The Washington times., 1922-09-03

+, Earnest, philosophical AND
ELABORATELY EDUCATED,
but extremely young, the remark
that seemed TO her most intelli-
gent and important in all her
trip was uttered in French by
Count Michele: "Mais non, Com
tesse Cissy, yous n'avez pas
change du tout"
That means, literally trans
lated: "But no, Countess Cissy,
you have not changed at ALL"
Cissy is the lady's pet name.
Pass now from the writings
Of a Chicago countess in Poland
to the writings of young Van
derbilt in the United States.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., is num-
ber five in the Vanderbilt line,
being the great-great grandson
of Cornelius that used to row a
boat for q Lying; then got hold
Of the New York Central and
enabled several generations to
live comfortably and idly.
Young Vanderbilt fifth has
gone to work as a newspaper
reporter and has written an in
terview about the army of the
United States and what II is
expected to do. That interview
interests, naturally, that same
Labor, organ Of sixteen big
labor organizations. Read three
quotations which Labor pub
fishes from one of young Van
derbilt's interviews end you
will see that a young million
aire, turned reporter, may,
without suspecting 1t, spread
ideas that his ancestor five gen.
erations back wouldn't like.
First statement by Reporter
Vanderbilt:
~ learn from positive mill
tary sources that preparations
have been carefully made for
defense against internal trou.
ble.' The War Department,
learn, is prepared to meet any
emergency within twelve hours.
The weapons selected for the
first line Of defense are to be
tear gas grenades, light aerial
bombs, calculated to do great
est damage in confined areas;
riot and machine guns, and
tanks"
Statement No. 2 by Reporter
Vanderbilt; the capitals are in
serted by the editor of Labor:
81 learn, as well, that a COM
plete set Of military orders
and instructions have been pre-
pared for telegraphic delivery
to nine corps area command
ers, and that these orders con-
tain instructions that if the
situation warrants, the. troops
are to shoot FIRST AND
SHOOT TO KILL that there
is to be NO QUARTER where
a riot threatens to spread from,
say, for instance, q ROUND
HOUSE OR STATION to the
town itself"
Organized labor, a little
nervous and agitated just now
because Of the widespread
effort to end unionisfn, thinks
Reporter Vanderbilt puts the
finishing touch on his an
nouncement of the army's in
tentions when he points out
that plans are being made
simultaneously to shoot men
and to protect property. This
is his statement:
"The employment Of big
guns is rendered impracticable,
the purpose not being DE-
STRUCT1ON OF PROPERTY as
much as suppression"
Quoting young vanderbilt's
statement about the big guns,
the editor Of Labor remarks:
"Ths War Department is not
going to embark upon q cam
psign Of reckless destruction.
There 10 no limit to the number
Of workmen who may be killed,
but property must not be in
jured."
What is moro important to
citixens generally, and labor men
particularly, than the writings Of
Reporter Vanderbilt 10 tho state
msnt Of Senator Borah, ono Of
the most powerful men In tho
country, when tho army appro-
priation bill was up In the
Senate; -.
"The real danger Of q big mill
tary establishment II that eapl-
tal hopes and expects 70 use II
against union labor"
TO that statement the Senator
added later,
"Recsnt developments Ger
tainiy sssm 10 Justify tho view
l took Of q large army then and
which I still hold now, One
reason certain big interests sup
ported the Presidential aspira-
tionh OF General Leonard Wood
In 1890 was that they were
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