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ialist and the Prime Minister OF
Great Britain has often been ac-
eused OF being one. In italy, Swift
2erland, Belgium, Holland, all the
countries OF Scandinavia, not TO
speak Of France and Great Britain,
Socialists are numerous and irfu-
ential in parlaments.
New York may well consider
how she will enjoy the skunk cab
bage garland Speaker Sweet would
place on her brow. Time was, in
the days Of thumbscrews. when
Catholics as such were excluded
from public life in Protestants
countries, and Pedestrians as such
were excluded in Catholic countries
There were test oaths and rancor-
Gus hates that led to ST. BartholO-
new massacres and Gordon House
riots The institutions OF this
country were fashioned with the ex-
press purpose of forbidding such
things. 1t was not conceived of as
possible that any representative
body would so abuse its discretion
as to bring them back. What
Speaker Sweet purposes to do is to
put New York in pillory of shame.
His proposal. all things considered,
is the most Fundamentally medieval
of any in the political history OF
this country. York Tribune
(Rep).
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS
BORROWING MONEY.

News comes that the League OF
Nations is having to visit the bank.
ers for funds to keep going. The
General Assembly of Spain refused
to appropriate its quota for running
expenses, and France is laggard
with its dues.
II is said that France is dilatory
because of the enormous salaries
paid league officials, and the pack
ing of its labor bureau with
French Socialists, all on fat salar-
les.
The general secretary, an Eng
lishman, draws 100000 a year, and
the French socialist at the head OF
the labor bureau gets $4,000 a year
or will if the nations pay up.
But there is said to exist no euthu-
siasm for the financing of the lea
gue.--Omoha Bee fRep0.
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THE NEWSPAPERS
WIDENING FIELD.

The New York Tribune thinks
that the humorous columns and
drawings in the newspapers have
gone a long way toward deDriying
the comic weeklies of constituent
cy. There is a good deal in this,
but it is no more remarkable than
the invasion by the daily press or
the more serious monthly maya
zines. There was a time when the
daily newspapers abandoned to the
magazines as their exclusive field
serious discussions of matters that
called for statistical and economic
knowledge, and in fact, special in
formation Of any kind. But that
day passed some years ago, and the
result has been to force most of the
magazines into the fields of fiction
in searching for a constituency
Louisville Post (Ind).
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ANARCHY
AT ALBANY.

II Speaker Sweet succeeds In car
rying through his program to expel
the five Socialist Assemblymen on
the ground that the platform on
which they were elected lis abso-
lute'y inimieal to the best interests
of the State of New York and of
The United States" representative
government will have been destroy
ed in this state. and its re-establsh-
ment will have become the most
pressing duty of the people of New
York.
Whether the Speaker can carry it
through the Assembly remains to be
seen. If he can, the precedent has
been established in New York that
minorities have no rights that ma
iaritieS are bound to respect; that
political parties may be arbitrarily
outlawed and denied any participa-
ton in Representative government
unless their platforms and their
methods are acceptable to the party
that is temporarily in control of the
Legislature.
To put the case still more blunt
ly, the only remedy for any kind of
political discomfort that is displeae-
ing to the majority is the appeal TO
force. The constitutional avenues
are closed; the constitutional meth
Cd is prohibited
There can be no self-goyerGment.
there can be no free government.
on such terms. No Anarchist ever
dealt such blow to American in
situations as that planned by Sweet
and his associates.
Whether there is enough real
Americantsm in the Assembly to
save New York from the conse.
quences of this most stupid and
most despotic adventure remains
to be seen. The World can CON
ceiye OF nothing more dangerous
4 in this time of unrest and discon-
/ tent than for the Assembly to as
sert the doctrine that whole consit-
tueneies may be disfranchised if
their political theories are unac-
ceptable to legislative majority
and that these constituencies have
no recourse except to violence for
the redress of their real or fancied
i grievances.
There can be no political guaran-
| tees OF security whatever if repre-.
sentative government is at the mer.
/ cy of fools and fanatics, whether of
radicalism or reaction New World
/ DEM.
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BORAH'S WAGGING
TONGUE

