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Closure in the Senate.
Some of the Democratic leaders in the
Senate are Ft ill talking about putting
through a closure rule before they get
down to the real work of the D
But the nearer the opportunity to limit
debate ap; the more reluctant will
the Senate majority be to seize it. Many
Senators admit in theory that
est deliberati*? earth" ought to
ado a little lesa deliberative. But
few of them are really i with
the present system. They lack that sin?
cero belief in the necessity for a chango
which led Thomas B. Reed to exclaim
when he bad reformed the House rules:
"Thank God, the House of Representatives
is no longer a ?elibcrative body:"
Tho reason for this lukewarmness is
clear. The power of each Individual Sen?
ator is magnified under the rule of per?
mitting unlimited debate. The minority
retains a considerable authority in shap?
ing legislat.oii. although escaping ali re?
sponsibility. Even a minority within a
minority can hold out against a meas-1
ure obnoxious to it and force a com-;
promise. Legislation thus becomes a;
matter of bargaining) of give and take,
of adjustments behind closed doors. In
such a process individuals count much'
more than they could expect to count if
every issue were put publicly to a vote
and decided by the m? re weight of
numbers.
The Democratic leaders know what it
means to be members of the minority.
They cannot look forward to many more
years of control. The rules they make,
If at _U O] will return to plague
them when ti ? again becomes
Republican. It is no Beeret that many of
the WMXeeaful filibusters in the Senate
have ha?l covert support from the ranks
of those apparently engaged in driving
through a bitterly contested measure.
The | j'.es allow a Bettator to
square himself with the party leader and,
: ser ?>f patronage at the White
: at the same time to aaaiat in
defeating a bill which he thinks unwise
and harmful.
ators wot rendering privl
iitical value if they should
adopt closure and thus enal le i Pri
or a :? crack the whip
pat them on record on any,
question on which final action could be
demand'd. Human nature i? strong, and
we fear that the sponsors for the pre-'
irions question will discover this fact when
they try I Democratic majority
to indorse a chanvre in the rules which
will have the Senate at the mercy of a
majority. Senatorial courtesy
hardy a flower ol and self-interest
to he cut down overnight by the agitators
who want to put lawmaking on a prosaic,
; r ting machine 1
"Teetotal Tyranny."
Englishmen have submitted with ex?
emplary natiei c latkmi
and n many ways
with the" a- drinkers.
Intest measure for the control of the trade
in intoxicating liquor is apparently too'
grieve. ' ? " In silence. The cry
of "No beer, no woi
fluentiai body of workingmen i?< calling on
the Lalsor members of Parliament "to save
?ai tyranny."
Tot this new ?
?n ar d ha i : een in fore?* f? I
- of the so
? R, .\ii), '
??vderi' 'Hers of a
hardly less drastic nature have been 00
?
? t with five
and half of drinking I
Liverpool in normal times was
counted a liberal ?
beverage; V?' the workingmen of Lon?
don seem del t, fearing
hap* thai
dcpriv.'l '
There Is reasoi
the worker- arc not the n I
yonents of the ?
?ego. when It was I there
wei-e plain si?-*-*??, of uneasiness among
M holder?. Their earning
course, fallen ?-.*?? ?bly since l
"1er was put in force, and many
'??nrful that a further twOOt
WOOld infallibly
Tb?, distfllerj w?r?.
? t|,;i-, tbs I
Beard ?,f
I rtfcer ?redoe*
? rite, Their
?jpprs ?
J
to iuch 1 ' causing a
ir spirits made
e'mo* *
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Th?*'?- Is l
Who are !.'.'. In i ?"! in the liquoi
ara doing therir utmost to bring about ft
?her restrictions, ard it is probable th
some of these will be effected h
all opposition. But the governme
" months ago how dangcro
it was to attempt radical reforms in t
of drinking, and will probably
about the business cautiously, trying
every occasion to determine boforehai
uch the public will bear.
Curbing the Mote.- Maniacs.
In seeking to have revoked the licens
of forty-eight chauffeurs and owners
automobiles who have violated the law
t er Woods is taking a
I on which should have been taken bofoi
Of these off* tilers there are taxicab ai
private chauffeurs who have been foui
guilty of drrung cars while drunk or ha'
been convicted three times ?is speeders, i
r having injured person
parn?**! who have violated these vai
eus sections of the law. Only neglect i
official, a breakdown of the corrip!
i system for the punishment of mot
crim?nale, has permitted them to be dri
t the streets es usuel, endangerii
lives.
Now, magistrates or judges befoi
violators of the motor laws are coi
?I fail too frequently to make the fo
nial demand after the third convictio
without which the Secretary of State ma
? a driver's license. It is pn-sili
that, because? of convictions, owners (
have been unable to have thei
licenses renewed, but such case ei
li local Bureau of Licenses has froi
time to time disciplined taxicab chauffeur
i ut alone cannot administer all the pur
i-htiient which the safety of the public di
mands, since n chauffeur, though barre
SI driver of a taxicab, may still obtain
SI private chauffeur if he holds hi
state license. Though the law provide
what seem? to be an adequate lyst*
punishment for reckless, criminal driver:
the practical, cold fact is that the -
doesn't work.
