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New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
An Established Case

The reaction in this country and
throughout the world to the frank
diplomacy Of Premier BRAND seems
wholly favorable. M. BRAND may
have overstressed some matters and
have untactfully neglected to empha-
size what number Of nations did in
France. But his main case is unas-
sailable and his powerful exposition
of it scatters confusion.
Were Canada Germany, and Mex
leo Russia, would this country be
willing to be armyless? 1t would
not. Moreover, it would regard as
stupid or malicious any criticism Of
as as imperialistic or militaristic or
possessed of a spirit Of aggression
because it refused to disarm.
Since the armistice folly and alb
surdity have often paraded them
selves. But the most strutting non
sense is that of those who in one
breath have said Germany's words
are 10 be accepted at face value, and
In the next that it is risky to guar
antee France against aggression.
Particularly corroborative Of the
general accuracy of the BRAND
speech is the wild outburst against
France which comes from the Ger
man press. How wild is the thirst
for revenge is shown in every line.
The snarling is that of confined
beast. Could the Gagged animal break
its bars it would leap again straight
at the throats Of France and Belgium.
When Germany feels this way one
may guess whether or not she is, in
the thorough German way, doing
what lies in her power to get ready.
Presenting the facts in bald way,
the French Premier has projected on
the worlds screen the supreme in
ternational question. This question
is whether or not France is to be
Jointly protected if Germany attacks.
If there is adequate insurance, then
German rage, taking counsel of pru-
dence, is likely to subside. Other
wise, it may be expected to work
itself into new furies. Are all those
who loudly trumpet solicitude for
peace real friends Of peace?
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

eighteen has become flapper of
such youthful absurdities that no
novelist of repute takes her seriously
any longer. 1t is a far cry from
Edna Ferber's Charlie back to
George Eliot's Dorothea, who, a
widow at twenty, was managing her
estate and generally comporting her.
self with the decorum suitable to a
dowager of sixty.
This is the era of the girl who
takes a long time to grow up. Col
leges for women began it, perhaps,
with their lesson that eighteen is not
the end Of youth. Business openings
for girls have, also prolonged the
youth period. The modern young
woman assumes the right to few
years of fun--she may call it work
or career--before she settles down
to the real business Of life. But
there is some confusion. One maga-
zine tells the young woman she is en-
titled to long girlhood and another
pictures her woe because she did not
succeed in getting married at twenty.
So there is strength to the argument
that the spinster should be standard
lied. But, better still, perhaps it
would be we'll to abolish the old maid
altogether as an institution and dis
cuss human beings merely RS human
beings. Even as far back as a CEN
tury ago Charles Lamb prayed for
the arrival Of the time when mature,
unmarried womanhood could be men
toned In mixed companies without
the topic being made a matter Of jest.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
Knots an Hour
Explaining to Landsmen Why the
Phrase Is Pathological
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: James Foreman sr. makes =
very weak attempt to defend the phrase
"knots an hour" and succeeds only in
proving that, to use his own words,
"the speed of the ship was worked out
In mileage an hour" Exactly! A ship
that makes speed of fifteen nautical
miles an hour has speed of fifteen
knots.
Where Mr.. Foreman obtained his In
formation to the effect that the knots
in log line are spaced at intervals Of
47.42 feet is a mystery to me. The
knots are spaced at intervals of 25.3S
feet when ffteen-second sand glass ID
used and at intervals of 5O.66 feet
when thirty-second sand glass is used.
The term "knot" is distinctly unit
Of speed, taking into consideration both
distance and time, and is not unit Of
length or distance, although frequently
SO used enormously.
For authorities on this subject re-
fer you to the following books: From
Keel to Truck" by Captain Paasch;
Pocket Book for Marine Engineers"
by Seaton & Rounthwaite; "Mechanica
Engineers Pocket Book" by Kent.
HAROLD A. GOESLE.
New York, Nov. %. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
No Washington Battle
Protest Against Lauzanne' Remark:
on Beaten" Nations

