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New-York tribune., 1920-06-08

be held very strictly ~ a trust for
the futurs. The bin which Congress
passed had no partisan color. It
was supported by Democrats as we'll
as Republicans. Opposition to it
had almost disappeared. It died be-
cause tho President neglected to
sign it.
The bill to repeal most Of the out
standing war legislation was also
not party measure. It merely
recognized tho fact that the war has
ended in the domestic sense. 1t
sought to demobilize civilian war
agencies no longer needed and to
suspend the use Of obsolete war
powers within the United States.
But Mr.. Wilson has decided to keep
Us at war donAstically as well as
internationally. He has stood stub
bornly in the way Of tbs ratification
Of treaty with Germany except on
has own terms. He is also unwilling to
surrender tho emergency authority
granted him for the purpose Of con-
ducting q war which he is no longer
conducting.
The President rebukes Congress
for obstructing peace readjustments.
Yet he has made himself the chief
agent Of obstruction.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
The Chief Obshuctor

5 President Wilson sent Congress q
message vetoing the Federal budget
bill. He snuffed out two other i'm
portant measures with "pocket"
vetoes. These were the water power
bill and the bill repeating msxt Of
the emergency war legislation. All
these measures ought to have become
laws. That they didn't 10 the fault
of the President, not Of Congress.
Mr.. Wilson sees fit to charge Con.
gress with inactaen and partisan.
ship. But he has deliberately sacri.
feed three important pieces Of legis.
lstion which we're not partisan. The
budget bill was acceptable to him
except for a trihing encroachment
on the powers of the Executive
That negligible defect could easily
have bean cured after the budget
system was put In operation.
3 The water power bill represented
an agreement reached in Congress
after many long years Of contro.
yersy. It was = compromise be-
tween the view thst the water power
On the Federal domain should he
xnade available for use by the pres
snt sensreti0n on the easisst terms
'ycsslbIe an1 IT, v1sw that II should
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
When We Join
To the Editor Of The Trihun,

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Where has 1t hesn dem rated
that we have acquired qualification,
that fit US for adjusting the quarrels
between nations of another hemisphere
Let US remain absolutely neutral and
be loyal to all nations and helpful when
we can.
We certainly have seEisus problems
Of our own that will tax our utmost re.
sources for adjustment, both in wisdom
and money.
When we join the league Of nations
tho United Statss at once becomes
Angel Plenipotsntiary,
Paying Teller Extraordinary,
Catspaw Gsncralissimo.
WILLIAM q. PEARSON.
New York. June 1, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
Coolidge's Philosophy
Certainly Not the Fxith Of a
Reuctionurv
To ths Editor of The Tribun,

To Tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune of June g a
Progressive Republican," calls for
johnson or nobody" As the time for
the final decision as to a candidate
is so near it may not be worth while
to argue the question except as to his
classification Of reactionaries. Amonr
these he places Governor Coolidge,
Taking into consideration what /,
known of the Massachusetts, Governor
from his public acts and uttennees.
it is hard to understand how any man
with q rudimentary knowledge Of tAe
English language can call him q resc.
tionary. 1t cannot be because he stood
firm against the men that deserted
their posts Of duty and loft the city
Of Boston at tho mercy Of lawisss
mob. To many minds the catering to
the forces of disorder-all too common
with class Of politicians-is reac-
ton in its worst form.
7 Here are some Of Governor Cool
idge's sayings which your correspond
ent may not have read.
ado the days work. II it be to prs-
tect the rights Of the weak, whoever
objects to it, do it.. II it be to help
powerful corporation better to serve
the people, whatever the opposition,
do that. Expect to be called q stand
patter, but don't be a stand-patter. Ex-
pect to bo called demagogue, but
don't be demagogue. Don't hesitate
to be as revolutionary as science. Don't
hesitate to be as reactionary az the
multiplication table. Don't expect 10
build up the weak by pulling down
the strong. Don't hurry to legislste.
Give administration a chance to catch
up with legislation"
There should be no doubt IN reason
able minds as to where Governor Cool.
idge stands.
1t can be said with candor that
Senator Johnson's attitude on some
important questions is uncertain. That
he has great ability and force of char
acter cannot be denied, and We all un-
derstand his position on the league
OF nations. But it would be interesting
to learn just what he would do il
placed in such a position as Governor
Coolidge was when the Boston police
men deserted their posts.
With or without league Of nstions
We want and we need to have friendly
relations with nations that are
friendly to us. Is Senator johnson
sound on that question?
ANOTHER PROGRESSIVE Re-
PUBLICAN.
New York. June 7, 1920.
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The Una,,swerable

