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in I lif ii.MiiM with abaolat? safety?for
N It? in i,m i .?. I II I
I Kim \ i i te pa? roai
lu,, k No fed (?i.? if i|inh
hlmg w. .-. good proatptl) if la?
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Mr. M?. Adrxi's Sophistry.
led ] . e lm
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?'10 of
for the
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be is
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?p purchase
scheme. Others
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h.
tried 1 make
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r war. 1 '? nnage
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nil de
? rompt
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liery
ps to which
the g
Congr? -v Ming to grant s
?. . ? ? ? now rr.ni.
South Ai* I -i and AUB
? ?TO than the
.r;s ?pf auxiliar i ;?>? the
w hat i the an. of invest
. ?
. no when an expenditure of one
entioni would
..!?1 ;t!l the
i se t?.
? me?
II..-.' ? .-.nl power;
?
onom
ii nl rii?!bod of subsidising prl
i capital .?o the
? ..ti for war
which ws
ibsidiary to
ting t?.
? which Mr.
ah such child; - ?
. ,i . ''? the cart before the
It
.f the
KM) of the i ?? sury which
him I ? sed of the
situai
|. fir.^
? ? ? me a ship
Pacific
? tram
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i
h.g i*
law ofiaC?
t. very i m to oui mer
i pro
vide mor?- BOJ
?asks for. Bol t.. revert t.. thai prs ?
nuiltct ? ?>' fact plan would I.,, to n.in
the siln.irustration ,-r . ?. .,.,1 ,t
????if when it plutigetl !;t?t winter ?m the
ship purchase bill Pri?e of Opfa los i- a
costly luxury. Kather tba
blunder, the administration ?rill go "V. try?
ing to peisua?!e the ct.untry 1.. p-.t.k fifty
million good dollars in a perfectly super?
^ fl'loU- ?i . p| , . ?, . ... ,
P A "Type of Modern Man" in War
F i?atna han ant! rtalaos to
snd In?
?
reta
n.of
'
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? the ?
?
h
therefor?
for u h.asiir.'. that Um d ?vaie ?u
-, . , ? ?? icked c
ta
? ?limon run of men 11
r the I BBulta ol
?
the s|
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..... | | ? ,T '
of the great
? ach an,
?
... If
timid
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biliti? . ?
? i . th?
? g apii
?
? -i ?if alcohol on th
f..i vi ry t
.... | eonaidei
? .ivv very .
? ? | must le ??
.u si y
the ' ' '
?
are o
. |, [< show that 1
too ati.
? ?<
<-i d. To ki
? petually drunk
. ? ? ..f generala
When the Pacifists Fail.
To that busy, if numerically insign
t Antei | iflsta, a! pi
... ! | ?? -ring peace
arly to the prea.
- g post" and "T
mil the following dm
menl
T!,e jrr.ri* renso.-. why ' '' r Bora riir*.'
Il m??re progr?
. .
1*1 of their labors di -
nl monier' I
ng its ernelty. Tn oth
?
l anyli."
the B
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king of tl
tea 1 rye a mi
ghbora; to
.
? rial, then, th
for peace ma
: reduce mingled i
ment among 1
? ' ?
peetacle, und the pe
?
f dominion. 1
? f tl BBS engaged in enrr
lag it on tl ? I B boly ene,
? . . | ,
? fell mure .. ?
? ? .
? ? .
, . ...
t all of theii
their beini ?-lain, ar
very ; ?? i that, if death had to con
eh a eaaae. !f we ?
or Germany 1|- day ira sha
r ata!
? d ve krio
?: to doubl them there is no moi
n, ?i
? . dull
?
in th? Northern or Southei
: ; end we
a G? i m in er W? neh
? ., I gone ont i
- and irho hogs i
'i ?
on the general *
th of the public cor.
; t more difficult
? . ?
game of king
into It In h half hearted -.- ncerel
- '
: '..ere i
'h h ni an who -
' ?
?
i
;
?us.
This document b taken fi ? com
of the ?at? II'.-.
of "The Nation." It was a the tira?
of tl Prussian War, but it i?
bow H could i ?
upon aa a statement of the ? i
tien.
Tl.. re are -inert
? ? in the j'ii i
One i- made up of those who ;i ? .
champion the German cause,
lia made up of th? is who believe tl ai
is the irai m ? ? ? . ?vabie i;i. and thai
nothing that i.. .-> a . .n biIng oi
or dishonor comparai with the . |
st! if...
With tl.
? to argue. But for th?
