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bling. We make food promptly if the ?li?
iert i ser does not.
Do They Want Roosevelt?
Do the Republican leaders in Washing?
ton desire to mako Theodore Roosevelt the
Republican candidato for President in
19161 Do they desire to see Mr. ;
velt nominated and elected'.'
Colonel Roosevelt's weaknesses are bet
tar known than those of any other Ameri- :
tan. The years since he left the White
HoUM have been years which bave sub- ,
tracted from rather than added to his
.??tature as a public man. There have been
times in the past three yeara when his
fellow-countrymen have been almost con?
vinced that his usefulness was at an end.
But in the last few months there has
1 mo no mistaking the fact that there has
baaa a ieal change in public opinion, and
i .on who were long and steadfastly op
1 id to Mr. Roosevelt as President and
. candidate are daily confessing to
ange t>f opinion and feeling.
The reason is simple, and it is explained
1 y an a'tmost uniform statement. Thou
saads and thousands of Americans be?
lieve that if Theodore Roosevelt had been
Pr?sidant of the United States there would
?aat* been no Lusitania tragedy. Tho?e
?i., hold that the tragedy was inevitable
I that without war and without peril
.r Mr. Roosevelt would have obtained
from Germany a disavowal and a guaran
tt-i* against a repetition of the crime.
There is one point on which Mr. Roose
?'- strength has never been questioned.
? ?a a patriotic, loyal, aggressive Ameri?
can, He has from the beginning of his
lite stood consistently and sturdily for an
\ ? ncanism which is the natural out
frowUl of the Americanism of 177."> and
1861. At a'.l times, under all circum
????, without hesitation and without
qualification. Colonel Roosevelt has cham?
pioned, fought for, served, an ideal of na?
tional honor which came down to him from
other generations of Americans.
In the present crisis in American his
t'.n ; . when arc are involved in a dispute
wiih Germany because Germany has mur?
dered American citizens, when we are fac?
ing a situation of anarchy and domestic
sti ife at home, Colonel Roosevelt is the one
American who has, without hesitation and
without thought of the political effet-- of
Ma words, spoken frankly.
Other public men have cavilled ami
crawled. They have not dared to say thr
invasion of Belgium was a crime, even
th..ugh not a crime calling for political
intervention on the part of the United
State?, because such a declaration would
it pel German-American votes. They have
not dared to assert that all that America
l for in history and tradition was at
stake on the European battlefield, and that
our cause was the cause of France and of
Great Britain. But Colonel Roosevelt has
.?aid it?is saying it. Other men in pubiic
life and office have mistaken the condition
tif neutrality for that of neuter, and the
mi-take flows from political anxieties an?.
ern for hyphenate votes.
Now, if the Republican leaders in Wash?
ington believe that they can imitate Mr.
n, preserve a discreet silence upon
the things that are uppermost in the minds
and hearts of most Americans, keep the
votes of the Americans without repulsing
those of the German-Americans, invite to
UM Republican party the votes of those
(f rman-Americans who are angry at Mr.
Wilson for the little he has done to pre?
serve American self-respect, while enlist
inic the ?upport of those who resent his
r?.jr?e a? cowardly, they are making a
grave and a fatal mistake.
The issue of the next campaign will not
I*- the tariff. It will not even be prepared
naas. It most assuredly will not lie Mr.
Wilson's Mexican policy. The lusue of the
n.-xt election will be the preservation of
American honor abroad and American ex
istence at horn?*. The ??nue cann?*t be
dofjge-d, it cannot lie escaped, it cannot Ix*
forgotten by mutual concent. Millions of
American citizen- in the laut Mv
and months have awakened to the n-aliza
tion of the new conditions and perils that
fun ?he com?try. They are at la-t ap
j.r?-riating the __MM and humiliation of a
foreign poiky based upon ?lomeMic j??,!iti
cal oontideratioriB. They are perceiving
? the extent of pusillanimity among tl
politicians and of C4?ward)cc among tl
leaders.
In this aituation there is one man \
has neither con proa lised BO? quali?
There is one man who hits froflMhe \
outset expressed hi- conviction?, h?
liofs, hi-, faiti;, and that man il Th?" i
Roosevelt. He has not stopped t<> OOBSl
whether he could pet the German-Ami
can votes if he did not characterize
Belgian infamy. He has not reduced
districts and Congressmen the ooot of
fending American lives and honor.
has told the truth that was in him.