When Mr.. Gompers met Governor
Allen in face-to-face debate there
was one question put by the Gov
ernor which Mr.. Gompers did not
even attempt TO answer. The ques-
tion read thus:
when . dispute between capital
and labor brings on q strike affecting
the production or distribution of the
nseessaries Of ufe, thus threatening
the public peace and impairing the
public health. has tho public any
rights In suoh . controversy, OF is It
private war between capital and
labor."
Mr.. Gompery has now had ten
days in which to construct a reply,
and his carefully prepared answer
appears at length. For a downright
and doughty spokesman, the result
Ia a sadly evasive and shutting re-
ply. Mr.. Gompers comedies that in
the cases named by Governor Allen
"ths public, including union men,
has rights"; but he asserts that the
striking union usually is first to
recognize those rights" "Few
strikes" he continues, affecting
production OF distribution actually
threaten the public peace and fewer
become a nasnAcs to the public
health"
There will bs few to agree with
Mr.. Gompers as to the infrequency
OF such strikes and 40 to the ten
dsrneas Of unions for tho public's
rights IN ths light Of recent indus
trial history. But frequency was
not EhS issue. This question was
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
Puasyfoo6ng

In the johnson headquarters at
Chicago, confronting every visitor in
the largest type, is the following:
whenever there comes to US the
cry Of humanity or tho anguished ap-
peal"of civilization, we will respond,
but I insist tho people Of the United
States, represented by Congress, acting
under the Constitution, shall be the
ones to decide when we will respond
and how far wa will respond. d."-Hiram
W. johnson.
Thus, Senator johnson votes "aye''
for ratification with reservations,
whereas in the Senate he voted "no." f"
Complete is his reversal, and he is
entitled to due congratulations.
An interesting item to consider
with this treaty recantation in the
same headquarters at Chicago, is a
poster whose heading is: "What the
BIG BUSINESS MEN OF CALL
FORN1A THINK OF HIRAM
w. JOHNSON" The contents set
out that the signers, while formerly
regarding Senator johnson as dan
gerous radical, row certify to his es-
sential conservatism. The first
signer Of the document is the multi
millionaire Herbert Fleishhacker,
who is identified as the president of
the Anglo and London-Paris Ma
tional Bank.
Recently disturbing the calm of
Great Britain was a man known as
"Pussyfoot" Johnson. Can it be
that he was none other than the
California Senator and that having
returned to this country he is in
dulging his propensity to make his
footballs noiseless?
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
Anybody to Beat Wood

TO tho Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: In 1912 1t WAS Anybody to beat
Roosevelt" In 1920 II 10 "Anybody to
peat WOOD Why beat Woodf Rooso
yelt's best friend was Wood,
II the convention nominates a reac-
tlonary ! will exercise my right to vote
against him.
spoke for Roosevelt in 1912. I
watched Tor Roosevelt In 1912. remain
Independent. 8. L. TOprrrz
New York, juno 8, 1890.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
The Teschen Muddle

