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New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
A Lawyer S Education
1t Must Be Broad and Thorough and
Cover Many Fields

To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: 1t is source Of great graft
fication to those whose first care is for
spiritual things, even, or perhaps cs-
pecially, in practical affairs, to note the
general agreement among capable and
progressive lawyers that the lawyer
does not live by law alone.
The writer knows from experience
that the best teacher is conversant
not only with psychology and pedagogy,
both in general and as applied to his
own subject, but with other subjects
as we'll. Similarly, it would appear
that the lawyer should possess: (I
thorough knowledge of the law; (2)
familiarity with other studies inti-
mately connected with the law, as his
tory, economics, politics, perhaps for
specialized branches some particular
subjects, as chemistry or engineering;
CD a general background Of cultural
and disciplinary value. And in both
cases the last-named item should be
the first in order of acquisition.
In this connection it may be not inap-
positc to quote a statement made some
years ago by Roscoe Pound, dean of
tho law school, Harvard University
Gin "Value of the Classics" 1917, p.
226): IL have taught law in four diff
ferent law schools and, with some care
and much interest, have looked into
the pre-legal education of students in
each Of the schools wherein have
taught. What I have learned in this
way has produced a strong impression
school with good linguistic train
ing, especially those who have had
good training in the classics, other
things being equal, have an advantage
and do better work from the beginning
The law demands clearness and ac-
curacy in thinking which is only to
be attained in connection with accu-
racy in the use and in the interpreter
tion Of language. While courses in
economies, sociology, politics and re-
lated subjects undoubtedly have great
value for the student Of law, those who
come solely or chiefly with this prep
araton do not show to advantage as
rule in comparison with those who
have been trained to examine writ
ten text critically and to express them
selves clearly and accurately in a
strange tongue. Consequently, when a
| committee of the Association of Ameri-
can Law Schools was called upon some
years ago to recommend q standard
course for those preparing for law,
while the desirability of courses in
history, economics and social and po-
| litical science was recognized, there
was general agreement on the part of
| the members of the committee in the
wish that law students might all be
trained first in languages, especially
the classical languages, and mathe-
matics, with as much Of the subjects
more directly related to law as could
be filled in" E. ADELAIDE HAHN.
New York, Sept. 8, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
MIR. Root and the Far East

In 1908, while Mr.. Root was Sec
retary of State, an accord was
reached with Japan known as the
Root-Takahira agreement. This not
only cleared up various misunder-
standings between the two coun-
tries, but also laid the foundation
of q sound policy for the future.
Its effectiveness was unfortunately
marred by the Lansing-Ishii agree
ment of 1917. But in view of the
recent tendency to lay aside that
agreement, it is to be presumed that
there will be a return to the policy
enunciated by Mr.. Root. This is
all the more to be expected because
of the latter's selection as a dele
gate to the Washington conference.
The Root-Takahira agreement
reads as follows:
81. 1t is the wish Of the two
governments to encourage the free
and peaceful development of their
commerce on the Pacific Ocean.
"2. The policy of both governments,
uninfluenced by any aggressive ten
dencies, is directed to the mainte-
nance of the existing status quo in
the region above mentioned and to
the defense of the principle of equal
opportunity for commerce and in
dustry in China.
"S. They are accordingly firmly
resolved reclprocally to respect the
territorial possessions belonging to
each other In said regions.
"4. They are also determined to pre-
serve the common interest Of all powers
in China by supporting by all pacific
means at their disposal the indepen-
dence and integrity of China and the
principle Of equal opportunity for
commerce and industry of all ma
tions in that empire.
"5. Should any event occur
threatening the status quo as above
described or the principle of equal
opportunity as above defined, it re-
mains for the two governments to
communicate with each other in or
der to arrive at an understanding
as to what measures they may con-
slider it useful to take"
These declarations are funda-
mentally fair to all. They uphold
China's territorial integrity and in
dependence. They keep open the
open Door" They decline to &C.
knowledge any exclusive rights in
China. They put ban on aggres-
sion of any power.
Here, broadly sketched, is Amer
ica's policy in the Far East. What
Mr.. Root so wisely outlined in 1908
is sound to-day. 1t is to be hoped
that with his able counsel these
principles will be reaffirmed at
Washington next winter.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
next year, and for four years

