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Making It Unanimous.
-'.?> host Of
ation by
Hui i
for the piir
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government
down easy by
the i for lr.s '. This
a rudimentary grasp
of ?in ?illy lacking
l ive to
in the chuiro of Mr.
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..nnot maike :i great deal of differ
v.hat form Mr. Dumba's instructions
.fin??*; as he leal
ind it is understood that his
iri end. He committed
olutely unpardonable in a
aught red-handed in a
politi ? :i. Even those who
would Lit ? see him succeed in his
fur interfering with the conduct of
Am?ricain nui. * admit that he
got hit <???crts when hi- wa asked to go.
Mr. Hen ? ' would he very un-1
"It. Iiumha harshly. Yet in'
itung" the other day be
. ?? held Dr. Dumba in high
t. . . . Any diplomatic agent, how
. : we have had many such ac
Washington?who t-o far f? r
-ume to bring it with
vince of bit duties or privileges
industrial or other troubles in
tl by such act the cre
which he brings with him." That
w, the only possible
vit >'.'.
Mi. M offered the excuse that
in v.l..it be did he was only trying to pro
" .-Hungarian subjects here
the natural
..1 in the explanation
. . ? '. ; ;. ? <entary Lansing
?-. ly tu bring to the nt
?M of unnaturalized Austro-Hunga
which might be in
home if they worked
?ling out munitions for the
of the Allies. In his letter to Haron
however, lie went much further
t, unfolding plans for a tie-up of
; ants nt Bethlehem and in
L But on his own state
wanted to appeal1 simply as a
martyr to a too rompi?te discharge of his
abused and uninformed com
lota.
It is interest ?t.g to note the impression
made on those compatriots by Mr. Duni
?i their behalf. The news
' n filled recently with pro
by Austro-Hungarian subjects
it their ambassador's attempts at all
'round guardianship. We publish in an
column of this page a letter from
the Slovak.-' Political Federation of the
?ti Mates of America, repudiating
Mr. Dumha's efforts to regulate their re?
lations with American employers and V.)
limit their participation in American in?
dustry.
Nearly all the Slovaks here as well as
many C-techs, Polish and other sul
?>f Francis Joseph came to this country
in order ti litkal oppression and
i better living conditions and a bet
tec market for their labor. They do not
rare to return to their native provinces
and resent being held subject? while here,
to the laws ol the Dual Monarchy. They
naturally "condemn the pestilential activi?
ties and ci ? ' mba and his
fi i?*ncK"
It is clear, therefore, that the ambas
? can claim no aureole of martyrdom
in th? of his compatriots in this
i-mntiy. 11.? was doing something to their
as well as to the detritr..
ifacturers. He ?1? -
1 he will leave our shores with
?iiirniseration, even from those in
U-half he a aumed that he was con
tioutly acting. The unanimity with
?rill be speeded on bis way home
? ?... be a lesson to all the other u
". governments stationed here
who aspire to regulate our domestic af
rlout our national sovereignty.
"Accclrraton" and the Constitution.
slf as unable to
The "W I mate of the
campaign to *ac
' in behalf of the
00 as it is to
>? with mu * - ;?>.'?..!"- ? t?mate of that
?Jocu.*- Mr. ft. at. and his asso
. who are to earry on this cam?
paign, art not exactly ' *-s" of
the type Of Mr. Qufgaj. \Nhat they ?,??
will be done in the ojien, over their own
Jt will be a campaign of ediieu
of publii voters
familiar with th? new co?
st m the . le -ti-oa at
;?..|?t? rj m- r?*? ;?M-to?l.
This seen,- to The Tribune,
of the mints of the propt fituin,
entirely a worthy public Mtrvicc. The more
? d the voten will be
to act on it. If there are jokers in it, if
:t hn- flaw? and weaknesses, nothing is
?<*? certain to diacloae them as the kind of
campaign Mr. Choate :?t-nl his fellow com
mtn will make, of the desirability
of wfclespread interest in the constitution
there >?(>?. . an?l the * i i t ?1 -
eulty ir. obtaining such interesl n garding
I re.
