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ESTABLISHED BY JOSMPH PULITZER. ‘Pwlimhed Dally Except su by The Pres Publishing i Company. Noa. 58 to 68 Park Row, New York. . RALPH PULITZER, President J, ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, “ JOGRPH PULITZER, Beoretary, 68 Park Row. Press. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED . Associated Prem ts exclusively entitied to the use fer republication ches credited to It oF not otherwise credited tm this paper i ATTORNEY-LEGISLATORS. § i t ~ENATOR LUSK admits he accepted a $5,000 fee to represent Dier & Co, in an unsuc- cessful attempt to restore ticker service with- drawn by the New York Stock Exchange. : Mr. Lusk defends his action on the ground that he is an attorney and was so employed. As leader of ‘the State Senate, Mr. Lusk also enjoys tremendous political power over bills affecting : the Stock Exchange. No one can say how much this weighed with Dier & Co. when the fee was offered and ac- ; cepted. No one can say whether Dier & Co, } employed Attorney Lusk or Senator Lusk. This sort of situation is not new. Senator | Walker, the minority leader in the last session, } was also employed by motion picture interests, | Instances could be multiplied. | * This is a dangerous condition and one which I should be remedied. Under the present arrange- t ment, it is inevitable that suspicions should be rife. Confidence in government is undermined. ". Unless attorneys are prepared to abandon such fees, they should not go into politics. If men in the Legislature feel that they need such fees, they should resign. If any man not an attorney accepted “retain- ers” from interests over which the Legislature has power, he would be suspect. Attorneys should not do so. They should not be permitted to i do so. f Well, advocacy of ashipsubsidy is bad leader- | ship. But even bad leadership is better than no leadership. With bad leadership we at . least have some one to hold responsible and ! punish. . FOR SOVIET STUDY. N THE thirtieth day of the present month Mr. Boris Bakhmeteff will cease to be rec- _ ognized by the Government of the United States as the Ambassador of the first democratic Gov- ernment of Russia, which Government itself ceased to exist in the fall of 1917. | This curious state of things came about through the willingness of the United States Government _ to continue to deal with a representative of Rus- _ sia, as distinguished from a subsequent Govern- ment in Russia, in order to liquidate in this | country certain financial obligations of the last _ recognized Russian Government. Such liquida- ' tion now receives the formal O, K. of the United | States Government as having been effected by Ambassador Bakhmeteff “in co-operation with ‘representatives of the State Department, of the Treasury and of the War Industries Board.” Despite Senator Borah’s suspicions, Mr. Bakh- My meteff thus gets from Secretary Hughes and Sec- i= fetary Mellon a-ciean bili along with a cordial f farewell. |. At the same time, Secretary Hughes expressly | states that “the termination of Mr. Bakhmeteff’s duties as Russian Ambassador in this country has } nd bearing whatsoever upon the question of the i recognition of the Soviet regime in Russia, which | is an entirely separate matter.” f The Soviet, regime in Russia might, however, | | find food for reflection in what has happened, ||. The United States has shown itself ready to { * go beyond all precedent in preserving even a | semblance of relations with the Russian people | | through a Russian representative who spoke an economic language that at least recognizes obli- gations and respects contracts. A Government that refuses to speak such a lan- guage will have a hard time convincing the United States that it is genuinely and perma- nently representative of Russia. That is something for the present Sovict Gov- ernment in Russia to think about much harder than it has yet done. About the best reason we have heard for re-electing a Republican majority in Congress next fall is based on the fear of what the re | tiring members would do in the months be- { tween the election and the time they retire from office, Some one has called that the “don't give a damn session.” It might even pass the Fordney-McCumber tariff. THE DAUGHERTY TOUCH? ; a to Morse, on Attorney General Daugh- erty’s prosecution list, is J. L. Phillips of Auanta. * If Mr. Daugherty's record invites cynicism, some of the circumstances surrounding the ac- cusation brought against Phillips fit well in the + frame. Phillips is a Republican and has enjoyed the confidence