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New-York tribune., 1921-02-27
The Hiring of Hiram
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Str; A question In which the tax
payers OF New York are much inter
ested IN connection with the hiring Of
Hiram is, will they have to pay his
fees, or will the Mayor pay them from
his own purse, or from Mr.. Hearst's
II the Mayor intends that. the expense
to De incurred for the upholding of his
personal opinion as against the opinion
ct the Governor, Senate and Assembly
shall be borne By the people of this
city, then some one should warn him
Of tbs consequences Of using pubiis
funds for private enda.
JOHN CONSTABLE MOORE.
New York. Feb. 90, 1871
New-York tribune., 1921-02-27
Spring Song

tFvons TIE wsstwsssssr Gsxssts,
TIE aspens' last leaves twinkle
Like spangles manifold,
The oak-leaves gieam like FURNISHED
copper,
The eln-trees glow liks gold,
The birch-stems are like silver,
The beech-boughs are like lead.
The yew-trunks are like Iron pillars
/ Raised above the dead.
Spring with her pretty gsrlands,
Is dead and laid to rest;
Summer was red with thousand roses.
But she died Like the rest.
There's only Autumn, with dry leave.
shuddering,
Cold winds whispering;
But Autumn's bride is the white-vesled
Winter,
And their little child il Spring.
q. NESBIr.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-27
France S Moroccan ROOFS
Their High Morale and Enpable Var Record Aesed bv n
american Officer Who Sap Them ii Acion

Buck" Of course, could only hear
one end of the conversation. 1t was
as follows;
SIS that General Buck?
General, would like you to take
Bersi-le-Sec. You will attack at 4
o'clock. The Moroccans will support
you on your right"
Eyes, know your men are tired"
Some of them have wandered into
other organizations ~
"Ah, you will lead the attack your
self? Then I know that Bersi le Sec
will be taken"
The attack vas made and was sue
cessful, General Buck leading his men
in person. A short time after had
the pleasure Of seeing him decorated
for this gallant feat of arms.
The Breton Tpye
General Daugan was at all times in
close touch with every part Of his com
mand. Of compact build, fl as a fiddle,
blue-eyed and square of jaw, he was
', the type associated In our minds with
the Anglo-Saxon, but frequently found
among the French, particularly among
the Eretons-s man of quick decisions
end indomitable will, whom men
ubeyed with alacrity and loved TO fol-
low. His staff was numerically small,
but every man on his job. The super
duity of paper work which at some
headquarters kept SO many men Of
fighting age tied to desks within range
of Che guns was reduced to the m lin
imum. II I remember correctly, the
one typewriting machine at headquar-
ters had screw loose somewhere and
was the only piece Of mechanism in
the division not At for an immediate
and continuous offensive. The divi-
sional reports which covered all that
was essential were written in long
hand, but not SO very long at that
Elasticity
My stay with the Moroccan division
was of sufficient duration to enable me
to realize It's high morale, the esprit
de corps which permeated it, the elias
ticity Of its formations, its unsur-
passed mobility, and last, but not least
It's unquenchable desire to go over che
top whenever permitted to do SO. +
can best explain my use of the word
elasticity" by the following instance:
happened TO see s. squadron of Arab
horse in the open, with no available
cover, caught under the fire of ak Ger
man pursuit planes. 1t was a day Of
t.tful raip; the low and swiftly moving
cloud wrack ohscured the sky and con-
cealed the approach of the hostile
planes, which appeared with startling
suddenness. They were undoubtedly
as much surprised as was the squad
ron, but the advantage lay with them,
and they cut loose with their machine
guns at close range. The squadron
scattered-not like flock of birds with
tendency in one direction, but more
like g school of minnows IN shoal
water when stone is dropped among
them. Away sped the Arabs in every
direction. no two together. The planes
passed on, and the scattered horseren
reformed There were few upon tn.
ground who would never respond to
bugle call again, but very few as COM
pared to what would have been the
casualties In squadron OF cavalry
New-York tribune., 1921-02-27
opyrlsht. 1891, New York Tribune Inc.
To the Editor of The Tribune,

