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NEW YORK. FRIDAY, MARCH 4. 1921. THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. tin- l.ut they arc Mir IwiVlll if the wish him to fail.

He has crown In general c-leem hi, elect Ion. He eae all the Pacific island mandates are I revised. She I very anxious to Ret I trade rticlit- In the Islands south of the chief influence. In the creation of moral and esthetic standards in the mind of children in their most Impressionable Being So Long Accustomed to the Hammer to Resume the Shovel Doesn't Make It Easy "il lAmHj. in.

to.toBk Bmbs bus taken Ma victory modestly, aa btJesjBMHr which are administered by a gentleman. He approaches Australia and the Australian and New I hJ, en11, humbly as our who Zealand statesmen haven't the slight- lealiars the magnitude of responsibility est iuteuUon of making concessions. By i-rl thrust uhu him. There could be noth-1 inic better an oxprewlou of his pur- lH.se and resolution on lii advent in great orti.v than those words, in tin closing passages of his address: accept my part with single-mlndodnes. of puriKise and humility of spirit am implore the favor and guidance of Go.

in Ml heaven With these 1 am un afraid and confidently face the "WILSON COLBY." Whether the traditional 'shingle' is ready, we don't know, but the law tirm of 'Wilson ft Colby" is announced. Perhaps the retiring President have chosen no better way to intimate to those who take seriously the pes. simistie rumors about his physical eon-dltion, that they have been imposed upon. The life of a lawyer is strenuous and exacting. Woodrow Wilson welcomes it, and he will be no slacker.

The choice of Batabrldge Colby as a partner is not surprising since it was Colby whom the President Chose to ban. He super-law higher-law problem! Ms Secretary of state. Mr. Colby Is dear thinker. good lawyer, tactful person and a genial gentleman.

Also he has physical and nervous vigor In a high degree, and industry to In IMS and 1883 the 'shingle" of "Renick Wilson. Attorneys at Law." was hanging at 4S Marietta street. At-any lantn, Georgia. Woodrow Wilson, the junior partner, had tnken his degree as lawyer at the University of Virginia after getting his baoholor-of-arts de-Hi'sponsibility gree at Prlncclon. But the firm was soon dissolved and the junior member years.

Something must be done to keep those pictures elenn. The objec- Hon to State censorship is far less than the objection to a debanehetl Volunteer censorship ha failed to stop this debasement through vicious siig- gestion. It remains State censorship niplih i end. If it falls, it la tw way to some other agenc niust not lie corrupted. Oi l'le of this country are coi sue corruption is going people of this city and State hau gently become convinced they menus to end It.

1 FISH DAY MARCH 9. Mr Redlleld's successor. Beeretar Commerce Alexander, will probabl prvatc cltZCI1 before Marc! wllk.n hp of VnUo(1 aml 008MV 'Fish Day. unless tbe continual Herbert Hoover should be delayed by Senate machinations, which is very unlikely. But we haven't the slightest doubt that on the subject concerned Hoover's mind will run with Alexan- and "Fish Day" may become ah annual event.

As Mr. Alexander recognizes, how-er. this will depend somewhat on the attitude of dealers. If they will "give the public an opportunity to buy the best fish at reasonable prices" observ- of the day will be easy. Most housewives think that is just what dealers have not been doing for a se ries of years, and they can't divide the responsibility between the "Fish Trust" and the retailers.

What is true Is that we ought, with tr vast coast lines, our great lakes id our great rivers, to li food supply in fish. Cat age thirty pounds of lis year, Britons sixty-live pounds, Swedes fifty-two pounds, Norwegians forty- four pounds. But none of them pay the prices that prevail In the United States. While seafoods run almost as high, pound for pound, as red beef, the red beef is likely to be preferred, with out questioning whether it is a "brain food" or not. That is common human appetite, common human economics and common human nature.

