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A state Department Roorback?

The extraordinary announcement
by the Department of State that LIE
NINE, the Russian dictator, had in
formed III. G. WELLS, the English au-
thor, that WASHINGTON u. WANDER
LIP, an American engineer seeking
concessions in Russia, claimed to rep
resent Senator HARDING and had
made certain proposals regarding the
recognition of the Bolshevik Govern
ment" bears all the marks of n crude
and vicious roOrback, and would be
classified as such Immediately were
it not for the reluctance of the Amer
lean people to believe any Admins
tration capable of attempting TO use
the diplomatic service and the State
Department for so scandalous Il pur-
pose as this implies.
Senator HARDING has promptly and
unequivocally denied that he has any
knowledge Of VANDERBILT, or that VAN
DERLIP or anybody else Is his agent or
is authorized to speak for him. This
denial actually should be superfuous,
/ for Il is beyond belief that such ne
gotiations as are suggested in the
state Department announcement could
be undertaken by any right minded,
patriotic American.
Meanwhile. Mr.. Wells himself has
felt II necessary 20 disown other re.
ports In which his name was used, as
the subjoined letter from him to the
Morning Post Of London testifes:
II see you published the form Of
third hand interview with me, In
which / am made TO say that con-
ditions in Russia are horrible be-
You'd description Your eavesdrop-
per In Reval has misled you. said
nothing OF the sort There are want
and famine in Russia, but order and
much courage in spite Of six years OF
warfare.
1.-THE yarn about my having some
project for the rescue or intellectual
workers is quite childish. Intellectual
workers have been formed for some
time into n special rationlng organl-
zatlon with the help OF the Bolshevist
;. Government. Much of their want
and misery Is due to the blockade
and our persistent support OF such
brlgand bands as those OF DrNrRrNE
and WEASGEL.
"You win. know, obligc me by
giving these contradictions equal
prominence with the fabrication OF
your Riga correspondent
) Thus It is established that Mr.
WELLS has been the victim Of mis-
understandings, TO put Il mildly. We
the state Department, without con
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se Court Of Appeals Contest.

n7,e. esteemed New York Times
.gsakes raeni ar error in an article
written H. behalf of ABRAM |. ELKUs,
penac.ratic candidate for Judge or
the Cours - Appeals. 1t assures its
readers that even If Judge EMORY A.
CHASE, a Republican candidate, Is
Deaten be Will continue to sit in the
ccurf ~ Al peals Says the Times:
gro Tafeat susge CHASE is to do
nlai absolutely M injury and to do
she Court and the State a service.
he viii cclt;ana TO be where he is
and what he is. and the Court will
continue to have the benefit not only
of his and OF Judge CRANES services
but Of Mr. ELxUs's.p
We have no wish to impugn the
good faith of the Times. 1t evidently
has been misled into stating as fact
what Is merely possibility.
Judge CHASE has been n member
OF the Court of Appeals by designa-
ton for fifteen years. The term for
which he was elected to the Supreme
Court does not expire until December
81. 1924. His designation will keep
him until that date in the Court of
Appeals only in the event that the
causes undisposed of in that court
continue to be more than 200. Such
Is the constitutional provision. THr
Nrw YORK HERALD is informed by
members Of the bar that the COM
paratlyely small number Of causes on
the Appeals calendar at the present
time makes 1t possible, perhaps prob
able, that the designated Judges viii
have to retire from the Court Of Ap'
peals next year.
Under these circumstances IL Is In
exact IL not unfair to Judge CHASE
10 say that his defeat would do him
absolutely no injury" Not only
would defeat be likely to remove hin
soon from bench where, as the Times
admits, he is of beneficial service
but II would rob him of the honor OF
being chosen by the people to thu
highest court in the State.
Let the voter remember this wher
he comes to vote on the judiciary
Two Judges are to be elected to tho
Court of Appeals. Judge FREDERICK
u. CRANE of Brooklyn has been nomi
mated by both Of the great parties
Judge CHASE has been nominated b.
the Republicans, Judge ELKus by tn
Democrats. The contest is between
these two jurists.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-28
The First and Biggest Issue for
the American People.

