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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14

the Minnesota law which provides
that every gunner must report the
number and species of tie game that
he kills each year before he is en-
titled to hunting license the fol-
lowing season.
From these reports it was learned
that over two million migratory
game birds were killed in the State
of Minnesota in 1919. The game
listed was practically confined to diff
ferent species Of wild ducks and
geese. If it were legal to sell these
birds for food they would bring at
least 81 each in our markets. Take
into consideration that this report
covers only one state in the Union
and that our waterfowl in their
mlgrations cover the country from
coast to coast. 1t is not hard to
figure the enormous value of these
birds to the country as source Of
food supply, especially when we re-
alize that the birds killed are only
the interest on the investment which
is represented by the breeding stock.
At the present time the protection
afforded these birds is provided
through appropriations from Con-
gress. Never has the amount given
been sufficient to protect properly
our migratory birds.
The public Shooting ground-game
refuge bill now before Congress pro-
vides for the purchase of suitable
areas as breeding, feeding and rest
ing grounds for the birds and other
areas as public shooting grounds
where the man of moderate means
may enjoy the sport of wildfowling
and collect his share of the annual
increase of these birds.
This measure is now before Con-
gress. and if viewed solely from the
standpoint Of the food furnished by
our migratory waterfowl it deserves
early passage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14

The establishment of a bureau of
aeronautics within the Navy De-
partment is the first step toward the
consolidation of the nations aerial
defense. 1t represents compromise
effected between the two opposing
forces which have fought a bitter
war over the ACCESSIBILITY Of estab-
fishing a separate department Of
aeronautics.
With the establishment Of the bu-
|~reau an end should be put to the
wasteful and unnecessary duplica-
ton of effort that previously him
dered the development and operation
of naval aviation. The new bureau
is given complete authority over the
design and construction of all types
of aircraft used by the navy and
Marine Corps, and in addition gov
ems all operations as we'll as upkeep
and repair of aeronautical plants
anu SuppllCS.
All these endeavors were pre-
viously divided among the various
bureaus Of the navy, and much time
and effort were expended in inter-
communication under the procedure
of official red tape The bureau can
now proceed with single purpose to
the logical development of naval air
craft as indicated particularly in the
recent bombing tests.
There is no doubt that under the
energetic guidance of> Rear Admiral
Moffett, head of the new bureau, the
possibility of the navy being the first
to fly across the Pacific Ocean will be
greatly enhanced. Such an achieve
ment would be wonderful laurel to
add to the records of a service which
made the first successful flight across
the Atlantic.
The navy is already constructing
a new type Of giant seaplane, which,
on paper, has a wonderful chance of
negotiating the long and difficult
flight across the Pacific Ocean. The
money saved by the more efficient
operation of the single bureau will
undoubtedly be applied to the devel-
opment of this seaplane
The country will watch the opera
ton Of the bureau with keen inter
est, because the general feeling is
that it will tend to cooperate with
the Army Air Service in the elimi-
nation of unnecessary competition in
bidding, until such time as the de-
velopment of aeronautics generally,
and aviation in particular, warrants
the consolidation of all services into
a department Of air.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14

Lloyd George and BRAND quar-
relied at breakfast the other day. To
Americans who scramble from bed
to breakfast the news was not sur
prising. Lloyd George is famed
among statesmen for transacting
business at breakfast, and why not
stage a quarrel?
There is no report as to the nature
of the words exchanged at this meet
ing, nor as to whether there was any
attempt to initiate the recent event
at Boyle's Thirty Acres. The meal
was reported to be "a heavy English
breakfast" which in itself was
enough to irritate Frenchman.
whose idea Of morning meal is
cup Of chicory and couple Of under
sized rolls, so that it is a plausible
tale that there was pickering, or a
show of it.
The outcome Of the quarrel, it is
said, was the decision to refer the
Upper Silesian boundary to the
League of Nations for settlement.
This solution is such as to raise the
question Of whether Lloyd George
stuck his tongue in his cheek as he
made the proposal. And did Brands
friends have their tongues in the
same place as they let it be known
that he only acquiesced with great
reluctance? Was not such a report
satisfying to French extremists who
exhorted him to stand firm? Could
he go further than to quarrel with
Lloyd George in defense of his posi-
ton? To settle it at the moment
was inconvenient, and perhaps not
calculated to quiet Brands critics in
the French Chamber. BY handing it
over to the league it is conveniently
postponed.
Is it lese majestic to suppose that
The quarrel between Messrs. BRAND
and Lloyd George was carefully ad-
justed to an electric button, and that
those who see in the occurrence
plot to set up the League of Nations
as against the Harding Hughes plan
are victims of trying weather? The
Supreme Council at present consists
Of the two prime ministers. The
Council of the League of Nations
consists of the same two statesmen.
TO go from one tribunal to the other
is not to travel far.
Moreover. the major interest Of
Great Britain is to have good rela-
tons with America, and Lloyd
George is about the least likely per-
son in the world to maneuver against
the Harding Administration, and
thus justify the accusations Of
Northcliffe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14

