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The New York herald., 1922-08-10
Athletics for Women.

Women OF several nations will
compete in few days at the inter-
national games to be held in the
Pershing Stadium, near Paris. Fiji
teen contestants from the United
States are already on the ground.
While the games are played there
will probably be renewed discussion
in many quarters as to whether the
increased participation Of women in
athletics is or is not good thing.
Over in England some educators
and physicians have worked them
selves up to the point OF issuing
shrill warnings that If the athleti-
cism OF the English girl is not curbed
the race will perish. Other educa-
tors and physicians insist that moth
ing Is more desirable for the i'm
provement Of the Anglo-Saxon stock
than the vigorous pursuit Of sport
by women.
In this country there is more
unanimity OF opinion in favor OF
athletics for women. Ardent sup
porters Of the athletic tendency in
women's colleges produce figures to
show that the American college girl
to-day is taller, heavier and has a
larger waist than the girl of the sos
and '90s. This change, however, even
they do not attribute to college life
but to the general physical improve
ment of the American people. The
measurements upon which the com
parison is based are taken early in
the first year at college, and, more
over. comparatively few students in
the girls colleges are the daughters
OF college women.
Those who oppose restrictions upon
athletics for girls are not concerned
with height and weight and waist
measures anyway They claim that
sports are making the English girl
unfit for motherhood and that they
are also spelling her temper.
II must be remembered here that
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
The Davids of the Air.

The British have followed the ex-
ample of the United States in bomb
ing battleships from airplanes, and
the result has been almost exactly
like that of the performances of
the Virginia Capes last summer. The
dreadnought Agamemnon was an
easy mark for the men of the British
air service. Although moving at fif-
teen knots she was hit by bombs
dropped from a height OF 5000 feet.
a distance at which plane is prac-
tically immune to fire from anti
aircraft guns.
This demonstration of the power
of the flying David and the vulner-
ability of the floating Goliath natur-
ally prepared England for Premier
LLOYD GEORGES announcement that
the Government would provide a
home defense force of 500 airplanes.
In vain will the old fashioned navy
men contend that the test at sea only
went to prove that battleships must
be made stronger and with thicker
decks. OF what avail would it be to
spend an extra million on heavier
deck when the attacking air fleet
could counter by adding a few pounds
of INT to it's bombs?
The Washington conference sounded
dramatically the knell of the great
warship. The experiments here and
abroad show that the dreadnought is
not only expensive but almost de-
fenseless as weapon Of invasion.
With flock of 500 bombing planes
England could laugh at an armada
of battleships. Now that new sighting
devices have increased the accuracy
of the bombers Admiral Sir PERCY
ScoTT seems almost justified in his
emphatic remark that the capital ship
is "of no damned use at ALL"
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
Action on the Oil Nuisance.

The oil nuisance will engage much
of the attention of the League Of
Atlantic Seaboard Municipalities at
its meeting in Atlantic City this
week. Mayors OF many municipali-
ties and representatives Of State
boards and commissions, as well as OF
chambers of Commerce, are devoting
two days to the discussion OF this
wholly unnecessary evil. The pollu-
tion of tide waters and tide water
shores through the dumping of oil,
oil sludge and oil refuse by oil burn
ing vessels has already done serious
injury. to sea beaches as places Of
resorts and threatens to do more
harm If not checked 1t also threat
ems to cut off an important source
of food supply by destruction OF
fisheries and oyster plantations.
All this has been set forth in a
continuous stream OF protests which
have been going to legislators and
municipal authorities from points
along practically all of our seaboard.
The bills introduced in Congress by
Senator FRELINGHUYsEN and Repre-
sentative APPLEBY of New Jersey are
in effect the same. Both impose
heavy penalties for the dumping of
oil or oil waste on our tide waters
within the three mile limit. Beyond
that limit our jurisdiction ceases. of
course, and we are powerless to act
except through agreement with other
nations. s..,
Representative APPLEBY' joint reso-
luton requesting the President to
call conference of maritime nations
with the object OF reaching such an
agreement has passed both houses
and received the Presidents sigma
ture. 1t only remains for the De-
partment Of State to. issue the con-
ference invitations. Thus we may
entertain reasonable hope that the
day is not far distant when action
will be taken on matter of deep in
terest to all countries having sea-
shores to protect.
Meantime the measures of Senator
FRELINGHUYsEN and Representative
APPLEBY providing remedies within
our own power to enforce are mark
ing time in Congress. Action upon
them should be speedily Forthcoming,
and doubtless the Atlantic City meet
ing Of the League OF Seaboard Munic-
ipalities will prove a stimulus to that
end. 1t has been demonstrated that
mere appeals to those responsible for
the nuisance are of little avail. Such
appeals we're made all last summer
and all last winter, and il there is
any diminution in the befouling OF
the beaches this season it is too
small to be noticeable. 1t is high
time for the application of more ef-
fective measures.
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
G. X. CHESTERTON JOINS
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Holds Life Illogical Without
His Beliefs.
Special Gable to THE NEW YonK HERALD.
Coprioht, fp2e, bu THE NEW YoRK HnsALp
New York Herald Bureau, +.

