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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
JERSEY JUSTICE,

Occasionally they do things well
"over on the Jersey side" The ex-
peditious handling of the knight muir
der case in New Brunswick, New Jer-
sey. is an example which some other
communities might follow with success
Thirteen days ago a Negro, George
Washington knight, attacked and
killed Mrs. Edith Wilson. Perth Am
boy church organist, near her Home
Twelve days after the murder had been
committed the Negro was sentenced to
die.
Here ia the chronological history of
the case: murder committed on night
of March 12; knight arrested and con-
fessed March IA; indicted March 1s;
trial begun March 23; jury selected in
so minutes; prosecutor talked 10 min
utes; Is states witnesses testified for
three hours; defendants counsel talked
five minutes: defendants direct ex-
animation lasted IS minutes: defend
ants cross examination took IS min
utes; defendants witness. 30 minutes
defendants counsers plea, 10 minutes
prosecutor argued 10 minutes: judges
charge. five minutes; jury deliberated
12 minutes: prisoner sentenced in one
minute; trial ended noon, March "a
having occupied but five hours and IS
minutes
1t will be noted that there was no
pleading of technicalities. and that the
Judge conducted the case without de
lay Of any sort. It is only when justice
is swift in action that legal punishment
serves as deterrent to other would
be criminals Absence OF laws delays
results in an increased respect for the
courts. and the laws which they inter
pret and administer. The accused must
he given all Of his rights; but so must
the state We believe that IL more
criminals were speedily punished that
law violations would decrease, Coun-
tries which administer penalties quickly
have little crime, other things being
equal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
EASTER POEM.
Rev. Charles G. Rerie.

7 buried a bulb IN a garden bed,
And covered IL Ger with fertile loan
u seemed lying there in the earth. as
dead,
With a spray Of cypress to mark it,
nome.
That day planted a hyacinth there.
A double one. white. though ne bulb
was brown:
" It's strange" said 7. that a blossom
80 fair.
That little low grave With glory win
The autumn had passed. and winter
did bring.
The snowfakes TO cover the new
made mound:
Emblerns Of petals to come in the spring
From the little brown bulb under
the ground.
When the springtirne came. and the
soft winds blew.
Then the sharp death frost from the
earth did creep;
And the sunbeams warm, pierced the
cold earth through.
And awakened 10 life the bulb asleep
From the bulb SO brown. came a stalk
so green.
From the stalk so green came a
bloom so white:
marveled and said. TO me il doth
seem
The work Of a God. the God II the
light"
So man shall be raised. though he may
die.
Changed by the power of infinite love
The bulb of the body in earth NAV Tic
The soul shall awake in glory above.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
PRESS COMMENTS.
CARDINAL GIBBONS.

In the passing of Cardinal Gibbons
America loses not merely n Roman
Catholic preiate. raised to the loftiest
distinction short of the papacy that his
church can offer, but an American
patriot whose name was known and
whose personality was beloved by mill
lions of different faith.
"All hearts confess the saints elect
Who, twain In faith, in love agree,
And melt not, in an acid sect.
The Christian pearl of charity"
The great heart of tho cardinal was
given to the service of his Lord and
of mankind. untrammeled by creed or
doctrine. He strove single-minded for
nations good and In behalf of all
humanity.
Only little more than n month ago,
in his eulogy of the character of Wash
ington, he extolled the service of the
Father of his Country in obtaining the
adoption of the constitution as the bull
wark of religious freedom here. In
this apostrophe Cardinal Gibbons words
of his own work were true: mo one has
been more eager and earnest In his
effort to keep down and repreas relig
ious distinction
One thinks of Cardinal Gibbons as a
great American-of personal force, of
intellectual acuinen, of salient attain
ment. of loftiest purpose and incor-
ruptible integrity of character. lie is
a national and not simply an ecclesiasti-
cal figure. and from coast TO coast, and
even I'm the isles of the sea. wherever
Americans assemble their sorrow is part
of an international expression of grief
and of loss.
when there was doubt everywhere"
i If.aF
ia comforting the insignia of the Legion
of Honor. you chose the right course.
At Christmas time the sovereigns of
the Old World sent him their greetings
yet he was of those who walk with
kings nor lost tho common touch.
For his democracy was famous; he was
affablc. generous, gentle, and rs ready
to receive the lowfiest as he Was to
meet the influential
Cardinal Gibbons cared nothing for
luxury of his environment nor for pomp
and circumstance to mark his conse
quence. None could have lived more
simply. The power that is money he
sought for the sake of beneficence alone.
To the poor and him that hath no
helper" his compassion was measureless.
There are thousands In Baltimore this
morning eager TO tell others at a dis
tance what the mere sight Of him meant
to them. In his kind smile, In the light
Of his eyes and his benedictional aspect
the community knew a friend. who was
"a friend of all the world. Fen as he
trod that day To God, SO walked he from
1, f1buaHaInbfa ,pdupr.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
MR.. IANsING's COMPLAINT.

