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New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
"Made IN Germany"

While it has long been known that
Germans we're particularly partial to
Shakespeare, it has been kept secret
that the Bard Of Avon was in fact q
German. Let the shades Of Della
Bacon and Ignatius Donnelly look to
it! It was not Francis Bacon, Wis
count ST. Albans. who wrote the ia
nous plays, but it was Shakespeare
himself, alias Jacob Speer.
Here is the authority and here is
the logic The "New Yorker Stats
Zeitung" reports that Georg Seibcl,
editor Of the "Volksblatt" and "Frei-
heits- -Frcund," Of Pittsburg, and "one
OF the most profound Shakespeare
students OF this country" has been
lecturirg in public school Of that
city and telling his hearers all about
It. Some Shakespeare students hold
that the poet mist have visited Italy.
Then he surely must have passed
through Germany. In fact, III the
year of the pestilcncc, 1888, many
English comedians visited Germany,
where they were SO well received
that they continued thcir tours for a
whole century. Now, # Shakespeare
know that hundreds Of his colleagu
travelled with success over the
European continent, it is not to be
supposed that he was so wanting the
spirit Of enterprise as not TO emulate
their example. knowledge of life
must have been acquired some
where. He could not have sucked it
from his thumbs, but must have got
it in Germany.
Now, if it must be granted that
Shakespeare was in Italy. the ques-
lion arises how he went there. The
usual routes in that time passed
through Germany, and in Shake
speare's works are many indications
that the author used one of these
routes. In Nuremberg lived at that
time the poet Jacob Ayrer, who com
posed the COMEDY of the Beautiful
Sidea," which so closely resembles
Shakespeare's Tempest" that it is
impossible to doubt close relation
ship between them. Either Ayrer
saw or read Shakespeare's "Tem-
pest" or Shakespeare Ayrer's
"Sidea."
Shakespeare also employs German
words, not used by any other author
Of the Elizabethan time; for in
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
New Providence, N. I.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The recent disaster in one Of
the theaters in Washington brings to
mind small occurrence of that kind
which changed the name of town. It
happened away back in the days of the
Revolution, in 1878.
Not far from the city of Summit. in
Union County, n. j., was a small set
tlement called Turkey. The people
built log church, outgrcw it, and then
put up larger and more pretentious
one. They began worshiping in it be-
tore it was completed.
One Sunday during the service one
of the galleries fell with crash. There
were people in the gallery and under
1t, yet no one was seriously hurt. Those
pious souls regarded their escape from
disaster as signal interposition Of
Providence in their behalf, and resolved
to cal. the church, and the village as
we'll, New Providence. BY that name
they are known to-day.
ELIAS VOSSELLER.
Corresponding Secretary Hunterdon
County On. J) Historical So
ciety.
Pennington, n. j., Feb. 8. 1922.
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stance, "lustig, as the Holanders
say" "Now 'lustig" is not Hol-
landish but a German word. Fur
thcrmore, in "Hamlet" Shakespeare
uses the word "crants" for Ophclia's
headgear, which is obviously the
German "Kranz." cor course there
are many words in Shakespeare
from French and other languages,
but-they don't county, If, then, he
passed through Germany, why may
not the Germans claim him as their
own? Especially if, as seems prob
able, his name was originally Jacob
Speer, which was shortened into
Jake Speer, and finally turned into
Shakespeare
Why , OF, indeed!
We await with animated anticipa-
tions the Herr Professor Gcorg Sci
bells disclosure OF the interesting
fact that Ferdinand Foch is really
Friedrich Fuchs, former shoe
maker of Berlin, and that Marshal
Joffre is a son of Heinrich Hofer. a
Hamburg barkceper and descendant
Of the famous Andreas Hofcr. Why
not? AS DR.. Holmes remarked
Logic is logic"
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
The Gandhi Challenge

