The evening world. Newspaper, September 13, 1920, Page 18

9 Asani sted Ie exctusteeiy enittied to the use for repuitiestion Dirt despatches credited to It oF nd otherwise credited tm thie paper -BACK TO LIMBO! H§- Republican. candidate is hard up indeed i when he resurrects the old bogy that finds Mactaavellian intent against the United States and the Monroe*Doctrine in the French text of Article 4 > XX. of the League covenant. Any high-school boy could knock the last atom of stufling out of this goblin in three punches. Here is the awful exhibit: The French text of Article XX1. reads: Les éngagements internationaux, tels que les traités d’arbitrage, et les ententes régionales, comme la Doctrine de Monroe, qui assurent le maintien de Ja paix, ne sont considérés comme incompatibles avec aucune des dispositions du ‘présent Pacte. \ The English text of the same article is: Nothing in this covenant shall be deemed to Affect the validity of international engage- ments, such as treaties of arbitration or re- | gional understantings like the Monroe Doc- Ntrine, for securing the maintenance of peace. "Senator Harding submis a literal English trans- ee lation of the French text as follows: 2 International’ engagements, such as treaties of arbitration, and regional understandings, like the Monroe Doctrine, which assure the maintenance of peace, are not considered as Incompatible with any of the provisions of the present pact: * | “Comparing the two versions of this solemn “covenant,” declares the Republican candidate, “no ‘ ‘one can fail to petceive that one text is the com- plete reversal of the othe.” . Supposing the United States had become a mem- | ber f. the League and the proper interpretation of Article XXI. had to be in a particular instance de- cided, Senator Harding concludes that “the decision would have followed the original French text which “is, by Universal recognition, the official language of © diplomacy,” and that “Ametica would have had to » "acquiesce in the demolition of her cherished doctrine, Bi ~ or go to war, contrary tg her own solemn pledge to sustain that doctrine.” ge Somebody could have saved the Senator from PS making this absurd spectacle of himself by leading onan to the complete text of the Treaty of Versailles Aba directing his eye to the last paragraph but one, i 1 i ae sw Ste Fees Sw comiaat a § | Sy * following Article 440, where appears in words that ) -@@<cannot be misread in either French or English the following: | : |. The present Treaty, of which the French and * | i English texts are both authentic, shall be ratified. “Of which the French and English texts are “toth authentic.” If this means anything, it means that the French <is no less to be regarded as an accepted translation _— of the English than the English is to be regarded as | an accepted translation of the French. This alone would effectively silence the Senator's | false alarm. But there is more absurdity in his | Senator Harding says: 5 “Tranalators gay that the French ia so simple and incid that one can read it without being & master of the language and understand it nue. So true that the man who tries to tangle up other people as to its meaning is certain to trip _up himself. The word “incompatible” has precisely the same Significance in both languages. Webster gives as -the meaning of compatible: ; | Capable of co-existing in harmony, 3 Therefore when the French text says literally that > regional understandings like the Monroe Doctrine | ‘shall not be considered incompatible with the provi- sions of the covenant, it means that the Monroe Dottrine shail be considered capable of co-existing with the provisions of the covenant. » But, if the Monroe Doctrine is recognized as co- existing with the covenant, it is recognized as hold- ng its own with the covenant. Therefore when Senator Harding says “one text is se «2 complete revérsal of the other” and that uner an | interpretation“of the French text “the Monroe Doc- | must give way to the covenant,” he is talking | and trying to fabricate trouble out of the ‘ridiculous proposition that; A shall stond beside B | is more dangerous than B shall sland beside 4, The Monroe Doctrine would be safe even it the Prench’ version of the covenani’ were the soie au- “which It isnot. = . Senator Harding’s case collapses from its utter flimsiness. This anti-League spectre goes back to limbo? Next! SENATOR WADSWORTH'S OPPONENT. RS. ELLA A, BOOLE stands little chance of winning the Republican