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New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

! told us that he had just received in
formation from the Imperial Chancel-
lory to the effect that a message an
nouncing his abdica tion a. Kaiser (and
! AS King Of Prussia) and simultaneously,
declaring my remuneration in similar
sense, had been issued by Prince Max
of Baden and disseminated by Wolff s
Bureau without awaiting the declara-
tion of the Kaiser or consulting me in
the matter; further, that the prince
has resigned his post Of Imperial Chan
cellor and had been appointed Imperial
Regent. while the Social Democratic
Rechstag deputy, Ebert, was now I'm
perial Chancellor.
The Netus That PnrnIysed
We were all so dazed and paralyzed
by this startling news that for the
moment we could hardly speak.
Schulenburg and l importuned his
majesty never, under any circum
stances, to submit to this coup detat,
but to oppose the Vaccinations Of the
prince with every possible means and
to abide unalterably by his previously
formed resolution. He de-
clared repeatedly and with great en-
phasis that he abode by his decision to
abdicate if necessary as Kaiser, but
that he remained King of Prussia and,
as such, would not leave the troops.
Somewhat encouraged by this firm
mood Of my fathers, who now seemed
to see his way clearly through all the
entanglements and difficulties, I took
leave Of him, my duties as commander
in chief requiring my presence in the
headquarters Of the army group at
Vielsalm.
AS I held his hand in mine, never
imagined that I should not see him
again for a year and that it would
then be in Holland.
AS the Crown Prince completes the
story, the Kaiser, taking leave Of
Schulenburg, repeated: 81 remain with
the army; tell the troops So" 1t was
decided to draw up a written protest.
disavowing the fraudulent abdication.
Then Groner, declining responsibility
for the Kaiser's safety, mentioned
| fight to Holland The Kaiser would
not hear of it. This was at p. M,
but at 7:45 y. M. the Kaiser agreed to
spend the night in the royal train on
the theory that Red troops were on the
way to attack the villa. Then the
Kaiser said he would stay, and he
talked of finding death at the head OF
| his troops. But at 10 p. m. he agreed
to go, at o'clock the next morning
Won Hindenburg had told him to go.]
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
o NV Mother

fFrom The English Re.teu)
A pure stream, whose silver bright
Quickens her thirsty brink, your way
you went,
One tireless purpose and one sole con-
tent:
To find the folk unloved, and cheer and
bless
Such as had only heard of human happi-
Not all the deepening shades of your
own woe
Could blind your vision to another's
pain.
Your tender quest and sure re.pons.
restrain.
Or bate the toll that you would undergo
Compassion swift to bring and gentle
ruth bestow.
Now stilled the generous heart that
never beat
For self in all your length of fruitful
years,
And shut the eyes that shed not manv
tears
For your own sorrowz; stopped the
ready feet
That on a thousand roads your mercy
made SO feet.
| was your frst-born son and me you
bore
To share through half century of time
Your gracious days, to see your hope
sublime,
Rejoicing that widowed love of yore
Had fashioned me part of you for
evermore.
Mother, you win the song of human
praise
For righteous souls who wrought and
now are gone,
Unto Faiths Household add a precious
And, in the after-gIow of your good
days,
Lift up some patient hearts still beating
on their ways.
EDEN PHILLPOTTS.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
You Pay for What You Get

