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lic De A World JOSEPH PULITZER. 3 ye by the Press Pov: Dally Exchpt Bungay by New York. 3 Park Tow. |, ESTABLISHED BY ~ Company, Nos. 63 to 02 Park Row. He PULATEER, Pr dant. i ANGUS SITAW, Treamrer, 4 +. 3O8BPH PLUITZER, Jr. 8 hing MEMUEN OF THE ASKOCIATED PRESS. ‘Fhe Asvociats tress Ms exciusively emtitied to the use for il news despricher credited to it oF uot otherwise credited in thie also the joral newy published herein. POOR TRIBUTE. The unworthiest tribute thal can be paid \ to the memory of George Washington is to assume that the just, well-centred mind of the first President of the United States would nol have kept pace with events ; that a’ cenlury and a quarter of world prog- ress, the development of transportation fa- cilities, the cable, the growth of the Nation in population, wealth and power would NO LONGER CLARIFIED? safed them concerning their own foreign affairs. T is fortunate Americans can feel without too much resentment the irony of a situation that has left them meekly grateful to Paris, Rome and Buenos} Ayres for such crumbs of information as are vouch- The Fiume controversy might have remained even more of a closed book to the people of the United States had not Pertinax of the Echo de Paris and the Bones art hia EBDRUAKXZX 22 sobbed 28 Halt Government Extravagance: Stop War Waste: Ease the Strain on Taxpayers By J. H. Cassel | By : Albert Payson Terhu ICopyright, 1920, by ‘The Drews Publishing Co, The New York Evening World.) No. 51—MARE NOST RUM, by : : a “well-informed Rome correspondent” of the Argentine Blasco-Ibanez A made no change in the forei ic od ‘ LYSSES T was @ é sorely rpeceoriig frodinrde i ie Nacion given them hints from day to day of the part SauIAC IRR born republic of 4,000,000 people, setting played by the United States Government in the dis- ian a a lsat century. to-day. interest to every one, oul to overcome its poverly and make a place for itself at the close of the eighteenth It is not honoring the Father of His Country to represent his mind as no bigger than the narrowness, prejudice and self- seehing thal profess to speak in his name AN EXPENSIVE BOOM. PNSUS returns from Washington are of unusual _@, Washington is booming with a gain of 32.1 per cent. } in population in ien yeats. From 1890 to 1900 Wash- _ | @ington gained at the rate of 21 per cent.; from 1900 to gi%10 the gain was a fraction over 18 per cent. July | pute. it contained, diplomats in Paris. worse? The profound intelligence and extraordinary pre- ‘cision with which inner diplomacy has been dealing with the Adriatic problem is suggested by a despatch | from a Paris correspondent of the New York Times, which says that when the Lloyd George proposal for the Fiume settlement was submitted to Premier Nitti of Italy, the latter statesman, not being able to read English, signed it under a misunderstanding of what Trug or false, this explanation is credited to Italian Could so-called popular diplomacy have done much cestors’ Jove for the Mediterranean, referring to it affectionately as “Mare Nostrum” (“Ouz Sea.") He gave this quaint Latin name also to the fas | steamship which he owned and cap- tained. His home was in Barcelona, where dwelt his gentle wife, Cinta, and his only son, young Esteban, But Ulysses | seldom at home. His voyages car- ried him ail over the earth, And when the war began, in 1914, these voyages waxed so prosperous that he descrived | himself as “rotten with money. His ship, the Mare Nostrum, was laid up for repaics in Naples for « month. Idling away his time on shy-e, Ulysses met a strangely beautiful and mysterious woman who called herseif Freya Talberg. At once Ulysses fell 4 #4, 1917, when the next decade was three-quarters gone,| What a long time back it seems to the evening of ie ema sie re ; spell. ito 4oreot tis 4 "| gthe statisticians of the Census Bureau, who are usually | Sept. 27, 1918, when President Wilson said toa New, 224) ome ome, his wife the son hie adored—he ' very close to the facts, estimated that Washington had| York audience that filled the Metropolitan Opera; 4 ae bes ne ae his insane in- A #@gained 11.5 per cent. The same rate for the full ten) House: Ponirics years ‘actual gain is more than double that. Girest of us. lace holders. “afford a population boom. A i well-nigh inexcusable. would be a fraction over 15 per cent. The 23 sus estimators divide the increase into 38,000 in a: the first seven and one-half