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l'RIBI NI. gnirantecs to pay your moni?
bad u;ion reojoeet. N-o red tape no quib
bling H'e make good promptly if the ail
t i ? 1 . r tines not.
Pan-American sm and Monroeism
Pan Ano "i " Doc
? pics for '
day of _te Pan
?can - They would have
? c:\ if President Vt il
son had not ><| in his message to
i long S some i ether mys*
g suggestions n1, to the supersession
of ti,. Doctrine by ;i new doetritie
"the American power.--.
\\ i- aid whei Sge was read to
did i 1*1 believe that
Mr. Wilson was really trying to
and i ? ??'? the Monroe Dot I si e. It
-??! to ui thai he was merely dallying
with the idea. Vet. i! ?? ?? iting to note
tlio immediate effect of what he said on
the mind of th< otheT Amer
icai countries. Ambassador Suares of
i hi!i. who at the opening
. aptly reflected the
\ iew of the govenunents <>f the other
when be remarked
that up to now there had prevailed "in the
at, foreign offices
picions
whenever the well-inspired and unques
tionafa ii st ion of President
brandished in the United
States with a view to practical application."
It might l a- ?? been a threat, he added. Meo
B right and an obliga?
tion o . i>; ' ' ' the United States.
' i'i from the Pan
American policy supported by all the re
the continent as a common force
and a common deft nee. it has become s
? union, a guarantee, a bulwark
of all our democracii
Hire i- a very clear ktatement of the
iielief that the doctrine of the Pan-Amer?
ican concert has crowded into the back?
ground our purely national Monroe Doc
a belief to which Mr. Wilson, In
lus me?-aye, .seemed inclined to gi\e s
certain amount of encouragement, i. I
that encouragement was more academic
than practical. Mr. Wilson hedged care?
fully in his speech, three weeks ago, and
rtary Lansing, representing the ad
?n, hedged just a.s carefully
?day. He would not admit" that the
octrine was destined to be ab*
i i-i the broader doctrine of a Pan*
i.'Rii concert, Of to retain its vitality
.i a deduction from the larger
Pan-Americanism. He would
nly this: "The Monroe Doctrine
policy of the United States;
\mericanism is an international pol
icy of the Americas. The motives are to
an extent different; the ends sought are
the same. Both can exist without impair
the force of either. And both do exist.
. I trust, will ever exist in all their
vigor."
It would be foolish for oar government
to confess even by implication that the
Monroe Doctrine has dons its work and
be safely incorporated into any
1er doctrine pf America for Ameri?
cans. The Monroe Doctrine has never been
to a real test. It has remained
practically unchallenged for nearly a cen
??niy because of a deadlock of inter
in Europa. <?reat Britain, controlling
Mas And herself the largest holder of
the Western Hemisphere, has
l'en content to see the American states
? i. Our fiat has held good;
-.'.e have never had the military power
? thai tiat unaided against a first
; - user, except pos 11 ly
?anee, when the ill-fated empire
! . up in Mexico.
aid the p ' ? m Europs de*
? the old bals "T and leave
ii ?? United Bta sted interna*
tiooally than it has ever been, the lion?
roe Doctrine might easily be put to a rude
trial. Are we, therefore, to attempt to
.rching trial, to modify our
allegiance to a doctrino of sovereignty
Bl d guardianship which has been our
boast, by dividing up with other American
ty which we have so
far barns without any partnership?
It would be well enough to have friends
a-.d allies to the south of us if the time
came to >il against
pean or '?. ion. But it
would be Impolitic for us to depend upon
neert of nal I if them without
oped nui.' gth, to m>
eempUah what th<- United States has al
Iged itself to accomplish oat of
fad foi H I own pur
-jrA Concert would suffer from divided
eeonseU and multiple aim,. It would also
permit .r statesmen to hub- behind th<
paper atrength of an American coalition
ant] to iieg!<*ct the development of the
military power of the United State? the
only power sufficient to make good in all
cases the doctrine of America for the
American . The American conceit would
take th- exploded
auperstiti .,, ,j our
rhildlik' of interna?
tional arbitration- v.ht-rli have hitherto
servad as excuses for halfway measure??
of m'-Htary preparedneB...