MAN-STUDY AND THE MINISTRY. The idea that a man isn't quite fitted to he a shepherd if he knows nothing about sheep has never got adequate consideration in the divinity schools, which are content to point out the green pastures and (lie still water and not to weary themselves over sheep psychology. More thau one earnest young minister has been compelled to note his limitations, sadly and prayer fully. Joseph Meyer Jr a "Reverend" who ought to be a "D.D." some time, a rea sonably successful pastor of the Budd Park Christian Church in Kansas City- Missouri, has resigned his pulpit to take a post-graduate divinity cm a factory. He explains that udy is his aim, and he believes a close i who toil id ly will make him a belter pastor.

it will, if he toils as hard he is studying, and can I later, "The deaths ye died I have watched beside, and tbe life ye led wt mine." There is no better way reaching the viewpoint of Burns: Then, gently scan your brother man: Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kenni wrang, To turn aside is human; One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it; And just as lamely can ye mark How far, perhaps, they rue it. It ought to be the aspiration of the minister to bring a searchlight to bear on the darkness of "the moving why," and to mark the range and character of penitence not lamely but skilfully and accurately. And to this end there Is no better iwst-graduate course than a factory or a foundry affords. The Rev. Joseph Meyer Jr.

has chosen the better part. It shall not be taken from I betti him. i ANNOYING THE NEIGHBORS. The old Blackstone theory of the social compact is recalled by a notable case in a Manhattan police court. Under that theory the individual surrendered certain of his natural rights and they may not have relished the I "I OHFNfiRIN" RIIRRTITUTFS I eatne Hill, inspired by verses of Ste- and they may not have relished the LOHENGRIN" SUBSTITUTES game Hill, inspired by Phen X.

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'icr the lapse of eight years the ibUoan party today resumes full rol of the Doited States Govern -t, It takes over the Presidency by ic nf a popular plurality without of C( hi of thought- he country is 0 sound and which in his inter-u meant service in its very 1 sense. Mr. Harding's 1 1 of expressions sytnpathy nations which have suffered war. ii voices a hope that the Stales can be helpful with bn without risking what he ed to call "involvements." He disarmament and of 3 may play in foreign nf-lot yet know whether the nt still believes that the will come around to the cli bis Secretary of State li'ilig the campaign a certain amount of faith blllties of the League 11 ltercsts. question of foreign pol ts that of our future rela- our late Allies for the of peace, Mr, Harding's ives that Question still In debate.

All we are rea- i special session will make peace with Germany fler which Mr. Harding, rectly or through Mr, say whether he prefers United States become part and functioning organ-tempt to lead in the for-i entirely new body. He whatever course he follows miter strenuous opposition vn party which Is faction on the League issue, hp nitionsly declines to ehal therefore, caul ion lenge either factli Inauguration. the day of his least the addres ic of party actior again and again, Pre served American standards require our higher product Ion cost to he reflected in our tariffs on imports." This re-sfflrms the President's commitment to the old parly doctrine of high protection which gave- a generous consideration to the demands of the producer snd had small concern with the interests of the consumer. It is a substantial pledge thai the new Congress will be urged to do, hut in broader measure, what the present Congress would have done except for the veto of Mr.

Wilson. The country will applaud what Mr. Harding says of the need for economy and reorganization in government, in Industry, in commerce. His Administration will inherit a great variety of domestic problems, most of them grow ing out of the war, The great task of the preceding Administration ws conduct war on a scale never before attempted by mankind. The great task of this Administration will bo to repair the Inevitable waste of that conflict, to restore swollen agencies of govern to ordinary proportions to lighten the burdens of taxation while diminishing no scmi.c i saury to the public wei fare.

In attempting this, as well as it endeavoring to arrive at some agree ment with other government! for tb maintenance pence, Mr Harding ii entitled i the best ishes of the Amer. lean people regardless of parly preju After I Inn tempera rily friends hope bis Administration good. Those to him uni n. Mapaet his mo. will be fruitful nn politically doubt hl nblilty ni, cu mnini i i r.

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but cannot policy to may commit reasonable do- a lehlnd the pol- taking this position Nippon hopes to keep Groat Brltain ii tlucncc aligned again inl -c with tlx' arrange- for V. However, the whol sec thai this Govemu goes bay and ftp hey claim of Jurisdiction: Council must ni contention nl the Japanese ven beyond the belong to the Pacitic Spoils of one of the victors, Mot Americans think there would have been no victory but for us. Surely 1 with the Allies' vast debts to us unpaid and not likely to be paid for a genera- Hon. are cannot tolerate any disposition I of territory captured from Germnny. in Africa, in the Near Kast.

In (he Far, Has, or In the Pacitic. that Is preju- dlcial to our trade Interests. That is simply elemental ethics. INEVITABLE LOGIC ON TARIFF ISSUE. Dead for the present the Fordney Emergency Tariff Bill.

