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New-York tribune., 1922-02-04
Drive of Germans
70 Get American
Industries Exposed
Attempts, Described by See
re,a'y Davis as 'Despica~
BILE and Pcrnicious,' Dis
closed in \. Y. Letter

Negotiations for the transfer of
American industries to Germany,
where manufacture under cheap labor
conditions would permit resale in the
United States at large profits, were
uncovered yesterday, when CORE
spondcnce between James j. Davis.
Secretary OF Labor and T. NJ Wating,
OF the American Electric Cutting Ma
chine Company. Isl Lafayette Street
was made public.
That systematic campaign for such
transfers is being conducted appears
indicated in Mr.. Warnings letters TO
Secretary Davis and Herbert Hoover
Secretary Of Commerce. The letters to
both Of these officials inc!osed a com
municatlon from l.. J. Gerson. assist
ant to the vice president Of the Inter
ocean Holding Company. Of BAT MaGi-
son Avenue. The Cerson letter con
tains proposal that Mr.. Waring ask
quotations on the reproduction of his
rlanutac'uros in Germany for resale
in the United States. 1t requests san.
p'cs. plans and specifications for manu-
facturers' use.
The letter heads on which the Car
son communications arc written indi-
cate that the Inter-Ocean Holding Com
pany was organized at the instance of
German Hungarian, Czccho Slovakian
and kindred interests.
Secretary Davis, in his acknowledge
ment Of the letter, wrote that more
dcspicable and pernicious acticty' on
the part of Il person enjoying the pro
lection Of the American government
would be difficult to conceive. The
Secretary added that the scheme. in ad-
dition to taking away American en-
ployment and ntonsifying unemploy-
mcnt troubles in this country. would
involve American capital as we'll
New-York tribune., 1922-02-04

not vet been formulated, it was said
to-day in Informed quarters that they
probably would be conducted both in
this country and abroad. There has
been some discussion of a general con
ference Of representatives of the
United States and tho principal Allied
powers TO discuss the whole subject Of
slle war debta Of those nations. Those
tavoring this plan have argued that it
was not to be expected that the debt 5
owed The United States could be re-
funded without reference to tho debts
owed among ,he Allied powers them
selves.
In this connection it has been pointed
out that Great Britain advanced to it's
dominions and allies, including France
and Italy. Approximately $4,000 100000,
while France lent nearly So. 600. .000. 900
to its allies. principally Russia and
Italy.
As finally enacted. tho debt refund
ing bill was unsatisfactory both to the
Administration and Republican lead
ers of the House. but it was SAID that
objections to il were not pressed be-
cause of the delay that would be in
volved in sending it to conference for
the ironing out Of differences between
the two houses.
Minimum interest Rate Fixed
Chief objection conferred on the Sen
ate amendment requiring that the re
funded obligations mature not later
than June l5. l947. and that the mini
mum interest rate be AZ per cent.
Both the PRESIDENT and Secretary Mel
lon we're represented as prcferr,ng q
free hand for the omission AS to the
life of the bonds and the interest rate
Tho Treasury Secretary was said to
have held, however, that these limita-
tions would not be insurmountablc IN
tho refunding OF the debts of the larger
nations and that if it should develop
that they prevented the refunding Of
the debts Of the smaller and newer
nations the commission could seek ad-
ditiona authority from Congress.
In the discussion in the House Rep
resentatitve Mondc]l, of Wyoming. the
majority leader and Mr. Fordney
argued that the United States should
nos be in the position Of imposing too
great 81 time limit on the debtor ma
tions or demanding what Mr. Mondcil
called "a round tat interest rate
They said that personally they favored
imposing no restrictions on the com
mission.
A separate and record vote Was had
on the amendment carrying the restric
tions as to maturity date and mini
mum interest rate. and it was agreed
to. 900 to 25. on bipartisan vote.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-04
France Backs Plan for
u. 5. Flyers Cemetery
Cardcn|ikc Burial Ground to
Re Sci Apart for Members
OF Lafayciic EscatlriI!c

