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New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
Araby Unvisited


There comes breath from Araby
Of frankincense and myrrh.
Across the sands the Redouin
bands
Their milky chargers spur,
The hoary wonders of the East
The stranger may behold
The crumbling stones and bleach
ing bones
Of centuries untold.
To journey into Arahy
A wondrous thing would be,
With camel-freights and figs and
dates
And silken rugs to see.
The silken rugs that come from
looms
That bearded men have piled
With toll and tears through all
the years
Since Cyrus .lived and died.
Time brings no change to Araby;
The tribes still come and go
Like mounted hosts Of sheeted
ghosts
Mid dust as white as snow.
AS in the days of Eden still
The burning sun looks down
On camel train and endless plain
And little ruined town.
I've never been to Araby
Nor seen the wonders there,
Nor pitched my tent amid the
scent
Of spice diffusing air.
Nor do / ever mean to go
Upon some future day,
I'm scared to go, because I know
The Turk is in the way!oegsg ID
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15

clear alike to Americans and to Jap
anese such law as that construed
hs the Supreme Court need cause no
slightest prejudice or race feeling on
either side of the Pacific.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
MxsaBEs OF THE ASSOCIATED pRrss

the Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
shs use 70 republication Of all tlewa dispatches
fsea.ted TO Il OF not otherwise credited in thts
pAyss srd $50 the ical news OF spontaneous origin
pgbiisAed h rein
All sighn Of republication OF all other matter
Aes4in slxo are reserved
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
The Only Chance

We believe Mr.. Hohenzollern got
married again because he would have
somebody around who would have to
listen to him read from his book.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
A Runner-Up

Methuseiah's record has not vet
been eclipseds but Nick Lenine must
be beginning to hops.
Copyright by James j. Montague,
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
Inadmiissible

II probably is not because they are
liquor jokes that they are barred
from vaudeville. but merely because
they are jokes.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15

You ssn purchase merchandise advertised In The
NFf9ukE gith absolute ssiety--for II iTsatisfac
tise rsssits Ia aay case The TRIBUNE suarsn.
Ssse "a say your nssneS back request. sNa red
eaSe. Ne IsiahiIae. We refund promptly the
aGssstBssr eses set.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
Our Own Wall Notices
HEW TO
THE LINE OF
LEAST
RESISTANCE
AND LET THE JOBS
FALL
WHERE THEY WILL.

Flap, little Flapper, flap!
Though they say hard things
about you,
Flap, little Flapper, flap!
We could not do without YOU!
DOW MARQUIS.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
q u A z AMY

EnssrsA ss the Possosrce az New York as Second
Class Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Extent Of the Liquor Traffic

noonsAine 70 minors. "most Of them
young girls In their teens" In ante
prohibition days this kind Of thing was
too common 70 form the subject Of
dispatch and could have been matched
a hundred times over In the City OK
New York, the young girls IN their
teens" being the unfortunate victims
Of an infamous trafae which ear main
tain Itself only By close connection
with the aeeursed business which the
Eighteenth Amendment hes outlawed.
The fact Is that aside from the un-
patriotic conduct Of certain wealthy
eitizenu, whose conduct 10 not easily
TO be excused, the chief difaeulty Of
enforcing the volstead act iS found In
large cities and among that element Of
the population which neither morally
nor mentally Is AZ for a republican
form Of government and which is the
support Of political demAgogues, which
also IL not intelligent enough 20 see
that its own poeketbooks are depleted
/ by the graft Of such raseGls.
Il 10 also Significant that while here
and there c serious voice Is raised In
protest respecting noa-snforcement In
eidents Of the law, the general tumult
is produced BY those who do not wish
the law enforced and whose noisy out
bursts are inspired b. the hope that
they will secure It's modification or
repeal
Interpreted b. the last election, "Ihe
Literary Digest" poll shows a ma
jority Of the citizens Of the country
In favor Of bone-dry prohibition. Their
attitude IS not 4 hastily formed
judgment, liable TO change, but has
been gradually forming for a hundred
years. They are not in the least like
7 iy 10 allow the law 20 become a dead
letter or 70 permit such changes in Il
as would nullify Il.
Prohibition in the United States is
here to stay. What IL more. Il ia In
the world to spread. England and the
Continent Of Europe viii follow sooner
than is generally expected the example
Of the United statea
CHARLES L. MANIERRE.
New York. Dec. 20, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
How Germany Could Pay
A Suggested Preparations SOution-Assgnment Of
Allied Claims to the United States

