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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29
BORAH. HUGHES AND RUSSIA

YTNlIE demand for the recognition Of the
L Soviet Government of Russia comes
from two different groups
One group is composed Of idealists and
theorists who are convinced that any gov
ernmcnt in Russia is better than the Gov
ernment Of the Cars. They have welcomed
the Soviet as an effort of the Russian peo-
pie to set up government Of their own.
They think that the United States, which
has always been in sympathy with the efforts
OF the people Of other nations to throw off
tyranny. should encourage the Russians by
formal recognition of the Government they
have set up.
The other group Is composed of radicals,
opposed to what they are pleased to call the
capitnlist!c system. who have welcomed the
establishment of the Soviet. with its at
tempt to set UP n communistiC state. They
wish to have the Soviet recognized by the
United States because they think 1t would
strengthen the Soviet and assist in the es-
tabishmcnt of the Soviet theories in other
countries
Senator Rorah, who played into the hands
Of the radicals at the Academy of Music
meeting on Tuesday night. made it clear
that he does not believe in Sovictism. but
that he regards it merely as n step in the
direction of n free Russian democracy. 1t
is worthy of note that the audience. which
app.auded him v0Ciferously when he said
that the Soviet Government should be
recognized, was silent when he spoke of the
establishment of democracy III Russia. Yet
This was the remark that ought to have
stirred the enthusiasm of any audience in
terosted in free Russia.
The audience adopted resolutions urging
the recognition of the Soviet Government
On the previous Saturday. however, the
American Federation of Labor at its Gin
cnnat convention had defeated similar
resolution by an overwhelming ajority.
This action was taken after Il delegate of
III" international Ladies' Garment Work.
srS had reported that when Il representative
of the garment workers visiting Moscow had
refused to accept the Soviet program for the
American branch Of the union the Soviet
had sent agents 70 America with orders to
disrupt the union here
Most Of Us ur" willing to trust 70 the
wisdom Of Secretary Hughes in the matter
of recognizing tn" present Russian Govern.
mcnt. Mr.. Hughes has already said that
when 1t is evident that that Government Is
able 70 protect the lives and property of its
citizens and Of foreigners in the country he
will give 1t formal recognition. Mr. Rorah
insisted in his address that this was an at
tempt to force the Russians TO change their
form Of government He ought TO have
known that It was no more than a state
ment of the usual test to which n new
Government IS subjected before it is recog-
n!zed by other Governments.
Unfortunately for the Russian people,
neither lif" nor property is safe in their
country. The Government IS in the hands
Of small, close corporation known as the
Communist Party. The life of every man
or woman suspected Of "rit!cizing that party
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Member of the Associated Press
OUR ART FOR OUR MEMORIAL

THE reported inclination of the County
i Commissioner in charge OF the Victory
Hall work to restrict the architectural COM
petition to philudelphians is worth develop
ing into n definite program.
The structure will be diStinctiveiy a
Philadelphia institution. whether considered
as a feature of the fair nS memorial 70
patriotism and valor of this community. 1t
IL matter hardly worth argument that
there are architects of sufficient ability and
repute here to Justify intrusting them with
this inspiring problem in design.
In such large and resourceful metro
politnn area as Philadelphia a charge of
prOvincialiSm raised against such a regula-
tion would be invalid. The idea Of the
Victory and Convention Hall is a Phila-
dclphia conception. The city should be
dominantly represented throughout the exc
cution of the plan.
The precedent established in the choice of
q Philadelphia sculptor and Philadelphia
architects for the Meade Memorial soon TO
be erected by the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania in Washington deserves preserva-
ton
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ELLIS ISLAND STUPlDITlES

