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New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
California "Views With Alarm

The General Staff in Washing
ton, in reply to a protest from the
Chamber of Commerce of San
Pedro, has reported to the Secre-
tary Of War that the safety Of the
nation will not be endangered by
the lease to a Japanese syndicate
of ten acres of land within gunshot
Of Fort Macarthur, on the southern
California coast. Apparently the
war plans division of the General
Staff is of the opinion that Jap
anese colony or even recreation
park within a short distance of the
fort is in greater danger in case of
war than would be the fort. Even
on the theory that every concrete
tennis court is gun emplacement,
it is difficult to see what is to pre-
vent the fort taking the initiative
in case of hostilities. This might
be distinctly embarrassing to those
busy fortifying the colony.
For California's difficulty in meet.
ing the economic competition Of the
japanese there is widespread SYM
pathy throughout the country. But
the same cannot be said for the
occasional hysterical fears uttered
by Californians about Japanese mill
tary and naval bases on our Pacific
coast. Hiram Johnson, the watch
dog OF the Pacific, seems ever ready
to bark with fearful fury when some
OF his fellow citizens suddenly PFC
ture the homeland annexed to the
Empire of the Rising Sun because
two Japanese farmers have located
on an inaccessible bit of the sea-
shore.
Such viewing with ALARM" how
ever, does little to solve the Jan
anese problem in California. Il
serves either to make us ridiculous
IN the eyes of the japanese or to
lrrltate them. California's real dan.
ger is economic and not military.
She can safely leave to the War
Department the details of nationa,
defense.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
Endless Possibilities

Mr.. Hearst's ingenuity in coupling
his campaign advertisements with
reading matter boosting one Of his
magazines may possibly keep down
his published campaign expenditures
in case he has the luck to be nomi-
mated for something this fall.
The courts may take the view that
an "ad" for a magazine is not a
campaign "ad" even though it dwells
for many words on the fitness Of the
owner Of the magazine to hold pub
lie office. If it is not campaign
"ad," Of course the money that it
cost need not be accounted for in the
prescribed return under the amended
election law.
The advantage of this system to
Mr.. Hearst is greater than it would
be to any other perpetual candidate,
for he has wider and more varied in
terests.
He can make almost endless COM
binations Of Observation-Disclosures
ming as he has done with one Of his
magazines, continuing through his
string of newspapers and ending,
perhaps, by dividing the encomiums
of full-page lad" between himself
and the forthcoming photoplay pro-
duction of "When Knighthood Was
in Flower"
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
Mrs. Eiareling's Recovery

During the last few days the
heart Of the country has gone out
to President Harding. There is gem
eral Thanksgiving for the reassuring
news that the crisis of his wife's
illness has passed. To the warmest
sympathy for Mrs. Harding and adj
nliration of her pluck is added re-
joicing that the President, already
SO heavily burdened, is relieved of
the greatest of worries.
The strength of the President has
been severely taxed by one national
emergency after another piled on
the exhausting routine Of his office.
In the face Of all problems he has
gone on, calm and steadfast. And
certainly Mrs. Harding, with her
fine gifts of tact, judgment, courage
and womanly intuition, has been no
small factor in the success Of the
Administration She has, indeed,
given of her energy more freely
than her health justified. There will!
be solicitude that she shall take the
long needed rest that will restore
her to full vigor. Her illness has
touched chord Of fellow feeling in
all citizens, and they will breathe
more freely knowing that all is we'll
in the White House.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
Clernenceau's Mission

The report that Clemenceau is
coming to this country to interfere
in the elections in behalf Of the Will
sonian die-hards and the League of
Nations will be taken with a, large
grain of salt. 1t may we'll be true
that certain Democrats approached
him with such proposal during the
summer, but Clemenceau is too wise
not to know the i'll success that at
tends the efforts of foreigners who
endeavor to interfere in the internal
politics of our country. Further
more, Clemenceau never cherished
any love for President Wilson, and
on nearly every issue represented
policies diametrically opposed to his
When Mr.. Wilson publicly attacked
the balance of power theory Gle
menceau ardently championed it. He
was openly skeptical about the
League of Nations and strongly ia
Vored practical as opposed to
theoretical settlements of the va.
rious problems at the peace con-
ference.
IT Clemenceau comes to this coun-
try it is to be hoped that he will
speak in the interests of France and
not of American politics. He can
plead for q revival of the war spirit
OF cooperation. He can endeavor to
show that American responsibility
did not end with the armistice or the
signing Of the peace. He can show
that the failure OF America and
Britain to abide by the teipartite
agreement for the defense of France
against new German invasion is
largely responsible for Germany's
policy of aggressive evasion.
But until shown otherwise we
shall believe that he is much too
shrewd and much too big to stoop to
partisan Issues. Clemencea,s knows
that as spokesman in an American
campaign his words would be un-
needed, but that as a spokesman for
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
More Truth Than Poetry
BY James ]. Montague
A Habit

