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The New York herald., 1922-08-19
Wisdom of Arms Farley Questioned
Bakeslee Praises Naval Treaty, Crosby Calls 1t Sham
Rodgers Defers Judgment in Williams Debate.

Special Dispatch to THE New YoRK HrBALp.
WILLIAMSBURG, Mass. Aug. 1s.-The
merits and defects OF the Washington
arms conference were debated by lead
Ing members Of the Institute OF Politics
this afternoon, at the round table on
pacific problems. the chief divergence
of opinion resting between Prof. George
II. Blakeslee of Clark University, who
praised the achievements 1r the confer
ence. and former Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury Oscar T. Crosby, who
maintained that "the nations of the
world gave up only that portion OF
armament which by its clumsiness
ceased to be Of vital Importance"
Admiral w. l.. Rodgers. chairman of
the executive committee of the general
board of the United States Navy, op-
posed this view with the declaration that
the battleship was still the ultimate
as Mr.. Crosby affirmed, destined for i
minor position in naval strength.
Although agreeing In the main with
Prof. Blakeslee, Admiral Rodgers took
exception to a statement that the con-
ference had overthrown British su-
premacy of the seas and placed the
British Empire and the United States
on a naval equality.
THE absolute terms of the treaty 50
far as they co. he said, look to
equality. But the naval strength In
certain types of ships>remains open rs
before. We may fairly expect the spirit
of the treaty to cause the cessation OF
competitive building in these types also
But In its merchant fleet the British
navy. with its business support. as yet
remains unapproachable. Until the
United States has a merchant marine
of its own. carrying its products to all
the world. without fear Of or reliance
upon foreign shipping, the British posi-
tion upon the high seas will be un-
rivaled in peace and war"
Prof. Blakeslee opened the meeting
with a summary of his views on the
Washington conference.
LAS whole" he said, 'it has saved
the world some billions of dollars dur
ing the next few years by reduction in
naval ships. 1t has achieved for the
first time In history a substantial inter-
national limitation of armament. 1t has
overthrown British supremacy of the
seas and placed on a naval equality the
British Empire and the United States.
1t has strengthened and solidified Ameri-
can-Britsh friendship. 1t has adjusted
the Yap mandate issue. 1t has settled
many controversies in the Far East. and
placed the others on the road toward
settlement"
Mr.. Crosby minimized the results of
the conference, saying the battleships
The New York herald., 1922-08-19
That Junkman's Copper Find
Chemistry Applied to Tale OF the
Early Days Of Montana.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Under
the title of Waste Copper Recovered"
you print letter from Archie Rice de-
scribing how junk dealer was made
rich by the discovery that on dumping
scrap iron into rivulet emanating from
the copper smelters in Butte. Mont. it
became thickly incrusted with pure cop
per. which he melted off and sold to toe
tune OF $4,000.
Will Mr.. Rice kindly explain how this
deposit of pure copper became SO inti-
nately associated with scrap iron with
out the help of the electric current
necessary to produce any kind of cold
coating of copper on iron or steel?
Again the purity of any such deposit
when melted of iron or steel is not to
be depended on. as while the melting
poin. of both iron and steel is higher
than that of copper the copper will alb
sorb a small percentage of either when
treated together in the melting furnace
thus necessitating further refinement.
which in the nature of things would
make the junkman a poor but honest
speculator $4,000 in debt II he stuck
to the game hong enough.
That the pieces of scrap iron and steel
would become coated with green col
ored scum in the course of time is un-
deniable. but If this scum was treated
by the most approved methods in vogue
to-day I doubt very much II it would
render more than per cent. OF Its
weight in pure copper.
WILLIAM H. PARRY.
BROOKLYN, August IS.
The New York herald., 1922-08-19
American champion four is composed

American champion four Is composed
of army officers.
In England champion polo team
made up of army men is the natural
thing. 1t was the army that brought
polo to England from India and 1t
was the army that developed the
sport to its highest plane and de-
Tended British laurels against Amer
lean challengers. 1t was the army
that produced 50 gallant and able a
player as Captain LESLIE ST.. GEORGE
CHEAPE, whom those who witnessed
the international matches at Meadow
Brook in 1914 will remember as the
greatest master of the game ever
sent over here by England. But a
great army four in America has
been rarity.
Now that we have one 1t is a prom
Use of greater things to come. Some
day we may send into the interna-
tional polo arena an American four
composed entirely of army officers.
That is the new goal toward which
the Polo Association is striving.
The New York herald., 1922-08-19
Ebb Tide Of the Year.

