Show I Daily Editorial Digest I Dr Elliots Elliot's Elliots Elliot's Cup of Tea Dr Charles W W. Eliot now In his sixth eighty year confesses to a a. devia devla- deviation deviation tion from the strict rule of ot abstemiousness abstemIousness abstemiousness which cannot but cause concern concern concern con con- cern In th the Inner circles of ot moral 10 ro- form Though ho he has hns always alwa's indulged ed sparingly In stimulants like tea coffee coil cofI cof coi- fee and alcohol and in tobacco not at ataU atall atall l I all aU for tor more moro than half halt a a. century he heyel yet yel finds a certain virtue In tea drink- drink Ing I havo used tea the tho most he 63 says because it ft seems to me mc to fa facilitate ta- ta the mental effort cHort of or writing and speaking If It the venerable ex president of at Harvard Harvard Har liar vard yard university had merely said that he derived some dietetic benefit bendIt from tea no exception could be taken to the statement It is his frank admission that ho he uses tea as a a. stimulant and finds that it Il helps his mental process process's proc proc- ess's ess s which will w be challenged Can there be bo good in any stimulant Can Cnn the wilful excitation of ot the mind by any brew be other than immoral In Its essential nature All Ml simon pure reformers of the drink evil will feel sure that the use of tea his drugged Dr Elliots Elliot's intellect and robbed it of ot its highest productivity But what the world has lost loil in that particular will count as nothing to the self sel revelation revelation revelation tion that this distinguished champion of or temperance Is not per cent perfect perfect per per- in n his prohibition views New views New NewYork York World Dem I I The League League At Work I The Chicago convention assumed that the league of ot nations dep depends upon the whim of oC the Republican I I part party parly Yet the fact is Is lB that the league without waiting for this Republican flat fiat whether creative or destructive has come Into existence and quietly I gone about Its work Its council has had at nt least four Important meetings and disposed of several vexing ques ques- The council Is this very day in session at London to consider appeals appeals appeals ap ap- ap- ap peals made to it b by the Persian government government gov gov- and also It Is la understood to t take o up the state stale of war between Poland and Russia Both these problems are extreme extremely difficult They Involve dealings of one kind or another with the tho soviet government government gov gov- In Russia which Is very much like saying that it involves dealing with Ith Irresponsible rioters The red army has begun an invasion aslon of ot Per Per- sia sla The Persian government Jo thereupon thereupon thereupon there there- upon notified the lea league ue that here wasa was as asa a n. cave requiring There would undoubtedly be action If there there- were I anything like a n regular or normal government government gov gov- In Russia Rossla Protests would would would-be be belied tiled lied and warnings served But at such ov-I ov things Lenino and snap their fingers ingers So long as their troops arc nrc victoriously lv advancing they carp care noth- noth ing InS for tor the league They refu refused ed It Its I request that an impartial commission under league auspices be admitted t tRussia toto to 0 Russia to report on actual conditions No sooner however are the t armies anywhere defeated than Moscow Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- cow send sends out wireless walls about I the iniquity of ot the league of or nations i inot innot In Innot n not stopping the wicked ed war upon Russia I The facts about the fighting between the tho th Poles and the Russians were pre pretty pret pret- I ty clearly brought out In n tho the house hous e of commons a few days ago There Ther e had been a great outcry against the tho gratuitous offensive of the Polish Polis h troops But tho the government Information tion was that it was really I-cally a defensive e e I measure by Poland Poland Poland-nn an attack that isto Is to anticipate and break brenk up a Russian Russia n offensive of or which the Polish authorIties authorities authorities ties had ample knowledge in advance It If there were vero any doubts concerning g this it would have been removed b by y the military news nes of the tho last few days Those numerous divisions could not have haie been thrown against t tho Polish troops except in accordance e with plans made long beforehand What position In regard to these complications lons the league council ma may y take we shall know very soon The Th e important thing to note for the moment momen t Is that the Iho league Is actually function function- ing InS It Is not yet complete in membership membership mem mern- but it can do work As Lord Lor d Eustace Perc Percy recently wrote It Is nonsense to say 83 that we the must wait walt till tho the league Is stronger Its powers will strengthen with exercise And the more the league docs does the sooner will the