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British Failure and Allied 'Nerves.'
It si bebly l?e s mistake to In*
?rprt't the spprsrent difTerem-c that has
?risen betSreetl the British and their Allies
v. i the Be m campaign as doe solelji
' varying about the wisdom of
ursuing operations in Macedonia. On
e contrary, * ind res ton for
lieving thai ths lone series of British
unders and failures has begun to fret
the both th? French and the
issians end th:?t there is a ?listirct pur
i in |'.. Pi trofrad to question
ish leadership in the Allied camp
*af'
I to th? " "*>. it il plain
?? failure to
-, continued pressure upon
nia trill compel con
?es on the part of the Bul
gara, tun ?r a way to
? in Bulgarian sym
. i: will ki erbian and
MoiAe) ??.'?? .'.nee.
On t 1 and. if the Allies leave
.Mm. a and Gr? t ill read
?: ?il'iu ?l"nn,ent o? Serbia ths peril
for then) with the enemies
il y. The !<>*s . trill Ik*
? even lead Rumania
. .md it would
Ulied hope
. of ?M war.
lition, release Austrian and
for service against Russia
.. j.
.
, . ?.. .
? ? -, must supply the
? some G0.000 sol
led by SarraB, who saved
.r, but this is but a hand?
I ,' -..?? ess ths -?ill be
L And thest troops while de
, ?. maintaining a rnillmn ?ol
/ m and garri
j | this must
i : lipoll, if the cam
) ;nue.
has cost
men in cao*
nnOUl temporary loss.
The campaign has been
dismal failure and seems
the M ace
ii campaign to relieve
Serbie or interrapt German communica
nstanUnople. British desire
m pull out of two hopeless ventures, which
call for large forces, is plain.
On the other hand Russia's wishes are
unmistakable. Her Balkan influence has
. she i- powerless now to
aid Serbia, to exert pressure on Bulgaria,
ami she is faced with the possibility that
if the army in Macedonia is withdrawn
Rumania may enlist with the Central
I', wers and Turkey may direct a huge
?he Caucasus front.
So much for the military aspect, but
the other side must v?e considered by all
v.ho are desirous of estimating correctly
the present status of Allied relations.
There can be no mistake as t?i the present
restlc ad resentment in France,
among the people and even in the high
command, at the apparent inability of the
British to ?et their military establishment
into shape.
In the French opinion these things
weigh heavily: The British failure at
Neuve Chapelle was due to the inability
of the reserves to get up in time to carTy
<n the work done In the first attack. I're
down hours were lost at a time when the
fate of Lille SSSmed derided and the (.er
*>.an line actually pierced. Then came the
reverse in the .Second Battle of Ypres.
Then the complete breakdown of the Brit?
ish portion of the offensive in Artois,
which robbed Foc h of the fruits of his
it effort.
This was in the spring and, with the
h failure. It became clear that no
thrive eras possible on the Western front,
and Germany was able to go east and
r>ft-at Ru*ia and drive the Slavs out of
(islicia, Poland and Lithuania. Mean?
time the British opi I n the Calli
poli PeTiinsuia ended in complete dead?
I'ck, despite tho opportunity to win,
which came when Baribahr wa? oeeapiod
Again the failure of th? *,., get
up was the decisive factor.
* Finally in the last days of September
>e offensiv., abort 1401 ended m a minor
? -a! success because the British ??
Rg taken Hill No. 70 and put-he?! ?ver
I U> the east until Lens was almost within
? ;rrasp, were left BnSOpportodaad the
ermann wer?- aid? to organist a counter
ttack end re-occupy the summit of Hill
'o. 70. In the end Sir John Praaeh was
impelled to ask GtOOTui I 0) h for | reach
' roops to support his OSrn, 01 ?I torn 1 n i,. ?.
