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The New York herald., 1922-08-11
eral strike as political weapon in
the hands Of the radicals.

eral strike as political weapon In
the hands of the radicals.
The Fascista movement, to which
so much attention has been recently
directed, is so unlike any other move
ment which has attempted to control
national affairs that it is imperfectly
understood outside OF Italy. GIUSEPPE
PREzzoLINI, who has written of it
with extreme fairness. describes 1t as
"a reaction of the middle classes dur
ing the period Immediately after the
armistice, more especially under
NITTI, against the socialists regime
of violence to which certain prov
inces were subjected"
The soldiers returning from var
found that the institutions for which
they had fought were being rapidly
undermined. Bolshevisin was in ac-
tual control Of many of the Industrial
cities Of the country and the people
who refused to accept its radical doc
trines were subjected to tyranny and
oppression that made life unbear-
able. The italian standard was torn
down from municipal buildings and
the Soviet red flag was run up in it's
place. Holshevist governments were
proclaimed and anybody who waved
the Italian flag or declared his loyalty
to Italy was shot.
1t was then that the middle class
a class which the world scarcely sus-
pected existed in Italy, or at least
had any power-asserted itself. 1t
appealed In vain to Government after
Government for relief. Out Of this
situation arose Fascismo, with the
supreme purpose of defending Italy
from its enemies and restoring the
Italian national spirit. 1t was not
secret organization; its designs
and its purpose were openly pro-
claimed. From a single organization
in northern italy 1t swept the nation
and enrolled more than 1,o00,o0O
men. 1t met Bolsheyist violence with
all its power and it cleared Italy of
the menace Of radicalism.
1t is not the militarism of the Fas
cisti alone that brings Italy back to
herself but that substantial and con-
servative element which is referred
to as her middle class. The world
has faith in Italy and believes that
she will rise triumphantly above
her internal turbulence and present
political strife. What it wishes to
see again Is the Italy which won
freedom through national Union fifty
years ago and which in the world war
redeemed the disaster Of Caporetto
by victory in the valley of the Piave.
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
Pistols.

The committee on law enforcement
of the American Bar Association
recommends prohibiting the manu-
facture and sale of pistols and their
ammunition "save as such manufac-
ture shall be necessary for govern
mental and official use under proper
legal regulation and CONTROL
The purpose of this suggestion is
ideal. Unfortunately 1t would not
end the pistol evil The rum running
and bootlegging that have gone on
since the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquor were prohibited are
proof that when lawbreaker wants
something from another country and
will pay the price he can get 1t.
Pistols, except by permit, were for
hidden in this State by the Sullivan
law. The honest householder went
without a pistol, being too decent to
break the law and too timid to ask
for "a permit. The burglar and the
highwayman went over to New Jer-
sey and bought all the pistols they
needed.
The pistol is not to be legislated
out of office. But the police, the dis
trict attorneys and the courts can
send the evil owners of pistols to
prison. And the people can pray that
the parole boards won't let the pistol
carriers out too soon.
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
Recouly Says France Must Collect
Faces Choice Of Enforcing Treaty Going Bankrupt
Paris Editor Tells Institute of Politics.