Senator Borah's reputation for eS-
travagance Of statement and exub-
erance OF rhetoric stands him in
bad stead when he wishes to be es-
cially forceful and impressive.
That money Is being used in fur.
theranee of the interests of several
of the presidential candidates ia
not doubted by any citizen of intel.
ligence. The high cost of cam
paigning must be recognized as a
factor in politics these days when
railroad fares, hotel bills, brass
bands. propaganda bureaus and the
the like come higher than they
ever did before. Whether the ex-
penditurs made in behalf of either
General Wood or Governor Low
den, or both, are So heavy and so
Borah's phrase, "a saturnalia Of
corruption" will be doubted until
stronger evidence is presented that
any that has yet been forthcoming.
Not that the senator from Idaho is
deliberately inventing his loose.
general charges. but that he seems
to be giving eredenee to unauthen.
ticated newspaper stories and pas
sing hearsay rumors.
The senator would hit the mark
often If he didn't go off half-cock-
ed So frequently. If indeed there is
any saturnalia Of corruption. lets
have the facts.-Anaconda Stand.
ard (DAm
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BARTHOLOME W
POLITICS.

If the Assemblys Judiciary Com
mittee recommends the expulsion Of
the Socialists and the Assembly fol
lows its advice New York will have
unique distinction among the
states and in the world at large.
Ii will be the only governmental
jurisdiction wherein a Socialist Is
adjudgea unfit to sit in a law-mak-
ing assembly though duly chosen.
In New York City are Socialist al
dermen whose office titles are IN
challenged. Socialist mayors have
not only been indicted into otHce
bur have served their terms Ia
many state legislatures are Social
lists, aud from time to time Social
/ ISIS have served in Congress, with
no one dreaming OF excluding them
as such,
Throughout the world Socialists
are conspicuous in public life, The
/ Prime Minister OF France IS a Soc
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

As We listen to Hi Johnson we
must conclude that the bull is Ill
that remains of the Bull Moose"
party.-Columbia Record.
The distant observer wonders
when thost British miners, who are
always so busy taking strike votes,
have time to dig any coal.-Indian.
apolis Star.
''Newberry Stays Out Until Sem
ate Fixes His Status" says a
headline. Thought Judge and jury
fixed his status.-Pittsburg Sun.
Apparently the United States
wants to solve the Adriatic prob
lem by giving the Jugo-Slavs and
and combining the Italians to the at
tie Seattle Post 1ntelligencer.
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Daily
Editorial
Digest

little Appld for U. S. Fat on
Edited 81 the Washington
Feature Service
DAVID LAWRENCE, Prest,
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ais against whom they contei
help greatly TO make lively a dun
world.
Our friends on the Pacific Coast
who strive to suppress unsound
ideas by supervising the journals
in which those ideas find utterance.
probably have a sufficient under
standing OF economics, but they
would profit greatly by a good
course in psychology and human
nature.-Baltimore Sun Gnd. DENY
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WHY ADVE RTiSE
YOUR EedEMY?

Several large cities il California
have prohibited the sale of the Lib
orator, that very lively radical
weekly Of which Mr.. Max Eastman
is the editor. This action has given
Mr.. Eastman an opportunity to call
upon the readers Of the Liberator
to subscribe to a fund 10 fight this
movement. He Will doubtless get
the money and out Of the proceed
ings he will get a huge advertise
ment for his periodical. When the
masses was suppressed by the gov
eminent it had, we are told, some
thing less than 10000 subscribers.
When reissued as the Lberator its
circulation jumped to 10000.
What makes the radical weekliCs
so popular? The fool actions of
their opponents, more than any
thing else. They are constantly be-
ing advertised by their loving en-
emies, who think they can be sup
pressed by force or by the strong
arm of the government They can
not be 50 suppressed. They can be
rendered harmless by a refutation
OF their foolish doctrines, particu-
larly il the REPUTATION is presented
In as appetizing q form as the doe
trine.
That is not impossible. George
Harvey, Henry Mencken, the editor
of the incompatible Saturday Re
view of London, the most Hunwer
ish OF all British journals these
men have shown that a conserya
tive can be as entertaining as a rad
ical. They defend themselves aga
inst the radica, with the radicals
own weapon of ridicule; they an
swer the fool according to his fol
ly And both they and the indiyidu
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WHAT MORGENTHAU
CAN DO IN MEXICO,

