of the Germans.
| Of freedom, fairness and secrecy"
! there was no question, as is proved. for
| instance, by the article of the III
gemeines Volksblatt" of June IL
threatening those who voted for Po-
land with Certain disagreeable things
and prophesying that their situation
4 would be dangerous" when these
provinces came into the possession of
the Germans.
PIebiscite Unfair
For these reasons the Poles demand
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An Invidious Distinction

tFrom The Cfepatcmd Plain Dealer,
A Communist ship has arrived in
Buenos Ayres from Italy, It flies the
red flag. and all the crew from captain
to cabin boy receive the same wages.
But why have captain and cabin boy?
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ysu can purchase merchandise advertised is THE
,.,r,,Wr With absolute safcty--ser II dissatissss-
y. r...jf, In any case TIE TRIBUNE guarantees
= x,y scsr mcnss back uson REQUEST. No red tays.
=. euibbilne. We make good promptH the
.s.,rsisrf caes aof.
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For All Blasphemers

! A DAM was my grandfather.
= A tall spoiled child;
A red clay tower
In Eden green and mild.
He ripped the Sinful Pippin
From its sanctimonious limb.
Adam was my grandfather
And / take after him.
Noah was my uncle
And he got dead drunk.
There were planets in his liquor-can
And lizards in his bunk.
He fell into the Bottomless
Past Hell's most shrinking star,
Old Aunt Fate has often said
How much alike We are.
Lilith, she's my sweetheart
Till my heartstrings break, a.
Most of her is honey-pale
And all of her is snake.
Sweet as secret thievery
kiss her all / can,
While Somebody Above remarks
That's not nice young mani"
Bacchus was my brother,
Nimrod is my friend.
All of them have talked to me
On how such courses end.
But when His Worship takes me up
How can l fare but we'll?
For who in gaudy He'll will care!
And I shall be in He'll.
STEPHEN VINCENT BENET.
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PIebiscife Unfair

For these reasons the Poles demand
ed that the German administration and
the German military police should be
removed from the plebiscits area be-
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The Song of the Trumpeter
A RISE Q bridegroom, from her golden
bed at last,
And laugh into her bitter eyes, and 90;
For wars chance for death that's clean
and fast,
And loves surety for death that's
sick and slow.
Arise, o trifser. and put on your gilded
sword,
For she may love again, as lovers
must,
And you shall have free blood for your
reward,
And you shall have the honor that Il
dust.
PHELPS PUTNAM.