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Elect Anti-Tammany Aldermen!
No is?- KM ". &<? municipal campaign ?9
? than thai ping eon?
? a dan an out of tho
- of Tammany. is body has
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Um memory of m?n now
tboroua^tgoil ..
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with prof*, to the city and
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eredlb'e to tho.^e familiar with itl previ
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remado bad or.- ? .??ecame
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it potter! which properly did I
l?gislative body. It has made the
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i number forty ?sane; the Dei
thirty-two. A change, therefore, in only
tl would throw control of the
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An Alternative for Preparedness.
? i-. ' arity with living
? pathy, not coi tempt,"
? a in
or a new way if
1th, Whether
wai ' bar? ai . he argues,
reif aro of man
. i * phe
. ?-.menu the ?
? relation of
to him that the udvo
irednt ? war misapprc
tioi It saggerate
in the development of na
. ' in reality U'.
and sym] ? much more im
?
sace.
Hi.- ..? thii that,
? . ? . ? ; ;. .
.ul disco'. technology, biologi
h i? not encouraged at nil. Yet,
I it riot," be asks, ".-??em reasonable
to 'Inim that human behavior may be in
talliganUy controlled ?>r directed only in
Mght of intimate and exhaustive
u'edv?' of the organism, its pr<
ii' (1 its relations to its environment? If
? ? m pitiably,bow shamefully.
,t ad?quat ? i . i knowledge even of our?
ri si"
Coming ?down to 1 ..! applica
?
? ? ? w our educational
practice' have be?-ti modified and meta
Baorphoeed by a better knowi.cdj.-e of
nd phyatology, and insist?
that "the least, and tho most, Wt tan do
? of peace il to provide for
the itudy of I paeially for the
shar 1 or imperfectly de?
ft havior and mind.
? ? which "iir national wealth,
our : ? [fence Bl r technical skill
nial.' : . ? se he pro
poaes Um Bent of centres of rc
k search such as the Rod titute.
I when tita] pr ,y hi studied, out
r bould be developed I
ht ?? and consciousness
-hi" .institute B Fltfe
'es, for bQ ferni',
?cial endeavor and for univer?al and
permanerrl pesa. "
Hi? scheme Is nltogether amtahle, but
ita apparent value as nn alternative for
readiness in war is somewhat |aajasj
'ne circumstance which he himself recog
? he* when he observes that "we live mot-.
largely than is generally supposed by in?
stinct and less by reason." His aal
for social sciences will be BBaful if nn-n
can be persuaded to build upen it and to
te gi.verned in future - lather
than emo'
Pi ?'<?- .? >??'..- unfortunate1,:.
with the assumption that "phy.-ieal
strugjr'e Is no longer accepted as either
a nece-sary or a desirable means of set?
tling differences between individua'*," and
draws from this the conclusion that there
? ' . reason why among nations it should
be "tolerated." I'nfortunately, h.
physical pressure is just as necessary in
settling the diff?rends of individuals as
ever it was, only it i* so geera) and so
much better distributed than It used to be
in primitive times that most of us are
unconscious of it. Most of us are unquen
tlonahly governed by moral motives and
reason in re/raini g fron? murdar, iiiLtlttity i
and other crimes, but we era at great ?**.
r*en?e to provide against the very small
minority who to -day r?'fus<? to be con?
trolled ever, by the passion of fear which
l'i'-fessor v?*rk? a regards ns o unworthy
o regulator of men'? nc*io???. W<> guard
out homos ?with lock? i la, our streets
art* patro'le.l day in t" .toe, we
support law c-?urt? nt a-' SXpenee fot the
s?tt!ement of Individual differencea?, aid
finally- we have prisons to compel men to
.:???. | OUI cour'?
If phv-i ? ic to lo-'ger rMCet?
sary or tleeirable In private affairs It Is
M * i* f?itii?-. Thrre is nothing
ag?in?t which ?v< are SO th? roughly and
elaborately prepared
A Now Corporation Spirit.
Tluro asemi to be I new spirit abroad
in the corporation world. A deende ago
, or "trust," wn? regarded.
With * ' '*. as an organization seek?
ing it? edrai I Rshly, seta I y
- :;h manipulation of laws ai d market
eonditiona, with no recog? I obli?
to the g? ? ' Sich an
n was commonlj supposed to
be soulless, ruthless, inordinately graap.
But now
rpoTav
tion, declaring that "the general public
rtnd jiri\i?? ? ial have been in the
uv' t for both"; and thai
"the public ? ? ed attitude" is worn
?. F. W. Camp
of the 111 ii i St? i mpany, who
happe ..- to be .' .-?!..?? ? son-in-law,
declaring tr?at "the elas rpiril has to be
wiped out." "Men must be men together,1"
? 'and shoulder to shoulder,
rich v ? - ; '. M d the employer with
hi.? w. era, in 4 ?? that i -unes up."
??? rai i great advance
in the relations of the corporation execu
?.i-.e to the real of the people. They in?
dicate n m ? Ightoned coneep
l tlic privileges and duties of Mbig
Which only a few short year
ago would ha* e been received with in?
credulity, because it did not .-?-man? with
the daily performances of that element ?n
the coromui Phe i t?on Is
not ;-?-t donnnir*. perhaps; yet it is
to be taken seriously. The big corpora?
tions, under Are, used to call for a square
deal. ? ? ' ' ed unwilling, -1 un?
able, under the conditions then existing to
give a square deal either to thc-r em
or the public. Eventually they
discovered thai was not good business,
that the pe? -tit ?. of public d
. ..Am. un ' than they
had figured ?...