?tiTf/ti w?rc drawn out of the Bold where
the French w< r? proi Ing M.e GonMM
Sh?-i< from Sou' In/, ari'l the J' r.-ri'h ofx-ra
tiOi-i halt?'!
record of Bi itish oper
eUo_e i_ ib* lP?. WSS ?oms neueon, Mil
wholly unexplained, the British have failed
and are still failing in the work of organ -
i--.inj_r their new armies, and gallant ad?
vances, con sideral.le gains, even the cap
.' th? fio?-? important position?, as
iribahr and again before Lenta, an
n i dcre.i nselesi Yy 'he . -bsetJUCnt failure
?port to get up.
To all this there is now added the col
lapse of the Bagdad ot.erat.ion, which
even threaten?? to prove a very pravo disas
Lnvolving Hie whole expeditionary
army. What th" causes of this defeat are
remain obscure, bal the conaoquencaa, the
blow to Allied prestige all over the .War
East, even in the Far East, can hard.y
be exaggerated. Like the G-UipoU cam?
paign it. was an operation that could only
!>?? justified if it succeeded, and it has
failed irrevocably.
In this situation there is no mistaking
French impatience. The French ge,.erais
who failed have been "scrapped." inexora
l.ly and unfailingly. Joffre has sent to
the rear those who blundered or pi
unequal to the occasion. But no such
H seenu to have taken place in Brit?
ish ranks. Hence French criticism, which
never finds its way into print either in
?o '?r Britain, il growing steadily.
It is easy to exaggerate the meaning of
this criticism. It does not imply a future
break in the lines of the foes of Germany.
French opinion agrees with British about
the value of the British fleet and the
greatness of its achievement. France is
going through the war as best she can; no
one who has been in France recently ques?
tions this, or fails to recognize French
confidence in ultimate victory.
What is said quite frankly in France is
that British diplomatic failure in the Bal?
kans?and in Paris the Bulgarian fiasco
?S charged to the British has for the first
time moved the French to question the
wisdom of permitting the British to play
the role of senior partner in the Allie?!
firm in the diplomatic field British fail
are in the military operations of the year
?ready provoked a discussion of the
advisability of naming a French general
I'och has been mentioned -to command
tl ? British troops in Belgium and Fra
All this has been kept ander the surface
so far, but there is no mistaking the fact
that French criticism of British high com?
mand is on the increase. The present dis?
pute on the Balkan campaign may lead to
a general readjustment of condition! and
i ?-eUlemcnt of outstanding differences
would be idle to undertake to dis
ruise the extent cf French dissatisfaction
at this moment over the long continued
failure of the British to get their armies
1 ape and thus to d<~ their share in
? at task.
An Attempt to End "Death Avenue."
Again there appears to be agreement
OH a proposal to abolish the s'irface
tiacks of the New York Central Railroad
en the West Side?this time to substitute
for them an elevated road built along a
private right of way. It is devoutly t
It; hoped that the plan, unlike many pre
vious schemes which have been put on
paper but never carried out, will
materialize. It has certain features ?if
merit, and any plan which will end "Death
Avenue" without giving to the railroa 1
valuable franchise monopolies will be
welcomed by the public, which for a gen?
eration has seen the fight to wipe out thi.
p.enace end in a draw.
Such a solution of the problem would
not involve use of any of the city's north
and south streets. Moreover, it would
not monopolize the tremendously valuable
waterfront, for which there must be
systematic development under city con?
trol, not exploitation by any one favored
corporation. An elevated structure on
property owned by the railroad corpora?
tion would not be subject to the objec?
tions whicli might properly be raised
against any scheme to buiid one along a
city street,
Inder the latest law on this general
question the Board of Estimate i
authorized to agree with the management
of the railroad on a plan for the removal
of the tracks. The public will await
further details of the one under considera?
tion with much interest, and the profound
nope that at last something has been'
worked out which actually will work
Improved Conditions in Ireland.
I here is much encouragement in the
latest census figures from Ireland. The
third quarter of the current year ihowfl
a net increase of 9.696 in the population?
a phenomenon extraordinary enough to
attract attention and perhaps in itself
suflii'ient to refute the stories spread
abroad of late aUiut emigration.
The fact is that emigration has dt>
creased to a remarkable degree, and the
reason is sufficiently plain: wages are
better than they were and there is plenty
of employment for the inhabitants. The
number of emigrants in the three month?
reviewc'l was only 3..Y 11 ? less, perhaps,
than half the number that might reason?
ably be counted upon in ordinary times.