The '?tution should not he ac?
cepted or rejected by a mere handl
If that is not to be tlic case there
? .? a campaign on it. Mr. Choate
and 1 e it -houl?! be
work for that end.
If that constitutes them ac ? . then
every campaign committee of a.
i\e agent.
Where Payroll Economy Lies.
It : t?nate for 1 I ad?
a? the Mayor lias tied up
ill for economy his declaration
?of intent to put into effiecl the recom
stions of the Board of Estimate's
Bureau of Standards, That inevitably
wn on himself unthinking
demands that h<- reduce the salari
" instead of the "little fel?
lows with small wages," anil accordii
schedule such criticism has come. The
Mayor, doubtless, ran stand it, but it is
likely to befog the whole economy issue,
tandardization i i y ami
? be put into effect, regardless of any1
or diminished budget appro
ins and the Mate tax. It means de?
in others.
It means that no person in one depart?
ment shall receive more for hi- work than
an employe of another department dolng
? work; and the Bureau of Stand?
ards has figured out its scales on a pretty
liberal basis, compared with money paid
for kindred work in the business world.
It means that some jobs will be abol
ished altogether as investigation proves
that they are not needed. Surely there can
be no legitimate protest from any reason?
able citizen against such a programme
now, when the city faces a financial crisis,
or at any other time.
There is no pood faith in the demands
that "economy begin at the top," with re?
ductions of the Mayor's salary, the Con?
troller's salary, the Corporation Counsel's
salary, the City Chamberlain's salary and
the like. In the first place, these salaries
are not within the control of the officials
lives; they are fixed by the charter,
and while the City Chamberlain himself
is that his office should be abol?
ished- effecting a saving for the city?
the Legislature paid no attention to
his challenge. Nobody seriously believes
the Mayor, the Controller, the Corpora-,
tion Counsel, the various department
are overpaid when Supreme Court
justices receive larger salaries than they.
and when professional men and bucine
men of ability not overpowering make
much more in a year.
The Mayor and his department heads
hav? never gone to Albany to lobby lor
salary ?ncn have school teachers,
court clerks and others of the "little fel
paul out of the city treasury. What i
waste there is in the city's payroll- lie
in the middle register- in the places
created for politics and Idled by politi- '
cians. Some of these arc within the reach !
of the Board of Estimate; some are pro-1
tected by legislation. Those which can be!
reached by the local authorities should be j
pruned to their proper proportions?and!
if that meats lopping them off completely,
let them fall. For complete payroll re?
form it will be necessary to wait until a
home rule amendment to the constitu?
tion has given the local authorities ade?
quate power to deal with the rate of sal?
ary of the employes they must pay out of
the tax levy.
The Proposed Foreign Credit.
There if apparently no point of view
(from which the credit which Great Brit?
ain and France are seeking to establish
here may be considered a detriment to
this country. Not even the German sym?
pathizers, for the most part in the Mid?
dle West, who threaten to withdraw their
accounts from banks which share in its
establishment, can argue that it would
riot benefit the United States. They are
? ably being man?uvre?! into the po?
sition of opposing a benefit to Uncle Sam
in the Interest of Germany.
To begin with, the establishment of
the colossal credit proposed would large?
ly solve the problem of finding safe em
I loyment for the va t surplus reserve of
r early $800,000,000 p ? 1 now by the
national banks alone. In the wholly arti
lituation produced by the war this
surplus cannot be used with any safety
in this country. The inflation and over
??peculation it would cause would lead to
profound disaster at the end of the war,
if not before.
But perhaps of more immediate and
tangible concern is the danger which the
credit would remove of a seiiou* curtail?
ment of our foreign market. The rapid
decline and daily fluctuation of sterlil g ex
change have pointed a warning for n
that the difficulty and expense of financing
purchases in the United states might won
our beet customers to turn else?
where for their food-tuffs and supplies.
Mr. James J. Hill has pointed out where
' turn for wheat, for example -
to Canada, to the Argentine, to India and
alia, and, in case the Dardanelles are
forced by spring, to Russia.