1 h?. :. n api ???' ??? ??? practical i ?
in better wages, shorter hours ar?! im?
proved working ns, op?
portui
in th?'ir corporations, in boards of oi
tai i* ? of all stocltholders
little cliques of inridei
open and legitimate legislative activity
rather thon in paign contribu
and lobby! "Cor]
es" 1 ' : ?? trod
earth. Neverthdes?,
? - .:? wealth ap
atioii
in-, -
aMetropolitan Museum Shortcomings.
A hil.-itt'i discovery has bean made
by Mr. Willard Huntington Wright, a
critic who, as we learn from a dictionary
of contemporary biography, wa ometime
liter of "The Wesl ?Coari Magazine."
Mr. Wright has discovered that the paint
Ingl at our Metropolitan Museum are a
mixed lot, and conceiving that many think
the collection "adequate to meet the na?
tional ttomand for an educational exhihi
;?on of the world.- greatesi painting eraa,"
be proced? .ii i ?..' pains to -how that it
is net. His laborious demonstration of the
obvious tahes up nineteen pages of th??
Xo\ ember number of "The Forum."
Now, Mr. Wright Is probably n??t aware
that many of the glaring faults he insists
have bei n a rabjeel of eriticiam
these many year-. If" he wen*. In- would
doubtli ss have ps ed over half of his com?
s commonplace and oonfined him?
self to such original thought- as he has
to off?-. For there ?,rt* original thoughts
in his criticism. Every one knows, for
ii.-tuno-, thai UM S ai ;.aps in th?
collection, but not evi -ed te
complain on the same SCOfU as Mr. Wright.
Thus, having named Giotto and a few
other Italians who ought to be represented
in "an educational exhibition of the
world's greatesi painting eraa," be admits
thai "such omissions can be more easily
forgiven than the ?void which follows the
' name of F<'onar?lo da Vinci." and goes
? -n to say that "the most glaring om
however, in the entne Metropolitan col
ection ' nelangelo."
Some years airo, when Mr. Ros, i Pry
ivitb a few asodeat things
be had secured for the museum, a bright
reporter, having lightly glanced over the
tment, turned to the collector and
desired to know "if he had picked up any
Angelo?." Mr. Fry Stared fot B moi ? '.
?and then smilingly nske.l whether Michael
was the OM in question. The simplicity
Iof the affirmative answer convinced him
??i Um ss of his Inquisitor, and in
tly rtcovering bis gravity h?e explained
hi? difficulty in the kindest ? anner. Not
--mee then had any one seriously ? ?
tinned the laxity of the trustees on that
.account til! Mr. Wright noticed that the
catalogue had left out "th?. name of this
SOS < f the graphic arts."
If It seems a little captious to quarrel
with t.ie museum for its failure to procure
the unprocurahle. it Is hardly less so to
!' for not having the very
' - ( ".?? - th?ST painter.-. Pint rate
picfu.t ii Yelazqu? : ar-' m.t
! nowadays, and it is Idle t.? say
thet "Vermeer shouhi have more canvases
th<?n any other IUitchman save Rein
I 'a 17." We ?-.re fortunate enough to
have even a single example by a master
whose works so rarely appear in the
market. No collection of Old Masters
asiaiilai mvmr anjoumt t?? anything if col
I lc-tore were forced to ?tick ?trletly to '
proportion. They have to take euch op-.
portunltJea aa they happen to meet, ami
Util obvious truth does not imply that
the Metropolitan Museum has Invariably
done so.
Mi. Wright very Justly criticises the ab
. rd'.'ic?, ol the modern collection, in which
.' Would have been much easier to select
Critically, But when he speaks of "a
superfluity of plrture'-" by Manet, while:
grumbling at the absenta of BurnoJone
and B icklin. one il justified in doubting
the infaM* ]Wv of hi? taste. HeVom
plaini that tSrattjaetna haa too few of the
more important moderns and alleges that
"the finest works of Ce/anno are now on,
the market and can be bought at an al-|
most Incredibly low figure." This i3 so
s uprising a piece of news that It is greatly,
to bo regretted h? whs not more particular, j
The mistake Mr. Wright makes is in;
not getting forth clearly what he SB*
Of a museum that is a very lat? comer in
the art market. Apparently he would, as
far fis Old Masters go, be satisfied with '
copie?, and he ?.lym "there aro many able
craftsmen who would gladly make compe?
tent reproductions." Well, that is n de?
fensible idea of a museum. But the real
mischief, after sll, Is not thst many of the
txamptaaof great masters p.re second rate
' i we enn hardly expect anything bet
ntOtt cases?but that there are too
many first rate examples by painters who
are r,o? masters at all and who have no
standing.
The severest criticism of the collections
would be a simple enumeration of the
futile painters represented. What the mu
;pum has 1b a more just cause of com-1
rlaint than what it lacks. And for this*
reason there must have been many who'
'.earned with a certain relief the other.
day thnt for the moment the Btate of
the. funds hn? checked the proce?s of,
acquisition.
Rich in Conceit.
It has been given out by the German
government that the time is not ripe for
debating terms of peace. But how shall
the aspirations and high spirits of the
conquerors bt Bopprtaeed. With one ac-j
cord the papers have fallen to speculating
upon tho di km of Furope, and one at
least, "I)ie Kheinl.-che-Westfklische Zei
lung," ha.? be? u so bold n? to lay before
its readers a modest but sufficiently defi?
nite plan for the readjustment of the
world as follows:
Austria to annex the pr.-nter part of Serbia;
Belgian to become definitely Get man. with
the exception of it .mall portion, which Hol-,
a allowed to ocupy; eraae? I
? .1 of her fortilieu places; Russia te
, ? ; land, tJ Baltic i evinces, Beaaarabia,
' I, :!.? ? rimSB tad portion B? the ( au
easasj England to abaadon her sfe?litarranean]
BOI IS ? Egypt, sntl nrar
I ? : .11 to become ? act
-t<ler Cteriiian protection.