YTNlIE system Of mercless pedantrv pre.
l. vai.tng NJ Ellis Island is fast bringing
the immigration service Of the Government
into disrepUte.
While It may be conceded that the prob
lens arising at this busiest immigration
station in the world are often difficult thnt
III" officials are hard worked and are en-
bNrrasSed by laws, both stupidly and care
lessly framed, such conditions hardly Justify
the ind!gnites committed on innocent per-
sons-not criminals but infatuated with a
desire to enter a supposed land of liberty
The latest instance Of red tapcry and
academic cruelty carried 10 excess Is the
case Of a native born PennHylvanian, a be.
w!lderod old lady, who many years ago
committed the ofense Of marrying Il for
e!gnrr. 1t appears that Mrs. Anna Louise
Human, one Of whose ancestors was the
founder of IiOlmesburg. labored under the
mistaken impression that her marriage had
not rendered her an outcast from her native
land, and In consequence of this belief she
neglected to have her passports vseed.
Nothing arOuses the Indignation and hor-
ror of the Ellis Island administration like
n breach OF formalities Mrs. Human was
detained among the immigrants for this
lapse and on the ground that she was likely
TO become a public charge. She was re-
leased when 1t was proved as she had her.
self vainly alleged, that she was in recent
of income of $4,000 year from American
property.
Recently tn" Turkish born little daughter
Of an Armenian couple was deported TO
Constuntnople The quota for Turkey
had been filled at the time Of her arrival,
but there was still room for Armenans and
so her naturally puzzled parents were per
mitted to land.
Pathetic instances Of this kind are by no
means uncommon. Tnmaginative officials.
with hard and hopelessly literal concep-
ton of justice are engaged in sustaining n
bad and foolish law with bad and foolish
execution.
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A FEAT IN SUPER-AcOUSTIcS

THE gesture of painting the lily. gliding
i refined gold and adding perfume unto
the violet is suggested in the decision of
the Board of Directors Of the Academy OF
Music to improve the acoustics Of that
famous auditorium.
Aural values in a theatre. concert hall
or opera house are exceedingly elusive AS
marvel of acoustics the Academy is
rivaled in this city only by Musical Fund
Hail. and it Is doubtful whether the subtle
merits of these structures are surpassed
elsewhere.
Mr.. Stokowski's plan, which has
prompted the action OF the directorate, Is
concerned only with the stage. which IS to
be rebuilt to enable audiences 70 catch the
finer nuances and tonal shGdings Of the
orchestra. The walls. partitions and gem
eral design of the auditorium will be un-
touched.
Should the result justify expectations.
symphony orchc>rras may be conceived as
competing for th" privilege Of cXu'htt!ns
their artistic wares in Il unique building.
There will be nothing like it in the country.
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cution of the terms of his will, leaving $50
600 to New York University, the Catholic
University and the University of Pennsyl-
vania. will represent Il laudabe effort to
reduce the ranks of the automatically unfit,
The last named institution is especially
well adapted for the program outlined,
which includes the establishment OF free
scholarships in diplomacy. international
affairs and bellies lettres. Courses in inter
national law. political economy. economic
and industrial history have long formed part
of the curriculum of the Wharton School.
Mr.. Pcnfeld's beQucst will enable the tni-
versity to lay additional stress upon
branch of modern education in which it has
already attained high honors.
Diplomacy is fundamentally profess
sion as much as medicine, law or engineer
ing. Mastery of its essentials requires
special technique an honorable sense of
national responsibilities and n scholarly
comprehension of international relationships
in n multiplicity of aspects.
The Penied scholarships are we'll timed
at the opening Of the new era Of world OBJ
legations in the history of the Republic.
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Answers TO YESTERDAYS Quiz