a f1ablt
physicians advise brain workers to an
heavier breakfaets1
Our breakfast was never our
favorite meal
1t seemed to diminish our
punch,
80 we ate but little and saved
up our zeal
For a vigorous raid on our
lunch.
We did fairly we'll with our work
after that,
And when, at the end of the
day,
We tldied our desk up and
reached for our hat
We thought we had we'll earned
our pay.
And then came the news from a
medical gent
That person who tolls with
his head
Begins his days labor exhausted
and spent
Unless he is thoroughly fed.
SO we breakfasted daily on coffee
and steak,
And then, when our luncheon
time came,
We found we were hungry and
liked to partake
Of pretty big snack just the
same.
We tried this month, but it did
US no good;
To the Office we heavily crept,
Ran through a few letters as soon
as we could
And sat in our desk chair and
slept.
So set in this habit of sleeping we
got
That, although our morals were
sound,
Employers believed us drink
ridden sot
And never would have us
around.
And now, though we fain would go
\ back where we were
And eat little breakfast or
none,
Our hunger steps forward and
makes a demur
And we find that the thing
can't be done.
SO we warn all our readers: be-
ware of food,
For, once you are caught in its
clutch,
Like tottering drunkard by
liquor pursued,
You will never eat right, but
too much.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
From an Old Seaman
To the Editor of The Tribune.

~ eihS ASAAtoA Va ANC \ TIuun6.
Sir: May say few words regard
ing the alleged disgraceful conduct Of
the crew of the Philadelphia and the
cause? A clause in the shipping arr
ticles reads: "The crew to conduct
themselves in quiet and orderly man
ner.' Why can't the shipmaster Of the
present day enforce these rules? The
reasons are as follows:
During the war, when men were
scarce (although officers were not
scarce), the Shipping Board recruitea i
men from all walks of life, gave then.
six weeks training in washing paint.
ETC., and sent them aboard ships as
full-fedged sailors and Junior officers.
ANY man who felt inclined to dodge ths
army draft could take advantage Of
free schools. All discipline was for
gotten in the mad rush for men to man
the ships The crews stock. charge,
and got away with it. Most Of the old
officers joined the Naval Reserve forces
rather than sail with the bunch Of In
competents that were forced unon
them. The captain could not pick his
officers, his chief officer could not pick
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14

his men, and it has continued up to the
present day.
1he masters and engineers of our
vessels cannot place confidence !, +hs
ofncers that they are forced to take
sent from an Office, engaged, perhaps.
Dy female clerk or an Office how
Inc master cannot look to his ofsscers
lof support in enforcing the rules.
ana II ne tries to do it single handed
perhaps some mammals boya who has
r'ch trends reports him to the officer
IN shore and he loses his command
AT the present there are thousanss
q licensed men OF lifelong experience
and with the best of references ,,na,,,
pioyed, some of them actually starving
no =. employer of ether trades viii g,vs
snem trial and they cannot cet :
snip. II the "war babies wop,d t;nd,r,
ssep out and let the oldtimers pet !
snance at their hirthright we would
haye no more such happenings as have
oeen reported. There il no sxcuse
Tor not having real officers ana nro-,.
ships ~ oal
MASTER MARINER AND sEAMAN
SINCE 1893.
New York, Sept. 10, 1920
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14

