The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, December 22, 1922, Page 6, Image 6
The Morning Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY I THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publisher. B. BREWER, Gen. Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Ass<» isted Press, cf which Tbs Be# t# a member, is ejriuslvtlr so tilled in lb# us# tor mubikti-n of sil news dlsrttrhes credited lo It or not otherwise credited In this paper. sod ala'- tit# lorsi oews published herein. All rifbts of republicaUone of our special dm*tehee art also rasarng. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask lor th# Department AT lantic or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: «aaa Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. IWU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs - . - - Scott St. So. Side. N W. Cor. 24th and N New York—2b6 Fifth Avenue Washington - - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago • - - 1720 Steger Bldg. Paris, France—420 Rue St. Honor# COLLAPSE OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. At such a time in world affairs as this, when a practical program is sought for Europe, the na tions almost with one accord turn to the United States and not to the League of Nations. In every crisis of iirternatioitel politics the league has failed to function as a major institution. Today at Lausanne it is proposed to appoint the control committee which is to supervise the Turkish straits under the near east peace treaty. This is entirely outside the League of Nations. Ismet Pasha pleads lor further guarantees for safety of Constanti nople than the League of Nations could give. Pow erless to act and without prestige, the “dream of j Versailles’’ is fading from all consideration. America now stands in exactly the position it would have taken if Woodrow Wilson had carried out his threat to withdraw from the Paris conference , and sail for home rather than agree to the exeeu |! tion of the secret treaties by which the allies had f divided (he world among them. Euro|ie has tried (f out its schemes and they have failed. When finally '' ft takes its place on the mourner's bench then will (! the way to salvation be opened. |, Alone of all the victors, America sought no ma terial gains out of the war. The stakes for which it the old world plays arc not attractive to the demoe ji racy of the new world. America knows that to win i. in such a game is only to lose. Seeking lie amiexa '! tions or indemnities, America has the latent power to r right the wrongs of the peace if Europe comes with r the same honesty and unselfishness with which Amcr j] ica would arbitrate these matters. No nation seeking aggrandizement could have j; such a commanding position. No people who were ;! lacking in the sense of justice and democracy would 1 dare to assume such responsibility.. Americans have , given freely of their charity to aid the foreign peo ; pies who have been suffering from the mistaken ‘ policies of their rulers. Americans yearn to succor the oppressed of every land. If Europe is now ready 1 to accept the aid of the United States in the only way it can be given, without sacrificing our sov ' ereignty, surrendering any national principal or en dorsing the spirit of national greed, jealousy or re venge, the way is clear. America stayed out of the League of Nations be cause it did not wish to bind itself to guarantee to carry out the impossible. Holding firm to our na tional sovereignty, avoiding entanglements and giv ing no encouragement to the mistakes of imperialism and militarism, we have attained a moral eminence that other nations are forced at last to recognize. Such a power is too great to be represented merely by one vote in a League of Nations. When President Wilson sat tn the Versailles conference he was helpless to achieve the results for which America had fought in the trenches. His only vic tories came when lie threatened to ]<;ave. In that fact may he seen the great truth that America’s power for good lies in keeping our hands clean and free to serve in a larger way. We are a bigger fac tor outside the League of Nations than as one mem ber among so many. Events prove that our real chance to serve comes from our preserving a neutral attitude. If a new international economic confer ence is to be held, the United States will act as an arbiter, almost as a judge, instead of merely being one voice among many. President Harding has always felt th there were ways of accomplishing world recovt with , out violating the independent spirit of Americanism. . lie is known now to hope that America’s influence . may soon be given the opportunity to assist in stab ' ilizing world conditions. The task that the soilless machinery of the League of Nations could not per form may soon be undertaken in a simpler, more honest way. The four-power pact of Washington and the treaty arranged there by which Japan has - returned Shantung to China have proved the worth of this national policy. The League of Nations stands helpless in the present emergency. The