For the clash between Czechs and
Poles in tho Teschcn area the respon-
sibility rests mainly with the Su-
preme Council, which has repeatedly
postponed the plebiscite to determine
the fate Of the rich little district
in the southern corner Of Upper
Silesia. Thus, the date fixed, May
is, was tho other day changed to
July IL, in spite of warnings that
additional delay would result in ad-
ditional broken heads. The case of
Teschen is one where any settle
ment, almost, is better than no set
tlenent at all.
Yet the question Of Teschen is not
so difficult Of solution as it looks,
and it is safe enough to forecast in
general terms the result of the
plebiscite. Roughly speaking, the
Polish claims to the territory are
principally ethnographic; those Of
the Czecho-Slovak Republic histori-
cal and economic. If self-deter-
mination had consistently been fol-
lowed throughout in drawing the
boundaries Of the new Europe, the
argument in Poland's favor would
be overwhelming, as at least three
fourths Of the Teschen population
speak Polish. But the Czechs point
out that the principle of nationality
has been overridden in more than
one instance in favor Of historic
right and economic necessity.
Taking the old Austrian census as
basis, it seems likely that three
quarters of the province, with the
towns Of Teschen and Bielitz, will go
to Poland, while the westernmost
corner, with the important railroad
center Of Oderberg, will vote Czech.
This would correspond to the roughly
drawn line Of demarcation agreed
upon by the contestants after the
breakup Of the Austrian Empire.
The Poles charge that this agree
ment has been violated by the Czechs,
who invaded the area held by the
former during the troubles with the
Ukrainians in East Galicia. On the
other hand, the Czechs accuse the
Poles Of attempts to denationalize
and intimidate Czech minorities.
The chief grievance of the Poles
lies in the temporary assignment Of
the Karwin coal field to the Czechs.
1t is in this small but valuable dis
trict, with its mixed population, that
the outcome Of the plebiscite looks
most uncertsin, and 1t Is here t.,at
the recent fighting occurred. The
sensible thing to do would be to hold
the plebiscite &s soon as possible
with strong French and British con-
tingents to iEcure fair play. Other
wise bad feeling will grow worse be-
tween the two Slavonic sister nations
whose agreement would form one of
the cornerstones Of peace In Central
Europe.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
Is It Still Possiblo3
To tho Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: With nearly eight years Of po-
1it!cal potluck which would have
brought many an older land to chaos. is
it still possible that poliHcians---Repub-
lican leaders, some Of them--can gather
at Chicago under the skull.and-cross.
bones motto Of Anything to Beat
Wood"7
We nsed President who will do his
duty in tho face Of hell itself In the long
and dreary days of reconstruction; a
man bound to no preSlection prornisesj
a man who will not make q sanatortum
of the White House; a man without self
love; q man without personal prejudice
or petty hatred; man who will not
build spite fence between prospsrou.
America and ruined Europe; gentle
man in the old fne sensej = servant Of
the people who will bow to no single
master. What other candidate Ais the
bill in every particular?
Any half-baked noddy can detxact, In
sinuate. pull to pieces; any one whose
income depends upon keeping the dis
oontented elements Of our people in a
state Of unrest can call his speeches
"platitudinous." So they ars. So ia
much of the finest language in the Bible
platitudinous, because it hsrps upon the
eternal verities. Do we still hunger foy
phrase-making? For Lusltanis notes
Shall we once more and for the last
time deny our political savior as in
1915, and this time for good and all
ca. ourselves into tho pit?
E. +. KEENE.
Enfield, N. H., June 4, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08

OK qualification IN the Supreme
Courts decision in the cases brought
to annul tho Eighteenth Amendment
and the Volstead law. The court
speaks with the utmost clearness
and positiveness, sweeping aside each
and every argument advanced to
void the amendment or restrict its
application.
Objections made to the form Of
the amendment and the manner in
which It WAS submitted and ratified
are first brushed aside. The court
holds that it was germane; that it
was properly submitted, and was
legally approved. The decision made
last week with regard to the adverse
referendum in Ohio, after ratification
by tho Legislature, foreshadowed
tho Judgment that the amendment,
"by lawful proposal and ratification,
has become a part Of the Constitu-
tion and must be respected and
given effect, the same as other pro-
visions Of that instrument"
Next the unlimited and control
ing effect Of the amendment is en-
phasized. 1t binds Congress, the
courts, all state legislative bodies,
all public officers and all individuals
within the territorial limits Of the
United States. The Concurrent
power" granted to the states in the
second section is only a shadow. 1t
is concurrent power not to modify
the scope Of the first section, but
merely to assist in enforcing its pur-
pose. Therefore no state may seek
to thwart or defeat prohibition en-
forcement. Legislation by Congress
does not need to be approved or
sanctioned by state in order to be
effective within It's boundaries, nor
can any particularistic distinction
be set up, such as the distinction
between interstate commerce and
intrastate commerce.
The power Of Congress to enforce
the prohibition is coextensive with
the prohibition itself. It covers the
whole country. It follows, therefore,
that the Volstead act, which defines
as intoxicating all beverages con-
tanning more than one-half Of / per
cent of alcohol "a determination
which the court upholds) cannot be
invalidated locally by state law or
regulation.
The courts decision is broadly
nationalistic. It treats the amend.
uent as legitimate expression of
the nations will, not to be upset
anywhere by dissenting groups. The
Constitution remains the supreme
law Of the land. Congress is the
primary agent In enforcing that
will. The concurrent power" given
to the states, therefore, vests them
with no equality Of judgment. Con.
currence must be supplementary
not neutraNsing or hostile. On these
points Of theory the court conforms
to the nationalistic tradition which
it has always tended to uphold.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08

