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: Biorld, ABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. EST. [Purtishes Daly except iy by Cotapany, Now. 53 to 68 Park CUT THE KNOT. 'HE first of the two treaty reservations proposed by Gov. Cox, Democratic nominee for Pres- ident, is as follows: “In giving its assent to this treaty the Sen- ate has in mind the fact that the League of Nations which it embodies was devised for the sole purpose of maintaining peace and comity among the nations of the earth and 5 ‘Preventing a recurrence of such destructive I conflict as that through which the world has & Just passed. The co-operation of the United States with the League and its continuance as a member thereof will naturally depend upon the adherence of the League to that fundamental purpose.” The Covenant of the League of Nations, which $s so much oftener discussed than read, begins thus: “In order to promote international co-opera- tion and to achieve international peace and securityPby the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war, by the prescription of open, just and honorable relations between nations, by the firm establishment of the understand: ings of international law as to the actual rule of conduct among governments, and by the maintenance of justice end a scrupulous re- spect for all treaty obligations in the deal ings of organized peoples with one another, the high contracting parties agree to this covenant of the League of Nations.” “ By the acceptance a} obligations not to resort to war.” Is Gov. Cox’s first reservation interpretative in any sense save that of repeating. what every nation entering the League is bound by im the first words of the covenant? In insisting upon the fundamentalpurpose of the League of Nations, is the proposed reservation any more clear or definite than the covenant itself? Does such a reservation reserve anything? Gov. Cox’s second reservation reads: “It will of course. be understood that In carrying out the purpose of the League the Government of the United States musg at all times act in strict harmony with the terms and intent of the United States Constitution, which cannot in any way be altered by the treaty-making power,” This follows closely that portion of the League plank in the Demoecratic platform, which says: “The President repeatedly has declared, end this convention reaffirms, that all our duties and obligations as a member of the League must be fulfilled in strict conformity with the Constitution of the United States, embodied /in which is the fundamental requirement of declaratory actiom by Congress before this Nation may become a participant in any war.” Last March when Senatorial wrangling over the | treaty was at its height, President Wilson wrote to Senator Hitchcock regarding Article X.: “There can be no objection to again ex- plaining what our constitutional method {s, and that our Congress alone can declare war | or determine the causes or occasions for war, | | and that it alone can authorize the use of the armed forces of the United States on land or on the sea.” ‘The President was then of the opinion that to | cite the Constitution in connection with Article X. | " would be “a work of aca” Morc ypen to the charge of being supererogatory is the first of Gov. Cox's proposed reservations, which dwells upon the aims and obligations of the League in language no more precise or forcible than that of the covenant itself. The second Cox reservation, however, comes very close to what has long seemed to’ The Eve- ning Worki the simplest, most comprehensive and Mrraightforward method by which to cut the knot the whole‘treaty tangle. Even the worst enemies of the treaty and the « League of Nations profess to be acting from a deep sense of duty to uphold and protect the Constitu- tion. Altack, obstruction and delay have been in the name of the~Constitution, Why. not then propose to ratify the treaty with the one strong, unassailable, all-inclusive reserva- tion—the Constitution? Accept treaty and covenant with the single clean- ‘cut indorsement : k To be interpreted by the United Sta‘es in the light of t’e Cor stil tion of tle Uni'ed States. When The Evening World first ventured this Suggestion, it was loudly ridiculed by Senator Reed of Missouri on the floor of the Senate. Serctee Ssed’s judgment of laie has not pre- with his party. AA CA Ae | . J * ‘THE £ cratic candidate are near to seeing in the Constitu- tion the one complete, unequivocal reservation with which to knock down the scafloldings of the Re- publican treaty-wreckers, Such use of the Constitution need: be in no sense supérerogation. Nor could the President himself consistently so call it. The Constitution is strong enough to be its own safeguard, Trust to it, and cut the knot. CAPITAL TRIES DIRECT ACTION. NLESS the Bridgeport