of President Harding. The cynic will suspect the Attorney General of a clever move. Assuming that Daugherty is a Clever political jobber and intends to conduct a | political persecution, the action against a Repub- lican first is good stage management. The first * gulprit exposed will get the fullest publicity, and \ PSG, aa aM ; j the Department of Justice press-agent can recall this circumstance if the cry of partisanship is raised. Again, Phillips has been a “white hope” in the South. He was one of the men on whom the President and the late Clarence Miller relied to establish a white Republican Party. Again, the cynic can explain the prosecution by the assumption that Daugherty is More a pol- itician than a lawyer. Granted many good Republicans, including the President, would like to break the “solid South.” There are others who have not the desire. The late Boies Penrose, for example, had no such am- bition. As a highly practical politician he pre- ferred to annex the “black and tan” delegates and use themy as counters in the game of nomi- nating a President. , Harry Daugherty “put over” his candidate at the last convention. Perhaps he aspires to re- peat. He is now in better position to engineer such a coup. Perhaps he counts on “putting over” his next choice by the black and tan route. Perhaps he aspires to the Penrose mantle, In which case he may be glad to throw a monkey- wrench into “white Republican” plans, All such speculations are admittedly cynical. Time is the only test of cynicism. Time will tell. But nothing in Daugherty’s record thus far in- vites anything but cynicism. AS LABOR SHOULD SEE IT. Y a unanimous decision in the Coronado coal case, the United States Supreme Court holds that labor unions, notwithstanding they are un- incorporated organizations, may be sued for dam- ages caused by strikes which they have ordered. In the opinion rendered by Chief Justice Taft, the court goes straight back to the Sherman Anti- Trust Law, which provides (section 7) that per- sons who may be sued shall include “corporations and associations existing undersor authorized ‘by the laws of either the United States, or the laws of any of the Territories, the laws of any State, or the laws of any foreign country.” This language, the court maintains, “is yery broad, and the words, given their natural signifi- cation, certainly include labor unions like these.” The first impression of organized labor will be that: this decision has dealt it a blow. Sober second thought, however, should persuade organized labor that stricter accountability is the opposite of disadvantage when, as is now happen- ing, every new responsibility put upon labor fur- nishes powerful argument for divesting capital of remaining unfair privileges. Labor's fight has reached a point where it can accomplish more by coming to court on equa! terms than on the older theory that the under dog must be permitted his own special methods of attack. Only recently the courts of this State have held that labor is entitled to an injunction against em- ployers who break their contracts. That is, in its way, a decision as important as the decision of the Federal Supreme Court that ‘labor unions are suable under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. It is in no true sense a blow to organized labor to lose immunities when the loss only means a stronger, surer footing for organized labor in the courts and a clearer perception of what must still be dose to bring employers down to the same fair level. The Supreme Court opinion in the Coronado case would be “reactionaty” if the special powers and privileges of capital were to-day increasing. But such is not the present trend. Labor has straighter paths to justice with the backing of public opinion than it has ever had. “To steady it by giving it a new sense of re- sponsibility is to do it not an injury but a service. Intercollegiate rowing helped to make Pough; keepsie famous, THe Gubernatorial race at the State Conference of Mayors will help to keep it so. The contest is as close as any match between eight-oared shells. Another simi- larity is the strain on lung power. os ACHES AND PAINS Henry Seidet Canby contributes an article to the Century headed; “Why Popular Novels Are Popular,” It appears to be because they are. . A Port Chester “medium” is using the spirit of Black Hawk to convey tidings from the other world to this mundane sphere and, in transmitting, the great war rior uses very broken English, explaining that the tongue is new to him, but he hopes to improve with practice, As Black Hawk departed for the Happy