It been axiomatic of trade
with South Ameri a that South America
would buy where -he could borrow. That
[is true i rents. Let them
d they will continue to
( .,y hi re. The credil tl would
even act for the United S i an in?
surance fund agaii -t the opening <>f the
nelles, since the gi-eatei
of Russian graii
by the difficulty Of financing its pur
which night well be hardly les.?, than it>i
that of paying for American grain to
day.
It must be borne in mind that the ereat
bulk of American export trade with the
Allies does not lie in munitions. Th? lat?
ter form a comparatively insignificant
tags of it and, as the foreign com-1
r.ers have indicated, can be paid
for by shipment of gold direct to their
here. The credit, if it i- eatab
. will affect very slightly this par?
ticular trnffic. Bul the traffic in f.1
stuff?. in raw materials and manufacl
-red articles, th?? traffic at the founda?
tion of the nation's prosperity, which
form? much the greater part of our ex
p.,rt trade, will depend more and more as
the days pass by on the success of the
French ml
As to the form which the credit may
take and avoid at the same time a viola
tion of the nation's neutrality while ap
i- to investors, that is a nut which,
the fonim; and their conf' ."?<
must be left to crack. It is by no means
the least of their problems. Rut in Ihe
meantime it can do thim no harm to re
ceive the important encouragement in
their difficult undertaking which the coun?
try's sympathy with their main object
would certainly constitute.
With Messrs. Viereck and Brann In their,
employ and the esteemed "Staata-Zeltong"
i nd Mr. ???'in t'i "Ai ei ?? nobly en
eouraging them, why ?mould the German?
want to buy a daily newspaper here.
???)
The President ha? told a delegation of Vir
giniana thnt he could not "predict anj part
of the course of affairs." Anothei argument,
no doubt, for watchf.il waiting.
a
I?r. Dumb? is about to hit the trail hls?cd
by I?r. Hernburg. Are there any more dee
doctor? In our midst?
t
Germans .Striving to Soothe v7ll??n.?Head?
line.
By stroking him with the mailed fist.
Count Zeppelin?Recruiting Agent.
(From Tht Atnnrh'st'r Gvnrrlian t
All along bud news has proved the shnrpest
??pur to recruiting, and the apeakera at street
meetings get the biggest haul when they are
remorselessly pessimistic. At the Gladatone
atatUC in the Strand this afternoon the big
cclonial cavalryman, the Fnglish officer buck
from the trenches, and the civilian chairman
were competing In calculated gloom, and the
only decently cheerful person present was the
King's trumpeter, whoso broad face went a
deeper purple as he blew "soul-animafinr
strains." The speeches would have delighted j
any German eavesdropper with the illusions
of his kind, who could not be expected to
\**.lue properly our national habit of self
di precintion. The gloom was so great that n
ahedow overcast the fresh young facer of the
attendant Hoy Scout?. The Canadians*on tha
fringe of the crowd roped in a .satisfactory
lot of recruits. Th?> Zeppelins are still the
best recruiters, as the tvidence of the Old
Scotland Yard office and thi apuii given to
business on the Horse Guards Parade these
last two days ?how clearly. "The gasbags
talk better than we fellows can," said the
?i rgeant on the pavement in Whitehall.
Figures are not given to the press, but the
results of the last month's recruiting would
startle the writers in the German paper?,
whotc atoriei about the Impoasibllity of per
Bueding any more men into the army rise, of
curse, from a literal acceptance of the ma
?hine-made laments in our own eonscription
: papers. To-day recruiting offleera were
buay enrolling laborers and n.-.vvies for the
peeial battalions of the Royal Kng.neers.
aw the long lines of men in caps some
with the velvet collars of the costermonger
?tepping along the Strand in the afternoon
looking a trifle embarrassed under the hearty
?'.-.re from the pavements.
Aberdeen University's Record.
