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New-York tribune., 1922-07-05
Ireland's Nuisance

One look at the countenance of De
Valera sufficss to explain the man.
His narrow face, his over-prominent
nose, his eyes close together, a
thrusting jaw betokening wilfulness,
his humorless expression-his is the
typical face Of fanatic. When thew
are right such as lie are valuable.
But, alas! they are seldom right.
They espouse wrong and then, in &C.
stasy OF self-martyrdom. are immov-
able. The ancestors of De Valera
were not Irish, with hot heads but
warm hearts, but cold and cruel
theologians. His blood is Spanish,
like his name. He is of the breed of
Torquemada. whose doing of evil be-
came to him religious duty.
1t is vastly creditable to the Irish
people that they refused De Valera's
leadership and disregarded his art
full appeals to their patriotism. Ire
land appears as entirely competent
to look after her own affairs, with
the resolution to suppress, even to
the shedding of blood, disturbers of
her peace. A new Ireland has arisen.
and it is we'll to forget the old Ire
land--the Ireland of rack rents and
absentee landlords, of peat smoke
and pigsty parlors, of love of drink
and of the shillalah. When the
Wyndom land act, which opened the
door of opportunity to Irish peas
ants, was passed the foundations of
new sort of Irish life were laid.
Economic influences rather than DO
lit.cal agitation have wrought the
transformation.
That even for few days the Irish
capital has seen the horrors Of civil
war is regrettable, but there is a
corresponding gain. The Irish care
enough for the substances Of demo-
cratic government 70 be willing to
shoot in their defense. The record
will be calming to other De yaleras.
An easy-going majority has need to
establish once in while that its
commands are not lightly to be gain
said and are more than advice. The
shots that fell about the fugitive
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Charles F. Murphy has been the
chief Of Tammany Hall for twenty
years chiefly because he has been
an umpire rather than a leader.
Murphy has not Croker's ap-
gressive masterfulness and little of
the intellectual force of Tweed. His
chief asset is. caution, which he ex-
erclses cons family and with consid-
cradle judgment.
The organization has not grown
any better under the Murphy re-
gime than it was in the days of his
predecessors. It still has one pur-
pose, which is to get Offices and To
use them as Offices have been used
by Tammany Hall since a year or
two after its founding.
But with great influx of for-
eign-born membership and the con.
sequent danger of splits into fac
tions it is no longer possible for
one man to domineer over the
whole gang.
To-day there are men in Tam
many Hall of more brains and
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III discussion of side issues bearing
on the railway strike let no one for
get the main fact.
What is it? 1t is whether or not
railway wages, compared with the
cost of living and the general pur-
chasing power of the dollar, are up
or down from conditions that existed
IN the pre-war era. Are the ma
cflinists and other repair and main
.tenance men relatively better off
than they were, or are they worse
off? It is possible that railway en-
ployees were getting too little in
1917, but some datum line must be
ADOPTED as presumptively fair.
According to figures of the Rail-
road Labor Beard the average
hourly compensation of railway ma
chinists in 1917 was sos cents,
against 70.3 cents. under the new
scale, During the same period the
cost of living has had net in
crease of II per cent. So the ma
chinist gets in purchasing power
10 per cent more than in 1917.
Figured in the same way, the strik-
ing car men have declined 45.7 per
cent more in actual wages, and the
common labor increase is As per
cent. SO down the long list of clas-
sifcations. AS to every class the
railway employees have made a
large net gain. This, under economic
law, has been at the expense of nom
railway workers.
Figures make dull reading. But
when accurately compiled they often
tell story not otherwise COM
municable. The evidence is that
the period since 1917 has been one
which railway employees may re-
member gratefully. They have
prospered and are now prospering
more than the rest of us.
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For a Perkins Memorial