l.. The first large iron steamship. propeller-
driven, was the Great Britain designed
by ]. *, Brunei. She made her first
voyage from Liverpool to New York
in lS45
2. Sir Thomas Browne, an English physl
clan and writer IG05-16S2), wrote in
his essay, urn Burial" Man ia a
noble animal splendid in ashes and
pompous in the grave"
3, The family name Of the present Pope Ia
Ratti. No 80
4. The Solomon Islands form an archlpeIapo
in the West Pacific Ocean some -
them taken from Germany during the
Worl War, are now under Australian
administration, The remainder are a
British posse ssiOn.
s. The late Or. Walter Rathenau was For
eign Minister OF the German RenuhIic
8. Sir Francis Younghusbnnd is a nntnd
British military officer. explorer
geographer and author, especioiw
Gele6rated ,ors ed for his penetration OF Tibet
7. "The Beggar's Opera" is a long. nonu,or
work by John Gay, first produced IN
London. The songs We're wrItten rnr
popular English and Scotch ,,,no, ,o,
arranged and scored by Dr. pennanh'
who composed the overture '"rbn ~,
vived and Is enjoying new lenss os
public favor. ''"se OF
s. The Erlkng in Teutonic folk lore was
malicious giant or power especinu"
spiteful to children. '''"i'S
.. A hivver' In United Statesonayal CLAN.
Is a destroyer Of 75O tongtDr less 'ahs
TO- "Maam" 10 correctly used lJn speak,r~
70 a royal princess or Qteen nj thse
English court. - "o
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should be increased in the future and the
men should ask for an increase In wages to
meet 1t.
The men can say that it Is a poor rule
which will not work both ways. and it Will
be difficult to answer them. But even the
successful operation of the plan when
demand for an increase in wages is made
will not be sufficient to justify sweeping
congratulations.
What II is safe to say is that the new
arrangement which is a modification of the
shop committee plan of settling disputes. is
vast Improvement over the settlement of
them by strike and an interruption In
work.
The incident is interesting ms nm illus
tration of the development of n new spirit
in the relation between employers and en-
ployes. The employees as rule are in
clincd to be reasonable If they are con-
vinccd that their employers are acting In
good faith Much of the labor trouble
arises from suspicion Of the motives of the
employers. The workers think that the
men who hire them are trying to put some
thing over on them and they resent it.
The most successful experiment in CO.
operation between labor and capital is that
in progress in the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company. where the men have come
to regard themselves ms partners In the
business and where they are rewarded for
faithful work by participation in the profits
nccruing from their efforts to serve the pub
lie who patronizc tho trolley cars. This
partnership has recently become actual
through the purchase Of large block Of
stock In the company with the money ac-
cumulatcd by the employees. We have not
yet arrived at solution of the labor VS..
capital problem. but we arc apparently on
rho
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29
TRUE TALK ON CHILD LABOR

MYTH his customary good sense and lis
w cernment Secretary Hoover has ident-
fed the primary cause Of child labor abuses
IN the United States and placed the re-
sponsibility where II belongs
Speaking before the National Conference
of Social Work in Providence this week, the
Secretary Of Commerce specifically d"cricd
the constant resort to Federal control Of
welfare problems, asserting thar there was
nothing more diSheNrten!ng than the i'm.
pulse given to Capitalization by continual
failure of local government in matters af
fecting the Nation us a whole,
Mr.. Hoover is Of the sound opinion that
the States themselves should clean M their
own messeS. Sinking the obligation by
appeals for Federal interference is nor only
cowardly, but exhib!tve Of 4 blank gnor-
ance Of the American Constitution.
The recent ruling by the supreme Court
against Federal child labor legislation Is
timely warning against the mania for cen.
tralization OF governmental activities
Although himself II Federal official, Mr.
Hoover clearly sees where the bam" belongs
Some of the States fortunately a minority
are, in his words. "Stll in the Middle
Ages in their attitude toward child labor
It Is where such disgrnreful conditions exist
that direct and effective remedies should
originate.
Mr.. IIoOver'> humanitarian zeal has not
blinded him 10 the folly Of dodging home
responsibilities with pleas for manifest
distortion of Federal authority.
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p. R. R. AND WAGE CUTS

TT Is always unWISr 10 attempt to gen.
/ eralae from insufficient data Therefore
it would be foolish to say that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has solved the
problem Of wage adjustment.
1t has just reached an amicable agree.
ment with 1900 employees in the main
tenunce of way and telegraph and signal
departments for reduction in their wages.
The railroad company said that the wages
ought to be reduced, as the cost Of living
had fallen.
Committees Of employers and cmploves
assembled figures indicating the extent ia
which the rost of living had been reduced
and with these as IA basis the new rate Of
wages was fixed.
There was "A disposition on both sides to
be fair.
Now there Is no knowing what will hap
pen II, for instance, the cost of living
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Arguing from the incomplete data ~
hand land that it Is incomplete Is largely
the fault of Congress. which should be ioot.
ing after the interests Of the party OF !hs hs
third parD. we venture the opinion that ths ths
withdrawal of maintenance men from 'ns
mines for any reason whatsoever savors VI
sabotage closely allied to criminalty,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29
What DO You Kn0,U?
QUIZ