, caily withdrawn from life and is ncs |,
hermit. The clerks in the ssayes. /.
said, laugh at him when he bsys !,
shirt and has it charged. He desirss
to vote any more because his psiirs
place is in barber shop, and vhea .as
election officials pry out Of him ahfss
name the bootblacks, porters sna ton.
sorialists guffaw unfeeiingly a. N ss.
rnits th5t it is Percy. Anxious TO k,;
this friend out of his distress, ansss
to prove to him that persons nsnsi
Percy had now and then been knswn Is
commit some worthwhile things. 4 had
heard, for example, that the inasesa
sergeant of marines who at Belssa
Wood had stood upon the parapet ssi
shouted TO mis- company "ccas d
goddam you'll Do you want TO live sss
eyerl" was no other than Percy Ne
Fadden, a tasteful haoerdasher OF Stss,
benville, Ohio. / had read of Pssej
Hotspur's brave doings in the Erglisl
wars, valorous, truculent fellow va
was happiest when engaged in perileu'
strife and blood-shedding. But inytss
cation proved that the name Of ~
doughty marine sergeant was sa
Percy, but Cuthbert, and that in ciFa
life he tended a soda fountain in A.
toona, Pa. AS for Percy Hctsrsr |
learned that he was at times efspss
and that-a King Of England had pullse
his nose and had slapped hin ir .bs
face with the fat side OF his sFart,
calling him a Percy"
The best things that have bees tsls
to discover about the Pereys is ihss
Percy w. Chubb was once president OF
the Drama League of Ameriea ana tass
Percy Simpson is author Of ses-
eral instructive brochures entitled les
Punctuation of Shakespeare "sAsils-
speare and the Flowers" and "ShsEs'
speare's Little Boys and Girls sun.
able for grammar school pagesnts saa
the better and finer Chautauqeis'
There was q report from Camp l's
that during the war rehearsals thsrs
pretty doughboy named Percy Beitsls'
angered by the taunts Of his fassas
warriors, licked in one evening vs'
Alexanders, Stephen, three MsreHss'
and a Kenneth, and was abept 70 ss'
iiterate a Geoffrey and an Esrs wns'
he was called off. Bat these Psfti'
who SEEM to have overcome the csls's'
ity of their hurtfnl designatioa ~
merely bright exceptions to rigid sha
dolor@qs law. All the rest Of tssh
are condemned by tradition and Gao "
discretion of their fathers TO ss "
good.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
when he smokes, likes his beer rich
and heavy and his coffee strong.

when he smokes, likes his beer rich
and heavy and his coffee strong.
Here. indeed, is a fit subject for
the reformers. Any one who has
brazenly survived ninety-six years
Of such a life must be in need Of
salvation. Is he not living viola
tion of all the teachings Of the blue
crusaders, having the extreme hardi-
hood to thrive when any one Of his
three bad habits should by rights
have killed him generation or more
ago?
TO boast before the world of
smoking sixty cigarettes daily and
drinking eight cups of coffee shows
q defiance of the new reformers
which must be as painful to them
rs it is delighting to the unre-
generate at large.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
The Republican Outlook

IS That great tidal wave of wrath
against Mr.. Harding which optimis-
tic Democrats have been deserving
upon the horizon with the aid OF
the binoculars of hope. has fattened
cut completely. Maine was a sad
disappointment. The primaries in
Massachusetts and Michigan finished
their hopes. The experts are now
agreed that there Is about as much
hope of a Democratic House as or
blizzard in September.
The nation is Republican and
intends to remain SO, but there are
abundant evidences that there is a
very active and healthy unrest
within the party. In The Tribune's
Interpretation, Republican voters
are being swept off their feet neither
toward radicalism nor conservatism.
They are viewing the candidates
offered on their merits and finding
not much difficulty in picking what
they want.
Pennsylvania and Indiana went
for progressives for good and suf-
ficient personal reasons. Massa-
chusetts has stood by Senator Lodge
tor equally good personal reasons.
The Tribune does not always agree
with Mr.. Lodge, but there is no
questioning his ability, his learning
and his great value to the coun-
try. Massachusetts Republicans are
rightly proud Of him, and there
seems now hardly a question of his
election in November. In Michigan
the issue was the false and SANDER
Gus part of the attack upon Senator
Newberry. Senator Townsend ran
strongest in Detroit, the heart of
the Ford territory, and the result
is q significant answer to those
partisans who thought to fabricate
an issue out of half-truths.
1t seems altogether likely now
that the Republican party will be
Kept in full power for another
two years. The question remains
whether the party will use thai
power with such broad wisdom AMI
constructive craftsmanship as to
deserve unqualified support there
after. The Tribune hopes that the
leaders at Washington will consider
the bonus bill and the tariff bill with
an eye to the long and patriotic
view, not the narrow and selfish
view.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
Don't Forget the Cat
To the Editor Of The tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: This is the time Of year whs'
people are closing camps and essssss'
for their return to the city, ars Y
many instances leaving cats, sifs''
and ether pets to shift for themss'W''
as best they may, almost sure 20 SAT-,
and to freeze with the eorains 7
winter.
The bird defenders are always ss1
ing that cats readily return g 81
wild and subsist by catching birds y.
small game, but this is trne only 9.
fe-, particularly strong, weli-gFowp = :.
dividuals; by far the greater NUNS.
perish miserahly. Any one who rs =
seen the pathetieaily appealing eAsa,. !
of a lost or homeless kitty y atsses .
itself to a new home or owaer spsF. I.
that it does not preferably sretssa e
the Wild.
There are merciful wsys Of pu',sas =
an animal to death II It must cs e. y.
behind, and to do SO is BY ias vs.
greater kindness: or 1t eeuld p II l.
ported to the local gsmskespsr, vaes. \.
duty 1t would be to attend 70 shs nsv 4
ter. ALovER OF ALL AMIN 49, .ss 1
Eiizahethtown, N. y. Sept, q, ass y
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
Brazen, and Proud OF Ii

