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of the League the mifitariss of Europe will have Eu- rope arming against America, American militarists will have the United States arming against Europe—and piling up billion dollar navy bills, LORD GREY'S LETTER. ISCOUNT GREY’S letter to the London Times may be unofficial. That the British Govern-| ment stands behind it is, however, as certain as that) Lord Grey was sent to this country to size up the | treaty situation as affected by the attitude of the United States Senate, Lord Grey’s letter should accomplish three things: 1, It should put a stop to the kind of British criticism that intensifies misunderstanding by dwelling on the RSTABLISHED RY JOSEVH POUITEER Sunday by the Press Put os ea tate on Park Rew, New York. a attAW. Freawaret. Span how. 4 MEMBER OF THY ASSOCIATED PASS, | Aeeeciated Pree te exctumteiy entified 12 the tee for repediiention Geepenck cn credited vo % oF Hot Gtherwiee eredived in thie paper me the dorm! ews punliched sereta. WHAT'S IT WORTH? P7HAT doxthe taxpayers of this State think of the “trial” which Speaker Sweet staged at Albany? Ate they getfing their money’s worth out of the dings for which they pay? Do they see’any benefit to tae commonwealth in eee Pee-irawn-cut} programme of futility whith). csnvssble motives behind American delay, shame upon the State and at the same time) >. 14 should lessen the force of one specific American | the Legisiature from attending to its regulat}objection to the League of Nations covenant by ex-| t of dealing ‘with public needs? pressly stating that Great Britain “has no objection in Here is the entire cost of an expensive legislative | principle to increase of the American vote” in the p say nothing of high priced lawyers who will | League of Nations Assembly. nave to be paid—wasted on a wild piece of ‘political | 3. It should weaken the influence of extremists and spétulation waich has, brought nothing but discredit “bitter enders” in the United States Senate by making and loss even to those who engineered it. |their paltriness and prejudice more contemptible than How many more days of this specially conducted | ever in the light of a larger and, as it happens, foreign | Midst for the Socialists :are to be charged to New! appreciation of America’s position. York taxpayers? { | “It would be a mistake,” declares Lord Grey, “to et suppose that the American people are prepared or wish | : HIGH WAGES NOT ENOUGH. to withdraw their influence in world affairs.” | QXTEBL WORKERS are-to receive a 10 per cent.! “That is true of an overwhelming majority of Amer- Re increase in wages. Independents generally must , ans, but it is not true of all. | E the:lead of the’ Steel Corporation, | There is a class of Americans who, if they expressed | ag ‘soon after the union executives abandoned themséives frankly, would tell you that “tittle old “fhe steel strike, the raise may be interpreted as some-| America is big enough to do business in and the less) we hear about foreign relations the better we like it.” a. Serge of the industry are in-| To these Americans the ideal Uncle Sam is a sinewy | ¥ to believe that the increase is the opening gun of , individual who walks by himself, free of all obliga- £ war between mamagers competing for the avail. | tions, because he doesn’t choose to assume any. The able supply ofdsteel workers. j fact that this Uncle Sam is wholly out of keeping with | ee Immigration 'figures tend to confirm this view. Al. the avowed purpose of civilized peoples trying to Lil i though immigration is fairly heavy, there is an unusual duce the probability of war does not bother his ad- | 50. that: the Taw, lhitic ‘redirvoke, already , Mirers in the least. These Americans are not worrying | at} ebb after five years of war, is not gaining ma- | #bout war—even after the worst war the world has! ly. Laas They can forget any amount of war in a month ‘sa result ste¢makers are facing an actual shortage | if business is good. ; of ers, The increased wage is a symptom that They cover the narrowness and selfishness of their has ‘an economic basis, however altruistic and generous | outlook with the fervid slogan, “America First.” . They | oe) Judge Gary’s peace offering may be. | think what they call patriotism absolves them from the \ This shortage in.the rough labor market can be met ‘uty of trying to understand international politics. in only two ways,, although introduction of even more “Safety in offensiveness” is the only diplomatic prin- | machinery may hép. Either more foreigners must be <“iple that attracts them. They are overrepresented | " ‘or Americans attracted to the industry. | just now in the United States Senate. | iment in Congress and the country