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New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
An "Old Man. Speaks

Shlpmasters since the beginning
of things have been tribe by them
selves, with a rather canny outlook
on life. Some of them, however, are
just bit cannier than others, as in
stanced by the "Old Man." who on
Friday last, looked in on the meeting
OF the Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers to find out
what it was all about.
The line of most of the talk that
he heard had to do with ways and
means of putting Yankee shipping
back on deep water. 1t seemed to
be commonly accepted by all the
speakers that there was just one
hope for an American merchant ma
rine, and that was a general SUBJ
sidy for all classes of vessels; that
in no other way could the operating
differential against American YES
sells be offset.
This being agreed upon and an
open discussion invited, the "Old
Mamie declined to reveal his
identity-was moved to put his oar
in. He denounced the extravagant
equipment Of American ships. He
denounced the extravagant upkeep
expenditures. When he had to 90
to a yard for repairs he stayed by
his ship, and the yardmen "shot
craps only 10 per cent of the time. {"
His experience had been that if one
did not stay by the ship they "shot
craps 80 per cent of the time and
worked on the vessel the rest"
Again, operating charges are al
together too high. The "Old Man"
said he was convinced OF that. There
were many ways Of bringing them
down. For instance, the fresh-water
consumption on his ship had been
cut "from $50 to fourteen tons
voyage"
The Tribune's news account SAYS
that the cold Mans" statement
aroused keen interest" Well it
might. Who knows the true inward
ness OF shipping knows that the
shipmaster knew what he was talk
ing about.
Those who would help to solve our
merchant shipping problems may
follow the line Of thought opened up
by the "Old Man" with advantage
and a prospect Of acquiring much
merit.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Can Germany Pay?

oan Germany pay? Or is her
clalm Of inability to do SO and her
Omclal statement that she will not
merely evidence that she hopes to
e,eate a condition that somehow or
0sher Will permit her permanently to
escape her obligations?
consider few facts bearing on
s's question. According to accepted
.asimates German wealth in 1914
:. .v'aied $4,000, 100000 in gold. Since
.4sfe mas been depreciation in gold
- wnat IS the same thing, an ap-
rsseiation OF the property which gold
Sass' approximating to rs per cent.
1nat Is to say, as the result Of the
var German wealth increased ap-
ploxslmately to $4,000, ,ooo, 900 in
sO'a value, less such deductions as
sle to be made on account of ces-
s,0ns of territory and the actual
paysical destruction of the war. 1t
= probable that as she is to-day Ger
many at auction would bring $780,
uo'ooo,ooo in gold.
). 90 II Germany under the repara-
s1s agreement is to pay during the
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Fusionists and a Democrat
j. A. TERRY.
J. F. VERGARA DONoS,

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: If the coalition forces refused
to consider Democrat to head their
ticket it was not for want of a sug-
gestion to this effect at their town
meeting to nominate a candidate. In
connection with this suggestion they
were also reminded Of the fact that
this year marked the semi-centennial
Of the defeat of Tweed, who was over
thrown not by fifty-seven varieties of
organizations, each seeking to land
candidate Of its choice, but by the
united counsel Of seventy public-spir-
tied citizens with no object in view
but the redemption Of the city from
ring rule.
The name Of the Democrat presented
was received with mingled derision
and laughter, although it was the name
of the one Democrat belonging to Tam
many Hall who was capable of win
ming an election as Governor of this
state without being crowded in as the
candidate of Tammany Hall of over
fifty years ago had been when Tweed
was in power. Who can say that even
if this nomination had been declined
the protfer of It would not have re-
bounded to the dignity and profit of
the coalition movement when rendered
to one who Is, even though out of Of
fee, the most eminent public servant,
in political sense, in this city to-day :?
JOHN P. DAWN. NJ. D.
New York, Nov IL, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
it would mean work for the voorhees,.
A few years hence 1t will mean more
wealth for the workers.
Chile-Argentina Precedent
The 1902 Convention on Limitation
of Naval Amaments

