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The New York herald., 1921-11-21
pEKIN BANK RUNS STOP.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-The run on
two Government banks in Peltin has
stopped. according to message received
here from the Commercial Guarantee
Bank OF Northern China.
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Russo-Finnish Peace Treaty.

Russian, or rather Bolshevik.
craftsmanship is so inherently capri
cious and deceitful that It's meagre
virtues stand out like bright spots
on a drab landscape. One of these
Is the treaty Of peace with Finland,
closed last October and recently rati-
fed by both contracting countries. In
contrast with most of the treaties
framed since the war, this one Is
notable for the predominance Of eco
nomic considerations unshrouded by
any political veil. Even the main
territorial provisions are laid down
from the economic rather than the
political or ethnic viewpoint. BY
Article " Russia cedes TO Finland
strip OF land In the Petchenga region
extending northeastward and giving
the Films littoral on the ice free
section of the Murman coast.
This territory, inhabited by
mixed population, was not included In
the old Duchy of Finland and could
have been retained by Russia. 1t
completely sewers Russian and Nor
wegian territorial contact, but the
treaty guarantees freedom OF transport
between the two nations without inter-
ference by Finland.
Article NJ. confirms to Finnish
subjects the right TO fell timber in the
Russian province Of Karelia, adjacent
to Finland, II the timber was con-
tracted for prior to June 1. 1920.
Article XXI. wipes the slate clean
Of all financial obligations between
the two States and Finland escapes
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any liability for Russia's war debts.
Vested rights Of Finnish citizens and
companies covering properties in Rus
STA are guaranteed under a favored
nation clause In Article XVIII.
Adequate provisions are made for
resumption Of commercial relations
and of telegraphic and postal com
munication. Article XXXVII. sets
up a joint commission for the arbi-
tration Of disputed points in the
treaty or others that may arise. Both
parties agree to work for the neutral
ization of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf
of Finland.
For Finland the Importance of the
concessions made In the treaty, If 1t
should be lived up to, cannot be over
estimated. She assumes the position
of a full fledged partner Of Russia,
with autonomous power to work out
her own destiny and several unex-
pected advantages for the upbuilding
of her commerce. For Russia the
Finnish treaty affords pivot around
which the Soviet dictators can twirl
their propaganda. To the Russian
bourgeois, who have been severed
from everything but their heads, this
burst Of Soviet beneficence toward
Finland must seem more like allegory
than reality.
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dent sportsman and is responsible for
the establishment of the racing and
breeding OF thoroughbreds ON large
scale In his country, the course at
San Sebastian being fashionable
rendezvous. The King maintains an
extensive stud and has for his chief
jockey the American LUCIEN LYME.
The challenge for the Davis cup
will at least be instrumental in giving
Americans a close up view of repre-
sentatives of nation that has taken
a place at the top in at least one field
of sport. Indulgence in jai alai, which
is played on court over 200 feet
deep. should tend to make Spanish
tennis players sound Of wind and
limb. If their skill matches their
physical prowess the followers Of the
game here may have new thrill.
The New York herald., 1921-01-08
Beware This Bond Tax!

Governor MILLER and other Execu-
tives fighting to relax the tax grip
on the public's pocket, will make no
mistake to resist with all the power
at their command the proposal Of
Secretary HOUSTON Of the United
States Treasury Department that
Congress levy, in one form or an
other. on the yield Of State and mu-
nicipal bonds.
The credit Of the States and NUM-
cipalities is overstrained already even
more severely than the Federal Gov
ernment's. Taxes to pay interest on
public debts are grinding away the
public's income locally with all the
ravages Of the national mill. Selling
bonds at a higher interest rate, as
they must be sold IL they become tax
able, will increase taxes when Gov
ernment solvency and private solvency
require that they be decreased.
There Is another even uglier side to
Secretary HoUsToN's campaign for
taxation Of all such bonds. Savings
banks, State banks and insurance
companies have their resources heav-
lily invested in. State and municipal
obligations. A very considerable part
Of the security behind every savings
bank deposit in the country, therefore,
and every life insurance policy in the
country is threatened by q proposed
taxation Of State and municipal
funded obligations, always regarded
hitherto as gilt edged to a degree.
The Federal Government cannot
take part Of the yield of such invest
ments, however it does the trick,
without striking down the market
value of those securities. 1t cannot
strike down those security values
without menace and injury to the
millions of small savings depositors
Iii the United States. 1t cannot strike
down those security values without
Impairment Of the reserves back Of
the insurance of the millions Of policy
holders In the United States.
Before everything financial, except
perhaps the good name of the United
States Government itself, Congress
must protect the life savings of the
small depositors In the savings banks
all over the country and the life in
surance policies upon which depends
the bread and butter of future widows
and orphans Of every State in the
Union.
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History Revised.
A Racial Realignment of the Os and
Macs Of Revolutionary Times.