authorities take action to bar jitneys from the street, the local trac- tion company proposes to suspend operation next Thursday. Analysis of the situation seems to show that the traction company is resorting to something essen- tially similar to the general strike to coerce the authorities, Suspension of service is the equivalent of “direct action” by a union. A strike of capitalists will inconvenience the pub- lic no less than a strike of laborers, If an injunction may be used against striking workers why should it not be used against striking owners? In Brooklyn the B, R. T. has eliminated the Hylan buses which were objectionable to it. This was achieved by orderly process of the courts. Bridgeport traction managers might bétter follow the example of the B. R. T. Last winter the Doherty traction interests were successful in coercing the Toledo council to reverse an ouster ordinance. The Doherty company re- moved its cars from the State and refused to return them until the council met its terms. Perhaps Bridgeport: trolley men hope to profit by the ex- ample. They should fail, a i “Direct action” for political effect is indefensible. This is true whether it be in Toledo or Bridgeport, whether by employers or employees. ‘When the weapon used involves a public utility- the public is the first to suffer. The law and the power of the state should protect the public against such abuses. oa IF THEY WERE ALL LIKE THIS! H™" engines for the far famed rolling chairs of the Atlantic City boardwalk are on strike. They ask double pay and’refuse to work unless they get it. Barring the possiblity that Mr. Attorney General Palmer may “see red” and appeal for an injunction against the chair.pushers, it seems highly probable that this latest transportation strike may succeed. Certainly tt will be difficult to arouse any ery great wave of popular indignation against the strik- ing pushers outside the chair-riding contingent itself. Here ‘is an “outlaw” strike that can easily be broken by volunteers. If the chair riders feel they must rideslet ‘em take turns pushing each other, THE EX-EMPRESS EUGENIE. agi the great war visitors to Cap Martin, one of the fairest and sunniest spots on the French Riviera, were likely to meet on almost any bright morning during the season a bent old woman, dressed all’ in black, who walked slowly along the hard, white road under the Italian pines, leaning heavily on an ebony stick. If she aoticed the passerby, it was with a quick lift of the head and a straight flash of the eye from under her heavy veil. Even those who had no idea: of her identity could feel that here was one who in her life must have received many salutes and much homage. That old woman was Eugenie, ex-Empress of France, widow of Napoleon IIl., beautiful and radiant mistress before 1870 of the most brilliant court in Europe, on her way from her modest villa to visit her poultry farm a few rods down the road. Even six years ago it was hard to think of any personage alive who had further outtived their time than had this shrunken figure who once ruled in the Tuileries as the imperial idol of the French, Since 1914 the great war put another barrier be- tween the aged ex-Empress and her past. After a long life in which the sorrows closed thick and dark upon the brightness, she is dead at ninety- four, in a new era t6 which she could not have felt herself held by a single tie, MAN O° WAR, ? hia crowd that waiehed Man o’ War and John P. Grier in a record-breaking race last Satur- day experienced a thrill which can not be duplicated anywhere except on a race track—a track on which horse and man are contending against horse and man. Men to whom racing has become a matter of business were up on their toes shouting and gesticu- lating. Reporters who have written of a hundred races fairly outdid themselves in the use of super: latives. The stop-watches Verified what the crowd saw. A fifth of a second was clipped from the world speed mark for the distance. Such a race is rightly called the “sport of kings.” ‘The mechanical marvels of the speeding automobile pall when compared to (he straining flesh and blood which delivers its utmost. top ige h if VENING WOR LD, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1920 Them That Has—Gets! right, 1900, ty Tes Trem batiahing Co (The New York Evening wor. By J. H. Cassel ' What kind of. letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one that gives vou the worth of @ thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is flne mental exercise and a lot of sutisfaction in trying to say much in a few words, Take time to bé brief. Going Teo Far. Products of these various classifica- | By Joh (Copyrignt, 1920, Contempt, like a weed, g UNCOMMON SENSE» n Blake by Joun Blake.) EMPLOY YOUR CONTEMPT SPARINGLY. rows without much cultivating. It is easy