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Aparpteted Frese te, exctundrety entisie’ to the use sil news desparches credited t9 It or not. ¢ Paper, and also the local news pu! ts oma EASY TERMS TO THE TURK. HE reported attitude of the Constantinople representative of the Nationalist Turks toward the Allies’ offer is not reassuring. Only an authoritative statement from Kemal himself, however, can show whether he is rash enough to reject the amazingly liberal terms whi< hand Thrace and ultimately Constantinople back t6 Turkey, reserving only the freedom cf the Dar- danelles under League of Nations protection. Sinister meaning can be found in hints that Kemal can no longer hold his men in che. and that fanatic Turkish troops are clamoring to be_ Ted on a broader path of conquest and massacre ‘for the glory of the Prophet If Kemal seeks a pretext for refusing the con- cessions offered him, he may find it convenient to point to a militant Islam aroused beyond con- trol—with the zeal of 200,000,000 more Moham- medans burning in the background. . The consciousness of that background has un- questionably played its part in persuading Europe to let the Turk come back into his old corner. Nothing else could explain the willingness of a war-weary Christendom to listen to the claims of a Turkish conqueror who advances with the usual accompaniments of firé and slaughter. It is too late to talk of reducing Turkish arro- gance. The arrogance is there, born cf victory in a struggle which Allied statecraft pe: mitted. Mustapha Kemal undoubtedly fights with his brain. He has no wish to pay too heavily for what he can have for nothing. But the Turk in the mass, once started, fights with his fanatical soul and inflames (he ambition - of his leaders. There is the danger. There is the peril that has to be carefully appraised and circur-vnted if the Near East is to be spared worse horrors of bloodshed. From the frequent reiterations of friendship and esteem in the Hylan-to-Hearst correspond- ence one might almost suppose that some one doubted the Mayor's fervent fidelity. But not 4 even the traction-controlled press has ever de- nied this. Gamblers would bet on it ss a sure thing. T is gratifying to note that the movement of f the Athletics Committees of Harvard, Yale and Princeton to assure a sportsmanlike cleanness in the field of collegiate games did not «nd with the inquiries and agitations of last year The approach of the new season in student sports finds the men of the “Big Three” still on - the alert, ready so to safeguard the college enter- prises in athletics that neither the suspicion nor even the fear may exist of professionalism on field or track, or of the resort to unseemly njethods in inducing strong men to enter one or another aspir- ing institution. To prevent as far as may be the usurpation by college sports of the place in student interest that should belong to the classes, the new cules limit the period of football practice and forbid long and expensive trips by college teams. _ There may be some sacrifice of “pride of the school” in adherence to anti-travel rule. It will be in a cause perfectly good, Paris can console itself to-day with the old Roman saying: “Always something new out of Africa, MENACE, OF THE “DRY” NAVY, T is the way and perhaps one of the weaknesses of the American people to turn into a jest ‘ some affair of public interest which may in its final significance constitute either a menace cr a source of real oppression. * So there has been a disposition to take the mat- ter of the so-called Prohibition navy as a thirg aftet the comic-opera pattern, to.be dealt with by the laughter of all landlubbers. News of the plans and purposes of the “dry” _ fleet assumed in yesterday's columns a gravity which may cause even the jesters to pause and ask questions. From Commissioner Haynes* at Washington @ame the dictum that the protests of forcign powers over the seizure of boats carrying their flags are not being considered at this time. The thing is to sweep the seas dry. Locally, speaking for fleet operations in the ‘THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1922, New York vicinity, John D. Appleby, director of the crusade by water, tells how commanders of rum-chasers have been ordered to fire on rum- And_unaer tarse Romances of Industry By Winthrop Biddle. Wott) by Brose ‘Pubitening Oe. laden vessels that resist arrest. orders it is not the legal three-mile limit that be reckoned with, but the assumed twelve-inile limit. It is not comic-opera war that looms as a po bility under such reckless disregard for intern tional Jaw and custom. The Haynes argument that the instructions trom his office are “based upon American Jaws” is but a return te the old bluff-and-bluster policy that made us a &t target for Old World shafts in the days of Dickens. We'know that the Anti-Saloonatizs control, by right of their eminent domain the bus.ness of making American laws for home consumpth 2 Has our governmental system fallen so far ap “* that there is no longer a power in White House or to XLV.