/. Why IS a necklace with a pendant called
Il lavallere?
2. Who are the TangerneS?
3. What was the Battle Of Yalu and when
was It fought?
1. What kind of q boat Is calque?
s. Who are the Flemings'
6, What kind Of an animal is an aurochs?
7. Where Is Death Valley?
8. Distinguish between simeon and mon
soon.
9. What is the meaning Of the musical
term glissando?
10. What Is q columbarum?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

When heavy weight was dropped AZ
the heels Of deaf and dumb beggar y, ~
New York he jumped and said. 'Ouch.
and was pnched. This does not mean, how
ever. that he will reform. Not necessarily.
But after this he may stick to stralsa'
panhandling.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

From Los Angeles comes the story OF
collision between an airplane and an auto.
mobile. 1t was bound to come. A collision
between an airplane and submarine Is not
an impossibility. But a humping OF al
three together excites imaginative powers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29
MAYOR MOORE STILL AVOIDS
THE INEVITABLE SHOWDOWN
OF All the Mysteries at City Hall tho
Mystery Of His Silence on the Po.
lice Scandal Is the Deepest

lice Scandal Is the Deepest
MAYOR MOORE entered office with
A'A promises. direct and implied Of a
manly war against the systematiaCd graft
and vice that fourishos in every city in
which n police bureau is dominated by ro-
litcal heclers. The public didn't expect n
municipal millennium. 1t didn't expect to
soc political deviment wholly eliminated
from the community. 1t did believe and
hope that arrogant and aggressive ignor-
ance. embodied in representatives of the
gang system, would, for a time at least, be
without the right to assert itself as the
ruling force in the citys life and affairs.
1t was sick of hearing about police off,
CialS and wardmen who lived like fat para
sites off the crooks in protected under
world, and siCker of the knowledge that an
utterly rotten system of political profiteer-
ing was spreading out from gang hoadquar
ters to taint and confuse and hinder the
essential business of the municipality in
every department. and that political inlu-
ence was coming more and more to he used
for the encouragement and protection Of
outlaws
The public elected Mr.. Moore and waited
..',.l >,
'" q r'r''"
daylight, the one thing that a "respccta
bic crook really fears. He had only to
stand upon his feet and talk and tell what
he knew. The crowd that afterward rushed
and crowded him was then at his mercy.
Now no one knows who is running the
police department. 1t may be Cortelyou.
1t may be Tempest 1t may be committee
of he"lers that issues the orders under which
organized vice Is kept relatively safe from
serious police Interference. Apparently it
isn't Mr. Moore. whose "d!cts appear to
nave little or no weight with his subordi-
mates. Tn" Mayor appears to have finched
at every prospect Of an open fight.
ap'ash tempest not only refused TO take
orders issued as II seemed by the Mayor
through Director 'orteIyou. II" snubbed
'orteiEon' MS om'Ml SUPERIOR and or
course as the puoNc saw II, the Snno re-
bounded TO the Mayor himself. Tempest
meah"Al'e S"ein"" I" know that all would
De wei! Win him' Deepening silence con-
tNued IN the Mayor Once.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

Consul at Alden, Arabia, reports that
the popularity of monkey fur has made II
necessary for the authorities to restrict
hunting. He doesn't say n word about
monkey glands, They may figure, however,
in later reports.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

Oldest slayer ever to face the death
chair in Sing Sing is spending the last days
of his life writing poetry Hardened crimi.
nal determined to Justify sentence.
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No Cause
for Alarm

