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New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
Not Children--Nurnbers

To The National Civic Federation
Revie10 Lieutenant A. w. Kliefoth,
who lived in Russia three years and
observed three regimes. those Of the
Gar, of Kerensky, of Lenine, con-
tributes an item of information con-
corning the Bolsheviki that seems
new. 1t refers to the Bolshevis:
opposition to the family as a bull
wark Of conservatism.
While ukases for the nationaliza.
tion Of women have not been put
out except by irresponsible Soviets
under the control of the most ex.
treme Of the Bolshcvist faith, the
feeling is strong that the family is
a bulwark Of reaction and that
while it may not be obliterated all
at once efforts should be made to
minimize its prevalence. The point
selected for attack is the custody of
children. Says Lieutenant Kliefoth
conc Of their tcnets calls for the
destruction OF all records concerning
births, marriages and deaths. So
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13

that when 500 children are taken
from Moscow out into the country
communal schools the records of the
children are destroyed and they are
known only by number. Nobody can
tell where the children have been
taken. They are forbidden to write
to their relatives. The mothers are
told that no records exist Of the des-
tination of the children, who are in
this way nationalized. This fact has
become known to the people, and the
day after such an excursion you can
see many mothers sneakine out of
Moscow on trains bound for the
country in hopeless attempt to find
their children"
Not children, but numbers! No
child to know his own mother or
father! 1t is safe to lay a wager
that it will not be possible to
maternal love by this
In the Cars day
100000 aristocrats, through su-
perior organization, were able to
master 1926, 100000; and the 100000
members Of the Bolshevist party,
by similar organization, seem able
to boss 75,OO0,000. But this is
through pressure on men. The in
stlncts of women are more resistant.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
Socialist House Cleaning

The Assembly's action in appar-
emily declaring a closed season for
Socialists, however Objectionable on
broad grounds, has brought two incl
dental benefits.
The Socialist organization has
been smoked out on the vital ques-
ton of, whether the party is lawful
or lawless. The suspended five have
been led Indignantly to deny that
they support the "force" or direct
action theory. The executive COM
mittee Of the party has spoken to
the same effect.
Thus, the Socialists go back to the
policy of few years ago, when they
proclaimed the expulsion of those
who urged sabotage or violence. 1t
is no small gain to have an organi-
zation which includes 100000 radi-
Gals thus line up for law.
A bitter conflict has gone on for a
year among Socialists. There are
three groups-the regulars" the
Leftwingers and an extreme Left
which bolted and organized the Com
munist Labor party.
The issue was whether the party
should be Constitutional" or the
reverse. The regulars" kept con-
troll, but only after expelling radical
elements. To heal this split and
head off the Communists the plat
form concessions were then made,
which have thrown doubt on whether
the party remained constitutional.
The Albany controversy is calcu-
lated, it would seem, to help the
Socialist conservatives, for the de-
fense made amounts to admission
that direct actionists are not Social
lists. The Albany suspension, it will
be observed, rests on the same prin-
ciple on which the Socialist expul-
sions Of last August rested, and
there is Socialist authority for the
position that "direct action" Social
lists cannot be politically tolerated.
The other benefit is the demon
stration that public opinion comedies
full liberty Of political action to all
radicals, provided they do not become
advocates of revolution by force.
Direct actionists have charged that
only by overturnings and seizures
could a redress of grievances be
secured-that democracy should at
least be temporarily suspended. No
candid Socialist can now deny that
are eager to protect
equal rights for all. The bottom
thus falls from under one common
radical argument.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
The Subway Debacle
A Dispassionate Picture of
the Grand Central Scene

