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New-York tribune., 1922-01-13
At the Escalator

The Sehavior of women at the es-
calator has provided the ever-hungry
critics of the sex with new round
of reproaches. 1t seems that the
hurried stenographer and the fur
ried shopper arc wont to slip into
the head Of the line, thereby disobey-
ing the unwritten law Of the mascu-
line world, which is "Take YOUR
turn"
Ladies first undoubtedly is a
relic of barbarism which should be
forgotten by all logical minded per-
sons south Of Forty-second Street,
but the trouble is that these two
words are pretty deeply imbedded in
the mental equipment of feminine
persons even in the business world.
1t is idle to point out to them their
Inconsistency. They were brought
up on Ladies first" and it still
feebly operates as code for conduct
in non-business relationships.
To drop femininity and assume
feminism automatically when the
Forty-second Street deadline has
Teen passed is feat which the mod
ern and equal female ought to
achieve. She admits this in areu-
ment. In practice, however, she
cherlshes opportunities when she can
dramatize again an age-old preroga-
tive. Just for one delicious relaxing
moment, after her struggles with
subway guard and strap-hangers and
before her struggle with the ma
chinery Of her Office, she becomes-a
lady first. She takes the quick stem
that puts her ahead of other anglers
for the place, and so triumphs again
with her womanhood over the whole
race OF cxacting bosses and carping
executives who dominate her all dav
long.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13

Premier BRAND carried away
from Cannes the draft of a treaty
il which Great Britain agreed to
90 to Frances aid in case French
territory should again be invaded
by German armies. The negotia-
tion of such a compact raises the
question: What has become of
Article X of the League Of Nations
covenant"
Under the terms of Article X
Great Britain agreed to respect
French territorial integrity and to
preserve it against external aggrcs-
sion. Each league member assumed
this obligation with respect to the
territory Of every other member. Is
the special British contract with
France merely supcrfuity, or is it
an indication that both France and
Great Britain now regard Article
X as imperative and meaningless?
When Mr.. Wilson negotiated the
tripartite treaty with Great Britain
and France, guaranteeing France
against an unprovoked attack by
Germany, he cabled Nh. Tumulty
that the agreement was temporary
IN character and would bind the
United States to do nothing which
it would not be bound to do under
the covenant section of the Versailles
treaty. Is Great Britain now offer
ing France assistance which she is
not bound to offer under the League
of Nations contracts?
Special defensive alliances have
been maintained by members of the
league. The Anglo-Japanese ALI
ance is still in existence, although
arrangements have been made at
Washington to terminate it. The
Little Entente alliance was entered
into by central European states
which are also members of the
league. Poland has alliances with
France and with members of the
Little Entente.
The League Assembly at its last
meeting adopted resolutions in
terpreting Article X and materially
weakening it, but no steps have
been taken to rescind or amend it.
What has become Ct the universal
obligation to preserve territorial in
tegrity, which Mr.. Wilson described
as the heart of the Covenant?
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13
Aliens and Citizenship

Nearly one-quarter of the white
population of this country over
twenty-one years of age is foreign
born. Approximately one-half of
this number is naturalized. The
others remain subjects of foreign
countries. This means that 11.3 per
cent Of the white population of vot-
ing age are foreign citizens.
1t is, Of course, true that the TAX
ing out of citizenship papers does
not automatically produce assimila-
ton. Undoubtedly there are un-
naturalized aliens who are more
truly in harmony with this country's
spirit than certain ones who have
taken out their papers. But the
acquisition of citizenship is pre-
sumptive evidence Of an intent to
settle permanently in this country
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13
The Willis Resolution

