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New-York tribune., 1921-05-05
Rumanian Bessarabia
Russia's Claim Unsound Ethnically
and Historically

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In letter recently published
in The Tribune Mr.. Woldemar de
Sveshnikoff, former member of the
Russian Military Commission to the
United States, attacks Rumania's
claim to the province of Bessarabia
That claim has been approved by the
Allied Supreme Council after very
careful sitting Of historical, geographi-
cal and ethnographical evidence. The
award Of Bessarabia 70 aumania is
one Of the cleRrest cases O. sclf-de-
termination triumphant, as the people
of Bessarabia have repeatedly ex-
pressed their resolve to adhere to the
ancient Rumanian motherland.
But Mr.. Sveshnikof criticizes the
Allied award not on ethnic grounds
probably he is himself aware of the
Rumanian character Of the province
but for historic reasons. His main
argument is, briefly, that Rumania
cannot reclaim Bessarabia, as when
the latter was annexed to Russia Gin
1879 Rumania was not yet a nation,
and thus Bessarabia "has never be-
longcd to Rumania.'
The fallscy, nay, absurdity, of this
argument is best exposed by an
analogy. The Italian claim to Trieste
and Trentino is recognized the world
over as sound not only ethnically but
historically. Yet when Trieste and
the Trentinto weTe annexed by Austria
Italy "did not exist as an Independent
nation" In fact. Trieste and Southern
Tyrol have never belonged to Italy
cas- an independent nation" Yet the
Italians were perfectly justified in re-
garding those regions as unredcemcd d
Italian territory.
There is just one hitch in the
analogy, and that is in Rumania's
favor. For Bessarabia has, in fact, be-
ionged to Rumania for about 1900 out
of the last 1900 years. 1t was in an
cient times part OF Dacian territory. 1t
was, since the beginning of Rumanian
history proper, and up to 1912, part OF
Rumanian principality--frst that
Of Wallachia. later that of Moldavia,
Is not MIR. SveshnikoR aware that the
very name Bessarabia halls from that
OF the ancient reisning dynasty OF
Wallachia, the House of Basarab? N
Russia's historical claim to Bessara-
bia is on the level of, say, an Austrian
claim to Lon,bardy. This province has
belonged to Austria when there was
no independent italian nation.
For the rest, Mr.. Swell nikor NAV
obtain information on the saundness
OF Rurania's case from the excellent
editorials that have appeared on the
subject in your own columns.
A. BIBEsCO.
Rumanian Ministsr to the United
States.
Washington, D. c., May 8, 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-05-05
Panama-Costa Rica Boundary


The boundary dispute between PAN
ANA and Costa Rica, concerning which
the United States government is taking
decisive action, is Of long standing and
arises from conditions which originated
four centuries ago. As we ourselves
had occasion to learn when we pur-
chased Louisiana, the metes and bounds
Of the old Spanish provinces and vice
royalties were not always we'll defined,
and treaties and decrees down to a CEN
tury back too often described terri-
tories merely as having "the boundar-
les now existing" without telling what
those boundaries were. 1t was thus
that we became involved in uncertainty
as to whether the southwestern boun-
dary Of Louisiana was the Sabine, the
Brazos, the Nueces OF the Rio Grande.
So the first document in the present
de Artieda Cherino, in 1873, when he
was made captain general of Costa
Rica, described his province as extend
ing "to the frontier Of Veragua" ON the
Caribbean and "to the Valley Of Chiri-
qui" on the Pacific coast, without the
slightest indication Of where the from
tier and the valley were. It was simply
equivalent to saying now that Costa
Rica extends eastward to the frontier
Of Panama.
There never was \ serious attempt
under the Spanish dominion to define
that boundary. But as soon as inde-
pendence was achieved century ago
the United Provinces Of Central Amer
lea and the Republic of Colombia un-
dertook the task. In March, 1925, they
made at Bogota the famous Gual
Molina Treaty, which reafiirmed and
pledged observance Of "the boundaries
now existing" but also provided for
entering into special convention, "at
an early and convenient opportunity"
to determine what those boundaries
really were.
But that "earIy and convenient op-
portunity" never came. In 1885 Central
America assumed that her claims, COW
ering the present Panaman province of
Boca del Toro and the great Chiriqui
Lagoon, were velid, and SO contracted
for tho settlement Of large Irish
colony there. Immediately Colombia
challenged the claim, sent an army
thither to drive out The advance guard
Of the colonists and took possession of
the region-p possession which was never
thereafter relinquished. When Walker,
the "gray-eyed man Of Destiny" was
on his filibustering rampage in Cen
tral America an attempt was made by
the two countries to come to an agree
ment for mutual protection, and the
Herran- Calvo Treaty was made, but
was never ratified. Two or three other
attempts were made, but proved fruit
less. Meantime the Central American
union had been dissolved and Costa
Rica alone was unable to assert herself
against the vastly more powerful
Colombia,
The United States came close to be-
coming involved In the case nearly
sixty years ago, when early in the
Civil War President Lincoln cons
sidered the scheme Of planting at
Chiriqui, in tho disputed zone, $
colony Of former slaves who had been
rescued from their masters by the
war-a scheme which was abandoned
when General Butler fixed the status
of such negroes Az "contraband Of
war;
The next stfort at settlement WAS
New-York tribune., 1921-05-05
Tho First Day Of School

