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TRIBl'NE uiMr.irt.t ? i" paj yonr ir?i?i?e>
he. I? ii|??,n r ? ,. ai? - * Ss r. .1 l .?pe. no ?juih
hlirc We make R'??? pcoiBstl) if Ibe nd
?eritser does not.
What Are We Go in;. To Do
About It?
The ?? with
I arbitra
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Minn eomp
In all mal i
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accepta with
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Brit aturall**
just
Bui th? mail ' *o on
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al to know .'it on? is what
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mi all futur?
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when
British art
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the British
retal ' ?nal 1 ???*?' *!1 fat*
? ?can Inti ? I
T<> Fall
in this
? take
ited a desire
-t that
? the country did
iiot ?;. a policy of
"'vatrhf*..' ' intil the Arabic inci?
dent provi for a moro vigor
?. i- <i ?
In othei words, out message to Gi
Britain will be I action pre-,
risely a the A ? n the next
fe? ?.?.. i "on or
acquies? ? ... Thil exactly what one
must ?xi'nt o? ? foreign policy which is
tic, which ;
taking a popular referendum on each ques?
tion that arises. Mr. WilfOfl II MW irait?
i-rican p<*ople will he
???] ?rith words or will demand action.
1 a policy car; ? | perils, as
the (lerman affair ha- shown. It is, in fact.!
? gains of Mttil :
? ? Ik to the pr??-. ? ?!. Thus a *
oJtbui mpathiiera, care?
fully manufac* . inicht
conceivably hurry the Administration into
a cours?' repugnant to the majority 0?
Americans.
Yet even an em! a rim is not a simple
solution of our difficulties. It is easy to
prevent the export of munitions of war to
Great Britein if the Hritish decline to
follow our wishea or respect our rights
But shall we extend th?* embargo to all
England's allies, to France, to Rui I
Italy, to Japan? And if w?* do not, what
effect can the embargo have, for what was
intended for <? . *. can be shipped
t<**> France without ?ioing England a?.y ma?
terial harm. On the other hand, if we put
an embargo on the export of munitions to
England and her allies, we invite reprisals
from most of the n??n-blockaded nations of
the globe ?and practically deatroy our own
markets outside of South America.
Mon we cannot do in any event, because
our tr?-aty pre?.?-* *- OUI making war Qpoil
Great Britain. Why, then, should Groat
Britain pay attention to our warning.?-?
Here is the real vice of our present for?
eign policy. On July L'l we sent a note to
Germany asking a disavowal of the l.u.-i
tania Maaaaere?. So far no r?'ply ha_s
come. To judge from prese: t i.?idU ations,
not the smallest Intention exist- in Wash?
ington now to Insist upon (.?Titian dis?
avowal. If we can give Germany three
months in which to disavow murder, how
long shall we allow Gr??nt Britain to dis?
avow larceny for which she is willing to
k make restitution after arbitration0
y There is no disposition to justify the
British offending. (?rent Britain is now
violating international law. under v.l. eh
we would live, because she desires to strike
Germany. Not ,.?.!?,? Germany but the
United States luffsrt. For this there is no
defence, no excu????, no ITjJsnstluu but the
German "law i ? ? . .a ??,."
On the other band, when Germany fo'.
lowe<l the ? . nothing but
write notes, n? i Gi rrr.any ?raa able to carry
on her illegal operatioi - until the I:
mastered the Gorman subn ai i ? i*ampaign
and put an end to it. Our dispute with
Germany, in fact, \? ? ot by Amer?
ican diplomacy, bul aval power.
Mr. Wilson's "vict*?ry" was ?rofl in British
waters by British as
No?*?, the situation in the case <?f tir?:??
Britain is who Her blockade.
legal or illegal, and we believe it to lie
i'l??ga!, it growij i ' vors ai d ? iors fatal t<>
German hopes. Every disoatch from Ber?
lin testifies t?<? tin* suffering or i:conven-(
??anee incident to failing food bupply. If.
' ;..: mattered British na po
? last? r?".i the (ieraian sub
.. i?real Britein c
.\\ the Garnuui ? sample and i
w ilaon with another greet Ai
? " Bol the fed Is q
\'. i v eri . mus? make up our mi
aw or no lew, <??? -i aril]
? sr gi ip en the Gennan thr
Rightly or wrongly, she believes thai <
- rig ? i s istion. She
thai a few niou* months of block
w ? ;.. ?rar. Not eren the Itieom
f the embargo would over weigh
advantage o? t???- blockade. We must f
; thai Greal Britein intends to
on her course, illegal and immoral ai
??. u?.