If the Republican leaders in the capi
and the nation to-day are not willing
face the situation that exists; if they
not dare to put their party squarely
reword on questions which affect r.atioi
honor and national security; if they 1
come silent partners in the conspiracy
national betrayal at Washington, bclievi
that they will thus get the vote? of t
hyphenate.? while keeping those of pat
utic American.?, they will wake soi
months bence to find that they have r
livercu* themselves bound hand and fc
to Theodor* Roosevelt, and that they ha
permitted him to become the siagic ti?<u
in American public life {??ratified with
poii'-y ut courage and patriotism whi
will apjieal to tl c American people in t
next campaign.
If the Republican leaders at Washing?*!
desire this thing to happen, there is not
ing they need do now that they have n
been doing for months. Their present pc
icy is all that is required to make the nom
nation and election of Colonel Roosevelt ii
evitable. As the situation now stand
Colonel Roosevelt is the only man who ca
defeat Mr. Wilson, because he is the onl
man who has offered an honest substitu?
fur Mr. Wilson's policy in the vital que:
tioa of American honor abroad and secui
ity at home. If the Republican leader
cannot see this, they are blinder now tha
they were in 1912, and they will present?
pay for their blindness in a? complete
fashion.
Two generations f.go a political party i;
this country strove to face both ways on ;
question of principle involving nationa
safety and honor. As a consequence it per
'shed. The Republican party can no mor
survive half American and half Hyphe
than could the Whig when it became bal
slave, half free. If the Republican leader
attempt to follow roch a course one of tw
things will happen either the party wil
be destroyed altogether or it will becom
the instrument for the election of Mr
reit
Panama Bonds and the Pay-as-You
Go Policy.
Th? pay-as-you-go argument made bj
Presidoat Wilson in hi- Pireparodnoa
.ige contains a glaring nav-xequitnr
The President ia anxiou . apparently, t<
make the taxpayer.-- of the country fee
the full weicht of the cost of militar*,
preparation, trusting to find in a reluct
anee to pay BOBM justification for his OWI
atternpts to limit the MODS of preparation
He therefore opposes either the authori
zation of new bun la I" meet the cost ol
real military reorganisation or the sale o1
bonds already authorised for the purpose
of repaying the Treasury the monej
which it haa advanced out of the Genera'
Fund for Panama ? anal construction
To excuse thi? refusal to coiiecf a deb?
owed t?. the Treasury, and through it t?
the present generation of taxpayers, Mr
Wilson made thi1? iffgnme
Borrowing money is *?hort-*if;h'c,l finance
It can b.* justified only n hen permanent
thine* are te bS seeonpliahed, which man)
?StiOBB will certainly benefit bj an?:
which it is hardly fair that a finf-le f-enera
tion should pay for. The ohiec^? we an mo*
proposinK to spend money for cannot In? ?c
elaasifled, except in the nenie ?hat everything
| ?lore may tic sai.l t?. be done m th?
interest of pus-ten*;, ai well a*, la our own.
This line of reasoning absolutely defeats
itself. Whatever may be thought of mili?
tary preparation at thi- time as an in
vestment for the benefit of future genera?
tions, no one cat, ?ieny that the Panama
(anal is such an mvestmant Congres?
never intended that the taxpayers of a
single decade should pay the greater part
of the cost of the Panama waterway. The
canal act provided for th?* i?sue of bonOS
to the amount of $.'?70.000,000. Proceed?
from the ?ale of b) ndl BO far have
amount?-?! to $134^1^80, and there ||
still due te the Tr?'a-ury for cash advances
|221,581|719. M?.i-ei'v?'r, the Treasury hns
? on the canal |8O,O0Oj0O0 not rcim
liursable from bond issues, and if the ad?
ministration haa its way %ZbfiOOfiO0 more,
not reimbur.-able !'i?>m bond sales, will he
{.aid to the Republic of Colombia in satis
ii of claims arising out of the ac
?lui-ition f?f the Canal /.one.