I rsparstlon In foil. with low rate Of
interest and al expenses Of the ad-
ninistrA.lsn.
]. Germany ~ill agree 70 such q
| proposition, aad will In good faith
agree 20 carry II out. the United States
Will net be doing her duty as one Of
the greatest nations Of the world, u
she is not willing 70 aid. She can best
aid BY relieving the European nations
Of the debts they now owe her. accept
ine IN payment an assignment OF
claims on Germany. She will then
hold approximately 80 per cert Of the
( German claims. and Will be entitled
70 40 psf cent Of the saaual pay
nsnt. or. cay, ttoOOOo,0OO year.
Til, fund would pay then interest
and sinking fund On slo.000,O00.0OO Of
l3 per cent fOrty.iour-year bonds
which, II iosusd free from all taKstion'
could readily be exchanged for exist
snr United States obligations which
ray the higher rate Of interest. and A.
stroke the American people would be
saved ons-hslf the sun that they now
have 70 pay annually for interest and
sinking fund.
AZ payments would Be secured By
soods delivered % the internationAl
committee, we could Rford 70 give
longer credits FOR the food and raw
material which we (slmost alons Of the
nations Of the world could supply 20
Germany, thus insuring to our farmers
and planters : satisfactory demand for
their products, and by proper adjust
ment there need be no undue competi-
tion with our manufacturers, certainly
no mere than there 10 at present.
have written on this subject at
length In The September number Of
"Our World," an article which has
been republIshed in Commerce and
Finance" "The Springfield Republican
and many other papers throughout the
country. mention this TO show that
the American people have been inter
ested in this proposition, and com
mend 10 our leaders careful cOnsidera-
tlon Of a plan which is at least con-
struetivs, andwhieh, II Il succeeds. VIII
secure full payment 70 US Of the Euro
peaa debts, which. II We neglect them
promise 70 be q total loss.
As for the proposal 70 loan Germany
a further 81 800, 100000. while she still
protests that sho csnnOt pay what che
already owes. that would be acting like
bank which, having discounted TOO
much for q speculative debtor goes
on diseOunting In the hope that a mira
Gle will happen which will enable him
to pay what he owes, and such action
has wrecked many a bank.
ROBERT NJ. THOMPSON.
Washington. D. c., Dec. 20, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Dust Explosions
To N. Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The most recent dust sT-
plosion In o mine IN Alabama has
taken the lives Of sishty-four useful
citizens This is but typical Of the
many dust explosions which are Oe-
curing with alarming frequency in
grain elevators, mines, sugar re-
hnsries, starch plants and many other
industries where dust is prevalent
The money loss Is millions annually
and the toll in human life 10 many
hundreds.
The natural question Of the layman
Is "can these explosions be pre-
ventsd7"
The snsver 10 Hs simple as the quss-
tion. for obviously If the dust IL elini-
mated there can be no dust explosion.
! II is question Of proper ventilation
Plus good (induStrisl) Housekeeping
We would have fatal dust explosions in
eur homes and Offices II dust were per
mittsd 70 accumulate As & does, IN not
one but nany industries.
The solution. simply stated, Is 70
remove ard eliminate the dust, but
frequently this Is 9 difheult problem.
Very definite progress has been made,
however. in the direction Of developing
dust eliminating apparatus. this being
a highly specialized branch Of engi-
nssrihg. Il does seem unfortunate
that 90 many lives must be sacrificed
20 teach us the necessity Of applying
corrective measures which are already
known.
An exhaustive treatise entitled Dust
Explosions" written by Mr. D. J.
Price. has recently been published b.
the National Fire Protection Assoeis.
tion. Mr.. Price iS connected with the
Bureau Of Chemistry in Washington
and for some years past has been as
signed to dust explosion research
work. The United States Bureau oi
I MlINt mas AtNN eeHN feteeAN NShbAAAN
tive work, - we'll as the industrial
departments Of many states, not e
mention the important work Of inds-
pendent engineers.
Even nov a committee Of the Ma
tional Fire Protection Association
called the Dust Explosion Hazard Com
mittes. IL At work snAlyTihg the preb'
lens involved and prepdring rules ARD
regulations aimed a. the eliniEttio;
Of these hazards. This committee Il
composed Of engineers who have spe
cislired IN the various industries anC
fields Of work involved and are dOinl
this valuable work at thsir own sx
penss, So the outlook Ia not entirely
dark. What 10 most needed is th'
supper. Of public sentiment and th'
synpathetie cooperation q those d
rsetly interested.
p. c. ALLEN, Ja
New York, Dec. 20. .s22.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. Will you allow me TO speak
somewhat IN criticism Of your double
column heading In a recent issue which
ran. "Dry Laws ignored, With Rum
Trade Z National Industry" ete.7
Reading between the lines Of the
article and in the light Of statements
relative 70 the liquor trafhe in recent
issues. II would have been quite as ae-
eurate IL the headlines had announced
that the dry laws we're enforced and
the rum trade no longer Was national
industry.
Il isa matter Of common knowledge
that there is very considerable
trafle, chiefly IN distilled liquors, In
the larger cities throughout the eoun-
try. A large percentage Of such liquor
coming over the border from Canada
or ashore on the Atlantic coast is Of
the old standard quality, but the price
Of It these days puts It out Of the
reach Of oil but the wealthy and does
not constitute in the aggregate, as
compared with former days, very
material quantity nor any material de-
AAnes Of the laws Of the United States.
The total Of such liquor brought In by
small boats and Of late by aeroplAne
10 q mere joke compared with the
enormous quantities formerly i'm
ported or manufactured In this country.
Il "a quite aside from the main quss-
zion that large profits accrue 10 the
bootleggers engaged in this despieable
business. SO far a. the ponsy side is
concerned nothing is destroyed, and
the transfer of cash merely illustrates
the old saying that a fool and bic
money are soon parted
one Of the statements Of your article
is 20 the effect that hundreds Of per-
sons have gone into the aanufaeturs
Of all kinds Of drinks. Il is common
knowledge. or should be, that distilled
liquors. IN order % be rid Of certain
poisonous slemsnts. have % be aged
with expert care or else be specially
treated In ways little likely 70 be
adopted BY the amateur criminals en-
barked In the business. And ar %
beer, Il ought TO be generally known
that the larger breweriss maintained
chemical laboratories 70 save them.
selves from huge losses the result Of
Wild yeast
The individual whose intelligence
if a. 10 lox an sbb or whose stomach
requirements are 20 inperious that he
viii take 4 chance with either the hsrd
liquor or the beer produced By such In
eompetents will Be no great loss 70 the
state II his folly induces bis sarly
demise.
Your Gispateh from Milwaukee men.
lions road houses M that neIFhbor.
hood openly ceiling hiEhbslls and
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Master of the Revels
o the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; I note that Congressman Vol
stead wrote you a letter, which was
Published in The Tribune, the burden
Of which was tina. the so-cAlled vets
we're perfectly aware that beer con-
tanning per cent Of alcohol 10 in
toxieAtinR, and asking whether the pso-
pie wanted Congress TO violate the
direct injunction Of the Eighteenth
Amendment by passage Of 4 law per-
mitting per cent beer 70 be sold
Now. Mr.. Volstead knows as we'll as
any one else that the Supreme Court
OF the United States has 50 interpreted
the Eighteenth Amendment ss 20 make
Congress the absolute Arbiter Of what
is meant by the word Intoxicating
IN that amendment. II this wero not
so. the Volstehd law would be uneon-
stitutionhl because Il forbids the max
ing. selling. etc, Of any beverage con-
tanning ons-hhlf Of per cent or more
Of alcohol.
This law forbids the making. selling,
etc, Of q beverage containing six
tenths Of per cent. Now every one
knows perfectly we'll that the line
drawn by Congress was absolutely ar
bitrary and that q beverage containing
only six-tenths Of per cent Of alcohol
Is not intoxicating. and that the Vol
stead law would. therefore, be uneon-
Stitutional because OF the Ettempt %
forbid a beverage which is not intoxi-
eating. we're It not that the Supreme
Court Of the United States had come
TO the defense Of that law By holding
that Congress can make the word "in-
toxiesting" mean anything It wants 70.
Il isa poor rule that does not work
both ways, and therefore II Il is con
stitutional for Congress 10 dehne a
perfectly innocent beverage containing
slx-tsnths Of per cent as Intoxicating z
IL is equally constitutional for Con
Ere6G 70 draw the lire somewhere else
and 10 define the word Intoxicating
so as 20 permit the making. selling
etc, Of beverages containing Q. 10. 30
Of 90 per cent Of alcohol. As a mat
ter Of fact the decision OF the Supreme
Court would put It into the power Of
Congress 10 declare that a beverage
containing no alcohol at all was intoKi-
eating, and, indeed. a strong cup Of
coffee is FAR more intoxicating than q
beverage containing only water and
sixtesnsAs Of per cent Of alcohol.
II. S. MACKAYE.
New York. Dee. 81. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
More Student Nurses
Good Enrolment This Year in Hos
pitsl Schools-Funds Needed