to be contemptuous of a man who doesn't | ak ‘To the Extwor of Toe Bri Works | tions are consumed .and included in In a recent Issue of The Evening dit ‘ considered us the cost of Ee v Claude | M6. From a superficial review 0! ah tey vee fetter trom one Cia the figures published by the larger ‘altey Cullen. railroads, perhaps 30 or 40 per cent.! In the parlance of the day, “Where | may be. Assume jt may be as high doos he get that stuff?” about our) as $0 per cent. in order to insure w oldiers being willing to fight Eng- | iclent inorease in the cost of liv ae mribatag ake: eal to make the calculation inter | esting. | Evidently from his name, he 18) The increased cost of living be- |Irigh, God bless him for that; but is | comes one-half the increase in freight | his judgment so warped that he actu- | Lede or PTO. On an esti- nated population of 105,000,000 per- tf alld’ veld et pas Labi tod ons the Increase is about $9.50 per | It is regrettable, but neve: person yearly. A saving over the fact, that Irishmen of his ,calibre, | previous estimate of $82.50 per per- seeking “the pursuit of happiness in Son. or $7,600,000,000 saved in the cost | this country, would be glad to gee it | °F J!vine yearly to the people. | laid in waste, if his wonderful Ire- | ,SUCh, Stosely exaggerated state | | ments as the one published, particu- land only regained her freedoms‘ larly in times of great stress in the Thank Almighty God for such fear- | cost of living, are most harmful to less Americans as the late Theodore | #!! concerned. The economic benefit | Roosevelt, who said “that a .man | to the country of improvement in its whose hatred for another country | failroad situation will repay many |was greater than his love for Amer- times all it costs. we |tea” was not a good American, He ROBPRT B, BROWNLER. | lalso said that “there are no hyphen- Haven Avenue, June 8, 1920. jated Americans; a man ty either an American or hé is not one ‘The good old U. 8. A. is a haven of refuge for the oppressed of all | lands, but when they rant and go | | | No. 120 $1,000,000 for Enforcement. ‘To the Balitor of The Krentng World : | I noticed in the issue of June 30 an wear your kind of clothes, who doesn't speak your particu- lar patois, who doesn’t do things in the way you do them. Many young men despise others because they like rhu- barb pie or have a habit of wearing yellow neckties. One of the difficulties of our doughboys in France was caused by their contempt of the French because the French conldn’t understand the English language. Contempt of that sort is provincialism, which is mere ignorance, , It causes the country boy to be ridiculed in the city and the city boy to be ridiculed in the country. It ntakes the New Yorker think that no town to the west of the Hudson River is fit to live in or even worth visiting. It makes the sailor look and feel uncomfortable ashore, and the landsman an object of pity on shipboard. ‘Travel and study will take a great deal of the con tempt out of you. Experience will destroy most of the rest. You are very likely to firid that the funny looking little man who wears the seedy clothes is the President of 4 railroad, and the man who is feared and respected by far better men than you are. You are due to,discover that the eccentric lad you have been looking on ag a nut is on his way to fame and success and knows exactly how to attain both. almost insane at the mention of an- |other country with whom we are at | peace, and go #o far as to shout their rantings from soap boxes, and fur- ther still, try to have the political parties place a plank.in their decla- ration of principles at tho conven- tions, it 1s time for the Government to deport them*as is done with other Heals. 1"*gucn ‘acts as have been perpetrated by seme of the so-called leaders of Ireland in this country should merit such drastic action as was meted out ported. ; A. SNAED. ‘ Brooklyn, July 8, 1920, Fretghte Te the Editor of The Brening World The interesting prediction of a $9,600,000,000 ,increase in the cost of living made by Mr. J. KB. Weatherby, economle expert of the Department of Justice, and given such prominent display in your edition of July 7, may be open to serious question, ‘The fact that an increase in freight rates will affect, the cout of living cannot be questioned, That they are reflected In magnified form as ptated is imponsibic, ‘A prior!, assume that the rallroads receive an increase totalling §2,000,- 000,000, the $2,000,000,000 is the oni Increase the railroads receive, If th people pity out $9,600,000,000, who re ceives Mr. Weathevby's odd §7,Gby, 000,000 which Is so nonchalantis addedgto the already high cost o The railroads report yearly a cl | sifloation of thelr tonnage. expris lin percentages that part w roduct of agriculture, of to the Russian radicals who were de- | | and advising all supporters of Proli- article setting forth the Anti-Saloon League's idea of sultable candidates for certain State and National offices bition to refuse ‘to vot: for any didate who does not unqualifiedly clare himself in favor of the League's objects and aims. Tho same artle'e contained an announcement that $1,- 000,000 a year would be needed to en- foree Prohibition in the State Would it not seem. that the, plat- form of a candidate for any executive office should contain more sound fea- tures than the mere enforcement of Prohibition and accomplishment of the end sought by the Ant!