favors sharp} Lord Grey, of course, says nothing about this restriction of immigmation and “Americanization” of American minority. On the contrary, he points out the aliens now here. sIt remains for the steel industry | te peculiar circumstances of national history and tra-| 40 attract Americans. | dition which make membership in a League of Nations ae TBR BVENINU WURLYD, MUNDAY, FEBRVAKY 4, 1LYA0, He Kept Us Out of Peace! Coppright, 1920, by the Press. Publish (The New York Evening World). By John Cassel % Rete IO pais rt aS as But Americans, whether native or foreign born, wit," Plunge” for the United States. He reminds the not accept working conditions such as have prevailed | 3titish public that the United States is not the only in many Raking of the steel industry. oo Gary | democracy where “party politics and personal animos- | | FROM EVENING WORLD READERS _| ,, ities” arise out of the discussion of great issues. He that the recent'strike was only onte i tin on I é y 1 poe ieee aad to consider what “an American | ro <9 Die he Brg Wo he : " ii mi fairly reply”: ree cheers for “ jood Re- is aay aa ait auty. Public baggie ~ “That whereas the self-interest of other | ‘&t!on of Uncle Sam” for her, splendid |tetter. She and Whidden Graham countries who have conquered in the war is _ Who have small respect\for paternalism or benevolent now apparent in the desire to secure special have the right idea, Gespotism in industry. ‘Th tha f th territorial advantages, the self-interest of the repdlend onal ane -saubae apncie’ There was some ground for the suspicion of a Bol- right sort of red blooded and true United States takes the Jess aggressive form of - ievistic impulse in the recent strike, For this reason/ Curious thing this craze to get into touch ‘with Mars and the moon. As if there wasn't enough to worry about just now on earth. ' THE COST OF HOLDING OUT. SSISTANT Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt be-| American men, also women, to right desiring to keep itself free from undesirable the great wrong of Prohibition. All the blic was glad to Inve the ike broken, But| entanglements, and that it does not lie with | We need is a start and there would | _ fils does not gles Public rg on An American majority, however, may speak differ. reason for a. sincere celebration * Gary's philosoph: yment. ently about an American minority whose state of mind | we thought we had on Armistice Day. ‘ ; delay. , ‘There is no other way to insure peace in the industry. nay an interminable game of party football with the | ,d SusFest, that ‘The Evening World ‘Pigh wages will not turn the trick. i J.B, R. : League of Nations covenant, ee we ‘ ‘The same applies to coal mining, the packing in-| | ord Grey’s letter is a carefully considered effort to! . — by Prehibition That Isa't. past have relied on immigrants for their basic labor | aie deliberately created and tightened. | gainare seed sooara pacer: Ge, ere ‘ pry. It leaves the less reason why the Senate should not) peopie interest me very much, es- i 5 ight that id lik ceptable to other nations concerned. Ito. be Per anek caw ce Wraceitne Every needless hour’s delay concentrates upon the | Proltbition comes in. |Senate the blame from which Lord Grey exonerates | people living near my home and there the Nation. . 1 eieestpaaticusea atered pene ris a to last them a ligetime, A How can 8 man who is working for a_ living lieves that the United States intends to maintain | THE ONE-WAY AVENUE. stock himself up this way? Tt cant iO IE need not be an “oldest inhabitant” of New be done. tr the country is cone? . York to recall several plans for increasing the Dry for all and not only for some. Certainly this should appeal to those Senators who sy “have last year in a frenzied esfort to twist the AOE Neate Diane Bll Gay ORR Pere ne tat 7 |streets, a vehicular subway, elevated highway for| have a drink after he is finished. The tail.of the British Lion. | er fellow can go and drink un ARS minded as any on, but fail to see bill of a navy will amount to $1,000,000,0001 vehicles of differing speeds, are only a few of the sug- |where this kind of Prohibition should keep such ,000,000, ; - A | . BF, Ex-A BF, Ef competitive building continues, Making Fifth Avenue a “one-way street” during! New York, Jan. 80, 1920, rd s is th i cei, Curbstone plaining the persistent pressure of the country on the|{ftflic rush hours is the latest suggestion to receive | ., u. wave ot'tme Prenue Worla Senate in-favor of ratification of the League of Nations iyo. uted off goes without saying, Perhaps it is|slmost any street corner and, bump ;worth trying as an experiment. It has one decided | Bt * Pretty lively Datta the reanlt ed “ase a store ela a padi It will cost little OF | dectamations of our President and nis a Y \nothing to try, will not deface the greatest street in| these “ohio ‘oft wortiy cause : eS 4 Ag thy . . | America and can be abandoned any time without per- | Certainly earned the encouragement, . a ape ea ie cat caer egehemag ie abiding and high-minded public. But Natio Ss wi r th od . vay . ’ League ns is Pi . We sometimes wonder if it wouldn’t be a good idea! stana idly by, “with our tails between fi " ‘....