It is said that the improvement in con?
ditions would be even more striking were
it not for the high infant mortality. That
may be true, but the general death rate
I given as only l.'M, and surely that il
below the average, which in recent times
has been somewhere in the neighborhood
?,f || or 16.
As |0 UM per.??;steine of the high tuber
eulosia mortality, it only _MMUIS that no
miracle hav. been worked by Lady Ami
campaign. In that respect Ireland
is no exception; for oro, Uto, have been
-riutjVttj by enthusiasts in the crusade
against the threat White Blague. Nor is it
'??a-?niable lu look for any marked im-1
proveinen?. a? long as Dublin and other
cities, tolerate ?he dreadful housing condi
that still prevail.
I pori the whole it would be imprudent
to draw i/emTfcl eotaClusioni from the
''' ' ' ' Irsta i obviously more
in. been in rnai j
>c_/|. Uiu population of the. workhouses,
?
hn? decreased; there is less demand for
outdoor relief Mid there is less crime and
rankem ? The conditions in every
way ?re <. \??optional ; but the times are
mal, too.
Retirement in Old Age.
Mr. (hauncey If. DepOW speaks from
experience of the problems of old :?ge.
which robs his finding? of something of
their platitudin on the
face of it, to tell a man to he? p busy until
he drops is sound advice enough, and at
leas! as ancient a' Luther, whom Mr. Ds
paw quotes. "Retirement" is indeed a
snare and a delusion, 'i nail] s brief and
unhappy pause before disintegration.
Golf has ameliorated it. but not suffi?
ciently, because it il not the limbs so much
as the mind for which constant exercise
: needful when life "is faiien into the
sire, the yellow leaf."
But the choice is by no means as simple
-, all this. It is not every man v. ho,
full of yarV and honor, may relax h.?
pace as have Mr. Iicpew and Mr. Choate
and Dr. Flint (Mr. Depew's models) and
kl their momentum carry them on com?
fortably to a graceful close. The pi
for the average run of mortal Americans
If a full maintenance of the routine or
idleness. There are hungry youngsters
watching eagerly to take the reins from
their hands, and once they have given
them over there i.-? no expectant public in
wait to honor them with polite duties or to
cttend to the dissemination <?f their ac?
cumulated wisdom.
And it takes a stout heart to face the
prospect of a full maintenance of the husi
? r professional routine of America
life through one's declining years. The
nace is geared to youth. Th" old man
it increasingly painful, if he is ca?
pable of keeping up at all, and is naturally
tempted to prefer any. alternative, now?
ever dreary.
There is really no help for the unloveli
of old age in the American environ?
ment until such time OS we all of us live
our lives less breathlessly, reduce our pace
to I walk, winch v.t may maintain to the
end, and regard sanity and health above
accumulation. The argument against re?
tirement will then seem less of a trite
mockery.
Patronare vs. Public Interest.
Mr. Uurphy says thai neither he nor
Tammany Hall has any candidate for the
postmastership to succeed Mr. Morgan.
Nevertheless, the candidacy of Mr. Pow?
ers, formerly an A. ?.-tant Histrict Attor
n .". is being pushed by several Demoernti
well and favorab'y known at "the Hall,"
and there is no reif-on to believe that there
. be grief in Fourteenth Street if the
place went to him.
I ''? .'man has predicted that
New York will have a Democratic j. |
master within a couple of weeks. And if
powers that be at Washington so d??
crie it. this city can do nothing but curse
There should be no misconcep
:' the situation, though, on the part
of Washington. Postmaster Morgan is an
able, efficient, faithful public servant, un?
der whose management the pc-StoflaCe here
has shown a singularly fine record in
increase of profits, holding down of ex?
penses and excellence of service. If he is
to go, it will be merely because his place
is wanted for a "deserving Democrat."
The issue stands "Patronage vs. Public
Interest." No speeches, no apologies, no
explanations can disguise it. The bare act
will constitute the administration's record
on this particular matter.
Counter-Frightfulness.
