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What Is To Be Praisecl.
If P' lenl Wilson succeeds in obtain?
ing ar. honorable and peaceful settlement
of the dispute with Germany there will he
no disposition anywhere to deny him full
4-rodif and due praise. Such a solution
will meet the approval of the enormous
majority of his fellow countrymen, who
have not the smallest desire to 6ee this
country enter the European conflict.
But there i? one aspeo' of the dispute
that ought not to be overlooked by any
cue, because such misapprehension will
prove expensive, in the future. If Ger?
many has now consented to forego her
submarine war, bo far as it is conducted
in defiance of international law, if she has I
consented to warn passenger ships in ad?
vance of finking them, it is not because of
any power of phrase displayed in any of
our various notes to the German Govern?
ment. Words have not persuaded the
Germans. A victory for the peaceful and
patient methods is not disclosed, if, indeed,
the German-American difficulty is now as
good as settled.
Take th? sequence of events and the
fact will be patent. Germany announced
her submarine blockade with its illegal
detail i ? bruary. The United States
replied by refusing to recognize this block
ade a erting that Germany would be
held to strict accountability for'any injury
to American citizens.
To this Germany replied by sinking the
and thus murdering something
? i American?. In his turn
idressed a message to Ger-i
ng reparation, a cessation
nation, and asserted that his gov
woulti omit no act necessary to
? ? ?can lives and rights. Ger?
.. red w th a note utterly irrele
we replied by a declaration that
ation, another act put
V ? ican lives in j?30pardy, would be
? . irately unfriendly." To
lany answered by sinking the
! killing more Americans.
ne history of German-American
'rota February to August.
the ' si ntial thing to note is that in
the words of the American
ave been absolutely without
admirable as the President's
y were powerless to change
Um course of German policy. The sinking
of the Arabic marked the bankruptcy of
diplomatic methods.
The real praise that Mr. Wilson deserves
from the fact that with the sinking
cf the Arabic he recognized the truth. In
tly the word came from Washington
the administration no lunger con
g words. It intended to
break off relations with Germany just as
as formal proof was in its hands. It
had resolved to act, it had determined to
the first of the two steps that might
lead to war and would not shrink from
the first because the second might follow.
Now note the change. Within a relatively
few hours the German Ambassador is on
the wire dispatching a frantic appeal
to Washington on behalf of his govern
? that there shall be no action taken
before Germany is heard. Was there any
such appeal after the Tusitania? Was
there any 6uch petition after the American
indnrnation at the German answer to the
demand was made manifest0
There was, of course, nothing of the sort.
The German Government was satisfied
that the United States was still willing to
and therefore it went on murdering.
Lit us see this thing exactly as it is.
The Trihune is not engaged, as some of
mteroporaries have suggested, in any
effort to detract from the credit due Mr.
?man affair is settled
wai or surrender of American
But it does believe that it is of
portanee that praise shall he dis?
criminating, that we shall not make the
iibrating the method that
d and ignoring the method that proved
It was the derision to act,
hi power of the phrases that preceded
the decision to act, that made Bernstorff
vocal and lb-run voluble.
tiling in the whole history
of Mi. Wilson's administration has been
? ; ? te faith in the empire of words.
He ha M'en in the happy or the fitting
' words hut power. This error
led him into the Mexican failure. It has
led him into a number of blunders only
.?tal. It gravely hindered his dealing
with the (?erman affair. Precisely i
man peril continued to mount and grow
until WC were within two steps of war.
Then Mr. Wilson abandoned words. At
??lint he wisely and completely broke
with his own method. Ami in a few hours
temational crisis this coun?
terminated,
for the time; let us hopo Cor all time.
? The Trihune repeats il
? > dit tact from Mr. Wil
but it does believe that he and his fellow
countrymen should recognise that the
at which jiruiee was earned was th?
point at which the President disci
words um).)vMilv?-?l upon action.
It may be that nil earlier decision v
have produced a similar result in Hi
Hut this speculation in idle. It is e?i
that the derision was made in time,
viilod the real truth is nvognized.