In this situation ere eanl fight (?r
even if ere ?ranted to flghl I
one more treaty to
" crap O? paper." We ci
. . bargo effective without pre
tally breaking o-T all friendly relations
Brith Greal Britain ar.?l her colon
? o? the nations? whooe p?
iborne tiatlic. In a w?
" treaty has tied us hi
iwever anxious we might be
Wd] M poee as the champion
rights end of the "freedom of
?hing that we would not do in
Germany when life, not propel
i (1 no arbitration trei
held us ba.-k. we ?an hardly do now in
? ? ll Britain. We hav. i .?
Utined the diMVOWaJ o? the murder of (
citizens. We did not persuade Germs
lering them. The ce-- .
solely incident to the British success
ing the rnibmarine from the Noi
d the Channel.
*.ote to (.?eat Britain is pood 1)
and pood sense. It is firm, where wo ;:
i in speaking firmly, but it is jt
? ?? ease o? words, because we he
deliberately elected to employ only wor
in our foreign disagreementa, and in t
:.? Britain signed a tn I
polling ui tu i?.? no further. England m
seize our -hips, restrict our lawful trac
? *? she chooses to hinder o
i our only redress is arbitr
. ? ? ! fut'iv with the promi
of some renaymen! ;?? the grandchildren
the i??-.
Mr. Wilson's present, communication
tie more document worthy of note in a;
if law and deserving the attenti?
ts and international arl
Bui il won'1 persuade the Bri
i li to let our commerce alone, beo
??acked by no force and can be backed I
no force. Even an embargo ordered :
January, 1916, would be relatively harn
less to the British, whose own industri?
mobilized for munition manufac
are by that time.
In the existing situation we are helple
and hive accepted the helpless r?le wit!
out protest. We have not only dec?an
ourselves ''too proud to tight" in the ca:
?lead, murdered by Germany, bl
we have bound ourselves over to keen tl
. at our own expense, with the I?ri
i?h. If England thinki the blockade wort
the price of an embargo we have no n
law? It would lie noble c
the British to meet our wishes at (he ris
of losing the war. but such nobility is nc
? '. Otherwise, the worst v,
can do is to abuse the Britisch by word an
the best to hold our tongues and endui
the consequences of our own pacifist foil
expressed ir Heaven only know- i,.
many Bryanic treaties.
An Irish Independent.
The husband o? lira Bheehy-Skeffini
ton, at one time a known suffrapett
in Dublin, has addressed a letter to th
Preaident of the United States telling hir
how to apply the doctrine of "thouphtft;
partisanship" to Ireland.
"I do not ask," he write? with becomin
thai the United States shoul
Srately declare for Irish iniiepen
Bul if Ireland demands the riph
to take a plebiscite of its men and wome
to determine whether Ireland is conten
with its present state or would prefer t
be independent! will the United State
support that claim and insist that Knp
lui.d, the :-? lf-vaunted protector of smal
nationalit?, shall abide by the result o
such a plebiscite? Is that too much to asl
ar an expression of 'thoughtful partisan
ship' with those who desire to be free?"
Mr. Sfe '-.y-Skemngton is simple-mind
If <;? rmany is to be the ultimate vie
as perhaps he hopes, he would d?
better to Join his illustrious fellow eoun
jtrvmat.. Sir Roger Casement, and have i
<OUt with the Kai-er. But if not he niiph
?deign to ponder what a great strategist
our own Admiral Mahan, paid on thi:
subject:
"It is ImpOSS-Me for a military man 01
i sta'esman with appreciation of militar?
conditions to look at the map and not per
ceive that the ambition of the Irish sepa
rutists realized would be even mor?
threatening to the national life than th?
?m of the South was to that of th?
American Union. It would be deadlier
also, to imperial aspirations, for Irelan?:
by geographical position lies across anc
controls the communications of Great Brit
? with all the outside world?save only
?msi'leralile. but far from prepon
?brant, portion which borders the North
? ? a and the Baltic."
