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New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
The Flag Hanging Debate


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I have read Tho Tribune daily
for more than ffty years and usually
swear by whatever 1t says, even. !
suppose, though Il be wrong-whieh IS
no, often. On the birthday OF "0ld
Glory" awoke with q start as gszed
upon the cartoon by Briggs. put in
twelve good years Of my life in mill
tary service and believe know the cor
rect way OF putting up flag. Several
years ago as went TO the polls 10 cast
my vote I was confronted at tho door
BY flag suspended with It's field to the
left. | criticized II. and 70 convince
stubborn Democrat that he was
wrong (almost an impossible thing to
do, you understand), he having put the
flag up, told him would prove my
statement. ] wrote 90 Washington for
ny authority. Here is the answer "in
nut SHELF:
"A flag when draped upon building
front must always bo with tho field to
tho right as you face II. When hung
horizontally the field should be at the
left as you face IT,"
As walked through our streets on
Memorial Day judge that fully one
quarter OF the flags saw were wrong
side out" very disquieting to the nerves
Of a soldier OF military man.
W. L. c. GLENNEY.
PlainheId. N. j.. juno IS. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

In the subjoired "ApologR" published
as prclces to his latest land, as ks
suggcsts, h.s iast) voIams of postyy,
tho greg. EnglSh novelist and poet
tckes pcssiriis.ic vieV Of Tho tenGcn-
ei>s in English prose literature and
poetry. Many foilopsrs Of Hardy, ro-
ner'beyin5 the asEos:io phiiOsOpky Of
his novels ard the shocked reception by
tie British public Of HE "Juds tho Oh
scurc," iCiH be surprised 10 note hdt
IN his preface ~ lays s,rcss upon the
necessity Of religion and irdioGtos that
uh0t ks Sccs as a moral decline in Eng
icnd Is duo 10 the failure Of tho Church.
IN tho course Of the preface he also re-
fects ioith somS bitterness upon the
early criticisms Of his Uork. For pey.
mission 10 publish the portions Of tho
preface given hcrcwifh The Tribune is
indebted 10 the Macmillan Company,
whieh 1il shortly publish tho nev
Hardy volame under The ntIs Late
Lyrics aud Ecrlier." s+sv.s-,, 6t,.s
q So - siev'F -
The thoughts Of any man o, letters
concerned 10 keep poetry alive cannot
but run uncomfortably on the pre-
earious prospects Of English verse at
the present day. Verify the hazards
ard casualties surrounding the birth
and setting forth Of almost every mod
ern creation in numbers are om!nously
like those OF one Of shelley's paper
boats on a windy lake. And forward
conjecture scarcely permits the hope
OF better time, unless mems tend
elcics should change.
SO indeed Of oil art, literature and
high thinking" nowadays. Whether
owing TO the barbarizing Of taste In the
younger minds by the DARK madness
Of the late war. the unabashed cultiva-
tion Of solhshness in all classes, the
plethoric growth Of knowledge stimuli
taneously with tho stunting Of wis
dom, "a degrading thirst after out
rareous stimulation" 90 quote Words
worth AGAIN., or from any other cause,
We seem threatened with q new Dark
Age.
formerly thought, like so many
roughly handled writer's, that 30 far as
literature was concerned a partial cause
might bo irpotent or mischievous eriti-
cism; the satiriilng Of individuality,
the lack Of wholc-seelng IN contem-
porary estimates Of poetry and kindred
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
Never Drink Mil" "-Boshl

To the Editor o. The Tribune.
Sir; A British physician. quoted in n
London letter 20 The Tribune. advises:
Never drink milk. II is On unnatural
food save for the young" he should
know that the culinary art would be
distresslngly abridged II milk were
done away with.
Mix is merely Z solution with fifteen
parts OF solids TO eighty-ave parts Of
water. Considering alphabetically
that water constitutes seventy parts Of
our bodies. we do not need 70 think too
long or too carefully about eating what
he terms solid food Solid food. Il
there were anything OF that nature
that we could eat. would require liquo-
faction before Il could be absorbed
80 one advocates milk as q sole diet,
but our English friend would hear n
great howl going up from his patients
i milk and milk products were barred
from their tables. What of their Still
ton cheese. their butter and cream, Of
which they are 50 fond, Taken with
other food and not as the sole article
OF diet. milk is invaluable, a. our own
common sense tells u.s. MIL.
New York, June 70, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
No Inquisition