No upheaval quite so grand and com
pr?'henF?ve has ever been defined with such
particularity tinea LL*ichrochola'i gallant
warriors laid their plans for the. over
throw of Gargantua'i Brauet, Ral
1 h told ttl how the ministers came b I ?
their king and explained to him exactly
how his force- were to be divided, how
they were to overrun Europe and DOW,
having reduced most of the continental
nation! nnd subdued Scotland. England,
and Ireland, one of the armies was to re?
turn and proce?ding by way of Bulgaria
to Turkey, to come at last to Constants.
? ople, Pichrochole, his imagination fired
by the glorious prospect of conquest so
momentous, could at this point contain
himself no longer. Tn draw on Sin
Thomas I'rquhart ;
'orne, said Pichrochole. let aa go joyi
them quickly, for I -will be emperour of
Trsbisaads sise. Shall ws no? kill these data,
Tuik? nnd Muhumitans? What a de\il ahoald
we do ehe? ?.?id they. And yon shall irive
?heir Roods and lands to such as ?hall bsvsl
aervtd you honestly. Reason, laid he, will
have it ao? that is hut Just. I will stive unto;
you ("arnmnr.la, Suri?, and all the ralettlat
lia. sir, said they, it is out of your gtedBttflSSI '
gramnaercie, we tbnnk vea. tied prant you
mny always prosper. There ?as there pres-l
ent at that time an old gentlemen well ex-i
? eed in the vnrres. B ?terra souidier.l
rnd who had been In many jzrent hazards.
? ?ihren, who hearing this distaaras,
laid, I do greatly doubt that all this enici-,
arill he like tha tnle or interlude af the
pitcher full of milk, wherewith a shoemaker
made himself rich 'n conceit' hut when the
pitcher was broken he had not whereupon
to ?line.
Is there an Kchephron in Germany to
spoil the nation*! hope??
Colonel (?eorce Harvey continues to d ?r'o--?
In '"Ihe North American Review" his jealousy
tf Oawald (?arrison Yillard, whom he refer
"i as "Assistant President " Whit mon. of us
Caanol understand Is how any real or near- \
1 can so stoop as to be jealous of a
plain civilian, who, to make his status still1
more Impossible, Is sl?o s pronoirSfed anti-1
? rial
On?-.- .' " - ??mn.i'.'.T aaa ? ?is-!
tt? say ii? h?^ t i ?
?alt. h \?r PrOblSBM ef the Al
I I. .i ? i ? ?
?pel
1 nderstooti by whom, pray? Much more
likely that they debated the men?? o' t M
BBSS!?
Bryan um the iVesstaaa i I t *,!??
mnnt a? much to him at tht par? ? ? ; ? ?-.
fi.r'l'Tliii lb? leu\r.rrhnna c to?? - Dayton C-.
But how much more It would hav? meant to
'
Vate Vict?ribus.
i.
Greatlj they strive ?urnlnst thee.
Thou Serpent it. Shining Steel;
But the direst blowa at thy heart are tho.?e
Wh't-h thou thyatlf dost deal.
11
li.y pllghttd honor di-honored;
A naTi?jti in agony prays
From its .-went si blood to an nut ink..
On hi? ..udtrment seat. He rep?-.?
m
Trey of thy venomous offspring
Shrouded In horror and dread -
The irrest ship sleeps in Its ?ombre deep?.
'I sab of th.- .aaoeoBl Dead
IV
A ?restas a call at midnight
Murdered: Vt t all in vain;
Thy bitterest blears come not from '<?
?V - are struck by These t! y 81
V.
So, he thou conquered or conq'ring.
The Scroll shall be writ the same;
I And the anrui?h?-d tears of a thousand year?
Shall never ?raafe out thy sham?.
ROt.ER.
"GERMANY IS BEATEN"
Tonio for Pessimists Disheartened
by Recent Events.
I o ihn Bdltof of Th? Tribune
?|r: Th? ?up?rh Inri-- In your ?-liter!?! of
?o-d?y h'?H'?i "Gersaaay l? li??t.n" should
piv. ?Mmiilu? to ?ho ?.do! n?rve? t.f these
?mong the Allies' well ???her? who hsv?
???n ?lth?r *h?t the Central Tow?*? will
prevail or that the ??-ar will result In a
?i|?W.
The pr?c?denti rit?d In your ?dtniriitila
irtiele, tho fart? recounted end th? ronolu
?iao de?luc?d pr???nt th? whole war situa?
tion ?o cn?ply ?nd convincingly that I
should like to know It had been read by all
p??slmi?t?, of whom them 1?, of ?sour?'?, a
?m-jre clsss, filled with dresd of Germany's
? : :.} victory, In idrhtlon to ?iifTr-ring th?
anguish ?tBgeadertd by the conflict. For,
Teateals sympathizers naturally hope
?ad e?.pect fh? defeat of the All???, Anglo
S?xor.? Bl !?a?t r?g?rd that possibility a? a
world cslsmity.
It i? not gi\ en to on?? people to know an?
other ?? thataaeJvae, ??hence your ?ol? douot.
thnt the spirit of Washington in lSl>4 may
not. ?lominate in London, Tari? and Petro?
grad in l?l?. Rut the evidenc? is b?for?
your eyes, nnd I? impresiive enough to ?ink
into and pcrnnat? the very ?oui of rrason
|Bg h?ings, flea* the ??critic?-? metle by tho
o l'uvo-r-, ?nd their coin???! prepare
?'on??tardily but surely being itiii'l- l*hl?**h
cannot da other than firmly implant the con
.. that the governments of these coun
?*-.?- ki... ? th? war must he continued until
victory rests completely with them.
