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New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
$500, 900, 900 will have been needlessly

$500,000,o00 will have been needlessly
wasted. Can It be that the same "ex-
perts" who forged these out-of-dats
weapons yesterday advised Mr.. Hughes
to scrap them to-day? Probably not,
in view OF the evidence of an onlooker,
who stated that tho expression or the
faces Of our experts" was a picture
of "apoplectic dis,nay" when Mr.
Hughes read to the conference the pro-
posal to scrap fifteen capital ships.
In connection with naval conser-
vatism at the present time an unusual
situation Is presented. In the past che
conservatives were with perhaps few
exceptions, in the upper grades, and the
progressives were their juniors. Atpres@
ent there are many exceptions to this
rule. Certain officers near the top of the
active list and on the retired list ara
more progressivs than some Of their
juniors in age and experience. This
condition has produced some irritation
among conservatives. They are IN
ciined to sneer at retired officers who
taught them in their youth.
Retirement in our navy is based on
age. 1t does not proceed from ossiiics-
tion of the brain. If, on the contrary
the test of "vacuity of intellect" stsr-
ility of conceptions, and probable eff
cheney, both physical and professional
were to be the standard, it might he
for the best interest of the naval serv-
ice to make many transfers from the
active to the retired list and vice versa.
The Remedy
Admiral Sims hits the target In the
concluding paragraph of his address;
From the above examination of this
important subject l think it Is ap-
parent that the remedy we seek IS
comprised in combination Of Logical
ability and military characterize
ability to reach sound conclusions from
established facts, and the character II
accept, adopt and fight for taese con-
clus1OnS against any Watei4"A ~
spiritual force.
"a navy to be successful must %
guided not only by men Of ability, Due
by men of intellectual honesty, that are
proof against personal ambition or any
other influence whatever"
In other words, a naval officer mus.
work and fight for the best interest," o.
the naval service-not for himself. he
is not justified in seeking favor, pro-
motion or agreeable duty by the wiies
of the sycophant. If he surrenders MS
self-respect by subserviency to con-
servative, political or bureaucratic IN
fiuences he is false to his uniform anu
to the naval service.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
For Germans Who Travel
(From pEurope Nouuc11e)


Who was it said that the Ger
mans did not account for their de-
feat? They who, before 1914, as soon
as they crossed the frontier Of a for
eign country, were wont to brag and
plume themselves, behold them now
become gentle and good natured and
ready to follow the Ten Commandments
enumerated in a Stuttgart paper:
l. Never forget on leaving your
country that you are no longer at
home, but the guest Of others. 2. OBJ
serve the customs of the others; but
DO not forget your own customs. 3. Do
not talk constantly of what seems to
you in Germany superior to what YOU
see about you. a. Do not disown YOUR
German origin, but consider that the
foreigner will judge your country by
you. 5. Dress like an invited guest:
DO not imagine that for travelling
abroad any dress is good enough. 6,
Economy is always a virtue; but when
you travel do not save your money. T.
Avoid criticizing the food; remember
that people are judged from the way
they comport themselves at table. s.
Above all, beware Of political conversa-
tions, which require much tact, knowl-
edge of the country, it's history and
ideas. 9. Have the courage to speak
to your countrymen as they deserve
when you judge their manners un-
worthy of your country. 10. Conduct
yourself abroad as you would have the
foreigner conduct himself in you,
country.
Burdened with these recommenda.
tions, Professor Klatschke may start
again his tour through Eurone.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
Income Tax Conformity

The state income tax law was
drawn expressly to conform in ad-
ministrative details with the Federal
law. Originally the date of pay
ment fell in the same month as the
date Of payment of the first Federal
lRstallment; now it comes a month
later. 1t is a great advantage to
the taxpayer to be able to use the
same basic figures in his two re-
turns. 1t is also an advantage to
the state to be able to check it's own
returns against the Federal returns.
Congress has made some changes
IN the Federal law which are to
take effect on January /, 1922, and
others which are to take effect ON
January l, 1923. For 1922 the ex-
emption for each dependent is in
creased from $500 to $400. The
normal exemption Of married
man with an income of 5000 or less
is increased from $4,000 to $4,000.
1t would be a convenience all
around to have the state exemptions
adjusted to the Federal model. An
other variance with the Federal law
that relating to taxes on profits
from the sale of securities or prop
erty-was partially corrected at the
last session. But the state law
hasn't yet been brought into har-
mony with the Federal Supreme
Courts decisions. 1t still calculates
the taxes on profits and the allow
lnces on losses not on the actual
diaarsncs hatwsen tha selling and
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29