No excuse has yet been given FOR
the Withholding from publication of
reports of thefts of motor cars.
Hitherto all cases reported to the
police have been made public, with
detailed descriptions Of the cars,
but when the total reached thirty
five day the Police Department
clapped on a silencer. Why the
sudden change? Why should news
of the stealing \of cars be sup
pressed?
The publication of descriptions Of
stolen cars would assist in their re-
covery and in the apprehension Of
the thieves. But it "got on the
nerves" Of some Of the police or
other municipal authorities for the
newspapers to publish lists Of doz-
ems of cars stolen in spite Of the
police. So somebody agreed with
Mayor Hylan in pretending to re-
gard every reflection upon the i'm
maculate impeccability and infalli-
bic wisdom of the city administra-
ton as vicious libeling by paid
assassins Of the city's good name.
The best way to vindicate the
good name Of the city is to suppress
the crimes themselves, not the news
Of them. So long as offences are
committed their victims will make
public complaint. The suppression
Of information is not big matter,
but it is significant that Hylanism
is, still Hylanisn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14

merous even in tho United States, and
there arc many who, have, not taken
sides. Tho arguments for its nsinte-
nance ere strong, were it only for the
difficulty Of detachine the pact from
the very flesh ana fiber Of the Treaty
Of Versailles.
In spite Of it, brief existence the
League Of Nations has justified itself.
Forty nations which compose it are not
negligible q1sntity. 1t is not impor-
sibie that these reasons .. and others
equally important, after honest dis
cussion, should Convince the people
vhc' are not already prejudiced. Meam-
while the League of Nations has lis
strictly limited field; It continues to
work; the solution Of difficulties now
being settled by the league would be
even. more complicated If it abandoned
its task and neglected to consider
them. Moreover, President Harding
has not made the slightest allus,on
that bears on this train Of thought.
We can only wait.
To sum up, it is to the interest Of
France to make her voice heard wher-
ever world questions are deliberated.
France has supreme interest in re-
naming in strict unity with all her al
lies, and particularly with America.
France can play at Washington q role
OF Cancellation and harmony in keep
ing with her traditions and her posi-
ton in the world. Wherever nations
meet her place : is foreordained; she
will not isolate herself nor detach her
self of her own free will from any as
scciation that is amenable to reason
and justice.
Organization Of peace in and out of
Europe, national security, financial ad-
justment-these are the chief preoccu-
pations Of France at the present mo-
ment. These different ends are in
their very essence in conformity with
the program which President Harding
cs his own motion has outlined.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
France at the Cont e;re,1ce
By Gabriel llanotaux =
(Ftom L,Europe :NoupeHeJ

