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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05

admiral Fske Agrees With Quarterback That the Fleet Must
Have It's Own Al Senieelnzp2rtauce Tornedo Plane

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir; beg leave to express my I'M
qualified agreement with the argu-
ments and declarations in Quarter
decks article in The Tribune of April
/, headed Neglect of Naval Aviation "
The good that The Tribune has done
in publishing articles like this cannot
be overcstimated, for the subject in
timately concerns the national safety,
and false prophets are preaching false
doctrines through the medium OF the
press. The special false doctrine that
is the most dangerous at the moment
is the doctrine that there should be
an air ministry, which should deal
with airplanes for all purposes, in
Guiding naval purposes.
Quarterback makes it plain that
aviation over the ocean, if it is to be
made useful for the national defense,
must be coordinated with the fleet and
managed by men trained in naval
tactics, naval strategy, seamanship and
navigation. 1t would be as clearly
impossible for army aviators TO carry
out maneuvers with the feet with any
degree OF success as for navy aviators
to carry out maneuvers with an army.
The two arts Of naval and military
aviation, alike though they are in some
particulars, require different methods
of training and develop different kinds
of skill. For instance, an army aviator
acquires an extraordinary and peculiar
skill in recognizing landmarks, identi-
flying objects, understanding the sig
nificancc of certain appearances in a
landscape, selecting good landing
spots, etc, which q naval aviator can
not possibly acquire. Similarly u
navy aviator, by practice in dying over
the ocean and noting tho appearance Of
objects on its surface, acquires a skill
in identifying ships and unders7a nding
the significance of certain appearances
Of the sea and sky that nm army avja-
tor has no means of acquiring.
Quarterback emphasizes but does
not exaggerate the danger that
threatens our fleet because it lacks
the protection from air attack that it
ought to have. If the foremost naval
nation had also neglected aviation one
might feel that Quarterback was
frightened at ghost But on March
22 the American papers published q
cable dispatch from England describ-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
The City Inquiry


It is welcome news that through
Governor Miller's initiative sweep
'ng legislative investigation of the
Hylan administration is now as
Sured.
The Tribune, from the start,
from the time that the Lockwood
committee revelations and other pat
ent facts suggested the depths Of
Generalization into which the city's
administration had fallen, has re-
garded such an investigation as in
evitable. 1t has sought by it's own
Investigation of police conditions to
indicate the evidence upon which the
Legislature could act. Throughout
the admirable work of Mr.. Whit
man and the grand jury it has
pointed out the increasing need of
a wider and more constructive in
quiry.
Obviously it would have been
better had the Legislature acted
more promptly in January rather
than in April. But the case against
the Hylan administration is so over
whelming, so complete, that the loss
can be offset by energy. An inquiry
begun soon and pushed henceforth
with every resource will be able to
reveal sufficient truth, regardless Of
efforts at concealment that may
have taken place.
The important thing is that the
inquiry shall be conducted with the
highest aims and with the most
expert leadership. Partisanship
should be brushed aside. If local
Republican politicians have partici-
pated in the debacle they must be
ruthlessly exposed. The best brains
Of the city must aid the best brains
up state in getting to the bottom of
the Hylan ineficiency and tracing
political influence to its source. Re-
medal legislation must be planned
after expert advice has been re-
ceived based upon the full facts. So
far as laws can accomplish that end,
a recurrence of Hylanism should be
made impossible.
A Tammany-Hearst government
viii be on trial before this COM
= mittee. But equally the investiga-
ton will constitute test of Repub-
= lean capacity and good faith. The
Tribune hopes greatly that under
Governor MiIler's leadership the
party will rise to the full height of
It's opportunity, greater one than
has occurred in a generation for
the Republican party, to redeem
New York and take over it's govern
ment in the name Of honesty and
efficiency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
By The Associated Press
Praise for Its Report of Cardinal
Gibbons S Funeral
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The story of the funeral and
burial of Cardinal Gibbons, in a dis
patch from Baltimore IN this mornings
Tribune, seems to me - reach tie height
of newspaper reporting. It WAS an ex-
quisite pastel in prose, and yet there
was no sacrifice OF news values The
gifted writer was so successful in ere
ating an atmosphere, as it were thar
the reader could easily imagine himself
one of the great throng of mourners in
the cathedral.
dare say I am only one Of many
Tribune readers who deem it pity that
such a fine piece of journalistic writing
should appear anonymously Ny own
idea is that we are indebted to one Of
the regular staff of The Associated
Press.
You may recall, in this connection,
that T. P A., in commenting on the
small army of special writer's who were
being sent by their papers to write up
the Republican National Convention
last June predicted that the best stories
would be sent in by the staff CORE
spondents-"as usual"
This reminds me Of a cartoon thai
appeared q think il Life shortly after
/ the SpanishAmerican War. A senti-
mental-looking lady approaches q man
in army uniform and asks. Are you
one of our heroes ?" And the man re-
plies: 81 amt no hero, ma'am; I'm
regular"
Anyhow, I dof my chapeau to this
newspaper man, and wish we might
know his name.
JOSEPH T. sTEARNS.
New York, April 1, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05

