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nana ta eet NE oe eee ee we} JOSEPH PULITZER, the Prese Publishing THE NOTE ON RUSSIA. 1 Smead can be no question that the President's “A statement of this Nation’s attitude toward the Russian-Polish situation’could and would have been & more far-reaching one if the United States were todlay, 23 it ought to be, a member of the League of Nations, If the American note on the Russian problem is in the main the expression of a power forced to recognize: the indefiniteness and uncertainty of its” ‘own relations with the Allied nations of Europe, the responsibility rests with the Republican cabal that has kept the United States out of peace. ‘Ih defining the attitude of the United States Gov- ernment toward Russia, the President falls back on the consistent policy of dissociating the Russian people from the present Soviet Government just as he dissociated the German people from a Prus- sian militaristic Government gone mad. That the Lenine-Trotzky regime is a government in Russia as distinguished from a government of Russia is attested by the fact that “although nearly | two years and a half have passed since they (the present ruiers in Russia) seized the machinery of _ government, promising to protect the Constituent _ Assembly against alleged conspiracies against it, "they have not yet permitted anything in the nature -of a popular election.” The impossibility of recognition for the present fi regime in Russia from a stable government like é that of the United States the American note makes clear in pointing out that “the responsible spokes- . men of this Soviet power, and its official agencies, fhave declared that it is their understanding that the very existence of Bolshevism in Russia, the main- tenance of their own rule, depends and must con- finue #6 depend, upon the occurrence of revolutions in all other great civilized nations, including the © United States, which will overthrow and destroy their Governments and set up Bolshevist rule in their stead” “They have made it quite plain that they i intend to use every means, including of | course diplomatic agencies, to promote such revolutionary movements in other ooun- | tries." sete No friendly relations with a Bolshevist Govern- ment, insisfence upon Poland’s political independ- ence and territorial integrity without Polish aggres- sion, and’the maintenance of the ‘boundaries of the ' former Russian Empire in the hope that the Russian people will presently reject Soviet tyranny and establish a government worthy of them. Such is the sum and substance of the American attitude. If it cuts no deeper into the problem, took for the chief reason in America’s present international . / / THE RIGHT WORD. oC ariperedl MANNIX, having been landed in England, described the measures taken by the Government as “very silly.” The phrase is a fair commentary on the whole proceeding. . No fundamental questions appear to be involved in the Mannix case. In the long run, it is highly probable that the British Government will recover its composure and permit the Australian prelate to go where he wants to go, and say what he wants to say. Meantime, Dr, Mannix assumes a role of near- martyr with all the prestige which accompanies this. One might almost imagine that Attorney General Palmer had been called in as adviser to the Lloyd __» George Cabinet. ¢ FALSIFYING THE LEAGUE. “Give our friends in Durope the right to 4 conscript young Americans for war in order to save thelr own young men and you will bave the Pittsburgh incident repeated many #F from Mr. Arthur Brisbane's New York American. The the suicide of two young ‘4 Who had been gassed, he does not say out- our entry into the League of Nations ¢ “our friends in Europe” the right to Americans. neither the Covenant itself nor experience Covenant gives any reason to anticipate n of Americans. Unless the repre- itive of the United States agreed, the League | i not even recommend the use of m f i i Fe a F F 43 3 i tion would not be effective unless Congress ratified the agreement. France wants to send troops to help Poland. France wants England to send troops to fight Russia. But the British Labor Party tells Lloyd George he must not send troops, and Lloyd George tells Premier Millerand, “Nothing doing.” France is not conscripting English troops. Neither could France and England and all the other twenty- six nations conscript one American boy until the American representative in the League assented and until the Congress of the United States ratified this assent by declaring war. 4 Mr. Brisbane knows this, But it suits his purpose