The great majority Of the city's
school teachers have not shown
alarm over the Lusk law. They are
devoted to the country and its prin-
ciples and chcerfully bear witness to
their faith. They DO not think they
lose their rights by answering ques-
tions. This may not be necessary,
but open confession, we are told, is
good for the soul.
The Tribune, as its readers are
aware, opposed the Lusk law in so
far as it denies a certificate TO
teacher who favors a change in
the form Of government. Forms
are ephemeral. Our governmental
scheme is not sacred. The Consti-
tuition itself authorizes the calling
Of a constitutional convention, which
throws the present fundamental law
into the melting pot, even as in
1877 the Articles Of Confederation
were thrown. Many lawyers doubt
the constitutionality Of the criticized
prohibitive feature Of the Lusk law.
Though constitutional, II is unwise
and is against the spirit of Aneri-
can institutions. Amendment is
needed.
But there are limits to the ways
changes may be effected. They can
not be made by force or by minor
tiles. Force is the bottom princi-
pie Of despotisms; consent that Of
republics. For a minority to rule
is not only an intolerable invasion
Of the rights Of men, but openly
attacks the sovereignty Of the peo-
pie. There is something behind and
above the Constitution. Indeed, TO
establish and protect the irrepeal-
able sovereignty Of the people, in
cluding the right 10 remodel. is the
prime purpose of the Constitution.
So The Lusk law, in so far as it
forb.ds advocacy Of change by force,
is sound and just. Jefferson wrote
that it might be well to have an
automatic assemblage Of a consti-
tut:onal convention every half CEN
tury to write an instrument suited 70
new conditions, but he also wrote
that always the reoasting should be
by debate and deliberation and
never BY the DEGREES Of the armed
and unscrupulous few.
Now, in Europe, as the conse-
ouence of historic causes, the tradi-
ton persists that changes may be
effected by tGmultuous processes,
and Il is rot always realized by
those who come TO us that the
American doctrine is different. So
On this side Of the water is mani
tested not an American but an alien
European psychology. We have no
wish 70 be unfair to the Socialists,
and recognize that there are Social
isl groups whose ideas are consis-
tent with Anaericanisn. But that
others dream Of foreible revolution
no candid Socialist will deny. The
prevailing lingo Of the cult breathes
a justification Of force.
In particular cases the question
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
a Footless Errand

The Filipino parliamentary mis-
sion row in this country called on
President Harding last Saturday
with a plea for an immediate grant
4 independence to the Philippines.
The mission proceeded on the gratui-
TINS assumption that the United
States was bound to grant indePen-
dcnce whenever p stable government
had been established in the islands.
This assumption has underlain the
whole agitation for American with
drawal from the Philippines But 1t
Is clearly unwarranted. We obtained
title 70 the archipelago under the
treaty with Spain, made at Paris IN
1898. There IS 10 reference in that
treaty 70 any limitation on American
sovereignty or to any pledge TO give
the Filipinos Independence. Presi-
dent Harding told the delegation
that Congress alone can alter the
present status. That Is self-ev:dent.
Declarations made by public men,
whether in Office or out Of Office
could not bind the United states 70
an alienation Of any part Of its terri
tory.
Conoress has never committed us
,oa withdrawal from the Philippines
or given n promise to withdraw IN
der any conditions whatever. An at
tempt was made in 1916 to turn the
islands loose. The Senate at that
time adopted an amendment to the
Jones bill, passed by the House, au-
thorizing the hauling down Of the
American flag within two years, or
at most four years, after the passage
Of the act. But this amendment was
rejected by the House. in spite Of
letter written by President Wilson
TO one Of the Democratic House lead
ors advising its acceptance. The
House instructed It's confcrees 10
agree 10 no declaration in the bill
setting a definite time for a grant Of
freedom 10 the Filipinos.
The Philippines are American ter
ritory and there is no good reason
why they should not remain so. The
movement for independence IS large
ly the work Of a small political class
which aspires 10 make an experiment
in nationalism for which the people
Of the islands as a whole are not pre-
pared It's apparent that the major
ity Of the people are not concerned
about independence. They are more
directly concerned with enjoying the
benefits Of order, increased educa-
tional facilities. efficient government
and material prosperity.
Under the Harrison rfgime Amer
\ lean control was dangerously re-
laxcd. The insular finances fell into
= disorder and there was a general re-
ccssion in administration. General
Wood has heen working with bril-
liant success 70 straighten out the
finances and 20 put new vigor into
the insl!ar government. No time
could he less propitious for a demand
on the part Of the Independista poll
ticians for a free hand al home and
a termination Of American sover-
eighty. ln tho interest Of the island
crs. in the interest Of civilization ard
in our own interest that sovereignty
ought not % be terminated.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
a PROLONGED Discussion
tgron TAe Les Aagoles Tlmc,)

