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New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
Eastern Siberia

From Soviet Russia comes an IN
dignant snort because Russia has not
been invited to the disarmament con-
ference. She is, so she says, the
possessor of great territories on the
Pacifc-the remainders not present
ed to Washington 3. Vanderbilt
and she protests that she will not,
under any circumstances, permit any
other nation to agree for her. 1t
also appears that one of the domi
mating motives of Mr.. Harding in
summoning the conference is to aid
and abet the Russian counter revo-
lutionists.
This is not very enightening, but
if taken seriously it at least raises
the question of what our policy to-
ward eastern Siberia will be. Mr..
Hughes may be acquitted of any pur-
pose to adopt and perpetuate the
Wilsonian conception that eastern
Siberia is still part of the Russian
Empire. In due time, when circum-
stances call for a definition of
policy, doubtless he will follow his
excellent rule of facing realities and
acting accordingly. He is not
ignorant Of the origins of Russia's
claim of title to eastern Siberia-of
the fact that it represents in ex-
treme form the imperialism of Gar
istica Russia The old Russia, to
whose course Soviet Russia appar-
entity gives blanket Endorsement,
didn't bother about rights. 1t had
absorbed not only eastern Siberia
but large parts of Mongolia and
Manchuria, and if Japan had not
headed Russia off Corea would have
become Russian.
The matter of eastern Siberia has
very important bearing on the COM
ing conference, for it is of the most
Importance to Japan, which woulo
find outlets for her congested ane
still expanding population. Shall we
say to Japan: "Not only you shall
not come to North or South Amer
ica, nor shall you control China, nol
NAV you have the northern half Of
Saghalien Island, but you also can
not have the mainland back OF it,
Is this our business? Must we IN
sist on validating Russia's conques
titles?
To many Americans such course
will seem to be myopic. To insist OF
the open door in China is one theory
70 insist on equality of commercial
opportunity in Aoiatic Russia
much the same. But should we TO
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
Voting and Holding Office

IN Massachusetts, the Nineteenth
amendment appears to accomplish
0al3 half the job. Women can vote
\ freely as men. But they cannot
: elected to the Legislature.
Il the Attorney General rules.
|'saher are they eligible to jury
FaF. So the Supreme Court of the
F|@le has ruled. And no mere law
Ia help them. Amendment of the
'Ae Constitution is required.
'ae Nineteenth Amendment re-
@ss solely to the right to vote,
'aea, it declares, shall not be de-
uN or abridged by any state on
m0ant of sex" But the right to
we does not imply the right to
4@p Office. The latter is still sub
y 70 state Jurisdiction. In Mas
s'aasetts law was enacted last
"a specifically making women
slole to election or appointment
all state Offices, Except those
Ssa which they may be excluded
ne Constitution of the Common
'sAh-" Of course, the mention of
exception was superfluous, fol
courts would have applied it
'ae remedy is for the consti.
."0h Of the state to be amended
'pssalng which ought to be easy
10 since women indisputably
N NJ The power of voting. Similar
Aa WILL also doubtless be secured
seaer states where needed. II
Jersey, before the Nineteenth
,,ncnent, women were eligible te
Certain Offices, though they
8 not allowed to vote fer ths
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
Do You Dislike Drafts?

Do you mind a draft down the
back of your neck or on your bald
spot? If you do it is evidence, it ap-
pears, of German blood.
This interesting biologico-p psychic
physical theory is elucidated in full
by one Herr Professor Doktor TIL.
Zell in the Vossische Zeitung Of June
18, 1921. AS a student Of animal
psychology he has noted that there
are certain animals that dislike
drafts very much. Cows, for ex-
ample, and rabbits are anxious to
have windows closed. Cattle run
with a storm. Rabbits try to build
their homes far from the madding
breeze. Horses-well, they run into
a wind and are never. happier than
when the breeze smooths their coats
And then baboons. They like to
sit out of wind. One particular
ly efficient tame baboon belonging
to a friend of the professor regu-
larly turned his sleeping box, which
had one side open, away from the
draft.
The reason for this is deep, but
simple. Cattle and hares and baboons
are animals Of the woods, and horses
are animals of the plains. Perhaps
the prevalence of tuberculosis among
cattle is result of this shelter COM
plex. Horses, on the other hand, in
herit a love Of the open. They JOY
in wind and storm. And baboons?
Well, they and the monkey have al
ways dwelt in forests.
1t follows, therefore, that there
are two divisions Of animals-draft
fearing and draft loving. The former
had ancestors Of the woods, and the
latter of the plains Who ever
heard, for example, of asprasrie dog
having stiffvneck? ?. BUTT is other
wise with cattle, rabbits and mon
keys. All are given to pulmonary
troubles.
els it ther a wonder" says the
professor, in conclusion, "that the
Germans, who in earlier centuries
lived in wooded regions, are still to
day more susceptible to drafts thar
other peoples who come from tree
less countries?n
! Probably not. So to this day, az
the German sits in an alright room
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24