TO The New YORK HERALD: Readers
OF THE New YORK HERALD surely will
be grateful to Mr.. George Harrison Nc
Adam for settling the question about
the Irish and the Scotch in the Revolu-
tionary war.
Since we now know that the Macs
and the Os and the Kellys, Burkes and
Sheas who fought for our Independence
were Scotch. the bottom is completely
knocked out of Irish claims and let us
hope those people will now subside.
In O'Brien's book, "A Hidden Phase
OF American History" it is asserted
that about 1000 soldiers bearing the
pr@nomen Patrick fought In the Revo-
luton, and among them he lists many
Paddy" Sullivans. Paddy" Ryans. and
80 on, and a romantic story is told of
a certain Pat" Cavanaugh who, at
Bound Brook in April, 1916, saved Gem
eral Benjamin Lincoln from capture by
CORVALLIS.
In most cases the country of nativ-
ity OF these Paddles" is given In the
records as Ireland" but that mistake
Is now happily rectified by our newest
chronological expert. Mr.. McAdam.
Glory be. but miracles will never
cease KATHERINE v. CoLLrNs.s
NEW York, January Z.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

The Amen Corner. twentieth anniversary
dinner, Waldorf-Astoria. +. NJ,
Donald viii discuss omr Enpsnn Enr Iaee pec, ~; NC
a luncheon of the League of Free Nations
association, In the Hotel Commodore. :45
United States Senator Thomas Sterling of
South Dakota, DR.. J. G. Schurman, Hamilton
speak S ana on D ba Ws Par, snoa Merrill as VIZ
States Take IN the Maintenance of World
Peaee?' at luncheon at the National Re-
Princess Cantacuzene, Allen wardwell and
Archibald Il. Stevenson will discuss "Shan
We Have Trade Relations With Russia?'' at
the Saturday luncheon OF the Lawyers Club,
115 Broadway, IL: :45 p. NJ.
The sixty-third annual meeting of the
American Numismatic Society will be held
In the rooms of the society. Broadway and
l55th street. at 7. M.
The supreme board OF directors OF the
Knights of Columbus will hold n meeting In
the Waldorf Astoria, beginning at 10 A. NJ.
The Association Of American Colleges will
Church Boards OF Education, at the Hotel
Astor. beginning at s:15 A. NJ.
The twenty-first annual automobile show
VIII open In Grand Central Palace, at p. NJ.
Zona Gale will read from her works at the
camarsdcrie of the Intercollegiate Socialist
Society, at the Civic Club. II West Twelfth
The Rerrymen's Protective and Benevolent
Association annual entertainment and ball
In Central Opera House, Sixty-seventh street
and Third avenue, this evening.
Annual meeting of the Society of the War
or 1917 VIII be held IN the OToVernorS = room.
City Hall, at l 80 p NJ.
Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston will
lecture on "Gardens and Garden Lore at
the Hotel Plaza, II A. M.
DR.. Robert T. Morris Will speak at DIN
ner of the Campfire Club. In the Hotel Penn
sylvan.a, p. NJ.
The County Monaghan Mems Association.
annual reception and ball In Donovan's As
sembly rooms. 30S West Fifty-ninth street,
this evening.
Walter Pach will lecture on Some Aspects
of Modern Art" In the Metropolitan Museum
Of Art p NJ.
The annual dinner of the Veteran Corps
OF Artillery. State OF New York. VIII be held
In the Waldorf Astoria, 1880 Il. NJ.
Mayor Hylan will be guest OF honor At the
banquet opening the new Hotel Embassy.
Broadway and Scventieth street. this evening.
Frances Morris will lecture on The In
struments of the Orchestra" at the Metro
politan Museum OF Art. at j. M:
Woman's Press Club, meeting waldorf
Astoria, . T.. NJ.
Junior Art Society. meeting. Hotel Astor.
p. NJ.
The Bureau OF Supplies of the Board OF
Education will hold dinner In the Care
Boulevard. beginning at +. M.
The young people OF the Church OF the
Covenant Will give a Pilgrim pageant at ST;
street. ut +. NJ.
brotherhood Of Travelling Jewellers. meet
ing, assembly room OF the Merchants Asso-
ciation. woolworth Building. +. NJ.
The Police Square Club will give on enter
tainment and ball In the Hotel Commodore
this evening.
biit University. Bishop Thomas r. Gnilor
and Paul d. Cruvath will speak at a Jack
eon Day dinner OF the Tennessee Society In
the Hotel Astor, p. NJ
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British Rule the Empire.
That Means Scotch, Welsh and Irish
i'm Addition to Englishmen.

