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il ,h?.- itisfa lion i - ? nlte le aaj raae I,: I
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i I ?ap?. r,o i|uib
Min_. \??- mal.? gooi prompt I;, lf t la-- :nl
. - rli?-? nul
Ancona and Lusitania.
a note prove? one?
mor? '::.' ? S? right
when e-track
?iiiiul." I h* tone n
'
UK much tiie .same ..
'. leitania i rsy with Gei
. by (he u
?
, .- country was told that i
Washington was plunged In gloom, that
thing ahead lr.it an imme?
diato crisis in our relations with Austria
? as an immediate ci
v.?tii Germany was foro
as the- result of each of the three
I
The text of the communication ju I
livered in Vienna docs not bear <>ut the
milder in spirit than
further argument. In fact, it distinctly
invites s further and perhaps an
? ?)?*?<* of 1< ' g that
State 1 >ep_ tiro I "does not under?
stand thai t?)'' Imperial and Royal
. i,t !"f A . ?tionsl
or disput? " thi principl ? on which the
;? maud? for di.
a owal and reparation.
Thai the Imperial and Royal Go
nient I valid
ity of the dema \? by the United'
? the arguments advan
?
tmatic. Vienna can find a
leal of matter in the first note which
uitful counter argu ?
Ari ? ? BW in that nute WS
tie up the ?? with
This su
l aa unfortunate, since the
circiu I the attack on the .\n
o na differed materially from the circum?
stance* of the at ta ' tania,
to the very meagn
.ti which we have obtained from,
Germany could hardly have been expected
to help our cai ? dema ? much
--
Hungary.
The Lusits edoed without
from am
l'ush, pure ai.d simple. TI V a tried
to ran away when p, and
? opportui
though imt a sufficient opportunity?wa.? j
given to the i re ?.. to take
I
ional law clearly li.\es culpa-1
" for the loss of America;: ;
i the
-.mander. op'tn
?
in which the ; titizens
' ?* high sea .'.on of
of international law. Hut
al error . ? with
'
ppes to Ger
reparation
?arian
_ffa Aus-1
en ad
*> i ?d thri'uirh the correspondence which
?
sny of the of the Govern
? of the United - to the use
?
acquiescent?
? in ?. with full
I
f the Moves of
' ? ? mont of the
? ?rtain terms to the;
v- ? tris H . t-..:.. the commander,
? which attacked the
! to put ?n .. place of safety
O? th" -.
to de?tr?->y, beeat
i ? ' I, ? e ti impossibility of
? .i*-."
' ' ! ferai ;*|.h the Seei
the acqul
"any in :
' ' ?'' : with
la-Hungai
?OS Germs "nr
i the
?
? ?a. She hit** |
. er f or th<
Lus!
The I.u?i'ar;ia ? %
i the trahie G
Y-n of th?* ml,.
?
SI WS n
: t. 'I be only point In
ed" m ti
' 1,011
anta wh?". Um liners do not at
Arabic
- ?
of the Ancona, which ?Jiil make a-. * ffort
ape,
Austria-Hungary may be expected to
i.iahe the moat, diplomatically, of the op
portunity I the American etti
? i r a it 1 - lalifled by
fortunau any'i
? if. thai attitude. ? ienna will
entitled I ether I
States in ?lealiiifr with Austria-Hungary
? attit do or on its!
?ttitui ? ; I rrmany and
?ted by the i ? or non-success of
mu- ni;.- ? ? '. innany.
Tin- and opened bj
action to an extended diplomatic contro-j
: >. unies
arc willi;;).- to recall tlie li i note
and to i.limit that wc intend to hreak off
? r ... ?y with tli>- I ?nul Mon
and? in thi
?hile continuing re!..
acced? ?! * -
mir ??i r the far more tragical I i
tania case
? nia cas'? thus hang
iboul the nech ?if the* a'l
l.i cause we
equivocated and used phra ?
no real meaning in trying t"
t Ger
-
.re we t.
