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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
No Third Party for Kansas
An ATTEMPT was made the q

An attempt was made the other
day to organize a Kansas branch Of
the new Independent" party. Six
hundred delegates were expected at
Topeka. Only a dozen appeared.
Two explanations of the fadeaway
were given. One was that it was
due to "press misrepresentation"
The other was that the farmers were
busy.
Undoubtedly the farmers of Kan
sas and Of the other Western states
where the Independent organization
hoped to take root were too busy to
bother with any third party. Kansas
was long Goods country" for mush-
room party growths. Think of the
hirsute Senator Pfeffer, "Sockless'
Jerry Simpson and Mrs. Mary Ellen
Lease, who made Kansas Populist
stronghold, and then think of the
twelve Topeka delegates spreading
themselves over seating space to &C
commodate six hundred.
The Kansas farmer felt that he
had wrongs in the old Populist days
and was willing to smash many
things-party organizations first of
all-in order to right them. He has
no sense Of economic persecution
now. What is more to the point, he
has lost faith in the old method of
roaring and ranting on the outside
and breaking. up things, instead of
using existing machinery to accom-
plish his purposes.
The Western farmers had a griev-
ance year ago. They were the
most conspicuous victims of postwar
liquidation. They were hit harder,
for a time, than any other class.
But they turned for a remedy to
cooperative action. They made their
influence felt through their national
organizations and through the "farr1
bloc" in Congress. They secured
legislation which they had long de-
sired, passed on its merits because
while it was helpful to them it was
also helpful in broad sense to the
country.
What could an Independent party
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
The New England Conscience

To the Editor of Tho Tribune
Sir: have read with inter-
est your editorial on the New England
conscience. The good doctor that
you quote is doubtless interested in
praiseworthy efforts to prolong life. All
the doctors are. But If the New Eng
land conscience is so detrimental to
health it is astonishing that so many
New England people live to old age.
Take Henry Cabot Lodge, for instance.
He must be seventy or more years old.
There are some people in this coun-
try, few in his own state, that think
that he should have been-well, re-
tired-long ago, but he is ap-
rarently active and full Of "pep" and
gives the Massachusetts and other
Democrats great uneasiness.
Possibly the Doctors remarks were
in Pickwickian vein, and it would
not be surprising to learn that even
he is possessed Of remnant Of the
New England conscience. But, paint
1t If you will in somber hues, a kindlier
artist might add some pleasing touches
to the picture.
1t was the New England conscience
Of Harriet Beecher Stowe that
prompted her to write "Uncle TOMS
J Cabin" book that had powerful in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
British Women Voters

British women like the ballot. and
British politicians are eagerly watch
ing the results Of this springs regis
tratlon of voters. Under it the next
general election is expected to occur
will occur. If it is held within the
next six months, as is now likely. Is
the number of female voters to in
crease and that Of male voters to de-
crease, as has been the case ever
since "votes for women" became the
law?
This process has been decidedly
marked during the last three years,
and 1t has gone so far that in a few
constituencies women voters are al
ready in the majority. Last year at
the by-election in Montrose Burghs
there were 1900 women, against
1857 men voters, and in Chelten-
ham, Chelsea and Hastings the num-
bers Of the sexes were practically
equal. In the whole kingdom male
voters were last year still in the ma
jority by $3.50 per cent to AGA. But
in the three years from 1918 to 1921
the number Of males decreased bv
approximately per cent, while that
of females increased by about II per
cent.
Now the total female population of
Great Britain exceeds the male bv
51.7 to 48.3 per cent. If as large a
percentage Of females is eligible to
vote as of males it follows that the
potential number Of women voters is
larger than that Of men. Then, if
the increase O. the one and the de-
crease of the other continue, there
will come a time when women will
form majority Of the electorate.
In the United States men form a
majority both of the total population
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
u. S. N. (Retned)