OH Oedtcn lNauOnS
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In an article in Sundays Trib-
ehe Stephane Lauzanne, editor Of "Le
Matin," declares that at the Paris con-
terence, from the very first day, Amer
lea was beaten and England got what
she wanted; whereas at the Washing
ton conference, from the very first,
England was beaten and America got
what she wanted"
l most vehemently protest against
these allegations as being contrary to
the truth, most certainly so far as the
term beaten" is used, with all that i.
implies.
Mr. Lauzanne's statement as to the
result at Paris is an allusion to the
proposed freedom of the seas" one
OF former President Wilson'S cele-
brated but unfortunate fourteen
points, which point he readily sur
rendered to clarifying argument and
without being "beaten."
~iAo oSNoHu 0ilcSACIOH, CHAC IRON
the very first England was beaten" is
still further from the truth. To he
"beaten" implies conflict Of some
sort in which one of two opponents is
victorious and the other goes down to
defeat.
At Washington, as to this question
Of proportionate naval disarmament
there has been so far no such conflict,
but instead perfect concord.
When two parties enter voluntarily
into a mutual agreement Gas has been
the CASEY there is no question of one
beating the other. In the hux of time
conditions since the war have greatly
changed, and with them have changed
the ideas of men. In your columns the
fact has been stated again and again
that the British representatives at
Washington received Mr.. Hughes q
proposal for an equal (and reduced }
navy as between the United States and
Great Britain with instant and cordial
approval.
Still moro, this proposal has been
hailed by tho whols Of Great Britain,
with shs usmoat 1ubilation. Does this
look Ike being hoa&sn"7 In uttering
this foolish and untrue allegation, M.
Lauzanne seems TO be venting some
secret spite against faithful friend.
R. W. MACKRETH.
Ivy Depot, Va, Nov. 81, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

the erosion of the nacrcous luster Of
her tones which comes to singers
who feel dramatically as we'll as
vocalize. Compared with PATHS
voice Nilsson's had the greater emo
tional appeal, more Of that indefina-
bic quality which acts upon suscep-
tible human flesh like a mysterious
fluid, causing alternate suffusion and
recession Of blood in the veins, un-
volitional disturbances Of the lachry-
NAL glands, involuntary horripila-
iicn of the flesh.
When memory searches for high
artistic lights in the operate history
of the past it rests lovingly and ad-
miringly, almost wonderingly, upon
performance of Mozart's "Don Gio-
vanni" in which Nine. Nilsson was
ccnsorted with Mime. Fursch- Madi as
Donna Anna and Nine. Sembrich as
Zerlina. In her two airs as Donna
Tlvira Mime. Nilsson then reached
her highest noon, but for the many
she will live as the most perfect en-
tcdiment which they knew of Gou-
mods Marguerite. 1t was not the
Gretchen Of the German poet, not
the simple village maid with fingers
showing needle pricks and familiar
ity with the broom. AIRY Scheffer's
painting had served as it's model and
she was much Of the grande dame !;
hut its beauty exhaled from it like
perfume from rose, Stealing and
giving odor"; tribute went out to it
gladly and gratitude as for a beni-
son received. 1t was with a per-
formance Of Faust" with her in the
role of the heroine that the Metro
rolitan Opera House began it's re-
n1arkable history, and it was within
its walls that she gave representa-
tions which would be inspirations
could they be repeated now to Boito's
Margherita and Helen of Troy lin
"Me6stofele"), Eva Tin "Lohen-
grin"), Mignon and La Gioconda.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
The Caruso Memorial Concert