fFro71 he Lo5 ha1clcs Tlmcs)
Now that we have had three years Of
prohibition the magazine writer's arc
trying to tell whether it Is = success or
a~fAilpre. We have az leas, got 20 that
point whore the prohibi,ion.sts say Il
is and the vets say 4. isn't. Ba, there
Is where the Inconsistency comes. The
vets do not want prohibition 70 be a
success and II It isn't they should cease
worrying.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

hardened golf addicts cannot evade
a feeling Of shame when they hire
them. II this feeling were as acute
as il ought TO be it would not be nee
essary for outsiders 10 protest.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

Evidently another dark horse IL
grooming for tho Presidential race.
Somebody is putting on; a car to sell
at n lower price than Henry Ford 8
nroduct.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
Brooklyn, June II. 1922.

Tho flag circular issued BY the War
Department. says: Tho flag for
decorative purposes should always be
hung fiat. whether on the inside or
outside OF buildings, with the union
10 the north or east. so that there will
be a general uniformity in the position
Of the union Of each flag displayed.l
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

VI oan
I n sick of seeing pictures
OF the South Sea native folk.
And the other naked nations
That devour meat ard smoke.
Bo. loathe those brown-skinned Veni
And Apollos clothed in tan
I would rather see the streetesrs
OF the towns Of Yueatan.
lead away the wild Samoans
And Chamorros. also. please;
And don't let ne see the photos
or the lower siamese.
FOR each looks like tho other,
And between them can't choose.
Gosh, oil hemloekl Gee. I've got those
Nnshnal GEE-o-GRAPH-ic bluesl
TEDDY BEE.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
Rv Way Of Defense

Il Is unjust for Europeans 20 de-
nouneo America for taking no inter-
es. in Europe. America just az pres
ent takes FAR more interest in Europe
than Il takes out OF IL.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
New Milford, Conn. June II, 1922.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; When the hag is hanging ver-
tically ard you stand facing Il the blue
field should be on the right hand side.
When tho Gag is hanging horizontally
and you are facing the flag the blue
field should be at the left hand side.
On Memorial Day on one street In
New Rochelle counted twelve flags
out Of fifteen which were hung ineor-
rectly. As a matter OF fact. I saw but one
flag which was put up correctly (half
mast) for Memorial Day In New
Rochelle. Even the city flag was raised
to the peak Of tho pole on Main Street.
LAKE II. SMITH.
Brooklyn, June IT, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
What Readers Are Thinking

he mentions and depicts It is shown
wrong side out.
It was thus displayed when President
Wilson delivered his message before
sailing FOR France, and also in Woolsey
Hall, when Yale University gave de-
gree TO Admiral Sims IN 1919, so Mr..
Briggs is in good company, but wrong
nevertheless.
To change the hag from correct hori-
zontal position, with starry field in
upper left corner, 70 correct vertical
position, II IS necessary only 70 tip
It up, without reversing. thus bring
ing the starry field in upper right cor
ner, where IL belongs when displayed
against a background.
J.H. NETTLEToN.
New Milford, Conn. June II, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
Via, Could BE Fairer2

