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On Plagiarist* and Prisons.
Editors who find their choicest products
appearing in the columns of other publi?
cations without due and proper credit have
no kindl.v thoughts about those who steal
their "stuff." They usually feel that such
plagiarists, to denominate them euphe?
mistically, ought to be in prison the same
as others guilty of larceny. Not so the
editor of "Good Words." published in the
Federal prison at Atlanta. He has been
suffering recently from such depredations.
He declares frankly his belief that such
per.-ons?who happen to be. in his case.
the editors of some other prison publica?
tions?are unworthy to be in prison.
Between two such fires of condemna?
tion?that from within the walls and that
from without?the "lifter" or stealer of
another's labors seems to be pretty thor?
oughly riddled. If he is unworthy to be
in prison, he is certainly unworthy to he
at large. Yet if he is so bad that self
respecting, "honest" prisoners denounce
him. how g>*eat is the depth of his ini?
quity! Producers of copy who have had
the doubtful satisfaction of seeing its
Merits recocnized by another who has sys?
tematically palmed it off as his own have
long been at a loss for fit characterization
of the miscreant. Their colleague within
the walls seems to have fitted the cap to
him finally.
Bull Moose Infantile Paralysis.
It is no wonder that some of the Pro?
gressive leaders have found it necessary
to hold a meeting to consider the future
of the party in this state. Perhaps it is
just as well that they have held it now
rather than later, for at the present rate
of dissolution there would soon be no party
to have a future. Heroic work on the
part of Mr. Perkins checked the abandon?
ment of the Hull Moi.se organization in
Erie County, a stronghold, but in Rome
and I'tica there will be no organized ac?
tivity, and the county chairman, throwintr
up his hand.-, practically advises his fol?
lowers ?i? "i:" back." All over the state
Yvhere a form of party organization is to
be maintained it is bei;,?; weakcii'd not
only by the ?ie.-ertion of men like Daven
porf and Hamlin, the Progressive ticket's
heaciliners in the last campaign, but by
the plain the political rank and
file.
This disintegration isn't so surprising.
The Average American wants to make hi
voto "count." Even whin voting as a
protest h< wants to help defeat the can?
didate he I,.i- it in for by \otitig directly
for the candidate who can beat him rather
than for a third candidate Moreover,
most of the Proj having been Re
publicans originally because they believed
in the superior merits of that party's men
and morals, they have ?ire?! of helping to
put Tammany partially or completely in
power in the state. Good fighters?or they
wouldn't have joined the new party?they
want now to fak" up the fight for the
things they believe in within the Repub?
lican organization, where there seems
more chance of accomplishing something
for them, if victorious, than within a party
which can't hope to elect a candidate if it
nominates him.
The Progressive party's third birthday
found it. in this state, fighting a serious
case of infantile paralysis, and even the
optimistic Colonel can have little hope for
the patient. Fortunately its demise will
not mean an end of the fight for modern
things in politics, since the thousands of
progressive young Republican? can now be
reinforced by their former colleagues, the
ex-Bull Moose.
Cupid's Happy Hunting Grounds.
Success at the polls acts often as a direct
stimulation of nuptial activity. How
otherwise can'be explained the brilliant
series of marriages which began as soon as
a decent interval had elapsed following the
'.i ? Presidential election and is not yet
completed, marriages in the households of
those to whom the election returns brought
especial joy'.' One might almost consider
the recurrent ringing of wedding bells evi?
dence of one long celebration of the famous
victory.
The wedding of Miss Katherine Page,
the ambassador's tiaughter, and Mr. Lor
ing, of Boston, is, of course, the latest ad?
dition to the list of these synthetic cere?
monies. Mr. William F. McCombs, the
Democratic national chairman, very prop?
erly led off in the grai d march to the altar
on November 7, 1013, by marrying Mill
Dorothy Williams, of Washington. The
election had been for him almost a personal
triumph. Every one agreed, therefor?,
that it was eminently fitting his romance
should follow soon after.
And on the heels of his marriage there
came, 4>n November '-',?. 1918, that of .Miss
Jessie Wilson, the President's daughter, to
Mr. Francis B. Sayre, in the home of
Presidents. ?Miss Eleanor Wilson, her sis?
ter, followed her with another weddinj* in
the Whit? Houbt on May 8, 1914. As the
"i
I ?i ilion room in this case is the Secretary
loi llie Treasury it should be counted twice
in the recapitulation.
Very lately Miss Cenevieve Clark, the
Speaker's daughter, has l?ccn married t?i
Mr. Thonipson. of NtW Orleans, with the
larpcr pint of Missouri in a1tend:in?'e at
?the ceremony. To he sun-, the Speaker's
felHinps on r.lection l>ay, 19J2, may have
lu'i'ii somewhat mixed, yet he must be ???>!?
snleied a member of the administr?t ion
?nd I beneficiary of l>cmo?ratie sin?CMS,
and Ins daughter, therefore, one of the
brides not unbeholden to the ballot box.
Thus like arc lights along the way of
Democratic administration have flared the
torches of Hymen. .May they continue
until the end to dispel the ploom that
otherwise mipht dop the national footsteps,
Autonomous Poland.
Speculation as to Austin-? ierman pur?
pose in Russian Poland is natural at this
time, and the considerations which mipht
U ;nl the victorious Teutonic powers to
proclaim an autonomous* Poland are plain.
