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New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Peaceful Submission

(Fron The st. Louis Post -Dtspatch)
Mr.. Hillquit testifes that the So
cialists may eventually have to shoot.
However, the American people can
avoid this disagreeable experience by
touching match to the Constitution
and handing over the keys of the
White House to Berger or Debs or any
other leather-lunged comrade,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
AAied Opport,snisrr,

But despite the great Importance for
the Western Allies of the Russian cues
tlon, there is nothing to suggest in re-
cent history that their policies viii. go
beyond the opportunism of the moment.
A little peace now seems worth any
risk as to war in the future AS for
the momentary pause in negotiations,
this is merely decent regard for the
appearance. Even when they are going
to surrender, almost without conditions.
the Allies have to go through the form
of imposing conditions, otherwise their
very cagerness might lead the victorious
Bolshevists to demand unconditional
surrender as the price of peace. Hence
forth it rs not the Bolshevists who
need thes Western nations, but the
Western nations who are satisfied that
they need the Bolshevists. This is a
long way from February 1919, but not
impossibly we shall get much further
now that the Allies have taken this
roadway.
Copyright. 1920, Mcclure Nescspaper
Syirdicate.)
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Poland and Run,ania

The one great danger now is that
the Allied and associate governments
m their desire to get done with a bad
business will consent to sacrifice Pc
land and Rumania, as they havC sacr1-
tlced their own principles and pledges.
II the Allies refuse to stand by Poland
and Rumania until the Bolshevists con-
sent to terms which will allow both
countries their natural frontiers and
such protection as will enable them
to meet a new invasion at distance
from their own countries, we NAV soon
see the two best results of the Paris
Conference, the, new Polish and Ru-
manian states, disappear.
Despite the mutilations forced upon
Poland by Lloyd George, this slav
state should include within it's boun-
daries between 3o,oo0,ooo and 35 900, 900
OF people. This means that within a
decade it will have population larger
than France and may become one of
the solaa factors in the European sys-
tenn. A strong Poland east of Germany
Will act to restrain German ambitions
both east and west, because if the
German seeks eastern expansion
French aid will be assured the Pole;
II ne strikes west, Polish aid will be
ready for France. Nor is 1t less clear
that if Russia remains Bolshevist a
strong Polish state will be price
less buiwark against the "Red" as it
was against the Turk in the century
when Sobieski saved Vienna.
Nor is Rumania less important. A
strong state, with natural frontiers,
with a patriotic and Industrious popu-
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
The Coming Tower
To ~sefior Vicente Blasco Ibdfiez

["Evcry American man is afraid Of his
wife. Every American man has a
mental picture of his wife standing behind
the door with the rolling pin, either literally
or figurativey speaking; according to social
standards. What the country needs Is a
second e1nancipator. ."-Sefior Vicente Blasco
lbanez.1
Man Of Andalusian letters,
When you speak about the gives
And the shackles and the fetters
Put upon us by our wives;
When you tell us we are made of
Weak and mallaable clay,
And assert we are afraid Of
Those whom we obey;
When you say our one ambition
Is to mollify and please;
That our usual position
Is upon our bended knees;
When you tell us that the fearful
Woman melts the icy heart,
That we quivcr, ever fearful
Lest the storm may start;
When you say we ought to beat 'em,
Ought to pull the cave man stuff;
That our duty is to treat 'em,
AS the vulgar have it, rough
With the things that you observe I'd
Be the last to pick fight.
If only had the nerve, I'd
Say that you were right.
Our vote is for Bermuda to remain
Great Britain's. Mr.. Old Dave Wal
lace SAYS that the British bars stick
to the old prices, a shilling drink,
but the American-run places, such as
the Princess, charge the sprightly
price of two and six.
That noise you hear is the protest
of former Reserve officers at the news
that 1000 Regular Army officers are
to be denoted.
That, as the Elevator Man Says, Is An
other Story
Sir: I tried "a cultivated taste on my
Remington, and it added like Katisha"
But then, mine is machine that would
never be successful in writing for the maga-
zines, anyway. 1t has no asterisk Bah.
Wheezes about the size of Fordcar
are no longer sprightly, but-accord
ing to the advertisement "a promi
nent Springfield, Mass, owner writes:
Have owned seventeen makes of auto
mobiles and my enclosed Franklin is
the best one yet"
Non sequitur No. $40 from the Red
Cross Bulletin: ut should be said
that here in South Russia the Red
Cross confines it's personal to men. Yet
the work goes steadily on"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

vsu can purchass msrehaadlss advertised H. THE
yRlBliNE with ahsoiuts safety--for II dIssatsfao-
usn results In any case the TRtBuNE guarantees
10 pay ysur meney back upon request. NJ ROD taIe.
Ne qulhhilnv. We make Oood promptly u tns
e6vsrtser does not
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
MEsfpER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES

Use for republication OF dispatches credited
to II or not otherwise credited in this paper and
also the local news OF spontaneous origin puohsheo
herein.
All rights OF republication Of all other matter
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Maneuuering oward Peace
By Frank H. Simonds

There should be no mistake as to
the progress toward peace with the
Russian Bolshevists. The latest ma
neuver is nothing more than another
of the momentary turns which have
become SO familiar in recent months.
Again Nnd again when decision has
been reached and the first announce
ment gives rise co popular protest,
the Paris Conference has for the mo-
ment halted, to await the arrival of
popular sentiment.
The decision to make peace with
Russia is decision based upon neces-
sity and so, like many more decisions,
justified by an appeal to some moral
principle. The Allies have done every
thing they could DO with and without
the consent of their peoples to destroy
the Bolshevists in Russia. All their eff
forts have led to nothing, because they
were never able to enlist popular sup
port to make any effort effective.
Victory Missed
AS recently as the Yudenitch ven
ture toward Petrograd, the presence
of 10000 we'll disciplined troops would
have insured success; as it was, the
gamble came within an ace of success.
although the resources available were
ridiculously Insignificant. But Yude
mitch, Kolchak and Denikine having
failed, the Allied game was up; it had
no choice, and it is merely seeking to
put the best face upon what amounts
to a complete surrender.
No one need now expect that, what
ever the terms actually signed, the
Russian Bolshevists will change their
feelings Of hatred and resentment
toward the Western nations. Their view
that they have compelled France, Brit
ain and the United States to recognize
them will not be inaccurate. If the
Allied governments have never actually
sent large armies, they have sent small
forces and large subsidies in arms and
money. Afraid to make a war on the
scale that INSPIRED victory, they have
continued to make war on a scale that
invited defeat and insured subsequent
hostility.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

lation, rich country and an enormous
expansion indicated for the near future,
Rumania will, before the century is out,
exceed IN area and population the Ital-
ian nation, which was such a factor in
Europe in the last generation. Holding
the Dniester against the Russian and
the Thiess and the Danube against anv
new anGerman operation. the Ru-
manians will be, like the Poles, precious
aids to the preservation of order in
Europe.
4 Shameful Altitude
Just why the Americans and British
at Paris displayed toward the Slavs Of
the Vistula and the Latins of the Dan
ube hostility and bitterness which
was revealed in score Of incidents
which are little short OF shameful re
mains matter for conjecture. But
there is no conjecture about what was
done. Territory in which the Poles
constituted two-thirds of the popula-
ton was subjected to plebiscite; to
give the last possible opportunity to
prevent union with Poland, areas in
which Rumanian populations domi-
mated were torn from their natural
associations and ridiculous frontiers
4.ranged which prevented industrial
districts from having access to water
ways or railroads. Why? The answer
has been frequently whispered, but the
whisper is unworthy of repetition.
The Russian settlement now raises
the old questions in final form. If
the Allies insist upon surrendering
Bessarabia and the Polish marches to
the Bolshevists, then Poland and Ru-
mania will be doomed. They will both
resist, but their resistance will mean
merely an invitation to the Germans
and the Hungarians to attack them in
the rear, and they will be crushed in
the end. This will be terrific price
to pay for peace with the Russian
anarchy which is, after all, victorious
peace for that anarchy.
For the British the existence of two
str rs- states on the west of Russia
might have real value if the Boil
shevists presently resume the Russian
advance toward India. For the French,
Poland is a matter of life and death,
now that the Anglo-French-Ame
guaranty has practically disappeared.
Even the Italians might be expected to
to see with some apprehension the pos
sibjlity of the reincarnation of a pow
erfnl Russia, which may easily be
reused by Pan-Slavic passions when
the moment arrives to put aside eco
nomic follies. since it is with the south
crn branch of the Slav family that Italy
is now at odds.
Allied Opportunism
But despite the great Importance for
the Western Allies of the Russian cues
ton, there is nothing to suggest in re-
cent history that their policies will. go
beyond the opportunism of the moment.
A little peace now seems worth any
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
A Gentle Fall

fFrom The Detroit Journal
Prices are coming down like thistle
down.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