l.
Sir: The reply made by Secretary
of State Bainbridge Colby to Senator
Spencer's inquiry concerning the
Moroccan troops employed In the
French Army Of Occupation in Ger
many Is based upon the auth horitative
and comprehensive report Of Major
General Henry T. Allen, the commander
of the American troops In Germany,
which, after citing the actual number
Of recorded acts Of violence against
women committed by soldiers of the
French colored troops in German ter
ritory, concludes with an expression of
General Aliens opinion that the al
legged wholesale atrocities by French
negro colonial troops had not, In a
majority of cases, any foundation In
truth and formed part of propaganda
directed against France for the pur-
pose Of creating antipathy to France
in other countries, especially in Amer
ica.
So much untruth has been told, how
ever, by the propagandists in their de-
sire to characterize the Moroccan divi-
sions as undisciplined hordes of black
irregulars prone to the commission Of
all sorts of atrocities on a defenseless
population that I feel In duty bound
tn In ri 4 -
splendid troops. AS the liaison OF
ficer with the 1st Division A. E. F., it
was my good fortune 20 be assigned
by General Summerall to act in that
capacity on the staff Of General Dau-
gan. commanding the 1st Moroccan Di-
vision In the operations before Sois-
sons, which have so correctly been
termed "the turning point Of the war"
reported to General paugan as he
was moving into position between the
1st and I'd Divisions A. E. F., and
maintained liaison between the lst
Moroccan Division and the 1st Divi-
sion A. E. F. throughout the first three
days of the attack, in the course of
which they gained all their detectives,
lighting side by side with the Ameri-
can troops. The Moroccans were re-
lieved on the evening of the third day
in order to make good their casualties,
which exceeded in percentage even the
67 per cent suffered by our own incom-
parable 1st Division. General Daugan
described these three days in letter
to me as "les trois rudes journees do
combat devant Soissons," and he knew
whereof he spoke.
4 Case Of Cooperation
The cooperation between these two
divisions was perfect The c.rcum-
stances Immediately preceding The sue
cessful attack on Bersi-le-sec by Brig
adler General Buck are an exam pie.
At breakfast in the little cave at Dom
miers which General Daugan used as
headquarters the General said to me:
'In my opinion, Bersi-ie-Sec should be
taken to-day. Will you present my
compliments to General Summerall and
tell him that II he agrees with me and
will attack this afternoon at 4 o'clock
will support him on the right" at
once proceeded to General summerall's
headquarters at Cmuvre and gave him
General Daugau's message
General Summerail picksd up the
telephone, sayings "Givs ms General
New-York tribune., 1921-02-27
A Week of Verse
The To-anorrows

These three poems are from, q page Of vs-ss
bv Zoe Akirs in Vanity Fa4r.)
HoW the old things cling!
= Like page that futters in ones
fingers
Ready for turning,
But which one never finishes.
Is the old life.
Soon,
have said in my dreams,
will go on new ways,
Over strange seas, to strange cities:
| shall have new possessions.
New friends, new joys;
l will begin new work;
But these things that / have touched
Always
Cling at my fingers,
And the~page is never ended.
WEAKNESS, restlessness, dreams, long,
ings,
Come between me and what is written,
Between what must be finished
And the to-morrows.
All! the homesickness-
Not for home that / have lef.
But for the, strange places
The nostalgia
Not of memories
But of what has never beenI
All, the distances! The waiting
And the doubts!--
The aching doubts,
AS the storm breaks against the vim
dows
Of this old, old, old housel
Here, in room just under the roof,
Where the thud of the rain
Is like the heavy wash
Of a sea, in the air
Where there is the clinging odor
Of withered traditions,
And the sense of ghosts
Pattering IN the shadows,
Leaving their signing footfals
In the dust of the yesterdays
Here, watt
A stranger, vagrant;
traveller, seeking
In q motionIess ship,
On motionless sea
| The to-morrows.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-27
The German En- Masse

The German soldier is at his best
when used en- masse and in preponder-
ating numbers. His training has al
ways been on these lines, which re-
minds me that twenty-odd years ago
Won Gotten, at that time the German
Military Attache at Washington, told
me the same thing sitting on the slope
of San Juan hill just after the Rough
Riders had taken the crest. He said:
Il am amazed at the Individual initia-
tive of your American soldiers; each
man can fight, as you say, off his
own bat With US it is different. We
are criticized for using the massed
| formations Of the Napoleonic wars.
With our men we have to do So They
must rub shoulders, be handled en-
masse and like machine" The Ger
man soldier does not, as rule, shine
in individual combat. He feels himself
at disadvantage when attacked with
| the bayonet by an aggressive antag-
onist and is rarely able to defend him
self successfully with this weapon. But
more than the bayonet he dislikes the
knife. He has never mastered it's use.
And this brings me to the Senegalese,
whose only rivals in the expert use of
| this arm are the Goorkhas. There are
authenticated cases of machine gun
nests being taken by the Senegalese
without firing shot, Thy have come
4 Through the infantry lying in open
skirmish order, rushed the gun nests
and accounted for the gun crews with
the knife. For the reasons cited, the
Moroccan divisions, particularly the
LIST, were anathema to the Germans.
and this division was designated by
name in one of the first "no quarter"
orders issued by the German high com
rnand. AS consequence of this or
der, the Moroccans took few prison
ers; an omission for which they cannot
in justice be blamed.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-27
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-27

and Senator Johnson are in agree
ment. A meeting between them
should not be marked by acerbity
CT even a marked difference of
opinion.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-27
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-27
Resurning the Voyaxe

tFrons The Seattle Post-I~teIAosxce-)
Prospects seem TO be bright for get
ting the Ship of State out of drydoek
iu the near futura.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-27
Ne,s, pork Gr-ib1.1te
-. "a Last---the Trath: News--Edi-
Observation-Disclosures
s.rser Of the Audit Bureau of circaiations.
Sunday. FEBRUARY 27, 1921