New YORK pays for what it gets
whether it is parks, or streets. o,
municipal buildings, or better sub.
way service. If the people do not
pay directly, they pay indirectly
through taxation. But they pay.
1t is important to bear this in
mind in the study of the traction
| situation. Service improvements
which will cost hundreds of thou
sands of dollars have been ordered
by the Transit Commission. Plans
for extensions which will cost many
| millions are under consideration
The people will pay for all
The Interhorough and the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company are
only holders of operating contracts
with the city. 1t is the city which
builds the lines. and if the cost of
ride is more than five cents the
city will have to pay its share II
the added cost.
! The greater part of the difference
between the five-cent fare and the
actual cost of a ride must be paid
through taxation, just as parks and
streets and public buildings are paid
| for. Nothing is free; only for a
short time can subway costs be
loaded on the operating companies
Subway and surface fares in New
York cost more than five cents no,
because anybody is grating, not
because of inflated or fictitious val
| ues of properties or franchises, but
because men and materials required
for great transit system cost more
than the receipts at five cents a
head
There have been extravaganza and
much mismanagement in the past
but even when these are eliminated
five cents will still be an INSULT
cient fare. On the valuation fixed
by the Transit Commission it Is
an insufficient fare, and that valu-
alton is probably far below the true
value of the property of the operat-
ing companies.
The citizens of New York appear
to prefer to pay for their use of
the transit lines partly in fares and
partly in taxes. That's their busl-
ness, and such being the case the
Transit Commission intends to fix
the fare at five cents.
But the five cents is only the
sum that the subway rider drops
into the slot. The remaining two
| or three or four cents comes out
of his pocket when he pays rent or
buys food, or clothes, or anything
he requires.
Nobody but a demagogue would
seek to make people believe that
five-cent fare is now an actually In
this town.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
Barge Canal Limitations
tha Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The article in this mornings
Tribune headed New Lines Plan
Ocean Ships on New York Barge
Canal" states that the proposed YES
sells are to be eighteen feet in depth.
The writer, last summer, rode with q
fleet of barges from Troy to Buffalo
along the State Barge Canal. This
feet was towed by an ordinary tug
boat. Neither the tug nor the barges
drew over eight and one-half feet Of
water, yet on FIVE separate occasions
they went aground at various points
along the canal because Of shallow
water. At no. point does the canal
have a depth Of more than twelve
feet.
In addition to this. it is imprac-
ai9 ble to operate boat 257 feet long
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
ihe End of a Nightmare

a uovernor Miller's announcement
'aa. he opposes a city government
"estchester will insure sweeter
sp 10 the residents of that impor-
amt county.
Delofe The Tribune let daylight
-, 'ne plans of bipartisan politl-
s.,,. ,,0nolnation to gather Offices by
$. uihg the scattered cities and
a. s INTO a central organization
~. : .ouhty was in iminent danger Of
!, 's up some morning and finding
~. y disrnay that it had become a
a'.'paiity overnight.
T.. Dill making this possible had
r.. ~ siipped through the LcgisIa-
/ ss.. A commission had been ap-
e to carry out its provisions.
0os'ss were getting together
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
Is This the Lark!

lFrom The Measured
is THIS the lark
Lord Shakespeare heard
Out of the dark
OF dawn. Is this the bird
That stirred
Lord Shakespeare heart,
Is this the bird whose wing.
Whose rapturous antheming,
Rose up, scared radiant. becam.
Sharp fame
To Shelley listening
And made him sing,
lhrobbing alone, aloof. feveredlv apart.
HIS profuse strains Of unpremeditatad
art,
10 think that should hear him now
Telling that single fery rift of heaven
wild lark comes.
The fresh cool scent Of earth yearn, at
the plow;
In short keen rapid Aurries the wood
pecker drums.
To think that ] should hear that mad
thing sliding
Along smoking opal ladder,
Hear that inevitable deluge of music
riding
Into the sun. richer now-fainter now
madder!
To think that I should hear and know
The song that Shelley heard, and
Shakespeare, long ago.
JOSEPH AUSLANDER.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
May the Sixth

fFrom The Clepelond Ploix DsaIsyj
HAD no present theme to sing
The balmy weather soothed me 20
That blood and thought alike ran slow,
And I was idle thrall to Spring.
Then, from the almanac, this thing
Allured me: Threescore years ago
This very morning died Thoreau
While all his world was blossoming.
And yet find no song, but see
May smiling, as her high-priest slips
His vestment on. and gees beyond
Her shrine. A weeping willow tree
Bowsifor little space and dips
It's tresses into Walden Pond.
TED RoBF feN.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

