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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1920-04-27

ska vlada zamezila dalsi roz-
mnozeni obehov6 meny, nezba
villa Sc vsak t6hoz zdedeneho
po byvalych vladcich one ze-
me.
Nyni navrhuji dve dalsi
kombinancni opatfenl: Vseo-
becnou dan z kapitalu, Sc sou
casnym zrizenim banky, vyda-
'vaiici csl. bankovky kryte po-
kladem We zlatG. (Stalo Sc jiz
zrizenim "Statni cedulove
banky", o cemz isme sveho ca
su prinesli zpravu.) Poclta Sc,
re nasledkem dane 2 kapita-
lu mnoho lidi bude nuceno k
pujckam cestou obchodni. Od-
haduje sc, re zmin6na dan bu-
de dosti velkou, ably sc mohla
umofiti onech Sest miliard ban
kovek, nachazejicich Sc V obe-
hu. Polovina teto sunny bude
splacena odevzdanim Wade ma
hromadene bankovky. Druha
polovina pax ma byti zaopa-
trena obcany cestou soukro-
mych uvernich transakci. Tyto
transakce pax konecne budou
soustredeny V bankovnim odde
, leni ministerstva financi, ktere
]nyni docasne ie vseobecnou pc
nezni bankou Ceskoslovenska.
Timto Sc doufa, re obeh ban
koyek bude zredukovan ma po-
loyinu. Move bankovky bankov
niho oddeleni ministerstva fl
nanci vSak nebudou iiz vice
dluhem Statnim: budou dlu-
hem soukromych jednotlivcd
uzavrenyeh t6mito nasledkem
lplaceni vySokG dane z kapita-
llu statu.
Podminkou X uskutecneni
tohoto planu je zrejme neuzna
nj valeenych pujGek. iinak sni
zeny obeh by znamenal, re
nynejsi bankovky by byly dlu-
hem statnim. Glen finanGniho
ministra je to, aby obcane,
lplatici dan kapitalu, dali do
zastavky sve vyrobni jmeni a
ne obligace Statni. Jenom TIM
to zpusobem Sc da dociliti, a
by move penize, jsouci V ob6-
hu po DAM z kapitalu, meli
ItrNajlcl kupni silu donna i V ci-
Zine.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1920-04-27
FINANCE CESkOSLOVEN-
SKE REPUBLIKY.
Sumarni zruseni driveisich ra-
kcuskych bankovek a valec-
nych pnjcek. Daa z apitalu a
jeji vyslcdek. Novy bankovni
system.

