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New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Peace at Mudania

Inc Chanak war cloud was Quickly
dissipated at Mudania. There w. .
no real incentive to war between the
Aiiies and Turkey. The danger Law
IN the fact that dispute as to
whether the Turkish army should
Immediately cross the Straits in nur.
suit Of the Greek army might be
oroadened into a dispute as to
whether the Turk, politically speak
ing, should re-enter Europe.
The Allies had agreed at par;s
last March that he should return
not because they really wanted him
back, but because Constantine's foIlv
mad made Greece impossible as lem
ant of eastern Thrace and becanse
Great Britain and France were any
lous to put an end to the curious
Caliphate agitation among the Ma.
hometans of India and northern
Africa. The Turk was to be rain
stated for cold political reasons Ru+
at the last moment an effort w.s
made in London to represent the bar
ring OF the Straits to Kemal not as
an armistice detail but as the svmp-
tom OF radical shift in British nol-
icy Most of the people who read
Lloyd Georges appeal to the Rr;+;sh
commons g and to Rumania and Jugo-
olavla doubtless believed that Il was
!. on the Prime Minister'S cards to
keep the Turk from passing the
straits because he was a Turk and
because ne had been accused Of burn
ing Smyrna and numbering Ana
tolian Christians.
mat was an unreal flourish. how
ever. The Turkish army is to stav in
Asia temporarily; but Turkey is to
repossess Thrace up to the Martha
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13

River, including Adrianople. Turk
ish civil officials and gendarmerie
are to filter in in advance Of the sol
diery. The Allies guarantee Greek
evacuation. So the return of the
Turk to Europe is definitely signed
and sealed.
With that Kemal is satisfied. For
it he was willing to barter neutrality
or Observation-Disclosures of the Straits
and to concede protection to religious
and racial minorities. Kemal's aspi-
rations are political. What he dreams
of is a revival Of Turkish national
ity. The new Turkey won it's spurs
against Greece. The Allies, as ref
crees of the Greco Turkish fight,
have had to take notice of Greek
failure and to act accordingly. They
have stuck to the original conditions
Of the encounter-in which they
probably hoped to see both sides lose
and have kept race and religious
prepossessions out of it. Earlier COM
mitments- British as we'll as French
and Italian-compelled them to do
this. They have made a realistic
settlement, but they have kept the
Straits open for the worlds use here
after and have cleared the way for a
workable Near Eastern settlement.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Armenia

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; In entering the World War the
iaudable reason given for SO doing was
70 see justice and right rule. The
weaker nations were to be put on a
sa1e footing and the big powers were
to see it done.
Armenia, which did her part to aid the
Aiiies, has been left to the merciless
turk, has been drenched in blood ana
IS undergoing the worst that the Turks
can infiict. Yet 1t is called the cry
of ignorance when Christian people Of
the United States call on our govern
ment to put a stop to it.
What worthier cause than to help
people 50 suffering7 What mora
dastardly course than TO leave them
to their fatei Parleys and treaties
have proved failures every time. The
Turk knows that all the powers do is
to talk and retire. Let the United
States put aside seif-seeking and
go to the rescue Of this suffering ma
tion' This is the only course that viii
do any good and leave our honor mn
stained. F, H. EDDY.
bayonne, N. j., Oct. @. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13