No matter what anybody thinks or
tries to think about the League OF
Nations, he knows that the Wilson
Administrations management /of the
business affairs of the American peo-
pie has been incompetent, extravagant
and ruinous.
No matter what anybody thinks or
tries to think about dry laws or wet
laws, he knows that continued war
squander in peace times and continued
stufiing of the banks with Treasury
o Us have deprived legitimate in
dustry and business of the necessary
funds for production on an efficient
basis, lacked up the cost of living
when it should have been going down
and emptied the public's pockets Of
billions of dollars.
No matter what anybody thinks or
tries to think about the attempts of
Government officials TO regulate sup
ply and demand by legal process,
everybody knows that discriminating
and sectional taxes imposed by venge-
f1l kitchin revenue raisers upon GER
tain parts of the country and certain
lines of business and industry have
put millions of dollars more into the
prices which the American consumers
have been compelled to pay.
No matter what anybody thinks or
tries TO think about voices i'm the air
and visions on the horizon, he knows
that what has damned Mr.. WILSON'S
party in the eyes of straight thinking
Americans has been its disregard OF
plain arithmetic, its scorn of Ameri.
can horse sense, it's sacrifice OF Amer.
lean interests and It's defiance OF
American opinion.
If the League of Nations had ncver
been heard of, if prohibition were still
an open question, If official maudlir
sentlmentality had never made us the
laughing stock of the world, the Amer
lean who wants 10 earn living fol-
his family, the American who want:
20 see his country maintain it's indus
trial and commercial power, the Amer
lean who wants TO see his Govern
ment conducted ON sound business
principles instead Of driven on thu
rocks of squander, loss and bank
ruptcy, would still want TO put Mr.
WILSON'S Administration and Mr.
WILSON'S party out of the manage
ment of the United Sthtes Govern
ment, bag and baggage.
This issue Of common sense Is al
ways the first and the biggest issu,
for the common sense American peo
pie to settle.
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Another International Banker Out
for Cox.

Mr.. THOMAS w. LAMONT, banker,
member of the firm of j. p. Morgan
& Co. and owner OF the Erening
Post, has personally come into the
open for Cox. His newspaper has
from the first been frantically sup
porting Cox, though Mr.. LAMONT is, as
he says, lifelong Republican.
We are glad for Mr.. LAMONT that
he and his newspaper are ut last in
harmony. 1t must indeed have been
trying to him to see his own news
paper so impudently at variance with
his Republicanism. Not many Slen
could have or would have stood il
with the calm that has so splendidly
characterized Mr.. LAMONT. IT calls
for Spartan qualities to see his own
guns turned on him and maintain O
serene comRQsure.
| In this situation something had &c
give way and it wasn't Mr.. LAMoNT's
newspaper. Ii was Mr.. LAMONT him
self. This is one of the most remark
able incidents in journalism. There is
nothing like it in all journalistic his
tory. Obviously it is case of tho
League bug in the blood. How elst
can it be accounted for-ToM LAMoNr
a rich banker, member of the firm ol
the great international banking house
of j. j. Morgan & Co, captivating {,
the antagonistic management OF hi.
own newspaper?
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wakeman ON a Business Platform,

A remarkable overturn in votes for
member of The House of Representa-
tives would be the winning of the
Democratic Eleventh Congress district
in this city by WILBUR L. WAKEAfAN,
the Republican candidate. But If
there ever was Il time TO perform
this feat it is now.
Among the voters of the Eleventh
Congress district there is level headed
business sense prompted by precept
and example as by practice and ex-
perience, and these voters need busi-
ness sense In the United States Gov
ernment as they see it in the factory,
the store, the office and all around
them. Among the voters in this dis
trict there is general appreciation
of the needs OF American industries.
Among the voters in this district there
is n scorn as sharp as it is unaffected
for financial moOnshine.
Mr.. WAKEMAN stands for sound
business methods, for thriving Amer
4 lean industries, for American stand
ards of living, for straight American
dealings and for solid American in
situations. He is making his canvass
on these fundamental American prin
ciples, and unless the voters of the
Eleventh Congress district don't want
in their Congress what they want and
get in their district they can easily
elect Mr.. WAKEMAN.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-28
An Old, Picturesque Inaccuracy
About Babies.