About three years apo one of the party
"f eoalota to which the adviser of the
President bohangi wrote as follows in
"Irish rre.-.loni": "War between England
jand Germany _ practically inevitable and
:ti i?sue is uncertain . . . Ireland
within the next f?.nv year? will have the
Igreeted opportunity for asserting her in
? ?lence that has come since the days
I Napoleon. She can use that opportu?
nity or she ?an let it sh]h but which is it
flunk well on it. men of
Ireland, and make un your mind.-; there
is i."t much time to l..?i."
The men of Ireland Mem t.i have lam
D0_UM m making up their minds, and
Lord Kitchener sayi t * ?* i
api eali bai been "hith?n? ? magnifl? ?
Tb? little, insu' .'i(i t.? which
Mi. Sheehj - (tad them*
in a hopeles minority, and. bei:,g
too proud to Bght, have ?:.. .iked away to
this country or are trying to do >.,. If
f then-, ever go back they will doubt
!?? i ?f.?i.-" a becoming welcome from
those of their countrymen who realise
? they an* living in the twentieth een
tury.
No Change for the \\???9Cse.
Again the real estate interests have
brought op the question of consolidating
thus?' departments and bureaus winch have
t? do with the inspection of building?!, t.i
d.. away with the present overlapping of
i irisdiction and duplication >f work? This
.- greatly to be desired, both as a matter
? >f economy and to relieve property 0ITI ? I
from excessive Inspection and eontradn
. orders issued bj differ? n1 depai I ?
m? nts. Their plea should, and will doubt?
,*??.??, receise sympathetic con-id? ration
from the city authorities.
But while there is an evil in this situ?
ation Ul ?'i remedied, there should I.i
repetition of the mistakes made ?*?. the pres?
entation 0? the late unlamented I.ock
??. mi ?Ellenbogen bill, ?which was intended
to abate that evil. \"o possible change 01
combination ?if inspection powers will be
acceptable to the people 0? this city which
emasculates the tenement house law or
\ orks, in practical effe? t, to break down
the protection tenemoni dwellers
have. No ?hange will be acceptable which
replaces the present powers of the ?tale
labor authorities ?and the total Fire Depart?
ment to require thorough arid ado
safeguarding of factory worker- with
? powers of protection. N'o change
will be permitted which will lessen the
Building Bureau's authority to ma
standards for safety in construction and
alteration work.
The I.oi'l;\vood-Kllenb?igen hill aro::
?torm ?if public antagonism because il was
believed to do all these things. If in co?
ol 'ration with the city administration the
?a! estate people can work OUI a consoli?
dation scheme without these weaki.? ?
on? having the approval of the local au?
thorities, it will be well to have it
H ittod for legislative action. The city
needs such way? of saving men?) and
increasing the efficiency of its work ;?
be devised. Money saving and sim?
l'on of work which might reduce protec?
tion for the life and health of citizens,
though, is out of th?' question.
Edible Hatred.
The comprehensive forethought of the
Germans receives each ?lay new confirma
lion. Their minute provision for the <? n
tingcncie.A of war appears almost in
and one feels impelled through a sort of
fascination to watch them piece together
apparently unrelated activities, agitations
and operations into the coherent fabric
which is their national strategy.
The latest fragment to find it- little
niche in the puzzle is, it appear , their
hatred. This has its own important func-i
tion in military economy, and that is to
nourish the nation through its period of
food shortage, t?i sot at naught the grip of
the blockade. Every one will recall the in?
ception of the campaign of hate in prepa?
ration for the present famine, but who
could have supposed that when tha'
tion which inspired Fissauer's hymn ros ?
like a mist fiver the Fatherland it ? i
ing deliberately cultivated for its food
salue 1 The "Frankfurter Zeitung" 1 ave
us no doubt in th?* matter:
Hut as our worries Increase, so day by day
grows our hatred against the enemy who i'
responsible for thi* misery. This ha:r??d i?
so potent that it will nourish and sustain u
und inspire us to hold on until finally we
hack our way through, even though we have,
drawn the belt so t:?ht aroun?l our bad I
that the mere act ot breathing becomes a
trouble an?! I weariness. Our ha*.re?l will
?nable us to show the world of what tenacity
Sad endurance (?ermar.s are capable when
once they are sure of their caess.