years, 68,000 in the last "| wo and one-half years, “congratulation in a city. It is in this case—for Wash- ®ington landlords and storekeepers. But not for the » Washington is, practically a non-productive city. gthe rest of the country supports it. H , emphasize Martin Green's contention that Washington | “does not know the war is over. After a year of peace most of the war-workers are still in Washington. They ; were the reason for the Washington boom. Politicians Whate to clean house before election, As a result, the etaxpayers are paying board and keep on this army of These figures » Washington is one place where the country cannot Ship the war-workers «home. Get thefcountry back on a peace b: | 'N the brief period before March 1 it will be impossible for the country to get a comprehensive and accu- ) rate view of the Railroad Bill, let alone to form a cor- 1 rect and reasoned opinion on its merits, This is most “unfortunate. The delay in presenting the measure is Certainly the bill has numerous good features. Fqually certainly it has several features of doubtful _ ‘value, Moreover, it is impossible to judge these with “National purposes have fallen more and more into the background, and the common purpose of enlightened mankind has taken their place. “The counsels of plain men have become on all hands more simple and straightforward and more unified than the counsels of sophisticated ing for high stakes. “That is why I have said that this is a peo- ple's war, not a statesmen's. Statesmen must follow the clarified common thought or be broken. “I take that to be the significance of the fact that assemblies and associations of many kinds made up of plain workaday people have de- manded almost every time they came together, and are still demanding, that the leaders of their Governments declare to them plainly what it is, exactly what it is, that they were secking in this war, and what they think the items of the final settlement should be.” With the passing of the great crisis of war have the “counsels of plain men” become contemptible? Is it only “sophisticated men of affairs” who can now be trusted with documentary facts concerning in- Has ‘peace made all the difference? Fiume and the adjustment of conflicting claims in the Adriatic are assuredly still to be reckoned among “the items of final settlement,” Why has the Fiume c8ntroversy been held too privy a matter for “the clarified common thought?” FOR THE CRITIC TO EXPLAIN. Sig to Planets, To the Batitor of The Evening World Permit me to suggest a plan by meang of which I believe we can make the planets which are near us FROM EVENING WORLD READERS pleted its contract with the Shipping Board by the delivery of 110 7,800-ton cargo vessels und twelve 8,000-ton army transports. Up to the preeene time every ship delivered from the Hog Island Yard has reccived the By John Blake (Copyright, 1920.) LEARN TO AIM AND YOU WILL LEARN TO HIT. Freya was a German spy, working at Naples with a clique of fellow- spies for the overthrow of the Allies. Her superiors saw a way to make use of Ferragut's intimate knowledge of the Mediterranean; and they set Freya to entrap him, The task was 7 " a ; easy. & War times were boom times for Washington, Ordi- ‘men of affairs, who still retain the impregsion When Ulysses was completely Snarily a rapid increase in population is a source for that they are playing a game of power and play- }under her influence she persuaded him to take charge of a secret expe- dition for the supplying of oil and gasoline to two German submarines | which had eluded the British patrols [and had made their way into the Mediterranean, Supposing the submarines were there merely to attack Allied war- ships and ‘not to prey on com- merce, Ulysses consented. Under the command: of Von Kramer, an arch- spy, he carried a big cargo of gaso- line and oil to the hidden submarines. Then, returning to Naples, he found Freya gone. He also learned that his son, Esteban, had been in Naples, looking for his long-absent sire; but tha: the lad had just embarked on a Spain-bound « \ip, the California. Ferragut took ‘the next boat for Barcelona, On the trip he received news that the California had been sunk by a German submarine and H Nee heey h ish ' ki ti | that nis, son, Esteban, was among [arr ernational relations, whose wishes as to making public the dead. ha 5 ! " , PASS IT, ANYHOW. Soe eee tte, Heartbroken, Ferragut_ewore to live only for vengeance on the slay- ers of