Sir: When l first entered school
room, quarter Of century ago, the
children were monotonously chanting
"October's Bright Blue Weather" from
their mimeographed pages in looseleaf
books. / was late on the scene because
my folks didn't return to the city until
early October.
After had been assigned to seat,
rosy-cheeked little girl in front of
me turned around end shyly handed
me her book, and tnen she doubled up
with another little girl across the aisle.
This act Of courtesy, which was the
FIRST remember to have received from
one of the opposite sex OF my age, so
demoralized ME that I not only was
muted, but for many days after was
unable to muster enough courage to
look her in the face. +. T. Fl.
There are gaps in our memory, SO
all we recall Of the song chanted
in our freshman year at Douglas
School is:
High the top OF an old plne tree
Sits a mother dove with her young ones
three.
And it ended
"Coo!' said the little ones. Goo" said
shc.
All in their nests on the old pine tree.
Another began:
Old Jack Frost has come to town, boys.
Winters dearest, chosen friend.
He will nip your toes and fingers
And there we have to stop
When Miss Baird Leonard, The
Morning Tclegraph's nitid commen-
tator, was young singer in Mount
Vernon, ILL.,, her first public chanting
was:
Good morning, merry sunshine!
Why do you come so soon?
You scared the pretty stars away,
And shined away the moon.
You Weakened all the birds and bees
And flowers on your way.
And. last of all, the little child
Who stayed out late to play.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-05
Ins,iring His Life

(Frops Tbs Bostow Gso5sl !,
Determined to see the fulfiliment =
his prediction that England will =
.dry" in his lifetime, "Pussyfoot" John,
son says: II have made up my rni''
that am not going to die until has
land il dry" And good many Bslsoss
will exclaim "Long life to himi
New-York tribune., 1921-05-05
The Coming I 'o0cr
~vsriusn q Masabils'

Il Amt no fake kid, nsIsin' old lana Fate
The why and wherefcra Of this cuckoo
Why. ono p. m. she spiils ycu IN ! ditch.
Ycp, though she shares your petttnK, tetes
a-tetA
To-morrow she may yawn. without : twitch ];
Iiva you the air. the syncopated witch,
AK any cake eater II n ainst no,
You sabe, these girks with patent leather
llair,
They've all been clas.sd, ono time, as that
And though she knocks them down to old
Dame Care,
They stick. poor ssps, the same as you. con-
They ike the girl, because she keeps 'em
guessingl -
Most Of the city's traffic laws arc
known to NJ; and our veneration for
them, founded as they are on common
sense, is profound. We observe them,
partly for that reason snd partly be-
cause IL we don't we get arrested. But
we don't understand the parking laws.
Tuesday night we attempted to park
our Chariot OF Cheer on Forty-eighth
Street between Fifth and Sixth Ave
nues. The policeman stationed there
forbade us to do it. as it not per-
mitted?" we asked. "No," he said.
"How about all these cars?" we asked.
aThey have chauffeurs sitting in them,"
he said. And SO, though there were
ten cars and only one contained a
chauffeur, we went away from there.
Another thing we don't understand
is why car is allowed to atand, un-
lighted, one door from the southwest
corner Of Broadway and 112th Street,
night after night.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-05
A Real League Offered

