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?\fcn> SKtrU ?rtt?mtt* -t to l ??t?the Truth i News?LMitorlals ?A?lT?-rtl?cnie?it?. Till KM* W JXM'AKT ft. 191?. ?"??rn? ta- I ? ? I T ? a ? a S.. * - 4 .a Trlbw ? a ?i nsi-v.- ? - ? * ata i >-? ?? " ? ' ? N . .. Pa ?-. a *^ ? ?. I si v - . . I months ir ..... S M , ? . ,-a ... . '. ? ,- arsDii 8. t ra n? r-,- _?''?"' ? - -.?;-. ,.**;T ... ? -aa . film ?** . * O I * - 1 *" I ? 4 ' .. - I Cll Tea can parchase merchandise advert?ase la IMF TRIBUNE with ah-..into *.nfct>? tor it dlaaatlafa<iioa re-i.lt** In an? ease Till' TRIB1 XE guereateee to p?> your moncv I'.uk upon tci.ueM. No red tarns, no qul?v blieg. "Ac make gond promptls If the a?l ???rf-er dor? n..t. At Albany. The letive ? attract atten . to the Leg . So tar s-* ' i pprehensive pul lie ?k.11 lawmaking before i: thi* year. Y the mntt? ? ?.* ,1m;n i - . | ? to*" . 'hero ? fixed upon the Goven ?? e fact that Mr. Whitman believes hi m v -ni?ee of the Republican Na ? ; is concentratinphi* and his int pon 1 ve prize. ? y state he ; . i ? ? y arise that require nn S is ] a candidate f? r Preside ? ough to look backwi ?ce the n ed to the i Ir. I the i rs iti th. ? I, but ? ? Vi re-Pn . ;- ? . 'he rniml . the in.; "final i .any atoe He was c*i.: the ' I? San Jus ?untryrnen thai Grever Cleveland, in 1884, ned ai me:. ' he made a greal I Hi irage, intelligei airead* ? given ? ?? ? which later made ).. n one of the I 1908 i ? Hugh? sup I. rted in thi ? 'he bound: !; . r y 1908 had, by 1 . *. by courage, the insurance invest in the executive chamber, become the irreat fig ?ary polit Now, dot v. . ? such hold upon t :.* large ? Hughes had. at ... ' ? fancy that ? d the limit f th? ti he is better ? ' or M e who ? ? which 1912. N?**w : had in John A. Dix a Govern '.** P ' tioi Mbany were thai lite ai nsidt s to-day. ! <? ted Goverm r end he . the ? What is the torj * the ? ?ix boom? ?heir own pur* -ratio, poli *ed upor. and the " the Governor. They used them tain such i . year *ind to keep tl i fration m- for ti eding i:1 the national convention. It John A. Dix seriously as i' ? : ntlal pouibility; but the-, i immediate ar.d eventual profit out ti that Governor Dix did. And '-his is precisely what the Whit ii an candidacy will mean. For the next S ? tonths Governor Whitman will have the enthusiastic, the iinfla-rinn"; support of . ?i. lican politician an - a job, en appropriation or a i. . " Tire ! fi.-ians that will rally I I until the "thirty days bills" an* ....??? in, If, US Sf ms likely, Mr. 1 ? i \\n:?? s solidly bound deleg ' ... ?' a Republican machine will suppurt the i .?primai candidacy to th? ? da, But they will do this simply to si rve their own pur it any more in?? r'i I of I ventioi '?? irphy ha.! ? t supp i [i t.. the preeenl I r Whil man ha- leen in tl! ' I or. He has made sup a -,< intmonts and iii-i-. He bas Leen timid, cautini-, d< v.i.us in his relations both with the publn; I : I i i.li-i hhnB4 If e ith no que ; i? n of > enera! ? .i he has i no principles of any sort the! might ? ers, He Im** been jui t a fair lu-v Governor and nothing more. There is left t.. him in hi Is it yes -.... \,. i he people und himst laying aside riditnilous aspirations I reposterous hop? and giving his and his attention to stal has | and industry in nr usual degree. He might yet make a Governor, he might y?