*-v7e s-'.'. irf*d ?4* ?Ao?irot MxrMvio ** %
ai ; to stalwart ?\merics
. put ourselves in a poeitJon to mai
it single-handed, if need be, bafor
think of sidetrs r lubmeikri
? i :? ? rine of I'.-iii- America
?? the poarar ? rasp?n i
?he Unite?! State? ll
tin frae to carry out the n
1 opon it bj tdami ind Monroe
a generation longer, at lea;
must rely on ?l ' i ( ngth to
partition <?f this (
? ' " Ami, cnM srhal it may, we
prepare ourselves for what may be
greatest taat. of the near fut .
An Appeal to the Workers.
Air. Lloyd George ha?l to face one o
s ? conununitiei in the 1
'?'?m whan ha went to Glasgow. The t
unions there are strong and very je?
'?f their powors. Moreover, among mai
'i..' worken there seems to l?e bot a v
conception of the magnitude of Um pn
Bar. "I have often feared," Mr. I
? laid, "that the l.rilish people t
r only as n passing shower,"
In judge bj the interruptions that <?ccu
?i' thi ? f bis speech there
-?.mo among his liearers who share?
pleasing delusion.
The way he chose wa? the best way,
deavor iros to shame the men
cing sonta of the customs and p
they enjoy in time of peace, li
Britain to-day is one great arsenal, an
' impOBlib ? to 'inri men enoogb under
-, rbitrary rules <?f the union? t?. <1?> all
vork that must be done. As one of
Lloyd George's aasociatei ha> pal it.
skilled worker is giving the country of
best who continues to Ho work which mi
as we!! be done by a man <>r woman ol
skill. Hut a few of the unions still \
to their rules, fearing, no doubt, that i
ions they make will undo all t
line achieved after years of struggle
In urging th'* men of Glasgow "to fol
the example pet by the French worknti
th?- Minister of Munitions made an apr
to patriotism which may possibly be he
? ?i, but so deep-rooted ll the suspicion t
the government has entered into an unh
partnership with the capitalists that p
haps not even the eloquence ?if 1.1?
i,. '.rtc?' B ?11 prevail.
Child Welfare in the Country'.
It used to be that the condition of t
country child was considered immcasui
bly superior to that of his city cms
merely la-cause he lived in the count!
Items in the annual report of the Fedei
Children's Bureau shake that nncu
faith. Frankly admitting that, all t
facts about the welfare of the rural ch
dren?three-fifths of the ?90,000,000 ch
.Inn in this country?are not known, t
report makes an urgent plea for devele
ing standards of rural child welfare.
bases this on the fact, shown by the 10
census, that illiteracy In rural commui
ties is twice as prevalent ns in citii
Rural child labor and illiteracy seem
go hand in hand. Moreover, the juveni
delinquency laws of many states are i
effective in great degree because rur
probation officers arc non-existent. The n
result is that country districts are heavi
nted m correctional institutions.
This is (?uite a different picture of t!
pu-sitiilities of country life from th?
presented hy some of New York State
legislators who last winter were diligent
seeking the amendment of the labor lav
to permit day, night and Sunday work
the canneries and the hiring of immatui
operatives. They spoke only of the stun
independence of the country youth, wr
delighted to toil to add to the fatness <
the family pu "-se. There was never
word about illiteracy, ill health, juveni
delinquency or the reformatory in the
speeches.
It is well for the public to have bot
' the life of the country chili
Welfare work for unfortunate city younj
Itera is ? well rccogn?7.f?d institution. ]
may be that the cities will have to sen
welfare missionaries into many rural se.
tions, despite ancient tradition, if all chi
dren arc to ha\- a sqUaTC deal in life.
"For a Hurried Peace."
Of all the wild guesses that have bee
hazarded by observers of current affaii
Britain th" most surprising by fa
comes from Berlin. The "Zeitung ai
'Mittag." ?if that city, has learned thl
there is no truth at all in the rumor tha
Mr. Lloyd George is about t.? take Ml
AaquKh's place. Equally false is the n
port that Bir Edward t'arson is to he th
Prime Minister. The fact is that "th
new head of the government will be Lor
Haldanc, and Lord Fisher will becom
First Lord of the Admiralty."