Lord Headley ha-- leen telling the
American Luncheon Club in London what
he would do to compel Germany "to con?
duct the war according to all the laws
recognizad by civilised nations." He would
begin by holding two thousand "prominent
Germans" as hostages. Then he would
notify Germany that unless her fighters
behaved decently the hostages would be
killed; Thus every English woman killed
by a bomb from an airship would cost
ten Germana, and "after what I've seen
of the horrors of these Zeppelin raids in
London," he ays. "I wouldn't hesitate to
shoot such hostages."
It is amazing that so intelligent a man
as Lord Headiey does not consider the
obvious risk he would run of incre
the horrors he deprecates. If there are
Germans in England there are English.
-.en and English women in Germany. Af
;er he had notified Germany of his inten?
tion, is it not possible, indeed highly prob
:?ble, that Germany would notify him hi
raturn that for every ten Germans ho ?fat
a hundred English would be made to suf?
fer? It i? hardly a matter even for sp.'cu?
Lotion. The experiment of exceptional
treatment was tried in the case of sub.
marine prisoners. Germany retaliated OB
h prisoner?-, and for the sake of
the English prisoners the British policy
had to be changed.
Postmaster and Politics.
I -.i". The tpriagtsla Res>sM??M .
The Peete_.ee Department wa*. inevitably
under i.re ai the me? tin? of the National
Civil Service Reform LsaffBa in Philadelphia..
The time wa? opportune f..r criticism of
he old, yet \iciou?, ?y?tem of political ap?
pointment? to pa BB, which
inately call for nothing but baaiaess adminis?
tration. The Rep?blicaa posta??atari of both
New York nrul Chica(O ..i?' soon to be re?
placed by Desac?rate, und four years hence, in
case the Republicana ahoold gais the presi?
dency la lile, the Democratic post?aasten
of tlii.?e eitle.? will he replaced by Republi?
can?. Senator O'liorman is ev.dcntly nam-,
ing the next New Tel I r, Bl com-j
lag \er>- mar it, anil in Chicago Cartas Har?
rison think? that the President sh.ni'.l nom?
inate a (ierman-Amrricaii. Political r. , .
will dominate the choice of tl ?
if the part] politii
Img tin- Kx.ii.ti-.i- Bbcbs administration m
the future will distinguish itself
?t.i polit i. .il re;:..? ? . .. evatarj
!,usine?.?, of BS-TJ lag
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AMERICANISM VS. COWARDICE
A Collection of Tribune Articles
Wanted for Distribution.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: It seems a pity that so many Amen
can men and women should be losing tht
inspiration of your editorials. They contair
a splendid Americanism that i.? broader that
?m line? ?nd greater than the circuit
ties of any single new-paper.
I should again like to *ugg?s* that s
collecnon of these articles be r?--pr :
pr.mphlet form for general distribution
among at least 1,000,000 America-.s.
make my suggestion definite, I am
willing to subscribe $100 as a beginning tow
r.rd bearing the expen?e of such a project
Are there not others who believe as I do that
the sound principles expressed in these
articles should be thus presented to ?
bl-oe-fJet circle and who would wi?h to share
in the expense"
I learn from reliable sources that In all
probability r. ?rill eost shoot |lt??M to put
out i.?'hi''."? <. espies, sad ulule I hope that
many more than that would be published it
would be a good beginning.
WALLA) E T. JONES.
Brooklyn, Yec. 7, IflS.
Offensive Hyphenates.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: While I have offered no comment
... smashing editorial "Americanism rs.
li?e," feeling as I did that I could add
nothing to a thing which expressed n
sentiments and convictions so much more
.'v an?l SStisfyingly than I could hope
to do, I have, however, been much in'?
in the comments of others on the subject.
Of the many who have so warmly com?
mended it no comment need be mad?*. They
or? merely expressing the fselings which
are to be expected from Americans, that Is,
-traiph', legitimate American i without s bai
1er in ths middle of thsii names.