SpecfnI Cable TO LIE NEW York HERALD.
Copuright, Io2e, bv TIE NEw YoRK HEsALp
New York Herald Bureau,
London, Aug. o.
Gilbert X Chesterton has joined the
Roman Catholic Church, Father John
O'Connor officiating at the ceremony.
The news that the author had taken
this step did not. however, come as a
surprise to his friends. for Chesterton
has for some time been showing a
growing interest in the Catholic Church.
both in his writings and conversations.
His contention has been that "civiliza-
tion began to break down at thc end or
the Middle Ages" when people began to
abandon the orthodox for radical theo-
ries. .vA--
In explaining why he believed In
Christianity Mr.. Chesterton said recent
ly that II was because i perceive life
to be logical and workable. with these
beliefs and illogical and unavoidable
without them. Mysticism and mysticism
alone has kept men sane since the be-
ginning OF tho world. All the straight
roads OF logic lead straight to Bedlam
Ito anarchism or to passive obedience.
to treating the universe as a clockwork
OF matter or else delusion of mind
The New York herald., 1922-08-10

mediately after the armistice might be
senseless at the present time.
"There seems TO be a general agree
ment on the following propositions:
"First--Considerin her 'demoralized
condition Germany could not resume
repatriation payments on any consider
able scale until she had been given a
period of from three to five years within
which TO reorganize her economic. ana
/ Industrial life. t~
"Second---The reorganization OF her
Industrial life would be too slow proc
ess to meet the requirements OF any
possible reparation program unless she
could be aided by other nations in OBJ
tanning the tools Of her trade, and more
especially capital. accessible markets and
ships or the means with which to buy
ships. rs
.sThird-That reparation payments
must be In installments over q long
period or years. although once Germany's s
credit has been reestablished the Allies
might realize upon the installuents In
advance of their maturity through the
issue OF bonds marketed among pfivate
investors.
"Fourth-The most important require
ment of all is that any program Of rep
aratlon payments must be so clearly
within Germanys capacity to pay that
the JeFIldn peopie WOulu unueTtdhc tItc
gigantic task OF national organization,
saving and sacrifice that would neces-
sarily be involved in any program that
the Allies could be expected seriously to
consider
"A reduction OF few billion dollars
in the present reparation, bill of ss3,-
0o0. 900 would do no good. The pres
ent bill would have to be reduced by at
least two-thirds.'
DR.. Josef Redlich. Austrian jurist,
said that in his opinion any move by
France toward building up a buffer
State on the Rhine would be resented
throughout Germany and Austria. IT
would be. he said, not a step toward the
fulfillment of peace but toward the maxi
ing of a new war.
"If anything like this is DONE" he de-
clared. Il can only advise you to sell
your European securities at oncA"
Oscar tt Crosby. former Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury. as chairman
of the conference on interallied debts
discussed the difficulties with respect to
a loan to Germany DR.. Rilsitaros Fu-
jisawa OF Japan gave the public lecture
tonight.
The New York herald., 1922-08-10

State and national agencies for in
vestigation OF railroad accidents. Yet
his statement shows he either does
not know about them or else desires
to convey the impression to the pub
lie that all of them are under the
influence of the railroad authorities.
II it is SAM GoMPERs's hope that
he can make people believe that all
the agencies from local police. to the
Interstate Commerce Commission are
under the influence of the railroad
authorities" he is going to be dis
appointed The American public
knows better.
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
Cravath Would Not Let Germany Pay
Institute of Politics Speaker Says Allies Cannot Afford
to Exact Full Reparations; Advises Two-third Cut.