|tu close Fifth Avenue to wheel traflic for a brief period | QUT fewer, Permitting an onerous » materially without — “ pee pg beigsiatl seditiously and slanderously find ¥g ction of arma: as Secretary G ut- fault with every act of that same * ag on reduction < mens 48 etreary, Glass: it ‘fuller use of other broad up and down town thorough | President, and to curb his ‘every ate other countries to reproach the United States.” soon be @ repetition of Armistice Day fi A Let's all busy without further aeeimasters to Americanize the working conditions. | 1,4. encouraged factions in the United States Senate to aes ey to organize. Gostry, the silk mills and other industries which in the | rotjeve the tension that the treaty-wreckers in the Sen- |e te bitter of Toe Bening World: immediately ratify Treaty and League in a form ac-| pecially those pertaining to Prohibt- There are a number of wealthy their cellars. They all have enough a mavy second to none. . 3, : vhe traffic capacity of Fifth Avenue. Depression of cross nara Sree AR FORD ne Ware through traffic, division of the roadway into zones for | !s heart Is content, I am as broad~ But Mr. Roosevelt also predicts that the annual up-| Bn y gestions that come to mind, | be tolerated 48 a free country, Here are two related facts that go far toward ex-! Caen substantial support. That there will be objections by| Less than a year ago one could turn covenant. of some curbstone orator’s slanderous jadvantage over all other plans, bill means a $10 expense per capita, $50 a family, | + int | Eeapect and protection of the law- ber rinidlciobated |now, less than a year later, we all pense of military preparedness can be reduced very a bunch of cheap curbstone partisans to \in order to see what the effect might be in developing 3 tered last week would sound very different coming, rom a i Vv T champion a truly American iate i “ » fares like Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Avenues. or ea fi League associate instead of from a “hold out” 8) | spurns tion of hls office re If the League is formed without the United States | succeed in “trumping up” a charge the jingoes will immediately insist—and with consid- | erable reason—that the United States Navy not only| | Must be equal to sny other navy but must be equal to, all the-mavies in (he League. i Good, pairiotic Americans believe that once America is in the League it can exert a powerful influence) foward progressive disarmament. With America out In view of the threatened strike of heating engineers, Candiemas or Ground Hog day has even more interest than usual this year. Early bulletins from the shadow line were non«<om- 7 mittal. Various observers were undecided as by to whether the shadows were discernible ‘Twould be a timid animal indeed who would seuttle back to his hole in the dim hight of the early daylight hours. upon whioh they can get rid of office- |holders who refuse to be guided by the will of the machine. But it seems \that the “honorables” sent to Wash- ington as representatives of the peo- should be truly representative, that the people should be clever enough to develop machinations whereby the “rep ntatives” who | do not represent id De remover | from office for their strict obedience to the party dictates, rather than to the dictates of those they are sent to |Johnson, Borah, Poindext>r jund one ‘or two others are no represent. I anr strong for « move- ES replace Congressmen who see find considerable amusement n effort, es- a highly radical attitude, which they should be brought to account. It is needless for me to mention any names, inasmuch as I am directly referring to the peace treaty and the Prohibition Amendment; but 1 do be- lieve that the “Honorables” Lodge, herman reputa Goldm tainly n. orable” gentlen ashington did not or could not have the pleas, ure of accompanying their colleagues SUPPORTER OF AMBP. New York, Jan, 30, 1 We than our former Don't Spit. To the Pilitor of The Evening World; During this dreadful epidemic why not have Police Commissioner En- right give to the Police Reserve the authority to stop this spitting on the floors of cars, trains, &c.? ‘The con- ductors do not try to enforce the notice that is placed in the cars by the Board of Health, Bnforce this fas you do