*t leave bi hind a really ""espectable record of act menl in state service. Hut all this In impossible if he lets hi*, political bition turn him over body and soi who are eager to ? ? ? ..". * concealmei private of their contempt for it. ' ? tial campaign made . ghing Btock of the state, mad. lible and left bankr cally at the end of Mr. Whitman would do well 1 I by this i ?cample. If h< will "scrappi d" term as wa - No true f iend of* Mr. V man * | ??-. toi .1 camp for th? Prea lei tial nomination, bee no tru< an believe he has ei qualifications or cha' nil inn ike tl ?*?. ith the issues and 1 l< ms that . y, and . . 'y thai : '!"th. Whitman still has the chi a renomination a*- < \ ! ' . which will make of hil *-? ?? ? ??"'. I an Nati ? A Fruitless Proposal. to Am communication tonel ti Baraloi ? about ' ii gOVI ? ? Admira ? ? the s al have b? * that iii- case . ? pecil witnes cf the . . should remarl ? ijesty'a gove "think ' ? ? ? :: ni a1; '1 is iro ? urring witl ? the sinkii 1 submarii hould in connection wil I ;?1 of a judi :ia . ? ?. - ? Arabic, t of inhuma tporl .' ? ? rticul I . - . I G re; ? thing. Ireland and National Service. ? are many rea deli, at? ? th Ireland whei I 1 1 enforcing mi!'.'.. : . in Ireland has been treated wi leniency. It is very likely that I - at tl ? land was in a 1 ? ble to lo wholi .. if the wai ! . Redmond : "I guaranb e mo If 1 can will say 'Thank you.' If you ran guarai ? ? 12,000 I '.'. ill say 'I am obliged.'" Ireland has done far bcttl than etter than tin- 1 had reason to ex] I nsidering idly the i . ( '? ' ng wa ? ? ? deal ' re an us eommonl; unimportant there is very Ir*!" doub I has been allowed to spread to degr?-- that ?s disquieting, I ? I exact]; menacing. The Sinn Feiners from the first hav openly opposed to taking part it what they call England's war. Th ? tl a*, it Is a matter that c el all. They are speaking, pro-Germai . though many 0 them won' : fiad 1 hum! ted* imply pro Irish in the most parochial sense, am in their own well their title indie ? them mal? ? 1*4 bela of the old ty* : ? majority merely indiffer. ? the ** f theirs. Among them are mrs-is* who h* one tim sup] 1? Mi R ? 1 ay? 1 In ie governn ? ? I I Horn? Rule act. The plit in ol ' .i , . . ... . . . . ?ting end to foment - ?Such endeavors have been condoned to an extraordin?r) degree, Offenders the Defence of the ResUm Act have been ser,ten.-i d to \ ? I V shoi t d mi I I I priaonment or merely bound over ?? peace. The remit I ? that they bolder and are more "|??mi In their. <b of the (-o" eminent. It is ditliciilt to mine the strength i'f ihn Irish Volun bul it is Batid that their numbers hs creased of bit?? and that they ?re r.r 'lie,I. The government seems to have I no serious effort ?" deal with this lern, fearing, perhaps, to precipitate !.'..?: but it is obvious thai if compi Service were to ho introduced in Ir the very existence even of a small of ?lisalie, t.'.l armed men might lei very serious complica! ' Details on Stele Dollars. Governor Whitman'- recommend for a classified budgi I ? h m of appropriations is practically the san the budget provisions in the proposed stitution, defeated last November. It sound proposal ami should be adopt \- ; making of appro pulling and hat ? between the two legislative Im then between the Legislature and CJaivernor, There is more often ants ? ? anifestal ion of self inter? expenditure of state funds than cor.