Do you not see and hear
Already Is the ebb tide Of the year,
Though it should seem no more
Than q first wave retreating down the
shore?
NO, no." you say. "for still
Noon empties his hot arrows on the
hill;
And many are the flowers
And ardent hued TO mark the sun brigh,
hours."
J answer: Though the moon
Flames on the hill, when has nigh,
brought such boon
OF cooling drink outpoured--
Deep sleep-the oldest vintage ever
stored;
While the tree cricket plays.
Moving his slender wings of chryso.
phrase.
And searching is the sigh
or the low wind through leaves grown
crisp and dryl
And. as for many flowers,
Look how-lilke ladies from their win.
dowed towers
The bloom creeps ever higher
on foxglove and on evening primross
spire
Until the last flower bell
With kisses tells aioft its world fare,
well
No birds In nests: they fare
In hocks afar--no mated loves ar,
there.
Silver yon stubble fields
Where her swift shuttle the gra,
weaver wields.
Red gold. the great orb'd sun
Leans yearningly toward earth. day be-
ing done.
Some beauty--past all guards.
Each evening will be slipping heaven.
wards
Summers old heart IS tired.
Beats ftfully. hut Time cannot be hired
You will not have II SO?
Too young These aging signs you
will not know
More wse---or sad. am I:
So many year has hidden me Good
EDITH M. THatdAst
The New York herald., 1922-08-19

that had been ''scrapped'' were like the
armor that proved too heavy for the
ancient knight to bear.
'T regret to say that cannot agree
that we have 'scrapped' the conpeti-
tion." he said. because there is ever
around US the inventor-the spirit OF
the age-he never sleeps. and after all
that has been done regarding the dread
noughts. he is already at work finding
means of making weapons to conform
with the agreements"
MIR. Crosby declared that it was the
United States that surrendered the
mastery of the sea.
Replying to Mr.. Crosby's statement,
Admiral Rodgers said that il was the
consensus of responsible naval authori-
ties of all the world that the battleship
is still the backbone of the fleet, and
although,npot often used, 1t holds the
ultimate decision.
"As to the Washington conference,
continued the Admiral, "at that confer
ence the United States made all the ma
terial sacrifices in strength. We hoped
in reward therefor to gain correspond
ing advantage in the moral imponder-
ables. While it is now certain as to
what we sacrificed, what we hope we
not know for ten years.
LAS Mr.. Lodge said in the Senate, It
Is great experiment. The imponder-
ables OF the future, on which we have
based our experiment, We're not worthy
OF confidence before the war. Before the
war the world did not estimate highly
the idealism or the potential strength Of
the United States. The United States
was inclined to be very civil and for
bearing internationally. and other Powers
thought they might presume on our for
bearance.
The war ret the world know that
the United States was great and power
fui. and her anger, when aroused. was
terrible.
These are the imponderables which
Justify our sacrifice of material naval
strength. But we must not sacrifice a
full measure of material naval Strength,
as our first line OF defense, behind which
we may develop our potential force into
actual force to make righteousness
prevail.
'Mr Roosevelt urged that we Go
softly and carry a big stick We did
carry a big stick in the war and swung
1t easily, and the world knows it.
Henccforth we may carry a, stick less
than the biggest, because the world
knows we can swing the biggest and
will do so If occasion arises, and so our
Limitation of naval armaments is justi-
fled, but, as Mr. Hughes pointed out.
the conference was to limit only, not to
abolish arnaments."
The New York herald., 1922-08-19
E.nver Pasha Dead.