It would be a gros?: injustice to leave the
..i-' -urn of $251,000,000, possibly $t76f
iioo.oiKi, -addled on the present generation,
.vhil?' presenting to -iic<-ee?lirig generations
a c.-mal with a I".tided d?lit of only |1S5??
000,000, abli- to pay it? way and. with
proper management, to return ?iperating
?lividends.
Th?. prinriple which Mr. Wilson ote?, of
balancing the obligation! O? the genera?
tion1? Which BISJ to BOMfit from a pernia
public work applies fully tO the canal
debt Th?- Tiea-ury .?h'-uld be rt-imbur-i-tl
through hottd sales up t?. ?.'i7?.000,000
the amount fixed by < ongre*.s. That sum
? ;??? Ml ?? part of the surplus taxation
?if the hsat asacada, it Is sash pot Balds
and It may be legitimately employ.'d now
bj the government'to meet expenditures
for military preparedness. If we spend it
! we should not be borrowing from the fut?
ure. We sh..uld be applying strictly "he
pay-as-you-go programme which Mr. W il
: f.. --. ai 1 this generation would be
.. ed thereby to avoid a*i unfair double
taxation first f"t* the canal an?! then for
;. letter army an?! navy.
What the Pr?sidant sai?! doaa not
i refusal to Indemnify the Treasun
foi ? anal advances. On the contrary, it
makes such an indemnification a matter
botk of equity and expediency.
A Tax on Tabby.
A ration it?rer luMtwa the full extent
of its resources until pushed by necessity
'' to turn everything to account. Germany* is
finding a way to make wood both edible
and palatable, to judge from some of the
i illuminating advertisements appearing in
her new.-paper.-, .-?? that while the Black
? lasts he can never g? hungry.
Great Britain ha? not yet been reduced to
this rabattait*? for shi-addad wheat, but a
recent proposal in the House of Commons
shows UM Meeasit* -C il rapidly ap?
proaching of converting the luxur .
peace into the smews of ?rar. Briefly,
Captain Charle- Bathbury would have Par?
liament impose a tax of fl on ?ach cat in
.?m . ? of one maintained by any given
household, failure to pay the tax lea-ling
to the confiscation of pussy and Itl conver?
sion into sealskin, or Persian lamb or ?r
mine, for the lining of Tommy*! winter
overcoat
Though cal lovers trill stand aghast ?it
this latest threatened horro: of war. it
mu.st be confessed that the suggestion has
it? merits. People who support cats should
be made to demonstrate in some robstaa?
tial form the affection they profs
them or forever h'.bl their peace. If their
protestations possess only a small per?
centage of sinceiity. Great Britain, i
Parliament thinks kindly of Captain Bath
bury's proposal, should reap a small liar
?rest in taxes. Ami then there are so
many homeless tal.hies and torn?? which
might better be fighting for their country
in the trenches than along the back fence! j
of London that Mr. Atkin? cannot fail tc
l.enefit from the measure, tOO.
If only he might be endowed als?, wit?
the nine lives which should go with eacl
skin!
Drinks by the Card.
Nothing could be neater than the ??heme
of tiie National Defence Association for
promoting temperance by law. If the
coming Legislature accepts the plan, any
person of either se\ desirous of imbibing
vinous, malt or spirituous liojuors must ob?
tain a license, price, $1; family 1.
covering a year. $5. Kuch person, in or
e'ering a drink, must present the card; no,
person may get a drink on another's curd.
and it will be a jail offence to obtain a
??rink on a borrowed license, Any bar*
tender selling drinks without seeing the
card will be rabjected to extreme jen
alty; both buyer and seller are to go to
jail if a drink is obtained by any p
lacking a card. N'.. drink mu.-t be -?>l?i to
;?i.y person Ihowfhg signs of intoxication.
Any person arrested for drunkenne ?? or
ttcated by a physician for that condition
twice within a year will ha\>' his license
revoked; if a third time-defying all the
borrandoUS penalties ho manage- t.. get
drunk, he is to be prohibited from drinking
thenceforth forever. Ami. to make up tu
the saloons for the lack of revenue which
will result, they are to be exempted fron
paying license fees.