-Saloon League? “The favorite of any person or organization with broad-minded views should ye the ian who !s the| moat likely to do the moat good for the people of the Government under hia jurisdiction, and w Prohibition plank would appear to be a knodk rather than a boost. Mr. Anderson in certainly not ap ling to the m fority of voters #0 far as 1 can wee. Regarding the $1,000,000 require- | ment for State. Prohibition enforce- ment, this causes me to turn over tn my mind a few questions, such as: Why 18 such an enormous amount needed by the League? Is tt for the| persona! gain of tte officers? If a like devoted toward a worthy \t not have more benefi- # all around? If @ le nd is needed to enforce a law and such an appropria- quived (for the uplift of hu- | show about forming an Ant!- Very league to enforce honest Study men and their me temptuous of either, to embarrass you later, thods before you become con- There are many sorts of people in, the world, all with different ideas and different means of expressing them. is quite possible that most of these are as able And if you sneer at them now your sneers may It yoo are, come home have to be explained later, according to a law which requires all onganiza- tions to report the source of their funds. The Prohibition Amendment ttaelf may be considered as making a joke of our national anthem where it con- tains the expression “The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave,’ and I would, be shamed of any idei tity with a league which was instru- mental tp bringing tt about against the wishes of the yast majority who should have something to say in a matter of this kind, If conditions had» been reversed, viz, compelling Prohibitionists to regulate their habits according to the standards of moderate drinker, it would have been thought by every one that the law was drafted by a maniac; still, tt would be Oo more encroachment upon personal. liberty than at present B. FAIR A Chauffeurs Advice. To the Editor of Vie Brening Work In answer to “Stop the Speeding,” 1 am only a chauffeur, but 1 have been driving for the past seventeen years and wan say from expewtence that au- must not drive u car tha t 1s not sup- plied with brakes that # will hold. Sec- Jond, if a driver wo i 0 uid have his | woser control at all times he would 01 & have 7 run over an: eP out in front of pectedly. ‘Third, to my ming yhe nex, {real Way to cause every driver to obe jthe rules of traffic or road would » | to hold al) drivers responsible for run ; ning down people. Then they would use care and caution in driving. I have hed drivers drive as close to me as possible when crossing a street and if I should sitp or falter it would mean an accident. If. every driver would Just give the person on foot hali a chance and not blow the horn and expect the person to jump he would be helping his own record as a drive; and may be the means of saving some one's life, Many and many a time 1 have been driving down Broadway and have had some one step out right in tront of the car T was driving, put owing to the fact of making |t a practice to drive under control, | was alweys able to | ston. thus avoiding an accident. Man. | times Lb have had people thank me for saying them from # nasty fall, y one that may The Love Stori of Great Novels |) Albert Payson Terhune core Noe ton prcaa Wort >| . 104— ANNA KARENINA, by Count Tolstoy.” Anna Karenina was, the gloriously beautiful and popular. wife of an 6l« | derly statesman, Alexei Karenin, | Her husband was many years her senior, and was.an eminently proper and solemn and unloving man, who | Was mildly proud of his lovely young ; Wife, but far more interested his political career. In spite of Alexel’s ‘coldness and neglect his wife remained true to him, and sought4o make the most of. her empty life. All this unt}l she chanced to meet Count Vronsky. Vronsky was a dashing young cav- alry officer — handsomi ie, brilliant. He was thinking of set- tling down and marrying a pretty girl who adored him, when he chanced jto meet Anna Karenina, After that he had no eyes for any one but Anna, Now, from the moment she met Vronsky,: the loveless wife knew that he exerted an influence over her that {no other man had ever, been able