to deal in half truths and misleading inferences. In this he is not alone, The Grand Old Oligarchy of the Republican Party indorses any falsification of the’ League of Nations issue, provided it may help to win the election. THE TWISTED CANDIDATE. ‘y HE Republican campaign badly needs a master hand to give it at least a semblance of unified intelligence and purpose. Anything more pitiful than the doubt and dis- agreement into which the Republican camp has béen thrown by the straightforward declarations of Gov. Cox's acceptance speech has rarely been seen in political history. Moulders of Republican thought cannot even yet agree how they shall pretend to interpret the words of the Democratic candidate. Republican newspapers, like the New York Tribune and the Sun and New York Herald, have diametrically contradicted one another as to whether Gov. Cox did or did not declafe himself unequivo- cally regarding the League of Nations. After what is described as a “long interview” with Senator Harding in Marion, O., James B. Reynolds, former Secretary of the Republican Na- tional Committee, prepared a statement which was evidently designed to set groping Republican editors and spokesmen on a path that does not telescope itself at the outset. “The public now “understands,” declared Mr. Reynolds, “that Gov. Cox has accepted the sponsor- ship for the entire category of the Wilson policies.” ‘This may be hailed as a strong hint from Harding headquarters as to how Harding supporters must take Gov. Cox’s attitude if the Republican cam- paign is to be saved from a worse snarl of contra- diction and cross purpose. The weakness of the Republican position is, how- ever, inherent. That weakness will persist and grow worse be- cause it has its origin in underlying dishonesty and evasion. The Republican candidate has tried to carry out Republican partisan policy by turning his back on | the League sufficiently to satisfy the rabidly anti- Wilson element who would rather have world turmoil than a Wilson peace. At the same time, he has not dared to turn his back on the purposes of the League so completely as to alienate once and for all Republitans like Mr. Taft who honestly desire to see the United States in the League. These painful turnings have left the Republican candidate facing sideways in a position which puts him at a marked disadvantage with Gov, Cox, who faces squarely to the front. Such is the plight into which Republican leader. ship has led the Republican Party by making the League the ohief issue on which to campaign for Democratic defeat. Republican managers must try to keep partisan policy so cleverly masked with patriotism that patri- otic Republicans will not be horrified by a, glimpse under the edges, Republican zeal must be (aught to see only truth and straightforwardness in a twisted candidate, No promising job. “OLD STUFF.” “cc BNERAL business depression” is given as the cause for a shut down of the Nyanza Cotton Mills at Woonsocket, R. 1., which will throw 1,000 employees out of work for a fortnight. 4n all probability the cotton operatives will enjoy their summer vacation. The truth of the reason ascribed for the shut down is open to question. Many manufacturers— and this applies particularly to the textile industry— find that it is good business to shut down once a year to make general repairs and replacements in the factory. It is always orthodox Republicanism to raise the cry of “business depression” when a Democratic Administratioh is in power. In the language of the street, “It's old stuff.” This Nyanza company will bear watching. If a crew of carpenters and millwrights keep busy dur- ing the shut down, it wilf be reasonable to assume | that the “business depression” was announced for the purpose of propaganda. = sor ree teemmapiemen tirm mecentien + © De eee You Beat It! by THe roe acting coc (The New York pete WHAT'S THE ARGUMENT LADIES 2 | All to say much tn a few words. Take Apple Trees Must Die. ‘To the milter of The Brening Worid : + In your newapaper I note an article, “Sweet Cider Illegal.” If this js the caso there will be no mory use for apples. Each apple contains a cer- tain portion of cider. While all vege- tables are decaying in fields on ac- count of farmers not getting what is due them, why allow any apple orch- ards? Apple trées must die to help the goodly cause of Prohibition along. {SS DDITH FAYDR. Brooklyn, Aug. 9, 1920. ‘The Bi ckers. To the Editor of The Brening World: Mr. P. Q. Foy’a article about for- eigners in the retail fruit business fruits and vegetables high certainly its the nail on the head. It is a fact that when you walk