Undoubtedly nothing more than thil
could he wished to reduce the state t.. s
condit?on of abject and thoroughgoing,
temperance it the population of the stall
v.ere as used to legal restriction- ai i Bl
'.??'inpletely under the command of the drill
sergeant as Prussia. But this is America,
the land of Individuality, of enterpri-o
and, alas! of contempt of law. Even Main?,?
and Kansas Tiavo found that prohibition
doesn't prohibit, Where there'. a *r,]] to
drink there's usually a way. N?. moderate
drinker would be helped under the scheme,
??nd no sot could be prevented from bag
ging, borrowing, buying in quantity before
? -?itication set in or stealing en?.ugh fire
water to satisfy hi highest ambitions in
the way t.f intoxication. Aside from the
tad that the plan wouldn't work if the
Legislatura made it law. and the further
fact that no Legislature of tin- -tat?' could
be expected to make it law if it would
work, it is highly to be commended.
Berlin- Shares Turkey's Guilt.
To the Kditor ?>f The Tribune.
Sir: (leurre Maraulay Tre\el'.aii, the au?
thor of that waaaerfal pro??? epic i?n the
career of Garibaldi and the author gho of
other brilliant book?, i? well known In this
country to a large circle of friend?, ?ni t .
hi? reailcr?. Thry may be interested in'
learaiag that the jrooag historian ha? for
three months been busy on the tigl-.tin?* lin'
in Italy. He || m command of an ambulanc
corps comprising twenty-five American car-.
with sixty picked volunteer?, English an.I
American. The ambulance com.m-.nd ha.
been, so to apeak, ".???--> engaged" on th?
Isonzo River. Trevelyan receiver! a month
or mor? back the formal thank? of th.* Ital?
ian commander, (Y?neral Caderas, fof Bit
dlstincthre sendee in carrying <>rT th.
under active shell 're, more than five thou
-itti.i araaadad men. Trevelyan untes to bit
father, the historian. Sir l.eorge Ott? Tre
v?lyan. that he was that week ?Barking (treat)
hour? in the twenty-four. He ?ays that he
and h;s eaawades have "the.r hand? full and
therefore their soul.? are at peace."
11?. rind? time, however, for ladlgaaat ut?
terances in regard to the crushing ?>f Serbia,
Bad t?. what he calls the "murder ..! Ar
meiiia" by the ally of Prussia. Trevetjan,
with direct knowledge of condition? in < on
? el ople, confirms the opinion that I had
? '. that 1 lift f.f the h
the Prussian Ambassades is ?onstan
would have ?topped the i assacre? in Ar?
menia. The continued exigtenee of Turkey,
the murderer of Kurope, depends on the good
BTlll of Merlin, and this brings a very direct
responsibility upon Merlin for the latest bar
b?r:ti?? et th. Tiir?a.
GEOB-I HAVEN PUTNAM
New York. Dtc. l'J. IMi.
AMERICAN SPIRIT TO DAY
Quite Tamed, as Our Presid?
Rightly Conceives.
Edit t The Tribune.
-ii : Your editorial!? on the Amen
? policy are nio?t interesting, an?! i
stimulating ??. patriotism. But I believe
icant factori
your analy*- American attitude.
?' the I'nited S?a*e< t
; to reflect the emotional and met
Ten?! of the people. Let us take the >
Vork paper? as sn index of the sentiment
th? American people. With the brilliant
eeptioa of the Ne-.?- York Tribune and
01 two other leading papers, the sentim
??: the Pre.?? appear.? to be against war,
matter what the provocation, and for pe
at almost ar.y price.
Is ?upport ?jf this statement ; refer to
editorial comments and headlines of most
', c I'B**..rr. papers when Germany appes
to back down after the Arabic sinking. Th
was aaiversa] contrratulation for Preeid
Wilson fer what then appeared tc be a gr
i.nd bloodless diplo-natic victory. The do:
t.ant note of the Press then wa? rel
ticmer.dou.s relief, and perhaps gratitude
our escape from a situation that had thre
?r.ed war. And the burden of that sonjjr
relief was not "Remember the Lusitania" I
1 .rifet the Lusitamii," it "orgetfulness wo
keep us out of war.
Ha.?ing my opinion on the expressions
the majority of the New York newspap.
i.nd on the reactions of many New Y.
audiences when war and peace were, discuss
I am forced to believe that your conciusi
;?> incorrect that the majority of I
Americas people want ??> a-enge the Le
? ; i-eance meal
Purthernore, I believe that the attitude
the American peep . I ? world crisis.
i> ' rao t of their repr?sent?t!