preceptional threats, Is about the
most precious part Of all cducn-
tion-or should be. From kinder
garten on, most education tries to
trim a class into neat-looking
hedge, all Of Its members growing
and studying and learning just as
teacher wants and no otherwise.
Education has improved vastly of
late years in this respect. But much
still remains to be done. Meantime,
boys in school, as in college, re-
spending to that inward urge which
no education can quite destroy,
undertake their own development Of
initiative.
One year 1t Is stamp collection.
Another it is wireless. There is q
good deal Of waste effort and moon
ing about and excessive temporary
excitement In all these tangential
operations. But they begin the con-
struction Of that most essential ap-
paratus, self-starter, without
which human being is destined to
remain all his life just one of those
things.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05

new name. New letterheads were,
OF course, necessary, but revision
of tho text Of circulars and appeals
was seldom required.
1t is seemingly time to have So
ciety for the protection Of innocent
words. An injunction ought to lie
against using them as camouhage. If
group has doctrine to push let
1t adopt name fairly descriptive of
its purpose, or at least not grossly
misdescriptive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
The Same Old Bunch

First the good old word "paci-
fist" apparently fit for many years
of acceptable service, was seized
and so twisted and manhandled as
to become almost a pariah.
Then the equally good word
radical was grabbed and so
abused by the same bunch that
radicalism, once a distinction, has
become reproach.
Now another word is in danger
and threatened with this same
process of degradation-the word
liberal" term hitherto of I'M
blemished character and honorable
repute.
A group Of gentlemen including
John Haynes Holmes, Henry r.
Mussey, formerly of Columbia;
Harry w. Ladder, secretary of the
Intercollegiate Socialist Society,
and others whose associations are
familiar have organized what is
called an Intercollegiate Liberal
League, with branches in various
colleges and universities.
These gentlemen doubtless have
claims to fame, but not as liberals.
Their self-appointed role is to be
dogmatic and excessively Liberal.
They appear to be the remnant of
the coterie once headquartered at
certain Fifth Avenue address. who
about once a week appeared with 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05

WISE GUYS

The Old Man called the statesmen IN.
He said, my boya, you're tired and thin,
You work too hard; you need more plav.
So take week on double payl"
Alas, how rare is gratitudel
His kindness was misconstrued:
The statesmen made no answer but
The poor old goof is off his nut"
And they were right. He was.
A Smooth Solicitor was sent
To see Wise Old PRESIDENT;
He said, "Your business should expand,
1t needs a shove, helping hand,
1t needs bralny Agency,
And what 1t mostly needs is Me"
The President replied, al feel
Somehow that tour need is meal"
--An1 he was right 1t was.
Tie Boss he ssid TO r.>, ely Boy,
You've been Year in my employ,
And to the world I'll gladly state
Your work Is fine; your stuff is great;
In Advertising l foresee
A Brilliant Future yours will be-"
said, II don't know what inspired
These words, unless-hal ha!--I'm
fired"-~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
A Tribune Editorial
the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ! want heartily to thank the
writer of the editorial on John Bur-
roughs. He has given your readers
something worthy Of that brave, kindly
lover of the truth and has done so in
style worthy of The Tribune at it's
very best-and that is saving a good
deal. w. s. RAINSFORD.
Ridgefield, Conn, April 2, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
The Philippine Mission