II might be said of Robert Lansing :
book The Peace Negotiations. that
the former Secretary of state has writ
ten a volume of ESQ pages TO demon
strate that President Wilson had no
sympathy with his opinions. no respect
for his judgment, and used him mainly
as an international law clerk.
We have read Mr.. Lansing's persona!
narrative with a sense of utter bewil-
derment-first. as TO why Mr.. Wilson
took him to Paris, and second, as 10
why Mr.. Lansing went. On the face
OF the record IL was Mr.. Iansing's duty
TO have resigned after the armistice
was signed in November. 1918, and 1t
was Mr.. Wilson's duty TO have found
a Secretary of State who would have
been a help and. not a handicap in the
negotiation of the peace treaty. Had
Mr. Lansing rendered his resignation
and had Mr. Wilson declined to accept
il. then the President would have been
responsible for all the consequences OF
this refusal, and Mr. L4ansing's state
ment Of grievances would have had the
substantial basis that it now lacks.
Mr. Lansing reveals himself as a
Foreign Minister who was wholly out
of sympathy with the policies and pro
gramne of his chief-yet he remained
Secretary of State. and he accompanied
Mr.. Wilson TO Paris to participate in
the negotiation of a treaty of peace to-
ward the principal provision of which
he was confessedly hostile. Having
participated in a limited way in the
negotiations and regarding the treaty
in the form in which il was signed as
indefensible. Mr.. Lansing returned to
the United States TO advocate it's ratifi-
cation without reservation-and re-
mained Secretary of State.-New York
World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
A NATURAL INQUIRY.

There is a certain Congressman who.
it appears, is unable TO talk for five
minutes. even on an ordinary subject.
without falling into funeral tone Now
this CRATES exceedingly upon tho Sen
sibilities Of a colleague. One day while
the first mentioned statesman VAS hold
ing forth in his usual mourning ca
dences the second members attention
was caught BY the melancholy tones.
Turning to a friend. the second mem
bor asked in a drawling but solemn
voice:
Judge. were you acquainted with
the deceased d2''-Phnadelph Ledger.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
RIPPING RHYMES.
BY ait Mason.
a NEW IDEAL.

The new administration ad-
ministrates in style, and all the
busy nation hangs out hopeful
smile. Upon our iaded shoulders
the burden lighter seems. and
only office holders are dreaming
mOurnful dreams. We're great
on swapping horses if there's a
trade in view. and everyone in
dorses whatever may be new. We
like 10 see new faces around us,
we confess. although great
charms and graces the old ones
may possess. New whiskers are
supplanting the boards we long
have seen. new feet are gallivant-
ing. new brooms are sweeping
clean. And we distribute fold
ers to tell how glad we are, and
Only office holders are looking
black as tar It's good no king
is reigning in this star spangled
land, or we'd all be complaining
until we saw him canned; he'd
find us growing cooler, he'd hear
US kick and cuss; five years of
any ruler is quite enough for us
We're fond of making changes.
and old things are a bore; what
ever new and strange is, we vel
come at the door; we heaVe no
bricks or boulders at any un-
known guest; and only office
holders seem weary and distress
ed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
Just Folks
By Edgar A. Guest
KINDNESS AND THE CITY.