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.rsrpTtpN RATES--By mati. Including
SssNS SssTS THE uNITED STATES.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-27

(Thsse three poems are from page of vs-ss
b. Zoe Akirs in Vanity Fa4rJ
HOW the old things cling.
Like mage that auttar. !, o,.sr
Arizona republican., 1921-02-07
Mrs.Peete Gave Up Hope Of Acduittal
 Four Days Before
 Verdict Returned

LOS ANGELES Feb. 6--Mrs. Louise l.. Peete, convicted yesterday of the murder of Jacob Charles Denton, had given up hope of acquittal four days before,she told a representative of the Los Angeles Examiner tonight
 Officers at the jail said Mrs. Peete retained. her accustomed calm, while her husband showed traces of emo- ton which caused him to sob when the verdict of guilty of first degree mur- der, with a recommendation of life Imprisonment, was returned.
 He was quoted as saying every thing possible would be done to save his wife from the penitentiary." and that the action of the jury mad not shaken his faith in the mother of his four year-o1d daughter"
 w T. Aggeler, acting public defend CT who defended Mrs. Peet throughout her trial, said he would not consider until tomorrow the matter of pcs sible appeal.
 George Gallagher, county jailer. said a woman who did not give her name, telephoned to him that she was . be- liever in Mrs. Peete's innocence and would finance a new trial for her if it was possible to obtain one.
 Sentence will be imposed on Mrs Peete Tuesday morning.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-07
Ulster Cnth0hc Bishops Depl0re CroWm Repr1sdls
shot at sight

ries approaching, are shot at sight said the cardinal.
 sLatterly.'' he declared. "even reli- zion has not been spared. Churches have been raided. Churches have been surrounded by armed men while peo- pie were attending mass, were held up and searched as they left church. or course, nothing was found except prayer books and rosaries."
 Catholics do not go armed to hear mass or prepared to commit crime.
 Tt must not be inferred that I over look nor condone extremist crimes The lying in wait and shooting of po- lieemen or soldiers is not an act of warfare. but is plain murder. No req son adduced nor any end could jus tify it"
 Referring to the intellectual peace negotiations, the cardinal said that they left the suspicion that they were a. mere device. intended to mark time and amuse the public until the coun- 1 try is beaten flat"
 l 1'NVas the proclamation of an Irish republic by the Sim Fein members of | parliament after the last election suf- ! ficient to constitute Ireland as a re- | public. according to church teachings2" asks Bishop Cohalan. bishop of Cork ] and he answered in the negative.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-07
German Preniers
 Endorse Simmons
 ReparatiOn Stand
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BERLIN, Feb. 5-The premiers of the federated state of Germany were in session until late this evening over separations, the meeting being followed by the announcement that unanimity prevailed. The speech of Foreign Min ister Simons has been given unqualified indorsement by the representatives of Bavaria, Baden, Wuertemberg, Saxony and the other states, it was stated.
 The invitation for Germany to send representatives to the London confer ence is construed as indicating that the allies expect Germany to submit counter proposals.
 Leaders of German industry and finance have been arriving the past few days for consultation with the government economic experts
 Much of the press comment warns the government against pinning it's faith on the new Washington govern ment supplying Germany with moral backing. These commentators urge the government to present Germany's s case strictly on it's own merits.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-07
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BELFAST. Feb. 6.-The Lenten pas toraI letters read today by Ulster Cath olic bishops were devoted to the situa ton in Ireland That of Cardinal Logue. primate of Ireland, declared:
 '-The cry of suffering Ireland, de- spite efforts to smother it by pro ;a- ganda, will re- echo through the cen turies. marking a sorry place in his tory for the present rulers
 He added:
 There has been no word of con- ciliation, but repression such as out strips any example except perhaps that of Turkey and the bolsheviki."
 Cardinal Logue said the policy oi the government had robbed it of all sense of sacredness of human life and extinguished the instinctive horror oi bloodshed. He declared that the so- called official reprisals were acts of wanton oppression and injustices; that men guiltless of any overt act were dragged out at night and shot before their families; that prisoners were shot under the plea of attempting tc escape. though they were surrounded by armed men.
 Poor ~eople who instirctively ruI to cover when they see formidable Tor
Arizona republican., 1921-02-07
LATE TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
CHINESE NEW YEAR EXCITING

 NEW YORK Feb 6-chinatovvns
    turmoil Fifteen shots fired
 TREASURER eRckLAYERS DIES N. Y tonight MONTANA BURNS of
 