The i9OZ Convention on Limitation
of Naval Armaments
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May I call your attention to the
inclosed copy Of the "Convention on
Limitation Of Naval Armaments,"
signed between Chile and the Argen-
tine Republic in 1902, on the very
verge Of war; This judicious agree
ment prevented. great harm being done
to the cause of Hispanic American
civilization.
1t is worthy Of note, as a rare event
in the history of the world. that when
the suggestion Of peace was made in
Argentina and Chile public opinion
awakened from its dream Of war glo-
ries to comprehend the real benefits Of
international understanding.
A year after the said pact was rati-
fed the people Of Argentina and Chile,
by popular subscription, erected the
gigantic statue of Christ the Redeemer
in the most frequented pass of the
Andes as symbol of peace and friend
ship. F. NIETO DEL RIO.
New York, Nov. II, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

Forty. Among those excluded may
be recalled La Bruyere, Boileau,
Pascal, Descartes, Moliere, Male
branche, Saint-Simon, Rousseau,
Beaumarchais, Diderot, Rollin, Tur-
got, Balzac, Andre Chenier, Benja-
min Constant, Prudhon, Conte, Be-
ranger, Michelet, Gautier, Flaubert,
Zola, Daudet, De Maupassant, Ed
mond de Goncourt and Ferdinand
Fabre--a veritable Roll of Honor in
the literature and philosophy of
France. These omissions or exclu-
sions have often been mentioned as
reproach to the Academy, but un-
justly, because, as we have said, it
has never been the purpose Of that
body to include all the great writer's
Of France, but only those who form
congenial and harmonious men,
bership.
Since the nickname of the French
Academy has been applied to the
American Academy, it is we'll to OBJ
serve that the American Academy
also elects to membership men who
are personally congenial; yet on the
score Of talent there is assuredly no
ground for caviling at the latest
three elections. Joseph Pennell,
Charles Dana Gibson and Henry
Bacon are entitled to honor, though
their comfort will not be enhanced
by dubbing them "Immortals." 1t is
not the American habit to pretend to
sacrosanctity.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Manchmia's War Lord

General Chang Tso-lin, the war
lord Of Manchuria, enthusiastically
introduced to the world by Lord
Northcliffe, is an interesting per-
sonage if he is as described.
Chang's story shows how a poor
boy has chance even in China.
Born of obscure parents, receiving
little or no education. and deprived
of access to the dominant literary
caste, Chang turned to banditry
and headed a group Of marauders
operating in his native Manchuria.
During the Russo-Japanese War he
and his band joined the japanese,
and upon the conclusion of the war
was turned over to the Chinese, and
was used in the same way that Pres
ident Diaz of Mexico used bandit
chieftains who might become dan
gerous rebels. There is, in fact,
considerable resemblance between
his career and the career of Fran
cisco Villa.
In 1911 Chang was appointed
military governor of the Province of
Fentien, in Manchuria, and was
placed in command of a division of
troops. At present it is estimated
that he has over 100000 men in his
service. He was chosen last sum-
mer to lead an expedition into Mon
golia to recapture that province
from insurgents. The funds for the
expedition were raised, but at the
last moment Chang decided not to
go. 1t is understood that his income
is now considerably increased.
Lord Northcliffe declares that
Chang is in Japanese pay. This has
often been repeated about him, and
as often denied. One thing is ad-
mitted, even by Chinese who are not
Changes friends-that whatever he
may have done in the past he would
be the leader of an anti-Japanese
movement if special concessions
were made to Japan in Manchuria.
Chang is Manchurian born, Of Chi
nese stock, and while he has played
politics with the winners he is said
to be prepared to resist with force
any further Japanese encroach-
ments. 1t is true that the Japanese
at present have garrisons in Man
churia and possess a police force Of
no mean power. Gut their force
does not compare With Chang's, and
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
The Agreement