The extreme degree of Ulis hatred, it
will be remembered, is directed against
Great Britain, which maintains the block
ade?another instance of careful Teutonic
i calculation. Most emphatically a forward
looking people!
But just how much nourishment is con?
tained in hatred? Those of us who have
j tried to live on love have little confidence
lin emotion's content either of carbohy?
drates or proteins. In fact, we are in?
clined to believe that one can live on lov.?
even more sumptuously than ?me can flghl
OB hate. The experiment, however, will
bear watching- at a distance.
"Safety last" ha? iil-o not a few follower
a' a working motto.
How sharper than a serpent's t"Oth is a
certain type of friendship.
How Talents Are Wasted.
?reofeseee John ?t. Hi'.rtie ?si The .- ....
Did all genius depend on the hereditary
factor, an?l consequently we ha?l develop???!
all individuals possessing exceptional ability
into contributors and creator:-, the question
of their complete utilization by -ociety re?
mains. That all able men and women a?e
working at the exact thing and la the exac*
place and un?ler the exuet methods wh'ch will
yield the greatest and most fruitful results
for society only the superficial could be!.eve.
Herbert Spencer used up a very large part ?if
his superb ability during the larger portioii
of his life in the drudgery of making a livir:?:
The work of the national eugenics laboratory
of Kngland is carried on by a man of cr. at
talent, Professor Carl Pearson, in crampe.I
quarters and with insufficient equipment and
support. The enterprise is as important aa
any in Kngland, that of discovering the con?
ditions and means of improving the humar*
race. The laboratory was built up in the firs?,
instance by th? BaCT*ifl?M sf Bit Francis (Jal
ton, and it is maintained by means of the SS
quest of his personal fortune. These are bat
instances of the many which exiM where tal?
ented individuals are working under great
handicaps which neither promote their talen'.
nor secure fecundity of resulti ?" eellsei
man. la asarlj sesry line ??f human endeavor
gi'ted individuals arr i?.n-iin B| la an mi
necessarily wasteful manrer, from the point
of view of social improvement, their splendid,
abilities.
QUIESCENCE THE WATCHWC
A Proper Course After Aincri
Bluffs Have Been Called.
? ? | rhe 1 i
poadeat, "I.i - Acton," ii
Tribu:u . October lf sean
eject polti ? ' '
ifter the German ?. I bis ?.In
? . ? |_i ? f, : its conduct of foi ?
b the Pr? - lose h?
drawn in his hon iB*Aaie
: ? ealj
on! the u aal Amel*icafl progl s.niir.e o?
and bloater, and when ins Malt ii called
oaapoi ? . t" s^'.v th?
t ? i m th.. scapegoat We Anerieaaa at
?' the war decided thai Ben
be imp.?!? ? ? at lea hj roe ",; ol
. ." Im! tlinf !
? th? \ erican.iBTented ?uhmar?n
... - ? , eatoaa,
ahown us and the world something aot
irarfai ? lentally held us to '
trslity we B?aw raaiataia.
[f "...u start off on th.- wrong fool
?I... -!.'? in m thai you should keep ?m ras
irruir.
! ? inia inriden! is elOBOd," il ?? good !"
?'or il i adi Inistrs
., Englaad ami her alli?e.
I ? . neun right;. the Hoc
ease, a i lawed whole by "I ? i fl
. "I.? singtoa" I ? : tie rerun
. s old Kni-'is.' ? ?' oth? r da] -.
lu r<-j----?i? I to the parchase i
ill be "j;imm...l through the 1?
.utive ha -." - our correal.I? ni
Gen ?? \ has prohibited the sale of
i., foreiiBen i the adrainl ?
lion turn it? atteatiofl t?i Meiico, where Ar
mnrdered witl
enemy ihipi in war ion? . ii II waati
,.i " l'i! ha mean - - me
of the European itruggli is good policy
o?. BUNKER HID
Newark, N. I., Nov. |, i i
The Failure of Democracy.
'[ o -he E( toi ? ?' I
Sir: The ei 11 cal exee I? ee of
? ? i." eannol be den
.i.ject in a big way a'iil |
.???at- it elearl], No i
II are those which ?my.
. ?, -, democn ? II fright ful failures
which ?s, England, in Franc? aad m tmei
? ? the human inability to mi
. ovorameal b]. o! an * foi
sltogi ther econoi nd ethici
? ?
