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New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
A Lloyd George Party

Lloyd George is said to be consid-
ering the organization of new po-
litical party in Great Britain and to
hope to guide it into power when the
coalition government is dissolved.
Public men who have been per-
mitted to play such role as he has
played in Great Britain for six years
seldom like political parties. They
yield to the necessity Of having
them, but chafe under their restrain
ing influence. The British Prime
Minister, in the manner of other hu-
man beings, would have his own way,
and if forced to outward compliance
would doubtless prefer to be captain
of his own personally conducted
party.
What this party, or image Of one,
would do should it's leader be given
personal vote of confidence and
practically power of attorney to
do as he pleases is, of course, mat
ter of diverse prediction. The AS
quith Liberals passionately believe
their former associate became a per-
vert when he broke with them. That
some change of point of view has
occurred is natural, but that it has
occurred does not necessarily imply
defiatlon of sincerity. Mr.. George
was never a moral behemoth like
Gladstone.
Opportunism always has been his
creed. He has Welshman's quick
desire to please. Puck cannot easily
become Prospero. Even in his most
radical days Lloyd George was
seldom doctrinaire during long
stretch of time.
In essentials Mr.. George seems to
continue to be radical - to have
visions of better days. His interest
IN progressive social legislation is un-
blunted. His is not the conservative
temper. If he ventures on attempt
ing the organization of a new party
one can imagine that it's program
will strongly favor change and a
deepening and broadening of democ-
racy. The remaining conservatives
of England are significantly skepti-
cal of the theory that Lloyd George
has become at heart one of them.
So far as concerns Mr.. Georges op-
position to the Labor party, it seems
due more to its lack of practi-
cal sense than to it's underlying
principles.
If the proposed Centrist party is
organized and gains power, with
Lloyd George as helmsman, its
course is more likely to be toward
the Left than toward the Right.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
Volunteer Hospitals Need
Substantial Aid Essential to Garry
On Its Effective Work

On Its Effective Work
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: / desire to thank you far The
Tribune's very helpful editorial re-
specting the Volunteer Hospital, at
Beekman and Water streets, and its
present plight"
1t is fact that the Volunteer Hos
pital has an almost phenomenal record
OF efficient work in this downtown
crowded section of Manhattan. 1t has had
no less than $500 ambulance calks and
given upward of 10000 surgical and
medical treatments during 1920 alone.
When it is taken into consideration
that only rs per cent of the expenses
of the hospital are earned, the re-
mainder being met by gratuities, you
can readily appreciate our present
need for financial assistance.
In this the richest section of Man
hattan--in fact, of this great coulttry-
are there not some among The
Tribune's readers who will come for
ward and render us material aid?
The campaign which we have been
conducting for the last fortnight or
more has received large numbm Of
small contributions. We now need
some substantial contributions.
Checks win be acknowledged by
Robert l.. Smith, cashier of the Il.vine
National Bank, 233 Broadway, city.
DARLINGTON BOOTH, Presidcnt.
New York, Dec. 9, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
rather be cop than the gleatest
surgeon in the world"

rather be q cop than the GREATEST
surgeon in the world"
Sergeant Birmingham hn,s a
genius for following trails. lie has
tracked down more than 200 muir
derers. He has also proved that a
first-class detective need not be a
ruffian. He has never been q. prac-
titioner of the third degree. Tn rture
chamber methods are not merely re-
voting to him; he is convinced that
they do not pay. Without using in
timidation he is credited with having
obtained more confessions from men
accused of crime than any other de-
tective in the history of the detec-
tive division.
Sergeant Bermingham's record
throws a light on the stupidity of
officers of the law who believe that
brutality is necessary to put 4felons
where they belong and who often
browbeat and batter the innocent.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
By

