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New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

mately 10 per cent of the wealth of the
islands is in the hands of the Filipinos.
Inc Chlnese do more than So per cent
OF the wholesale and retail trade. Their
big godowns are found in every port,
and even in the smallest barrio where
steamers touch only once every three
months the Chinese storekeeper tends
his modest "tienda"
The remaining 20 per cent IS in the
hands of Americans and Europeans.
with the English predominating. Until
the advent of the Shipping Board
freighters nearly all cargoes were car
ried in British bottoms.
Many bankers have admitted that the
only reason why the peso remained ap-
proXmately at par during the recent
exchange fuctuation is because the
American eagle is stamped on the re-
verse side of each coin Even With the
guaranty of the United States the peso
dropped year ago to II per cent be-
low par and was raised to nearly nor
NAL only after Governor W ood had in
stituted the strictest measures Of econ
omy in the government.
The polticos are prone to storm at
the bankers, saying that they are slowly
strangling the islands by pling up
such tremendous debts in the way Of
loans that the people will not, be able
to repay them in fifty years.
What made these loans an absolute
necessity?
The pilfering of huge sums of gov
eminent funds by these same politicos
for their own agrandizement.
1t is a surprising fact that after leav
ing Manila one hears relatively little
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
The Prohibition Poll
Masters of English

that the personnel of our school svs-
tenn IS under FIRE. Under these circum-
stances | expect they will prove pcr-
fectly capable of defending themselves
Ihe only alternative is TO admit that
we have not enough groups or grades
III our schools. and the obvious cure is
more teachers for more groups of
pupils, which certainly will not relieve
congestion.
If, rs strongly suspect. the "in-
justice to the brighter pupils" is moro
tanciful than real, and the real pur~
pose of the proposed regarding is TO rs-
ieve congestion, we might as we'll face
the fact that by such regarding we ere
in fact going TO do an injustice 10 the
brighter pupils. II simply means that
We propose TO deprive them Of the
schooling they are entitled to.
Perhaps under the present depior
able conditions this is the best thin.
to do. But it is dangerous program.
and the people need to- be awake 70
the danger. BY carrying this policy
. far enough il would be entirely posSi-
hie before another municipal election
to make an apparent great decrease in
the number of "psrt-timc" pupiis-at
the expense of making the brighter
pupils in fact part-time' pupils.
The insidious character or this dan
ger is to be found in the fact shss
the parents of the brighter pupils thas
Disseminated against are not AZ all
likely to resent the Discrimination.
Ever hard-headed, sensible parents are
fattered by seeing their children ad-
varced more rapidly than their neivh
oors' children. though deep down n
their hearts they know the advaAee-
ment is too rapid to be fer the child
best good. We will hope that the real
educators in our school system VIII re-
sist any attempt to cover up dilatorv
building program at the expense 81 Che
brighter pupils" The pupils who can
not use TO advantage and who do not
need and are, therefore, entitled 50
eight years in the grades, are not p
sufficient number TO materially reduce
congestion if they are advanced. And.
again. viii guess that very few Of
these have not been advanced as rapiG
/ ~ as, in justice TO themselv thev
should be. J. II. CLAYP0oL.
ROLLS, l.. l., Sept. 20. 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Unfortunate Mark Investors
Good Money That Has Disappeared in Bottomless Sack
Germany fraudulent Poverty
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is estimated that paper marks
to the value CD Of about $4,000 600 900
have been bought by investors outside
Germany, and that over one-half Of
this amount was sold to Americans,
who believed in the old German thrift
and honesty to improve the conditions
in the Fatherland and thus regain the
confidence of the world. We learn from
returning travellers about the thrift of
the people, but as to the honesty, where
is it?
am not accusing the German COM
mon people of insincerity, but am
strongly inclined to believe shat their
leaders are not acting fairly to the for
eigners who trusted them with money
and believed that they were investing
in a legitimate exchange speculation,
and never dreamed of gambling But
gambling it seems to be, with crooked
gamblers holding a bottomless sack
into which the good money Of the
suckers disappears.
Not alone German Americans, who
naturally believed in the recuperating
power of their own people, have fallen
prey to this the greatest money
swindle ever perpetrated, but Ameri-
cans and others also were caught in
the maelstrom Of this gigantic fraud.
Thousands of poor German Americans
have spent all they had, their many
years savings from hard work, in the
purchase of marks, believing that some
day their investment should give them
fair profit. Most of the buying took
place when the exchange was around
six cents to the mark, and if they
bought at lower price they did so
only because of bringing down the
average and thus protecting their
money should the mark be stabilized
at a lower figure than originally paid.
And, | presume, all others did the
same thing for the same reason.
We all know the tremendous burden
Germany has to carry, but does she
really manage her finances in man
ner that will make the world respect
and assist her? Do her perpetually
running. printing presses, her cver-in-
creasing number of government en-
ployees with augmented salaries, bear
witness that the German government
is earnestly doing its best to improve
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Masters of English
To the Editor of The Tribune.