Henry Morgenthau's appointment
as Ambassador to Mex co Is widely
regarded as an omen OF better rela-
tons with our noisy neighbor. IF
MIR. Morgenthau could understand
the Turks and get on with them so
well, says the New York Times
Qnd. DEM }. The will be able to un-
derstapd the Mexicans and to es-
sabEsh aud maintain friendly un.
Outstanding between the two eoun-
tries. The Times goes on TO say:
There is always a tide of mis-.
chievous rumor and gossip concern
ing intrigues in Mexico. adverse to
our interests. Mr. Morgenthau had
experience enough with this evil
business in Turkey TO qualify him
to deal with it at the Mexican CAPT
tai. Usually there has been no
foundation whatever for these stor.
les: sometimes they have appeared
TO have a basis Of truth. Our Am
bassador viii be able to point out
TO the Mexican government tina.
the interest of both republics de-
mands that the rumor-mongers
should no longer be tolerated"
"One of the troubles from our end
of the line" comments the Char
lotte Observer (Ind. DEM has
been too much politics and TOO lit
tie business in application to the
Mexican situation" and this author.
fty anticipates IAN improvement
after Nj. Morgenthau Will have had
time to get his policies upon a basis
OF good understanding" The Buff
falo News tRep.) thinks he is
likely TO use good Offices against
foreefu settlement of pending Ques
tons, and save the two nations
from the conflict upon which they
have bordered for the last five
years
The futility Of war between the
tGi5ed States and Mexico" con-
tinUes he News, has always been
oby.ous Nothing could possibly be
CAMEL by it, The United States
does not desire territory. however
much Mexico may doubt our pro
destatlcns. Such redress as she
properly owes us FOR property de-
sJruction and loss OF American lives
can be settled IN terms Of dollars
rather than terms OF blood"
IT. Morgenthau, the New York
Globe linda says. never loses his
temper. never DULLES, never sneers.
and IL thinks an Ambassador OF
this soht may DO great deal to re
move the Sources OF friction But
the Globe Surmises that his appoint.
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THE EXPOSURE
OF RED SOCIALISM.

The halo of martyrdom i'll fits the
head OF the kind of thing most Of
the five stood for when they were
speaking their own mind privately
among their own or cunningly stir
ring up their followers during their
various campaigns. The indict.
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whose greatest motive is the de-
struction of our civilization and a
reversion to the worst form Of pag-
anism.-Chattano Times lind.
Dem.).
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

never-fading line Of invincibls P...,..
and Nancies and Sallies who IN Auo.,
can fiction go out to conquer and =.
carry al before them by the 49,.
force Of girlish charm.
Whatever the seamy side Of nurs,,.
may be IS discrect,y repressed in N,D.-
Goes to Town. Miss S1errett robs -
girl Of her rose-colored visions conco~n
ing It. 1t IS highly cxhilaratine ~
fcssion, in which every eligible ma
patient is thrllngly susceptible 70 ~
romantic charm of his nurse and evo,.
old woman patient repays d:sin.eres,.5
kindness with q fortune, or az the le,..
by schemine to bring about mstcl
with millionaire nephew
Miss Sterrett brings her heroi,
triumphantly UP TO the altar and the,
lays down her pen. After that il Is fo,.
the Floyd Dells, the Sinclair Lewis,
and the Elisabeth Sanxay Holdings "A
deal with affairs.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
Memoirs Of a Correspondent
Five Years of Adventure Described in His
Latest Book

gan the institution Of modern war
spondence. Frederick Villiers is
the last connecting Link with Forbes
Every war corresp spondent in civilization
has. az his hero, Archibald Forbes !;
there are others, Of courso-Steevens,
Of The London Mail, and Richard Har.
ding Davis-but Forbes was their hero
also. Ask Frederick Palmer, the great
American wal correspondents; Luigi
Barsni the great Italian war CORE
spondent; Roda Roda, the Richard Har-
ding Davis of Germany, or Sir Philip
Gibbs, of London and The New York
: lines, who was the greatest war cor
respondent Of modern times, and they
viii agrec-as they have with me, AZ
various time, in professional CONVEX
sation that Archibald Forbes, as the
tail blazer Of our craft, vas eminently
great.
And it was Torbes Who helped to
make Fredericl. Vlliers. lie found Vii
lcrs as a boy with lead pencil and
sketching papes, at the scene of bat
tie. Forbes WAS the only war CORE
roudent in tic world at that time, a
European notability. Here on the scene
came Niliiers, skctching Artistic make
the first picture Of war that had ever
been known. Win a nagnanimity that
spoke Of his greatness, Forbes toos
the youth under lis wing, wrote about
Viliers in his dispatches and made the
boys first venture success.
4 kiplng Hero
Forbes has been gono these many
years, leaving behind him only his
rich tradition Nilllers is now 8 gray
haired man who has seen all tbs wars
Of modern times in ali parts Of the
world. Nilliers, now the dean Of war
spondents. friend and associate Of
all the men who, during the past sew
enty years, havo made the profession
of war corresp spondence what il is, now
sits down and writes, with a mellow
philosophy, Of all the things he has
done, Of many and many Of the things
he has seen others do and Of all the
adventures that have befalien him in
var. That these are high adventures
may be indicated by tho single fact
thet it is Nilliers himself who is the
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

