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New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

fFror, The Yale Ierf-,r)
No NIGHT in Heavcu,-Ah, he DID
rot know.
That worn old Eastern saint, the tender
glow
OF summer evenings IN the happy West.
He had not seen The sunset shoulder
low
Behind the larches on the far hills crest,
Nor watched tho rocks and DAVIS fly
home to rest.
He had not known the scent Of new
mowp hay
In dream like fields about the close of
day,
Nor seen the hawthorns by the May
moons light.
lie had not envied lovers as they stray
About the dusky lanes, where, starry
white.
The dog-roso throws her rarlands for
delight.
II he could know, as nc, beloved, know
Twilight and harvest moon, he too would
pray:
Morning and noon sre gcood but rht
Maker of stars, oh, give us back tha
night
W. ". LETS.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Lincoln's $ Day

Of ne great estate A0ra An' LiN-
.olr left TO maaAind rothiug has
more increased by tane than hi
,hesr pcr onslity IIo was greater.
* VIC now soc. than cen his work.
H. is mere than dramatic rcminis-
,encc~has done vastly more than TO
.,7e the nation and 20 free The
1aycs He had unionisn1 in his
.asyaeter. balance OF qus\itios
.As. links aim both 70 earth AMI
H. TO men of humblcncss as TO
hose OF power.
And what. if one clement was
eore dominant than othcrs. is the
yatral fact about him that is
,-ostsblc now 20 consider? 1t is that
N his scheme Of things morality Was
srss lIe was rot I matcrialist. His
xlm presence is a rcbukc to the
rhool that makes god Of thc stom-
,,b The world is now Gllcd with
bud clatter about economies. Lin
.oln was not primarily an economic
statesman. As d means TO an end
he cherished wealth. but not as an
end. Spiritual values were 20 him
the only ones that really counted.
Wculd that more of our young intel
lectuals were Lncolnian.
Another quality it is we'll TO re
member in these day. Lincoln was
9 bold innoy tor. but also con-
server He SAW there was no place
sor reyolutlon-that all improve
aert vas gradual-that such was
he unrepealable law Of nature; that
5sregard of this law pushed man
Ind backward. Would that this
aso we're more clearly in the thought
all who now presume to give ad-
ne concerning social progress.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Zone Born Every Minute"

A crooked buckctshop proprietor
is merely thief. and can be pun
ls'.cd under the statutes forbiddne.
larceny. Recent disclosures regard
ing the number Of rascally concerns
IN New York City do not point to
the need Of any moro laws. They
merely prove that the laws new or
the statute books have been laXlv
enforced.
The astonishing thing about the
disclosures is that there arc still so
many people who can be casilv
2ullcd by swindlcrs. Ore would in-
aginc that aftcr 50 many investiga-
items. each one accompanied by
widespread publicity, even the fool
lsh investor would begin 10 be wary.
But no. The story Of the VIC. ms
Of "J20 Per Cent Miller Was sent
broadcast over the nation and over
the world. Vet few years after
ward Whitaker Wright had little
difficulty in obtaining vast sums o'
easy money from people in England
and America.
Ten or fifteen years later along
came Ponz. whg duped thousands Of
people into believing that he could
make them fortunes over night; and
barely is Ponzi safe IN jail before
we find that scores Of men of his
sort have been fattenin2 on the gul
Ii. lity Of the sophisticated and sus-
picious City Of New York.
Upon swindlers Of this sort the
law cannot be too severe. They de
llberatcly scel. to rob the poor and
the ignorant. and are too often high
ly successful. The more Of thcm
caught and punished the more
others of the same scoundrclly inclj-
nations will be discouraged.
This. however, is not going TO cure
the evil. To the adagc that there's
sucker born every mnEc,' current
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
More Nurses Needed
Relief FI'ndcrcd by Shortage Of
Trained Workers
o the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: With so many irresistib,e an
peals coming to us from across tho
waters, | hesitate TO ask you 10 call the
attention of your readers to a verv
urgent and pressing need at home.
The affection of what DR.. CopeIand
quito properly calls an epidemic"
presses most heavily upon the visiting
nurses. feel sure that if tho people
OF our city could visualize the situation
and the heroic service that is being per-
formed daily by the nurses, through fair
weather and foul weather, the money to
uphold their efforts would come ade-
quately and spontaneously,
The $50 nurses on the staff Of the
Visiting Nursing Service administered
by Henry Street Settlement are per
forming an almost supcrhuman task
because of the unusual conditions in
the city. They are spending themselves
without reservation. After making
eighteen calls on influenza and pneu-
mona patients in one day Henry
Street nurse camo home with temper
aturc of 1903. She herself had become
a victim Of tho disease she was helping
to heal. Another nurse broke her arm
while on her way to little child i'll
with pneumonia. She pinned her sleeve
to her coat to keep the painful arm
from dangling and proceeded to her pa
tent giving such care as she could with
her right hand until another nurse could
bo summoned for his relief
Year after year we have been build
ing up nursing service in order &c
cover the boroughs of Manhattan, the
Bronx and Richmond But if during
the weeks just ahead tho worst perod
Of the year for illnoss) our funds arc
not materially increased our work will
be sadly crippled, and this would happen
at 2 time when we should be increasing
our staff.
We appeal for financial help so that
everything possible may be done, not.
only to relieve the suffering of the
poor of the tcnemcnts, but, to the ut
most capacity. to safeguard the entire
community. Will those who read this
letter and who can respond TO it send
checks TO V. Everit Macy. treasurer,
265 Henry Street?
LILLIAN ID. VALID.
New York, Feb. 10, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
A Week of Verse
I hose Fields
Prom vo:ccsj

