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President and People.
The pathway of duty and of honor fur
the Government of the United States is
too clear to require further discussion.
The rising tone of a whole nation leaves
no room for doubt or hesitation. Already
in a tingle ?lay it has become Axiomatic
that all diplomatic and friendly relations
with Germany must be terminated. The
mere association with murderers has be?
come a thing impossible for Americans.
But in the brief time which must neces?
sarily precede the final steps, in the period
which will not and should not be prolonge?!
d the hours necessary to procure the
formal authentication of the essential fact,
there are two things that must be clearly
a
kept in mind.
Recent events have indicated the pres?
ence in this country of a full nest of
traitors and tools of the German govern?
ment. The alliar.ee of Hell and the Hy?
phens has been diaelosed busy at the eon
genial task of poisoning the wells of
public information and endeavoring to
assassinate the reputation of American
citizens whose prime offence lay in their j
patriotism.
All this artillery of treason Yvill now '
be concentrated upon Mr. Wilson. Every
method Known to the agents of a nation ;
whose efficiency in murder is only ex?
ceeded by it.- thoroughness in the pr<
tion of sedition will be employed to pre-1
vent the President from performing the!
duty winch is ineluctable. Mr. Wilson has
already been libelled, slandered, in
by the German propagandists. This cam-;
paign of slander will now be redoubled.
It is therefore the obvious and th(
duty of every American citizen, laying
aside all considerations of party politics
and of factional politics, to give to the
President that support which is rightfully
his in the present crisis. Politics must and
will gi\*v way to patriotism.
Nor : - il lesi incumben! upon Mr.
W on to penetrate the efforts of the
Germany who will strive to befog
the issue and thus give to the dear and
unm; voice of the American people
a vague and uncertain ring. Perceiving the
conii the support Yvhich his coun?
trymen give him, Mr. Wilson must equally
clearly recognize what, they expect of him
and what alone will insure to him Ameri?
can respect and approval.
Within a few days the situation will
develop in whkh it will be possible to
deal with domestic treason as it shoul?!
be dealt with. The time is not far dis?
tant when the tshrill enes of "Deutschland
?ber Alles" will be drowned by the voices
of millions of Americans giving
anee of their allegiance to their own na?
tion and of their continued fidelity to the
and ideals wliich have made Amer?
ica strong in the years that have gone be?
fore. Put until that time COI i
patriotic duty of the President and of the
American people to defeat all trea
and alien purposes by keeping clearly in
mind the conditions and the facts of the
present problem.
We have ?inn?- with Germany. AU but
the formal steps have been taken I
arate us from the country whose states?
men have made murder a governmental
policy and neutral American citi? I
targets fur German torpedoes. We are
done with ; we are done
with wore- her. What is to !>e done
will be done promptly, fearlessly, finally.
Hut in the mean time, as Americans, the
:-.-nt and his fellow countrymen
should understand each other wholly and
should act in the full light of perfect
mutual confidence and comprehension.
The day of the Hyphen il ?? day
of the American has come.
To Reduce Law's Delays.
?Mr. Root i- well within the facts when
he declares that the Bjvtem ?>'' legal pro?
cedure has been made to conform "to the
subtle, acute, highly trained ideas of law
it ought to lie made to
conform "to the plain man's intelligence
and experience, so that the farmer, the
'merchant and the laborer cm understand
ic." The legal system, in other words, has'
been built by and for the lawyers, h is
to that fact more than to anythinr* else
that the law's delays are char*
Lawyers in the Legislature argue I
terminal'!?- hours over a change in the
code?some of them with selli>h inten t
to serve; all <>f them thinking of how the
change will affect the law business rather
than of how it will affect the public. Law?
yers in th?*, courts take advantage of every
technicality, of every excuso for delay
which they !inve boon able to work into the
procedure through the lawyers in the Leg
?slat tire.
The Judiciary section for the piropo ?'?i
new constitution which Mr. Hoot was in?
strumental in ?having ad.ipted seems like?
ly to check this kind of work, if not to
provonl it altogether. It demands that
?M Legislature at its next session act on
? port of the Hoard of Statutory Con
-e'.?dation, adopting a simple civil prac
. t and a separate set of civil prac?
tice rules. The Legislature may, each live
years, appoint a commission to report on
changes in the law and rules governing
civil procedure; and may act on each re?
port by one bill. Hut thereafter the Lag
islature is to le debarred from changing
the proceilure. which is to he done by the
courts.