successful people, but you usually see
that lack of religion is the reason why
they are out Of Job or not getting on
better"
Mr.. Babson's work will doubtless
provoke various reactions on the part
Of the merchants, manufacturers and
churchmen to whom it is addressed.
However, the author certainly cannot
be denied credit for originality. No
man ever devised so many methods of
turning religion to very practical ac-
count
The following reply to a correspond
ent who asked for advice on the ques-
ton OF buying bonds on new or un-
developed properties shows how closely
faith and the goods of this world are
interwoven in Mr.. Babson's mind:
Faith and Investments
People are apt to talk about Faith
as somo intangible thing for Sunday
school use only. Let me tell you, how
ever, that faith IS the greatest OF un-
''S'S-OlJCN itrOt NNO ana oEC OIL tUt
biggest dividend payers that I know
OF. When you invest your money in
way that requires no faith, then
either you must DO content with a
simple rate of interest or else must be
prepared to take a good loss. l know
1T is easy 10 buy the popular kind Of
stocks which your friends are buyinq
The very fact, however, that it requires
no faith to buy these things is suffi =
ciene evidence 10 me that they should
be let alone. Capitalize your faith.
hVy something that requires faith in
tho growth ot the country. This
should be done thouehtfully snd based
only on careful investigation Faith
without statistics is as bad as stats
ties without faith. The real way to
make money, however, IS to combine
the two
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
Frederick Viiers, Specialist in History in
hero Of Rudyard Kipling's undying
story, The Light That Failed

hero Of Rudyard Kipling's undying
story, The Light That Failed
There is a camaraderie and acquaint-
anceship among the war CORES spondents
Of Europe and America that is SO pro-
nounced that the doings cs any one Of
the number IN any country soon be-
comes news to all the others. When
We heard that Frederick Viliers was
writing his memoirs We began to await
their publication; there is not one
OF US, even among the Germans or Aus
TRANS, who, in some caf6-pcrhaps in
China or Turkey or Africa, or India,
or Paris, or Berlin or Constantinople e-
has not heard Villiers in his fine, rich
voice, tell stories Of tho wars he has
seen, and we shall be glad, in his books,
to see these stories told and to read
tho hundreds Of others We know he
has to tell
War correspondents are adventure
tasters; of course, it takes good
book to hold us. But Vllicra's books
VIII do So. do not doubt, and l can
not see how any reader who loves
romance and adventure can 90 wrong
in following the lead Of the war cor
respondents in this matter.
70 have history told to you by
man who was in it because he loves
to sec history being made is the best
way to encompass the study Of his
tory that know. IF any more en-
tertaining books arc published for
many years than Nillicrs's, cannot
imagine their themes.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

or prejudice, | urge all business men
to learn more about prayer and IT..
great possibilities The Holy Spirit
is the great undeveloped resource OF
religion; while prayer is the means
of tapping this great undeveloped re-
source. The Holy Spirit is tho coal
mine, and prayer is the transp portaton
system which will get the coal to US
in order that 1t may be used. The
two go together Each is useless with
out the other. Both together are all
powerful"
The author possesses an economic
philosophy which is comforting OF
otherwise, according as one is or is not
satisfied with his lot in life. Briefly
summed up. this philosophy teaches
that every one receives just about what
he deserves. Mr.. Babson admits that
inherited wealth perhaps constitutes
an exception to his principles. But he
argues that an unworthy or dissipated
his fortune anyway, SO wealth ulti-
mately teuds TO flow into the hands
which arc best able to conserve or use
it. Lack of religion, In the authors
opinion, is a frequent cause of material
failure.
There arc many people who need
merely moro religion in order to sue
ceed. Instead Of talking about the
rights Of the workers and Of the vari-
GUS things to which all people are
entitled, surely the poor themselves
would be infinitely better off if taught
another doctrine. What helps me most
IS to keep continually IN mind that
shall get what / deserve, no more and
no less, as tho Parable of the Talents
describes. When things go wrong this
helps me to hunt for the cause and
correct the difficulty When an
starting q new work this encourages
me to know that if I render good serv-
ice the result is sure to be profitable.
Shouldn't religion be taught in this
way to all our young people at home
and at school? Shouldn't we frankly
tell people who are unsucce ssful that
they lack religion? Such a charity
would not be popular, but it certainly
would be effective. You never have
business relations with one Of these un-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