?
? king up <>ur words with
. I .ri it WOUld be politic tu ?lela;.
until we (:??: a chance to demand di
avowal and reparation for some injury at
the hands of Turkey or Bulgaria.
In the submarine controversy with Ger?
nany we thundered in the index and let
itur protest ?lie ?!?>wn tu a gHitle roaring
i?. the fourth chapter. Our stroi I I
? anl cipation of Ger?
man viol? nee. In it we -.'ave notice that
tve should hold Germany tu "strict ac
bility" for American lives taken al
-?;i ;: of international law.
?: y ili.l v.ha; we liad warne.!
ber againsl doing we wrote the "omit-no
r.ord-or-act" mending reparation.
Next ad our demand "very
olemnly," hut without resulta, and finall)
el the hup?- that German]
would no longer with.1!..hi reparation and1!
we -In.-.lid consider a -im-1.
.. "deliberately unfriendly."
After en months of nego- ,
iation the Lusitania crime is still unre
luked.
a counting in the |
if the precedents ? e!
n the controvei iermany are fol
'i. ? -.hen remaint the chance that
'"..? administration will try to malee Aus?
ria-H capegoat for it- failure
svith Germany?that by brusquely break
with Vienna it may
to '??no the country into forgetting the
dead.
Free Speech for Professors.
Thi ? Univaraity of Penn?
sylvania will i.e\er he able iu convince a
tl Neai \'..'x was
.?.se of his radical
;-.! and eco?
nomic subjects. Though they cannot ob
Fi ?'.. of that action, they
done much, in amending the uni?
tatul " tenure of of?
fice by faculty members, to place their
where it ought to he in the
mic freedt m. Under tne
new rules the trustee
a meml I faculty because
like hi voice, 1 of his
hair, 1 i polit views on
abor.
if the
the trustees must confer
with a commit'' ? ntative
from each of the faculties of the univer?
sity. ? for notl
of reapp e a definite
iently in advance of thi
, ? appointmei I I
isibility ?if a li
.1 ;:i Dr. X. ar
..
? wholesome cha
Pi ?.:. ylvania
that they wen* n.aile. The prestige '?:
that institu? suffer? '1 ??:" the
g case. Though the public ?
willil I Without a grain of
hing thai profi ira give
forth, i; looks to then., and ought to be
aliic to look to them, fur comment, inter
,- idance. It would be well-!
nigh fatal for any university to acquire
of being able ami willing
to mu.z.c its faculty for politi?
cal 01 reasons. These cha: ?? ;
relieve the University .>f Pennsylvania
from the likelihood of auch s. charge.
Where the Daniels Programme Fails.
In an article in "The Yale Re*? ?aw"
-, !.. Meyer, Secretary <>f the
Navy under Presidents Roi evelt and
Taft, n . very pertinent criticisms
... ' ?? at report.
the inadeq late In*
.?.led m l!i?* ? nil tel ?
own time a? ?! again that
There are nol
enough sailors to pro\ li .mplements
? ? ? ? rarioui i ;. ? which
ought tu be kept afloat ami in training.
knitted this shortage
m hia reporl oi December, 1914, but <??.
: himself then fur nut insist?
more i going thai >t waa practica?
He tu i ? - ;. a good man;, of the old I
* ran rve.
A navy u:i half servie is nut a navy
"prriy prepai n g and training
for v.; :. n policy l ad tu rapid <t?
n- r onnel a- m il ?? m
i.. i, .p tama n. a proper state
>.f ?.-ti;, an-y the flghtlng rcaoel m.
In i otnmisaion. The i.a- ?
? "On more eall ted men. II could I
" *. pa 29,000 ini.n. Hut
. [?anicls is still tied down byj
his last -.'ear"- logic He i arilli
_meiit
only to the extent of ask:.-.;; for 7."on more
-. He thu? prolongs for a:.u'r.er ;.t_r
n shortage in the enlisted force which seri
oosly handicaps the development of the
navy.