 
 BOUNDARY AUTHORITY WASHINGTON, United of United illness
  c.Ifor Washington
  CITY, Civilian NeAdoo, speaking
  He rehab r.or Mexico be H. Neweomb widow Dr. Simon b,noted astro aged s1
 TROOPS MoBILIzlNG of lin Annur vIadivostok dispatches
   declared General Wranse south Russian a-bol
  
 TURKISH is a ss by their old removing the suas e,irousof
  Feb 6-R of yserv probably 3  defeated for renomnauon-
Arizona republican., 1921-02-07
May Settle Naval.
 Superiority With
 Practical Tests
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WASHINGTON. Feb e-The con troversy on the superiority of battle ships and aircraft, may be settled through tests. navaf officers said to- night.
 Brigadier General William Mitchell. assistant chief of the air service. who told 2 congressional committee that developments in aircraft had doomed the present dreadnaught, and other air service officers are understood to have issued a virtual challenge to the navy department to permit them to prove their contentious The navy de- pertinent is believer in the superior ity of the capital ship and naval off cers believe, will accept the challenge in the hope of checking the contro- yersy.
 General Mitchell has asked his supporters to send a request to Sec retary Daniels that two torpedo boats, two supply vessels and one battleship be assigned for the tests. Naval off cers express the belief that such a request would be refused because of the material involved and the cost of fitting the five vessels with radio con- trol apparatus.
 There is a strong Likelihood. how ever, naval officials said that the old battleship Iowa, fitted with radio con- trol gear and capable of being man. euvered with no one on board, will be used as a target for aerial bombs after experiments now being conducted on the control device are completed.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-07
Special Session Of
 Mexican Congress
 Called By Obregon


 MEXICO CITY, Feb. o-The special session of congress called by President Obregon for tomorrow must solve sev- erai problems, the successful disposi- ton of which mean a long step in the presidents reconstruction program. 1t is expected that the president person ally will deliver message urging inn mediate passage of certain projects. Among measures to be submitted are those concerning the petroleum and agrarian questions. new banking system, new labor laws and indemni- ties. In official circles it is said there is a strong possibility that definite action will be taken on Article 27.
 E has been rumored that the ad- mfnistration wishes a clear-cut law which will embody the Mexican gov ernment's stand on petroleum matters. settling the controversy between Mexi- co and the oil companies.
 The agrarian question, which in cludes a project for parceling land to small farmers and breaking up the large haciendas is said to be one of the most important presented to con- in that numerous foreigners hold large tracts.
 President Obregons banking propo- sal has been much discussed. It is understood that he has abandoned for the present the idea of only one cen tral bank of commission. He favors re- gional banks of commission with cen traI control
Arizona republican., 1921-02-07
Commerce Bodies
 Will Oppose Bills , 10 Regulate Two
 Basic Industries
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-Enactment of the bills for federal regulation of the coal and packing industries will be opposed by the chamber of commerce of the United States J. H. Defrees, president, in announcing tonight the opening of the fight, declared that the two bills would substitute government for private control of two great basic industries
 He also announced that the cham Der would line up its 1,4O0 member or ganizations and more than 15,000 firms. corporations and individuals to make It's fight effective. He said copies of a brief prepared to point out the dan gers contained in the bills" would be with letter. asking careful consid- eration of arguments advanced against the measures.''
 The brief asserts that these bills go beyond government regulations and
 substitute government operation Attention is called to the provision in the livestock bill for voluntary reg istration of packers and the brief adds that the effect of the provision would be to force registration and later give the government control of the opera ton of the industry.
 Referring to the coal bill. the brief points out that the president, under certain supposed contingencies. is empowered to fix prices and commits sions and to deal in coal control the production. movement and distribution of coal.
 We believe we are voicdng not only the business. but also the popular sen- timent in favor of the quickest possi ble liquidation of this overhead contro
 so repugnant to American institutions, 1 it concludes.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-07
Gon1pers Says New
 Mexico Government Is Workers Utopia
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lRepuDflCan A. v. Ge1Se0 bWiTel
 WASHINGTON, Feb 6-The Mexi- can government "comes as near to be- ing government of and for the work ing people as any on earth" Samuel Gompers declared in a statement to- night in commenting on the Pan Amer ican Federation of Labor convention at Mexico City. His observations, he added were that the government of Mexico was composed of able men of integrity and initiative"
 The greatest achievement of the Mexico City coDvention. MT. Gompers said, was the adoption of platform of constructive democracy and com plete repudiation of all doctrine sub versive of democracy and democratic thought"
 While it was natural that the char acter of labor movements in most ol the Latin American countries shoult differ from that Of our own." he said nothing could more properly counter balance whatever trend there may bs toward European beliefs and tactics than the contact with American labor