PARIS, Feb. 3 by The Associated
Press'. The French government has
heartily accepted n plan for forming a
spccia cemetery for the bodies Of The
"viators Of the Lafayette t.scadrilic
who fell in France. 1t has promised to
give site, which has been chosen.
south Of Rheims, opposite the Farms
worth mem morial cemetery, established
IN honor Of Henry Farnsworth, Of Ros-
ton. for members Of the Foreign lie
gion killed during the war
The number Of American avators
killed totals sixty-thrse. Tho bodies Of
some Of them. including Major Raoul
lufbcry, have been returned to the
United States. The graves Of six avia-
tors have not yet been identified. but
the search for identification is still
continuing.
The cemetery win contain memo
rial to all Americans killed IN France
in the aviation service It will be laid
out as a garden, in the American fash
ION, avoiding any military aspect, OK
cept for American and French flags at
tho entrance.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-04

af;sr ;ne Japanese nsi,ed upon keep
ing the AutSu, ars 10 be completed
Both these SHIPS arc more than 30
rer cent completed. so that there will
ha 40 real Interference hv this con-
;lnuaace ef construction With the naval
holiday el-hcr m the United States or
Japan. the Mutsu being now in com
mission
VITA their wors done. except for the
'orma'tses Of tomorrow and Monday.
which ar, merely the public recording
1f things already accomplished, the DEL
gates are all .o-uigh. radiant viii, op-
is-,isn and good huinor about what has
occurred There Is no longer any ne
sess;ty on the part Of tho Chinese. for
example. TO pretend that they are being
uistrcated and to work for further con
cessions from the Japanese on Shan
tung. They have had hard enough
work 10 keep up this appearance for
;he effort at Wednesdays public ses-
sion.
Hughes in Happy Mood
Mr Hughes probably is the happicst
'r.an in Washin gton. He fairly bub-
bled over with good humor aud cnthu-
siasm whom nc saw the newspaper cor
respondents today after the conclusion
81 the last secret commit ttec meeting
The British use superlativcs in de
scribing what has been accomplished,
not only in tho saving Of unnecessary
armament burdens. but in avoiding the
causes OF war III the Far East and in
giving China a chance to work out its
own salvation.
The French, with their bitterness
which became so acute during late
November and December. have now
Joined whole heartcdly in the spirit Of
the conference and now regard it as a
D'g success.
The chief sentiment of the Japanese
seems to De one Of relief They be
J lieve they have disarmed the susp
con OF the motives in the Far East
unieh they believed a the outset Of
re conference TO be so widely preva-
ent in tnis country. They are glad 10
3 ave the naval armament burden. whi-h
p'as bearing heavily on their taxpay
ers removed. and they are intensely
relieved because the large area stretch
'Hg from China to Hawai- hls been
removed from the possibility. as they
src Il, e cor slant war scares between
:',eir own country and the United
.ates bv the lingo press of the two
countries.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-04
Poincarc Asks
Dcfialltencss w,
Genoa AsSclada
French Premier Points Out
That Soviet Fails 10
Say Clearly Whether II
Accepts Terms as Stalled
He H. Sure Of a Delay
Proposes TO E1carFrom Wash
ington and Other C.api-
tails ON Issues Involved