* for tiic pul Local a* jiriati. . political "plums" am ? urea unw ?i e or ex' raiagai I i their wa; ' priai ion bill i ? asure or in ome general which the ' ? ? ? ..; ; in w!ii inding the merl Some part 0? it*" purpose, because he not reduce the I liai bills an traduced end pa , met torious in c acter, yet not Imperative in need, beci ? 11- never un.1er consideration by s tl s .?.".tiro q tion of the year' appropriations and '; pxtravaga and unwise expe the playing of local or partisan ] h state i Vn execul ? tiered si ly an ? . v musi impr ? . officialdoi i - , a bill the c ntent ? i. Siuh ?' ? ? oi ??? ' he Govern i for the siz atimi's penditu m le time give 1 what he now la power govern appropriations i .'ally e, To ad changes in lav i I tion wh I ? .: ? . " ' : ? fits the present Legislature could cut, on the ^-'ate. Square-Riggers Return. ? * < pleasanl mornini ol approaching ? tachment wh th? sunlit calm of mid ri* ye the i ? ipini ry, h : . ed flavor. 1 t timi ? - hin Stnt 1 Ho one i ? ' p But ' - ft River front, '.; I, had said 0 the ? ing lei ?iOfrrc andria, the one t" a i'.. \\ a ? ? ? led ? * . ? s which has f a j . ? t n .!ti-funnelle 'the .-?? o. And to many < ? '? I ga se upon them i the It f the rich? ?? h th? E irope have vouchsafe I ? ? ntuall ? an unn ? '?? ; The tary ? I in the Hou a of l on i s in the battle o re nearl; ?? . onflrmation af th (iernian otTicial estimatea made at the ttm? losses at 60,. . . i he Reckoning. I could 1 a* ? ' .. million swordi would leap. Lights acres '.he i ? an wei i left to die, TheD? Meep held so cheaj II. i- children, thai si uld heai them cry IC kept her I iTCe's it"" r Rolden sleep. ? ho smiled and said that this *,vh? a si ? n Peac4 one child more or le I Would ' - with you when unchained Death shall h your seed in the > of w I EARL BIMONSON. * "VIV?. I A I RANCI.!" American Tnjvjr.ttittitlr t<> a Former Ally Who Served It Well. To th? Editai of Th? Tribune Sir: V"ur editarla] le ?lav m ?fraaee kits the tmii right sa the head. M briaga te mind ?i latter I _f ? ? --1 read, arrltea by the Rev. ,T Van Pelt, ?r Statea island. In the 80*s, tailing ,,f i Is appointment l>y Oe/eernar Teaapkias to apeak ?in, irarda <?!' areleosae te lha ?great l ? fa;, ?'tr, In the r.iiiniinr uf I8S4, ami giving Intim?t? Impressteaa <>f that Preaehiaaa'a eeavereatlon with him following th? opening speeches. In ll thcr? i?? an Intense admira? tion for our institution?., ? ?Specially ?-dura tlonal, praising our Ceastitatlen sad ? deeire thai his p..,,jiir woul'l only copy our*. Ills ?relcom? Ht the time nt th? hand* of thai generation must have ?teen meet hearty. because there aras i? deep sense si giatltu?se for the ssaential aaaiataaee rendered by hint and his fella? Prenehssea In ths tr>'inn" d?v" Of the Revolution. HI? country, a r? public, sneh in he ariahed, la te -?lay lighting the ba! tie of it?? life, ht.iI no stand alOOf, forgetting that helping hnn<| that marl? po??lhl? ,,nr sneeess. <?ur ingratltade, our forgot fulness. 11 painful to them. If ever iher? aas a time for us to repay t?,?' deht that tima Is now. i o help no? would eave us th?