—JOHN JACOB ASTOR'S PA- tiric ADVENTUR In the period when missionaries, trappers and fur merchants were ex- ploring the Northwest, a German {m- migrant known to fame as John Jacob Astor easayed to play a part in the great game of empire which was being developed by such institu- tions as the Hudson's Bay Company, and its healthy rival, the Northwest Fur Company. Astor came to New York in 1783 to Tee eee ane ee i outta : engage In the fur trade. He formed Cabinet to help us through the delicate turns of the American Fur Company, which international comity? carried on a flourishing business in B | the Upper Mississippi country and on ———— r z Lake Superior. In 1810, however, OFF CENTRE. \ Astor began the search for new worlds to conquer. ~ He organized the Pacific Fur Com- pany—doubtless attracted by the achievements of the Russian trappers and adventurers who were doing a get-rich-quick business in sea otter pelts in the Northern Pacific archi- Delago. Astor, as chief executive of the company, sent out two expeditions, one by land and the other by the ocean route, to establish a trading post at the mouth of the Columbia River. After a six-months’ voyage from ww York the sea expedition arrived at the mouth of the Columbia and there established the town of Ag- torla. ROM the particular Federal Judge to whom he applied for it Attorney General Daugherty has obtained the extension of his Nation-wide injunction against officials of the Fe way Shop Crafts. “A clear-cut victory for the Government,” Attorney General calls it It is a victory in which the county can find little to celebrate, At a moment when labor supply and demand, ated Raii- the public opinion and reflection on both sides were tapering off the rail strike, Mr. Daugherty tried to repair the damaged prestige of the Administration by an act of monumental clumsiness. A Federal proclamation warning strikers and their unions that interference with interstate com- merce would be speedily dealt with by due proce: of law could have been made impressive enough to meet all needs. But no, The Attorney General had to seek a court injunction of a kind calculated to embitter not only railroad labor but every other class of organized labor in the country. The consequences of the Daugherty injunction have gone deplorably deep, They have created a reaction in which the slowly emerging claims of the public to protection from strike methods that cripple transportation and paralyze industry are pushed back again and lost sight of. The injustice of government by injunction over- shadows the injustice of making innocent millions suffer for every row betweeh workers and em- ployers in basic industries. : Just outcry against trying to make men work against their will drowns out the other quest‘on, what limits of persuasion strikers can be permit- ted to use on other men—not always stiikebreak- ers—who take their jobs. There even seemed some hope of progress toward persuading organized labor that there may be a better, cheaper kind of fighting than the kind that cuts off wages and halts production. But what becomes of that hope when 2 heayy- handed Attorney General doubles a Federal fist and puts every organized worker back into “an attitude of old-time defiance? Because Daugherty “played the fool. we must turn back to uphold labor in its rights under the old style of fighting instead of urging it forward to a new and better arena. That's where—thanks to Daugherty—we now badly off centre. ‘ re { Most Americans hope that Sir Thomas Lipton dwit be ablo to achieve his ambition of winning the America’s Cup-if not in 1924; then later, Sir Thomas has succeeded beyond any one else in crossing the Bulldog and the Shamrock, re- taining the good qualities of each. ACHES AND PAINS The dreartest spot in New York i¢ Franklin Square, surrounded by the Police Gazette and Harper's and capped by the “L" road, Yet it harbors one green spot, a tub on the roof of the “L” station, in which flourishes a bank of ferns. The greenery is visible only to trolley passengers on the bridge, . Kemal Pasha is the warrior who defended the straits at Gallipoli during the World War. Nobody got by him, 80 he is used to the job. ° It takes a fast ship to beat a tarif. ° Congress has gone home. there! If it would only stay . More time now for snoozing and less for golf. . Women can now wed foreign Counts and still wear the proud title of American. . Writing in the current North American Review, Capt. J. M, Scammel instate that chemical warfare should be the rule of the future and that gas is much the moat merotful and effective weapon for ending wars, We should suggest laughing gas for ours, . The plan to give the Pope an aeroplane scema like an airy project JOHN KHDTZ From Evening World Readers What kind of letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred P te say much in few word: Muale Spoilers at the Movies. ‘To the Baltor of Excellent music is 1s World: feature of the Programmes in some moving picture theatres. Part of the audience talks steadily through the orchestra selections, while others are trying to listen. The talkers wouldn't do this at a concert, Why do they do it at thr movies? Iy there no way to induct them to be silent duripg the few min utes an orchestra or solo number lasts? MUSIC LOVER. New York, Sept. 20, 1922, - What Became of Itt To the Editor of Tho Evening World: The report in The Eyening World of 15,863 arrests and the confiscation of $15,000,000 In booze, &e., under the Mullan-Gage act has started all kinds of arguments in our household. Is