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The transit conditions of New
York are in bad way, and yet We
hear nothing of remedies to handle tile
confusion.
At the Grand Central Terminal sub.
way station the eve is treated to 4
debacle of mass action, with the result
that we see g surging, yelling crowt
trying to push some sixteen pecp,s
through a door that ordinarily holds
about two comfortably and three with q
little effort. The proletariat on the
inside and the proletariat on the out.
side play the celebrated naval rams
OF tug of war, with the conclusion that
some who want to get out a, that sta.
tlon are interned and those who want
to get in are left out in the cold.
believe the condition is due to the
lack OF supervision. The subway plat
form is open and the crowd edges 50
closely up to the end of it that the
channel of eeress for those within
IS clogged With a system of raiings,
as at Fourteenth Street, and the en-.
ployment Of some five or six guards
during the rush period I believe that
this could be overcome.
Or are we going to wait till some one
is crushed to death or horribly mangled
beneath the feet of that stupid, rushing
and formidable crowd?
JOSEPH BURGER.
New York. Jan. 9, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
The First Deportees

y .When.the Rev. DR.. Percy Stickney
Grant likened the departing Buford
to the arriving Mayflower, and said
that the deportations showed falling
away from the principles of the
Pilgrim Fathers, he revealed that
his kso Wedge Of American history
is not all that could be desired.
The first trial at Plymouth re-
suited in depor, r,at;ons. John Oldham
and John Lyford were sentenced
to be shipped across the ocean. Their
offense was an abuse of free speech
they grossly lied in letters to Eng
land to the prejudice of the colony.
William Bradford Of blessed memory
occurred the evidence, critics Of the
Lusk committee may recall, by OPEN
ing and copying the letters Of the
two.
Then there was Abraham Lincoln,
rated fairly just man in his day.
He deported Vallandigham. SO the
charge of innovation does not lie at
the door Of those who made up the
passenger list Of the "Red" ark. It
IL rather at the door of men like
DIR. Grant, who seem TO hold that 1t
IL privilege OF our alien guest to
claw and ecrateh = host.
Whether DR.. Grant has a right to
misread American history---here il
An6thfx mStter. We venture to hold
fhat this h ons of his privileges
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
The City's Outrage Upon 1t,
Teachers

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Being daily reader Of your
paper, and knowing your interest for
1alr and just treatment on the part Of
the city for its workers, would ask
you to give publication in your paper
TO the state of affairs existing in the
educational department due to the neg
iect of the city to pay the December
salaries of the teachers.
Inquiries at the Board Of Estimate
and Board of Education have been met
with conflicting answers-one passing
the blame to the other. In the mean
tlme the teachers are unpaid.
Under the present high cost Of living
1t IS difficult enough to meet expenses
with the present insufficient salaries
paid to teachers. How. then, can the.
be expected to pay rent, buy food ana
clothing when their salaries are with
held because of controversy between
the Board of Estimate and Board Of
Education?
In past years the teachers have pa
tlently waited for the payment of their
december checks until January or 10,
because the city required ter days to
close their accounts for the fisca year.
is 1t not now adding insult to injury,
when the salaries are not only delayed,
out there is lack of funds with which
to pay them?
A NEW YORK TEACHER.
New York, Jan. 9, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
Getting Close Together

The Mcclellan -Kendrick compro.
mise reservations, which thirty
Democratic Senators have promised
to support, are very near kin to the
Lodge e-Lenroot reservations. They
differ, for the most part, only in re-
fnements of phraseology and in the
elimination of unessential details.
The most definite modification is
the omission from Reservation One
that to the preambles of the rati-
flying resOlutlon--of the requirement
that the American reservations must
be formally accepted by at least
three of the major Allied powers.
This seems q concession to diplo-
matte comfy.
Our reservations define our own
policy as member of the league
lay down no rule for others.
Many of these are concerned solely
with domestic political relations.
When the United States enters the
league it will be free to act accord
ing to its own Interpretation of it's
obligations We don't dispute the
right of other members to interpret
their obligations as they see fit. pro-
vided only that they give notice be-
fore adhering. For all practical
purposes, therefore, it amounts to
the same thing whether other
rowers take formal or informal
notice Of our reservations. These
reservations are not amendments.
They do not change the treaty for
the other member nations, or even
compel them to accept our interpre-
tations.
The Senate reservation to Article
K has long been misrepresented as
an attempt to "cut out the heart"
of the covenant. 1t does nothing
Of the sort. The Senate reservation
merely states that no particular
obligation attaches until Congress
consents. The majority reservation
is in harmony with President Will
sons explanations given at the con-
ference he had with the members
Of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee on August 13 last.
The changes which Messrs. Nc
Kellar and Kendrick want to make
in the Article X reservation do not
seem to alter it's effect. There is
no way to escape the constitutional
limitations which give Congress the
sole right to decide in every in
stance whether we shall or shall rot
| go to war with another nation.
As to the remaining modifica-
tions, they are more or less imma-
tcrial. The McKellar-K
plan, in fact, reduces to absurdity
the contention that to choose be-
tween two slightly different sets Of
reservations Is to choose, as the
President puts it, "between ratify-
ing the treaty or multiplying it,"
The Senate wants reservations,
and there Ia little real dit crence Of
| opinion in'that body as to the char
acter Of the reservations needed.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
CZenenceau as President
By, Frank II. Simonds

