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New-York tribune., 1922-10-22
By Harold E. Scarborough
LONDON. octoher 10.

~'~~NArt SSSSoSS &Vt
~ NE might think that the pro-
4 iested openins of new Brit
ish public school would con-
cern few people except the
promoters and the parents of boys Of
school sge. But these things In
britain are matters oi widespread
public nossce--and 1t is net surprising
10 md that the announcement that the
historic Stowe House, formerly the
seat Of the Duke of Chandos, is to be
mads into new public school, has
stirred up press and public into quite
tempest In teapot
The root Of the whole affair lies IN
the fact that, of course, the so-called
public school" Is not in sny sense
public, but on the contrary usually a
private institution Of considerable ex-
einsiveness. Fres schools In England d
are known az "board Schools" and are
oy no means comparable TO their
american prototypes. To pat II
eluntly, no middle-class Englishman
would think of sending his SON to g
board school 1t he could possibly af-
serd the expense Of q private one.
Harrow and Eton have long been the
classic British public schools, although
there are perhaps dozen ethers fths
best known OF which are Winchester
and Rugby. which. without the repu-
tstion of the hrst two, probably quite
equal them in rank
1t is Just on shis question OF rank,
hovevsr. or on ito implication, that
the controversy about ths new schcol
has centered.
when the announcement was made
that the promoters hoped TO establish
in Buckinghamshire Is new Eton," two
classes Of people felt themselves more
or less offended. Old Etoaians quite
naturally believed that no new school
could hops TO rival the famous one on
the banks Of the Thames. and the
secpie who look on Eton merely as an
expression OF the snobbery of tbs
upper classes thought that instead Of
attempting 70 rival II. the promoters
would do better in this quasi-demo-
cratic age 30 attempt 20 bring eduea-
tsen nearer to @ths nssssss.s instead
of to 4ths classes"
Ihts latter view 10 tks ons which has
prscipitated the auestioa. now being
aotly discussed pro and een In the
sress, as 70 whether the public scheoi
type Is worth whiIs.
u - ret easy 20 generates concern
nx suea tyrs. Many hxillixat nevsi-
New-York tribune., 1922-10-22

NfFTy-SEVEN years ago an Un-
III compromising young republi-
car Of the Paris Latin Quarter
sailed for America to teach she
young ladies Of Stamford. Conn, the
proper way 70 say .Marci beaucoup'
and Comment vous portes vous?' His
qualifications for the delicate task may
not have been OF the best, fer his edu-
cation had been In medicine and not In
French syntax. His social references
rlay aiso have been insufficient in
those Days, fos he had no particular
friends in the favored circles that
moved In the luster Of the court of
Napoleon III. It lie probable, moreover,
that the Connecticut mothers OF 1865
would have been shocked IL they had
known that their daughters French in
structer had spent twa months In Jail
for disturbing the peace on xepub-
lfcan anniversary.
In few weeks this same Frenehman
win again sail for America, but this time
- 10 3 different nntter---so very different
that his voyage is to be the subject of
much impassioned oratory in the
French Chamber of Deputies, and may
even occasion the exchange OF diplo-
matte notes. though che voyager goes
20 America as private citizen, alone
responsible for what hs does and says
No one wss mors surprised than the
French when Georges Clemencsau, from
his retreat on the yend6e coast, an
nounced that he would go to the United
5tates to talk about the peacs. As was
to be expected, his proposed trip is Bit
terly opposed by some in France and
received without enthusiasm by many
others. A large number of Frenchmen
{among them those who think highly
of him) believe that at eighty-one
years Of age he should retire definitely
from active public life. Others arc
fearful that when he goes to America
he will say the unwise word and strain
Trsnco-American relations. His ene-
niles declare that the "Tiger" is sailing
for New York simply to sharpen his
eiaws for another political battle In
France. And last, but not least, Of the
voices raised against the former Pre-
inier's trip are those of the dIsgruntlea
Frenchmen who damn Clemenceau for
she Treaty of Versailles and the pres
sns state OF European affairs.
Casmeneeau Hnrf Artistic
sense by Faiiurs to Retire
The French have q very keen dra-
matts sense. When, General Pershing
stood In picus Cemetery and said, "La-
zsystte, we are here" every French
heart thrilled at the "beau geste." And
when Clemeneeau. the, chief artisan of
70 Allied victory, ignored tho exit lthst
So events had prepared for him amid the
waving Of tattered battle Hags and the
booming Of cannon. q great many
Frenchmen we're hurt In their artistic
feelings. They were even more disap-
pointed later when their Premier again
missed his cue at tbs signing of the
treaty In the palace Of Versailles where
New-York tribune., 1922-10-22
The KIaxon Hath Chnrrna