Criticism of the legal tactics which
yield "law" instead ?>f justice is hy no
means confined t?i laymen. It has come
recently from har associations and ?mi?
rent lawyers of wide vision who have used
?sord? as siuiriii)- as .Mr. ?Root's. It is to
lawyers of that brand that the community
must look for an abatement of these evils.
The lawyers themselves must clean their
own house. If this proposed constitu
tional amendment will help them to do it
and tend to prevent the less scrupulous
from denting it thereafter, it should
! y all mean* have general public support.
An Irrelevant Apology.
When the ingenious Dr. Albert had put
the finishing touches to his elaborate ex?
planation of the part he played in those
singular transactions lately discovered by
"The World," he gave it out with this
solemn pledge: "Not one word will I say
other than is contained in this document."
It was a wise resolve. Doubtless he has
observed that too many of his country?
men have an unhappy knack of soiling
thomselves with their explanations. The
devious ways of the German Propagandist
work best in darkness; his wrigglings in
the light of day are seldom either edifying
ifitable. An excessive desire to ex?
plain haa wrecked many a loyal servant of
the Kaiser, and Dr. Albert is prudent in
stating his case once am! for all and thus
avoiding the risk of overreaching himself
many of his fellows have done.
For the rest it cannot in truth he saiil
that his attempt to extricate himself is an
ilified success. He declares most sol?
emnly, or at least implies, that not a dollar
er paid to bring about a strike in
ai y of the munition factories, that he was
m no manner responsible (or the letters
ling such enterprises, and that "our,
--. on the face of tiiese letters,Is'
:' having permitted unknown people
;?? write letters to us and of having tucked
away the letters instead of consigning
them to the waste basket."
Obviously he could not he held responsi
? eiving an offer to do such a job!
?; obviously he had a perfed
right to tuck such letters away; hut it is
te that the letter? show signs of
having been tucked away beforehand Bl
the Imperial German Embassy in Wusn-,
ington. Accepting Dr. Albert's assurance
that the $50,000 was never paid, there stil!
remain some circumstances that require
.explanation.
ily Dr. Albert did think, a? he
says, that his friend Mr. Viereck was too
hard on tl ? ? *. Possibly he di 1
; refuse to support "The Fatherland" be?
cause it would not submit absolutely to
the policy he dictated. Possibly the letter
which "for obvii " was not lent
through the mails was quite innocent. Hut
really the success of Dr. Albert's end?
very little hearing on the facts. The
?ition ?if these facts by "The World"
,-. public service of singular value as
German
propaganda in this country had been car?
ried. Dr. Albert's apology is mildly amus?
ing but mainly irrelevant.
Whiskers in Warfare.
The very g??d of war himself is bearded.
'The war lord wears a mustache. It can
. not seem surprising, therefor^ that some
growth of hair upon the face should he
deemed necessary to the martial make-up.
"He that hath a beard is more than a
y.mth. and he that hath no board is less
than a man."
Americans will remember the Ka
displeasure, expressed loss than a year be?
fore the outbreak of war, with thos?
man officers who went clean shaven "in the
j manner of Americans." He wanted more
mustaches; lie ha?l sei Hie fashion for real
| men, let them follow it. ,
B it all over this troubled planet the in?
stinct to cultivate *he whisker in prepara?
tion for mortal combat, as a pari of the
of war, prevails. In our
own Civil War it will be recalie?! that
general looked warily out
from behind his private ?unple. In Paris
the poilu puts to shame the shaven boule
vardior, the depised esp?ce tT?pil?. In
Britain, despite the Kaiser's known
sentiments in its favor, the mustache still
nigns pre ? : hough no longer in
the D.h.dreary style, as the "Dundee Ad?
vertiser" points out in the following his?
torical r?sume of war and whiskers:
At the time of the Crimea our officers went
bushy beards like
,-.,' ; rived a
? debt !o pay, being chest pro't-etors by
and ornaments by day. The
'owed by tho'-e finlike nppenda;-?'* known
varier. Th.- present war has
brought with it a new fashion m hair.
: ed from tl I
with the soft and wavy mustache?
?..?pula?- after South Africa
we have springing up more or less all round
stubble growth, this mere smear
of a mustache without which no com m
? ? Al! over England young -
are cultivating t1 ?
.- it to the corree!
stroking il fondly upward.
? he way it should go
E'reparednest is, indeeti, growing m pop?
ular favor among our English cousins.