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir The Palisades Interstate Park
is indeed "a monument more enduring
than brass" to the memory of it's
founder, George Walbridge Perkins.
1t seems fitting to suggest a testi-
monial in the form of publicly
erected and endowed convocation hall
to be known as the Perkins Memorial.
Built at the foot Of Bear Mountain,
overlooking the Hudson for miles, such
an edifce, dedicated to gatherings ar
ranged for the educational and in
tellectual benefit of the parks thou
sands of pleasure seekers, would COM
plete the recreational facilities al
ready SO substantially inaugurated.
At present the park lacks an as
sembly hall, forum or meeting place
in keeping with it's character where
public gatherings may be held, con-
ventions entertained, bodies of dis
tinguished visitors received, concerts,
lectures and musical festivals provided
and pageants staged.
The Perkins Memorial Hall would
meet the requirements of all occasions
1t should be built by popular subscrip-
tion as testimonial of appreciation
by the public to the founder of the
Park and TIE preserver of the Palisades.
and it should not fail to recognize
fttingly the benefcence of the loyal
friends Of Mr.. Perkins who contributed
half of the fund expended UP to 1920.
Over million and half of people
will visit the park this year. Surely it
ought to be easy to organize the Inter-
state Park Assembly for the purpose
Of making of it the medium for
financing the erection of Perkins
Memorial Hall as voluntary associa-
tion to express the gratitude of the
people whose playground the park is.
| should like to hear from those OF
your readers who feel as l do on this
subject. REESE P. RJsIEy
Lotos Club, N. Y, June 27, 1922.
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What Is Applause

Tc the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I do not agree with your s@
respondent, Hector Fuller, who W.
Applause in a. theater or out OF ~
simply the manifestation OF sne v"
spirit" If you will pardon my ina.
sion on your space l would like % =
that, in my opinion, Richard bsrea''
mess and Joseph santley, in the a'Ss
named, are right in their conciusas
Mr.. Bsrthelmess said applause wSs
termined by the art of the actor =
Mr.. Santley gave the credit to s0s
telligence of the audience. II -
to me these are the consr'Os's,s,
causes first the art, or enofs
you please, of the actor, and sneh
ability Of the audience to rsc's
that art or effort and respond 70 =
hand-ciapping. Mob spirit, hoHas 3.
aroused, seldom will respond - & !,
thing less than the best, snS
amount of manipulation will cass 4
audience to applaud something 81
recognized as inferior or unwofsnp
Applause certainly is under tns =.
troll Of the actor, whether you csh ~
control art, magnetism or luS z
every day hard work. -,
GEORGE HowE
New York, July 1, 1922.
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The Reichskanzler said in his spss..
Of Monday:
"The governments Of the Atsa
have during the last years suhissx
the German government to constr.
humiliations. I remind you Of urse
Silesia, of the sufferings of the Srs
population, Of the animosities in tta
| Rhineland. To a nation with ps
lation Of 100000 it is impossihss
live under commission, and It iss
! possible under such conditions tsH
democratic Germany alive" "a
And so, we repeat, the gull.
Rathenau's murder rests on the Attn
May his blood be upon theml
The blame for Rathenau's murds
rests upon the Allies and their new
papers Of hate, which to-day are his
preaching revenge and hatred, whi:i
to-day still propagate the old lis
oDOot Vic dcI uldHe, HlltH bV-0Sy !"
not yet know because owing to bar
ness reasons or political motives tAs
do not want to know, that We have COZ
cluded peace with Germany.
We do not say this because we sn
Germanlanguage paper, but becsss
we, as an American newspaper in u
highest sense of the word, dsnfis
fair play" for all nations. Thn y
our viewpoint, and this viewpoint ss'
not be understood by papers vnaa
belief is in lies, whose religion y
hate. These papers dc not feel Ano'
lean, do not think American, do ha
act American because. u
matter of fact, they are really W
American.
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The following editorial appeared in
the "New Yorker Staats -Zeitung" OF
June 80, under the title "The Uu-Amer-
ican Press":
The New York Tribune yesterday
felt prompted to utter it's opinion
of the editorial in our Sunday
issue on the Rathenau assassination in
the following words:
"Discussing the assassination of
Rathenau, the New Yorker Stats
Zeitung' makes the interesting dis
covery that the blame rests on the
Allies. 'Rathenau's blood it ex-
plains, is on their heads!'
"The poor Germans, the public is
told, have been driven to despair by
cxactions and are not responsible
for acts of madness. 1t is clearly in
timated that if the pressure con-
tinues there will be even bloodier
deeds, with the Allies, of course, re-
sponsible, though German hands aim
the blow. They are forced to use
a word that the ex-Kaiser employed
when he could think of nothing else
to say to the charge that he signed
the order which put his army in
motion.
"To some it may seem a curious
thing that a newspaper of America
is more German than the Germans,
who say quite definitely that Rattle
nau was killed by monarchist SYM
pathzers But it is understandable.
The Gcrmanlanguage press in this
country keeps alive by fostering ex-
treme doctrines heating to it's read
crs and consequently an obsta lie to
their AmericaniZation."
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Copyright. 1922. New York Tribun. Inc.