The French government. has accepted
President Hardin8's invitation. 1t .hai
done we'll. What, indeed, would have
happened-if had declined it? France
would have found herself suddenly
isolated among the powers, perhaps
leaving am opening for Germany at
Washington. This would have been. Q
sharp diplomatic defeat without rea-
son and without compensation. How
could we run such risk as to break
with America after century and q
half of Friendships Therefore there
was nothing else But 10 accept and we
did we'll to eccept promptly. Qui cite
dot, bcfte dat!
By calling a disarmament conference
President Harding RENTERS the con-
cert of Allied and associated powers
from which America has been absent
for two years. He reenters by door
Of his own choice. The President has
determined the date and the procedure
of this conference in accordance with
the views and necessities of American
politics. both at home and abroad
This is the most natural thing in the
world and it is easy for us to follow
on this ground.
We have very important inteHsts
in the Pacific and considerable in
terests on every ocean. Besides, we
are extremely desirous of seeing the
burden of arnamen frightened, which
weighs so heavily on, the world We
shall work for the peace of the world
with as much resolution and sincerity
as any. Here is. a vast field of action
open to the powers convoked at Wash
ington, and it must be recognized that
all these questions arc pressing.
There are other subjects that will
evidently claim the attention of the
conference. America has her Processes.
sions; we have ours. For example
there is every evidence that the Pacific
problem, however important it may be
is not the first of our anxieties. What
is Of prime Importance to US is the
European question, the German ques.
ton. So if disarmamen is considered
we are concerned chiefly with the
genuine disarmament Of Germany in
accordance with the treaty. Will these
subjects come up at the conference !
do not know. But, no matter what is
done, they must be in our inmost
thoughts and direct our action
Whether We arc questioned or not
ir saying what we have to-day, VIC
shall astonlslr no one, because, in the
first place, everybody knows our atti.
t"de, and secondly, because the facts
speak for themselves Above all our
security, then our financial safety
through PREPARATIONS and sanctions
these points will not be lost sight OF
hatever may happen. 1t is rightfu that
the powers in conference-especial
America-take into consideration oul
point of view, since we declare ourselves
ready to consider theirs.
Public opinion is putting another
question. Does not the proposal Of
the American government throw The
League OF Nations overheard? W
shall see. For my part. I do not thinI
maIscrs nave gone SO far. On this
point America is still undecided. TIT
pastisaaa st tho 1sAgve ara vklgleAa'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14

(Fron The Pagan
A LII night the scowling gods have cast
huge boulders down the mountains.
And have hewn the skies with thunder
ing sledges,
Hiding the stars IN secret places.
Now there are dsnk green silences OF
forest.
And the gashed cedars and the riven
Expresses
Stand motonless before the dawn.
Across the sodden gardens of the skies
Mist of purple trails
Leaving flush of blue
A scurry OF winds from beyond the hills
Foretells crisp blue morning;
The wanderers will saunter up the white
roads,
With hearts a-fufSer,
Breathing the morning air and worship.
ping the sun.
Even now, l thought heard furry az
of q shroud
Was it the last frightened ghost,
Seeking the shelter OF hollow tree,
Rustling through the bark
Of some knotted, rueful cypress
LOUIS ZUKOFSKY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
Bombs and Battleships
Three-PIane Navy Our Present Need
Anti-Aircraft Defence

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The results achieved by the
bombing. operations off the Virginia
Capes were nil. We know from pre-
vious experience that battleship can
be put out Of action by conclusion Of
q mine or torpedo without direct hit
being made, if the charge Of guncotton
Oh TINT is close enough when ex-
pfoded to open up the shell plates or
start boilers leaking OF burst the
steam pipes. But the maneuvers may
have accomplished something if they
wake up some Of the Senators and
congressman who are in control at
Washington and can't find money 70
give our soldiers bonus, but can
spend millions for battleship that
ar airplane with bomb can put in q
class with coal barge
/ agree with Quarterback that our
present requirement is q three plane
navy. Our government should be in
teligent enough to issue stop order
on further construction Of capital
<skips wherever possible, convert some
Of our obsolete battlcships into air
plane. carriers and order some air
planes and seapianes and, submarines
that will have larger cruising radius
than any other nation has, which would
not cost as much as two battleships
and would give all branches of the
service a fighting chance to develop.
Of course, we must not lose sight Of
the ordnance department that will
strive to obtain weapon of defence
against air attacks. Eventually way
will be found to fire an explosive
charge with time fuse that will do
more damage to the 4. fiers than the
fiers can do to o0.000-ton ship. AS
an example. we have the Zeppelin raids
IN England, ohat we're so successful AZ
the beginning OF the war until Englan q
cot her defensive armament organized.
The. Zeppelins and airplanes did net
destroy Engiand's Grand Fleet, bat the
subchssers and depth bombs put the
brakes on Won Tirpitz's tin fish, and
the same thing will happen to airplanes
when they have supremacy OF the air.
JAMES FOREMAN SR.
Passaic, n. j.. Aug. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14