Sti'l, if one sought a precedent for the
introduction of cleat) shaven warriors he -
Blight turn to the Romans, who fouaht well'
and efficiently without the aid of whiskers,
either lip or chin, BO far as wc can
judge. Tita blond-bearded Germans over?
?ame them finally, to be sure, but who can
Baj bow graal a part, if any, beard? had
in the victory?
How many coward?, whose hearts are all a?
false
As Maim of sand wear yet upon their chins
l'lie beards of Hercules Btid frowning Mar.'?.
Let Americans take heart. Their mili?
tary preparedness need not yet take the
extreme form of hirsute culture. Ther?>
will be time enough for that when it !>.>
comes nccossnry to terrify us well as shoot
the invading foe.
Cutting Down Living's Cost.
It is not feasible, <>f course, for all
workmen, especially those forced to he
dwellers in largo cities, to follow the ex?
ample of the employes of the Prick Coke
Company who ha\*e just submitted re?
turns on their garden contest. These
men-fi,Kill heads of families?cultivated
company property, raising vegetables
valued at $186,685? nt current market
rates. Nevertheless, if every workingman
who can obtain access to a small plot of
?ground were to cultivate a kitchen garden
j i here, it would appreciably lessen his fam?
ily's living cost and might e\*en contribute
toward a reduction of the current prices
of produce for those unable to raise their
own.
This country is so new and so given (0
thinking of farms as huge areas for cul?
tivation that the idea "f utilizing overy
hit of land a--- Europeans do makes little
headway here. Intensive cultivation is
practised, but on the outskirts of Kastern
cities where some farmers are making
|good livings by i.tensive cultivation ofI
small tracts of land there are other tracts]
just as good lying idle which at least
could he made to yield vegetable supplies
for several families and at the same time
pay a small rental if cultivated by a few
workmen in their spare time. School
children's gardens on vacant lots in va?
rious sections of this city show the pos?
sibilities of such ventures. The old Ami r
ican idea that every family with I
to ;i bit of land should have its own gar?
den was an excellent one. It would be
'ood to have it revive?!.
A youth ha? been arrested chari/ed with
stealing his employer'? money with which to ?
Ket married, and the bride suys this "just j
begins the romance." Having a husband in.
Sing Sing might not seem half so romanticI
as having a good time on somebody else's:
money.
If th- whole truth about th<? Arabic shall
make It evident that her torped >inj ?
the President ties ribed in advance aa a "de?
liberate): nfnendly" act, then our relations
with ' ? y ??ikI
r ? riiiiiii friend I) Even
Failing to apologize to Mrs. Rosenthal was
Pecker's great mistake,
-?
"Proudly we look at the future."?The
Presumably because there arc so many
things in the put that not even a German
?coks at proudly.
f)bv on v:ilted his ocu?
list at this juncture that he might see his
duty the more clearly.
???
. Market Upset by Sinking of Ar
Head II ? ?
A creature of sentiment.
Dr. Schweitzer's Service.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As an old number of the Chi
<"lub, I wish to remonstrate with those
thoughtless persons who have been easting
-ions on our dear old comrade, the
| former president of our elub, Dr. Hugo
| Schweitzer. Fie and for shame! What deadly
sin has this master chemist committed? He
withdiaws from the money-mad munition
maker. 1,60 ? ; Is of phenol-carbolic
acid, our most common, most effective and
v h ich unfortunately i-,
also *? al for picric acid, and
-.vhich has become c of our gn
luxuries, t-ince previous to Europe's war it
I ? ?? ci'iit- a pound while to-day the
pound price rule? at tl.bo,
Now, our old comrade did not wish to see
this phenol uRed by the man-killers, al
though had he turned it over to them he
have mr.de a profit approximating half
"liars. Unselfishly renouncing the
great sum and obeying the true in?tincts of
'a generous and kindly heart, he transmuted it
into sodium preparations. I urn:
Mr. Thomas Edison flung hit iut this
? and hugged him with joy
when he learned what done. The
hu?' of mom - among our coun
trymen that when we see a man bravely re?
jecting gain in the interest of humanity I
cry: "Hi*- off, all, t" *his brilliant
member of the most, distinguished pin''
?of our day!" I appeal to all the members of
?.I bodies to come to the front and
applaud i.im. .1. s. S.
New *iork, Au;-. 19, 1916.