United States grow ashamed of repudiating Its own plan for an association asso asso- cI of nations oven nations even the tho Republican can platform confesses belief in thatto that thatto that that- to make an end encl of great wars New Ne New NewYork York Times Ind It will be worth orth while to watch closely closel the news relating to the league of or rations nations in the tho next few days das Yesterday Yesterday Yes Yes- the important question of or acceding ac acceding ac- ac ceding to Persia's request for support of tho the league a against tho the came up In the league or was nas to como come up for consideration It ma may be that the whole future of ot the lea league will I turn upon the decision On the face of the records it looks as If Ir Persia has a good case She Sho Isa Is Isa Isa a member of the league and her territories territories territories ter ter- have been invaded The covenant covenant covenant cove cove- nant is perfectly plain with reference to cases of this kind ir If the league functions according to Us Its constitution the tho council will witt invite Russia which is not a member to submit her caseto case caseto caseto to the processes set forth In the cove e nant This of course coune will involve olvo tho the recognition of or the soviet government for purposes of ot negotiations at least land and this ma may be a technical point upon which th the whole case will be bt thrown out of or court But It hard hardly seems to tous tous tous us that this will happen If Jr tho the nations I constituting the league of nations are I 1 actuated by an nn appreciable part of ot the good will and desire for tor peace pence that are I 1 f I I supposed to be necessary to th the tho sue sue-I successful suc suc- I operation of or any kind of ot a society so- so society so let of ot nation nations Given this good willIt wilt will It would seem that the powers powen must mut I welcome elcome the opportunity to put their I new machinery to work all cooperating oven even at the cost of or a nominal recognition I I tion Uon of ot tho the Russian Russan soviet government go I t to make mako a beginning in the great work j lOt of bringing bringing- wars to an end I But whether r or not there Is I clent good will to produce this effect i tho rho powers stand pl pledged to Persia to j Ido do this thise e very ren thing Britain France Italy Japan and the rest of ot them have havo given I their solemn word to protect I Persia's territorial Integrity In case of external aggression It will be bo an utter breakdown of good faith ralth let Jet I alone alOM good will If It they fall to fulfill I Ithe the obligations into which the they enThat en- en j i I ter d. d That Is Is this is hi the W way the case I i iI I appears rs on Its HI face It lL has certain In ini In- In j I aspects however hOever which must ibe be taken into the account France Fiance is 18 prepared to fight tIght the Persian proposal I In tho the league meeting on the ostensible i I ground of opposition to recognizing I soviet Russia Russin but for the real reason I that eminent Frenchmen believe bellev the whole hole thing la Is being engineered by BritIsh Brit Bra j Ish lab interests and nd that the league ue Is i simply being used as It u convenient In- In i f i for blocking g the lio I t 4 on or the roads to India and also for tor opening the tho way to trade relations with I the Russians Ru It L I Is worth w while white to observe thIs league incident and to tn see see- whether the council goes oes according to the rules i ihas It I has made for tor itself or whether It accepts ac accepts accepts ac- ac the French point of view de decides do- do rides that it mustn't Interfere in matters matten matters mat mat- ten when whon there there- Is a clash of ot interests Inter inter- Interests ests cst between the powers and falls to act in the tho first international 1 case cue presented presented pre pre- to It Manchester l Manchester ter Union Ind I Rep Cloth Not Apparel Tho The government has very VCr Justly de decided decided de- de to appeal the decision of the federal fed fed federal eral eral judge who who dismissed tho the tho Indictments Indict indict- ments monte brought against President Wood Woo and the American Woolen company o on n charges of profiteering After the thc Indictments were returned President Wood 1 begged for a suspension suspension sion of ot popular Judgment and nn said that tha t when the tho real facts were made known know his company would b bill relieved of ot al All 1 stigma Then ho he went out and hired hire da d probably tho the most astuto astute lawyer 1 in inthe a the tho United States Stales Charles CharieR E. E Hughes who ho immediately set to work to free his clients on technicalities Instead o of ot presenting in court the tho facts so BO ardently ardently ardently ard ard- desired by Mr Ur Wood he ho asked asks d that the case caso be bo dismissed on the tho ground that woolen cloth is not wearIng wearing wearIng wear Ing apparel within the tho meaning oi of ot the Lever Lover act and wo won n his point The