"Well," sighs s. W. E., "it appears
the war is over. Even President Will
son has ceased firing for few days"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
The Problems of an Innkeeper


Sir: Chambermaid reporting to me in
my office: "The gentleman in 320 is packed
up ready 10 leave and has a quart Of whisky
in the bag all wrapped up iii one of our
best towels What shall l do?''
Bring the whisky down here to me and
take the towel back and set it again."
F. c.
"Doubtless," c. B. G. is certain, "you
recall that once famous heart song,
popular some twenty years ago, The
Pride of the Ball with the chorus:
Purr-rr-o -oudly she regned,
Like a queen upon her throne;
Chee-ee-ks that were flushed
Like rose in Heaven grown"
Not only do we recall it, but we
couldn't sing anything else all yester-
day afternoon.
They have efficient copy readers at
the American Magazine, whose March
number contains Briggs autobiog-
raphy. The reproduced cartoons are
entitled when a Fellow Needs q
Friend"
Suggested campaign slogan for Gov
ernor Edwards: "Man wants but little
here below, but wants that little
strong"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

President Butler Gives Hearty Ap-
proval-Mrs. Hartman Gives $4,000.
Times headline.
Well, We'll give three cheers.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

"Kilbane," says the Evening Sun,
certainly is doing his best to kill the
sentiment and reverence the fans have
had for the holder Of a title" Evil
denced, in baseball, by cries of "Take
him out!" and in pugilism, observes
Bill, by "Kill the big stiff"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
The Diary OF Our Own Samuel Pepys

February 27-All day at my scriven
ing, and in the evening to a dinner Of
alumni of the University of Michigan,
and heard a speech by DR.. M. L. Bur-
ton, the new president, and never was
so struck and taken with man in my
life, in especial his talk about how a
college cannot put things into mans
head, but should wake him to put
things in himself Home and met with
w. McAndrew, and glad Of seeing him.
28-With Mistress Neysa and Sally
and Julia and a fair girl named lone
Grey to see "Ruddigore," and H. Har
rison the tayle writer came with u.s.,
and showed US the rare jewellery he
carres-a gold pen, silver pencil, and
all manner of odd silk and silver de-
vices, gold knife, too; all which
rnocked, but should not mind having.
With Mrs. Farnham to dinner, and so
to John Toohey's and played at poker,
a great folly, forasmuch as my ill-luck
is greater than my skill. Mr.. Will Nc
Mutt there, and tells me he hath heard
heSmatters at Albany, which have al
most made him to be a Red; and
doubt not that it is so; and one
Assemblyman told him that, of course,
everything would be fair, but that the
Socialists would have to get out. Home
at in the morning, ard to bed.
29--Lay very late, and up and did
some writing, and took Pauline for a
ride in my petrol-waggon, and had her
to supper.
March 1-Early up, and to tho office
and thence to play at pool with E..
Hunter, and to Miss Edna Ferber's
for dinner, and we talked of this and
that, and so home, and read in K.
Norris's Sisters" and played with the
cat, which is grown very pretty.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

Non sequitur No. $40 from the Red
Cross Bulletin]: ut should be said
that here in South Russia the Red
Cross confines its personal to men. Yet
the work goes steadily on"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

That noise you hear is the protest
of former Reserve officers at the news
that 1000 Regular Army officers are
to be denoted.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
GUARANTY

Entered at the Fostotnce at New York Second
Glass Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

SUBSCRIPTION RATES--By mail Including
Postags. IN THE UNITED STATES AMI
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

That, as the Elevator Man Says, Is An
other Story
Sir: I tried "a cultivated taste on my
Remington. and it added like Katisha."
But then, mine is machine that would
never be successful in writing for the maga-
zines, anyway. 1t has no asterisk. Bah.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

Wheezes about the size of Fordcar
arc no longer sprightly, but-accord-
ing to the advertisement "a promi
nent Springfield, Mass, owner writes:
Have owned seventeen makes of auto
mobiles and my enclosed Franklin is
the best one yet"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-09-10
'IGHT FOR BETTER
. s. COTTON PRICES.