Wilson tried words on (iermany as hi
previously tried words on Mexico, am
failure m ihe second instance was as. f.
as in the first. Hut finding words fi
lie laid them asiiie. This was the st
manlike thing; to do. This was the t
that bnmght hope out of despair
promises to bring peace out of the per
war. Fot this IIr. Wilson deserve!
praise, hut for this alone.
The "Wind-Up Rush" at Albai
Up to the end of* last week the '
stitutional Convention had acted fir
on seven proposals, adopting four
rejecting three. It has on its calei
for action about forty others, inclu.
the important and highly controvei
home rule, legislative organization,
diciary, bill of rights and social wel
proposals. The leaders of the conven
plan to wind up the discussion of ami
ments by the end of the week, leavini
future sessions. the work of revisior
adopted, and consideration, ai
whole, of the draft thus produced.
This is duplicating with a venger
the worst feature of the Legislatu
methods. The Constitutional Conven
began its labors on April 6. For moi
there was nothing but the introductioi
proposais?it has received more t
seven hundred?and committee work
the perfunctory routine brand, with 01
sional discussion of such highly import
subjects as the kind of spring watei
was to drink and the lack of penhold*
Now has come the period of night i
sions known and dreaded by every lei
lator, and dreaded also by the public,
come familiar with the evils of the "wi
up rush," its confusion, its inaccurac
it- lack of perspective, its opportune
for skulduggery. That is not the v
laws should be made; still less is it
way constitutions should be drafted. 1
how different is theory from practice!
?
John D. Long.
John I). Ixmg's public service as G
ernor of Massachusetts, as a Represen
tive in Congress and as Secretary of I
Navy was highly useful and honoral
He had a lofty ideal of public duty a
lived up to it faithfully. His talent :
political discussion brought him quid
into prominence in the House of Rep
sentatives, to which he was elected
1882, and it was an unkind stroke of fi
which cut short his career there a
frustrated his ambition to enter the St
ate in 1887 as the successor of Henry
Dawes. Embittered by that disappoit
ment, he went back to his law practice a
did not return to Washington until t
years later, when President McKinl
invited him to take charge of the Na
Department.
Mr. Long was a Secretary of the Na
who believed in naval efficiency and h;
the co-operation of the President, of Co
gress, of the service and of the whe
country in working to attain it. He w
troubled by no fears that "civilian co
trol" of the navy would be endangered
he should utilize to the full the knowledi
of experts and should intrust to them tl
formulation of the navy's military poli?
and the development of its efficiency as
fighting force. Those were halcyon da
in the history of the department, befo
it was discovered that a Secretary oug
to hold all expert adviscrR in the officer
corps at arms.' length and devote himse
?to conducting a gnat "university" for tl
benefit of the enlisted men as an adjun
to the public school system. Mr. Long
service of five years in the dcpartmei
?covered a stirringeperiod of naval activii
and renascence a period which he hi
depicted with enthusiasm and authoril
in his two-volume work, "The New Amer
can Navy."
Apart from his actual accomplishmei
in politics Mr. Long will be rememberc
as a public man of a particularly ii
gratiating type. He, united scholarshi
with statesmanship. He had that tasl
for letters which has distinguished I
many of the public men o? Massachusett
He believed in plain living and hig
thinking. He was a worthy associate c
Hoar, Sumner, Everett and the Adamse
He even poetized without losing cast
among the politicians. Men like him giv
breadth and distinction to public life. Th
?country would be better off if it had mor
of them enrolled in its service.
Helping Out the Bankrupt Fund.
None of the alternatives which Mi
s to piece out the teacher?
ion fund until a new plan can h
adopt? ?1 by legislative action will pleas
all concerned. The present pensioners, h
receive their accustomed pay
[ments for the rest of the year, k
pel cent, which will not please them
volunta) y contributions might be made-.
about 2 per cent of the teachers' salarie:
which would permit the resumption o:
regular pension payments; or those teach
retired since 1HJ2 who are still abh
to serve might .go''back to active work
That would not please them or the public
greatly.