The Alien Property Custodian has
promised House committee to make
search for the Bergdoll hidden gold.
Mrs. Bcrgdoll won't tell where it is.
Grover is away in Germany, and, if he
knows where it is, will, for all his To-
quacity, keep silence. So it is up to
the Alien Property Custodian to
shoulder a shovel and go peckiag here
and there until he uncovers the stuff.
His time allowance is the remainder of
his term of Office. The area OF his
operations is eastern North America,
between the Appalachian chain and the
sea. There is just one job comparable
with this. 1t is that Of finding the
needle IN the hoyatscks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14

fueonveuiently run together-at all
evsnts,' in dizzy rxbbit-warren Of .
place. In New York you are shot up
in an express elevator 70 the twelfth
or fifteenth door Of vsst buSlding. II
your business IL with . iswyeY you
pass alorg.s sretlessly clean corridor,
paved and lined with white marble,
and you dnd him in 9 sunny. airy suite
Of eooma, high above the noises Of the
city and locking ont, it may be, over
the noble Hudson to the New Jersey
shore, OK over the series Of gigantic
bridges that span the East River
otherwise Long Island Sound II, on
the other hand, your visit 10 to pub
Usher, you pass along no corridor, for
the probability is that the elevator
lands you right in his waiting room
He probably occupies one whole door
Of the great buildinr-haH an acre Of
glass -psytitioneA -space-s busy hive
Of mnltifaEious industry. It 10 COM
foftsbiy heated in winter, admirably
ventilated in summer; the grubhines -
absent. The publishers own sanctum
il probably in . corner, With magnih
cent views in Two directions over the
endless expAnse of the city. with its
cliffs Of masonry and its countless
plpmes Of white steam. Air and sun
shine penetrate OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
sunshine being amazingly prevalent in
New York.
Business has put OF its CRIME and
housed itself in the blue spaces Of
tho sky And we make it our foolish
pride that We are earth-bound, and
boast of our resolute propinquity to
the gutter!
People often ask why the practical
Americans use four syllsbles to desig-
nate an appliance which we denote in
the single syllable-lift. This is at
first sight pa.adoxical; but after few
days in America you realize that the
two words are admirably appropriate to
two very different things. The Ameri-
can elevator ethilaratingly elevates;
the British lift laboriously lifts. con-
TESS to taking great delight in the
swift, sensitive machines that rush you
up in the twinkling Of All eye to the
twentieth door Of great hotel or bust
ness building. They are to the crawl
ing, doddering British lift as a race
horse to = pack-mule. The tone Of
mind which processes to shrink in
horror from such achievements of "me-
chanical civilization" Is ono Of the in
Vulnerable phases Of the Great Stupid
|ity.
But elevator architecture" though
the most prominent feature Of New
York and other American cities, is not
the only evidence Of the constructive
genius Of the race. In every type Of
building America leads the world. The
finest railway stations in Europe
Frankfort, Cologne, and the Paris Care
d'Orleans-are paltry in comparison
with those vast palaces Of marble and
travertine tho Pennsylvania and the
Grand Central ''termini, with the
Union Station at Washington not far
behind them. Each Of the great New
York stations is city in itself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
A Londoner on Skyscrapers
Praise for Manhattan. Architecture
Elevator and Lift
(WilLinm archer. IN The V'estmin-
Ster Gd~ette)

(Wallinm archer, IN The N'estmi7s-
ster Gazette
THE. miscalled -skyscraper--the high
building-is not. monstrosity, but 4
thing OF, great imaginative daring;
sometimes ugly, no doubt, but more
often truly rrandiose and colossal. 1t
first came into being. for typographical
reasons, in the congcsted toe Of Man.
haitian Island; but, in a modified form,
It Is certain to spread through all
great cities. I do not mean that such
windy canyons as lower Broadway and
Wall Street will rise in London and
Paris, but that in all populous places
great islands Of beautiful architecture
will stand out above the sea Of or
binary Ave and six story houses. Tho
typical Now York Office building has
enormous advantages. Go to see pub
Usher or lawyer in London, and you
find him installed in stuNy, dusty, in
sanitary chambers, perhaps III a con-
verted dwelling house Of the eighteenth
esatusy>r oy- two sucA dwelling house,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
JOSEPH AUSANDER.
Lucrezia Borgia' s Last Letter