The resolution of Senator Willis,
of Ohio, which has the force of a
rider to the Senate's action confirm
ing Senator Newberry in his seat,
errs in going too far, or in not going
far enough.
1t condemns the expenditure Of
$4,000 made in Senator New
berry's behalf, thereby implying that
such an expenditure is necessarily
corrupt, but then it in no wise indi-
Gates what principle Of limitation
should be introduced. There is thus
practically an accusation agains.
Senator Newberry, yet no suggestion
Of remedy Of the abuse complained OF.
There are two sorts Of limitation
that might be established. namely
one fixing the per voter expenditure
that is permissible, or second, list
Of the purposes for which money can
be spent. Senator Willis proposes
neither, nor any other.
Michigan has a voting population
Of 100000, and an expenditure of
100000 is but about thirty cents
per capita. 1t seems nonsensical to
contend that this sum is necessarily,
or even presumptively, corrupt. To
carry on state-wide primary cam
paigns is expensive If all the money
spent in behalf Of Senator La Fol
lette, whose virtue is shocked, were
set down, it would be more than
thirty cents per voter. We must give
up the primary or not be alarmed at
the bill.
To send one circular to each voter
in a Presidential campaign costs
$1,500,000, as General Woods mana
gers discovered.
1t is time to end the hypocrisy
that attends the discussion of cam
paign funds, ard to have specific
laws whose consequences are faced.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13

and implies tacit willingness to ac-
cept, if not for themselves at least
for their children, the ways Of
American life.
To the extent that this is true
the new census figures of the foreign
born, showing the percentage of
each nationality having acquired
citizenship and the percentage
having taken out first papers,
throw an important light on the
much discussed question as to the
relative facility Of assimilation Of
the races from northern and south
ern Europe. The difference is strik-
ing. The Germans, Scandinavians,
Dutch and the races Of the British
Isles range between 10 and 80 per
cent naturalized or with first
papers. The races of eastern and
southern Europe range from q to
55 per cent. The total Polish popu-
lation, naturalized and having taken
first papers, is only 42.9 per cent.
The Italians number 40.4 per cent;
the Bulgarians. 27.8 per cent, and
the Russians, 53.1 per cent
There are, Of course, many con-
tributing causes for these low fig
ures for the southern and eastern
Europeans. But it Is difficult to
escape the conclusion that the gen
eral principle Of limiting immigra-
tion on basis Of the percentage Of
the naturalzed citizens born in
given country is sound With so
many unnaturalized citizens in
America it is necessary to place
restrictions upon further inroads Of
aliens. 1t seems only fair to restrict
in proportion to the extent Of
naturalization. There is every indi-
cation that this will tend toward the
exclusion of the less desirable aliens
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13
"Go and Sin Some More"

One of the troubles with the pro-
hibition enforcement business is that
a number of gentlemen with crimi-
nal records-and tendcncies-h
been engaged in it. Now the dlscov-
cry is made that men with similar
records have been helping criminals
secure their bail bonds-have, in
fact, been following this occupation
AS q calling. Men who have served
penitentiary terms have acted as in
termediares between crooks and pro-
fessional bondsmen. Naturally, this
does not tend to increase the diff
Guilty old offenders experience in Sc
curing their liberty. Much of the
low-bond evil can be accounted for
by the activities of the friends and
former jail mates of the men who
are now holding a carnival of crime
in New York.
Society is the sufferer by crime
yet it is society which is responsible
for this condition of affairs. AS
long as crooks are permitted to hold
positions which give them the chance
to help their fellow criminals there
is little nope of checking the spread
Of violence and thievery Putting a
man in such position is merely in
viting him to continue upon his
course of crime.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13
Foch's Dark Davs