question on all lips in Europe is, “What is America’s attitude?” What ever the inclination of the statesmen, it is sure that ; the respect' in which the people of Europe hold America will force their rulers to listen. The dis interested, unselfish conduct of the United States has given it more real influence ift the world than that enjoyed by the League of Nations. If we had lost our spirit of unselfishness and had entered into a race for spoils of war, this could not be. As long as America seeks no special concessions, but holds out for a world in which all people shall have an equal opportunity to develop, it will main tain this spiritual supremacy which counts for more than all the stratagems of secret diplomacy and of fers the only way out of the trouble that besets the old world. THE GREAT DIVIDE IN POLITICS. In France and other continental nations political parties are numbered by the dozen. In g.eneral the line-up is on the bloc system. Germany today is governed l>y a combination of blocs, some of them economic and some religious. In Poland the conflict between racial blocs has resulted in the assassination if a president of Lithuanian blood by a deranged member of the simon pure Polish party. Political divisions in the United States are sim pler and along broader lines. A few fundamental iflferences exist between the two great parties, but time and again some candidate by force of person . r.lity loads the voters across party lines. Factions within the parties take the place of the numerous mrtisan divisions abroad. Ben W. Hooper, chair man of the United States labor board, recently summed up the American political organization in the following way: "A progressive is the man who moves forward. A conservative hesitates before moving, and if he. moves at all, moves neither far nor fast. A pro gressive who is not conservative ia radical. A con servative who is not progressive is reactionary." All these tendencies arc to be found within each of the two rival party organizations. In Nebraska, however, the overwhelming majority is made up of whe' may be called "progressive conservatives” and "cooaeivative progressives.” if there were more real reactionaries, their presence would stimulate a larger percentage of downright radicals. Thus is the balance of nature applied even to the human function of government. One extreme begets the other. NO COME-BACK FOR •FATTY" The proposal to reinstate Roscoe (Fatty) Ar buckle as a moving picture actor comes as a distinct shock. This man was connected with one of the most disgraceful episodes ever recorded in Amer ica. That he was finally acquitted, after three trials on a charge of manslaughter for the deafh of Vir ginia Rappe, may have exonerated him so far as the law is concerned, but there is something deeper and broader than mere exculpation by a jury. If Arbuckle sincerely has repented of his admitted misdeeds, he is taking an odd way of show ing his contrition. Instead of trying to force him self on public attention again, he should be in sack cloth and ashes. The art of the moving picture thea ter suffered little when he was compelled to with draw, and it will not be assisted in any way by his return. One thing is clearly seen through the smoke screen that is being laid down by the appeal to pub lic sympathy. When the Labor day orgy at the San Francisco hotel was disclosed, a great sol) went up from the producers, who announced that $‘.’,000,000 j was tied up in Arbuckle pictures. Now it is stated that none of these films arc to be shown, but that 1 a new series will be made. If Arbuckle pictures are allowed to be presented at all, how long will it be until the stock in storage is brought forth, with titles changed, and foisted on the public as new j creations? Will H. Hays makes ^ rather hollow plea for sympathy on behalf of the discredited actor. If Mr. Hays would well serve his employers, and con- | tinue to deserve public sympathy, he will set his face sternly against the proposed attempt. "Fatty” Arbuckle should not again be paraded before the children of America, and the suggestion that he be permitted to once more appear on the screen is an insult to public morals. , WHEN A MAN’S A MAN. Eugene O’Neill’s “Hairy Ape” was a stoker on a transatlantic liner. He extolled his great strength as the force that drives the world. When scorned by the dainty maiden from the cabin deck, he turns his thoughts to destruction, and sets out to prove his prowess by making trouble. Finally, he unlotks the cage of the gorilla in the park zoo, and hails the beast as a brother. The beast promptly breaks the back of the man and flings him, a crumpled wreck into the cage. • This is hailed by the super-intellectuals as a psalm of life. What will they say to the fireman of the lake tug Reliance, through whose strength and cour age twenty-three men are living today, who other wise were doomed. He, too, is a “hairy ape,” an “abysmal brute,” whose great arms and broad chest are covered by a thick growth of curly hair; who knows nothing of Nietsche, or Freud, or Coue, or any of the rest