As to the hostile erities, whose letters yea
print with a generous open a
fying to contemplate, they also have a right
in a free country to the expression of th.'ir
opinion?. These critics, for tht BSOSt part,
ber petulant, tpettering alien?, a.-? re?
vealed by their name.?, to whom American
end principles are naturally repugnant,
or snonymous writer?, like J. 0. T. in this
Sg's Tribune, wl ten are un?
worthy of notice.
Hut the letter of Randolph W. shannon, of
Princeton, X. J., dot? d D< eemb? i I
t, heel bich cannot
pese unnoticed. I ?io not knew who oi what
Mr, Shannon i.?. Judging from his style it
may be charitable to St um*' thai he is a
sophomore in college and that maturer years
and a few sound moni tpenkingt will
him to look hack with thsmt Si tin' i
unthinking cruelty of what he has Jusi
oi whatever his
ape, he beers ? name which leed
an American, and he hails
from a pool old town bellowed by many
M of his country' for in
Sad the seat of a great university
hundreds of American young men ar?
formed late, I hope, loyal and useful
I
Therefore, as an old Prinectonian myself
(and I confidently believe I may also
for almost all other old Princeton!;.' 1
? and brand a*? nothing less than black
Mr. Shannon's insolent, cold?
blooded reference to those American men,
: and children, many of them' highly
honored and useful citizens, who wen? foully
murdered on the I.usitHliia, as a "f.".v a?l
ventur? ? \mericans." Me i - welcome
polities i
tional lew, hut it is time that he and his
? ? \ *hr? | oei d of c ?
decency. GEORGE WESTERVELT.
' ? ' !.. IflS.
On Rhetoric.
Tr the Editer of The Tribune.
Bin Ithetoric is the soft answer to Kul
tur's punch. Ilhetoric is too proud to flpht,
ar. 1 while it admires "Tin' Bettle Hymn of
the Republic" II is H a WOrh of papan :.r'.
"Sink or Stria, survive or pen?h," etc., was
a choice bit of American rhetoric of the old
tchool. ('tiered in deep seriousness, the
Styles have rhang???i if to humor. We pass
this classic rhetoric to ?11 Americans as they
hit the trail f<?r Davy Jones's locker if they
can't swim, let 'on sink; if they can't sur?
vive, let 'em perish. Ilhetoric is an appeal
to the hssd. Off the Old Head of Kinsale
all from time to time -Milk more
rhetoric, Ilhetoric is a stickler for salutes.
We rr.;.;. not evefi recognise that a nation
But let any negation of a nation,
dead or otherwise non-existent, fell to -
Old (?lory and we eOBSS down upon it with
the mailed fist, Then if that ghost of a na?
tion doe? net teinte SS WS recognize there
is no Huerta to go but home. "We who are
ahout to die ?al He you!" i? ano'h'T choice
bit of rh??oric. We like to have Americans
say that as they go down at tea, victims of
German hate and Irresponsibility, w.? like
it because it is classic rhetoric, and also be?
cause it alludes gracefully to the salute of;
a phos?. the tuppotitional backbone of the
country of these ?lying innocents. The
?I be half rhetoric nnd half K'il
tur. Theref'ire, while )).?? | ,|t ?*,-,.
should grab all the rhetoric we can.
TA PIP.
Bib Nek, long Island. Per f., IflS,
Thanks.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I have many times intended to thank
you for the splendid editorials appearing In
The Tribune. Let me BSSOIS you they are
appreciated highly in the trenches il trance.1
They have brought hope ?nd courage to our
III fighting there. Many copies of
The Tribune I have sent to Australia, Tas?
mania and England, posting them preferably
'o literary and educational ? ? ?iere
they will be read by hundred?. I wish it
were pooolblo to print thrm in some cheap
pamphlet form; I should gladly distribute s
.-ore of them.
Wishing The Tribune the succe?? it de?
serves. JOHN l.i LE
New York, Dec. ri, 1 r>J5.
A Source of Delight.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial leadi'rs are a source of
delight to me. F"r straightforward American
sentiment they hit the nail on the head
' ' ? ? ?'?" ' ' You are all right!