next year, and Tor four years
thereafter.
The treaty provided that the costs
of the Rhine occupation should be
a first charge on the German in
demnity. France, it may be argued,
can pay her costs out of the opera
ton of the Saar mines. But the
French feel vaguely that the first
German billion has escaped them al
together. They want to see and
touch German gold, and this post
ponement of their desire has added
to popular discomfort over the nom
realization of French hopes through
the treaty or through many Allied
conferences which have interpreted
and revised it,
The United States, too, has a
claim for reimbursement of its
military expenditure in the Rhine
land. But we are willing to wait
and let Germany's first billion go
to the needier Allies.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
The Hines Challenge

To the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: The event of real poilt'esi - =.
nificance in this years campaign y :,
candidacy of James J. Hines, iesus' .
the 18th Assembly District, Tor az !,
dent of the Borough Of Manhat'a~
is a challenge 70 Murphy's p'n''..i
control, which has not been ps's'.',, ~
in the last ten years; Il IS cer's's'. :.
the most significant reaction "itn'A = :.
organization since the primary 's'
enacted. :.
Whether Mr.. Hines wins or '0Ses :.
the primaries, he has shorn 81
blushing bossism of much OF iss ~ :,
and ne has gained vast aii0o"'
prestige among those who hithe1'0 -
somewhat blindiy supported ts'0 -
Of political institutionalisni. :.
S. MILLER il
New York, Sept. 9, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
Gerlnany's First Billion

The Inter-Allied Financial Con-
ference approved last August a
schedule dividing the first billion
marks of reparations to be paid by
Germany. This schedule was dis
appointment to the French public,
since France was to receive no part
of the billion. Evidently anticipating
unfriendly home criticism, the
French representatives in the con-
ference signed with the reserva-
tion that the arrangement, in order
to be valid, would have to be ap-
proved by the French government.
M. Doumer, Brands Minister of
Finance, is now in London negotiat-
ing for a modification of the
protocol.
The conference agreed to allow
Belgium 550,0O0,o00 marks, in ac
cordance with her treaty priority
rights, and to give the balance
-45o,0eo,0o0 marks-to Great
Britain, to defray the cost of the
British military occupation of the
Rhine province up to May /, 1921.
The French public complains bitter
ly that no part of the German first
lnstalment will be used to reimburse
France for her military occupation
expenditure.
France received the Saar coal
basin as part payment on the Ger
man reparation account. The con-
ference held that the value Of the
Saar mines ought to be charged
against France, and it found that
their value. added to payments in
kind she had already received from
Germany, exceeded the entire costs
of the French occupation. But it
was agreed not to deduct anything
further on this excess account until
after November 15, 1927, so that
France will have her proper share
In the German money payments
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
No Rest for Charlie

Charlie Chaplin's hope that he
might find rest and quiet in England
was doubtless based on the old belief
that only in his own country is
prophet without honor. In America,
he explained, it was impossible for
him to escape from himself. From
Southampton to London, however, a
joyous, boistsrous crowd of fellow
citizens made it plain that England
has its movie fans no less than the
United States and that they are Just
as enthusiastic as Americans for the
merry cut-up of the screen.
With Southampton's Lord Mayor
and, his wife and the members of the
City Council at the dock to greet
him, huge crowds at Waterloo Sta
ton in London to escort him to his
hotel and the newsboys crying ex-
tras on his arrival, no wonder he
was overwhelmed. Wireless mes
sages of welcome received on board
as he neared his native shores pre-
pared him somewhat for the vocif-
erous reception in store for him, but
at that he must have been surprised
at the honors heaped upon him.
America could do no more.
All of which goes to show that the
person who can make us laugh is the
person we love. From the smallest
child to the gravest person of affairs
the antics Of Charlie Chaplin bring
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
Geneva and Washington