of the advanced thinkers. His read ing probably never extended beyond the sport page, or the bulletin of his labor union; he may even have been a “red,” and he very likely was. But he was a man, and when it became neces sary to swim from the stranded vessel to the shore, carrying a line through the icy water, he did it. Any grudge he may have had against society, any ven detta on the capitalistic class, disappeared when the crisis met him. His brawn had been given to feed ing the furnace, now it was pitted against nature at her crudest moment; the strength of man match- . ed against the strength of wind and wave, and the ! odds of cruel cold against him. And he won. He carried the line to shore, and j by that means all who were left alive on the boat were saved. William Gow, fireman, is also a man. . * Secretary Stuhr finds a number of places in which the laws of the state can be mended, and so reports to the governor. The legislature will have the final say on this point. Louisiana is to experiment with Nebraska pota- j toes, and if they come to even a part of the success j attained in their native land, the Pelican state will be I particularly blessed. One good way to clean house is to clean house, and this is commended to the attention of the mov ing picture owners. These agricultural bloc senators seem to have some little point* of disagreement among them selves, such as Muscle Shoals, for example. Senator Norris surely will be missed when he comes to leave the senate, for he manages to keep things from stagnating. “Give Fatty a chance,” but what about the chil dren? Don’t disturb Santa Claus; he's busy. I Music Hath Charms -From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ~ 1 1 During, and for a time after the war, music as a i civilizing, retinitis and elovating influence was under a cloud. The Germans, always and by far tho greatest exponents of the thought that music is tho most potent uplifting force in nature, suddenly lifted themselves to such a height that they became as a great cloud shut ting out tho sunlight. They recalled the fact that the Corsicans, with tlio vendetta and the stiletto, had long been wont to sing snatches of opera while they carved one another. But it is as impossible to keep a good tiling, as it is a good man, down. Music is coming hack. The music critics of the London press are rerevising the opinion they expressed while war was raging, that, when heard between tho lines of librettos, or seen in the twist of the baton in the hands of an orchestra leader, Wag tier's operas, so far from being tilled with the sweetness and light they had found in them before the war com tnenced, breathed the very soul of war. The rerevision of that opinion is bringing music hack, and, according to tho Music Trades, it has reached the State Prison camps around Huntington, Tex. The Music Trades says that the Introduction of the phonograph lias almost brought to an end the playing of "craps" by the prisoners. It has led to the organ! zation of a number of stnull orchestras a*hd bands among the prisoners in the camps. "This." says the Music Trades, "has brought to the front much talent, including singers, imitators, dancers and other capable perform ers. Officials reulize that music has created a much better social atmosphere in the camps.” That music had created not a social hut an antisocial atmosphere in the world had been charged by the London critics, who found, after the war began, that the greatest of music breathed threateningly of slaughter in the scores. But they have taken that opinion back, ami are again hearing nothing hut a concord of harmonious and peace ful sounds In the Wagnerian operas. AVhen such a reverf*al of'crlth-al and expert opinion as to the soul of music is possible, it cannot be surprising that a shaking of the bones stops whenever music is heard. The in mates of the Tpxaif prison hear nothing of strife In music. And they are not the men to revise and re revise their opinions. I “From State and Nation” —Editorials from other newspapers— ilrnry and lllwimlfnl, I torn tho Nebraska City That the wide distribution of Henry lords principal product is killing the small towns l>y transporting the erstwhile village buyer to the nearhv city over a road that has been built up for tho motorist’s comfort. Is the plaint of a central Nebraska man who writes his observations to tho Lin coln Journal. Undoubtedly tho auto mobile has been the means of getting people away from home. Possibly, too, it has impelled people to buy goods away from home—goods which they are unable to get at home, one can hardly deny, for instance, that the motor ear has done much, com mercially, for such communities as our own. and it will continue to do that as long as the merchant in tho town of the Nebraska City class is awake to his opportunities and the merchant in the smaller community is not. The average small town merchant has not kept abreast of the time. Knr one thing lie has never used publicity, depending upon per sonality and longevity in busi ness to pull him through,- His age-old business methods