H'rnirx 'Ihe Hun.lee idetTttter i
There are 1,317 members of Aberdeen
' nivertity with the colors. This number In?
clude! graduates, umlergraduatcs, alurr.ni
and men ?if the univeralty staffs. The
principal, the Rev. George Adam Smith, :n
the June "Aberdeen Univeralty Review,"
which prints as a BUpplement the univer?
sity'? roll of honor, points out aome very
interesting fucts in connection with thi
"contribution to a year of war." Of the
1,817 volunteer? 4S0 are medical graduates
attending to the wounded in every area of
war on land and sea, and of the 101 m?di?
rai graduates in Britain of the last three
yeara only ten are not with the colors. The
pal also points out that one of the
most interesting sections of the whole list
that ?if the 150 graduates who have joinci!
'he rank and file. Among thfse are forty
four teachers, eighteen ministers and divin
?ty student? and seven lawyer!. Already
I twenty-five men have fallen in battle, in?
cluding five doctors. As showing the wide
: e-s of their dispersal, it may be poinud
? that one doctor was killed in Franc?
another In Nigeria, another in the Singapore
mutiny, while a fourth sank with thi
Formidable.
"Five-Minute" Voters.
To the Fditor of The Tribune.
Sir: Does If. K. W. really think that the
"five minutes" necessary for actual voting
is all that is to be required of women when
they have political reaponaibility dumped
.??inn them? Such catch phrases may do
when addressing the average man or woman
who thinks no further than his or her nose.
Are we to vote without knowing whom we
are v.-iting for and what for? Is this knowl?
edge and understanding to be acquired in
"rive minutes"? Much good our votes would
?do if it Is!
Fven though there are ?000,000 women in
the 1'nited States in gainful occupations, is
it not a fact that the great majority of these
?re in the business world only temporal :ly
a few years at the most? Most of them
marry and have homes and children. Would
the men like to see all women of the
of the present day suffragette? I doubt it.
And still that's what they are saying when
they give women the vote at the behi
these aelflah, nerve-wrecked creatures.
1 have no sheltered, home-loving husband.
! hope to have one some day, hut he mist
have red blood in his veins and not be of
'the pink tea sort that believes in "v.??? - -
women." MARGARET TUCKER.
New York. Sept 11, 1911.
Beyond Help?
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you kindly permit me space in
your columns in which t-> c .rrect a atate
? *!.a.le by ?If. F. W. m a letter appear?
ing in your iatUS of f.. day" -, , that
women in the United state.? need
lot to regulate eonditiona under
labor it 41 per cent of these women
?'ial and dornest,.
? of other women, it is diffi
? I how the vote could possibly help
them. MARJORIE DORM?N.
Philadelphia, ?Sept. 11, 1U15. I
SLOVAKS NOT WITH DUMB.
Repudiiite Him and Assert Tin
Friendliness to American ?nteres
To the Editor of Thi? Tribune.
Sir: In cnr.iction with Mr. Pumba'* ;
pr iprr conduct, we, the undersigned, rep
?cnung tho Slovaks in 'he Bastera states
America, refute :in?l protest against his. ut?
ment that 'he SlOTaks in America are ?i
jeetl of Au. tria-Hungar), an.I that h? 01
agenta or those of Germany can in any ?*
I our people working in the mtinitl?
fact .riei.
We emphatically proclaim that the Slovi
np.vavs have opposed and always will opp.
?he inti-American and anti-Allies propagat
in this country. We will in the future,
we have bem In the pa--, be loyal to I
t'niied States, where me fourni our new DO
after leaving our old country, from wh
We were dr'-eij hecau e of the oppression
the Hungarian government, which would t
allow us to speak our own language und ??
esto ?ur children in Slovak schools.
The vry fact that cut of the ?.,000/
popi. ation in the Slovak rouiitry fully I.0C
.ai,, wer? driven away t?. tho United Bt?l
owir.g to political and economic per?e<
sufficient proof that there is no ri
son why ira uh?.ul.l be used as to?.Is for J
Pumbs'l an,I the German agents' unfair a
Unericafl aspirations.