There has been much futile bickering
?over responsibility for the pension fund't
>. Mi. Bru?re'fl statement oi
conditiona shows the necessity for a cessa
tiofl of foolishness and for a cooperation
in the preparation of a better plan for
(he future. Whatever the teachers not
now eligible for retirement may nav?
hoped, it is (latent that they cannot obtain
pensions on the present scale without
making larger contributions to th?- fund
The city cannot undertake the $110,000,000
obligation which Y-. Bru?re says would
rest upon it in a sixty-year period for
tlx.se teachers now on the rolls. The
teachers can get no pensions from a bank?
rupt fund.
, The new plan muot be a scientific one,
and no group of tochers can afford,
whether they liki the idea o| higher con
tnhutions or not, to oppose the authori?
ties in working out a solution.
Time for a Show-Down.
The controversy lut ween Stcrctnry
(iarrison and Colonel Roosevelt over the
administration's responsibility for OUt
shameful lnck of military preparedness,
ought to have one immediate result. It
ought to crystallize n public demand to
know where the administration really'
stands on the question of preparation.1
For more than two years Mr. (iarrison
has l?een maturing plans for the reorgani?
zation of the army. That was all ho
could do, since the President gave him no
puhlic support and a Democratic Congress i
turned down nil his suggestions.
He is not to blame personally for the
government's inaction. The administra?
tion and Congres?; are to blame, as every-,
body knows. Hut there is no advantage in
wrangling over that point. What the puh?
lic wants to know is how far the admin?
istration is now prepared to depart from
the do-nothing programme of the last two
years. The enthusiasm shown for the
volunteer training camps is clear enough'
proof that the country is eager to see
our military system modernised. Why not
take advantage of that enthusiasm and
even stimulate it further by a declaration
of the administration's purpose to create
a real army along modern lines?
Congress will have to pass legislation
and provide appropriations to carry a re- ?
organization into effect Hut CongressI
needs the guidance of public, opinion and
puhlic opinion ought to have a chance to
discuss the administration's programme
before Congress meets. Mr. (Iarrison has
stood loyally by the President in attempt?
ing to choke off criticism of the adminis?
tration's programme of neglect and delay.
If the President is going to reciprocate
and 6tand by his Secretary of War in
urging needed military reforms, now 111
the time to demonstrate that fact. Fur?
ther silence on the President's part will
he justly interpreted as evidence of a
qualified and half-hearted support.
It is not to be expected thnt any person
will connect the white slavery outbreak with
the fact that h District Attorney is to be
elected this fall.
The disaster* to gunpowder plants her?
must be causing the entire (icman staff to
sit un nights mourning.
Maybe gray Zeppelins will be more effec?
tive against England than those of the old,
color, whatever that was.
Another ease of a House divided against
itself, apparently.
Appelbaum vs. Appelbaum.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May I answer the letter signed by Eli
Appelbaum unler the hiading "A Suffrage
Prophecy"?
I am afraid that the writer lost ught of
the fact that, even if the charges he makes
against woman are true, if is man's fault
that woman dresses, dances ami conducts
herself as she dors, for she invariably lead.?
her life according to man's demands.
Your correspondent says that if we give
woman the vote she will "cast off the yoke"
and will go the limit! If woman
oren leading such a useless life without
the vote, perhnps it is due to the fact that
she has not had sufficient intellectual oc?
cupation. The more Intellectual development
she receives the less she will require of the
lighter side of life.
Your correspondent is afraid that if
woman receives the vote, having "nn un?
dying love for brass buttons and brass
binds," she will establish conscription for1
both man anil woman. Has it <ver occurred
to your correspondent that woman is the
greatest sufferer as a result of war and
that si..' would be the last, to do anything
which would add to her own miserv ?
Your correspondent also says that "as long
as woman promises to honor and obey her
husband" she should even vote ai he wants
her to. Is it not a fac? that the promise to
honor and obey doe- not mean anything and
that the custom is a farte? A woman will
honor her husband if h?' conducts himself in
a way to merit it nnil she will obey him if
his requests are reasonable and human.