FROM totctS)
T'HESE fields ara whcrs she walked
before | came
On ionely far-oF days; here, wher. she
stood
To watch the sun in ono lonr Inc of
flame
Go plunging down behind tn. darkcred
wood.
This br'ared path she knew. besid. this
stream
Hardly an evening that SO did not 20
Lost IN trcmulous, delighted dream
To find the hollow where the windfower.
grow.
And here came upon her unaware;
Here afterward we never failed tn come.
Each secret place she loved vas nine -
share.
No leaf that spoke to her, to m. IA.
dumb
These fields are where aha walked, On
that they were
Less bitter lonely for the lack Of her,
BERNARD RAyMUND.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

among gamblers. member Of that
profession has added "and two TO
hook him.
AS long as there are gulls there
will be sharks. In most cases the
victims Of the surcthing men and
the gctrich-quiclz operators and the
crooked buckctshop keepers are seek
ing something for nothing. Like the
man who buys "grccngoods," they
are after an unfair advantage in the
race for wealth.
Until they learn that the only
safe way TO get money is to work for
it the papers will continue to pub
llsh their names among the lists of
the victims of the sharper.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
On a Side Track

Il is well 10 get at the bottom Of
he distinctly anti-french attitude
Nnlnd which cocrs so much Amer
can opinion
So far as the public argument
'NS the ant-Ircuch case is child
SHY weak. No fair person denies
hat France is entitled to reasonable
Estety For twenty centuries Ger
nan hordes have rccurrcntly poured
Ner the Rhinc-twico in The last
hly years. The Tcuton wants al
opportunity t. come again. SO
rance must be able to protect her
veil 50 long a this country and
others arc unwilling, as they have
SaoVn themselves 10 be. to Join in
giving her guarantees. Talk Of
fench militarism is sheci. bun
S'aOc. Germany las double her
a'palstlon. What Nculd VIC do iF
aeAco were populated b. 2O0,ooo,-
w N'ghly Disciplined people. pas
''as'eiy Dedicated 70 getting Tczas
''rS and satisfying old gruIscs?
EQUALLY nonscrslcal is Che cam
''ei 10 make il appcav That Franco
-'Sses greedy reparaJon den'anda.
.'' devastated regions arc : fact
.'@' enc mus ps. fer thcit rcsto
'''oa. II 10. Germans. then Of nc
S''F ffcnchmen. Sc FAC Germany
- PAID to france. eXccpt fer q fey
fS aad Possession Of TIC Saar
'''y' Practically not q mark. Par-
''ps'0o IN The pa. mcrt now be-
ss made Ffauce nas waived IL
'', s'V' Of Belgium X to Gorman.s
:" pa, remember Ia
.Sn 's~ea por capita On accoun.
n. "df &Fo rca1 5 iour time
!. ct Icrm-pT. Vet there are
sn Nao Ii German. OF at tnc
- "sO'' eNpeusc of Aor yictina.
,.. ,"s ffeaerVhooia is. Of course.
'''9 pro-Cera'au ard pre- Dclanc-
4 a. origin. ll,pnc~isn ans
j !. .s''sm !. furHish leadership to
4 ,., '0e . leadership which IS
!" 's N effort t. confuse Amer
s... 'pin'0e but alone and unas-
|s,s'' ~a pr0-Isrn...aism and pro-Bol
+ h.n ''' would te .itsle influential.
n :, s. no" and themselves backed by
+ 'p'hl0n. pa strong IL financial cir
- n"'cA Is not TO be rated as CON
sss' ss'y anti-Am9ricar. It springs
sso.. csld ard sinister economic
a;s ms theory is that the
an..4 route of future business devel-
ss.s runs from the United
.,s 70 Great Britain. 70 Ger
N, NJ sno = thence to Russia. We are
u ~ oaf wealth, Great Britain
's"i genius, Germany he,.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Republican Women Meetings

