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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
Standing by France

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial Again Ger
many Won't" closes with two "praeii-
cal questions faced by this country:
First. whether we are willing 10 assist
France TO collect reparation from Ger
many 20 which the answer would as
suredly be NO. and, secondly. whether
cur public opinion would back France
should she take appropriate measures
10 collect for herself. To that rest
assured OF the answer. Yes" despite
all pro-German protest. whether open
or hidden behind Keynes skirts. Who,
II not The Tribune. implored President
Wilson during l9l4-16 to trust the
sense and instinct OF the American
people? Will you despair OF US now !?
Bindly as We often thirk, We a.
least zee clearly that the war is not
yet won AID justice not yet balanced
till the transgressor has paid the
damages And if the French are will
ing lonehanded 10 finish the war that
once WAS ours" shall We say nay. and
betray also our dead who lie in France,
as well as the cause they died fort
Do not believe il.
Nay, further: II only this country
could be asked whether Frances debt
TO us should be cancelled there need
be no doubt Of the answer But for
some unknown reason our government,
from 1918 20 this present moment. has
assumed that We were Shylock ma
ton that after making good profit on
the goods bought by France with the
money we loaned her we firmly intend
10 collect that loan. principal and in
torest Clearly the government thinks
meanly Of US, but as wrongly a. when
il proclaimed to the world We were too
proud 10 fight.
/. l.. FORMAN
Ithaca, y. Y, June IL, 1929.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
Further Faithlessness

Mr.. Hearst's admirers among the
guild Of hyphenates must look upon
him as lost 10 them forever.
Hardly had he landed from the
British ship that carried him TO per-
fidious Albion than he was taking
luncheon with David Lloyd George,
and on Monday in Paris he made
this astounding statement:
The English seem to have forgot
ten their war antagonisms more than
any other country and to have set to
work more seriously TO bring
about Europe's reconstruction. With
them, apparently. when war ends
business begins, and they are right"
The admission that the English are
right about anything is evidence that
Mr.. Hearst has suffered a terrific sea
change. Lloyd George must have
given him a most potent luncheon.
The hyphenates confront the amaz-
ing detection Of their former
spokesman. Hearst singing the
praises Of England is a spectacle
calculated to fill his dupes with
frenzy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14

boastcr, Dragging Of his army and
his slaughter Of tame deer and with
drawing every hour or two to put on
n new and more resplendent uni
form.
His only vision was that OF a
world under his heel. His only in
,erest was in the killing Of men or
Of animals, or in his schemes TO
organize his nation that killings in
stituted for his personal glorifca-
ton could be carried out on a stu
pendous scale.
While there was talk Of his trial
this self-vaunting Hohenzollern kept
extremely quiet. Now that he
fancies that he is to escape punish
mcnt he seeks once more TO strut
in his old manner. And it Is as
sumed by those who for their gain
are exploiting the work Of this silly
man that large numbers will be in
terested in his parade Of emptiness.
The journalism Of the day, il must
be confessed. sometimes runs to a
low ebb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14

tion at the New England Conservatory
Of Music, Samuel encounters romantic,
artistic and economic yicissitudes
which reduce him 20 penury and
despair But later in the story Fortune
permits him to change the Haunting
rags Of day labor for the brocades Of
remuneratiye art, and he becomes ac-
companist 20 an eminent European
violinist
Lena Borofsky Soon after emerg-
ing IN Boston from the reeking misery
Of the steerage, Lena. aged eight.
shows an aptitude for the violin. Aided
by compassionate members Of her race.
She too. enters the New England Con-
scrvato,y OF Music. where she meets
samuel. Christian. and falls in love
with him. Lena is ardently American;
and she has "a body for a peasant girl.
eyes for a Fury. hair for a Madonna.
and hands for an artist"
Mischa Borofsky-Lena's sather. a
noble and silent old ragman, driving a
horse named Sad Eyes.
Mary Carbone-Lena's friend. "Her
beauty was warm and Neapolitan and
fully developed. Her eyes were large,
the tone Of a wood brook, shaded but
running over yellow sand. Her waist
was supple and her olive bust soft"
. She was ashamed when Lena
met her coming out OF the Revere
House, an evil hotel, her tight skirt
lifted and revealing a bill or two just
below the silken knee
Adolph kugel-A sweet and venerable
violin maker who gives Lena the in
strument he had fashioned for his
daughter. now dead-"a lady violin
with a smooth. thin neck and throat"
Martin J. Mahoney-"T Car Of
old Ward Eight" A Boston politician
with heart Of gold.
Miss Stoddard Helpful to Samuel.
though socialistic and an Unbcliever
Max Bloom-He tells Jacob Levine.
the benefactor Of Lena and Mary Car
bone. that Mary has been a sinner,
thereby causing them 20 be expelled
from the Levine household.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
More Jazz in History