% the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: With reference to the letter
signed Reader" in connection with
Masters of English" your CORE
spondent has certainly chosen three
writers who cannot be rated among
the first half dozen.
| would claim that the five writer's
to accompany the late w H. Hudson
are Joseph Conrad, James Branch
Cabell (these two are .pre-eminent in
their ieldD, Thomas Hardy, Joseph
Hergesheimer and William Butler
Yeats. l have not included any of
the writers who are simply poets, be-
cause, while they may be indeed mas
ters of the English language, l con-
slider it the sole aim of poetry to evoke
beautiful figures wholly through the
use of beautiful language, whereas the
novelist or essayist has another pur-
pose in mind the medium being the
English language. While Mr.. Yeats is
a poet, he is also dramatist and
essayist of the first rank.
I think these six men will easily chal-
lenge comparison with and probably
overshadow any other similar group
of wsiters since the Elizabethan
reriod GEORGE T. HEATING.
New York, Sept. 1S. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

the conditions, and is it not only q
scheme to plead poverty and inability
to pay the reparations?
What has become of the good money
received from the unfortunate mark in
vestors? 1t was spent in higher gov
ernment salaries or perhaps deposited
in foreign countries, where the Rep
aration Committee could not lay it's
hands on the gold. Some day it may
turn up in good German currency, when
the fiat money is scrapped and gone
the way our own Confederate money
went.
We hear so much about helping Ger
many that we must be impressed with
the necessity of assisting the bank
rupt nation But if Germany is bank
rupt why not apply the same procedure
as with a bankrupt individual? Stop
the means of accumulating more debts,
to wit, the printing presses and other
extravagancies, and appoint a receiver.
Take stock of all her resources and
manage them for the benefit of all
creditors until such time as the coun-
try has paid all her obligations.
When President Harding and Mr.
Hughes seemingly hesitate to act on
the cry Of help Germany" they are
simply considering practical plan and
opportune time to clear the chaos for
the benefit Of all concerned. They have
learned from a previous Administra-
tion that it 'does not pay" to throw
away billions Of good American dollars
without first knowing how these will be
spent and repaid. When Germany
shows she can be trusted, America, |
believe, will come to the rescue
When our government decides to
help bankrupt Germany we all hope
that our government will remember
the people who invested their hard
earned money in the German madness
and compel her to refund the money
she took from the sophisticated in
vestors. This can be done by paying
back IN original currency or its equiv
alent at the figure each investor paid
for his mark Bank records and other
receipts will prove time and price of
purchase. Let German municipalities
and other bond-issuing corporations
pay good mark for each good mark
they originally received for their bonds.
No financial assistance should be ex-
tended unless Germany undertakes and
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Discussing the Wet-Dy Poll
lhe Question Of Distilled Liquor Not Voted On-Pre-
diction of ''Wetter Than Ever
Cleaning. Up the Sanitary
Inspectors Property