I lieu ?paper?, demonstrates tha' .'.meric
! psychology lias undergone s profound chan
since the Citil War. W* ?aw the bcginnin
0* 'hat change in the American attitu
toward the Virginias affair in Preside
(?rant's time; al?o In the bitter opposition
- - ? remember BfJ tbs Maine. There cot
i b>* no greater or more significant rontrt
Uhan that between the American spirit
tO-day towaiil foreign aggression and t
American spirit of 1776, 1112, 1847 and 18?
Secondly In yonr criticism of Preside
.\:'.sor. for In? conduct of ear foreign poll
in Mexico and in Europe I believi
have ove; looked sn important aspect of t
Presidential fonction. A Preet-Jenl
,? sder, rvant of tha people.
:.'. may act on hi? own initiative
sodden emergencies where 'here is not tir
|U of the people. At lea:
that is s.? m theory. Bot In the prese
OH the '.eight of the Pre?? of tl
try - sgsinst war.
President Wilson has therefore no op;i<
I ut to obey the will of the people, or of mo
..:' the people, and he is faithfully doing s
fhat tins la bia attitude i? shown by B
? hange of front about preparedness. Durir
the early months of the war our peop
id no interest or des.n? for militai
Strength; in fact, they were rather hostile I
Bol ?? ? ? . lei ?'" cama eoineidsi
* ith the I? trisa of German victorie?
and o;;r people I.? gnu to fear that OB!
i. ight come, ard that it WOBld be safer I
mm tor defence. President Wilson respond?
to the people's demand at oine and began '.
work for preparedne??.
The majority of the American people n
tha Loaitaaia horror. But. a? said bi
?hey do not wish to avenge it
vi ngeance means war. Compared with th
,.nl of 1771 this B?ay not seem a nobl
i as to seme; but then standards change, an
*eem? to be the public attitude that no
onti ? President, demanding ?hat h
Bet iti accordance with it.
Nr.. If the -pint of the American foreig
policy ?>!' 1915 la not that of 177''.. I
bility does not lie with tbs Prestdei
but with tie changed American peopli
?li?se agent he is and whose will he mu?
execute. C II.
New Y..rk. Dec. ?. 1911,
Our Humiliating Position.
To tie Editai sf The Tribal i
: In thi? morning's Tribune there was
ilgned Benjamin Apthorp Gould whiel
discussed the present humiliating positioi
occupied b) th" American people. Tins is th
? ar.il OSl manly let *.*r I have SV4W r? a?
in a newspaper. The only opinion exprease?
winch I eriticiae in sny way is where he ?t?te
that if. in his opinion, the American peopl
\?<?re not nobler than the administration hi
? leek sell respect under an alien flag
In mv ..pinion, as long as t!ie American peo
I :?? eenaeal t?> be held la ?heir present hu
nvliating position by one moral coward the;
;.rc n?> nobler than he is; and if they .-onsen
to remain in this position until the end o
the >'*r. or a year from March, when th<
? n| will be changed, any American wil
? ?! in seeking ?elf-respect nndei ar
rlien flag, ss by so doing he will he provin?.
for i " ipeet A E ? ORTIS.
N? . ferh, Dee. I, Itl ?
Fruitless Disavowal.
In the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Being in hearty accord with your edi
tonal policy ?so far as it goes i in condem?
nation of thirgs Teutonic, and marking thf
COBtroversy between The Tribune and "The
World" regarding a "disavowal* is the cas?
? ? I leitoais, would it not be .? good
. eertsin wbst Wilaea la going te ? I? ?
?4ith Ihi? disavowal when he ge'- t.' Ilb
??..i*ly. il ci.ri't be "hocked" te I i" le mono
tary soi pe? stios for those bereaved; com
pensation would be of im valy? to those
? red. and is there on.? except a hyphen?
ate who would hope thai a disavowal would
prevent a repetition of the offeree?
(Juery: Why didn't Docker and the gunmen
make a "disavowal".1 Their attorneys must
have overlook??! a bet. Y. II M'CULLOCH.
New York, l?ec. I*,, 1910.