It is a nity that there are no ways
menus for 01 to prevent Hungarian agen
? Mr. Dumba, for instance, from sin
dering our goon name and reputation
? work'n and peaceful at:?l law abidi
resident! or eititeni ol tha United State
There are no Slovak ii ??.-? rica who ?
in to go back t<> their country -,?
nation ii fried from Hungarian opprc ii?
TiVre an n.nnecting tiei between
and the propaganda of the Hungarian ngei
in this country, an?! ?e condemn the pes
lential activities and con-piracy of Mr. Dui
ba aid hii friends. We are ready to wo
for tie interesta of the I'nit?.,! States, whi
we h*ve found political freedom ?nd bett
economic conditions than in Hungary.
We assure the American public that o
brother Slovaks have no intention to attem
and will not In any way attempt to help
cripple bhv legitimate industry in tr
count ry.
SLO/AKS1 POLITICAL FEDERATION f
THE EASTERN STATES OF AHERIC
Louis Matusek, Vica President.
Josef Honza, Secretary.
For the Slovak press:
"New Yoraky Dennik," Editors Jan Col?
and Julius Pletcnik; "Slovensky Pokmk
l'?ditor Valen N'emic; "Slovensky Sokol
Editor Milan Getting.
New York, Sept 11, 1915.
Faithful Workers.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Everybody seems always to "report
everybody else, so I'll follow suit, but just
little differ? rtly.
To-right my hushnnd and I boarded a .***!xt
Avenue car at Eighth Street. At Forty-nint
or Fiftieth Street, the car running along at
good speed and the bell Clanging In?
a fool of a young chauffeur stopped aimlessl
in the very midst of the rails, right in fror
of us. In a few seconds the bell rang fur
ously, the niotorman yelled at the top of h;
voice, but that Idiot of a chauffeur sat thei
calmly looking at our car. Then the motoi
man put on the brake with such ligh'nin
speed that a terrible accident was avoid?
just by a hair's breadth. I do not understan
why the niotorman did not wrench his thou
?1er in doing such work, but I do know that i
no accident happened it was most certainl
due to his quickness of action, his strength
in a word, his etliciency and his loyalty t-i hi
work.
A few corners higher tip a man tried t
??light whil ? the car .?as still in motion, an
had not the conductor gtabbi .1 him an
pushed him back his skull would surely hav
been smashed to BtOtTU by the pill.tr.
Two instances like these'are worth "report
ing," I think!
I am sorry I could not get the number o
the car, bu?, it was a Sixth Avenue and Am
?terdam car, it was about Hi'.S or 8:30, an
the number on the conductor*! rap was 1880.
These two men ought to receive medab
for they hav? certainly prevented dira estai
trophes, and I am glad to report both o
th?m for their bravery, their alertness, the i
interest in the human cargo they carried an
tl.eir very evident efficiency.
JOSEPHINE FRABACIUS,
Countess of Caatelveechio,
New York, Ser.t. 10, 1016.
"Half Pedant, Half Poltroon."
To the Editor of The Tribune.
S.r: Allow rne to thank yon heartily fo
the vigorous editorial in to-day's Tribune
How long are our people going to put u|
with this bullying and flouting, thi? kickini
and cuffing, by Germany, and now b> Au .
tria? When a new outrage is perpetrate?
our government a?k? Germany for its ver
?ion of the affair, although the facts are al
ready established, and Germany replies b;
any offhand lie the I.usitania was an aux
diary cruise:, the Arabic attacked the suli
marine, or the submarine thought she migh
do so, and the Hesperian was sunk by i
mine and there the matter ends.
When the news of the Arabic reached Loa
don the betting wa? 7 to 4 against our tak
ing any action, and there were no takers
Are we to infer from this sub" isivenesi
that Mr. Wilson's sympathies ate -.?-?th th?
Germana, or is there another ex?
il.s lik. r.e?.?, in. one respect, to Robe i ?rret
A recent life of Hanton gives u- the
tribune's estimate of his cor.t.-mptible en
em-. : "Il le ceusa cuistre double du capon'
he sized him up for half pelant, hap
poltroon. This is evidently the K .
view of our President, and probably that ol
all Europe. F. A. HENRY.