PARIS. Feb. 9 BY The Associated
frcss).-Prcmier Poncarc appeared
before the Foreign Affairs Committee
Of the Scuatc to-day rcady to discuss
matters concerning the Genoa economic
confcrcncc He said he was prepared
all papers with him and would give
"chaptcr and verse Of anything he had
advanced.
The Premier declared plainly that
he would not 20 TO Genoa unless the
program was defined clearly, and CON
ditiops We're laid down unequ yocaily.
1nus. for example, he pointed out, the
invitation to tho Soviet government
did not stipulatc that it accept thc con
ditiona Of it's admission. It was only
assumed that the coming OF Soviet
representatives would signify adhesion
to the conditions. That. however, must
be clearly brought out, the Premier
said
Poincare also remarked that tho con
ference would necessarily he DELAYED
by the Italian ministerial crisis for ct
least another ten days, and that the
presence of the Italian Premier was
dispcnsabc. There would therefore
be plenty Of time for debate. Main
tcnance Of the full powers and pre-
rogat'ves of the League of Nations and
the Reparations Commission was at
the base Of the French foreign policy.
according to the Premier. II was con
sdered desirable TO say nothing re
gardng the Near East and Angora
questions until basic agreement had
been reached.
Poincarc's remarks appeared to make
an excellent impression on the com r.
mittce.
The Premier is about to begin an
exchange Of views with the govern
ments at Washington. London. Rome
and TOXIC with reference TO the agenda
Of the Genoa conference. He holds
the conferences purpose must be made
clear and unmistakable in advance Of
the meeting.
The French government. it is stated,
accepts the action of the Supreme
Council at Cannes in calling the CON
ference. but is much preoccupied by
the interpretations which have been
given TO the agenda 1t was the under
standing IN French circles. it is indi-
confined to economic questions apart
from toparations, but different in
;orpretations OF the program have
been made by the British and a ten
dency has been observed among the
Germans and Russians to consider the
agenda az having a far wider scope.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-04
Hid Of Rooserclf to
Farley Praised BY Lee
Bviton Highly Eounmcnds the
Fork OF Assistant Noual Sec
rel0ry as Committee Head

WASHINGTON FEB s BY The As
sociated Press. The official com
mqnique covering to-day's meeting of
the twenty-h-st jof the Committee on
Limitation Of Arnamen.) OF the arms
conference, after recording the adop-
tlon Of the resolution regarding "a
commission 20 report upon rules Of in
teri atlonal law respecting new agencies
III warfare was devoted almost en-
.iiely to an appreciation If Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt. vo,eed by Lord
Lee. OF the British ,elegation
"Perhaps may be permitted to re.
call tie cacs that when first car.e 10
New-York tribune., 1922-02-04
Ice Brings Peaches
from, South Africa

Refrigerated ships brought lus'
cious peaches from Sour
Africa last week. From IuDa'
eggplant and okra; from u.
Bahamas, beets and caflo",
from Bermuda, romaine snS
new potatoes; from Denms.s'
cabbage. and from Belgium
grapes and endive, And iee ~. ~.
only brings you the cno'ss,. .ss
food from the markets o. ~
world, but keeps it fresh s,.s =.
wholesome when it feaeA''
your home.
Ind you ean haze tme, dsa. ns.s, 4
booker Ice deIiverfd TO your Ns psI
a cast Of oniy Is Of a cent q p0s''
" anhanan, Brooklyn and Bronx
New-York tribune., 1922-02-04

to cut down It's expenditures and IN
stitute economics and restore sane and
normal ways again"
Waste Is Ended, Dawes Declares
General Dawes in his speech de-
ciarcd that at to-day meeting he re
gnrdcd the President and his Cabinet
not As the head Of " great nation, but
AZ the chiefs and directors Of n great
business administration In the 1870
years since the government had held
such meeting, he said, no machinery
for tho transmission Of routine bust
ness by the President. to the men who
functioncd III the government existed
F'om now on cvcry man was to be
checked up every SIX months; the end
o riotous government expenditure had
been reached.
D"partm mental interpretations of laws
resulted IN many cases, General Dawes
soid, in a display Of hostility, with
bureau chiefs each fighting for their
little bit instead of tho interests Of
the government Some one, he said
had dug up tho fact that law passed
IN 1909 rendered Illegal such expenses
aS the budget bureau has incurred, dc
spite the saving made.
Nuch critlcS arc always throwing
monkey wrenchcs into affairs Of this
sort the general declared 'H'd aa
soon think of taking them seriously
as would OF putting rat poison in my
breakfast food" Ike went on to tell
Of the difTicultics encountered in talk
ing TO Cabinet members.
Take Secretary of state IIurncs for
cSamplc,'' said thc general. 'Hc'd ne
the easiest Cabinet member to an.
proach, because hc is intelligent. and
besides. he only spends something like
$1,000 wear. We don't pay much
attention to that
hroom as Practical Illustration
'e stopped and reaching under II
table emerged with broom in his
hands. Hc thumpcd with the handle
Oh the floor and with gesture TO
the newspaper correspondents said at
looks hike stage D'ay but it isn't"
Tie then told of case Of lack Of co.
ordination. discovered in the Navy De
partment only recently. when tho navy
put in an order to purchase IS 900 such
brooms. while tho army had available
and or hand $4,000 of the same
brooms. And the President knew
was going to speak about these brooms
to-dav," said TIE general.
"What can the Cabinet know of such
thngs?" he continued "Thcy arc sc-
lcctcd largely as advisers ON mattcrs
Of policy. " hat is their opinion wort h
IN connection with routine business in
their departmental They can't person
ally supervise in some cases. $4,000
persons. They must have help"
He told Of another instance where
his aid ~ the budget bureau. Lieuten-
ant Francis Kilkenny, effected a saving
of Thousands of dollars in moving gov
eminent furniture by using army and
other government owned trucks.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-04
Jkrainians Seek Closer Ties
With German Government
81 wireless to The Tribune 6