Mr.. Balfours speaking at Geneva
for Great Britain, has answered the
mandate and disarmament argu-
ments Of Lord Robert Cecil, speak
ing for the Union Of South Africa.
The latter, impatient that the League
of Nations Council has accomplished
so little toward initiating the man.
date system and securing disarma-
ment, exclaimed uncompromisingly:
"Let 1T 1.-THE Council] proceed fear
lessly with its work."
Mr.. Balfour has a clearer view of
the realities of the situation. He ex-
plains benignly why the Council can
not proceed fearlessly," and shows
that no blame attaches to it for not
surmounting the obstacles put in its
way. The blame, in fact, lies with
the Allied Council, which tried to
ignore the United States in the dis
position of mandates, and, further
back, with the big Three" at Paris,
who drafted treaty which America
couldn't accept.
The blunders made in designating
mandataries and framing mandates
without this country's concurrence
must be repaired before the League
of Nations can safely assume respon-
sibility for the smooth working of
the mandate system. Similarly, as
Mr.. Balfour points out, limitation Of
armaments cannot come until the
powers inside the league reach an
agreement with the powers outside.
The Washington conference offcrs
the real hope of an international
concert for world peace and the re-
duction of armament. 1t has been
summoned to do work which the
peace commissioners at Paris left
undone. 1t will not seek to bring
about a limitation of armament by a
mere fiat. 1t will first try to re-
move the causes which make the
leading naval and military powers
reluctant to disarm. The Near East
ern situation, aggravated by .he
Versailles settlement, is the chief OBJ
stacle to general relief from the bur-
dens of military expenditure. The
League of Nations cannot deal with
this situation. The Washington con-
ference can.
Mr.. Balfour is right. 1t is idle tc
criticize the league for not achieving
the impossible. 1t has done what il
could do within it's limited field. The
eyes of Europe are now turned west
ward. What was aimed at in the
creation of the league may be re
allied in another way through the
lnore practical craftsmanship Of
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

New York with a special cast and
one of Urban's best stage settings
shows that it's charm still lives.
"The Merry Widow" bears the
same relation to the musical come
dies of the last decade that Steven
sons "Prince Otto" and Hopes
"Prisoner of Zenda" do to tho recent
novels of international intrigue and
romance. Others have tried to imi-
tate it--Lehar himself has never
produced its equal--but the imi-
tations have died after brief fit Of
popularity.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
A Good Sign

fffom The Portland OreoonionJ
Inquiry is made whether 8 wave of
something cannot be discovered that
would add to the sum of happiness. as
relief from the crime waves and sui
eide waves with which we are constant
iy regaled. 1t is nevertheless a good
sign that wave of happiness is still
not news. Happiness is a good deal
commoner, and hence more common
place, than the pessimists are willing
to admit,
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
Let There Be Light

fFrom The Washington bvsn'as "a
Enough publicity is desirable ~ - :.
nection with Official gatherings = -,
vent unfounded rnmors from -
headway under a theory that one - ~
guess as to what happened e - =
as another's.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

Ever so many years ago in the
California Legislature certain
measure was pending which, like
back fence cat, had throughout an
entire session defied every effort of
bossism to sack and sink it. So, as a
last resort, it was decided to try to
laugh, it to death. To that end the
bosses selected a misrepresentation
of one of the San Francisco districts,
who had been consistently voting
against the bill, to come out and
speak in it's behalf. He was Just
such another character as the pres
ent Mayor of New York-good ma
tured withal, but inept, inapt, igno-
rant of the fundamental principles
of government, citizen of a weird
world Of his own-a weird world
without political history or a con-
ception of economies.
According to the bosses plan the
aforesaid misrepresentation of the
people was to rise in his seat at
given moment and read the speech
which they had written for him. 1t
was serious speech. The reader
was to provide the humor. In the
peroration stress was laid on the
quoted line, consistency, thou art
a jewel" Missing the point of it all,
the egotism of the unfortunate man
led him, unknown to his political
preoaptors and manipulators, to
memorize 'his" speech.
The resulting public performance
was pitiable, quite as pitiable as
Poor John Hylan's recent appear
ance on the witness stand of the
joint legislative Investigating COM
mittee. Suddenly missing the ap-
plause which had been promised him,
sensing that something was wrong,
the elocutionist decided to rush the
peroration and have done.
Consistency, oh, consistency" he
cried, where, where is your jew
elryw
All Of which is evoked By the dis
missal, without q hearing, of Charles
A. Winter, general inspector of the
Hylan Markets Department. When
the counsel in chief of the Joint leg
islative committee, in the lirht of
the charges of graft and corruption
and oppression in that department,
requested the Mayor to dismiss Mar
kets Commissioner Edwin J. O'Mal-
ley, Poor John declined with a great
public show of an offended sense of
justice. Would the investigators
hang O'Malley first and try him
afterward? Was that their pur-
pose? If it was, let it be known
that so long as the flag waved and
John Faithful Hylan was chief mag
istrate of the City Of New Yorl;
no man would be dismissed without
q full hearing and opportunity of
defense.
The charges against Winter, along
with those against O'Malley, have
been forwarded to the District At.
torney. If the prosecutor should
move upon them would not Winters
removal under the circumstances
tend to prejudice his interests? But
for some reason Poor John evi
IDENTIFY does not seem to think so
That being the case, and the Hylar
reasoning sound, why does he moi
remove O'Malley?
Truly may it be said, Consist
ency, thou art a jewel" But also
may it not be suggested that in this
instance Poor Johns consistency ma:
been mislaid or lost or been robbed
of it's jewelry?
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