Lucrezia Borgia Last Letter
from POETRY
BEFoRE me shine the words Of her
last letter
Lucrezia Borgia to the Pope At Rome
Wherein she begs, as lifes remaining
Slips from her, that his prayers will
guide her home:
The favor God has shown to mo CON
Tossing,
Az swift my end approaches. Father, 7.
A Christian though 4 sinner, ask your
blessing
And kiss your feet in all humility.
The thought of death brings no reer4.
but pleasure;
And after the last sacrament rre.t
peace
viii be mine own---in OVERLOOKING meas
If but. your mercy marks my soul.
release.
And here the letter finds sudden end
ing,
AS though the dying hand had lost it.
power:
My children 10 Rome's love and care
commenting
Ferrara-Fridsy ct the fourteenth
hour.
An odor as Of incense family fingers
About the page Of sanity sophistries-
And am thinking clever were the
fingers
That could mix poison and write words
ike these.
ANTOINETTE D. PATTERSON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
A Two-Edgcd Argument

The Soviet officials who resent the
condition that all American prisoners
must be released before America gives
aid to the starving Russians. and as
sert that it is weighing seven or eight
prisoners against 100000 lives" get
the wrong point Of view. We've told
them what we are willing to do. and
if there is any weighing, it will be by
the Soviet officials who weigh 100000
lives against seven or eight prisoners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
a Week of Verse


Azras, Morte Pour La Patrie
Prom The Poetry Reriesc)
WALK softly in this tortured, brick
filed street:
The shadowy corners Of each shattered
stair
Once echoed to the fall Of eager feet
A home was there
Grim ruin that the laughing sunbe.n.
mock,
Where the once furtive rat pIavx his
bold part.
The spiinte.ed door hangs svayine On
its lock,
So like broken heart.
Be pitifuI before each house foriern.
Some womsn's al was shattered Nv
these walls
Where now, upon the wind Of every
morn,
The voice Of martyrs calls.
In yonder church she knelt upon the
door,
The raised Host set her gentle heart
astir;
And fallen bells that swung above the
door
Sang their clear notes to her.
Be tender to the pain which left us free;
Our English soil felt not the invading
tread,
But war-swept France, from Alsace to
the sea,
Il flied with dead.
HHGAR PAUL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14

(FYom The No-tk American RevtewJ
A I EVERY keel-dent in the deep.
At every liquid rim,
At all wharf-lappings,
Wheresoever eeaweeds creep
And fish swim,
BY all sail-Aappings~~-
Let my soul be
Endlessly.
Let mo face the tidelight new,
Its flush and shiver;
The dank green smell at the bow
Of any ship
On any river
There let my soul slip
Out Of mo
And be,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14

A recent issue of The Bulletin, OF
'oe American Game Protective Az
soe)atjon, contains an article entitled
hesnlts NJ the Game Census jD Min
eesota," by Carjos Avery, Commits
ziof'sr Of the Minnesota Game and
lish Department. In this article
~ Avery tells Of the results from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14

from The Pagan
APULENT bourgeois of blossoms
Plump and complacent.
Rouged and coifed with immaculate
precision,
Correctly. unvaryingly beautiful,
mistaken, unrufaed, by the riotous life
around,
And above and below.
Careless alike of bee and Of butterfly,
Unresponsive to winds and dews and
warm sun-rays,
Changeless in manner and mood
Emotionless bourgeois Of blossoms.
ANNA PORTER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
A Long Conflict

Z (From The Kansas Citv STAR
Tho discouragng thing about this
war between the Spaniards and the
Moors Is that the last time they fought
they kept it up seven hundred years
Obviously. II they intend 10 protrac,
host.ltics to tina. length again, It's q
mere waste Of time to read about the
opening battleh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
GUARANTY

GUARANTY
vsu saa purchase merchandise advertised In The
tribune With absolute safsty-for II dissatsfao-
tea results IN any The TRIBUNE SuarAn-
fsss 70 pay your msHsy hack upan rsauss. Ne rsa
tsss No auibbiinS W. make seed promptly II
the ADVERTISED does net.
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MENBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press II exclusively entitled to
ths for republication Of ali dispatches
eedisrd 10 /. or not otherwise credited III this
pspsr. and also tho 1ocA nova Of spontaneous
s1ra published herein.
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hsrsdn also rsssrved