201 votes to override tomorrow beginning. its friends mustered on against Y.Y2 in the efforl the President's veto. new political conditions a And in view of tills tl of inevitable logic Wilson put into his take high rank in vhich President to message must annals of our man enters the norlty party be-both houses of lajority becomes statesmanship. For world conditions, am scientific taxation are White House or a comet a majority It says the message, "this is the erection here of high ers." But everybody knows G. Harding doesn't agree essage writer, and that the lythlng but clear, with some leaders predicting the re-of the Payne-Aldrich law.

it Wilson stated: there is little doubt that measure is temporary it ia i a foundation for action of attire, of a very general and character. It would seem to pave the way for i. Such a policy is to the fundamental prin-lual and exact justice to all, Xy serve to revive the feel- tation on the part of the people, and of lack confident: ind the rest This is th of ic side of protec tion. But the message deals very frank ly and forcefully with the world side of that issue. It notes that other tries owe us nearly and can only pay in the goods which pro tection would sock to keep out of our markets.

The Fordney Bill and the policy which it foreshadows must cheek the process of industrial and financial stabilization in Europe. The policy will also render useless our i build up a merchant combine not open to Americans at home, under the Sherman and Clayton acts. Cassandra prophesied truly, but the Trojans were not impressed. Wood- row Wilson prophesied truly, but deaf are the ears of Republicans. The blunders he would guard against will probably he committed, and repented of.

Luckily, this is a country so great and so rich that even blunders in most critical periods are not fatal only very costly and very absurd. "REGULATION" OF MOVING PICTURES. The campaign conducted by Freder ick Boyd Stevenson in The Eagle for the suppression indecent and de moralizing moving pictures hns borne fruit. Governor Miller has been stirred by demonstration of the indecencies actually perpetrated under the existing system and announces that he will sign a bill providing for a State Board of Censors to regulate films and prohibit the showing of indecencies. Under the stimulus of the Governor's active support there is now little doubt of the passage of the Clayton Bill, with possibly some amendments which will not destroy the purpose of the bill.

One of these Is the change of "censorship" to "regulation" in order to meet the traditional objection to censorship of the stage or the press. The bill, however, authorizes the Governor to appoint a board of three members, which is ordered to prevent the showing of "obs. cnc. Indecent, immoral, in- humun or sacrilegious films." the press or (lie stage is deeply rooted in the American Blind. Few things are rrifllt ImiM nl habits of thought, but one of these few is the Objection to the deliberate and calculated corruption of the young and the destruction of the moral sense through appeals lo the purely animal side of human nature.

The police power has always been held adequate to suppress such vicious appeals ami public performances are planned with the Idea of not provoking a public do- mand for such police action. When the demand the closing of the entertainment is certain. The moving pictures bine In a class by themselves. The necessity of tone sort of regulation to prevent clous appeals was rly In the Industry ii a- organize nnleer board with the co nkers them out all films luntary -po- has broken the control my ibe ex- The proof operation of the film Ives, who agreed to ei vhlch this hoard of Objected. That sys down, or has fallen un of the producers, win of its uuiiiilcmii ample thai corrupting plclures have been authorised by this board and bare been shown to thousands Of ehll- dren and adults, The moving picture Is one of Hit chief Influences.

If not the found other activities. He has not been a practicing lawyer for thirty prophet would pre-f "Wilsou Colby" diet for the tirm practice in the former President United States. A Taft intimated, tb siderations of deli lum i that limit the former Chief Ex ecutive may handle. We shall not be at. all surprised if this firm is more energetic In preventing lawsuits than trying them, which is the best sorl service clients can have.

But high efficiency and reasonable prosperity are Jid good will as a doesn't have to he stent with the tirm. GIVING GERMANY AN ITEMIZED BILL. Mr. Lloyd George's speech to the German delegates yesterday was as opportune as it was masterly and convincing. It is fitting that the Allied people as well as the Germans be reminded of the counts outstanding against Germany at this time.

In the press of other matters the tendency has been to forget the magnitude of the destruction wrought by the Germn army and navy nnd aircraft, and the sum now being demanded by the Allies has been considered almost exclusively In relation to German finances rather than Allied losses. With the idea of recalling the nature and extent of these losses Mr. Lloyd George made an extended survey of the damuge wrought by the invaders of France and Belgium. In Northern France alone he listed 0o2.9G4 houses wholly or partly destroyed, 30,000 fac tories destroyed or rendered useless and more than 4.000 townships totally or more than half destroyed. The destruction of 8,000 kilometers of rail ways, of bridges.