gent use OF air forces, mines and ri
marines alone can protect itself I'm,
attack by sea as surely as did n
Great Wall protect 1t from the hu,sss
of the north armed with bows Il.
arrows in ancient days,
There is nothing sensational IN .h.n
statements. There is nothing ~
We have known for months, Il 10
for years, that ships at anchor or |,
rivers where they cannot xigzas sn s
the mercy Of aircraft. The insaers
of the Ostfriesiand and the Chirss
gunboats are mere bombs that shaEa
arouse conservatism from its trsna
In stressing the value Of new YEA.
ons we do not justify the scnrpiy
of our present feet nor the reducla
OF our navy personnel. Not At q
Pacifsts and little navy men" aiI
not seize upon these modern truths !,
an argument for abolishing our nsr|
A Three-Plaue Nary
We cannot swap horses in the MI
die of the stream. We cannot thrs
away one weapon until q better :
provided. The Monitor and the Asni-
mac proved In 1862 that wooden shH
were useless against armored ships
And yet we continued to build woodsr
ships for twenty years and built u
steel ones. There Is always perim
Of transition.
No nation has a modern nsal III
force at present. It will require AZ
least ten years for the United States
to provide itself with new wespons
The Washington conference ds'iase
Alright. Its DEGREES were rsnssSa'
and wise. It stopped . foolish ah'
wasteful race.
The navy as it exists to-day mass "
manned, modified, trained ana ~.
ready for war. 1t must be develops
gradually into a "Three-Plane NM
The air, the surface and the suD-ssi'
face must be included. In few yssa
we can re-evaluate the weapons y.
these three planes. We haze ss'pf''
building battleships. But 70 nS''
keep what we have and build up ~
air forces and submarines.
In bombing conservatism we % y
nurture something worse-pae'n'''
There is reason in all things.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
A Bonu. All Round

To the Editor Of The Tribune. !.
Sir: Unless President HARDING
the backbone to veto it Congress 8
make the taxpayers pay D0n'1 ~
$4,000 100000 to the ex-soldiei -
Fordney-McCumb bin viii No. -. =
taxpayers pay bonus Of $6,oOo.'' =
to the manufacturers. Tho ssp !.
sidy bill, to subsidize ships vh'S'
Fordney-McCumber bill deprive. =
chance to earn freights, VIII ~. -. :,
taxpayers pay q bonus OF ss.' s. 4,
or more to the ship owners. o.n -,
craftsmanship Of the present o0a' s,
finds expression only in bonus,. 4
not complete the vicious circle 4,
ing a bonus to taxpayers, s =, q
amount of their taxes? Then =
all be subsidized and al psosp snu
ALFRED BISHOP AAso
New York, May 10. 1898.
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do for the Kansas farmers which the

do for the Kansas farmers which the
farm bloc" in Congress cannot do?
Here is the obvious explanation of
the GOODNESS shown to the Topeka
venture. Kansas has outgrown the
insurrectionist mood of a generation
ago-all noise, explosiveness and
"blue-sky" agitation. The farming
population has found better way.
That lies through intelligent organi-
cation, sobriety Of effort and an in
sistence not on special favors but on
an equality Of economic opportunity
lost to them before chiefly because of
their lack of solidarity. They didn't
need new political machinery, but
only a clearer sense of the possibili-
ties Of self-help and the will to uti-
lie machinery already available.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
Laws and Laws
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: How can the expressions of in
dignation emapating from the ranks of
the prohibition forces anent the dis
regard of the prohibition law be recon
ciled with their attitude concerning
the violation of tho fugitive slave law
by their ancestors during pre-Civil
War days?
They will retort that the fugitive
slave law was indefcnsible. Neverthe-
less, it was upheld by the Supreme
Court of the United States in the bred
Scott case, and, in spite Of this ruling,
their ancestors continued to violate it.
/ have recently questioned many pro-
hibition fanatics about the operations
Of the underground railroad" during
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
A Miracle i'm the Making