Your correspondent speaks <>f woman as
if she were a chattel. He does not seem to
realize that, whether right or wrong the
progress of the world has thrown woman
into the business world, and it is only fair
that she should have some voice In question.?
which relate to her protection. Man's argu
nen1 that woman does Dot need the vote
would have been convincing had he proved
himself able to handle the problem SO
keep the weaker sex away from economic
strife. But since he has not been able to do
j so, for which 1 do not blame him, he should
a' least be man enough to give woman in?
tellectual development, so that she will
Jsoone- or later be aide to help him
many intricate problei
Will your correspondent deny that the
; mother is the proper person to have charge
of the education of the child? If so, why la
?he not qualified to vote in order to have the
say as to the eondif environment
which are necessary to effect a proper bring?
ing up." MISHA E. APPELBAUM.
New,York, Aug. 26,
Trenches Five Yards Apart.
/....
The war correspondent of the "Yo
Zeitung" was permitted I few ?lays au'o to
visit the summit of the Hartmannsweilerkopf,
the hill in the Vosges mountain: whieh ha.
been the scene of such desperate i
The Germans made a de-,- ttack in
the Infer part of April sad luceeec
establishing themselvei on a portion ?if th ?
According to the correspondent thei.
lines are now separated from the French
by barely live yards, and the corre?
spondent gives a vivid pieture o? the Hart?
mannsweilerkopf as it now s] rmerly
.ts summit nnd slopei were clothed with n
thick fores*, to da] its naked flanks are ren*.
riven and pitted slL Met a
tree has escaped the mm I
When he reached the top of the hill he
was warned not
the French trenchei were only live yard?
a?a) and th< nffleed to i
la hail of grenaiies. Just thim there me |
sharp report of a rifle, and a s;i.nter of leal
fell at the feet of one of the party. "T>
IEmile," said the non-comi
"!' lile k?'e; ? watch ei
particular sandbag Vou will see that
Augusts will i o1 bs li " And
ture enough a few second- ii.ter (.Tains of
jsaml eoverei th< i m
resuit of a bullet from A If I I ,: Emils
and A.igu-te are two French infantrymen
w! m the (iermans have leameo 10 ?.now ana
iwhoic nurkman-tnu they respect.
UTILIZE THE MURDERER.
To Kill Him Is Foolish and Wicked
Waste.
To the Editor of The Trihune.
Sir: I have just read Mr. Patterson's let?
ter ?>n "Why Murderer? Should Live." There
m another very good reason why murderers
should live. Suppose a murdered man leaves
a family unprovided for; why not compel the
murderer to support that family? What
more logical than that he who removes the
breadwinner should take his place in pro
vi?'ing for those bereft? This is an eco?
nomic question of the first importance to
such a family. No city, no ?tale, so far s? I
know, ha? ever provided for the victim? of
crime a? ?uch, much le?s caused the crimi?
nals to make any ?uch provi ?on. Mose? did,
but I am speaking of modern government?.
State? spend vast sums for courthouses,
jails, prisons, prosecutors, judges and the
rest with which to apprehend and puni-h nr
reform offenders, to vindicate the honor of
the state. Hut they spend not a cent to re?
imburse those robbed or to compel repara?
tion to tue victims of any crime. Why not?
fan any one answer that question? Will
uny one deny that countless hardships are
suffered by those injured or bereft? Will
any one deny that in justice those who do a
wrong should repair it? And should not the
state, with it? elab?rate machinery for han?
dling wrongdoers, execute justice for the one
side ns well ns against the other?
Some thoughtless person will suggest that
the civil court? already do that. Yes, for
those who have the mean.? to sustain expen?
sive litigntion, but even they cannot exact
reparation from a murderer who has gone to
tho chair. To kill such a man is a foolish
as well as wicked waste of needed material.
Far better were it to utilize him to repair
the damage he haR done And in ?uch ser?
vice he will And satisfaction and salvation
for himself. J. ALBERT OTOWE.