Special Dispotch 10 THE New YoaK HERALD.
wILLIAMsTowN. Mass. Aug. paul
D. Cravath Of New York. American rep
resentative in allied war councils. in the
round table conference on the rehabilita-
tion OF Europe. to-day said that the rep
aration demands on Germany should be
reduced by two-thirds and that In fix
ing program Of indemnity payments
BY Germany the primary question is not
how much Germany can pay but how
much other nations. and especially the
United States and Great Britain. can
afford to let her pay"
The question of loan to Germany
was incidentally considered and Mr..
Cravath said that the United States cam
not wisely make contributions except
as part of a comprehensive program for
the economic reconstruction of the world.
involving not only a rational reparation
program but a radical reduction in naval
and military expenditures, the balancing
OF national budgets. the stabilization of
European currencies. the removal or ar
bitrary and senseless tariff barriers and
the removal, so far as possible. OF the
.'While such conference as the one
being held at WilIiamstown cannot deal
scientifically or in detail with the ques-
tions as to how much Germany can pay
or should be required TO pay by way OF
reparation to the Allies" he said, 1T is
important that public opinion should be
directed to the main elements of the
problem. The subject Is so complex and
technical that widespread misappre-
nension exists. There are. however. a
few basic principles that can readily be
Understood.
"The most important of These funda-
mental principles is that. with unimpor-
tant qualifications. Germany in the long
run can make reparation payments out
side of her own boundaries only through
the excess OF her exports over her inn
ports.
THE second fundamental principle Is
that the amount of Gerinany's possible
excess of exports over imports is meas
ured less by her own productive capacity
than by tho willingness and ability OF
other nations to absorb her exports.
"a third principle is that Germany
cannot radically contract her imports
and expand her exports without disturb
ing the trade OF the other great COM
inercial nations. and more especially the
United States and Great Britain. Ger
uany's competitors for the worlds trade
are bound to suffer If Germany radically
Increases her imports of the commodities
they produce and radically increases her
exports into competitive fields.
Germany is to-day, so far as interna-
tional trade and commerce are con-
cerned. in a thoroughly impoverished
and demoralized condition, with the re-
suit that reparation program that
would nave been rational II adopted i'm
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
Minority Tyranny.
Call for a New Party Free From the
Control OF Politicians.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Much has
been written lately concerning the right
to work without union card. but little
has been accomplished.
Any organized minority can rule The
politicians. 1t seems inevitable that
sooner or later a new party must be
formed England has the middle class
league, italy the Fascist. but our public
is apathetic.
The difference between the Republican
and Democratic parties is now small
Their issues are comparatively unimpor-
stant. and yet as matters stand which
ever party we vote for will be controlled
by any minority that threatens It, be-
cause otherwise it loses that minority
vote.
1t is time. that one of our great par
ties shook itself free OF minority con-
troll. Whichever party first does this will
get the votes of the unorganized major
ity. And If neither party does It sooner
or later a third party. the unorganized
peoples party. will rule this country
AMOS MoNToNs.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, August s.
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York--Fair to-day
and Tomorrow slowly rising tempera. :
ture gentle variable winds.
/, for New Jersey-Fair weather and
moderate temperature to-day and to-
morrow. gentle. variable winds.
ror Northern New England-FaIr to-
gay and Tomorrow slowly rising tenn
perature gentle. variable winds.
for Southern New England--Fair to-
uay ana tomorrow; slowly rising tenn
perature; gentle. variable winds.
ror western New York-Fair to-day
ana slowly rising temperature to-day
ana tomorrow; gentle. variable winds.
wAsHrNdroN. Aug. e.-Air pressure
north Atlantic States, the rreat central
valley. and the region of the great
lakes, low along the south Atlantic
states and In all western districts. with
the center of minimum pressure over
British Columbia. This pressure distri-
button has been attended by showers
within the last twenty-four hours along
the middle Atlantic, south Atlantic ana
Gulf coasts and over the Western pla-
teau and Rocky Mountain region. Heavy
local rains fell In southern Georgia and
on the Gulf coast Moderate tempera-
ture prevailed generally over the east or
the Mississippi Valley and over the
Western plateau region. Warm weatssr
continued over the Northwestern States
and In the anterior of the Pacific Coast
States.
With the exception of thunder showers
along the south Atlantic and east Gulf
coasts the weather will be fair to-moi-
row and Friday In the Atlantic and east
Gulf States. Tennessee, the Ohio Valley
and the lower lake region. No impor-
tant fafnnerafvrp chaupas are ind ion cd
for the Eastern half of the country, al
though the tendency will be toward
slightly warmer weather tomorrow and
Friday In Tennessee. the Ohio Valley. the
lower lake region and the north sAtlantic
States.
Observations at United states Weather
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
lie Never Saw the YcIlowstone!