into one of these corner fruit stores and note the prices asked you seem to think (hat you have made a mistake and walked into a bank instead, 1 know as a fact that oucumbers can be had at Washington Market for almost nothing, yet when my wife wanted to buy one, these profit- cers had the nerve to ask 15 cents aplece for them, which is more than the reasonable two to five hundred per cent. we Qa Woy obre wey are tting for their et en, bul - Ly nundred fourteen hi per cent. ig the public going to jokers ? How 1 stand for ti! AW Brooklyn, Aug. 9 1920. Don't Besradge Him « Vacation, | To the Editor of The Hrening World: I am very sorry to see that John Cassel's drawings have been discon- tinued In The Evening World. ‘When I come home at night, the first thing was to look up friend | Cassel's cartoon, but for the last few days I have been disappointed. At present The Evening World reminds me of good soup without spice in It Hope to see Mr. Cassel's wonderful THE SHORTEST -| DAYS ARE IN “AUGUST \WHEN FROM EVENING WORLD READERS | What Rind of letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousund words in a couple of hundrea? Where is fine mental exercise and @ lot of satisfaction in trying not buying #0 as to keep the price of| } OF DECEMBER YES YOu ARE. TAKE MY VACATION time to be brief. | an | family full and plenty and put od rest in the bank, LIVING, NOT EXISTING. Now York, Aug. 7, 1920. Bath Profitee W the Bilitor of The Brening W | Under the head, "400,000 City Folk at Conéy Beaches” in your news col-| umns of Aug. 9, it was stated, “At Manhattan Beach father could get himself and folks into the briny for 75 cents per head if he carried bath- Ing togs, and for $1.2 if he came) without.” I beg to contradict that statement. Four of us went to Manhattan Beach Sunday, Aug. 8, reaching there at 11 o'clock A. ‘We were charged 41,50 a head (we were distinctly told were to be two in one bath house), making it $3 for one locker, We know of as many ae four and five people were made to share one locker at $1.60 per head. How long must the public endure these outrages? By the time the au- thorities try to curb these bathing house profiteers the bathing season will be over with, aud the bathing house profiteer can rest up for next season's spoils. A CONSTANT READPR. A Ge To the MAitor of The World 1 have just finished reading a letter | in The Evening World frome Ge who signs herself “May of Wee- hawken.” In her letter ah tells of the fun and pee he has wh: nked with a hair brush. ee p to @ few years ago I received the same treatment when I needed it (which was quite often) but I’ guess my sense of humor was not sufficient- ly developed to appreciate all the fun 1 was getting., 1 am now Connected with a firm manufacturing hairbrushes, and tf May really means what she says, if she will let me know when to send it, I will send her as a gift one of the ‘best and strongest hair brushes we carry in stock. And I will guarantee a sting with every wallop, cartoons back in your Interesting s00n., i BERUTH K. EMBERG, Liberty, N. ¥. Au 1920, To the Buiter of The Drening World: When I read “Office Worker's’ let- ter in your column stating that he earns $15 a week and did not buy a suit of clothes in a’ year or go to a Rooney’ show very often I had to lwug' Any man that gote $75 a week and ldeprives himself from a good time must be a miser or a piker, When \he dies the money he saved will prob- ‘ably go to some one who will make up \for all the good times that he missed, I know people that are not making $50 @ week, with three and four in a family, that are able to live better than the Iikes of "Office Worker” and save a little for a “rainy day." By “living I mean that they don't de- prive themselves of anything so that they can put the money In the bank, ‘Talk to @ big-hearted Swede or a Norwegian and he will give yau an up op ‘ ‘What say you, May? I will watch the paper for your answer unless you get cold feet. BILL OF BROOKLYN, Brooklyn, Aug. 9, 1920. Spankings That Harmed, ‘To the Biter of The Brening World: I do not agree with J. F. F. and some others that spankings improve children, | am a girl of twenty-five. I have @ brother two years younger. ‘We were always whipped when we were younger. It might have done us some good if my parents had get us an example, but there were always curses and quarrels between them | and it affected our young minds, My brother is a weak-minded boy, who | has been in prison (for using drug) at least six times, ‘To my mind he fe the best boy in the world, ward path at the age of fifieen. day I have hosts of friends and ¢ vated myself to a