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A Jamaican's Feeling
D the Editor of The Tribune

10 the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The letter by R. S. Rowland
suggesting that the United States take
over Jamaica and all" the West Indian
islands affiliated with Great Britain is
most amusing
am a West Indian born in Jamaica
(and my forebears for three genera
lions were born there), who would not
Tor one moment tolerate such a thing.
That is also the feeling of ali
Jamaicans, as we'll as of other West
Indians. If we cannot remain a part
of the British Empire, then there would
be formed a federation of the West
Indian islands under the guidance of
the British Empire.
The United States of America is a
wonderful country and the fundamen-
tails on which the states were formed
are unsurpassed, but we would never
tolerate the invisible rule of the pro-
fessional politician as it exists here.
we Will be glad to buy from and to
sell to the United States. but not to
be controlled by her. am in New
York on my yearly business trip. /
nave always got square deal But no
annexation of Jamaica. We, the peo-
pie will have something to say about
that. GEORGE V HAwrrv
New York, Aug. l6, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20
The Soldier S Contract
Its One-Sidedness Apparent in Case
of Army Reduction

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There are considerations con-
corning the reduction made by Con-
gress in the military protection needed
at the present time which have ap-
parently escaped the attention Of both
Congress and the country, and which,
now that a further cut in the size os
the army to 100000 has been proposed
in the Senate, ought to be no longer
overlooked.
When a man enlists he enters into a
contract with the government, and q
very one-sided contract it is at the
best, for him. He binds himself to
serve for a fixed period and during
that time is not only subject to strict
obedience of any orders he may re-
ceive, but is liable to be manned or
killed in the performance of duty
which he cannot shirk. Furthermore,
if he attempts, because dissatisfied or
DESTROYS of change, to repudiate his
contract, he becomes a deserter and
liable to be imprisoned or shot.
The government, the other party to
the contract, binds itself to retain
him in its service for the period
and pay him designated monthly
stipend.
No contract unless mutually bind
ing is enforceable, and the soldier, GER
tainly morally, has as much right to
throw off the obligation when it suits
his convenience as has the govern
ment
What has the government done :?
Bound as it ought to be to exercise
in all its relations to citizens the
most perfect good faith, it has said
to a large number of enlisted mem
and it is proposed greatly to increase
the numbcr-"I need you no longer
and in few weeks will drop you de-
spite my agreement, not because
have any right to do so, but because
l have the power; but mind you, your
agreement, should I change my mind,
and for those I do not drop, is still
binding, and if you attempt to violate
it you are liable to be court-m artialed
and imprisoned or shot"
How many men will a government
which attempts to provide for it's de-
Tense on such theory and by such
methods succeed in permanently re-
tanning in its service, or in calling to
the colors in any exigency that may
arise?
Aside from the question of principle
and good faith, the present is a most
inopportune moment in which to
swell the ranks of unemployment and
discomfort by adding to them as win
ter is approaching (and there are many
indications that conditions are likely
to grow worse before they become bet
ter) 100000 able-bodied young men.
Disarmament and economy are de-
sirable, but good faith and prudent
foresight and regard for good order
and safety come first.
ARCHIBALD HOPKINS.
Williamstown, Mass, Aug. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20
Some One s Else -

To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Webster says: "The express
sicns, some one else, any one else,
every one else, somebody else, ETC.
are in good usage treated as sub
stantive phrases and have the possess
sive infection upon the elise; as
somebody else's umbrellas; but some
prefer to treat them simply as clliptical
expressions; as, the ur. brela is some
body's else q. e., other than the per
son previously intentionally
always say the latter, first, because
was Away taught to say it that way.
second, because it is more euphonious:
third, because it is correct, as there
is no such thing as posscssive adj
verb. G.. F ARTTDcAApD
Brooklyn, Aug IS, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20

Concerning the failure Of this
country to ratify the Versailles
Treaty, The World says: "It was
Lodge who led the fight to prevent
its ratification"
The pen of our neighbor slipped
1t meant to write the name of Wood
row Wilson. Mr.. Wilson, not Sena-
tor Lodge, prevented ratification.
Mr.. Wilson's only rival for the dis
graceful distinction, if such leader
ship be considered disgraceful, was
Senator Borah, whose cohorts. on
the crucial roll calls, voted with Mr.
Wilson's bunch of tanned Senator's
against the treaty.
- 1t is in the record, and not to be
got out, that Senator Lodge, like
President Harding, voted twice for
. ratlhcation, while the reservations
asked are now everywhere recop-
nized TO have been reasonable. Even
The World at the time admitted
Their acccptability and besought Mr..
Wilson not to kill the treaty.
Attempts Of bilious rartisanshin
TO refight the lost battle of 1920 are
not kind to Mr. Wilson. It is friend
~ to let many matters pass into
oblivion. For example, consider tho
eyrations Of Representative Cochran.
!, who amused the House on Thursday
by a speech calling for the impeach-
ment, or worse, of President Har.
ding for bossing Congress. No won
DER the House laughed as it listened
70 this "defender of the sacred rights
sof representative government" He
~ too new in the faith, his dumbness
II q year ago ig too much renem-
hered, for his attack to be taken
seriously.
FOR will political dividends come
from charging that the animstinx
motive Of the Republicans during the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20