Really, it is not worth while debating
with The New York Tribune about
Americanization and Americanism.
This true-blue British organ lacks
all understanding of the subject. Not
o1f9f during the war, but also long be-
fore, as a loyal British sheet it watched
Britain's affairs and furthered British
interests. So lacking is it in principles
that it could even become pro-American
by order of London-however incon-
sistent this might be with its policy
But The New York Tribune cannot
be blamed for this. 1t was, is and re-
mains British paper which accident
ally Cor perhaps purposely) is being
published in America.
We, accordingly, do not feel prompt
ed to defend ourselves against the at
tacks Of The Tribune-we are not
too proud to fight if the adversary is
worthy of fight. But The Tribune
is not such an adversary. He who
touches filth gets dehled.
We only deem it cur duty to make
cur readers acquainted with this ar
ticle of The Tribune, and in connec-
tion with it we wish to make it clear
that we stand pat on the position taken
ir our editorial
Rathenau may have fallen by the
hand of monarchists assassins - but
who stifened the backbone of
these monarchists, who at every step
put obstacles in the way Of the repub-
Gus hardships end uninterrupted acts
Of violence drove the German people
to the verge of despair? The Allies.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-05
The Marines at Gettysburg

A marine corps brigade has been
re-enacting the Battle Of Gettys-
burg ,ffty-nine years after. Pickett's
charge. was staged for President
Harding after the manner Of 1863
and then again yesterday in the
great war manner. Specifically,
there is vast difference between
the two, the implements of war hav-
ing undergone an amazing develop
ment and the range of combat hav-
ing been vastly enlarged. One
basic fact remains: the infantry is
still the Queen of Battles.
Gettysburg might not have been
fought as it was fought, Of course,
if the two armies had been equipped
with scouting planes. Each was
feeling for the other, with only q
moderate knowledge of the others
movements. Each army was widely
spread. 1t is often said that the
meeting at Gettysburg was acci-
dental. Yet in the region in which
Meade and Lee were drawing toward
each other Gettysburg was the nat
ural point of contact, being a hub
from which roads radiated in all
directions.
Lee originally ordered concen-
tration ats Cashtown, eight miles
west Of Gettysburg, on the edge of
the South Mountain. But he soon
found that it was easier to concen-
trate at Gettysburg. The same was
true of Meade, whose dispersed
corps could follow four roads con-
verging on the battlefield. Reyn-
olds impetuously pinned the fight
down there on July l, and his judg-
ment in doing so was completely vim
dicated.
The Federal position at Gettys-
burg on the last two days was strong
in different sense from that en-
phasizcd in most accounts of the
fought-over battle. The Federal
center, which Pickett attacked, was
not strong in itself. 1t was fat
and unfortified and was approached
I over an open plain. There was a
small stretch of stone fence which
q dog could jump over.
This level position, swept by Lees
artillery, was strong only in that
it was fianked by two moderate
sheights-Cemetery Hill and Little
Round Top--which gave the Federal
artillery a fine sweep. The real SUI
periority of the Federal position on
July 2 and 8 was the fish-hook
shape of the front, which brought
the two ends close together and
enabled Meade to shift reserves
quickly from the right flank to the
left and back again. 1t was the
form Of the line rather than the
natural strength Of the two ex-
trsnities-Culp's Hill and the
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more aggressiveness than Murphy.
But the cautious boss plays one
against the other, and he is suf-
fered to remain in office because
each powerful district leader dis
trusts the others and will not con-
sent to q rivals elevation to the
head of the machine.
Almost continually during his
administration Murphy has had a
cabinet and prime minister and
has been largely governed by their
decisions. Bourke Cochran, Daniel
F. Cohalan and CAP Smith have
all served in their turn as his chief
adviser. He was able, with the
support of the enemies of Cochran
and Cohalan, to drop both of them
as pilots. He has never been able
to drop Smith, owing to the latters
great popularity in the organi-
zation.
The chances are that Murphy
will remain at the head of Tam
many Hall as long as he cares to.
Leaders complain that he is selfish
and narrow, but they know of no
other man Of whom they would not
be jealous were he elevated to
Murphy's place.
Meanwhile the organization Is
just as sordid, just as grasping and
just as dangerous to the public
welfare as it ever has been. No
responsibilities it has put on the
bench, no camouhaging of it's
methods, can ever conceal that
from observing citizens.
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What Readers Are Thinking