A WARNING


Horace: Book I, Ode S.
"Quis multa gracilis to ps1sr IN rosa"---
Tell me, my Pyrrh., what youth is sow
chasing thee?
Who is thy lowered and redolsns slavea
Where's the cool gro.to in which he's en-
bracins theea
Who is the cause of thy permanent wavea
Often, how often. he'll call ,hee per6dious I
Frequently rail at the mutable gods!
He who is hrall to thy sraces insidious.
Playing a game against terrible odds;
Who for thy favor is eager and sedulous.
Thinking thee pliable, deemins thee kind.
Loving and worshiping thec--the poor.
credulous
Fish, to thy falsiy utterly blind!
Here, in the temple Of Neptune. dedicate
Weeds tha, are dripping with warning. and
damp.
DANCERl LOOK OUT FOR THE
SlRENl Ill predicate
Pyrrha's a plausible, beautiful yamp.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
Drones Only

<FrssN TAs Da,Ies Nos,s1me Nesos9
With all the political bees there :"
In this country, one would think sn's
there would BE- some aiisvissies y
the sugar shortage.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
In a Whirlpool

On the other hand, if Germany con-
tlnues to crumble, remsins impetent,
ltaly's situation is difficult and she
will more or less fall behind Trance
in influence. Moreover, French influ-
ence with the Southern a. we'll as the
Central Slavs runs counter to Italian
policy and interest. Temporarily Brit
ish support may contribute to restore
Italian prestige, but there are distinct
limits to this. and the French recov-
cry from the effects Of tho war will
doubtless be much moro prompt than
the Italian.
Nitti, then, must find himself. so
long as he remains in power. caught
in whirlpool Of political currents,
domestic and foreign alike. II is not
too much to say that abroad he has
acquired greater and better reputation
than any other italian Minister sincs
cavour; but all the foreign applause,
which ne has merited, docs not materi-
ally help him at homo and may, in cer-
tan possible crises. prove fatal.
Copyright. 1920. Mcclure Newspaper
0yndicatsl
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
Mnn1m o1 rxn AseoMATxD Yn1NW
Minority Rule

AvAAAA1~1~Sy AS~eAS
The business occupying the lobbies
and back rooms at Chicago is the
same as that which occupied the last
weeks Of the pre-convention cam
paign--the business Of preventing
the nomination of General Wood.
To this all else is subordinate.
Little thought is taken Of the NOR
row. The coalition has no candidate
does not dare to havs any. With dss-
perate frenzy there is concentration
ON organizing . majority for blind
negation.
70 the task the remainders Of the
~Old Guard" arr singly dsvoting
their energies. The so-called Con-
eressional crowd, which wants .
dummy In the White House, is assist
ing. The sinister influence Of the
Southern delegates has been invoked
and methods verging on corruption
are employed. The specious allure
ments Of local pride are psraded.
Men are told that it is q neighbor's
duty to forget America as whole.
Seldom has there been more notable
muster Of all the arts and manipula-
tive devices Of devious politics.
Why this energy Of opposition?
No one gives a reason, or pretends
to give areason. It is admitted that
General Wood is the popular choice
Of the party. The facts are unchal-
lenged. In the primaries General
Wood received a larger vote than
was cast for any other candidate.
He has the largest number Of in
structed delegates. He has the
largest number Of uninstructed dele
gates. He is the second choice Of the
largest number Of those instructed
or pledged to others. The conclusion
to be drawn is irresistible.
It Is admitted that he is the au-
thsntic heir of the policies of Roose-
velt and Of the moral causes with
which Roosevelt's fame is identified.
No question is made Of General
Woods ability or of his high per-
sonal character. 1t is cynically ac-
knowledged that the clamor concern
ing the Wood campaign fund is a
political rnaneuver-that, considering
the territorial sweep Of the Wood
movement and that it was necessary,
if the people were to bc consulted,
to conduct scores Of primary cam
paigns, the expenditures were nat
ural and on the whole modest.
Will the combination of selfish
ness, narrowness and reaction sue
eeed? The Chicago chaos returns no
definite answer. The reactionary
elements have manifestly failed to
achieve their purpose in advance of
the sssemblage Of the convention,
but their present activity shows they
do not yet concede final defeat.
Hence there is great need Of using
the few remaining hours to empha.
size the simplicities Of tho situation
and to insure the party against be.
ing loaded with burden which it IL
{ unwise to assume. The wires reach,
ing from the constituencies to the
delegates may we'll be loaded with
advice and admonitions. Amid thu
babel at Chicago many are confused
and may be deceived, constituting ar
artificially manufactured lobby opin
ion for the thought of the country
Particularly have the representative,
Of New York, who number nearly 2(
per cent Of q convention majority, .
golden opportunity to exercise lead
ership.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
Nittii S Return
BY Franz II. Simonds