The source of this remarkable discover
i ii nut revealed, but the editor is assure
that the task of the new Cabinet will b
;"to bring about a hurried peace." Ther
msthing fascinating in the combina
tion of Haldand and Fisher. The pr?s
< nee of the former is understandable in i
( abmet made in Germany, far many roo?
people in England still believe he i;
I sort of secret agent of the Kaiser's
Only the other day one of the leading jour
of ?M opposite party gave great prom
inanes to a letter from one who boasted o
/'many friends among the higher officers o
the German army," and who had luen toi?
by I G?-rm;.n general that Lord Haldani
Kad Promised the Emperor that Englan?
' would never adopt national service."
It bl BBSry, tabeas, tO account for LoTtJ
Haldane as Premier in the peace-making
? a'nnet, but t<? account for Lord I'isher
!' more difficult. For, supposing he is to
be thrown in to blind the public to the
r?-al purpose of the new ministry, it i:
.- t., andei tend bow he
j ? an be blindad, I ???
Lord M: ii'i '?" bave to?<? SOBAS
lof bis '??-irnaii liiends that no English
.. arhethar Ubantl ?r Consens
i..?, coul<J survive a we? k if it father?*!
aasgll.a prini'iple as national service. I 0e>
hidering she present temper of the public,
i however, a government fathered by Lord
Haldane would hardly survive a day. If
peace i= to be concluded it must indeed be.
' hurried."
Get the Principals, Too!
If the cellar coal dealer- who so fre?
quently ihort*weighl their pour customers.
a1- Commissioner Hartigan of the I'epart
en1 of Weigh! and Ifeasorei has dis
rovered, do it for their own profit, it is
1 ail enough. Bu1 if they do it. as be 1ms
reason to believe, to make profits for a
carefully organised syndicate of proprie?
tors?a cellar coal dealers' trust which
instruction! as to the gentle art of
short-weighting, he has uncovered some-,
Ming near the ultimate depth of deprav?
ity. Such a syndicats would gladly steal
pennies from a church collection or take
candy from orphan children.
Whatever evidence Commissioner Harti?
gan has bearing on this Ufispeakabll
dit ion should be presented to ?M Distrid
tttomey for action. Some of the ii dr. id
nah in this cellar coal tradi nave already
been convicted of short-weighting and
bava teen sentenced to fines or the peni-;
tentiary for their thievery. If the*
tialde creatures are but the instruments
of others stiii more miserable, the COBUnU*
nity will be ill served until the principals
who would enrich themselves through rob*
! i ry of the poOTCSl of 'ho. city's poor are
in jail.
Snowstorms and Grip.
Some surprising news concerning the
progress of influenza comes from various
towns in the Middle West. Chicago. St.:
Paul and Milwaukee are all congratulat?
ing themselves that "the worst is over"!
and the reason for their rejoicing, if'
sound, ?s comforting for all of US.
The Chicago dispatches say that "snow1
and colder weather brought relief.*' In St.
Paul likewise "the heavy snow settled all
dual ami killed the- gerrns carried by it."
The same phenomenon was observed In
Milwaukee, and almost at the same mo?
ment. Let us therefore give thanks for
the snowstorm that swept this city on St,
Stephen's Day and for the chilly winds
that followed hard upon it. These may
B&VS 01 from the bitter experience of less
fortunate communities.
One doubt remain1-. We are not told
how the correspondents assured them?
selves of the death of the dreaded germs.
They seem to have lost BO time, for the
rows followed the snowstorm with amaz?
ing rapidity. But considering the char?
acter of this ubiquitous parasite, it would
be rash Indeed to believe in the utter anni?
hilation of a whole army on the word of a
witness who had contented himself with a
perfunctory examination of the corpses he
pained on his way to the telegraph office.
If this year's bacillus is not an utterly
degenerate descendant of the kind the
world has hitherto known, it is incredible
that he should succumb so readily to a
mere snowstorm. Siberian winters were
nol too hard for his great progenitors, who
were notorious above most of their kind
for their utter intiifferer.ee to all kinds of
weather, as was shown (?early enough in
the great series of pandemic outbreaks
which began a quarter of a century aco.
There is one other circumstance that
should put us on our guard. What as?
surance have we that the germs were all
out of doors when the snow came? The]
may have a liking for the dust which is
-aid to have earned them to their ruin,
but if they are of the old Pfeiffer breed
they would not seek the dust of the roads
by preference. Until these doubtful points
have been cleared up it would be impru?
dent in the last degree to accept ihe opti?
mistic news from the Middle West.