Hunting Grounds some eighty years ago and has been interpreting .for mediums at least fifty, there would seem to be no excuse for his wretched vocabus lary. . There would be a lot more room in the subway cars if people would not stand in the doors. . Mayor Hylan's refusal to let the authors frolic on the lain in Central Park evokes various emotions, Did he never read the “Midsummer Night's Dream,” or was he led to suspect that the authors would be those who contribute warm words to his friend Hearst's magazines? Privately, we think Tony Sarg, who was planning the picnic, is a sweet lamb. . As we read it, President Harding docs not want to muzzle the press. He only wants it to stop barking, not caring for the watchdog's honest vociferations JOHN KEETZ, - Reachin f ui "THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1922," cen ferritin By John Cassel | - ee From Evening WorldReaders What kind of letter do you find most readable? Ian’t it the one that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a jot of sai to say much in few words. Take The Hospital on Ward's Island. To the Editor of The Evening World: I have read your article about the author of the song, ‘Dolly Gray." I would like to correct the statement that Manhattan State Hospital on Ward's Island is a free State asylum to all, When a patient {s admitted the authorities investigate and his friends and relatives are asked to pay what- ever the authorities think is right, I am personally acquainted with some poor people whose father is a patient at Ward's Island. They pay $15 a month and send him clothing. We have a relative at Ward's Is- land and we pay §7 a week and pro- vide clothing? I have been told that some pay even more, M. W. New York, June 1, 1922, A Cumbersome Package. To the Editor of The Evening World: My definition of the word turiff would be: Tariff—a cumbersome package for the public to carry. N. U. T, June 3, 1922. To the Editor of The ning World: You are dreadfully wrought up over the “disorder” In Ireland—South Ire- land of course. We didn't see any such hysterics over the disorder In Ulster, disorder that meant the wholesale murder of Catholics and the burning and looting of thelr homes as well as the denial of their right to work. Dear Winston Churchill is defied by the terrible De Valera who refuses to promptly say he will obey, How shocking that sounds to a real American. For instance, it George Washington were alive he would weep tears of blood. The “lawlessness and anarchy” in Ireland enust be giving you a nightmare There is more lawlessness in your own city In twenty-four hours than there is in all Ireland, Ulster, in a year. That propaganda is getting stale. It was only a few months ago that the now very re- spectable gentlemen, Collins and Grif- fith, were included in gang. the British mako It We don't know how much Mr. George or Mr. Churchill is paying you, but we do know this: Mr, De Valera has put these hypocrites, your dear friends, crying out so loudly for world “peace” in a hole und we re- fuse to pull them out, nay, more, we intend to keep them in it and shovel the sod on them that they ave been shoyelling on all others for ages un ALL are free But here's a ray of hope for you, Mr. Editor. Verhups Sir Martin Giinn, Sir William Ro tHe outside of the murder There is lawlessness only of rstand Sir Arthur Brisbane will come buck to us after faction in trying time to be brief, 1-7 having settled everything to Mr. Churchill's liking and wiped out the Irish Republic. Don’t get excited. EB. COSTELLO. New York, June 3, 1922. Territory Doesn't Vote. ‘To the EdNor of The Evening World: a In answer to the letter of Arthur Barnhart would say I am a bit of a liar myself, but must take off my hat to him. He speaks of territory, “It ts not territory that votes, but people. Take a vote of the people of the twelve largest cities in the United States where 70 per cent. of the voters exist and give them a chance to vote a referendum. Then we would see how popular the Eighteenth Amendment Is, Where there is one family to the square mile, as in many of the West- ern States, the farmers make all the applejack they want, and n> one to stop them. John Lynch, in the same issue, gives him his answer, and Arthur Bernhardt should take a tymble to himself and speak the truth. Cc, O. MORLEY, Brooklyn, June 1, 1922, “So We Voted for Prohibition!” To the Editor of The Evening World: The statement by ‘Arthur Barn- bart” in to-night’s Evening World isa fair and accurate picture of the atti- tude, defense, misstatement, stop-at- nothing, win-at-any-price campaign of your