.Mi. Meyi d criticism concern?
Mr. Daniels'a unwi lb **ness 1 ees N'a\al
?1 Staff or son | | rivaient to
11 . -a- ..? ex-Seen tai
The faodamental defeel
. .
tent military '.:?.">-.?
pri-parat.on of tbl "'
rar nee the
tia I ' . -rig built -'
peace basis, ami ell
pared for ' M
diff?re fraa- raltiee of all othi ?
?
? '
ifflcera of our i bavi
, **raBt it.
? | ? I thai
Congre. to appropi f?r **
well buii' a< that of
' '
at lumb, r of officers sad bibb, II i I
erf?
it had in * ? ? n ?supplied
with ? direetlBg braiB, a General SUI
. ., .* for ?A.-ir .?-ni train it for wai duties.
This is a true indictment The gn
need of the navy to-day is intelligent mili?
tary control the machinery for creating a
permanent direction and a permanen ?
icy. Secretary 1 lanieli ?
hi If accompli bed. a
ixation ever s i srged navy could i
do th.- ? thi count)
for safety.
Filly Mignon.
It ?7< perfectly true of the human spe?
cies thai Its members can 'nev?me osod
to anything, and there is nothing inher?
ently unclean or unpalatable about :
meat. Thos'- who bavs consciousl*
perienced its gu tatory properties :
that it differs only slightly fron
and mai.?, a -at. meal. In Bras
? .'mi- the war il brought a higher
in ti?'' market than
;f Arg if, and to-day, no ?louht.
is considered a luxury there. The h
far more particular i i bii habits than
the pif? and lea abject to diaea e than
the cow. and il may be, ss'Dr. Hav ?
Emerson contends, that he restriction of
:he use of the hOTSC to I r.insiiortat. i- I
in unfair discrimination Bgainsl :i I
mimai.
But when the gourmets and tb< health
liRcera ha*. e hau their complete say I
Brill still remain a residuum of sentiment,
n almosl every human brea I opposed to,
his novel develop] ? the carnivorous
impulse. Horses, like dogs, possess per
onalitics which divi ? ?
.lie steaks and chops concealed beneath
their silken hides. Even the ?dump
respond too readily to human gui
und companionship I.trage the ap?
It la hard to observe the faithful
friend of man. whether curvetting in con?
abo il ; be tan bark ring oi
plodding half asleep in front ol ? h
air, and to conceive simultaneously bi
holy craving for his tend? uch a
lust smacks of cannibalism.
There u another
pracl ?cal one paus -.
and that is that only the rtesd which ha
.
able investment to the butch?
larlj sines the wai ? the
value of all horseflesh. Vnd a
in win?-, dot
palate.
X", we at-.- ?m Uni Uenge 1
prediction <>f the Health Com?
thai horseflesh as food will vapidly be
popular i i New York following the re?
peal of the official edicl a?;:.in r it, though
ultimately, if the hor.-c is to dial
from our streets, he may find a
on OUI ta'nle?'.
New Taxes Not Necessary.
?? ?
? bl not - ? pro
.-.. ? of
and burden
The people re ai ? thi
ra and Re|
> Cong
poor and pi rsona of l
_tubborn!.v resist?
no? paying war ta\es ;
I for the Panama I
relieve t
of poaterit; should h,- retui ? ?
tbroof hi lanee of
ever ? loag pi riod. Tbua I
provided for tational defence
an excessire load upon thi ? nere
? on.
The Easier Mark.
- i ?
Have vou noticed the contrast
President Wilson'a tone toward Aastria and
his long an tnde toward (?cr
nianv? Read hie note upoi, | -,a af?
fair and eoapara .tii \..t
has ever ?aid t?> Gen regard to the
? i-ia and \ou ??? ?] ? -.
fundamental to be BCCOUI
tien of off? ? ? ? ?? :
allies. For in ti a flrsi Inatance he
andi l?umba ho*. Bernatorfl
ndoahted hi ad of a
?