teenth Amendment should not also ha
thrown INTO the discard wherever the
local sentiment is opposed to 1t.
Mr.. Manierre further claims that
there is great number of people who
were originally opposed to prohibition
but who now favor it after "hayinr
seen its working and the improved (?)
conditions brought about by IT. Ad-
hitting for arguments sake that this
may be so, "The Literary Digest's" poll
indicates that for every thirty-aine who
may have originally opposed out who
now favor prohibition there are at least
sixty-one who may have originally ia
vored but who now oppose applying
the same percentages as shown by the
poll.
Mr.. Manierre further says:
"There still remains a third group,
and probably a large one, of those
who voted for modification as a de-
sirable thing in itself, but who would
vote against modification when they
and wine, ne matter how distributed,
would mean the return of distilled
liquors dispensed through the same
channels"
In this he has taken it for granted
that the distilled liquors have gone,
when as a matter of fact they may be
obtained in plentiful supply practi-
cally anywhere in the United States
by any body who has the price-moon-
shine and "rot-gut" for some, good
wines and good distilled liquors for
others. To some extent the saloons
are gone, but the bootlegeers are with
us, and prosper-and they will con-
tinue to prosper as long as bankers,
brokers, doctors, judges, lawyers and
our best citizens generally continue to
patronize them. And that patronage
will continue until the Angel Gabriel
blows reyeille, or until wines, beers
and distilled liquors may be obtained
through lawful channels. While most
of us have no desire to see the saloons
come back, think a majority are of
opinion that high-licensed saloons are
preferable to bootleggers, "rot-gut"
and moonshine, with an occasional out
put of wood alcohol and its trail of
sickness, blindness and death.
"Thc Literary Digest" is entitled to
much credit for its enterprise in TAX
ing the poll. 1t was fairly taken, is
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

about independence. During my recent
trip of more than 1000 miles in Phil
ippine waters I visited nearly all the
inhabited islands. The revelations
anent existing conditions were surpris-
ing in the extreme, as | had taken as
gospel the statements of my friends,
the politicos. | believed, like many
other Americans, they represented the
sympathes of their constituents and
therefore considered that the Fillpinos
were united in their demand for free
DOM One hears an entirely different
story when talking with the small
landholder. He points with pride to
his modest hacienda and says that if
1T had not been for the Americans he
never could have owned his land could
never have borrowed the money nee
essary to develop it, and without
Americas markets could not have sold
his tobacco, hemp, copra or rice in
order to pay off the mortgage.
said that the small land holders
were IN favor OF continued American
control. | know this for three reasons.
First many told me in so many words,
and second, they frequently discussed
l. among themselves within my hear
ing. 1t was not another occasion of
Oriental politeness either, because
they nearly all spoke Spanish among
emselves, which | understand, but
which | speak haltingly. The third
and most important reason was that
during the recent elections the Demo-
crata party made enormous gains.
During eight weeks travelling our
vessel acted as the means of communi-
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

Except in the larger ports, such as
lloilo, Cebu, and Zamboanga the in
habitants are quite isolated, and our
entry into harbor was the signal for
great rejoicing.
Money or an Independent
Nation Is Not Available
The people of the Philippines are
united for independence, but The prop
erty owners, who by the many lifelong
sacrifices are in positions to know
what the responsibilities of a free
Philippines would mean, say that they
are not ready for it yet. They point
to the example of Cuba, which was
given it's ts~independence before the time
was ripe and state that until the
Philippines are economically free they
would rather continue under American
protection.
One man. whose father was a colonel
in the Filipino army during the revo-
luton against Spain, summed up the
whole question in most trenchant
manner He said: Can you tell me
where we could steal the money to
run an independent Philippines? We
have successfully looted the National
bank for every possible centavo, our
treasury is without sufficient funds TO
run the government on the present
scale, we have fioated bonds on the
funtouched resources of the country
where can we steal any more money
to make even a pretense of keeping
up an army or a navy, not TO mention
diplomatic service at foreign CAPT
tals?"
Another Filipino, who has extensive
lumber concessions in the South, in
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Land Owners Say Disaster Would
Follow IL the United States
Should Withdraw
BY Philip Kerloy
MANILA. August 25.