are not con ducive to profits in the till, but »s long as lie refuses to progress ho will be the loser. Man is a gregarious and perambulating animat. Given the opportunity he moves with tho herd; tho Ford has made it easier for him to migrate. Man is likewise inherently susceptible to bargains. It has been so ever since Jacob and Ksau made thut memorable pottage trade, and man will barter and trade wherever tlie display is temptingly placed before his eyes, either In the physical state or through the printed word. Merely because the Ford au tomoblle has provided a new form of transportation to the multitude is no excuse for calling Mr. Ford an arch profiteer and an enemy to man kind. The solution lies elsewhere, and the man who lives In the smaller town knows what It is. It's up to him Jo solve the problem. Give the people what they want, give them the service they are entitled to, be alert, obliging, patient and courteous —and the neighbor will undoubtedly prefer to carry on his business transactions with the friend of a life time. Hut lie will not be bamboozled as long a8 gasoline Is obtainable and roads are smooth. Out of a Job. i From th» Cleveland New*. One of the picture actresses most liked by patrons of cinema theaters came in for a deal of unenviable no toriety in connection with tlie Wil liam Desmond Taylor murder, a Los Angeles crime that attracted much atttention a year ago and remained an unsolved mystery. Now, though the murder and all Us ramifications have about passed from public memory, the corporation employing the actress announces that her con tra, t is about to expire and will not be renewed. Though the company makes its statement without naming a reason, it is conjectured that the young wo man's popularity with moving picture spectators has diminished, that her drawing power and value have gone down in consequence of her connec tion with n notorious case. To illm patrons who admire her still, this may seem an injustice, particularly if the severing of her present busi ness connection is not followed by the obtaining of other employment approximately as good. i. It might be argued with some rea son that the private lives .and per: sonal relations of picture posers ought not to affect their professional value, any more than’in the cases of eleva tor operations or street cleaners, so long iis their professional skfll re mained unimpaired. But that rea soning ignores the exploiting of per sonality and name, so general in all branches of the amusement business. Actors, singers, lecturers, prize lighters, baseball players and many others are paid in proportion to the drawing power of their names. They are well paid, often absurdly or ira justly so, some may think. If they fail to protect their greatest nsset from depreciation or destruction through scandal in their private lives, it may be only just that they should suffer more materially than would unknown workers, who never, had re ceived high salaries on the strength of names made famous largely at the expense of their employers. A singer suffers if she loses her voice through no fault of hers. Should not an an actress suffer if she forfeits her popularity? Other Instances might be cited. A comedian formerly featured In the pictures is no longer in demand. A baseball player has felt moved to make public protestations of reform. Whether the public is right or wrong in demanding respectable conduct of its favorite, it cannot be denied that such a force of public opinion exists in palpable quantity and that Its ef fect cannot be other than wholesome. America's Aid. From the Washington FoeL . President Harding speaks by tlie record when he says that the Amer ican government “is giving of its in fluence and its power for the protec tion of human rights and human in terests everywhere in the world." This declaration was made by the ex ecutive In an address before the Amer ican Ited Cross, and especially referred to tlie near east situation ns having demanded and received relief from this nation. The government's record in the near east crisis has proved the assertion of the president, so far as if applies to events in that arena. Tlie first reports of threatening events in Turkey were barely off tlie cables before the Washington govern ment was rushing relief to tlie strick Daily Prayer I'have lovM Thee with an everlasting love.