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The New York herald., 1921-11-05
Four Chinese Points.
Fundamental Questions for the
Washington Conference.

To THE New YORK HERALD: The out
come, success or failure, OF the Wash
ington conference depends mainly on
China, whose cause is identical with the
very aims Of the conference, namely,
equal opportunity. open mindedness--
open door policy-fair play and perma-
nent peace.
First-Equal opportunity. If the Wash
ington conference IS to be a success It
must provide for equal opportunity In
the Pacific than which nothing is more
important to world commerce, prosper
ity and peace, and consequently It can
not allow Japan's special privilege In
Sbantung.
Second-Open mindedness. II the
Washington conference is to preserve
the open door policy in China it must
itself adopt the "open covenants openly
arrived at" policy for process and dis
cussion. Let the public know what is
going on is right. The public wants
to know what is going on at the Wash
ington conference is right.
Third-Fair play. Unless the Wash
ington conference insists on putting
every card on the table and examining
the treaties bearing on the Pacific ques-
tions II cannot succeed. In so far as
the Washington conference allows to
stand binding such treaties as are d.
rected against any particular nation or
any group of nations It will fail in its
aims. Therefore the Lansing-1shii agree
ment. the twenty-one demands. signed
by China under Japan's coercion, and
the Anglo-Japanese alliance must be
scrapped.
Fourth-Permanent peace. II can
come only through disarmament; dis
armament can come only when the cause
Of armament Is removed; the cause for
armament can be removed only through
the abolishment by the Powers of the
special interests and extraterritoriality
IN China.
China has great hope and faith In the
Washington conference, with thanks TO
President Harding for his Initiative, to
the conference for it's earnestness and
20 the public and the American Republic
for their hearty support
$. -KrNes1NG.
NEW YORK. November 4.
The New York herald., 1921-11-05
A Danger of Publicity.
The Flood of Fact and Fable About
PersOnages in Politics.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: "The
Menace to Journalism described wildly
In the current North American Repieso
insidious propaganda and publiclty's
chicanery, but failed in one very impor-
tant particular to reveal another ten
dency OF the times In journalism not
to be overlooked and constituting real
danger in it's influence on the public
mind.
The public press, the weeklies and
other periodicals regale us with char
acter sketches of few pcrsonages who
have loomed large in political influence
We have mirrors and magnifiers. fact
and fable. and IL posterity should be
s. unfortunate as to fall heir to this
incessant flood Of rubbish we will go
down in history as unfaithful to our
tradition OF being ruled by laws and not
by men.
We are losing sight in this cinema Of
personalities OF the divine destiny Of
America. Our governments are charac-
teristic Of the type man of the hour,
said Plato. God forbid that the people
should remain under the delusion that
the Government is upon the shoulders or
bas been. of these puppets, here or else
where.
Our public servants have but lin
tied agency. discretion not intended to
leave room for danger to the Republic.
II Is not their personalities which we
would see but their hearts and their
minds. their integrity to a more divine
commission, their moral responsibility
developed. JOSEPH WHITLA STINsoN.s
New YORK. November 4.
The New York herald., 1921-11-05
The Wandering Foot.

For roof. the sky by day and night
Green grass MY carpet is,
Trees form sleeping place with vines
For trailing draperies;
The wind harp plays. night long. tune
OF forest mysteries.
The moon her silver lantern hangs
To light me to my bed
Like flickering candles, far-off stars
Their scattered radiance she'd
Leaves spread a dreamless couch, and
moss
A pillow for my head!
I. who am brother to the rain,
The four winds and the sun.
And live more close to Mother Earth
Than many another one.
Will sounder sleep on her kind breast
When wandering days are done!
MAIZE V. CAEUTHERs.
The New York herald., 1921-11-05
MRS. J. C.. GRAY GIVES
PARTY AT HOT SPRINGS
Has Luncheon for Mrs. Pear
son and Others.