How would It be to run in black le"
the head of year editorial pape the preamble
to the ConstitutionT It is eseelleal matter
lor the administration to ponder SVSI
VETERAN OF Itei
Brooklyn, I?ee. c. i.?i:,.
"The True Ring."
To the E.litor of T? .? Tribune.
Sir: Your 1rs! editorial this morning, on
"The Neare*? Doty," Is a corker and hi.
true ring to it. I heps every Repel
i r. a, it . ad?, ice.
Md that you will keep up the pood work
< . N. SETMOl K.
New York, Lite, d, 1916.
"THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME!"
BREAK RELATIONS WITH GERMANY.
Dr. Stewardson, ex-President of Hobart College, Urges Organized Demand on .Authorities for Such ActaOal
"Diplomatic" Conversations Bound to Fail. Since There Is Neither German Honor Nor Truth?We Must
Uphold Imperilled Principles of This Republic.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As an American who for th? lai
seventeen months has watched the condu?
of dermany upon land and sen, and also pt
fiently waited for ? .ration froi
in to which the fnanhood of th
country eottld respond, I i ? U tool called upo
to makf an appeal through your columns t
of my countrymen who reaily ch?ris
the pr neiples apea which this Republic wa
founded and who also haw a will that thos
principles shall prevail. That these princi
ire la peril there can b<- no doubt; tha
the country will be disgraced and dishon
ored beyond all repair unless they are cour
sgeously affirmed, and that right soon, is a
sure as the coming night.
The deeds of Germany and her Mahometai
ally at which I have been forced to look ar
ime deeds which have been thrust upoi
the horrified attention of the whole world
and tlnre is therefore no need at this mo
ment for enumerating the blood-stained step
of that infernal track of infamy tha
stretches from the rape of Belgium to th?
sevage assassination of Armenia. It is th.
tttitudt of the United States which is nov
for every loyal American the matter of prim?
concrn. Are we, without the gesture of i
staying hand, to let this hell that has brokei
loose in thi? country as in Europe destroy
the hard won liberties of the world and con
institutions, or are we goin?,
to break what wears the look of cowardlj
silence arid stoutly proclaim ourselves th*
champions of that ju tice and freedom foi
our forefathers fought? There is nol
much time left to come to a decision, foi
England nlrea?ly repa*-ds us with pained sur
prise, Prance confesses herself as sadly dis?
appointed and Germany treats us with open
and insolent contempt.
What should we, the people, do? Should
at once declare war on Germany!
. mean?. Such an ?et would be one of
criminal and gratuitous folly. We should,
1 owevsr, take S firm and positive stand in
support of the principles for which England
and Italy are contending, for if we
? to taks any such stand In relation to
these supreme issues ef national life and
doath which are now at ?take we ?hall re?
main a morilly discredited nation for all
time.
What, then, is the situation that require*
of us su? h a stand? Its main feature? shculd
h?? by 'hi- 'ime clear to every American citi
tea. Hut let us sum them up: First, the
kais'T and the military clique of Germany
are the avowed and bitter enemies of demo?
cratic principles and institutions. It is true
that Gerstsay has a Parliament, but it is
..:":.r all only another of those toys for the
manufac'ure of which Germany is justly re
n.iwr.ed. It is permitted to amuse itself with
certain forms of political life, but when |tl
wishes clash with those of the Kaiser or bit
eelf-eppointed Chaaeellor or the General
? taff these wishes are immediately denied.
P/hOB Hismarck had to deal with a recalci
trsat Reichstag he dissolved it, Bnd. what
is more, he kept on dissolving it until it did
!..s biddiag. The tokens, trial shewed that
the military class is indeed supreme, ami
the treatment of the l'anes in Schleswig
teia, the Er?*nch m Alsace-Lorraine and
:he Poles in Posen are incontestable evi
- of unblushing military tyranny. When
Sited States was fighting to libera?e
? uba from a similar tyranny the Kaiser en
iieavor.d to array Europe against us, and
only the doeJotec veto of Lord Salisbury
meed ss from attack.