me automobile horn Is raucous
nuisance In civilized communities. bu,
on one occasion it was . godsend In
she wilderness. It was at Nairobi, the
capital OF ukumba, British East Africa,
a wagon drawn by eight yoke of oxen
driven by two natives, was on it's way
to the principal station, when 1t was
attacked by three lions. The beasts
sprang upon ons Of the oxen, pulled
him down and began rending the
cs dayer The natives prudsntiy ran
away and disappeared In thicket
where they sought protection in the
trees. Tha nftsea unhurs oxen were
New-York tribune., 1922-10-22
Pipes for Ckildrens

John Hay wrote Of Little Brseehssa
that his father had 1lcarned hsm &
chaw tcrbacker, just to keep bis r'a,s s
teoth white" but the use of the weed
by babies in arms hos not been geas..
ally advocated. Now. howeser. y =
seriously proposed BY an Adstriau pas.
stefan, who calls attention to the iAes
that diphtheria and Group are unEno"A
tp gypsy children, who chew topsso'
from their earliest years.
OF course. parents could net be con-
PEELED to have the childron chew 9s'
hacco like old sailors, but II y sus
gestsd that they might replacs the rsp
pie, which is condemned By physicisas'
with little pipes stuffed with very nsns
tobacco. -
New-York tribune., 1922-10-22
Sososal Corysspendemcs OF 1rAs 9'risase
PARIS, October i.

PARIS, October i.
A THOUGH the massacres go
~ ing on In the Near East seen,
to contradice him, Eugene
Destex, French writer,
claims that the Mussulmaas have
changed in the last century TO a de-
cidedly mo-e humanitarian method Of
warfare.
The faithful Of islam, he claims. nj
ways have been considered feroc,ous
harbarians, and, although they are now
more gentle than their Christian rivals.
they are still looked at in the Light az
their former behavior.
II the recent atrocities Of the Turks
seem to contradict this pro-Islamic
French writer, noted English Nsar
East authority has come to his rescua
with definite statement that IL the
hemalists have done things they ought
not to do it Is not their fault. bnt ~
blame rests with the Greeks and Ar.
nenians.
This is Arnold ]. Toynbee. profes-
sor OF Near East history at the JJr;ver-
sity OF London and the author Of ".rbe
western Question in Turkey and
ureece." He upholds the realistic view
'has war in the East is never STRAIGHT
war but war plus atrocities. When
ever there is war In those nisunder-
$1,000 lands, he says, the top dog tries
70 eSterminate the under dog. regard
less Of race or religion.
Until recently the Turks had a n,ucs
worse reputation for atrocities than
their neighbcrs," he writes. .simply
because hundreds Of thousands Of
Greeks and Armenians had been In the
Iurks' power, while comparatively few
turks had been In the power OF the
Ifeess and Ar,nenians. But eyanac
since the armistice have emcnstrated
.hss the difference was one not of ma
turs and morals. but OF temptation or
opportunity.
Since the Supreme Council sent the
wreck army to Asia Minor hundreds Of
thousands Of Turks fell into the power
or the Gresks. A new war began,
atrocities broke out again 40 they wsrs
bound TO do, and this time the Greeks
were the slayers and the Turks the
siain. The actors exchanged parts. but
she old tragedy was repeated.
/" Having been concerned during the
European war In Investigating Turk
ish atrocities against the Arsnenians, i
was an eye witness last year OF Greek
atrocities againss tho Turks. The dis
tsdes whsss taey oscnsrsd was i xsrtils
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Critics Declare Visit to Il.
May Bring About In
jury to France