Special Despatch to THE NEw YoaK HERAIp.
Hot SPRINGS, Va. Nov. 4.--Mr. and
Mrs. Il. Farrar Bateson. who arrived
yesterday from New York, registered
this morning at the Golf Club and
played over the long course. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cord Meyer played a foursome with
Messrs. d. Raymond Noyes and Win
throp s. G.. Noyes. Mrs. Claiming Wiley
played q twosome with Miss Beatrice
Pratt, who Is soon to be Joined by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Bache
Pratt.
In a thrcesome on the long course
were Mrs. Joseph T. Talbot, Mrs. Ches-
ter Williams and Mrs. Harry r. Dunn OF
New York. Also playing golf to-day
were Mr.. and Mrs. Parker ID. Hendy.
Mrs. John Leary and Mr.. Edward n.
Dickerson of New York and Mr.. and
Mrs G. Mason Jarney Of London.
Mrs. John Clinton Gray of New York
and Newport entertained at luncheon to-
day at Valley View for Mrs Frederick
Pearson of New York. Mrs. Henry g.
Chapman Of PHILADELPHIA and the
Messrs. Albert NJ. Post Mitchell of New
York and William Ellis Scull of Phila-
delphia.
Mrs. Thomas McKean who arrived
yesterday from Rosemont. Pa. was
among those on the short course.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fremont G. Peck az
rived to-day from New York, to renain
until Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs. George A. Ellis, Jr.. OF New
York motored to-day to Gilletts for
luncheon.
The New York herald., 1921-11-05
Matthew Corbett, Sportsman.

When MATTHEW CoRBErT died in
this city on Thursday New York lost
a citizen of type peculiar to Man,
haitian, type that is rapidly pass.
ing. He began life as a blacksmith
He ended it as president of the Met.
ropolitan Jockey Club.
He had many interests and
formed friendships which endured
through the lives Of such men as the
late ANTHONY N. BRADY, JAMES r.
KEENE, JOHN HUNTER, PHILIP ].
DwYEE, Senator PATRICK H. McCAR.
Rem, WILLIAM F. SHEEHAN, EDWARD
MURPHY, Jr., and HUGH ]. GRANT.
Though born in Ireland, Mr.. Con.
DETT often said he remembered moth
ing Of the old country. He was a
New Yorker and lived all his life
In the middle West Side. 1t is a re.
gion which has given to the metrop.
oils many of it's most interesting
characters. He was fond of athletics
and as a young man was an excellent
oarsman and boxer.
His rigid sense Of justice made his
opinion much sought after by turf
men, and it was because of his init
mate knowledge of racing that he
was elected president Of the Metro
politan Jockey Club. He did much
to make the meetings at Jamaica
among the most popular ON the
Jockey Club circuit.
The New York herald., 1921-11-05
Two Holidays in a Week.

The man who is overmuch in love
with golf or in dread of work will
look longingly to next week.
On Monday, of course, he will work
at least until the middle of the af.
ternoon, when there will be the ex-
cuse of going away from the Office
ito see how the betting is"
On Tuesday. after voting-which
only the most conscienceless golfer
would neglect-there is a whole long
day for sport.
On Wednesday, the morning after
election, there will be the annual
temptation to turn up late at the
Office on the ground that everybody
is worn out from staying up to hear
the returns.
Thursday offers no particular rea.
son for abstention from work, but
some incorrigibles may pick that day
arbitrarily as a day of.
Friday will be national holiday,
Armistice Day, with no duties except
two minutes of silent prayer, begin
ming at noon.
After such a week, who will expect
the ardent golfer to go back to his
job on Saturday. which is a half
day in many businesses?
Surely 1t will be week for i'm.
proving the stroke at the expense of
production.
The New York herald., 1921-11-05

/, diplomats are also we'll represented.
Among the passengers will be Mr.. John
| II. MacVsagh, secretary to the Ameri-
| can Embassy at Valparaiso: Mrs. Mac
| Veagh, Mr.. Raymond f. Cox, secretary
to the American Embassy at Lima; Mr..
James e. McGrath of the First National
Bank Of Boston; Mrs. Earl Mcintyre,
wife of Lieut.-Commander McIntyre,
U. s. NJ. now stationed at Colon: Mr..
Fernando Elias Of the Peruvian con-
suate in Minneapolis. Mr.. William
Ewing, British Consul at Colon; Mrs.
Ewing. DR.. w. E. Shaw, chief surgeon
OF the Chile Exploration Company. who
is travelling from Mexico to Antofo-
gasta, and Mr.. Ernest A. de Lima. as
sistant vice-president of the Battery
Park National Bank.
Mr.. Lloyd B. Sanderson sof Sanderson
& Sons, agents Of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company here. returned yester-
day by the Orbita of the Royal Mail
line with Mrs. Sanderson. after looking
over the company's terminal in Ham
burg. He said that In Germany every
one seemed to be working busily.
Mrs. A. M. Williamson, authoress of
many novels In which her late husband
collaborated, arrived to go to California.
where she will engage in scenario writ
ing and remain all winter. She said
nat she is working on new novel
which will appear soon.
The Orbita also brought Mr.. Shaw
Desmond. author and lecturer. who has
come to give several lectures here on
modern authors. Being somewhat of a
mystic himself he will discourse on the
subject of mysticism as well. Mr..
Frank Maclcnnan, tenor and husband
Of Miss Florence Easton, soprano, ar
rived to fill concert and operate en-
gagernents.
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Lawson and
their daughter, Mrs. Walter Gelshenen.
o have been at the Plaza since their
return from California. will leave for
Paris on November 15 by the Aquitania.
They will be abroad all winter.
A parcel post package containing $50
food remittances for families In the
Russian famine districts will go forward
from the American Relief Administra-
ton by the Olympic. Eight hundred re-
mittances were sent last Tuesday by the
Adriattc Of the same line.
Each of these. ,450 slips OF paper rep
resents a SO purchase by some resident
of the United States for a friend or rel
ative In Russia. The two shipments will
keep that number Of families from star
vation. The remittances will GU first
to the American Relief Administration
headquarters In Moscow and from there
will be distributed to the various ware
houses nearest the homes Of the recip-
tents.
The New York herald., 1921-11-05