| A task far more gigantic than the
digging of the Panama Canal is
contemplated in the plan of the
Transit Commission for the con-
struction of new traction facilities
to meet the needs of New York City
five years hence.
Traffic channels must be opened in
I dozen different directions. Flush
ing and Staten Island must be given
as easy access to the business center
on Manhattan Island as is enjoyed
now by Washington Heights and
Bushwick. This work must be ac-
complished with no interruption of
present-day service. 1t must be done
SO systematically that each newly
constructed unit may be put into
operation as soon as it is completed.
The project as presented by the
commission is the result of an ex-
tended survey Of the transit situa-
ton. With such notifications as
must necessarily be made here and
there it will not only provide for
comfortable marlborough travel, but
it will supply a foundation for the
continued extensions that will have
to be made with the years.
Naturally such task can only
be performed if those directing it
have the confidence of the citizens
and the cooperation Of every city
department which has the power to
help or hinder.
1t is far too big an undertaking
for politicians - far too important
an enterprise for politics. The
money that will be required must
be supplied when it is needed. Off
cial obstinacy must be brushed aside.
1t ever there was a time when the
small town "get-together" spirit
was needed in this metropolis it is
now.
Since 1913 practically nothing has
been done in the way of providing
for the relief of traffic congestion,
with the result that the congestion
exists in it's worst form. Further
more, the lack Of any constructive
program has permitted the deterio-
ration of equipment and the continu-
alton in operation OF many lines
which are unable to sustain them
selves.
While carrying out the major
provisions Of the plan it will be
necessary to improve equipment and
increase service on present lines
and to abandon every mile of sur
face track that is not necessary to
the general scheme.
The Forty-second Street and Sixth
Avenue trolleys, for example, NAV
not be needed when lines closely
paralleling them are built. Remov
ing them and others which will not
be vital will not only cut down
future costs but will create badly
needed room for the motor stream
which is already confounding the
traffic confusion.
1T Is fortunate that the Transit
Commission on the eve of making
this miracle has the confidence of
the people and the powerful backing
of the Governor. It cannot proceed
till the way is clear, yet it must pro-
coed or stagnation will result.
Will Mr.. Hylan and the Board of
Estimate remain stubborn and do
nothing except to obstruct?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
What Readers Are Thinking

huence in awakening the nation to the
horrors of slavery
Only few months ago in Massachu-
sets the New England conscience
came to the front and removed men
from Office and the practice Of Law who
appeared to be sadly lacking in any
Eind of conscience. While the New
England conscience may not be fault
less, it is "handy to have in the
house" AUSTIN F. FAULKNER.
New York, May IL, 1922.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
ho Do1o;1 ot;o1 of 1;~ Do,,o By Rear Admiral
4

The civil war in China sounds a
warning to the world. A press report
| brings the news that one faction with
a few bombing planes attacked the
gunboat feet Of the enemy and forced
It to surrender. The air feet tri-
umphed over the surface feet. Ships
are helpless if they lose the command
Of the air above themselves.
This incident carries far. The les
son is not confined within the limits
affects the military and naval plans of
all nations but it will ultimately serve
to greatly increase the defensive
strength Of China and it will profound
ly affect the political and aggressive
policies of all nations that may assume
to dictate to the Chinese empire in
years to come.
During the past century, owing 30
Chinese weakness and unpreparedness
for war, all nations have protected
| their missionaries and their "inter-
ests" in China as we'll as their lega-
tions in Picking by sending small gun
boss up the rivers, by establishing
armed legation guards and by oc-
casionally reinforcing their demands
with special naval demonstrations
along the coast of China. In other
words, it has been an easy matter to
dictate to the Chinese people and bring
them to their knees. Foreign powers
could seize Chinese territory with i'm
punity and maintain their naval and
military forces on Chinese soil and in
Chinese ports despite the protests Of
Pcking.
End Of Aggression Foreseen
Let US now picture the change that
may logically follow this trifing Incl
dent--the sinking Of gunboats by air
craft.
Suppose q strong, stable government
is established in China in the not dis
tant future. In that event we may
assume that the Chinese will realize
the Importance of air power and pro-
vide themselves with q strong ma
tional air force. If so, they may for
bid foreign gunboats penetrating their
rivers for thousands of miles. They
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13

and of those eligible to vote. In only
seven states do females outnumber
males. But the percentage Of women
eligible to vote is greater than Of
men in New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
Moreover, the percentage Of women
not caring to exercise the franchise
is greater in Great Britain than here
so much so that not even in one of
the seven states referred to are
actual female voters likely to be in
the majority.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13