' ? ? i iblk there
?pai
own
War. P
.
? in Europe,
the s Germai
i
! the Aim
>\ i
the tima i
i ugatiuu el ail that libartj aa .
.. ???' ai ? their fat ?
I';.. that ?m ' ?rho
?
'? - eve that the
?real
than that of VI that B
'
than Abraham U r ? ? ?
who I : loyal
? ? -. s that I ? ;> ""?"
? ?
The New Matinee Idol.
U < ?? girl
?. ? ?
d, had cured her. gush, candy
. no-time ini iat . We
?long
imed her pa aii g
loi? of mir y..linger
when ? ealousy was oftei
? - g Her to tl
She would talk "7' I U but him all the
way home, the glamour persisting in bei
long after the I I
en. In vain we
protested that at thn' very moment he
g ..'r the gfea ? pail I i I
-. ordering -upper at hi- club.
It ? IS to confront '
of m.", ?? ith comn i How
? ? .-: of yons, grown
.-? ' ' ? d up, or have
Wo r< ' ? he " ?' rivv y"
iys with indifference 01 ? mat
?nee idol d? ?? to o ir peace of mind.
? dyl Hackett hat grown rich; and it
i- yea; ii ce we li itened to a fresh youi g
? ..ipt.iin Letterblair'
eyes. \l> ? listen unmoved nowaday?
when the wife of our bosom remarks BOW
John Drew wears hii clothes, and
cant we find oui who hi? tailor is?
We began i.y talking about the matinee
girl, hy ?. natural transition we have
.???I to talk of h.r ono-1 Ime idols.
Have taken their p
\\ t had doubted it. Not but that WC
plentj of handsome, graceful young
nowadays; but we had thoughl that
their place in the regarda and tin- feel
? I the i ?"!? rn young girl had
chai ged along with I: ? hange
In her. Then, again, the modern drama,
?uch ai it is, had seen i d I con
? to the ' ? . of
adoration? from afar, of crushes, Young
defying the conspiiscy ?
with every peeeh they make, busily re?
forming tl. if tilings entire, so?
cial, financial, political, hygienic and
what not, beton ? of two t..
? rice a week, ha?! not appeared to
appeal to young romance. The mot?
il !?<? idol, we had concluded, had fallen
victim to the drama of exposure, reform,
uplift. And. in consequence, the matinee
girl, B] the influence of feminism,
had died of Inanition.
We are rambling. We know it. We
an- taking a long time to eome to the
point, but that ii because wo an attempt?
ing to readjucf oiir viewpoint. For we
have made n discovery -two, in fact. The
matinee idolater, ii : I exl ?et ; from
which it follows logically that the matinee
idol, too, is .-till with us. Only he,
?uent . he, have turned up ii s
new field, the moving picture thi
One more lignai victory for the new
Listen 7'. Pearl Gaddi in "The [Southern
in'? Magazine." Would you like to
know, -h?- asks, why girla leave home si
all hour.- to go to the mo. i- ' Tl ?
-wer ?s: Marl Mi'calfe. He i? a movie
play jeane pr?t ' I having knourn
of him we humi i - un?
known. We had heard of Charlie Chap?
lin, but We WOUld neve: have BOUght the
?. .v mat - ??? idi
? ?<? Pearl Gaddis, "mu h :
and all. Earl i- B fine fellow, Who hate..,
I hereof he
? ?.i his interviewer one of the I
chivalrously shielding its fair writer'?
Sounds familiar, d ? I No
further pi ? ? led.
The '. ? v V?i k . .- v Ral !"
paid .. to Ma scl ? Mai pi
.
?:
. ? lapsed. '?' eal
I such
? on.
? ?.us. r, in ...
iled I tongui
cruelty ?roi*M than ? '? Ilia' des?
ign,! to ?rork ii
? ? I!!.'-.
u hj ?houlda'l tho?e intei in offi
apel A paral?
?
na for defence, bot sot ..r.e seat for
; ; ties.
Inglorious Silence.
Editor of Thi
Irthui - Pi? r'? eomoiai
un Oetobi r 14 *i
which i sro foi
:.t-, of tin ditjf and )?<
. .
it ("lor
policy ot "mud
? .- IW, O? I r ? ? ? .
for German] '? tris
-4 | W<
a ? ; ? mitt
thinp are ? stic '.rum*
an unfortunate
.
tin,
of Araei :? si
'.ermiin iBbrnsriaes. Blttei disastei
' - ? ? t ifl tl.at way
I
V Bg overtime
'' reet? ??' I at all that
? v"!d? dear. We ..?? ? ted by
?? ' and th? British aavj, a
All that a ? m ?es
?
tl ll'shti. and at
tilo IS tl
? ?