Bernard NJ. Baruch, as a maker Of
history, is naturally concerned about
historians Their traditional dry
ness is intolerable TO him. as to many
others. As a cure he suggests ring
side seats for historians at all i'm
portant conferences. The historian,
unhampered by the weight Of the
Jews story which Expresses the cor
respondents in the press gallery, can.
according to Mr.. Baruch. observe
and cogitate with becoming poise,
whereas the correspondent must
write and run.
A witness is VIGOROUSLY inaccu-
rate, however interesting his story.
The vividness which so much APP
peals to readers Of personal narra-
tives is counterbalanced by preju-
dice. II is hard for any man to OBJ
serve such a gathering as the Wash
ington conference and not react TO
personalities at the expense Of strict
impartiality. Even so champion a
compiler Of history as Wells wrote
Of it with a strong bias.
Mr.. Baruch's, suggested cure for
the historical silment is based on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
The Bread Dollar

OF each dollar paid by consumers
for bread the commission which has
been investigating agricultural prob
lens finds that 29.6 cents is received
by the wheat raiser. while 30 cents
is absorbed in distribution. The re-
mainder goes to the flour maker and
10 the baker and in odds and ends Of
expense.
The agricultural problem Of the
future is how 10 bridge the chasm
between producer and consumer-re-
lates to getting rid Of middlemen's
profits. as they were called in
granger days. But, instead Of getting
them reduced, the charges have en-
largcd. Yet we are now generally
intelligent enough to see that it is
unfair to call the costs profits. The
spread has widened, speaking broad
ly. not because profits are swollen.
They flow from other sources
We are a luxurious. trouble-ayoid-
ing people. Food sells better when IL
is sophisticated and prettifed and
put up in packages. The loaf must
be at the back door or on the dumb
waiter exactly as ordered. Free de-
livery keeps producers and con-
sumers further apart than the rail-
roads No; it's not so much profits
as the national aversion 10 being put
to trouble which makes the producer
wild when he learns what the CON
sumner pays.
What's the remedy? No complete
one is possible without a change in
the national psychology. But some
things can be done-for example, an
economical system Of cooperative
marketing can be established. Yet
there are those so dense as to hold
that the only possible motive for ere
ating cooperative organizations to
trim middle costs is desire to soak
the consumer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14

should these events demand speedy
travelling out Of Russia the exiles,
instead Of being compelled to hang
about the third-class pensions Of Eu-
rope. would, like Svengali, smoke the
cigar Of the Havana and sip the wine
Of Burgundy in Paris. So planting
abroad continues-not the crude dig
ging Of hole according to the man
ner Of the pirates Of the Spanish
Main. but respectfully in banks and
decently in good dividend-paying Sc
curities. The Bolshevists' hatred Of
capital is colossal unless it is capital
whose avails they are personally TO
enjoy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14

As a rule the musical gcniuses in
minor fiction are so faulty in char
meter and disposition that you are able
20 bear with considerable fortitude the
calsmtles which strike them down
But poor little Lena in Elliott Paurs
"lndelible" is Of another sort. Though
given 70 fiery outbursts Of indignation
AZ times. she is not Of the odious tenn
poramcntal type. and ere afliction be-
sets her, midway in the book, she has
ondearcd herself to you By many gal
liant attributes Mr. Paul reports her
misfortune with admirable simplicity.
She is aboutto be graduated from the New
England Conservatory OF Music. with
honors. as a violinst, and samuel. her
sweetheart and pianist, is rehearsing
with her in the concert hall just be-
fore the recital. They play the Paga-
mini "Hexentanz' and she rips of the
pizziea.o AZ the end like a flock OF
lizards scurrying across dry quartz"
Then they try "Eili. Eli" the Hebrew
lament. As they finish and Samuel
takes her in his arms TO kiss the tears
away there is crash that shakes
echoes out of all the empty seats. The
heavy top OF the piano has fallen and
cut of the ends Of her fingers. leaving
raw stumps. One Of the teachers col
lapses, another turns his baci and cries
like a baby. Lena looks at her left
hand for q still minute and then with
a frightful wall seizcs her violin.
smashes il on top OF the piano and
faints. 81 hate God" says Samuel. III
he is responsible for such things"
Perhaps an approximation. however
feeble. Of the persons in Mr. Paups
frat novel will tempt you 10 further
with il. Some OF them
ere:
Samuel Graydon Mangered in a
mean Boston suburb, Of lowly, common
place parentage. Samuel. at an early
age. develops divine knack for the
pianoforte. Ills mother is an honest
bigot who hates Jews and Catholics.
and his father is an indolcnt carpet
cleaner who plays cards with worthless
rronies in the barn. Following instruc-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
Planting 1t