Hay Head, X. J., ?Sept. 9, 1*11.
Union Musicians Protest.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you kir.dly publ?h the follow
ing protest in your paper at the earliest pos
?Ibis d?te'
The Xew York and Brooklyn Federation
of Musicians, Inc., Local 41. protests again ;t
the home band? composed of children) p-*r
forming in tl.e ?Coney Island Mardi Gra
celebration, September II to IS, as the horn?
bands give their services gratis and per?
form at the Mardi 'Gras celebration, con
lidering the ?am? as an outing fot
- by deprive the union musi?
cians of making a livelihood. We als , do not
think it fair for homes to allow their
children to perform tr, event? of this kind.
H the taxpayers help to keep up the home*.
This matter should i tigated by the
Society for the Prevention of I'm.
Children, as the same is a direct v ,
of the Penal Law, Chapter ? n 485,
Itate, 1918.
An interview with the chairman of the
Coney Island Mar.I; (lias Committee con
I ?s not exactly In fa
the home bands performing, but a- the)
their services for merely carfare the
i on. y '. land M irdl G ? ? ima t? - limpl)
cannot refu?c their offer.
m;w VORI FEDERATION OF MIS'
Inc. BOAT VOOIUER, Secretary.
?New York, ?cjjL 10, 1?U&.
"BETTER SEND EXCUSE NO. 97-THIS TIME!"
A NATION WHICH LIES DOWN
The Fault Is That of the Leaders Who Do Not Lead, and Will Be Visited
on 1 hem.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The great mass of the citizens o
this country, like the great mass of th
people in all countries, look for lcalersli't
And if the leader, be he technically lesde
or be he technically ruler, does not lead
but hrinpT up the rear follows the will ?
the people they will have naught of him.
"I know thy work?, that thou art neithe
cold nor hot. I would that thou wert eithe
'.old or hot.
"Because thou art lukewarm and ar
neither cold nor hot 1 will ?-pew thee out o
my mouth."
That which waa true when 'he fourfeentl
and fifteenth verses of the third chapter 0
Revelation were addressed to the "angel o
I.aodicea" has never been false from thn
?lay to this. On something like a doz? n o?.
It it has been announced from Wash
n that the administration would
an expr?s-ion of the opinion of the publ'i
before deciding what action to take. It ll
not the business of the public at large t?
tell the ?n?ministration when to take actioi
or what action to take. An oath has beer
taken by each member of the admlnlatratloi
to perform the dm ?es of his office. In thos?
'here is no intimation that within thi
cope of hia duty liea a waiting for, or i
coking of, the views of the great unir
itructed mass. But in every one of tho.?
oaths have the Individuals taking them dl
dared that they would assume the dutiti
end the responsibility of administering then
respective offlcet and of upholding the Con
atitution of the United States, and, if no'
11 worda, most clearly within thi
spirt of every such oath has beet, the prom
ise that to the best of the individual's own
judgment and knowledge would he adminis?
ter his office, :i.?t that he would have hi?
office administered for him.
On one or two occasions, notably on this
li.st occasion the request for the recall o!
the Auatrian Ambaaaador the country has
largely through it. newspnners, dictated the
action of the administration. Doea not
the administration appreciate that the peo?
ple are fully aware that it is they, and not
the administration, through whose act the
Auatrian Ambaaaador ia to be sent home?
on deem that it will
lectiva the credit? Far from it. On th?
contrary, the fact that the people bad to
compel if to acl will be charged against the
admini at on in the people'? estimation
ri an evidence of admini?trative inefficiency.
When an administration .?*?>}'? it will not
act except under public pressure the public
will give it no credit for any action taken
under such circumstance?. Meanwhile the
[ublic will charge up against It those ca??s
in which action has not been taker.