London dispatches say that the
British government has decided to
arrest Mohandas K. Gandhi, tie
leader of the Indian Swaraj, or horne
rule movement. Gandhi is LAWYER,
who has turned into IN ascctic, a
mystic and a holy man. He is
revered by his followers as g Ma
hatma. He says he is not politi-
elan. Yet MS semi religious crusade
against foreign rule and Western
civilization has many realistic politi-
Cal features.
Gandhi's program is one Of "non-
violent lon-co-operation." I1e urges
passive boycost Of the Indian gov
crnnent. But this passive boycott,
which embraces non-service in the
army, the police and the civil ad-
1ninistraticN, is hard to distinguish
from active sedition and some OF
the demands which Gandhi has been
led TO make Though his association
with the All Brothers, leaders in
the Mahometan Caliphate agitation,
have nothing to do with Indian
home rule or revival Of Indian
civilization, but affect the foreign
policy of the British Empire.
Gandhi has recently said that to
satisfy India Great Britain must re-
turn to the Sultan of Turkey Pales-
tine and Mesopotania. and must in
duce France to relinquish the French
mandate over Syria The basis of
this demand was fully set forth BY
Mahomet Ali, head Of the Indian
Caiiphate delegation which conferred
with Lloyd George in 1920 prior to
the signing of the Sevres treaty. Ac-
cording to the Calipnate conception
the head of Islam is obliged also to
be q temporal ruler, and the essen
tial portion of his temporal domain
Is the "island Of Arabia" consist
ing of the region between the MeGi-
terranean and the Tigris and the
The Sultan went to war as
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done by real men. All hail the mod
ern doctor! All hail the research
laboratory!
Desiccating the Drama

The Commissioner Of Prohibition,
Mr. Haynes, approves the action
Of "movie" director in excis-
ing q drinking scene from one Of
his films and ordering an elaborate
banquet to be staged with no wine
glasses on the table. That was, of
course, historically correct, at least
in theory, if it was post-Volstead
banquet which was represented. But
what is to be done in filming ban
quet scenes Of an earlier date?
Is the same rule to be applied on
the dramatic stage? Is "Twelth
Night henccforth to be barred from
production? Is Sir John Falstaff no
more to tread the boards? Shall
Macbeth never again "drink to the
general Joy of the whole table,?
Must "Hamlct' be played without
the final scene? Or to come down to
plays Of later date, must the
schnaDps of Grip van Wrinkle" be
reduced TO onc-half of per cent,
Is similar desiccntory censor
ship to be applied to literature, both
sacred and profanc? Doubtless the
"Rubaiyat" of old Omar would have
to go, neck and crop. But must
Johns Gospel be Bowdlerizcd by the
eXcision Of the narrative Of that
first miracle at Cana? 1t will be a
large contract to eliminate from
the drama, from literature and from
art all reminders Of the days before
the drought.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
Work Instead Of Bonus
2 Editor of The Trihuco

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The correct solution of the
bonus problem, ir my Judgment, is to
give every ex-service man a lob suited
to his ability and inhrmities for life if
necessary. We have enough govern
mental activities to warrant the en-
ployinent Of every disabled or dissatis-
fled and deserving soldier, without re-
gard for the civil service "red tapc" or
political considerations. Volunteers
should have the preference, but drafted
men should have something.
l gave Uncle Sam three years Of NV
life for monthly stipend of s13 and
sl4. Aside from slight ocular defect
acquired in target practice | escaped
without injury. make no claim for
bonus or pension. am writing solely
In the interest Of justice to every man
who sacrificed himself for Worldwide
humanity. WILLIS R. PERRY.
New York, Feb. 7, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
Fight the Gunmen
Plucky Old Mr.. Bohen--A Call for
VIGILANCE COnrittens


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Last evening about o'clock two
colored men, armed to the teeth with
pistols, blackjacks, razors, chloroform,
etc, entered the grocery store OF f.
Bohen G. Sons, S01 Madison Avenue,
near Sixtyscventh Street.
The senior Mr.. Bohcn, Of some sew
enty summers or more, declined to be
cowed or frightened by these ruffians
and single handed attempted to disarm
them. In the mix-up shots were fired,
one bullet entering the ceiling, passing
completely through and nearly hitting
a Mrs. Pell, who was in her apartment
just above.
An alarm was given and the men en-
dcavorcd to escape, but were captured,
after a run, on the corner Of Sixty
seventh Street and Third Avenue. At
the police station it was found that
both had very bad records for crimes
of various sorts, including highway rob-
berry.
A policeman ] talked to in the neigh
borhood remarked that one Of tic men
was released on bail, and would now
have an opportunity to "stck up"
fcw people single handed so that he
might be in n position financially to
help his "buddy" out Of an UNPLEASANT
prcdicament. ! could not credit this
statement, SO subsequently called at
the 31st Precinct police station and
learned that this was not in accord
nnce with the facts and that both men
we're being held without bail.
day never passes without some
rough stuff being put over by gunmen
IN various parts of the city Has not
the time arrived when vigilance COM
mlttees should be formed, headed by
men who arc unafraid and able to cope
with this very serious situation, which
the police seem quite unable to handle .
No one seems to be safe these days.
either in his store or office or in his
home. Any day one of our nearest and
dearest may be shot down because, for
sooth! he or she declines to do the bid
ding OF these miscrcants.
Action should be taken TO arouse the
reoplc to the real condition which pre-
walls. have no doubt that Madison
Square Garden could be filled many
times over by an indignant populace
tor the purpose Of organizing and ham
ding this situation in good old
fashioned manner.
1T seems to be getting worse rather
than better. and the question is, What
are VIC going TO do about it?
RUSHTON PEABODY.
New York, Feb. 8, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
Printing Press Economies