The arrival in New York Oh one
day Of S35,OOO,OOO in gold from Co
penhagcn has a significance that
needs no Calculating.
Denmark has no gold mines, and
neither has Sweden, from which the
metal was shipped to Copenhagen.
1t came from Russia-is part Of the
treasure which the Soviet officials
tore from It's former owners or rihed
from churches or inherited from the
Gar. Theoretically Lenine and his
associates don't believe in private
property. But their prejudice ex-
tends only TO property in hands other
than their own. In practice they up
hold the doctrine that gold is a good
thing TO have. They are thrifty and
believe in getting while the getting is
good and in keeping as long as pos
sible.
Many estimates have been made Of
the amount Of transportable wealth
which has been shipped cut Of Rus
STA since the Bolshevists came into
power. A German who claims he
has had a glimpse into books that
told Of the movement across the
Swedish frontier says that the total
which has come by that one route is
approximately S25O,O00.00O. No
goods equivalent in value have gone
into Russia. for her merchandise i'm
ports have been small. Other vast
sums have come out via CONSTANT
nople and the Baltic states and have
been deposited 10 the credit Of gen.
tlemen who don't believe in others
owning property
The prudent commissars Of Russia
are planting with a diligence equal
70 that Of Captain Kidd. They are
persuaded that gold is bad for Rus
SLAMS and would remove temptation
from them. Only a seasoned Boil
shevist is TO be trusted with the vile
stuff.
Besides, events may happen, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
Still a Braggart

The published list of chapter head
ings for William Hohenzollern's
book indicates that his vanity has
not been in the least abated by his
colossal failure. He writes of his
successes" with regard to public
administration, In science and art,
of the chancellors he has made and
unmade and Of the future of Ger
many. Only three chapters Of fif.
teen are devoted to the horror which
he brought upon mankind. Clearly
his volume is not book about the
war.
Colonel Roosevelt, on his return
from Africa, visited the then Kaiser
and found him, instead Of the man
Of intelligence and varied interests
he was reputed to be. a mere idle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
Checking the Brokers

An important step in the new policy
of the New York Stock Exchange
has been the sending TO its members
of a QUESTIONABLE designed to give
the business conduct committee OF
the exchange more accurate informa-
ton as TO the financial status Of
member houses.
The details Of the questionable
have not yet been made public. but
they are known 20 include requests
for information about such matters
as bank balances, ledger balances in
stocks borrowed and loaned, market
value Of securities held and in trans
fer, customers accounts, and a
variety Of other items, which, taken
together, will give an accurate pic
ture Of the firms condition.
The request for this information
cannot but act as deterrent upon
houses which have been skating on
thin ice. Even though there is no
general publicity. the fact that
board Of the exchange will examine
the statements will have many OF
the beneficial effects Of publicity.
In a recent speech in Philadelphia,
discussing some Of the proposed re-
forms within the exchange, Mr.. Sey-
mour Cromwell limited that the ef-
fects of this new policy might be
far reaching. Whether or not II
will result in the absorption Of the
less sound by the strong still re-
mains to be seen. But it promises
safeguards for the investor which
have heretofore been lacking. 1t is
possible 20 foresee a day when mem
bcrship in the New York Stock Elk
change will be a certificate Of high
character which will be a most
valuable business asset.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
How to Know the Woods