having made such treaty. " ~
eneeau would be silent In bin 80 sss's'
But this IL not the case. s;ns.
ycars he has never ceased. .byon.. sas 3
partisans and his followers = - $
rendering the task Of those VI. ! 1 s&
tried TO make the best cut os
strument impossible. NJ. Mill... =
M. BRAND, M. Poincare have a., 'sae
in turn been eunningly underx.s'. s.
and attacked by N. Clemenea.a 'ss
to-day he proclaims his iDte,.i.. aa'
lay Che blame on America and s..
that he is going TO denopnea 80. s'
sanecusly Mr.. Wilson, and tbs e. s
who overthrow Mr.. Wilson.
II am goingsn said be. a.s 8.
squarely to America"
Now. 10 friend has 70 talk ,ov...,
to another friend. Before str;ti,. !
chest OF others It is preferabls n s..a
| ones own chest.
Visitor 20 Speak for Self,
Not for People of France
Americans, whether Repub3ie.., :.
Democrats, would commit the grss,..s
blunder If they were TO canada. :
Clemenceau as speaking for r,,,.
M. Ciemenceau will speak only ,or A.,
self.
The Republicans Of the r,n..s
States have often reproached rr,,..
with having listened too nneb ),
President Wilson. when he cam. .,.,
to France In 1918, because he haa hoe,
disavowed and repudiated by III. Ams,.
lean people at she November eisc.in,,
Of 1913. The French, rightly or wreup.
iy, have argued that they could nc. d
otherwise, because President Wilson
even disavoweo and repudiated WA
still the official chief Of a great assles.
The Republicans would commit WON,
blunder to-day IL they we're to lists
TOO seriously TO N. clemeneeau. 3.
has been disavowed and regGaiatsa b.
the French National Assembly in Jars.
ary. 1es0, when Paul Deschanel Fu
elected President OF the French Ii.
public by some $50 votes, and whssa
himself only obtained twenty votes. Tfs
following day N. Clemencesu had d
resign the Premiership. To-day be Il
neither President, nor Minister, "a,
Senator, nor even a party leader. 81
lis plain individual. Only two nss
have the right to-day Go speak Ia tie
name Of France: II. Miilerand, VIA
Is at tho head Of the state, aud U
Poincars, who ie ct the head of Ii,
government.
May the audiences Of the Waldorf Il
New York and of the Auditorium Ia
Chicago kindly remember that. And Il
next month, on hearing tie explaaa-
tions of the old man, some Americans
are shocked by his sarcasms. bis irons
and his repreaches, may they bear is
mind that they are not hearing tbs
voice Of Francei. The voice Of Francs
is not Harcastical, nor ironical, nor 70.
proachful-especially when /. I'd.
dresses America. 1t is calm and
serene, asking only FOR justice and
knowing that the country Of Linses
will never stand In her way toward
justice.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-22