=
W. baDson' Published b. Macmillan.
~ UslNEss MEN who consciou.l,
~ or unconsciously sneer at reli.
N gion as an impractical anc
ideallstic factor in modern life
are severely rebuked by Roger W
8abson in his latest book, Religion anc
Business. The Church, says Mr.
babsoN, represents the greatest indus
try in the world to-day, as well as the
oldest. 1t is estimated that there arc
invested in church property at the
present time about 1,s0o millions of
dollars; that there are about 200 ,oOo
paid preachers ard about 100000 lav
workers"
It is not only its commanding size
as corporation that entities the
Church to tho respect of business men
Tho author insists that religious train
ing, properly understood, Is tre-
mendous aid to success in commercial
undertakings. IJo is very proud of the
fact that the ma ajority of wcll-to-do,
prosperous people in every community
are church molnbers
owe should point with pride to the
fact that most Of the church people
are prosperous and that most of the
poor people arc outside the church.
We should be much moro ashamed If
the church were made up OF poor peo-
pic and the prosperous people were
outside the church. Then we truly
would have something to fear. Then
we should be ashamed to ask others
TO join US OF become interested IN re-
ligion."
The author represents religion as the
great stabillzing, harmonizing force
which should end the constant strife
between capital and labor. "Only re-
ligion," he says, "can bring together
employers and wage earners." Under
its beMefccnt influence the capitalist
Will forget his profits and the laborer
his strikes and both will cooperate
encrgctically for the common good.
Definition Of Faith
Mr.. Babson calls faith "the greatest
Of undeveloped resources" and be-
lieves that business men would be bet
Ter of if they possessed moro Of 1t.
Strcssng this point, he says:
"As a statistician. without Dartialitv
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
Nancy in Town
And Remains Wholesome
and Old-FaShioned

NANCY GOES TO TOWN. BY Frances
Il. Stcrrett. Published by y. Appleton
& Co.
/" HE blight of analysis (scN and
psycho) has fortunately not
touched the great body Of Amer
lean writer's, though Moon-Caf, Main
Street and Invincible Minnie are alarm
ing symptoms Of its inlminence Sweet
and wholesome American fiction con-
tinues to be produced and consumed IN
gratifying quantities. Nancy Yates, of
Nancy Goes TO Town, by Frances r.
Sterrett, is one Of the r-blossoming,
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
By William G.. Shepherd
Author Of Confessions Of 4 w

Au.hor Of Confessions Of u War
CORES pondent
vILLIERs: HIS FIVE YEARS OF Ap-
NENTJ RES BY Frederick Villlers,
published by Harper and Brothers
THOUSANDS Of persons in Eu-
rope Will read the memoirs of
Frederick Nilliers, the war cor
respondent and artist. Thou
sands in America will do SO. too, ir
they consider what a rich record Of
romance and adventure they will find
therein. In Europe, whore lamenta bly, ,
there has been so much war in the last
century. many readers find in the rec
cIds of war spondents more thrills
and romance than in any other sort
of books In America we have had two
o. three war spondents who have
caught the public fancy but our wild
West, with its ever advancing frontier,
has given to our literature an excite
ment that waa lacking in European
writing.
The institution which may be known
as war correspondence Is very def
mite institution. 1t has a very definite
history; it has it, traditions, its
heroes and It's codes. And the reader
who likes high adventure and romance
Nill do we'll to turn to war correspond
cnce for his thrills.
The father OF modern war corrc-
spondents was Archibald Forbes. With
Forbes and mis- achievements, his
scoops and his great interviews, be-