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Kind Word?.
t :>? not oven General Carranza can
find in the text of the international ap?
peal to the Mexican people a harsh or
humiliating word. He must regret now
his premature ultimatum hurled into the
urbane atmosphere of the New York con?
ference. Our own Bryan, resig-nii.fr In
protr ainsi the belligerency of a
tempered note to Germany, has ap?
peared leu ridiculous.
Hut just what, beyond putting the truc?
ulent Carranza in a hole, are these kind
words expected to accomplish in Mexico?
According to The Tribune's Washington
correspondent they are "calculated to
touch the heart of every Mexican patriot."
But they might do all this and still fail
by a mighty margin of influencing
Carranza and Villa and Zapata. What
have these gentlemen cared in the past
for the hearts of Mexican patriots or for
their stomachs or their lives? And it is
these leaders, without patriotism or hearts,
who must be "touched" if there is to be any
amelioration of the anarchy below our
southern border.
As a final resort to the policy of
brotherly persuasion and moral pressure
this innocuous appeal should be permitted
to reach its destination with the best
wishes of a patient nation. But to ask
the American people to entertain any
serious hope of the success of its mission
would be to insult their intelligence.
What the Seamen's Act Has Done.
V. hen the directors of the Pacific Mail
unship Company announced two
.go that their fleet could by no
? vive under the preposterous con
. an act supposed to have been de
; f?>r the benefit of American seafar
en, there were not a few who made
of the complaint and laughed de
I*** at tiie intimation that before No
<r the ships would probably be sold
i?r leased or transferred to some service
would suffer less from the restrictions
? amen'i law.
No**? we learn that the Atlantic Trans
' ?input:y has already taken over five
of ti of the transpacific fleet?the
Manchuria, Mongolia. Korea, Siberia rnd
a. The last sailing of any of these
ship " ental port is announce] for
J ? ' : ; in future they will all be turned
t iti the Atlantic trade.
It is possihle that those who were .so
icon original threat may be dis
l ? the outcome but it will surprise
i o on? who has duly considered the un?
avoidable consequences of an act that was
J ? ? ? thout the slightest regard to ex?
pert advice and experience. The rule that
no ships shall be permitted to leave any
I ' enty-flve per
cent of the cnw speak the same language
as the officers was alone sufficient to seal
the fate of many ships under American
Tfcg!'
It was calculated that the cost to the
Pacific Mai! Steamship Company would
entail an additional expenditure of more
than ; year, a prospect that could
not be entertained with complacency.
Like other American ships engaged in
this trade, those of the Pacific Mail were
manned largely with Oriental crew, and
could not hope to compete with the Jap
i ' ? officers and men are mostly
of the saine nationality and speak the
same language.
ras never the least reason to
doubt what the result of the La Follette
act would be. It was pointed out and ta?
lly by all whose judg
al all worthy of consideration
It was'shown that nothing could be more
prejudicial to the very class it was sup
The folly and stupidity
provisions were carefully explained
but tl ?? fused to listen to the
only opinions worth having, and with in
eredil f foresight obeyed the bid?
ding of irresponsible mischief makers pro
to be the friends of labor.
At t-^e eleventh hour the Oepartment of
Commerce undertook to give the matter
"further c< I B,M and it was admit?
ted that ' ras "not entirely
familiar with the situation." Is it unrea?
le to hope that what is now going
??cerned In
I ernicioui piece of legislation that it
be of benefit to any lut
"Boosting" in Business.
The rough and ready psychotogil
? have evol ? m: "Boost :
don't knock!" An interesting example of!
the highly profitable application of that
principle is reported by the Pennsylvania'
i i. I '? ?? ??i' its division superinten?
dants believed that if he posted each ?
of employes who bad
? irions service?an "honor ?
? A of posting the names of men
punished for violating the regulations or
other demerits, there would be general im- j
provemont. lie made the experiment. |
-AJter Bix months' trial he found that there i
wan H per cent deorense in oases requir
ing discipline, there was 71 por cent de
:? :i-?' in tho total of days' nuspen6?on of
workers, end there was 72 per oent de
? :c;i'o in wag--? thus lost to employ?s. No
change whatever had been made in the
rules of the division or the methods of
administration.