Ir, seven states which join the drys next
year there will be envy of Broadway's cele?
bration even if the special licenses don't
cover the entire night.
"Cet peace hr,rrri r.t home" is not a motto
which would appeal very strongly to the,
peregrinating Kord pacificists. _ .*._#,-*..
Fruits of Folly.
? I 'om The Pkitodtlpkim /'.- lag ?.'dy ?
Two months ago the administration recog?
nized a government in Mexico and ree?,tai>
liahed the embarga on arms and munitions of
war. To-day there is no organized revolu?
tion in Mexico. There is no formidable op-!
position to the eetabliahed power.
To what depths ha.s superhumanitarianism
l.rought that unhappy country! Within two
and one-half years it has heen dragged to
the verge of ruin. Thousands of young and
old men have been murdered and butchered,
thousands of women have been outraged,
million? m property have been destroyed, in-!
ilustry ha-; been | ? |00d citizens have
beei, oxl od ,r of their own accord bave'
left^the country, and where there were on;e
peace ami happiness there have been dis
order, pillage and chaos. All of this could
have been avoided hail not Washington fallen
in love with an ideal and attempted to wish
It into a reality. In trying to be humane
the administration plunged humanity into?
the abyss. So much for experimental gov?
ernment and puerile statesmanship.
The net result is the substitution of oi.e'
set of brigands for a former set of mur-l
ibrers. Mexico itself has gained nothing.'
The "out;-" have becom? the "ins," but other-j
^wise bleeding Mexico is no better off. Tne
United States is the benetieiary to this extent;
it obtains Villa as a resident.
The American language.
| ? M ".? St 'oui, Clot" r>?m cm m? |
The American language has arrived at
last, officially There has been no act of
Congres? estahl.shing it, ? fact that reflects
on the enterprise of politicians forever seek?
ing new i?sue? \V0 owe our distinction to
a Turkish il BBSS, promulgated after Turkey
became involved in the great war. Pr. Mc
Naughton. a veteran i anadian missionary
and teacher in Turkey, has explained the cir?
cumstances. A ban was placed on the lan?
guages of all belligerents. This included
French, Russian, Japanese sod Knglish.
Our Amhssfat.or to Turkey, Henry Mor
genthau. prof-.,'.,) rlgereusly, on the ground
that the United State? was not ?t war with
Turkey and that the order was annowng to
sueh nationals as ?poke only English Rul
a Turkish firman is like unto the i?-.?-, .,, ? ),,,
M.-iles gad Persians, which COOld not be- re?
pealed. The best lurkc-, rould do -a?, to
issue a supplement?r',- BnBM, g?'- I ig full
permission for the ?peaking and Writing of
the "American language." |>r. M.-Naughton
swallowed his prejudice? and began to ac
guilS the American language, which he now
! ?peeks with admirable proficiency, I
MIS BEST WISHES
\ I'ricnd of the Paper Show? the I rue
\uletide Spirit.
1*0 thl 1 er aad i tall of The Tr
re: le ?h you all a very rnerr; > iiristma?
and a happy New Year. May ?'?
bring to you the increa?ed circulation you
den rve, ai.d may you not he swerved
your high ideal?. And I l >h to congra"i at?
you on your giant s'ndcs il idviBCemOBt
toward tbts high ideal. Vou are positively
aggre??r. e in pursuit of it. The booeety of
r?ur|io?e a? reflected in jour editorial? ta very
stimulating. In fact, honesty || the keynote
of ;.our paper, and though Wl ma;. ?! iT?r R
our point? of vie?- at time?, the realization of
the honr?ty bark if yean Is ll??
fore? in your favor, ami thi? applies this
.--tp.-oi'',i?' boneoty equally to all deportment?
of your paper F. P. A.'? Conning Tower.
Broun'? dramatic criticisms and Herbert'?
a- 1 Graatlaad Rue'? ,-port department.?.
