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EE EE aS ? i > TR Te SRI TT eh ene ass ie Tees emer i i er ae ee * ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. tly Excdpt Sundey by the Press Pubif nny, Non. 85 to 63 Park Row, New Turk. PULATAER, President, 68, Park UT, ANGUS SHAW, Treasare’ ow PP gone PULITZER. Jr. Secretary. 63 Park ing MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. rem te enctusively emtitied to the use for republication Grapetches credited to it oF wot otherwise credited im this paper Me local mews published herein. s BRIDGE COLBY SEC. OF STATE. SSIDENT WILSON selects Bainbridge Colby ; Of this city to succeed Mr. Lansing as Secretary Choice comes a3 a surprise to those who re- Mr. Colby as a Progressive of Progressives, worker for Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, and mse fa candidate for Governor of New York in the n ¢ State Convention of the same year. Will be recalled, however, that in 1916, after the mal Progressive Party had been handed over to Republican machine at the Chicago Convention, fir. Colby declined to be a part of the “delivered Be wets 7 gid has since stood by the Wilson policies. © An able anil successful lawyer, Mr. Colby has also a stanch defender of the Constitution against by national Prohibition or any other move- to restrict personal liberty and State rights. President's choice is another interesting indica- how party lines and colors of the past are fading Of sight in the high lights of the present. , “Hoover belongs to the Wilson end of the _ Democratic Party,” says Senator Penrose. Is it iy uot passing strange how the politicians of both _ parties want to shove Mr. Hoover into the op- _ posite camp, while the rank and file desire only | toelaim him for their ownt PUBLIC INTEREST NEGLECTED. "J TNIONIZATION of telephone operators is not P apt to afford immediate relief to a sorely tried long-suffering public. Telephone operation be- ys to that considerable list of occupations of a interest in which the sympathetic strike be barred and in which the ordinary strike be a very last resort after all other forms of nent have failed. ertheless it is easy to comprehend the very gen- al interest of the gperators in unionization. The 0 policy of the New York Telephone Com- is almost self-explanatory. The labor turn-over the loss of experienced operators reported to the Service Commission as an excuse for wretched is evidence enough to convince unprejudiced rae * It is doubtful whether there will be much public thy with the company in any artti-union crusade. Phe company, apparently, has invited unionization, and i no position to fight. If the operators themselves a union, there can be no expectation of strike- ‘Breaking in a city where it is impossible to recruit “@iough operators to fill regular positions. _ Labor troub‘es incident to unionization in telephone are apt to react on the public. The time to lave prevented this was before the trouble started. is hard to escape the conviction that the Public te Commission failed to grasp an opportunity to just such a situation when it ordered the com- fy to grant a rebate to subscribers. x is true the Commission does not have mandatory “power over wages, but with the wide discretionary vision it exercises it could have exerted tremen- ‘pressure to foroe wages up to a level which would retained ‘the experienced operators, maintained ce and forestalled the demand for unionization. > as is usual, the public interest in‘labor contro- is the last to be considered and provided for. ‘ ‘There are weighty reasons for and agains: a Mteracy test fot admission of immigrants, The | | ‘would seem to favor such a rule. | Be that as it may, the argument that the law fe bad decause a prospective bride is detained on Ellis Island until she learns to read is wort rather loss than nothing. ° It is unfortunate that the young woman in _ question is unable to read, but the place to have tion. That would have avoided the complica WHAT IS GAMBLING? PNCOME tax rulings provide that profits from op- yi on the’Stock Exchange must be reported a nay be deducted. New York witnessed a disgraceful epidemic of sales” of stocks on the Exchange, the avowed of which was to “establish losses’ on the of income tax payers. A other ruling requires the report of income de- from gambling, but losses at the gaining table f@ not allowable as business losses. This a poor rule that does not work both ways. filing on the Stock Exchange is no more entitled mption than gambling on the green-covered "Since the burden of proof is on the income de- im either case, why should collectors differen- ve is no question that a large proportion of the prop . 