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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-10-27
The Community Newspaper
Nv ROB ADAMS

INF ALL the sheets from East
~ to West the local paper is tho
best. Deep is our love and deep
our debt to Record, Journal or
Gazette. When first l landed on
this ball, a bit of flesh wrapped
round a squall, it welcomed mo
with joy and pride my life has
never justified. 1t follows me my
whole life through, with words all
kind and mostly true; and even
after | am hearsed twill tell my
best and hide my worst. When in
Oshkosh or Wickiup | wander
homesick as a pup, or if in foreign
lands | roam, it brings me pleas
ant news of home. Across the
sands, across the sea, the old home
paper comes to me. 1t is a friend
both true and tried, and to it,
gents, | point with pride; yea, |
will hook my Sunday pants to pay
up six years in advance.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-10-27
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New-York tribune., 1921-11-16

tips, and some hotel porters earn in
tips more than tho salaries Of many
business men.
The results Of such tax would
furnish ample room for speculation.
"The Manchester Guardian" sug-
gests two possible effects: The "tip-
ping nuisance" might perish under
the weight of Inconvenience, and
"tippees" prefer nothing to tips
heavily taxed; but, on the other
hand, they might not unreasonably
demand to be tipped tax included, a
case which would involve their pa
irons deep in arithmetic and leave
their last state certainly worse than
the first. The tipping problem has
long been with us, and inventive
minds have long been devising ways
Of escape, but hope is about extinct
las extinct as the hope Of getting
theater tickets at the printed prices.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16

most populous countries been at
tained. A population may be too
crowded though all be amply sup
piled with food and raiment. 1t Is
not good for man porforce to be kept
in the presence Of his species. A
world from which solitude is extir-
pated Is very poor ideal. Solitude
in the sense Of being alone Is essen
tial to any depth of meditation or Of
character, and solitude in the pres
cnce Of natural beauty or grandeur
is the cradle Of thoughts and aspira-
tions which are not only good for
the individual but which society
could do i'll without"
One has a feeling that New York
would be little to Mills fancy, yet
several millions have a strong taste
for the conglomerate and vivid city,
and millions more to certainty are
hither bound. But the over-popula-
tion threat is probably by no means
so imminent as the new Malthusian-
lists believe. At all events, Nature is
likely to continue to have her way
as ever with the human race.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
The Flaw Pickers

The flaw pickers at Washington,
blown flat by the unexpected blast
from the chairman of the conference,
are venturing to get on their feet
again, groggy and out of breath, but
still vocal.
Now they cling to the hope that
the Pacific question can be so tangled
that it will bring the conference to a
deadlock. The most pathetic sight at
Washington is the sudden solicitude
of some of the correspondents for
the interests of Japan--for the
rights she claims because of her pro-
pinquity to China and the outrage
against her of Notifications in the
Philippines.
One would gather that if not dis
mantled the forts at Corregidor will
some night arise and travel 1900
miles over the sea and suddenly
launch an attack on Toxic.
The flaw pickers are discouraged,
but they do not surrender hope.
They still think that if they pray
loudly enough they may yet be able
to develop trouble.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
MIR. Pomerene's Hurry