: Hut it is equally obvious how grave an
, the ilifliculties in the path.
Russian Poland is the home of the ma?
jority of the Polish race, perhaps 11,000,?
non out of a total of 20,000,000. It is a
well defined peopraphical entity, althouph
it lacks natural frontiers. Russia bas
preserved it as a distinct governmental
unit, and it would be a simple matter for
the new conquerors to proclaim autonomy
for this portion of the old Polish kingdom.
Rut the difficulty that would have to be
faced arise? from the fact that nearly
'.?.(Hid.(??ID Poles are included within the
present frontiers of Austria ami Prussia.
Galicia as far east as the San River is
! Polish. Posen, a considerable portion of
Silesia, a narrow strip of West Prussia
extending north to the Baltic west of
Danzig, and the famous Mazar?an Lake
district of Past Prussia are people?! by
Pules or by Sirns closely related.
iceivably, to train the protection of a
buffer state against Russia, Austria mighl
consent to surrender her Poles to a new
kingdom who.?c destinies were closely
bound to the Austro-German states. In
the ?vent of a successful endinp of the
?war Austria could seek her "
?tion" in the south, in the Balkans and ?n
Albania.
Germany, on the other hand, could not
nt to a similar sacrifice, because not
only doc.? the Polish Strip penetrate far
toward Berlin, but it also isolates
Prussia, which is mainly (?crmanic
and intensely Prussian in its spirit, from
the main mass of German speakinp peo?
ple. It was to join East Prussia t'i the
balance of his kinpdom that Frederick the
Great engineered the first Polish parti?
tion.
The Poles of Austria have been well
treated and are the happiest portion of
the Polish race. In Galicia they have been
?the privileged race and have repaid their
masters' kindness with fairly com
loyalty.
In Germany, on the other hand, and par?
ticularly in Posen, the struggle betwe? I
the Pole.? and the Teutons has been .
Isant, and the Prussian : ni has
Imade repeated effort first to Germanize
?the Slavs and then to drive them out by
'land purchase acts. Roth efforts have
failed ainl the .'?lavs, remaining bitterly
hostile, have steadily pained gro
If Prussia now surrendered h<-i- Polish
lands to a new kingdom her own terri?
torial unity would be destroyed. Jf she
: its to the erection of an autonomous
, Poland which ?loe.? not include Posen and
, other Polish districts, there is the peril
that Poland, like the Balkan States, will
? tly ??" quire complet? 11 m and
then Prussia will have to deal with a
limento question, precisely compara?
ble to that which led to the evictioi of
Austria from Italy and more recently pre
cipitated the Austro-Serbian crisis, which
supplied the occa ion for the presenl con?
flict.
A reunited Poland, recreated by Ut4
Teutonic allies, would serve as ah admi?
rable barrier to Russian advance. Ii would
be a bulwark against the Pan-Slav peril.
To proclaim it would be to demol? ih much
of the Allied argument that the present
struggle is a "War of Liberation.'1 It
would give Germany a far better inora)
standing than she has yet enjoyed, and it
mipht win to the Teutonic side the whole?
hearted support of 20,000,000 Polea, r?o
mean accession.
But Prussia could never consent i?. the
complete re-establishment of Poland on
, ethnic line?, because it would divide Pin. -
Isia. This is the preat obstaHc. and Prus?
sian statesmen know well that any par?
tial measure would be the promise of fut?
ure peri!.
The Polish problem remains one of the
most inextricable of European tangles.
Russia could promise a restored and auton?
omous Poland, because she had merely to
take from her foes all the districts in
which there were Poles, together with the
ethnic islands of Teutons. Her own unity
was not called into question, and if Po?
land ultimately became a sovereign state it
would not menace Russian solidarity. Ger?
many cannot do this and cannol for simi?
lar r? ? lourage Austria t?? assign
her Polish district to a new Poland.
The purpose of the Teutonic allies in
Poland is at the moment the most intea?
estinp non-military circumstance of the
war. But on the surface the prdblem
seems insoluble.
Police Pedicure.
Every one knows, of course, that a po?
liceman's feet are his most distinctive
feature (the pun is unavoidable). -V po?
liceman when not in uniform mipht well
appear a? an ordinary, humble citizen if
the shape and size of hi- feet did
him apart, a? the curveof his legs betrays
the cavalryman or his rolling gait the
sailor. And, like the cavalryi
or the sailor's pait, the policeman's feet
mipht be considered merely picturesque
and i.i.smisM'ii as ?m h if (1) they did not
give him physical pain, and (t) they did1
not Interfere with his pursuit of his
quarry.
In the name of humanity and efficiency,
theref??re. New Yorker.^ will reioico in the
campaign now gaining headwav in Com?
missioner Woods'l ilopartni?'iit lo ti-nch
polkemen Individually boat t?> r^eape the
painful spread Of their understanding.
I how through position and exercise and a
Choice Of BhoC leather I" BVOid ?I'll f' "t
and broken arch end other occupai ?onal
idiosyncrasies. The habit of toeing <?ut
'and that of adding weight are principally
to bl?me, wi Itairn, for ? nmditton which
lal present prompts many even among tiuf
'younger members of the Finesl t?> repeat
with thi' late John I'avi.i. <?n :
"My feet are heavy now, but on I go,
My head ?lTCt beneath the trame ye-irs."
