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New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
A Paterson Conference

The example of the New York
Port Authority, which is vigorously
pressing it's plans for articulating in
practical system the commercial
channels of the metropolitan area,
is stimulating action in neighboring
communities. The people within a
thirty or forty mile radius Of City
Hall, both in New York and New
Jersey, are getting the habit of
thinking in terms Of economic
unity.
AS an illustration of the new out
look the City Plan Commission of
Paterson has invited municipalities
of the two states to conference on
December is to consider bi-state
transit plan. It's proposals are am
bilious: A pooling Of the commu-
tation service of the railroads, cleo
trification of all passenger lines,
additional tubes under the Hudson
and East rivers and q trunk-line
subway in Manhattan as integral
parts of existing railroad lines. An
interstate plan of through routing
is suggested that will take New
Jersey trains to Westchester and
Long Island and vice versa. The
Pennsylvania Terminal is to be
used by all the railroads ending in
New Jersey. Transfer points for
the Interchange of passengers are to
be established at every convenient
intersection.
Well, that is a program! And
yet its sponsors say the cost of the
project would be Surprisingly
small" Paterson, you are optirnis-
tic and nobody viii think the worse
Of you for that. Though you have
not yet been able to get rid of the
grade crossings in your own
streets you would bestow trunk
line subway on New York!
Suburban folk will bless the Pat
erson conference if it should lead
even to moderate time-saving in
interurban transit. AT present one
can go from Manhattan to Phiia-
delphia in less time than from
Perth Amboy to New Rochelle. 1t
is nearly half days trip from
Patterson to Yonkers by railroad,
subway and trolley. New Jersey
towns dozen miles apart have
no connecting rail link save Jersey
City. From one to the other is q
long, triangular journey.
To begin to talk about all these
transit shortcomings as though they
were a matter Of interest to wioe
! territory, as they are, is the way
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30


President Wilson for his failure to
protest In tho matter Of Belgium,
the following article from his pen
appeared in THE Outlook under
date Of September 20, 1916"
The matter quoted was the same
as that quoted by Mr.. Tumulty, the
latter prefacing it by these words
"Colonel Roosevelt himself, who
subsequently attacked SO strongly
the spusillanimity' Of the Admins
tration's course, said on September
%, 1916"
The marvellous resemblance be-
tween the Tumulty and the Creel
accounts Of the Administrators
dealings with General Wood has
already been noted in these columns.
The Dromioship Of these two emf
nent historians seems now to be In
disputably attested.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
The Soul Of a Soldier

The tragic death Of Colonel Charles
w. Whittlesey, the heroic leader Of
the Lost Battalion" who never
feared enemy machine guns, but sue
cumbed to inner terrors, is not with
out its SOLDERING instruction.
Why did this brave man find life
uncomfortable? What influence was
strong enough to overcome the pill
lars Of his reason? What pushed his
natural serenity into settled melan-
choly? 1t was, his friends say, not
because Of what he endured In the
war, but since. Thought Of the dis
ablcd, the jobless, the fr.endless, the
widowed, burdened his mind. He
came back and heard the cruel
words: "Tle war is over; let's for
get it'll" Forget the biggest event
since the Crucifixion! Yet so ran the
patter Of our parlors, echoing the
cheap sneers Of the so-called ''intel-
lectuals," most Of whom stayed at
home or sought bomb-proof service.
"He jests at scars who never felt
wound"
In the December Atlantic" is
poignant article, "Shell-Shocked-
And After" which might we'll have
been written by Colonel Whittlesey.
Says the anonymous writer concern
ing his feelings following his return:
"Back in my own country, back
among my friends, among scenes I
loved, that meant everything to me,
and yet not back at all. know am
but repeating thing that has been
told many times, but the big fact re-
mains that the quick abandonment Of
interest Sin our overseas men by
+ Americans in general is an indict-
ment against US as nation not soon
to be forgotten by the men in uni
form from the other side"
High honor has been treated almost
at drab. It is wearying to hear
about the great struggle. A school
of so-called pacifists, but in fact
apologists for the enemy, who gazed
on great thing but perceived it not,
have too often given the key to which
many have sung. Soithe leader Of tho
"Lost Battalion" thought it better to
join the Unknown Soldier, one of
whose pall-bearers he was.
Is it passing mood which makes
so many American soldiers feel that
they engaged in a high adventure
which failed, or has cold callousness
entered into the American character
Ia callousness that makes it no
longer responsive to nobility?
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
Drornio Historians