Senaterial nomina- tion from Senator James A. Wadsworth in the pri- maries to-morrow. Her candidacy, however, affords a means by which Republican voters who are dissatisfied with the organization favorite may register protest. Mrs. Boele, according to her statement asking Republican support, disagrees with Senator Wads- worth on most of his policies, which in the light of the Wadsworth record is high recommendation. Senator Wadsworth is a conservative in the sense ‘of keeping only the old things and having none of the new. Reactionary is a word which describes him better. Apart from her Prohibition zeal, it is as.a protest against the system which Wadsworth typifies that Mrs, Boole's candidacy must be appraised. With no organization, this feminine candidate has small chance of victory, but every vote for her will be an expression of disapproval of such an office boy for the Senatorial Oligarchy as the New York member has proved himself to be. SCHOOL AGAIN. VER since the time of Shakespeare we have been reading of ‘the “whining schoolboy” who drags wearily and resentfully to sclool under the sharp goad of compulsion, A good deal of this has been buncombe. Of course there are schoolboys and schoolgirls who dislike school and have to be driven. But it is no mote fair to take these as types than to as- sume that every child has the ambition of a prize scholar whose books are his only joy. The fact is that there are all sorts of children in the schools just as there are all sorts of adults in the world at large. In the registration lists this fall are the names of thousands of children who are as anxious to learn as the copybooks tell them they ought tosbe. And even when there is.reluclance to go to school it is only fair to remember that children are as con- eng as their parents, Many of them have been inking in terms of vacation life and hate to change. The ideal way according to a small boy would be to continue vacation and do his duty by his books at the same time. Boys and girls have no monop- oly on the desire to be doing two things in two places at one and the same time. “We must establish a closer understanding between American Government and American business,” says Senator Harding. n Or as Mr. “Step-on-It" Blair puts it, “Boys, “Get the Money.” j A GRUELLING JOB. O one will be surppised 40 hear that Gov, Cox's voice is showing the effects of strain, Any candidate Who endeavors to give the country the kind of Presidential campaign it has come to expect is pretty certain to need the constant attenc- ance of a throat specialist, ‘ Beginning often at 6 o'clock in the moring, speaking a score of times from the rear platform of a train, addressing three or fowr audiences in as many cities, covering hundreds ot miles before bed- time, makes heavy demand oh voice and health, Wilat is more, the candidate who-swings around the circpit in the United States has to stand trying changes of altitude and temperate. x Be they ever so good, the candidate's brain al pe won't get him through the grind. For the time being he has got to pretend he’s a Hercules, tor Harding complains of “overstaffed and “departments doing overlapping ‘ work.” He does not mention that Congress in the only eource of authority for a general re- organization of the bureaus and departments, Nor does he recall that Senatorial delay and dalliance were responsible for holding a budget bill until the last moments of the ses- elon, and then sending it to the President tn such faulty shape that he was forced to send {t back for amendment and so to {ty death by inaction. TWICE OVERS. ce E ought to have a law that any citizen failing fo dole without sufficient reason should thereby lose the franchise.” —S, Edward Young, D. D. of the Bedford Presbyterian Church. . . JV order properly to mest and solee the problem contained in the social programme of the’ average woman, a ceaseless campaign of constructive work must be carried on.”-Miss Helen P. McCormick. . “ce 'O approve and to give moral support to a’ | stuike called by an organization which utterly disregarded its obligations and its own constitution and general laws is fa slaughter unionism in the house @f 4a friends.’ — Receiver Garrison of the B. RT. THE EVENING WORLD, | Down With The Lea — ‘any America: of The Breving Worki: I have read With enthusiasm your article of even date on “Puny Amerl- cans,” and I wish to say that your ar- guments have confirmed my intention of voting tle Democratic ticket. 