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir; The Department OF Agriculture
few days ago published a bulletin
telling how to distinguish the prin-
cipal woods used In interior woodwork
and furniture.
All one has TO do TO get this Instrue-
tive book is to write tho Superintendent
Of Documents. care Government Print
ing Office. Washington, d. C.. ask for
United States Department OF Agrieul-
ture Bulletin 1850 and inelose 10 cents
in stamps FOR postage. etc.
1t certainly is e great help TO any
one in buying furniture or building q
new home. ]. S. OTIS.
Pass Christian, Miss, June 10. 1922.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
An Amazing Record

The fiscal year l92l-22 ends on
June 30 next. Figures given out yes
terday by the Treasury Department
indicate that the actual expenditure
for the year will DO Sl,7OO,OOO,OOO
less than the expenditure for
192O-2l. This is the biggest fact in
politics to-day and the strongest evil
dence Of a successful graphing by
the Harding Administration with
the all-important problem Of gov
crnmcntal defation.
In General Dawes's special report,
sent 70 the House Of Representatives
on May last, he estimated the prob
able reduction Of expenditure this
year at Sl,Gl5,GGs,OOO. 1t appears
now that the Treasury will do lit
tie better-much better in fact,
than it expected 10 do year ago.
The extraordinary energy and deter
mination Of the Director Of the
Budget Bureau have brought about
the maximum Of saving within the
departments on appropriations al
lowed by Congress, and the Treas
ury has been favored by the writing
off OF p0stponcment Of certain Obli-
cations which were anticipated when
the appropriation bills were passed,
but did not materialize within the
present fiscal year.
The actual expenditure for III
was S5,J38,O4O, 689. This included
about Sl,00O,OOO,OOO interest on the
public debt. S422, 100000 on the sink
ing fund and debt service, S799,000,-
600 on railroad and other funding
operations, S466, 100000 in indefinite
appropriations, $l9O,OOO,0OO as de-
ficiency in the postal service and
S2.673,A35,OOO in ordinary expendi-
lures Of the government.
Interest and debt service charges
have remained unchanged. There
has been an increase Of more than
s2O,OOO,OOO in miscellaneous expen-
diture But the postal deficiency has
been cut in two; nearly S7OO,OOO,OOO
has been saved ON railroad funding
and similar operations and more
than S9OOOO0,OOO in ordinary gov
eminent expenditures.
This is a colossal achievement, az
fecting every taxpayer and, in a
broader sense, every man, woman
and child in the country The Ad-
ministration has taken to heart
Horace Greeley's saying, THE way
10 resume is to resume Il has
shown that the way to reduce is to
reduce. Within a year the country
has Travelled nearly half way back on
the road 20 pre-war public eX-
pendituro.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
More Truth Than Poetry
BY James J. Montague
A Discovery

In English papers | have read
That women follow evil courses,
And look on cigarettes when red.
Thus causing many more d.
vorces.
A man may think his wife a
queen,
But this opinion briefly fingers
When he sees signs Of nicotine
Upon her lovely tapered fin
gers.
He steps into the hall at night
And, with a burst Of fury chok-
ing,
He strikes a match and finds the
light.
And hoarsely mutters; "You've
been smoking"
He calls his lawyer in next day.
And Jane or Maud or Tess or
Polly
Is swiftly ordered sent away
To mourn, too late. her thought
less folly.
Divorces. so the chap declares.
Are far more numerous than
ever
Since women Whit away their
cares
And fancy smoking really clever.
A man. he states. cannot abide
His wife, or think her III for
trusting,
Or view her with conjugal pride
Who has a habit so disgusting.
II this is true, to me it seems.
Who through a lifetime have
delighted
In drawing Nicotinian dreams
From the tobacco I've ignited,
A2d never seen my wife denote
BY any frown or change Of fea-
turc.
She'd like full well TO cut my
throat.
The she must be a patient crea-
ture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
Frances Case
o the Editor Of The Tribune.
Of 4 -. - a -.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: am writing TO express my
ever deepening gratitude for the
articles published in your paper in be-
half Of France. Actually France Is the
goat Of the other European nations,
and why7 Simply because she refuses
TO reduce the German debts.
Are the other nations thinking Of
reducing the debts Of France? They
may, but they don't mention il. How
can we pay our debts II the other
nations refuse to pay their debts to usl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
A Wise Absence