voted to maintain maximum in
come surtax as high as SO per cent,
although 80 per cent Is the level OF
saturation for income surtaxes--
the point at which 1t becomes
profitable to divert capital to exempt
state and municipal securities.
The new tax revision law goes
only a short distance in the right
direction. For that reason it can
not be described as anything but a
makeshift. 1t must itself be re-
vised before the country can get
back to satisfactory tax basis.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
Dwindling Profits Taxes

The Kitchin school of economists
in Congress fought against repeal
Of the excess profits taxes. They
carried their point to the extent that
excess profits taxes will have to be
paid on the business of 1921. The
argument made in favor of abolish
ing these taxes was that the excess
profits source Of revenue had dried
up.
The report of the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue for the fiscal
year 1920-'21 shows that this argu-
ment was valid. Collections for the
fiscal year covered half of the ex-
cess profits payments on 1919
business and half of those on 1920
business. The total revenue from
income and excess profits taxes was
S3,228, 100000 $728,oO 900 less
than the revenue for the preceding
fiscal year, half on 1919 and half on
1918 busin ss.
Excess profits taxes were imposed
chiefly for the purpose of diverting
TO the Treasury part Of the gains
through war profteering. A propor-
ton OF these gains were paid back
But those who paid them recouped
on the consumer. AS matter of
fact, nearly all this tax came ont Of
the consuming public's pockets
Moreover, this process of recoupiny
all the way down the line damaged
values and led to an injurious in
flation, followed by painful defla-
ton.
1t was good tax policy to get rid
OF these cumulative, shiftable taxes
as soon as possible. They ought to
have been repealed six months ago
But Congress has clung stubbornly
t. tho Kitchin dslusions. It has
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
The Wort Escapes
% the Editor of The Tr;bune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: While your editorial in to-day's
Tribune on the Willis Campbell bill
(anti-medicinal beer) is to the point,
you neglected to point out that brew
ers can deliver to householders un-
fermented wort in any quantities.
What the householder does with this
product is his business, unless he fer
ments it and then sells it, and then
some one must show cause why war
rant should be issued. In any case
the brewer is protected, as the wort is
non-alcoholic.
Nineteen hundred and twenty-five
should be great year for tank manu-
facturers. FRED SCHWARZ
New York, Nov. 27, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
Om Friends the Russians

In this period Of uncertainty,
when so many despair Of recreating
wholesome world cooperation, it
is agreeable to think on the
achievements of the Hoover or
ganization in Russia. This great
ministry of mercy is now feeding
100000 Russian children, and
though lack of transportation within
Russia has delayed the works ex-
pansion by January 1 sustenance
will be reaching 100000 children.
So smoothly is the machinery
running that the relief organization
feels warranted in taking another
forward step. 1t is announced from
headquarters in this city that it
will forward and translate into food
all remittances for the benefit of
adults. Friends and relatives in
this country can now easily help.
The method is simple-purchase
here food drafts in units ranging
from $40 to $4,000. In three
weeks the individuals specified are
no longer hungry.
Aside from the satisfaction every
person feels who helps save another
human being from starvation, a
donor knows that this bread cast on
the waters cannot fail to return
practical dividends in national Sc
curity. When famine and pesti-
lence swept over the Volga region
the sufferers instinctively lifted
their empty hands to America. 1t
showed what the Russian people, In
spite of all the propaganda, really
believed as to the motives that
prompted this country to intervene
In the World War. Was there ever
greater compliment paid to one
people by another!
The appeal did not fall on deaf
ears. While negotiating with the
Soviet government for guarantees
against interference the relief or
ganization moved with incredible
speed. The ink on the agreement
reached was scarcely dry before
food was passing into Russia.
Through wise provision and the ex-
penditure of funds chiefly contrib
uted by the rich men and women OF
America, cargoes had been brought
to Baltic ports and unloaded. Over
the top it went, great triumph in
human engineering which showed
our national genius at its best.
So there is new ikon in thou
sands of Russian homes. It is the
American flag. Is it likely that the
children who gaze on it can ever
be induced to fight America? Will
they believe slanders uttered against
US? VIII they yield to the blandish-
ments OF those who preach doctrines
OF hate? Deep down among the
masses of Russia are millions who
will never forget. Though some Of
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29