The note Of the Allies asking the
United States to become . member
Of the Supreme Council raises in di-
rect form momentous issue.
This issue is whether this country
shall cling to the aloofness that for
merly marked it's policy or enter
upon reasonable participation in
world affairs. On the one side stand
the isolationists, who are controlled
By their fears, and on the other side
stand those, controlled by their hopes
and their sense of duty, who believe
that this country is now grown up
and that both its glory and its in
terests demand that it become a full
! statured member Of the company Of
great nations.
On this issue The Tribune, unre-
servedly and emphatically, votes
ives" So doing it is persuaded that
it is in accord with the great body Of
virile Americans. Mckinley more
than twenty years ago declared that
the day Of aloofness was past.
Roosevelt, with his elemental energy,
espoused the same view, and so, for
many years, has practically every
conspicuous public man Of America.
No plebiscite has been taken, for
President Wilson made this impos-
sible, but countless informal express
sions of public opinion leave little
doubt Of which idea predominates.
If historic Americanism, in it's
depths, has stood for anything it has
been for human brotherhood. Every
noble hour in the country's history
so adjures. We went alone for a
time. 1 lr growth needed to harden.
But always in the background was
the thought of The coming Of day
when the country's mission would
be fulfilled through the general ac-
ceptance Of democratic principles.
Time rang its bell when free coun-
tries Of Europe, imperilled by the
German onslaught, called on us for
aid and we gladly gave it.
Are we to go forward or to draw
back? The war created an associa-
ton of nations which for the in
definite future is to preserve the
worlds peace, if peace is to be pre-
served. No other mundane author
ity has either the will or the ability
to establish world order. If we join
the grand alliance no one will ques-
ton its DEGREES. If we stay out dis
harmony is almost certain to develop
and new rival national alignments
may be expected soon to bring on a
new and deadlier conflict.
The hope of general disarmament,
Of settlement Of disputes by arbitra-
tion, Of a growth of more humane
international law-these things de-
pend. in all likelihood, on the answer
returned by Washington to the invi-
tation Of the Allied powers. IF we
hold apart, saying the general bust
ness is no part Of our business, then
we may expect the forging of can
non, the concoction of deadly poisons,
the creation Of deadlier weapons to
continue, with this country COM
PEELED BY prudence to join in the mad
competition.
The obscurities that have envel-
oped the league Of peace idea for two
and one-half years are swept aside.
Membership in . real league, the
only kind Of league capable Of min
innizing the war danger, is offered to
Us. How can any true American
who loves his country and would have
II play an exalted role justify op-
position to prompt acceptance?
An Un6nished TaaIx
New-York tribune., 1921-05-05

Sir: I notice in the Social Dispatch
from Washington, printed in The Trib.
une, the following note:
"The President and Mrs. Harding
vita some friends. occupied (. box al
Polls Theater tonight"
II Samuel Pepys were reporting q
vlslt OF q reignlng sovereign to the
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. don't
you think he would give the name OF
the play the King went to seef
am not only anxious to know the
name Of the play that President Har-
ding thought worth going to see,
but also I am amazed that a paper
like The Tribune should ignore 40 i'm,
portant q matter Of great and vital
interest to many people on Broadway y
especially in the thestrical worl,..
The success or failure of a play in
Washington Is often determined by
the visit OF 2 President, as all Of the
Administration admirers invariably
follow the lead Of their President, and
# he laughs at the play they go to zee
it also. WILL A. PAGE.
However" howevers Ray Mccarthy
and it seems to US that he slices his
compliment a little-"in spite Of the
draw and the fact that Gardner and
Dave Heron are going with the team
the chances Of an American returning
with the British golf crown are exceed
ingly bright"
You can't tie the bookstore bill.
clerks. Brentano's send C. u. C. q
bill for II Aristotle ON the Art OF
Poultry"
Naming the current musical comedy
"Two Little Girls in Blue" summons
to the minds Of US slippered panta-
looms the old song beginning sAn old
man gazed on photograph in locket
he'd worn for years." and ending "Be-
came your mother. married the other,
but we have drifted apart" But the
parodies Of this song illumined our
adolescence even more than the origi-
nal lyric. One Of the choruses began
"Two little girls in boomers" and an
other ended (this was in Boston) zone
sews buttons at Houghton & buttons,
but we have drifted apart
Wages, labor says, have been re.
duced proportionally more than the
wage-earner's LIVING costs; and in the
days Of enormous wages, living costs
were advanced proportionally more.
1t costs more to live than it should
cost; it always has cost more than 1t
should cost; and, while we never were
one to take the sadness out Of life, II
always has appeared--as it now ap-
pears. despite to-day's prediction OF
Cloudy with Showers-worth It.
There are two classes: those that
think no matter how much life costs,
it's worth 1t; and those that are con
vinced that no matter how little it
costs, it isn't worth it.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-05
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New-York tribune., 1921-05-05