According to adviees received by
the Soviet Government at Moscow
end forwarded by the Associated
Press ENvER Pasha, former Turkish
Minister Of War and the Young Turk
leader who aligned the Ottoman En-
pire with the Central Powers, has
heen found dead on battlefield in
eastern Bokhara. Despite the fact that
Moscow would be more or less pleased
just at present to publish the death
of this enemy Of Soviet progress in
central Asia there appears no reason
for doubling the truth of the report.
With ENvERs death there passes
the most picturesque and at the same
time the most interesting character
OF modern Turkey. II was but one
of the contradictions of his career
that his end should come while en-
gagged in carrying on a war against
Soviet Moscow, whose cause he had
once seemed so earnestly to espouse.
After his flight from Constantinople
with a price on his head and SEN
tence of death passed and only wait
ing ESvER's presence for execution
he appeared at Moscow with a plan
for the spread of Bolshevism into the
Caucasus and the Caspian region with
himself as ruler. Next he announced
himself King OF the wild Kurds, and
with this as start he undertook a
pilgrimage into Asia for the collec-
tion of the Moslem races into a PAN
Turanian kingdom. Another throne
was added to his honors when he he
came nominally King of Turkestan
end a defender and supporter of
KEMAL Pasha's Angora Government.
Then disavowing all connection with
Moscow he appeared in central Asia
gathering Islam In a holy war
against Bolshevism.
These adventures form merely the
latest chapters in his remarkable life
story. He was the son Of carpenter
of Stamboul who did odd jobs around
the Yildez kiosk. AS a reward for
his faithfulness old ABDUL HAND
promised that the boy should be ed
ucated as an army officer. The Sui
tan kept his promise, and ENvER was
later the chief actor in his over
throw. ENvER rose to be leader Of
the Young Turks and was recognized
as the real head of the Committee OF
Union and Progress.
He studied war in Germany and
he became the close friend and ad-
wiser OF General LIMAN Won SANDERS,
the officer sent by the Kaiser to train
the ottoman army. He came easily
under German influence and was Ber-
Inns man at Constantinople. II was
he undoubtedly who ordered the bom-
bardment OF Russian ports which
forced Turkey into open hostilities
at the beginning of the world war.
He became supreme commander of
the Ottoman Empire; even the Sultan
did his bidding. He took a princess
of the Sultanate family for his bride
and he moved into a palace on the
Bosporus.
When the Turkish army crumbled
and the Ottoman Empire collapsed
The New York herald., 1922-08-19
The Late Genevieve Ward.

Success in two branches of the
tbeater's art was achieved by
CENEvIEvE WARD. who died yesterday
In London. She was singer first
and won eminence under the name
of Nine. Guerrabella, which she
adapted for use in professional life
from the name of her husband
CONSTANTINE DE GUERBEL. AS a so.
prano she sang in lyric and dra-
matte operas at the Academy Of Mu-
sic in this city shortly after heI
debut at La Scala in Milan in 1856
and after her triumphs as a singer
in opera and oratorio in London
Then illness ended her progress
toward the lyric honors for which
she had sedulously prepared herself
by study in Italy.
But Miss WARD was not the sort OF
person to droop under such a stag
eering setback. She went to work
at the task of imparting to others
what she had learned about the art
OF song and simultaneously studied
the roles in which she planned to
conquer the dramatic stage. No such
laborious process as climbing the lad
der from the bottom round was in
cluded in her plans. She boldly be-
gan at the top.
Her debut as Lady Macbeth seven
teen years after she began her ca
reer as a singer was just as success
full as she had meant il to be. For
six years in England she acted the
classic and modern repertoire with
out finding that sensational popu-
iarity which she won later. Then
on August %, 1879, at the Lyceum
Thester, she played Stcphdnie dc
Dohriudrt in the famous Forget Me
Not" by HERMAN MERIvALE and F. G
GROVE. Miss WARD acted the leading
role in this popular play more than
two thousand times. She carried IL
over the world. and although she did
many more notable parts 1T was with
this character that her fame as an
actress is chiefly associated
She even played Lady Macbeth in
French at the Porte st. Martin In
Paris and she acted with Sir HENRY
IRvISG. She took part In many un-
usual Shakespearean revivals in Lon
don. She appeared during the war
in the London performance of The
Basker," which CYRIL MAupE gave
here at the Empire Theater. Miss
The New York herald., 1922-08-19
The Presidents Message.