Nletzsche was a startling, disquieting,
defiant challenger, disdaining both the
past and the present; revolutionary,
and, as he was fond of saying, an anti
Christ. SO Wagner's 'snuffling CAB
BILE" about Christianity, set forth in
the pious "Parsifal" and its subse-
quent senilities, finished Nietzsche, and
he went his ways to madness and OBJ
livion. "He was outraged and disgust
ed" and, making his bow, he clicked
his heels together and said goodby.
II doubt" says Mr.. Mencken, Chat
either man had much permanent infiu-
ence on the other" though both de-
scended to monkey -shines-Nietzsch
in also Sprach Zarathustra"-b
they ended. Nietzsche's ideas, to most
men appalling, are dealt by the years
with friendliness. More and more they
tend to prevail, "only blockheads to-
day know nothing of them, and only
fools are mistaken by them" I am
told by the night editor of The Trib,
unc as | turn this in that one of
Nietzsche's most human precepts, if
followed by the fools and the block
heads, would seriously interfere with
journalism and with life in its jaunti-
est aspect. what" asked /, "is this
so important gonfalon leading US to
the prudence, discretion and secrecy
inimical to excitement on the front
pages?" ''The wisest thing that
Nietzsche ever said," the night editor
told me, twas his exhortation, pro-
nounced somewhere in his works, to
SHIN the shodoa0sr"
The correspondence between George
Sand and Gustave Flaubert is trans
lated by Aimee l.. Mckenzie and in
troduced by Professor Stuart P. Sher-
man. Here" says Professor Sherman,
"is banquet spread for the reflective
and critical faculties in an intercourse
of natural antagonists. The largest
interest of this corresponds. se de-
pends precisely upon the continuance,
beneath an affectionate personal re-
lationship, of fundamental antagon-
ism of interests and beliefs, resolutely
maintained on both sides"
Here are sprightlier letters than
those of Niet2sche and Wagner, be-
cause they treat less of the health and
illnesses of their writers and more of
what they are feeling and thinking
about. II don't know where you are
at present, Cruchard of my heart. .
am anxious about Sainte- Beuve.
p. The odor of corpses STILES me.
/. We must believe that we love
one another. | saw l'Autre'
last evening and wept several times
(. You forget there is something
above art, namely, wisdom. The
money was stolen; l did not receive it.
{. 1t is not silly to embrace each
other on New Years Day; on the con-
trary, it is good and it is wise. :.
My love to your mother. :. Friend
of my heart, the children send their
regards"
Both books, as Mr.. Liveright in
Inmates, and as another reviewer has
said, are we'll worth reading.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
The Importance of Guam

The four-power Pacific treaty.
pledges each signatory to respect the
territorial rights of the other sig
natories "in relation to their insular
possessions and insular dominions."
1t is broad guaranty of stabiliza-
ton and non-aggression-the first of
the compacts which are to tran
quillize the Far East.
1t leaves untouched the question of
defensive fertilization of these isl
ands. 1t is to be assumed that Aus
tralia, New Zealand and Japan will
continue to protect their coasts in
any way they may see fit. The
treaty contemplates the contingency
Ia remote one, of course-that an
outside power may attack these
Pacific islands. Within treaty
guaranty each signatory is appar-
entity left free to repair what it con-
siders deficiencies in it's system of
defense.
1t is frequently reported from
Washington that the Japanese are
anxious to secure an agreement
which would restrict further forti-
fication of what they call "advanced
bases" Japan's present defensive
position in the western Pacific is
secure. She has many advantageous
naval bases. No other power could
hope to attack her successfully. Be-
ing thus amply protected, under the
present naval ratio or under the pro-
posed 55-3 ratio, there doesn't seem
to be any sound reason why she
should begrudge any other of the
three treaty nations the right to put
its own insular defense in proper
order.
The Wilson Administrative wanted
to turn the Philippines loose and
took little interest in protecting the
archipelago. Eortifying the islands
would, in fact, hardly be worth while
now. Practically all the strategists
are agreed that they must be de-
Tended by naval force, and that their
best defense is a "feet in being"
based on Guam.
Guam is the key to the western
Pacific. The Wilson Administration
neglected to develop Apra harbor
into a naval base. Is that omission
to bind us in the future? 1t is said
in dispatches from Washington that
to make Guam real naval base
would cost hundreds of millions of
dollars" But to make it secure
base through fortifcation would cost
very little.
In his "Strategy in the Pacific"
Mr.. Hector G. Bywater writes: "Ac-
cording to plan submitted in 1905,
Guam could have been made vir-
tually impregnable for an outlay of
$7,5OO,000, which included the erec-
tion of shore batteries and the laying
of mine fields and other obstruc-
tions." This work was not under
taken, however, and the island re-
mains practically valueless for naval
purposes, although it is the key posi-
tion on our Pacific frontier.
AS a matter of mere defensive pre-
caution Apra harbor should be forti-
fed and made available as a naval
base. A base there would not be a
threat to any one. And it is essen
tial in any scheme for defending the
Philippines.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12