which it fulflls the hopes or the illu-
sions of theorists.
Many voices will be raised in ex-
ASPIRATION and derision because the
millennium has not been attained.
Pacifsts and impractical idealists
will endeavor to belittle it's achieve
ments as mere compromises with the
facts of sordid world, and pessi-
mists will croak 81 told you So" But
if the conference succeeds in elimi-
mating even some of the causes Of
war and assuring stability for a
short space Of time it will not have
been in vain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20

him and listened to him you might have
said to yourself, Here is the typical
American hail fellow, we'll met, upon
whom the foxy Europeans are putting
something over. But when the board
was convened with Dawes at the head
of the table, the scene was changed.
Thanked on each side by an American
interpreter, he seemed to take charge Of
the proceedings, and his steely, Chicago
bankers eye fixed with its honest gilt
tel, the Italian. or the Belgian or the
French general who was making a sug-
gestion in the interest Of his own army.
The impression, perhaps wrong, of
this observer was that General Dawes
in his attitude toward the Europeans,
was a bit histrionic, impersonating for
them, the sort of American they liked
the best-the bluff, shirt-sleeved fell
low, rough, but with a heart of gold.
That this suspected expedient was sue
cessful is indicated by the fact that he
Of all the American soldiers in Europe
was the best-beloved He was idolized
by the French even after the armistice.
when the French, no doubt with con-
siderable reason, were fed up with the
dreamy crusaders. AS he walked each
morning from his hotel through the
Champs Elysees to his headquarters,
pauslng invariably to admire a bust of
Voltaire, Cor was it Anatole France y,
be was recognized and greeted by smil-
ing poilus and doughboys. Those pres
ent on the day that he left Paris for
America from the Care st. Lazare, saw
General Payot, his French associate,
shed tears Of affection as he boarded
the train.
General Dawes wakes theological in
his emotions toward General Pershing
who was his youthful friend in Ne
braska. One regrets that in his ac
count of Pershing's achievements in
France he does not go more into the
details of that historic interview be-
tween Foch and the American, wherein
Pershing with considerable frontier
violence and profanity, gave his ulti-
matum that the American Army would
fight as an American Army, not as re-
in the French and British
forces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20
For a Bit of Errnine

1t is lmmaterlal whether the boss
Of Tammany Hall takes the name of
Justice Cornelius F. Collins, of the
Children's Court, of his ticket and
substitutes therefor Judge Alfred j.
Talley's. It is immaterial whether
Mr.. Murphy, Of Good Ground, names
= one OF the other as candidate for che
vacancy on the bench of General SEES
sions which must be filled at the No.
vember election. What does matter
is that 1t should be in the power Of
Murphy to nominate anybody at all.
= Who is this Murphy-this maker
and breaker of judges and overload
of this great municipality? His rec
ord, his history, is known of all the
city, and to none better than to Jus
tice Collins and Judge Talley. And
,, whence does Murphy derive the
power to say who shall and who shall
not wear juridical robe?
It is Murphy's by virtue of the
fact that Collinses and Talleys con-
cede it to him. 1t is his by the grant
Of men Of their character and intel
ligence-his through their willing
ness to stand with hat in hand at the
door of Tammany or the gate at
Good Ground and await his anoint-
ment.
How can men like Justice Collins
and Judge Talley bring themselves
to such submission? How can they
humiliate themselves? How can
they and their families suffer the
publicity which attends their humili-
alton?
1T was learned that Justice Collins
had delayed filing declination until
ne received an assurance from
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many, that Judge Talley would be
substituted for him. 1t was likewise
said that Justice Collins might also
like some assurance that he would be
nominated for Supreme Court JUS
ticeship another year, although his
willingness to file declination was not
believed to depend upon such prom
ise."
So ran yesterdays news. Until
he received an assurance from
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many" Justice Collins might also
like some assurance that he would
be nominated for a Supreme Court
justiceship another year," Oh, the
shame of it!
Do the Collinses and the Talleys
believe that the people and their
newspapers are blind? They are
not. They are watching all that is
going on. And they wonder that
men Of the caliber of judges will do
what they do for a bit of ermine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20
From Discord to Concord