I'll? rulers and Maife?men of these nations,
through their training, have been too long
alive 7o tin? Milit?t) m?nare to lick the fore
light which Btartofflp ibows what would be
the condition af the nations they ?crve under
Prussian rule; to ha.-e any doubt that it
were better to d!? lighting than to ?ub;n|t;
so that, although In democratic England, as
In republican United -?tBt?*?, military prepa
latinii has been dallied with, because* of a
false srn?e of Bacaritf among the tnssies,
? <-t Finland now know? th? full truth and
? e rath?r than not make good her
boa?? that "BritOBS never will be ?lav??.''
As the {?rest Li?osla, in th? face of failure
?.nd disaster through month.? and years and
ria'ing to contend with in?idlous en?mie?
wl'hin, upborne with a mighty resolve and
having a noble purpose to achieve, wavstod
not and succeed??!, ho must and will Kngland
and her allies pnraue tho preeent conflict
in all i*s dreadful rigor, and, unminding all
the trembling attacks of pcasimium, secure
the prevalence of their BUBS In a final de?
cision. PREDEEICR W. BASKER.
Xew Dorp, Btatea Island, Oet 2?, IPlf,
Another New Friend.
Te the Utter of The Tribune. **
Sir: You published yesterday, a lettOI
from Mr. Merriam, whe declarod his Inten
tiofl to drop The Tribune because it has
?ed woman sutfrag?, although for three
(notations paar paper had been read in that
particular family.
Penail me to sar that, althoufih only re?
cently have I had the pleasure of readlnf* The
Tribune. I have found a great deal of good
in it. My family traditions are Democratic,
tl*S Doss of party pol.tics, your rtirring
an the war question and your
It, iVar1"-?. .-'?.nil or. ?i;i' Miffrage i-.-ue
bave eompletely won my support A
a.- yen pursue your pre.-cnt policy of uphold
on. th? principles for which every honest, la?
telltgeat, piogreaslvs American shoubl
pen raaj count me ?mom; peat watssesl ? i
Will you . ? me to ?ay. as one uin..
meet? a great variety of people in the eoil*
lotitir.e, thnt those who OppOSS th? ballot foi
women are invariably persons lacking in the
aaer qualities of miad an.l hi art? They are
alao without logir in their argument?. I
have not yet seen a really sensible argument
advanced against women voting. If the ?i*
uation were :ever?ed, and it was the male
?tying to gel it? rights, I believe the
women would be ashamed to advance such
Billy arguments against their opponents.
I think it is timo that every man who
really honor? his mother and other women
relative? should stand up against th?- air;.?
of ?elf-appointed, domineering political
bosses, In th? ?ervice of corrupt interests,
and demand that our women shall have a
roles m tho government. A man who con?
tends that hi? mother or wife is not. quali
t':cd to vote ought himself to be deprived of
that right. He Is either a fool or a knave.
l-Ta.WK WILLOUGHVT.
New York. Oet? 28, liai,
"Eugenic Foolery."
To -he fMitor of The Tribune.
BiTl I wish to take issue with your edi?
torial In to-day's Tribune headed "Kugenic
1-oolery." Without deiiring to put the mat?
ter en a personal baste, I think it is ?al'e to
say that you would not wish offspring in
your family from specimen? of tho untit.
*oirh as your article discusses, and I cannot
4v you can argue that what would not
J for your fanslly would BO good lor
Otber Amelle:.:? family; and you aril!
perhaps accept the view that what is not
good for the American family is not good
for the American nation. I am not a modi
ta! man, bu? I ventura to say thht what the
propagandist.! have in mind is the develop?
ment of the human race into a cleaan. capable
rate, a? h whole, and the avoidance of the
perpetuation of practice? which, of all kno?vn
obstructive power?, interfere most with the
??arly accomplishment of that end. and with
broad and excellent purpose I do not
believe you wish to quarr?! W. *?. M.
NOW York. Oat, "2". II
Standards of Civilization.
To th?* Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The question which should decide the
attitude of all persons toward the ultimate
end of the war I? a purely ethical one.
Prejudice or sentiment or a weighing of the
various standard? of civilization -as repre?
sented by th? contt-nding parties and their
hypothetical influence on futur? society
-l.ould not enter into It. First and last it
.???:?.- :. of right and \?-rong, and Oot>
" i at 11 ;.. because She precipiti.ted a ?
without a justifiable cause, 1? mo?t horribly
mttmg. Moreover, in th?: she broke the laws
of nations ?hile the reit of the world slept
??cure In the thought of national honor, she
i? a towtoeaaer. And b? a lawbreaker ?ho
?houhi be punished.
DAVID ARNOLD BAU B.
Tupper Lake, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1915.
Teutons of Austria.
To the Kditor of Th? Tribune.
Sir: Will you please ?-?plain why, ??, for
Instancr, In your nem item of this morning,
?'Teuton Aviatori Thrice Homhsrd Heart of
Venice." the Au?tro-Hunganan srmy i?
called Teutonic, which, of i-nur?.-. maaas ?>>t
tnsn? The population of Austria-Hungary
is made up approximately an follow?: Slav?,
--'."""..; Magyar? | Hungarians), 10,000,"iin.
..n?. :,,inio,iioii; Iuhan?, l.OOO.OoO, and
? -, l.'.nnii.ii.iii ,? 1:1,11(11,1101^ viiith i?
' m H per cent of th.i ?..tal. Why not say
he ?entrai Power?, rather than Teutonic
allies? V. N.
.New York, Oet 26, 1916.