The Cotton Association meeting at
91tGomery, Aisbama. resulted n
the suggestion of six things cotton
growers may do in the fight for bet
ter cotton prices--condensed as fol-
lows
Fiist-And foremost, hold your
cotton.
Seond-Go to your county mass
meeting September 10Th.
Tlird-Cut your cotton acreage
next year by sowing a record break
ing grain crop this fall.
Fourth-Put your cotton in a ware
houses and organize a cooperative
marketing association.
Fifth--Do all you can to help men
who are in a tight place financially
from having to sacrifice their cotton.
Sixth-Demand also a fair price
for cotton seed.
If the fight for better cotton prices
is to be won, the growers themselves
must fight to the finish.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-09-10
HENDERSON COUNTY
RURAL SCHOOL RALLY.

The general rally Of the county
|puhlie schools, which yree held ~
|nesday in Lexington, Followed the dis.
trict rallies, many Of which have been
reported in the Progress, might be
considered marked success in spite
Of the big rain which fell Tuesday
and prevented many schools from
participating.
The exercises began in the fore
noon, in Court Square, with Supt. j,
o. Brown in charge and as Master OF
Ceremonies, and an address was made
by Prof. J. B. Brown, of Chattanoo-
ga, Superintendent of State Rural
schools. Prof. Brown is known as one
of the best school men of the State
we might say the Professors Brown
and our acquaintance with j. B.
dates back to 1911, when he was Sup
erintendent of Hamilton county
schools and we met him in Chattanoo-
ga. His speech was heard with mark
ed interest.
After the dinner hour, twenty-six
county schools marched in process
sion, each under its individual banner,
with Long Sought leading and pre-
senting as good general makeup as
any school in the line, but Prof. Dor
sey Stanfill, the Shady Hill school
teacher, had the forethougft to di-
vide his school children into the
grades and gave distinction above all
others in the long procession. Had
the day and the day before been dry,
the number present would have
doubtless doubled the estimated 1.5OO.
In the afternoon, an address was
made by Judge T. A. Lancaster
chairman of the High School and
City Board and there were several
rendered by the children of
the various district schools. 1t was
great day for the school interests of
Henderson county.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-09-10
DIVORCES OUTNUMBER BIRTHS

On one recent day divorce bills filed
outnumbered the marriage licenses
three to one in the city of Nashville.
There were seven marriage licenses
and seventeen divorc bills. Three
large books are required to record di-
vorce suits, in the office of the Cir
cult court clerk, while one is suffi-
cient for suits of all other kinds.
Many are the grounds for divorce
abandonment, desertion, cruel and in
humane treatment, adultry, etc, and
it can be easily observed that the
swearing is always ready to set up
the allegations made in the bills. One
mans mother-in-law saw him speak
to a girl on the street on the day be-
fore his wife came home from hospit-
al and reported the fact to her daugh-
ter, with the result that when the
man came home that night, the wife
would not have anything to do with
him, putting his clothes out on the
back porch and telling him to take
them and 90. The mother-in-law was
said to have the poker in the fire
making it redhot and when her SON.
in-law entered the house was ready to
use it on him but he doged the poker
and she went after the pistol. The
man filed suit for divorce and stated
that he knew no cause for the action
Of his wife and mother-in-law-and
so it goes and will go so long as peo-
pie are false to the marriage vows
and divorce is possible.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-09-10
GOVERNOR ROBERTS
SLIDING SCALE.

Before the special session Of the
|legislatura adiosrneds Governor Rob
erts urged passage of the personally
bill to reach the hidden personal prop
erty of the State-and urged a bill
applying the sliding scale to county
and district assessments. 1t seems to
us we heard of that personally bill
during the regular session-and we
feel quite sure we heard WHY it was
not passed, from members of the leg
islature. As for the Sliding scale"
application to county assessments, we
thought it was promised to automat-
iealIy apply without the assistance of
separate bill. 1t may be, however,
that we are doomed to disappoint-
ment in everything except the fact
that confiscatory assessments have
been made on Lexington homes-and
some say the same as to farms. The
Sliding scale" did not work very well
on Lexington corporation tax rate,
since the scale slid from $3.50 only
down to 1920 and then stopped-and
that in face of the fact that the as
sessment was raised from approx
mately 100000 to approximately
ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Also,
we much fear that when the "slide"
shall be attempted to be made on the
county rate, the slider" is not going
to be CREASED for the occasion"-as
Josh Billings said the world is when
a man starts down hill
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-09-10