Lloyd George, setting an example
of open diplomacy, discusses Amer
lean and British relations and the
Pacific problem with extraordinary
frankness. ut is a cardinal point
of Britain's policy and must be-" he
declares, "that she would act in as
complete accord with the United
States as any nation can" He
thus does not conceal his eager de-
sire for an alliance.
No reason exists for doubling the
sincerity Of the British Prime Min
lister. Nor reason for doubling that
when so speaking he expresses the
almost unanimous thought of his
countrymen. John Bull has not only
forgotten the ancient differences
with Columbia, but has become an
ardent wooer.
1t was not always so. Remem-
brance of Yorktown was keen In
England and dislike of our demo-
cratic experiment so intense among
the former ruling classes that a
picking at things American was
national habit. London drawing
rooms were joyful, Charles Francis
Adams shows in his memoirs, when
the Republic seemed destined to
perish. Carlyle wrote his Shooting
Niagara-and Afterward, and even
Gladstone, the great Liberal, SYM
pathized with the Confederacy.
The change came, or at least be-
came manifest, in the COS, in con-
nection with the Venezuela episode.
We delivered a peremptory ulti-
matum. Great Britain yielded with
unexpected meekness. Salisbury of
the Cecils, who held the answering
pen, apparently concluded that his
country had been backing the
wrong horse. A deep psychological
change took place. 1t seemed at
times as if from a single source
came the monitory Whisper: "Court
America-never irritate her." The
war accelerated this tendency, but
it originates twenty years before.
The British Prime Minister may
be credited with believing that this
policy is in his country's interest.
He may also be credited with be-
lieving that it is. in the interest of
the world and general civilization
The one argument appeals to the
British nationalists and the other
to that numerous British company
that looks beyond national borders.
So even the last survivors of the
breed of crusted Tories are silenced
and Britain seems practically of one
mind. The British popular instinct
for a combination of practically
and ideality has seldom been more
strikingly shown than in this great
reversal of attitude.
What is the response of America
to the renewed approaches? There
is, of course, an active opposition,
and, to a lesser degree, an active
approval. But the prevailing mood
seems one of listening favorably
but with hesitation against accept
ance. Yet no less a person than
Thomas Jefferson, author of the
document that broke former ties.
said hundred years ago that it
would greatly delight him to have
an alliance with Great Britain-that
nothing else would so much con-
tribute both to our national safety
and to the worlds peace and the
triumph Of liberal ideas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20
Just a Prince -
To the Editor of The Tribune

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; I want you to give me the
name OF the writer of that editorial
IN your issue Of to-day, August IS,
Just a Prince" A very unusnallv
good bit of literary work it is. But
the story seems almost unbelievable.
lhere's nothing know like it in all
dog history, and know something Of
dog history, and I love dogs. He has
written beautiful thing.
w. S. RAINSFORD.
Savin Hill. Ridgefeld, Conn, Aug.
l5, 1921.
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x1acprs or TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tho Associated Pres Is exclusively entitled to
the uso Tor republication Of all news dispatches
credited 70 It Of not otherwise credited In this
popsr. and also tho local news Of spontaneous
origin pubushed herein.
AL YtShts At ,cpublicsucn Of Ill e<hsr matter
nArsan also az fssesveL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20
The Official Steed

fFre"' The Cincinnati Enquirer)
IT. sawyer insists that President
harding must take IN horseback rid
Ing. II the President cares to take
our advice he'll keep right on riding
that old elephant on which he dur
pared into office few months ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20

vsv can puFshess msfehnndIse advssttscd In THE
rAleuNk With abssiuts ssfsty-for n dIststisias-
tea rasuItS In any osss THE TRiBuNE suaraH-
tees b sW your msHay back upon request Ne red
taps Ne suisbilas. We make COED Wsmptiy II
the sdvsstIsss dos net.
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Want our position?
Come right in and take it!
Do we know Pepys? We can't even
pronounce it.
He who most frequently plays US a set
! Viewing our service, as little &C.
counts it,
Watching us bounce it
Square into the net.
Even of Horace our knowledge is haz7.
Nor can we lift up a stertorous moan
Over the Cyril-ite; citing the ways he
Drives pursts crazy.
His sins are our own.
Here in an atmosphere urban and
torrid
Sullen the muse who responds to our
beck.
Laurels of Adams rest not on our fore
head;
Yokelike and horrid
They drop round our neck.
Thus to The Tower, a peevish Ch;1de
Roland,
Here we come crying: "Alas and alack!"
Mournful and bleak as a dismembered
Poland,
Cussing his soul and
Yet wishing him back.
It's longer time, folks, that one
of US likes to think about since last
we tried to wear the testers cap. At
the present moment chat hiatus seems
TO be divided equally into the period
when we were peacefully editing for
living and the aeon that has passed since
we began to write this column.
'No'o that the aovnent is goi,s' to
g're $500 ertra Exemption to folks
maxim less than $1,000 a year," Saws
Uncle Abimelech Bogardus of Preokmess.
N. j., "Zeke Onderdonk is sayin' it's a.
darmed injustice that business yos so
good for him last year."
While the cry for economy goes un
and down the land, we trust that MIR.
Harding has not removed from Office
that genius Of the Democratic Admin
;stration who convinced the trainers of
The original income tax that you could
bring up youngster on 5000 yearly.
If Marlowe Had Tried to Write It in
the Office Yesterday
Come live with me and be my love.
Whozsa matter? Been here oil nights
Hah-ha!
And we will all
Hello. Dom some Extra work or so,ue-
thing?
the pleasures prove
WhaSsa matter? Been here all night,
hey?
That hills
Morning. Whot's the big idea Of oet-
ting dowm so earlys
and Valleys
For Pete's sakel Whore did uou como
from?
-dales and fields, |
Whdtcha dom IN so eurly9 Game last
night?
Woods or sleepy
Gosh! Don't yuh sleep any more?
mountain
Whoxza matter. You been here all
night?
yields
Well, you needn't get so gosh durned
sore.
Whatever may be the failings of the
ku-klux Khan University, it certain
ly ought to be able to evolve a swell
college yell.
Hudson Maxim says he discovered
relatively when Einstein was ten
Shucks! Our son discovered gravita-
ton at the age of six months.
The beer bill in Washington seems
to be blocked by squabble over the
freedom of the seizure.
We have a sneaking suspicion that
maybe some one has pulled that wheeze
before. Anyhow, it's the first time we
ever did.
l..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20
A Safe Food