Not All Hyphenates.
T i the K? 11f? >r of The Tribune.
Sir: I?oes it not seem somewhat hysterical
te apeas sf tSJtOSfiSt Germans in this coun?
try, as or..- ??:' your correspondents did?
I?, it r.nt equally hysterical to speak of all
the German? in th s country a? hyphenates?
11 of the Germans of tny own ac?
quaintance there is not the sign of a hyphen.
BSSBS sf them are professed repub'icans.
and came to this country because of that
faith.
The pre-? reports have it that many Ger?
mans are preparing to return to Germany
after the war. Perhaps they are. But I'd
like to bet that they don't.
T. J. LLOYD.
Rloomingburg, N Y., Per. ."., |fl|
On the Side of Right.
To the Editor of The Tribun.-.
>-ir: I hsve venfured to criticise the length
of time you kept your columns open to th?
t'tterances of the neo -copperhead?. Hut your
"wn editorial utterances go to the spot and
nie joy. There are strenuous times
ahead for the American people. Kvery man
moot push his pound on ?he side of right.
, I incluse a few ounces of mine. The unex?
pected may be our fate before ?.?..? are pre
, parrd for the casting of the die.
GEORGE w DITHRIDGE
i llullia Terrace, Long Island, Dec. a, 1915.
INSPIRATION.
MR. WILSON ON PREPAREDNES?
Consistency Not the Real Failing o
the Administration's Policy.
To the Editer ?? ? Tribune.
sir: Yoai peral itenl sditei e im ?.
President "
ngno- on (id
ben K. Chi sanely, ?? eonveraien t
the appoaii toa taid that aft.
-ature he declar?1 ,
most ' leal ne to be a l i.r- .an
t from a leading of JT0
ttiri.'Y ? 1 r saying, "Almost tlio?
. ' ???
|t I am ineretulingl* gli
Theod : I tit, for a voU
was nol
', ? ? "Mi. \\ II KM
pare.!- ? 1 riS-BC, ? I itic
? .v in the ?lirectiof
?B wl ? ?! him tlunng thi
OK. when In
tad naval il i sngth
you condemn I im .'or inconsistency on th<
grout id ' ? .:.... tar age
in tha'
it bnr.K? party i . tiei illy mtt
..;.' \ i matter ot fact, yoar eherg?
of ineonaiatenej ta correct by youi
own quotatioi ? ?|uote tha Prai
. ? ? -idence mus'
not bt lading srmy but OB "a citi
zenr. | I to Bl me," an.:
then proceed to charge him with in?
tency be.-au.-.' BO? ' greatCI
I itand
ii'.g army. foi 100,001
. i of 250,000 loldiera In
? ?
does you do, m a itandins
army. Hu? it ha had aabed f"i B large ?tend
lag arm] h< ? ould have been ineoni
i ,r Bgp, and >.. i
would
'. i bj )<>:. ' BOW. > Our only
- that
ht did net pros? plant '."r ;
eilno.? in |0] i an?l he doe- present
plai ? sew.
Ypi all throut:':. the year >ou have been
declanntr that "nee occasions" have taught
"neu. diitie-." --.Inch Mr. Wilton has not per?
formed. Soar, ?hen he seek? te perform such
. eontistently v. it h tiie princip!?; lai?l
down blame him still.
It '... - ? ii Mr. Editer, at .. constant
reader ot your ? thai the Republi?
can beat ia ao ati cannot see
'i .
cease.I to Condemn Amenta; of for
irs Bet loyal :.. our govern
menl which it proper enengl Would it
not be well ' ? I ?-'?? ?? a litl ? Y loj -
altv to the authorised head of our govern
ment iaatead of practising hyper-cr?I
with a view to discrediting thi Presid?
the evs of all who lead your paper?
VY W T DUNCAN,
Pastor Jane? M. E. Church.
Mr?.?.->:? b, Dee. a, Itlf?,
The editorial in question ? .?ritten
a? a condemnation oi Presl : '??? .n for
inconsistency. Il open
in z ten ten ee: "The el tt ntei it ? Presi?
dent Wilton't m? l <-s in
the e lach of evidence if offers of
i education on hi? part."
Mr. Wilson in Several Mask3.
To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: An academical education has .