'1've never seen the Yellowstone"
He struck his desk a blow.
I'm tired of playing Carcasonne; +.
This time. take note, go!"
All! would that it were SO.
lie went and bought ticket straight
Accordion In style.
1t folded like fam each plait
Bore number. name and mile.
All! tricksome trap and vile.
All smiles, he bore it to his home
A taxi helped him out
And studied it and scratched his dome
The wh:lc he doped the route.
All! strenuous the bout.
lie plugged away. though. like grim
death.
His studies made him late;
He reached the station out of breath
As they would close the gate.
Laocoon. his fate
He slipped! His ticket gave twist!
Entangled. fold and fret,
The train and Yellowstone he missed.
He hasn't seen ii yet.
All, sulphurous regret.
MAURICE MORRIS.
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
What II the Bell Is Londi
From The safurdoy R.,,.,o

From fhe Saturday Rerieso.
What IL the bell is loud
Yet call no fervents to the waiting
church,
Weary of exhortntions
That spring unheard. the preacher tires
OF faith:
In deserts secretly
The hermit wearies OF his solitude.
The wave upon the rock
Beats many q day before tho assure
yields
And when desire is hot t.s
Throbbing within the mind OF creator
High are the ramparts still
Between IL and the outer liberty.
What IL n lover cry
Across the autumn glooms In lonely
hour
And no voice call agaip,
No vision come save memory's delicate
ghost?
Pity the emptiness
That waits, and all things chilled. grown
.t{ old with waiting;
Then the world mocks, asserting
Its later creeds, discoveries and lovers.
And will 1t comfort us, t.M
The image OF an old monk In his cell
Penning these lost epdeavors 9.s
Within the volume OF Eternity? s..
''D NANCY CuNARp.
The New York herald., 1922-08-10

English girls and women go In for
sports even more vigorously than
their American sisters, and that they
have been playing strenuous games
over a longer period. But whether
there is any ground to fear for the
future OF the race is question that
cannot be decided now. IL careful
statistics are made IT may be we
shall know something about it gen
GRAFTON or two hence.
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
Wagon to Pullman Car.
A Man of the Black Hills Reviews
the Evolution in Transportation.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: AS a resi-
dent OF Deadwood. S. d., making occa-
sional business trips to New York. I
have read with interest the recent let
ters about pioneer experiences in, the
Black Hills, and through one of your
correspondents have just made the ac-
cuaintance of Colonel George w. Stokes,
who was among the very first prospec-
tors to reach that district In the mid
die '70s. lie left a few years before
! arrived there, and would probably now
find the services of guide useful in
going about the fine city which has
grown up on and near by the mining
camps through which he once piloted
tenderfeet, particularly Fasteners sus-
pected of having money to invest.
In the thirty-nine years since / first
went to Deadwood l have witnessed a
complete transformation In the life. min
ing methods and particularly the trans
portation facilities OF the Dakotas and
contiguous portions of Montana and
Wyoming.
After about four years in the lumber
and iron mining regions OF Wisconsin
and Michigan three of us heard the call
Of the further West and started out in
the spring of 1883 20 try our luck In
the copper country of Montana. We
took the railroad to the then Territory
of Dakota and during layover at
Yankton heard from n returned pros
pector that the still newer district OF
the Black Hills gave promise OF fmme-
diate large returns. This led TO sep
aration: all three OF us changed our
plans. but i alone decided to strike out
for there.
Taking a division of the Chicago and
North Western Railway, just finished to
Pierre, then principally a shipping point
on the Missouri. now the capital OF
South Dakota. we came to the end OF
rail- transportation. Throwing In with
GONE others, we hired four horse team
and wagon to carry our grub and bag
gage. while we walked practically all
the remaining distance. somewhat more
than 200 miles. II was slow and diff
cult Journey . at times II was necessary
TO stop and pull the horses and wagon
ont OF the mud, and often we efcut the
sticky gumbo out of the wheels with a
bowie knife.
At what Is now about the town oi
Wasta, s. D., then a stage station, we
were obliged to swim our entire OUTFIT
across the Cheyenne River, then boil
ing torrent. though at other seasons Of
the year It was often so low that one
might walk across Il without injury tc
a low pair OF shoes. We came into
Deadwood in the most primitive ant
matter of fact way. and I In no sense
imagined that ! would be there forty
years later.
Deadwood was then a wide open towr
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
1t Sometimes Happens.