In an article in the "Revue de
Paris" NJ. Paul Painleve has some
thing to say about an obscure phase
in Marshal Foch's fortunes. The
Marshals sun sank low at the end of
1916. He had commanded the group
of armies on the Somme and Belgian
fronts since the fall of 1914. He d.
rected the French operations in the
Battle of the Sommc, the greatest in
the long warfare Of "attrition" or
"usury."
On November 1915, 1916, the AL
lied high commands met at Chantilly
and decided to renew the Western
offensive in February, 1917. But
there was disagreement as to
method. Foch, Painlev& says, found
himself in opposition to French Cen
eral Headquarters. There were two
schools Of thought" -"thc school of
the Sommc," standing for slow prog
ress, and 'thc school of Verdun,"
standing for rushing tactics. The
latter school won over a majority Of
the BRAND Cabinet. BRAND had
asked Lyautey to come from Morocco
and act as Secretary of War. Pend
ing his arrival Admiral Lacaze was
put in charge of the War Ministry.
Fcch was set aside and Nivelle was
named as commander in chief of the
Armies of the North and the North
east--that is, the French fighting
forces in France.
Painleve, who was afterward Min
ister of War in the Ribot Cabinet
and then Prime Minister, says:
"If Admiral Lacaze signed. after
serious protest. the order relieving
General Foch Of his command. it was
only in consequence of formal and re-
iterated demands made by General
JoFre on the War Committee. Cen
era Foch retained his title of com
mander of an army group and was
put a. the head Of bureau of mill
tary studies at Senlis. 1t was a veiled
denlotion. but still demotion, which
he bore with dignity yet not without
a deep sense Of humiliation''
Public 'opinion was dazzled by
Nivelle's easy successes at Verdun.
People began to say that Foch's or
ders were "obscure, incoherent, apoc-
alyptic."
Foch did not return to favor until
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13
A Dependable Weathervane
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In an editorial of the 9th
inst, "rhe Railway Disease" were you
not rather hard on Brother La
Follette"? I have found him, and I
trust others have also, very useful in
indicating a wise course of procedure
IN various public matters Of Importance
If you had weathervane that YOU
could always depend upon to point d.
rect to the east when the wind was
from exactly the opposite quarter. it
would be an instrument of value to
you when you had become familiar
with it's method of procedure. After
many years familiarity with our
brothers habits have finally sized
him up and can make use Of him as
you might consistent but twisted
weathervane. One or two historical
events will, think, bear me out in
my conclusion.
The records will show that he stood
on his feet some sixteen hours in his
effort to defeat the Aldrich-V -Vreeland
act, under which probably the great
est financial shock in history was met
without jac, notwithstanding that
the New York Stock Exchange was
closed for some FIVE or six months and
that the banks could not realize upon
their call loans. One other prominent
event was the shipping act, which.
while it may have had some meritori-
GUS features, is generally credited with
having done much to drive American
shipping from the seas.
10 persons who arc not we'll in
formed regarding public happenings
Of the last few years La Toilette NAV
be greatly misleading, but to students
OF events he, feel sure, can be great
ly useful if they will allow for a
divergence of 1870 degrees.
ROBERT D. KENT.
Passaic, N. j., Jan. 8, 1922
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The Newberry Case
With Special Reference to the Sem
ator From Mississippi

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: A friend asked me yesterday
what | thought Of the Newbcrry-F Fo I'd
matter. l told him that fight was be-
tween men able to command great
wealth. 1t would have been ridiculous
to expect to beat Ford without the use
of money. No one would be likely to
expect any less money to be spent in
behalf of Ford under such circum-
stances than in behalf of his opponent,
but 80 far as l have heard no one
claims there was any money spent by
either for c-buyng or anything of
that sort. If Ford had gotten in by the
use of money or otherwise would he
not have claimed the seat?
But the thing that makes one most
sick is the snug complacency and self
righteousness Of man like Williams,
who will stand up in the Senate and
abuse Ncwberry as though he were a
pickpocket, while he himself is the
beneficiary OF a system a thousand
times worse than Ncwbcrry Cor Ford
either for that matter) could imagine.
Williams was not nominated and
elected by the use Of money but by
means of system whereby in certain
states millions Of those who have the
right to be voters are intim dated to
such an extent rs to be put in fear
not of the loss of their money but of
their lives, if they attempt to use the
franchise that is guaranteed to them
under the Constitution of the United
States.
| wish that this Congress had sand
enough (and hope some day to see
one that will havc) to put to use the
constitutional remedy for this stu
alton; namely. to reduce the Congress
sional representation of those states
that deny the franchise, as provided by
Section Of the Fourteenth Amend
mcnt. FREDERICK l.. PERRY.
New Haven, Conn. Jan. II, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13