! Eton College" in which he refers !,
Fielding as great wielder Of the usint.
ing PEN" Arthur Christopher Benson,
who was housemaster, asked ham.
Have you read Fielding?e He had
not. 81 see," said Benson, "you tase
him on trust"
1t is interesting to observe (euistIr)
that Barring learned very little eta.
at school or university. That is iaa,
very little concrete erudition, such as
is crammed into boys in Gernasy. No.
body seemed to care whether be be-
came a master of learning or rot, hat
extreme care was taken, for instance
that he should be in contact with schos
ars who were gentlemen. This is yHT
important to boys, who cannot possibly
be regimented into civilization. A grsss
deal is accomplished If the sekpA
matron is gentiewoman.
Another memory, at the beginning d!
the Rome chapter Barring says he ss7l
Dan Leno in Mother Goose" where ID;
played harp solo, which I think 4
the funniest thing I ever saw upon tssl|
stage" The present writer can BEST
witness to this. Barring goes on: I'D
had subtle, early Victorian. Byrunsl
way of playing, refined and paaeI
stricken as though he mistI
suddenly have the vapors." 1t nusl
be remembered that Leno was small
dressed in Sister AIMS clothes, and ~
harp was an enormous affair. suitable
for one of Michael Angeles archangels
When 1t falls over him and he beeonaj |
more and more involved Ill
The strings until they are wrappsa
about him like cocoon, human mature
,an bear no more, but gives way ilE
great sobs of rib-cracking mirth. There
Is nothing, Mr.. Barring viii agree, liks
that now
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
The Lloyd Sisters
% the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your obituary sf Mars
Lloyd published last Sunday yoH saN
that she was one of three sisters N
the interest of truth, allow me 70 pslss
out that Marie Lloyd was the Oldest y
seven sisters and had one brother. Ise''
mother, Matilda Archer. was stage
favorite in her day; their father Vas
the only non-theatrical member o. NV
family. He retired from business sew
eral years ago and was still living iess
than year ago at the age OF seyea!s'
This information had from Aies
Lloyd when she returned to Anasf's'
for a vaudeville tour last season.
The family name is Wood, but Ahee' !.
Marie, Rosie, Grace and Annie y
adopted Lloyd as stage name. uass,
another sister, retained the nanae :, :,
Wood for her stage activities, as os
the seventh sister and the broinss
Maud and Sidrey Wood. With the s.
ception of the latter team, all sne slls
have won their regulations as aslf'ss
entertainers.
All members of the family appea
ing on the stage, with the exceps'Vs.
Of Grace and Annie, have appesisa :
America, although Alice and Marie WE
the only sisters who thoroughly essss
lished themselves on this side q -
Atlantic. G. HORACE MoRTInER
New York, Oct. II, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Absurd, but Perhaps the Law

| Those opponents of the Volsteac
act who are hugging the notion that
Congress has no legal right to insist
that foreign ships in our ports BIZ
cry are Interpreting the law more
by wish than by book.
There can hardly be question OF
the broad power of nation to leg
islate regarding ships of other ma
tions which enter her ports. The
right is elemental, based on the
sovereignty Of a nation touching its
own territory; and the merchant
ship that enters port comes within
that territory and submits to that
sovereignty quite as much as does
an alien who steps ashore. Treaties
can, of course, yield portion of
this control, and international law
has built up certain minor excep-
tions.
Chief of the latter is the fact that
vessel driven into port by stress
OF weather or other dire necessity l.,
exempt from the general rule. The
case of the Creole has been cited
against the Volstead act in it's ap-
pllcation to foreign vessels. 1t is
really only a clear illustration of
this exception. This American brig,
sailing from Hampton Roads for
New Orleans in 1841 with 1876 slaves
on board. was taken into the British
port Of Nassau by mutineers. The
slaves on board were freed by the
British authorities under the Brit
ish law which had abolished slavery
But the owners of the slaves were
later reimbursed by the British gov
ernment, the referee declaring that
the right to navigate the ocean, and
to seek shelter in case of distress
or other unavoidable circumstances.
and to retain over the ship, her
cargo and passengers the laws Of
her own country" was Sanctioned
by the law of nations"
Congress may awake to the needs
OF the situation and amend the Vol.
stead act so as to exempt foreign
shlps-or all ships, as The Tribune
has urged. Or the Supreme Court
may overrule Mr.. Daugherty and
hold that Congress did not intend
the Volstead act to apply to foreign
ships. But if the court finds that
Congress meant to include foreipn
ships 1t is hard to see why the law
is not conformable to the rules OF in.
ternational law and entirely valid.
Those sea lawyers and bastv
critics Of Mr.. Daugherty who are
venting upon him their wrath
against the Volstead act are forget
ting that he has no choice in tn,
matter. He is constitutionallv
bound to enforce the act, however
absurd and outrageous it NAV an
pear to many citizens.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Why Smith Failed