It seems to be human nature?American
human nature, nt least?to do better work
through hope than through fear of pun?
ishment. Americans are prone to admire
and support, even to emulate, the man who
la doing something, who is obtaining some?
thing desirable as a result of his efforts;
whereas, the threat of discipline, of pun?
ishment, not only does not awe them over?
much, bttt sometimes acts directly as a
challenge. That division superintendent
recognized the play of all these mixed
motives in the mass of men under him, and
turned his knowledge of psychology prac?
tically to account, for his companv's
profit and the men's. Wise executives these
days are applying the maxim "Boost;
don't knock!" in many ways which in?
crease the efficiency of the men under
them and so henelit directly both employer
and employe. It is good business as well
as good pragmatic philosophy.
Shaping American Opinion.
If ever there was any doubt about the
sincerity of Mr. Viereck and those of hi:,
fellow patriots who have cried out so con?
stantly against the "subsidized press" of
this country it may possibly be disposed
of by a consideration of the curious se?"
of documents brought forth by our neigh?
bor "The World." If those are authentic,
as there is little reason to doubt, it is
clear that the Germans, from the Chan?
cellor down, have unbounded faith in the
value of money as a moulder of public
opinion, and considering the success they
have had with their own servants, why
should they doubt the readiness of others
or question the possibility of extending
their own influence further?
It is no less clear, however, that of late
they have had some misgivings. Their
own kind could be paid outright, but they
apparently realize that a more insinuat?
ing method must bo used to control the
press generally. A most interesting plan
for a news bureau seems to have been
nipped in the bud. Among other schemes
laid out by its projectors in a report pre?
pared for Berlin this is particularly
significant: "The news sent out must
not make the impression of being put out
for propaganda purposes. Although its
?principal value is based on its being pro
jGerman, its success depends largely on
the subtlety of representation."
It is a pity that we are to be deprived ?
of this practical demonstration of Ger- !
man subtlety, but it is impossible to regard
without admiration the examples we have,
lof Gorm?n thoroughness and prodigality.;
?Apparently no detail escaped the notice of ?
the ingenious projectors, no expense could i
'bo too great in shaping the opinion of the
?American public. A single wireless
message from an American corresponcient
in the German cause is singled out for
praise as "more useful than all the official
reports sent by the government by wire?
less since the beginning of the war,"
while another American correspondent is
| commended "by order of the Chancellor"
as "of great benefit to us by reason of his
??rood dispatches." The German Am?
bassador at Washington is accordingly
asked to find out "whether by any moans
the costs of his journey can be raised."
More good dispatches were wanted, an-'.
it was thought 'i.OOO marks would go a
good way.
Altogether the German government
through its agents, official and unofficial,
seems to have been at prodigious pains
| in its determination to mould American
?opinion, mid considering the cost of th?
enterprise the results have not been very
?gratifying. Doubtless the premature ex
: posure of what was in store for us will
i save the government ?ome expense in
?future, but the task of explaining away
what has already been done is full of
I difficulties.
An Officers' Reserve.
If it has begun to dawn upon the gen?
eral public how helpless and hopeless
would be the plight of this country should
a powerful enemy burst the barrier of
our navy and land troops on our shore,
fancy how elear to the imagination ot an
expert like General Wood this potential
catastrophe has always been. It must he
a tremendous gratification to him, there?
fore, both as seer and patriot, to have at
last in the assemblage of rookies at Platts
borg an audience at once so influential,
?intelligent and receptive to which to ex
Ipress his convictions on this point and to
?which to formulate his carefully con?
sidered plans for rendering his country
; capable of sel f-de fence.
The Plattsburg rookies are, in effect.
Ithe small end of a megaphone through
which his worda of military wisdom may
penotrate to the uttermost ends of the
?land. And this, after all, is perhaps
their greatest service to their country.
this and their example of patriotic se.!'
sacrifice. For in number they make trr.1
merest handful as compared with the
of an adequate officers' reserve, a
fact clearly set forth in General Wood's
utterance. "We ought," said he,
"to have a corps of not less than 40.000
such reserve officers." At Platt.-hurg
there are 1.200!