J From the chapter "Scenes at Spa" OF
the "Memoirs of the Crown Prince o.
GERMANY the following is reprinted
through the courtesy Of the publishers
/ Charles Sc,1bner's Soma.
| must now proceed to chronicle
what | have to say concerning that last
and bitterest experience Of the break
down. God knows it is more difficult
for me than all that I have record ed
! hitherto.
On the evening of November s, 1918
received at Waulsort an unexpected d
command from his majesty TO report
myself to him next morning at Spa.
The Kaiser WAS lodged in Villa
Fraineuse, Just outside the town. Gen
eral Won Gontard, the court marshal
received me in the hall. His face wore
serious and anxious look. In reply
to my questions all he did was to raise
his hands; but the action said more
than words could have done.
In the early morning my father had
thoroughly discussed the situation
with Major Niemann. the officer Of his
General Staff, and had resolved boldly
to face the threatening revolution.
My chief of staff, Count Schulenberg
was there. He had been in Spa since
the early morning, and. until my ar
rival, had been advocating our view,
with the Kaiser.
Then General Groner Ludendorff =
succe.sor] had spoken. -. General
Groner's words as reported TO me by
Schulenberg, had they been the ultimate
truth, would indeed have signiied the
end; the military position of the armies
desperate; the troops wavering and un.
reliable, with ia tions for a few days only
and with hunger, dissolution and pill
lage threatening to follow after; the
homeland blazing up in inextinguish-
able revolutions: the reserves available
refractory, disintegrating and rushing
to the red flag; the whole hinterland
ian ways, CC!CSt NuiNC UlluBco
depots and functions in the hands of the
revolutionaries; Berlin at the highest
pitch of tension which, at any moment
might snap and bathe the city in blood
to turn the army upon the civil war at
home with the enemy in the rear would
be quite impossible. These views of
his and the field marshal generals had
been indorsed by the divisional chiefs
and by most of the representatives OF
the General Higher Command AL.
though not expressly, this report con-
tained implicitly demand for my
fathers abdication.
In spite of all this the Kaiser had
stood resolutely by his original de-
cision. General Groner had then
adopted an attitude which seemed ia
indicate that he regarded all discussion
as vain loss of time in face Of a
definitely fixed program; he ha.
brusquely confined himself to remark
ing: "The army will march back home
in good order, but not under the lead.
ership of your majesty"
Speechless and deeply moved, my
father had listened to these deplor-
ably gloomy statements. Finally
the Kaiser had closed the discussion
with a repetition of his desire that the
commanders in chief be asked for their
views. "1f you report to me-" he said
"that the army is no longer loyal to
me shall be prepared to 60, but not
till then"
From these DISCUSSIONS and decisions
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
The Genoa Failure

rope was not ripe for it. The ground
mad not been prepared for genuine
political or economic concert. The
solidarity which Lloyd George and
Schanzer had in view was an illu-
sion. They were pursuing an unreal
'ty. To put it another way, they
we're filled with the pious hope that
by getting the European nations to-
gether at Genoa these nations could
by some legerdemain or happy i'm
provisation Of craftsmanship be
brought to do what they are plainly
not yet ready to do. Lloyd George
and Schanzer counted on miracle
which wouldn't visualize.
Controlling facts were ignored at
Genoa. The new order in Europe
rests on the Versailles Treaty. Rus
sia had no part in making that
treaty, and Germany was an unwill-
ing signatory. These two powers
stand outside the new circle of ,Eu-
rope. The one-Germany-threat-
ems the political settlement by refus-
ing to live UP to the reparation
terms. The other-Russia--t threat
/ ems Europe's economic recovery by
setting up system of state confsca-
tion and the Reputation of interna-
tional debts.
At the Genoa conference the mis-
take was made of trying to bring
these two outsiders into the Euro
pcan family on basis of formal
equality. They are not in and should
be let in only as they present salts
factory evidence of desire to con-
form again to European standards.
Genoa was in appearance an all
European gathering. But that ap-
pearance was fallacious. Russia and
Germany-still only probationers-
took cunning advantage of the rec
ognlton unwisely extended to them
to make a treaty of alliance and to
unite automatically for the purpose
OF breaking the much-frayed concert
of the Allied powers.
Europe's economic and political
problems must be solved by the
powers which uphold the new order
if that order is to prevail. Genoa
was a blunder in so far as what
was intended to be done there was
directed toward strengthening Ger
many's resistance to the execution of
the Versailles Treaty and diminish
ing her reparation payments at the
expense of Belgium and France. 1t
was also blunder in so far as it's
economic program contemplated tol-
Grafton of Soviet financial heresies
and spoliation Of private property.
1t is no safer for Europe to counte-
nance these destructive theories than
it is for the United States to give
them its benevolent approval
The war and the peace magnifed
the obstacles to European concord.
The many small nations, now more
aggressive and militant than ever,
and the breaking down of the for
mer balance Of power have made
gatherings like that at Genoa largely
a game of blind mans buff. Former
ly preliminary understandings could
be worked out by the great powers.
Now three of the great powers are
on the suspended or absent list, and
clear decisions are hindered by a
vexing multiplicity of interests and
counsels. Europe-the new Europe
must grope her way out Of this
confusion. 1t will be a slow and
painful process-one, too, in which
there can be no miracle except the
patient accomplishment which comes
from genuine and laborious self-help.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