Questions vitality affecting the fu-
ture policy Of the United States will
be considered by the WoodForbes
mission to the Philippines. Under
the Wilson Administration the Phil
ippine problem was studiously mini
mixed. The easy solution-onc
which appealed particularly to the
President and the Democratic lead
ers in Congress--was to get rid Of
the islands. Mr.. Wilson sent out to
Manila Governor General who tried
to win the favor Of the native poll
ticians by telling them they were
perfectly competent to manage their
own affairs and ought to be allowed to
manage them. He mawkishly apollo
gized for exercising the sovereignty
which he represented. He said that
he looked forward eagerly to the
day on which that sovereignty would
be extinguishcd.
The Senate passed the Clarke bill
providing for an evacuation of the
islands and their cession to the in
habitants. Mr.. Wilson asked the
House Of Representative to approve
this measure. Fortunately, it was
defeated by a narrow margin. In
1919 both the President and Secre
tary Baker assured visiting Filipino
delegations that independence was
close at hand. The people of the
islands have been confused and mis-
led by such official utterances. They
have come to think that the United
States is only waiting for a chance
to haul down it's flag and to leave
them to their own dubious destiny.
The report which General Wood
and Mr.. Forbes bring back will end
suspense and dispel misunderstood
ings. 1t will clarity our relations
with our Far Eastern dependency.
There can be no question that we are
to stay there, and since we are, our
duty to the natives as we'll as theirs
to us will have to be more sharply
defined. We owe it to them to give
them order and prosperity through
intelligent administration. They owe
it to us to accept our supervision and
assistance in good faith.
American policy looks more than
ever to-day toward the East. The
only shadows on our foreign rela-
tons are in that quarter. We have
an outpost there. If it is to serve
us, it's strategic advantages must be
developed and made use of. No one
il; more competent than General
Wood to pass upon the role which
the Philippines should play in
scheme of national defense. We are
a Pacific power. We shall remain
one. From a national point Of view
the Philippines have ceased to be
merely an experimental station in
colonialism. They have become an
exposed salient in our defense sys-
tem--a part Of the American domain
which must be guarded not alone for
itself but because of it's relation to
all the other parts. Our former
western frontier has been expanded.
1t includes the Philippines, Guam.
Hawaii and the Canal Zone now as
truly as it once included only Wash
ington, Oregon and California.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
CATULLUS: CARMEN ~

"Phasellus ille"---
This lizzie which you see, my friends
Asserts that when twas in its prime
1t raced with Packards many a time,
And beat 'em, too.
Unlike the ship Catullus sang,
1t never was a stately tree.
In fact, think it used to be
A coffee can.
1t never saw the Pontic Gulf,
Nor dipt its nose into q swell,
But old Northampton knows it we'll.
III say it does.
But all those happy days are past.
Its carburetor works no more;
Its crankcase lies upon the floor
Hactenus hdec.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
A Double Standard
(F'rom The Buffalo Espress)

Socialists in Italy are learning that
the other side can engage in violent
demonstrations, too. This is contrary
to all rules Of the game from the So
ciailst viewpoint. However eager they
may be to have some one else hurt,
they are always very tenacious of their
right to be protected by government
against any attacks on themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05