1 am Saving the articte for the next fellow who tells me “this League of Nations is 4 dangerous proposition.” Yours for a respected America and a nation among nations, JULIUS Le RICE. Corona, L. 1 cy Ty the Editor of Th I have just finishe editorial “Puny Americans” and the (dea occurred (o me that if The Hye- ning World would set aside a smaii space each night to Ayplain an articie of the League it would help to en- lighten many people whé ordinarily would not take the trouble to try and figure out just what the League means to America Some people could read the League over many times and still be at a loss to understand the main points. 1 think you could make it very ple by explaining explicitly the object of each article. MARGARET M'GOVERN. 361 Forrest Street, Jexgey City, N. J. Sept, 9, 1920, A Mintnterpretation, To the Editor of Phe Hyening Work! I read your editorial, “Puny Amer- jeans,” Inst might after dinner and have again read it through to-day at the office and T feel compelled to take my pen in hand. I have always been a mild Demo- crat, voted for Witson (n 1912 and 1916 and have been with the party on local issues in a majority of cases. However, “lL AM CURED.” If 1 ever vote the Democratic ticket again, I hope My hand becomes para- lyzed as I make the cross, To be called a “fool,” "coward" and “slacker” for merely taking a slightly different attitude on such an impor- tant Issue as the League when every one has & perfect right to form opin- lons is @ little more than J can atan I enlisted in the service two da. , wan declared, serv after war months under the flag With thirteen | | of them overseas, und don’t intend to mall “slacker” or & “coward” ng wlightly different opinions paper whic! Dave read since my Fret » mention thit Tam gured from reading |t as well, Will watch the next few issues to see it lyou w print this’ absolutely just “ek, and equitable then I am off jit for Us York Clty, ‘9 Note: opr. §, 1920. The spirit of the gue! «ike, By J. H. Cassel. What kind oj letter do you find most-reudubler Isn't if the one * that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundreg? There ia fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying #0 say much in a fow wofds, Take time to be brief. j editorial referred to iy correctly rop- resented by the following quotations: "The American who ts not inter- jested in the League of Nations 1s « slacker—This does not mean every American who opposes or thinks he | @pposes the League of Nations. It |does mean every American endowed with intelligence who refuses to use that Intelligence to study the League of Nations at first hand and learn. what he can about it.” | ie man who pooh-poolis it be- cause somebody tells him it is not | perfect>is a fool.” | “The man who shrinks from it be- |gause he bas heard ‘it puts obliga- tions upon the United States, is a | coward.” ¢ “The man who turns away from {t @ reading your)48 ‘an obscure und uninteresting |document.’ is as much a slacker as the inan who sneered at the war and |the purpose and bope with which it | was fought.” ‘The editorial in question reproached |indifference, not honest and Informed differcnce of opinion.) Article x. To the Extitor of The Brening Work! As a Democrat of voting age for \Migh fifty years, and as the father Jor three sons who gladly and proudly met the call of thelr country in the late war, I emphatically dissent from the views of your editorial entitled “Puny Americans.” Article X of the cpvenant, which you correctly quote, if ratified by the requisite constitutional two-thirds vote would irrevogably and undis- Cale commit our Government, oth In men and money, to the main- tenance Intact of the territorial loot and plunder of England's sway and domination in every part pf the globe where she hox hoisted her flag by fire and sword I would complacently see my three fons stood Up against a wall at sun- rise as targets for a firing squad rather thag see them conscripted for the defende of the “territorial intex- rity and political independenee” of the vampire empires Asia. It may not be amiss to say that my family comprises seven voters, who, on account of article X, will vote for Harding, but who in other reapects are Democrats and will sup- port Democratic candidates, OF course you will not publish this let- ter, nevertheless the above is as true as Holy Writ GEORGE V New York, Sept. 7 of Murope and BRYANT. 