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Slr: Permit me to correct the an
nounccment Of tho date Of the next
meeting of the Republican Neighbor-
hood Association as contained in your
article on Yesterdays meeting in your
issue of to-day. Our next meeting will
be held Wednesday, March !, at 3
o'clock, at the home Of Mrs Otto II.
Kahn, 100 Fifth Avenue. Ogden l..
Mills will be the speaker
Also may add to your statement
that "Mrs. Learned Hand, former pres
idcnt Of the Womens City Club. urged
the women to maintain an independent
attitude N political mattcrs,7 the fact
that Mrs. Hand, in common with all
the other speakers. advocated the en-
rollmcnt of women in political parties
as the most effective way of futhering
the cause of good government
Owing TO the increasingly large at
tendance at our meetings newspaper
representatives present have frequently
pt'h cio"u ueu iitto outslo' i|''''-' "-iS. =
it has been difficult 10 follow the
speakers In the future we plan to re-
serve front seats and proper facilities
for such representative Of the press
as may care to be present
FRANCES T. PARSONS.
President Republican Ncichborhood
Association
New York. Feb. 9. 1900.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
A Lincoln Memory
Personal Recollection by a Member
Of The Tribune Old Guard"

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Lincoln was the subject Of the
conversation, and the men seated at
the luncheon table each had their lit
tic saw. when the old man of the party,
member of the Tribune old Cuard,
said "You read and YOU heard about
Lincoln. | saw him twice and he spoke
TO me once. or course. I WAS a kid.
but remember the incident, which to
me was 'groa.' even then.
"On his way from Springfield TO be
inaugurated, the Presidents elect stopped
at Albany, my home. and when his train
reached the station | was in the big
crowd that had assembled there Ar
pany Of tho 10th Regiment 10 escort
him TO the Capitol, but the troops we're
late and while waiting for them to ar
rive there was much pushing and crowd
ing to get a glimpse Of the "rail-split-
tor" Presidcnt-elcct The portraits on
The campaign buttons and medals
showed him 30 be smooth shavcn.
cadavcrous person, but the man who
finally appeared wore black beard.
After a long wait the soldiers arrived
and saw Mavor Thatcher Senator
Ferry and Asscmblyman Bail get into
the oncn carriage with him before the
procession started w State Street
Later in the day went with MY
father to the Assembly chamber. where
7 was allowed TO shake hands with the
distinguished guest, who put his big
left hand or my head and said few
words Four years later was again
one Of great throng in front OF the
old Capitol. men. women and children.
all wearing mourning badges and all
showing by their looks that these were
not idle decorations Silently, slowly.
the luc moved forward toward the as
gembly chamber where | had seen 'he
Pres elect and where now his hody
lay resting. on lis vay bach 70 Spring
field l..
New York Feb 10. 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Open Diplomacy's Victory
In 1918 the doctrine of ..o,