to. |Frightened at her own new emotions, [she fled from Moscow, where he was | Wintering, and took the first traim jback to her Petrograd home. Vronsky caught the same train. Then began a yehement siege to Anna's heart. For a long time she lresieted the handsome years cavalry officer's fiery love making, Society looked on in cynical amusement, Even Alexei deigned to notice the af- fair, and to issue @ prim warning to ‘his tempted wife. | ‘The climax camé@ when Vionsky | was injured while riding. Anna could jnot restrain her wild anxiety for his {weifare, And all the world realized jqhat she loved the officer. Alexei was afraid to challenge so redoubtable a warrior to a duel. He shunned the disgrace that a divorce j would bring and Its possible ill-effects on his own career. So he let matters’ | drift, i But even Alexei's torpid tature jcould not endure this sort of thing lforever. At last there was a terrific And Anna eloped with Vron- \""Zhe and her lover thought) they {could defy the whole world and be . divinely happy in their illicit! love. | Quickly they saw how mistakea they had been in this belief. And they | found out what so many other un- | fortunates have learned: that lawless | love spells utter misery for both ties \concerned. Arma began to brood over her shameful situation, She and Vroneky |Desought Alexei to divorce her, 90 | they might marry. Atexei N ‘The strain before long grew un- bearable. And Anna ended it by throwing herself in front of a rail- road train. Vronsky wag inconsol- able. For a time he lay between life and death. As soon as he was well | again he sought to end his own Bfe on the field of battle. |[Ten-Minute Studies Of New York City’s Government. Gorm es Now York Drcling Worst) By Witlis Brooks Hawkins. This ts the fourteenth article of @ series defining the duties of the ad- mintatrative and legislative officers and boards of the New York City | Government. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. Bureau of Law and Adjustment, |TTCHIS Bureau settles and adjuste IT claims for salaries and wages, services rendered, materials | supplied, persona) injuries, damage t Teal and personal property, applica- i |due to insane or deceased employees land claims for burial expenses of jhonorably discharged soldiers, sailor and marines. it also settles and ad Justs all ciaims for refund of money: paid by mistake, investigates and re- ports upon applications for adjusting or cancelling taxes, assessments, wa- ter charges and salaries therefor; in- | vestigates complaints alleging viola- tion of the labor law on municipal work, prepares releases, bonds, aa- signmeats and other Instrumente, ex- amines sureties, investigates legal \claims against the city and pass |the form of’ assignments, power jattorney, &c., and on offers of judg- {ment made by the Corporation Coun sel in actions pending against th city nd investigates and edjusts claims in favor of the gfty, It further adjusts "all questions arising in connection with orders |trom the Supreme Court confirming the reports of the Commissioners of Estimate ahd Appraisal in condemna- | thon proceedings, closes title to prop- erty thereby taken by the city and pays warrants for awards for lands, \tenements, hereditaments, and ei !poreal and incorporeal rights taken | by the city | One of its further duties is to ex- |amine copies of ull bills presented to the State Legislature and to report to the Comptroller and the Assistant Corporation Counsel at Albany on me Jections to billy directly affecting the city. — That’s aFact’ | By Albert P. Southwick | Copyright, 1920, by ‘Tue Prem Publishing Go, medi) fork Brean World) ® | On July 12, 100 B. C., birth of Juliua Caesar. Pliny states that he could employ at the same time his ears to listen, his eyes to read, his hand to write and his mind to dic- tate. Was assassinated on March 15, 4B. C.s . . On this date, In 1776, Lord Howe arrived with a formidable squad ron and 30,000 men, chiefly Hes- asians, joining his ‘brother, Geu, Howe, on Staten Island, . oo . On July 12 1796, prisoners taken by on board American vessels were redeemed by the United States jtions for equitable relief, for salaries * . | \ { 4 Ai A t aN f * Consul at Algiers, The * afi lace v y | Both the Democratic plat The racer Is a finen ploce ines, manufacty forests, and and, raising nt for them |tomobile accidents can be avoiaea in sient Abaca af ful Daguerre, raya f th ; ratic platform and the Demo- ol n than ma ‘ merchandise and mylseellaneous, Where is. t Ming from? | 99 cases out of 100 if the driver would ORBERT Me MOE OE the dawry i ‘ of mechanist han man can make | iw impossible To assyme that all This latter question may perhaps {only % TPT igee POTTER, | guerreotype, died in Paris, Fran use common sense. First, he' New York, July 7, 1920, an Julv 1851, aged sixty-one. *