1t is not too much to hope, if the
doctrine expressed by Justice Wag-
ner is upheld, that new atmosphere
will surround the courts when con-
sidering labor cases. 1t has been
charged, and too much believed, that
the courts, through prejudice, have
departed from allegiance to the
principle of equal justice-from doc
trines which come straight down to
us from Magma Charta. The accu-
sation was, Of course, untrue, but
there was enough basis for it to in
flame the hasty and the impatient.
Not only is confidence in the courts
strengthened, but it is shown again
that it is difficult for courts to cs-
tablish rule which does not have
two cutting edges. Labor unionists
were indignant when the Court of
Appeals declared: Where strike
or other action is threatened by
labor union in violation Of it's con-
tract or the contract of it's members
with their employers the jurisdiction
Of court Of equity is we'll recog-
nized.' But now this very language
is cited by Justice Wagner to sup
port his refusal to allow employers
to violate their contracts. The pen
alties in the Danbury hatters' case
brought distress to unionists. but
now the precedent in their case i'm
plies that damages for lost time can
be recovered by the garment work
ers.
But there is a corollary to the
Wagner decision. If employers are
to be responsive in damages so must
be unionists. There must be mutual
ity Of obligation. If the property Of
an employer is seizable in compensa-
ton for injury so also is the prop
erty of the unions. The injunction
thus strengthens the argument for
the unions incorporation.
Another corollary is that neither
employers nor employed can indulge
in contract-breaking and escape con-
sequences. When employment ceases
there is loss Of time, rusting of
machinery and rivals of ill.,, affected
industries capture their trade. Both
sides pay for this waste. When the
waste is great enough to bankrupt
one set of employers it takes a long
time to create a group of new ones,
and the new group no more than the
old one can meet wage bill greater
than the market value of their prod
ucts. Power is potentially good, but
when misused it becomes sclf-dam-
aging. The wild radicals among the
garment makers may reflect on this
on the fact that in the end work
ers get no more than they earn; that
if they diminish output per worker
they diminish compensation per
worker.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13

therefore, that he was suffused with
a rosy glow Of hope as he read this
paragraph.
Scanned, however, by the cold
analytical eye of his legal friends, it
became evident that the charter
grants to the city only the right to
engage in such enterprises as may
be engaged in by citizens holding
franchises from the city or from the
state. Now, a franchise is not a
permit to go into the meat or fish
business. Neither is it the charter
of corporation. Under its provi-
sions Mr.. Hylan cannot rut the city
into any business but the traction
and telephone and telegraph busi-
ness. And he seems to think he can
do that without the aid or consent
of any charter on earth.
1t is not surprising, therefore.
that he is against the charter and
will have none Of it. Not only does
it give him nothing that he does
not contend that he already has, but
it provides that the Comptroller shall
get as much money as the Mayor
and actually dcprives the Mayor Of
many of his powers. Opposition to
the charter was forcsecn as soon as
II became public Mr.. Hylan's refusal
to support it makes this opposition
unanimous-exceps, Of course, Mr..
Crair.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: One day last July you published
letter from some one in New Jersey
explaining the verv hot weather of
last summer and the extremely mild
winter by stating that the Gulf Stream
got the better Of the Arctic Current in
the annual battle in August of the
previous year. I am particularly in
terested in knowing which was the vic
tor in the battle of the Newfoundland
coast last August, to enable us to check
up this novel theory and in that way to
get some idea of the weather condi-
tions we may expect up here this win
ter.
have been local manager for sew
eral mining companies in this territory
for the last thirteen years, and as we
operate plants where large amount of
water is used it would be rather useful
to know what to expect in the way Of
weather conditions. We have to carry
our men back and forth to our mines,
about five miles from town, and the
men naturally prefer to drive out in
our trucks rather than in the much
slower horse-drawn vehicles necessary
when the snow drifts and blocks the
road.
was therefore very much interested
in the Dog .Slcd's Successor" photo
graph in the Graphic Section of The
Tribune Of December 1S, 1921. The
photograph is not clear enough in
every particular to enable US to con-
struct similar conveyance here. am
wondering who made or uses this ap
paratus in the North Country. We
may want to build one of these auto
slcds for our own use.
O. F. PATTBERG.
GOuverncur n " Ian z 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13
The Liberian Lure
To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: To-day's Tribune carries a
story describing the experiences of
number of American negroes who had
been induced to part with their cash
in return for passage to the land of
their forefathers. The story is an old
one, dating back to the inception of
the Republic of Liberia.
The Dark Republic, as French
statesman described it, has from the
beginning inspired the scattered mem
bers of the Ethiopian race with long
ings. recall, to cite an example, a
scene in Savannah some twenty five
years ago. Five hundred or six hundred
negroes, foregathering from several
Southern states, had arrived at that
city, all Of them attracted by the same
lure, filled up with stories of life of
ease and luxury in Liberia. After hav-
ing endured many hardships they were
crowded into a Norwegian steamer,
the Horta by name, and sent on their
way. I can still hear their melodious
voices blending in songs expressive of
the hopes of a people about to come
into their own.
In less than three months those of
their number that had not succumbeu
to climatic conditions returned penni-
less and disillusioned to their homes.
E. A. MOFFETT.
Brooklyn, Jan. 10, 1922.
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A Fly in the Ointment