Mackensen No Scot.
i
The idea current in the Scottish pros
.1 von Mackensen is a Highlander gone
. is quite erroneous. One : nda on the
Continent occasional traces of Scottish names
slightly tra- :'.- their surroundings.
They are common enough in Holland, thank.-.
I to the famn th century regiment of
'--I Mitch, and WO have an example in
i the Norwegian pianist, (irieg, whose ances?
tors, Greif ith, settled in Itergen,
in .Norway. Von Mackensen is no sort of a
, .Mackenzie. He fakes h:s name from the vil?
lage of Mackensen, <>n the Soiling, a ?-mall
agricultural spot in Hanover, not far from
:the once pleasant town of Hildesheim. Like
! most families who derive their names from
the soil. General von Miickensen com.
very old family, though its patent of nobil
. i*.y :s entirely modern.
Automobile Laundries.
? From I 'ir Dut te Id? rtt-er ?
The "Feh?'.'' ,.:' B rlin, has given an ac?
count of th? -nubile laundries which
now accompany th" (,? rman armies. They
-? of two motor vehicles and a third van,
drawn by the other two. The first produces
the fi?' am, a'i<! has also an ai-para?
ra rapidly dry?n8 ''""1 disinfect
washed linen. In the second the ws
iroi.ir.g and o? ai the thii
When
at work the laundry moot, however, D,
to a pond, n well or a itream eapable of pro?
viding plenty of water. I
h statf of ? the linen i
thousand loldiera can be washed, dr ?
? ut twenty-four houi
that in this way whole regiments can I
ine iiom paru.-iU's und iafectioui
den.
TO RAISE AN ARMY
A Scheme for Organizing ami
Equipping National Defenders.
To the Fditor of The Tribune.
Sir: It seems to be the general opinion
that something ought to'be done toward pre?
paring the I'nited State? for defending il ? If
against invading enemies. Without doubt
we would be at a great disadvantage if wo
were attacked by almost any Kuropean
power.
The first requisite of an army is to bo
well officered, and to have all modern guns
and appliances. This we are totally lacking
in. Fighting nowadays Is a scientific, me?
chanical affair.
The following Is my plan of reorganizing
the army of the United States: I woiil?! en
list 10,000 men. They would need some edu?
cation; should be, nay, capable of I
nn eighth grade examination. I would take
men from tsventy-one to twenty-five years
of age, divide them into four different
camps, one in the Fast, one in the West, one
in the South and ono somewhere near the
centre.
These men should be instructed in army
drill an?! in the different engines of destruc?
tion, aeroplanes, motors, and, in fact, every?
thing used in modern warfare. They should
be able to make aeroplanes and run them,
to make motors mid run them, guru and
shoot them. They should be paid a res ra
nble salary, and whenever ll wai di covered
that any one was inattentive in learning the
trades required he should be dropped and
his place filled. These men should serve for
live years. It might be arranged that 'Juno
should be graduated each year. They should
receive commissions according to the
ficiency as based on a competitive examina?
tion. Meanwhile there should be a com?
pulsory sen-ice of all able-bodied men. as or
dereil and controlled by the general govern?
ment, for three years, from their twenty
first to their twenty-fourth birthday. These
men should meet perhaps twice a year, and
be drilled in army tactics for six we.
each meeting. The drill masters should be
from the 10,000 graduates. The present war
has proved that a fort is not a perfect de?
fence; that intrenchments offer almost a per?
fect defence. In order to make troops pro?
ficient in making intrenchments they ihould
build them where they think they will prob?
ably be needed.
Meanwhile there should be an accumula?
tion of all things that go to make up the
equipment of a modern army motor trucKs,
barbed wire, guns, powder and clothing.
These 10,000 men should be taught by the
best mechanics in their line that could be
had. Some of the Weit l'oint officers might
be allowed to drill them if they didn't drill
them too much. Ami it would be as well to
teach every soldier of the I'nited
that this country, where the people rule, h.n
the best system of government in the world;
that the country could not be forced into a
war unless the people thought it was neces?
sary. It should also be made compulr-ory to
teach citizenship, the duties of citizens to
one another and to the state, and it should
be taught that a grafter was an undesirable
citizen and an enemy to a republican form
of government.
To sum it all up, these 10,000 men, when
graduate?!, would not only understand ?frill
but would be competent nicch.i!
of handling and giving Instruction! te
in all appliances used in warfare, aid while
they were being instructed they would be
turning out everything needed in -
a war. K. H. JEFFERSON.