While Governor of New York AL.
fred E. Smith accounted for his in.
ability to keep down expenses by the
contention that constitutional
amendment would be necessary to
put the state machinery on an eco
nomically productive basis.
Constitutional amendments must
be passed by two legislatures and
submitted to the people. Their en-
actment into law is cumbersome
process. Moreover, it is never by
any means certain that the peopls
will accept them.
Governor Miller found, on taking
office, the same machinery that was
at the disposal of Mr. Smith. With
this machinery he did cut down ex-
penses, thing Mr.. Smith said was
impossible, and he did increase the
service rendered the state, which
Mr.. Smith signally failed to do.
A poor workman blames his tools.
After two years in Office Mr.. Smith
goes about the state excusine him
self for his failure as an executive
on the ground that the tools pro-
vided him were inadequate to the
work he was elected to perform. It
is an excuse that will not be ac-
cepted and whose flimsiness is glar-
lngly apparent in the light of the
achievements Of Governor Miller
with exactly the same equipment.
The, Governor validly holds that
his opponent, in the endeavors he Is
now making to exculpate himself
tor not equaling the record Of his
successor, confesses his failure
Said Mr.. Miller in his Watertown
speech:
All Mr.. Smith was abe to do was
TO sit in his big chair and see the
wheels go round. He is now asking
to be restored to job which he says
ne cannot perform unless the people
give him different tools.
i have not asked for different ma
chinery. I assert that it is possible
to make the existing machinery
work assert that the existing ma
chlnery has worked, because diff
1erent spirit has been infused in the
state government, because the people
are satisfied that they are getting
service for their money and that
mounting cost Of government has
stopped. The demand for reorgan-
ization of the state government.
which was keen under Mr. Smith,
has now practically ceased"
The work Governor Miller has be-
gun with existing state machinery
ne Is able and willing to carry
through to completion. If Mr..
Smith were reelected he would
naturally renew his demands for
new tools, which would be difficult.
If not impossible, to provide, and the
progress that has been inaugurated
under Governor Miller would come
abruptly to an end.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
By William McFee

begins to give us something very ex-
cellent indeed, something which comes
| exclusively from the genuine artist.
Of course, the whole thing is work
Of art because the language is always
marvelously subordinated to the theme.
Consider, for moment, the chapter on
Sarah Bernhardt. One feels here that
the role of easy-going, aristocratic Eng
lishman loafing from one embassy to
another is only assumed, and that in
reality Mr.. Barring is man of genius
with an unrivaled knowledge Of French
art.
One dips and dips again. There is
the funeral of Queen Victoria in the
Copenhagen chapter fRaring was on
leave). Every one agreed, he says, "the
most imposing figure in the procession
was the German Emperor In great
gray cloak" The present writer saw
that procession going through the
Park (near the Powder Magazine) and
the crowd took but little notice of
Wilhelm or the other kings on horse
back who went by. What was king.
or kaiser, compared with that ex-
traordinary old woman lying dead
under that purple pall7 But when
Lord Roberts, the Field Marshal, came
by there grew a rumble and mutter-
ing roar of delight, caps waved and
the word "Bobs!" broke the funereal
silence like barks, until he turned his
head and raised his hand with rigid
gesture of indignation. and the noise
died down again. After all, the day
was holiday for us, and when it was
all over we went down to Putney and
had pork-pie and stout. The Queen
was dead-long live the King!
OF course, Barring contributed to the
run by the boys of Eton.
The best story is of Barinps "Ode IN
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Memories


Memoirs like Maurice Baring's "Pup.
pet Show of Memory" can be defined
as textbooks of civilization, and they
are not too numerous. The principal
trouble with them is the difficulty of
quitting them, once begun. And q
book that Is "deyoured" must be d.
gested, and the hunt for favorite pas
sages always destroys the perfection
of the first furious reading
Nevertheless, the "Puppet Show of
Memory" stands up very we'll under
this treatment. Barring was born in
1874, which makes him forty eight, and
the picture he gives of his boyhood
and youth can be checked up by any one
born in 1881 and brought up in the
south of England.
The present writer is bound to con-
fess that the book is too much eiven
over, at the end, to Russia. One feels
that textbook of civilization should
not have too much of Russia in it. But
as Mr.. Barring probably knows as much
about Russia as any Englishman liy-
ing, he must be listened to with the
utmost attention. There is one de-
licious quotation from some old peasant
who mumbled eighteen years ago):
Everybody has become clever, so that
now we have nothing to eat"
In spite Of tho fact that his father
was lord, one of his uncles an in
habitant of Windsor Castle and another
ruler over modern Egypt, Barring seems
to have lived a very typical Eng
lish boys life. And it is not easy to
discover the exact moment when he
abandons the ordinary cultivated Eng
lishman's habit Of good writing and
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13