The Tribune has hitherto very modestly
ited a necessary officers' reserve St I
20,000 to 30,000. It hereby amenda its
estimate. It will continue, however, its
? ii ??'? for more West Points as:
against the methods of raising the re?
solve suggested by General Wood.
Students from the private military
achoola end from the land grant colleges,
ami those colh :e boys who take the in
?? military course in the summer
campa of instruction, can. no doubt, with'
small additional expense be welded into
an officers' reserve of infinitely iieater
value than none. And until West Point
con be enlargi-d and other institutions of
its grado established they should by all
means be trained to fill In the gap. But thi?
country has not been one to do things by
halves. If we are to have un oAeers' re
servo we can well afford to have the bstl
obtainable, and the best obtainable, a
practically every one will admit, would be
one composed largely of the sort that
West Point produces.
Presidenta* Signatures.
What an expensive luxury a vacation
becomes for the nation's Chief Executive
is illustrated in the account of the Presi?
dent's first hour at his desk following his
recent return to the White House from
Cornish. "The desk," wo learn, "was piled
breast high with commissions, pardons and
letters, varying in importance, but each de?
manding that he affix 'Woodrow Wilson'
to it. The President sat signing his name
for more than an hour, a secretary at each
elbow to blot the signature and remove
each paper as it was signed."
There are some men, of course, who en?
joy signing their names, though u-uaiiy
they are not of Presidential calibre. They
can even be persuaded to carve them, tak?
ing no little pains to make the impression
indelible, wherever he who runs may read
But supposing for more than one solid
hour on a hot summer's day they were
I compelled each to write the cherished cog?
nomen over and over and over again so
fast that it required two assistants to re?
move and blot the signatures. Would not
such punishment cure the most completely
I naive egotist among them, giving him
writer's cramp into the bargain?
Some names, to be sure, exact a mini?
mum of manual exercise in their signing.
The w's in "Woodrow Wilson" should
slightly simplify the President's task, giv?
ing the scratch of his pen a rhythmic beat
in keeping with their alliteration. To
write "Theodore Roosevelt" a thousand
times without interruption would appear
more of an ordeal, though not so much
more as a name with a middle initial and
the necessity of pausing even impercepti?
bly to put a period aft?-r it. Possibly in
the dim past, when Mr. Wilson abandoned
forever his first name, Thomas, he had
in mind that day when, with coat off and
flanked on either side by secretaries, he
would wear out pen after pen signing the
appellation he had no voice in choosing.
But why not, as the kings and emperors
do, sign merely "Woodrow" or "Theo?
dore"? Or, as the foreign secretaries do,
"Wilson" or "Roosevelt"? Why should
custom compel the overworked President
of the United States to effect each time
the combination that every one of his
countrymen knows better than his own
name, if perchance it is not a part of the
latter? It must be because democracy,
jealous of all monarchical habit, exacts
from its leader the full name as a final
concession to the pride of the incon?
spicuous.
How can cotton be contraband and king at
the ?ame time? The kins: can do no wrong |
"The Eastland float.? again." Better tow
it out to a ?afe and dishonorable burial.
The Best Soldier?the Miner.
I re - The M im Heater OsutrSiaa I
From an o.'.cer of a very famous regiment!
who ha? been out in France since the begin?
ning of the war and is now able to .?peak I
without preju?iice, as he has received a sta.Ti
appointment, I heard to-day some interest?
ing views about the character O? the different I
varieties of soldiers in the test of war. In j
my friend's opinion the best soldier was un-|
questionably a miner. He had had manv
miners in his regiment, and he preferred;
them because they were strong in the backi
and used to dangers and explosions and could
endure cramped positions in the trench"-.
Their ears were very quick, and they were
curious about sounds and their intelligence
was excellent. They put two and two to?
gether much quicker than any other class of
his men I asked him how he managed to
straighten out his miners to he a credit to
his famous regiment. He replied that they
were not very successful at that, and that
the drafts of miners who had joined after
the war began were older men and too far
set to be made into .?how soldier.?.