Good intentions may underlie Sem
ator Pomerene's effort to get action
on his resolution suspending all
American naval construction. or,
rather, authorizing the President to
suspend it. This resolution was
offered before the Conference OH the
Limitation of Armament was called.
1t was inappropriate then, because
it seemed to commit the United
States in advance to naval reduc-
tions, whatever the other naval pow
ers might be willing to do. 1t is no
more appropriate now, when the con-
ference is in session. and is ap-
parently near an agreement for a
ten-year holiday in naval construc-
ton and the scrapping of uncom-
pleted capital ships.
Naval expansion has, in fact, been
halted by the shadows Of coming
events. Work has not been pushed
for some months on the Ameri-
can 1915 program. AS The Tribune
showed last week, nothing is be-
ing done any longer on six of the
uncompleted dreadnoughts = the
South Dakota, Indiana, Montana,
North Carolina, Iowa and Massa-
chusetts--or on three Of the au-
thorized battle cruisers-the Ranger,
the Constitution and the United
States. On the remaining three
battleships and the remaining three
battle cruisers work is progressing
at only half speed.
Since money put into this con-
struction may be an absolute debit
under the conferences decisions, the
Navy Department will necessarily
make as sma ! losing investment
from now on as it can. Mr.. Pomer-
ene's resolution has outlived its use
fulness. His attitude toward it re-
calls Private John Aliens story
about the farmland, caught in
shower, who almost broke blood
vessel running for the barn. When
asked why he raced so hard he re-
piled that he was afraid he mightn't
get under shelter before the rain
stopped.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
A Reporter 8 Pen
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Who is this man Sparkes that
dares with reporters pen to write real
literature?
Who, in place Of the dull catalogue of
bloodless facts, gives us, in picturing
the burial Of our Unknown Soldier,
words so alive with romance, sentiment
and spirit that tears dim the eyes and
choke the voice when one reads them
aloud?
And what kind OF newspaper is it that
presumes, in place of wickedness, sorrow
and sudden death, to fill it's first page
columns with words so beautiful that
we must add them to our poetry?
If you are not careful, sir, you will
soon have about you such staff of
writer's as will make it necessary to
preserve our Tribunes in bound volumes,
and we will have to take another daily
paper to supply the wherewithal to light
our study fires.
MARY DEACON BULLARD.
Stratford, Conn, Nov. Ia, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
Won Moltke's Memoirs

Count Won Moltke's memoirs, the
first chapters of which have been
published in Stuttgart, reveal the
strength of Chancellor Bethmann-
Hollweg's delusion at the beginning
Of the war that Great Britain could
be kept out of it. Moltke says that
on August 1, 1914, Bethmann-Holl-
veg was still mistaken in this belief
and had also firmly impressed it
upon the Kaiser. The Chancellor ex-
hibited a dispatch from Prince Lich-
nowsky (written under a misappre-
hension) to the effect that Sir Ed
ward Grey had promised that France
wouldn't enter the war against Ger
many if Germany would take no hos
tile action against France.
"Now we need to make war only
against Russia said the Kaiser.
"You see, we will simply concen-
trate the whole army in the East"
This idea didn't please Won Moltke.
He said that the mobilization, the
work Of years, couldn't be upset in
moment. The Kaiser became very
angry and shouted: "Your uncle
would have given me a different an
swer." Won Moltke didn't believe
that France could be kept out. He
didn't want her to keep out. He in
sisted on a demand for Verdun and
Toul as guarantees of Frances nom
action.
Lichnowsky's telegram was soon
found to be unwarranted. The Kai-
ser had previously forbidden Won
Moltke to seize Luxemburg. Now he
reversed himself and said "Do as
you like"
I Bethmann-Hollweg fell into fury
when Great Britain sent in the Bel
gian ultimatum; but he still clung to
the notion that Germany ought to go
easy with England. Accepting this
theory, the Kaiser wouldn't let Won
Tirpitz send the German battle fleet
to sea in the early days of the war.
He thought that he would find the
British complacent in case of an
early and decisive German victory in
France. 1t was only when these
hopes were shattered that he turned
vindictive and the Germans began to
chant Lissauer's "Hymn of Hate"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
Tips and Taxes

Enrlishmen who, like ourselves,
have long suffered from the itching
palm must have welcomed the news
that the inspector of taxes for Lon
don district had invited railway
guards to make an income tax return
of tips received during the last six
months. Such move inspired hope
that the demand would be extended
to include walters. courtroom attend
ants. porters, taxi drivers and others.
"The London Morning Post" how
ever, has inquired Of the Inland Rev.
enue Department and found that the
report was not true; no instructions
had been issued, and the action was
regarded merely as the "inspiration
Of a Jealous officer" The authorities,
however, apparently claimed the
right to tax tips if they saw fit;
there are many men, they argued,
whose incomes are derived from
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16

der, with American soldiers chasing
the constitutional President out of
the country.
The Dominicans ask for the re-
turn Of Mr.. Pulliam They trusted
him. They knew he would be fair
to all, and President Harding has
yielded to their petition. 1t may be
confidently predicted that soon the
Dominican mess will be cleared up
and the tyranny ended to the satis-
faction of the Dominicans and to the
credit of this country.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
Mussels and Scallops