| which he is not guilty and relying on
politics TO escape detection. Back OF
1t all Ii their fear Of Ciemenceau's re-
turn to French politics. although they
are not saying as mucn. What they
arc saying is that Clcmenceau Is going
| to stir up mess in America, that he
will meddlc in American internal af-
fairs, that he will attack Mr.. Wilson
and tho Senate, and that, after he has
made all America fighting mad against
France, he intends to come back as o
destructive factor In French political
| life. If Clemenccau succeeds in doing
the tenth part of the mischief that his
enemies are saying he will, he will be
pilloried as the most ridiculous mis-
take of his time,
The picture that the anti-Clemen-
ceauists would paint Of the "Tiger" as
his introduction to Americans Is that
of g cunning, destructive influence in
French political life. Clemenceau.
they say, spent all his life dee v.ying
things, hacking at the roots Of ma
tional institutions with sinister
pleasure, driving patriotic Frenchmen
into political exile, setting up tools of
his own. selling out his own country
to England, seeking to bring about
division even In the face of the enemy.
Then when France lay proetrate-and
only then--he turned his destructive
genius upon the Germans and finished
them off properly in his fns destruc-
tive way. But as soon as he had de-
| stroyed the Germans, no the legend
runs, he started in again destroying
all the work az his victory.
II Lincoln can be called destruc-
tive power because he declared war
on a rebellious South, or Roosevelt
destructive power because he prose-
cuted unscrupulous business men in
high places, Clemeneeau deserves the
same title for fighting reactionary and
weakening forces in French life from
1860 to 1922. One OF the greatest mis-
takes that Americans can make in
their judgment OF the French states-
man Is that in 1917, when he was
cleaning out The traitors and "de-
faitistes" in Franco and preparing to
drive back the invader, he was o great
power for good, but that all the rest
of HIS life, he has been destructive
power for evil.
The events Of 1917 and 1918 we're
no more exceptions in Clemenceau's
life than those Of 1859 and 1854 were
In the life Of Lincoln. They were
rather the logical elimination of half
century's battle to preserve tho fruits
Of the French Revolution--first from
the enemies of republican principles
within and then from tho enemies
across the frontier. Clemenceau's un-
pardonahle sin Is that in wacing that
battle he has been no respecter of
persons.
Attacks on Second Empire
Was Beginning Of Career
He started the Hght when he came
out Of Vendee, the son Of staunch re.
publican doctor. and plunged into the
student life Of the Latin Quarter. He
began his destructive" career by writ
ing articles against the rotten Second
Empire, which had sent Maximilian on
hia wild enterprise into Mexico at q
time when the United States was en-
gagged In a civil war, and which later
led France into Bismarck's trap and
ignominious defeat at Sedan.
AT that time the greatest "defai-
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| seized with terror and ran away bel.
lowing, dragging behind them the
wagon, the dead OK and the lions feed
ing on him.
Then there suddenly appeared at Che
turning Of the road an automobile run
by European. The man had no gun
with him, and saw himself exposed to
the fury Of the maddened oxen. AT
this critical moment he instinctively
grasped at the horn, the shrill noise OF
which sounded above the believing of
the oxen. The three lions became sc
/ scared at the blowing OF the horn thai
they left their prey and like mac
dashed to the thicket, while tho oxer
stopped short in amazement.
In Ersatu Land
Germany has become veritable Err,
satz .andj chemists and all other sa.
wants are devoting themselves to the
| invention of substitutes for all sorts
Of articles, particularly food.
Thus while real butter is worth zoo
marks a pound, why should the house.
wife worry? 1t is replaced by the good
! margarine at ITO marks, and II thia is
still too dear, one buys "fattine," the
latest invention of Herr Professor
Pumpernickel, which costs only 6b
marks. The Same is also true of milk,
which one can easily 60 without,
thanks to great number OF condensed
products devised by the creative ge-
MUS Of Herr Professor Schlucke, OF
the Academy Of potsdam. A learned
chemist Of Breslau has invented q
"grasine" which strongly competea
with natural fat.
But all this is nothing moro than
the infancy Of the art Of Ersatz. Now
the Germans are hunting products tc
| replace vegetables and meat, A pro.
fessor Of the University ofsKoenigs,
berg has applied himself to finding an
| extract that will have ali the qualities
of the carrot. Soon it will be the turn
Of the ieek, followed by that Of the
turnip. And 1t Is promised that be,
fore long meat will disappear, to make
place for marvellous Ersatz that will
have all its nutritiys qualities. And
with the combination Of all these
| learned mixtures, q juicy pot-au-feu
(boiled best and broth) will be manu-.
| factured.
But ono threatened substitute Is sait
to be much dreaded by she German
conaumey-that Of beer. To feed Of
fattines grasins as well as ON chem
ically constituted carrots and meat,
may be endured, but to drink Ersat,
bear, that is going too fasi
New-York tribune., 1922-10-22
2 BY Stephane Lauzanne
Editor In Chief Of "Le Mattn"