One OF the speakers at the conven-
ton OF the National Dictetic Associa-
ton repeated n frequently uttered aud
.baseless criticism Of American public
policy in these words:
The Government spends millions
annually upon domestic animals and
the preventing OF disease among
Them, and spends thousands only
upon the children"
Unhappily there Is much neglect Of
children, and much ignorance is dis
played In their feeding, clothing. and
education. But the charge that the
Government spends millions preserv-
ing the health OF domestic AM
mails and only thousands preserving
the health Of children is a grotesque
misstatement.
Zhe fact Is that every penny spent
FOR health departments, for the en-
forcement Of sanitary regulations, for
pnre foods and drinks ana for tho
Improvement Of living conditions i
spent for children as we'll rs adult
members OF the community. The
money spent for the prevention Of
disease In bruies Is spent out OF re-
gard for the welIbeing Of the human
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The Dollar Day Story Figured In
the French Revolution.

To The NEW YORK HERALD: Some
time ago you discussed the recurrent
election story that this. that or the other
candidate had declared that "a dollar
a day is enough for any worklngman.,
Az / recall 1t YOU traced It back to the
'A0s.
In the recently published History
of the French Revolution" by Mrs
Nesta Webster. the story appears sew
eral decades further back. On April
81. 1899, a had riot, known as the Ke-
veillon AFFAIR, occurred in Paris; mob
made determined attempt to murder
a manufacturer of that name.
One of the stories about him which
flew about was that he had said that
a workman could live quite well on f1f-
teen sous a day. The unfortunate OBJ
ject of the attack was in the habit OF
paying twenty-five sous day and was
particularly liberal to his employees.
Those curious in such matters can find
the story at page Al of Mrs. Webster's
book. C. +. HAMILTON.
OTTAWA, Canada, october "a.
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COUNCIL READY FOR
LEAGUE ASSEMBLY
NJ. Hymans Congratulates the
Members on Their Inter-
national Spirit.
REVIEWS WORK FINISHED
Report to Be Made at Geneva,
Whittier Secretariat Is Be-
ing Transferred.
nu lhe Aasooiated press.

BRUSSELS. Oct. 27.-This afternoons
business Of the public session of the
Council of the League of Nations in
cluded speeches by Leon Bourgeois,
President of the Council, and Paul
Hymans, the Belgian representative,
on the report on minorities in general
and the guarantees that the league
should give for the protection Of those
in Austria and Bulgaria in particular.
The report on the permanent Inter-
national Court of Justice, the report on
ornaments ana the question of the
leagues budget were also considered.
In reply to questions by the corre-
spondents NJ. Eymans said, referring
TO the motion presented by Signor
Tittoni, the Italian representative, on
monopolies, that examination of the
question was recognized as necessary,
but it would be the work Of later
sitting of the Council to go fully into
this and the proposed solutions.
LIN his report to the Council on
monopolies Tittoni proposed a League
of Nations commission to evolve a con-
crete plan to prevent monopolies In raw
materials either by governments or In
dustrial organizations and arrange for
their satisfactory apportionment among
all countries.l
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sulting Senator HARDING, apparently
without effort to obtain evidence in
support Of an astounding charge
against man occupying a most con
sp!cuous place In public life, has
lightly quoted him as authority for a
grave report which In the cireum-
stances now existing can scarcely be
investigated before election day, and
which is manifestly intended to in
jure Senator HARDING at the polls.
If this is not n deliberate roorbach
It is a piece of diplomatic stupidity
beyond compare.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-28
Austrian objection to n PIebiscite
on an Austr0- German Union.

The plans for plebisclte on n union
of Austria with Germany have appar-
entity aroused an opposition I'm Austria
much greater than the originators Of
the scheme expected. The resolution
calling on the Austrian Government
TO carry out the plebiscite was adopted
October by the National Assembly
and provided that the vote was TO
be taken within six weeks from the
passage of the bill. That the reso-
luton was adopted by a unanimous
vote OF the Assembly was generally
accepted outside Of Austria as an evil
dence that the fusion with Germany
would be overwhelmingly favored by
the Austrian voters.
This move for an Austro-German
union came as surprise to the allied
nations and was believed to be a ma
npuyre Of the Pan-Germans OF Aus.
trla. backed by reactlonary forces az
Berlin. But ut the same time surprise
was expressed that Great Britain die
not oppose the plebiscite and that
Italy offered rather weak support
to It. France alone came out in on
position not only to the union but e
plebisclte holding that both Austria
and Germany violated the explicit
terms OF the treaties OF Versailles and
ST. German in that both nations nc
snowiedgcd the Independence OF Aus
tria as "inalienable" except with the
consent Of tho League Of Nationssa and
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-28
THURSDAY. OCTOBER IS l'zO'
The Master Speaks.
-+riving desperately to stem

Striving desperately to stem tne
s.ae against him, Governor Cox III
.as eleyerth aour Of his unscrupuious
CAMPAIGN comes out and virtualiS
ssys he r.li Ga snything 70 the League
70 gel x5tss RE viii change it, he
VIII mangle a, he VIII amputate it,
he will obllterate i
But President WILSON comes back
defiantly and hands something to Mr..
Cox. He SAYS the League of Nations,
his League, Article X. and all. is
sacred, and let no Democrat dare
touch it.
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Hopes America viii Join.