The announcement from Paris that
nj. Clemenceau has consented to accept
the French Presidency, provided he is
elected by acclamation, has excited
more than passing interest here, where
the French Premier retains much of the
popularity acquired in the critical
tours of the World War.
But it remains matter of comment
that the great Frenchman should con-
sent to occupy an office which has
proved to be political tomb for all
who have filled it a4d since the days
of Theirs has hardlytattracted really
first class figure.
The case of Poincare is still fairly
fresh in many minds. Poincare be-
came President after having headed a
ministry called into power b. the
Agadir crisis and intended to sweep
out all the policies and personal fol-
lowers of Callaux, who, in the Agadir
time, as during the war, had advocated
an understanding with Germany.
AS Prime Minister, Poincara had been
relatively strong man. His govern
ment had stood fast against German
demand and taken a high tone when
Italy, egged on by Germany, had seized
French steamers sailing to the French
Protectorate of Tunis during the Tri
politan war.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

Sir: In the recent election I had the
privilege Of managing the campaign OF
the Republican candidate, Louis A. Men
delsohn, for member OF the Board of AL
dermcn, goth Aldcrmanic District. This
district is known as one of the most
fertile beds of Socialism.
AS citizen and Republican district
captain, | am naturally interes ted in the
action Of the Assembly in ousting its
five Socialist members. My interest is
one of principle and one which has the
good and welfare of the Republican
party at heart.
What argument may I, as district
captain, advance to persuade Socialists
OF my district to vote the Republican
ticket in the face of such unwarrantcd
expulsion Of their duly elected repre-
sentatives? If. as members Of the So
ciaist party, their voice is unheeded,
and rs citizens they are denied their
constitutional rights and privileges by
the Republican and Democratic parties,
WHIT arc the possibilities of redceming
this district, as well as many other dis
tricts, from the Socialists?
| cannot say anything commencing
the action of the Assembly. No person
should be deprived Of his rights and
privileges of citizenship simply because
Of political belief or philosophy. The
wrong which has been done is done. Let
the future actions Of the Assembly be
more carefully considered before cxecu-
ton. 1t requires evidence of the most
convincing nature even to partly justify
the procedure adopted. Sometimes lit
tie wrong is done to accomplish a great
good, and it is to be hoped that both the
Democratic and Republican parties will
ultimately prove that they did a great
good for the people of the State of New
York. Only in this way can we partly
forgive them. ERNEST LAPPAM.
New York, Jan. 10, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
The Duty Dodgers