Bscene, Germany is a confessed advocate
of ap,-: I r and maintains the largest
and mo?? efficient military establishment the
??. ..rid has ever se.?n. This army, moreover,
has been developed not for purposes of .|e
fence, bat for the conquest, of other coiin
Sad '! I?s now bec..me a menait? to all
weaker nations which happen to ?land in the.
'way of Germany's territorial lust? and amh
tions. A? Austria tors Dp the Tri-H'y of Be
: lia and appro;-ri;.t?'?l Y
?o (?crmany broke her plighted word ar
ravished Belgium, II. r ; II I for the cot
? ? of the United Stataa are sli
j.riit, nr.d he who Brilla nn.y read them.
Third, in the conduct of ' ? '?- wt
?Yermany has broken every law of nati?.r
bnmanity. She it was who first lai
mines in th<- op against the pr<
Great ? : has poisoned *h
wells in South t-friCB and inaugurated th
...... - lid fir". Sh
has system.; barns
. ?? ? .
her Bromea, killed the babes at the breas
sad then taxed th? harried remnant to th
rergC of peaarj*. <>n!y the intervention o
Arneri.iun charity ha? saved the Belgian pet
pie from Btarvatioa. In h.-r submarine wai
fata ?lie has shown even less mercy tOWBT
r.on-combatants than on land. l'assenge
vessels lir.ve been torpedoed without warnin?
and hundreds of innocent women and ehildre
have not been allowed a chance for thei
lives, in the sinking of the L?litaaia sh
committed the BBMt dastardly erima m ul
maritime history, and what la more, sh
glories ?n it to this dl
Fourth, Germany has to all intent-? an.
purposes declared war upon the Unite?
Stat?'?. The country teem? with her
and agents. They have attempted the BSBal
sination of Pierpoat Morgan and endeav
orcd to wreck the bridge between the Unitec
State? and Canada. They have ,forged oui
passports, procured lying clearance paper;
under false pretences, violated our neutral
ity, abused their diplomatic immunity, broker
their parole, conduced a criminal propagandi
and are now cm-ace.I in blowing up our man
afaetoriea, killing our citizens and setting or
lire friendly ship.? sailing from our pott?.
Such are the acts of which German?
convicted before the eivili/. ! -.? r'.l. Thej
are all acts which harmonii-.e with her po?
litical faith and methods; but I
act? which deny the faith or. which oar ?a
public rests. There can be no means of
reconciling her principles with ours, even if
.?he were dlapcacd to ar.ru'. honestly and in
accordunce with tho laws ..f mini. Hut what
makes recoi M is the fact that
she In. the lav? ? of reason a.? sys?
tematically a? ?he ha? despised the 'has of
teoneneaa and mercy. The intellectual
i?nd procedure of bar propaganda are
Bi ..nee the despair and the ?
the human mind It is this intellectual d.s
honesty which makes all attempts *o come to
with such a nation both futile and su
pertlioiis. Converse with her representatives
hold! out no prospect of result, for when a
n occupying the positi??n of Count von
Bernitarff can be publicly .:;. ?:.????.1. as he
was hist winter, of having taken copious ex?
tract? from a well known Eng!iah book and
1 them off for his own in an a 'est
which he delivered, before ?n important
American aociety, there can be bal
confidence in German sincerity and truth?
fulness. Pot be it remarked that Herr.s'or.T
be txeeptioaal bit of mendacity that
pro?.1? the rule of peneral German integrity.
but rather the illustration of a genera! false
? -trative of the exeeptlonalaess of
leur...-ne veracity. A further example of
What ii ay fairly be regarded as a BBl
ohliqui y '?f character, although not of the
? ? of von |[eri..'..r '"- ..'.r.r\ ?in.ft,
is the Kttempl reeentiy mad.. ,n "Ths Atlan
tic ?01 ti.iy" by Herr Kaac i a prove
that tl are is no break between the (?ermany
of Schiller and Kant and the lY.rmany of
llernliar.li and von Tirpitz. but that the in
vusion of a neutral country and the massa?
cre of the innocent? upon the I.usitania are
only logical exteastOBI of that 1 Igh K
?en?e of duty which preached the doctrine
"act ?o that men shall be I reate, 1 not us
Btaaai but as ends."