The Chilean Minister of Foreign Re-
lations, Jose Francisco Vergara Donoso.
and Jose A. Terry, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Ar
gentine Republic, met together in the
Chilean Ministry of Foreign Relations
and agreed to set forth in the
following convention the various reso-
lutions adopted with view to limiting
the naval armaments of the two re-
pubics, resolutions which have been
made through the initiative and the
good Offices Of the government of His
Britannia Majesty, represented in Chile
by its Envoy Extraordinary and Minis
ter Plenipotentiary, Gerard A. Lowther
and in the Argentine Republic by its
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary, Sir W. A. C.. Barring
ton:
Article 1. In order to remove every
source Of anxiety the governments Of
Chile and the Argentine Republic desist
from acquiring the war vessels they
have in course Of construction and
from making fresh acquisitions.
Both governments agree, moreover,
to reduce their respective fleets, for
which purpose they will continue to
negotiate until they arrive at an agree
ment productive of discreet equipoise
of their respective naval forces.
This reduction must be made within
twelve months from the dates Of the
present agreement.
Article 2. The two governments bind
themselves not to increase their naval
armaments without previous notifca-
tions of eighteen months, during a
Period of five years. This clause does
not affect the fortifcation of coasts
and ports, and either government may
acquire any floating machinery for
their particular defense, such as sub
marines, etc.
Article 8. The sales to which this
agreement may give rise shall not be
made to any country having questions
pcAulllS Win elCncr OIL Cno contracting
parties.
Article 4. With view to facilitating
the transfer Of pending contracts both
governments bind themselves to extend
for two months the term stipulated for
the delivery of their respective vessels
in construction, for which purpose they
will give the necessary instructions on
signing the present agreement.
Article S. The ratification of the pres
ent agreement shall be exchanged with
in sixty days from date and the ex-
change shall take place In Santiago.
In witness whereof the undersigned
sign and seal in duplicate the present
convention in the City of Santiago, the
2Sth Of May, 1902.
J. A. TERRY.
j. F. vERGARA DONoSO.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Ton Souvenir
fFron, Colour

(Fron, Colour
YoUR memory is like a book loved
well,
Read without ceasing, never laid aside:
A book where life is better lived. whose
spell
Haunts Ike dream the soul unsatisaed.
would, desiring that which may not be.
Bind in a rhyme the fragrance of your
hair,
And put the jewelers. patient artistry
In a phrase chiseled for your lips COM
pare;
Make prisoner the troubled wave that
fills
MY spirit at the least word falpn from
thine.
And say what sea It's mournful music
spills.
Where at thy breast is hid this grief of
mine;
Tell above all Of your eyes tender-warn.
AS in the woods an autumn afternoon,
Enshrine that dear hours relic, and per-
form
Such magic rites Of music as may soon
On some sad evening bid the sweet ghost
rise
OF lost kiss that fingered on your eyes.
Translated By Griffith Fairfos from
the French Of Albert Scmain)
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
AS to ssIrnrnortals"

The members Of the American
Academy of Arts and Letters are be-
ing cruelty called "Immortals," a
word borrowed from the French and
first applied derisively to members
of the Academy. 1t stuck, but it
gives an altogether erroneous inn
preston. It suggests that the Acad-
emy is meant to be a sort Of living
Hall Of Fame, comprising the great
est forty men of letters in France.
But that is not and never was the
case.
The original French Academy was
a voluntary organization of seven or
eight French poets who formed a
sort of mutual admiration society"
Then it was chartered by Richelieu,
increased to forty members, and, in
vested with official duties, it con-
tinued to be similarly self-selective.
1t was abolished by the Revolution.
and the present Academy was Gre
ated as part Of the Institute, but
that same "close corporation" prin-
ciple was renewed. New members
are chosen by the existing members,
and it is notorious that personal con-
geniality is one of the chief grounds
Of choice.
The result has been that many of
the greatest French men of letters
have been denied election to the
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
THANKSGIVING at Fox Hills
To the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: One year ago, November 1s,
1920, under the caption Thanksgiving
at Fox Hills" letter written by me
was published in your paper calling
attention to the fact that on Armistice
Day, 1920, the sick and disabled SOL
diers at Fox Hills were ignored and
neglected, our organization then being
the only one visiting our sick and
wounded boys. I made an appeal to
the public to remember our boys and
for donations to help give them q
happy Thanksgiving. The response was
generous, three organizations cooper
ating with US in distributing gifts on
Thanksgiving Day.
October /, 1920, we adopted Wards
1S and 20, and these have been our
special care. Mrs. H. E. Hill, our chair
man, visits twice each week, and has
distributed clothing, shoes, underwear,
socks, sweaters, caps, shirts, collars,
cigarettes, flowers and candy. Every
holiday each boy is remembered.
On Armistice Eve we held a benefit
dance. The proceeds will be used to
give the boys happy Thanksgiving.
We wish our friends who have con-
tributed to know that their money has
been used entirely for the comfort and
cheer Of the ex-service men and has
been, thoroughly appreciated.
MRS. r. DE MILE BROWN,
President Veterans Association Of :,
Women War Workers.
Brooklyn, Nov. 1S, 1891.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

there is no telling what might hap
pen if he ever had cause to resist.
Chang Tso-lin is certainly one
of the strong men of China to-day
1t is doubtful, however, whether his
strength at the present moment is
as great as Lord Northcliffe would
have us believe. Peking is sorely
afraid of him. But how much in
huence has Peking over the Wash
ington delegation?
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
The Tax Revision Failure