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Friends and admirers of Enrico
Caruso certainly could find no more
appropriate manner Of paying fitting
tribute to this great and lamented
artist than attending the memorial con-
cert to be given Sunday afternoon
November 27. Apart from the brilliant
array of artists who will take part in
the program-all his devoted friends
the cause to which the proceeds will be
donated should add interest to the
occasion.
The Verdi Home for Aged Musicians
in Milan, to which all the receipts for
the concert will be devoted, was
founded by the maestro, who himself
laid the cornerstone and saw the .edi.
flee on its way to completion before
he passed away. At present it gives
shelter to about eighty ex-artists OF
both sexes, all of whom are worthy
some of whom in their days were dis
tinguished. Were it not for the shelte,
afforded by the Verdi institution they
would be homeless and helpless.
The depreciation in values in Italy
has proved severe blow to the home
as the returns from the endowment
have been reduced to quarter of thei,
original purchasing power.
Surely Caruso, who passed away at the
zenith Of his fame and in the fullnes.
Of his artistic powers, could not wish
for more desirable disposition of the
funds to be realized by such concert
as is offered next Sunday afternoon
During his life he never failed to open
his purse when appeal was made to him
on behalf of a needy or suffering fel.
low artist. BY taking tickets for Sun.
days memorial the purchaser will be.
come a sharer in the true Caruse
spirit. W. JIG.
New York, Nov. e. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune's account this
morning of the farewell dinner to the
four Russians, Mollie Steiner and as.
sociates, it is stated:
Mr.. Erwin, editor of The New
York Call" was Kissed when he said
he had received advice that the four
deportees upon their arrival in Russia
would get a rather chilly reception,
and after order had been restored ne
denounced intolerance, whether eyi-
denced by radicals or by the bour-
geoisie."
AS both q speaker and one having
the dinner in charge, may | through
your letter column correct this state
ment? Although there were a few
Kisses when Mr.. Erwin denounced In
tolerance in Russia by the Bolshevin
and said these deportees may get .
chilly reception, most of the audience
applauded, and certainly when he wens
on and developed his plea for tolerance
by all classes, both in this country and
in Russia, he was continually inter-
rupted by applause.
HARRY WEINBERGER-
New York. Nov. %. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
Books e.,., Hammond b.

Mr.. Adams, in "The Tower" regales
himself and his contributors with
"reminiscences of the sirenic outcries
which used in other days to attract
the ingenious multitude to vaudeville
and the dime museums. Perhaps you
too recall the specious ballyhooer
who was wont to stand in front of the
honk-a-tonk and to fascinate you with
polysyllabic descriptions of Mons.
Leonardo, who could lift horse with
his teeth, and Of Bertha, who had
whiskers in addition to tattoos. That,
Of course, has little to do with this
mornings report Of the magazines,
Mr.. Whigham's austere METROPOLITAN"
in particular. Still, one is tempted to
put to ones mouth the sonorous mega
phone of guidance, and to tell, in the
eloquence of the barker" what there
is of edihcation and entertainment in
the Christmas number. Thus:
'SThe House Of the Five Swords'-
Inducting q new serial by Tristan
Tupper, author Of "Terwilliger." So
far the principal character is an in
FAINT lady Of ten, with copper curls and
personality. the orphaned offspring Of
II
Of the theater For her larklike ways
shs is called "Ths Robin" Others con.
cerned In the initial eventa are Colo
mel Cartwright, an impervious a-isto-
crat, who, when his sparkling son, Ed
mund, Is evicted from West Point. for
bids him the manor house. The colonel
Is one Of those quiet, stacy, oldfamily
patriots. Upon tho walls Of his
Colonial residence are five swords,
emblematic Of the Cartwrights' serv-
ice in battle for the Republic. The
oaks which flank the driveway are six
on one side and seven on the other,
symbolizing the pregnant thirteen
colonies. Into these star-spangled and
aquiline precincts "The Robin" is
adopted; and you may not be blamed
for expecting that in the final reaches
Of the tale the expelled Edmund, hav-
ing redeemed himself by valor, will
return with decorations. and be fond
of the child, who by that time will be
grown to interesting womanhood. The
story beckons US with pleasing, theat-
rical' gestures.
"The Beautiful and Damned"-1n
this installment of Mr.. F. Scott Fitz-
gerald's newest searching scrutiny Of
"the revolt of American youth" young
Gloria and her husband, Anthony, en-
broil themselves in public upon q
suburban railway platform. In the
course OF the contention she bites his
knuckles until they bleed. The topic
of their bitterness is one of destina-
tion. Gloria's shrill wish is to go
home; Anthony yearns for the Country
Club, where there is hip-oil and
ribaldry. Later in the week, when
Maury and Richard Caramel come cut
from Town, drunk and disorderly.
Gloria, after highball or two, escapes
from the party and rushes, barefooted,
into the dewy, open spaces.
MARY, Mary, Quite Contrary"-A
minor item in New York romances, dis
covered and related skillfully by Ed
ward Streeter. He cares for Mary. who
is so Fine that he does not feel like
dancing the intimate new dances with
her; while Suzanne, her pretty friend,
is just built for them. He marries
Suzanne after party at the Ritz, a
rainy night and no taxicab. Their baby
is present in the last line of the story,
rosily kicking in his bath. ejolly listls
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
New York, Nov. %. 1921.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: As to the phrase "knots 81
hour" the word KNOTS" when used IL
connection with the apesd Of aoati5g
craft. ts q measure OF velocity and DO.
OF distance. and this appears rom the
description Of the original now nearly
ohsolete) log and logline given By
James Foreman sr. in his letter Of No
vember 18.
When q sailor professional, not
amateur) wishes to state that his yes
sci passed q lightshjp at a d stance OF
about 1000 yards while at speed Of
about nine miles an hour he would say
that she passed it "half mile off, max.
ing nine knots"
The word KNOTS" Is used by sailors
as a short synonym for "rniles per
hour" If it is desired to address g
non-nautical audience the phrase miles
an hour" should be used as there is no
table of distance which uses knots
as unit, and the expression "knots
per hour" is Pathological and not In
telligible to some landsmen
VIATOR.
New York, Nov. %, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
Not s'Morally Disarmed"