I I'M' l i I ibi: PEAHSOM
- ..??, :?. \., uci. 1?, Mi*.
PERSONAL LIBERTY.'
Its moflea] Association with the
Work of the Saloon.
' The Tnli'ine.
v ranken man heal I end a
?
i
,. v. o reapon
? .. protecting hei
II. are i I
... : . ? .. : ::
.????'?? ? la t ?
^ ' . Old I.
aha fei ths ask? "t' tl i
? ? .? w i y ;'<???, . win. ?un "take ?1 or I' ?
? .. >... ?re lid aol '????'
the as man, the f< ? wie.
personal liberty" un"'
. - were threatened I Bay, foi
rhese few, we, knowing the inevitable .
,. ? .? ? ? the license ?
. i '.?? mat ? fall en
? rsonal liberty, bj tl a ? ay, bol
" i children. Bul i
ghl of woe from that little . rl
imforl her m *?i th? years of . or
Who is to blot out the r?'1
dreadful deed tiie IslOOtl
.. eper 01 th? tete 1
"Personal liberty? There is n? aneh thmc
only personal liberty ii anarchy, mid
?his la inppased to ho a country of law nn<i
order. Seme of the mn.t violent proelalmer?
pel .nal liberty doctrine eom? frota a
try wl rt 'as I * rerboten" n.- them
.. | to dei th while drank; in>
saylnm from ths
..vife full of 1.SB and
? ? r for I ';ng drunk. "*_ hen
liberty or that of my fan
My community under n lora!
law would dispense with the aal?
rge msj.rlty. Who i* interferlni
. ur per-..- nl liberty. The increase in the
' || not ? femp'-rat,.-.. BMT* Snd
teres! temperance people. I*, only
?-. make the saloon mure reapeetable,
therefore the more inviting. CITIZEN
I - ;. i, net If, ItllI.
Barbarous Russia.
To the Editor of The Tliboae.
V'.ur leading editorial to ?lay, on 'he
frightfulnesl Of Kaiser and Siltac. causes me
*?. wonder why your ethical
l.ornlv refuses to acknowledge thfl Slgl
.? barbaroua doings of the dear IIsai 01
Kar he it from me to hark bark to the
i.*" ?',?. great ti -.-le and Impugntha
B threa of Hritain and Gallia in er,ter
- allies of the p=o
' r d" 1 undertake at this time to
iiirere logic of Teuton claim
elf-defence as original stimulus
i. The partie:- to the <-nr.ten'ion. are
fighting it out. Wiser men and later genera
Bay even find them elvei mini > to ad
judga iraments, i ? r.iiiy and re
pectlrely, clean aini unclean. What i- of
ibis concern to neutrals now la to observe
the mode? and ;-cts of Loth -
li Germany committed a helnoaa ofTrnee in
Belgiam on the way '..
ii lieh"'.i 'h?. Allies marching
Green If Turkej ia evidencing sa*'
sge qualities in her treatment of the Ar
n . then are we met by th?- facts ?'
Husi-ian inhumanity t.. Jean and I
A little "h, just ? wee, tiny bit of justice
will do your patriotic heart no harm. Why
! ..t try it? Also, It might do American- g.i
7o remember the many .-'?;? n' iflc, practical and
?esthetic benefit! received and to be expected
?mm tiie Germanic races, in comp.
the frigid nothingna - excepting the morbid,
ra literature of the Russian elite, in
tha black igi i r.-??u-e af the
. -1 of the Russian..
If human evolution can a* all be alTe,?*. d bj
conscious human selection, and if our "i._i
tral" B? have any influence ?et u*
B*l laugh me oat of it the
for progr? i I ask
Miu to s:iy whether the adjective can be
an" "i- muai be "German"?
A- for England, France and Italy. I'm will*
aragei thai these Western fii<.iuis will
I in Unding they are in th.. ?
of a gratuitous quarrel. Eastward the curse
of arai takl ?' There let the best
men win! I8IDOR LAZARUS,
Neat York, Oct. It, 111.
An Idle Scarecrow.
1?, thfl I. lltOf of The Tribune.
Sir: A story is told of a gentleman who
dropped in . ? - hOBSS and flrfl ? II
? ii ittei aloud,
. i. maid servant held bar
hand* ??ver his ears. The maid explained:
"Ay ! I i - B I?tter from my yung man,
and ay not know how to read, so Mi. (?. he
I him :'..r me."