Newark, N. J., Aug. 2fi, 1916.
Doubtful Tacticians.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The article entitled "To Create An
Officers' Reserve," signed *Oavalry," is
very commendable. While I believe the
I'lnttsburg movement is a very good one to
give those who want notoriety a taste of
military life, I fail to see of what use many
of them would be as officers. These gcntle
n.en in camp at Plattsburg have gone to a
slight expense 'comparatively ?peaking, for
their pocketbooks) t?> outfit themselves.
They ore now being drilled in the manual of
arms and the evolutions of a regiment and
its subdivisions. It is excellent knowledge
for a private, but as tacticians I have my
doubts as to th.ir capabilities.
In the State National Guard ?riv?tes are
frequently taken out ?I the ranks by their
officers to drill their company for a few
minutes. They are also required to under?
study their next highest officer, i. e.,
privates, corporals, sergeants, first ser?
geants, lieutenants, e'c. They cannot go over
to the hotel and d ep for a few hours after
a hearty meal, as one of the shining lights
did.
If the government wants to build up an
officers' reserve let it look ti 'he ex-officers
-.fisted men of the guard. They have
had at least thiee years' training against
thirty days, and many of them, whilo not
college graduates, have had an equivalent
education in the night schools and that
knowledge acquired by hard knocks in the
"school o! experieace" which enables them
to i.?- judges of human nature.
Some of 'he Plattebarg gentry, who are
employers of national guardsmen will
refuse them time off for ordered military
duty, or after they have completed the
ordered tour will disclu.ge them on the
slightest pretext. This has occurred in the
? ..f the City of Mew York.
A CIVIL EMPLOYE AND FOR EIGHT
TEARS A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN.
New York, Aug. 25, lili.
An Anserine Ovule,
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: If tho query propounded in your lea?l
ing rdi'orial this morning us to the priority
of Oswald, or the egg refers to an anserine
ovule, I venture the suggestion that the ar?
mai of the gand.-r was posthumous BS well
as 'post-impressionistic" ganz g?
Whether you concur in the answer or not,
the judgment is ?leiluced from a protractc?l
i.ii?l detailed study of phenomena more oi
rating which culminated m auto
'on as his own Washington correspond
?nt, self.election as a Presidential n
and putter-forth of suggestions calcula;,,1 ?,,
embroil the country with England.
In the name of everything sacred to goose
herds and goose steppers, what was he do?
ing with von BernstortT, or what had any von
bumblebee to do with him? The informa?
tion conveyed in your editorial revives hope
that the quality, volume and frequency of
the reqaest? therefor may induce the ?nb
ject of your editorial to tender himself hl>
resignation as his own correspond,?! t.
For reason* an ti rely lei,le the mark, I beg
to subscribe mvself ai a
RETIRED ORNITHOLOGIST.
New York. Aug. 26, 1916.
Foreseeing a Germanized Italy
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sirs "A reader of The Tribaae" \?:-hes to
emphai ': . honesty of purpose cann.it
even withstand the magnetic attraction of
10 cents, anil tri<- - to prove this by the oc?
currence that the master of a little German
? band had bargained with him to charm
his musical soul with the rendition of the
Italian national hymn; but treacherously, as
he, the read?"-, thought it to be, the li'tle
hand played "Die Wacht am Rhein."
The aforementioned "reader" i?. somewhat
-il. The bandmaster, undoubtedly a
prophetic ?oui, did not play for him the na?
tional hymn of Italy of the present time; by
all probabilities he did not even know the
air. He played for him, visionarily influ?
enced, the air which in the comparatively
near future will be, though not by their
choice, the national hymn of a goodly part
>,f Italians.
? moment I hive an ides, the
Italian national song i? 'Teb immer Treu
Bad Redlichkeit ..." or, if it is not, it
ought to he. MAXIM 8UNDAT.
New York, Aug- 2?, 1916.
'Silence This Pro-German Yell "
l'o the Editer of The Tribune.