In 1918 the doctrine Of "opcn
diplomacy was widely preached. Ii
was not pr .cticcd, The peace confer
ence agreements were not "opcnlv
arrived at The Senate and the
publlc here were not permitted To
know what we, I on in the Council
OF Ten. the Council of Five, the
Council of Four or the Council of
Three. The Versailles Treaty was
submitted for ratification withou,
report from the peace commits
sloncrs or transcript of tho con-
ference discussions.
Mr.. Harding and Mr.. Hughes have
not merely paid lip service to "open
diplomacy They have practiccd it
without reservations. During thc
Washington conference the COM
muniqucs wcrc candid and VOL
luminous. The business donc was
doNc in the public eye. Complete
records Of all the proceedings were
made and have now been turned
over to the Senate
In 1919 tic Senate FIRST learned
what was in the Versailles Treaty
from newspaper summary of it
mailed 20 MIR. Bovah. All informal
ton about the negotiations was de-
nicd to the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations. MIR. Wilson
fatty refused TO release the minutes
of the councils and asked the French
government not to release them. he
scQuostcrcd tho American copies and
AL other conference memoranda and
carried these papers away with him
when he left tho White House.
Soaps Of them arc now appearing
in VecjIy newspaper articles by the
cN-frcsidcnt' chief press agent at
Paris
Mr.. Wilson was unwilling to use
open diplomacy in 1919 on the
ground that it would hamper the ne
gOtiators and would tend to eccentu-
ate national antagonsms ut the
peace table He later excused him
self for not securing publicity at
Paris by the suggestion that the
other ncgotiators did not want il,
Yet. as Andre Tardicu shows in his
book, Mr.. Wilson was the ncgotiator
who demanded not only strict rule
of secrecy within the councils but
also the maintenance of Il rigid cen
sorship Of outgoing and incoming
news dispatches.
The open diplomacy Of the Wash
ington conference has confuted
these arguments. Publicity did not
drive the delegates apart but was a
great force III bringing them to-
gether. 1t moderated divcreenccs
of views and clashes of personal
opinion. 1t made the delegates
more responsible. more responsive
to opinion at home and to world
opinion. II banished the possibility
Of old-stylc diplomatic intrigue.
The work Of the conference ha.
been an open book. That departure
Was one Of the causes of its amazing
success Criticism, cynicism and
obstruction have been disalmcd bv
full publicity and open methods.
Nobody is now being asked to an-
provo tho Washington treaties in the
dark. They speak IN tho full light
for themselves and furnish Their
own arguments for acceptance.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
The Broken Reed

Shortly after tho discovery Of a
neatly laid pit to make thc schools
of New ork over into a nicely oiled
political machine came Al angulshcd
voice ovcf The uirc from Palm
Beach
"Gct The Awcrican' to challenge
that. Get ". r. aim elf on tho
phone and sec that this goes
through..'
Tha. was almost week ago. wv.
r." has doubtless been within easy
reach Of the phone all that time.
Vet has The American challenged
the story cs the plot 1t has no.,
Has "W r." nown to the relief of a
political protegc in diAicultics' Not
50 tie pubic could notice it.
What can be the trouble Per
haps "W. Il" is little wary of an
uleasan, publicity such as would re
sui. from the disclosure Of com
plicity IL the plot. Then, again y"
r." may remember that once vhc''
his agents sat at Saratoga waiting
for Mr.. Hylan to declare that
Hearst was his choice for Governo"
they waited, alas. in vain.
Perhaps. again. "W. r. thinks a
little discipline just now will do the
Mavor good. Since The election
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
unbIewecd
(Frort Jhe ne1Srfej

fFror- The ne1srrej
AP BOUNDING brittle balls that spin
so lightly
Aslant the grass,
With what an air Of purpose, firm yet
sprightly,
You whirl-and pass!
wish l still could think your dash.rs
progress
Was yours alone;
I wish I had not seen you, huddled life
less,
When winds were gone.
SUSANNE HOWE.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Old Soldier

fFrop Yn- Nctn Rerp>'fc)
WE WANDER now who marched
before.
Hawking our bran from door to door,
While other men from the mill take thc'r
flour,
So it is to be al Old Soldier.
Old and sore, ones liko to the honnd
Turning ND the stiA' frozen ground,
Nosing the mould, with tho night
around:
So 1t is TO be an Old Soldier.
And We vho onc~ rarg out Ike a bell,
Have nothing now to show or TO sell
OM bones to carry, Old stories 10 tel.
So it is to be All Old Soldier.
PADRAIC C01CN
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
A Popular Policy
on, me Koasa5 Ciiy ST,

IIoM INC KdNsaS lily Stan
In India the Gandhi followers are
going to try to break British rule by
what they call policy of non-co-opcra
ton. That is. they will refuse to CO
operate with the government in the en-
forcement of the laws. That may be
new in India but American cities are
full of non opera tionists, only hey
don't go by that name.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Pine Song

Prom The Eoot7iorD
I IKE young pine
May 7 grow:
Only feel
But never know,
Feel the wind
And RAIN and sun.
Soc dusk dead
And day begun.
Feel The touch
OF needles fiuo
Df a swayinG
Neighhoring ptn..
Feel the forest
Awe and wonder
Only never know
That under
Beauty lieth woc.
MARY CAROLYN DAVIES,
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

there arc stories shat the latter is
getting out of hand
Anyway, The American" is silent
and Nv. r.. is silent, and in times
past they have neither been silent
When His Honor was under attack.
Here is subject for investigation.
Maybe that great investigator Mr..
Hrshi'cld, is already conducting it,
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Trained Men Needed