The London Mall" in annOurc-
ing the dismissal of H. G. Wells as
its correspondent at the Washington
conference, makes the following ex-
planation:
1--WE regret having to say that he
has not been an impartial reporter Of
the conference. While he has shown
the utmost good will toward Germany
and Russia he has from the begin
ming displayed marked aversion for
France His f1rst allusion to the
French at the opening Of the confer
ence was a sneer. He has continued
since then to manifest an unfriendly
attitude toward our great neighbor
which we have felt increasingly to be
unfair and mischievous.
"The elimination Of these ofYenses
came last week, when more than once
Wells declared his belief that France
was preparing for war against Great
Britain. The passages in which this
monstrous accusation was made were
omitted from The Daily Mail but they
were. nevertheless, made known in
France through the instrumentality of
an American newspaper"
With respect to the publication of
signed dispatches from specially en-
gagged correspondents the newspaper
practices Of Britain and America
differ. Here it is not understood
that newspaper UNDERWRITERS the
views Of correspondents who write
under their own name. Something
in the nature of an open forum is
set up. For example, The Tribune
would not have it's readers under
stand that it indorses the opinions
and deductions Of all who have had
access to it's columns and who have
been freely allowed to discuss dis
putable questions.
But with it's stricter sense Of re-
sponsibility our London contempo-
rary must have been in a mood of
high optimism when it assumed that
Mr.. Wells would or even could be
fair. His popularity as writer is
largely due to his inability to see two
sides to question. He is a brilliant
representative of the not unnumerous
class of modern writer's who first
reach a dogmatic conclusion agree
able to their prejudices and then
scurry around to muster support for
it. Of course Mr.. Wells would favor
Russia and Germany, and of course
disfavor France, and even the Brit
ish commonwealth, which he said not
long ago could be broken up with ad-
vantage to the world.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29

our native born may despair Of the
Republic, their view will not be that
of Russia.
Doubtless it would have been
better, when there was chance,
to have ended the regime which
it was foreseen would bring
misery to Russia. But the oppor-
tunity was not seized, and when the
great calamity came there was
naught to do but to help repair the
damage. So ratified by the Russian
people is an alliance treaty more
enduring than any that may be
written on parchment. The states
manship Of the heart-great are its
victories.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
"Broncho Ned's' s. Advice
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: / was very much interested 'n
Arthur Chapman's article in last sun
days issue on "Broadway Canyon
Hold-Up," headed "Hands Up! lie"
That to the Marines!" There Is ons
thing / would like to suggest to an
large concerns that handle, at times
big sums of money. When they can
get men who can handle a gun at the
"drop of the hat" payroll grabbers VIII
get scarce. Let each such concern ge'
trained shooter like those we had Ia
the old days. Speed and accuracy are
the only things that will stop these
hold-ups.
ED. RIKER (BRONCHO NED).
New York, Nov. 27, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
A German Revolution?
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

TO tne Eultor OF The Tribune.
Sir; Some of your contributors pre-
dict a revolution in Germany unless
she is favored. Is there any other
method than revolution that will
purge Germany of her out-of-date gov
erning classes? Must not some such
cleanup take place before it can be
denied that France is the outpost of
civilization?
Until the Rathenau type is predom-
inant in Germany is she safe neigh
Dor! j. o. B.
Englewood, N. J., Nov. 2s, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
The Peter Pan of staunton