Sir: Pro Herman propaganda seems
rampaat I am reminded of my school days
in the -.Mi's and of a stock piece for
declamation, on "The Dut,?-? ?,f a Fireman."
r g a burning dwelling he wan to
"pitch out the pitcher? and tumble out the
tumblers. Yell all the time. Throw the
IS? out the window and carry the
feather bed dowaataira. \ ell all the time,"
etc.
? BM as if it would he well
To start forthwith a little "hell"
\ I silence this pro-German veil.
G. L. THOMAS.
Brooklvn, Aug. 26, 1915.
MISERY HAS COMPANY.
WHY GREECE STANDS ALOOF
Though Friendly to the Allies Since War Began. She Has Reason
to Fear for Her Future.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Much has been said in your valuab
columns about the relations of the non-bi
ligerent Balkan states to the present wor
*ar. Will you kindly allow me, as a steai
reader of your much esteemed paper,
make the following comments:
When the four Balknn nations went
w.ir against Turkey in 1912 it might ha
seemed, as did seem to many, that _
alliance was n first step toward the "Balki
confederation," but the well known dif
culties between Bulgaria on the one hai
and Greece and Serbia on the other ups
. the plans, and the second Balkan war becan
unavoidable. Leaving the past aside, it
obviously proved by all the corresponden
and writers in the Balkans I with the exce]
tion of Mr. Baoutcher, "London Time:
i correspondent at Sofia, and Professor Monro
who in his book "Bulgaria and Her Peopli
does not mention even a word in favor <
Greece') that it was the attack planned ar
authorized by General Saboff on the night i
June 1?, 1913, that made the reign of tern
and crime in Macedonia inevitable, and whic
ended in the discomfiture of Czar Ferdinand
troops.
1 will call the attention of your readei
to the situation as it exists. It is a pit
Americans know so little about tr
Balkan peninsula. Bulgaria lacks the hi
tory that Greece has, and her people ha%
organized a press campaign in Europe an
America in order to call to the attention c
the public that Macedonia is exclusively ir
habited by Bulgars. Greece has done bu
little, for she let the intelligent people judg
? about her rights in the country of Phili
and Alexander the Great. Memorandum:
documents, etc., have been planned by th
Hulgnr komitatjis i irregulars) : d exarch
ists i schismatic priests), sending to variou
European capitals to prove that th
Macedonian cities are Bulgarian, but th
Greek institutions and various commercia
establishments spoke, and still speak, loudc
than Bulgarian argument and prattle.
The p>ess and public opinion to-day are th
most important factors in all nations; that i
the reason Why the Bulgarians ar? movini
heaven and earth through statements am
m-.', papers to poison public opinion tin
?public sentiment against the rising Greel
! nation. They clamor for Kavala ind iti
.environs, but what do they base their claim:
on? They have absolutely no l?gitim?t!
rights to that district, for historio
graphically, ethnologically and ??eographi
cally it belongs to _reece, but the Bui
gariana held twice as much as they now
claim anil it diil not satisfy them, because
they became greedy for Sal?nica and th<
purely Greek town of Monastir. They die
dig the grave for their neighbors and fell in
The world cannot forget the thirsty de?
sires of the Bulgarian Czar, who in lie
cember, 1911, was prepared with Byzantine
garbl and crowns to sit in Constantinople
Emparer Symeon of all the Balkans! Bu'
I the battle of Kilkish and Brenganlitcha, that
was won by the Greeks and the Serbs in
the last Balkan war, upset his ambitioua
plans and he was obliged to stey in his
palace at Sofia like a defeated cock in a
.poultry house.
I? is a well known fact that Russia, with
[ the assistance of Rumania, freed the Bulgare
in 1871 without their taking arms against
their oppressor, and we have witnessed up
to this day their ungratefulness toward their
benefactors. Serbians offered them remark?
able assistance on tht battlefields of Thrace,
and they did not appreciate it. Greek war
however, enabled them to have an
outlet in the ACgeaa Sea, rnd they bombarded
them off the town of Kavala a few weeks
before the second Balkan war, while negotia?
tions were on the way for a settlement.