there any way to get tho details and to determine how much, if any, of this huge bunch of booze was drunk in the station houses? Is it humanly pousible for the police to handle such a huge amount of booze und not take a few hotties home ‘to keep in the house in case of sick GEO. CULYER. y York, Sept. 19, 1922. To the Editor of The Ey The people in New York were happy going to business this morn- ing. This daylight saving is over with. To-morrow night we can pul our clocks back one hour once more ‘Thank God, as we are all sick of it. No sleep all summer on account of daylight saving, no evenings, only going to bed with the chickens, No one did that when we retired by our standard time. No one wished to go to bed by daylight saving time. It was enough for us to gland getting up 80 early in the morning and going to business. No time to eat any breakfast, no time to go to church, as we had to have some sleep Sun- day and not get up to hustle to church, Some kept away from churches: We are so glad it is over and trust we will have no more of this crazy time. We are most all home with nervous breakdowns from It. There {s no reason why we canpot have one thing right, and that {s our right time. Leave the clocks alone E. H New York City, Sept. 22, 1922, ‘To the Hdltor of The Evening World: I read a letter in The Evening World written by John Lynch, stating that the public ts not in favor of Prohibition, Whether or not the re- formers want to believe this, {t ts true, My lnsiness takes me to avery city, There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction ‘n trying Take ‘ime to be brief. large and small, in one of the largest New England States, and in practi- cally every one it is possible to pur- chase wine, beer or whiskey. ‘This illegal business could not flour- ish if the people in general were not in sympathy with the bootlegger. Would the reformers have objected to the Literary Digest vote if it nad proven the country wet? ‘The reformers do hate facts. Cc. PUGII, New Haven, Conn., Sept. 22. dry instead of “Tarif! and Taxation.” To the Bditor of The Evening World: It is like a breath of sanity in a mad world to read such letters as those of A. W. Fexas and M. Berger- man fn recent {ssues of your paper! Well does Mr. Bergerman say. “That if tariff walls would crumble, the world would go through the Orsi step prerequisite for being saved!’ The ungodly taxes which have brought us down to the lowest depth: of weakness will have to be exchanged for the Godly kind which will lift us who are seeking light and desire to see this a saved world, and to this { would add that ‘Social Problem: by the same author (Henry George) was the book that first converted Tom Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio, multi- millionaire and railroad magnate. from the error of “his way. It ts briefer and more interesting than any novel, and when you read it you will be ravenous for the whole George series. All honor to Fexas and Mr. Berger- man, as well as to you, Mr. Editon, for giving them. space tn your valu- J. T. PRICE. Sept. 21, 1922 — Vake Advantage It. To the Editor of The Evening World In West Virginia many a child has not attended school until it has reached the age of ‘ten or over, The smartest boy there graduated at the age of seventeen, The size of tho schoolhouse {s about 75 feet long, 50 fect wide and 20 feet high. It hasa stove in the corner of the room and the children must go to the mines to get some coal to keep the classroom warm in winter. ‘The ordinary boy or city girl who goes to school in the clty never stops to think how convenient the Board of Education has made tt for him, able paper. Inwood, L. UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake bd (Copyright, 1922, by Bell Byndicate, Inc.) SLIPPERY BRAKES. Danger signals often appear suddenly, A car sweeps round a corner, Its driver sees a closed railroad crossing ahead. If his brakes are good he stops. If they are not there is likely to be trouble. A man who has overeaten or drunk more than is good for him applies for life insurance. He is examined very carefully by the company’s physi- cian, A week of anxiety elapses. application has been denied. He goes to his own doctor to find out what is to be done. He is told to go on a diet and to stop drinking. If his will power is good he does it. If his will power is weak he hasn’t the ability to do it. And in a year or two his friends are sending flowers to the house. . Danger signals are strung along the road of life. Some of them may be seen a long way ahead. Others are not observable till onc almost stumbles on them. In such cases the brakes must not be slippery. A controlled will is the best brake—the only one that is part of the equipment of the human machine. To stop doing things that are hurtful is often very difficult. Especially is it hard to stop suddenly, Yet there are occasions when it must be done, if the owner of the will desires to remain longer on this planet. It is a custom for many people to seek to put their brakes in trim at the first of every year by making reso- lutions. Few of the brakes stand the test, which in itself is a danger signal. Wills long neglected are apt to become wabbly, but they can be repaired and put in condition, even when they have failed to function almost altogether. Violent