Dltal CCnool3--i ehup ifNNSS~
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: So much has been printed IN
Tho last few years regarding the ap-
p,r.n, lack Of lntcres, In nurfing a.
4 vocation that comment upon the faets
a. the enrolment Of student nurses for
The present fall term seems pertinent
Taking one great city hospital, Belle
vue. as an illustration, this class THIS
fail n, mberu ffty-niae, while two pears
ago only nineteen students we're se-
mitted. Undoubtedly a larger number
risht have been enrolled had Il been
possible 20 provide living seeommodA'
tions.
Another great hospital, Mount Sinai
has admitted slHty-hve Students the
largest class IN the history Of this
school. IN 1918 tventy-sish' wets en-
rolled.
New York City Hospital, on Welfare
I,lsnd, because Of its more isolated
po,lt.on. has felt kssnly the shortage
Of gtudents. Last fall thirteen were
admitted, this year a class Of twenty
Ave.
In the schools connected with other
prominent hospitals Of the city - tho
Pr.tbyterian, Roosevelt, 81. Luke's ana
the New York Hospital-it is reported
that students have been admitted to
the capacity Of ths various houses pro-
vided for the nursing STATS Of these
hospitals. This does not mean that
more students could not be adequately
trained IN the hospital wards, 70 the
Obvious advantage Of the sick, but that
in some instances the growth Of tho
hospital has quite outstripPsd the liv-
ing accommodations provided for the
nurses.
We believe that the value Of con-
struetive publicity work for the nurs-
ing schools is evidenced by the very
satisfAetory enrolment Of this year
The principals report that their stu
dents come to them with more intelli-
gent interest IN nursing than hereto
fore. A large majority are high school
graduates and many have gone beyond
the high schools.
The most outstanding need Of the
school Of nursing to-day (endowment
fundi) was pointed out By Miss
Josephine Goldmark in her recent re-
port on nursing education following
three-ycsT study, financed BY the
Rockefeller Foundation. The schools
without exception ere financed By the
general hospital budget, and the school
too often Is in the position Of step
child when the funds are apportioned.
Herbert Hoover recently said that he
boped 70 see one community nurse re-
place ten policemen, meaning that II
every individual we're given a chance
to be sound, physically and mentally
criminals and detectives would be
much less Of menace numerically
than they are new.
Large sums Of money are constant
ly being given 20 our great hospitals.
Several OF those mentioned have re-
eelved bequests recently. Is II NOT
time for some publie-spirited women
Of fortune to help the schools CT
nursing in their great tasks by giving
them economic independence in pre-
pairing other women for the service Of
humanity N. ). WELSH
Executive Secretary. Eastern Council
fer Nursing Education.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Opening immigration Bars
A Plea for Admission of Near Eastern Refugees VINO
Have Blood Relatives in America