"Bot ? hj .In > , n hold hi ? ear- V"
"Ay no! ? I.??-, e him hear what is ?n
?
? . ?.ed ' tertaifl op
? - qaal Baffrage who pit
.im. tu
?'??? ihre t? 'imoay. Since 'he r?
are ?prend broad
? be r. ad by the pablie at iarj.
by young boys und girls, it need be no
gt*- ?' Canse for concern if B few women of
on_!ly hear tha
.
Old I_w\<. ?J that in ea?es of that
?? women on the
niry as a p. i neu aajastly se
? pretty i metimes ? nil the
wool over '? | | .?;,.. pf B9B| jrhen a
igh her
tLK iil.A' KWT.I !..
Dorel est? r, M | , 111.
Party Leader and President.
I BBS.
Il it because Mr. Wilson regards the
Of . reater honor than
thai
h mise ? f the lien oerstie
On!) ..aking kaoa
m srd ?-.;u..; suffrage he aga
|
amendment. ??:..* a> leader of mv party in
!' dees not seem ?
mind has been ?o ap
lt* I am not mistaken, some years
BBt ?aid, when criticised fur going oat
B making eertain ap
? . ? ? .
I th? Pri leat of all the people,
1 abeth, N .1 . Oei It, 1911. s. i i.
No More Democracy.
? * of The Tribune.
Bin 'Ths World" lays Wil sa w?nt* a
1 it cannot
?
I *m a Southern Pemeerat, and alway? have
? Deaaeeratie ticket, but no
mere Democraej for ma la view af ?hat is
'?'. ngton an _ |oiag oa
hen n Haw fark under ih-- aateeratie rule
' f Murphy and Tammany. 1 gaed te r?1*?!
World" regalarly, bal taw 1 read The
11 :i.. J. C. BALI
.N-v, _or_, Uct. 13, 1.16.
WAR IN THE Gj\RDEN OF EDEN
c.???m, i...... .? *? Bri?* ??* tm**_ __* *" L> ,h' ^ "*' "" **?*
Ihroiiiih Mesopotamia.
, /?rom r>" I n.'inn Tlmoo I
hfosopotsatls, September
" ? ?.'?????
. tar may I
those oh? - i ? ? I 'I"* lest riX ???the i
petas i sad tks Persian OaH eaan?
but I ? ' ' ' the Ion,, arid trjrti
i nee less? of life t? *h*r
In !.? ? ?lae-a her? . trhera Intel
, ,, .. n y ?r..\.i 1
?indor ?rhal
?m campais
ha? l. ' ondueted, ttedl
on? of..rat ii tl.rid, 11 takeB
heavy tell of Britiah ami In.bin troop? alik?
?ml || rell foi thl ' rlt Of the tror.p
nt,.| tl ' enterprise of theli leaden 'b*t tb
. havs been i f ?ocee??fu
- p .-.- ' f tares lurid''.) In N'n
reml ??? fi I I ' : -? ,: 01 ,l ?' cam
paign :'??' ide tl I f I my o
the Tigris, the 1 i
? ? ? Ah? as liae and th.
enormou - an ? of ral nah
The troop? who ha? ? ? ? Bril
? . i ara m ?h.* main Turhish ? ? |
.? are included e? eial of the (
?tantinople regiments, who were d
? , . ?? before C<
? , ? the ?4
r?galai ? wer? loyall? nd ssi ited bj
Arab Hr.) K.ir?l leviea; for Turkey, even ir
her mosl diatant provlneea, enforced aniver
I. . . .
? nation, thi? law ?a? i'p<*nl>
tl i advantage of local gov
? rnoi - for avoid..- ?or
vire irai ai h .-?-. a? tfl Turk il fuel before
'he Britiah occapation, levied Indiscriminate?
ly "n Mai , Jews, Chi tians and ?hal
deaa?. Ir? practice *l i- ?y?trm le?! to n not
esaful i lit, inaartng to th? lorn!
governors a goodly Bow of <*a?h and to the
coinr? sturdy country jfoutl i arho could BOl
i.f.prd ro pay ?o high a pri<-e.