He played the friend one happy morn
ing when
A stranger chanced 20 pass along his
way.
The mood was on him To be kind that
day,
And what he did seemed oh, so trifing
then;
A cheerful word--the easiest gift Of
men
A helping hand for which there is
no pay.
But all IL means no words can ever
say.
Both these he gave and went his way
again.
Then he forgot the stranger and his
need
Nor knew that he had helped his
city's fame;
lie could not guess that thousands
shared his deed,
Yet at the mention Of his city's name
One man there is who rises % declare:
THE finest man I've ever met lives
there"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
Diplomatic Danes
BY Frederic J. Hagkin

Washington, March 2G.~-Most deli
cate of all the tasks confronting Presi-
dent Harding and his Secretary OF
State at Washington today is that of
selecting wisely the ambassadors and
ministers who will represent the coun-
try and new administrt ton abroad.
In the SELECTIONS Of these various
envoys. and Of their secretaries and
attaches. President Harding and Sec
retary Hughes must not only take into
consideration the fitness of these men
for the jobs but the qualifications Of
their wives Also
'gfhe wife rs the most important OF
all the elements of an embassy" said
Napoleon once in an explanation Of
his selection or the unknown husband
of an attractive and accomplished
woman for the post Of Ambassador at
an important court.
Nor is the wife of the diplomatic
chief alone important. The wife Of the
most unimportant secretary is capable
of wrecking the success of diplomatic
mission. A tactless slip of the tongue
on her part may give rise to a coolness
between the home government and the
foreign government that only years will
eradicate. The ambassador or attache
break than his wife.
Madame must possess all the social
graces. with wisdom and guile To boot.
But she must not be too Circls-like. A
"vamp' would not be tolerated in dip
lomatic circles. She must not be too
extravagant. she must not talk too
much and above all else she must not he
given 10 the habit OF writing indiscreet
letters.
Illustrating tho last must not" Wash
ington still remembers the case Of the
beautiful Lady Susan Townley whose
husband, Sir Walter Beaupre Townley
was for a brief space charge d'affaires
of the British Embassy in Washington.
The briefness Of his sojourn here, after
a distinguished diplomatic career else
where. was attributed - Lady Susan's
fondneas for letter writing. Social
Washington is still sore. through the
case Of Lady SCsan is now more than I5
years old, over some Of the things the
witty young Engishwoman said about
the elect Of the Capital in her letters
home. Lady Susan was too witty and
her friends at home enjoyed her clever
satire so much that they let some Of the
letters slip into the hands Of a publisher.
The charge daffaires was recalled
after a few warm remarks had heen
passed between the two governments.
Afterwards his government relented 70
the extent Of sending him 70 a less i'm
portant post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.