To THE New YORK HERALD: I cannot
help criticising the title Of the mono
logue which Major Putnam has expert
enced such opposition in delivering be-
fore his Erasmus Hall audience in Flat
bush. The reason may be in part ex-
plained by relating the experience Of a
Canadian, Scotch by birth, who, when
seeking funds for Canadian railway,
was asked by London banker, who was
an Englishman. II Canada was loyal to
England. He replied that Canada was
loyal to the British Government, and
explained that when Scotland united
with Britain 1t made 1t Great Britain.
This bad habit Of some Englishmen
has been followed by public speakers,
including professors 1t appears to me
that the Scotch, Welsh and Irish run
the Government of Great Britain and
Ireland, although the Englishman does
not seem to realize 1t. During the war
we did not hear England this and Eng
land that, because the Englishm was
not making the appeal personally, but
the Scotch, Welsh and Irish were ham
ding the matter as Britishers
KNICKERBocKER
NEW YORK January z
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Law With Teeth in 1t.

1t took the Kings county District
Attorney, Grand Jury and County
Court ninety minutes yesterday to in
dict, try and sentence highway robbef
to ten years in State prison.
An alert and resourceful police force
which captures thieves and assassins.
an energetic prosecuting officer who
prepares the evidence against them
without delay, Grand Jury which
acts promptly on the cases presented
to 1t, trial court which disposes Of
its calendars with businesslike speed
and a Judge who imposes sentences
meeting the merits of the offence: II
these elements are present In the ad-
ministration of justice the public will
be adequately protected.
Kings county has given lesson
every county In the State can well
afford to study and to emulate.
The New York herald., 1921-01-08
Spain's Tennis Challenge.