In Chapter XVI of "Woodrow
Wilson as ! Knew Him" Mr..
Tumulty defends the former Presi-
dents neutrality policy in force
from 1914 to 1917. In order to
sustain the Wilson proclamation of
neutrality in thought and word, as
well as in action, Mr.. Tumulty
quotes passage from an article
which ex-President Roosevelt wrote
for "The Outlook" The pas
sage is well known. 1t has been
frequently republished. 1t reads:
"A deputation of Belgians has ar
rived in this country to invoke our
assistance in the time Of their dread
full need. What action our govern
ment can or will take I know not.
1t has been announced that no ac-
ton can be taken that will interfere
with our entire neutrality. 1t is
certainly eminently desirable that
we should remain entirely neutral,
and nothing but urgent need would
warrant breaking our neutrality and
taking sides one way or the ether"
The text Of this extract shows
that it was written in the first year
Of the war. Its date Of publication
was, in fact, September %, 1914.
Mr.. Tumulty falls into the grotesque
error Of substituting another date
September 23, 1915, four and a
half months after the sinking of the
I,usitania. Within that period, of
course, Colonel Roosevelt's views
on the desirability Of maintaining
neutrality had radically changed.
Some persons who noted the blum
der have assumed that it was q mere
typographical mishap. There are
good reasons to think this explana-
tion unsound. For il one turns to
Mr.. George Creel's book, "The War,
the World and Wilson" (" he will find
the same inaccuracy staring him in
the face. Mr.. Creel wrote, on
page as:
As for Mr.. Roosevelt, who de-
voted the latter part Of 1915 and the
first sE months of 1916 to attacking
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
World Finance Needed
All Nations to Join in a Workable
Plan of Reconstruction

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your timely editorial this
morning on money Sterilization" is
good groundwork and it is hoped will
stimulate the minds of all financial
experts.
The study of finance on the scale
which present day problems demand
has never before been within the men
tai range of even the keenest and
greatest of financial men.
Half the work is done when the
problems are definitely presented in
simple terms which can be grasped by
any good business man. The other
half, it seems to me, consists chiefly
in (a) ridding the nationalistic mind
of hatred and fear; (b) getting to-
gether strong group Of financial ex-
perts and imposing upon them the
duty Of presenting workable plan
based upon the world-finance point of
view and free from all nationalistic
prejudice.
1t will doubtless be found that no
plan is workable which does not en-
list the hearty cooperation of all ma
tions concerned.
The end in view, take it, is to re-
store exchange rates to sound and
normal basis. II it is conceded that,
in the last analysis, the economic
terms Of the Treaty of Versailles form
the kernel Of the question of exchange,
why not proceed with Germany as any
group of creditors would proceed with
a bankrupt concern which owned O
business basically sound and profitable
under normal conditions?
The point is, can the economic terms
Of the Treaty of Versailles be so modi-
fed Cor scrapped entirely if necessary
as to permit Germany and Austria to
resume their places in world affairs
Economically, become prosperous
and do their respective parts in the
great work of reconstruction?
firmly believe that the full amount
demanded from Germany for indemnity
and reparation can be paid eventually
by prosperous Germany, and that II
the method of payment is adjusted to
the basis of sound financial policy
constructed on present and future con.
ditions, the process Of liquidation car
be carried on without disturbance to
international financial machinery and
will make possible a gradual restora.
tion of financial order.
ACCOUNTANT.
New York, Nov. %, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
Shipmaster' S Utility
Takes Precedence Over the Engineer;
Cooperation Essential