The third clss? who r.?i?*n?l tb? Rrltl?h
oeeapatiOB ?re the warllk" Arab tribesmen
of th.* eOBfltry. Il il probable that the Turk?
ish government made their bis:gp?f mistake
in counting too highly on the eupport to be
i ?xpeeted from theae. Throughout th? cam?
paign the tribesmen, Who seem to nprin? In
?h?dr thouaandi from nowhere or Boywhere,
have play.'! s three?coraered game, watching
for their opportunity at the fortuno? ,,f the
fiL'bt swung in the balance and devntinir their
energies to harassing and plund- | | i
r\or - r Al'hough the Turk
have had a primary claim on the ?ervhc? ,
the trll t I happened more than one
that a To feat hai been change?! *.,
? . ittentioi I '
?
"Temptation Sijiiare."
Never h-?? B C
such dlvei
of the old? ' on m the w'.rld. Bta
?i, hca
n this preset l year two m portant ?c
tions have been foaghl Bfl the ? ?np'. I
of the Harden of Eden. Nothing will *hak
? ;n Kama, a* th<
junction of tho Tigris an ;
Mesopotamia pos?e?.e? the original Gardei
of Eden, though units of tha garrison w-h'
?.crupi??! its defences during the
montha of May and I i
; only so far t?
name? BUCh a'
er," "Iemptatlon 8q lare,'
ti more Importan! thoroaghfarei
I he firs' of theae BCtioaS was a 1*1 ?
?iich . ? ikea place tally in glanders
I lo- leeond, ? v? r id? ntieally ?he same ground
? ho floods had risen, a naval aetioa II
which ihipa of the royal r.ivv were able te
parti?- |
i mla hna?t? * record variation of
' 'ig the year Hitter ,??
damp m u ii ' er and
heat in summer have added enormou
the difficulties of tl,,
pari=on ?o Meso| India, even
hot weather, la a
ihn? been used a* such by a greater number
IOf Sieh than we care to think BBOBt
Trade in this cour.'ry of infinite possibili?
ties Iihs faltered for many years under the
opprei sive rule of the Turk. Revenue to the
government was of'en assessed at half the
produce of the land, and the only saving
clause was that some of the more powerful
landowner? were accustomed to refuse to pay
rerenua at all. Still, the Turkish govern?
ment had their own method* of Jogging
memories of the recalcitran*, and there are
few sheiks or large landowners who have
not served term* of imprisonment in (on
Bople, varying la length from two to
twenty yean, for arrears of re/venae, oft? n
contracted hy their predecessors. The pro
? i f rrali *>*r* every ????nlitj f?f
?tS BU? ?' BXlsl * a* -in*?r.
sged by strangling t * fr?1?*nt
?el ?n of I ' ' -' pUcir.?
bargo on r<*Jrt d | not '?nd to ?r.
? I ?? o'rpr t**x.
led Am?r.
ic? is .pe ehi? f ?."ur* tkeieaa*
? -??'.! paekirv
* aesga nf
the year, a ? ??i ,g ?ar.
.- I -" .- i ?? ??,
il ". an<| *
??'.-' : aea cm. by, ? ntftri
than ord - - ' *-*1?r.iet
tanta of ths par? of "?? country,
and ..-i ii d<?;?? i denes i ? .rely to _.
met ? ? .
?
\niphibioii Warfare.
During I ' ' ' exe?>_??T(.
lated sil I wh,-_
opera- ' ' " bio*?
soil af warf I n _?!?
? srmie? and
B* another
th ?t i rut
had this merit 'ha* ? i ? x'htoli tu
? ver be?
The floods have auh. sad n.rtli
and we?? of th? mar.ie? arhlch s?irr.tiB?i
i raBaf |
t pastal af *?_?
?ie and hoi ? ' aee. t.*
??t, faintly
?- I ?
are visible, ''.nul? u-- ? ?greet Tisri
' SB an?!
then rut-" of an ai - rer?rd of
.nnii. long pa?* r'.nc?mpm*ntl
of wandering Bedouin are dotted ?bout _*r?
and there, and horde* I nal iren p'.ay
along the banks of the ?nail.
Before the war 'he Ari'i _??<! *o rary *%?
monotony of their pe.i-c-.;1 '?.??? by _ring on
trading steamer* as thny r*??ed up and down
?he great araterwaya. _hej have >?r_*d t?
. ?-..re respe?, the armed boat.
which ply ther. now. hi* am eng th* #_p?d'.
Still a-, axiom af th* art
of preserving life that ia Arab shall n?T*r
'..wed to approach ton ci"? W? ha.?
- od me- from Arab tre?ch*rf
?o forget the lesson.
UNNATURAL NEUTRALITY
Honor ?inc. Even Self Interest
Should Compel Us to Act.