Pigeon toes, a wasp-like waist and the
Ihabit of walking as if dancing, all recom?
mended by the police surgeon.-, should in
-time change this dirge to a paean of joy:
?"No slave is here our unchained feet
Walk freely as the ?raves that beat
Our coast,"
Ami. above all. for the felon, the sneak,
the thugs and rippers and hyphenated
bomb depositors, these pedal reforms
should heip to render "the feet of Nemesis
how sure!"
The Hay Fever Joke.
The hay lever wheeze is timely. We re?
fer not to the rapid-fire sternutation,
the manifestation of a malady which is as
hideously out of place in our lovely Amer?
ican sumnier as the serpent in Eden, but
Ito the merry <iuip. the gay conceit, the
delightful bon mot, which is habitually
"pulled off" at this season at the expense
of the man or woman who is Buffering for
breath. From time immemorial, apparent?
ly, the little matter of human suffocation
sen funny to those who breathe free?
ly. The fact 'has m.w crown so patent
that any joke is calle?! a "whecz?."
victims have grown accustomed to
the j.?ke.- at their expense. They re???;?:
the return of the well known : ?letv.ing
witticism with the sinister seeding of the
| rag-weed and the suspicious yellowing of
the golden-red. \o sooner has .lie first
pod been seen to burst on the Ambrosia
artemisia?folia (strange that so baleful
a plant should have so romantic a name!)
than the hay fever victim knows that he
?will be greeted with the sneezing joke 01
the way home. The tires of IW
his expense ftfe lighted by the aurora!
glow of the first August sun. He knows
it, and is steeled against it. At all events
he is an old sufferer. He grows as indiffer?
ent to the customary wheeze at the ex?
of his wheeze B8 Mr. Smith is to the
rar?:' jest about his name having been
heard somewhi re before.
For that matter the hay fever victim ir?1
la kind of martyr for humanity's good.'
Through hi.- suffocation and his sternuta?
tions, the abominable rag-weed, which1
chokes our Holds, disfigures our roa
and taints with its musty aroma thi
j flung fragrance of the clover, is likely to
!be extirpated. By reason of his suffer?
ings all places are likely to become as
ehem; and nol as Bethlehem, Penn..I
bul as Bethlehem, N". H. And barring the
hoarding-houses (for which there will hap
pily be no use when there is no more hay
[fever), the world could not be like a better
? place.
This thought may reconcile the. hay
sufferers to their own and others'
wheeze .
Mr. Bidder'? vehement Teotoniam,
lilt ro prove the . in?1? rity of hi
manic prot?
II - no comfort '.. thi? city to knovt tl
is it. elf bri filing the i
?r, but I fact ought to
? hile the ?tii
ing.
bel his brid?
couldn't live with him for six montl
I for divorce until twehty-two
d hia charm
BULGARIA'S EXARCH
An Important Political and Relig?
ious Personality.
i From 1
J? eph I, by birth I.../.Hr Yovtcheff, whose
ed ii'.m Sofia, wa? the third
and m reality the lust of the Bulgarian
i i arch s. in? Exarchate ii older than the
? ? ?? tste, and i ?y< d a great pari In
i to being and extending it? boon
The firmal i I hing the Exareh
ate is dated March 11, 1870. The first Km.roh
not chosen t;!l two j ?ai i d held
' ? for only five day? il
f>?r five years, ami wa? compelled to
? bei Ru ?ia declared ?rar. Twelve days later
elected. Hi? promotion was ex
pid. Born In is 10, i ?
a journalist. The .(???..n.l Exarch made him
? ? ni ui to the Exarchate in 1872.
on the v. ? .
when the Patriarch excommunicated the Bui
? i hureh. A month Inter he wai a:.
landrite In 1874-76 he was ?en. to the
prie of Wni.ii!, and he thereafti
i and of
I the Exarch, in 1876 he became Metropolitan
if Loftcha, and ? >?;..? later Exarch. The
>? lii \ ii ?i man of
? eourage, cool '?? Igmenl I illed diplo
i . organizing
d the Exarchate throu, h the
'critical time of the war. H ?J] ef
11 ? an?! even shortsighted
iriana ?> confine his authority
if the new Bulgarian ?t?te, ami he
rlowly and steadily extended the swsj
r?an Church m Thrace and Mae?
I the foul greater Bui
1 be story of .- new
biahoprica in?! emapc patit
: Grei -. control ii such a chapter
only Balk I ? can
show. Th? second Balkan war virtual!]
the authority of th.' Exarchate to 'he
limit? of the Bulgarian state, and it? :m-;
portane? as a political institution for the
making of the big Bulgaria apparent
.red.
Mr. Root Nominated.
? Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: U ith the best nation
nd, 1 would ' ' ? Boot b?
nominated for I thi ?i ' '
should ii"* l"' c n lidi red
a handicap, for I ? : .'I bil Bg?
are demonstratm?: their capacity for
achievement. In the adjuatm?
ball need him. .1. L. WELLS.
1 Cranbury, X. J., Aug. o, 1915.
A SMOKER'S LAMENT
He Ciin No Longer Enjoy His Rides
in Open Elevated Oars.
I., th.' Miter of Th?? Tribune.