average farm value was as low as
2Sls cents. When the low labor costs,
freight rates and other charges of
that time are taken into account per-
haps the As cent corn at Chicago
to-day is worth no more to the Amer.
lean farmer than his crop was a
quarter OF century ago. when he
could get only 2Sis cents bushel
for it at the farm.
This situation works for the mo-
ment to the disadvantage of the corn
farmer. 1t is Of great benefit to the
public in twofold results. With
cheap corn the price of animal foods
comes down in spite of the dear labor
and transportation charges which
still are forced into the original corn
and the condensed corn. AS the cost
OF living thus comes down there is no
longer justification for, in truth there
is no longer possibility of maintain
ing. war imitation labor and transpor.
tation charges. And when they also
come down, as farm products. which
are the national foundation of all our
wealth and prosperity, have come
down, then the whole country will be
sound again.
This is what makes the milk driv-
ers' strike such a thing of folly as
we'll as wrong. As the agricultural
and other readjustments put the
price of milk down the milk drivers
fight to put it up.
The New York herald., 1921-11-05

Commissioner ARTHUR WOODS, had
learned that they were the servants,
not the masters, of the citizens: that
their clubs were for use on criminals
only. In four years of HYLAN the
police have lost much of the fine
spirit OF the Woods regime. Their
present Commissioner is remembered
not as the builder of great force
but as the man who made profit
OF $4,000 in Morton Pete in deal
engineered for him by a broker
whom he made a special deputy COM
missioner. He is remembered not
as the trainer of young officers but
as the Commissioner who accepted
the loan" of a motor car from a
rich deputy.
And, what Is far worse than these
evil money odors, the police in the
fourth year of Hylanism clubbed
more innocent men and women than
the town had seen slugged in twenty
years.
And yet, with the tax rate swollen,
the school children neglected, police
discipline breaking down and the
city payrolls filled with Tammany
hangers on, the gamblers are still
betting to / that HYLAN will be
reelected.
Why are they Offering such odds,
or any odds at all?
Because they think that ma
jority Of the voters of New York be-
lieve that HyLAN stands between
them and a higher carfare. The gam
blers think that these voters do not
realize that, considering the cost Of
transfers and extra fares, there is 20
longer a true five cent fare. They
think the voters are appalled, by the
Hylan fare bugaboo and that, in spite
of HYLAN's utter incapacity for the
Office of Mayor, he will be chosen for
the sake of the phantom nickel he
holds up.
In short, the gamblers take New
York for city Of cheap and gullible
people.
Is it as bad as that?
The New York herald., 1921-11-05
From Corn Crop to Milk Strike.

More important to the American
dinner table than even dollar wheat
at Chicago Is As cent corn. Bread is
the staff of life, but the proportion of
the average American family's bread
bill to the rest of its food bill is triv.
ial Furthermore, the actual guam.
tity and value of wheat in a loaf Is a
small fraction of the cost of the labor
and other factors In the bread when
it is ready for family use.
Forty-fve cent corn means so much
more than dollar wheat because corn
is the basis of the greater part Of the
food of the American people. The
steer from which come the roast beef,
the steaks and all beef products down
to the soup bone is fed and fattened
on corn. SO is the hog in getting him
ready for market. 1t is the same
with poultry.
Beef, pork and chicken, IN other
words, are condensed corn. Eggs are
condensed corn. Milk, butter and
cheese are condensed corn. The peo-
pie of this country largely live on
condensed corn, and this year there
Is a corn crop well above three
billions Of bushels. At 45 cents a
bushel in Chicago its price Is only
one-third of what it was last year and
in 1919. 1t is half what it was in
1917. 1t is way below what 1t was
seven months before the European
war broke out. for in January. 1914,
the farmer was getting for his corn
just short of 20 cents bushel.
AS a matter OF fact, until now
nothing like 45 cent corn has been
known in this country for more than
fifteen years. In 1905 and 1906 the
farm value was between 40 cents and
81 cents a bushel. Farm value, how.
ever is less than Chicago value. not
merely by as much as the freight
paid to get the crop to the great
grain market but by all the other
handling charges.
Everything considered. probably
we must go back to the disastrous
agricultural period OF 1S96-1900 for
corn prices comparable with the
prices OF to-day. In those years the
The New York herald., 1921-11-05
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1921.
Mr.. Harvey at Liverpool.