—jer. 31:3. Our Father in Heaven, we would praise and magnify Thy Holy Name. Thy love watches over us, protecting us from every kind of danger, and provides for our every need. Thou dost never fail us. We trust in Thee. We have sinned against Thee in thought and word and deed, hut we come with contrite heart*, confessing our unworthiness, and pleading for Thy forgiveness, through the merits of the shed blood of our Savior Jesus Christ. We thank Thee for all Thy good gifts unto us. and we pray Thee to accept us and to use us as Thou eanst. l’.less each of us as we need Thy blessing And, with us, bless all the 111, the sorrowing, the discour aged, the sinning, and all Thy needy ones. We would pray also for all those engaged in lowly or great tasks for the extension of Thy Kingdom In the hearts of men everywhere. And now do Thou be with us in our daily task of hand or mind. May we be workmen in things material and spiritual of whom Thou needest not to be ashamed, flather us home after while, without one missing. We ask it in Jesus’ name. Amen. 1U5 V. STEWART WINFIELD HERMAN, Harnaburf, Fa. on areas. From that time it has ex erted all proper effort to protect not only American nationals and their interests, but the human rights" of all stricken elements involved in tho crisis. It has not only extended them substantial relief by dispatching war vessels to Turkish waters for pro tection of refugees in peril and by speeding supplies to Upise in need, but has exerted its influence to pro tect the' refugees threatened by de velopments in Turkey. The president has made it plain that tills policy will continue to mark the administration's dealing with the Turkish question. Shall We .Move Bac kward? From thu Norfolk News.' The convention of the Taxpayers' league which has been in session at Hustings has developed several pro posed attacks upon public expendi tures. The league proposes to eliminate federal aid for public roads. A dele gate asked his colleagues if they were ready to go back to the old highway of ox team days. Tills was a pertiner® question. If we are not ready to ac cept the standards of olden days; If we still demand thnt our roads shall be Improved, how are we to save taxes by throwing the whole burden of road building upon the state? Several other proposals of the league would, if put into effect, lower the standards of our high schools and normal colleges. Before we go to tills extreme we should frankly ask ourselves whether Nebraska is finan cially able to give Its young people the same educational advantages that tho voung people of other states are privileged to enjoy. Especially un fortunate would he adoption of the suggestion that supervision of high schools by the state university be eliminated. This supervision has had a great part to do in bringing our ' schools up to their present high stand ard. Unless we are ready to admit that we cannot afford to maintain this standard, the elimination of supervision even temporarily would he a mistake which would be hard to rectify later. If normal school courses are to be cut to two years, as sug gested. the standards of tlie treadling juofessii would be.greatly lowered.. What the delegates fail to take Into consideration is that onr schools are furnishing our children with the very best educational facilities at a cost much lower than would be possible In private schools. Even if taxes are high they are not so high as would be the expense of educating our children un der any other system. The convention’s demand for a 15 per cent reduction of expense is going at the problem in the wrong way. The thing to do is to decide just what services we are willing to give up, just where we are willing to accept lower standards, and then make tho proper elimination. But there is just the trouble. Spe cific recommendations are met with a storm of disapproval. Which is pretty good evidence that the public is just about getting Its monev's worth. Swearing Tiny Would Ne’er Consent, Consented. From the Oaltimore News) TheBritish Royal Academy is one of the most solid (and stolid) of Brit ish institutions. Slow, painfully slow to change any of its honored customs. Tile fortress, many would have us think, of British art. Many have knocked at its door in vain, male and female; the female of the species for the last ISO years, since the day of Angelica Kaufman, have bruised their knuckles repeatedly in rapping fnr ontrance. But even the Royal Acad emy couldn't stand out against the tide which is overwhelming the males of this day and generation. With women sitting in parliament, practic ing at the bar, holding high places in the medical profession, preaching from British pulpits and eligible f»,ir degrees in most of the great English universities, it had to be only a ques tion of time -until the poor old academicians bowed to the inevitable. Annie E. Swynnerton has the honor of beaking through the barrier. Thoso who have followed the course ; of the Royal Academy in the last few decades will take off their hats to the sculptress; in the language of the street, it was some job. breaking through. Common Sense The Danger of Thinking Yourself "Superior.” You are not going to learn much as long as you have the opinion that your ideas are superior to those of practically everyone with whom you come in contact. As a matter of fact why should you think tliat your opinion are so nearly correct and resting upon a foundation so much more ilrm than others? Perhaps the carrying out of your ideas has resulted in a limited de gree of success when compared to the limited number of persons with whom you associate, but if they are so far superior to the majority of persons why have you not reached a position equal to the person who is your su perior? Probably with your natural ability you might-have been among the lead i ers along your line if yon had not had a good opinion of yourself and your deductions and the practical method of reasoning you possess. ETntil a mdn lias reached the top In ; his line 6f endeavor he is not in a position to (hink that even a major ity of his ideas are flawless. Haven't you a long way to go be fore you reach that state? Don't get so putted up that you can not learn. tCopyrlght. 