The United States, having stayed
away from Genoa. promptly decided
not TO 90 to The Hague. What hap
pened at Genoa proved to nearly
everybody's satisfaction that our
absence conferred great credit on
this country and especially on Sec
rotary Hughes
Then the Hague meeting was de-
vised to cover up the Genoa failure.
or at least to enable the promoters
Of that futile gathering to make a
less ungrateful exit.
The Hague epilogue opens to-
morrow. The tart correspondence
between the French and British
governments which precedes the cur
tain raising shows again how wise
was our State Departments refusal
TO be entangled in discussions which
hold out no hope Of benefit and
which for months have been merely
transferred from one place to an
other. Genoa was planned ostcnsibly
as an economic conference. But
from the beginning political matters
and maneuvers obtruded. Not only
was there politics, but bad politics.
1t was sought to make considera-
ton Of the conditions on which the
Soviet regime should be recognized
an opening wedge to the cancella-
tion Of international debts and The
revision Of treaties. The Hague
meeting will interest few Of its pro-
moters if it cannot be used for the
same purposes.
President Poincare has pointed
out to Lloyd George the necessity
Of holding the supplementary meet
ing within its legitimate limits.
Soviet Russia is asking the Western
powers for billions in return for the
barren privilege Of trading with its
vacuum. Why are preposterous re-
quests considered? There are two
obvious motives which account for
the continued clamor One is oil
concessions; the other is the ac-
emulation outside Russia Of dcpre-
ciated marks and rubles. Specu-
lators hunger for illegitimate profits.
France, with vast pre-war invest
ments in Russia, is not disposed to
sacrifice these to encourage a be-
lated. dubious. helter-skelter ex-
ploitation Of Russian oil resources
and for the boosting Of exchange
quotations.
France sticks to her position that
Soviet Russia must pay Russias
debts and must restore private
property taken from foreign resi-
dents That is also the irreducible
American position. Poincare sug-
gests, moreover, that the Western
powers agree on program before
trying TO deal again with the eel
like Soviet agents. This is common
sense. But it shuts out politics
played by one Allied country against
another-the sort Of thing which
was so rife at Genoa.
Unless the Hague conference OBJ
serves the limitations Of the Cannes
resolutions it will not please France.
But if it does observe them it will
be in the British governments eyes
no more Of diplomatic and politi-
cal Success" than Genoa was. We
are well out Of such a European
family muss-up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14

assumption that those who make or
watch history necessarily write II
better than those who are not pres
ent. II il an easy fallacy. Would
Professor Dryasdust write any the
more interestingly Of what he had
seen. and would it be any more valu-
able than his studies Of contempt
rary reports. diaries and news
papers? All the conferences in the
world could not "jazz up" the writ
ings Of some professors Of history.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial "Filming Ameri-
can History" leads TO the suggestion
that &c companion for the educational
films spoken OF would be some Of
Ding's cartoons. That one Of four
scenes depicting the fish pond and Boil
shevists is perfect example Of how
plainly the truth can be conveyed by
pictures and few words understand
able and convincing to all J.
Englewood, n. j.. June II, 1922.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14

Sir: A few days ago you elected me
10 the order OF the Royal Razz because
d printer forgot | wanted work to do
father than for Il to be done on me.
Your Trib reporters in conclave as
'cmbled are trying TO get by Tommy
Edison. Listen, my children:
Beri-Beri-RepOrters may not know
o.. but il is due TO vitaminc deficiency
arising from eating polished rice.
Liquid in Fire Extinguishers- For
gasoline fires they are filled with car
Don tetrachloridc. not carbon dioxide.
which is gas at ordinary tempera-
lures.
Bone Charcoal-lt is not lsmpback.
which is used for printers ink and pig
nent The former is used for clari-
flying sugar and. nowadays. for ag-
ing > whisky.
A aniisepties, the difference between
corrosive sublimate and mercuric chic
tide is the same as between six md a
hhlf dozen.
On the poker question / agree.
r. ID. SMELL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
What Readers Say

The French government has been, is
and will ever be honest
In 1914 the Germans were trying TO
destroy France in a material way. but
right" won. In 1922 several nations
are trying to crush France in a fnan-
oial way. but right" will win
have learned 20 be increasingly
grateful for the unacceptable justice Of
Gods law. ANTOINETTE DAUDET.
New Haven, Conn, June 10, 1922.