"Hut," he added, "the Germana probably
did not notice the difference. Anyway, they
were better than the ploughmen, for no
ploughman over thirty can ever be taught to
keep step that is inpossible. It la als., im
poaaibla to get them to k-ep their iboulden
level; one shoulder is always higher than
the other, possibly because of work with the
plough."
II?- had been mnch impresse?! by the ex?
traordinary relationship that had grown up
in trench life. Officers and men had come
very close together in places where life ano
death were matters of inches. Th,
draft.? especially looked to the axperienc? ?
officers in an almost filial way. The soldiers
distinguished, too, between the old profes?
sional (.-flicers and the new ones. Hi.- own
regiment had been almos* s'ripped of the
original staff of officers, but when he and
others who had been wounded rejoined he
found thai they were spoken of by the men
as "the soldier officers."
Les Bagues Boches.
? >mu- fke Mttneheater fl
The monotony of l?e in the French, as in
the British, trenches is varied by a number
of small industries, turning to account bit?
of stoi?e or wood or enemy cartridge ca-es
and spent bullet.- in ingenious trifles foi use
or for mementos. Quite the most popular
manufacture la that of finger rings from the
aluminum used In German shells "le
bagues hoches," they are called. These are
of many kinds, from roughly hollowed out
circlet? to highly polished rings decorated
with delicately shaped fern leaves and hearts
or miaul with pieces of poliahed French >"P
per .'ti the t,??) of the German metal. The
French soldiers carry this pas.-ion for mak?
ing amateur jewelry int.? hoapital. The
British nurses at L'Abbaye Royaumont ? .
us that m?>. : of their patients who can use
their hands are busy making "les bague
boche.-" at every available moment after the
n'a morning visit. They all have their
little stoics of German aluminum in their
ittea Ol pocket?, and many have brought
with ?hem a complete ou- riae,
emery paper and ringer blocks cut from bit?
?if itiekl. When the time comes for the
I goodhy to comrades and
Staff there la sn interchsnge of souse:, i
Then it is that "les bagues boches" fulfil a
pleaaant destiny of further strengthening
the entente cordisle as gifts for the fingiri
of Iinti-h war?"" sisters and nuriei.
A HOLLANDER'S SENTIMENTS
Utterly Opposed to Turning H
Country Into Another Turkey.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1'nilir the head, "Holland Buying W
.Materials; Angry at British," I read In T
Tribune of August 10:
"I'riv.itrly, I cun say that despite occasion
?1 ?-ti -, =. ? ? tli? people of llollund, and especial
the fovernment of the Netherlands, are wai
friends of Germany and her allies. They a
absolutely sure that Germany will renp?
Htllaad'a neutrality under all eircumsUnc?
?nd this assurance has materially added
the bond of friendship between the two n
tions.'
Those are words of art attach? of the Ge
tnan Embassy, the representative of tl
Kaiser, mind you, who violated the neutrali'
of Belgium and Luxemburg, and who, if it hi
not been for the heroic resntance offered I
the Belgians, would have violated Hollanc
neutrality as well.
The Dutch, with a record of blameless na*.
warfare without comparison in history, ai
the heir? and possessor! of a civilization th
n ay be reckoned to be one of the oldest
the northwest part of Europe Holland, tl
cradle of liberty and the home of art, seien'
and literature for many a century, that san
Holland the friend of the violators of Be
gium'i. neutrality, the baby killers of Scarbo
ou?p and the murderers of defenceless worn?
en the Lusitania and elsewhere! Hollan
str?*-ngly connected with Belgium through lai
gaagS and tradition, the friend of the Raise
who regards a solemn treaty as a scrap ?
p.iper!
It makes me laugh and it proves to me th;
(Iermany sees the beginning of the end, an
?hat in the hour of need a small counti
aye, even "der dumme Hollander," may I
i-oed enough to pull the chestnut? out of th
?ire for her.