the devastation of acres of land, the reduc Hon, by deliberate wrecking, of the production of the French coal mines by 21,000.000 tons annually, are some of the other Items set forth. France is taxing herself ut the rate of 12,000,000 francs annually to re store this region. There is nothing like this charge to be found in the German budget. German taxation is so high as that of the Allied countries, although her industries, her cities and bet- railroads are relatively in Great Britain's losses Mr. Lloyd George id little, but he reminded the Ger.

ans that they had destroyed 8.000.000 'tis of British shipping, and he ive added that this destruction took le most barbarous form known in odern times. If the Germans do not show a dif ferent spirit and make a real effort meet the Allied terms by Monday the Allies will take drastic measures to enforce them. For this reason It In well for the world to recall dearly just what kind of bill is being pressed for collection. The purpose of Mr. Lloyd George, however, was to Induce the Germaus to reconsider so (hat looreion will not he necessary.

He was at all times moderate. He stated plainly that If the Germans had made reasonable proposals they would have received every consideration. Therein lies the only hope of further negotiations. TllS Germans have one more chance. If they fall to grasp it they will deserve the consequences.

JAPAN AND YAP. Though the discussion of President Wilson's note on mandates by the Council of the League of Nations was behind closed and the answer scut to Washington with special reference to the Island of Yap 1ms not yet been given out. It is almost authoritatively Intimated thai Japan is set keeping the Yap mandate and that China full accord with the Unit. a where that Pro 1st as Uf lm in the plied .1.1 initio I The understanding Is thai Japan Is employing diplomatic strategy of a high order hi the Islill formulation at lu position She declare Wfillncnaaa to amend Ibe Yap mandate, but only in In THE INVESTMKXT IX HIRAM. Editor Brooklyn Daily Bugle.

is perhaps a sad commentary possible honesty of capable me ur home town that Mayor Hyla has deemed it necessary to seek far from New Y'ork City so as to certain to obtain the servlc able man in. his effort to se i jus- for of this in proposed Your leading editorial in The Eagle of Feb. 22, its caption, "Mr. Hylau's New Hired Man," and the arguments and assertions you put forth therein, show a quite disappointing to a great majority of your readers, providing you credit them with any intelligence, for their wit will cause them to realize that no matter what the size of Senator Johnson's fee, he will be a good investment. He may not accomplish all he undertakes, but cwhere along the line the of for his services.

Tho organized propaganda is not going to get. away with quite so much as it would were he not fighting for the interests of those who are going to pay-Would it not be more seemly to express the hope that the Senator's efforts will not be entirely in vain and to bend your own efforts and resources to the production of a still better plan for transit legislation which, will leave absolutely no loophole for further exploitation of tbe city? Can you say that the proposed bill is such a document? Brooklyn's leading newspaper, is not your duty and why do you ic to take the course, your edito rial Indicates? KARL u. 8ACKMANN, Brooklyn, Feb. 24, 1921. NEW BOOKS RECEIVED "Tho Dure of the Mediterranean." by Albert Bigeh.w Paine Harper A story of a happy cruise.

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Calm dreams of peace are up to data. Our spirit is less stem; Their stocks and bonds and real estate But penalties are still most stoep For these non-pauper dames; Sines, rich or poor, thsy hsva to keP Those German namss idea of a party of such distinction in their house from which they were omitted. Whatever the motive, the fact remain! that so long as people in the close juxtaposition of the modern apartment house they must be considerate of the nerves of the neigh bors. The ideal way of living is to have a house in the middle of an acre lot. Then you can play your piano or run your records until you grow tired.

Xo raffles for charity are permitted in Louisville, Ky. Since the Demon disinfected and Colonel Wattcrson dethroned Louisville if denatured. Where we say of her ordinances "angels could do no more" the last word is spoken. Japan is fast being liberalized. When orators in the Diet attack outrages in Korea as energetically as an Englishman assails Lloyd George's policy In Ireland or an American demands independence for the Filipinos, Nippon Is lining up with modern progress.

That Almirall Grand Jury took a top-line place in "presentment." vaudeville when it recommended that District Attorneys instead of being elected should be appointed by courts. No such notion would have even a respectable minority of supporters in any American civil division. Those University of Pennsylvania professors who developed th arsphe- namiuf; modification of the German drug, when salvarsan for the army OOUld not be got, do a mighty tine thing In handing over llielr plant and their profits, properly worth for use In medical research work. They are not millionaires, but 'tis far more than the widow's mile that they arc contributing, tn say nothing of the THE TULIP TREE the ace clipper Nhii Bach In I tynen'ti when a gi nen Where ii fair. When the folk of Itrciiklcn i the tulip tree, The kind old lice! lent and harmony1 ads or the tulip tree.