his son; and to devote the rest of his own life to atoning for his crime by preying upon the Germans. His infatuation for Freya turned to | furious hatred, as he realized she had | been the indirect means of Esteban's de..th. He offered his services and his ship to the Allies. ching sight of Von | Kramer, disguise in Marseilles, he | denounced the spy—a denunciation which led to Von Kramer's execution |at the hands of a firing squad. This LMOST inevitably, in view of the conditions under understand that people are living on!highest possible rating from the Before the soldier is permitted to shoot his rifle he is ae irae mec «4 . © any reasonable degree of certainty. Even the authors b Rh ia A pata: thet Redeni f this earth and, in like manner, will Brerd ESTEE ie ceeien a sree taught to aim it. Over artd over again he must practise was made to essassinate him, ‘ . ofthe bill are not in entire agreement as to what some w it has operated, the Federal Reserve | cause a similar response if there are|Prgncct ay is evidenced by the prac. |% holding his weapon and. sighting it. |“"Freya, meantime, had. fallen gen- 7 of the paragraphs mean Board is coming in for a considerable amount of crit-|“"¥ People on these planets. tically unanimous letters of every It is discouraging work. With the target before him {| wlnely in love with Ulysses, Sho But the roads are to be turned back on March 1. »That much is certain. Under the circumstances it is best to pass the bill. Almost anything is better than Meantime, it is well for the railroad owners, the workers and the public to rememberthaf there is noth- icism, Mr. Frank A. Vanderlip’s charge that the board erred in not raising its discount rate more rapidly carries a measure of authority. It runs counter to a volume of Vanderlip is probably nearer the truth, However, Mr. Vanderlip spoke in a way which enabled our politically captious neighbor the Sun to in the action of the board, the charge is serious indeed, ‘The Government should immediate- lof red glass 500 to 1,000 Zeet square or more ahd twelve feet high or more. |The entire box should be iit up in- and on every five minutes, If there are people on other planets and if they are intelligent, then there able to establish means of communi- ly build on a plateau a glass box made | Captain and ship operator who has |Sailed upon or handled them. During | {1919 these ships in actual service at| |sea have covered a total of over 900,- |000 sea miles with no mishaps change- |able to construction defects in either huis or engines, crew of another, Your correspondent stated that the steamer William Henry Webb, built at Hog Island, broke down on her at Hog Island, and we have no knowl- International Corporation. the recruit naturally wants to try to hit it. But to permit him to fire too soon would be fatal to his efficiency, He will never shoot well unless he first learns to shoot correctly. These rules are as necessary in life as they are on the | sought him out to warn him of hiv | danger from the Germans and to beg his forgiveness. He repulsed lier, in shuddering disgust, remembering only her share in the killing of his son, 4 iti i On the contrary, And the long drill in holding the rifle’ properly and Her fellow-spies, finding that ~the present confused condition which will be augmented ; ' ternally with powerful electric | mo na ae cine A Pea Focus: i maaEE Owed’ (ete enerae, reanlvenite by the return, complaint against any raise at all. Of the two, Mr.|lights, the lights to be switched off | se aheaited vewcie acd coset te | % aiming it properly is never wasted. Pet nee Mee (tent, heey raeven ae . lowed a popular German spy custom in anging for this—a custom which is said to account for the cap- ture of many other German sples 1h sure i xf i i A 0 : . Wilhelmstrasse — had | ‘ing sacrosanct about the matter. The measure itself jis no doubt that they have power-|maiden trip from Philadelptiia to your larget. ; which the 3 i : : ite in its headli E o ° itics | {ul Magnifying glasses The constant | New York. This steamer was not built i angen 3 4 oe ares ig learned to distrust. They sent Freya is only an amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act write in its headlines that he “urges removal of politics | {V tentne off and on of the lights will Before you actually set out to accomplish your ambition y . A whe into France on a et mission, ri il z ‘ from the Federal Reserve Board.” If “politics,” in the | attract them