the last century without betrsy'ns :
motive for the inquiry and wIsno'' :
ception they have defended IT, !.
What is the difference Ds''. {.
smuggling slaves into Canada 1fon :.
United States and smuggling W.
from Canada into the United Su~
ROY c. BELLlNGsk
Montclair, N. T., May II, lss1.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13

may forbid the march of foreign troops
to Picking without their permission.
They may demand that their soil and
their sovereignty shall be respected
like those of England, France, the
United States and other nations--that
foreign troops shall not be sent to
Picking for the same reason that they
are not sent to Washington, London,
Paris or Toxic
But this is not all. No feet, how
ever powerful, not even that Of Japan,
could safely anchor in Chinese ports
or approach her coast within one hun
dred miles if China provides herself
with a powerful air force supplemented
by mines, small submarines and tor
pedoes. With these weapons alone she
may defy foreign navy and prevent
the landing Of foreign army upon
her soil. And to cap the climax forced
upon US by the advent Of modern
weapons, is it not clear that China or
any other weak nation in the world
can protect itself from aggression from
overseas without the necessity Of
building single battleship or cruiser :?
Is 1t not manifest that air power and
submarine power, if provided in over
whelming strength, will absolutely
dominate in war--wilI they not control
the surface Of the land and sea in
future wars?
The Ne1c Era in War
The time has come for conservatism
to open its ears and eyes and begin
to hear and see. Military and naval
policies must be built upon the rock
of new inventions and upon the in
evitable development Of recent weap-
ons in the near future. And with
the limitation Of armies and navies in
overseas war, statesmen must begin
to modify the tyranny of their methods
by undermining their minds. Their
demands upon the weak nations beyond
seas must be limited hereafter. Force
does not carry across the ocean as ir-
resistibly as it once did. Strong ma
tions are curbed and weak nations are
vastly strengthened by recent happen
ings. The defense has triumphed over
the offense in intercontinental war.
We may say without exaggeration
that the Chinese empire by the intelli-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
TIE Russian Answer

of the majority of the nations rep
resented in the Genoa conference is
an emphatic and derisivc "No!"
Lloyd George invited kick and
Tchitcherin has kicked him. That's
all.
So doing, Tchitcherin contributes,
although this is scarcely his inten-
ton, to an ultimate sound settle
ment. We have heard the last, let
US hope, of the idea that the Bolshe-
visit government can be made good
one by petting or coddling, and that
profitable trade can flow from
strengthening system that devel-
ops a trade desert.
The victory is thus not SO much
over Lloyd George. although great
must be his chagrin, as one for
Sense over nonsense. A studied eff
fo,.t has been made to obscure the
simple fact that there is q funda-
mental incompatibility between the
ideas which are dominant in Rus
sia through force and those which
prevail by free consent in other
lands. The truth was bound to
come out.
There could be barter intercourse,
such as once existed between the Sui
tan of Muscat, where the pearls
came from, and the outside world,
but no intercourse according to the
usages of modern nations. The life
of trade is in security of private
property. A trader will not and dare
not extend credit when what he owns
and deals in is subject to arbitrary
ssizures and confiscation.
The Soviet government, deening
turbulence safe in view Of the glar-
Eng disharmony at Genoa, justifies
rs confscations. A government, it
says, is not bound to respect the OBJ
legations Of its predecessors. 1t
can grab as it pleases. The rail-
roads, the factories, the buildings in
which foreign capital was invested
are still in Russia. The property
can be kept, argues Tchitcherin, and
not one cent paid in compensation.
That is to say, Jones, buying a farm,
can cancel the mortgage he signs by
changing his name to Smith. A
royal road is this to profitable bank
ruptcy. All that is needed is to stage
a revolution.
The Genoa conference might have
been a benefit. If some had said,
in tones loud enough to be heard,
that assistance would gladly be
given to Russia provided she es-
tablished a free press, free assem-
blage and government based on free
elections and free ownership of pri-
vate property probably Lenine would
have been forced by Russian opinion
to yield. But no one except little
Belgium said this. The world is
willing to take it's chance with the
Russian people if they are allowed
to express their will But the gold
on opportunity was neglected.
Tchitcherin reported that the Allies
were at odds, that it was possible to
get recognition from them separately,
and that, the record could be so con-
fused as to make it easy to persuade
Russians that impossible demands
had been made. SO Lenine tele-
graphed to his agent to stiffen up
and he did so.
Genoa sounds its warning far.
Union among the Allies-this is the
first step to real peace and recon-
struction. Full acceptance of the
responsibilities that arise from pow
er-this is the second step. The two
are the great essentials. If they
are present the absence of other
things does not much matter. II
they are absent the presence of 9TH
or things is of little value.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
Humane Care of Prisoners