Cooperation Essential
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The writer, a shipmaster Of
fourteen years experience through the
various grades, requests little Of your
valuable space to answer the rather
caustic letter Of Harland G. Ritchis,
marine engineer Of twenty years ex.
perience.'
concur with Mr.. Ritchie that Amer
ican ships can compete to-day with fe.-
eign bottoms as in days gone by, and
it is further conceded that an efficient
chief engineeris a most valuable asset
in the economical operation of ship,
always bearing in mind, however, that
the engineers duties are confined sole
ly to the ships mechanical appliances.
II, upon arrival at port, unusual
conditions are encountered which tend
to impede the proper dispatch of the
vessel, who is the one to surmount
these obstacles and expedite the ships
discharge or lading, as the case may
be? The chief engineer? Chief stew
ard? Wireless operator? No! That
duty falls upon the master or his chief
oficer-even though the local In
spectors call them mates. And be-
lieve that Mr.. Ritchie must realize that
the master who uses diplomacy can
usually accomplish for his ship that
which the agent can not or will not do.
Mr.. Richie asserts that master and
mates would be helpless if suddenly de-
prived of engineers in m;6-ocean, while
if conditions were reve -sed the en-
gineers could navigate safely to port. !
have my doubts. The average deck Off
Ger knows the difference between al
cargo winch and the main engines, and
can differentiate between bypass and
cylinder head, while the majority Of
, engineers don't know the difference be-
tween pelorus and compass. How
ever, be that as it may, each depart
ment is essential to the other, hut
there must be cooperation between the
two in order that harmony and pay
ing voyage result.
It is true that the masters gilt
edged assistants" receive licenses as
mates, but the day is not far away
when they will receive certificates ss
officers, and it Is my sincere hope that
every American who holds ssats'ss
"ticket" so-day will continue 70 elevate
himself and assume the dignity of an
officer.
Navigation Is cns Of the Oldest
sciences known to man, and to reach
the top requires many years Of hard
work and study. How the China clip
pers Of half century ago ever man
aged to beat the world without the ma
rine engineer Is mystery yet to be
solved. f. GL0STEN,
Lately Master Steamship Mevania
| New York. Nov. 81, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
The Wood Forbes Report

The last sentence of the Wood
Forbes report on the Philippines
reads: eve recommend that under
no circumstances should the Ameri-
can government permit to be estab-
lished in the Philippine Islands a
situation which would leave the
United States in position Of re-
sponsibility without autho ity."
The Jones Philippine government
act and the eigh. years of Governor
General Harrison's administration
tended to create exactly the situation
against which General Wood and Mr..
Forbes protest. Mr.. Harrison did
what he could to minimize his func-
tions and talked longingly of the
coming of the day on which he could
step aboard a home-bound steamer,
carrying the lowered American flag
away with him. He invited the Fill
pinos to rule themselves. President
Wilson and Secretary Baker con-
Cured in this invitation. Mr.. Will
son even gave public support to the
Clarke amendment to the Jones bill,
requiring immediate evacuation of
the islands.
What the Filipinos were encour-
aged to look forward to was "inde-
pendence." But what kind of inde-
pendence? The native politicians
themselves wanted a comfortably in1
sured independence--with American
guarantees against outside aggres-
sion. In such a case the United
States would have responsibility
involving war, perhaps-but neither
sovereignty nor authority. Few
Americans favor casting the Philip
pines adrift in the Far Eastern tur-
moil. Yet If American responsibility
is to continue, why should not adj
ministrative control and a genuine
opportunity to improve Philippine
conditions go along with it?
General Wood and Mr.. Forbes ad-
wise maintenance Of the present gen
eral status in the islands until the
inhabitants have had time to become
accustomed to the use of the powers
now intrusted to them. The two
commissioners recommend repeal
Of the provisions Of the Jones law
which diminished the Governor Gem
erals proper authority. They think
that administration--especially the
administration Of justice--ought to
be lifted back to the pre-Harrison
level.
The report is sane and practical.
1t takes into account our obligations
and commitments in the Philippines
as we'll as the obvious disqualified
tions Of the Filipinos for political in
dependence. 1t wants to harmonize
American aims with Filipino capaci-
ties and aspirations. That is the
only sound and workable Philippine
policy.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
Ellis Island Better,nene

In his letter to Senator McCor-
mick on conditions at Ellis Island
Secretary Of Labor Davis dips the
whitewash brush in the bucket, but
notvery deeply. That the depotwhich
receives normally three-fourths Of
the immigrants coming by sea to the
United States is inadequate to ham
die such a great inflow without con-
gestion and discomfort he states EN-
phatically. Until the plant is en-
larged there is no prospect of get
ting rid Of the hardships incident to
crowding.
Mr.. Davis finds that the force at
the island was badly disorganized
during the war, and in large part in
experienced. That there have been
instances Of rough treatment and
discourtesy to immigrants is cer-
tain, for the Secretary notes that
employees guilty of such offenses
have been discharged.
Most Of the complaints, however,
Of inhun1ane conduct on the part Of
the Ellis Island staff Mr.. Davis sets
down as grossly exaggerated and as
proceeding from excited friends Of
immigrants rather than from the
newcomers themselves. And for the
future, "humane treatment must and
will be given aliens seeking ad1nis-
sion to the United States"
It is unfortunate that the first
contact with America Of those who
come hopefully to the new land can
not be wholly agreeable. The law
requires thirty more or less distinct
tests to be applied to every immi-
grant who would join Uncle SANS
big family. Delay and vexation can
not we'll be avoided. Patience and
good nature all around are called
for, and these, as every one knows,
are at premium everywhere. Sec
retary Davis reports that Commits
sioner Tod has his difficult task well
in hand. A minimum of friction and
bungling from now on is what is
skcd and expected.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
The Academy's Foch Reception