i
~ RANCE has not bsen over
/ pleased In hearing that NJ
| Clemeneeau intended to 60 u
-aA- America; Francs knows tha'
not much good can result from the tril
and France fears that muck evil ma.
come Of 1t.
M. Clemenceau has been, all HIS life
long, rather destructive than g con
structiye power. For years and years ht
has used his cunning, his eloquence, his
influence to overthrow cabinets. Ne
French statesman, even the mos
patriotic, has been spared by hina. Fl,
assailed Gsmbetta, killed Jules Ferr;
and undermined Deicass6. He invented
Boulanger. When, in 1907, he took tbs
reins OF government into his hands, he
called to Office Joseph Caillaux, thf
most sinister figure OF the Third Re
public, appointing him Minister OF
Finance, and General Picquart, ths
most mediocre officer Of the French
army, appointing him Minister for War
J When, In 1914, the war broke out, hf
systematically refused TO give his sup.
port TO tho various national cabinets
and weakened the "Union sacree," By
daily eriticising in his paper
"L'hommo Enchain6," Poinears, Viviani
and even Joffro.
Clemenceau la Accused
OF Demolishing Victory
1t IL only In 1917, when shsrs was
nothing more to destroy, and when
France wns on the brink Of the abyss
that his turned his power Of destruc-
tion against the enemy. Then, for the
first time, he served his country. No.
body tries to minimize the value Of his
services. To him 10 duo in great part
tho victory of the Allies. But hardly
had he gained this victory than he
again took up his demolisher's pickax
And, with his own hands, he worked at
the demolishing of his victory.
The Treaty Of Versailles is his work,
together with President Wilson and
Lloyd George. It Is the most de-
teatable treaty that history has ever
recorded. II Ia a" treaty which sets
forth every problem without resolving
any single one. Is is treaty which is 60
compiicatedand nebulous that the Amer
lean Senate aolemnly refused to ratiSy
1t; that the British government has
silently torn to pieces bit By bit, and
that vanquished Germany has been
able to get out Of fulfilling lis stipula-
tions. 1t is treaty which presumed
the everlasting and close collaboration
Of all ths Allies, when this coilabora-
tten was thing humanity impossible,
and when it was inevitable that each
one Of the Allies would be unable to
subordinate his interests eternally to
the interests ef his neighbor. It is a
treaty which, ut ell events, is char
acteried by this fact: that France, de-
vastated but victorious, has not been
able to recover one single cent from
Germany, intact but vanquished, after
four years Of peace.
1t Was to be hoped at least that. afser
New-York tribune., 1922-10-22

France ,chirlpool Of debate GsenaeHceaats
yiss to the United Thc Tiger according to present
schedule sy reach Neio Yark Nopcnber I8 and spcak
the night OF Nopember I'll.
The accompanying articles present the opposing
r;e,rs held i'm France Of French member of the Big
Four The Tribune does responsibility for either
opinions presents them seley interest n rieo
Of CIemenceuat's projected tour.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-22
Minorities in the Ea.s

Asia Minor is. as It's nans aug
gesss, says the echo de Bulrie," !" .the
country OF ninorities. When the
Turks are the masters we hear Of
christian rninorities; If, on the con.
.rary, the country Is occupied by the
greek there is question Of Mussul-
man minorities. In vain is tn. prob-
lem turned over and over again: eyery
solution is more embarrassing than the
problem itself.
The Gordian knot was question
of minoritiss. Alexander ths Crsat
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cut 1t, 1t Is said, but his successors
tied 1t again. Since then history only
repeats itself
But, 1t will be asked, how does IL
come that under the different masters
the minorities are always different :?
Where is, then, the true minority of
the country, If, one after another, all
the races inhabiting is constitute
minorities?
What at the Arst blush appears one
OF the most crue! enigmas of history
IS In reality but simple phenomenon.
The conquerer who makes the law de-
crees that tho subjected races are
mlnoritieS and treats them as such !:
that is to say, he oppresses them. It
Is therefore the military conquest that
creates the problem Of the minorities
IN It's different forms, and this prob
lem will not be resolved SO long as the
right Of the peoples to self-determina-
sion is not frankly and fully sane
toned
"Mustapha Kcmal is tracing with his
sword new map Of minorities. The
Greek, to be sure, thought of granting
autonomy to the country. It must be
admitted that they thought Of IL only
IN extremist but nevertheless thew
thought Of it, To adapt the legend Of
the garter: Honi soft, Kemal y pense. !"
Simplifed Dlporee
According to an advertisement nnb-
lished In "The Rangoon Times" divorce
Is singularly simple L. Burma. Here
is the announcement,
Annnlment Of Marriage
Notice Ia herewith given that I. Tho
undersigned, have to-day reeadiated NV
matrimonial alliance with my wife. Sim
hun, On account Of her being imperti-
nent, rebellious TO her duties and dis
ebedient to me and my parents, dcsnite
our numerous chastisements throueh
our examples and warnings.
y. NJ. G. KUN.o