GERMANY'S OUTPOSTS IN RUSSIA
"1
The Strong Holrl Which Prussia Has Maintained for Generation? on the Un-RussianizerJ n?,
ilirs of the Ihrer Baltic Province. ^ta
To las Edltei of The Tri!. Il I
Sir: Thai it is no? ?ho Germans in t
trenches, the (?enttarn >?t the front, that Bl
tent the hardest problem of this war h
'.?corne rlear to moro than one member
?he coalition fighting Germany. Fur mo
dangerous thsn the fn? at the front has b"
'orjnd the domM'ip. foe the Germana 1 ivi
;-i RushU, France, England and Italy, '
ut ss spies for Germany snd who years
months In advanra have, for anticipated 0l
man use, clandestinely built for'..?, SB
-trurted submarine base?, installed wirele
plant?, etr. In ths countries now at v/sr wi
?'?? Teataatl allies. When to this Is add'
liie inciting to sedition of the? workmen at
th? BBBJStt races of G?rmnr,v's enemies,
arill not he difficult to account for the tard
'?es in the overcoming of Germany and hi
allies.
Most lafssted artth the Germ.ins has Ruts
found herself. Indeed, Russia has been call?
by German pnliMcal welters "Neudeutschlan?1
'New Germany l. That the German colonial
tion of the Rucian Empire was directed an
labtidittd by the German government bl
only In the most recent years become evlder
to Russian publicists and statesmen. 1 I M
German colonists are most numerously sei
tied in Russia'-? Baltic and Polish provinces
bat Is, In territory adfolning the Germa
Ft'ipire. t'ntil latter t.:mes the Germans ha
?.p.,. of most predominant Influence in Ru*
inn policy. Highest among thes? had ?too
the Germans of the Baltic provinces. No"
the Baltic Germans havo verified on them
??lves the proverb that the wheel of fortun
turns. Once the privileged citinena 01 th
Russian state, they are at present losing the)
national rights and privileges.
Almost daily do there appear in the Rus
sian journals reports either of the depnrtA
tion of prominent Baltic barons to the east
crn government? of the empire or of thei
heinir called to account for illegal a -
daring the mobilisation, or of the closing o
Garetea schools and societies an?! the suspen
sion of German newspapers, or of the pro
hibition of speech in German In the Htr?et<
ind public places and tho suppression of Grr
man signa, etc. Heavy repressions have
fallen on th;. element that had passed for
and had raprastattd Itself as. the most loyal
of the loyal. As to this loyalty there lias
begun to he expressed a doubt in tho Russian
S| | and In Russian public opinion, and
there is being underscored the fact of the
excessively largo percentage of the Baltic
Gsnaaai la governmental Beats, especially In
some department.?, and in eome sections of
the state.
. "With the beginning of the war," observes
the Polish "Gasota Warszawska" ("Warsaw
Gesatto"), "the Baltic Germans became, an
the Russian proverb ?ays, 'atiller than ?rater,
than grass.1 They had already passed
through various vicissitudes of fortune, but,
thanks to their organization, their solidarity
and their ramified relations, they had always
Weathered tot the storm ?fathering over
tieir heads und had again found themselves
? . tap. l'p to latter times they had man
aged te saw a considerable part of the priv?
ileges they had known how to secure to
themselves at the time of the annexa? ion of
tho Baltic provinces to the Rassisn Empire,
though in i he reign of Alexander HI German
WfS done away With a? the lanjuage of !
?ruction in the higher and ititerm??!'?'? i
ititUtieaa of learning, and the Russian la
gunge waa introduced in the aut?nomo
i-odle? 1 h? Baltic Germsn? appreciated n
so much legal forms a? the po?|P??ion
sathetity? Beoad with 'he closest tiei
the c-ilt-iiii of Germany, they did not te
denationalization by injunction* of ?he la?
? ?n the contrary, thanks to their uni?/ ai
ma*, rial power, they had carried on ?vi
furr.1?? a d?-nnMorali7ing work among tl
Lotto and I ithoi ?ai (That they alway? *?
mo?f BOaCOraed fur wa? that, not only
?heir part ?if the empire, but al?o in the 1
fluentia! grades of the s??te eOthetlty, th?
ihoald occupy the mo?t numerous possib
Whatever wind blew above, ev?
,l r.'igh it were the most unpropitious fi
remained In the govemmei
eiitpo;-'
"In Courland, Livonia and E?thonla t)
Genual eonstitatS a fleeting numeric
tits', bol un ?conomie power, as ti
?tratum of Urge agrarian possessor?, pastoi
? nd wealthy burghers. They endeavored I
lestrain the "'??mental expansion of tr
aboriginal population, the Letts and Csth?
niant, by aeeoatag the democratic, popuis
movement- persecuted by them, whereforo
assumed radical forms -of revolution?r;
anti-state tendencies. Thui, In 1905, th
not? in the Baltic pteviaees, which ha
a'rii-'ly speaking, ?? lOeial, igrtrian chai
act?r directed agalnat th? ex-??ptional pri?
ilogei of the German hur?n?, WOTO, in cor
BBOS of the influences of these baron
ropreaeatod a.? an insurrectionary mov?m?r
directed primarily against the state. P'po
tho Letts and Fsthonian? fell unu?ual!
severe repression? (the punitivo expedition
of R.iron MolIer-ZoJkomoloki, the militar
Governor General i, while the barons re
eeived generous compensations for damage.
and losses from the Russian Treasury. To
day, in turn, the Letts and Esthonlans ar
il g the Germans lik? for like, and an
accusing them of S lone- series of tran.-rr?
and mladeedi that are to prove th'
disloyalty of f' ?? B II ?? Gerssaas in t"1
pr?>"r.t war."