MANILA, August 25
.s s::: '::: : :: ..:: :: ::::.. . e: g: ::
armistice, when Uncle Sam
turned his attention TO affairs at home
here has been hue and cry raised in
Congress and elsewhere that we should
fedouhle our protective measures in
these island4. Additional troops should
se sent, new aircraft stations cstab-
Iished, more units of the fleet should
all be part and parcel Of that great
scheme 70 establish firmly American
authority IN the Far East.
The Fiiipiaos considered that .ho.
save not only fulfilled the letter hut
slso the spirit of Americas domands
as ssated in the preamble to the Zones
Jaw, in that they have established =
stable government Furthermore thev
claim that theirs has been "more
stable" than any number of govern
ments that could be mentioned dprino
the last shree years.
The case for the Filipinos as pre-.
sented BY President Manuel L. ouezon
Of the Philippine Senate in speech to
the joint Congressional COMMITTEES
shows him to be logician of the first
water To most intents and purposes
hS arguments are sound, and to those
"Ao are not acquainted with the facts
they appear to be worthy of the deem
est consideration.
# there is to be no more aggression
~ the ar East, why should we fear
thst some power will one day swoon
down upon these islands, for which wa
paid Originally some $4,000 900 to
Spain to help her out in her war debit
which she had incurred by fgbting
against tlse United States Whv sbonld
re continue to spend roughly another
SS0oo,0oo year to maintain our army
and navy in Philippine waters. if there
is no thought of aggression or "an.
nexation >"
The enemy is not without but with.
in!
The question goes deeper than mere
enyironment-it is question of heri-
iage. Of racial characteristics and
birth. Remember, that in the Philip
pines that there are three generations
where in America there are only Two
This fact is especially significant in
ssadying the problems Of environments
IN which education. plays such a large
part.
The Filipino children are exception
ally bright students l have visited
many classrooms and was astonished
at the way in which they reeled off
'heir lessons almost verbatim. No
teacher could ask for more perfect
rotations, yet when it comes to the
examination and they are made to
think and to use initiative in order to
solve original pEoblems, they quite fire.
gaenty are beyond their depth.
This same inability to make practi-
cal application Of knowledge gained
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Regarding Pupils
Victims of the Mark
To the Editor of The Tribune.


Sir; Referring to the communica-
ton CT Charles E. Manierre in vor,.
issue Of the nth i,s4 49, +ho e.u..
and H.. 49,. g
O''' ""eiei" He states: ne
ps'' MAKES IL evident there is an over
s'n'.'siS majority IN favor OF the
p'Oaioltlon amendment in so far as it
pton'0lts the sale Of distilled liquors"
''' d. oue respect to Mr.. Manierre
~ poi' SHOWS nothing of the kind.
ar, @ 'nfee questions submitted by
-'e Literary Digest were:
a ,t8Ss D9 -o1 [oa favor The con-
i5oolres,aen' a. he EiFh-
yoIs.ea11' 1''i'',... jaH1 '"e"' and
Z d. "gss %o. y ,.,.s. layor $58.193 or as.sfs
i5cat-oa Of 5he Voistead
riaeg and be3rse 5''a. "sn'
10 '',sf 1s,, y Ia laFor. -, S76.3S4 or 4o.Seo
81 tho Prohibition
Tho IN favor... 1s9s5s or 2ose.
Total vote o5o323
The Literary Digest. Sept. ., p. IL.
Hence it is clear that there was no
vote and no chance to vote on the sub
e the other. And it is equally clear
.aa' while every one who had opportu-
my to vote al all had opportunity to
,0'e lor the continuance and strict en-
i9reemenl Of rho Figh+aap+b Amand-
,@eat and the Nolstead law" 61.4 per
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

fulfills these conditions. If she has not
the wherewithal let her increase her
taxes like all other nations, and let the
Allies see to it that it is done. A ma
tion has no more moral right to evade
obligations than an individual.
CARL BRUHN.
New York, Sept. 18, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

interesting and instructive. The re-
suits so far published indicate that
nearly two-thirds of our citizens are
opposed to enforcement. Sooner or
later that majority will elect Con-
gress and President. Then we will
see the United States wetter than ever
unless mean time, the prohibition
fanatics will agree to some reasonable
basis of compromise.
OSCAR j. SMITH.
New York, Sept. 20, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
To the Editor of The Tribune.


Sir: May add note of protest to
Edna L. Jenison's letter about "The
Unsurpassed Old Man" in to-day's
raper? Surely the spectacle of vig-
orously ancient person, happy in smok-
ing sixty cigarettes AZ day at an age we
hardly dare tc hope for.is unnerying!
How narrowly he must have escaped
tobacco heart, epilepsy, and all the
other woes inevitably following use of
the filthy weed! If heredity runs in
his family (to quote the Old Soak and
he has ten children, one shudders to
think of the 900 cigarettes they will
Jointly consume each day Of their lives
If he had not smoked at all he would
probably have already attained the ripe
old age of 1857, instead of mere CEN
tury, JACK HOGAN
New York, Sept. 20, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
pplne independence Not Being Talked Outside of Manila
Recent Growth of the Demo
cratas, Who Stand for Ameri-
can Control, Is Significant