The Swiss who wanted 10 marry an
American heiress disprovcs the state
ment that no Is fortune hunter He
was. IN fact. 70 disinieresied that
he did not even demand q dowry.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

foreign born who arc not de-Euro-
peanizcd. but Il is not the thought
Of the great body Of our national
lied citizens.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
.,,-,,,,.. ov 7-rr AsgpclATrD rKTss

p. A,,,-.i,s Press is sIc1ATey sluusa
,rs r.s r.r rryi. 'l-stior q 80 n-s. ,fl''., =
,...fItf 20 O. rr 10 Ofnr0F,sf -raIlen N -
"a ~, fas lolal useB VI f2oaiAns9us 'efas'a
rss.. n -.ygsIeaaoo q Al O,hsf nst'''
f....- 49,. a1e fessr~el
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

% tac Eultor OF Auc AIlDuuc.
Sir: II is unfortunate that tho time
ly advice by cartooniSt Briggs about
displaying Old Glory should be marred
by the erroneous statement that the
starry field should be at tho upper left
corner when it is suspended in a verti-
cal position. NThe Gag has right side
and wrong side, and in tho position
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

It's staggering 20 think Of the amount
OF liquor being brought into New York
City By bootleggers when you realize
that now and then even tho police
catch one. F. r. v.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
No Phenomenon

A. this time OF the year fec Is
where you would expect to find it
right on the peak OF high prices.
Copyright ~ James :. Montague.)
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

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zee ,,s pv-,sss ssr,hsssl' sss''ti.q w
. 80. ~ a., eas. THE TRibUhC eyhsf +
a.. 4. s.y ,ssr rsns5 tsek sson rss.si y: -.
90 ~ esltLlics ~ ftvnt premPuS " NV
l...rfl.sr cces fsf.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

Tho per capita consumption Of phisky
dropped in Britain laCt year. due. 10
doubt, to tho demands Of tho erpoy.
trade.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
The Tower
REGENERATE

REGENERATE
NrO WEEPING penitent. o God,
" / knccl,
sob.choked and fearful OF Your
austero scorn,
To falter feeble prayers that You
will heal
A quaking soul by gusts OF passion
tom.
I nm the man You fashioned. l
have felt
The compensation Of Your Seourg'
ing cord;
| broke Your law and barred my back
and knelt.
And took Your punishment and
spoke no word.
Sin, have learned, is welded fast
to pain.
! know Rcmorse, whose fingers.
cold and wan,
Have clutchcd the slumber | have
woocd in vain.
! know the bleak, black. bitter
ness Of dawn.
Yet ] have struggled in the Jealous
mire;
From out its grip have wrenched
my body free;
And I have tanned and bridled hot
desire.
Because the You have dreamed
and formed the Ne.
No weeping pcnitent come-and
yet,
O God, who made the evil md tho
good,
Is It Your will man shall not for
get
Dark yearnings for the sins ne has
withstood?
II France persists In her contention
that Russia should restore oil seized
property TO its owners, It might give
The harricd Soyicts some hint on how
20 restore the ownors.
Tho chief trouble with according
recognition 10 the Russian government
socns 70 bo that it's 80 darned easy
10 recognize. -r.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
Which Corner?

(S.gn obsorvcd by c. Lambert at Sixth
Avenue ard Foriy-sirth Street
SUITS PRESSED
WHILE YOU WAIT
AROUND THE CORNER.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

The main complaint our brief ex-
perieneo with radio brosdeasting has
brought 20 the surface is that the only
thing that doesn't sound like a phono-
graph record is a phonograph record.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
WELTSCHMERz

Sometimes 1 oct weary Of daily ez-
istcrcc,
And often I ycarr for a little assistance;
Yet olicoVs I'm there With oob o.
resistance
I'm glad I ain: Mechanically.
IEAN
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
MONDAY. JUNE 10. 1922

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New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
The Curio Collection