I ommissioner Woods thinks that placin
the licensing power in the hands of th
Police Department, which would keep car
Indexes and perhaps finger prints of con
. would meet the
Judge Swann, District Attorney
thinks thorough and completo piosecutioi
. f every offence against the motor vehicl
law might make the streets safer for th'
public, but is not sure whether the presen
laws are adequate. It seems pretty eviden
tnat they are not. There should be at leas
i system of licensing not only chauf
. bul every person who drives a mo
'or car, and a simple method of revokim;
those license? for oauee, for the enforce
ment of which there could be no divide!
responsibility. Then, with the crimina
lain thoroughly enforced, there might h
some curb on the motor maniacs and crin?
inals.
Insanity and Hair.
The connection between hair and musii
is unquestioned. The head that is full ol
harmonies is plentifully, often luxuriantly
thatched- -".-.?ch sweet compulsion doth u
music lie." There is no known hair ol
can duplicate music's charms; and yet
how can we reconcile this truism with thi
capillary fertility discovered by Dr. Clark
? '?
"I have ? ire! hundred pa
SS to their sanity," the doctor tes.
"I have had the opportunity ol
studying many insano asylums of the coun?
try, and in all my experience I have ye1
\ ?th a single exception, to see an insane
man who was bald headed."
I ? Ity is discord, the negation of har
. "like sweet bells jangled, out of tune
harsh." The insane consciousness i
f step with the universe, a chip of
being plunging through space like a
rite, a rebel ?'gainst the music of thi
es. Meteorites are barren?why not
OCh mad domes, seething with hallucina?
tions? Cool harmony and hot discord
th enrich the scalp? ?
The doctor offers us no explanation. But
.id:
fto in maslsh asabas the sweeter
*
There may be the g"rm of an answer in
this.
(he meantime, it is suggested that
baldheeded men console themselves with
I Bounds a little like say
'- own reward.
Smoking in Theatres,
dispatch from 1 that
Ided to sus
Ition against smoking in
erhils the war lests. It Is difficult
? ? for this ib ei.-ion offhand, for
? war arid
means obi
1 why
drink
Reguletiona relating to
hoik beverages hSV? ben
tiontsed in England, and the ?MO
affected ss
and railway It
? at fa'ili' - ild be
erhilS more and more obstacle?
?? ? way of drinking i- ?
: SS r.'-t easily explained by i eference
to the war.
It mi I ?n . "Utited for by an
demand f?r a oertein kind of
riel Ipn i ere com?
monly attach?'?! to verlous licensee. Thus,
ss a general ml., music license? granted
? picture I
mental music only, or if singing I
? ri are forbidden to SppSQt*
? "<?. Thee again permission t.. m-Ii
drinb fth some lisons. ? oof
A kit I of p? formanee that apparently
suit? the present t.-mp.-r of the public is
so called. Very ponsibly many
formerly used for regular
? ?? gi m ever largely to -
? more proAteble sort
,)t er ' 1 ? ? ?' sevrr.s to be |
doubt, however, as to the exact nature of I
... m to whether it is a music hall1
performance or not, or whether a license,
foi the one is good for the other. Tat
tern of lipensing is complicated, and recent
|y at a hearing before the Theatr
Belli Committee of the London'
County Council no on?- isemed to be quite
sure whether the Lord Chamberlain could
deal with the important ??uestion of
smoking.
The decision to leave the matter to the
management of the several theatres seems
i sensible enough, and it is probable that
many managers will allow their audiences
?o smoke by way of making amends for the
difficulties to be encountered in procuring i
drinks. There are certain kinds of theat?
rical entertainments that will not go with?
out a bribe.
A Simple Menu.
There appeared in a morning paper
Friday an account of the President's
Thnnksgiving meal with this h?-ading:
' I'. ?dent dines on simple menu." The
menu follow* :
Roast turkey, cranberry sauce.
Mashed white potatoes.
Candied sweet pot-:'
Macaroni and cheese.
Mince ?no.
Coffee.
The adjective, simple, when used categor?
ically, seems likely t<< mislead. Thli meal,
it is true, was "no more elaborate than
those of many thousands of other Ameri?
cans" on the day when as a nation we
,-'! andon our interiors M anarchy. But
many an American's inner man found it
sufficiently complex, and when it cornos to
inner men there is not much difference be?
tween Presidents and privates. Indeed,
those of us who ha\< survived the .
tory conflict are rather dispooed to feel
that the President, the first citizen of the
land, should have set us a better example.
A simple menu? As simple as Uncle
Sam's diet of hyphenates.
On the Right Track.
In seeking the cooperation of the Board
? t?mate to frame legislation which
would eliminate overlapping of property
?ion an?! contradictory ordei
department officials the committee of
Real Estate and Allied Organiiatymi i*
on the right track. There is a real evil
in the existing conditions. Whether it i*
as great as the pp'perty owners declare
the public has little means of knowing,
but to whatever extent it exists it should
I?.- eorrected. No attempt at corn
will succeed, though, which has not the
approval of the public's official representa
' ?