If Germany cannot pay now what she
must pay, and what she Is bound to pay,
she might perfectly pay in the long run.
'The cooperation OF the United States
might greatly help TO find scheme to
support, an International loan which
would enable France to wait until the
moment when Germany rs able to re-
sumo her payments. II Is not only
from the material and economic point
CT view that the collaboration Of the
United States Is strongly needed, but
also from a neral point of view. which
is perhaps more important, for at the
present time all the material and moral
problems are intimately mixed together.
THE collaboration of the United
States could and should have the effect
of making Germany understand that it
is not only her duty to fulfill her obliga-
tions, but that it is also her interest to
do so. As soon as Germany understands
that very important fact. as soon as she
understands that people would be ready
to assist her in that case, am sure that
the chances of the reconstruction of
Europe will be increased enormously"
DR. Josef Redlich of Austria spoke to-
night on the rise OF the European
Powers
The full history OF Europe in the
hundred years following the peace treaty
of Vienna" he said, SIS both 4 history
Of the rise os modern liberal and
democratic ideas and OF the rise Of ma
tional feeling, the strongest political
force OF the world"
Arthur s. Draper. American corre-
spondent in London, conducted the final
round table discussion on international
Journalism this morning The subject
was The Press and Foreign Relations. .
Mr. Draper said, in part
american interest in Europe has
grown tremendously since 1914. There
We're those who thought that after the
war and the withdrawal of the American
army from Europe our relations would
be severed almost completely. But on
the contrary. our interest has DEVELOPED
with amazing rapidity. and to-day there
are.longer cable reports of certain events
on the Continent published in American
newspapers than In any of the British
journals.
THE leading American Journals spent
more in reporting the great war than
did any of the European Journals. Dur
ing the Paris peace conference the for
efgn expenses of the American news
papers increased still 1urther. Three
years have passed, America has gone
through period Of depression, and yet
the foreign budgets Of American news
papers remain very hisb with NO pros
pect of any material decrease unless cable
and wireless tolls are reduced If editors
supply what the people want, then there
must be very real interest In European
affairs"
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
Revolt Against the Bloc.

The revolt of the Republican Sem
ators Of the East against the high
duty on hides and shoes in the Ford
ney-McCumber bill is a good sign.
1t is sign the Senators are begin
ming to understand what the people
think of the outrageous provisions of
the proposed tariff measure.
To the layman duty Of cents
pound on raw hides and cents a
pound on dried hides seems rather
unimportant until he discovers that
this really means duty OF about
$1.20 on every raw hide and S2.40 on
every dried hide.
The attempt to clap this tariff on
hides resulted from the wish of the
, Western and Southern bloc to get
bigger profits for the cattle raisers-
as If the shoe buyers Of the United
States were not already paying
enough!
The bloc Senators possibly believed
that by putting tariff of IL cents
pair and per cent. ad valorem on
shoes they would hold the Senators
OF the East, where the shoe factories
are, in line.
But the bait was not taken. Seven
New England Republican Senators
all that were present-voted against
this tax on shoes, LODGE of Massa-
chusetts leading the way. The shoe
makers of New England do not fear
foreign competition. Americans buy
American made shoes because they
like them. They will continue to
buy them so long as the price is
fair What the American shoe fac
tories need is not protection against
foreign competition but protection
| against such attempts as the Fordney
tariff bill makes to jack up the price
OF the raw material.
The New York Senators, wAps-
WORTH and CALDER, and the New Jer-
sey Senator'S, FRELINGHuYsEN and
EpGE-all Of whom have shoe fac
tories in their States. stood with the
New Englanders against this attempt
to boost the shoe bill Of this country.
What is true of shoes is also true
Of the sugar we eat and the clothes
we wear. The public is paying prices
that are high enough. Congress
should be making an effort to lower
them. instead of obeying, as it has
been doing, the voice OF the blocs.
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
heir part to go to the limit in tying

their part to 60 to the limit In tying
up transportation and industry
throughout the country for the sake
of the further aggrandizement and
more perfect consolidation OF the
powers exercised by an organized
minority.
The menace is there all the same,
and one thing Is left for THE NEw
YORK HERALD to say about the un-
organized party Of major interest in
the strikes. That immense majority
may not always recognize instanta-
neously the crux OF the issue and it's
own relation thereto; but when 1t
recognizes and understands 1t Is no
more going to tolerate compromise
that means compulsion under threat
or that involves the surrender OF that
which is essential to the American
system than 1t is going to subject
itself supinely to minority rule in
respect to all other functions of gov
ernment.
And just as the party OF major In
terest would incur hardship to defend
the Republic against foreign aggres-
sion, so would it meet and resist ag-
gression from within at the cost OF
any amount Of inconvenience, pecuni-
ary loss or personal distress. For
there is no comparison between the
misfortune of nationwide railroad
strike and the misfortune OF sur
render under such dictation. n
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
Oliver Optics Centenary.