It may as we'll be frankly ad-
mitted on all sides that the tax re-
vision measure which Congress is
about to pass is a disappointing
makeshift. 1t doesn't respond to
the public's wish for readjustment
Of tax burdens which will end war
conditions and bring back normal
ity in business. 1t postpones a real
settlement. The tax bill which will
come out of conference can hardly
last out the life of this Congress.
What the country expected and
what the leaders at the Capitol set
out to do was to abolish war taxes
which had become at once unpro-
ductive and economically hurtful.
Nearly everybody admits now that
excess profits taxes have ceased
to have any justification. They
were a cruel burden on the con-
sumer in war time, for they led
to pyramiding of prices, against
which he couldn't defend himself.
To large extent he had to pay the
manufacturers and middleman's
taxes as well as his own. Excess
profits have now shriveled up. But
Congress has put on the public the
obligation to meet such as remain
on the business of the present cal
endar year. The excess schedules
are not to be repealed until Jan
nary l next.
The House Of Representatives re-
duced the maximum income super
tax rate from 65 per cent to 80 per
cent. Thirty-two per cent is the
saturation point-that at which it
ceases to be profitable for a large
investor to put his capital into ex-
empt state and municipal securities.
The higher super-tax had driven
money out of productive industry
into state and city improvements.
1t had slowed down business and
worked to the disadvantage of the
producer and wage Garner.
The Senate Finance Committee
wanted to retain the House maxi
mum. But majority in the Senate,
Influenced by political fears and
preJudlces, raised the maximum to
oo per cent. In spite Of President
Hardlng's lucid arguments the
house voted the other day to ac-
cept the Senate amendment. The
TAX revision will therefore re-enl-
Dody one of the worst economic err
rors OF the Kitchin-Simmons law.
Inc taxpayer on whom it is sought
20 impose super-income tax above
90 per cent can easily escape it, and
Tue public will continue to suffer
irom the diversion of capital into
mproductive channels.
!se new act gives some small re-
nel to various classes of taxpayers.
0us 1t doesn't sufficiently remodel
oar scheme Of internal taxation.
mo country wants to get back to a
peace basis. Congress still pursues
sns Illusion that taxes workable to
'0ne extent under abnormal war
p1essure can be made to work when
aas pressure is non-existent.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Behind the Door

H1THER, thither, little feet
Patter on the floor;
Still am I in my retreat,
Hid behind the door.
II my hiding-place is guessed,
Comes gleeful cry;
But If vain should be the quest,
There are tears to dry.
In the House Of Life, my dear,
All is not so fair;
Happiness is hiding here,
Sorrow hiding there.
May the gods your life endow
From their boundless store,
May you always find, as now,
Love behind the door.
BERT LESION TAYLOR
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
The Jilt

From Postry)
WHY should curl my hair for
him?
he said the trouble couldn't be mended.
He said it must be goodby and go,
And he took up his hat, and all was
ended.
So ali was over. And I'm not dsadi
And I've shed all the tears I'm going to
shedl
And now he's wanting to coma again?
Perhaps he's sorry, perhaps he misses
The hilltop girl. Well, let him comet
But no more love and no more Kisses
Whatever the future, gay or grim,
Why should curl nay hair for. hims
AGNEZ1EU,
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

making establishment, impressively
said:
II say to you from the bottom of
my heart that if the statesmen now
assembled in Washington, under the
far-sighted leadership of our Presi-
dent and Secretary Hughes, should
find it possible to bring about dis
armament and permanent peace.
gladly would I see the war-makinp
machinery of the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation sunk to the bottom of
the ocean"
In the same presence Elbert n.
Gary complained Of the Hughes plan
because it did not go far enough;
and the night before the members of
the Chamber of Commerce Of the
State of New York loudly cheered
their president as he pleaded not
merely for armament limitation but
an understanding among the great
powers such as would make all dis
armament unnecessary. And, not to
be behind, the shipbuilding city of
Quincy, Mass, unanimously in
dorsed, through it's Chamber of Com
merce, the proposal to scrap war
vessels.
1t is time to inter a misrepresen-
tation which too long has been kept
alive. Whatever may be true else
where, it is not true in America that
armament and munition makers
scheme to promote war.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