Well, so far for what a German said, bi
Count J. A. Z. van Rechteren Limburg (
Dutchman of noble birth and undoubted!
with an academical education and noble fee
ings and all that, and the experience an
knowledge of a diplomat) ii quoted as ?a;,
ing that "the people of Holland are imp*
tient, to say the least, at Great Britain's ai
bitrary methods in interfering with her 1<
gitinate and neutral oversea commerce," an
hat his government has been preparing t
take any steps necessary to maintain and cr
'orce absolute neutrality. The count laid e;
peeial emphasis upon the wool "enforce," a'i
added: "Holland will know what to do an
trhta and how to do it."
It smells like German bluff, and it prove
clearly that Count van Rechteren Limbur
knewn as much about his own people and th
thoughts and sympathies of the Dutch as di
that German attach?.
I don't know how far Great Britain i
?Icing wrong against Holland in interforin
with her legitimate and neutral oversea con?
tuerce, but I know something else, and that is
First That Holland never will g0 to wa
on the side of Germany after the wrong don
to Belgian*?.
Second That Holland hat' nothing to gain
bat much to lose, in a war against Great Brit
nin and the Allies, because in less than i
fortnight our -averses trade would be reduce?
*o i.othinp- and our colonies in the Eai
? 1 Vest Indies would be taken from us b;
.1e Japanese.
Tnird That the independence of Hollan?
wi old be only a matter of a few dayi if G?*r
many was able to crush the Allies, hecaus?
Germany needs her waterways, especially tn.
of the Rhine and the Scheldt, hei
tl an?! her strategical coastline, th<
f hi iOing population to man hei
-hips ?n a greater German navy and hei
soldiers to flght l-.i'r fu*ure battle.-.
And 1 know more that the Count van
Rechleren I.imburg failed to notice, because
his nob.? birth and academical education hsv*
blinded bit eyes, an?! that is that many prom?
inent men in Holland as well as officers ir
the army and in the navy are ant ?-('ermar.
end t) at the whole population in Holland, ex?
cept, perhaps, the province of Limburg, nea:
'I'-rrriiin frontier, and some shipowners ir
Rotterdan, are entirely against Germany am
(?erman "kultut."
If Holland takes the part of Germany I an?i
man** Other? will stand up and raise out
roleei against the betrayal of a peaceful na
tiop In the hands of a mid Kaiser and hit
mad followers. And if that wouldn't help
hundreds and thouiand.s of Dutch teldieri
trill stand up. releiue and arm the 2K,0OC,
licitan and English prisoners of war aim
together 'hey will send bullets, bombs an?!
-.vhr-ie they ought to go?-to the Ger?
mans through the mouths of cannon and th?
of rifles.
\'r,, no; I am not afraid. Holland is not
going to he a second Turkey. .1. KRI'I.IFF.
? i York, Aug. 10, 1M6.
1 "The Science of Christi.mity."
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: It is not the office of Christian Scieii
to protest against the attack upon honi<e
opa'.hy which appeared to-day in your editorial
entitled "Reviving Homoeopathy," but it is the
office of ( hri.-tian Scientists many of whom
are readers and in other ways supporter!
et' The Tribune to protest against the man
0 which their religion was slurringly
te'errr-d to. To refer to Christian Scientists
as "Eddyites** is about as disrespectful as to
refer to St. John's followers as "Johnites,"
or to those ? f St Paul as "Paulitc-.''
Mrs. Eddy discovered the science of Chris?
tianity und named hrr discovery Christian
.-'ciitcr. Adherents of Christian Science are
therefore known as and are justly entitled
tu the name of Christian Scientists. To
refer to them in any less dignified manner
is, to say the least, discourteous. The writer,
| however, happens to be familiar enough with
the editorial policy of The Tribune to know
that it is not the desire of its publishers to
tjurrerder its columns to any such abuse of
Christian Scientists also protest against
the char-,, that 'heir organisation L a prose
-yting one in the sense that it urges people
to beeome associated with the Christian B<
ence Church. No statement could be further
-.'rom the truth. To add so many hundred?
weight of flesh to a church organization
means nothing whatever to Christian Scien?
tists. "It |i the tpirit that quickene-h, the
-Van nrefi'eth nothing." In Christian Science
it Is r*"**?f. not mere profession, that counts;
but the only way one can demonstrate Chris
tin Science Is by utiderstan line its teach?
ings,' and one can understand its teachings
? y voluntarily turning t?. and eonscien
t.ou.ly Studying the Bible in connection with
in Science textbook, "Science and
Health, with Key to the Scriptures," by Mr.