N'o attempt at correction can or should,
succeed which threat?!!:- in tenus of the
law or in probable execution of that law
i.? break down the safety requirements
COW existing. These ate not infallible, as
;!.<? recent William barg factory tin
proved. Yet, such as they are. ti y must
not be weakened. No ii,-. with
the tenement house law's standards, or
with thus?' of the local Fire Department.
Building Bureaus an?l the State ?Labor De?
partment would be tolerateil for ono
??tit.
If what the real estate owners want is
t'i ?'limination of inefficiency and i f]
conflicto, and nothing more, they will lie!
likely to have general sapporl foi
"air bill. If what thl | '<> be
ng ..f safety requin
e their pockets ?>f the
sary to protect factory workers or tene
ment dwell? i s. they ?,.?;:', nol PPOrl
snd should not expect i'.
Henry Ford oupht to ?eck advic from ?
"General" Coxey about the orfranization of
peace snay, f?>r recruiting seems to be
?ireadfully ?low.
If those Wilmingtonian? really v*ot rich on.
"war babies," thai lean determined to stay
rich, niisl BtOOjtWOJ n....|riis thsll _bil
clinj; *o their profits.
Twenty-nine Weeks After.
i ?? - *', ? -
It is twenty-nine weeks to-shy line, the
??ountry tie* itirred to naaaralleled Indigna*
! I ??
meditated attack oe t!,. Lo_r.i1
dred ami ten American !:.?
hs. lawi of civil- ?
?
? . rieani had ' r warned by -he
?o'lman Government that tb.-y ttl
inj- at their perssmal n*k thi ?table
atra?a ar..i ?
sailed under th? .
and a flat* which fail
from a rs.war.ily ihr uni"
Il II well to rememher thai : crime
"?irniMssI twenty nine i
' ?
?
full approval of every loyal American,
that it c?.iiM not aslmit that such a warning
operate aa la ai
11 I rights of American citizen? '
en lawful errands as pa?MI
..hip?, of balligeren! natioaalltyi and tha- ???
i hold th.- Imperial G
seeeantabillty '??r any lafrlagea.?
!T_hts, lataatlaaal or aaeidental.
M II ?>??? Il ??> .?? 'hat th?. .late of
'
Twenty foar week, ago there was trans
?. AiTair*. ut
? ? -
?o the imperial Qeverami ut, braaatag ??isle
the false pleas get up m ,!. :'. its-,- s.f the
I t <>;" th" Lasitaaia'i Amtriean pan-'
?T?er-? an?! "tai y and ver
emi.ly" ratpnrlag the assurnnc?- ?if M
? 't.. 1.1.'..-I!
sot 01
?-nry to the performant, of i*s i
ef maintain n? th? right- O?
????'??.
It i? well to rememher th.if thes-. word?
?. latrd a*?-?*i Tt-inir .,Ur QoTOtm*
? . " nsseti Ion : (
t?l th?' ('.?ri?an Government twenty-four
! week* i!i". t?. ?I'?y.
tike chronelo-ry and such were the
v. mm ara V
M?/owal? where i? the reperatioa 1 li
?ven the n.etis'.ry ef '!!.*? uv |irs M.
of twenty-nine ???
etTaeemcnt, I ?' placid mOaa\
?.o.I tranijuil aoj?j 'i our part by th?*
..o s.f time and
diplomatie evasion ?
It is well t.. i. iisruhsr that without na-]
'.??nal shame t h ?? r s ? suri be no such thin**; (is <
a permanent <l?adlock over the l.usitania.
A REPLY TO "THE SHAM"
Tfc. tditor of "The Daily Chronicle" of London. Denies Tha, the ^ ^'^[^,^1^
aible (or Britain', Relative Lnread,ne,?-The British N.- of To-day a CreaUon of ll? Liberah-^ A? ?
Sow Nine Time, Greater Than Britain'. Allie? Deemed Necessary-Lord Haldane I Notable Serve?.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
?s.r: In a long editorial which wa? pul
li?hed in the N'ew York Tribune on Octob?
I "The Sham," you make a stron
tmeal ol tv.?- policy M the Liberal go?.
he war. The art
... ? itl the actions and principle
. have gelded the Liberal govermr.er
Bg the last ten years, and doe? not ?tat
etly the determining factors of nationi
h have been in force In Great Brit
aiti for many year?,-irrespective of party.
I have so much respect for the opinion o
The Tribune and the influence which it exei
ci-en in Am-rica that I BSg the cour
your column? to placa? before your n lei
? I conceive to be the right interpretado
f me Liberal policy which you condemn.