1 E Supported Woodrow Wilson against Charles E. § took an active part in the Wilson campaign | @wakened sentiment for “Americanization’ | Russia? > applied such a Yest was at the port of embarks. | AN In the last days of the} ‘THE deals are gambling. There is demarcation, . If the income tax collectors will only throw out all exemptions on gambling losses, whether on exchange cr card table, it will perform a very real service. No one ever has been able to draw the line, but another trial would not be amiss. | We would suggest that those late-in-December | “wash sales” would make a good starting place. They have all the earmarks of the game in which the dealer has a marked deck. : no definite line ot BEHIND LENINE.” | Governments of the Allied nations will refuse to deal with the Soviet power in Russia “until they have arrived at the conviction that the Bolshevists’ horrors have come to an end,” The Council lets it be further understood that such conviction is most likely to come, if it comes at all, from investigation conducted under {he supervision of the Council of the League of Natiorls. What is Lenine’s reply to this? Will the astute head of the Soviet regime welcome a full and thorough investigation of present conditions in Russia under impartial auspices? Is he ready to give the Allied nations a viey of Soviet methods ex- actly as they are? In the notably adroit presentation of the case for Bolshevism which he made to The World, Lenine con- cealed all “horrors” behind the one phrase: “We have [sacrificed everything to victofy:” Cruelty, massacre, oppression, brutality—all fade to nothingness in the prospective blaze of those 50,000,000 incandescent lamps with which in three ears’ time the Soviet administration promises to light all Russia from water power in the Ural Mountains, Bloodshed and tyranny are to be forgotten in the dazzling results of Soviet engineering enterprise, which is to “electrify the entire industrial system.” Meanwhile, Lenine pointsgout, other nations must make peace with the Soviet regime, because only thus can they trade with Russia. The Russian co-operatives have been transformed into Soviet distributing organ- izations. No chance of unofficial trac. through that channel, The Soviet power only awaits Allied recognition to} give foreign capital “the most generous concessions and guarantees,” In the ear of the United States Lenine slyly adds: relations “We shall need American manufactures- | locomotives, automobiles, &c.—more than those ! of any other country.” What does it all rest on? | How deep and far-spreading are the roots of Soviet- ism in Russian soil? To what degree does it truly represent awakened political instinct among Russia's millions? Is it only one passing phaseé—just as the Kerensky regime was another—of a revoluiion which has not yet run its course or brought Russia te a stage that may be reckoned in any large sctuse self-determinod and stable? In short: Is the present Soviet Government a Gov- ernment of Russia or is it only a Government in The rest of the world has had as yet no satisfactory {answer to these questions, To get such answers it must go behind Lenine. | STILLS AND STORIES. ANUFACTURERS of stills have-been ordered to} require an affidavit from customers, to the ef- ‘fect that “the still is not to be used for production of spirits and setting forth specifically the actual purposes for which it is to be used.” Mr, James S. Shevlin, the author of this rather un- usual order, might almost be suspected of an effort to | add to the world’s store of humor, Those affidavits might to make interesting reading in these arid days. Such a requirement is certain to stimulate thought, if not veracity. We imagine that many affidavits will give evidence of no little mental ingenuity. A versatile press agent out of a job—if there be such an anima! in this era of propaganda—might profitably rent desk space in a still salesroom and prepare ready- made reason§ for resourceless patrons unable to think of their own. Local steam-heater, Turkish bath accessory, croup- fume manufactory, vegetable dehydrator, milk evapo- rator, perfume rectifier, are all purposes that are rather obvious and will be used frequently. A really active investigator who would spend time in hunting up new HE Allied Supreme Council announces that the EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, ie 2 =F Be FEBR UARY 25, 1920. From President Wilson’s Message to Congress, Dec.’2,-1919: “I hope that Congress will bring to a conclusion at this session legislation looking to the establishment of a budget system. . “That there should be one single atithority responsible for the malcing of all appropriations ard that appropriations should be made not independently of each other, Int with reference to one single comprehensite plan of expenditure properly related to the nation’s income, “Another and not less important aspect of ‘the problem is the ascertainment of the economy and efficiency with which the moneys appropriated are expended. “Under exisitng law the only audit is for the purpose of ascertaining whether expenditures have been lawfully made within the appropriations. “No one is authorized or equipped to ascertain whether the money has been spent wisely, economically and effectively.” ; Taxpayers Still Carry a War Load: When Will Congress Lighten It? ere can be no doubt. What Is Liberty? ‘To the Editor of The Evening World Referring to your editorial, “How Do You Like it?” on Monday, Feb. 9, 1920, Mr. Wayne B. Wheelur is abso- jutwly right when he says, “Personal liberty Was never guaranteed to the citizens of any civilized government. Civil Hberty “is guaranteed.” You know this. If you don’t, Jook up the definition of liberty in’ “Websfer's.” Your continual harping on personal liberty is a reflection on the intelli- | gence of your readers and will mis- lead the ignorant as to what liberty ; really means under organized govern- ment, BENJ. R. CLAYTON. Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 18, 1920. | ‘The Three Donahaes. To wie Editor of The Evening World We are a family of three, father and two sons, all hard workers, and do not wish to be classified as booze or beer hounds, But after working all day in a hot, stuffy office or fac- tory we did like to have a glass of beer or claret with our supper. We} don’t see why in the world there are | a few men that when they drank a | brains. However, last election we did not vote and will not vote again | until we are able to vote on this/ question. THE THREE DONAHUES. | New York, Feb, 22, 1920. A False Alarm. Fo the KAitor of The Brening Work! ‘Thirty-five years ago, in a Western city, 1 joined a trade union, got a job anda boarding house, and shared a room with a well-known som aa Tack | Whether the latter appellation’ came | from the loss of a digit or his system of measuring drinks Was a question, “Corky” took sick and died, and his last words were: “Bill, we have been good pals; all | have in the world is the alarm clock. ‘That I leave to you.” Whether it was a ourse or not, it is a fact that since then necessity | has compelled ma to get up by an alarm clock, and it has ever been my dream that ‘some day I Would be able to cast it aside forever. Now come the daylight saving peo- ple saying It is to my interest to set it ahead an hour. Mr, Editor, there | is not a working man or working woman of sound mind in Greater New York who wantg the privilege of getting up an hour earlier, TM means ‘on the Stock Exchange are legitimate business There is no question but that some stock uses for stills might do a good business and rarely re- j peat on the reason assigned, industrial unrest, strikes for higher pay and shorter hours, lessened pro- | \quction and a widening of the breach | between the wealthy clase and those giass of beer or wine it tured their |+ jon the head is better, who are fighting for decent living conditions, $ On the political side, no working man or farmer has worried much over what happened to Mr, Wilson's other policies since hig heartless vetoes of daylight saving repeal; President Moran, who fathered the measure in the Board of Aldermen, was defeated a8 soon a8 the yoters got a chance at him, and young Mr, Cooney from this district, who made it a campaign issue, is no longer a member of the Board, The alarm clock is the unanswer- able arguinent against daylight sav- ing. W. H. WARD. 8643 Bay 16th St., Brooklyn, Feb, 21, 1920. o To the Exlitor of 1 Among you own horses, or use th praise their good business sense, Why buy a motor truck? Think of its ini- tia! cost, its upkeep, the price of gaso- line, not to speak of garage and repair bills, By all means get a horse—and keep him. If your motor truck can't haul its load, you're out of luck. That's all. With A horse it's different. A good, strong whip does the trick. , Are you afraid of interference from those foolish sentimentalists who say @ horse should not be beaten? Listen. Just fool them. Drive your horse around the next dark corner, That boy. Now's your chance, Don’t hit him across the flanks. No; He'll feel it more, Nothing like a good job, Come down with whip again. Good! Of course he'll rear, and try to move away. Has he been pulling a mere three or |more ton load all day? Have the roads | been rough and icy? Has the weather been bitter cold? What's the differ- ence? A horse is only a horse. He can't complain, ‘And some “successful business man” shred of strength out of his broken, sweating, starving body, the noble animal, without whimper or whine, sinks slowly to the ground. Even a horse limits. A cop's revolver brings the finishing touch, And some “successful business man" will remark with anger that “the old plug lasted only ten years, Horses have no right to lay down and die. ‘Well, it’s all right. Many more horses in the market. Wifie will want another coat. Perhaps a car. And there's that charity affair you're sub- scribing to. ‘Then again, there's a sale of horses to-morrow., Where's your check book ? CHARLES B. KIRSCHBAUM. 