BERLIN, Feb. 3.-Premier RakovsAy,
Rumanian, who is head Of the
Ukrainsn government, arrived in Ber-
lin to-day to negotiate with Germany
for closer diplomatic and economic re-
lations between Kiev and Berlin. He
is on mis- way to Genoa. where he will
be member Of the Russian Soviet
delegation at the international economic
conference.
Norowsky. a Pole. who also will be
on the Bolshevik delegation at Genoa,
arrived here with Rakovsky but plans
10 proceed mediately to italy.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-04
Negro, After Dynamic
Drops, Still Is Running
A Thousand Pounds He was
Plotting Plungcs 90 Feet,
but Fails to Explode

WINCHESTER. Va. Feb s.-A
motor truck. loaded with more tns'
900 pounds of dynamite, skiddea y.
ice. plunged over q retaining wall "
the Shenandoah Valley Pike to-day !.
Fishers Hill and rolled nearly s'A'
feet to the bottom Of the hill.
The dynamite did not explode w.
the negro driver, who is said 10 osm
escaped unhurt. has not been sS''
since the accident
New-York tribune., 1922-02-04
Pastors Son Goes To Isil

TRENTON. N. j., Feb. 3.-Paul H
Wendell, former attorney here and
the son of the Rev. Hugo Wendell, a
Lutheran Clergyman. began nine
months sentence to-day in the Mercer
County Jail following conviction
about two years ago on charge Of
perjury. The perjury was committed
in connection with real estate trans
New-York tribune., 1922-02-04
Z. S. Envoy TO Ireland Sought

" As5r1 1E0 ON, cd. 5.-~Appolntment
of an American ambassador to The
lrish Free State is proposed in reso-
luton introduced to-day by Represent
ative Ralney, Democrat. of Illinois, who
that mutually helpful relations be-
tween the United States and Ireland
can best be developed through direct
diplomatic and commercial Representa-
I ion -
New-York tribune., 1922-02-04
Spirit of Economy National

Il want to tell YOU how much |
have been pleased at the spirit of econ
omy manifested all over the country.
not only throughout the departments of
government activity but among the
people al large. | cannot but feel that
the government has in this budget or
ganizatlon set an example OF care and
thrift that has helped greatly to mako
saving fashionable. If TO some extent
the government has been a leader in 40
pra'seworthy a cause we ought all to
be gratlhed tn have had q part IL the
affair.
I'm making my acknow ledgments on
TINS occasion desire TO commend
those officials TO whose energy, juda
ment and ability remarkable. results
outlined by the Director Of the Budget
have been 50 largely due Under his
direction they have performed their
work quietly, without seeking publicity
or producing Internal conflict
Perhaps o.her governments were
brought to greater strains OF experdj-
ture and more difficult financial straits
through their more intimate and hcsv-
Ter burdens of war Notwithstandiny
that fact. and that we suffered less
comparatively, doubt if anv govern.
ment in the world has made y mora
persistent amt conscientious endeavor
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