The centenary OF Oliver Optics
birth was celebrated in Boston by
tearing down the house at Fields
Corner where he lived for half
century and where he wrote nearly
all OF those 135 books which en-
deared his name to the American
youths of bygone generation.
The story teller to the boys of long
ago was born in Medford. Massachu-
setts. on July 30, 1922. He died in
the house now being razed in 1896.
Probably not one boy in many thou
sands who read his stories knew that
his name was WILLIAM TAYLOR
ADAMS and that he was Of the fam
lily that produced JOHN ADAMS and
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, both Presidents
OF the United States. Even had
boys known It. the fact for them
would have had a purely academic
interest, whereas their interest In
Oliver Optic was personal and inti-
mate. He was the favorite story
teller, the lreside crony.
II, perhaps, his story personages
smacked somewhat OF the Good
James and the Bad Bill variety. the
fact was submerged In action. There
generally was something doing In the
oliver Optic stories. In the sunset
hours OF his long life he Is said to
have expressed regret that he had
heen more sensational in some of his
stories than was quite proper. II Is
safe to say his boy readers never dis
covered the fact, and equally safe to
say that not boy among them was
ever Influenced to other than cleanly.
wholesome living by anything that
oliver Optic wrote.
At one time, back in the sos OF the
last century. his readers numbered
millions. The actual sales OF his
books exceeded a million and half
copies. and for every book sold II is
easily within the mark to say there
were very many readers. An Oliver
Optic story generally went the rounds
OF all the boys in the neighborhood
OF It's lucky owner. In Captain
MAyNE REIp he had close competi-
tor. There really was Wild West
In those days and MAYNE REID was
the favorite writer in that territory.
He led oldsters as well as youngsters
into It.
Pretty nearly all the old familiar
titles Of the Reid and Optic stories
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
Kindly New York.
Friends Found on Trolley Car by
n CrippIed Woman.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Though
I'm old New Yorker l have just gained
n new insight into New York's kindli-
ness to those needing help.
I was riding on a De Kalb avenue car
In Brooklyn this morning when II was
stopped mt Fort Greene place and a
woman well on in years. very neatly
dressed, was helped aboard by the con-
ductor. she was practically disabled. l
thought from rheumatism. II was pain
full to note her efforts to mount the step
OF the car.
She carried heavy stick for support,
but do not believe she could have
entered the car, an open one, without
the gentle help OF Tho conductor. He
was considerate in every way. When
we reached the Manhattan side OF
Brooklyn Bridge the conductor and two
of the men passengers helped her out OF
the car. Usually take a cab from the
Municipal Building to my office In Forty
second street. ventured to suggest TO
her that if she we're going UP town 1t
would please me IL she would accept
NV hospStality and let me take her TO
npT utHtiiidttphs
Very delightfully."-. even daintiiy, she
accepted the suggestion and said that
she would like 10 be taken to Bellevue
Hospital, Twenty-sixth street and First
avenue. On the way up she told me
her little story. She said:
"I am 6s years old. l have the very
best OF husbands. He IS KIND and ne
good as gold. Hc is a mechanic and IS
years old, like myself.
ssseverai months ago I began 70 be
troubled with hardening OF the arteries
IN my limbs. My husband is Temporal
riiy out Of employment. We are quite
poor people and | was advised to 60 to
Bellevue Hospital for treatment and
do 80 three times a week, wheref ms
limbs are baked and | receive greai
relief
'srhe doctors and nurses Mt the hos
pital treat me just AS nicely and give
me lust as much attention as II ! were
not a charity patient. They arc kind
and thoughtful and very good TO me.
receive every attention Just as though
we're paying patient OF the creates,
doctors and nurses in this city. They
are Just lovely 10 me-"
Az an old New York boy let M esy
how glad was to meet this woman on
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
A Fishing Fling.

The aids so artificial
That sporting stores display
I view with air judicial.
I'm left by the array
Quite unenthusiastic, cold.
AS by an ancient tale oft told.
The box japanncd for tackle,
The flybook colorfui.
The coachman and the hacltle
Are moths whose flame Is dull.
The braided line and nickeled reel
Make positively no appeal
The goggling frog OF rubber.
The shining silver spoon.
Aids to expert and lubber,
pass them BY each noon
The very vanished bamboo rod
Stirs me no more than 'twould a clod
The cause Of my dejection7
IL isn't that Id spin
A tale of recollection,
or boyhoods string and pin;
It's that I'm Just back from my flins
And didn't catch single thing.
MAuricu MoRHis.
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
Danger Signals Wanted.
Red Beacons for Islands IN Fourth
Avenue, Brooklyn.