civic center and raised the character
of the neighborhood for several blocks
around it. As it is, it cumbers the
park, subtracting several acres from
its too scanty area. 1t is being con-
tinually quoted as a precedent for
ether buildings, and had all these been
put up, by this time there would have
been little or no park left.
HAROLD A. CAPARN.
New York, July 8, 1922.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: AS a constant reader of your
valuable paper may / lift my voice
against the proposed invasion of Gen.
tral Park by building to be devoted
to the study of art?
In reply to the letter on the sub
ject must remind the writer that
when the Metropolitan Museum of Art
was built New York probably numbered
about one-tenth of its present popula-
ton, and the site Of the museum
cannot be considered as encroach-
ment, since most Of its space
is directly upon Fifth Avenue, and be-
sides this our enormous population
profits by its value as q permanent
means Of education; but any further
building, even if mostly fronting on a
street, would diminish our breathing
space, most necessary to preserve
health and prevent the spread of con-
.agious or infectious diseases. Why
not devote this money to the enlarge
ment and improvement of the art and
music schools already in existence
We have within a stones throw IF
each other, on Fifty seventh Street, a
large art school now cramped for ade-
quate space, for which the building
next to it could be annexed: school
of dramatic expression, also cramped
for space, and others. Let us all, as
public-spirited New Workers., protest
against any building in our parks other
New-York tribune., 1922-07-05
Spare Central Park
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The naive letter of F. M.
Page in Saturdays Tribune advising
the placing of an opera house, etc, in
Central Park probably represents the
views of good many people who give
no serious thought to the park ques
tion, and so is worth the reply that
he invites.
A park exists, primarily, to preserve
a space open and free from buildings
and streets. Therefore, in proportion
as you put buildings therein Except
ing those necessary for park uses) you
diminish the area and uses of the park,
one Of which is, expressly, to get away
from buildings.
Mr.. Page remarks that the contour
of the site he proposes is "of little
use except in scenic way" Now,
the fact is, the scenery is the most
important use of park. Without
scenery a park Commonly so called)
cannot exist, and this is it's reason for
just as we'll remain vacant lots with
roads and walks cut through it. 1t
really doesn't matter whether one ad-
mits that scenery is useful" or not;
it is the one thing that people insist
on having in their parks as they in
sist on having their clothes cut to the
fashion, and it is the reason for which
they frequent them. The proportion
of scenic park area to city population
comes near being an index of ciyiliza-
ton, like the consumption of soap.
Once again we are told that the
Metropolitan Museum is a precedent
for other buildings in the park. The
presence of the museum is the most
unfortunate thing that has yet hap
pened to the park. Such building
occupying two or three blocks further
east or west would have made new
New-York tribune., 1922-07-05