Sir: I wi?h to take advantage of the open
1 column ; ..!' font editorial pa?;?' to expr?s? my
I feelings in r? jfuni to the latest edict of th'?
???.??il. in n manner of ?.peaking. later
borough Kapid Transit Company
Since upen cars wen- first placed in oper
.it util ?m the Third Avenue Elevated it hau
I'? en my mutoro to ride in them during the
el* 1" und from business six day? a
wick. Il war? a pi? usure for me to ?it buck ir.
. ? fi\ pipe nn?l then bury my
.?]! m the page? of my Tribune.
haagiao my surprise one morning last
week, |a I ?is I aras about to light my briar,
!.. I i-nr tin- guard roar ot me: "So smokin'
in her?'!'' My companion? in misery, smok?
ers, hII looked lip, and the guard announced
that all smokiog la the open car must ccaso
at once. ?Vo *rtonood about us for signs
which prohibited smoking, but found none.
They have, however, boon installed siaoo that
tima.
Why doe.? the Interborough now take away
the one privilege which men enjoy in it? car.??
IDo we n"! opend all the winter month? rub
? ing in dosed can. hanging on to a strap and
trying to hear up. knowing thai soon summer
ui!l i,.- to r? and with it the opea cars and
?m opportunity to enjoy a eorofortable
j smoke '.'
This latest ruling is no doubt brought
about by the complaint of some dyopoptie
old fooail whoae ?ul is torn when ho .
iome "n? el a injoying life. I a.?k that you
girt th ? .? place la your papar, and I am
in that there are many who feel the same
tIkhiI this subject as I <h>
I am 0 pipe smoker and have been since
my high school ?lays. In direct contradic?
tion '" the anli-smokers' leagues, I consoler
myself i ound mentally ami phyaicallj oa
any of their beei cimon-pure subject.?. Th ?
of il.r Tribune would indeed he worth
reeding; let's hear from you. GIL.
New Vork, ?Vug. 5, 1915.
The Literacy Test.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Since the introduction of the literacy
teat m the ?Conatitutionol Convention by
?Charlea H. Young, one of the delegates
. ni 'arge, it has been the lubjocl of
mueh discusaion throughout the state and
paper criticism has been in
ita favor To those newapepera who have
t ? i step .backward to the Know
Nothing period a superficial examination of
the literacy lawi at paased by the various
?rill -how the utter inaccuracy of their
statements. The literacy test became a law
,n the following states on the following
date?:
Alabama, IWO; Arizona, l.?b'.; California,
1894; Colorado, 1876; Connecticut. 1 *-???T; Pel
aware, 1897; Georgia, 1908; Louiaiana, l-Stt;
Mame,!4-'.':.'; Massachusetts, 1868; Mississippi.
1890; New Hampshire, 1902; North Caroline,
II.; North Dakota, 1898; Oklahoma. 1911;
South Carolina, 1895; Virginia, 1902; Waoh?
ins-ton, 1896; Wyoming, I ?"?'?
It will be seen that none of these act.? came
into ? during the Know Nothing i
except the Massachusetts act. An
.1'.raiiieiit ?tir,un-t tin- bill is because
the Pnited States refuoed Mie literacy test
to immigrants the Stale of New York .should
vote down the proposition to create a literacy
ir thoae who wish to vote. The fallacy
of thi". argument is apparent. President
..- i /hi when he refu <?'! to :nake a
adding an additional qualifica?
tion for the man lamling in this country.
? Pr? idenl Taft ami no other thinking
man believes that the people should be
governed by tho ?? who cannot read or ?rite
language.
Prom the United States census of 1910 it
appears thai the foreign born voters in Cali
, arc i 8 per cent ; in Massaehus? t1
? per cent, and in
New York, 8 per cent And yet in California
n 1894 thi tho people in favor of this
177,113, for, and against, 32,181; and
in ?"? ite in favor of this test
17,577 and the vote against was 4,585,
and in M lasachusetts no attempt has been
mad? ' oui of the constitution
? , ? ? - ? ? n in 1868.
the apathy, to any one who
?s the trend of public thought, that
0 have the right to vote, no
can read or write, feel,
thej retain that right for themselves
bul are nol anxioui to continue that right to
res every foreign born
to learn the English lan
o other amendment offered in
? ited Statei has given any time beyond
???eut.
ii : ' ? ? m greater gift could be
: ful ire generations than the gift nf an
intelligent rote in these times when the re
17 away from the people the
right of ? ?ting they now have. The proposi
? carried into effect, would provide for
on iblj intelligent electorate as o itop
m the ? t din et ion.
WILLIAM COBB MILLS
New Kot-helle, Aug. .?., 1915.
A Question of Statistics.
To ?he Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I notice in to-day's Tribune an art i -1
ele in opposition to capital punishment by i
M Henri? to Rodman, in which she quote.?
ne Leckie a i follow.?:
there are convictions
in o?i!\ 17 per cnt of the trials for murder
j ?n Massachusetts and 19 per cent in Con
I .ru in no way connected with the r.dmin
ion of criminal law in Connecticut, but
' 1 have had a fairly good opportunity to ob
erV( il ?luring nearly ten years' experienc
attorney in thi? state, and I do not
hesitate to challenge the accuracy of t" -se
alleged statistics so fir as Connecticut is
ned.