Genaaay has nadi
? n for the 1
i.er BBBmarinc ?-. ? ? that do
. ii the
British Navy hu under
i craft. G?
: na It a weak one ?, , i it a Gen
I te that aajroB?
?boat In fine, tl I public
? , i
? la nmre d
to administer the itii ging rebake,
Uncle Sam Talks.
f II /'.??") >' tlo.]
i . . . | .
V ?]. I
Yu can -"im k ? ? iiii-.ijtii
An?l blue1,? m;. ?
*?n?l kill DIJ ? ? ? ?
I'll ?? t its
lolemn" ones sa well,
Bat I m ? light,
I'm leo | bell!
I . 41.
t
Wim A BREAK WAY PORTEND
Peace a Possible Outcome of Our
Relations with Austria.
Tu the editor of The Trbur.e.
-. There II a possibility, ever, a prob
? . o?:" s rupture if diplomatic ;,:t?r
. . u .r eoaatry and tbs I -
?
I an. r .,? .. ? rr rater ; ml do nut wish for
?he battle*"? I Tl I*
the Frei
1870-71.
flic horrors af :
::. my mind. a;.d the advance of <*
RSSUrk! i- - scrcascd them
? '
A di] - ? m ? aot ne is ?ret and
aec.
In spit? -if a'l denial? and Beta I
sag - ' - ' ? ? \ ? I? press, thss
??kable Signs o: tOBt
lustre-Hungarian pe
tarvatii . bat there is ;< leek
..ridancr; there is no open revolt, but
rmbling?; of n ? ? | threes,
tres on, 1 ?
irksome; then is do bankraptcy, but tbs
tratagea sissg dct<.ci_?i. The
women groan for their misaing- husbands;
the sweethl ?:'? pins for their lovers; the
Urea call for tkeir fathers.
Ml aver Oenaaajr, ta Prussia, Saxony,
in Bavaria, la VTtrttaiberg, in Baden, thej
???'?? - | ?? i. ice, ' and - ??? echo
- from Austna an?! H angary: '
\ ?? '.. rasas Ba peror das res peace,
?
i ? irther. Tl ?. look
land of Frs
- . -cd inteotion to
? to the bitter end. I ?. I
.- .; rs r 1st?. bul ??o*, too
. rn necessities of the situation. They
Italy moving furvard slowly, perhaps,
but neve rthelcss imruobiiiiinf* i? lnr-.:e pro?
portion ?f the Auitrian *roopa; they ?ee
. recupsratiag and preparing for a
1 assault.
Gerasen pivrmmcnt has spied out la
a .. gigantic tidal srave of die
1 I-at,? BtOViag toward the l'entrai
? lountiog higher and still higher
? in atoning- I .: lent dsstf
of theii sr.d induatrii
the Allied I ronger
.vorid.
? I ?
, s and tl ?
.....
?
: boats a .- I
. ... enforce I Id!?
? i v 11 ;.-.
? leroian Emae ro proud ta ??
? eosne arlth our
. -, ? t?te of wi
tons. What da I mean'.'
'
\'o; not Tor a while,
I' incu.'is tr.. loss of all ' '
entra
esunpi af the German residents. It
further isolation .'ro?a the i I I ?
world; I | se? the largest, ths i ??-.*?
t of the ( .. of civilised i .
0.000 sonli srith theli ? i ?
;? thrtatei s the killing of I ?
.?rid reduc is 'o ail ths el ?
post-bellum 1* si .
l the br?nV: come. Then perhaps the
Emperor may decipher ths hand
? ? ? ? -.all. Than hs ean come
people ami wall out hi
i ? n, l eaai whole
; he may so
Heavei grant it J. H
I'. . 19, 1911
"Scrapped.'"
.
.? fully eppr tciativ?