? itar sad more loaglived
. . - hnndn ?1 and '
?? , ted in increaaingly fear
economic impostures on work*a-day poi
. the riche : country oi aai
. agi on ly anjuet and so bad thai ?
general are multiplied until out _0,000,(
real workers do not ? . .
I ?ring wage, but must
ould i>r' paid them, and wo
th? ?-! were they I ?
thorough governmental eflciency
? .1 uni**?
- r? 11 y denied by democracy'! economic fa
one; ai .1 n- for a bat avoir? I ?
tails truly spiritual benefits, th? ?
terly lost sight of in the political machia
?" applied democracy, limpl)
- no s-uch thing at all i
? ii representative rule for, of ami by ai
people whose eoavtetioai admit of nothii
as being tonal to utilitarianism. These co
tend i?, destroy spiritual sense m
lently undermine all the moral in'e
oui BBtional plight to-day;
ii England's in bvob woroe degree; aad 11
.,! of dear old Prance Krame who
Gallic tradition! ai ally inhe
ant love for monarchical inatitutio
? ? ht?! v. ith anytb ag < beei be i
democrat ? lade
/UaFRED LAUREN'S BRENNAN.
New York, Nov. I, 1911.
For a New Peace Movement.
To the Edil ? Tribuna
a move)
... ?,.,.
to move mainly io the direction of prevent*!
of war to the AI
leal deatruct ' ?aa ii
? (? almost out ipohofl I .plan;
lion ihat without monitioi I ? r? <
allies eoald aol defead themaelvoe o
? ? util Bed a?tael?
Of the German II I the Allies woub
? erefo . be forced to irrendei te 'i.'- Gei
mans, with the result that the war of ?t
4.1 ?ob woald eeaee aad the eoaqaet-d, f?i
lereral generatioaa, coul?l p;iy tribute to ait
?an?.
We hisir no ou'rry whatever against th
neutrals scllinc Rrain, foo?lstuffs and clot.r
? ? ?,, meal ici : n tioai foi : be ( lei
man soldiers in older to maintain ihem i
health and physical strength for their con
! atlarks deal
?!??;.linjr blows !.. the poor ?ho ar
defending their own llvei ami homes in thel
v.? i i tire land ?
h the ipinelesi and puff-ball variety of th
Bryan -?:?? icorely waal to d.methiai
eal, let them form a peace movemen
to accelerate I GeraWB bark ward movemen
from Praaee, Belgium, Buaaia and Serbia, i?
Garsiany, where they belong and may enjo;
to themselves the Prussian prerm' of thei
own culture and not inflict them upon othc
nations.
A peace movement of tin* kind would re
i the ?incere support of fair ralada?
people and be a sensible atl ? tap th?
' r much SOOBOr than wool?
me of tl -o ap
erisy,
New York. ( i?'t. '.".., l'.'l.Y ! 1'. I.ANK.
An Appeal to British Women.
To the Kditor of The Tnl.s.
I i: Hading that it la not urgently re
?in.red, tkto British Wobmi '- Ib.-- tal havt
temporarily postponed their scheme for pre
senting a base nospital to the French g>v
ernnu-nt. They BOW wiah t?. carry out a wor?
that they are confident will appeal to th?
..?hies of ovary memb.T of the empire.
The site of the building of the Star and
Carter Hotel at Richmond has been pre?
sente.1 to her majesty tho Queen, who ha?
intimhted her de?.re of giving it to the Brit
iah Bed ? rasa Bociety far a home for our
paralysed ai;d i ?led soldiers? and
sailors.
The British I'.ed f'ros? Baciety have de?
cided that it would be more oeoaomical to
pull down the axietiag baildiag ami er.ect one
that ?will fall] ex-sctly the reqaireflseata af
such a home, wh.ch is to be called the Btsr
atui darter Home, and they have asked the
eeaunittee of the British iVomoa'a Hospital
to raise the fur.ds aaceaaary for this new
building. The Bnti?h Women's Hospital con
7i.lei.tly appeal to all Hriti-h women at home
Bad -Vet ->?.?* te help them to ra.?e the neces?
sary sum of SSS?SS
They are sure that all women will welcome
this opportunity of dalag a little for thOM
who have dOM so much fat tliem, and OS
> lavitd tl. ? ?. . ,i;a ari(. lhf
colonies 44?.O ttre sharing th? I . ? ??>. hope
and pride, to ?hat.- also I this permanent
memorial of their irratitude
All communie- . | i,,, ,l(j,irr.,?- .?
the British -Wassea's Beapitat, - Bebet;
Street, Adelphi. Leaden, W. i\
GEBTBUOR POBBES-BOBEBTfON,
President, Advisory I'ommittee.