Premier Brands warnings of the
lack Of moral disarmament in Ger
many are strikingly supported by a
German Reichswehr order, dated
September /, 1921, which is repro
duced in "Le Journal Of Paris. It
il signed by General Won Seeckt, the
head of the Reichswehr. 1t reads:
MINISTRY Of the Reichswehr.
"Chisf Of tho Direction Of the Army.
"No. Q. 21. r. 4. /.
"Signed, Won Seeckt.
Berlin, Sept. I. 1921.
Instructions as to the conduct and
combats Of troops Of all arms oper-
ating together are inclosed. They
take as basis the electives, arma-
ment and equipment of the modern
army OF great military power, and
not merely the German army of 1O0,-
900 men, formed in virtue of the
peace treaty.
"Only by keeping in mind lively
memory of the fighting equipment
taken away from US (airplanes, heavy
artillery, fighting cars, etc.) shall we
and the means and methods that will
permit us to maintain the struggle
against an enemy equipped in the
modern way. Their absence should
not make us afraid of attacking
Greater ability, better instruction,
skill in the utilization of the terrain.
the habit of availing ourselves fre-
quently OF the cover of night, can
partly replace them. The troops must.
above all, learn to escape by camou-
mage the view of enemy aviators. In
ene exercises part must frequently
De equipped without the modern
means of combat, while others should
De supposed to have them all.
"A decisive Importance must be at
tached, even in the smallest units, to
simultaneous action by all the arms.
particularly infantry and artillery.
"The instructions should enable
sne chiels and the troops to carry
out In practice uniform training,
considering the lessons of the war
end teaching the utilization Of all
arms.
"The missing chapters and annex
Will be published later.
"vON SEECKT."
Tho German military leaders are
still planning war of revenge on
France. Ludendorff speaks their
thoughts frankly. The German peo-
pie may not be willing at present to
hoed them; bat II France were to re-
ducA hsr army imprudsntly the ar
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

guments of Won Seeckt and Luden-
dorff would fall on fertile soil.
France acts FOR the world in keep
ing guard on the Rhine. She accepts
that duty in the common interest as
we'll as in her own interest. She
should not be hampered in her nec-
essary task.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
The Tower
WILLAMETTE


Last winter I was happy invalid
at Amafni, I sat in the Italian sun
shine - my mind and my soul
were my own. Now 1.-Two to the tune
OF telephone beil.--H. G. WELLS,
III The World, The Chicago Tribune.
and associated newspapers.
My mind and my soul were all my
own,
Last winter, down in Italy
Now l live to the tune ofa telephone.
| heard the sea make it's slumbrous
moan,
And l felt its peace flow over ME
My mind and my soul were all my own.
Perhaps I've pulled a terrible bone,
And Amalf's nowhere near the
Now live to the tune of telephone
thought of "Ann Veronica" Joan
And Peter" and my History
My mind and my soul were all my own.
And now Pm here in Washingtone,
In the jolly land of the so-called free;
Now live to the tune of telephone.
lin peace and quiet, and all alone
began this piece of prosody.
My mind and my soul were all my
Now live to the tune of telephone.
ITS all right; It's on tho sea; and in
Ito ,,1oAt
Living to the tune Of a telephone
bell is an accurate description of
colyumist's cloistered existence. Three
messages yesterday-and two letters
inquired the address of Mr. Samuel
Hopkins Adams. 1t is not our province
to inquire why anybody should want
it, but stamps, as Will Hays says, is
stamps; and it takes time to write let
ters, especially as we have no stenog-
rapher and not even an Office boy to
give the letters to, so that he may put
it in basket marked "OUT," instead
Of in the mail chute twenty feet dis
! tant, and as we write our letters in
longhand. He lives at Sd West Ninth
Street.
Time, as has often been said by lazy.
writer's, presses too hard to compose
the whole Of it, but here is the envoy
to "a Ballade of a Literary Naval
Holiday:
Naval poets, rollcking crew,
Will ye scrap your pens, with the
other toys?
What will Sir Henry Newbolt do?
And what will become of Alfred
Noyes2
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
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nas Use for republication OF all news dispatches
credited TO It not otherwise credited In this
paper. and also tho local news Of spontaneous
srisin published herein.
All tights OF republication Of all other matter
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