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t seems the biologists spell
it "mussel," and SO did We Connections
shore-dwellers in the old days on Long
Island Sound.
When the enterprising small boy
brought mussels to our door the COOK
steamed them until their muscles"
relaxed and from their opened shells
she extracted the orange-colored dam
ties and creamed them for breakfast
In the off-season we even bought them
canned or picked.
Now that the beloved scallop cosfs
So quart and can seldom be found IN
the markets even at that price, can.
not understand why the shefl-fsheries
do not cultivate the mussel.
BY the bye, when we were pedaaue
we used to spell scallop "escsicp'
which l suppose was the original oia
French name in heraldry for the seal
lop shell worn by the Crusaders.
HENRIETTA M. NOBLE
Jenkintown, Pa, Nov. IA, 1874.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
The Immediate Saving

That it is possible to make a re-
duction in armament expense suffi-
cient to be felt Immediately by the
individual taxpayer is widespread
delusion. If it be true-and the fig
ures speak for themselves-that only
IL per cent of the budget for 1922 is
devoted to the navy, or even if a
greater figure is taken which in
cludes all expenses for present army
and navy maintenance and compile
tion of existing programs, and if
this figure were deducted from the
total appropriations for the year,
few taxpayers would perceive the
reduction.
This fact needs to be made plain
to the country. The cost of past
wars cannot be abolished-history
cannot be undone. The phrase Eek
penses for wars, past, present and
future" is a deceptive and meaning
less generality. Why not face the
fact that it is only future expenses
that may be cut, and that to halve
the present naval appropriation
would save little more than 81 per
head?
In the way Of propaganda Senator
Borah, who is not without gifts as a
publicity agent, has wildly estimated
that wars past, present and prospec-
tive absorbed something like 80 pei
cent Of governmental expenditures
But even though the computation
were accurate it is of little presen,
pertinence. But pacifists, who fee
rather than think. spread it widely.
The saving possible is not incon.
siderable. But the people of the
country should not be told that the
conference will materially cut the
nations taxes. In proportion to the
failure to reduce expenses the peo
pie of the country, unless wisely
forewarned, are likely to Judge the
success or failure of the conference
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
Still Room for All

Is the world over-populated to the
extent that some peoples are unable
to live comfortably as Malthusian-
lists recently in conference here
contend?
1t has been computed that Texas
alone, intensively cultivated, could
feed every person on this planet.
There is no lack Of natural resources
for the maintenance of life if hu-
mans were at all evenly distributed
over the earth's surface, nor has it
been demonstrated that any given
territory is yet incapable of yielding
ample sustenance to those within it's
borders. The desire for expansion
felt by teeming peoples proceeds
from surplus energy rather than
from losing struggle for existence.
The space that would contain all
living human beings has been pre-
cisely calculated. 1t is astonishingly
small. Allowing square meter to
three persons, Maurice Martin has
figured ou. that the little Depart
ment of the Seine. in France, with a
few square meters added, would con-
tain mankind. In New York State
the genus homo could roam at large.
Some time it may be necessary to
apply checks tc population, as China
has done. but the necessity seems
centuries away.
Admitting that there is room in
the world for vast increase of
population, some, not liking to rub
elbows, have deprecated crowding-
John Stuart Mill for one. This was
his view:
"The density of population neces-
sary to enable mankind to obtain in
the greatest degree all the advan-
tages, both Of cooperation and of
social intercourse. has in all the
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
The Open Door
The Policy Abandoned if Manchuria
Were Given to Japan