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: On behalf Of the American
Academy of Arts and Letters beg to
correct Misrepresentation which pre-
walls in some quarters-namely, that
the abandonment of the reception to
Marshal Foch planned to follow the
laying of the cornerstone Of the acad-
emy building on the 10th inst. was
due to the illness of the distinguished
soldier who honored the occasion by
participation in the ceremonies.
The change in the program was ne
cessitated not by the Marshal's illness
but by the fatigue Of strenuous day,
and was made for prudential reasons
at the request Of the Marshal's physi-
clan. While, in company with the large
number of persons to whom invitations
had been sent. we deeply regret this
necessity, we are sure, in view Of the
consideration due. to the great Mar
shal, the decision to abandon the recep.
tion will meet with the approval Of all
concerned.
ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON.
New York, Nov. 28, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
An Orderly Strike
of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Credit belongs somewhere Ter
the comparative lack Of violsnce IN our
milk strike. With vigorous young aasn
of the type that unhesitatingly wsdsa
into the Kaiser's shrapncl protesting
against what they regarded as UNFAIR
treatment, some of US looked for daily
casualty lists which have nct msses
rialized.
And the young men who n tskih!
the places Of 5trikers have exercises
their right to work also are Of the TYP
that made up tho great number 9
|"Pershing,s Crusaders"
Perhaps it is combination that nss
spared the hospitals an oyerwSclm.as
number Of strike cases--a conabtaasss3
of union orders against assaults
the determination OF the hluecoaA W.
ride on tho wagons TO protect tbs nlsh
scising his chance to earn his hseso'
ROBERT HUDSON
New York. Nov. 2s, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
No Industrial "YeUow PERIL
Counde Fear OF Undertaking by Chinese in Economic Field
Eastern WORKERS Living Standard Rising
lF tho pektna Correspondent Of Tho Manoaesr auaraan,

{ OF The Manchester Gudrdfdn)
that are springing up throughout ths
three eastern provinces.
II you modernize China it neces-
sarily follows that you will modernize
the inhabitants. In every province the
soil is being whipped into new life;
monster American locomotives are act
ing as harbingers Of progress, and the
White culture is being instilled into
thousands of Chinese every year. Tn
changing China is now changing China
How can the new spirit leave the
Chinese laborer untouched? Its first
expression. is desire to enrich his
diet and lessen his hours of labor
When he becomes industrially con.
scious the Chinese workman will not
be content till he approaches the
dietary standard of the better classes
Of his own country, thus following in
the footsteps of his Western confrere
who has attained such a sense Of eco
nomic proportion. And he is choosing
the weapons of the Westerner to re-
lease him from the shackles Of servi-
tude. He has struck-not once, but
many times. Before May the native
newspapers printed an advertisement
which, translated, ran as follows:
students, merchants, newspaper
men, awakening brothers.! The 1st OF
May is at hand, Demand the establish
ment Of an eight-hour day. Laborers
are in a terribly bad condition. The
condition Of labor in some places is
unbearable. We know that the work
men Of civilized nations who have
achieved, success also formerly under
went hardships. We are now awaken
ing. We must awaken to help our
selves. We must have eight hours
work, eight hours rest and eight
hours recreation. We must struggle
to obtain this. All students, mer'
chants, newspaper men and awakening
brothers and sisters, support US in oul
struggle for this great purpose. Haster
to awakel"
The industrialization Of China vii
mean the industrialization of the
Chinese, and the fears that tho Chinese
will underbid the Europeans In tha
economic field require only time tt
prove them groundless.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30