movie actress, M mind improved, (not due to the esate | like the last one I got she will change poor her idea about being spanked every night on retiring. living, Give the We were got bad ohildren, We I don't thak ings, God lenows), brother Is still weak. but my | SAY THe SHorTesT DAY Is THE TWENTIETH wanted love and attention and our parents through we needed “spankings.” When I look back and think of my childhood and my heartaches, all I can say ie God will surely punish those parents who beat their children to make them beliave, Take it from one who knows, does no good; only harm, be struck dead if ever I beat my child the way | was beaten. | To the faiiter of ‘The Brening Wi I had been on the down-| when she says we wild girls should To- be spanked soundly | SAY THE SHORTEST DAY iS THE TWENTY FIRST OF DECEMBER UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1020, by Johm Blake.) LEARN YOUR WEAKNESS AND CORRECT IT. Every man, like every army, has a weak point. The wise commander, knowing that his force is weak in the cSmmissary departmeat or the quartermaster’s depart- ment or in the engineer corps, bends all his efforts to cor- rect that weakness. You are your own general, in command of your own mental and physical forces. The first thing for you to do is to seek out your own weaknesses and concentrate on the job’of correcting them. If your health is bad, build it up. The machinery of your mind will ::ot function properly in a frail body. See a doctor and find out what you can do to get health. He can advise you. You must do the work. If your failing is laziness, get it out of your system. Think about that one thing and its coasequences till you have disposed of it. If yoy are timid, make it a point to see and talk to people till you have an easy presence and have lost your self-consciousness. If you fall easily ato excesses, stop that, and stop it rigat away. It will not be easy, but it can be done. By looking over your mental equipment you can soon discover your own shortcomings. A man ought to know himself better than he knows other people. He certainly ought to know his own failings, for he suffers from them repeatedly. Most of these failings can be corrected, Keep at them until they are, Remember that there are more than a billion people in the world and that all of them are to some extent your competitors for success. At least a thousand of them are your direct and agres- sive competitors, wanting the same success, perhaps the same position in life that you want. A hard battle is ahead of you, aad you will probably win. you will assuredly lose. You will need all the strength you can muster, and every weakness in your battle line may let the enemy sweep through and put you out of the fight. LEradicate all of them that you can, . Equip yourself for it Fail to equip yourself and SAPP APPALLING hard spanking or she woul ignorance (7) thought| it fun, 8 nek thle I am nineteen and still receive my spankings and will admit they do me c) ood, " fhe world of wood, but I can't say 1 ANNA OF FLATBUS Brooklyn, Aug, 9, 1920.) DOSE A Cane i Better. To the Militar of The Brening World: It T want to MARGARET, correspondent, “May of Wechawken,” New York, Aug. 9 192 1 like to say that It is the right idea to spank a girl for her faults, but 1 don't believe in the way “May” e } re ken” writes. A spanking should show the 1 agroe with “May of Weehawken”) 9111 what is right and what is wrong, If May finds it a pleasure to Juy across her mother's knee and get a spanking with a hair brush then | advise her mother to use a good cane instead of the hair brush and T think she would have much better results with May ou Another Wt But if May ever gets @ spanking yy ever bad @ real Aug. % 1920, Aft@r reading the letter by your| The Love Stories of the Bible” By Rev. Thomas B, Gregory Con SR I Bet A lh + Ce, New York Brening No. 5—Jqcob and Rachel. T was a e conclusion thad Jacob, after the mean trick that his mother and himself had played on Esau about the birthright, would have to get out from the old home, and at Rebekah's suggestion he fled to Haran, to remain for @ time with Laban, Laban had two daughters—Leatl and Rachel.