The announcement that Spain would
challenge for the Davis cup, emblem
attic Of the lawn tennis championship,
next year probably comes as surprise
to many residents of the United States
who have not been wont to connect
the Spanish with any great athletic
activity.
As matter of fact the Spanish,
especially those Of the Basque coun-
try in the Pyrenees, are noted for
their excellence In games which call
for agility and dexterity. They are
the worlds greatest exponents of jai
alai, reckoned the most exhausting Of
all games in which q ball Is used as
the object Of play. Visitors to Cuba
who have seen the game under Its
best auspices are amazed at the skill
and endurance OF those who take part
in the contests at the great court to
which thousands Of Havanese, aug
mented by throngs Of visitors, rally
three times week in search Of recre-
alton. The fact that ones opinion
may be supported through the medium
Of the paris-mutuels Is an additional
attraction of course.
All the players in Cuba with sin
gle exception are Spanlards, and they
are paid from $1,000 to $4,000 a
year. The single Cuban in the ag-
gregation was sent abroad by hts
father when he was n mere youth
and he learned the game In Spain so
successfully that he Is reckoned the
equal OF any of the natives.
That tennis has It's strong expo
nents among the Spanish races is
shown by the excellence Of the play Mt
the fashionable vedado Tennis Club,
whose picturesque home near the
Almendares Is one of the show places
of Havana. The membership Of the
organization embraces many conspicu-
GUS in the city and the game is played
on outdoor courts afternoons and
evenings, powerful lights makiug II
possible to engage In the exercise at
night.
King ALFONSO has long been an ar
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lima, and three 500 pound bales OF cot
ton have come from another acre. The
States mines of mica and monazite are
the best in the world and considerable
gold has been found in her domain.
Fruit strawberries and melons attain
immense size and In flavor are luscious.
Her fisheries are very valuable, and her
sounds and estuaries abound in wild
fowl making 1t paradise for hunters.
Her climate is salubrious. and mountain
and seashore are ideal for summer and
winter resorts. Her mountain scenery
Is picturesque, grand and beautiful.
Among her celebrities may be men
toned Daniel Boone, the intrepid hunter
and pioneer; Uncle Joe Cannon. Tom
Dixon, author, lecturer and playwright /;
his brother, the Rev. Clarence Dixon.
As to freaks and oddities. every man
OF lawful age in this county who can
write his name or read easy English
feels himself qualified to go to Congress
or be Governor of this Commonwealth.
and to re!terate the famous colloquy
between the Governor of North Caro-
lima and the Governor Of South Caro-
chopping wood and planting corn In the
moon he is eligible for justice of the
peace or the board of education.
We had a mixture of freak and celeb
rity In the person of Colonel Amos
Owens. He was untutored. but was a
daring leader in the Ku Klux Klan,
made and sold whisley and cherry
bounce, died praising the Lord and curs-
ing red legged grasshoppers. as he
styled revenue officers, served three
terms in the Albany Federal prison, was
in twenty-five jails. professed religion
every fall and died at Ss in the odor
Of sanctity.
man who operates a successful
whiskey joint and accumulates coin of
the realm Is more respected in his day
and generation than an impecunious
teacher. and in that respect North Caro-
line measures up with all other States,
provinces. kingdoms and empires. This
letter halls from a region where hoop
snakes and politicians flourish in the
open air. but with politicians largely
in the majority. MI, w.
SHELBY, N. c.. January 4.
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Cochran Won, 1928 to f4,333.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In THE
New York HERALD of January ap-
peared a statement that w. Bourke
Cochran. who was nominated for Con-
gress in place Of Thomas +. Smith, was
defeated.
The people OF the Sixteenth district
were gratifed at election time on hear
Ing that the greatest orator Of all the
ages was to be their Representative but
after reading the news In your paper
they are anxious to know whether they
received the true account OF the election.
Please investigate to determine the
accuracy OF your statement.
LEO r.. DouGHERTY.
New YORK, January z.
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Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Rain, fol-
lowed by clearing. to-day; tomorrow
lair, no change in temperature fresh
south shifting to west winds.
for New Jersey-Rain to-day; tomorrow
pPlov,aoiy iair; no change in temperature;
iiSsn tS south shifting to northwest winds.
ror Northern New England-Rain or snow
tso-uay, warmer In Maine; tomorrow fair:
iiEsn t. soulh shifting 10 west winds.
ror southern New England-Rain followed
TO west Winds
For Western New York-cloudy and colder
to-uay; Tomorrow fair.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7-Pressure Is low
over narrow belt extending from Texas
northeastward to the lower lakes, where a
disturbance of moderate intensity has ia
centre. Other parts OF the country are eos.
ereu py nigh pressure, especially for West
ern districts, where II Is abnormaliy high.
dnere sd nave oeen rains In the last twenty
-FOUR hours In the Ohio Valley, lower ia kes
region and the middle Atlantic States and
iSht snow In south New England and tbe
central and north Rocky Mountain region.
Ine temperature has risen throughout the
Eastern States and II has fallen consider
ably over the plains States and the central
Rocky Mountain region. In the New Eng
land States there will be rain or snow fol-
lowed by clearing weather Saturday and
fair weather Sunday without material
change In temperature. In the middle At
lantic States there will be rains tomorrow
and partly cloudy and somewhat cooler
weather Saturday night and Sunday, and
In the south Atlantic and east Gulf States
the weather will be come somewhat un-
settled saturday and be followed by local
rains and cooler weather tomorrow night
and Sunday. In the Ohio Valley and lower
lake region the weather will be clearing and
colder.
Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations, taken at p. NJ. yesterday.
The New York herald., 1921-01-08
Friedman, Polish Pianist, Makes Debut
Reveals Himself Player of Prodgious Power and
Agility, but Little Sentiment.