Bn?ed on privilege?, economic pr? domi
and the possession of sathetity, th?
position of the Baltic Germans required ?
close solidarity with th" governmental pol
ley, an?! the exerting on that policy r.f i
influence, wys the "Geseta vTatasaw
;ka " These Oormaa subjects of Russii
never ?dearly revealed their national phys;
ognomy. They were loyal i nd zealous offi
.?als; they con?idered tha* they were fui
tilling a cultural mission by taking a promi
:,<?: * par* It the d;r<?ction of the affairs cl
state and administration. The influence o'
'he Germans on the development of Russian
?statecraft from the times of Duke Biron,
Muenicli and O.uermann has lain above ail
tn the support of reactionary directions.
Thi? tendency emanated primarily from the
design of preserving the best possible rela?
tions with Prussia, and the friendship with
i'russia was based on tho propagation of the
corricr,on -h?,*. beside Russia, the state of
the Hohenzollcrns Is In Europe the sole
home of monarchism, the sole ?lam against
democratic revolutionary currents.
The good relations v?. i * h Prussia produced
the effect that the barons of the Baltic
prov?noos, ?-. hile remalninp good Germane,
were siaeetely able to be good subject-? of
Rus-ia. In the families of the Baltic barons
a division of roles occurred. One of the
brotlnrs generally entered the service of the
Ku?sian state; thanks to his relations, he
mad? a rap d officie! r?f,r> fr,,
ceived Russian ?.iltor?, tn-t wti ? ? *
the Russi'ira?-.'.-. ,,f the rolei But''**^,,
served his native ? es kr,r\ mppr,?^ i'* ?"*?
pa'r'o'.. Another brother retr.ilnH **
pleta '.erm.r, although msr.igi?. , ' *?*
mont esta*e and occupons bSbUi^**?
pr.'s In his native I
P7i;* ^?teisttoS
?nd; whu, . ?
m? a ?uhltssr 4j ZT*
brother oftint'rne? becam? ? iuM??t ?#"JT1'
many and m?de his career Is frtuu
In th? irmy. "Thet? relatto?i/?J?*,,,^|
"Gazeta yVtrsrawska" In eonclag?s. ?*!? **
cause any conliett, external or iattjsli
long as ther^ cor.Mnusd the tr^??*
Ruiso-Germ?n friendih'p. A iplrttiijl!?1 ?j
edy and a terrtSl* strife on th? opto*
ground appeared only *.?h ?Jit ff.?tW*
the eotburst o? th? war. Then It tnu* **
snry to choose between loyslty and ?J*^
nts, between d'??e, ?0 tnt afa!***
tien of blood" *??
About the relations of th? f,?na?as
'i p.sl'.c trevin<tai with th? *vlk'
h.nd" Interesting dn'a are itjppl;<a- k_ j?'
K?,unin In ?he "No-aye Vr^my?" ?f p-C
grad. The?? dsta Mr. Ksiunln duv, 2,
the edition for 1907 of an addr?.| ?^7*
published In Darmstadt, G?rT*??,7T
"Addresbuch ffir die aiiii?rh?:D j??
Heimat lebenden Bal*.,-. Hersuit^n?*, vi
Verb?nde deutscher Halte., ?n Darai^s
From this sourc? (th? "N'oroy? Vf??,,
deplores that It hes i.ot ?t It? dispo??]^
'.?'t editions of tre D?rTtiitsdt ?lra?r?#
aypears that In li-'OT ther? w?r? '?a-?,
Germany 1,741 end in Auitrl? 6t Qtrmam
from the Bsltic prov.r.cei who h?d ?est Z
closest relations with 'heir rt'stlrst ssssst
ing in the "land of ?he esitern lakts." C
tr? be?? known families th?r? ltvt? k ?v"
'Vaterland"', Von Ho r'tifrsB-Hcm?, 4 s*.
sons; von Bam?tohn-H Ttmelitern, |j s*.
Manteuffel, ?J; von Beer. 9; von Xtyttrrlsa,
f?; von Wrangel, 9; von Enealhartlt, ?haa
Eleven. 10; von Stackelberg, 10; ?on T^.
hausen, 10; von Gruer.ewslJ, \\.f ro( Vota,
hoff, 11; von Fierks, 12; von Grethu, jj
von Meidel, 15; ? ;?? Wolff, 15; reeinttmi
21. and von Os'en-Sarken, 24.
From the Darmstadt aimant? ft auy h?
learned ?hat in 1907 there -erval bj the LW
man army about ' '"-rmasi trta as?
sia's Baltic provinces, rurtiely: Bsrea lw.
scheidt, persona! bt itant of Print? fttaSaal
William; Count Lamsdorlf, wing a?'itMt.
0"o Burst, lieutenant, adjutant, ?2d Rtap.
ment, infantry; Frederick Brutier, '?'.eaten?,
colonel; von Krusen?'ern, lieutenant colossi
Wilhelm Adolph, lu '?runt; Baron ?xa
Aschenberg, lieutenant; Max Berngrtn, Hei
tenant; Gustave Briit/.er. lieutenant;'Bartt
Dirnchau, lieutenant; Ar'hur Getttnt, lin
tenant; voti Holander, lieateasnt, R?r?