I the Alii? isa? 1
.
i|
I ?. The Tribune of December IT.
.
cfive eei sure, bul rarely for nol running
Freneh; the
?
it i
Britoua. If thi i h? le trut'r-.
?-. we should probablj discover
en of the Britiah army
.. ....
tien well in hi
? ? . . lifleull
to ros i
Frenel A i
You. t Kitcl
...
s unworthy ? '" s i*re;.- of K
d s sa ?
H
in 1
work
... ..
? ?
'
BER. ?i PURCHASE.
? ' De? 18, 1916
I 01 t'nur Students' Cards.
? Tribune.
? , . ? i.- ? n
? ? lad by
1 iblic Librar*/ for the i.i
recalled I next
year, s that the | alders
ese cards a be prs ? slii
? reasons for these soeciai
eards, for 'he hi
books a
? ?
i? unreasonable and ondcsil
ng ?o bencfteial to ths ear
I
..? '
e?.ening as to ha*-.' scecss to the many
sary i books for ? home
special card*? haw - :? .?;-' ed -.
I ?' unlimited help
to the u ? publi? librs
therefore urge upon i i s
? d to uphold our request for 1 i ?
'
I IVIl i OMMl :
1 ? ? ' pern.
. Dec. 20, 1911
Why Austria?
- of The Tr
? n eart? on oi n .-turc on thi
? :r American paper. p|
"v Austria, Mr. Prcsidcat?" i? readily
i ed <?. b] rs who have --? s
\.ir?!iia'? voter? in th<? t'nited
States sre a ne--ii?ibie quantity. The i,cr?
ible, and hope lingers in our
amiable President, breast that is the near
future the latter rote may be to his credit,
1 it rs think not Gormanj, with all af bei
.and they are UAUUf), respecta a
? irty too pi
?? assawor ;<. roar picture, An
.. emit ed torlal en ': ? aaase i*.??,'?"
r bens of December i ?. I91S, en
Banki sat? 1 bs rribstsM and,
are two p.p. rs ?;at are American
?" ith all that the arerd Implies and tr? very
aasericai honor. NAUTlLUft, .
Task, L?cc. 11, m 5. J
THE CRYSTAL GAZERS.
MR. REA AND HIS MISSION I
That of Serving China's Interests b* Misrepresenting Japan and
Inflaming American Sentiment r\g?_inst 11er.
Tribune.
"I am ? . nor am
a jingo, nor
.???? ?
( bune on 'Th
Utitude of Japan to I
1 > and i
?
h.ti ly anti-Japa
?
of the nal
?
: fercnl
?
1
| 7'
He ?? . ?
he publiahea not edit ?
-..in ii - ?
the Orient" . .
ed of un'r,
" It ma;
i
-.
America and
.- ?
lainei
?
. . ? ..
M i.
??limp
Y
? ?
? I
to Ai
...
.. i
. I
he ha a* and unjust
... ;
? .
.!.!>??
?
? ." a
?'). nrc* nop
'
I
? ? ?
More?
7h? proce
? nil ? ? rman? ft red
to thi
thrown jar-? of evil name
???line a ?rit't. and then
? t h_.li
?\ ? . Ir. Rea'
n T'n
Tribuni ? Nothing
.
To i he i~' neral put
Rea al teed a
-
eelumi ii ftrel ??
?nt nkuma. which
Mr. R* .
of Ti long time a,
V. nr
"i- the King of 1 . one'?
? ' ' t it la Mr
Res'a dr??r> of ? ?,. ""_?.?,,;? ?j;
?Hew, Hi? clear intimation ii that
-.1 ?his ron*
the ? ? ?
Ne 5*1 He. ?r-vra up the for.H
?ni- Amci, an, I i.- that
uiH erar h - b m I r m -c ?