Thers are two classes: those that
think no matter how much life costs,
it's worth 1t; and those that are CON
vinced that no matter how little it
costs, it isn't worth it.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-05

Another began:
Old Jack Frost has come to town, boys
Winters dearest, chosen friend.
He will nip your toes and fingers
And there we have to stop
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-29
Makes a Family Supply
of Cough Remedy
Really better than ready-mnde
cough syrups, and saves about ~.
Easily and quickly prepared.
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If YOU combined the curative proper
ties Of every known ready. made cough
remedy. YOU probably could not get as
much real curative power as there IS IN
this simple homemade cough syrup,
(Which is easily prepared in few
4nnutes
Get from any druggist 2is ounces Of
Fihex, pour it into a pint bottle and
! MI the bottle with syrup, using either
plum graduated sugar syrup, clarified
molasses. honey, or corn syrup, as de.
sired. The result is a full pint Of
really better cough syrup than YOU could
buy ready-made for three times the
money. Tastes pleasant and never
spoils.
This Pinex and Syrup preparation gets
right at the cause of cough and gives
almost immediate relief 1t loosens the
phlegm, stops the nasty throat tickle
and heals the sore, irritated membranes
so gently and easily that it is really
astonishing.
A days use will usually overcome the
ordinary cough and for bronchitis, Group
hoarseness and bronchial asthma, there
is nothing better.
Pinex is most valuable concentrated
compound of genuine Norway pine ex
\ tract, and has been used for generations
4 to break up severe coughs.
To avoid disappointment, ask youl
druggist for "2IA ounces OF Pinox" witt
full directions, and don't accept any
thing else. Guaranteed to give absolute
satisfaction or money promptly re
funded. The Pincx Co., TT, Wayne
Ind.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-29

Whether persons brain becomes
larger after intellectual development
is still a disputed question. Smith Ely
Jellffe, an authority on the subject,
says Weight Of brain, however, has
no direct relationship with intelli-
gence MS idiots brains are known TO
have weighed just as much as those
OF the ablest men. Intellectual ca
paclty consists in the great multi
plicity Of nerve cell connections. While
1t is true that a number Of celebrated
men Of recognized brain power have
had large brains, there are many more
Of equal capacity whose brain weights
Suye not been remarkable"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-29
DORSET HOLLOW

Miss Genevieve Kelly spent Thanks
giving with her parents in Fair Haven.
Ransom Cook was in poultney and
Fair Haven Sunday.
William Kelly, iro and Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Mclaughlin OF Manchester De,
pot spent the week end in Pittsford.
Miss Sara Sreeter and brother
Fred, were in Bennington last Mon.
day
George Baldwin spent Thanksgiving
with relatives in Bennington and
SALISBURY.
John Paddock and family spent
Thanksgiving with relatives in North
Rupert
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Camel aud
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-29