Secretary Hughes in his brief
but clear and emphatic note to
Germany unreservedly throws the
weight of the United States in
favor of the vital reparation
clauses Of the Versailles Treaty.
This treaty has not been ratified
by us because former President
Wilson would not allow it to be
ratified. But the executive depart
ment commits itself as matter of
policy to furthering, in association
with our allies, a course similar to
that which would have been fol-
lowed had the treaty been ratified.
To show this it is necessary to
quote but one pregnant sentence
from the Hughes note, namely:
"This government stands with the
governments of the Allies in hold
ing Germany responsible for the
war and thus morally bound to
make PREPARATION as far as may be
possible
Here in compact form is the es-
sence Of the PREPARATION articles Of
the Versailles Treaty. That treaty
provided, first, for an acknowledge
ment by Germany of her guilt;
second, of her responsibility to pay
for the damage she had done; third,
for ascertainment before May,
1921, of the sum that Germany
could pay to discharge her debt.
The single, swift sentence Of Mr..
Hughes sets out in fewer words
three essentials. All else is am
plification and application. On his
condensation hang all the law and
the prophets with respect to repara-
tons.
AS to the entertainment Of The
sum Germany can pay, this Ill
along has been a matter for open
consideration. So at Paris was
prepared an estimate Of the sum.
This offer was submitted to Ger
many. 1t was rejected and an alter
native proposal was submitted by
Germany, which, in turn, was re-
jected by the Allies. Then the
German delegation went home
from London and nothing further
has been heard from it.
There is not now and never has
been any closing of parleys by the
Allies. They are ready and will
ing to listen. So in practically
Suggesting a renewal Of negotia-
tions our government does not Of
fer itself as a mediator, but as
partner which recognizes the JUS
tice of the much misrepresented
articles Of the Versailles Treaty
and repudiates IN toto the idea that
to insist OF Germany paying to the
extent Of her ability is to impose
a Punic peace.
1t was the practice of the late
Administration to find points of diff
ference between us and the Allies
and to emphasize these. 1t is the
practice of the present one to find
points of agreement and to en-
phasize these. A most salutary
change.
President Harding and Secre-
tary Hughes ave not SC much in
terested in formulas and vision as
to have no time OF interest to do
something, practical to advance the
only sort of world union that has
any promise Of permanent peace in
it-namely, union for definite
things Of the powers whose keep
ing together is the only feasible
insurance against war. Straight as
an arrow comes the succinct but
meaning-freighted declaration of
the new Administration
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05

ssu ear purchase merchandise Advertised In vNK
yRiBuNE with absolute saisty--for II dlssatisfas.
ten results in any east TINE TRIBUNE suarnm-
sess 10 Gay your noss, back upon request. Nc res
tape. Ne suhbilnS. We make eeod promptly II
tas advertiser dees not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05

MENBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press l. exclusively Untitled "a
she use for republication OF all news dispatches
credited 10 II not otherwise credited IN th.s
paper AMI also the local nsws o. spontaneous
sriStn published herein
All rights Of repubcatiou u all sthsr nattM
Asrsia Also reserved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
We'll, was right. I was.
BISH.

In tho days when ambition was
ruddy, ours were loftier detectives. No
injustice too widespread for us to
try to nnnihilate, no crusade TOO hope
less for us to lead. But age comes on;
and WEAKNESS. This summer we shall
dedicate ourself to the task of implor-
ing tennis reporters to omit son
games" when they say 81 or AZ; and
ION points" when they say A0-15.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
The Trolley Takers

(Eavesdropped by Isabel B. To-
Huh! Him! He makes nc sicki
Thinks he's so smooth and smart, al
ways making those slurrin' remarks of
his. But l landed on him the other
night | knocked him cold.
He set there all the cvenn', just
sayn' one thing after another, you
know the way he does, and just as we
was goin' he says something about no
danger of US being arrested for speed
IN, mot with your car" he says, smil-
ing, you know the way he does.
was just goin' out the door, and l
turned with my hand on the knob.
Don't let that worry you, Ray" |
says, --just like that Don't let
that worry you, Ray"
To those who get information from
no other source than this Bandusia Of
Banter, we say, at the request of four
Americans now In Paris, that the mini
mum letter postage from the United
States to France is five cents, and not
two cents. Particularly" adds Old
Fred keppel, tell friends on the Fac
ulty Of Columbia University. There
are many moro agreeable things to do
with ones sous over here than to pay
postage fines with them"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
LATlNUS YALENSIS.