Senator Glass, of Virginia, in his
recent speech in the Senate-a
speech which, both in matter and
manner. measures up to ne best
traditions Of the Republic spoke Of
"printing press economics"
The administration of the Federal
Reserve Bank has been attacked be-
cause it did not find ways to disre-
gard the reserve requirements of the
Federal / Reserve Bank and did not
float new billions of banknotes and
credits. That is what Great Britain,
in spite Of her long tradition Of
financial soundness, did. In conse-
qucnce her foreign exchange became
dislocated, her trade was gravcly
impaired and her economic recovery
made slow; that is what France did,
and the effects now worry her; that
is what Germany did, and her mark
has become grim monetary joke
and the prices Of goods and wages
cause constant social friction; that
is what Lcnine did, and it takes a
million rubles to buy a pound of
butter.
"Yes,' says Senator Glass, "the
Federal Reserve Board might have
pursued the policy that has been sug
gested." But let US rejoice that it
did not, and thus avoided engulfng
the country in the financial mael-
strom Of currency depreciation and
credit debasement and consequent
industrial disorganization. Doubt
less in particular cases the policy
pursued worked hardships, but a
policy is to be Judged in it's general
effects and tendencies rather than in
the particular incidences.
Our forefathers, who had a sad ex-
perience with paper money, thought
they had forever provided against
initiation by striking. by vote of
illIlc SldCoS 10 lNC, 1IOlN Luc All 81
draft Of the Constitution the words
giving Congress power "to emit bills
on the credit Of the United States"
But the power crept back in the
legal tender decisions. 1t is to
the great credit of the Wilson Ad-
ministration, however much it may
have erred in other things, that it
did not elect to employ the power.
So we escaped being inundated by
imitation. The Federal Reserve au-
thorities will yet have high honor,
but the Wilson Administration short
ened sail before the storm broke.
Some day Europe will effect eco
nomic recovery. The date will not
be far removed in time from the
date of the stabilization of Euro
pean currencies and escape from the
heresies Of printing-press economies.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
Abat;ng Blindness

Gratifying arc figures showing a
steady and substantial decrease in
the percentage OF persons suffering
from blindness. In the ten wears
from 1910 TO 1920 the number Of
Blind persons lcssened more thun
S.5 per cent, which, of course,
means much greater percentage
Of the entire population.
This result has been attained in
various ways, both curative and
preventive. Medical and surgical
science has made great progress in
the art Of making the blind to see
and Of saving those who see from
becoming blind. But the greatest
gain has been in the sanitation Of
newly born infants. Happily some
years ago it was ascertained that
prompt application Of a few drops
Of an antiseptic solution to the ewes
Of the newly born could modify the
law that sins Of the parent descend
to the child. The precautionary
treatment has become routine of
medical practice and the effects
show in the census figures.
Such gains for humanity are too
little exploited in the news of the
day. They are not so sensational as
carryings-on by movie" actors.
Yet the saving each year Of
thousands from blindness shows
that real work is being patiently
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
GUARANTY
A Naval Funeral