+. P. A: The "chubby-faced, manly
looking lad Of the schools advertise
ment" is none other than good old Buzz
Crawford. The photograph is an ex-
cellent likeness of him as he was in
1905, and if the fates have done their
duty he looks no older now. but 1 seem
to recall him as one Of the leaders in
rough" one night that ended only
when every pair Of shoes in the bar.
racks had been hurled out onto tho
parade ground and into jumbled heap
that required hours to disentanrle.
A d the wonder of it was that when
the late Col. William G. Kable. beloved
commandant of the school, called for
the guilty to step forward, or stand up
Crawford was the first man to respond
He was reduced to the ranks with the
others guilty and the whole school
mourned until he was reinstated.
The answer to the continued use of
buzz's photograph in the school adver-
tisements is, therefore, obvious. He
is a tradition of the academy, end I
assume that it has become as fixed
custom to use his picture as the ideal
cadet as it has been to mention that
the school is Situated in the famed
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia" and is
"the largest private academy in the
East" f. j. P. JR.
"The only book on my dentists wait
ing-room table" says ]. O.. sis The
Puppet Crown"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
. Lloyd George

When the Scythia makes port
and a small sized man with shock
Of gray hair. bright eyes and a
countenance whieh breathes vivacity
and humor bounces down the gang
plank, he will be the object of much
curiosity. It will be Lloyd George
in many respects the most remark
able man developed by the World
War.
Numerous have been the casualties
of the last seven years among the
great and the near-great. The
waters Of oblivion cover once revered
leaders, and few bubbles from them
reach the surface. In British pol
itics Arthur James Balfour and
Winston Churchill have successfully
resisted overboarding, but with all
due respect to them it may be said
that their survival has been because
of their willingness to cooperate
with Lloyd George. He alone among
the worlds statesmen has had in
himself the vitality to endure an un-
ending strain.
Yet probably no other man has
faced SO many complicated problems.
His life has been constant turmoil.
He has been so assailed that, as he
himself has lightly remarked, "a
change Of trouble is in the nature of
a rest" Energizing the British
people to win the war, opposing an
intrenched machine that resisted
unity of command, fired at by the
Asquithians from the front and by
The Northcliffe press from the rear;
at one hour fighting the great
British labor host and the next club
bing it's opponents into accepting
settlements; wrangling with Wilson
and then with BRAND; distrusted by
the dominant social elements of
Great Britain, and all the while
compelled, on an instant's notice,
to repel an onslaught in the House
Qf Commons-here is indeed an ex-
anaplification Of the strenuous life.
1b come through debonair, even
dough battered, is amazing.
SlHow has he done it? One explana-
tsbn is that it has been by slipper
illess and unscrupulousness. The ex-
Hlanation does not satisfy. Lloyd
George has often changed his mind,
iii is true, but in each particular
Use the change has seemed war
,hnted. His obvious opportunism
thus has in it an element of spirit
uality - seems fathered by honest
devotion to large ends.
Lloyd George in America will thus
be an object of immense interest.
His influence at the Washington con-
ference will be vast. That assem-
blage has tended to become trifle
too solemn and portentous. He will
bring to it much needed tighten
ing. The first Prime Minister Of
Great Britain to come up' from the
masses, he knows the vernacular OF
the people-talks with them, no,
down to them. He sees the mair
things to be accomplished, and if we
arc not mistaken will drive with
Z Lincolnian directness toward thei,
achievement.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
Closed Minds

So much for the past. 1t remains to
consider the present. Referring to the
prevalent refusal Of naval experts and
statesmen in Congress properly to ap-
praise the submarine and airplane, Ad-
miral Sims asks the question: "Are
we approaching the consideration of
these revolutionary weapons in judi
cious frame Of mind? ] am afraid not,
in view Of recent examples of minds
absolutely closed to the plainest
facts"
Space forbids quotations that demon
strate the resistance of some of our
naval experts, which has resulted in
running the navy upon the rock of the
1915 program only to have it pulled off
by Secretary of State to stop race
for useless naval armament upon which
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
Sims on Naval Conservatism
His Address to War College CraduatesAn Aizncnt From
Which the Many Has Suffered in Recent Years
By Quarterback