Jak CHINA pohlizi ma finan-
chi usporadani csl. republiky,
Ivysvitne re Zpravy zcnevskeho
correspondents newyorske "E-
vening Post"
Csl. vlada byla prvni q e.
vropskych zemi, ktera dvojim
radikalnim zpusobem utinila
nasilny konec valecnemu roz-
sifeni obehove m6ny. Pfedn6
vSechny rak.-uher. bankovky
byly okolkovany behem urGi-
te dolby, kdy hranice zeme by
ly neprodusne uzavreny VOL
skem. Tehdy Sc nachazelo re
mi 8 miliard (Americane ozna
cuji miliardu nazvem hilion)
rak. .-uherskych bankovek; dve
miliardy byly zadrzeny a wy
meneny ia dluzni Stvrzenky,
nesouci jedine jedno procen-
to. Sest miliard Okolkovanych
rak. bankovek hylo postupnf
premeneno ma Geskoslovenske
kterc nyni jsou kvotovany V ne
utralnieh zemlch V troinasobnt
Gene obycejnych rak. .-uher-
skych bankovek.
Jakym zpusobem ceska via.
da Zastavila mnozstvi banko.
vek V obehu behem r. 1919?
V teze dobe, cd brezna 1915
! do brezna 1920 vzrostl obek
bankovek We Francii Italii {
80 proc. Nemecku o 80 a ,
Rakousku 70 proc. Cesi pou
zili velice jednoducheho zpu
sobu - neuznaly valecnyci
puicek byvaleho Rakouska q
Uhcrska, jez NELL jejich obea
ne.
We vSech byvalych valcicicf
zemich evropskych, verejnt
pujcky byly hlavni pomdcko,
soukrome a vereine. vyroby no
, vych bankovek. Valecne phi
tky isou hlavnc majetkem lidi
/ ktcfi upsali dalcko vice, nei
/ mohli uloziti bez poSkozen
svtho obchodu a jciich OBJ
2 chod, vzhledem Ike kazdoden
nimu stoupani cen Ma suro
vinach a mzdach, potrebova
vice penez, nez mohli ocekava
ii. Proto celc Europe .jsol
valeene pdicky prostrcdkem
veru, upotrebene k vyrobe no
ivych pcnez.
! I1mto zpuSobem valeent
pujcky, jez povazovany byk
"a kondolisovane (nevypove
ditelne). pfemenovaly Sc poms
lil vsak jistc V eirkulacni bal
kovky.
V Ceskoslovensku zadn;
banka neposkytne uver ma ra
kouske nebo uherske vaiecne
pujcky; tim zdroj pfilisneh'
rozmnozeni obehavc meny jes
zarazcn. Panuic sicc nvern
krisr. vaak narod Jest donucel
k 0spore vIyozu. ielilioz ne
n1,ize vyrabetl penize po,zl
vanim valocnych pujcek jak,
zaloh. Timto zpusobem praz
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1920-04-27
MALE VKLADY.

Sto malych vkladu posili
banku vice nez tucet vkladu
velkych pfi pomerne vySi
stejneho obnosu. Proto Sc sta
lie snazime ziskati move "a
kazniky. i kdyz jejich vkla-
dy jsou jen skromne vyse.
Jeden dollar postaci pro "a
tatek a kdyz Sc vytrvale spo
II, zahy vase vklady vzro-
tou ma velky usporeny OBJ
1os.
THE BROADWAY
SAVINGS & TRUST CO.
Banka. kAe aejste Admin ctsincc~.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-09
Friendly Conpanionship

Even the most exacting grumbler
will admit that the present winter
deserves the name "old-fashioned." !"
The boys have been seeing Nellie
home while the sleigh bells jingled
and venerable "cutters" have been
dug out of woodsheds. In New Eng
land and northern New York the
clogged railways discontinued sery-
ice. But stranger tales come in, like
that of tho ancient inhabitant of the
Rhode Island village of North Scitu-
ate, snowbound twenty-five days, un-
til at last "four-horse hitch" made
a path to his door.
His case, despite his seventy-seven
years, or perhaps because of them,
was not SO evil as might be fancied.
The children, light enough to walk
across the crusted fields, brought
hlm food. Presumably the woodpile
was accessible for warmth. Nor
were other comforts lacking. ~ had
rheumatism and plenty to read" he
says, 80 l wasn't lonesome. To
the casual ear there may be some
thing Delphic in the saying. Books
as companions we can understand,
but why rheumatism?
Perhaps the mystery is not so
dark as it seems. Persons who have
lived with complaint a long time
know how engrossing it is. Thew
lind its moods a constant subject
both for reflection and conversation.
This old mans rheumatism gave
him twinges of pain, but it was a
bar to ennui. A "crick in the back"
g. pain in the arm, a stiff leg are
not half so bad as mind diseased
or rooted sorrow, to which Mac
beth's physician confessed he con1d
not minister.
Shut up in lonely whiteness as
of an Arctic region, visited only bv
the children, who fed him as Robin
Redbreast fed the Babes in the
Wood, why should not books and
rheumatism alike be the friendliest
of companions?
New-York tribune., 1920-03-09
A Prohibition Liability