~, from The Des Moinss ReoistsY)
Inere Is never any question raised
ABOUT the purity Of the material used
FOR the hole in the doughnut.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20

The portly hippopotamus
Most vulgar when at ease is.
He never thinks to cover up
His mouth before he sneezes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20
Accomplishing, as WAS h

wont, the good of his people. who he
was for and against the interests
The Tribune Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20

not only for your sakes but for the
sake Of "the long, long thoughts"
which will follow you.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20

Something Like Triolet
Craig and Brown are fighting
Ger the city's debt.
Hurting charges biting,
Craig and Brown are fighting.
Who the truth is sighting
No ones found out yet;
Craig and Brown are fighting
Der the city's debt.
know any good jokes for the
column? y we asked our associates yes
terday while pursuing an idea about
the shop.
Most of them did, and if we only
dared print them they could sell to-
days paper for 25 cents copy.
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owasd b New York Tribune Inc. . Nov Ycrk
Cooperation. Published daily. Ogden Reid. Pres-
deaf; q. Vernon Rosc<s. vice-Prssident Helen
Rdesss Rod. seezctasy; R. T. laxneld. Treasurer
Addsess. Tribune Building. lSt Nassau Street New
Issk Tssephons 2eekmsS 5000.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES ~ By mall. Including
Postage N THE UNITED STATES
nuARANH

Entered It tAs Postotnos At New Yort - second
Gas Natl NaAtee.
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We have sneaking suspicion that
maybe some one has pulled that wheeze
before Anyhow, it's the first time we
ever did
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20

The beer bill in Washington seems
to be blocked by a squabble over the
freedom of the seizure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20

Hudson Maxim says he discovered
RELATIVELY when Einstein was ten.
Shucks! Our son discovered gravita-
ton at the age of six months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20

Whatever may be the failings of the
ku-Klux Khan University, it certain
ly ought to be able to evolve a swell
college yell.
Evening star., 1921-08-08
WILL FEED woRKMEN FIRST.
Foodstuffs Received During Past
Month Go to Cities.

BY the Associated Press.
REvAL, Esthonia. July 25.-The
shiploads Of foodstuffs which. during
the past month, have been arriving
almost daily at the port of Petro-
grad. are to be used almost exclu-
sively for the workmen of Petrograd
and Moscow. says dispatch from
the Rosta Agency, the official boil
sheviki telegraph bureau.
The shipments, which have either
arrived or are on their way, total,
according to Rosta, 10000 pools of
wheat flour, 100000 pools of wheat.
100000 pools of beans. 100000 poods
Of rice and peas. 100000 poods Of
herrings. 100000 poods of fats and
considerable quantities Of canned
meats, sugar and other necessaries. GA
rood is thirty-six pounds)
This supply, added to available
foodstuffs from the surrounding ter
ritories, is considered by bolsheviki
officials to assure the two cities
against starvation, no matter what
effects the threatened famine may
have upon the rest of the country.
Petrograd and Moscow. the hearts"
three years have suffered more from
starvation than the rural communi-
ties, are now to be put in the opposite
position, il the present arrangements
go through as planned.
BolSheViki news sources in the Bal
tic states say that the worst effects of
this summers crop failure III Russia
will not be felt until the late winter
and early spring of next year. They
add that supplies on hand and those
to be gained from this summers har-
vest. bad as it is in some sections. are
expected to be ample to supply the
population at least until January.