Such are, be it admitted, hut individual in
ataacaa >.f intellectual depravity ob the ?as
hand and of perversity on the other, but thev
are sustained by a salid aria., of t'aY.-hoo I
along the who!.. Geraten front. Tlie Kaiser
ibliely declared that Raaala and I
bc'-an th? war, when the whole wide ?aorld,
looking on, distinctly saw him strike the first j
blow In ,! (,fr'
man government violated the neutra
im and now? it tries to convince 'h*
?nocking and astonished pe?.
... violated
.: must, therefore, be seid? I
?_? in eomm
German mind and ?h ? normal mis
humanity. "D ?
? conduct which honor?
able membei rd ai
morally corrupt. B "Deutl ??" is
ipproval "'' tny
?y which t;i G< rman go*.?
the pur mit of Its ? of "Sehn
to commit.
herefore, and the <;?*r
r.ian mind being what it is, it is abundtntly
that si. metic conrerts) ?
?.. h auch ???? ' mind ere teems
fell. If any further proof of this sta'.
were needed it is to be found in th? "
men) t hig*i
sounding phrases of our Chief Ei
is also *.i many of my countrymen,
and ought t?> be manifest to all. the) Germent
has ne n If I * for anything ' '
force." She has glorified this primitive lie?
ment of our nature in variou? stl I idee sad
phrases, such ?s "blood and iron." "the ?
? it" and the "kn:;;ht In thlaiag STStOf
?s brute force in which she trusts, end '
i'rute force which is h?r god gOtl of
her Mahom? ?-.-. Kalaer. Conversation!, it
ths diplomatist calls them, are in conse?
quence wastes of opportunity, wastes of
breath and wsstes of rational endeavor On?
and only one thing remains to he done, ?r.i
that is an imperative sestSI : thsl the terms
of our last note on the Lusitania be
piled with within three days, or Bernstort
and his whole crew of for] ,r'f*
and assassins will be returned to the lend
where thry were made. Th?? whole l
should know that we will have no farther
dealings with a nation whieh, in dtffSSCS of
her plighted ?ver?, roped ar. 1 harried Bel?
gium, and in defiance of laternstisosl ? '?
? law sank the Lusitam?
Such is the stand which our ?elf-r?*?
the fundamental principles of o?jr B?r
and the protection of the lives of SOT felloe?
citizen? require of us. Nothing list "
. snd I call upon tho?e who are r. '*
In the land men of influence ?rd BOTS to
trgeaiSS and prefer this demand at orre. ^ ?
if the humble and insignificant crowd will
rally to their supnort.
LANGDON C bTEWARDBOtI
N'r?w York. Dec. I, 1MB,
The Duration of the War.
To the Editor of The Tr.bune.
Sir: From e pessagS from your ftOef,
which ha? been copied Into tCe British rr"
I see that you are of the opinion thsl
war will last ino'i..r year pe?h?-" I
y??ars The former period is by ro me?r.l ui
likely, but a study of the G?rasse sad * '
trian casualty lists shows that the I?"
' the question.
Allowing on the one hnnd for
cation and on the other for wool led s I
bevo return.*.! t.
n.-arly balance each other, though
?..me preponderance in favo? ..f the feisuv?
one finds that for the first ' Iht of
the war the Germans have lOOl shOOl m\
per cent of their arm;.
and the Austrian?
If the same ratio of lois continue SI
is likely to be increased rather thsn i
ished. by reason of the Inferior ?iiiaiity of 'he
troop? now in the field ' by October 1. ItlOj
the Germans will have lest about II Prr
cent of their armv and the Austrians about
N per cent of theirs. To come to I
figures, Germany will heve about l,4?1o\?10'J
men left, and ?UlStriS about IMjUfi
with the preat power which the def
has in modern war, it <!.?.?? not ?e.m likely
?hat 'J.OliD.OOn men fighting on four front?
?an bold out for twelve months
\.?.?tiy greater iiunil.? rs which th. Allies Will
bees I-'K!-1' K 0 J V'Ksov
Leeds, England, Nov. B, 1916.