One may say that the Greeks also owe
their redemption to the great powers, and I
answer that history speaks very loud for
i the Greek struggle of independence which
lasted eight years. t821-'29. and which swok?
the admiration and sympathy not only ol
the whole of Kurope but also of the I'nitec
States. Peace, order and security of lifi
and property reign in new Greece th"
three years, without distinction of race 01
religion, for the Greek programme rollowi
always justice and civilization. We heai
no more of crimes, rapine, lootings, ferocl
?iies, etc., in Macedonia by the "patriotic'
ki.nntatjis, such as had been taking place
for a long period. The incendiaries
Greek townships of Nigrita and Do.vato ap?
pear no more, for these taste Greek admin?
istration of equality and security of life.
The Hamitic and Young Turk rule has been
completely effaced out of the redeemed Greet
Macedonia.
And now t if we are to believe the
?very day dispatches from Europe) Greece
is called by coercion to cede purely Greek
townships to a barbarous rule. Let me repeat
"Greek townships," because they kept their
traditions before the Bulgarians came to
Kurope and up till to-day remain faithful to
their ancestors. We Greek? showed our
friendship to the Allies since the war be?
gan; our islands are used as the naval base
of the combined Anglo-French fleets, we are
very thankful for their offerin?;s < if they
win) in Asia Minor, but we don't cart:
for Smyrna, nor even if they offer u? Con
stantir pie, if we are to cede Kavala and its
environs to the Tartar Bulgar and leave
Sal?nica in great danger.
The experience of the past taught us th?
instincts of the Bulgarians. Greece owes
much gratitude to France since her inde?
pendence, and Victor Hugo's friendly versea
are and w-ill always remain immortal in
Greek history. Though Great Britain
showed less smypathy at the end of the lasl
.century and at the beginning of the present
objecting to the annexation of Crete, besides
Cyprus, though promised a dozen time?, yet
her sor.? Gladstone, who offered us the
seven Ionian islands fifty years ago, and tho
gentle soul of Lord Byron, who gave up his
i last breath in Greece in 1824 for th-.'
| Greek freedom, and whose patriotic songs I
vas glad to read in last Sunday's Tribune
! will always be sealed in the heart? of ?.very
(?reek. Therefore, we Greeks must remain
'grateful toward the United Kingdom.
Moreover, two among the Allies, Italy and
I Russia, have shown then dissatisfaction
openly toward Greece. The former intends to
, hold the Greek JSgeafl Islands forever, and
i besides, while raising the standard of
liberty for the "Italia irredenta" lunre
deemed Italy > against Austria, she placed
her foot on Albania and at the ?ame time
objected to the dssiro of the Greek deputies
of North Kpirus to ?it in the Gr?ek Parlia?
ment, without mentioning her imperialistic
dispositions toward Greek inhabited shore?
of Asia Minor. Russia claims Constantinople
down to the .-Egean Sea, thus depriving
Greece of every hope for her liberated pro?
gramme toward Asia and Thrace. We Greek?
are very proud of our Premi r, Venizelos,
jbut at the same time we cannot tind fault
with King Constantinc's attitude in declining
jto help the Allies for the Dardanelles ex?
pedition, first owing to the treachery of the
Bulgarians, and secondly because of the two
unfriendly powers mentioned.
The assumption that Queen Sophie'? in?
fluence kept Greece neutral is absolutely
groundless. I am able to state that King
Constantine is not influenced by any royal
j or imperial family of Kurope when the
?very vital interests o. hi? belo-ed Greece
are in danger; he is the man who foujrht
bravely and shared the hardships of his
|army during his last victorious campaigns
j for nearly one year, and presented freedom
?to more than 2,500,000 Greeks, and when the
time comes he a^ain, with the help of his
paje?le, will complete what remained undone.
But one may well ask, When will that
time come? Better hurry up before it is
too late. And I answer that the Grecian
King would rather lose hi? crown and throne
than see even a village of hia riiing nation
'inder the threatening nightmare of Bulgar
Macedonia!