?'mm Lake, Minn., Aug. 16, 1915,
Holland Strongly Anti-German.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr. Kruijff's Interesting letter in to
? ? .in; forth the real sentiments
of tl, ' people of Holland in regard to this
war explains a situation too little utuler
stood in the I'nited States. As an American
who, in consequence of a number of sojourns
in that wonderful little country, has groara t.
have a very warm feeling for the Dutch, I
should like to add a few words as a sort of
footi it Mr. Kruij?f has written.
Holland hai three centr?e of public opin?
ion : Rottei dam, I he Hague, and A
dam. Up to last im and Ant?
werp were neck-and-neek rival? si n
porta .,f German commerce. Hence, at the
opening of the war a great many bi
men of Rotterdam .-..??: m tl their com?
mercial all -han their commercial
itimenti held
men were voiced by ?!.>? "Rotti rdamic
rant" to such an extent that thi-i widely read
..!? r was severely criticised in all parts
of Holland While now 1.-- pre German, it
: the mouthpiece of the Rhine trad
Th.- llague is a cosmopolitan city. AH
Oil of opinions are held there; but the
court, which dominates, has a pro-German
.in that the Pi
is hi-:. im?n. -\, -pular
with th.- r.'al Dutch, Queen Wilhelmina's bus
band i- now still
The true centre of opinion in Holland is
Amsterdam. This city
man. Its splendid newspapers "Ds Tele
graaf" and the "Alg
never mince matt? nany'j
. um ?m?! ? ! lewhere. A tide
from Rotterdam and The Hague -.-.
?
?ill tl; ? iint:, - of Holland Haarlem,
-, Zaandam, Alkmaar, Am- ?
feel
The rank and tile of the people ar
i ierman -. E* en In-fore the
??'?in ?- . .,1 with refuge's, the Dutch
ngeat ly for Bel?
gium. I conversed with people in many
of life and in many parts of Holl
i men, soldiers, Red Cross
workers, head i of
cer of the Hutch i hearing a sin
on ?,f pro-Germanism. The only
such expression I met with was overheard in a
railway carriage; a peculiarly nnpl
son was championing the (ierman
pie in the com?
partment.
in Maastricht, the capital of the prov?
ince of Limburg, I found the sentiment
. y ariti-'ierman.
No; as Mr. Kruij*? truly says, the people
of Holland will never allow their land to be
made a second Turkey.
LAWTON MA? KAI.I..
Xevv York, Aug. 16, 1915.
Rookies and Guardsmen.
To th? Editor "f The Tribune.
Sir: Wherefore all this fuss in the news?
papers about the rookies at I'lattsburg
tamp? Thc.r spirit II Rood and admirable
lut are they doing anything more than their
duty, any more than ;.? ,? citizen of
?ates .-hould do? No'
Fuss a little more about the national
guard; they deserve it. Hon't the Bei
tia d< te part of their own time to
drilling and ca-pp duties, often at the i
? jobs "I The rookies at Plattsburg do
'
?
By ?? national -vould
encourage many a young fellow to join
of th i different i
city, which are all badly in : v.i of more men.
and ! ?
? * bod) f..r militar) ei
., A. ERHARD.
Brooklyn, Aug. It-, 191$, _
HOW SOME TEACHERS FEEL
They Should Obtain Benefits o
Pension Law Forced On Them.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I wan much interested in your edi
torial in to-day's Tribune entitled "Th
Bankrupt Teachers' Fund." I trust you wil
give me the space to make the matter en
rirely clear.
First You announce that "Controller Fren
dergast has stated mi that the 1,800 retire'
teachers will receive li ?er cent o
their accustomed pension this month and le-1
for the remaining months of the year"; h
the i?- ponsibility for this rests on thi
mi and on the busy teacher
lobbyists who defeated attempts to increas.
their contribution? to the fund."
Second You speak of the teachers a:
ciaries."
Third You mention the need for increas?-.
contributions on the part of the teacher:
and imply that all must pay this increase?
amount.