Mr. Wilsea unlimited command of language.
Stars arfVl come?I nance through his ad.lr.-sses
:n all the mases "f metaphorical confusion;
and his periods fall like music on our listen?
ing ears, it is perhaps regrettable that the
inspiration :? not always as admirable ?s its
expi. ..... Rhetoric is ? good servnnt, but
a bad master. Absorption in form may come
to involve lot ? tnce.
Mr. Wilsen'l pathetic tribute to the Ameri?
can mann.-? who lost their lives m Mea..??
? . list?e! the beauty of a t.-ijuiem ma??, but
mournful word-, Bias, cannot recall the dead
or negative ?".,. eoaseqaeaeos of mistake.) ac?
tion. If Wa ?eek t?> penetrate the verbiage
that enshroud? t'e Wh;!,. Howee WS c.nu
seemingly into the presence of several Mr.
Wilsoaa is this n r. ?ult t.f delaehra refrac
Yon *
There ?va? the Mr WUBOB who summoned
butines? men 10* lbs bar in term? ni untern.
I ?red severity. This was an au?' ie
who would have justice done
? fell. Quite BBOther :
Wilson confronta a different group of n
i in attempts to destroy business t
turnan livea by me
unqualifiedly it'famous. Id?;
thi? avowedly lawless body Mr. Wilson 1
ihown B temp?ratenos! and s.lf-eontiner
that are remarkable. With the exception
tha recall of an overseal?aa smbassaj
mid a few deprecatory ad
ii discernible in the undisturbed serenity
thi B I Its Ii?.'. ?.-.
There was the Mr. Wilson who
of American shipping close to he?
who did not hesitate to plead personal
f..r B measure whose economic no.
ind?sirable character had been bar
bj e pert opinions. A very different Mr. W
rough! himaelf to ?ign another b
which promises :.. sweep the American fl
from the sea?, with rather more complet
than ct'uYi be daaa by ail commi
? ?hinarines acting in concert.
Then wa have the Mr., Wilson who pr
nonnced the natio- ? ides h ma*t
o*" "merely academic ?nteres'" lit for an
able people to play with. Another Mr. Wilsi
becomes its champion and takes it so ?ci
?;ni? he eiHBmitl Ii
sdvoeacy to writing. That it has ?
grown in popularity might lead to an unfla
'ering distinction between the Mr. Wilson
yesterdav and the Mr. Wilson of to-day.
Finally we have the ethical Mr. Wl or?
whom it was giver, to tes visions and drea
dreams, who held that fidelity to the plight?
word oatweighed all material profit or pe
sonal ambition. He invited us by exhort:
rl-nps. rather than by example '
mount to a higher moral plane, even thoug
some thould Starve in the ascent. And thei
?S the practical Mr. Wilson, who appears 1
: in ?eekitig a renomination, wit
an almoat humorous disregard of a certai
plank m the platform on which he ?too
be Baked for the votes of the Amer
can people.
The practical deduction WOuU appear t
be that ?? vote for Mr. Wilson could hav
no assurance of attaining its desired end i
the event of hi? succeeding himself. betaut
the votes might easily bee..in > confused am".
the shifting lights and shades unon whic
I have touched HOWARD I OGHILta
Morriatown, NY J., Dec. 1. IMS.
? Star Spangled Banner" Alone.
T?. the Editor of TTie Tribune.
Sir: Referring to your recent editorit
lote regarding a national air, the followim
'? quoted:
\ aaBli ftoa Jaty it lit?
171
-iforrnlf tha fcllowlr.i
? -....rningr and ? ???
' ? ir B CtBBS
t
wi.. ? :? win j?ia> At non! ?
y ?? s- ?i ?UM
? ging to tita aai
? ?
irt Im ita aa tas ?*r.a!g;n
m'k 'T tru.-k In aai I I | t tt ' ?Il
(roun-l In hauling down. I? Y THACT,
leerstery if the Navy
The n-gulations for the government of th'1
navy for 1905 state that "The Star-Spangled
er" shall be played at both morning and
| ciiiors, and this has been the practice
tn?l regulation ?ince that time. "Rail, Ce>
lumbia!" - i el Bger wed aa a national air.
K. A. Kim M,
Lieutenant IY S. Navy.