vsu esn purchase merchandise advertised In THE
rRiBuNE with absolute safet-feF II dlssatistae-
tten results In any case THE TRIBUNE suaran.
tees ts pay your money back upon request. Ne red
saps. No sulhhllns. We make coed promptly Il
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
The 1907 American Linotyper

[From The Brooklyn Citizen1
Yesterday afternoon at Aeolian Hall
Walter Damrosch gave the fourth of
his explanatory talks on Wagner's
"Niebelungcr Ring" "The Gobberdam-
ering" Twilight of the Gods), was
taken up and the first two acts given.
The "topless towers Of Ilium" are
preserved in Shakespeare's lines.-The
Times.
They miss it by page, in Bartlett.
Bartlett, as H. B. S. points out, pre-
serves them in Marlowe's mighty line.
The Joys Of Authorship
l wrote little story on my typewrit-
ing machine;
I sold my little story to a quarter
magazine;
sent it to the movie folks, and, though
they canned it fiat,
l saw my little story on the movie
screen at that! r. ]. B.
If The Times copy reader wrote the
cross-head just to see whether this
Argus Of Asteism would notice it his
will be o morning full of Thanksgiving.
And perfect head it was, too-"Choir
Boys Demand Treble Pay"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

Though-the tune is "Tit Willow'-
we probably shall not remark as we
die: "Thanksgivingl Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiyingl" F.P.A
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

Honorable Mention
I, too, have motored many a mile,
And many the cop that have met;
But I'll recommend for efhciency's fiji.
The cop at Canal and Lafayette.
E. S. MORRIS.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

they found book in Bluebeard
LandTau's villa. entitled "The Lives of
Great Prisoners" Which provokes:
Lives Of poisoners remind us
We can make our lives crime,
And. departing, leave behind us
Cyanide in the vials of time.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER "a, 1921
GUARANTY

Entsred at the Postof'ce at New York a. Second
Class Mail Matter.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL pEpYs

THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPYS
November 21--Early up, and to the
office. where all day, ard so 70 Kate's
and met my wife there, and she there
for supper, and to c. Gaige's and had
a fne dinner. and 30 home carly. to
fashion some verses, but became In
terested in "Angelica" by Elizabeth
sanxay Holding. and read 1t through.
but. save for the hrat few pages, not
so good, methought. as her "lnvincible
Minnie"
22-All day at my stint. and for
long walk, and 80 home to dinner. and
found A. Hill there and G. Kaufman
and Beatrice, and she had a velvet
bandeau around her head and l said l
liked it, but G. said he did not, but
she kept it on. So to see "Marie An
toinette," a high-sounding play and
some of it, methought, in blank verse,
but the play of small interest to me.
23-Early up, and to the office, where
till my scrivening was done, and I
thought there was nothing that might
not have written fifteen years ago,
which made me very sad. So to Fl,
Miller's to supper, and to play cards.
Well, subcommittee has been di-
rected to get what the U. P. wire calls
the reaction of the American public to
the naval holiday plan. What we won
der is how is the subcommittee going
to set about getting information; and
what is harder to get, cross-section
of emotion.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

That illustrious organization, the
Foreign Policy Association, states the
case accurately when it makes it's cir
cular read "The F. P. A. has Pc
culiar obligation to do everything in
it's power to support Mr.. Hughes and
his colleagues"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
Applause for Mr.. Erwin

New York, Nov. %, 1921.
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