Ignaz Friedman. a Polish pianist, who
has excited interest in Europe and South
America, made his local debut in a re-
cital in Aeolian Hall yesterday after
noon. He played Beethoven's Z minor
sonata. opus 90, group of Chopin. In
oluding the A fiat ballade and the
polonaise in the same key. Schumann's
Carnival" and the Brahms variations
on a Paganini theme. He was heard
by large audience and applauded COR
daily.
Mr.. Friedman Is a pianist of prodi-
gious power in so far as tonal range
and digital agility are concerned. His
fortissimo is stunning and he possesses
pianissimo separated from II by an
infinite series of degrees. He can play
amazingly fast, as was shown in his
delivery of Chopin's Butterfly" etude,
given as an encore number. No butterfly
could possibly fly so swiftly
This pianist cares little about the
witcheries Of tone color. He employs
dynamics by preference and an aston
ishing variety of speeds. His reading
of the Beethoven sonata was the best
feature of his recital. since 1t contained
the most considerable amount of lyric
playing and the greatest regard for
sentiment. The Chopin numbers were
marred sometimes by overwhelming
force and again by eccentricites OF
rhythm.
In short, Mr.. Friedman belongs to a
class of pianists not at all unknown to
the public here, the class which seeks it's
triumphs in astonishing effects of power
and swiftness and in originality OF
@I Mr TNr;a t. -
bestowed some of his musical scholar
ship on editing the works of masters.
He edited some of them In the presence
of yesterdays audience.
For his Performance OF Schumanns
Carnival" there is nothing commenda-
tory to be said The poetic and fanciful
nature of the composition did not seem
to appeal to him in the least He ap-
peared to be interested chiefly in the
opportunities II afforded for a display
of the characteristics Of his own singu-
lar style. But. as already noted, he was
much applauded The loudest applause
was for the loudest playing.
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the past, they issued pure governments
fiat paper money. scrip containing no
promise 10 pay, made II by statute
legal tender for all purposes, including
interest on their already enormous
national debts, and sought to hide the
depreciation of the paper thus put
forth under the guise Of adverse
foreign exchange"
The same thing had been attempted
in Great Britain at least during the
Napoleonlc wars, although that which
then became so greatly deprecated
was In the far better form of the
notes of the Bank of England. which
were NO at that time legal tender.
Those notes were, however, univer-
sally taken in payment in Great Brit
ain, although of course at a discount
In markets where gold circulated, as
Hamburg, Amsterdam and Paris.
AS the European nations have Gre
ated the conditions now affecting for
eign exchange 1t remains for them
and them alone to set matters right.
Let us hope for their sake that they
will so do. hat the United States
accomplished with so small a sum as
$25, 100000 of gold shows what has
been done and therefore can be done.
Great Britain at least is taking some
steps in the right direction and will
doubtless some day resume payment
In specie; the others may follow.
But Whan2
The New York herald., 1921-01-08
The Puritan Sunday.
"reminiscences Of q Day Of Prayer
and Austerity of Long Ago.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Less
than three-quarters OF century ago the
Puritan Sabbath reigned In all its grim
and austere majesty. To speak OF the
first day of the week as Sunday was
almost like committing a blasphemy.
Cut out and set apart. 1t held no rela-
tionship to the rest of the week. 1t
was the Sabbath, the Lords Day. ! can
still see and feel It's gray and silent
hours which dragged their leaden length
over the whole household. Our strange.
manifold. mysterious and unknown sins
lowered ghostlike in the air with a
heavy presentiment of calamity:
New let our thoughts on solemn subjects
ROLL,
Damnation and the dead.
The meals, prepared on Saturday. were
warmed over. The horses were not
taken out Of the stable. We children
weren't allowed to look out of the front
windows, neither were we allowed to
pass the lattice fence. twelve feet high,
that secluded part of our grounds.
After Sabbath school and church we
were lined up to repeat the shorter cate
chism by memory. each one responding
to the questions in turn. sand the ques-
tions were whoppers. Besides what Is
required and forbidden in the Command
ments. they included all the doctrines
of the church; for instance. What Is
election? 1t hadn't anything to do with
politics. though, ~ in politics. "Many
are called. but few are chosen"
Three books only were allowed us to
read on the Sabbath. the Bible, Bax-
ters Saints Rest" and Bunyan's "Pil-
grim's Progress"-no novels. no stories
no papers. no music, no games, no
visitors, no drives, only prayers, church
and the catechism. This was the Puri-
tan Sabbath
Let us cling to our Sunday, our peace
ful, beautiful Sunday. with it's kindly
sermon, its joyous companionship, its
newspapers. amusements and drives. and
always few kind friends to dinner.
FLORENCE McLANDBURdH.
AKRON, Ohio. January 6.
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Making Her Education Pay.

From the JeiceH CKdn.) Republican.
Concordia girl. Miss Pauline Kennel, Is
receiving 5000 n year as dietitian at a hotel
at Columbus. Ohio. She has complete charge
OF tho hotel kitchen. She prepares the menu
cards, furnishes all the recipes for salads
and desserts and tastes and seasons every
bit OF food that goes on the tables. There
arc forty-one employees under her direction
whom she hires and fires at will. An aver
age OF four hundred meals n day are served.
Miss Kennel is a graduate OF the domestic
science department OF the State Agricultural
College. The management Of tho hotel says
Miss Kennel has saved II 20 per cent. OF the
cost of serving the tables.