dyed-in-the-wool Prohibi- tionist. It is this very thing that is knock ing them into a cocked hat. In their zeal to bolster up the lle of Prohibition, its fanatics have been compelled to jump from one lie to an- other, until at last their statements have become not plausible half truths (that have been nailec as whole lies), but grotesque misstatements that aro easily, refuted by any schoolboy anil are nauseating to men of intelligence, So we voted for Prohibition, did we? And in the majority too, yes? Then it naturally follows that we elected Senators, Congressmen, Legis- lators, Assemblymen, &c., who repre- sented the Prohibition Party, or Democrats and Republicans who had signified their intention of furthering the cause of Prohibition to the public at large. Would it be too much to ask “Arthur Barnhart’ to name a few of these public representatives? Or {s it a secret knownvonly to a few favore: ones in the inner circle of our ‘'Invis- ible Government.” JAS, Brooklyn, June 1, 1922, You Are Right. To the Editor of The Evening World: How many States are there In the United States? My friend claims there are 52 States and I claim there are 48 States lL. WEINER. N. ¥., June 3, 1922, UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1922, by John Blake.) BUILDING OPINIONS, It is possible to form an instantaneous opinion of a wild- cat or a highway robber. Most other opinions take time—and material—to form. Political opinions, opinions about the world, opinions about your neighbors even, wtil be given you if you ask for them. But they will not be your opinions; they will be those - of the people that supply them. Opinions are never likely to be sound unless they are home-made—and made with a great deal of care. You have one daily and unfailing source of opinions about world affairs and about politics, which is the news columns of the papers. If you know what is going on ‘in the world and in your own country, you will soon be thinking about it and your mind will automatically seek to determine whether men and measures are right or wrong. Often the opinions you form at first will have to be re- vised afterward. But that is merely a necessary part of opinion building. But if you read the news and think about it, you are far more likely to form dependable judgments than if you have not the slightest idea what is happening about you. Opinions of men you must get from their words and their actions, and you will do well to form them very slowly and carefully, constantly changing and revising, But by and by, if you know the subjects well enough, you will come to form opinions that are permanent, and your | judgment will be sure as you go along, It is your opinion, remember, which helps to build public opinion, as the coral insect helps to build the island over the reef at the bottom of the sea. Public opinion rules the world—which will be good or bad according to the real desires of the majority of the peo- ple who live in it. For that reason, build your opinion with care and thought, using all the material you can get and all the power of thought that was given you by the Creator for just that purpose. ’ Ree ennnnnnnnnnnmnnnnnnnnmnmnnnnnnmnnnnnnan’ From the Wise - Talent has almost always this advantage over genius—that the former endures, the latter often ex- plodes or runs to waste. —Gutzkow. The slave has but one master; the ambitious man as many as there are people likely to be use- ful to him.—French proverb. The only way to understand the dificult parts of the Bible is first to read and obey the easy ones. WHOSE BIRTHDAY? JUNE 6TH—NATHAN HALE was born at Coventry, Conn,, on tho 6th of June, 1756, and died Sept, 22, 1778, He was educated at Yale and upon leaving college he became a school teacher. As soon as the Revolutionary War broke out Hale joined a Connec- tieut regiment and served in the siege of Boston, When Heath's Brigade left for New York Hale went with it, and he was one of a small and daring band who captured an English sloop from under the very guns of a man-of-war, Hale volunteered to enter the British lines to obtain Infor- mation concerning the enemy, but was —Ruskin. captured on Sept, 21, 1776. He was not a science ag |tried, condemned and hanged as a spy Politics f# no y eeeenes on the following day, ‘Tradition at- many professors declare, but Verputes to him the saying; “I regret merely an art.