and this attraction may | edge of her. you must learn HOW to accomplish it. This means long Then, by a ‘pretended blunder, (hey Beets) oxuritier amendment a5 the:nees a1868 OF) ins ty accepted use of the word, has played a part |tiat*fnummer” Eventoally Meo nay bel geulor Vie poet tae and often uninteresting toil, but without it all your aiming at { made. I "own, her presence (ere te the wisdom is demonstrated. When the disputed sec- , = Le cae “Pas pag f ARO utaronecaant ee the target will be useless. jthe French § 5 § ; arrested, tried and condemned to dic *tions are interpreted by the courts it will be possible to ; i cation. : 120 Broadway, Feb. 17, 1920. | There can be no success without training, severe and 3 | —all on evidence covertly supplied by ie 476 lalerp Aah re and Mr. Vanderlip should make a more complete expla-| 1 should very much like vou to take 1 conkinnoua, ; Germany. Lae rectify mistakes. vi rie nn 3 this matter up in public, in order to Greed and Muatic. ‘ ? Soon after Freya’s execution a Q nation. If it is merely that politically appointed mem-| see what some scientists think of My | To the Baitor o The Evening World You can no more become a bank president without 3! submarine blew up Ferragut's be- THIS IS NOT A JOKE. X-PRBSIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT is “mentioned” in Georgia political circles as a | <Presidential possibility, Even more than that, a peti- 4 tion for his entry into the State primaries has been cir- gySulated, In Georgia the Taft admirers want him to a) Tun as a Democ Could any incident be more illuminating in regagd to bers may have shown less banking wisdom than might have been desirable, then Mr. Vanderlip should have made this plain. * PUBLIC AFF (Prom the New York Evening Post.) Au ans who have read with indignation that the Fiume agreement of Dec, 9 (whatever tuat is) was re- vised on Jan. 9 without Mr. Wilson's knowledge (in a plan. MICHANL ABRAMS. 1133 Broadway, Feb. 16, 1920. A Correction, ‘To the Ector of The Evening World; In your issue of Monday, Feb, 16, | your correspondent, Mr. Martin Green, | writing from Washington, makes sev- eral statements with respect to the Hog Island Shipyard which are incor- rect and from them draws erroneous conclusions which are unjust. In an interview with Victor Herbert | published in last Saturday's World Mr. Herbert makes some statements the sincerity of which £ wish to challenge. Mr. Herbert attributes to the greed of music publishers the condition of the modern musical comedy, with its popular song. The public, as ever, has to take what is offered to it, and4 Mr. Herbert has long since been in a learning how to be a bank president than you can go to Chicago without knowing how to get there. Emerson's advice to hitch your wagon to a star is ex- cellent advice, but it would have been of more practical value if he had added a few details as to how it is to be accomplished. Do not begrudge the months or weeks or the years that you spend in learning how to aim. You'll get far more hits if you put in hard work at training than you will if you fire before you have learned how to hold your rifle. loved ship, the Mare Nostrum, and Ulysses fearlessly went to his death among the wreckage of the torpedoed | vessel. | ee — Consular Notes From Near East sense yet to be ascertained) will now be glad to learn ve vad fs, breakdown of party principles in the United S| es? None of the ships now under con-| position to give the public what he Genius can sometimes fire at sight, but even genius Traffic in Mesopotamia, ? ea : + Mr. Taft i ioe ‘ie . | that the President's protest (as it will be revealed some |gtruction at the yard are to he |wishes to and not what anybody tells often misses unless it learns how to fire. And genius suc- On Jan. 15 the first train from mt Personally, Mr. Taft is popular in Georgia as he iS} gay) nas been not without effect, and that the original scrapped. There are to-day thirty-|him to. It has been and still is up to|$ ceeds more often than does ordinary ability because it is Busyeh reached Bagdad. While “everywhere else. But if ahy man is a Republican that} form of Lioyd George's rejoinder to Mr. Wilson (con-|six vessels upon the ways, all of | Victor Herbert what he shall or shall/3 great enough to recognize the value of hard work, most of the heavy freight trafic ato admit. sciences or Mr, Tait's. even better than Mr. Taft, Publican, + * man is William Howard Taft, as he would be the first