The public, it may be assumed,
will take but languid interest in
the six points" against Brother
Anderson listed by Assemblyman
Cuvillier unless that active gentle
man is able to show (Which is i'm
probable) actual corruption. No
one is called on to be torn of heart
over legislator who allows him.
self to be browbeaten. Let him de-
velop a resistant character and look
after himself.
The group that should be con-
cerned about Anderson is not the
anti-prohibitionists of the Assembly,
but the prohibitionists of the Anti
Saloon League. To the anti-prohi-
bitionists Anderson> is a great as
set. His behavior is such as to add
to the cohorts of rum. He appeared
in Brooklyn during the campaign,
and his bearing and language were
such as to lead an Indifferent citi-
zen to rush from the hall, saying:
"Who is this fellow against? Tell
whoever he is I'm for him!"
Anderson has proved his right to be
considered a first rate vote-repeller.
1t may be suspected that the in
vestigation is an artful device of
the demon to stimulate Anderson
into eruption. He responded by max
ing an attack on the Church whose
communicates are the most numer-
Gus and did what he could to blow
into life the dead embers of religious
b;gotry. If the ex-brewers still
maintain an organization and have
funds they could we'll afford to en-
dow Anderson; but it does not ap-
pear why an Anti-Saloon League
should keep him as it's superintend-
ent. Anderson contributed nothing
to establishing prohibition, but he
may have some potency in disestab-
fishing it.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-09
Pity the Poor Landlord
To the Editor of The Tribune

~ eiAo IuiIoi VI lie tribune.
Sir: May landlord have a few
words about rents? Tenants are maxi
ing a great outcry about the raise in
rents and part Of the public may imag-
inc that landlords are the greatest Of
profiteers. Look at the facts. From
1907 to 1917 real estate was a drug on
the market and rental property gen.
orally (there were exceptions) did not
net more than 4 or per cent. Ten
ants would go to an owner and ask for
and frequently get one, two or three
months rent free for taking a years
lease. The owner stood it and did not
go to the courts and ask for impos-
sible things, for the courts cannot
regulate the prices Of houses any more
than they can regulate the wages of
clerk or mechanic, and it Is a good
thing that it is so.
just now the shortage Of houses en-
ables the landlord to charge a fair
rent and make up some Of his losses
OF the past. The real profiteer is the
workman, who four years ago was max
ing $3 or 81 day; he now strikes,
and on account of the shortness
OF help forces the employer to pay
him twice what he paid him a few
years ago; then the rise in prices starts
around the circle and at last reaches
the landlord, whose plumbing, painting
and other bills double up.
After the Civil War rents were
New-York tribune., 1920-03-09
Books and Men
To the Editor of The Tr;bune

AZ tHe Coltor or The Tribune.
Sir: The news accounts Of the
passing Of George D. Smith have dealt
naturally enough with his Napoleonic
Importance in the book world. But
while he did figure in the news ac-
counts that way, and while &C. D. S."
was feared as a competitor both in
America and in Europe, he meant much
more than that to genuine book lovers.
his kindly personality endeared him
to those who, with tastes akin to his
own, had the good fortune to be asso-
clated with him, and among his friends
were some of the most distinguished
visitors to our shores.
John Drinkwater, author Of "Abra-
nam Lincoln" was especially fond OF
him, and whenever the wear of en-
gagements became heaviest this poet
dramatist had a habit of going over
to Mr.. Smiths shop for a quiet hour.
lie told p1e once when advised him to
go away for long walk or some other
restful recreation that he got more
relaxation out Of hours in that book
shop than anywhere else. Another In
dlcatlon Of the close relation between
the two men may be gain.d from the
tact that Mr.. Smith was the last Wis
ltor in the Drinkwater rooms on Tues
day morning before the dramatist
sailed, and among the books packed
that morning were some valuable vol
umes given to him by Mr.. Smith.
&c. D. s." was friend as we'll as
magnate, and he will not be forgotten.
DAVID H. WALLACE.
New York, March S. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-09
Colonials Without Pride
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A. ]. Flockton, in YOUR ;ssue
OF March s, 1920, discussing Senator
henyon's resolution "in re the annexa-
ton Of Bermuda writes as follows.
Does 1T never occur to such peculiar
folk that the British colonies are proud
OF the empire: that such empire is al
ready a league Of nations. without
which the worlds liberties would to.
day be dream Of the past?"
Mr.. Flockton evidently doesn't IN.
clude Irish pride in this league: nor
that of India, with its seething unrest
and political assassinations; nor that
OF Egypt, with its insistence upon the
right of Differentiation.
Canada, Australia and New Zealand
may be very proud of their member
ship in the league to which he refers
but there are about 300,O00,0oo co.
ionlals who would have openly reioiced
had England fallen before the Hun.
THOMAS n. R. CLARKE.
Washington, D. D. March Z, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-09
Fimne and the Secret Treaties