1t is our guess that too much i'm.
portance should not be given to the
side remarks on international ALI.
ances made by Mr.. HARVEY, our Am.
bassador to England, on Thursday,
i'll his Liverpool speech on economic
problems.
Referring to recent utterances cf
Lord DERBY, in which the British
statesman suggested to President
PoINcARE of France that an Anglo
French alliance would be desirable
in the interest Of peace, intimating
the strong hope that America might
ultimately join this combination, Mr..
HARVEY said:
"Now it seems to have fallen to
my unhappy lot since have been
In England to dispel illusions re-
specting the attitude of the United
States. I can conceive of no more
effective service on the part of an
envoy. desirous as l am of elimnat-
Ing all causes for misrepresentation,
than to set forth frankly any GER
tainty which may bear upon the i'm
mediate future. however disappoint-
ing It may be to mis- hearers. In pur-
suance of this policy, rightful or
wrongful as 1t may be, ! feel i'm
PEELED to say frankly that the hope
voiced by Lord DERBY must be re-
garded as futile"
If Mr.. HARVEY had said Now il
seems to have fallen to my unhappy
lot," &C., &C., 1t would indicate that he
was delivering himself of fresh in
structions from Washington, or tax
ing it upon himself on the eve OF
the opening of great international
conference to clarity the situation
so far as concerns possibility OF
American permanent entanglemen,
in foreign affairs.
But as Mr.. HARVEY did not express
himself in this way, saying instead
Now 1t seems to have fallen to my
unhappy lot since hare been in
England to dispel Illusions" &C., THE
New YORK HERALD draws the conclu.
sion that Mr.. HARVEY has been dis
pelling these illusions ever since he
has been in England, which is alto
gether likely, and in so doing his
utterances are in perfect accord with
the utterances of millions of other
Americans.
If THE NEW YORK HERALD is right
in this deduction it holds that no spe-
cial significance should be attached
at this moment to Mr.. HARvEY's
Liverpool remarks, though they are
in the main in sympathy with the
American attitude.
The New York herald., 1921-11-05
$50 Sail To-day in Olympic Cabin
Sir Drummond Drummond-Fraser and Lieut-Col
Victor Perez Vidal Among Passengers

The Olympic OF the White Star Line
will sail to-day with an unusually large
number Of passengers for this season
of the year. having 45O in first cabin
Among them are Sir Drummond Drum
mond-Fraser British banker. who is re-
turning TO England with Lady Drum
mondFraser after stay of two months
in the United States; Lieut.. Col Victor
Perez Vidal. Military Attache at the
Spanish Embassy in Washington
Sonora Vidal. Brig.-Gen. Sir William
Alexander. K. 3. e.. C. B.. C. NJ. c.,
d. S. O.. and Lady Alexander DR..
Philippe Louis Van Hermert. Dutch
banker. and Miss Van Hermert; Com
mander and Mrs. Van der Grecht. Mr..
Irving #. Bush. president of the Bush
Terminal Company; Mrs. Henry j.
Whigham. wife Of the editor OF Totcn
and Country, and Lieut.-Col. J. Barrett
Lennard.
Others on board will be Mr.. W. Rogers
Coe, Mrs. Price Collier, Mrs. Spencer
Eddy. Mr.. Robert McM. Gillespie. Mr..
c. Oliver Iselin. Mr.. !. Chauncey Nc
Keever. Miss Marianne McKeever and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Breese. Mr.. Ber-
tram G.. Goodhue of New York. Mr.. and
Mrs. Brice' Allan. Mrs. Boylston Beal
and Miss Beal Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald
c. Robbins, MIR. Reginald C. Robbins.
Jr., Of Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Fl. Brewster of Baltimore. Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. Moreton +. Gage and Mr..
Arthur A. Gammell of Providence Mr..
Robert w. Wigton Of Philadelphia. Mr.:
and Mrs. Claus A. Spreckels Of San
Francisco. Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Kinders-
ley of Montreal and Messrs Dom
Barber and Oliver Hartman OF New
York, who will be abroad month.
Among the passengers who will start
back to Europe by the Carmania of the
Cunard Line to-day will be Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Bird. Mr.. F. T. Boles. Ma
jor Mary Booth. Mrs. w. A. Cadman,
Mr.. Howard W. Fenton of the Harris
Trust and Savings Bank Of Chicago,
Mr.. Calvin Fentress of Chicago Sir
William Jones, X. B. E.. and Lady
Jones. Sir George H. Fisher-Smith and
Lady Fisher-Smith, Mr.. Franklin a.
Taylor, president Of the Gorham Com
pany, and Mr.. LeBaron Willard.
Indicating renewed activity in COM
mercial relations in South America, rep
resentatives of export and importing
houses in the United States. and of sew
eral mining companies will sail to-day
by the Essequibo Of the Pacific Steam
Navigation Company. Bankers and
The New York herald., 1921-11-05
What Our Strikes Cost Us.