Eddy.
'.'here is a possibility that The Tribune
does not know that the only proselyting that
? an Scientists do if, indeed, it eau be
termed that la to place Christian Science
literature within the reach of as r_ai
?ors as possible. Surely they should not be
blamed for ?h-siring to have their fellow?
? share the health and happine
peact which the study of Christian Sclenci
has brought into their own lives.
ROBERT S. ROSS.
1 New York, Aug. 9, 191^ J
OUR NEW COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
FORCING THE DARDANELLES
_
A Momentous Enterprise Which
Has Caused Much Thoughtless
Criticism.
To the Edi'or of The Tribune.
Sir: I still notice that some returned
?ravellers from the British I.-les continue to
bring tale" of despondency over the Darda?
nelles expedition. To any person having a
Vnowledge of military histor-- who sits down
and correlates the facts it is obvious
'hat the expedition was justifiable in itself
and is certain to be lucceisful if perse
n. The following are certain f..cts which
?'oulil have and have justified the expedition:
1. To relievo the pressure on Egypt on the
part of the Germans and Turks by a flank at?
tack. This sort of operation i? a common !
military movement and has been performed
often enough in the present war.
2. To relieve the Turkish pressure on the
Russian forces in the Caucasus end permit
Russia to defend that frontier with a mini?
mum of troop.-.
3. To make the way easy for the Bri'ish
expeditionary force in Mesopotamia which
la proceeding toward Bag.lad w,th the appar?
ent object of seizing the terminus of the
Bagdad railway.
4. To prove that German storms about
friction among the Grand Alliance powers,
and that th.- British navy ha s been de?
stroyed, or bottled up, or raa naeleaa. to be
pora inventions. A Russian cruiser led the
way to the attack. This political reason i
a powerful one for the Orient.
B. To disprove German stories that India
was disloyal by showing that Great Britain
felt so sure of it? allegiance th- t she did not
hesitate to strike at the centre of the Ma?
hometan faith itself and ampio) Indian forces
in the expeditionary force.
6. To control the straits leading to the
Black Sea ?<> 'hat munitions can be poured
into Russia.
7 To use Constantinople ss a base for the
invasion of Austria-Hungary and Germany
as the most feasible line of invasion from the
eaat up the valley of the Danube. If the
Turks could mo\e by this route to the gates
of Vienna, so can the Grand Alliance.
fi. The argument about ships vs. forts,
raised by the critics, is as fruitlc.,- as can
be, it all depeno.ing upon the men and the
guns.
'J. A thorough knowledge of the defences of
the Darda '.elles had been gained by British
n svho have had the run of the Gallipoli
Peninsula from 1.-78 till the present war.
10. The knowledge that the financei of
Turkey never permitted the initsllal
u proper defensive ?yatetn till the beginning
" 'he war and 'hat defences put, up since
had to be improvised,
11. The knowledge that, an Italian feet
and expeditionary force were successful in
an attack on the straits, but were prevented
from following up the victory by an Anatrian
ultimatum to Italy.
12. Politically, the necessity of securing
the co-operation of th? Balkan rations to
rermit the use of their territory for the
.?ubsequent invasion of Austria-Hungary.
Nothing would more gam th?> sympathy of
:he Balkan peonies than an attack on the
Turk.
15. The delay in the prosecution of the
enterprise is evidently political; e. |
-a! of Yenizelos of Greece prevented
a settlement with Bulgaria and the sending
of a Greek force to seize the straits when
the first attack was made. It ia said '.hat
the King of Greece had at first co:
to the sending of a force and the reaching
an understanding with Bulgaria, bute.'..
hia mind owing to the solicitations of the
Queen, sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
14. When the Balkan situa'ion, which re?
quires delicate negotiations, adjust-, itself,
the Dardanelles will be forced.
l.r>. The operation, i-cugh difficult, is not
impossible. The most difficult part of it, the
? ? illy done.