Crrtain popular movements in the
Middle ages bear resemblance TO
strikes such rs the disturbances in
England In the second half of the
Fc,irtecnti century. More like the
modern Strikes were the contests be.
tween different guild organizations be-
tween iouriieymen and gtildsmen, in
both English sud continental towns.
History Tells OF the riots among wooden
wOrkersin FIGrence durm@the timefof
the Metiici, But ms q social problem,
as Il rart Of the Industrial system,
strikes belong to the Nineteenth and
Twentieth centuries.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-29

The halibut feeds OF the bottom OF
the sea and when he is hooked he al
lows himself to he drawn toward the
top without very much Of a protest.
The struggle commences. the instant
his nose energies from the water ana
the possibility OF fight Is anticipated
by hard blow on the head. This blow
must be sure and hard II there IS
any compassion for the fish he is as
good as gone, for apy opportunity to
struggle means its escape
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village and
Advertisements.

We dido Folks Dance. Wednesday
evening, November 30, at Lawrence
Hall, South SALISBURY. s69to
The Fortnightly will meet this week
Saturday December 3, with Mrs. Pearl
Randall Wasson as speaker.
Miss Florence Barnes has returned
to Troy whore she is employed as
sa'eslady in Hartigan & Dewyei's.
Mrs. William Cameron of Washing
ton street was called away suddenly
this morning to Jamestown, N. ", by.
the death Of friend
Mrs. Clarence Ladd and daughter
Margaret, who spent Thanksgiving
and the weekend in New York, have
rrcturned to Bennington.
MIS-, Ellen Kennison and family of
North Troy, Vt, are spending a few
days with her daughter, Mrs. Pearl
( Nourse OF Bennington Flats.
Arthur f. Person, now Of Albany
and Heman Hoffman Of Troy spent
the weekend with the formers par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Person.
Notice Beginning Dec 5, the
Misses Ames will have their annual
ssale Of fancy and useful articles for
Christmas gifts at l16 Union streets
cote
Abe. the Jeweer, will be at the
Putnam House Thursday evening, De.
cember LIST, to take orders. Articles
win be delivered Friday and Satur-
day, December and 10.
Helen Louise, infant daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Greenslet,
died Sunday evening at their home
on Maple street The funeral was
held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock,
Rev James A. Perry officiating. Bur.
ial was In the village cemetery.
NJ. ]. burlington, the. local contrac-
tor has finished the retaining walls on
the new concrete road to North Ben.
nington. His men are hauling away
the last OF the lumber that was used
for the forms. The section of wall in
front OF the stone church adds ma.
terially to the appearance of the sur.
roundings
Just to remind you that next week,
Wednesday, December 7, Is the day OF
the annual fair and sale of Christmas
articles at the Second Congregational
church. A good assortment of dress.
ed dolls, aprons fancy work etc all
moderately priced. Watch the Ban.
ner for further notices and don't for
get the date--December Z.
William Knights, wac was iigft
some tine ago at the White manu-
featuring plant in North Bennington
is still confined at The Putnam Mem
orial hospital. A long silver OF wood
caught in the saw on which Mr..
Knights was working and was forced
back into his arm The silver was
removed but Indications OF blood pols.
oning developed. Sunday an opera
tion was performed on his arm and
more Of the silver was found II is
believed that he is now on the road
to recovery
| Richard ]. Mcclure. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs, p, ]. Mcclure Of Stafford street.
has been appointed one of tho two
seniors in charge of the annual Uni
lgersity of Vermont 'Kake Walk al.
ready launched for this year The
Rake Walk" following The custom
so successfully introduced last year
is to be staged on two nights, near
Washington Birthday For many
years. this spectacle, so uniquely PIE.
scented by the students of U. V. NJ,
has won not only statewide bat ma
t;onal attention. This year, It is ex.
pected that a bigger, and even better
performance than in former years
will be produced
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-29
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-29

Mrs. John j. Kelly OF Fair Haven were
at Valley View Farm Friday.
Misses Anna and Myra Cook who
are attending school in Poultney spent
Thanksgiving with their parents Mr..
and Mrs. Asa Cook,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-29
ARLING

The Woodmen will give a Chicken
Pie Supper and dance at Union Hall,
Sunderland, Wednesday evening, De
cember a. Supper will be served from
$50 to $3.50. toto