Last year centenarian positive
ly refused to attribute his old age
to tobacco or daily dram. In fact,
ne had simply "growed' and didn't
lay the blame on any particular
thing or person. This year comes a
hardy old gentleman who has the
spirit to brave the undying enmity
OF the Anti-saloon League, the Anti
Cigarette League and the Society
Tor the Suppression of the Drinking
OF Coffee. Ninety-six years old, he
boasts that he smokes sixty cigar
cites day, longs for the beer of
old and rarely consumes less than
eight cups Of coffee. He inhales
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
Oddments and Ren1ainders BY Percy Hammond

! ifications may be, has ever been able to
excel. Handicapped by the vicarious
jinx of his piffiing appellation, he is
barred by that deforrnity from all
achievement and from many privileges.
| The Franklins and the Fredericks and
even the. Cyrils may wear spats and
wrist watches, but the Percys may not
do so and be safe from sneers. They
may not sing tenor with impunity, as
the Georges and the Josephs do; and If
Percy is graceful at dancing or ex-
| pert in etiquette contemptuous asper-
sion is his only reward.
| He stands no chance, and it would
have been better for him If his god
| father had been on the level with him
and dropped him in the baptismal font
at his christening. Men named Percy
are unwelcome among the young heroes
of West Point and Annapolis, for in
stance, and so are prohibited from seal
| ing the ramparts and commanding the
| torpedoes and death shells of battle.
The records Of the War Department
show that no distinguished martial
conduct has ever been performed by an
American named Percy. The air service
was full of members of Mr.. Lardner's
Pretty Name Club" but the Percys
were all absent from the perils of avia-
tion. Not that they were afraid. hut
that because Of their dnlcet nomen-
ciature they could not belong. Can one
imagine fullback entitled Percy? Or
financier, or successful pugilist ?
What would have been the lot of Colo
mel Roosevelt had his name been Percy
Roosevelt? If Abraham Lincoln had
been christened Percy Lincoln the me-
groes might be yet in chains and the
North and the South separated and un-
amicable. Percy Dempsey. The mind
revoits from so abnormal dissonance.
percy Pershing! Percy McGraw.
Fercy Hoover! Percy Hylan, Percy
Hearst! Percy Ziegfeld! Percy Mum
sey! Percy Kahn venture to sus-
pect that if any one of these celebrities
IN achievement had been cursed with
the mellow epithet of Percy he would.
despite his fine gifts of bravery. poll
tics, economies, banking, journalism or
the drama, have remained, as all the
helpless Percys do, in obscurity's sui
len shadows, eating the bitter bread Of
a oanishment for which he ought not to
be blamed.
a Percy told me the other day that
ne mad become so sensitive concerning
his dubious caption that he had practi-
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
Confession, AT Least