In modern naval warfare, and in the
years 10 come even more than now
trained and experienced men will be.
needed Recruits and men Of short
service. ncomrlctcly trained, cannot
win. Superior intelligence may not
make up for lack of skill. Thcre must
be big nucleus of enlisted men Of
long service, trained to the minute
Brains and bravery alone will not suf
flee.
In this respect our navy is mcnaced.
The vast majority of our enlisted men
are serving their first enlistment Of
two. three or four years. They arc
under twenty years of age. The per
centage of skilled men Of long service
is dangerously small. 1t is folly to con
ceal the truth and to undcrratc the
danger Of such condition. A large
proportion of orr enlisted personnel IS
discharged annually. 1t is not too
much to say that we now have navy
of boys.
This situation does not exist to the
same extent in foreign navies. In
England, for instance, men enlist in
the navy for term of twelve years.
i'm the Japanese and other navics there
is always large percentage of mature
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Epilogue

.from Ths Booknun)
COMETIMES | think that shall live
again;
And CHANGING on these. records of my
times,
III wonder dimly at the hidden pain
Fad / to quantness in my early rhymes.
And then, maybe, l shall BE- vaguely
pleased
To feel again the torture Of myself;
And by the ancient anguish gently
cased,
shall return my own book TO It's shelf.
S. FOSTER DAMON.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Masuucrader

(Tto'a Contemporary verse,
/ TNDER the glare of the sun
The city is blonde and unromsn.ic
As a house-frau at market:
But at night when she masquerades,
She is a dark coquctte
Out for lark.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

complete Misunderstanding Of the
situation. 1t is not realized that tho
conference, in scrapping the 1916 pro-
gram. merely prevented the necessity
of adding largely to the strength of
our present pcrsonncl--it did not
justify reducing a force already too
small to man the existing feet!
The Ndrai Ratio
There is another important point.
On January I the English navy had
100000 regulars, the United States
100000 and Japan $4,000. Both Eng
land and Japan have big reserves OF
trained and experienced men-much
bigger than the United States Keep
ing in mind the truth that naval YES
sells unnamed are as helpless as mer-
chantmcn in war, VIC see that a re
ductiOn OF our personnel to 10000 mon
would change our comparative naval
strength from The 5--5-3 ratio to a
s. 3 ratio. In other words, our
''0N - HSilNihS SIlSHE III NOulJ DC 'SSo
than half that of England aud only
two-thirds that Of Japan. It would
virtually bring us down to the strength
Of Franco and Italy 1t would make
us rowcrlcss on the sea. 1t would re-
ducc US from n first rate to a third
rate naval power. The Washington
conference did not impose this SEN
tcncc upon us. Men, not ships, make a
navy.
The people Of the United States must
be Informed of these things They
know that war has not been abolished
They oppose a race in armament only
and they OBJ jcct TO unnecessary taxation.
Bu, this is not q nation Of pacifists.
The people realize tho importance Of a
navy and they viii not approve the de-
struction Of our existing feet.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
The Macy Short Of Men

The feet is seriously short Of men
to-day. The navy pers onnel was cut
down from about 10000 to l06, 900 men
during the last year. Only one-fourth
OF our destroyers are fully manned.
More than 200 modern destroyers are
now laid up with 50 few men that
deterioration is inevitable. Only q
small percentage of our submarine
fleet is manned or trained. No crews
have been provided for the ten scout
cruisers nearing completion. and the
FIVE plane carriers viii ultimately cali
for at least three thousand men.
Notwithstanding all these facts a
threat has been made in Congress to
reduce the navy personnel from 10000
to $4,000 men. Such a procedure
would be fatal. II would completely
wreck our navy. 1t is charitable to
suppose that this scheme proceeds from
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
GNAHANIi

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New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

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New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Strongest Fleet

For the first time in our history
our navy is TO bc as powerful AS Eng
lands We are to have eighteen dread
noughts, ten scout cruisers, three hun :
dred dcstroyers, more than one hun
drcd submarines, with the requisite
mum Der Of auXilarics and small era It.
This is the most powerful fleet ever
assembled under the American flag.
The conference did not dsarm the
navy. 1t "limitcd ARMAMENT and
stopped mad battlcship race between
England, the United States and Japan,
thereby saving hundreds Of millions in
new construction and providing ten
year building holiday that is all Tax
alton viii be greatly diminished, but
tho navy is not abolished nor rendered
impotent. A new and permanent ratio
Of naval strength has been established
between England, the United States
and Japan-5. 5, 3. This governing
fact must be constantly borne in mind.