—Bismarck, that I have but one life to lose for my How and Why They Were Written By AUGUSTUS PERRY Copyright, 1922, (Ni World)’ by Press Publishing Co. BEETHOVEN'S “KREUTZER SONATA.” a ‘ Beethoven's friendship with Bridges tower is interesting chiefly on ao- count of its relation to the “Kreutzer Sonata.” George Polgreen Bridgetower was a musical celebrity in Vienna in 1898. Inasmuch as he was the son of an African father and a German or Po- lish mother, he was known as “the fascinating mulatto.” He was court violinist. to the Prince of Wales (afterward George IV.). A leave of absence enabled Bridge- tower to visit his mother in Dresden. Wishing to make the acquaintance of Beethoven, he prolonged his leave and travelled to Vienna. His first move on arriving there was to become friendly with Beethoven's pa- trons, the Princes Lichnowsky and Dietrichstein. These noblemen gave a breakfast to which both musicians were invited. Prince Dietrichstein introduced Bridgetower to Beethoven. Bridgetower was preparing to give a concert. He urged Beethoven to play with him at the affair and the composer assented. The newspapers dnnounced that the two would play a new sonata for violin and piano by Beethoven. The composer set to work on the A minor sonata (Opus 47). For his last movement he used the allegro of his first sonata (Opus 80). It took him a long time to write the work, as he was very particular about it. Meanwhile, Bridgetower weited impatiently for his part as he wished to practise It. Beethoven completed the music at the last moment, and the — poor violinist had to play the “‘an- dante with variations” from a draft copy in the composer's handwriting. Beethoven's music-copy was notori- ously bad, Nevertheless, the sonata was a great success. Here Is Bridge- water's account of the event: “When I accompanied Beethoven in this sonata In Vienna, I repeated the presto at the fifteenth bar. He sprang up, embraced me, and cried, ‘Once more, mein Heber Bursch!’ Then he held down the loud pedal during this run from the note C until the ninth bar. His expression in the andante was so chaste, so entirely character- istic of his slow movements, that the whole was unanimously redemanded.” After this, Beethoven helped the young violinist very much in his career. He introduced him to many influential people. Then came @ quar- rel. It seems that Bridgetower passed a jesting remark about the Countess Guicciardi, whom Beethoven admired very much, He became incensed at the young man and changed the dedi- cation of thé sonata, Rudolph Kreut- zer was honored with the inscription, Kreutzer was a famous violinist and composer. He was born ‘at Ver- sailles on Noy. 16, 1766. As court violinist to Napoleon and Louis XVIII. from 1802 to 1826 he achieved great renown. No fewer than forty, operas by him were produced in Parts. They are now entirety forgotten. With Rode and Baillot he collaborat- ed in writing a violin method. His “Forty-Two Studies or Caprices"? 1s an important contribution to violin literature. The fact that Beethoven dedicated the sonata to him has helped greatly to perpetuate his mem- ory. Beethoven knew him very slightly. In fact, some say that he never even saw him. It is sald that the composer used a theme in the A minor sonata which had been written by Kreutzer, and when the violinist complained of its use, Beethoven dedicated the work to him as a peace offering. It was about this time (1803) that the master’s hearing began to become affected. With such an ap- palling calamity confronting him, Beethoven was sorely tried. He could not bear the thought that some day he would not be able to hear his beloved music, His trials strength- ened his character and made a hero of him., His unflinching faith in God and mankind 4s reflected in the beau- tiful music of the ‘Kreutzer Sonata." WHERE DID YOU GET "THAT WORD? 174—STERLING. | Of unusual interest is the derivation of the word “‘sterling,”’ as applied to something that is ‘‘genuine, pure, un. adulterated, or of excellent quality, The original form of the word was “easterling.”" The Easterlings were the North Germans, or the merchants of the Hanseatic League, the original “moneyers” of England, The name of these merchants came to be applied to coin or goods of a fixed, standard value, answering all tests. In the time of Edward I. we find an English coin issued of the designation of a dinar or dinarius, called “sterling.” Since that time the word ‘sterling’? has been applied to the English pound, which before the war was regarded as the best value in the world, Thus, by a strange trick of fortune, the name of a German community designated from early English times the thing of standard and permanent value, EE country." Numerous statues have been erected in his memory, the finest being the one in New York City eaee cuted by MacMonnies,