fFrom The PittstayGh Casette- Tt,nes)
A bootlegger complains that there
are SO many in the business they waste
time in trying to sell to each other.
There's field for proper organization
and division Of territory.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

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TRIBUNE With ahss'uts safsS--ssr II stssatistae-
tisa rsssIts Ia any case THE TRIBUNE suaran-
tses u pay your msusy sask ussa rsaussG Ne sss
saps: Ne suIsblins. We make ssss sremsty Il
the adwrslssr dses net.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
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By
Percy Hammond

feeling of loss. His understanding of
things "swayed him between pity and
contempt and left the balance Of an
amused smile in his eyes"
When Erik caught UP with Rachel
Laskin, the painter, on the avenue one
day, she gave him a sense of dark
waters hidden from the moon--a tenu-
Gus fugitive finger in the pretty clamor
of the bright street" In case you care
TO know what clever Chicago newspaper
men say to pretty painters when they
meet them on the bright street, here
is an example: "You remind me-" said
Erik, "of nymph among dowagers,
and frightened to death. There's really
nothing to be frightened of, unless you
prefer fear to more tangible emotions"
He pointed at the women moving by
them. Poems in shoe craft" he con-
tinued, tragedies in ankles and melo-
dramas in legs. Pricstly caricatures
of their sex. You are still drawing? 1
saw one of your pictures-an abomin-
able thing-in some needle-work maya
zine. A woman with a spindIy nose,
picking flowers"
"You remind me of poetry" she
answered.
Not long afterward Erik left his
wife, Anna, to live with Rachel, and
later he left Rachel for other ladies
of radical predictions. He came to
New York to join the editors of "The
New Opinion" journal which from
week to week offered finalities to a
growing clientele. 1t was "a cock-sure
magazine, gently, tolerantly. elbowing
aside the mysteries of existence and
holding up between carefully manicured
thumb and foreinger the Gist Of
the Thing" Not caring for the mannerly
admonitions and courteous disapprov-
ais, he left it and went to Berlin, reach
ing there in time for the revolution.
After many adventures, including hom-
lcide, he found himself longing again
for Anna, and, returning to her, learned
that she had divorced him to marry Ed
die Meredith, who was poor talker but
dependable. Rachel, meantime, had
become involved with the director of
an advanced Little theater in New
York, where they did Chekovs things,
and occasionally something strong by
Elvenah Jack.
Mr.. Hecht's account of the revolu-
ton in Germany, which he attended as
correspondent, is masterpiece of
graphic lncoherence-se sentences of one
word alternating with sentences of two
words-unruly, explanatory, and picto-
rial. But it, like the long, long recital
of casual case of murder in Chicago,
seemed foreign to the story. Mr.. Menck-
en- says that it has upon him the effect
Of "gaudy and fantastic panorama in
| which the movement is almost acrobatic
and the color that of a Kaleidoscope, I"
though 1t Is one of the most stimulat-
| ing and original stories Mr.. Mencken
has encountered in many days. Burton
Rascoe thinks that it stands out as a
distinct new model in mechanics of
expression. AT any rate it is brilliant
bookful of ideas, phrases, studies and
descriptions, even if it's contents are =
bit too copious to conform to its prin.
pal characters preference for sym.
metry, involved but precise,
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

chuckles and peals of laughter. He
will have to 60. to some cline where
the movies are not yet known to get
that rest he plaintively asks for.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