addition to several corpra and sugar
plantations. said quite frankly that il
was only the younger generation cf
politcos who were rabid on The sub
ject of independence.
u have worked ali my life to gather
together my few possessions ain
called 'Mayama' (Rich One). and ycs
many of my assets arc frozen and {
is only by the hardest kind Of work
that am able to make living. If we
had independence il would not be six
months before the bloodiest revolution
broke in every part Of the island"
| knew my friend spoke the truta
as regards the Moros because ! had
just come from Jolo where had bee
entertained by Governor Moore. the
only American Governor in the Philip.
pines
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

between right and wrong. He could
not see it, since "the others would
never know" The fact that he had
copied perfect answers out of the book
and was therefore sure of passing his
grade was all that mattered to him
He could not understand that he should
derive any benefit from the examina-
tion but merely looked upon it as a
test to make him appear ridiculous be-
fore his fellows.
Filipino Reaches Maturity at
Unusually Early Age
1t is a recognized fact that the Fill
pino reaches mental and physical
maturity at fifteen years Of age. Many
girls are married at twelve or thirteen
and are frequently grandmothers at
thirty. However, after attaining men
tai maturity at such an early age, it is
exceptional when Filipino continues
to progress after that date. Although
he may accumulate the responsibilities
of manhood, and nearly always parent
iiONNt MS AItilte'i elNCtCuue bONdIu ne is
that of a boy of fifteen.
The Filipinos and their desire for
freedom are like the small boy who be-
lieves that he is kept at home only be-
cause of his parents mcanness and
cannot understand that il is only
through kindness and forbearance that
he is not allowed to fight his way in
the world with empty pockets.
| have frequently asked many politi-
cal leaders how they expect to have
political independence until they have
obtained economic freedom 1t is inter
esting to note that, according to recent
ly published statistics, only approx
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Foreigners Garry Weapons
But Say Things Are Quiet

The day before my arrival a Moro
lad run amuck and had killed one by
stander and wounded two others. mere
ly because his sister was employed by
Christian Filipinos and he was afraid
that she might be converted from Ma
hometansm to Christianity.
Governor Moore secured an audience
for me with the Sultan Of Sulu at the
latter's summer palace in Maimbong.
across the Island of Jolo. Every for
eigner we met along the road carried
either heavy army service revolver
or sawed-of riot gun with bandolier
OF ammunition, though the consensus
of opinion was that the country was
more peaceable than it had been for
many day. Yet one felt instinctiyely
that these sons of the faithful only
awaited favorable opportunity TO
strike swift and sure, TO NOW down
the Christian devils like grain before
a summer storm and ride to Heaven
on a foaming white charger as their
Just reward
Both native and foreign newspapers
agreed that the 1922 elections were The
"cleanest' ever held The man in the
street" was forced to think for him
self in a large measure, since the most
powerful political leaders we're absent,
during the elections, in the United
States pleading for independence. Hith-
erto he had been forced to vote the way
his cacique told him or lose his land,
his home and livelihood The secret
ballot was q farce. The cacique, like
/ the overlords of the pocket boroughs, :,
not only held the representative but
also the electorate in the palm of his
hand. The last election sounded the
/ knell of caciqueism, as with education
and slowly forming public opinion
/ the voter is beginning to realize the
/ tremendous power of the ballot and is
using it for his own benefit.
The old Natonalista and recently or
ganized Collectivista parties made
their most important pleas for popula
favor on immediate independence
planks. Many of their candidates, al
though personally popular in their
constituencies, were virtually showed
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
First and Last
(Fron The Philadelphia inqpir,

fFrom The PhiladeIphia inqnire')
The public is undoubtedly the most
interested element in any clash be-
tween labor and capital and by the
same token it is the last element that
is taken into consideration.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A letter signed Reader" in
your issue of September Is, suggests
Hardy, Kipling. Conrad, Morley and
Bernard Shaw as great contemporary
writer's of English, along with W. H.
Hudson. Do you think that George
Moore or George Meredith should be
omitted from such list?
S. W. MILLEN.
Garden City, N. Y, Sept. ls, 1922.