To the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: Let nu- expr?s? profound approval of
th? noble a"d wise letter "f Arthur Stan
wood Pier iti your lasos of to day.
Oui government, la it? desire to remain
p', ha? experimented too long in n n? ? ? - *
unnaturnl neutrality, and has endured COB?
itaat eoatamely and Bomberles? affronta and
injuries, from the TeotOBS. It ha? uttered no
-.tpird "f protest against their unspeak
nble outrage?, excepting only those rela'incr
ro direct injuries to our own citizens.
'? th I moment, ?O far a? the war on land
tleerned, th? situation it appalling to all
.tin? bel ?v? in ?h'. principle? of thai liberty
:.*'.! representative govsrnmont which Amer?
ica Inherited from Engleod and confirmed by
the aid of France.
Oppooed to that liberty and in favor of
World despotism are arrayed the three Tur
keys. All mankind faces their not impossible
victory.
Thefl WOUjId they be swift to ravish and
loot Am?rica sad sdd her scalp to the gory
trophies now i.7 their belts.
- a compound of
rd < e, lack of patriotism and ovsrselflah
?xpedieaey, for ;t .- t"" prone to igaore
tignt, reason, honor, justice and ma;
and ta a grave extent permits or sanctions
- m res ion . loju tics and all
UBmaaliaess.
Shall America hav? no part in thia, the
doua eonfliet w? ean conceive, in
behalf of the greatest earthly boona liberty
and Individualism?
No word of condemnation for ths thro?
Turk-." No word er set "f ?ympothy for the
I . . who giv?- their "all" as much for Arner
.cari liberty a? for their owo?
If they win will they not hold u? in just
contempt for our base inaction?
If tht-y Ice my God I ? dare not contem?
plate th" horrors on Belgiafl and French
r. ???.I on a raster und more ravenous
m oar beloved land!
Doe? sot every princ pi? of right, honor
sad ?vea self interest rail upon America to
h. h?-r share? Will our government '
tinue to l.e Mipine, to shut its eyes to the
?word BOW over our heads, and do nothing
at all but whimper with Beroatortf and pray
11ml r?. aoftea 'he heart? of those who sav
..,*-> I> menace the civilization and liberty of
mankind '.'
T?. -Tike hard ar.l itrfks first is the chief
law for fighting peoples. It la not within a
private eitlseo'i furiftiiin t?. prescribe the do?
ta i ? "!' BCl
Hut suri'ly, most surely, the administr?t ?"ti
has or can command sufficient meotality to
,-:vi> to the world trie American MtiflUata ?>f
tatOI M"", und all it mean?, and pledge
and all meaai it can employ
to avert rhe calamity arid menace of 11 IS TSO
'onic sfforl to dries liberty from the I
? ? ? ' arth.
Eaglaad bai benefited by a coalition ?'ah
Why ri'.ny not the I'rnted
State? profitably do th? sum* thing, antl
secure the aid of some of her great BOO? who
.???? not member? of the Prosideat'a i.mi
part) I
JOSEPH CULBERTSON CLAYTON.
. Ocl l., ISIS.
German Villanies and Others.
f our motl ? ? ? ? ? . .
doe? not mean "? ? ? ? truth.'
? r MS any refer. ? ,per to
? ? ful atr?ic?r . ? ?.??! by rhe
ana ?luring their iavoaioB of Ea
i, abich ar. andoabte lly ?r.ie, ,-,. |
have never seen them denied by the I.\;
' ? ? ? .
anl to have l.een com
? tted ? ? tl Gorm?os Ib Belgium.
.. BOl Sal) b] "?'-i rnans b It nl-o
seatral ? ??
corro? pondent? who were with th?
Gerssoa army. It leeou very ?igaifleoat that
out cutting off of
band- ' h loaemeot of
? ii
. people h ho
? -,. kaew ?.?bj -? u kee\ ? '.it tee
IOS upon tbl
.lew -, bat fO? I ? SI "-i thia ami
ns. Why don'* you tell the truth and
-ay that it is bec? i SOI aie
' o rinany '.' If you cannot be
tair, ut least be h
I should lik? ? p Ml you another question
irk?] 'I "lio- . 'her p..wer :\. 11 t"
? iraiug sad hanging of
Sd men. women an?! ekildrOB by mob? in
-. without any of the murderer?