I take Issue with both the Controller an?,
yourself. The matter divides itself into tw.
part?; '1) The rights of those already re
tired; 12 > the rights of those who are no?
teaching, with, of course, the rights an?.
duties of the city toward both classes.
li With reference to those already re?
tired:
The pension law, with its stated deduction
Was force?! on the tea? hing force .-.orne yean
vere many wh?
i : ? ? ?? mpt from payments into thi
fund and be debarred from participation
?In (?in were told by the then Corporation
? I that they had no option. "The>
must pay." They were t?ild that the deduc
? i ovi led by th t) law wou.ii
be sufficient. The law was accepted for the
of New York by the .Mayor thereof ap?
proving of the law and its provisions. Thui
ive the condition existing of the city
forcir.'' upon the teachi i i la i a
la cer- f deductions. Now we find
lout that some one made a mistake there is
I "uld pay for thi.-;
mistake the teachers, upon whom it was
forced and who have fu r end of the
I n, or the city, which through iti
Mayor accepted the provisions of the law
and forced it upon the teachers? As a mat
i ter of law, those already retired by the mere
act on the part of the city in notifying them
of their retirement and payment of one
month'l pension are bounil to receive these
otl out. of general tax funds if the
in fund income is insufficient." If they
had money to fight the matter the city would
? ? pay.
With reference to those now teaching:
The law, ns s'afed above, wa? approved by
?y, with Its scale of deduetions; those
who came into the teaching force were com?
pelled to contribute; the Hoard of Education
half of the city issued circular after
?circular announcing examinations, off ring
i on these circulars, which were sent all over
the Middle States offering. I say, two in?
ducements, lal a certain salary schedule and
? hi the fact that there existed a pension law
which proviiled for the payment of a
pension after thirty j ervice upon
the fulfilment of certain conditions, chief of
was the payment by the teacher of a
percentage of his ?alary
The teacher had to d*o three things: (1)
Teach thirty years; (21 be over a certain
lixty), and pay a certain specified sum
:n*o the fund; then receive a certain pen?
sion.
An ex-judge of one of our highest courts
in New York State informs me that tl
barred from inc- amount t>
ken from the teacher who did as above
outlined on the ground that the city offered
n inducements. The teacher accept? d,
'? fulfilled his end of the bargain or contract
?w asks that the city fulfil its end of
.
If the amount to be dedur'ed was too
?small or ai *ation was mad.?
.cher, an innocent party, pay the
penalty? The teacher receiving a circular
: such as is mentioned above cannot be ex
: to know whether the amount to be
deducted will prove sufficient. He is no*., nor
can 1. ? 1 to be, an actuary
It n r that such a teacher has a
a the city ?1* to compel it to pay tb?
pensions specified upon the payment by I
?cacher of the present deduction amount,
- 2'? if it be ?I- emed n ?ntinus '
fund to have a return of money? pai?! in.
neither ?? be done, the Ci
troller is plu ity in the ;
selling a gold brick by means of widespri
?whether the c
can compel all to join any new fund
whether it can co 1 contri!
tions for res Let as not f?
?get the sher now ready for re*ii
mer.t who !.. ,11 conditions impo
upon him or her by the ci'y and now fin
? ontroller and Mayor of the city r>a
to cause it to evade it. mural and le-ral ob
?'an it be, as it is whisper?
to provide funds for a marginal railway
Brooklyn? JUSTICE.
Richmond Hill, Aug. 9, 1915.
The Friends of Peace.
To the Fditor of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you please print the followu
(address by the Friend-, of Peace to the pe
pic of the United
"For the first time in the history of tl
world, more than twenty millions of peop
have gotten earnestly sad actively to wo:
in behalf of peace. A national conventh
will be called to order in Chicago on Septet
ber 5, which promises to take rank as tl
greatest and most earnest meeting ever he
tc advance the cause of right.
"Those who are engaged in the attempt I
make the Unite ' natic
ire endeavoring to hoid back the co-operatic
of the American public by declaring that tl
Chicago convention of the Friends of Peal
was at its inception in the hands of Germai
Americans. It is true that these citizen
,ng i.cutely the horrors of war from tli
hourly loss of relatives and friends, hav
been the most earnest in the movement.
"But the Ameriean people arc fortunate i
having the appeal we are now making backe
by some twen- y millions of citizens ? Germar
Americans or of Germsn-Americsn descent.
"Hitherto it has been in ? rous
ths Americsn people to determined etfort i
behalf of peace. Now, those engaged in th
elfort to make the United States a militar?a
?nation are declaiming that the Chicago con
vention of the Frier. not na
tional in its character, ! ecause its inceptloi
was in the i. , cans.
"Hut those at the head of the movemen
to-day are Americans, actuated solely by thai
fear of militarism and their desire for peac,
between nations. Le*, not any one who sin
c? rely believes seek to ease his conscieno
for failure to co-operate by assigning th?