NJ. Hymans expressed the hope that
Notwithstanding the difficulties of the
present hour the United States would ul-
timately join the league.
Mr.. Hymans said that the Council had
received no intimation that Germany
would apply for admission to the league
at the Geneva meeting
Eat the end of the first chapter OF
the History Of the league. with this tenth
session." said NJ. Hymans in a state
ment, Il think it may be said that the
council has performed the duties as
signed to it by the covenant" M. Hy-
mans made this statement in talking of
the report which the council will make
to the coming meeting of the Assembly.
81 regard the international financial
conference as one of the most important
initiatives TAKEN" NJ. Hymans contin-
ued. Acting on the suggestion ,of that
conference the, council has decided to
appoint permanent commission in two
sections one financial and the other
economic.
'Each section will comprise ten men,
bers, one OF whom may be an American
The financial section will be set up i'm
mediately to continue the work of the
financial conference. If this commits
sion finds it necessary another financial
conference will be held
Hymans declined to go into the rea-
sons why the Council did not act upon
the suggestion of the conference that n
committee on International credit he
appointed, as 1t had acted upon other
suggestions.
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No Straitjacket League.

To THE NEW York Herald: have
declined to join the Pro-League Inde-
pendents In these words:
I'm my opinion no worse calamity
could befall the United States and the
world than the election OF Cox and
Roosevelt. Article X. will make more,
not less. war. We want no league of
force. such as Wilson and Cox urge, but
a league OF reason. such rs Harding.
Taft, Root. Hughes and others propose.
We should work TO bring about COM
munity of interest, not to put all ma
tions in straitjacket and keep them
there FRANK w. LAW.
MoNTcr.AIR. N. j.. October 81.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.


MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.
Trend OF the Times by Mr.. George \.
Hastings. Public School G., Hester and Is
sex streets.
Trend OF the Times" by DR.. Sydney y.
USHER. Labor Temple. Fourteenth street
and Second avenue
Trend of the Times by Ernest T.. l..
Hammer Evander Chllds High School, 1sfh
street and Field place, The Bronx.
"BIbie Story OF Esther" by Miss Ada
zimmerman. Washington Irving High School.
Irving place and Sixteenth street
THE Congo and Its People, by Mlss Ag-
mes S. Ward, Public School ~, broadway.
Academy street and Vermiiyea avenue; Illus
trated.
''Thc Public Markets" by Miss Laura A.
Caubie. Public School 30. 22s East Fifty-sev-
onth street; illustrated.
IAN Appeal for Simplicity In Music by
Mr.. Giuseppe A. Randegger. Public School
lis. 177th street. near Audubon avenue.
Some American Composers and Poets"
by Miss Sally Hamlin, Public School 1861.
22h West i0sth street.
THE Relation Of Trade Unlonism In Indus
try" by Mr.. Hugh Frayne, Manhattan Trade
School for Girls. i27 East Twenty-scoond
Chopin by Miss NJ. Josephine wicthan.
Young womens Hebrew Association. 81 West
"Buiidng Model Homes" by Richard
Davis, Morris High School, i6Gth street and
Boston road, The Bronx.
BROOKLYN.
Trend OF the Times" by DR.. Alexander
Lyons. Eastern District High School, Marcy
avenue and Keap street
Trend OF the Times" by william Carter.
Erasmus Hall High School. Fla,bush and
Church avenues.
Trend OF the Times by Mrs. IIarrie, u.
Waters. Brooklyn Public Library. Norman
avenue and Leonard street.
Tho Tenement and the Child" hv Mr..
David Milton Jones, Bushwck High school.
Irving avenue, Madison and Woodbins
streets: Illustrated.
"A New American Phiiosophv-'T'he Fox
Within tho Box " Mr.. Charles -. Isaacson,
at Manual Training High School, Seventh
avenue md Fifth street.
Through Polynesia" by Mrs. Lillian y.
Fisher, Public School as. Eighteenth avenue
and Sixteenth street: illustrated.
Demonstration Days IN France by
Madame Ceoiie q. Sertoris, Public School
So South Third street and briggs avenue
illustrated.
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HALT TRIP TO CAPE VERDE.
omciaIs Find Schooner Too Small
for 1O2 Passengers.