1t has been suggested that one Of
the scrapped battleships be sunk IL
midoccan, to symbolic the dcstruc-
ton cf an engine Of war. The Wash
irgton conference, we are reminded,
was opened by the burial of the Tn
known Soldier. Why not terminate
it BY sinking a battleship?
There are these who are only too
readily misled by the glamour of such
symbolic pagoantry. In picturing to
themselves one of our great dread
noughts, newly painted. brass work
cleaning and flags hNing, sinking
slowly TO the accompaniment of the
national salute and The Star
Spangled Banner they would see n
tribute TO paciism instead Of to the
great force that helped make Amer
ica's strength in the world Neglect
full OF the service that the ship had
rendered in the past, they would
hail its end with the same misguided
enthusiasm that led many to prize
peace above Righteousness.
Many ships are to be scrapped.
There can be no minimizing the sig
nihcance of this fact But if there
IS to be d pageant to symbolic
the achievement Of the conference
it should be held in the same spirit
as that Of the conference. If a
hattleship is to be sunk with full
honors the ceremony should be per-
formed with the same spirit that
marked the burial Of the Unknown
Soldier. Both served grateful
country with distinction.
The feet of 4 maritime power has
always been closely connected with
the nations greatness. Its ships
have rendered service in peace and
in war Even those that never en-
gagged in battle added to the nations
strength and oy their existence were
responsible for the safety and pros
perity Of the people. Since the days
when Themistocles persuaded the
Athenians to build two hundred tri-
remes, down through the aces when
Howard defeated the Spanish Ar
mada, Up ill the very day in July,
1911, when Winston Churchill or
dered the Grand Fleet into the North
Sea, the navy has been the nations
great protector. and such is our
navy to-day, despite the Washington
confe- cncc.
If one OF It's former units is nov
To be sunk as a symbol of tie great
Dcw principle Of naval limitation
lot it be done with the reverence that
Is accorded the funeral Of faithful
seryan. rather than With the super
fetal satisfaction that would accom-
pany the mere destruction Of an
engine Of war.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
The Worlds ShipbuiZding
Germany Restoring Her Merchant Marine While Britain
Output Rapidly Declnes-A General Sopi1g Down
By Archibald Hurd
From The London Daily Telegroph)

tons each, and twenty-four vessels
ranging from 10000 tons upward.
Not single sailing ship was
launched during the year In com
parison with the tonnage of 1,538O52
launched in the United Kingdom last
year, other countries were responsible
for 2,S03,627 tons, and it is interesting
to note that Of that total Of 4,34l,679
tons upward OF 100000 tons-to be
exact, 1850, 1856 tons-were represented
ing proof Of the Importance which the
oil-carrying trade has now assumed.
Japan's Setback
Apart from the squirt in Germany
Franco, Italy and Holland put into the
water more new vessels in 1921 than
ever before, and although the ship
building industry in the United States
IS now suffering from serious dcpres-
sion that country was responsible last
year for nearly 36 per cent of the total
output abroad. Japan also has suffered
serious setback, representing a re-
ductlon of over so per cent, RS COM
pared with the preceding year. Den
mark, Norway and Sweden continued
busy in ship construction; Denmark
and Sweden, indeed, never before have
launched so many ships, and Denmark
IS devoting attention increasingly to
the nternalcombustion engine, her
output Of ships with this propulsive
agent being the largest of any country
outside the United Kingdom.
All the evidence which Is available
goes to show that shipbuilding activity
throughout the world is slowing down,
but there is reason to believe that in
no other country is the industry suf-
fering SO seriously as with US, bear
ing in mind our traditional position as
shipbuilding nation and the enormous
extent of our resources. 1t is an
omnous fact that in the last quarter
OF 1921 the orders placed in all our
yards amounted to only $4,000 tons.
Unless fresh work is soon Forthcoming
the whole industry will in short
time be at standstill, and instead of
half the workers, as at present, being
unemployed they will all be idle.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
.Airplanes and Merchantmen

To the Editor of The Tribune :,
Sir: Has the matter OF s''s'A
merchant ships by aeroplanes Desn y.
cred in any Of he disafl''' -.
treaties? At the beginning OF ''' =
war we found ourselves withou' ~
cihc rules on submarines, so 'nS' u.
many claimed the. ability 10 '''
without any restraint. ...,,
Today we have at least intefn." ..A
agreements limiting the use o. :,
marines, as we'll as gases ns .;.,.
may be forearned as to res'i.'" !,
definite rules should be enac'eu -,
aeroplanes. to-dirigibles anu =,
other conceptions war expef's -,l.,
planned. I doubt the efficacy OF ,s.a, -.
for Germany overrode even u'r ri,
ones in its treatment OF ene'A'
'"sFs anu A''-'''. GEORGE e N. COLI
New York, Feb. 6. 1922.
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The Home Radio
To the Editor of Tho T-;L,

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: President Harding having in
stalled a radio telephone in the White
House, l am quite sure that after
listening in' on several concerts he
VIII reconsider any action that ho NAV
have had in mind toward the climina-
tlon OF the amateur wireless rcceivinc
sets. 10 my mind they have been the
means of bringing to our young peoplc
what they most need, and that is more
OF the old-fashioncd home life.
personally know of many young
men-ycs, and several young womcn-
who if they had not their evening.
radio concerts would be awav from
home, with bad environment. The radio
phone concerts have brought cheer into
the hearts of many sick persons. They
have been the means of kecpinp manv
mothers boy at home G. ". S.
East Orange, N. j., Feb. 9, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montagus
Such Is Luck