Walt Whitman is fast becoming a
musicians poet, for the majestic
rhythm and dramatic conception of
his lines have been the inspiration
of many modern song cycles and
symphonies. The most recent of
these is choral sea symphony by
the English composer r. Vaughan
Williams. AS text Mr.. Williams has
used excerpts from various poems
from the "Song of the Exposition"
from the "Song for All Seas, All
Ships" after the Sea Ship" and,
for its peroration, from the PAS
sage to India" The symphony was
given for the first time in New York
at recent concert of the famous
Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto asso.
ciated with the New York Philhar.
monic Orchestra
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

the many illustrations of the plays,
notably the eighteenth century edi-
tons with plates by Boucher and
Moreau. Perhaps the most interest
ing item in the whole exhibition is
the beautiful Morgan copy of the
1873 edition with the original draw
ings by Moreau. The exhibition was
opened Friday, April 81. in the main
exhibition room, Central Building of
the Library, Fifth avenue and Forty
second street.
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
Moliere at the
N. Y. Public Librarv

"HE New York Public Library,
with the help of the Pier
pont Morgan Library, the
Dramatic Museum and Library of
Columbia University, the American
Academy Of Arts and Letters, the
American Geographical Society and
various individuals, is giving an ex-
hibition commemorating the tercen-
tenary of the birth of Moliere. The
feature of the exhibition is the fine
collection Of first separate editions
Of the plays lent by the Pierpont
Morgan Library, and the early edi-
tions of collected works previous to
the first edition Of the complete
works by La Grange and vinot, pub
lished in 1882.
In addition to the original edl-
tions the Morgan collection contains
many Of the programs of the court
ballets in which various of the
comedies were first performed be-
fore Louis XIV, and a number of
important contemporary pamphlets
relating to Moliere. Another part of
the exhibition win show portraits Of
Moliere. his wife, daughter and
friends. places associated with his
career, and will attempt to picture
briefly with maps, prints. stage
models. &C., the chief events of his
life.
A third section viii show some Of
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

in her-worldliness. Yet he Is not
cynic and he never thinks ignobly
of man. "L'honnetete suffit" was his
creed In more matters than in mar
riage. Acts Of injustice, though they
may pain, do not therefore surprise
him, nor do anger or resentment
cloud the steadiness Of his gaze.
These things have happened before
and win happen again. Let us. how
ever, understand them and not allow
those who practice injustice to take
the credit for being original or clev-
er. His portrayal of life is often,
especially In the earlier comedies. IN
the interest Of laughter. When, how
ever, he reaches the maturity OF his
genius he writes plays merely for
the purpose Of making humanity
ineligible. Nowhere in the range
of comedy are we so much struck
by the truth of the remark at
the close of Plato's Symposium
that the genius of tragedy and
comedy are the same as in plays
like The Miser," lie Misanthrope"
and don Juan" On the basis of
these plays we might even say Of
Moliere that he was the great
est tragic poet who ever expressed
himself in comedy. He does not hes
itate to focus his interest in SO grim
and sordid and essentially unamus-
ing a character as the miser Har-
pagon. Here we see vice in action.
He Is not interested in the develop
ment Of character. He does not tell
US how Harpagon became miser, as
Balzac will tell us how Grandet be-
come one, or even whether he made
his fortune or was born into it. He
merely has it. He comes upon the
stage possessing it. Moliere is in
terested solely in telling US what a
man will do possessed by such vice
and possessing such fortune.
1t is this interest in psychology,
this focusing his study upon char
acter, that gives Moliere his place
apart among the representatives of
the comic spirit. Even when deal
ing with those foibles which seem
SO peculiar to. and so localized in,
his time he is giving US far more
than the comedy of manners ever
gave. Only the forms are taken
from his time; the fundamentals are
Of all time, so that even minor char
acters like the country lovers in
Don Juan," who have nothing par
ticular to do with the plot, stand out
and absorb our interest not by what
they do or by the parts that they
play, but merely by what they are.
1t is for this reason that to the
American student his plays are more
readily Ineligible than those of any
other dramatist in the great CEN
tury Of French literature. Racine,
and to a less extent even Corneille,
can only be fully understood by a
student familiar with the conditions
and conventions of that courtly age.
Moliere can be understood by
readers Of any time and cline. His
characters, like himself, fulfill that
demand which Sainte-Beuve made of
the classic. They are not of any
particular date. And Frenchman of
the seventeenth century though he
is by birth Moliere easily makes
himself a contemporary of all the
ages.