Thi? letter would not have been Britten
had there been a Tribune in the paper rn?-'?.
though there were les? than half a doSOH BBin
in the room, both conies of Th" New l"erl
Tribune wnre captured instantly thi
York'paper? arrive?!. T'nn ?truck P"
forcibly, becaaie during my laat vieil her
almo?' ''?o ;. e?r? ego a New York Tl
was iheayi la is faaad In ths paper rack
Again l erish ; on ail a deeerved, proa]
Kevi l*ear. JAMES C. KRE88.
Tie Army and Navy Clab, Ua-h ? .'
i' ' . Dec .-;.. ittt.
P. s. I vender thoagh, sad 'in-.e been ??on
dering lately, if '.?hen n Republican idminis
tiation come? to Wa-hmg'.on I'll have to suh
acribe to "The World" or "The Sun." Of
i-irr-,. F. P. A. will keep rr?e loyal tl a part
of The Tribune. J. ' . k.
European Readjustment.
To the F.ditor of The Tribune.
Sir: I ha?e the ?euer in your I aper i-o
Tuesday, December 21, signed by Mr. KUiott
Lynch and entitle! "lince an,| ?Solidarity
Should Control Political Realignments."
I: ii exceedingly latereetiag to read these
well meant but very amatetiri?h efforts to
readju?'. thl Furopean map. The principle?
which thil gentleman lays down are (juite
sound for liny ha1-!-! af adjust m?vit. but hi?
fac-? '.e.rii te be greatly in errar
I hav?' read with much amusemen? ?'inie
of his proposed readjustments, Bad without
going into the matter in detail I would call
Mr. Lynch'l attention to the fact that in
Bail PrOSSil nearly every one of his read
JBltmeatl violates the very correct principles
bs leys ??own.
For inatencr, he propoeei t?. glvs Eaal
Pru??ia to RusMa, and apparently do?
know tha' ? Ii Proteateal and Genau
speaking, and this province lie would turn
over to tee (Irn.k Orthodol S I
Hii propoaed ?''?land, "all 81a?
Catholic In relijrio?! and Poliah in language,"
t? to be "n a substantial part il Trus?
tant, Geri .-??peaking S. 1 e ? i n. and all of
tialicin, ah ich is more than one-half Ruthe
nian in language.
Bohemia i? to have all of Silesia ?Tl
ths Oder, making a nation "one in rare, one
m religion and one In language." Thi? part
uf Si'c~:a i ~ all Protestant an?l Herman
g, HS i.-? a very large part of Mohemia
an?) Moravia.
Hangary Is to form "an indopende: ?
tien," a.'ter having been cut in two by glV?
? the eastern r?rt!on. Tranayivar
Rumania.
Italy 1? to have the Trenttno, uhicli is
predominantly Blovsne in languid"- . :
Slavic in nice.
France i? to have Alsace-Lorraine. The
gentleman apparently does not kaovi I
practically all of Alsace and more thm. ?
half of Lorraine is now, and always ha.? been,
(lernir.n-speaking.
re || also to have the French canton?
la tserlaad, witboat realizing, of course,
thai theee eaatoni are iateaaely Protestant,
penmart: i? to be given Schleswig Holatein,
without apparent;- knowing 1 hat Holstein i?
ftermiO'Speaking, iad there
s a verj larga pert to the Math of !
*.g that is also Orinan in language.
Al te his ri'mr.rk? on tha
Protestant Prassia ?n?! Catholic Germany,
be well to call Mr. Lynch'? attention
to the fact that Wurtemberg, Buden and
(?err', in Bwitxerlaad are by no mean.? Catho?
lic in religion.
Of ruarse, amateur efforts of this sort do
no particular harm, as no one will pa I ?
attention to them, but the standing of The
Tribune I? ?uch that the obvious error?
pointeii out, and many others in the text,
should BOt na-? unnoticed.
GEOGRAPHICUS.
New York, Dec. 21. 1915.
Board of Estimate Responsible.
To the Fditor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Bronx i liamner of Commerce, in
common with civic organizations generally,
realises that the paramount nee?! if New
York City Is relief from excessive ts
The legislative investigation of the city's
finance? may yet revea! a remedy, but it
does not appear, from testimony thus far
given, that mandatory state legislation is the
cause. The instance? cited appear to have
emanated from this city, been :iitro?Iuced by
it:- representatives it Albany, who number
HI out of :,1 Senator? and SJ out of IM A
?emblyncn, and been approved by it-? Mayor.