applications are of course only for emergency. Smooth running, either in motors or on the roads of life, depends on rare and easy brake application, But the brakes must be there and ready for use, and the driver must know how to use them instantly if necessary. More people die from weak wills than from most other causes. The good brake will dodge disease and trouble and worry, and cheapen life insurance. It is a good thing to keep it in shape. Then he is told that his mS WHOSE BIRTHDAY! eral others. After the close of the at the outset into the light of a better day than humanity has yet witnessed, Both of the hooks mentioned are invaluable and should be read by all SEPTEMBER 2% — JOHN MAR- SHALL, eminent American jurist, was born in Germantown, Va., Sept. 25 1768, and died July 6, 1885. After completing an elementary education he began the study of Jaw, only t give this up in order to enter the Those who take advantage of an} Revolutionary forces. He served un eddcation such as ours are wise, der his father, Col. Marshall, from Others are not, GEORGE VARZA, Now York, Sept. 22, 1922 SE ———————————— 1778 to 1179, taking part in the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth and sev- war he began the practice of law and soon entered public life by being elect- ed to the Virginia General Assembly From 1799 to 1800 he served as Con- ®ressman and as Secretary of State from 1800 to 1801, when he was ap- pointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by President Adams, which position he held until his death. Per- hapa the most famous trial that he presided over was the ‘Burr tr: Marshall rendered many opinions on the Constitution and wrote a notable book on the “Life of Washington.’* After a long trip over the Lewis and Clark route that wrote a new epic into the record of American exploration, the land expedition, under the com- mand of Wilson P. Hunt of Trenton, N. J., one of the partners in the com- pany, joined the argonauts in the new settlement. In addition to Astoria, the company established another post on the Up- per Columbia. Things were going well when Astor was be- trayed by some of his partners. Some of his trusted men on the Pa- cific Coast sold both posts to one of his rivals, the Northwest Fur Com- pany. Then the War of 1812 broke out, and the British seized Astoria After the war the status of what is now the State of Oregon was left un- determined, pending negotiations, for ten years. During that period, Ore- gon was a No Man's Land, in whch both British and Americans were lett largely to shelr own respective de- vices. John Jacob Astor abandoned the en- terprise as a proposition that did not pay. But he gave a powerful impetus to American enterprise in the Pacific Northwest. Astoria marks the spot where the extreme East first began to develop the extreme West on an organized scale. His faith in the Pacific North- west as a land of American destiny is justified by the gigantic strides which the Columbia River country has made under the American flag since the failure of the dream which the Gor man immigrant dreamed. SS eS \ Vanishing American Birds IN THE HACKENSACK MEADOWS As you speed through the Hacker sack Meadows in a iroad car, you hardly realize that nat stretel, ? upparently useless country ts a bira paradise. Expecially in August whic the wild rice begins to ripen, the meadows are alive with Florida ¢al linules, pied-billed grebes, bobolink sora rails and a swarming populi- tion of other bird: ‘Tho friendly b change of color teriod, is called during that period exterminated 1} the thousand under the New Jersey game laws even by hunters who woul: scorn to shoot a bobolink. Soon railways und factories v1) drive away the dwindling bird pos latton from the Hackensack Men: ows Then the glimpse of them a! forded by a remarkable exhibit o Hackensack Meadow bird life in the Nabitete group of the American Nat- ural History Museum will be a valu able reminder of a cime when the re. gion was a bird paradise, ee WHERE DID YOU GET THAT: WORD? 215—MANUSCRIPT. The continued use of the word manuscript to designate an article that is no longer strictly speaking a manuscript in an excellent illustra- tion of the survival of words. A manuscript, of course, is some thing written by hand (from “manu,” hand, and “scriptus,” written). Now very few “manuscripts nowadays are written by hand, By far the great majority are written by the lineal de- scendants of the first typewriter in- vented by the late Mr. Sholes. And yet we merrily go on using ‘manuscript’ to designate something written, not by hand but by a ma- thine. There Is a demand tn the fnglish language for a word like “typoscript. —— “That’s a Fact” By Albert P. Southwick Coppright, 1922 (The New York Evening orig), by Preas Publishing Co. “Four-eyed George was a by-namo conferred on Gen, George Meade, the victor of Gettysburg, Pa., on July 1, 2 and 3, 1868, by his soldiers, a jocular allusion to the fact that he wore spectacles, eo 8 Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) stated that It was the opinion of certain vir- tuos! that the brain is filled with little maggots and that thought Is produce! by their biting the nerves. This muy explain the rather rough inquiry, suid in jest, among people south of Mason and Dixon's line of ‘What's biting you?”