7, 1920, cland « ‘Ny the Halltor of Nao You're editorial in to-night’s paper, n denouncing the “lies” the mae. about \decision of the League Counc un- jess 11 be @ unanimous decision. And yet you and falee-alarm Jimmy ¢ | steadfastly pt in tell \Can friends of Irland that her only | for freedom lies in the League covenant ow can frelnnt expect tndepan- dence throurh & dee require the pague, states that there cun be no! Xi skim milk at 18 conts a quart hu UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake. (Copgright, 1920, ty Zohn Wiake.) BRAIN FAG IS A RARE MALADY. Don't worry about brain fag. It is a rare disease. the chances are strong that you will never get it. There are a fey overworked brains in the world. But for every overworked brain there are at least two million anderworked brains, And the man whose brain is overworked can usually afford to rest it by taking a vacation. The man with an underworked brain isn’t likely to have any money to spend on a vacation, “ Your brain can stand a great deal more than you think it can. If you are anything like the average human being you are working it at about, half its capacity. The man who uses his brain continuously, even while engaged on a difficult task, is unusual. Most of us find plenty of excuses for resting-—with the result that the mo- mentum is destroyed, and when we attack the job we have to get up steam all over again, Among men who are really brain workers, and who prospex because thgy are brain workers, there is very little fear, and very litt}@danger of-brain fag. Worry wears out more brains than work. Worry comes oftenest from inefficiency, from the knowledge that the job we are attempting is beyond our powers. The way to cure that is to make ourselves efficient, and the only method by which we can make ourselves efficient is by employing our brains to their fullest capncity. If you use your brain till it is tired, it will slow up and refuse to’ function easily, That is plenty of warning, but you are not at all likely to reach that stage. Few men do, What ‘is commonly called overwork is, as a general thing, overworry. Avoid that, Avoid worry in any form if you can. But don’t bother about overwork. The men who have done things in this‘ world have always overworked, They wouldn't be successful if they hadn't. That is, they have worked far beyont&the hours that the average man thinks he ought to work. Peg away at what you are doing as hard as you can, Play ta the mean time, and play hard. Keep your body in good condition and your mind will stwad any strain you are likely to put on it without any danger of breaking down, And han, And then as thod tor their live stock. Miss Liston's letter is an open In- sult to-the milk inspecting branch of the Health Department. Is she so stupid that she does not know that there is a legal standard to which the milkmen have to live up? All T have to say is 1f Miss Liston fe not too lazy to walk down to the corner store—and if her pride can be put in ker pocket to the extent of carrying*a milk pail—sho can pur- chase good wholesome milk at 16 jcents per quart, Stupid children! | HAROLD A, ROSE. Yonkera, Sept. 9, 1920. the members of a council In which the British Empire holds a permanent membership? : Do you suppose that, once Americ has been tnvelgled Into the Leagu Lioyd George or Bonar Law, as Eng land's représentative in the council, would suffer a change of heart and immediately conour in a decision rec- ognizing the Irish Republic? Or ts ‘this just another one of the ites told \"to pull the wool over our eyes?’ / HENRY MANNI | Brooklyn, N. ¥., Sept. 7, 19 Grade B Not “4kim Milk,” the Editor of The Krening World If the “stupid child” who bought % ~ Apply to the YM. ¢, 9 the Editor of Ite Krening World } Where can I take up an clectrica! ing course in Brooklyn or in In the first place, wiiese can ehe &PS neering co buy Ould skim milk? T have been in| New York City with the least pos- twenty-five years and, sible expense? ‘o woe milk of this grade of.( 9 YELMPHOSSE CO. BMYLOYEE.