ARISTOTLE M. MACHELAS.
Weit End i Long Branch), Aug. ?, 1916.
TROUBLE WITH THE WORLD
To Be Known Despite Prostituted
Priests of Calf of Gold.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The findings of Walsh and hit col?
league? >u-e, indeed, constructive. There il
only one trouble with them. This is s lack
of logical form. He states MBM ?f the is
cial evili correctly, but he cannot give at the
?ingle, correct, original cause. Ur.til me? a
is specifically found and advertised
there ii no ihance for eten a micrescepie
abatement of tragic ?conomie inj -'ice. nor
of disentanglement of the weh of destruction
which la fast weaving and is hourly e.Trap?
ping everj civilised person and ir.stttutiaa.
The real situation the irrefutable, ?"fieal
cause, the fundamental governmental injss?
tice ' bed t.i Mr .' . 1' w?i
al.-o described to every large msgasine is
New York and ummanly rejected by
one.
The rea' . neither sir?', tas nor
socialism. (fical, hith?
erto unheralded diagnosis which -'ltstm
so clear and reasonable an exposition test
the world is ui : inprt?
pared is it WM 'rjth revealed hy
Galileo. The initial impulse, of course, i? te
run ,. ' .;. trom argument! which can't be *??
iwered by those who have been trained hy
rote ana get their wisdom only from senecios
and authoi I
Hence procrastination, the thief of justice,
is now delaying a day of happiness for th?
human race, while all >nt?nuously
punished by an Insidious enemy which ess?
not be named without giving offence.
I i general public should know, and, Gei
Willing, tire soon to know, what is the exart
trouble with the world; wh) it ii that oa?
can'' make an honest living in a free cosa?
try, ind what form the tribute take? which
one pays to th ind parasite?
of the social order.
t he well understood that nothing hit
justice will savi it all
who knowingl) .. <t this
???rally
prevent the publication of it, far and witW?
are enemii priests
of the calf of gold, and will take their pis?
with the unhung Judai .,-ophsati
and ponderer? of histi
Where, forsooth, i- I I Amer?
ica ' Where is the freedom of the pre?*'
Mu ' we cantina llogical snd en
fu- and absurd thi the caus? ?f
po\ ? rty, prostitution, el . when the only po??
?ih ? ource of eeom ress is knows'
The patriot would die to keep boundary Ii"??
,n? it they fear
the loss of an unimpi ?n when th?
e of the whole human race is a* ttSmi
Are w-e satisfied with apecifics which i"'
variably dig up some ,'r el an1? call >? *
ly wuld be, only
? eras! ?ocisl ?*"'?
; mu?ate that single tUf* ?1 to ?S*? ?*
world. No other way eae ft be don?- '
la-' let us show tome glirasaeriai of rea?
son and logic. KKWKI.IN Hi-I'KISS.
r Yol tus. ?-'.'), l'.H.V
An Inconvenience to Passenger?.
To the Kditor of The Tril u
Being a trat. '' nlh **?
To the Kditor of I he Tr
Being a travi s?**__a
ll'le
1er to ras?
. ,.v ?My?*
Sometimes as much *a< live to "n
minutes is los' for a locsl trS?
.which makes it inconvenient for
passengers, especially in ?tormy *c*?* '
Why can't the railroad company h*** ;
express trains run through to South ****>'
GEORGE MiT.I.EK- *+
New York, Aug H, ! I
A Superman's View.
To the Kmtoi of The Tribune.
Sir: 'The worl.l mu?t come to learn ?^
nobody can hurt a hair ?m a ('*r**.
head with impunity." sa\ ? th? *****
paragraph of the speech of the ?m'*5?J
German Chancellor to the R ?'**?
ember _, Uli ^
That other nations ?hould hold the ?J
rfowi regarding their citizens *oul ,
aatoniah those who entertain a halt wi
assumption that their own are ??*?*??
G. L. R???*J
Brooklyn, Aug -?6, 1916. V