Hoiningen-Huei.e. lieutenant; Partinaia
lieutenant; Victor ?eraf:m, lUntCBStt, Sa? I
mann, lieutenant; fount Stenbock, lleatsr j
ant; Count Tiesor.hauj, lieutenant; tob T. j
lng, lieutenant; Baron von W.iftnd, Iwnta
ant; Baron Wrangel, lieutenant So aus?
were there in lt>0T; how mar.y are ?here tea'
Resides this, the Darmstadt aimant
tions a whole tenes of name? of wIth ?f
German ofticers who have com* fmrn Rotsai
Baltic provinces, among others th? Btroaaa
Wolff, now Coontett Zeppelin, i'ount lay
pelin, as i? known, built his tint diricas
with the money of hi? wif?, who for taa
purpose mortgag-'i her estate, Alt Schaaas?
burg. "At present," observes th? "N'owyi
Vremya," "the de?t hie? of this est?t? art ?fr
krown. Will it be confiscated by *h? Roulai
government or will it be left in peae?T
WA< LAW PERKOIasas
New York, Oct. 20,1916.
BIBLICAL WAR PROPHECY
A Curious Prediction Made by a
Reader of the Future in 1902.
To ?he Kdltor of The Tribune.
Sir: It has been a source of wonderment
to me that no one, during th? progress of
the war, has, either in the press or In the
pulpit, undertaken to associate It with a
working out of Biblical prophecy.
Thirteen yean ago I clipped from a copy
of "The British Weekly" a three-column ad?
vertisement which seemed to be intere?ting
and curiou?. I filed it away with the caption
"A Curious Prophecy," and did not discover
it again until some time this year. It was
entitled "Twenty Coming hivenis, from liti
to Itta," and summarized a series of hap?
penings ?vhich it predicted would occur ne
tWSCU these years. I quote from the sd* ?-r
tisement:
"We cannot help knowing seven years he
forehand the exact time of Christ's personal
ile-cent upon this earth at the Knd of this
Age, because, according to more than two
hundred expositors of the prophecy of the
Seventy Weeks in Daniel's Oth and 11th
chapters, a 'Prince that ?hall come,' who will
be King of the North ii. f., Syria1, 'shall
confirm a covenant with many of the .lews
for one ?veek ot seven years,' exactly sever.
years before the Bad of Age. And the seven
peats ?'? this Covenant must begin v?. i? l? a
l'a-.over Week and end v\ith a Passover
Week, because they are Daniel's Seventieth
Week of Epen, ?vhich is the continuation
after mere than eighteen centuries) of the
Sixty-nine Weeks of year? 14>?:i year? ,
which ended in i? Passover Week, at the Cru?
cifixion of Christ. . . .
"The TvvOBty Coming Fvents are: Firstly,
?'Phn Chaaga of Tiventy-thre? Kingdoms or
into Ten between 190fi-'07 ami KMT.
-Aithin the countries of Ciesar's original
Keinan or Latin Empire, by Revolutions or
\\ p.rs or Diplomatie Negotiations. The Ten
Kingdoms \?ill then be Monarchies re:ir*??. i
OVOt by Ten King?, pretigtired by the Ten
' Horned Wildbeast and the Ten-Toe?! Image
i of a man in Daniel T'.h and -nd chapters, ?.in!
?hey will mainly b?-: | li France, enlarged to
?he Khme >n a? >o laclada all ten ??lorn
of the Rhine via., AUace-Lorraine, Belgium.
Luxemburg, Switzerland. al?o r u r*. i ^, anl
?rhetor? <>f Ba.ien. Wittemherg ami Ba*ratie
! is not added to Austria. 'Apparently all thi.?
can only come to pas? by France defeating
Germany.) i2) Britain, disunited at least to
the extent of giving them Parliament.? of
their own, but still, perhaps, maintaining a
?uzerainty or protectorate over some of
trem? from Ireland and India and It-, other
colonies, wh'ch never formed part of ?'????'.r'?
Roman umpire. i3? Spain, with Portugal and
Northern Morocco (4) Daly, probably with
Tripoli. o t Austria, !" lag 111 province?
north of th? Danube viz., Bohemia, Moravia,
Comet's Roman Kmn-iei
? ? gaiaiag perhaps part of i?ervia. < ?f* ?
S. with Thei laly, Kpiru?, Macedonia and
Albania. Ti Turkey, ndured in size to an
dent Thrace, w th Bithyniu. ? ?S1 Syria, sep?
arated from Turkey, (i) Kgypt It) Balkan
State? united viz., Bulgaria and Rumania
and Montenegro, and part of Hungary and
il rvia. Thus there will be Five Western and
Five Ka?tern Kingdom?, as prefigured by five
toe? on euch foot of Daniel'? Prophetic Image
n Daniel ii, ?Ii Spain lost Cuba in lc?X be
eaase 11 wa? out^nie tp.*&r't Roman Empire.
'?Secor.iily, The Formstion of these Ten
KlngdOHU of France, Britain, Italy, Austria.
Spain. GrOOBO, Kgypt, .--yria, Turk, y un.i Hal
kan State? into a Ten-Kingdomed < onfedeiacv
n opposition to Germany and Ru??.a, which
are out?i?le the territories of Cs*sar'i ettgiaal
Laiin or Roman Emp?te, ??ill take place be
tueen ten and twelve year? helor? the Knd
of th is Age, and probably about l!?17-'l*i. Tho
(?traord.iiary phenomenon and apparition
| will then bs beheld of the Ten Allied Kings]
seated at th? table et a European congrois,'
rgrc-ing on a common policy and united in a
European conceit ... It is difficult to
?00 bow the predestined extension of France
to ?he River Rhine can be effected w.thout a
groat F:. i-co-German ??'?ar, although Germar.v
may he compensated by the annexation of
Holland and Bohemia, Moravia and Gali?
cia. . . ."
I will not further trespass upon your space
by quoting from this strange production. It
reems to me curious that over a decade ago
such ?n advertisement should have predicted
with ftiir accuracy some of the happenings of
this past year. CU1I0U&
Jersey City, Oct. It, 1915.