General Wood seems to have
Joined the suspected numbers who
prefer to fulfill our obligations
abroad rather than merely to talk
about fulfilling them. In his re-
marks at Passaic he said:
ave have got mandate overseas;
1t is mandate which comes from
the only source from which we will
ever accept mandate, and that
mandate is from the conscience of
the American people. That mandate
is to do with the wealth which has
come to US from this war everything
possible to clothe the naked, to feed
the starving, to shelter the house
less who have been left dying literal
ly by the millions from this great
war. That is the mandate that the
American people have got to-day,
and that is the mandate l am sure
we are going to carry out"
The extreme parochial and pro-
vincial character of these words
need scarcely be pointed out. To
suggest action and not to be salts
fled with orotund phrases suggests
smallness of mind. Let General
Wood recall the castigation which
has been administered to those who
most conspicuously urged this coun-
try to go to the aid of civilization.
These have been amply exposed as
duty dodgers by those who thought
the war in Europe did not concern
us and could not affect US.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
A Speaking Part

On the other hand, the new French
Parliament contains great majority
of men elected because tho. supported
Clemenceau and he indorsed them. Had
he chosen to seek reflection as a Sena
tor and indicated a willingness to con-
tinue at hts present post he would
have had no serious opposition. He re-
mains, In a sense, master Of the ma
jority.
AS Prcsidcnt Clemenccau will nat
urally have s~speaking II not an ac-
tive part. He has already begun to
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
For Mr.. Sweet's attention
he piews of Tribune Readers Upon
The assembly Action
o the Editor of The Tribune.


TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A philosopher, after completing
twelve volumes Of a work which nobody
READS, gave vent to trlism which, al
though it consists of only few words.
was a much more valuable contribution
to humanity than all the rest of his
writings.
1--WE learn from history" said this
philosopher. that men never learn any,
thing from history"
Must we or our children suffer what
many peoples of the past have suffered
the French Revolution is an exanlple)
because Of the shortsightedness of few
individuals looking for personal aggran-
dizement? Will Speaker Sweet and his
like be permitted to bring upon our be-
loved country the condition of things
that was brought on by that French
monarch who said, after mo the
deluge"?
History teaches US that ideas are most
dangerous when suppressed. England
has less to fear from extremists than
any other country because there is most
liberty of speech and expression there.
AS an officer of the army, and still in
the service, protest against the action
of the New York Assembly, which in
few moments did more to undo the work
my brothers gave their lives fox than
the Socialists could do in hundred
years. We fought to crush "Kaiscrism,"
not to establish it. ! may be an op-
tinaist, but have an abiding faith in the
ability of the people TO work out their
own salvation. CAPTAIN C. A. c.
Headquarters Port of Embarkation,
Hoboken, N. j., Jan. II, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: AS an unreconstructed Ameri-
can, whose ancestors helped to save
our fair land from the clutches of the
barbarous and untutored Indian, | ask
Indignantly why somebody doesn't do
something about this man Hughes.
Shall the right of the majority to
prohibit be limited? Is there no hope
that the man who disagrees with me
the anarchist, the syndicalst. the COM
munist, the nhilist, the vers librist,
the Democrat be put behind the
bars, where he belongs?
These United States will continue to
rumble along for quite few years, in
spite of all the bigots, with their rcvo-
lutions and their stern measures Of
repression. But don't let US tempt Prov
ldence by sitting on the safety valve.
instead of making martyr of the gem
tieman who has q theory about replac-
ing some Of our admittedly crealsy in
st1tutions with nice new ones, let him
taiK' Urge him to talk, and, if neces-
sary' force people to listen to him. If
somebody in his audience later at
eempts to effect n minor correction
somewhere with bomb, there are GER
tain mighty efficacious methods of inn
pressing him with the error of his
ways But by no means stop the
orator. Let him bring out the cock
reaches. II there arc enough of them
it's sign something needs clean
ing up SUMNER WILLIAMS.
New York, jan. 10, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
President POincare