One policeman gets drunk and
shoots man and is himself shot.
Another policeman gets drunk and
throws bricks at somebody.
A third policeman gets drunk and
threatens to shoot his wife.
Catastrophes often run in groups of
three. In these particular cases.
springing from the weakness of hu-
manity and the treachery of the
poison that is sold as whisky, the
pity is that the man in the street is
likely to get false idea about the
character of the police in general
When three policemen out OF ten
thousand get drunk and "act up"
they bring undeserved discredit upon
the 9,997 sober policemen who are
patrolling their beats, risking their
lives in the pursuit of their duty and
bringing home their pay to their
families.
1t should not be that one-thirtieth
of 1 per cent. can give a bad color to
the whole, but it sometimes works
out that way. res%
When a reader, alarmed by the per-
formances of few drunken police
men, begins to wonder whether there
isn't something the matter with a
great many members of the force let
him remember the man on his own
beat or the traffic policeman on the
corner he knows best.
These men, and not the three
drunken madmen. represent the real
spirit of the New York police force.
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
EVENTS TO-DAY.

National Retail Dry Goods Association,
Merchandise Fair, Grand Central Palace, IL
A. NJ.
Improved Order of Red Men, State oonven-
ton. Hotel Commodore. o A. NJ. and 2:i5
T. NJ; sight seeing trip $50 r. NJ.
DIR. E. George Payne. lecture on 'sMeasur-
ing the Results of Instruction In Health and
Accident Prevention New York University.
University Heights. II A. M.
Thursday Club. luncheon. Hotel Pennsyl-
vania, / +. NJ.
Bronx Baby Show. awarding of prizes to
champion babies of the week. Starlight
Amusement Park. The Bronx. afternoon.
Board of Education. meeting OF COMMITTEES
on budget estimate for 1923. Park avenue
and t'ifty-ninth street. $3.50 p. NJ.
National Garment Retailers Association.
Style Show. Seventy-first Regiment Armory.
evening.
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
The Lunatic Had Marks.
Another Version OF the Story About
the Deprecated Currency.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The story
of the escaped lunatic and the Austrian
crown is excellent, but having lately
returned from Germany may make
few remarks about the same story as
ii was told in Hamburg?
To begin with. the money was Ger
man. To make the story more impress
sive, the man was discharged as cured
lunatic, and at the end of the story he
Is supposed to have said. "oh, drive me
back. | can't be cured!"
DEVON, Pa. August s. Z. w. MORRIS.
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
PATERSON STRIKE STAND OFF
workers in Three SILK Mills Quit,
hut Two Reopen.

The strike in the Paterson elk dis
trict remained about the same yesterday
in respect to men out and plants closed.
Employees of three small plants Joined
In the strike, but two other concerns
yielded to the demands of their en-
ployees and work was resumed.
The strike began Tuesday when the
employees OF twcnty-threc plants walked
out following the refusal OF the ma-n-
facturers to grant wage irc-cases rang
ing from 20 to 90 per cent. None Of the
large plants has been affected, but their
proprietors fear the strike may cripple
them II II continues.
The New York herald., 1922-08-10
Birds Shared In OIL Refuse.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Some
weeks ago YOU were good enough to
print my letter on the oil menace and
followed It mp by one OF your fine.
strong editorial articles. Since then I
have found several birds with wing or
leg broken completely off, due no doubt
to trying TO free themselves from the oil.
Their bodies were covered with this tar
like substance. HORACE J. BRooKEs.
MARrHAs vINErARp. Mass. August 8.