The Tribune is not persuaded that
The pushcart peddlers will be anv
better off under the plan of Com
missioner of Accounts Hirshfield to
pay licenses direct to the city than
they were when the licenses were
PAID to irresponsible supervisors,
until commission determines inst
what are the expenses of public
markets and just how much each
peddler ought to pay for his stand
privilege.
80 ~ Ane. proposed arrangement, how
ever, is in effect a confession that
graft existed and an admission that
the city administration has found il
necessary to do something about 1T.
HIS a complete back-down from,
the former position of Mr.. Hirsh-
: field and his superiors in office that
the markets Were all right, even
after The Tribune had proved CON
ctusively that they were all wrong.
Persecution of peddlers, however,
must be stopped. 1t would be easv
aslder Mr.. Hirshfield's plan to main
tain the same army of inspectors
and supervisors, putting them on a
regular pay roll instead of allowing
them to pay themselves, as formerly.
out of their collections. This would
be just as costly for the peddlers and
almost as profitable to the poll
ticians. whose graft individually
was petty, although the gross was
something like 100000 year.
Whatever is to be done will bear
careful watching. Confession is not
good for the soul unless it is ac-
companied by reformation. If under
the new arrangement the superyis-
ing force can be cut down at least
90 per cent, as it ought to be, the
disclosures of The Tribune viii not
have been in vain.
sWif the same force is maintained
nader another name and the ped
dlers are mulcted as heavily it may
become necessary to appeal to the
Legislature to send commission to
New York with power to clean up
the whole matter.
The fact that hoth the Mayor
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14

end the Commissioner Of Markets
ignored the charges that graft ex-
listed and that Mr.. Hsrshfield did
not act till compelled ia, by an order
from Justice Cropsey does not indi-
cate any sincere friendship for ped
dlers on the part OF the city admin
istratiof,.
However, action has at last been
taken, and now that the daylight
has been admitted to a very dark
corner Of the city government there
as hope of genuine reform.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14

There are few things in pictorial
Journalism more poignant in appeal
than Mr.. Briggs's little tragedies OF
boyhood entitled "When q Feller Needs
Friend" In that pathetic series, as
you know, the great miseries of adoles-
cence are depicted-the woes, ignom-
inies, injustices and embarrassments
Indigenous to tender years. Helpless
| the tiny victims stand, enduring the
dilemmas and the contretemps, from
the first pair Of long trousers to
mumps and the opening day Of school.
The poor little devil who has to beat
carpets on Saturday afternoon while
his companions are at play. His heart
break when his stray dog is refused the
sanctuary of his home. His deep de-
spair when baby Romance is at fault.
Sometimes in pondering these ad-
mirable studies Of Mr.. Briggs (which
are more sympathetic than those of
Mr.. Tarkington) wonder why he has
overlooked one Of the most terrifying
Of the crises known to infancy.
! have in mind pregnant scene in
the nursery, with promising man
child in his cradle, reveling unsus-
picious in masculine COOS and dimpIes.
Over him bend his adoring parents, re-
plete with pride and appreciation. Their
purple hopes see in him the prospects
OF useful and noble future. He
will turn into banker, perhaps, or a
bridge builder, persuasive clergyman.
a great soldier or thoughtful Senator
OF the United States. 1t may be that
he will become an idol of the stage. an
inventor of helpful machinery or a
prosperous poet, writing books, edi-
torials and dramas. His parents plan
to help him with their sacrifice and
counsel and to equip him for a sue
cessful life from the store of their wis
dom and love. "What shall we name
him Z" says the mother, looking with
confidence up and into her husbands
eyes. And the father answers sLet's
call him Percy"
There. Mr.. Briggs, is the portentous
moment when Feller Really Needs q
Friend. No matter how auspicious were
the stars under which he was born, no
matter how strong and big and bright
and beautiful he may grow to be, he is
out of luck.
Alas J regardless of his doom
The little victim plays.
No sense has he of ills to come
His joys are all to-day's.
No Percy, however superior his quail
New-York tribune., 1922-09-14
Tilden Voter Praises HAYES

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ! am much gratified to learn
that there may be a new 5o-cent piece
to commemorate the birthday of Presi-
dent Hayes. Our currency for fifty years
has presented the features of men who
did no particular service for their
country, and many of them are entirely
unknown to the present generation.
] voted for Tilden, but have always
looked upon Rutherford B. Hayes as
the very highest type of true Ameri-
can-soldier, Governor, President-and
it has CALLED me to see him crowded
out by men, perhaps worthy in theis
small. way, but so far as history is con-
cerned, nonentities.
HIRAM WARD.
New York, Sept. 10, 1922,