General to tamper with the press
through the machinery of the second
class mailing privilege. Such persons
will also be thankful that the present
Postmaster General, unlike his prcde-
cessor, has seen the dangers latent in
the power thus construed to exist and,
voluntarily declining to use it., has
teen wise enough TO depart from Mx.
Rurleson's precedent.
ALBERT DE SILVER.
New York. July 22, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24

in company with his tombstone stove,
he wildly exclaims, when the win
dow is open q crack. "Es xieht!" The
only criticism to be made Of the pro-
fessor's genitive explanation is that
all men are supposed to be descended
from forest species But perhaps
scme got out 81 the woods early and
are ncre advanced in evolution.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
Meeting a Duty

few years ago grim-faced old
In wooed and won q modernized
ksan girl. His family bitterly re-
Estsd the sunset marriage. Litiga-
m vas commenced that reached
lam the Bronx to the Floridian
Fverglades. The wells of his life
l,rs rended and round-eyed public
lind breathlessly on his money
EssS They contained millions.
What had been the chief occupa-
|cp Of this old man who fought SO
Fsrcely to protect the treasures from
h children Of his youth? Art, COM
|erce, industry or science knew little
|ihs labors. His millions had come
ION undeclared sources.
Bosses come and go. The system
/ which they thrive goes on. An
ther boss now reigns, and he also is
isteriously rich. Where and how
ld he get it? Whose pockets have
hen lightened? Tax rates pile up,
buses multiply, vital public services
lnd Institutions are neglected that
be padrones Of politics may wax in
]Ealth. Is this forever to be so?
but the ill-gotten gains of a prin-
bal toll-taker do not constitute the
3ief evil. His subtractions, great
4 they may be, do not figure cut
juch per capita. What IS worse is
lat public employees and all doing
lsiness with the city are stimulated
!tO believing that he is a fool VINO
ices not to the extent of his oppor-
Enity play the crooked game.
Nhen crookedness is at the top why
should the bottom be virtuous?
Thus not only is there constant
}mbezzlement at the public's ex-
fense, but thousands of otherwise
bod men are corrupted. The issue
fus, like most other economic ones,
Iaomes moral one. Tammany
|sans, and necessarily means, hui
Enn degradation. It breaks down
Edvidual character and negatives
e good results of labors to enlarge
ben and women.
Are you listening, Mr.. and Mrs.
md Miss Voter? Remember, you
tsle the power to smash this cor
furting system. Do you intend to
Kglect the opportunity? Do you
lalsent by your acts of omission te
lau more years of Hvlan?
And you, gentlemen and ladies OF
committees of elaboration and con-
Ference, are you properly alive t.
i@ trust reposed in you? Have yor
INs littleness and selfshness ant
sn pride out Of your minds? Have
M concentrated your thought OF
ae one duty Of being true to youl
Espcnsibility?
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24

that reason attempt to deny to. Japan
all opportunity to expand?
Eastern Siberia. now practically
unoccupied, may prove the key to
unlock the Pacific deadlock. In the
reaches of the valley of the lower
Amur is room for large population,
If Japan gained an outlet there, per-
haps she would cease to complain
that she is asked to consent to re-
strictive encirclement and that this
is not fair.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24