session of Trieste and the Tr~ntine
these acquisitions, together With .
possible protectorate in Albanla and
sphere of interest on the south coast
of Asia Minor, do not represent any
considerable immediate increase in rev.
enue; in fact, 80 far ~ the Adriatic
and Asia Minor are concerned, will
probably call for largo preliminary ex.
penses.
Sought British Support
Nitti has sought to rescue his eoun.
try from its plight by close associ.
alton with Great Britain. This associ.
alton has led quite naturally to the
support Of the British view In the mat.
ter Of Germany. In point Of fact the
Italians remain. even after war, rather
more friendly to tho Germans than to
the French, and the economic restors-
tion Of Germany falls In with Italian
interests, political as well as eco.
nomic.
But the British support, aftsr sl1. hat
very clear limits. It has not estab.
lished Italian claims in Fiume, and /,
cannot materially contributs to lift the
great burden Of external debt tha,
the war laid upon that European ooun.
try which in proportion to its wealth
was most heavily in debt before 1915
There has been undoubtedly Q great
deal Of exaggeration of tho possibility
of a Bolshevistic outbreak in Italy
but it is not less true that the Italian
Kingdom still has very difficult preb,
lens to solve.
Could Germany regain control OF
herself, become strong again, there is
every reason to believe that In due
course of time Italy would drift back
to her old alliance with that power
The previous alliance collapsed not
because Of any direct clash between
Italians and Germans, but because
Germany was necessarily bound to
support Austria, ana Austria was neve,
willing to resign her remnant of Ital.
ian territory. But with Austria Hun.
gary gone, with Trieste and the Tren.
tino in her possession, italy could con-
template German alliance with great
contentment.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08

strangely enough, the ncwspape,
reporters, as forecast in this Wall OF
Wladom, are writing tho best news.
paper stuff from Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08

Moreover. in tho matter Of the Adri-
alto Nitti has pursued course
which has At least avoided open hos
tilities and kept the way open for a
later peaceful settlement, which would
not have been possible had he, for OK
ample, insisted that failing the ac-
QUESTION Of Fiums italy should insist
upon the translation Of the terms of
tho Treaty Of London into fact. Tan
gled - the Adriatio situation remains,
1t Is simple justice to recognize that
Nitti has contributed to lessenine the
tension, which WAS at fever heat when
Orlando quit Paris year ago, and
lster, when DAnnunsio went to Fiume.
Yet tho Italian situation is far from
attractive. Tho war has left Italy
heavily indebted to the United States
and to Great Britain. Her foreign
debt now exceeds $A,000.o00, 900, while
the French is but $5,o0o.ooo 900, and
France is far richer In ultimate re-
sources.
In addition, while the war has re-
suited In the realisation Of some of
Italy's aspirations. notably IN tho pos
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
Sweet Land Of Liberty

SIR Have been in New York Just thirty
ono days since my arrival from Jamaica
Secms like month Of sundacs.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08

Could Cut Sugar 1907, He Asserts
World headline.
That would bring it within the reach
Of all.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
Blithely Skipping

Sir' Speaking Of the accounts OF
the trial yacht races and your excuse
for skipping them makes you out a
peculiar species Of skipper. You are
some skipper when ashore, but nothing
OF the sort when on board. Hsyi
What!