Neither ia 'he public of ?hort memory, a?
has been suggested in numerous rece- |
torials and communications to the papers,
i he public has not forgotten the adminis
n'a failure to act in that early breach
of our neutrality the blowing up of the
boundary bridge. The public has not for?
gotten th?* adminis'ration'? failure to act in
? relation to the German Consul at Seatt'e
i The public it aware that the administra
i Mon ?ubsequently recognized that same in?
dividual a? a new appointee to a Gorman
?conaulate in another city of the United
States incredible though that fact aeema
'The public has not forgotten the case of
the Fry??. The public has not forgotten th,*
' ca?e of the I.us:tan;a. The public has not
i forgotten the eats of the Orduna. The
i public hi? not forgotten the case of the
i halaba. The public has not forgotten tn ?
lease of the Gulflight The public has rot
,'orgotten the case of the N'ebrarka. Th
ha* not forgotten the case of the At?
an. The public ha? not forgotten the
f the Arabic. The public ha? not for?
gotten the case of the Hesperian. The pub
li? ha? not forgotten the allowing the Kroi.
?jriui Wilhelm to leave thia port. The pub
lie has not forgotten that the plans of the
gunfire eontrol of our greatest battleship
were stolen. The public has not forgotten1
the continued presence of German res.
In our departments of state. The publie
has not forgotten tho "revelations"
through "The New York World." The public
has not forgotten the constantly increas?
ing number of explosions engineered by the
Cern?an authorities in this country. Th?
public has not forgotten the forging by the
German authorities of our passports. Th.?
public has not forgotten the published le
rort of the interview of "P. II." The pal
lie bis not forgotten a number of nth I
cldenta, and that they were each an aasault
upon the rights and dignity of the United
States of America and upon the peace and
security of the lives and property of th<
.'i?izens thereof. The public has not for
gotten that no efficient action has been
taken by the ailministration in any one of
them. The high priest some weeks ago
placed his hands upon the head of the
Scapegoat, who then departed into the w.l
derness, bearing with him the sins of the
administration. No second scapegoat .'?
ready. If recollection serves, it was but
once a year that a scapegoat eould be sent
forth. The public has not forgotten th.->t
there has been, since the departure of tie
Scapegoat, a continuance of the inability to
a*- ume leadership and take responsibility
in other words, to act, except under public
pressure.
The public is well aware that at lea*?
r.ine-tenths of the administration's woes arc
difficulties have arisen purely and solely
from the administration's incanaeity to act
and that such fact has encouraged fu-?
ther assault. If the past were all it were
?rough. But the effect of the past is to be
reckoned with in the future. The countr.
has been bred full of traitors. The steady
encouragement given by failure to repress
has mad? traitors out of thousands of dc
cmt German-Americans who would have
bier, loyal citizens under a leader of tr-?
people, but who, encouraged to believe that
?his was not a nation, but a disorganised
aggregation of individuals without n..
life, national character, national honor, na?
tional purpose, national force, nation?*?
ideal?, ha\e felt that they owe no allcgianr?
and have reverted to "a leader" the F!m
pcror of Germany. When, as wo ultimately
must, we come to grips with the enemy -f
the pro?-resM of the human race, the natior
which would substitute force for justice,
militarism for civilization, we shall find
that we are betrayed by countless of our
own at home all of whom would have
cheerfully done their duty in the causo ii
tight had they not been taught from abovi
that there was no such thing as loyalty,
as national honor, as right and wrong, be
tweea nations.
All this has been done, if it has had any
underlying reason, from a total misconci".
tion of worbl facts, which misconception,
starting at the head, has extended down
through all the ranks of officialdom. I'
has lieen said that the country should stand
by the administration. How can one stard
i by an administration whose sole occupation
la to lie down? What has become of the
I ideals for which America was supposed to
, tand and for which she is ready to stand
: against the more selfish nations of the
earth? On what basis can justification of
our course be placed? Desire for peace
but it is our course which has encouraged
aggression and will continue to encourafi;
aggression until we are forced into actua:
! war. So far from the course which ha*
been pursued assuring us of peace, it i?
the very course which, pursued, must nee
essarily destroy peace. I'nless the trait?
of which we have had so many exaninK
ere inherent and constitutional limitation*
of the individuals composing the admini?
n it is not too late to save the dignity
I and to in-sure the peace of the nation, but
persistence in the present course will bring
three things the contempt of the world
Iwar, and a ch:.nge of administration.