The redemption of deb? end payment of in
'f"'-'. whiei eaaititutes the largeal
item in :be annual budget, is u charge cre?
ated chie*!y by the lasnanes af corporate
itock, the power to a,, borisa iaaaance of
which is vested by the charter in the H"ard
of Fstimate "without the COneurreBCO or ap?
proval of any other board or public body."
How that board exercise? thi? authority may,
perhaps, be gauged by the calendar of ita
last awetiag [???cemher 17 wh.ri. eoataini
authorizations of corporate ?lock aggregat?
ing nearly two million dollar?.
The Beard of F?timate aUo prepares the
annual budget. The Board of Aiders n may,1
and in the last budget did. sugge?t |
tion?. bu* the Me\or vetoed them. The re?
sponsibility for the staggering debt anil ever
ri*ing budget of the city ?eem? squar
rest on the Board of Fstimate.
ALBEIT K. DA
Pros ' ?? if .'? Bronx ("camber of Corn?
ue.
New Vara, Dae. 22. Itli.
Annoyed.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1 do not think that the major'? o'
your reader? are ll accor.l wi?h your ?tar.d
on the war que?tior. and if you Knew how
the continual reitera" on of >our opinion IB?
?eyed )our readers I think you woul?! d
tinue tne article?; they are onlv repetition
We all know your opinion. |0 why not drop
it ar.d g: e ?omr'h Bg I ir editona.
page' WILLIfl A H?HF.
Geaeva, N. Y.. D? It, ll
A Denial from Sennr l.imantour.
To the Filitor of The Tribune
Sir: What i? said in R. T. .!.'? letter on
Mexican? pub!i?hed in your issue of Iiecember
? about taue? levied on real tktate when I area
Secretary of the Treasury in Mexico is en?
tire!) untrue, please publish this telegram.
LIMANTULR. |
feria, tranca, Use 26, l?lb.
THE SNOWBALL.
"DO THEY WANT ROOSEVELT?"
Further Evidence That Many of the Rank and File Do. Whatever the Leaders of the Republican fttljr May
Think_A Man of Action Needed?Dissent Expressed on the Ground That Explomi
Is a Dangerous Attribute in These Times.
T" *1 c Editor of The Tribune.
1 commend most hearti'y your e
n the war. especially that of the 11
"p.. They \V:.ii' gooes*. -;* !"
D give expression to a I
frei ? ? . ?iment. for I am persuaded tl
?in- rank und tile, do WI
Through the vacillation a
of the present administration t
country rallen very low in the resp<
of other mitions, arid Roosevelt is the m
be^t fitted to restore this respect, for t
nations of the earth know him and kn
he i> h?rest, courageous &T1CI capable.
I have voted the Republican ticket all i
? rat vote for Lincoln at 1
second election, until 1912, when the Repu
iron ?''?' disgracs to the party anil d
honored the eountry and made peasibls -
. Democrat, with the usual d
bn lineao.
i erred reara in the army during t
war for the Union, add have always be
proud thai I had contributed even this mu
to the sming of the I'nion. but I am n<
aahamed of the position my country occupi
in the estimate of the nations of the earth.
TI.e alagas of the "peace at any prie
advocates la "We don't want war." If t!
maintaining of the rights of our citizens ar
lection of their property means wj
I any let II come. There are worse things th?
wei in a righteoua cause.
Ws aro practically in a state of war wi'
Germany now and have been for a long tim
if we we.-e actually a* war with Germany v
would b<? free to maintain our rights ar
the property of our citizens again
and plotters who find protection undi
our Hi -
the Republicans do want Roosevel
Ile i the only ninn that can bring order oi
of chao? and restore the lost honor of th
country. There are worthy men mention?
didatea; we do not disparage them, bi
we know Roosevelt and.know he has th
courage ar.ti capability to do this, and th
interests are too vital to risk an untried mai
Some say "Roosevelt is too rash; he woul
plunge the country into war." Was he unsaf
during his seven years of office as President
iny one point to a singla net as Pre?:
? t. detrimental to the country
Even his enemiea admit he is honest an
and would stand for the right
Of the country.
H . all means give us Roosevelt His e!ec
tiori would do more to bring peace to th
warring nations than a thousand For
scheme-.