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your Sunday issue Frank
H. Simonds writes an article in which
it is stated that the Great Wall will
boundary line of China, as defined by
the Washington conference, and then
Mr.. Simonds says he believes that
Japan will accept the Great Wall as
a boundary fox China.
1t would be just as reasonable for
some one to propose to redefne the
northern boundary of the United
States and to declare his belief that
the British government would be will
ing to accept the Ohio as such
boundary.
And then, in an article from Car
ter Field, it is announced that the
indications are that the Harding Ad-
ministration would propose to award
Manchuria and Mongolia to Japan and
that Japan might be satisfied with this
award.
The truth Is that the "open door"
policy on which the American people
and the American government are de-
termined Is based on Manchuria.
Originally it did not apply to any
other part Of China but Manchuria,
and it was to keep the "open door" in
Manchuria that Japan, Russia and
Great Britain pledged themselves. To
award Manchuria to Japan now not
only means to grant remission to
Japan for the breach Of her pledge to
maintain the open door" to Man
churia, but it means to abandon the
"open door" policy completely and
without reserve.
When the people of the United
States come to realize that the grant
of Manchuria to Japan involves and
carries with it an abandonment of the
"open door" policy and the relin-
quishment by our government OF all
part in or claim to he Chinese mar
ket they will repudiate the PROPOSE
tion in the same manner that they
repudiated the last Administration in
the last election, and they will de-
nounce any American official who
makes such an outrageous proposition.
GUY NJ. WALKER.
New York, Nov. IA, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
Accepted

Having accepted the Hughes dis
armament plan "in principle" what
does such acceptance mean?
It means the happy relegation of
questions over which there have been
many dubious head shakings-mat-
ters whose mere discussion, it was
said, would develop new frictions.
But ins.ead of flying further apart
the war-winning nations, on whom
events laid responsibility which
they cannot meet unless united, are
together again. The damage done
by the policy proclaimed in the Man
chester speech and pursued at Paris
is being repaired. There is whole
some return to the spirit which pre-
vailed in 1913, when all saw that to
achieve anything for mankind right
eousness and power must be welded.
Under the urge of this revived mu-
tual crust an agreement has come
in matters as to which agreement
seemed impossible. For example,
the three naval powers agree that
the basis of armament limitation
shall be the present status and that
hereafter they shall have a strength
proportionate to percentages fixed in
advance. Who week ago thought
such a proposal could be unani-
mously approved?
Taken together, the items of the
plan in effect declare that the three
powers shall no longer arm against
one another. Friends are to act
a. friends. This is no forced de-
duction. Any two of them could
overwhelm the third, and obviously
such distribution would not be con-
sented to were any of them either
aggressive or apprehensive.
Most notable is the confidence
shown by Great Britain. Her policy
for centuries has been to maintain
fleet equal to that Of any two other
nations. She gives this up, and thus
opens her vital sea communications
to attack by the United States and
Japan should they act in concert.
But 30 strong is British faith that
she considers the theoretical risk no
risk at all. Her reliance on the
United States is so great that she
scraps the two-power tradition.
But though things go propitiously,
the conference will not attain COM
plete success as peace-insuring con-
gress if it does not look without as
within. Suppose non-Ally nations
create formidable fleets? Then the
ssR-limiting nations must unite
their naval forces for common ac-
ton. The corollary Of the Hughes
plan is that the peace-desiring ma
ttons must maintain some sort of al
lance or entente.
Consideration Of such an under
standing is not part Of the agenda
OF the conference. But soon or late.
at this conference or some other. the
question Of what is to be done to
maintain the peace must be attacked.
After the expiration of the naval hol-
aday che next logical step will, of
course. be to limit further. This
cannot be done unless those without
the compact are Of less strength
than those within.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
Dominican Cleaning Tn