so fearful were certain French poll
tleians, notably Clemenceau, that Poin-
care in the Presidency might prove "toc
strong" that definite fight was made
against him. At the crisis of this con.
Hlct Clemenceau, seeing all other meth
DDS useless, called upon Poincare per-
sonally and demanded that he with.
draw. Poincare declined and was tri-
umphantly elected.
But as President Poincare failed to
measure up to the hopes of his best
friends. He was fatally injured at tha
outbreak of the war by his course in
going to Bordeaux at the moment when
the German armies approached Pari~
just before the Battle Of the Marno
Many Frenchmen have never forcivon
him for his course.
1t was not because of any failure in
effort that Poincare fell short of +ho
expectations OF his friends and foes
alike. He certainly played a useful and ~
honorable role, but it never unite d.
velopcd into commanding role. Much
OF the explanation must be soueh. IN
the character of the French Presidency
the relatively insignificant powers Of
the Chief Executive, his almost pitifnl
subordination to the Prime Minister
With Clemenceau as Prime Minister
President of the Council, as the French
say, Poincare almost completely disan-
peared as force But when Clor,on
ceau passes from the Quai d'Orsai to
the Elysee Palace will he suffer the
same eclipse? This will be the great
question, and the answer will doubtless
be discovered in the personality of the
new Prime Minister. If it should be
a man of the strength Of Millerand-
and Millerand is now the most talked
of man-such an eclipse is not improb-
able.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
Better News

The news from Europe empha-
sizes the need Of ratification of the
treaty, and the news from Washing
ton is such as to strengthen hope
that it is soon to occur.
The reign Of stubDornness draws
to a welcome end. The power of
any man or any two men to veto a
settlements, is not to be tolerated. 1t
Is destined to be shattered. 1t
breaks down because of its inherent
unreasonableness; because the repute
of having defeated the treaty will
be a'political asset to no man or
party; because it is increasingly
evident that the world greatly needs
some central agency through which
aspirations for peace may speak.
During, the long discussion The
Tribune has steadily recognized the
necessity of ratification; it also has
recognized the necessity of reserva-
tions If there was to be ratification;
it has been equally impatient Of those
who were blind to patent facts, and
thus sbecpne in effect enemies of
ratification, and of those who sought,
in the gaifse Of offering reservations,
to amend .the treaty to death. AS
ilsshdve arisen it has, of course,
been obligatory to emphasize special
phases Of tho truth, and some
readers sauIay have been confused,
but sucte piecemeal treatment is
unavoidable in editorial discussion.
Events have so far vindicated the
policy..s,.,
Touching the present, it seems
needful only to say, first, that ratif-
cation has greater claims than any
particular form of ratification,
and, second, that the essential items
Of the reservation program can be
compaeted into short statement.
All that ia essential is to call the
worlds attention to the fact that
the executive department in this
country does not alone control for
4eign relations, and that we must
reserve liberty of action which
is consonant with a national SOW
ereignty which neither the President
nor the Senate, nor both together,
can barter away by treaty. 1t may be
wise to particularize, but minute par
ticularization is not indispensable.
The Lodge reservations are not
sacred. So to hold would be to COM
init the offense of which the Presi-
dent stands accused. Although Sem
ator Lodge naturally refuses to dis
cuss notifications until responsible
group of Senators indicate what they
will support, it is not to be assumed
he will refuse to compromise if the
compromise offer is accompanied by
evidence that votes to ratify are be-
hind it.
The league plan as brought home
! by the President falls far short of
what is desirable and what was at
; tainable.s But it is something, and
may grow into more. Every day
the cables bring information which
leaves no doubt that there is a call
for an International committee to
support the peace, and a way has
been pointed out by which this coun-
try can participate and at the same
time avoid committing itself to uni
versal meddlescmeness.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
Have Dogs Mindsp

10 the Editor of The Tribune:
SIR: AS our English class is having
d'thcuity in agreeing upon a certain
matter, ! am asking your assistance In
neiping US with the following question;
DO dogs have minds or highly devel-
oped instincts 7"
l trust that You may enlightcn me Or
reter me to some authority.
MARIETTE B. STUCKEY.
Danbury, Conn, Jan. s. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-13

as a citizen. Others do it and go
scot free. Why discriminate against
him? We are sorry for misused
history, Of course; but its thick hide
is used to such treatment Probably
the world would not get on if every
cne became sensible and accurate all
at once. It would be too revolt
tionary.