! allures to convict in capital tl la
in thi- state have been few within recen
1 would be creatly interested to
ere your contribu'?.* obtained her
Without equal means of obscr
I ?mi equally skeptical as to the ca^el
I of Massachusetts. I am by no means a thor?
ough believer in capital punishment, but I
tha cam of its opponents
is advanced by statements of this kind.
BIRDSEY E. ?'ASK.
Hartford, Conn.. Aug. 4, 1915.
Could Any Reader Answer?
To tl ? I The Tribune.
Sir: Could you publish the hymr. .-'.m
ing "Far o'er the wave, which lies *o
? 1 eheerleaa, there lies my home; there
v h'.Tie, the peaceful .venly ' :>?' "
I learned the?e wordfl when a boy, but have
?ten the r. ? WILLIAM HALL.
New York, Aug. ', 1915.
German Reasoning.
'or of The Tribune.
'?' iltoi Schmidt in to?
il.;>'? Tribune .? highly hti .
listing him for his honesty in sign?
?a, la?
f masquerading as an Irish-American.
let us hope he will continue to send to you
i.ii.l ingenuous examples of the logic
iltor Al'GUSTE CARRE.
' .New York, Aug. 3, 1915.
SPAIN AND THE GERM/XN PROPAGANDA
A Consideration o? ?Some of the Many Reasons That Account for the Average Spaniards Sympathy ?^
the Cause of Germany and Her Allies.
To the Kditor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the light of 'he complete fuilui
? f the German propaganda in the t'nit*
States daring the pint winter, it is mtonisl
intr, perhnp?, to the average American thi
Nrain should be in a very lar^e proportio
of ("crman synipathi?
Aside from republican sympathizers an
sociulist? in the cities throughout Spain an
;-irticularly in Barcelona und Valencia thei
. ?? many who arc convinced by reason c
vmpnthy of the righteousness of the cau?
i' the Allies. This must be said in justic
*.o the Spanish people. It remains neverthi
les? true ?hat Spain as a whole is avowedl
rro-(,erman. The explanation of this stan
la rather complex than simple, but as th
position of the only large country in Wester
Europe St pence to-day it should be of in
terest.
Porhi.p? nothing is more difficult to com
, iirehend. for one whose early life was ?pen
;" the I'nited States, than the fundament:,
point of view of the Spanish mind. We rea
>f Spanish politeness, of Spanish laziness
but the point of view of which these ar
but the external signs is something not s
-imple or eusy to understand. To i?in;r,
. mi.elves of a few diff?rences in institution
between the I'nited States and Spain shoul
kelp UI to pictur? the environment of th
Spaniard,
The Society for the Prevention <>f Cruelt*
to Animals dors not exist in Spain - an?l b
?lie nature of things could not. A man wh?
is an expert at torturing a bull for exampl?
i approximately the ?amp type of nation?
?hero in Spain thai Mr. Msthewson of base
?ball fame ia in 'he I'nited Statea. The Y. M
<'. .\., for obvious reas.m.-, is not only non
existent in Spsin, hot unknown, even to Mil
i? laonably well educated. The thrsshinf
: achine i? not known to the average farmer;
grain ia ?till ?eparated from the stalk by th?
feet of burro- walking in a circle Mill,
vairons are replaced by herds of treats ir
nr-r Spanish citie As a last example
armed ?olfliers guard every railroad statior
in the country as a protection againsl
thieve? m rugal district? and to maintain
order at the larger termini.
A.- a eon-"quence of the.-e few examples ;t
il y leen that a disregard of suffering ii
| . national tr.iit. Ap admiration of what we
know as "hard-hitting Christianity" is the
most fantaatie of things?impossible to thf
Spaniah mind. The refusal to accept new
d?vi?es, whose value is at once apparent to
the English, (icrman, French an?l Scandina?
vian, is another race trait. Needless to say,
invention ol ? mechanical nature is uncom?
mon.
With regar?! to the goat milk wagon con?
trast, it. may be said in passing that cleanli
D Spain is rather a diversion of the
>w than a virtue of the many. The presence
-?f soldiers at railway stations appear- to the
-tuilent as bearing a closer relation to 'he
politeness of the people than would at first
be ?uspected.
With these tew examples at hand, it is
somewhat easier to explain the superficial
I r "objective" point of view of the Spanish
'.vpe. Most of the institutions and "virtues"
of which we in the I'nited States are proud
are the ex'ernal evidence.- of an "introspec?
tive** point of view. That is a point of view
A'iiich causes us t?, consider ourselves as
nnart from the things which w.- -ee, hear
?nd taste. The lack of these institutions in
Spain, and the consequent pre.-ence of others,
would seem to be the proof of an absence of
introspection and a consequent "presence"
? f superficiality.
For instance, it is just as amusing, if we
?OUld but admit it, for an American as for a
Spaniard to watch a maddened bull try to
kill his tormentors. Th.' ?lirT-r-nce betwe<
th? two peoples lies in the fact that tl
vorth American considers ,1 ba?l for himse
to teBse an animal that is his mental inferi?
It the individual docs not think this oui f<
I imself the thinking members of his commi
?lit.y do so for him. But the Spanish mm
,!oe? not in general think back of the mei
bull ami rc?l fl..<; and th" consequent excit?
ment.