You sttted In so many word? that it wa
the duty and business of the Briti-h govon
? ?-ither to have prepared for a war wit
German*- or to have arrived at an understand
:th that country similar to the "entente
w.th France. Mich Bfl Badorstaadiag wa? irn
blo, ?a th? state of feeliag betwoe
? ami Germany Was such that Grea
Britain eoald set SB on the same footing 0
in. ndly Badorstaadiag with both ?.t the sam
time. What our statesmen endeavored ta ?I
was to make our relations more friendly wit
Germany without lessening our tie
France, in the hope of creating In time
tetter nnderstaading botweee France an
German*/ sad spreading the "entente" polic
throughout Europe, bo BS I ? privent the terri
ble eataatrophe which has now befallen ha
inanity. What Germany want.-!, howevei
?.) arrive at an understand.r.g with u
which wouli! destroy the "entente" wit'
France. France looked with suspicion o
every step WS took in the wny of creating
better Badorstaadiag with Germany. W
were, therefore, on very delicate ground, nnc
lot th? wisdom of our diplomat. |*J
? have ended by alienating both Franc
rormaay and producing an "entente" be
tvveen them aguinst ourselves. German for
policy wa? merely material, and it mat
tered little to the Kaiser what combination h
hrought about so long as he achieved the end
1 ill V ia-W.
Great I'ritaln and Germany worked hand li
hand to prevent the Balkan wan lnvolvini
the great Power?, and curiously enough th.
DStstaadleg difference* betwoes 'he two coun
??-?ere in course of settlement In the earl]
'i. We had arranged a treaty fo
ial r.f our latarestS IB Asia M no
which woald have given Germany a nev
-phrre of influence in Mesopotamia. A tr.-ati
?! to harmonise rival interest:
ca which woeld hav.- given Gonssny i
further "place is the sun." Tl s Liberal pollct
. therefore, making progress without irn
pinging on the "entente" with France, and bu'
for the duplicity of Germany, and the Kaiser'i
?lination to plunge Europe into war, i
: hav? succeeded in postponing and, veri
probably, In averting the present catastrophe
Wdrking Steadily for Peace.
<>n thn i ? m s.-iy the govern meal
"could accept the German fact SI d I
l\ eon i !?? gin to pi spar? for a war tl
inevitable." The whole policy of the British
.: government ami, for thi.
veramente, has been to en?
deavor *o maintain peace and BOi to pi
Wt are an ialaad power, ti..- I aart-eoB'
?re ..f ? ?.-rent peaceful empire, and
n live to a large est*
| rea--'ii I BOB !'?''?' I
our existence. But though it is an axioi
' Bt <>nr navy OOght to be more BOWerf?
.? ? eai navies that rnigh'
eoneeivably be la combination against ui, w<
i> garded the navy a? an in?trumer.t ol
.'or oui
? ? i ? J v an expeditionary fore?
for t the l 1 ven Eon:
?? chief ad-.oeal ;.l ser?
Dly ha-l in view an army of about hall
a million mea, and that for natioaal ?!?
il and mill?
ef 1 ? ? re, hoi
?
for the time beiag, bel by the Council ol
a, v.hii-h I : a non-party body
' h naval and military I
:ien of Loth political parties. The
il of Imperial DefeaOS mijjrht on on
ko great BMadS on the House ol
?? i 11 v.
. the fleet and the army wen? tfl
play in the scheme of defer..- !, ,1 by
this bority. The whole q .
ption vvas thoroughly studied by il
contrary to our ial ?
?" v.as m) difference between Libers!
and Conserva! vi leeraiag thi'
il outlook with regard ta Germany.
Both partiel wore animated by -. sape?me de
the J i of Europe, and
? ; ' it tila be ll way to attain
IB to bring influence to bear on
itiy, so that the constitutional and
. ty in thai eeeatry woeld bs
I against the stsistel I |
eraey. The fol?
lowing arc example? of the BttUodS of COB
STS Is Great Britain |
iay:
\n Petty Leeiass I'aciiic.
'?ir. Boaar Law, leader of the ron?er
ptir'y. la the House i
February 14. lOlt,
' . . . No man in tl
anxious for b good si
many than I um, Bad BO i WOOld regard
orror s war between this country
i bs , . that the For
I :??!?
. ."
D( hoWB a
frOBI a ft i id which he had received
iv a man with B WOl
non. f wa id to see thai
? writer not oaly said that
? loved we were ready to
looking for an oppor
?
than ? ' 'v.-n ?his great" writer him
-.?.arcd this view. There i? no one la
? ? -
tliHt Bo government in ti
under any
I could be further from the ?
any one, and anything that could be done to
? t.. In
done al : in every possible way. Sup
i itii Germany, i
?i. and m.!??? ' -
will ' oestre as earn.
? a, te se., ib- Urns
which is a?
our anaameata may be ?pent on seeiethiaf
?? lui."
Lord Lansdowne, loader of the Conser
11 ?? r. m the
Mouse of Lords on February It. Itlg, ?aid:
' . . . it Is lamentable that the?e mi?
ii '???' it tb? ???? apprehensions
- th- duty of all right
think.- th.-m
' ' t? do lb In.? majesty's gov
II, I am Convinced, i..r. e the siip
;ort of those Wbi S tl SBI I? tegard to
?'i? s'.ioii?. . . . And nay I be per?