The foregoing statement brings to
many of US whose homes have been
practically confiscated the wish that
we had such an assessor as the brave
one Hamilton county has. In so many
cases here the local board went still
higher than the assessments made by
the State statistician, notwithstand-
ing the local board contends that in
the end their figurese will be but lit
tie higher than those of the States
employees. Right here in Lexington
the calculation is made that home
assessed at $4,000 will cost the owner
about s27.50 per month to live in it.
The first man in State politics who
brings relief on the needless burden
of taxation is going to be hailed as a
deliverer by the poorer people who
are being squeezed The much her
aled sliding scale" is not going to do
much sliding" in Lexington, as the
city rate is said to be S2.20 on the
hundred.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-09-10
HENDERSON COUNTY
REPUBLICAN HONORED

County Trustee Judge W. F. Ap-
pleby returned on the early Tuesday
morning train from Nashville, where
he had attended on Monday the meet
ing of the State Republican commit
tee and was by acclamation elected
secretary and treasurer of the com
mittee, with Mrs. Walter Jackson, of
Murfreesboro and Mrs. W. N. Haw-
kins, Of Livingston, as his assistants.
The Progress being strong per-
sonal friend of Judge Appleby, hear
tily congratulates him on the conf
denee shown in him by the COMMITTEES
-as we'll as the demonstrated belief
in his ability and integrity. Many
other Democratic friends of Judge
Appleby will join the Republicans in
congratulations both to Secretary
Treasurer Appleby and the commit
tee.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-09-10
NUMBER 6
CONFEDERATE REUNION
AT HOUSTON, TEXAS.

Having been asked for information
covering dates and rates to the annu-
al reunion Of Confederate veterans to
be held at Houston, Texas, we are
able to state that the rate will be one
cent mile, but this time the rate will
not be offered to all, but those desir-
ing to buy tickets must present to the
railroad a certificate or Identification
as member Of q Confederate organi-
zation or that ne belongs to a Con-
federste family.
The Louisville & Nashville and the
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis
Railways will operate specially con-
Quoted trains from Nashville and
Memphis to Houston by the way of
New Orleans. The Nashville train
will leave at II o'clock, a. M, Octo-
Der 4th.
Houston has made extensive ar
rangements for entertainment of vet
Grams and hotel rates of $3.50 per day
have been arranged. The Rice Hotel
will be veteran headquarters. The
sum of $4,000 has been raised in
Houston for entertainment Of the
veterans and conveniences for all who
attend.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-09-10
SCHOOLS WILL OPEN
NEXT TUESDAY, SEPT. H.

Both the High School and the City
School will open next Tuesday in the
old school building, pending the fin
ishing of the new High School build
ing for the use of the High School.
We also hear made the statement that
no improvement except on the roof
will be made this fall on the City
School building. the expenditure of
not exceeding $4,000 on that build
ing being deferred possibly until the
next vacation. 1t is to be hoped that
the old building can be made passably
comfortable for use this winter-a
job hard to accomplish.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-09-10
JONES : SCOTT.

Mr.. Will Howard Jones, formerly
of Lexington, and Miss Bessie Scott
of Crystal Springs, Miss, were mar
ried at 1890 p. M, Thursday, Sep
teinber 2, in the home of the brides
mother, in that town-it being a CO.
incidence that neither the groom or
the bride had ever seen their respec.
tive fathers, each of whom died be.
fore the birth of the children. Mr..
and Mrs. Jones arrived here last Sat-
urday to spend perhaps ten days with
the groom's mother, Mrs. Emma
Jones, and other relatives and friends.
The bride is pretty and attractive
and at once made favorable i'm
preston on all who met her.
viii Jones must have been born un-
der lucky star, the proof of which
is discerned in the facts of his rapid
rise in the business world and his
exceptional luck in winning one of the
capital prizes in the matrimonial lot
terry Of the state of Mississippi.
The Progress has known Will Jones
all his life and joins a host of others
in wishing him and his bride the fair
est sailing over the Sea of Matrimo-
n.y..