hall. A fatuliva bird swooped
down gracefully and perched in one
Of the trees. From the distance
came the noise of the islanders per-
forming their umbrella drill. Sun
sets seemed to mingle with sunrises.
The air grew thick with i.a per-
fume of "the lily u~cN l..y that DER
laced the seas" The South Sea
school of literature has reason to be
proud Of the new minstrel.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
Flaubert Centenary Memorial

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: La societe des Gems de
Lettres, desiring to celebrate in a
worthy manner the centenary OF
Gustave Flaubert December II, l92li'
has decided to erect in Paris COM
memorative monument. Committees
have been appointed to carry out the
plan. The Senate has granted SITE
in the Luxembourg Gardens. SUB
scriptions are being received.
All who cherish French literature WIZ
wish to be associated with movemens
that will render to Gustave ElauberI'
to his work and to his character the
tardy homage OF national admiratloh'
Subscriptions will be received by Ia
Societe des Gems de Lettres, 10 CITE
Rougemont. Paris.
EDMOND HARAUCOURT, Presidents
Paris, France, Dec. I, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
Gotham Gleanings
sEHiil.EiT SSII7sSS III sa;Yx7Sf
News are scarce this week,

News are scarce this week.
Looks like white New Years.
Mont Glass is in town, Rumor
hath it.
Horace Liveright sails for for
eign parts tomorrow.
st bway trains are pretty crowd
ed nowadays. If.
Frank Cases mother of Buffalo.
Ils visiting the w k. boniface.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Train gave a
select luncheon yesterday.
Art Ferguson was a caller for
an hour or two last Thurs.
Miss Margaret Grove plaved
some fine tennis Sat afternoon.
Miss Janet Flanner is back in
~. Y. after 6 mos. absence in
Greece, etc.
The Thanatopsis Tongue Sand
witch and Literary Club omitted its
aEual meeting Sat- ev'g.
There isn't the slightest chance that
the boys and girls who care for hats
and coats in hotels and resta arants are
gang to organize small state. Ii,
huwever, they should do So
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
The Treaty's Scope

The four-power Pacltlc treaty ac-
complishes several things. 1t ends
the Anglo-Japanese alliance, and
thus pleases not only this country
but Canada, Australia, New Zealand
and South Africa. To have termi-
mated this dual compact without Of
fense to either Japan or Great
Britain is diplomatic achievement
of great Importance.
The treaty also stabilizes the stu
alton in the Far East so far as the
island possessions of the four sigma
tories are concerned. 1t only indi-
rectly deals with China, for China is
mainland 'Asiatic power. Yet it
must help in promoting other Far
Eastern settlements in which China
is concerned. The four-power treaty
and the Root resolutions, also
adopted by the conference, are the
basis for a concert concerning
eastern Asia and in the Pacific area
generally which will remove most of
the causes Of international dissen-
sion and friction there.
These are the immediate contri-
buttons to world peace which the
Washington conference has made.
1t is making other contributions.
The four-power treaty embodies the
principle of friendly cooperation
among the great powers and demon
strates that America is ready, as she
always has been, to accept the obli-
cations entailed by common inter-
national action. At Paris Mr.. Will
son used the wrong method of ap-
proach. America has stood for self
denying compacts. That is the
policy we have always pursued in
the Far East. 1t underhes the Hay
and Root doctrines. The conference
has returned to it, while rejecting
the implied commitment to war
which Mr.. Wilson wrote into the
League of Nations covenant. In
case of serious disagreement there
is no pledge to follow a course pre-
scribed in advance. Decision is left
open.
Concerts of this sort need not be
limited to the Pacific. They can be
extended to other parts of the world
where stabilization is sought and
where American cooperation is de-
sirable. The Eastern concert may
be supplemented By Western con-
cert. We have already a PAN
American concert. Wherever our
concerns reach--and they are prac-
tically world-wide-the procedure
so skillfully used by President Har-
ding and Mr.. Hughes may be en-
ployed. The naval limitation agree
ment will reduce the offensive
power of nations. International CO.
operation in the future will involve
more than ever the exercise not OF
armed pressure but of moral force.
In a striking fashion the pro.
posed four-power treaty emphasizes
the cardinal fact that the path OF
progress is in emphasizing common
interests and in minimizing separate
interests.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
Germany's s Unpaid Bill