This same "objective" viewpoint explair
r*iuch of the traditionalism and conseqiiet
backwardness of the people They are cor
tent to pay a ?lollar every few weeks for
lottery ticket, on the chance of some fine da
?retting ten thousand dollars which does n<
belong to th? m.- They do not- in general
realize that in this instance, by the nature <.
the laws of chance and regar.!!.
"morals," their claim to the ten thousan
lollar? la no* "good" until th?'y have paid i
xactly that amount.
With regard to the present European wa
the sympathies of Spain, as a nation, ar
?gain subject to this superficial point o
view. All things are personal and particular
there is no introspection and little generali
z ition. The motto "A Spaniard ?iocs not. foi
get" is but another way of stating that hi
rind retains only th" individual instance!
'hat he does not generalize to a conclusion.
Bearing this in mind, let us consider th
ni.tions at war; in the first place Englan?
Here the problem i.s very simple; disregard
<1g the graves Scattered over North'-n
Spain, graves of Englishmen who fell in aid
:ng the Spanish against the French, the Span
lard remembers Gibraltar and hates Eng
land. He does not in general realiz
tout if Gibraltar belonged to Spain it wotil?
?i- a barren rock. He floes no' see that for i
tricken nation, without a navy o
01 . Gibraltar would be no
'nly un enable, but useless. He fails ?<
itaad that as England has no designi
?,.i the God-forsaken stretch of country im
mediately to the north of the straits, Spaii
is much better otf, much safer, with a Britisl
i t at Gibral ir than with no fort, there.
With regard *o Eranre 'he problem id morf
complex. In the Ar I plaee, the fanatically
"religious" element in Spain di- rea ti
punished f'?r having separated the
church from the state. This seems perhap
?inta.-'ic to some American:, wh<> have been
brought up in .??mparative religious freedom.
'i he Spanish who sympathize with France,
however, admit that this "religious" party is
. n- of the strongest, if not the strongest, of
?be anti-French element in Spain. There
of -ourse, many particularly of the
"high society'' elass who feel It their duty
no!?'. - ur-! traditionalist? to take *'ne
"tand of the clergy. There il also a middle
class faction which is anti-French principally
a they wi.-h to be distinct from the
rabbje, the mob, the socialists, who are re?
publican- :in?i pro-French.
Another considerable element is that of
"he "historical" or "national" party. These
men, student cr lovers of national history
largely, "do not forget" the wars of Napoleon
.rd theii consequence? in *r>pain.
These are the particular anti-French
classes. There is, however, a sentiment
'.'hich is not of class, bu' which runs through
all the educated classes Many who recog
nize 'he position that France has held, and
bolds, among the nations feel the keen jeal
uay rha' ii only found when one sister race
utdiataneea another in material progress, in
intellectual excellence and in wealth. It is
? '. bitter thought to the Spaniard, who has
i conscientiously played the lottery, that the
Frenchman ha? drawn interest op. his earn?
ing?. There is no hate which equals that of
the inefficient for the efficient--especially if
the two be of the same family. The pros?
perity of France, and of England, to some
?'egree, this type of Spaniard regards in the
|iime light that the inefficient **")rkmin
.he United States regards the fortune, 1
Rockefeller and Carneg;. To th
ess ?,?,
point of view is wholly "objertjv?, or ?ajasm.
fi- ial, the thought that the sirne work nL"
s? me economy and the sam?- vision would'*?.
i i ought them the ?arm- reward is ira.KHri'
bl?. Th" fart, that railroad? th? ptt7?
?.??nefit which has rome to Spain sine? 14m/
vere made possible in Spain becioi? u
French and English capital n *trini?i
ir.ough appreciated, but used a? evident*!?
the perfidy of these two people?. mmamm*
With regard ??. Genuny, 'here ig
tor in Spanish rtrllltatloa which
"? fg?.
? ?***.
mary importance the military party. "???
power which is admittedly second rate ft?!
army of Spain is formidable. That ii Us?'
it is formidable in Spain. The present ?nX
falls to recall the dn-' 'orTs*
the Spanish army, but a short ???alie o* ...
of the avenues of Madrid will Mnrirjai n '
the casual vinitor of the impor'inc?. of ta*
army in Spain reef, to m?
hers. These men, it will be rern?rob?r?al
have been brought up to r?.-pect the Genau
military system. In pro;.. ' 7 hir?
f:ii!ed to attain the machine-like precino? ?f
the German army the Spai . r, ^
worshipped it. Thanks to tie army, the peo.
pie have also rreer...! iom? inkliag ?f th*
much admired system. ? soldier
told me wi'h prde a fen
.?oldier, on gu.'ii?! at small rail.
sy s'ati?!
in (entra! Spain only ask "Who ?roeg th?r??
once. The difference bel
to strangers <-!:own by the ?4 tira
shown by the pcauan* -,,r th?, trtjtJ^
fulness of the countryman' ?atement.
The "regulation" Germs i propagases ilos?
would have succ"e<!. fre
many of the ? ' ?-. ;tf ^
eeptane? wer>- pre-existent and did not niH
to be created. But I ..?.._ |_
the use of a f"w simple phrase?, mad? their
success almost comp.
In th" lipht of what has gor? befort, it
will easily be unde; ???? ?? -,? fotlowrnc
statement assured the tcci "?Get
man caibe: "Goethe admired ' ? 'vantes, th?
immortal author of 'Don ' It wa?
not added, of em.r ?". thst i ? ?11 civilix*a|
people of the las' c | -.,? ^
Goe'he 'he joys of this one well known Span,
i - h book.