'?' ? .... ?nft
?isJB :.*?.? ,i ? .-an IntolligeiMe '
follow nuot.ition te ar that then
a pre?s eeaaeraMp m Japan with the -
intention of making Japaneso govenimiiit1
. in tin
wl ich n much as mention the
'
?" landov ning l Jai
. realth. PI
?
vent". ? I Stat
:o complain of it or
peril of having Mr. Rea eome dosra on
?
?ut <
Long ? on be? n thi
Tinted States. \vi;< rs are I
. .... - W .
'. ; - :.
Ken i . ? io long in Chii
be ur.
? I
\ ?
?
and to hope ths '??
meet J ipan or
:
American |
at a dirnrr here. '? 11
rhole '""i-'<
Rti>ch ai d - ' el" ol thi rerbal gen with
Mr. B sarding Japan, the
.
?un.
1 . ?
? .iow "Vor..
.?p.- made of !
like tin? (' tited States pa ? s
i ? *'or :\-. Rea1
? ? Count
i on civilisai - plaii
Mr. Rea nu?;
; '
t that Jai an a .il do
? s Unit
(n .. ? .i.
I . thinking and
that 1 . - ' .
?Vest. 01
a ? hi?ese might but a Ja
'
"A nal to divine mission Is
te
? .
the Wer it e noth
rcturn; more bis
? ?' ar. to receive."
- tly ano
social credit
?. n. Sot only a- ?
? ? that
and unless s!"?
? ?..
I ?.
ice to
V.'i'ar u
I
.. Soar
'
pee
bookkeeping ii open to the world and .? s
ritica debate m the
??- branch ol her Parliament 1
? ': pan is so
. . bold ai d bald trut
? r it. and wi
?'
r : ; 11 r. ; i i >? ing h.
. ...
.; ? ? irate fo e fron im?
lieber am! I OS " " :...
? .i Truepena? ? -
tting |
. ?' p
It modern war ,
n win nu out I
?
on the ? ? ankruptcjr to ?*, particularly
??pon r. nation like China, at iti aits' ends
snue.
china, it seems, is th* amiable hippopota
"rom which Japan m to eu'
will in the Abj linian manner to appease
her financial an; tit ...
ti i ? are of si . ,. kind.
. -ire? rem-- I with China
?:? : Its . ' ..pen it.mr" and '
V- R? ? ?
? ? if te his arguas? ? . ,
. in thil i ,
spider of ml?, though never so eh.ir_-.-,i ?ith
." ?nut remembering that Chli.-, (
quite a.? foreign as Japan.
, JOSEPH I. C. C__l_U_g
?New _ork. Dec 17, 1915.
JUST AS MUCH DRINK
Falling Off in Liquor Tases No Indi?
cation of Dryieii
? ?
. 'b.tin
?a?.
?
adoption ?
. ..r? the '
?
en?.
Of **00:lj 4r
? i
|
"i.jn.
or in ,
onl) Y i ! ?
liquors, c'i
?
0 reasoi
? . ?'.
an
? ?
'
of the u.-.?al demand
;i de
?
tas*
the with?.- ft
ilia i.
.- pbi of "? ' ?
ef tk*
? on *'
called
ha? enorn. .
? !
that ; lohibitiM
-feriar
? ?
: under
? ?
red. Thi ','
do not ?Ir
ire p*'**
l are?
M dar?as
?amber
?
7hc ' ? thi ' ??0"
Pi hibit. A I
[??
Why Not Constructive PrOfTt-MN*1
Sir: ta to
Y
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1 ??? :???.. v. C* .?ck"
"Wh-,
! of ir-.? lui
?
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like outla . ?
??a?.m ? ? ? .
. -?ti?
. ?
rom ? heal m*. in, one de|
RICHARD AKLL1?
Chain ?. ?<?lf ?.overrmert con.*'
?. Dee. if, I'.'i.v
Not an episcopalian.
To ?M Editer of The Tribune
Sir: 1 raj Tribe?a I i?-?<l "*><:"- '""^
your aeCOBBt ef the electrocution* at ?-1
irprised to nota th?t the n
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