wa can purchase merchandise advertised In THE
rsRUNE with ahscute safety--for u dlssatlsfac-
~, rssu,ts In any esse THE TRIBUNE suaran-
=, 10 pay your money back upon request. No red
~. No euishiins. We make good promptly II
n advertiser does NOT.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

l1soo poems from "A Penny Whistler
published since the authors death bv
Alfred A. Knopf, New York;
In Statu Quo
HOW NICELY is our solar system
spacedl
How orderly the planet movements
are!
Aloof, sedate, seif-centered. sober-paced.
Each plods its way around the central
star.
Far out, far out upon the soundless sea
The derelicts of Cosmos rush and
roll
Star-hulks, that once in flaming panoply
Sailed on the long cruise round the
ultimate pole.
Rayless they ride, unnumbered ages
through,
Titanic hulks-let lesser craft beware,
Should our good ship. with all her quar-
reling crew,
Ram one Of them-ah, what an end
were therel
Shattered against wanderer In snace
Old Earth would pass away In primal
fire;
Like moths in fame, the so-called hu-
man race
In great blaze Of glory would expire
A consummation, do hear ycu saw.
Devoutly to be wished? The prospect
cheers.
Alas, that lee shore is so far awav
We might not make It in a million
years.
Hope tells, through Science, an un3at.
tering tale;
our lookouts, watching IN the quiet
night,
Find IN our path nor white nor ebon sa;,
The void is clear. There's no relief
In sightl
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
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he Channel Tunnel
Renewed Proposals for Undeea Link Bctween England and
France-Centmy-Old Project in Repiew
By A. ]. Cummings
fFrom Tho London Daily Ne,os)

The question for the British public
to note with regard to the Channel
tunnel is not "Can it be built?" or
even "Ought it to be built?" but "When
is the work going to begin?"
The danger is that the tunnel scheme
has been banded about SO long be-
tween Parliament and the promoters,
Britain and France, military experts
and government departments, that the
public may cease to believe in it as a
practical proposition. The lessons of
the war, the coming Of the airplane
and our own industrial difficulties,
however, all contrive to give the SUBJ
ject a new and immediate Importance.
For many decades plans have been
entertained for constructing some
means Of transport between England
and France that should be independent
OF wind, weather and waves. The idea
of constructing q tunnel beneath the
Channel was seriously considered even
before railways were in existence. Dur
ing the negotiations which resulted in
the Peace of Amiens, in 1902, French
engineer named Matthew laid before
Bonaparte Cat that time Consul) and
Mr.. Fox an ingeniously conceived pro-
posal for such a tunnel It aroused
the enthusiasm Of both Napoleon and
Fox.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
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French Schemes

A peculiar and interesting feature
Of the plan was the suggestion to
break the tunnel halfway across at
the Varne sandbank, with the object
thereby Of securing good ventilation
and fairly satisfactory lighting. For
this purpose the large sandbank, ly-
ing about fifty feet below the sur
face, was to be. raised artifcially to
the surface level and somewhat above
it, to give the tunnel In this way an
opening from the top.
Fresh differences between France
and England put an end to this fan
tastic project; and though similar
schemes were put forward on differ
ent occasions, it was not until 1856
that there appeared the first scheme
which had been thoroughly tested and
was accompanied by estimates Of the
cost. The author was again a French
man, Thome de Gaumond. who calcu-
lated the cost Of the undertaking at
s6,800,000. On both sides of the water
the idea was seriously taken up. Sir
John Hawkshaw made borings on this
side which demonstrated that the con-
struction Of the tunnel was technical
ly possible, and on the strength Of
his discovery special Channel COM
pany was promoted in 1879.
The French Parliament later accept
ed the plan, and French company was
formed. Money was obtained, shaft
was sunk at Sangatte, and everything
seamed tn ha rofn1 we'll whan and