President Wilson's solution Of the
Adriatic problem may possibly be
defended on it's own merits. 1t is not
against it that it is a compromise.
1T is obvious that any Adriatic
solution must be a compromise. It
cannot be harmonized exactly with
any given theory of territorial par
tition-military, ethical, cultural or
historical. So when he says that the
sh-French- American memoran-
cum Of December 8 last ought to
stand because it offers the best pos
slble basis for an equitable solution.
he doubtless thinks it does. And
many Americans, without much def
mite knowledge of the facts. accent
his views.
But when the President introduces
the suggestion that his Judgment
IN the Flume case is influenced bv
his unwillingness to respect secret
treaties made by members of the
Entente before the United States
entered the war, he exposes himself
to very damaging rejoinder. Are
the powers obligated by those
treaties morally bound to disregard
them because when made thew were
withheld from the knowledge Of the
United States? That would be a
curious doctrine.
Mr.. Wilson told the members Of
the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations that he didn't know of
the existence Of the Treaty of Lon
don, providing for territorial COM
pensations to Italy, or of the Shan
tung treaty, until after he arrived
at the peace conference. He says
in his latest note: "The definite and
well-accepted policy Of the American
government throughout its partici-
patton In the deliberations of the
peace conference was that it did not
consider itself bound by secret
New-York tribune., 1920-03-09
An Island in Revolt

The lot Of Staten Island is in
deed parlous, and nobody or impair
tial mind will be disposed to criti-
cize the movement for secession
among her residents. In fact, there
will be envious Manhattanites who
will wish that their island, too,
could walk out of the greater city
some fine night when our Mayor
was asleep in Brooklyn.
Staten Island has extra and
especial reasons for feeling ag-
grieved. Her tax rate is high, yet,
barring the none too happy venture
in municipal ferrying, she has little
to show for the glory of being part
of the metropolis of hemisphere.
Thanks to Comptroller Craig and
the Board of Estimate, Staten ISL
and has been without an important
part of her trolley service for weeks.
Buses have failed to give satisfac-
ton as a substitute. The island
is feeling in acute form the same
sort of partial paralysis of transit
facilities which the rest of the city
is feeling. There is no escaping the
fact that while our city administra-
tlon has prevented an increase of
fares, it has also reduced our transit
facilities to an inconvenience worthy
of one-horse town.
Would Staten Island fare better
by a return to independence? Her
citizens voted handsomely fors Mr..
Hylan as we recall, showing no more
perception in this regard than any
other borough. So what chance is
there of her securing an ADLER ad-
ministration if voting on her own?
Our sympathy goes out to Rich
mond, but she must share respon-
sibility with the rest of the city for
the present impossible era of in
competence and perverse political
manipulation Of the public's rights
and needs.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-09