Tbwna Hst them bi The tine old Where sweet Dwelt In tb, The hill Is go ms lllr.nc lb. shore the golden niran ihi garded of amity, the folk of Breukl EDWARD v. niTH. idea of a party of such distinction In By WILLIAM MURRAY. Last evening's repetition of "Lohengrin" at the Metropolitan differed by three replacements from its predecessors.

Orville Harrold sang eloquently in the title role, though his zeal in attaining distinguishable English Inclined him occasionally to break the flow of a smooth legato. His is not a figure to embody with verisimilitude the transfigured knight; yet he made a valiant effort, for the greater part omP'y Tmc typed. The Ortrud waa Julia Clausen, disastrous Metropolitan debut as Ualila in the Saint-Saens opera. But her Ortrud is another matter, for this for which she is well equipped ining and natural endowment of She ought to do very well as a Wagnerian singer, and therefore to be useful to the company. The third newcomer, William Gustafson, sang the King.

All three will participate in the performance to be given Satur day night in the Academy of Music, when It eeems fairer to subject them to comprehensive review. For the rest, this "Lohengyin' a familiar course. Idle it Is to retell the story of Florence Easton's Elsa and Clarence Whitchlll's Telramond both are superlative operatic portraits. Mr. Bodansky gave another exhibition of an operatic reading of the first rank; the result was a beautifully coordinated performance.

A special matinee of "Madama Butterfly" filled the Metropolitan with ad mirers of Cieraldine Farrar and Tuc- cini devotees. The prima donna's sociates were Messrs. Crlmi, Scotti Bada. The Chicago singers repeated "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame," with Mary Garden, of course. The company's dancing appendix, the l'avley-Oukrain-sky troupe, once again finished Schubert's "I'nfinished" Symphony.

Neither opera nor ballet calls for comment. Alexander Schmuller played tbe Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Philharmonic Society last evening in Carnegie Hall. Ho looked better with an orchestral background, but he played the work not. one whit more eloquently than at his Aeolian Hall recital, when the accompaniment was I piano transcription. Mr.

Schmuller's art la not going to do more than excite ky provided a gnod acconipn'ni- i Jut tho Sc. nc from the opera "Kcu -filled tho balance of the I However, the concerto was if our hearing last evening; opera-birds were calling. Recitals in Aeolian Hall brought young pianists to pumic am Juan IteycH. Chilean, and product of Paris teaching, cseayed the afternoon so monumental a co position I the uranms mu Sonata, but his gifts are as yet i those which can compuss and eloiincnt Its mighty message. Yet approach was sounn ana mgnincant Important things In the future.

Mr. Reysa's technique is ample; his tone client, but lacking in variety of color and limited in its dynamic range. ,11,1 much heller with other positions of lesser Import. And he has that rare qunin; Hgcrs term "personal fore, picturesque. The young plimis theatrical was Ma 1 1 ha BftM, She cuts little musical ice For some reason she dc Hcrlbed the "Wal.lstcln" Sonata With i lie proaram note "L'Aurore." an apel- which tell, story of her playing.

Later she Introduced two agreeable but unimportant "sketches" by the Harvnrd maestro, Edward Burlln- in return for the protection of society. spiring As civilization has grown more complex the surrenders have become more freouenl and more drastic. But few of US realize that, even in a city of apartment houses, we must close a musical parry at tile srroKC oi mm night and send our guests home, at the isk intervention. he point in this case in people or nigu Tbe hostess was mesta nt before graced a police report, although they are no rs to the society columns. Mrs.

was giving a musical party lollnlSt nnd pianist to piny. At lit policemen appeared laying lople in the apartments above clow had complained of the One can well believe Mrs. Wilton midnigl "noise, Wilson' remark that the policemen seemed greatly "embarrnsse.i ami iiiharrnsse.r 111,1 stayed an. I nclptd tne gues.s their motors-It the night of the form bompltlW certainly requires plinttlon, II may be that not the rol 1 "me of the "noise" but Its qimllty gave offense for all we know the neigh i may be devotees of Stravinsky slid Ravel, while Mrs. Wilson's tniisl clans may have been playing "Lnhcn grin." hose "common time" has palled upon some Critical cars which it used lo eninpture.

Or, again, ns Mrs. II son explains It. somebody may have been simply "peevlhb. The names of the complainants are not strangers to the politer columns of the newspaper-.