One of our editorial co-s.aves cites
one reason why the average man hates
to make speech. But for one why
he hates to there are ten why he loves
to.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05

What our worshiped proofroom was
thinking Of may have been Mr.. Still
mans yacht. No other reason ap-
pears for making Justice Morschauser
refer to the couples maritime rela lions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05

Our co-slave is lucky if he has heard
1he average man speak. Most of those
we've heard ara sub-avcrage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
Overstocked

From The Philadelphia RccordJ
The demand for kings is not nearly
equal to the supply.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
The Diary of Our Own Samuel Pepys

April 2-Early up, and did on my
green suit with the red stripes, the last
time, I fear, forasmuch as the knees
are worn through. Read f. Kelley's
Beauty-and Mary Blair, book Of
much gay wisdom. To the train, and
met Mistress Marion, and carried her
portmanteau for her, and so with my
wife to Englewood, and had merry
evening of it, what with gaming and
talking to Janet.
3-Up, and with r. Ives to the ferry,
and met Marion, in a red dress, and
played seven sets of tennis, but T..
Davis and I were trounced at croquet
by L. Rehm and A. Woollcott. 10 the
city and MY wife and to Mistress
Pearl Swope's birthday party, and [
spoke with Mrs. Clare Sheridan again,
and Mrs. Hope, less beautiful than H.
Swope would have me believe, yet no
eyesore neither G. Cree1 walked home
with me, and so, at near four in the
morning, to bed.
4-Early up, and to the office, at my
stint all day, and home to dinner, and
SO to see A. Thomas's play "Nemesis."
BY The War Cry we note that Com
missioner and Mrs. Howard have cele-
brated their golden wedding. What
aroused us to read the story was the
headline: "Fifty Years. United War
fare"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05
Now for Admiral Grayson's log.

prof. Albert Einstein," begins The
World, putting at his pipe RS calmly
as if he were not the cause of millions
of dazed and dizzy minds" :
and there we quarrel He is not the
cause of millions of dazed and dizzy
minds. Few are the persons with
enough mathematical background to
know what Prof. Einstein means And
ia;llicns of minds, equipped with only
che dimension, don't know the barest
facts about the Prof
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05

Of course. when thu Il 81 .
tkat under his theory space and time
would be eliminated, most persons
grant him slight credence. But a col
umn conductor has a sympathetic COM
rrehension.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05

For years contribs have been ami
space and time for us.
T. P A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05

Owned by New Ycrs Tribune Inc. New York
Ccrpcrauon Published daily. 0sd> Reid, Pr-si-
dent; G. Werner Rogers. Vice Pros idcnt; Helen
nesers Reid. Secretary; X r. Masheid, Treasurer
Address. Tribune Building. ls& Nassau Street. New
York, Telephone. Beekman 5000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-05

1t is welcome news that through
Governor Miller's initiative a sweep
'ng legislative investigation of the
Hylan administration is now as
sured.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-08-30
La HERNIA MATA 1000
NlDIVIDUOS ANUALMENTE

Mueren anualmente siete mil perso-
mas y ell certificado de defuncien dice..
Hernia. SPor que? Porque estos des-
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mismos, Sc abandonaron simplemente
Sc cuidaron del sfntoma Ca hinchaz6n) de
Ia parte afectada, sin poner atenci0n a
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llamarlo? Ell braguero cuando mas, es
como una muleta un. falso sosten puesto
para proteger un muro que Sc derrumba
y del cual no Sc puede esperar mas que
una ayuda mecAnica. La preston que
ejerce sobre ell lugar retarda a los, mCs-
culos debilitados de 10 que mas necesitan:
el alimento.
Pero la ciencia la encontrado un
metodo. todos aquellos que padecen de
prueba GRATIS para experimentarla
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Ell PLAPAO-PAD cuando Sc adhere al
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salirse del lugar, por cuya razon nunca
raspa nj pellizca. Tan suave como elter-
ciopelo-facil de aplicar-BARATO. Sc
puede liSar durante Ell trabajo v Ell SuefiO.
No tiene correas, hebiIlas resortes.
Aprenda usted cerrar Ia abertura de
la hernia, como 10 manda la naturaleza,
para que Ia hernia no Sc salga Mande
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snA6 Stuart Bldg, st. Louis, Mo-, e. U.
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y los informes instructivos del Sr. Stuart
acerca de las hernias.