To THE NEW York HERALD: AS part
of the safety campaign conducted by
the American Institute Of Safety ] sug-
gest that danger lights be installed at
each intersecting street along Fourth
avenue. Brooklyn. for the benefit OF
pedestrians <and drivers. This Is one
of the main arteries leading to Coney
Island and southern Brooklyn. and Is
very busy thoroughfare at all hours
OF the day and night.
In the center of the avenue from At
lantlc avenue to Sixtieth street. a dis
tance OF approximately three and one
half miles. gratings serving as ventila-
tors for the subway and apparently
safety islands as well. run the full length
of each block. These islands are raised
three or four inches from the surface
and on several occasions at night I have
seen automobiles run against and over
them, owing to crowded conditions. the
drivers thinking perhaps the roadway
ran from curb to curb.
Several months ago machine trav-
cling north at excessive speed early one
morning ran over the island at Sixtieth
street and crashed through the kiosk.
injuring the driver fatally. Both the
machine and the kiosk were wrecked
completely.
What / have, in mind Is the placing
of red electric lamps at each end of
each island the same as is done on Mich
igan boulevard, Chicago Those lights
serve as a warning to all drivers that
a safety isfand is ahead and at the
same time pedestrians can wait around
the light until the road is clear for them
to continue across
Automobilists. and particularly those
not acquainted with the islands on
Fourth avenue. such as out of town Wis
itors, would thus be guided and the
lights would help materially to prevent
accidents. AS 1t is much crowding IS
now being done, particularly By the
large Coney Island buses, and it is about
time the city authorities did something
to help conditions. since traffic is In
creasing steadily. II. j. CARMEN.
NEW YORK, August 10.
The New York herald., 1922-08-11

are gone from the bookshelyes. The
boys OF the present time do not
read the stories of Oliver Optic,
which deal with past mechanisms Of
life. Boy story heroes OF to-day soar
in airplanes and cruise in subma-
rines. rhe Oliver Optic boy heroes
knew nothing of these things. They
never heard of a telephone or Of
radio messages. Still they were
hearty enough Americans for their
day and generation.
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
Cause.

From tho christiaa Science Monitor.
Here, at this bridge. the river meets the
sea
And slips It's small but all confding
hand
Into the larger hold:
Afar, the ocean merges mistiiy
Into the sunset sky. and leaves no
band.
So closely they enfoldi
On yonder reef the cranes ana seaguIis
meet
In numbers, as At some, appointed hour,
Nor are there any late;
Now, suddenly, the soft clouds, like a
heet,
rass steadily, as through golden
shower,
Into the Rcd suns gate.
The harmony OF purpose grips my soul
And as turn to glimpse the distant
town
Whore men, like me, abide
I would the scheme beneath whose wisc
control
Birds meet Ms one when twilight set
ties down
were ,sss denied. -
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
Woman's Favorite Career.
Some aO,000,0OO OF the Sex Prefer
Homemaking TO Business.