Gayer,lor Miller has framed III
srs words the next Republican
tistern:
ACTION AGAINST TALK"
ofthis platform, no one will deny,
anernor Miller is the fittest expo
rt Since he has held his present
ss he has exemplitied it by acting
sstively and courageously for the
s,srests of the people of the state
,ahout regard to generous criti-
an
What he said he would do he has
! 1s In his make up there is Meth
samidity no. consideration for po-
aa eypediency. That he has never
Man eye on denomination is one
she most powerful arguments for
denomination.
saw York City has special reasons
! ak grateful TO Governor Miller. He
Il IL given a Transit Commission
rssh will, with his backing, bring
bat a solution Of the complicated
Khon problem which an incompe
xtety administration has tangled.
He has provided Port Authority
nsh has already gone far toward
kltating the flow of commerce
aind out of the metropolis and
winsures the cIty's business su-
macy.
/ 9Hshas checked a political raid on
A Ehools which for g time threat
saea to make them an annex to the
TsrnAny machine.
10 the state he has given an ef-
isaNs untral government and has
cut down waste and duplication to
such an extent that S,000,000 has
been saved to the taxpayers.
He has provided for the use of the
state waterways and an incidental
revenue to the state, and he has ef-
fscted reforms in the prisons and the
state institutions.
The Governor has accomplished
these things quietly and without
buster. Before his plans were fully
anderstooi public opinion sometimes
turned against him, but he was
neither troubled nor discouraged.
MS invarlable answer to demagogic
attack was a continuance of his
great work.
The next Republican candidate for
Governor of New York will be pitted
against William R. Hearst or against
some other man whose nomination
VIII be made by Charles f. Murphy.
Inc contest will center largely in
New York City, and false solici-
Jude for "Home Rule" will be the
'allylng cry of his opponents.
Governor Miller has given to the
'''y OF New York the largest meas
l'e OF nome rule that the city has
''er enjoyed. He has taken from,
ne hands of Tammany and given
mo the hands Of the people the
isns't system and the port machin-
n.y. he has frightened Tammany
'u' OF Its attempt to seize the
eaoois' and by getting behind the
O''ng machine law has secured to
NC people a fair count in coming
''''iohs. Never has he abandoned
policy because it seemed "bad poli-
No. he has thus shown himself p
.fohg man. one of the sort the peo-
lie respect.
Above ali qualities in public men
ie american people admire courage
0'.fnof Miller has not only cour-
se 'u' experience and ability. There
!, ~ man IN the party who can so
I's -. iead the fight against Hylan-
lufpny'hearst demagogery as he
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
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it was clear that the Kaiser was willing
to sacrifice his person to the interests
Of the German people and to the main
tensnce of internal and external posi-
bilities of peace. {.
| now went with my chief of staff to
join the Kaiser. q. The Kaiser
stood as though he had suddenly halted
in his agitated pacing up and down.
Passionately excited, he addressed him
self to those near him with violently
expressive gestures. With bowed at
titudes most of the men seemed op-
pressed by the thought there was no
egress from their entangl clement
seemed, while the Kaiser alone spoke,
to have been paralyzed into muteness.
And now, as I stood opposite him, I
saw clearly how distraught were his
features-how his emaciated and sal
low face twitched and WINGED.
He poured out to me the facts with
out the slightest reserve, reiterated
much of what Schulenburg had re-
ported just before, supplemented the
particulars and gave me a deeper in
sight into the character Of the catas-
trophe threatening to spring from the
instability and the disintegration OF
will and energy.
King if Not Kaiser
Notwithstanding my great perturba
ton, at once tried TO intervene and
to check, wherever, in my opinion. it
appeared possible, despite the hitherto
precipitate course of events, to call
halt, and wherever a halt was essen
tial, unless everything was to be lost.
Even if the abdication Of the Kaiser as
such were really no longer to be avoid
ed. his klngship Of Prussia must, at
any rate, remain unshaken.
"Of course!" The words were ut
tered in such a matter -offact way and
his eyes were so firmly fixed on mine
that much appeared to me to have been
gained already.
also emphasized the necessity for
his remaining with the army in all cir
cumstances, and suggested his coming
with me and marching back at the
head of my troops.
At this point came message from
Berlin that the Imperial Chancellor,
Prince Max, rendered his resignation
and said the monarchy could not be
saved unless the Kaiser resolved upon
immediate abdication.
Hoarse, strange and unreal was my
fathers voice as he instructed Hintze
to telephone the Imperial Chancellor
that he was prepared to renounce the
Imperial Crown if thereby alone gen.
eral civil war in Germany were to be
avoided, but that he remained King of
Prussia and would not leave his army.
The document that was forthwith
drawn up] did not contain the abdica-
tiom of the Kaiser, but expressed his
Willingness to abdicate if thereby alone
further bloodshed and, above all, civil
war would be avoided. 1t also stressed
the fact that he remained King OF
Prussia and would lead the troops back
home in perfect order.
His Excellency Won Hintze undertook
to telephone the wording Of the docu.
ment to the Imperial Chancellor.
Notwithstanding his outward and
forcibly assumed self-control and dig
nifty, he (the Kaiser) was excessively
agitated. AS though still in doubt
whether what he had just passed
through could be reality and truth, he
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
A Week of Verse
Prayer of Young Man Seeking
Wisdom