Germans as the cause of his lukewarmnesa.
"If you sincerely favor peace and oppos?
.rism, now il ,the timo to act, whet
ether- are acting; when so large a mass o:
American citizens arc aroused upon this sub
ject. The battlefield! of Furope rill the soul.?
..f mankind with horror. The torture of hu
man ity cries out in protests. Civilizatior
tse'.f seem i threatened.
"If you are ever to do effective work in
behalf of peace, the hour has come to act.
"To stand at such a time and hesitate to
act because some in the movement are not
your kind is to betray the cause you have at
heart.
"If you are sincere, you must do your part
now that the opportunity has come.
"I appeal to all men who realize, the dan?
gers of militarism.
"As chuirman of the committee having in
charge the preparations for this convention,
I appeal to all associations of f-enerous
1 minded men and women who wish to se
ilishsd apon earth. I appeal to a.l
rations who hold the teach
la Christ or teach the docti
humanity; I appeal to all societies who
il to better the conditions of their I .
men and women, to put themselves al<>:
of those already active in this movemen'.
"It is a great opportunity. The Ch
convention will be the largest gathering ?
brought togethee ia behalf of a moral
In behalf of that humanity which, for endless
tries, has been trodden under foot by
the brutal ambitions of nun September r>
should mark the sppi -?."
.1 < > 11N BRISBEN WALK;
rman of the National Convention ?Cosa,
mitt? - ?tie* United Un?
der the Name of The Friends of Fence.
New Voik, Au?-, l?, Ulf.
A WOFUL PROPHECY
It Finds Us, Like Rome. Ready to
Decline and Fall.
?or of Th. 1
Sir: How short h..- I
In comprehensive hi
; i .is hence the ent I I
o? America pi - le??. ?*?
one page. A tl "? ^o* 9?i*
oi one sentence
\v, are a na* ?
pampered and uni ? . i*, call?
ing names because 1 If ? ta*
term. Major Genera! Wood, in I I
:>. wsi
th. Coloi ' : o'-1-"1
are ecntinuaily ?fasl th. A few f?r*
sighted men cannot mtaasS
.? huge ma ' ?.-.s.bl?
Thui far - n saved by
ei of mlracl '?en*
dure. In popular lang I '
get ours, and get it g< es no super?
human imagination * n vw
sal nation. And it me :
may bring out our w? '" w
their fullest r?alisai ? '^
Ar an ? I
Legion I have done
work for that b? I; '?J t#
gain the eo-oi 1
whosi v*lu"
able '? nn ??? * rgeaey.
l. .fore ni :? " ting I
little about :!.,. Am '
militan affairs. Aft?
organisations and sev? ',
als it was amazing to *
the sentiment: "If we
get as far away from ! hl*'
heard that oxpr. -
tin? from sham? ? ' ?*"*
the hi '
ent. according * '
prevalent
marks as light as |
which ?
the Amei
?
the freest and I
world.
The letters from V
ers of his ilk ar.' *
long habits of America!
call it thought) ha*.-- |
At best, they see la thi
saving of the nal titol
of freedom ar,.; ;
1
In this great country of
rule, unbridled pr? -- and
ard every kind of graft
ticiency would i
case Of war! Has it not ? "Jv,
The Roman Emp re's 1
to several causes, most Important ei whlj
were, first, the f 'Ye Ron"*
tecple; second, the gradual i
thousands of people from the Germs J
who lent ready assistance I
hordes when they made their -ucce??iul :-?*
ration. Both conditions ar.- ours. ?*"' h^.|
no legions to d? I
nitelv more url| '
land last August. We have *,m0 *
the i. ? hina and Belg urn.
The lovely pipe dream of aniverseJ P*?
has ral It il ** ^
>' 'hr*L?|
ght, and to
in th. - "ans long ! '* ,Z
it we hare '.
'"?Uu?aS
? be the fnlly mol Ji? ,
backed by England. Or it ??? ght be ??j*-**
ato?
ll, f A ^ll
*.t of
of our ability in or.1 ' *
suffer the consequen I *mt ^
come to us la oar \
sequent bappiaees will i
the generoeity of the eoaqu? t*r< *
slothful, mercenary. VI ?|'-ot?*
New. t%o<k?
GEOI etT'lUi
efclle, .N. V., Aug. it, l'-'MJ. *\