man, woman and child in the nation
about the desirability Of American.
made merchandise. This Ia the
measure Of the American adver.
tisers' faith in the outlook FOR the
coming year.
Four-tifths Of this stupendous sun
will be speat In the daily newspapers
states James S. O'Shaughnessy
executive secretary of the adver-
tising agencies association, which
represents about 90 per cent of ma
tional advertisers. This may seem
surprising to the casual reader, but
for years the trend in advertising
has been steadily toward news
papers. The volume of their adver-
tising to-day gives good prediction
Of business weather.
There is reason behind this fact.
Experience has demonstrated that
the daily publication offers the
freest channel for influencing pub
lie opinion. 1t is essentially home
institution, a part Of the daily life
of people. This close relation gives
it peculiar ability to bring the ad-
vertiser and his prospective Gus
toner together with the speed nee
essary for quick turnover and mu-
tual profit. That is why the figure
of newspaper advertising has be-
como such sensitive barometer Of
business conditions.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13

- H -
a surplus Of more than $500, ,o0o,-
600 was shown FOR the fiscal year
ended June so last, although d
deficit had been expected.
Finally, the Treasury and The
country escaped the catastrophe Of d
soldiers' bonus, thanks to President
Harding's veto. The Secretary can
now see daylight ahead. The pub
lies manifest eagerness to take =
low rate. long time bond relieves all
anxiety about the clogging Of the
conversion machinery The govern
nfent will not have to stimulate
future sales by offering higher In
terest rates.
The governments credit stanos
unrivaled. A satisfactory spreading
out Of the war debt burden and
steady reduction both of principal
and OF interest charges are now only
matters Of few years.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
A Refunding Triumph

The oversubscription of the new
Federal loan augurs complete sue
cess for Secretary Melons refund
ing operations. The present issue
of long-term A u per cent bonds was
to be limited to $50o,0o0,o0O, al
though exchanges of Victory 4N
notes and Of December Is, 1922
certificates Of Indebtedness were to
be accepted beyond that figure. II
is believed that the offers in cash
notes and certificates will run to
$1,000, 100000 or over. Holders of
notes and certificates will receive
allotments in full. The cash offers
VIII have to be scaled down.
The Treasury must take up or
convert $s70,0o0,0OO of Victories
maturing in December and $780,
100000 maturing next May. 1t also
must renew or convert before June
80 next $1,100,ooo,000 of Treasury
certificates of indebtedness and
S625, 100000 of war saving certin.
Gates. This is the period of stress
and strain which Secretary Houston
used to look forward to with SO
much apprehension. He told Con-
gress that the Treasury could hardly
be tided over it unless enormous re-
ductions in expenditures were made,
The spenders in Mr.. Wilson's Cab
met paid no attention to Mr..
Houston's somber warnings. But
Congress used the cleaver merci-
lessly on the Wilson estimates. A
budget system was eventually in
stalled and President Harding and
General Dawes routed the evil spirit
of extravaganza out of the hearts of
the Federal bureaucrats.
Washington fortunately cleaned
house before the great era of debt
refunding arrived. Secretary Mel
on's unostentatious but highly eff
fective handling of Treasury prob
ems contributed greatly to allay
ineasiness. The public debt was re-
luced $1,000 900, 900 between
april 80, 1921, and October ], 1922.
a = e
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
When France Was Credito.