(UlttOlly "pronun?*nt" citi/.n belog pun
it h?r would our BBSWOI I I ? '
Furtbtiuiore, 1 should like to know, as .
are grieving so much about the violation 0
im. neutrality, whal do you tl ink abou
?l?. violation of Greeee'a i ' ff?
the "taking" of the Canal Zone a violation 0
neutrality? What about the treatiei a '
?.he Indians, which were considered "scrap
of paper" by the United Btatei government'
. would stop your German bs til g loni
r noagli 'o answer qu< u yot
woul? ssidea those wh<
irrite letters praising your anti-German <di
torials. It i? your privilege to form a1 d as
press your own opinion about the war. but a
least be honest. ('. G.
lloboken, N. J., Get It, lilt
Anticipatory!
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Tribune announces with eonsplcu
ou? liberality of phrase that on Sunday i
will publish an explanation by Victor Mur
dock, Progressive, of "Why the Progressiv?
Tarty Will Go Info the Campaign of 1914
and to Win." I conclude that your reader
generally will concede that a man whose hope
fulness is truly phenomenal shouhl have hi:
say.
obviously the crisis for that party Is acute
considering that in this state its former stat?
chairman, Mr. Douglas RobinsOB, nephew o
Colonel Roosevelt, and their candidates ir
'?11 I'm Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Mr. Davenport and Mr. Ilamlin, have all an
i.oune..i their return to the Republican party
n has Mr. i'.ird, their former candidat?
Governor in Massachusetts. In thi I
in which, their enrolment in 1. It fell 27. ,00(
short of the vote for their Presidential Klee
tors in 1912, the need for a heartening won
a? ? ma imminent.
Rut may we not venttire a few words an
tieipatory of what Mr. Murdoch shall say'
Not long ngo he spoke in Washington, an?
ad that each Progressive read the itll
platform through at least once every thre?
months That no doubt implied confidence ir
the wisdom of that document and ignoranc?
Of ths fact provable beyond possibility ol
refutation that the protagonial Progri
liimseli" has practically repudiated several ol
it* most Important plank?, it also must hav?
imp!:?.,! confidence m the sanity and veracity
of their l'.'l- Presidential candidate the in.ii
unquestionably Still, as then, the lead' r ol
'heir one-man part v.
GEORGE R. BISHOP.
New York, Oct. 15, 1916.
Why Not?
To the Editor of Ths Tribune.
Sir: l s?-?1 by the papers thai ander Mr
Oaborne'l "reform" rule at Sing S;tig in
mate* break one another** beads, inda ge
immoral habits and suiTer [ ,-i
through close Confinement in their cell- witk
out the slightest interference from the au?
thorities.
Why hasa't Mr Osberae, wha has ia much
time to denounce the "eld system," iavoked
the law'? aid t.? punish law breakers inside
the prisOB, Instead of waiting for hi? SB*
pel 01 to call In the District Attorney? I
?? in prison reform, but I cannot con?
done lawlessness and indecency committed
?in its name. Mr. Osborne may have done J
i lot to advertise Sing Sing's convict -, but ap?
parently has done little t" reform them.
Reports that one of them has been locked
sa weeks for accusing the warden of
? * him -teal into the deathhouse im?
presses the onlooker that the ghost of tho
item," with it? reveageful punish
'i!l lurks about the place. Why not
genuine prison reform? FAIR PLAT.
M?wbargfc, N Y, Get :, |fi|
A California Anti-Suffra^iIt View.
i ' hl Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Whatever va!;-... I ?;,?? ?itgu
ment? ' 11 r the su'Trage qaeatlOB, here i* one
most forcible to persons of calm judgment:
I-..i l?verai ;.<ar? 1,000,000 persona a year
as from foreign countries,
. from S.?uth?-rn Kurope, many notable
to read and wr.te Been tiier own language,
the WOB ? tad than the men. Mo-?1
j of them have no conception at present of real
republicanism. Many <.f the older on.-; refuse
I to learn the n? w language, depending upon
| their children for communication with Ameri?
can?.
If the r H'ht to vote is given to them im?
mediately, w.iat then? Their vote will
crunterbalar.ee that of the intelligent edu?
cated . ufTrii?ist women who are puahiag thi?
through ROW.
I* i-? tr?.:??, an ignorant vote could be bought,
bat would the suffragists buy it?
Republics stand only on education and
heaei A READER POR PIPTY VEAU.
| ._?_ Praaeisce, Dot ", i_ 15.