The matter Of bringing
No Cause the ex-kniser to trial
for Alarm has been dropped lnfor-
mally rather than off
cally. This fact should do much TO allay
the fear expressed in Holland that Wilhelm
will try to return to Germaly in the event
of monarchst uprising. His flight 10
Doom showed he had no desire to put his
head In moose.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

II am in favor of tho Ku Klux Klan,"'
declares Texas candidate for the United
States Senate. Which somehow suggests the
intoxicated gentleman who cried, "Ilurrah
for Iell =,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

When Herrin City Council met no ref.
erence was made to the mine riot. Taboo as
an earthquake In Frisco.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

The German Republic teeters like Z but.
ton on string with Kaiserism at one end
and Bolshevism at the other.
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Clothing designers in convention here
say mems clothing next season will be,
among other things, spiffy. This seems to
suggest hip pockets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

:, The Irish irregulars, having refused the
olive branch, may now have a taste Of the
shillelah in the hands Of the Free Staters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

New York speeder arrested for speeding
while speeding to court to pay a fine for
speeding. Speed is a habit with that bird.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

The kindest thing we can bring our.
selves to say about June is that she is no
lady,
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On Prague's
Proud Arch
PragInatic
Ruins Glow

eloauent speaker was carried out seNseless,
several earnest orators were hauled Iro"
under desks by the police: minor injuries bv n,
divers other debaters were ATTENDED " as. w
physicians; and II corps OF lani'orS h"ur
sembcd the inkstands that for hhli III 'u"uid "Ui
had flown through the air distributing Very ysry
blackness. AS the contrOyersalists W. W.
evidently found the subject Of their conh.s .hsra
ence rather interesting than otherwise. ..rms sSss
Is ut least possibility that they VIII ..ss1 as1
It's calm discussion when all have rscs' x
from their wounds, s, q.
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The ku Klux Klan has challenged the
/. W. W., of Cherokee. Okla. K.K.Kette
getting back at the pot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

The way Russian financier looks at It
everything he suggests Is credit to him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

We presume the four stories the Kng
exchanged with Mr.. Taft were built on
cellar.
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The Constitution is among friends At
Bedford Springs.
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Perhaps. after all, Old King Coal really
is jolly old soul.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

What's the matter with importing some
OF l.ouisanas enthusiasm for the Sesqu.
Centennial!
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Tomorrow proud Germantown is doomed
to knuckle down. Marble contest
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The tariff tinker is ever ready to 70
where duty calls.
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Bars are to be established In all Uncle
Sans POstofices-but they are only for
employees TO lean against And the absence
OF fOotrails Is significant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29
SHORT CUTS

Perhaps the President ended It with Z
pick handle.
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EXIT THE GAMBLER PRINCE
Albert Of Monaco, the Man Who Was
Stunned by RoyaNy-Monte Carlo,
the GamblerS Paradise, Gave
Him His Living and Luxuries
BY GEORGE NOX Mccain

A LBEltT i, Prince of Monaco, who died
Al in Paris Monday. was one of the most
pathetic figures in all that remarkable and
unenviable congeries known as European
royalty.
He was the wealthicst potentate, in pro-
portion to the size of his dominion, in the
world.
He was n dictator.
There was no prime minister. cabinet
or council of state to interfere with any
scheme he might project
His rule was indisputabc.
For forms sake he appointed n handful
of his subjects to act as advisers.
Whey were councillors in name only.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-29

After Il debate in the
Czecho- Slovakia lar'
Lament concerning ,iov'
ernment control OF yer.
man-owned railroads ~
German Bohemia, Opo
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SCHOOLS FOR DlPLOMATlSTS

TN RECOGNIZING by generous teSta-
i mentary brquestS the exacting demands
Of a diplomatic career the late Frederick
Courtland Penfcld has sensed an educational
need TO which, on the whole, less attention
sYvNSsan paid in the United States than in
of the leading nations of the
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kplomatists have been all
Nv American. This condi-
'ue to the emphasis upon
A he appointment of foreign
; to the much too popular
". cientific training is not
MPtle,
AAbtless in his time en-
representatives abroad
SSss twere undeveloped by the
lkdE education necessary to
dt their uutisv. E1e