1322.) NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for NOVEMBER, 1922, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.73,843 Sunday .78,105 B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. ELMER S. ROOD, Cir. Mgr. Sworn to and aubacribed before me this 5th day of December, 1922 W H. QUIVEY, (Seal) Notary Public “7 he People's Voice" Editorials Irom ruder* of The Morning Boo. Reader a at The Morning Be* ar* Invited to uaa this column frotly for aapiassion on matters of public interoat. Tilt* Scarrli for Truth. Council Bluffs, In.—I take the lib erty through the People’s Voire col umn of expressing my views regard ing religious practice and observance of the Sunday blue laws. 1 have read a number of articles regarding- the enforcement of the Sunday blue laws throughout the country, especially the one in this morning's Bee stat ing that a strong effort would be made to pass one of the three bills now- pending and in the bauds of the house committee of which Mr. Kocht of Pennsylvania is chairman. This scents to discourage the thought of them being brought up for discussion during tho session, which seems to me to be a prudent decision from tho fact that congress could occupy tho entire term in discussing these meas ures, considering tho religious prejudices and half heathenish be liefs among tho numerous sects inter ested Although I am not affiliated with any denomination, 1 believe they would get quicker relief through a commission appointed to Investigate thoroughly from the time the world began, which is the true Lord's day to be observed as Sunday, also to de eide which Is the one and only God to be recognized in such worship, which, when adopted, would Join all erdeds into one universal church where the truth could be taught to the growing generations, and where alt prejudice would be dispelled, I) tv M. I rges Two New Laws. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Saw all editorial in the World-Ilerald that shows just how sincere Hitchcock was on the prohi bition question. It quoted an oltlcer of the government as saying he could 'not stop the bootlegging. When he got one still two took its place.' It carried the idea that bootlegging could not he stopped. 1 wonder how long this officer would work for Gil bert Hitchcock or for a corporation if lie acknowledged lie could not cjo the work, or if Gilbert Hitchcock would condone the fact and still keep him. The men have run this old world since the beginning of time and have done a pretty good job of it. As it is better by far than over before and is getting better all the time, but I think they can move a little faster in the right direction. For instance, let Commissioner Dunn or the city fathers call all the policemen in and tell them they have 48 hours to clean up their beats, and see that they do It. Then make any one of them, on whose beat a bootlegging joint Is found after that time, turn in his star and club. There would be no need of a "morals squad,” to arrest one once in a while and blow a trumpet and tell they are going to arrest some more. Then I would suggest that the legis lature pass a law that any man or woman found with liquor on oy in them be sent to jail until they’tell where they got it. and for fear they would not know who they were or had forgotten give them plenty of good bread and pure water while In jail: that would jog their memory and also give their stomachs a much ■ needed rest. There are plenty of good men In Omaha for policemen that are not ex saloon keepers and bartenders. Another law to pass Is that when any one steals, whether as a shoplift er or a hank embezzler, he shall pay hark. If they have? not got the money W hen in Omaha Stop at Hotel Rome r A Christmas Gift You Can Bank Cn A savings account as a Christ mas remembrance does honor to both giver and recipient. It may mean the beginning of a habit of thrift, and will be a happy reminder of you throughout all the year, as well as accumulating. State Savings & Loan Association 315 S. 17th St. Kaeline Bide C. C. WELLS,'Secy k a Repetition Makes Reputation i This is one of the accepted laws of advertising. And if your problem is to make pop ular a name, trade mark, slogan or anything else that depends upon repetition, you should learn of the possibili ties of Art Anima Film Ads. Seven displays daily with ac tion. Call HALLGREN Film Advertising Service 636 Paxton Block JA 1893 I--■ SAVE and 1 PROSPER B Your Funds Are Absolutely fiB?n.»n Safe in This Institution tod^y. John F. Flack, President George C. Flack, Treasurer R. A. McEachron. Vice President E. N. Bovell, Secretary | John T. Brownlee, Asst. Sccy. 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