CLEAN STREETS CHEAPER
Reduce Dirt and ProWt Health br
Keeping M;*niiro Off Streets.
tor
Sir: With all the ta ? I - itthoj dotrrt
expense n?' our city ' *. It l***M
?trance tl Si I ? one h*s ?Bggested th* lit.
ing of millions of dollars by the very simple
plan outlined ! '
It is safe to - id th? automobil?
made i?s apoesranre a? a mnrhlne whleh
scattered organic tilth ro the *mour? of ?eveni
pounds at intervals of one or two nvlei it
would have been forl ?' oar
streets. Vet we hav? I | <"*t??M
with us at the present ? ?fBi?
Many years ago it wa? lUggeited in Kr.?
land that each horse be provided with a n
reptacle attached to the harness to catch th?
droppings before they fell to the itree* Th*
time i? ripe now ?o make this eorr.
Co-operation between the depertmcr' of
Health and Street Cleaning ran bring ?boat
and enforce a law obliging all horses enter?
ing the city lim:'? to I" ? aitk ??
approved receptacle ?.. estel "-.ana**.
At intervals of five blocks or I?, to h? dt*
termioed by trial, permanent ?tel I? -"hill be
[ erected where t; ? ?f th? receptacle?
on the horses may be emptied. The msnuri
deposited st these stsl lb? fras from
foreign matter ari'l may be sold by ?lie city
at a good figure, in Bg deposed
of a? a loss, sa at preeeat.
Of course, we may expect h??wl? from th.
teamsters' associations, express compiniel,
-*"res and others in the ?earning butin*?!.
Th"y will fall to re- BSBy of thi
accidents to their horses ?re due to slippery
streets, made SO by manure. The tractits
?ffoii of SdhesiOB il lowered because of the
same condition? I. *.. on a ?lippery street
B horse cannot pull as heavy a load s? h?
, can when rhe .-? ' due to
dry ?arftscea of itroel iiaatsr.
Automobilist? will weleomc mel ? me.?un
With open arm?. It ? ? ?7, l*!l
mini, less skiddiog, SI ? ??fety
and pleasure.
The lir.st effect would be the redur
? eieeulag ? I fl p*r
less from the fewer BBmbei mtri
und apparatus n, e?i.-,| and th? IBCOBM from
the sale of manure. . . ' would
be the Improved hi ildrea, ?id
adui's n? well, wkoas I .? . set b?
tilled with wind-blown bora? manure. And,
. our sen -. I cleanlineil
weald be improved, I th ? gre*t?r
pride in "tir ?potlCBI would
not mind the arrangement in the lea?*. *nd
the cost to th.* owoen arould be tl
la i* too near election to start a mori
ment for tins reform' I personally ?"-7 ill flfht
f..! it Lei San Kort lead the wi ?
JOHN 8 < KAM'KLL.
New York. Or*. |, Ifflg,
Sunday Saloons
To the F.li'or of The Tribune.
Sir; With the good exampl? of th? M?ye"
of Ckiooga enforcing the lav, BgS?B?t Sun?
day liquor selling. I hav" irrittOS Mayor
Mitchel .-??king him to go ?nd ??o IlkowlSS.
Having written to him itoadily - ' ?*' IsniA
ary, 17?ll, nearly every mon'h on thi? quet
tiori of permitting tk? liquor trail* to d'.tre
g.ird the Boodoy l.|uor law. I am hoping tri??
in v if\i of the gfi >' f?it?d
in the question of laefl not h?
alcoholic depraeaiOB in all th? depsi i -
of life h?* will be willing at leset to ttop
the open back an.l side doOf trade of th?
?ab'ons on Sundav.
I can enter any of the saloon? in this
-. on Sunday, even in my elsricsl drei',
without trouble. I have on lOiae Sunday?
gone into eight or ten and seen men s.tt.ng
and drinking.
I have la tim?s post giver, to the Miy?"
and Police CoBMBissiOBOr ?he names of th-**
places, but Bothiag boa beea bom. If B
cago can elect a May r who will no! ?kW
his duty 1 have enough confidence in thi?
great city ta believe ?hut B Mayor ?"ho would
be true to his oa'h of ortie- WOOld be taAW
somely taoperted
IAMBI v. ciiiiim
New York. Od -. 1.15.
Bloedsinnig.
To the F.litor of The Tribune.
Sir: No one can deny you the right to tatot
the Allies' cau?e in this European ?tfdl**
but when you use such ?Illy srgumen?
again* Herman Kultur ?s evidenced m
dsy'l editorial "W h.-ri tk? Mountain l'0M
Mahomet" all intelligent people will ?*
with von Papen that at least some A m eric?
Mtl.
are idiot*. ??
MM Vork, Oct. 13, 1915?