Thanks to the accuracy Of various
contribs' memories. the identity of the
boy in the Staunton Military Academy
is no longer mystery. "He is Devices
Crawford. of McKeesport, Pa.," said
Marc Connolly. II think" thinks John
H. McGough, Chat he is Dave Fultz."
"You can find out" writes Mayo, "by
writing to Col. Henry H. Scoville. En-
gineers Club" "It was Frank Tomp-
kins, who until his family moved to
.Golax, Va, lived in Bristol. Tenn"
writes I. S. And R. II. B., who says
he used to room with the manly-look-
ing lad, insists that he was Buzz Craw-
ford. of Pittsburgh.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
The Phrase Makers

(From the report, by John K winkler, in
rhe American. Of the delegation OF Con-
gressnacn visiting Canada as guests OF
William Randolph Hearst.
The spirit Of this unique expedition
was aptly caught by Lieutenant Colo
mel A. A. Magee, president of the
Canadian Club, who presided at the
luncheon in the fiag-draped Rose Room.
Smooth-shaven, scholarly, forceful,
Colonel Magee, presiding at the big
round table set in the centre Of the
diners, clasped hands fguratively with
the Americans with this declaration:
1--WE have never entertained 60
distinguished group as we honor
to-day"
AT the guest table and about the
room sat men noted in the economic,
social and political life Of the Do
minion. Acting Mayor John p. Dixon,
of Montreal, valiant old patriot, said
to this correspondent and a score in
the delegation:
"Man, it does my heart good, to
see YOU"
Thousands of years from now, when
Peggy Joyce's lips are drifting dust
and The Americans presses are con-
sumed with rust, those ringing sem
tences still, we make so bold as to fore
cast, will be in use.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30

to get action ultimately, # all the
cities, towns and villages pull tc-
gether they can move q big load.
The City Plan Commission Of Pater-
son has the right idea.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
xxMBER or THE AssocrATgp rREss

1hs Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
ths use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to It or no; otherwise credited in this
paper, aud also the local news Of spontaneous
erig1u published herein.
Al rights Of republication Of all other matter
herein also are reserved
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
The Nuances of Proximity

IT IVlH Ile 4 IIIeS1
While practice was on this afternoon
the 1thacans were guarded by line
of pickets and no outsider was allowed
near, even at distance.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
Eheu Fusacesi

Ehcu FusaceSI
When I was a youth, let mo rise to
remark,
With the crowd that went Il was
smart
To be able to quote any Fable AIDE
wrote,
And to know "Mf. Doolsy" by heart.
who's Dunus7" queries son, when
mention F. p,
~Was AIDE In class with De Mile i?
Say, Lloyd's got dream Of = picture
scream;
Let's gol--it'a peach Of BILL"
n. s. O.
| Can any bright little boy or girl
evolve conundrum coupling the din
Guilty Of pressing rolled crepe de
chine collar and tho London Nails
criticism of H. G. Wells's ayticles ON
the arms conference ?--Baird Leonard
in The Morning Telegraph.
| Sure. One tries to throttle che
Fourth Estate.
| Can any little student in journalism
tell as good headline to put on the
story Of the marriage, III Pleasantville,
OF Miss Matte Ham to Mr.. ling Bone I
"Scrapping battleships Is all right
comedies w. p. H., "but why not de-
stroy aeroplanes and thus reduce the
overhead?"
| The difficulty IL to keep track OF
whom is on whose side.-Dorothy
Parker in Ainslee's for December.
An, Dot, there Is IN even greater
difficulty.
The [Arbucklel jury strainsd for.
ward, rankly expectant. .-Evs. World.
Etet!
Probably the London Daily Mai
would Glide Gilbert'a line from "Pa
thence" as being irreverent to the in
|teilsct Of NJ. BRAND.
| "A not-too-French French beam
r. p. A.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-30
The Toloer
Tho Italics Ara Ours

When midnight o'er tho nloonless skiss
her pail Of ... death has spread
Whsn maidans such as Hester Gle, the
heath must be my bed
When marshall'd on the nightly plain
King Henry Of Navarro
When stars are in the quiet skies /
wonder what you are,
When fields were white with harvest
and laborcrs were few
1 find again, Nth Bdrtletts aid, this
isn't hard to do.
It is an interesting picture that the
Tribune Graphic prints, legended "Gal-
li-Curci and friend husband, Homer
Samuels, pause in morning game Of
tennis atop the roof Of the Ritz-Carl-
ton" 1t must have been handicap
game, for though each has racket,
Mr.. Samuels's coat, stiff collar and
street shoes are not SO burdensome as
his wife's high-heeled slippers and long
skirt must have been. Probably she
played at plus 80.