"Germany will restor? '. ? ;'?r to thi
Spanish." Th? ?u,.- .f waii
of course, unlimited by the tory of othet
Geiman promises.
"The relations between Gel many ?ndSpm
have always been n!' Even th?
"historical part] ''.-"ik. m thi
presence of this ovei .^gument,th?
reasons for this cordiality. Th? same statt
ment, likewise without tro? of
the cordiality bi I tad 'he new
South American republic. To the Spa?.
iard. however, the fact rerr::. m true ?nd us
deniable that Germir of the few
worbl powers in Europe includ rtj Hollindi
ivhieh has not been at war with Spain d'irtn?
th? ?:i I 4111' years.
Naturally, the mil'.* of th?
German aeon's has fallen or, fertile groan!
The cxc;.-' of the Lui roying
the Cathedi '?) lui
been found adeqa U
Moreover, it is onl] SpiS
iard, on returning free, -.or??
turning from the account i pap?,
should find reason and righteoumess in the
warning which the German sgeat in th?
i'nited State issued to the women and*-.
dien boarding the Luaitania ;:-. See York.
The Americans who were drowned ?r? to thr
Germano-Hi?pani.' rvpe merel) ?? nreri of
the nation which pi ryfori
somewhat .similar drown" ?ntter.
vcar? ago. EMILE GK'iFFROY.
Madrid, July 11, 1915.
WOMEN PHYSICIANS
Why Are They Barred from the
Staffs of Our Hospitals?
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your admirable sense of fair play
which urges you to publish both sides of a
queotion regardless alike of your own point
of view, and the prominence or obscurity
(f your correspondents, has won you a new
?ubscriber, who would ask the courtesy of
- our pages to discuss a question which may
I to be of public important-", for it
? loes affect a very large pan of the public
May I,' then, be permitted to point o'it
that women physicians have in tin.? country
advanced, in the teeth of persistent and often
ting opposition, to an enviable place of
re?pcct and confidence in the public estima?
tion, and thai, the criticisms levelled at one
part of the profession have not included
women? Dr. R. S. Cabot ha- accused women
physicians of being diocontented and un
successful, while as a matter of fact there
is a far larger number of discontented, d?a
satiafied and unsuccessful male physicians
relatively than women physician-.
As the public has indirectly recognize?!
*he woman physician's anility ami devotion
to high ideals, it seems desirable to point
out that in spite of that woman's self
?acriiice ami good work she is prevented
from obtaining a high place in the profes?
sion, because she is unjustly and arbitrarily
hat red from securing positions on the staffs
of large hospitals, even in institutions de?
voted "> the exclusive cue of her own sex
and of children. A w. man patient cannot
obta:n the medical service of one of her own
sex in such hospitals no matter hrtw much
she desires t. ami a poor woman is often
afraid to insist upon this natural right to
h.? cured for by a woman although she
migh; prefer it. Beaidea the injury women
physicians sustain in being shut out of this
practice, they are insulted by those who
retain the coveted positions for themselves,
because the woman has not achieved a posi?
tion in medicine which no man ever achieved
in a position .?imilar to that which women
phyaieiana occupy, and to which might rather
than right has consigned her.
It has been a very common practice for those
enjoying class privileges to minimize and
even slander the work of those less privileged
than themselves, apparently for the pur
f excusing to themselves ami to the
public the injustice of which they are guilty.
V the decision of all social questions is
ultimately made by the communal opinion,
it is hoped that public spirited citizens will
investigate this matter and discover the rea?
son why certain privileges are reserve . for
one class of citizens and denied to another
certainly equally deserving class. Surely in
?hi.? twentieth century it is time to dispose
forever of the principle of divine right and
the power of might over reason and j notice.
MAUDE GLASGOW.
New York, Aug. 3, 1915.
Women in Business.
To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: John Joseph ODliaeoll, in your issue
of August 1, givei expression to a belief
founded upon an economic fallacy which is
held by multitudes of unthinking people. He
?ay?: "For every woman employed in a
clerical or office position some man is dis
plsced."
The fallacy II the assumption that there i|
a certain detinue amount of work to be done
in the world just o many iobs for ?o many
men- and that if one of these men is dis?
placed hy another, or by a woman, or by a
machine, or by scientific management, the
man who is displaced "has the bread taken
out of his mouth" and is left to starve. It is
the fallacy 'hat led, 150 years ago. in Great
Britain to the ?le.struction of mills Using
power-driven spinning and weaving machin?
ery Instead of the old .-pinning wheel and
hand loom; to the opposition to the locomo?
tive because it would take the bread out of
the mouths of the ?tage driver?; that has
often led to resistance to the introduction
of modern machinery and methods. For ex?
ample, to the use of typesetting machines in
the Government Printing Office and to the
recent law paased at the dictation of labor
unions prohibiting the government usine:
modern methods of time study in the arsenals
of the army.
The fact is that io long ai the de-ires of
the civilised part of the human race for the
product.? of labor are unlimited, the amount
of the work to be done in the world is limited
only by three things the lack of enough men
and 'i omen to do it, the lack of machinery
to increase their productivity and the lack
of money wherewith to pay for the labor
and the machinery.