! Representatives of Great Britain
have laid before the disarmament
commission Of the League Of Ma
tions two proposals for general lana
disarmament. One, Lord Esher's,
calls for ratio allotment, similar to
the capital ship allotment Of the
| Washington naval limitation treaty,
with the Austrian army as basic
unit. The other, Lord Robert
Cecil's. suggests general land, naval
and aerial disarmament, with a COM
pact among the League powers to
protect one another from external
aggression.
Limitation of naval armament
was accomplished at Washington
largely because it vitality concerned
only three states, all of which we're
friendly and ready to end a very
costly competition in naval construc-
ton. The Ave nations concerned
virtually monopolized naval power.
Any compact they made was certain
to be complete and final. The
League is dealing with different
problem. 1t is wrestling primarily
with European problem. In that
problem two non-member nations,
Russia and Germany, are important
factors. Russia, an outlaw, main
tains the worlds largest army.
Germany, struggling to escape her
obligations under the Versailles
Treaty, has concluded an alliance
with Russia. The peace of Europe
is bound up with the maintenance of
the Versailles settlements, which are
the guarantors of the new political
order in that continent.
How, then, can the European
members of the League afford to dis
arm incautiously on land? AS among
themselves there is little need of
armed protection. They already have
in the League covenant an agree
ment not to attack one another and
to go to the aid Of anyone Of their
own number attacked/by an. out
slider. But what is such a compact
worth? What would the duplicate
compact urged by Lord Robert Cecil
be worth? Poland was invaded by
Russia in 1920 and Warsaw was
nearly captured. Did the League
step in? 1t did not. The Poles had
to save themselves, with the aid of a
single League member-France.
| Russia, allied with Germany, is
still threat to Europe. For the
Soviet government has never given
up its idea of converting western
Europe to Bolshevism by military
force. Russia and Germany to-
gether are menace to the Ver-
sailles Treaty and to the Europe
which emerged from the war.
France has the best army in Eu-
rope. 1t is the sole weapon left for
the enforcement Of the treaty and
the preservation Of the status quo
1t is the best hope of peace and Or
der. Any move just now to reduce
it to correspond in strength with
Austria's army, or Bulgaria's, or
Hollands, or even Great Britain's,
would be blow at the peace settle
ments and European security. The
time hasn't come yet when the
League nations can treat Germany
and Russia like innocent, frisking
lambs.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-05
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
Unconyinccd

Unconvinccd
We learn that Pancho Villa,
Who used to rob and shoot
And swiftly go
Through Mexico
In quest of crime and loot,
Is now man of virtue,
Who does no mortal harm,
But milks his COWS
And drives his plows
Upon quiet farm.
The hand that piled the pistol,
EXacting wrongful spoil,
Now reaps and sows
And mows and hoes
The rich Durango soil.
The brain that once concocted
All sorts of evil schemes
Is wholly bent
On calm content
And pleasant pious dreams.
It's nice to know that bandits
Are subject to reform,
Quite satisfied
To put aside
Their lives Of stress and storm,
To bid the base emotions
That stirred within them cease,
And with their sheep
Lie down to sleep
In inoffensive peace.
Yet should I meet with Pancho,
Despite his altered ways,
And though | saw
Respect for law
In his soft, friendly gaze,
Although he smiled upon me
And sought to speak me fair,
I'd wheel around
And with one bound
I'd start away from there.
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Round Tops--which was, perhaps,
the decisive factor.
The marine naneuvers have
drawn attention to revolutioniz-
ing changes in tactics and battle
equipment. But they show little
that Is revolutionary in the science
Of war" which remains much as it
always has been, because it is
builded on very few simple and
elementary principles.
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than justifiable ones--rcst houses "
restaurants, which are needed 19l -
public welfare far more than .
schools, which ought to be where ~
belong-outside. COLUMpiA
Newton, n. j., July ., 922.
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A Sufficient Acquaintanes

tFrons The Philadelphia Isqss h
Personally, we are not gress1 i
terested in Marconi's attempt 70 ~ ~,
lish communication with MarS
had all we want Of Msrs for sas
hundred years. fs
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Beyond Peradventure

We can't find out who is winning
the coal strike, but every time we
look at our coal bin we know who is
losing it.
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Still in Vogue

Russia frowns on all privileges
except the privilege she extends to
other nations to lend her money.
Copyright by james j. Montague).
New-York tribune., 1922-07-05

District Attorney Banton deferred
his declaration that New York was
the safest city in t.,e world till Com
mis- sioner Enright went on his va
cation.
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1t Might Help

They are going to establish a COL
lcge at Hollywood. Let US hope
that they send the scenario writers
to it.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-05

At 146 Uncle Sam seemed to feel
just as well as he did when he was
a mere boy of 100.