London, Oct. 15. 1V16.
TRUE NEUTRALITY.
CHRISTIANS UNDER MOSLEM RULE
/i? Mufty-Zade Bey Answers the Charges oi an Armenian Critic
Who Championed the Armenians.
To th?* Editor ??f The Tribune.
Sir: Though ? do not want to enter into
say kind of polemics, I cannot refrain from
asking >"u ?o give prominent publicity to
my answer to Mr. 0. T. Malghazo.uny's letter
published in your issue of the -1th ins .
Let me first draw the attention of your
resders to the fact that this gentleman does
* .?? rjsny the rebellion of the Armenians at
Van. In uny part of the world rebellions are
quelled by the organized military forces of
tha legally constituted government, resnon
sible towar?! its citizens for the integrity and
security of their country, and whose duty it
is also to take necessary steps to prevent
the repetition of similar revolutionary move?
ments this is the action followed by the
Turkish government, which, therefor??, v.a
Isgal and ju-ti!':e?l. Such measure-? are rail? I
"liiAcipIinary" when taken by England or
>?>me other country, hut when it corn.?- to
Turkey they aro given the denominal..
"atrocities" by some people envenomed by
their fana?'c hatred.
My contention sf "fanatic hatred" is fuT
thcr evidenced by the tone of Mr. Malgha
zouny's letter, in which he piles without any
iat bitter and grave accusations on a
whole race. It is very easy to accuse with?
out givfag details or fact?; to talk of "re?
sults," completely ignoring the "causes," and
thus give to uninformed hearers the impres?
sion that legally right reprisals were crim?
inal actions. Following this system, Lieuten?
ant Basket and the four gunmen could, for
instance, accuse in another world their execu?
tioners of being murderers, ami if th?'ir
hearers had never heard of Rosenthal's mur?
der their tneory would unquestionably re?
ceive credit.
Just a., one example of the similarity of
say .-.hove parallel let me point out that Mr.
Malghasouaj* forgets, of course, to mention
the fj-ct that the Armenian question of MM
v's was preceiled by a long and very active
c.amp.'iign of the Armenian revolutionary
committees, which culminated in their at?
tempt to blow up the Imperial Ottoman Bank
Sf ?'..nstantinople.
All the other instances quoted by Mr. Mal
ghazouny a? "atrocities" were revolutions
qusllsd by the organized and Isgsl forces o*'
the empire, as can be evidenced by the very
-i ras hook? of the Public I.ibraty to which
my ?bitty answsrsr a?lvises me to "give the
once over." So it Is BBSlsss for me to length?
ily cite documented facts to justify the
whole.-al?* accusations. If any one is inter
e-t*?l to know the truth, history is alway-i
ly proved.
Mr. Malghazouny, in talking of ?he capture
i'lnople, says that it marked the
BSgi anlag of terrible slaughters of Kuropean
Christiana This is the biggest falsification
ts use his expression, the most manifest
"libellou* accusation." Permit me to refer
him to the following lines:
"Mahomet II | the conqueror of Constanti?
nople > granted wide privileges to the Greeks
and their Patriarch" 'Encyclopaedia Britan?
nica, Vol. 27, p. 44?*'. And on page 426 of the
Ai?*:is volume:
?'The non-Mussulman population is divided
into millets, or rel.gious communities, arhicl
ar*? allowed the free exercise of their rail*
gies and the control of their own monas
Sell and hospitals."
The first mentioned imperial decree estab?
lishing the freedom of religion twenty-six
year? before the Spanish In?'uisition of Tor
iiu?*mada has always been ???Apected in
Turkey.
As for Mr. Malghazouny's claim that the
laws in Turkey are not for Christians, but
for Mahometans, let me remind him that if
he speaks of public laws, ts military service,
taxations, public security, etc., ?Iitference of
religion cannot be. ?nd is not, considered in
any country. If he speaks of private laws,
let ?ne remind him that all the different
< hnstian ?*cts in Turkey have been under
the jurisdiction of their own ecclesiastical
autSorlties and therefore if they are not
satis?.ol they have only their clergy to blame.