every other in your valu- able paper. x. 7) New York, Jan. 27, 1920. Thoughts, To the Bilitor of The Brening World I thought of how the war had started, I thought of how it.ended, I thought of how Ynother and son departed, Where love and duty were blendel. I thought of the poor and starving, I thought of the loved ones dead, I thought of the life the new ‘ones re carving . And to myself I sald: “I thank thee, God, for the army thou By LIVLIAN CULL, aged 15, No, 306 treet, Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan, 29, 1920, Leechen Wo the MAhitor of 1" “Wholesale murder” is right, Rex of St. Albans, Long Island, The Ligh- teenth Amendment Is a living hell, I know many cases of years, and thou- ands of business and working men that drank for years and lest no work on that account, Even a man who has not drunk in years, or in a Lifetime, Will say it is a shame to take the beer away from the people. The man that drank y in and moking with not y, and looks as if he had ind in the world. Take the old folks. wives dui the da like their beer. F men, postmen, D, clerks, mo- tormen, conductors, policen auto drivers, printers, oheckers, truckmen, shipyard men, and thousands of ‘tradesmen like their beer for dinner and looks li a word to lost every and supper Jf only 3 or 8 per cent Ale keeps the bod m ind keeps no Wheels ¢ golng. B these hy live from the | fe nd not from the sweat from their brows as do the men and tradesmen mentioned. Well, they have our throats cut and By John Blake. (Copyright, 1920.) IF YOU WANT TO BE MISERABLE, Bb. JEALOUS. Your own success—if you get it—will occupy all your time. What other people are doing is none of your affair. You are not concerned with what wages they get—how many motor cars they own: UNCOMMON SENSE how many weeks off they get a year. Stop to watch them—and to envy them-—and you take just that much time from your own progress. Of all the passions, jealousy makes men the most un- happy jand interferes most with r success. it\s an insidious passion, for it is difficult to recognize. You fancy the man who is surpassing you in something is overbearing, or distant, or “chesty.” You hate him—as you suppose—for these reasons. Really, your dislike is based on his success, and on that alone. Because of your jealousy his doings occupy a great share of your thoughts. You deprecate his luck. You hope that some day he will slip, or be found out, or fall into evil ways and lose his place. And all the while you are devoting time to him that belongs to you, and ought to be used in equipping you for success, Jealousy often plays havoc in an office. Often employ- ers dare not raise the pay of a deserving man because of the row his jealous working companions will make over it. The man who is going up is hated, sneered at, beset by all sorts of persecutions and annoyances. But he goes on up just the same. Jealousy never succeeds in its object, which is to pull down the object of its malice. You will find that the man who works hard, attends to his business, and has a purpose in life, is going to suc- ceed. You will gain nothing by being jealous of him. Nor will you gain anything by being jealous of the few lucky accidents you will meet in your journey through the world, They exist, and there is no help for them, even if they some- times get in your way. ‘ Jealousy takes your mind off the business and too gften poisons it with hatred, and hatred, like anger and exhaus- tion, breeds poisons in the body as well as in the mind? Rather than be jealons of other men, make your own career such that weak, malevolent people will be jealous of you. Let them be jealous if they like, vill be powetless to do you any harm, Their jealousy nnn he $ hands tied, but thanfc God they have not got our minds tied. They are doing the talking. The workmen are|a German doing the thinking. We are not|Police C camels, Let this blessed country be fit to live in with its high taxes and H. C. of L. Give us our wines, beer and ale If a treaty can be the Eighteenth both. P. G,, an Amer! Pier 41, N. it, Mayor ninissioner? n cares to be reminded of ndment? Kill an workman, opaque brand. One language—American, for the U. 8. A. flag and One Flag, Tongue To the Biitor of ‘The Erening World: In yesterday's issue you quote Louis Wendel, Judge of the City Court, as saying at a dinner of the | ta tea: Lutheran Society, when pleading for | 7p the Fattor af The Evening World many for him at once, other Judge. RW, New York, Jan. 30, & German Mayor and a German} 1 understand that because the ex- Commissioner : ha one will dare to raise | Kaiser will not be surrendered to the their voices against your songs and William H, And is point. your operas or attack your American that he integrity.” \already had boycotted ail the Holland It their “American intogrity is BE, % ABUIATL gin, above attack, why do they want to Mt, Vernon, N, ¥, Jam 23, sing German songs or want to hear German opera? Or why do they want and a German No one with any decency, and especially no real American, could stand for what Ger- many stands for and no red-blooded p broken, why not} Pure pro-German bunk of the usuai | one | That's enough And that Judge—a ticket for Ger- Mayor Hylan, please appoint an- ENBLUB. No. 43.