'ffonf The London SPECTATOR
f ~ the ardours of my youth
BE shown facet Of the truth.
Let me not use so little wit
10 make myself high priest Of it.
Believe it absolute, and h,::.s
Ny signt to that which other. 6na
L. A. G.. STRONG.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
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New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
Action VS.. Talk

coyernor Miller has framed in
,,vs words the next Republican
ai.tarm:
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
The Collapse of the Kaiser at Spa

80 From the ohapter "Seenes at Spa" Of
the "Memoirs of the Crotvn Prince of
Germany the following is reprinted
through the courtesy Of the publishers,
Charles Sc,1bners Sons.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-03
EMPRESS
LAST TIME TONIGHT

As 'Humoresque' showed to the world the heart of mother, so Fleliotrope stands as the greatest
 story of father-love ever filmed
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-03
MEANT TO SHAY WIFE
 SO MUST STAND TRIAL

LONDON, May 3. - Michael John Simpson is awaiting trial for attempt ed murder of his wife, and according to his statement to the police, he meant to "do her in" when he hit her on the head with hammer
 Simpson gave himself up at the po- lice station, informing the offlcers that he had killed his wife
 q suppose she's dead, aint she Simpson inquired when officers re- turned from making an Investigation
 "No, she's in an infirmary," the or ficer replied.
 "What, not dead!" shouted ol"p- son. "Well I meant to do her Ill. She ought to be dead. I want to s"lhs for her. I meant to do it."
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-03
RAILROAD TO MINES

Col. J. c. Gotwals, Engineer Off, cers of the commission, referring to this undertaking, said:
 "A very interesting reconnaissance was made this winter from the Gov ernment Railroad to Telida Village by Superintendent Sterling of the Alas ka Road Commission. This reconnais- sance completed winter and summer reconnaissance from the railroad to Berry's Landing, near the Nixon Fork mine in the Kuskokwim. The espe- cial point aimed at in both these reconnaissances was to find a route II possible improving upon the present winter trail over Rainy Pass and one that would take account of the pres ent concentration of travel to the Kantishna and the Nixon Fork mine.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-03
FRENCH AGAINST WOMEN
 HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE

PARIS, May 3.-Returns of ref erendum taken by all Chambers or Commerce. in France as regards the eligibility of women for election to Chambers shows that the majority are not in favor of women holding such positions.
 The returns from Lyons state that the administration of justice in con- mercial tribunals demands qualities of calm and impassibility which are rarely found together in the female character.