What Is Poetrye
Ftesa 1As Cleseasxd Pssis Dcslers
HE STRIVES to catch the vague,
H elusive thought
And clip its pinisAs to the rules Of
rhyme;
Far-fetehed his matter, and his words
dear-beught
And short hid time
And every intsrruptisn drives away
The dancing fancy he had alnasst
caught;
The jarring neises Of the esnmsn day
Intrude unsought-
Again the distant gieaxa be tries - sec5
Again the present will not let il stay:
What heavenly music fades befsrs tie
giee
! OF childish pIayl
The Muse has hed before busy wife.
Before a child that Chambers "a his
knee:
They spoil the poets rhynes-aad dli
his life
TED ROBINSON.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24

illling of them. In Massachusetts
they are able to vote for the filing
OF offices, but are not themselves
eligible to fill them. Gilbert's Lord
Chancellor sang that the law is the
embodiment of everything that's ex-
cellent. Pickwick held that it was
an absurd ass. II seems at times to
be both.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
Freedom of the Press
Reou,der William II. Lan1ars Letter on The Milwaukee,
Leader and New York Call Gases

ci&3S MEALS Is not suppression, cur I
agxssnob impressed by it. Any one
Familiar with the circulation problem
knows that commercially it is impos-
sible for q !, periodical to cireolate at
all;rif it cannot circulate at second
class rates
Po1oer of Postmasier General
It is true that the rule announced in
The Milwaukee Leader decision is now
the law. But it is equally true that the
doctrine is grave blow at free press.
1t empowers the postmaster to WELD
the power of efficient threat over the
head Of newspaper publisher unless
he conform. 1t empowers him to de-
stroy the business of newspaper or
periodical by revoking its second class
permit, and to do this through the ex-
sraordinary method Of permitting the
suppression OF future issues because Of
supposed past wrongdoing.
Nor is it any answer to say that re
dress may be secured by resort to
court Of equity. In the first place, as
the law stands, the court cannot pass
upon the merits of the matter ard sub
stitute its judgment for the judgment
OF the Postm aster General. 1t can only
reverse him, if it be convinced that
there was no evidence whatever to sup
port his finding, or in case it believes
linn so clearly wrong that no reasonable
man could have reached the conclusion
reached by him. When one considers
the familiar fact that a given number
of equally reasonable human beings
will, place widely different construc-
tiens upon words, it is not hard to see
that it is we'll nigh impossible ever to
reverse the Postmaster General. Fur
thermore. it must be borne in mind that
the Postmaster General is not required
by law to give notice or hearing before
! revocation of the second class mailing
permit, and that there is no provision
whatever for tYial in the first in
stance at which the unhappy publisher
may present his side Of the case. And
this in spite Of the fact that, once the
trder has been issued, to all intents
and purposes the damage has been
done.
Court Reraesc Futile
Many of the same considerations ap-
ply to the orders Of the Postmaster
General in excluding printed matter al
together from the mails. There is nc
r.otiee or hearing given. The courts
on review cannot pass upon the merits
and, most important Of all, even if the
publisher succeed in reversing The
Postmaster General, his victory will
net help him because the issue Of
his periodical which has been held up
i would reach its readers so late as ia
be useless.
Mr. Lamar iustifes the action Of the
department while he was solicitor il
revoking or Withholding the second elias!
!. permits Of The Milwaukee Leader, Tn,
i Cali and The Liherator. He neglects
however, to inform your readers tina
his action in this regard has recent
been reversed by Will Hays in opinion
which repudiate Mr.. Lsmar's policy a
! to these papers.
Il Those who believe in the social valu
of keeping the press free from tn
! power of any public offieial will deplor
the fact that the Supreme Court ha
; sustained the poxer of the Postmsste
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24

fFyo~ TIE London Mercarg)
REY sky;
Grey weather;
Sad sedges signing;
Summer is dead,
Autumn is dying.
Fast overhead
Two great birds flying;
One changing cry,
A vhirry of wingins,
Two rigid neeks, -
Four great wings swinging
And then, two specks
Far south, together,
Fade to the eye
Grey geese, grey sky,
Grey weather.
KENNETH ASHLEY
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
the Editor of The Tribune:


Sir: The very full letter written ty
William II. Lamar in regard to the
freedom Of the press and printed in
your issue of july 81 deserves re-
joinder from those who take different
view Of the subject from thSt enter
tanned by him.
A discussion Of free press centers
around three points: (1) criminal pros
ecutions; (2) exclusion from the mails;
I3) denial of second class mailing per
mits. I notice in your editorial COM
ment on Mr.. Lamar's letter that you
say: "To participate in insurreetion is
treason, but deliberately to incite in
surrection is not treason. Fortunately
the Supreme Court does not join in this
sffront to common sense" May I sug-
gest that this is not an affront to COM
mon sense; that it is q doctrine ex-
plicitly set forth in our Constitution,
md that since the decision of the great
Chief Justice of the United States n
the Burr trial the converse of the prop
osition has never been the law. The
Constitution explicitly requires an
overt act testified to by two witnesses
to constitute proof of the crime of
treason. Mere incitation in the ab-
sence of an overt act is not and never
has been held to be sufficient.
s'Mere Incitution"
Moreover, when we come to the ques-
ton of criminal prosecutions (other
than for treason) for. words spoken or
written, mere incitation is not sufi-
cient. In the decisions of the Supreme
Court constituting the espionage act the
doctrine is we'll established that words
of mere indication must be coupled
with a criminal intent and must be ut
tered under such circumstances as to
create a clear and present danger OF
the consummation of forbidden harm
IN order constitutionally to sustain
their penalization.
Mr.. Lamar in his letter wholly ig-
nores the clear and present danger
| test. Your editorial comment wholly
ignores it. Both rest upon the theory
that words may be punished if they
contain incitation and if their uttereg
is deemed TO have intended to ac-
complish forbidden harm. This is not
the law as decided by the Supreme
Court, and I am surprised that MI
| Jorer ia pot aware of the fact
In discussing the effect of the Su-
preme Courts decision in The Mil
waukee Leader case Mr.. Lamar,
think, creates an impression somewhat
misleading. The point in that decision
was not the right Of the Postmaster
General to exclude from the mail!
matter deemed by him to violate statu
tory provisions. The case turned upoT
the power Of the Postmaster Genera
under the classification act of 1879 ts
prohibit mailing at second-class rate'
Ct future issues of q newspaper or pc
riodicai because its past issues wer,
deemed by him to have contained mat
ter which violated some other stututos,
provision. This clearly is a diffcren
question and one which all fair -minde'
men must say gives to the Possmaste
| General the power to control With
certain limits the character Of printe
matter which circulates at secord-clas
| rates. l am familiar with the argu
ment that exclusion from the second
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
A Week Of Verse
A Song to the Valiant

- Dong TO suS 4tauC
lFron Tie Los6ss Mezexy1)
FLL walk on the ssorm-swept side Of
the hill
In my young days. in my strong days,
In the days Of ardent pleasure.
I'll go where the winds are feree and
chill
On the storn1-swept side Of the daring
And there viii sheut my song lays
In nadly tumbiing measure.
Hiiloo the dusk,
And hilloo the dark!
The wind hath trsk
And wear its mark.
The dsy's last spark hath . valiant will:
HiIloo the dark on the vind-swept hilli
From the hour Of pain
Two joys we gain
The strife and the after-leisure.
m walk on the sheltered side of tbe hin
In my old days, in my cnld days,
AS the sap Of life is waning.
III find 9 road where the trees are still
On the sheltered side Of the placid Aill-
And dream drssm Of the bold days
When the leash Of Time was ssra;ninx.
Alden the SHOWS,
And the fang that rips,
And hilloo the rose
With her velvet lips.
Where the brown bee sips vath his ger
geous lust
III pay back earth with her borrowed
dust;
Nor shall gricve
At the clay leave
But joy in the gifts I'm gaining.
Lord. hear rhou the prayer OF poets
. soul,
In his FIRE days, when his Tyre plays.
And his song is swift with passion.
Give to him prowess to near the gosl.
While his limbs are firm and his sight is
whole
Make brief his stay in the dire days
When the paling heart is ashen.
The storm-swept sides
OF the hill belong
To the soul that rides
To the gates OF song;
May his days be long where the Id
winds play:
On the sheltered side let him briefly
stay;
When his muse grows dumb
Let the darkness come
In the 0rient's fine, swift fashion.
WILSON MACDONALD
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24

from The MeuAreJ
THE rhymes my master taught TO me-
I've learned them word for word,
So to-day my master brought 10 ne
4 cage with q tame blackbird.
A stout, round, woven wicker Gag.
With handle on the top,
And the bird inst como of singing age
Nor yet with sense to stop.
But I'd give all the tame blackbird~
That ever lifted note
For little woven cage of words
Should hold the dreams that float
Just out Of reach the livelong day
On lazy, vexing wing
oh then what would my master say
To hear his blackbird sing.
BERNARD RAYNUND.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
fFro.n The Toledo Blade)

From The Toledo B1sde)
Americans used to get sweet-souud-
ing phrases on the subject Of open d.
riomaey, but the phrases didn't mean
anything. Now Americans are getting
genuine open diplomacy.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
Our Present Need