any resdsr oan s.' ths snsssr y ssy
nation Bureau. Frederic ~ fiaaAin. Dirnc.
s2r ,Wla,hirg,on ", - q me fasf appl'ss
ssot give ADVICE o. iegsi m.9..sl as1
settle domestic troubles. nor % yn1eli axe
Write your quegtions plainly and .rlslg
eexthaustiye research On any Eallect
( Give fun name and address ana enclose
All fsSIes ns a. are ''s' ssn' slrsss lss e is saa
q. How did Apru Pools Day
originator ~. T.. q.
a. Various theories have been Al
vanced az 10 The origin a. fhc .r'.1ra
tion of IAN Fools Day" ono Wat0r
traces tho custom 10 ,be Miracle Pa
formerly presented a. Faster. another
finds The origin IN some ancient praa
festival SUCH aH H.u. tho leaggaI HfI1
BY the HlHdus on STAR Is 1fu 1r He
Feast of tho Pools cciobratrd bv .rt
Romans on Febr lary 'a. Af nr a
ter celebration tr.eEr similar l rlre
~ the present 1ag Frl .l..I 4Dou
The various victims - .f. rl.nr rr.e
The custom - celebrating Tr
Day seems tD hase Hrrr lr.r.tl l
German Antiquity. it r1gght
have been INTRODUCED rtJ Germany f-rn
France in compare I...y modern rrfr
q. what .aU-lrdr -. r.
a. \ - h.rd bird taught ~
allure others mo- 81 sra-r I.rrv
bird.
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the game fr0-r Pho rar sarf in
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played rooi rr- during llc sH
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which arruages a-e snrtan rr
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state u -1e United araa7
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value oT aH --ars e-
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t The state r.o~ f German
u Lutheran central Germany y are.
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portions being gowar atnnUr
many Z ahor- r' rn- art r'rrfesfart
and 8S rer .e~r t1-lrar
r. What uas -.a gt temnera
pledge n. 81. H
A. The pledge ~ the r-rt rrnr
ance Society .r sos was $50 -ouh.
shall irink -1m. E.n. whisky 1r
distilled spirits .r imposition
same 80 any rt 1em. yreuf
advice ~ lrrTiclln rr -naa
actual disease. Also except lr ln
dinners. under renal-y rt -1 .rufs r.-
vided -hat -his article shnH .nf
fringe on any rriirtouH rite. 10 rer.n...
shall hs -t0Ecated under isna
of 20 cents. lld no member ana.
any n tae above liquors 7 arr .rs
% drink thereof lnaer Hranlty
cents for eaCn oGanse"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26

pay good sum for used car offered
to him by an individual whom he does
not know, whom he never heard OF be-
fore. and whose identity he does not
even question. If a stolen machine
falls into such a persons hands, Ii is
only fair that he, and not the original
owner, should bear the loss.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
REGARDING THE PRESIDENCY.


REGARDING THE PRESIDENCY.
Representative Simon ID. Fess of Ohio,
Chairman of the Republican Congress
sional Committee. is preparing to in
troduce into the extraordinary session
of Congress. if circumstances permit, a
novel program of legislation affecting
the Presidency
First. MIR. Fess wishes Congress to
define the disability of a President. 1t
will be remembered that last spring
several bills on this subject were intro
duced when President Wilson was i'll.
Mr.. Fess wants it laid down in black
and white just when a President is in
capacitated for service, and when he
is not. His second plan calls for a Con
stitutional amendment. regarding an
omission in the Presidential succession
legislation of 1892. amended in 1885.
This omission is the fact that If the
College has been convened and the
votes counted. and before taking office
March 4, there is no provision to supply
elect should both die after the Electoral
the vacancies
The United States would simply be
without a President and Vice-President.
We doubt the wisdom OF MIR. Fess'
first idea There is too much chance Of
error. too great an opportunity for
partisan politics to enter into the dis
cussion of whether President can or
cannot perform his duties. If such
law mad been in force during Mr., Will
sons Illness, there is no doubt but that
he would have been showed from Office
not because OF illness, but because his
bitter enemies would have used such
a pretext to wreck his Administration
Ii is not forgot that DIR" Moses wrote
a letter which spoke rather dispara-
gingly of his mental condition at that
time.
Mr.. Fess' second idea, TO provide
against the faintest chance of the Gov
ernment being without a head, is an
excellent one. Not once in hundred
years. perhaps. would such a con
tingency arise. but If il did. il would be
embarrassing. Such an interregnum
should not be possible. The error can
be corrected by authorizing the recon
vening Of the electoral college 10 deal
with the situation.
If such legislation is 10 be considered.
it would be wise 10 change the date Of
the quadrennial election, or that Of
the inauguration of the new President.
As it is now, four months elapse from
the time that the Nation expresses its
choice until the next Chief Executive
can take Office. This is too long a
period. In the case where the oppo-
sition party comes into power, as we
have Just witnessed, it is advisable that
the new broom be given an opportunity
to sweep at once. This is the custom
in all Parliamentary countries. But here
the new leader has to sit idly by and
wait, while perhaps the Congress and
the retiring President remain dead
locked over important legislation. 1t
would be well to let the new administra
ton in, say within month, or two at
least after the election.
We do not predict that any changes
such as Mr. Fess suggests or this paper
advocates will come about soon. The
direct election of Senators was discuss
ed for over so years before it became
a fact Equal suffrage was argued
nationally for over 60 years before it
came to pass But we do believe that
eventually some Of these ideas viii
bear fruit.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
f,tSaia5'Se fvenIne 9esteTday enfay 1908
SATURDAY. MARCH 26, 1921.
IANsING's True COLORS.