CHARLES STEWART DAVISON.
New York, Seat 10. 1016.
A BARON MUNCHAUSEN
Submarine Commander Who Sa
Hesperian Way Qualify.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Has s submarina any greater or b
ter rights than any Other warship?
-.imc-d that the ?ubmarii
! eraft, has pecul:
privilege?. A .-hip of war overtaking
enemy merchant ?Irp may put a y.riu cr
on board and :-? :.d it to port. If th? W
marine eannot put a pri::e ere? aboard it
its misfortune. If I i? be i
titled to sink the merchant ship it nt
first take off the crew of the merchant il
and convey it to a place of taf I Ac>
it th." aubmarlne cannot do this it ia t
fault of the subn U
If a warahip overtake! a merchant ?I
of a neutral nation it may stop the ship, a
if u linda contrai,;,mi -.hoard it can jettii
it. It cannot sink the snip onlstl neceiaa
own protection and befo
doing this it mu ' ' off the crew a
convey it to a place of safety A ?hip
war cannot order the crew of the mercha
ship to take to tl B mid-ocean,
i : ;... ' . but must t*
the cnw abojtrd and convey it to a placa
safety.
A submarine has no better right, and
order a crew to take to the boats il not
compliance with the law ?which require? th
such crews must he taken to ? place
safety. Such so order is in violation
the rules of civilized warfare and oppo*
to the dictates of huma* ity Fancy ? ?a
in the mi Idle of winter ordering tl
if the merchant ship to take to tl
boat.? ns a place of tafl
The doctrine tl at a submarine can sink?
. a merchant ship without first an
viding for the aafety of the non-combatai
crew, to say notl nsjcrs, Genaaa
.?eeks to ettabliah. Certainly every aall
?ig peraon hopes and believe? thi
?h act by submarine? trill be cal
?idered bj the I sited Btates and all oth?
[neutral "unfriendly act" at
itetea :?*7.l all other neu?
rill act a irdii
If the actions of the submarines op?rai
Ing under the direction of the Kultur?
Kai-er be elotelj followed, It will bo ?tisl
I cult to distinguish moat of them from the*
of a "Jolly Roger" or ..
Now we iptrisa incidosrl
'with the claim that thi-i ?hip was ?unk i
I telf-defence. Dots any one doubt that ahis?
I will be ?unk as before and the excu?? av
be (ru in'
a commander of th? Get
; man aubmarins that ?ank the Httptritt
? liaron Mu? fftm
New York, .-'? ;". 10, 1916.
International Enforcement.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: It atritua nie that the present cet
rlict in Kuropo presents a perfect instas?
of the enforcement of a decree of an tnf***
mal international court aguin?t a ?T8*^
pewor,
A vast majority of civilized men ?aPP**j
the cause of Serbia, France. Kngltnd a!
,?.?" tip
dally and all of ua who belu-e in aett*?
mint of int. disputes by ? f??*|
. lonal court seize this opportunity
encours .nient of tas --Br\
? of Ai.iei. ? inte th'? flr
f it? km.!'' Why not a??*
m enforcing the docroe which is rt-n?**?***
A SINCERE ADMIREE <>F YOU1 U?"
TORIAL PAGE
Brooklyn, Sept. s. 1915.
The Western Idea.
To the Kditor of The Tribune.
Sir: Sanity, common -?use and a k?*S
derstaniiing of our country'? ConatHS
pervade the Middle and Far Weil and tsar
oughly counterhalanci the vicious influe ?
at work here in the East that would *-**J?,
us in the European war. rhi? i? "<lly <tr
mented on ? your news from Wa'hingt0
If our who!?- nation were as lopsided a?
average pro-Ally commentator erosM J
:t seem, nothing would ?ave u? ttof1
cat's-paw action proposed. They et1 ,'L
raise bumpei crop? out West, and one ?**? tf
i? good citizens who know which *??'
bump for the good of the I'nitcd *??**?'_,,
CARL A KKKRWIED?
New York. Seat. 11 Wli
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