Let the eddicatcd holler
Of new PONIES and those that write 'em,
But I'll bet half dollar
There amt no one can recite 'em.
There amt no neeter in one
And the rhymes is strange and few;
BY the time that you begin one
Why, by gosh, the darn things through!
They can praise 'em all they care to,
But the thing they call pome
No one wouldn't ever dare to
Try to feed the folks back home
Commencement time, when Durling's
Hall was lit up fine and bright,
And Willie Clough recited: "Curf,
you shall not ring tonight.
Ear she flung, far out. The city
Seemed speck of light below"--
And the folks wept tears of pity
Though they didn't really know
Who was this here Curf Teller
That the speaker talked about.
But they thrilled to Wiilie's bellcr
And they trembled at his shout.
Let these modern phoney rhymers-
Mrs. Lowell and her lot
Write their arms off. Us oldtimers
Like our po'try with a plot.
And wisht that could backward turn
the seasons in their fight
Tc Willie Clough rccitin': "Curf, you
shall not ring tonight"
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

If you've got your still workin prop
erly you might as we'll be prepared for
the worst and begin to plan a private
tobacco patch for next year.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

IN THE WOOD

lin If1E WOOO
"Fairies are having fireworks in the
woodi
Those columbines seem just about
to blaze
And fall in sparks before our very
gael"
I laughed, and there entranced a
while we stood.
Then Look" as silently, gen.
tian~hued
Bluebird flashed, lightning-swift,
among the pines
That lowered, sky-tall, above the
columbines,
"The God who dreamed this all
He must be good!"
AS if in answer, pitcous bird cries
Filled all the air with an accusing
din.
An owl, perched in the branched
gloom overhead
Stone-rigid, ashen, save for onyx
eyes,
Moon-color-rimmed, an oriole
fedgeling in
Its beak, with breast deep pierced
and dabbled red!
ISABEL VALE.
There's one thing in favor Of tho
present city administration; it will
feel so good when it stops hurting.
TO THE 10000
A diller. dollar,
A public school scholar.
Yom'ue got an atoful cheek
, To ask for more instruction thon
Ono Tuesday query .oeek1
And Br'er Hylan amt say nothin'!
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

If "Why these tears?" should be you,
query,
We're gonna travel on the Erie.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

There's one thing in favor Of the
present city administration; it will
feel so good when it stops hurting.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
GUARANTY

Ehteesd a the Postofncs at New Ysrk Is escend
Class Nah Natter
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TO THE 10000

And Br'er Hylan amt say nothin'
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feeling of loss. His understanding Of
things "swayed him between pity and
contempt and left the balance Of an
amused smile in his eyes"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-08-19
Small Regular Army in Time Of Peace

TN CONFORMITY with President
1 Harding's Interpretation of the
army reorganization act of June A,
Secretary of War Weeks has instruct
ed General Pershing, chief of staff, to
employ all the available resources of
the military establishment to organ
ize. train, and otherwise develop the
National Guard and reserve corps in
to the effective forces.
Under the terms of this order no
skeleton regiments will be maintained
in the regular army, but the 10000
men allowed by congress will be con-
centrated in fully manned, effective
units, while surplus units will be
placed "Qut of commission" and the
surplus officers assigned to the organ
ization and training of the National
Guard and reserve corps.
San examination of the statute"
says the Weeks order, SHOWS that the
new law is based on the idea that in
the future, as in the past, great wars
are to be fought, in the main, by
armies composed of citizen soldiers
We still have the conception of a
small regular army in time of peace.
But whereas in the past the nee
essary citizen forces have been COM