Boston. Oct. 27.--A proposal to re-
natriate 1O2 natives OF the Cape Verde
islands In the little packet schooner
Nathalie J. Nelson was baked to-day
when customs officials measured the
smack and found Il would provide legal
accommodations only for 1--WE man
crew.
AS n result RodericF r.. Stocking of
providence. r. l., who had converted the
schooner from a fishing vessel TO act as
n passenger carrier. announced Indefinite
postponement Of the voyage and the l02
prospective passengers returned TO their
recent homes In southeastern Massa'
chusetts.
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Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Cloudy and
much cooler to-day: tomorrow fair
southwest TO west gales. Diminishing to-
night
For New Jersey-Partly cloudy and much
cooler to-day Tomorrow fair; fresh west
For Northern New England-Rain ana
colder to-day; tomorrow fair and COLDER
strong southwest to west winds.
FOR Southern New England-Cloudy and
inuch colder to-day: tomorrow fair and
.oiner; southeast TO west gales. diminishing
For Western New York-Unsettled and
much cooler to-day: probably rain; to-mor-
NV ialr: southwest to west gales. diminish
WASHINGTON. Oct. GA disturbance OF,
,,nerkeu Intensity was centred over tina
lower lake region to-day, and II was at
fenced by gales on Lake Erie and by rain
IN the States east Of the Mississipni River
fair weather prevailed to-day west OF Tie
mississippi except along the north Pacific
coast, where rain fell. The Temperature con-
tinued much above the normal In the middle
Atlantic and north Atlantic States, while
considerably cooler weather overspread the
region OF the great lakes and the central
valleys. The outlook Is for generally fair
Meather In the States east of the Mississippi
River Tomorrow and Friday.
Observations at United States Weather Blu
feau stations taken at 8 l.. M yesterday,
VI p.A.- III
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when Harding Holds the ReIn

To TIN New York HERALD:
When Harding holds the rein,
Cood-by waste and graft and visions vain
with thrift and effort. might and main,
Wen have good times come back again
When Harding holds tho rein.
NEW yorx, October 27s O.
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1t may be that TO punish victims of
holdup robbers will have minimizing
effect on the daily toll of such crimes
OF violence. Citizens aware that II
they are beaten up and robbed they
will be dismissed from their employ
ment will learn to keep Off the streets
This necessarily will compel holdup
men 70 rob each other. which will not
be without results pleasant Tor the
public to contemplate.
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agreed to pay an American pugilist
100000 to box fifteen rounds with a
French pugilist who is to be paid $780,
600 should advise with cost of living
and amusement experts with memories
longer than their thumbs. This
would mean $50 for the cheapest seats.
More popular boxers have been exhib-
Ned in action to spectators who paid
but Sc for best Seats
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TO AID GERMAN MoDERATEs.
British Poet Laureate Tells why
Appeal Was Sent.

LONDON. Oct. 27.--Robert Bridges
British poet Laureate and chief mover
In forwarding to German professors on
October II an appeal for reconciliation,
has sent a long letter to the London
Times, defending himself and his fellow
signers against the avalanche OF criti-
cism appearing In newspapers of this
city.
Tho communication was signed he
writes, by those on our side whose
patriotism has not settled down into I'M
discriminate personal suspicion or III
will, and II appeals confidently to the
same class on the other side. II Is the
intention OF the signers Of the appeal
10 encourage the Moderate party in
Germany. which has always deplorel the
Chauvipistic policy leading up to tho
great war"
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Hard Facts.

hHfu fn't%s
Dreams so musty
Fiji no larder;
Facts continue
Growing harder.
Softness scoring,
Folks are knowing;
Heads we notice
Harder growing.
Nor Is office
UnrerardIng:
sec the White House
Getting Harding.
McLArpbuEaH WILSON.
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From the Clear Water correspondence yud-
s0aia Advance
Albert Payne, one o. the dam contractors,
got q nice buffalo fish by having II Jump
In his boat.