.rnmsnts and rssouresful countries Of
their own. would not want % migrate
I, Greater numbers than Is allowed to
then under the restrictive law. How
ever 20 the whole Of Turkish territory
America has given q yearly quota OF n0'
ners than 2.Sss which can be usea oy
arv race born on Turkish territory
am not oas who would favor meas
ur, IN favor Of transporting all The retu-
ores from the Near East 70 this eoun'
,rv ON the other hand, I feel II 70 DO
N. most elementary human obligation
~ the Unlted States 10 make some pro-
vI,,on for the admission Of many thou
lands OF people who belong here De-
csu,e their homes are IN this country
Thess arc the mothers, wives children
parents, sisters and brothers Of Ameri-
can citizens and Of residents Of Amer
Tea for many years.
when a mother Is turned out OF her
own home IN Turkey, where Is the next
Logical and rightful place for her to be
than her own daughters home here In
this countryi only recently heard
from a friend. a university graduate In
this country, married 20 = prosperous
man In 81. Paul. an American citizen
for fifteen yeara, respected and com
mcnded by many prominent Americans
OF that city, bearing q fine nete Of rec
omrnendstion in his affidavit from the
Mayor Of St. Paul. For seven years The
mother and two sisters Of his wife have
experienced are and sword. The girls
are graduates Of the American college
In HArpoot; their father was one Of the
first murdered a. one Of the prominent
eitizens Of Harpoot in 1916. They had
q miraculous escape from death In the
deporta.ions Of 1915. They went back 20
their home Ia HArpOOt after the arHi-
stiee. During the Nationalist move
ment they were closed IN again and
were not allowed 20 leave. During the
latest exodus they we're again driven
out OF tasir homes in Harpoot with the
rest Of The Near East orphans. They
reached Altppo. There are no living
quarters 10 be had In Alsppo for all
the money in the world.
What Is "the other and better way
70 care for these peoplel Can the Red
Cross or the Near East Relief save
their lives IN extending 70 them piece
OF daily bread while they have 70 live
In the most crowded conditions, where
thousands die from exposure and dis
eAss7 They have now arrived In Amer
ica, coming 70 two daughters, both
American citizens. but the quota Is eH-
hausted. They are waiting at the Bos.
ton immigration station, liable 70 de-
portation. Isn't America. too, turning
them out OF their rightful homes here :
The KeyeI bill now before the Senate
has for It's purpose TO meet this situa'
tion, providing for the admission Of
close blood relatives. IL Is based on
the assumption that such a bill could
rot wreck the restrictive Law because
the situation In the Near East has no
precedent and therefore cannot be fol-
lowed BY similar situations. II is the
one exception which goes With all Ab-
solute rules. II is the moral side Of the
restrictive Law. A. YBGHENIAN.
New York, Dee. 20, 1922. /
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
70 q. Edilsr o. me Trbuns.