= The President went before Con-
eress yesterday and delivered his
promised message on the labor situ-
alton, covering especially the trans
portation and coal strikes. He went
into the historical side of the prob
lem at length. He made certain
recommendations. He pointed out
the weakness OF the Railroad Labor
Board law in respect of its power to
settle disputes between carriers and
their employees, and he declared that
the decisions of the board must be
made enforceable and effective, but he
did not offer concrete program for
such legislation.
The President explained his point
of view on the seniority question.
THE NEW YORK HERALD did not in
dorse his stand at the time and can
not indorse it now. 1t is true that
q great emergency existed, but it is
equally true that the railroads were
under sacred promise to the shop
men who had kept them running
the shopmen who did not go out on
strike and the new shopmen who
came in.
The President recommended a
thorough investigation of the coal in
dustry with a view to preventing
future strikes and stabilizing the
business. This is a very important
recommendation and one on which
Congress should take immediate ac-
tion. The present chaotic condition
Of coal mining is grotesque, intoler-
able.
The President dwelt on the sound
principle that the right of men to
work must be sustained, adding that
he is resolved to use all the power
of the Government to sustain that
right.
Candor compels THE New YORK
HERALD to say that the message as a
whole is not representative of Presi-
dent HARDING at his best. 1t lacks
definiteness; it lacks fire; it lacks
the quality and spirit that arouse a
nation in time of war-and this sit
ustion is war
The New York herald., 1922-08-19
Keep 1t Sacred, Mr.. President.

1t, of course, rests wholly with
President HARDING to say whether
the Governorship Of the Federal Re-
serve System shall become political
office or not The term for which
the present Governor of the Federal
Reserve System, w. P. G. HARDING, was
appointed expired several days ago.
The feeling with bankers, with bust
ness men and with all men opposed
to the spoils system is very strong
that the Governorship of the Federal
Reserve System should be kept out OF
politics and be free from the spoils
system.
THE New YORK HERALD holds
to this opinion. THE New YORK
HERALD knows nothing against Mr..
HARDING as a man, nor against his
administration of the important ONCE
Of Governor of the Federal Reserve
System, that should call for his dis
missal from the service. On the con-
trary. ii is the belief OF THE New
YORK HERALD that Mr.. HARDING has
shown himself well fitted for the
great work he has carried on, excep-
tionally we'll fitted ir temperament,
in freedom from partisanship and in
faithfulness TO duty.
The Federal Reserve System has
been created under his administra-
tion. He guided it through the
most critical financial times in our
history. AS it's head he cooperated
with the banking interests OF the
country in providing the vast means
to prosecute the war. He has coop
Grated with the banking interests OF
the country in the yet more critical
period OF defiation since the war.
But beyond the poise and inherent
ability Mr.. HARpING has displayed as
the head OF the Federal Reserve Sys-
TEN is the enormously valuable ex-
perience he has had, which the Gov
ernment of the United States might
well conserve to it's advantage in our
great money system.
So, on the assumption that there
is nothing against w. P. G. HARDING
as a man, and nothing in his record
that should call for his retirement
from public service, THE New YORK
HERALD holds that his dismissal in
the interest of the spoils system
would stand as a colossal mistake OF
the Republican party. The RESPONSE
bility resting on President HARDING
in respect of this matter Is no small
cne-the responsibility Of tur5lng the
Governorship Of the FedeSAl Reserve
System over to the spoils system to
satisfy the greed of the hardboiled
politicians of his party or to defy
the hardboileds and treat the Gov
ernorship of the Federal Reserve
System as an Office that is sacred
from political menace.
The New York herald., 1922-08-19
Pay of Fire Marshals.
In View of Their Duties They Ask
Rating With Detectives.