- friends we : , r,| some ?lay *vhen our shores mav he blackened with the enemy hoots. Sitting on th?. fence, straddling Issues, neutralist - I mi,' too proud to tight, does not ni?l,c u-? frienda. Wa ?re, tad ever will he, oV ? IbcI of demoeratie prinelpl? m <?ur status toward the Preach Repablie ssust pain thos? on th? other side, of all countries who hav? ? ?publican aapiratioaa, Your symposium of ?rlews on Colonel Boose ? for congratulation. Il sbowa a fino, big and magnanimous spirit Per i: . . ? ... i. can say tha? ha i? the ? ? i , of the Mition arho ha? ha?l ou rage to eoass out In the opea and speak for democracy, humanity arid !.?'? I I inimity of the present administration in ?Ickening to him and othoi?. I brliov? in ir:?uran,-e preparsdaeea Why! Reran-o I know ?o ninny, like rr.-ue'f, v.ho the victim? of a ?t?te of unpreparedness in 1898. Oar testimony of those day?' ex? periences should he considered In th.?. dav. BERNHARDT wail. New York, Dec tft, IMS. National Unity lacking. I Editor of The Tribune. I ? hvr observed m your column? fron, ? *rer? from "plain country men" Isii their i emoval from th" conf i?ion ?,f city lif?-, with it? mot, they B better fitted I rive an in regarding on r net ?ine? I. as a "plain country womun," : ?lege, V,,r- 'Vive la France!" followed " ring 1 ?? orce of word?. ? ? touch oui prid ? ?? q; complac? ni r ri ad ere. Bui attack Mr. Wilson alone s . ' ncere thinker, with reaped - ruis ?upe i lor 1 own "? He of the heron- mould, though undoubtedly his ? would yield Itself happily ? ? :i ?"adrr, but n r?-pre ?jre of th? s Anal no*-.- eon ? ? ? ? '?'. hat has h? to r> pn tent ' v\ ha! * ? ?-..- i I ilfll af tha lives? Nothing eery noble, that I can ittered | ? ? : and Incomplete waya, We have a country oi d oui A ??er Br? burna in France, ighted It r-,1 ? ? ? . | ? ig? ??:,?'. Lusil a a-ter as the crucial pom' -n o ?r nal onal niismanagem?-nt. then, of our refusal to aid Belgium when ed to us, aa to a Chi ?he eommeneemenl ,,?" ? ? We cla mad r!:e right and this ' e ideal to remain neutral. V\ ?Non alone" 1? wa? a de? ich relief on *ho parr I am s ire, Wall, then, If wa ear au a few livea, n? those inc on la, for that idea!. I.et us train word as well ?is arm?. ? his hand on the na'ional ... ? r ??.-?' re ai A PLAIN COUNTRY WOMAN. Doi . ''?'.'i,llee $0, 191.". franc?s Red Blood. ? ?r of 1 he Tribune. \Ilow nie to thank you for your edi ?? I ranee!" It i? inspiring, and I am i s reach?! the right spot In af many true Americans. editorials have the rlrrht key ? reader can feel offended, ? ed. a grea? deal of tiality, that rs ng i opular rirnong right thinking You <!o weli to pul me entitli I ? ? ' - ? you of par tiality, though few person? would car? elings ?if others hy mentioning rh>? ? the German nation and tl ? t rulers. thstar ling the dealrea af i rtain in dividual?, there is enough red blood left in the vein? of th? BOBS of France I plain? of Champagne aird drown the Invaden, ?.n,| then some to spars for Infusion Into the reino of Germaay; for w? are humani-, - ind will help tha fallen foe. VICTOR DAVAILLON. I tabeth, N J., r>eC. 31, 1916. The Warriors for Civilization. To the Editor of Th? Tribune. r r: I a*:?h to say that those inspired by your editorial "Vive !a Franc!" have all th? privilege? to show that they mean every? thing they say. Let them offer their service? to that he loved country, th? country which is together Hii??;a lighting for civiliza'ion. Not only has France never made an erTor* to eivilisa her barbarous a'ly, hut France and Britain have I red tl - I isaek gang ? . ? for ? ration, Cossacks, ? mur ? ? Jew?, women and ehlldrei ara ? ' .