Inc item announcing that William
e. Pulliam has been reappointed as
Santo Domingo's receiver Of customs
does not loom large in the news, vet
1t marks return to the broad and
liberal policy Of Presidents Roosevelt
and Taft in dealing with backward
peoples.
In 1907 "a treaty between the
United States and Santo Domingo
was negotiated. The substance of
the treaty was that the Dominican
customs receipts should be collected
by an American officer and 45 per
cent set aside to discharge the debts
OF the republic It's creditors scaled
down their claims and accepted new
refuriding securities. Mr.. Pulliam,
whose services in the Philippines
were DISTINGUISHED. was selected by
President Rooserelt as customs re-
cciver, and the business confided to
him was honestly and efficiently
done through Dominican assistants.
Then cores TIE Wilson Admins
tration. with Nv Brvan in the State
Department. Two politicians were
sent down, one as Minister and the
other as Customs Receiver, and it
was pointedly suggested to them
that they find places for deserving
Democrats" Then matters went
from good to bad. ending in disor~
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune,
Sir: AS the mother of four fine and
welcome children and the wife of a
minister of the Gospel vehemently
protest against the treatment accorded
to Mrs. Margaret Sanger and her au-
dience at the meeting Of the Birth
Control Congress held in New York
last evening.
I fancy that when women come TO
know little more about Mrs. Sanger's
teaching they will use their ballot to
declare where they stand. Birth con-
troll is one of the most needed reforms
in this country. Holland has permitted
the subject to be freely discussed for
years. Why not give greater care to
the children already in the world?
am for better world, peaceful world
filled with happy children, and con-
tented parents who can give them a
fair possession Of health to start with
and chance for good education.
C. W. M.
Castleton, VT, Nov. IA, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-16
Smashing Naual Rwalry
The People "Behind Hughes Like Phalanx," While
Allied Nations Fall in Line
By Quarterback

Mr.. Hughes has swept away the fog
He has modernized naval policy.
1t is wonderful, wise-and righteous.
The people of this country will stand
behind Mr.. Hughes like a phalanx.
And foreign nations must fall in line.
They are anxious to do so. Their dele
gates to the conference know it. They
could not go home if they were to
wreck righteous policy. They have
shown no intention or desire to do so.
While this is being written Mr.. Bal
four is accepting Mr.. Hughes's plan in
all essentials.
The English speaking people Of the
world are of one mind. They are virtu
ally allied to save the world from the in
sane naval rivalry Of friends-friends
who have recently fought together to
defeat common enemy. If these
friends should now fight among them
selves their enemy would exult and
win the World War.
No Dissenting Voice
And our other allies-France, Italy
and Japan-have fallen into line. The
French and Italian navies menace no.
body. Japan will approve. 1t will be
her salvation to do so. Naval rivalry
with the United States would spell
financial ruin for Japan. Her states
men know it.
The one discordant note that has
threatened to qualify Japan's accept
ance is the question Of our so-called
fortified naval bases in the Pacific.
But this is mere fol-de-rol. We have
no Notifications that would avail any
thing in war. Fortifcations are not
aggressive. They cannot move. Their
influence and power are limited to dis
tance Of twenty miles. In truth they
cannot even defend. They are obso-
lete. Did the Belgian forts check the
advance of German armies? They did
not. They were quickly blown to
smithereens by modern explosive
shells. No more will forts, fortifca-
tions and heavy guns at "naval bases"
check the advance of modern navy.
Useless Fortifcatlons
Suppose the United States should be
SO foolish as to fortify and mount
heavy guns at Guam. It would be to
shovel so much gold from the United
States Treasury into the Pacific Ocean
A dozen airplanes with 1000 pound
bombs sent at night from a carrier
one hundred miles distant would blow
such forts into the Pacific and wreck
the island in few hours.
A dozen Corregidors would not pro
tect the Philippines. An enemy would
ignore them, land elsewhere and cap
ture the islands. The forts could then
be blown off the earth as an amuse-
ment. Has it not yet dawned upon the
torpedoes and air forces are the
weapons with which to defend coast
The World War proved it. Neither
fortifcations nor battleships are neces
sary for thst purpose; in fact, they
are powerless II the enemy commands
the air and the subsurface of the sea
Air power and submarine power spell
sea power In the future. They domi
nate.
Surely Japan will realize this truth
If she wished to pursue sinister
policy that would most seriously in
jure the United States financially she
would encourage US to empty the
United States Treasury by building
useless Notifications in the Pacific.
After Mr.. Hughes has saved few
billions in undermining our nava