16. It is simply siege work, not suhject to
the Napoleonic surprises of the battlefield,
i.nd the rate of progreai depend? on the
..?:.-ualties that the commanding officei earei
to n.-k.
17. No military problem i.i un
liven in the Middle Agei the old
esatlea, the hardest military proble:
presented in the history of warfare, were not
impregnable, if the attacker persisted in his
iiege long enough.
18. The attack in a certain section of the
London press wns made out of malice towarc
Winston Churchill, who, if he made the ong
inal su?vestion. which is doubtful, ought t?
be commended for his enterprise.
IS Th?' argument about dispersal of force?
Is nonsense. The French army and the Br'.t
ish expeditionary force now fill all the spac?
in 'lince between the Swiss mountains anc
the North Sea. and have adequate reserves. T?
pack more men in Fra/ice would be makin-,
ime mistake that Kuropctkin did in th?
Japanese war when he made his front toi
le sp, with disastrous results.
20. The expedition to the Dardanelles ha?
caused obvious worry to the German Genera!
which has 3,000 of its best off.cors
I up in Turkey, and probably curses th?
politicians who were instrumental in drag
fing Turkey into the war. Among the mem
of that staff are men who have made a
cf the Britl I Enp re sad know what
a formidable force can be raised by it in a
certain time, say eighteen months.
Other false statements have been circulated
about Kitchener's army and the munition
question. One paper published a story that
the wrong kind of shell was being sent to
France. That story caused a smile of deri?
sion in every London military club. What
kind of -hell is the wrong kind'.' The bife
guns used take onlv one kind, the high explo
I. N. T., etc'. W. H. STEWART.
Toronto, Canada, Aug. 9, 1914.
"Liege 1914-1915."
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I have just finished rereading the
editorial on "Li?ge 1914-1915" from your is?
sue of August 6. 1 am un;.ble to praise it
as it deserves, but such an article, combin?
ing knowledge, wisdom and spirituality, writ?
ten in such vigorous and lucid English, is
worth careful preservation.
There is one view of this mighty matter
which seems completely overlooked, how?
ever, and it is this: Germany has, through
her well described actions, seized Belgium
and has added it to her dominions; this was
the sole motive for entering Belgium. The
nee of the R-!?;a:i people was fore?
seen, and it was the intention of the impe?
rial German government to use this foreseen
resistance as an excuse for the annexation
of the whole country. The seizure of the
8,500 miles in France which is really a
great deal, and which In itself might seem
worth two million casualties to Germany -is
most probably what might be called an act
of supererogation, and Germany may later
relinquish this tract in France, claiming per?
mission to remain in Belgium as a partial
compensation for her generosity.
Not only was the seizure of Belgium th?
sole motive of Germany in her military
strate- ,n reality the sole cause of
the whole war. If successful, G?-rmatiy
would consider nerself completely justified.
The possession of Denmark, Holland and Bel?
gium has been for fifty years the dearest
dream of the German rulers, and no price
which their people could possibly be called
upon to pay would be, in their eyes, too
high. The possession of 'hese three little
pieces of territory would round out Ger?
many'.- empire, give her control of the Rhine
?the German Rhine -and the Scheldt, two
of the busiest thoroughfares in Europe, and,
? it of all, gire licrmany a coast line
which would place her or. an equality w.fh
any of her commercial competitors and pu'
her navy within a good striking distance of
the country she has lately chosen to regard
as her particular enemy.
Germany's actions in the past and in re?
cent times, many of them apparently inex?
plicable in the light of ord.nary reasoning
processes, might all be explained by careful
.--.'oi;, of this motive. Her se.zure of Schles
wig-Holatein, hei raid on France in 1870 for
money to aid her schemes, her growing dis?
like a:.d jealousy toward England- the real
burner between Germany and this dream -
her willingness to bring on such a fearful
cataclysm for .?uch an unimportant event as
; the death by murder of the heir to the Aua
trian throne, her breiches, not only of treaty
rights but of the rights of man ail these.
-i"d upon in the light of this motive, be?
come at ?east reasonable, though never, while
the v\nr'.| : i ..hie.