- Leah wes the elder of the two and was far from being handsome, having some defect of the eyes which made her anything bot ‘winsome, while Rachei was, from ail accounts, exceedingly fair. At any rate, the meeting of Jacob jwitt! Laban’s youngest daughter turned out to be @ case of love at’ 4 | first sight Love overpowering and uncontrollable. There js no improy- ing Upon the original account of the meeting as given in Genesis, 2 “While he yet spake with them (Li. ‘# servants), Rachel came with hee father's sheep; for she kept them. it came to pass, when Jacob saw | Rachel, the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of his mother's brother, that J. cob went near and rolled the sto from the well's mouth, and tered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. And Jacob kissed Rachel, and Hfted up his voice and wept." He loved her 80 much'that the sight of hee made him cry for joy! Before meet- ing Laban Jacob said, “L will serve |thee seven years for Rachel thy youngere daughter. And Laban said! it is better that 1 give her to thee tham that I should give her to another mai abide with me. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but @ few days, for the love he had for her.” And now everything was ready for the wedding. The feast was pie- | pared, the guests were on hand, and ¥ | the lovers were about to celebraie i the long deferred nuptials, \ But Laban was about to play the oT 4 { { i | Fe same trick on Jacob that Jacob had played on his brother Esau, Laban ‘was not pleased with the fact that the younger Rachel should have been preferred to the elder sister, he was afraid that the plain Leah with the equint in her eyes would be left on his bands, so he resolved to forestall such calamity by resorting to a ruse, After the manner of the East Leah was covered with a thick veil, her, |face altogether hid, her figure almost. |Jacob goes forth to meet his bride; he stands by her eide, and in the presence of the company takes the marriage vow, The aniemn act t= completed; the bridegroom lifts the bride's veil, and lo! It is not Rachel but Leah! Jacob's chickens were coming home to roost and he was getting from ti crafty Laban the same medicine that hhe gave poor Esau. But Jacob was, in a sense, the forerunner of our Henry Clay—he was a “great compromiser’—and he arranged with his father-in-law that he was to have his Rachel the fol- lowing week, upon the condition that after the marriage he should serve for her another seven years, So after all Jacob came out of the difficulty with more than even honors —he got all he wanted in addition to something that he did not want. Leah was always a sort of thorn in his side, for he never loved her, bud Rachel, with great placidity of soul and admirable common sense, got on the best she could with only the haif of Jacob. She knew that Jacob loved her and that in ber husband's sight she was tHe only wife. She knew that while Leah held the key to Jacob's house she held the key to his heart. + “That’s aFact’” By Albert P. Southwick It was on August 11, 1807, ti at the Clermont, 133 feet long, with two clumsy looking paddle wheels and @ very tall smokestack, called by the sarcastic crowd, “Fulton's Folly,” started on the trip to Al- bany, which she made in thirty-two hours, returning in thirty hours. Robert ‘Fulton was not the first one to build a steamboat. One had ‘een operated in Burope as early as 1643, George Washington saw John Fitoh in one, on the Potomac, in 1786, and later this novelty was pro- pelled around the Collect Pond, in New York City, with Fitch and Robert KR. Livingston as passen- | gers. ‘The paddie-wheel steamer Phoenix, owned by Col. John Stevens, noted New Yorker though native of New Jersey, was the first vessel ty navigate the ocean by steam; and his boat, Juliana, the first steam ferry in the world, plying between New York and Hoboken, as part of Stevens’ “express service to Phila- delphia.” In 1812 he made the first experiments with artillery, to be used against iron armor. The Sa vannah, the first of the ‘Atlantia liners, built in 1819, was owned by Col. Stevens. At 16ist Street, just east of St. Nicholas Avenue, is a picturesque colonial mansion’ that was erected in 1768 by Roger Morris, husband of Mary Philipse, highly educated and very beautiful, who had previously declined a proposal of marriage from George Washington, Morris decame a royalist, and in 1776 his estate was forfeited, In 1810 it be- came the property of the wealthy Frenchman, Stephen Jumel. ‘The Morria Houno, later the Jumel was used by Washington adquarters in 1776, and Hessian general, Knyp- upled it, There ja a fine tablet on the mansion to the right yf the doorway beneath a profile | bust of the “Father of His Coun- | try.” ' After Jumel's death his wife cons | tinued to live in the historic man- sion and created great surprise by marrying Aaron Burr, then seventy- elght years old, In July, 1833, His wedding gift was $6,000, For a short time only the house was called the “Burr Mansion,” as the pair soon separated, and ie divorced him | horuy death,