.- lbs b\ eretary of State
tor War in hi? place, thnt, if his genial prr?
' Berlin on a recent occasion hm at all
? ' ' :? rabli i ?? . ? If he
.ne back with anything in the nature of
re braaeh m bis bnttoahole, we ?hall
eoagratelata him en thi? ?nie as warm!] as
?i- will be congra-ukted by hi? friend* on
the other -id- of the Mouse. . ."
Mr. Balfour. former Conservative Prime
?er, in an article in "Nord und i
German monthly magazine. May, 1912,
"if ever by some unhappy fate it bee
accepted article of faith that Germai
Britain were preslestined enemies, th
? ambitions of the one and the security
oth?r were irreconcilably opposed, th
dictions of those prophets and they t
in th eriee of turupe who
a conflict between them as inevitable i
M I !y half fulfilled. Rut for myself, I
believer ?n such prede-s'ination. Ge
? .ught Europe much, she can teach
, more. She can t?'ach it that organizes,
tary power can be u*ed la the latan
peace; that the appetite for domin?t!?
' longs to an outworn phase of patriotism
the furtherance o*f civilization for whi?
has so greatly labored must be the join
! of many peoples; and that the task foi
of them i. ?igbteaed by the tramandoa
:' modern arman.,in! . or the per
! preoccupation of national self-defence.'
The Navy, at Least, Was Heady.
Y?*u describe the statesmen who ha'
rected the policy of the ?'mpire as "cl
tans," "pacifists," aid "liars." You
"England is tired of charlatans and tie*
lian." You also state that "the gr
crisis in modern history found Englan
prepared in arms or in mind." You ala
"the lie in England ha? been fourni out
cheap political phrase, the consuming
; ranee that permitted the tiat-on to go thi
:the critical years from 1005 to 1914 wi
making one serious preparation for a
| conflict, the coming of which was per?
by many Hritons and not a few Ameri
ha* bean exponed." AJlow me to say
the.-s. itatei.* made with so much ?
sive emphasis are not warranted by the
When war came in August, 1914, the Bi
' fleet was far stronger and more efficient
! it had ever been in living memory. i
our army, it was thoroaghlj sdeejuatc .?
.r?le that all our experts expects
! have to play in a European war. No It
I man, Liberal or Con-ervative, ever tho
'that England would Bead to semi more
i troops to the Continent to the a
?France. Our military arrangements de'
?on that basis ws>re supremely efficient,
| no better equipped army OTOt took the
than that which we transported to Fran?
a i."]-* and Bai tomber, 191 i.
What would have happened ?f between
Sad Itld Great Britain had enormously
! her army in Older to prepare f
world conflict? The ? tioni must
you enggeat, hav<> been again it G<
Germany would ) ?ch pr?r
tions as an I 8b? would
bar? waited until ?-.? had oi ?
army, but woold have provoked a con
which would have caught us in a state of
Happily It i; in i? a power, no
land power, thai we depend for o'ir securi
Your statement that the Liberal ge*
ment left the country nnprepered for wa
quite baseless The British navy, which
stood the ' ' ? sgaifieently, eras kept a\
?he hig
by the Liberal r-ovcrnment, within wi
period of ofle. all the greal lighting si
were h.ilt ansi the whole ?cheme l i
strategy rev
? is the creation of Liberal government
the man who designed the drei
and invented our Ips, and
et, L ?? ! i
? aovad I ihsral us we'n as ? great sallsir
?that politics ever enter. I
! policy.
Yen refer to somp Liberal oppo
big navy. Tl ?11 leetlon <>f the P.i
iTomize on our military i
naval sap* ndlture; l al i
nnd CC' ? I that our navy s.u
??> hs- predominan! over all its rivals. On
other hand, there ? itremo section
Tn favor of oatbol
- to one, bo'!i Germany and
TtPS.
? -y preparations m
idered with reference to the fact tl
tn had I f war to eon template; (li
?i car igalnil '? inch th..
would he no Continenl
oadly, a war aga i Krai ee :
.. in which M lion of tea po?
he our chief ri l( ;an I flgi
! lag would fall mainly on France.
-, wi'ti ti small contribution In m
from ne. Thi* contribution wai '.ixe?! at t
rhicl Franea ; a ? : ? * Et. s
f*.r?..it ltritain not only eontrlbot
full eomplemenl in th?- Brat wool
l! number into t
lighting line. We make no reflection whl
- ?m the bravery sad military skill whl
our Allies have shown, bo it is obvious th
if be'".-ri. the war there wa | :i lerloOl
culatinn of the milltarp force? neeeeaary
I ?he Central Empires the just r
y tor it must be sought much mo
in Pel lograd and Paris than In London.
Haitian* and Hubert*.
The conception of Lord Raldano a* a Os
manophile pacifist, who weaheued our tiifhtir
?-, is a grotesque travesty of t:.
Truth to tell, Lord Haldaai had a
view of tho Genaaa ? ? .? of h
- i? , sad did ? .- oth?