LAN>ING'S True COL0RS.
Robert Ians,ngs book. The Peace
Negotiation: \ Personal Narrative. "
vhi.h made It's bow TO the public yes
t.rday contains 3eS pages OF reasons
why the former Secretary Of State
should have resigned from office at
l.ast year ana half before he was
.atyd" from Mr. Wilson's Cabinet
Ia many ways this is a most amazing
Ieoa. 1t reveals little matter regarding
ta. Peace Conference which had not
lr,u known before, but it does tell Of a
iuos series of differences which the
v.t,e had with his former Chief diff
i,t.n,,> which would have caused the
average man to resign gracefully. rath-
th.n suffer summary dismissal from
o.....
reading il. one nnds that Mr.
G he'll differences If opinion
NsH N Nn>an before The Armisticc
-r 4 hat be opposed Ah. VII
Idr.S IS. mat Ii, believed in the
4., of the Hague Tribunal. instead
Icasaa II Nations. notwithstand-
I'LL, that body had not prevented
in. world 5 greatest war; that he op-
l,~.d the Intervening OF the treaty
i TIN the covenant; that he held little
respect for men such as SHUTS and
cecil. who were working on Mr.. VIII
sons idea Of a league: that he objected
70 mandates; that he disapproved Of the
defensive treaty with France: that he
oontended against the Shantung settle
nent. that he privately told many per-
sons that nc didn't believe in the peace
a concocted. and yet came home and
publicly urged the adoption Of the
treaty and covenant without any reser-
Vations
one hing Mr.. Lansing does not re-
veal-why when Mr. Wilson lay i'll. he
took upon himself the un-asked duty
of reversing The Administration Mexi-
can policy. which almost brought this
country 10 state OF war with Mexico.
Nr. Wilson recovered IN time. seized
the helm. oc state, and changed the
course back 10 the charted one Just in
time 10 avert war. Mr.. Lansing is silent
q :. this matter The public now under
stands that this was the last straw on
IL. oamels back.
Tho Peace Negotiations" is a very
tanti. hook Mr. Lansing has couched
- statements in such a diplomatic. i'm
s.v, and pleasing manner that one
: INCLINED gnless one looks at the other
sa. q. rhe question Immediately. to
grant that he was always right, and
-. y ,pn always wrong. He creates
~. sl"4e impression that a skillful
I.,aa. does al The bar before his op-
iopent urHmbers his guns and dis
PROV, d f.w facts which the un-wit-
ting J.ig had accepted as true gospel.
" believe that eventually Mr..
Iaus 'gs own reputation will suffer
flom this volume being published Even
now II acts as bareback upon the
character Of the author. as il reveals
that Mr.. Lansing was not true to him
g. n nor true TO his Chief Holding con
NletIous contrary 70 the beliefs Of the |
latter. he could have served his Country
better hy resigning when differences be- /
gan. instead of wearing false mask Of /
Io1 atty to a cause which he could not |
approve, and TO leader whom he could /!
not cOnscientiously follow
Robert Lansing reveals his true self. I
and not the true Wilson. IN this book
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Olive Temple, X. @. T..
Wononah Conclave, S. Of II.
Liberty Conclave s. w. NJ.
Mechanics Lodge, /. O. O. +.
Ienape Tribe. Impd O. r. NJ.
Sheet Metal Workers Association.
James A. Garfield Council. ID. of A.
Apache Tribe, No. AZ. lmp'd O. r. NJ.
James a. Young Conclave. H.or S.W.M
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
Intellectual Competition.

You try to avoid long words"
Yes replied Senator Sorghum.
why get people interested in reading
the encyclopaedia instead RI uayinb at
tention to your rernarks?"-VCa shing-
ton star