brickmakers, lumbermen, ETC., ask
for materials; because Of the high
interest rates for building loans, and
because Of the high taxes. The
vicious circle spirals upward.
What can be done-practically
done? The standard lease will stop
the abuse of landlords terminating
leases at will. A discrimination be-
tween the taxes paid on land and on
habitations would, Of course, in
crease construction. The amendment
of income tax laws SO as to exempt
income from habitations would at
tract many to housing enterprises.
There is a possibility of introducing
judicial rent, as Great Britain did
in Ireland. Many things can be
done which will not aggravate the
evil by soaring off builders, pro-
vided there are sincerity and intelli-
gence among those who pretend to
have the public interest at heart.
The obligation of the state and
the city to secure fair housing con-
ditions is undeniable. 1t is not
enough for legislators and admin
istrators to sit back and say: "Let
the renting situation take care of
itself" But it can't take care of
itself without inflicting great injury
and injustice in overcrowded cities
and creating impatience with the
cumbersome and apathetic opera
tions of government. What is needed
is a campaign against rent extortion
based on common sense. This cam
paign should be captained neither by
political wind-jammers nor by those
whose pecuniary interests are fur
thered by rent kiting. There is OBJ
vious need of city-wide organiza-
ton of tenants which shall operate
through officers who know enough to
be non-hysterical.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-09

treaties Of which it had not pre-
viously known the existence. Where
the provisions Of such treaties were
just and reasonable the United
States was willing to accept them. 7"
In the Shantung case the United
States yielded to Japanese insistence
Of the fulfillment of secret treaty,
although three of the American
commissioners, Mr.. Lansing, Mr..
White and General Bliss, protested
against such action. Nobody in this
country has attempted to defend
the Shantung arrangement on the
ground that it was "just and reason
able"
On August 10, 1919, Senator
Johnson, of California, asked the
President: "And the decision ulti-
mately reached at the peace con-
ference was a disappointment to
you?"
The President answered.: eyes,
Sir; I may frankly say that it was"
In the Shantung case Mr.. Wilson
recognized the validity Of secret
treaty. In the Fiume case he asserts
that he is standing out against the
validity of another secret treaty, as
a matter of principle. But Great
Britain, France and Italy are aware
that the American argument as to
secret treaties was definitely aban-
doned when Japan was allowed to
succeed to German rights in Shan
tung.
1t would be better for all con-
cerned if it were admitted that Italy
acquired concrete rights under the
Treaty of London, and that these
rights have to be taken into account
in the Adriatic settlement. The dis
pute over Fiume mas been aggra-
waited by poor diplomacy. Nothing
of vast importance is at stake in
the haggling over Italian-Jugo-Slav
claims which should long ago have
been compromised, but which have
been allowed to disrupt Allied unity
and to delay the peace which Europe
so much needs.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-09
Prettied-up Plays
The Tired Business Man at Last
Gets an 4Ibi

SCtS uU AtlOI
To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Your article of this morning
on the "New Audiences" is, Of course
timely and in a large measure true
But there are some omissions to
which I beg to call attention.
First, you do not mention the care
full, if uninspired, courses at the vari-
Gus universities which deal with the
modern theater and which have GER
tainly helped to produce the "new''
audience and which have done no
little to produce the "new" theater.
You make no mention Of the several
undergraduate dramatic societies and
associations producing either original
plays or famous classics, which have
helped to train the college bred man
and woman to some appreciation of the
higher art Of the theater. OF course,
IN this last named failure you differ
from the other metropolitan journals
not at all. "Sakuntala" was shown at
Smith College ten years before the
Greenwich Village Theater thought of
mounting it. The only notice the New
York papers gave the superb Yale pro-
duction Of "Troilus and Cressida" in
1915 was the statement that the son
of an ex-President appeared in the
cast, the fact that this was the first
known performance of one of Shake
speare's best comedies utterly escap-
ing them.
Lastly, as woman, l grow tired of
the tired business man" legend. The
business man may have been tired, but
the deterrent to honest theater in this
country has been and is the "American
woman who just doesn't like seeing
anything unpleasant" since her own
lie is made so tamely soft and shell
tered by her meek husband and house
broken sons that the rasp of ANYTHING
like real emotion frightens her silly
ohe still wants her plays all "prettied
up as the boys say, and the wise
manager will naturally see to it that
she gets them as she likes them. She
eH"S 11PulOulIc Is 'COuCnlnp' ~
She forgives "Declassee" its dreadful"
ending because the clever Miss Atkins
has left her all the other TOYS she
wants-ropes Of pearls, handsome
gowns, titles, telephone messages from
the Queen of England, tea at the Ritz
and Miss Barrymore to make it all
quite real by the best acting in the
world.
On, astute Miss Aikinsl How very
we'll you know your countrywomen!
on, clever Mr.. Belasco! Oh, sapiens
Mr.. Forbes, who remembered that the
silly, Notwithstanding Mrs. Fair must
be sure to show up in the last act as
model of virtuons motherhood in
black lace--and pearls-always pearls!
MARTHA T. SANDERSON
Hastings on Hudson, March 6. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-09
Hating the Rent Goueers