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: When the Germans seek loan
in this country they should be se-
minded that President Wilson, wi tn
out the sanction of Congress, virtu d.
ly presented them with some twelny
billions of money due us under tn cir
own rules Of war, by which the losur
pays the bill. One would think this
colossal generosity quite enough for
generations to come. On what possible
ground can the Germans beg furth ssr
favors at our hands? CT. G.
Princeton, N. j., Dec. 10, 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
Irish Consulate Functions
he Edjtor of The TRIBUNE.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Statements have appeared la
the press intimating that certain osfs
ganizations are making arrangements
for the return of Irish men TO lreiahe
for employment when Irish peace y
established. 1t is premature to disf
cuss what arrangements may De nao5
for the future, but wish to point onl
that the Irish Consulate, lpzo-9
Temple Court Building, 1l9 Nassa4
Street, New York, is the only orgah'f
zation authorized to deal with mat1eIs
of employment, trade and eemmere7
for ireland, and that all matters per-
tanning thereto must be directed y
that address.
JOSEPH CONNOLLY,
Irish Consul General to y. $. n
New York, Dec. 10, l92l.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
For Sullivan Law Repeal
To the Editor Of the Tribune.

To the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: I read with pleasure the lette-
of William T. Hornaday on Bandits
Upper Hand" Mr.. Hornaday is abso-
lutely right. The Sullivan law is
ridiculous and should be repealed.
should be glad to join movement to
change the present law by appealing to
the Legislature to Substitute some
other law, so THAT the law-abiding citi-
zens, rather than the bandits, may re-
ceive protection. M. WI
New York, Dec. Q, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
The Traffic Cops Honor Roll

+. p. A: Ny favorite traffic cop
was the frog stationed at the south
gate Of Metz on May s, 1919, at 10
p. m. I had orders to proceed from
Luxembourg to st. Afghan for dis
charge, and I was, curiously, impa-
ticnt to get there. l was getting there
okeh. But had no A. E. F. pass-the
only kind giving entrance to Metz. I
got in all right; but this chap held up
our car and asked for an explanation
Con the way out). | showed him my
orders and murmured pour demobil-
izer," and instead of taking us back to
the quarter general he slipped me
through with "Bon voyage; damn
good luck" He was not, as the franco
phile anti Wilsonites might have said,
possessed of sens obligatoire.
And that brings up my guiltiest fear:
I've never dared tell this incident be-
fore, lest the reviewing authorities
might declare my discharge technical.
ly invalid and indorse me back to
Hdqtrs, Luxembourg section r. r. & c.,
and complete report. HAMMIE.
Admiral Beatty, returning to Europe,
says he had 'perfectly hectic" time
in the United States. Apparently it's
no use; our long campaign is failure,
and we advise f. P. A. to surrender,
too. Nobody is on our side but Noah
Webster, and he's dead. "Hectic," says
Webster, means:
Habtual; constitutional; pertain
ing especially to the slow waste of
animal tissues, as in consumption
1t is from the French "hectique."
meaning "habitual," and that comes di-
rectly from the Greek word for
"habtual." 1t has no other legitimate
phrases "hectic fever" and "hectic
flush" meaning a habitua fever or
flush, have caused people to think "hec-
tic" means "feverish," flushed" or
''eXciting.'
SO we surrender, first because when
an error is once implanted in the Brit
ish Admiralty it can never be erad-
Gated, and, secondly, because in pro-
longed struggle between the dictionary
and the people the dictionary always
gets licked.
Dictionaries have no stamina; they
never carry a fight through to the end.
When the people misuse a word, the
photographers all shout, ''Y ou're wrong,
you're wrong" Then if the people 90
on misusing it, the dictionary makers
say, Very well, have it your own way"
From now on, The Star will contine
its efforts to proving that "like" does
not mean "as if."-St. Louis Star.
We have been crusading against
hectic for fifteen years; drawing four
cards, you might say, to hectic flush.
And, fair as The Star when only one
is shining in St. Louis, we surrender.
But against the misuse of "whom";
the prepositional use Of 'like'; the
locution 81 see where it says; and
gotten we never, never will give up
the fight till our last lastline is passed.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
Pedestrians and Autos