From The Indianapolis NesDa)
The country, of course, is interested
in the new gun that can hurl projee-
tile 200 miles, but it wculd be more in
terested in device to project cool air
from the Rockies.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24

.s surenass m,sehaHdlse advertised in TH1
.,sass vita absolute satssy--fcr II dissatissac-
. ,-sss In any case ThE TRIBUNE euarsn-
;. .ay yovr money hack uron request No red
q se suissHas We make good promptly II
,ss.rissr does net.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
-.vrs oF ruB Assoc1ArEp pRsss

=. ,,s.asisi Press Is exclusively entitled 10
:. fos republication OF ell news dispatches
= 10 # or not otherwise credited IN this
,nd also tie iccel nsws Of spcutsaeou.
K sssfs @, repabiicatiou OF all oti.ss matter
T. Is, ar rescrvei.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
The March of Progress

fFrom The Clsve1and Plain DedssY)
There are $4,000 divorce suits pend
ing in the courts of Paris. Is the world
getting Americanized!
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24

Forgotten
Prom Pset7gt
How can ! remember
- Autumn and pain,
When trees hold dreams
IN theiY arms again!
=
How can my heart break
Till it cries;
The 10Y Of summer
Has made me wise.
I cant remember
What hurt me So
Autumn and winter
We're" b long ago.
HAROLD YTNAIA
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24

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a.n Published daih Ogden Reid. i'rcsl-
J. y,rsor Rogers. vicc-r-csteSnt. Ee,en
49, Ss,rs;a-7 r. E Msxf;e'd Treasurer.
1,.eaue fmlldins. ~ Nassau Street New
r,;c,hoac Hickman sosa.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
-,,rrtoN RATES --~ riy rstl mciua,ns
FBSehsrS. TzfY. UNITED STATES
FOREIGN RATTs
GUARANTY

-. s tbs 2os;omc 3; New York as Second
cas- Mai Matter.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-29
THAT $5OO,OOO

right the Office said
ny ns s to os IN n %s @ @
accounts and deposing in banks without interest the sweet
Tuesday commissioner
100000 from these accounts This he has with
having deprived the schools of its and having provided great
by strong money
Whether the state owes any of this money to essecs is another
We feel for the banks Their assistance defeating
a 5 mamse o t Mss bs 1s ms a
the statu in the belief that they could keep it, week after
First National w
tenn Of dvorm the p the we do
the land commissioner in his official capacity is
attorney
general has held that the commissioner this
before the cecon amendment number would have carried
As few instances Of this kind come % to light as proof the
people will believe the journal in spite of partisan assaults
deed show the Now right
There money suspense the
commissioner o how They tell
Field viii YOU give us the exact Of money s your pos
session and deposited in banks without
turning money how politically
flee has quit its to the tune soooco Perhaps the
easing of its conscience I'm this matter will induce other
We wish knew the inside Of this Did Mr. Field
decide on on a his % S to ask tine onon Of I'll the
thing and advised his course? We really hope the latter se
people amendment number seven
votes of protest against conditions the office
accepted anything gave promise change
BY the hep Of favored banks and the cattle and sheep
men who frightened into the false belief that they would
Unless the methods the land office changed VIII be
sypatic coperation whenever feel that the land office is
office journal agitation
The rights OF the people finally will prevail.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-29
WOULD PROHIBIT
IMPERSONATING A
KING OR QUEEN
Representative Herrick Of
Oklahoma Seeks to Pun
ish Those Who Represent
Royalty in Plays.

Washington, Sept. 2S.-Anyone
impersonating king or queen in
a play, pageant or carnival would
be liable to a fine of not more
than ten to twenty years under a
bill introduced today by Represen-
tative Herrick, republican. Okla
homa. Similar penalties are pro-
posed for producers who engage
some one to act like a king or
queen.
In Representative Herrick's
opinion, those who would disre-
gard his bill, if enacted, would be
guilty of fostering and promoting
ideas reasonable to and in contra
vention Of the principles on which
the government of the United
States is founded and main
tained."
Among half dozen other unus-
ual measures presented by Repre-
sentative Herrick was bill de-
signed to fix Standardized wages
for labor in all vocations and in
dustries" and standardized prices
of all kinds Of commodities; a
bill, to fix the price OF wheat for
the next ten years at from $3.50 to
81 a bushel and resolution urg-
ing the American govern
ment to request France to re-
place colored troops In the occu-
pied area of Germany with white
soldiers.