Mr. O'Driscoll is ruite correct in one of
hii stotemonl ris., "I? it not probable that
there will be any change from the present
state of things." There will not be any
change even if there should be, as he sug
an "organized effort to resist this fem?
inine invasion of man's sphere." Such an ef?
fort would be as futile as have been all such
efforts to stop the introduction of improved
machinery. WILLIAM KENT.
Ganonoque, Ont., Aug. 2, 1915.
Down with the Monkey House!
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The case of the People agt. Parsons
recently before Judge Crain, in General Ses?
sions, upon an appeal in which the defendant
alleged that, he had been falsely arrested,
falsely charged with "annoying girls" and
fraudulently convicted by police method.?
which menice every resident of this city.
again indicates the wisdom of immediately
abolishing that repulsive nuisance known as
the monkey house in Central Park.
For many year?- the responsible resident.-,
of New York have urged that this pestho'ise
be closed It- atmosphere is always vitiated,
and visitors to it have frequently been mad.'
leriouoly ill thereby. Adults with a sen?e
of decency have been constantly shocked at
the unsightly simian displays in the cages
and at the vulgarities which these inspired
on the part of the vulgarians out.?idt th?
cages. In the name of what is decent and
wholesome, let this offensive resort be razed
to the ground and its last vestige destroyed
The monkey? on the inside as well as those
on the outside of this house will be infinitely
better off when the monkey house i.-? a thing
of the pa it,
Many innocent persons have here been
falaely arrested and accused by ambitious
poiice officers bent upon creating a record at
H.'idquarters. Many ruffianly individuals
who should have been punished for miscon?
duct in this place have never got their
leocrl
W? de no* recall who conceived th? in?
fantile, unwholesome idea of establishing th?1
monkey hou.?e as a place of amusement i,>\
children. Whoever it wao, his fame as an
advocate of h:s own speciea has been made
secure by the record for mischief which this
abomination has established.
Out with the monkevs. Send them to the
Legislature. ' PATERFAMILIAS.
New York, Aug. 4. 1915.
WAR'S ATROCITIES
Not Confined to Germiiny, as Even
United States Has Contributed.
piper
?ply U> it
To the Editor of The Trit- .
Sir: In last Tu? ' thi? pi
I read a very inl ?ritten
S. Saunders, and I would like to reply U
through your kin:
Mr. S.Hinder- takes 1 p* in re?
gard to the ?inking of I '?? a? tl*
majority of the America
a wanton act of malice. It was inhumis, I
???m grant that; but is not ?? ?i ?nhunusO?>??
its pha.-i'.?'? Does he think for a mir.ut? tsst
the Germana delight in I -..n'.if?.
He saya that the wan ---any en
not sufficient, that it ihould
our government alone. ? fool *?*
cannot heed a ?ran .- m 'he co'jntrf
which should kno". white?-'
to happen. They had ' then, ?**
pecially the women a:id
It) na? e uir i igm.? ?.i "
Germany should have warned them, J*-*
.-.iv? I gran I " "" ,,
without losing th
she let all tl-. sS
wa corr? ing . ''""t 2
wore some Ame:
that England WOUld h:i? I f0 **
?.1! of her ships for that
Mr. Sounders said ? loelofo *~*
with Germans ?houl ' '? Ion*
What would WC go to ? i
army of 76.W0 men. lV>' oi
L.??i_.ki_. ,,? ?k.i ,v nP ..... hare of any
4
at
m
army of 76,000 men, and oar oovf 0I
battleships. ' of any
and oui .">".' ! th,t '
in one battle over there.
As to our army WO are in 'h'4 .<snj? ?
as Montenegro a COU1 ' ,'aI'-*' n
heardofbeforethew.u ' our ?'-,
we are 18,000 mea il ri : "in[ ...
The torpedo boat ?!? iti " \Jk.
(antic fleet hove onl) *? __T
where they are |U| ?ViKl
\ for the other ' ??***- !--.
as the use of gas bombs, dumdoaO oui
? ailed liquid ' '"' *?,'
countries us. I ' t"'.
use thermit in her bo Vn?-U?*1
use aophyxlating boml ' ' '.,?
sink all of Germany's ships she found ??
and don't all of the ;,e thifll
dums? Yet b.ca. ?"?"? m mmt
more effectively than the other gjTj
they are tei- ?Be**
part. A short time ago th? ? n'-' '. -,
held experiments at Fort SheridaU ?m ^
bombs on some c '-?'''
think she hel.l th? ? ?out
oa?..l.l lull ?atlla in war time?
am that i??
think she hel.l these ex;
could kill cattle in war time' _? 81*4
When we took Vera Crol l4?-?' i**t .?_
dum-dum bullet?. They were:" ? ^
bullets when issued by the *-'','<' , h?d tfc?
a little tubbing on a vl''*
I result. I know. "*_M ?
DidBt J. J. Hammond recently m ^
projee: ' .??n't*'
t0 hav ' ' T'hut i? <**
Not only is it a th? V ao*
a quantity of hydrocyanic acid io<?* |
that Will instaotlj "nf inn
within a rad'.u? of NO ? Yitiol*
Look at both sides of the qooitiojj ^
you condemn, and then condemn >?.__
country for neglect. LESLH A
Parlin. N. J., July 30, 1-15.