? ' ? pn ; ''?? r |t He WTis tl
giaateal v,a,- Miniate! that England i
had. lie v ral Staff;
our stuff colls'ge; created our expeditionar
force: gave us our first organization mt
army MI, |
?' TSMll
been the admira
tion of all our Allies| and is the author o
commander
! frsiiii Sir John French downward. You
i i ;.-.t!.ode ii baa?
. who*? rea
?i Lard Baldea? kille :
? on.
What more mi.ht we have done in ml
preperetieaa 1 ?ii Wa might have adopte
Lord Robarte*! lehome, bal oar ex
bol I tl it il would ; ?
Well, ''? letails we- -. ; ?0 out
.*-<H-ial and kadaetrial eonditlena. Lord Rob
iTts, thoagh a brilliai
ful of ...ii . ?minis
trator-?. (3) V.'e might have adopted a more
I u* ?*\,n :? hag!
anas on a .Bui
. ! _ . ?
acy? No nation?in modern blateiy has basa
preeminent at the lama tima 01 lead and on
I
?.versea ??"ivr??1 \o nation in Euro]
has ??on?' to, at:.! ???? ??;. Loi d H ?arta1
for a ii.?; ieaal :.i my s -
?...-.. oi Comer
part| w.-r?* nlwa;. s agaii ? Ml
What Lord HmU???i.s- .i|.| was to make our
small army far H
ai :i trihlag force. Bi lerappad artillery
whieh wa ? ?let?
triad army on itrietly military lineR In 11 ???
? an and militia, lie en ated
ir?erve*\ which were never before organised.
He projected an?l organi-..?d thi Expeditionary
I oree. He planne,I it ?-o well and with so
much foresight that the mobOitatlon went
through on th.- declara'ion of war without a
hitch, and our troops were fighting in France
befoi-i 'h., enemy kns.w that they had cros*,-sl
the Channel. There wa? no ihortaga oi
.?r of riles or of ammunition for an n? my tji
its si/.e. Wherh?T the countries on the l'?mti-l
mut, which are military powers, had similarly!
provided for their armies is another quest:
'Critics in France say that the French tr
? had only munitions for three months, and
estimate for the consumption of shells *
absurdly inadequate. It is very easy, how-v
to recast estimates after events have pro
. that they were inadequate.
Reasonably Well Prepared.
I submit with full knowledge of the ?S
that when war came in Itld the British Bl
?and the Briti-ii army were in a state o? OS
I plete readiness to fulfil the r?le? that ev,
navul utui every military expert in this coi
try had assigned to them in anticipation. (
. policy had been carefully worked out befo
hand: Command of the sea, an expeditioni
force of highly skilled troops, a terntor
army for home defence to repel any raid
1 on our shore who might have escaped I
vigilance of the navy. The war soon show
?tint France could not defend her east?
frontier unaided; and our original force
l'l.'.UUO men in Flanders and Xorthei
i France has grown to a million men. Not a b
I ccntribution from a country which never p
' fessed to be a great military power.
I am afraid The Tribune has uncmscioi
ly served up the ideas of some
our Tory hacks, not the sober jui
ment of the leaders of the Tory par
but the chatter of the IfTOspOBSil
swashbuckler element. These same -r
lea insisted before the war that Great Brit?
vas a thoroughly decadent nation; that c
territorial troops wen ? shan and of no mi
tury value whatever. Where are the signs
the decadence? I am not going to recount t
part which this country has played in the w
a? I am more concerned with your indictmt
of the Liberal policy before the war, but
ene can see any indication of decadence
any department of our national life. On t
contrary, courat-??, virility, steadfastness, hi
'Iren displayed by the whole nation. As l
garda the tsrriteriels, so much d?pr?ci?t
and discouraged in the pre-war era, they ha
I covered themselves with glory in every bat)
, in which they have fought.
You make the charge that the Liberal go
'ernment did not place the country In a sta
of preparedness for war, or, as I would as
for defence. Inferentially you imply that t
lorvativo party could have done so. Y
will admit tha*. tin? policy of a party in opp
?: i- rarely realized when it assumes t
r 'possibilities of office, but there is in th
case material for comparison. Our !..
BOrvstiva government provoked n war, kne
thut it was coming and when it was coast?
I mean the South African War. Was the
ever such a series of miscalculstiOBS ai
blunders and positive proof of our BBSS
paredness? And even when that war w
over its lessons were n-vf leaned, as the go
ernment then in" office made no attempt
reorganize the military forces of the empir
Even with Lord Roberta at its head the arn
was left in a thoroughly inefficient conditio
An Honorable Failure.
The policy of the Liberal government w.
to prepare for defence and a!?o to direct i
energies diplomatically to make a Europe?
sjble. The whole weight of its n
fluence was thrown into the scr.le to less?
.-.ational animosities und to promote ii
?ional good trill. We did not succeed v.
did not realize tin- strength of the in i I i *.-1 r ?