1121 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn Feb, 31, 1920, | | ‘UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1920.) BE SQUARE WITH YOURSELF. The best man is the man who is the least of a hyp Nobody is altogethet without hyprocrisy. Each of us is a bundle of inheritances, and from ancestors who for man years had to dissemble in order to live we inherit hypocr: in a greater or less degree, according to the sort of people who did us the favor of being our many-times great-grand- parents. There is little need of hyprocrisy to-day. Any man can at least be square with himself. ‘To do so he must keep an eye on his motives, and motives will always bear watching. It is casy to persuade ourselves that we are doing right, to justify in ourselves motives we would be the first to con- demn in others, Men frequently say of a petty dishonesty, “Somebody would have done it if hadn't.” They do things they know are wrong, excusing themselves that others who are pros- perous and respected do the same things. They excuse their own vices, their own sins, their own idleness, pretending to believe that these things are the com- mon property of the race. “To err is human,” while true enough is a very mis- chievous maxim, for it is distorted by the erring into a phrase of self-defense, “The worst of crimes is that of being found out,” is another phrase which the weak and the scoundrelly hug to their guilty souls with fine satisfaction. This is mot’a perfect world; nor are we perfect beings. It would be a rather sugary and tiresome world if it was perfect. But if we make mistakes, if we do wrong things, let us at least not try to fodl ourselves about them, Nor,-knowing that we are doing wrong, let us not go about among our fellow citizens looking sanctimonious and pretending to be superior to all who fall by the way. If we are square with oursel f we know ourselves for what we are, full of imperfections, liable to mistakes and worse, we at least will be capable of self-analysis and improvement. 4 If we try to pull the wool over our own eyes we may perhaps succeed, But our hypocrisies will impose on no one else. Everybody recognizes the hypocrite, and despises him. Hypocrisy is a mean, hurtful trait, and the sooner a man can reduce it to a minimum in his make up, the better chance he will have of respecting himself and winning the respect of the rest of the world. ie The Love Stories of Great Novels Albert Payson Terhu Vous ren. 1920, __{The No. 52—Carmen. By Prosper Merimee. > ON JOSE, a plodding and law- abiding Spanish soldier, had no ambitions other than to round out his term of military str- vice and then go back to his native Province, turn farmer, marry some stolid country maiden and settle down to an uneventful life of out- door toil. It_was a simple ambition and one that seemed easy enough to gratify. But the luckless man was fated to utter failure; and to 4 fa> shorter and More spectacular career. To his own amazement, he beca.ne enamored of a gypsy woman, whose nickname was Carmen, and who was @ member of one of Spain's many smuggling gangs. Lured by Carmen, the daz-dly enamored Don Jose deserted from the army and ran away to the mountains }to join the gypsy girl's gang of | smugglers, Carmen returned his blind |love—but in her catlike and [heartless way. He was unlike any Jother man she had met—this cons¢l- entious and pious young soldier. Aad | he attracted her. | Don Jose knew his love for Carmen would last forever. n knew her | fancy for Don Jose would endure only | until she should chance to meet some! | man she liked better. She had gone | through life, carelessly, and regarding |love merely as the amusement of a | Moment Upt own grim | keep his wife's re This husband thou |to settie the problem Don Jose | would be to kill the solemn young | lover. | He forced a quarrel on Don Jose. The two fought a knives. \The husban | knife-fighter. Don Jo: | barest knowledge of | Yet it was the husban | Jose who was s! “Your guard ' men informied t outfought you. He Wag fated to die. raiés eyerytr capricious becom: Her love he had los he knew bh ; without Carn Then he sa he was beginning to tire of him. In vain he pleaded and | threatened. Her lov him jee She regarded was and sought to get rid indifference roused pour Don Jose to madness. This madness became homi- cidal when he found Carmen was no | longer troubling herself to be true to | him. | ‘The climax came when Dot | received proof of an uffai jcarrying on with | fighter. Insane with ho: jealousy he murdered th had wrecked his life. Then, stolidly, he surrendered himself to the polic ready to pay the debt his crazy | fatuation bad made him incur, te—The plot of Merimee's famoim tarmen,"’ differs in many respects reito of Biset's opera of the same” da which wan founded on it) aE Consular Notes ||| Erom Near East Reforms in Jugo-Slavia, In former Austro-Hungarian territory, now included in Jugo- | Slavia, agrarian reforms have brought about the partition of | 100,000 hectares of land among the peasants, The population of this region is divided into fve classes, namely, large land own- crs, proprietors who rent their estates, those who work their | own tand, smal! holders, and last- | ly, the landless. Agrarian com- mittees are being formed in each | commune, on which there will be one member to represent each 20 constituents of each of these fire classes. eer ers Smyrna Fig Trade, The jig yield of the Vilayet of Aiden has risen from approzi- | mately 9,000 tons raiged on 10,000 acres of land about 80 years ago | to about 28,000 tons raised on | 25,000 acres. However, this at | vance in supply has not kept pace | with the demand, dnd prices of figs have steadily risen, The big producing areas are, under no mat conditons, exclusively tapped | by the Ottoman (Atden) Railway Company's system. The orcharde, located mainly in the Meander Valley, are ovcned chiefly by Turks.