--Belinda, ELINDA PORTMAN — beautifel, young, unsophisticated—was sent to London by her matchmaking aunt in the hope of catching # rich husband. The girl had no idea at all that this was the object of her London visit to the home of her aunt's flighty friend, Lady Delacour, She thought she was merely sent there to have a pleasant time and to enjoy the novelty of a London season. , But every one else in Lady Dela~ cour’s set knew perfectly well that | Belinda was taken through the season \in the hope of landing a fortune or @ | title. And every one believed that Be- linda was in the plot. The girl was having a delightful time. She had been brought up im the country. London's gaieties were a rev- elation to her. And she entered into |them with an innocent zest which on- lookers mistook for consummate coquetry. Presently, out of the dozens of men whom she met at Lady Delacour’s, wit found one to whom her heart gave ! self with all the ardor of a young girl's first love. The man was Clarence Hervoy, wealthy and of old family, and one of the “catches” of the season, He had for some time been amusing himeeif with a mild flirtation with Lady Del» acour, He and Lady Delacour did not love each other. But it pleased them to pretend to. ‘When Hervey met Belinda he was tremendously taken with her beauty and charm. But he warned himself to avoid her, as she was doubtless as heartless a filrt as Lady Delacour her- self and was out to catch a rich hus- | band. j One night at a mask ball Belinda chanced to be standing near Hervey and another mun. They did not ree- ognize her. To her horror they were speaking of herself and Hervey was denouncing her ag an accomplished coquette in search of a fortune, ‘The horrified girl cried out at hear- ing herself described in this way. At once Hervey saw his mistake Ashamed and remorseful, he sought to apologize. But Belinda had fied. She rushed to Lady Delacour, weep- ing and demanding to be taken home at once. After thal » of Lady Dela cours nonstrance, Be- linda avoided society. She knew what people thought of her, and she shunned the gnze of her former dance partners. ning of Belinda’s | fiercely jealou girl's life a burden But Belinda, deprived of society had found new means of occupyinz her time. Lord and Lady Delacour had once loved each other dearly Lately they had become estrange:! And Belinda set herself to the hard task of bringing them together agait By tact and patience, she succeeded She also saved Lady Delacour from a gang of swindlers who had been vietimizing her. Out of gratitude, Lady Delacour brought Belinda and the repentant Hervey together again, clearing up their misunderstanding ‘and paving the way for their marriage. —~—_— News Flashes From Around The World World’s Largest Freighter. A world’s record tn dry dock ing achievement was established recently by the 30,600-ton float ing dry dock of the Moree Dry Dock and Repair Company of Brooklyn, N. Y., when the 8. 8. Minnesota, the largest carge carrier afloat, was Wfted im twenty-five minute? acteat pumping time. ‘ eee The Yankee Mule tm Germany, One hundred Missourt mules are used by the Army of Occu pation in road repairing about Coblenz, Germany. German ke borers working on the roads had the job of driving the mules. Life twasn't worth living for them until a kindly army officer taught them the use of the magie words, “Whoa,” “Gee," and “Giddap.” see Planes Talk by Wireless, In connection with the patrot of the Mexican border by ain planes, Col. James E, Fechet, Southern Department Air Ber- vice Officer, has announced that wireless field telephone equip. ment, for installation on alt bor- der planes at an early date, has been ordered and is now en route, according to the Telephone Re- view. Planes now being used on the border are equipped with high powered radio sets, enabling messages to be revcived gt long distance oe mer Mail to Siberia, The Post Office Department has issued an order that, untit the American Forces are with. drawn from Siberia, packages not exceeding seven pounds in weight may be forwarded to the Red American Cross, Siberian Personnel, if addressed as fut lows; Name, American Red Cross Siberian — Commission, Care Americar Expeditionary | Forces, Viadivos. «, Siberia,