Ruskin said that great writer's. for
some unfathcmed purpose, DELHI
erately bury their meaning so deep
beneath their words that only by
sedulous intellectual digging can it
be excavatcd. The eager picks and
spades of Mr.. Hylan and his cabinet
have been Piled on MI Craig's birch
bark charter, only to discover to
their disappointmen that it does not
mean what, on fist perusal, it ap-
reared TO say.
The section devoted to municipal
ownership must have eladdened Mr.
Hylan's soul when his eye first fell
upon it. 1t was of this section that
Borough President Riegelmann cried
enthusiastically, Dandy" senti-
ment which doubtless found re-
sponse in The heart of the Mayor.
1t appeared to give the city the
inalierable right TO embark in the
fish business. the egg business. the
cloak and suit business, the second
hand shoe business and the business
of conducting garages and selling
wines and liquors upon duly signed
prescriptions by physicians.
Mr. Hylan has long held the be-
lief that the city ought to deal in
coal and wood and milk and drug
gists' sundries--in anything, in fact,
which The wicked interests combined
to ncnopolize. Ii is not surprising,
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13

after Clemenceau came into power
late in 1917. He didn't regain actual
command until he was named Allied
generalissimo in the spring Of 1918.
His glittering success in the last
year of the war diverted attention
from his period Of eclipse. His genius
was not in the least affected by it.
Many people have even forgotten the
dark days he passed in 1917 in par
tial retirement.
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death rate of ten or eleven in the thou
sand. This rate is half or less than
half of the rate only few years ago.
What harm is the crowding or the
leaky roofs, ETC., doing? Walking
around these districts, ono sees happy,
smiling faces, evidently at peace with
them selves, until some kind soul in or
out Of office teAs them they are op-
pressed and ground down.
r. P. GREEN
New York, Jan. II, 1922.
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Brazen Boast

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l notice in The Tribune
January 10, in your editorial on "L1s'.
dating a Republic" you say: 's'I
structure was more durable than ono y.
steel or brass" Steel is cheap, ous !"
is not durable. !,
Waterbury, with a popuias'oA -.
100000 people, has as its city's mv''a, !.
"Quid Acre Perennius?" n''
more durable han brass!"
We disagree with your impilcaHsD,
that steel is the equal in durability '
brass. bhAoo
Waterbury, Conn, Jan. II, lszS'
New-York tribune., 1922-01-13
Crowded, but healthy
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: l have often wondered at some
strangely contradictory views on con-
gested city districts and the consequent
evils or alleged evils. DR.. Annie
Daniels calls oat loudly and long
against East Side tencments that are
mot fit for habitation"; Health Com
missioner Copeland would clock up a
thousand of them" etc; yet at the
very same time and often on the same
page with these warm words we read
that the district east Of Third Avenue,
from Third to Ninth street, has a
death rate much below the general low