cases canes were quashed The government is i 9 entitled to kno know w from a tL higher r court wh whether ther the tho Lover Leve ver r law Is deficient nt in this respect no not t only In Justice to Mr Wood who wa waso was wasso wasso I so anxious to prove provo hs ha h Innocence that tha t he must have felt terribly upset when his attorney got him off oft on a technicality technicality but because If It is 18 a n. fact tact th the c prosecutions prosecution's hands are arc tied In man many y cases By the tho decision of or District Judge Judg e Mack every profiteer but one ono concerned concerned concerned con con- in the tho increasing of or clothing prices escape The woolen cloth profiteer profiteer prof prot- Ite r may gouge all nil he pleases So may the button tho the thread profiteers profIteers profiteers prof prof- tho the cotton profiteers each and andall andall all excepting the luckless Individual l who assembles together all tho the products products prod prod- of ot the court licensed profiteers Into a garment to be worn It If thelast the thelast thelast last named profiteers he violates the Lover Lever ver act Intimates this Judge It Is desirable to know Just where raw material stops and tho the finished product begins It If there is an essential essential essential essen essen- difference up to the very cry last process of ot all it should b be made clear If It cloth Is not apparel until a B. pair o ot of otI shears has cut into It wo we must know It ItIn It In no other way can cnn Mr Wood and his I company secure that real vindication Grand Rapids Press Pret's Ind I Retirement Of Pershing I With the expression b by General Pershing of ot his Intention to retire from the active e service the country will wl be called upon to view lew It with fresh interest the leader of ot the tho expeditionary expedition expeditIon- ary ar forces and the man who led lcd the American punitive expedition Into Mexico In n hunt for tor the brigands There has seldom been such an In Instance Instance In- In stance of a a. man in military life tire with witha a magnificent record but practically unknown to the masses of the pe pic being brought suddenly to the responsible responsible sible leadership Never a n. rate case In which tho the leadership has been of o such consequences for tor tho nation nn and heage he heage age General Pershing will m carry th the tItle of full general for life and h ho he will have ha the pay that goes along alon- with hi his retirement More than that he will 11 willbe willbe be pr prepared pared as he sa says II to to return to I the service of the country in any case of crisis Tho The mere routine of ot an of officer of- of that docs does not consume mich ol ot othis I his time is distasteful to this man of ot active habits So Bo that his retirement t may be bo understood he can never if- if t to I tire fire front from the affection of the tho th AmeriCAn American Ameri Amen can people that will wilt rise In power and I intensity with tho the perspective t that tat at atwill will place him in the full tun light tight of or a great Baltimore service Baltimore Am rican Rep The Irish Plank The Democratic national convention at San Francisco wit will n be Quito quite within the tho limits of ot party parly propriety and po political political po- po precedent In expressing sympathy sympathy sympathy thy with Uh Irelands Ireland's troubles Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- cre- cre tary of State Colby Colb declared In a n. recent recent re recent re- re cent official communication that he saw no objection to such a general expression ex expression ex- ex even on the part of congress Nearly everybody In fact tact does doc sympathize sympathize sympathize sym sym- with Ireland and wishes de devoutly devoutly de- de devoutly that she may be speedily de delivered do- do livered livened from rom the dangers and unhappiness unhappiness of her present situation But no party con convention can afford aCford to allow al allow al- al allow low the people of another country to capture It or 01 to write Into Its platform platform plat plat- form a R. declaration offen offensive l e to a friendly government The Tho pO power er to declare war ar Is vested in congress not In a n. political convention cOn and such euch a plank as Is urged d upon Democratic Democrats leaders might light all 11 the tho an angry pass pas lions slon of ot conflict But the worst thing thinS about the prominence prominence prom prom- now being given to the discussion its dis of ot this question is the tact fact t that It If It Is 18 s allowed to go on uncheck unchecked un un- check checked d. d It will ilI subordinate other and more Important issues The Tho Irish Issue is issue issue Is- Is sue should not be permitted to be become become become be- be come th the tho paramount one at San Francisco Fran n cisco There are art other questions that more morp vitally affect the fortunes of ot both America and th the tho world orld They should not be he subordinated Balti Balti Baltimore more mor Sun find CInd Dem |