W.thout wi-hing to make my argument any
leageTi I would a?bl that the development for
humlrtsdn of years of the Armenian, and
variou? t.'hnstian communities in Turkey a?
political entities with special privileges be?
lles in lUeii -Ur. Malahsioun?, s chare??. Ab*
dal Hskki Bsgdsdl is one of those unknc
? i'-. It*, however, he really exists i
is guilty of the qaotatiofl mentioned by '.
UsIghazoOBy, it is only a further proof
?i every coun
and every camp, and he may, therefore,
!ered as our Malghazouny.
for Sharif Pasha, it may interest Mr. M
ghazonay to ki.o'.v that I happen to be
personal acquaintance of this champion
! -. ~-ii I am piobably in a better positi
than himself ?o talk about Sherif. But
tl - weald be too long, let me just remi
him that previous to the time when She
Pasha's ambition led him to perpetrate
which procured him a death sentes
confirmed by thre?? successive governmci
thi' gentleman's Intellect had won him t
nicknsme of "Bo??h-Sherif." Really, Mr. M
ghasoaay ought to be more careful in sele<
ing his champions!
A ni all Ins Insults, 1 discard them wi
?corn. A nation can not and will not
judged by the Irresponsible charges of a
one losing so easilv control ?if his languag?
7.IA MIPTY-ZAIiK.
New Ym% Nov. 5. 1913.
For Armenian Organization.
To the Kiltor of The Tribune.
Sir: It was with much gratification that
read in your valuable columns the well vers?
letter of Mr. O. T. Malghazouny, evidently
thoughtful Armenian, In answer to some a
surd utterances made by a son of some a
cursed generation to injure the Armenian
Every computation of Mr. Malghazouny d
serves my hearty approbation, with the e
eeptios of I .ires for the Armenia!
acted doriag i *?'.?? l-ixi??-., and upon lat?
dates, which he puts down at much low?
figures than were conservatively publishe
Hi wovor, what 1 want to emphasize is
practical way to salvation for this compla?t
ing, lamentable Church nationality.
i happened to road, the other ?lay, in loci
papers with much admiration a keen observi
tirn made by Dr lie Sola Pool, the rabbi r
the Portuguese synagogue at 70th Stree
C entra! I'urk West, during an address to a
intelligent audience of advanced students o
his own race. When alluding to the Armen
laaa, he very wisely cautioned his people un
- Id that the only cause o? all the suffering
of the Armenians is their lack of organiza
tion a very sharp view indeed. V.
Hi u \ ork, Nes 4, 101b,
The Germans in Turkey.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: If the Germans are trying to get t?
Constantinople, and should succeed, it nee?
be in nowise a calamity for the Allies. Fron
Sal?nica northward enough force could bi
brought to bear to cut the land communie?
tion; and with the Allies in command of th?
?raten there the Teutons would be forcinj
th? mselves into a trap.
It was bei-ause the Germans found thej
were getting ido far fro?,: their supplies, with
the stretches of Russia before them, that they
tuned back. From Constantinople they may
?S uhle to do so. In Germany and near
it thsy are impregnable; to get them away.
therefore, would be the object; and if they
pat late ?????ion the plan of an Asiatic cam?
paign, it i* there that they wdl meet dis
ut? ? sad defeat R. S. N.
Harrisberg, Penn., Nov. 4, 1915.
Donations to the Blue Cross Fund.
! ? the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: My attention has Deen called to a
letter, dated October 26, 1915, signed B. E.
S*??rrs, asking that donations and .ubscrip
tions to thu Blue Cr?>ss Fund for wounded
barstes in the war should be sent to Mrs. ?'lin
ti n l'mckley Farrell, Room 50:12, Metropolitan
?nilding, ?vhich is the forwarding agency.
I thin! Mr. Storrs must be misinformed, as
th?- bead ssaes is M Victoria Street, London,
ami tne New York oftiee is SSJ Park Avenue,
I betAg the only BOthortBOd represenUtive
in this country, and the Blue Cro-.?. being the
only organized society recognized by 'he
French government.