To THE New yAK HERALD: rather
think your correspondent Mr. Bates is
incorrect when he says that there are
really no great women; and as for
women in the home. well, there are some
2o.00o.oO0 Of them actively employed in
the United States in housekeeping, and
this surely does not show any decline in
that delectable pursuit.
The real reason why there are not
more so employed is just because the
right bachelor men do not cross their
paths. Perhaps men and women are
more particular. Marriage is serious
matter as we'll as the best goal In life.
The average business woman is far
from satisfied with that life; she would
much rather retire to a prosaically
peaceful and pleasant home OF her own.
THOMAS ]. BELMAR.
JAMEsTowN. r. l., August 8.
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Partly cloudy
weather and moderate temperature to-
day and tomorrow: moderate northeast
winds.
For New Jersey-Partly cloudy ana
moderate temperature to-day and to-
morrow; moderate northeast winds.
For Northern New England-Fair to-
day and tomorrow; moderate tempera-
ture gentle variable winds.
For Southern New England-Partiy
cloudy and moderate temperature to-day
ana Tomorrow moderate northeast
winds.
For Western New York--Fair and
moderate temperature to-day and proba-
ply Tomorrow moderate northeast
winds. ssr
WASHINGTON, Aug. to.-T11e pHssure
remained high over the country, east OF
the east Gulf coast and low over ths
northwest, the center Of minimum pres
sure being In the vicinity OF Swift Cur
rent, Alba. where the pressure tonight
was 1882 inches. Moderate Temperature
continued to-day over practically all
parts of the South, the weather having
become cooler over the far Northwest
and warmer in the Southwest.
There have been showers within tho
last tWtilly-lOuT. HOufS III Jne SOuth-
eastern States. over the Rocky Mountain
and plateau regions and on the north
Pacific coast.
The outlook Is for unsettled weather
and showers along the South Atlantic
coast and generally fair weather else.
where. In the Atlaptic and East Gulf
States, Tennessee, the Ohio valley and
the lower lake region through to-mor.
row and Saturday. Moderate tempera.
ture will continue general east from the
Mississippi River during the next forty.
eight hours.
Observations at. the United States Weather
Bureau stations taken at p. M. yesterday
seventy-fifth rnertdian time. -
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
EX-MAJOR JOLLY BRINGS
ACTION FOR FREEDOM
Officer Convicted in Voucher
Case Questions Court.

Charles L. Jolly. formerly a Leuten-
ant-Colonel in the Chemical Warfare
Service and later a Major In the Regular
Army. who on November II of last year
was found guilty by q Coblenz court
martial of submitting false vouchers for
Army property while acting quartermas-
ter In Hungary, sought yesterday through
the medium of the United States District
Court here to regain his liberty. He Is
serving a two year sentence.
Attorney John M. Boyle argued that
the Coblenz court-nartial had no juris-
dlction over the ex-Major's case.
During the argument the ex-army of
ficer sat In civilian clothes In tho court
room under military guard. Judge Mayer
reserved decision.
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
Art in the Road Surface.
The Government Tells How TO Avoid
Unsightiy Expansion Joints.

From a Unftcd states Department Of Aori-
c4ttture Bulletin.
Unsightly black hnes, sometimes
Jagged and irregular. which mar the
appearance of practically all concrete
roads and which are due to the natural
color Of materials used to fill Joints and
cracks win be avoided by the use OF 4
material for the purpose developed in
the laboratories OF the Bureau OF Public
Roads. United States Department of
Agriculture. II tests by actual use prove
as successful as expected. This mate
rial has the same color as concrete. and
when used to Ali cracks and joints the
surface has the appearance of contia-
uous and unbroken slab to the casual
observer.
n No particular advantage over other
good materials Is claimed for the prepa-
ration other than its color. and II is
probable that the cost will be somewhat
higher but not prohibit!ve.
For several weeks a section OF road
with expansion joints filed with this
material has been under observation.
and the results are entirely satisfactory
but n longer test will be necessary be-
fore It can be recommended for gem
eral use.
The mixture Consists OF approximately
twelve parts rosin, one part crude rub
Der, with sufficient bariurn sulphate to
give the desired color. In preparation
the rubber is dissolved in gasoline, and
the rosin ID then mixed in with an ap-
pIication Of heat. tho coloring material
being added as required. Any desired
consistency can be obtained by varying
the proportions. A material with re.
markable adhesive properties Is pro-
duced and II can be heated so that II
will flow into the cracks and Joints.
The New York herald., 1922-08-11
Soft Drops the Darkness.

DUit DlVPo bho AsAA hsASSSs
Soft drops the darkness on the winding
way.
Pale shines the light from yonder
misty moon.
The sky will be transformed with ra-
dance soon.
A CLEAN as though the earliest flush OF
day
Were in the east; what voice is that
astray
Upon the wandering wind at nights
high noon?
IT Is the eerie laughter OF the loon.
Like a weifd shrek borne o'cr some
silent bay.
The voices of the Wild are like the cry
or human hearts in anguish seeking
peace.
All unaware that from the brooding sky
Immortal Love forever pours release
On those who seek, and all who seek
may find
The peace that passeth knowledge OF
mankind.
ErrsABrrH SCOTLAND.