T?? prevent th? success of such frightful
; methoils || the duty of the Brtt.sh Empire
and Its Allies, and it is a duty which shall
i ultimately be accomplished, though it take
twenty years and though Germany rack its
mighty self to pieces.
? HRISTINA PALLISER.
I Montreal, Aug. 11, 1915. J
"INTESTI FERM?N"
The Berlin Laboratory. Ltd., Re?
plies to Mr. Adams's Criticism.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The opening paragraphs of "The Ad
Visor" column of July 2?i contain remark?
and quotations with relation to the !?
Fermin Tablet* which we believe are not
justified b- the fact?.
Knowing that it is your desire as well a?
that of Mr. Adams to be absolute'-,
in the conduct of this important feature of
your publication, we are ? ag :?>
place before you our I
on this subject, ? efore
an official referee.
Mr. Adams states:
"Tho longevity of the Bulgarian pea
is largely due to the healthful, simple, out
of-door life they lead and r.o' specifically to
any particular food habit."
It h::s been established that many other
semi-civilized peoples live healthy, simple,
out-of-door lives, but do D? -mark
able longevity, and it is the consensus of
scienti*ic opinion that the sour rr.ilk diet -
:he particular food habit of the Bulgarians?
is an important contributing factor to their
long life.
With reference to our c'aim that latest.
Fermin "attacks the poisons in the lower di?
gestive tract,'* you state that this is not
true. A careful perusal of our literature and
our advertisements wil the fact '-hat
our contention is that [nteati-Fermin -
the malevolent germs re?r?f-:b!e for the
poisons existing in the lov
which fact is scientifically
and can be supported by incontro
evidence. In effect, then, Inteati-Fem
att.ick the poisons in the lower dig *
tract.
Your article continues:
"As for The Berlin ?Labora*. ? , Ltd- whiel*
puts out the Intesti-Fermin it his
been made the defendant in a
by Prof. Metchnikoff. the fomooi bi? I
and di.covertr of the Bacii'ojs BulgBI
lia it (rom th? iui thai - name
in the advertising and exploitation
product."
Prof, afetchoikoff d 'he ingredi?
ents contained in Ir.?? n and ?/ave
them to the world. Be rmtla
from which the Intesti-Fermin i.? ?
the Hygiene-I.aboratuiium, G. m. b. II ll
Berlin, one of the best known and
highly reput, d Kientifte laboratories ?n ??er
many, from which we secured it
We state these faeta in ire and
in our adv. rtiaemi -. and we
?re have a perfect right to which
reason are encouraged the action to which
you refer tad shall Die our best
to have thi-- issue decided a: I
bis date.
THE BERLIN LABORATORY, I
il. \. Reyi
New York, Aug. 13, 1916.
Not General Lee's Niece.
To the Editor of The Tr.bune.
Sir: In your issue of July 31 Saturday)
on the page devoted to women and their
work appeared ?n interview with * \*\*9
Hetty Lee, "a -lofessional inl
I smart people," who porporl
i niece of the !a?e General Robert ?.
road 'he article in order I
story material for a woman's |
edit for a Southern new-,' tats ?
was far along I became eoi
was .-omething wrong, la th? place,
Miai Lee declared that it was thl Sootharl
woman "who made roconatracti
riddled land so difficult. . . . The Southern
woman was responsible foi
ne?s end hopelessn??-? in the U
the South that has been 10 dose 01 twOtt
so often."
It is unnecessary to point out 'he obv.ou
flaws in such a statement. The trerr.endou*
growth and magnificent rehab.lita'..on of "
South ?peak for themselves. But th?
the article which had be?t he
Misa Betty Lee's claim to be.iig the rrand*
niece of Robert E. I.e.? .-he says she "i*n *
living on Uncle Robert* reputation."
mit me to say that this could hardlj be p?*"
Bible for her to do in any event, as ?he "
not a grandniece nor, ao far as the i*i*"f
knows, the ?lightest relat.o.. U 99***^ +
Lee. I am authorized to ask you to nu??
this correction by the nearest living rela?
tive of the distinguished g?nerai.
VIRGINIA YORI.
Washington, Aug. 8, 1915. _.