70 the Edisss Of The Tribune.
siss Anbassader Harvey Il On hi'
rAy here ffcn London bringing us in
formation a. 70 the negotittions be-
ws.n England and France and he sit
sstion In Germany.
Unless some settlement can be made
rhleh will satisfy France. which will
remove the friction between France
md Germany. and which viii promise
/. marSst for the product of English
uorkingmen, some great economic
.atastrophs is sure % happen. Eng
and, frantic with the 6esirs 20 find
work for her people, 10000 of whera
are row supported b. delss from tAe
ssblle treasury, wishes % cancel 10
seg cent q the claims against Ger
isany. ia he hope that this will Induce
he Cefmsns 70 buy English goods. ard
10 70 to werk and pay up the balance
which they viii then owe. This means
hat instead Of calling on them 20 pay
sS2 900 900 900 they are willing % JET
hem on with $4,000. .0oo 900, but Ger
many cannot pay down Si2,coo,ooo' 'ooa
any more than she can pav $4,000
10000.
The best that can be hoped for is
hat Germany can supply goods from
Which ut least ti.0oo,o0o 900 \ year can
be realised, n they are properly sold
Germany is selling goods enough now
% realize such sun, bu. she Is sell
az them ~ forced salss and a. un-
reasonably lew prices. May ] suggest
hat II Germany 10 70 eome back 70
anything like normal position she
must pass through o stage equivalent
70 a reeeivership, and the sale Of her
exported goods should be placed in the
lands Of an international committee
ahieh would dispose Of them In such
markets a. would least affect the other
producing nstlons Of the world The
problem would be for Germany 70 pro
duee and deliver goods Of the approx
nate value Of perhaps ti.25o.o0o'OOO'
cut Of which payment must be made
for the food and raw materials which
Germany must import and the balance
% 20 for rspsrstionS.
For forty -four years before the
great var Germany withdrew about
900 900 men from production. sup.
ported them By general taxation
and employed their time in teaching
hem 70 destroy other peoples prop
er,y; let her now levy "la6or tax
which will give her goods equal TO the
product Of 100000 men, and this
viii cover the annual repar&tion pay
ments. A. she wAs forty-four years
IN preparing 70 destroy, lst her 60 on
for forty-four years paying for that
destruction. and she will pay the
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24

ably not because Il would leave q
teacher earfare. The reasonable way
would seem to have been 70 hunt down
mAlinFsrers. not throw the burden on
those seriously III.
Henry Ford owes his sueesss and the
efficiency Of his plant TO his realization
that cententsd labor gives the best
service. He should be imported 70 New
York and made president Of the Board
OF Educationi
A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER.
Neg York, Dec. q, 1922.