I.e. V CLPHINSTONE MAITI.AMi.
| Hon. Sec, Blue Croa? ?Tend
a Saw ?oik_?Nov. ?, ??Ik J
THE END IS NOT YET
A Reader Who Disagrees Totally
with The Tribune's War Editorials.
To tiie Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial ir this morninc'? e?
tion, "Toward the End." ami the preview
one, "Germany Is Beaten," are evid'ntlr
written to bolster up the Moribund causa of
the Allies. You are to be congratulated for
nuking so readable and plausible an ar-ru
ment, and to such an extent, out of the mate?
rials at hand. Passing over your statements
that men, money and food are It-iinninf t?
fail the Central Bowers (which are highly
debatable i I was most intereste?! in th? par?
allels tha* you draw from history as applied
to the present war. The Tr.hune's favoriti
analogies are that the German campaifn i?
similar to Napoleon's and that of the Con?
federacy.
I-'rar.ee was past her prime aad ?.-omg do-n
already when Napoleon I appeared en 'hi
horizon. The nobility and arvtocracy hid
?ucked the life blood of the country, and the
common people at last rose in revolt sud
the terrible Revolution was ander way. Tail
had been predicted by I sail XIV, who teid,
"After me, the delude." The French P.***?
lution, as ?s well known to all readen tt
history, was the mo?t terrible intent?e-*
struggle that the worM h.-nl ever known. A;
one faction after another gained the afreet*
dancy the others were condomr.ei and *"???>?
licly executed. A Goddess of Reason (a n't
of public Venus? was set up in place of ka?y
[religion. The sansculottes, the star eh??
,ber trials, the busy guillotine, and all th?
other paraphernalia of the Reign of Terror
were in full swing ?vhen the Little Corporal
cowed them by his budding military finio?
Hi? nueces? la Baris awakened the dreim?
of foreign congest in his breast, and h? tt*
forth on his adventurous career which, h??
ir.?. ?o base an origin, could not but lead te
ultimate disaster. It has always seemed t?
me that Napoleon was one of the moit orer
rated men in history, considering hii moti??**
He was a tyrant and he whs not French.
Thomas C'arlyle, seeking a subject to tras???*
talize as a great hero, at !ii?t selected Na?
poleon, but after studying his materials,
suddenly threw down his pen and exclaimed1
"The poor man!" He later selected Fredinek
the Great.
The o'her parallel that you draw *?tt_
Germany is the Southern Confederacy, which
desired to perpetuate the institution ?'
human slavery at so late a period of t.7ti? *'
the middle of the nineteenth century. TIB
was also foredoomed to failure, because I?
was wrong, and because it was out of <t?W
The mainspring of action 'n both Napo!*',n,
and the Confederacy's cases wal bid
therein lies their failure. How could *_?
Confederacy's cause prevail?
Let us now consider the German eamp?i|*
for a moment. Their plan? from the bef*>B"
nir.g have been purely defensive. They ha**
swept their enemies back in all direc'ies
from th.?ir own soil and will keep them th?*
They arc at this moment fiaiehiag ?P ?a'
antagonist, the weakest. Serbia, and ?ll
arrive at Constantinople on schedule vl*'
This will release von Ifackessen end Si|
legions for good work elsewhere. p*rh,p*
France. In the meantime, the Ruisiar.? ?-*
practically hors-de-combat no Beed to con
quor ?11 Russia. A mighty drive to i'*r?
would very likely take the rest of <he *'??rf*
out of Jean Crapaud. Italy is negligible ?*?
there would only remain gag>?'?*? *"' ^
shorn of her allies, would probably see
great light. All this can be ?ione by a BBtiSB
which is In the right; whose mainspntf??
not conquest, but the natural evolutioa o?
gre3t power which must p-?? throufh ?
tire to schiere its destiny. Make no mi,uV
the future historian? will write thii V*?r
down as great and no villaina.
W T DSBORN
Newark, N. J., Nov. 5. 1915.
Daily Cheer.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Fleaao accept my heartiest thaSi?
for the splendid support your p?P*r "T
given us suffragists in the campaign
know of many people who find ?laily **^?J
in your suffrage new?; that they do not
all
thsnk you means not that they ?re un*?***
1, but that they are bo?
M A HE
Bxeel?TaV Oct. ?U. _-.ik
fui, but that they are busy.
MABEL L- HOLMAi*.