? ? in Germany nor the degree to which tl
O. raaaa nation had been infected by militari
idea?. British Liberalism loved peace ar
fraternity. It stood for principles which wei
those 1 had hoped would be welcomed by a
BBS of the American people. It is a grot
calumny to describe as "charlatans am! liar
the itatesmen who have governed the Britii
? - who m thi
carried through the most far-reaehis
?' social reform In the record? ?
country; during whose tenure of ?
? ry experienced the greateal
expsasiofl in it? history and the aeonom
gth of th" nation i li
ed ; who i: ? i of w:
two races p
r by y i bis c I .
ment, and . faced the mosl devasta
ing war in the history of mankind with oui
?ige and determination, resolved r" saw c:v;
n from le nig overwhelmed by barbet
ism, even should ;; coat BS, in the words c
our Prime Minister, "the last farthing of on
money, the last ounce of our strength and th
i last dron of our blood."
ROBERT DONALD,
Nie Dslly Chronicle."
London, Eng., Nov. 8, 1915.
A Heartless Foreign. Poliry.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Bin We Americans have, until recentlj
taken but littl? interest in foreign afTair?
We have been livirg under the assumptioi
that these are not our concern. Our pr?s
?-voted bol a fraction of the space b
international happenings which is usuall;
i-iven to them in other lands. As a rcsul'
having but little information of our OSTS
we nave nial I i ?r individual judgment:
and have complacently rel.ed on the admin
istration to guide the Ship of State, assum
ing that, w.th its fuller knowledge and it!
undoubted desire to serve American inter
t Its, the conclusions reached by i?. would or
the whole, be right. It ha? seemed to manj
of us to be unpatriotic to indulge in criti
; of those responsible, for the conducl
? r affairs in such times as the present.
'.here is evidence that the result o?
America's lack of experience with foreign
is occasionally shown bv those now ir
Charge of our international interest?. Proal?
dent Wilson, in Mexico, for instance, started
OUt with tiie assumption that he was dealini;
with a country *he bulk of whose people were
g for freedom, when the fact is that
th?? fightiag was being done by a lot of ban
? determine which facfion should enjoy
poils when some measure of civil gov?
ernment was reestablished. To-day we sre
urging purely legal cor.sideiations in our
note to Great Britain, such as are expected
to redound to our ultimate material advan
BSd this against allies who are engaged
in a war to settle whether there is to be any
international law left, after it is over, ex?
cept such as is dictated by an autocracy which
will no- hesitate to break it before the first
gun flashes ?:i the next war which follows.
The ? BBS? when the American peo
COld intellect alone on the part of those who
pie must realize that the exercise of pure,
ara responsible for the conduct of our affaur-,
Bl in the matter of th?- British note, la not
cough. It is essential that we and our chil
>'r?-n retain a profound pride in the institu
"f our coantry. Without this all our
material wealth snd prosperity become Dead
Sea fruit. But out descendants will be robbed
of this their birthright if, when a world's
war :? raging and half the earth is in flames,
cur chief executives act ns if they possessed
brain? alone. They must ?how they posse??
haart? and souls as well, and this by more
than beautifully rounded phrases and other
rhetorical device?; for if this country can
aal) be kept out of war by acting as if we
were cold-blooded, intellectual uututnatoin,
ihen we should prefer war.
GUgTAV UISSING.
New York, Nov. 1.1, V.nb.
'"WHAT WAS TO BE EXPECTED"
Millions Misrepresented by a Weak
Administration.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me to express etnphatte sm.
jproval of your fine editorial this mor_l_t
which follows others equally strong that bar
?recently appeared In Tne Tribune. I think t?
i high time that there should be some formal
?concerted action on the part of milkoni ?f
citizens who condemn the attitude of th* at
.ministration. Those whose option? { *??
?lieve I voice in this matter contend that this
great neutral country failed grievously mm*
| duty when it eeglected t.. record a ?olcmi
protest at the moment Germany .nv_ded g-,?..
gium. They c ? tend that th;s first protwt
ihoeld have b en followed by others at ???s
of the subsequent violations of international
law and the laws of humanity and civilii?.
tion.
The Lusitania murder, the most horribl?
crime ever committed by I . aatfea
itaggssed th.- world, it M iB(j
doliberatel there were no doubt? connect?,
with it aftiT a eoapls of days; morae?m it
was cumulative, differ!) ... .-re? frcm
(Hrarlous ilmilai erim? w?u _ gn.
?ral expectation that even Germi , .culd
n?>t admit responsibility :'? -''iliet
but would diaaeow it. When, in the an??_?>?
to the note of Mr. Wilson, th?- German fo?.
??rnment not only did not disavo? t?-..; .??4
but defended it, when it was cli'.r from th?
utterances of the German press that th? na?
tion, as a w! ole, wai proud of thti *i?ught?r
of women and children, when there ?ere ????,.
school feat .?j of
Germaa submarine, it .: i statt that
further exchango of polite nots-s was impel?
Diploautlic re!? .,. D(n
promptly an?l completely levered, and Dira?
?tel- ami the rest of them ?houisl have be?,
sent home und our representative! rcc-?lled
Was anything of the kind done? No, indeed!