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to your editorial ca
"The Automobile Peril" | herewith
submit solution that will materially,
reduce these casualties:
Compel all pedestrians using country
roads to walk on the left side, thus
facing all cars approaching on their.
side. This is the universal practice Of
all railroad men when walking on the
railroad. ENGINEER
New York, Dec o, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12

will show similar good results. No
one will accuse Miss Robertson of
consciously favoring baby killing,
yet the excellence of her motives
does not remove the fact that her
policy, if followed, means a vast
number of unnecessary deaths.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
To the Editor of The Tribune

Sir: When the contributors debate
IN your columns regarding the culpa-
bilty of automobile drivers as AGAINST
that OF pedestrians has reached the
stage where somebody should tell the
old one about Partisan law levyinc
fines upon all pedestrians who are in
jured by taxicabs, please call upon me.
[ can even add q pithy personal anec-
dote regarding my own arrest for "iav
walking in Galveston. W. r. C.
New York, Dec. 9, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
The Inevitable

fFrom The Washington Star)
The eventual fate of Il battleship is
to be scrapped The operation could be
performed with far more dignity and
FAR less disaster in time of peace than
in time Of war.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
The Tower
THE LAW ABIDING CHAUFFEUR

THE LAW ABIDING CHAUFFEUR
Horace: Book L. Ode "a
"Integor pit@ sceleriaque p,arus"--+
The guy who sticks to traffic rules
Need fear nor cops nor drunken fools;
May jazz along with look seraphic
And boldly seek the thickest traffic.
Why once upon a balmy day
While driving on the Appian Way
| passed cop at pace pacific
And got bawling out terrific!
Resolving then to make things
square,
With honest gaze and upright stare
| drove his way some few days after
And swerved upon the crooked
CRATER.
He tried to dodge, but stood trans-
(My honest gazing had him mixed.)
Then stepping, Fuscus, on the
throttle
I grazcd his hip (and smashed
bottlc)!
Eheu! The scene that then ensued
With laughter rife and comments
rude!
Good citizens my action lauded
And all the Quirites applauded.
Be honest then, and free of fear.
cat least, contrive so to appearD
Then can no lions Numidian hurt
you,
For such is the reward of virtue.
JACK ALEXANDER.
Inspired by the arresting cable to
the effect that a single--or, rather, one
fly produces 1886. .969, 1897 100 de-
scendants, the assistant managing ed
itor, who has his serious side, sings
the following
ODE TO A FLY
little fly, ere long you'll be
AT least 1886, 1863. 1887 ,755,lO3
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12

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New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
Eoqcine the Credit

Some parents don't want their chil-
dren to believe in Santa Claus be-
cause they are gluttons for gratl-
tude.
Copyright by James J. Mentague)
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
Social Distinction
Well to Bean Early

Probably Secretary Christian has
already begun his memoirs.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
Old Ironsides
(Repritien to meet The Requirements Of The
Disarmament Programl

(Rewritten 10 meet The requirement, Of he
Disarmament Program
Ay, tear her tattered ensign down,
1t costs the u. S. A.
Some fifty thousand dollars cash
To run that ship a day.
Her upkeep and her overhead,
Her cost for coal and crew,
Her wireless set and engine oil
Are charged to me and you.
Her decks are caulked with hemp
and tar,
Which articles come high;
Her paint, her pipes, her anchor
chains,
We citizens must buy.
Whenever on the rolling wave
She leaves her foam-hecked
tracks,
She hikes the nations overhead
And boosts the income tax.
Oh, better that her shattered hulk
Should sink beneath the wave
Than that she daily should
consume
The coin we ought to save.
Too long the public treasury
This costly junk has tapped;
An overburdened country won't
Breathe easy till she's scrapped!
Social Distinction
Nowadays, if a gentleman in Wash
ington is seen with souse, it is
known that he has the entree t.
the foreign legations.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
MONDAY, DECEMBER II, 1921
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