~ LQ\h
Those prinla donnas of the tres
The thrush and oriole,
Are sailing where the summer ELS
Ger golden beaches roll.
The catbird from cocoa pain,
His round Of visits done,
Is lifting up his evening psalm,
While sinks the round, red sun.
But northward, where the world
is white
With deeply drifted snow,
The little sparrow calls good
night
To old jim Crow.
Though winter perches, donr and
grim,
Upon the cottage caves;
Though billiards wrest tn.
creaking limb
The last poor, cracking leaves
Though seeds are scarce along Ias
field.
And all the dooryard thrcug.
The most Industrious search vii
yield
The mercSt crumb or two,
Still unafraid and bright and gay
At mornings earliest glow
The little sparrow bids good-d;!
To old jim Crow.
And we who fain would hear tn
psalm
The gray backed catbird sinss
AS on the tossing cocoa palm
He rocks and sways and swlnA
Who long to listen to the notes
That in the morning hush
Come swelling from the gchm
tfroats
Of oriole and thrush.
Must hear, as on their icy va!
The winds of winter 60,
The sparrow pass the time OF %!
To old Jim Crow.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
Midwinter Third Parties

|
selves as to the best time for organ
izlng third parties. Midwintcr. near
ing midway between Presidential
elections. seems to be about the most
favorable occasion for raising new
standard to which the transients and
non-rock bottomed Of other parties
may repair. Political attachments
sit somewhat lightly at this season
and there is little friction over the
honors of leadership. SO it is not
surprising to learn that a Labor
and Farmer conference is to be
held in Chicago on February 20 for
the purpose of setting up a new
third party.
A Farmer-Labor party was organ
lied in Chicago in the summer Of
1920. But a heated political cam
palgn was on then and many Of the
clements which figured in the initial
stages Of organization were left out
side the breastworks before the
Presidential ticket was named. Mr..
Christensen was made the Presiden-
tial nominee, and electors pledged to
him received 265,411 votes in twenty
one of the forty-eight states. At
that, the third party of 1920 did
better than the older Prohibition and
Socialist-Labor parties. Debs, the
Socialist candidate, ran third. Chris
tensen was fourth.
There was no drawing power in
1920 in a Farmer-Labor combina-
tion. Is there any to-day? The
economic interests Of the farmer
clash with those Of the labor unions.
which will be most strongly repre-
sented at Chicago. The farmer
wants cheaper railroad service and
cheaper costs for manufactured
goods. There is wide spread be-
tween the selling value Of his prod
ucts and the not yet debated selling
value Of products which he has to
buy. How can these dislocations Of
interest be harmonized?
Much third party talk nowadays
is based on the success of the farm
bloc in Congress. But this bloc is
bipartisan. 1t operates within the
lines Of the two existing parties, not
outside them. 1t can achieve it's
purposes much better as two-partv
association than as an integrated
third party.
Politically speaking, there is no
satisfactory bond Of union between
the farmers Of the West and the
farmers Of the South. They do not
speak the same political language
The South is Democratic. The party
label comes first. Political and eco
nomlc doctrines come second. The
West is antl-Dcmocratic by instinct
and tradition. Neither wing could
feel at home in Joint third party
household. The free silver coinage
alliance Of 1896 was artificial and
temporary. A Southern Western
agrarian alliance now would be
equally artificial and temporary.
The American people are extreme
ly conservative in their party align
ments. Established major parties
are hard to kill off. For that reason
the party status quo is not likely
to be endangered by anything that
happens at Chicago's nidwinter third
party gathering.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
Maybe He Used p Snrinrboard

+. Il. ": A couplct from Scott's ia
nous ballad needs explaining. The
Book Of knowledge and the Readers
Handbook having failed to produce the
desired information, l appeal to you:
So light to the Group tho fuir lady he
s1DuN0
So light to the saddle before her he
Sp7ung--
Did he swing his les from front to
lack over the horses head, or over
the lady's head? A marvellous mount,
truly. Maybe he had the beast trained
to kne. i like camel, or were horses
Of that day unusually long?
MARJORIE C. OWEN.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
Hideous Mistake

The Irish leaders realize ali wv
late that they have accepted g..
ernment to which X will De eXtren''
difficult to raise any objections
Copyright by JAMES J. Monsssu"