More beautiful!., N*?ujrhty!
naughty! Mother hebl up h? r : '.ger at M try.
Six months have elap-e 1, when we should
have Clonad the lacidl * after th?
rirst German note wa? received.
What kind of democracy is it that illewi
>ne man to speak for and to misrepresent
millions? At ?very step during ail these
months the word has been g rea cut, not
'hat th.? IV 1 aammoned 'he leader?
s.;' the nation Into eonaultetion, not even that
he was consulting h I ' ? r?, but
hat he was "v rv calmly" eonaidertag the
"on, and, later, 'hat be had announced
ii; daciaion to the I .; The egotism
Uld an. ?-ails', of thil ar.- almost untlv.nksbl?.
A man w!:o a**uins's - ty of thil
kiihI ihould be of far larger ca'.ibre thai
Woodrow HTilaoa.
I believe t h :it the nian who has forced
millions of citizens into a position whicitilli
us with shame at <1 11 will b*
: ?;r'<i-.I beneath an avalanche of advene ?ote?
next fall, whoever mav In- h;* oppauset
IRVING i'l TNAM.
New York, N'.v. :''., '.
Unjust.ifi.ible Slaughter.
To the Kditor of The Tribu' e
Sir: After reading ' ?rial "Th?
New Americanism" may I express the view?
'of an American, not hyphenated *.n I truly
! neutral (if sympathizing with th? sufferiaf
people of ai' nations constitute*, neutrality)!
In regart to your comparisons of 177*5
land lSiil, it is reasoning unworthy ef The
'Tribune's heretofore high standard ' >
we have ?lone it before, therefore wc muit
again. ?OO My "... men, tr.b?.-?,
mach the? '?. tow
By ivr'ain
; ;, .m mean ? 1 0 101." I ! y honor in
-
ansl :
of the reall) Inox? . if it
were only the ? the loss of a fe*
[ million live* I woul right.
Lut m-. .1 :
^smallest toll of the war? The best and
stroi:.'- r* ?t
to-morn?'.?.'- ?' ????,'
tilated, ai:: Il ?sbl
weaklings sad dc retires will be reprodaasf
the "?'Xt ?ft " ?*?"
Ihave ?'. ? . ' " add one more r .'.or.
I ta this wot ? irse wa hsf?
"eaaaa" for ? y fighting ns*
tion in K es that Ju tify til?
'??r ?
As for your theatrical pictures of tha bel
meted, mustachod rillain -? ????*
tudes of cruelty, they are unwor'i , of yea.
LILLIAN ! : r-I-ER.
New York, Nov. 20, 1915.
Not All Cowards.
To the Editor of The Tt l m I
Bin T have just read your m.s'-erly edi?
torial. "What Was To lie | ? i "'???
to ex|ir?'*s my sppi, ' ?0
pip-r. There is one tl | l*'?m*
i up bigger every day, sad thai " ?****"'
iciency and inaction of the pr?
ostration. To any one with courage, t-ri i-? ?nd
latroagth of character the pi ? ?'**?*? ?
:the ofl il Halted . __2_
jatiiig. W. r. I nol T. WOBUU r?sdy
. to def p and seek tr,- ?-..mpany
?Of braver men, but I ' tim*
. may eoma ?
st. aie not all eowai ??* t0 *
man whom WO bel ???? ? to ?? ?**_*
ity and nom ?? for our nal aal pn?**
an?! honer ami I Vrtti
ELT. I- **? 8
New York, Nov. _:(, ?.
From an Admirer.
To the Kilitor of The Tribune.
SIT! I have followed your e??T-.ri?U re*
gnrding the prenant policy of the admin -ra?
tion a* to the ralatioi r:
States .t:.? the 1 ___
mired the way you have upheld th? Americsn
idealism, quite in favorabls- cemi"?r-*on M
"The N....C fork Times," to I ! r*v*
been a aabaeriber f'.r many y?.ars and am no?f
?i.-continuing to bi-come a - *"D'
Tribuae,
Trusting you will kes-p up '
I am. f. Cl tOO.
Hloomtield, N. J., Nov. _:?.
Opportunity for German -American.
To the Kditor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Belgian Reliai ( omm.ss.on >?
-sknig for wiatet elothiag for three Riillioaa
I . ?Joatltat? , who are prisoners la
their own country. Thi? would seem an *?"
cellent opportunity for our l.erman fell?"1"
lesieaatrate the innate righteoul*
ness of th.' Gersua character. If they c?l
self bring IhsSSSalees to admit that there'*
such a place as Belgium, that it is occupied
by a German army, an?! that, because of that
occupation, the population :- beggared, ??
would be eminently proper for them to et
blbit the efficacy of their particular brand 0?
Kuitur by furnishing the clothing necesss'l
to keep those unwilling disciples of the hiifS*
?j*.t civilization from freei;?ng.
Hoping that they will look with a favorable
eye upon this humble suggestion. I subscrib?
myself A BARBARIAN.
l?hinebeck, N. f, Nov. 18, 1016.