To THE New York HERALD: In the
city of New York at present there are
seventeen assistant fire marshals and
two special investigators, all engaged
in the same duty of investigating the
They are now petitioning the Board of
Estimate to increase their pay.
In 1921 more than 5000 fires oc-
Cured. all Of which were investigated.
resulting in sixty-seven persons being
arrested In connection with incendiary
fires. OF these forty-seven persons wers
convicted and others are still awaiting
trial.
The salaries OF these employees vary
from $3.50 year to s2,s67 a year.
fourteen of them receiving less than
s2500. In addition to their daily as
sisnments three of them are on duty
each night in the year. Sundays and
holidays included. They respond to all
incendiary fires. suspicious fires. second
and greater alarm fires and other i'm
portant fires. They receive these calls
through the commanding officer in
charge Of the fire and through the Police
Department. There is an average Of two
such calls a night. Frequently these
calls necessitate calling out OF addi-
tional members of the staff not rega-
larly assigned to emergency duty that
particular night.
From the nature of this work 1t will
be readily seen that their duties are
above comparison with those of any
other civilian employee of the Fire De-
arfy 1Ax,t nat
and each call or investigation must be
carried through to some definite conclu-
sion. This frequently requires continn-
Gus duty Of twenty-four hours or more
To facilitate these emergency calls prac-
tically all of them have telephones in
their homes at their own expense.
The work of the assistant fire mar
shals has greatly increased since the
termination of the world war there be-
ing a tremendous increase in business
fires. and although platoons and other
systems have been established in other
branches of the citys service to lessen
tours OF duty the assistant fire mar
shals' time OF working is the same as
1t was twenty-five years ago.
These men are specially trained and
their duties do not end with the mere
investigation of fires they are empcw-
cred to take testimony under oath. and
they prepare briefs for the trial of per-
sons charged with the crime of arson.
and assist the District Attorney in the
prosecution of these cases.
There is an unusual hazard attached
TO their work, as there Is to the work
of members of the uniformed force of
the Police and Fire departments. They
are compelled 10 enter buildings while
the fire is in progress and Immediately
after the fire has been extlnguished.
the latter a very dangerous time, as sta
tistics OF the Fire Department will show
that more men are injured after a Are
is extinguished than during the prog
ress OF the fire.
They are also required to patrol
neighborhoods in which pyromaniacs or
other incendiaries are at work.
For these reasons the Board OF Esti-
mate Is asked to increase the salary
of assistant fire marshals and special
Investigators to the salary Of a arst
grade detective. with whose work their
'duties favorably compare; that is. to
ss,soo year ASSISTANT.
NEW YORK, August is.
The New York herald., 1922-08-19
Isn't Mr.. Hearst Bit Careless ?

Mr.. HEARST is quite definite in
regard to the circumstances under
which he would accept nomination
on the State ticket this year. He
would not care to run at all, he says,
unless Mayor HYLAN were nominated
for Governor "and he should wish
me to run in some capacity on the
ticket" Mr.. HEARST continues:
Under those circumstances I
would run for any Office he wished"
We have Mr.. HEARsT's assurance,
therefore, that if Mayor HYLAN were
nominated for Governor he could call
upon Mr.. HEARST to run for Lieuten-
ant-Governor. Secretary of State,
Comptroller, State Treasurer or At
torney-General.
There Is another State ofice to be
filled this year-that Of State Engi-
neer and Surveyor-but as the Con-
stitution requires that the incumbent
shall be practical engineer we are
not sure of Mr.. HEARsT's eligibility.
1t would be a strange spectacle to
see Mr.. HYLAN as Governor and Mr..
HEARST in the rather negligible post
OF Lieutenant-Governor. Mr.. HEARST
as Comptroller, with his large busi-
ness vision, rather intrigues. as the
young novelists say.
And Mr.. HEARST as Attorney-G Gen.
eral-the Constitution does not de-
mand that that officer shall be a
member of the bar-suggests a sphere
of activity in which the publisher
could attempt some of the reforms
he has so long advocated from the
side lines.
At any rate, Mr.. HEARST has given
Mr.. HYLAN carte blanche with regard
to himself.
The New York herald., 1922-08-19
TCHATALJA NEUTRAL 3..
ZONE IS PROCLAIMED
Line for Military Purposes
Only, Not Political. .aih

CoNsrANrINoPLE. Aug. IS. The
agreement drawn up by the mixed .colr-
mission for a neutral zono between the
Greek and allied forces slons the Tchat-
ALA line becomes effective Aug. I9.
The line is solely for military purposes,
political considerations being excluded
and the commission not taking into ac-
count whether or not the line corre-
spends with that mentioned In the treaty.
of Sevres. e
A message from Athens stating that
negotiations have started between the
Greek Government and gIor;p of Brit
ish bankers. headed by Sir Basil Zahar-
off, for the foundation of a bank of,is-
sue at Smyrna under the name Of Ma
tional Bank of Ionia," caused a sensa-
tion here. Sir Basil's representative
in Athens, the message states. has ,nade-
financial support contingent upon the
return of banking and railway conces-
sions.