New London, <'..?;n.. Nov. II, Iftll,
Act on 'Bus Franchises.
To the EditOI of The Tribune.
Sir: Just a word regarding the awarding
of additional franchises for motor "bus oper
at!.in. -.?Inch I have followed m the daily
papers. This matter has been delayed month
after month. The Hoard of Kstimate seems
to consider the return to the city in dollars
Y is meet important factor. Surely the com?
fort, safety and all 'round service of the
Fifth Avenue loach CoBtpaay te the resi?
dents ..f New York cannot be excelled by any
company, and with the additional lines, as 1
aaderataad them, the ?"rviee ail] be most
adequate.
The present service is good, so far as it
gees but it ?hould be extended. When the
|ir.'?ent company proposes to do this, and in
addition offers a ?urn mounting to million?,
the Beard of Esthaato should act without
ootog. A.n.
- brook!*,n, K, V., Dtc. 4, 1915.
OUR THREEFOLD DUTY
To Avoid Entanglement, Prona?
ind to Woo Latl ' ami i !?
To the Kditor of The I I
All America -? ? -4
one blatantly pro-) stbB
Illy, Why
an?! I . SBS
infinitesimal
For us i -??cte-i
? ai.?I enjoj ing tha v ? .?'???
benignant nature to ' 1
e Germany foi ?; k*r
be isa.
and to wa ?B oaf
- hu
inanity und dem a smug and
compta?
. .-.,.?
'tien si
.; '
!n.b<?r- to re?
. -menai commerda
rlooaly hampered by a la?-. ?. fla?
r.cdod colonies where I
to manhood in the sancti:':?* -n *'
German Kultu;
.:ri countr:' ? -st ('
to the empire. Bat bel < '??'? "?'
direction of a ? ..wet,
virile nation a wholly ne ? SSs
IB checkmated at PowaSS
Street. Germany taced at each 'ire ?*?
menace of the 1 : r.i~
e ' g? lata ! ? Gfw'
Bg that S .- '**>'?'
????n ?any Btroeh It? a
Her cynical dial '? ?"?"*?
and her retrogression to ? ' ?
barbarian era when warfare ss wheDy
brutal. Inhuman and deprav '4
alienated neutral sympathy.
Undoabtedly Germany's .?? ItB -1
means are different, bot ara sa tasS
equa?y imports fcO?
a detached p> rapehtivs
both seems ent:r?:y n stleBB
cannot be judged by the ?,. " '
moral'.*-.- a? Individoals, Bad tl
the Individua! ?:?? -trids?'
when refined by national
As an American, I prefer to se? a let I
lefeat of Pression smbil
minion rather than s <d !
Kr.'.er.te Powers that I 1 -.fias*
??gemony of Europe. W 1 ? ' ?r ?*'
tween the '*"'
inconceivable josl ' '
? of two nations, i
never wholly parallel esel
Hritain can hardly be I
excessive enthu?
of American crip taliatl ' 'r*
in competition with her
and tl,er.'! ? ? ?. ?
In the ever.? of 0 I *
reived In ? ??
land feel irr.i ? '.'. rl ? e
not surreptitiou
her Nipponese ally?
Thu?, our doty la three' "'-."'
ahool? refrain from BBgOgl : ? "? ?f'''
alliances with I seCS04 ***
should enforce a inrge ? 1 sf ??
naval and a judicio.i
military stren?f' "
to extend our InCT?
ship with our B
??ward the creation of a :
ism which would fBOIBI '? ??? the II
of that BSOBterpieee
ship, the Monroe Dei tl
I J I' PI
East Orange. N. J.. 1>.
Expectoration from Above.
To the Kditor of Th.? Tril
Sir: Is there 00 law prohibil Bg '-T*
toration from the p1 . "?? ' *
vated trnins, or 1? ? '"? *" '
nart of employes of tin? la!
?uch law is so flagran' H ?*?*
from the ovill of BBJ " '"?'?'? ' .
often marvelled at the Otter disregSIO ?S
?xpeetorating slevated tr?. ;?r_
?nuliitude paasing to ?ni
lene? Of the habit ??n my hut tl ? BSlBBBSf
has at lost moved me t<>
phi?; siRIAN.
N?w York, Doc. -, Uli.