Yet Georgia Democrats would—and in fact could— » Support him without straining either their own con- Iii fact, it is highly probable that there are other Republican notables even more conservative who would suit the Georgia political fancy Mr, Taft will not permit his name to be used as a mocrat, Georgians*will not supporl him as a Re- Why? - Merely because of names which have come Dinca aividad be Bale Do The ocly think iba elo mean less than nothing as differentiating real a | cerning which we know nothing) was discarded for a much more diplomatic reply by Lord Cecil (of which wo know less), without inducing the President to deviate from his position in his second note (the context of which we can eagerly surmise), now undergoing revision in the State Department (to a degree we may vividly conjecture). The case may be stated even more clearly in alge- braic terms, Let X be the Dec. 9 agreement, Y¥ the January agreement, Z the President's protest, Q the original Lloyd George reply, R the reply as modified by Cecil, 8 the President's second note, and T the State Department's revisions, Taen ,the present situation may be represented by X multiplied*by Y minus Z plus jc does not know is the value of X, Y, QR, 8 which will be completed according to the original contract An agreament has been reached for the cancellation of fifty-eight of the original seventy army — transports which are no longer necessary, the war being over, A very large amount of work had already been done upon these ves and the amount to be paid by the Shipping Board to the American International Shipbuilding ‘orporation is an amount in exact accordance with the proportion of the total amount of Work already done as compared with the completed ship. It will be remembered that the Shipbuilding Corporation receives no fee whatever for the construction sof the Hog Island Yard itself, Its only compensation is a fee less than 3 per cent. on the cost of ship construction actually performed by it In the coming summer the Ship- building Corporation will have com- not write, and I claim that since Mr. Herbert turns out three or four scores @ season set t» what are often indif- ferent books, then Mr. Herbert does 80 Decause he pleases to do so, We have on the New York stage this season two modern ‘and highly artistic products, viz: “Apple Blos- soms" and ‘Monsieur Beaucaire.” If the composens of these two delightful scores had been content to adorn with their music anything and overything, then it is a question whether the operas named would ever have been written so well. Victor Herbert leads all the light music writers in. this country and is certainly second to no foreign composer; therefore, when Mr. Herbert continues to produce nothing of note and to produce a great deal at that, then I am compelled to be- lieve that he js @ victim of financtal No one worked harder than did Michael Angelo or Keats or any ofthe geniuses whose names will endure for- ever. Aim as high as you can, always. to aim-before you fire. But always learn how UNCOMMON SENSE rifle range. It is easy enough to aim high, but il is not easy to reach | AAA AA AAAI ANANDA DIA greed and consequently artistically) Ingham that have made possible the insincere. presentation in New York of musical Mr. Herbert speaks disparagingly of | masterpieces. W. S. Gilbert. Could Mr. Herbert} In brief, Victor Herbert has wasted find a book that in any way ap-|his marvellous melodic gifts and con- proaches a Gilbert classic, then every | sequently leaves nothing to posterity producing manager of musical shows | to join’ the enchanting “Mikado,” in New York would be bidding for | “Iolanthe,” “Gondoliers,” &c., of Sull- it, And here I may eay that the/ivan, the “Chimes of Normandy” of |proditcing managers are not so domi- | Planquette, the “Robin Hood" of De Hated by commercialism as the}Koven and “Prince of Pilsen” of alarmists would claim. It is men! Lueders. ARTHUR J. LAMB, like A. L. Erlanger and Charles Dill New York, Feb, 17, 1920, of the region will still likely be by river, the new line will prob. ably be popular for light freight and passengers. There are now 945 miles of railway in Mesopo- tamia as against 1,113 miles dur- ing the war, the decrease result. ing from the taking up of some unimportant lines, oe. Decreased Olive Crop. The Greek olive crop, it is re ported, will be 30 per cent below that of 1919. Indications are that olive production in the Greek islands will fall below that of 1918.