I hope The Tribune will continue to agit?t.
the mattet. I). W. DIGG8,
New York. Dec. 22, 1915.
Proud Even to Fight.
To tha Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: For a long period of t.ine. datinj
from his second administration. I have beet
bitterly opposed to 4'olonel Roosevelt, al
tti i'1-h recognizing his genius and his intens4
par o.ial naagaeti IOS, I resented his some
what i rath matheda, they seemed m
b\ h n axaggerated ego.
rever, in the present acute trials, 1
ha- e --ton a new ligh:. I am a convert to hia
and to tha direetneaa of his purpose.
Mr. vYil.-.n. a hlgblv respectable man,
Unties by handing over
the most important appointment in his gift,
an office second alone to his own. to a dem?
agogue thr.ee voted dears by the people when
? to lead them, lie bestowed
tl I exalted a i ?? In payment of a political
lebt, 0 thejthl '">' hero of the Bennett case.
The ei ew Haven havo not forgotten
? rd He gave it to the man
. 'it to appear with a
.-coas rast M th? lecture platform and
reel ipi ? The proud
tau ..f the Cnited States of
America, when driven from the vaudeville
the lash of public opinion, devoted
- to running his patron. Belag
both of them men of ringiag worda and
? us phrases, they approached quea
tieai meel vital to our country in rhetorical
? for home consumption.
In order to \ indicate th? honor of our
country .?hat w?> need is a man big and
strong enough to rue above polloica and soli-i
tics, a man who will not allow himaelf to
be hoodwinked by foreign diplomats, who
will discr.rd the cbsole'e trick of smb
phrases and hollow dialectics, ami make his
demands known in sincere, unequivocal lan?
guage, a man whc will tiemr.nil straightfor?
ward replie? and i Betters tarin? of the
?..-sues and decline to he snared info endless
discuss,on.? and windy conversions.
The honor of this country la in danger,
both at home and abroad, beyond our south?
ern frontier and across tho seas. The mri
to lift us out the mire, the mar. who will not
limply watch and wait and will be proud
even to fight in order to restore our failing
reputation among the nations of the world,
th.* nan of the hour, is Rough Rider Theodore
Roosevelt. .T. H. H.
Co?hei\ N. V.. Pec. IS, 1915.
"The Greatest American."
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: When my attention was called to your
rditorial m -he Saturday, December 11. pane
by one of our best, citizens I thanked Cod
that there was at least one leading paper in
the Cnited States that dared to voice the
sentiment of patriotic Americans tha? tht e
-vas one paper in this country that was not
tfraid to publish indorsements of the gr??t?
es' American by unselfish and manly Amer?
icans; one paper that did not fear to publish
his articles out of the many that inflict per
sonal nbus-i upon him, misquote him and at
the ?ame time exclude from their column--.
nis ringing, truth'ul words and patriotic sen?
timent-.
The bone and sinew of this land are rep?
resented by this man. The spineless admin
?Ftration of the last three years, with its
veace at any price Secretary Bryan and its
vote bidding at any prec President, has done
more to hasten the decay of this Republic
srd rob it of its manhood than ail the admin?
istrations of the past, James Buchanan's :,or
excepted. Cod bless you in your good work
for the restoration of manliness and justice
in this land! JOSEPH B. BLOSS.
Rochester, N. Y.. Dec. 19, 1913.
A Mighty Leader Needed.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I passed lest summer :r. a country
village of bfessaehasetto. Our family of
'en consisting of *he farm?r and his wife
and their boarders i was almost unanimously
for Roosevelt.
It has been good to read The Tribune's fine
Roosevelt editorial and the many interesting
letters which have been appearing on that
subject. Roosevelt as Chief Executive would
not have plunged this country into war. To
put it briefly, his administration would have
equalled safety, plus honor.
Had T. R. been President the European war
would perhaps have been over now. but not
to the advantage of Prussia militarism. Of
course, it would be an impo .sible thing for
an Ami -'.can President to end the world var,
but a great man accomplishes the impossible.
The present administration ha.s not yet
made that leap into the dark which mean
the rebirth of a nation. Our mission is not
being realized. That ia ?hy many of us in
America are sad at heart.