~ | Brooklyn, io, 1990,” twice as much brains as she evince: she would be half-witted, bur No. 6—Noah, the Vintner. It the Book of Genesis is to be ac- cepted as authentic history, grape-~ jeulture is one of the most ancient ot all human occupations, and Qs ancient as’ the culture of the grape is the custom whioh Prohibitidn is now try- inE So strenuously to wipe out. In Genesis 9-20 we learn that Noah Was @ vintner—wm raiser df grapes und ;* Manufacturer of wine, “And Nuat regan to be a husbandman, an¢ Rael td and he drank of 7 as drunken; and he we porn within his tent." he fair eastern lapd w! | Noah lived for'so long the Zonsliines for grape-raising are ideal, and with !iand so plentiful and cheap as it was ip those good old days, we may be sure that the patriurch's ‘Yineyard Was of royal acreage, or, perhaps 1 should say, mileage, its glorious clus- ters stretching away toward the horl- zon lke @ purple sea Mashing in the gun, California~the Ital and a “goodly jand” indeed one on this earth—is Noetly voce phe her grape fields; but tho chances are that Noah's ranch was far ahead of anything in that line in California, That Noah was a successful vint- ner, and found delight in his occupa~ tion fs shown by the fact that he re- mained in the business 350 years from the time of the Flood to his death, Speaking of the Flood, we are re- minded of the fact that that ever- memorable event makes it difficult for one to write Interestingly oa arene real Mephereney » 9 an illus Mr. Hoov. When the great wartest to swinging, tho P: t summoned Mr. Hodver and gave hig s Y of Aimerica, the task of feeding the starvi l- Hons of ‘Northern France, Belgium a bee fe Sood War-btricken Wu- i. splen wpe. 2 pe tata way in which Mr, the H | task Is the talk of the world, cadet | be the admiration and wonder o! mankind for a thousand venta te |come., Hoover, the man who kept Kurope from starving—that Is. all anybody cares to know. Other paris vf Hoover's history fall upon the at- tention like @ “twace-told tale, vexins. the dull ear of a drowsy man.” In the same way, only to a much greater extent, does Noah's bullding and navigation of the “Ark’” eclipse whatever else the patriarch may have been or done. It was his chet- doouvre, his masterpiece, in compari- bag he gy the ibe facts about of no partic: r Bupherta Bi ular interest to A few reflect here. fons may: be: in order While Jehovah made up his mind to human breed drown out the whole and start over agai ae and his sons of the new generation; and yet. th first thing that Noah did after the flood was to raise grapes and manu- facture wine — not “unfermenced wine,” but real wine, with “kick” enough In {t to make a man drunk. Not onty so, but Noah's business did not prevent Jehovah from mak- ing a holy covenant with him—a cov- enant which invested him with the Premiership of Humanity—Jehovah's Head Man on earth! ‘These facts have long been a stum. biing-block to thousands of good Christians, especially if they have happened ‘to be not only Christians but Prohibittonists, and thelr only refuge has been the lines of the poer Cowper as familiarized to us all im bg to ec oe hymn, “" moves in a mysteri His wonde form." "a7 0 per — “That’s a Fact” By Albert P. Southwick arr ain On The New York City Fire Depart- ment began its existence in 1656, when three “workhipful” fire war- dens were appointed to Inspect the wooden chimneys of New Amater- dam, Two years later an order wot Aivides, among the shoemakers of town to make 122 leathern » Which were hung up in places. . In 1781 two fire engines (consist- ing of boxes on wooden wheela and handles that could be pushed up and down) were ordered {n London and # room In the City Hall was set aside for them, But graduully improved devices were introduced and volunteer fire companies, com- posed of some of the best young men of the Sows, Ww organized. In 1865 a paid department wi established and steam engines wi introduced. (Thi has p the viously been given, based on assertions of a dozen local hia- torlans and on official documents, but Mr. Otis C. Murty, No. 351 Macon Street, Brooklyn, N. Y, writes us the following interesting communication: “There was @ steam fire engine located on West 87th Street, pear Seventh Avenue, old New York City, in 1861, and I think it was No. 47. I lived on the same block at that time and used to ‘hang around the fire house.’ my In 1856, Central Park was laid out, the committee in charge be- ing the Mayor, the Commissioner of Streets, Washington Irving. the author; George Bancroft, the his- torian ‘and ex-Secretary of the Navy, and William Cullen Bryant, poet and author and editor of the Evening Post. oe ‘The largest banquet in the bis- tory of the world was given in Parte, France, to 15,200. Mayors of French communes, tn and | come $40,000. 1889, ‘ Alurray Street commemorates John Murray §r, one of the orig- inal thirteen trustees of the New York Free School Society... whist: Degan its first session in ker {now Madison) Street in 1806, with forty pupils. - Franklin and Prankdin Street