Records of the United States De.
partment of Labor disclose that In
the first half of 1921 the loss in
wages alone from strikes and lock-
outs was s1,179,000,0O0. With no in
dication of relaxation of strike and
lockout activity for the remaining
six months 1t is a fair presumption
that the wage loss from these causes
Of the first half of the year will be
duplicated in the second half. This
would make the total 1921 wage loss
from strikes and lockouts foot up to
S2,35S, 100000. This is enough to
keep 100000 men constantly at
work for year at wages close to
500 a month.
The extent to which lockouts con.
tribute to this enormous deficit IS
negligible. Out OF the 1921 labor
disputes in the six months covered
by the Labor Department records the
lockouts numbered thirty-seven. This
leaves 1854 instances of cessation of
labor due to strikes.
But the Labor Department figures
are under the total of wage loss from
voluntary idleness. These figures
cover only the controversies which
were referred to the Department for
action. 1t is only on application OF
one or both of the parties involved in
an Industrial controversy that the
Labor Department is authorized tc
intervene. 1t takes cognizance only
OF disagreements thus brought to is
attention. How many similar con
vroversfes involving cessation OF
labor are not referred to the Depart
ment is speculative.
But, far within the actuality as
these figures are, in all conscience
they are 'rpressing enough. They
reveal I 100000 workers lost
Zine and wages In the first SIX
months OF the year. The wide ex
The New York herald., 1921-11-05
Assassination of Premier Hara.

The assassination of the japanese
Premier, TAKAsHI HARA, will cause &
feeling of deep regret throughout the
civilized world. He was one ol
the ablest public servants moderr
Japan ever had, and coming more
from the people than the aristocracy
he brought to the Premiership oil
understanding of the Japanese de
sires and aims which was possessed
by few of his countrymen. To this
knowledge of his own nation he
added thorough appreciation of the
difficult position which Japan occu
pies in the Far East and the compli
Gated problems which she must solve
as the. dominant Asiatic Power.
Mr.. HARAs understanding of inter
national politics as it applied to the
Pacific came not alone from his keen
insight and close study in Japan but
from his travels and observations in
other countries. At the time of his
visit to the United States in 1908
President ROOSEVELT, who received
him at Washington, paid him the
compliment of saying that he pos.
sessed as broad and liberal a knowl-
edge Of the complexities of the ORR.
entail situation as any man whom he
had ever met.
To this wide knowledge Of the
world may be due the liberal policies
which he followed in dealing with
the internal affairs Of Japan. He
was not radical in politics, yet he
believed in extension of the fran
chise and in the maintenance of a
spirit of local democracy against an
aggressive centralized government
He was not in sympathy with the
extreme aims of the militaristic
party, and he and the aged YAMAGATA,
who ruled the Genro, clashed over
many of the plans for the defence
of the empire. He was undoubtedly
the most skilful politician that Japan
ndu, lS pOooOooSA IHC ldCults VI COA-
trolling men and of winning in the
end the policies which he announced.
1t was perhaps for this reason that
he was SO frequently referred to in
recent years as the Lloyd George
of the East.
1t would be difficult with the IN
complete reports of the circum.
stances surrounding his assassina.
ton to foretell what effect his death
will have upon the Washington con.
ference. He had first planned to
attend this meeting, but reconsid.
cred, believing that the delegates
knew his wishes and would carry
them out to the best of their abili.
ties. There is at present no reason to
believe that his death will materially
alter the policy of Japan or of the
other interested nations. Among the
delegates, however, there must be a
feeling of great sorrow at the loss
of so valuable and able friend of
international amity.