Questions.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Is it true that tho only sulphur and
brimstone deposits in the United States
available for the manufacture of explosives
are located In the State of Louisiana within
rr.nge of hh invading fleet?
Has the I'nited States War Department
taken any steps to protect these deposits
with fortifications or othemi M '.'
la it true thnt a very large percentage of
the pyrites used in the manufacture of ex?
plosives i? imported from Spain?
Is it true that it would take eighteen
months to open mine? in Virginia necessary
to supply this material for the army and
-n anything like a ?vnr basis?
Il it true that all 'he nitrate of soda u.-ed
for '.he manufacture of explosives in the
United States tp? imported from Chili?
Is it true that tl e German? are able to
secure nitrate of so?la by taking the nitrogen
from the air"
Is it truo that the I'nited States Navy De
payment was unable to secure bids for
fuming acids In May of this >? IT.
I? it true fhut it would take fourteen
months to develop acid factories in this
country to supply the army and navy?
I II true that the case against Dumba's
nn- enger, Archibald, has been dropped?
An answer to these fUOetioai might he of
interest to the general public.
GEO. L. ROBINSON.
New York, Oct. 27, lili,
Psychology of Pacifism.
Ta ?he i;.!i?or of The Tribune.
Sir: It is a very curious fact that a
pacifist will not, even when he knows by the
fetes of logic that a certain danger threaten?,
take any measures to avert it, and that a
militarist mtent on some atrocity and know?
ing full well that the "civilized world" will
hold him t?. account cannot alter hi? d?ter?
min?t,on. It would seem that the will once
strongly engaged in a given purpose cannot
disentangle itself before BSSBS precipitous
change is reached which br< ak? It, ?nd must
keep on obedient to the law of inertia that
bodies in motion will continue in motion an?!
thOOS a?, rest will continue at rest.
This seems to explain the horrible action
of von Bissing, who probably regretted it
keenly before it was done, and also to ex?
plain the inability of the i'nited States to
prepare for almost certain war.
When the will is locked and the key is lost
it mean? predestined rum with the clear
mind looking on. E. H. F.
New York. Oct. J?, lili,
"Non Angli, Sed Angeli."
To the Editor of The Tribune.
S.r: ? oncoming the sngels of Mons. "The
London Truth," of the late Henry Labou
chere's fame, printed an amusing ?tory ?orne
time ago. An Kng!i?h officer who had taken
part in that ?lisastrous retreat from Mon?
without seeing any angel? himself, but wit?
nessing some uncommonly severe lighting,
?vas asked for his opinion. "Well," he ?aid.
"if the angel? were on our ?id*? at Mon? I
hone for goodnen ?ake they'll bo with tho
Germans the next time."
R. J. OBERFOHREN.
New York, Oet g?, 1916. I
THE PEOPLE1 S UNIVEBSITY
A Plea for the Continuance of Pub
lie School Lecture?.
?To the Editor of The Tribun?.
Sir: As th? public lecture iyit?m undtr
the Department of Education il noa In d?t
ger of being discontinued and as I ?a ??*
of those who ha\e enjoyed these lecture
? greatly, I ask a little of your ip?c? f?r u
i earnest pl?a that they may not ba dilett?
; tinued, :
School No. 166, near to nil, haa been ?mi
winter evening the "people'a houi?," i entri
of education on lines of efflcUney for Vtvi
making of all around useful citireni. HtB
night after night through admirably cleaS
?ied addressss, with ami withost lanh?
pictures, able experts have in a thorosflg
democratic way developed in both ol,*J
young a persistent thirst for a bef?r m*W
edge of history, governments, art, at*
poetry, social economic! and the icsbBI **
dar? of every country on the globe. aaUfl
this social and educational centre I Basa
myself in toue'n with men and *?>*?*
njany different races and ways of thoc?
but all seasoned by experience and er?
much sorrow and all anxious to learn antaa
laueationawhlchhadapractical^ari^
New York, Oct. 23. U15
The Dardanelles?Defeat or Di?*?'
? ..n?lno?xl from ps?t 1
took place in the middle of A*1*0*?
lasted several days, but after terrW
slaughter ended in a new cl eck And el?
th?- check the Dardanelles campaign I??
, ,|,,tdlo,-k. B| October 1 It had ma',*
British aloi.e more thuu 1^0,000 csatt
tie.s. The French low la not known. I?
this enormous slaughter there ???*
tng to show except a fev square roll? ?
ground, some trenches huddled ?nder
crests of the hills, which the Turki *?
hold, a precarious position, deatituts
safe sea state? . u ?uri
Had the British heen able to hciaJr
?lahr they would have won tht camp?-*?
Had they been able to push on ***w
first landing, they would probably at
carried Achi Baba, still lightly held *<
Turk. Twice success haa just ***\W
through their ringers. Only milittrf ^
can guess now whether the 8UC<**"V1<
-;?i Ian Hamilton, who has been r**Tj
will be asked to try again or comn,1*^r.
to withdraw all army from stj*,,
pott and take it to the mainland, lb?
be an operation fraught with incalt^
peril. But so far as it is passible ?g
now. the military operations. ir?m
purely miliUry aspect, have been ?
plete failure, and they have been r?*PJ
sible for the equally grave coliaptt ?
lied diplomacy in the Balkans. .
Never in hi? long history hat the l
done better than at Gallipol?. WbbJJ
has been mere marvelous in mihttJ*
ords than ths Osmanli recovery lateesa
1912 and 1?16. Fighting on the w
place through which he marched w
Europe live centurie* and a half ?%g0'?\^
mg with the ?ievotion that made 111*?
memorable in the laat century, he****?
the admiration of the whole world, sf
British foes first.
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