The report from Paris that ex.
fenses for reconstructing the dev,
Istated regions win continue to be
% high for the next few years that
France will be unable to pay any
interest on her debt to us does not
come as surprise.
In 1882 we made treaty with
France about the repayment of the
100000 livres which she had
loaned US. One article contained
special recognition of the fact that
on account of Americas financial
condition the repayment of the prin-
cipai could not be made within the
period stipulated when the advances
we're granted. Another, which lends
tagnificance to the present attitude
3f France, stated that His Majesty,
being willing to give the said United
States new proof of his affection
and friendship, has been pleased to
make present of, and to forgive
the whole arrears of interest to this
day, and from thence to the date of
the treaty of peace; q favor which
the Minister of the Congress of the
United States acknowledges to flow
from the pure bounty of the King,
and which he accepts in the name
of the said United States with pro-
found and lively Acknowledgements"
AS some of this interest had re-
mained unpaid since 177a, the
French King was making con-
cession of no small value to the then
impoverished government of the
United States.
The treaty of peace was signed in
1888, but so poor did the country
continue that, contrary to it's treaty
agreements, for seven years more no
interest nor principal was paid. 1t
was not until the Federal govern.
ment was organized and Hamilton
had pressed through Congress his
measures for the financial reform of
the country that payment was re-
sumed. Ultimately the entire prin-
cipal was repaid and interest in full
from 1883 forward.
Thus France forgave outright the
unpaid interest for the first five years
and during period of eight years
thereafter waited patiently while we
failed to pay the interest on our debt
and failed to live up to our treaty
obligations. Recognizing frankly that
we were unable to pay, she con-
formed her policy to meet the finan-
cial capacity of her debtor. Are
we to be less patient and generous
toward France than she was to-
ward US?
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
Poems for the People

Poems for the People
Let worry and sorrow annoy
whom they will
More reason that you should
be cheerful.
The sky's blue enough as it bends
o'er the hill,
And the clouds are sufficiently
fearful.
If others have troubles, they're
not your affair;
Contentment Is what you are
after;
Be hearty and bluff when they
voice their despair,
And answer complaining with
laughter.
Your neighbor may lose all the
money he has,
For such is the nature Of
chances.
But bid him be merry and learn
how to jazz,
And practice still more modern
dances.
Make life-for yourself-just as
gay as you can;
Don't plunge into grief for
your brothers.
You'll find it will make a sad
gloom Of man
Who takes on the worries Of
others!
Remember that Joy Is the thing
to be sought
And existence is just what you
make it,
The rainbow of pleasure is easily
caught
If fellow will just overtake it.
Preach happiness always-let
nobody gloom!
If they try to be fearful, don't
let EN-!
Affections will shadow their
natures with doom;
The best thing to do Is forget
'em!
Of course if real trouble should
happen to you,
You'll find it is tough to be
breezy.
But don't be respondent or down.
cast or blue,
For keeping your chest out is
easy.
Remember the turkey that spoke
of the loss
Of his head with no accent of
sorrow,
But thanked his kind fate for the
cranberry sauce
That would brighten his car
cass tomorrow!
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
"A Smile
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune. y.
Sir: IN one Of your editorials Is. IS
morning you say that @Life, libert e g
the pursuit Of happiness are tas S. s
alienable rights Of American eisissAass J,
Many of your admirers viii :fss
this, think of the Eighteenth Aass
ment and smile.
CLARENCE ARTHUR BEL
New York, Oct. 3, 1922. 4.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
What Readers Are Thinking

York while they carry their passengers
to Halifax or Quebec.
However, some of us think that for
the few millions who must go down
to tho sea In wet ships there are fifty
sixty or seventy millions who are i'm
bued with common sense and know a
good thing when they see it.
Twenty or thirty years from now
cur children, looking back. will say,
how queer some Of our fathers were
to think that liquor was an aid to life,
liberty and the pursuit OF happiness. y
JAMES v. CHALMERS.
New York, Oct. 9, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Don't Hesitate While Leaping

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your worthy and timely edito-
rial in this mornings Tribune entitled
"How to Cross Street and Live" is for
the most part comprehensive. But
there's one thing about it that has puz-
zled me to the extent of evaporation.
Your very first admonition is, "Look
before you leap" and almost your last
warming is, "He who hesitates is lost"
AS each Of these old adages contra
diets the other, fear shall never be
safe while crossing street until some
enlightening soul shows me the way to
observe these two opposites with i'm
punity. AL. S. LEE.
New York, Oct. ii, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Inside Information

After reading Mr.. Hohenzollern,s
book it is even easier to understand
why he lost the war.
Copyright by James j. Monta.ra,
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Our Vocal Test

-. fFrom The Indianapolis Nersy
Inc Star-Spangled Banner is now
los years old, but it is just as hard "a
sing as when It was new.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Explained

Mr.. Bryan's long silence is proba-
bly, due to the fact that he is writing
the anti-evolution plank for the next
Democratic platform.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Too Costly

Prohibition officers estimate that
it will take s9,Ooo,ooo to keep the
United States dry next year. Around
the golf course locker rooms few
people are subscribing to the fund.