America needs nothing short of a mighty
leader, ripe for this very hour, rulin.
the teeth of the ?torm with the impetus of
faith and genius. BUBSCBIBEB
New York. Dec. IS, Itlf.
Dangerous?
To tha Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I aee that John Martin calls Roose?
velt a dangerous man. I have a dangerous
dog, but ha doesn't bite me. and you bt t that
no one who has no business here comes
on to my place and takes rn> thin,;
A. WILLIAMS.
'?'? Brunswick. K. J., !>ec. 2i>. || ||
Strongly in Pavor of T. R. ?
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Regard me as ?re strongly in favor
of Theodore Roosevelt for our next Preai
dent. In my opinion he is the hnest repre?
sentative American cititen that lives.
J. ?. LANE
.Nay York. Dec. 22. 1916,_
To tl i '
Sir: It 'tt?m
' '
?? rreapoi the ibbm tyw
of mil that ol
?'
.. that 1
war was di lared, thi
the war i
faverii ?
through thi- tl I 'f w
..-,on?f
war itself.
No, no, gent'?
need it a man who ?o easily explode?
and ?rho, by bis i rj Bat ire, ?' ' 'rt '
tighter. He would hll
in th?. di.;. I of ? ?
twentieth ?? i tury. '?? ' I
bow, si I whal
tighten, but men wh?
enough to stand up ?'?'
Bay in no uncertain IS
'.hey ?re barbaric an.:
that we of thll ?
try a new and bet! "? our "'
teraatioaal difference?. War li man-mad?
and it cun be man en?l<d. if bo a ! W?rhi?
been resort,.,! to through all the centun?
? ha? never
It ??> a means to I??' ??*?
darb and it? outcome t **r
not. then, resort to ?? *V
not inbatitate reaaon, diplomacy, juitica,!***
?' battleship?, howitzers SB?
No! ('?lone! Roosevelt, beeaas? of his viry
nature and attitude, i? not th? man ne*a??
by our nation at this most I S*
New York. Dec. IS. II
The Country's Highest Traditions.
To the Editor of The Tribune
S.r: Never mind showing the Republic*?
party where its weakness le?. JBSt f? "
? | :. two feet and be | I r.ewapaper
in the country to support Roosevelt ?
Presideat is lit?. The? sr? thooasias W
r who do lot care wl r in* *|
Republican. PiegrilllvB or what I
we are interested in ll to : ' b**
again and !?? get r. I li ' "/J*.
?s-it policy that our government hai ?***
wallowing il f?r the last Ivi years. ^
We know Roosevelt. an?l ?re kr"1* th,t *
our ?hip? are held up on the Vligh SSB*
our citiiena murdered the ? ;! **'
low the tirst note that is I ?*? '
that we mean busme??. .
Come on. Mr. Kd-.tor. give th? iBOSt se?
American from the time of Line?la ??
wholehearted support. Your reader? ?
with you and every rod-blooded '*n^.
knows deep m hi? heart that T. R *n<1 ,
? ?? ret reient the hig "'
the country. IRVING h "? >"'v'~
Spr-:n;li. Id, Mas?., DBS II
A Cry for Roosevelt.
To the F?!itor of The Tr rune.
Bin With all resp.c- : , th? Pw """ J*
as progressives, let them bow carry tl*'
propres,?ve principles back ths G ?
and get their hearts' Seoir? ' '?\.
Roosevelt. Hero worship wa? undoubteW
strong m the Piegrsi ' '*'" _j
Teddy wa? my idol. I ?? ???r*\ ,a
no man wa? ever put on the pedeStS
o who aras ne( loneet and 'r*rl**^rtl
^ III editorial this mor ? '
1 the chanc?. ??> pro I Th"r. ?.
and idmiratiea for their ? ^ tr
? ,.1'r by coming eat *'
peblicai ate. . ??
"Put ron?- but Ame- ^trVa
i.e their cr> when the honoi and m,,c\|f
of the F. S A. ?re under conMderatiSB. sm
Theodor? R is I " ' ***.,
that honor and guarantee thai ?''?''"??'"'/.l.
no other man alive to-day ?'an do. H .
politicians of the Republican party at "*',
ington do i ?it want Roosevelt, w?, the P*
of that party, do. U. W. TllOMA*.
.Ne? lurk. U.c. II. ..?li._mm^k??mn\t