The protests against the exactions
OF the rent gougers are again be-
coming wholesomely emphatic. The
Central Labor Union talks about
general rent strike and Mavor
Hylan, as usual, is talking loudly
and doing little. But perhaps. so
Tar as the immediate crisis is con-
cerned, mere noise will do at least
temporary good. 1t may scare the
spectators into caution and per-
suade landlords of better sort that
they should busy themselves to keep
their rapacious brethren in leash.
Can't real estate owners see the
danger to their interest if specula-
ton is unchecked?
But common sense tells every one
that strikes and the like promise
no permanent relief. The Hvlan
plan of boosting assessments would.
OF course, mean an increased tax
burden and higher rents. Similarly.
to discipline landlords by stricter
enforcement of various regulations
would add to realty expense-would
force up rents. Retaliation Of this
Kind is war remedy, and war is
usually costly to both sides.
The housing disease has its roots
IN too many people and too few
houses. AS it is not feasible to kill
off the surplus population, the onlv
remedy is in more dwellings. But
building is back because Of the
wages OF the building trades; be-
cause Of the extraordinary pricasa
New-York tribune., 1920-03-09
Where RESPONSIBILITY Rests

In batting back and forth treaty
responsibility it is, of course, neces-
sary to begin the game from some
service line. There must be start
ing point-something agreed on by
the players.
The President, when he submitted
the treaty, assumed that the issue
was the single one of whether the
treaty, just as he had written it,
must be accepted or rejected in toto.
He held that treaty and covenant
were undissectable and that the
combined document was such that
modification in any respect would
compel reassembly OF the peace
conference, which all admitted was
undesirable, if not impossible.
Time showed the President was
wrong. In reservations was dis
covered method for the country to
join the league and yet avoid un-
welcome commitments; likewise it
was made plain the adoption of
reservations did not require a re-
meeting of the peace conference.
So the issue became one between
ratification with some form of reser-
vations and unconditional ratifca-
ton. On this issue there is no doubt
where the country stands. 1t wishes
ratification with reservations. This
is conceded by the Presidential Sem
ators. They object not to reserva-
tions, but merely to one or two items
in the Lodge form.
On the one side, therefore, we
have those who openly say: "Here
are the reservations we deem wise
and if they are accepted here are
our votes for ratification. But if
the list does not suit you what have
you to offer that you will vote for?"
On the other side the Senators under
Presidential influence refuse to make
reservation proposals that they will
back up with votes. There is talk
in favor of compromise, but no COM
promise is officially rendered. Under
these circumstances where does re-
sponsibility for the deadlock rest?
1t does not seem possible to have
doubt. AS long as the President
fails to present his formula he has
no basis for an attack on Senator
Lodge for failing to agree to that
which is not offered.
The truth seems to be that the
White House has never accepted the
reservation idea in good faith. If
there was an honest desire to COM
promise, counter proposals would be
openly made. AS the record now is
the conclusion must be reached that
the White House wants no ratifica-
tion at all unless fiat. In view Of
this Senator Lodge may we'll smile
when he is assailed as an obstacle
to ratification.