systems of protection, ordnance mech
anlsm, methods OF gunnery training
and SO forth. These included COM
parison showing that notwithstanding
the relative weight Of armor carried
by the Kentucky class, then just COM
missioned and the pride of our navy,
their turret and broadside guns were
greatly exposed and even their maya
zines were SO open as to render it very
dangerous to fire their guns. This re-
port attracted some attention at the
Navy Department. 1t promptly disap-
peared, and was never thereafter To-
Gated; and the defects to which it in
vited attention were defended I'D to
and even after the fearful turret ac-
cidents that caused the death of so
many officers and men in the turret
explosions in the Missouri, Kearsarge,
Georgia and others.
During the same period extensive
reports were made upon Sir Percy
Scott's method of training gun point
ers by means of the dotter. Not only
were the records made at Scott's
target practice disputed, but the most
fundamentally important improvement
recorded in the history of naval ar
tillery-that is, the continuous aim
which enables us to hit at long ranges
and which has consequently profoundly
modified the design of war vessels
was not only ridiculed as absurd. but
it was officially proved to be so by
an elaborate paper prepared by the
bureau of ordnance, to show that it
was automatically impossible for a
gun pointer to keep a six-inch gun on
target throughout n roll of even a
few degrees! All these reports just
mentioned that were submitted from
China were destroyed!"
Such is the story of blind con-
servatism. Admiral Sims's experience
in attempting to enlighten the Navy
Department is only paralleled by the
previous struggle of Admiral Fiske,
over a period of years, to induce the
department to adopt his telescope
sight, without which our ships could
never have hit the target at all at long
ranges, thus inviting humiliating and
disastrous defeat from an intelligent
enemy capable Of appreciating the
value Of vitality important inven-
ton!
And now we come to the sequel.
President Roosevelt overruled the
"naval experts" supported Sims, res
cued him. from possible danger Of
court martial for questioning the wis
dom of the principal dignitaries" at the
Navy Department, and brought the
navy to Z high standard of marksman-
ship in spite of conservative re-
sistance.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
Keeping Up With Borah

The numerous admirers of SEN
ator Borah again are called on to
adjust their minds to one of his
quick changes Of view. During the
spring he took leading part in
promoting the conference now in
session. But now, If he makes HIM
self understood, he is fatty opposed
to all conferences, especially to any
scheme for their periodic assemblage.
The Senator is much alarmed by
the cautious approaches the Presi-
dent is making to espousal Of some
sort Of association of nations which
is to function through periodic con-
ferences or in some other underlined
way. Yet in March, 1919, when tho
Senator joyfully placed his sigma
ture to the famous Senatorial round
robin, he Joined in declaration
which said that after the United
States had participated in negoti-
ating treaty Of peace satisfactory
to itself and its war associates
"the proposal for q League Of Ma
tions to insure the permanent peace
of the world should be then taken
up for careful and serious consider
ation."
Thus the Senator was once ap-
parently an advocate of league of
peace-recognized at least that the
project should be given serious con-
sideration. Later, when Mr.. Wilson
brought the covenant home, he
fought it, but as not liking the par
ticular scheme rather than as op-
posed to any league.
But now, in advance of any knowl-
edge Of what the suggested assccia-
tion of nations is to be, the Senator
is uncharitably against it as pre-
sumptively worse than the Wilson
league. Is one to gather that the
Senator is opposed to any league
or anything resembling one? Has
he become professional irrecon-
cilable? Or is he merely an imitator
OF Mr.. Wilson and against any
scheme that he does not himself
father? No one will like to think
these things or to be compelled to
assume that he has abdicated his in
tellectuals to satisfy q passion for
obstruction.
One grave objection to the Wilson
covenant, an objection that the Idaho
Senator many times eloquently ex-
pressed, was that it sought to estab-
llsh written constitution, and thus
created government which
infringed on national Independence
and freedom of action. Now he
would not have an association of
nations because the delegates would
not be constrained by a written con-
stitution-which merely would rep
resent the policies and desires of
the various nations as expressed
through their governments. In a
word, the Senator's appetite for
aloofness, it would seem, has grown
so strong that he would not have
conferences to reconcile differences.
Yet last spring, as remarked above,
he was almost hectic in his de-
mand for conference to consider
naval disarmament. Then he did
not perceive the dangers lurking in
talking with our foreign friends.
It cannot be that Senator Borah
really means what he implies
namely, that there should be no in
ternational contacts-or else con.
sistency would force him to move
to abolish our entire diplomatic
establishment.
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