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | am in accord with much in
your editorial in to-day's Tribune on
THE Criminal and Society" One
thing, however, above all others, should
be kept in mind, and to me it is all
important. After the criminal is SEN
fenced and sent to prison he should be
treated humanely. This is impossible
so long as the state allows such cells
to exist as now are found in our state
prisons, notably in Sing Sing and Dan
nemora, and Itwould add the peniten-
tiary on Welfare Island.
BEVERLEY ROBINSON.
New York, May 10, 1922.
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Explained

According to London "Punch," the
inhabitants of Genoa were forbidden
to expose their washing during the
conference. The clothes lines prob
ably were all reserved for the dirty
linen of the powers represented
there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
The Power of Memor,

The Power of Memory
The burglar was not always bad,
Nor swift to club and shoot;
he did not practice as lad
His criminal pursuit.
Before to follow wicked ways
He foolishly decided,
He feared a teachers piercing
gaze
The same as you and I did.
10 youthful memories he clings
The while his trade he plies.
The thought of school and teacher
brings
The moisture to his eyes.
His mind moves back across the
years
And often he will start.
Responsive to the self-same fears
That smote his childish heart.
A burglar came the other night
To rob furnished fiat,
Where meath soft and rosy
light
A lady teacher sat.
She did not scream and leave the
place,
Or give a frightened cry,
But fixed upon the burglars face
A stern, reproving eye.
He dropped his jimmy on a chair;
His face went ashen gray,
And cowed by that familiar stare
He slowly skunk away.
For burglars, quite like you and
me,
Although behaving i'll,
At times, when moved by memory,
Are little children still.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
Modest Ambition

All that Germany aud Russia ask
Of the other powers is to leave them
alone till they are in a position to
lick the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
Coming Back

Genoa has regained some of the
publicity Christopher Columbus gave
the place by leaving it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13

Ssu TN purchase merchandise advertised IN IHe
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sisn results In any case the TRIBUNE saarnn:
tess 10 Eas your money back upoe request. ~ roo
fsps. Nc qubbiins. We refnad promptly " the
advertiser dses rot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13

Over the pastoral countryside.
Lie the lMster and bloom of Spyinp:
Folk stop there on an auto ride
No,0 look at the gosh darned thino
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13

We wonder that an administration
welded to economy doesn't ask for bids
on the Monday morning rag-pickins
concession in the city parks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13

The Genoese memorandum writer's
are rapidly losing all illusions. They
have already named the body that is
to settle Russia's difficulties "The
Mixed Tribunal" F.F. "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13

There seems to be something almost
vindictive in the way the rain is hold
ing off until the felt hats of winter
have been discarded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13

k501Hc uHy, VIC suppose, II We CON-
tinue upright, honest and virtuous, we
will get the Perfect Job. For years.
when we worked at night, we always
had to leave the Polo Grounds by tho
beginning of the eighth. Now, SO un-
fortunate is our lot, we rarely arrive
before the ending Of the third.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
Confessions of a Customer

OUnIcSSIUHS Oh q CuSCOmeT
Tells his friends to watch for his
first contribution to The Tower. Pre-
sented with The Order of the Grand
Razzbcrry on two consecutive days by
the same friends. Discovers that it
takes time for genius to be recognized
Buys ten copies Of his favorite paper.
Finds that life is worth living after
all. LOUIS.