IA subway guard who. on seeing
several persons rushing down stairs,
kept the door open for them.
.. A rirl who was on time for date.
3. 4 man who, after saying 81 wish
was rich instead of good looking" did
no. add But it's tough TO be cheated
out Of both"
:. An a. +. F. outAt that, upon It's
return, gave its top sergeant purse.
8. a soldier who never complained
about slum.
G. A movie actor who doesn't worry
about publicity.
IA pictorial section Of n Sunday
paper that did not have q picture Of
the Prince Of Wales.
On. o, them was a frieni Of his.
2 sho O. always complaining that her
wf.si watch gains ume.
lie tpcnds a 20; Of. time IN fFont OF tho
mirror.
Tho truth l. strange indeed.
lie worked IN the officers mess.
Hen change when toys no longer In
ieTest him.
= ono OF tho pages vas missing.
Washington announces that the next
aviator TO crash within the city limits
will be arrested. II practicable.
RIIL NETCU.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

Tho chief trouble with according
recognition to the Russian government
eocns 70 bo that It's 80 darned easy
10 recognize. -,.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

He's Also Considering Cold Plunges
Sir: Is there any truth In the cur.
rent rurior that since his return from
"a little business trip across the pond"
(hls hrst) Mr.. J. Throckmorton cush
not only insists upon consuming his
breakfast egg from the she'll and hav-
ins tohst chilled before serving. but
also upset Mrs. Cush's entire domestic
mcnage By his attitude regarding the
new maids too literal compliance with
his request for dish OF tea" last
Sunday afternoon? c. II. BARNES.
Tho New York Central now lays
down red carpet on which passengers
may approach It's Twentieth Century
Limited. It's merely following in the
footsteps Of the Erie, which years ago
turned each station platform irto a
c.ndor patn FOR sprinting commuters.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

II France persists In her contention
that Russia should restore oil seized
sronerty TO It's owners, It might give
The harried soyiets somo hint on how
20 restore the ownors.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-26
FOREIGN TRADE FOR FARMERS

Goyemor Parker, of Louisiana. has a scheme
for improving the farmers market by having the
federal reserve banks extend long time credits to
foreign purchasers.
His idea is, to say the least, a triae visionary.
There are more reasons than one why foreign
countries are not absorbing the surplus farm prod
ucts Of this country One, of course is that they
are short CT purchasing power. They haven't the
money. Another is that they can buy similar
goods elsewhere cheaper than in America.
Wheat for instance. is as cheap in Europe as
in this country. So is sugar and cotton and meat.
When it comes to supplying the world with food
America is not the only pebble On the beach,
Great Britain. cur best customer has numerous
other resources. From Canada she can import
wheat cheaper than from he United States. Ar
gentina is also sending fcodstufs across the water
cheaper than we can afford 10 sell them. Australia
and South Africa are great cattle exporters Egypt
and India both produce big cotton crops. And.
unless we can unload cur goods at Liverpool and
London at the same price as those countries, we
can not get the British trade.
1efHidIy Is also d SOoQ market, III normal tunes,
for our products, but Germany has other places
to draw from. She produces the bulk of her own
food. The raw material can be imported from
her European neighbors cheaper than from the
United States. go
Trade can be maintained only on a basis of
exchanging products. So long as we refuse to
buy from abroad because their goods are 100
cheap we must expect them to refuse to buy here
because ours are toe dear.
The Lest way 10 help the farmers Of this country
would be to open ;he docrs 10 foreign imports and
give the farmers chance to get more for their
money. We might, indeed, by giving or leaning
foreign nations The money, stimulate them to buy
from US SO long as this process held out; but that
is not sound business, because the inevitable reck-
oning would result either in their bankruptcy or
our loss Il is simply folish to talk about stimua-
ing exports unless, al the same time, we stimulate
imports.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-26
POOREST COIN THUS FAR ISSUED

Disappointment over the newest coin issued
from the federal mint is evinced by all who have
been anticipating the creation of a handsome
Zone Dollar" to proclaim the Peace" which has
been so long arriving. The persons who are
pleased with them the bankers-and they only
because the coins are of a nature to stack" well
in the trays.
The work on the coins appears to be unfinished,
insofar as the fine lines which have characterized
the general run of coins issued by this govern
ment are concerned. The lettering appears crude,
and I'm God We Trust" covers large territory
on the Liberty side of the communicating doubt
regarding the emphasis of the assertion Taken as
whole, the coin is far inferior to the coins usual
ly issued by the treasury department.