- a ? they are ?hown a German rifle, cwards the Republic of >? i the democratic kingdom of Fng ?e marching toward civilization. I therefore ?ay that if the pro-Central ? had the ?ame chance as the pro-Allies | : ad and sacrifice their lives for a just cau-se | | here in - ?? -, heated apartments ?l i I Mr. v. ? ? : ? aclaring war Germai ? I. SCHECHTER. ? York, Pec. 2?, 1916, What France Has Done. To the r liter of The Tribune. Sir: Permit me -, >???<, my ?dmiration .'"'h ult., bearing the title "\ I ranee!" To giv? al n,l Frana-e has : ?? adii i: about her sciences all form? r |?S for the g? n good with admirable disinterestedness . i ?bable enthusiasm. ?' L PREEDMAN. New York, Jan. 1, 1918. -MORE TROUBLE!" WITH OUR READERS. ( omtnenta on the Foreign Policy of the Administration F.voked by the Discussion of It in The Tribune's f -j,tonal Columns?In General They Exprese a Sense of Outrage and Shame C aused by the Country's Supine ness Before Insult and Injury. ? lo ti:* Editor of Tha ?Tribune. A? a workinjrman and an h citizen of thia country allow n-... to express tu you ? ? for the Bt.-i ? i aplendidlj taken In regard to the ? ?? In tha < ?' i . by order and with the approval of the im? perial German gov? ent. 1 write in no le I am coi. i that the America! oea not love his country ! ears nol whether he he native born or adopt not ? * odious in th? eyes of all men. mething out of pear in the me tal ? I of 'die man himsi'! ? -unship, beeau-.- ?? ? ? I 0 renounce?, his allegiance in outwar i t'.irm while secretly adhering to it stand? ei ?'" one of the meal men. But a h '?? l .im pro * ? ? ? ? . ? | >ss comp? ' in common wil a ra I number of my fel'.o'.v l of tho-.' ?? m re hare ? th au? thority thei.- re ?hall ? You, Mr. Editor, ir great ed *orial~.! ??.?? done more ? ? *o ths ??i thnn I could eve; i think yea ?houbl know the undercurrent of thought ... . . | ... your humble fel ?? countrymen. The roaaoa can I ? lummed up in two words: B< and La In August, 1914, all civilized people- heard the ?-hriek of an outraged people. They aaw ?a people Invaded, outraged, crushed '? the heel of a grei I i autocra Ci? great Amer:." in ither out . have been perpetrated on rith the approval I rmany, but none that ha le-r luch a la a of horror and humiliation as thia preme I cold-blooded murder of our women and chil? dren h i ?; ? tai ?? -us of ours who I,nve been murdered ai ice than here bed a< ime aasuranca of the measure at protect eh the American government , but the man, woman and children who were murdered then had no - . Il ?!?,'''? Compensation In money from the German f-overnrr-. ? ? ?' I not d ?, because, never since Judas ?* thirty pie Bra polluted ? Gei ? ? price of the llvea i trusted '.i-1 !. truel 11 'rayed. ["he murd ?/ed. If i avowed, it muat be BTcnged. PA IRKK sroTT ALLEN. Kew York, Dee 29, 1911. Humanity. Viennese Style. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: In one paragraph of the Au-tro-FItin jrnrlan meaai *e ; .' II bed this morning we read t1 /: "Tha commander decided, after a ' ? mites, to torpedo the ?hip in ?rich a manner that it should re main B COI H ? it \ - those ? iwn to the sen in ?hips and I ?aten to their reply. How simple a mat ? i ship in such a manner "that it should remain a considerable time u*'i.h*"! Not that it could roa it '''.at it should Yt ? **???? ? eoi ee ably j Ible thai ? ., 1 veering, irregular n real the submarina comma- -:ake it infallible th i* ?' | \' tOBS WOUld I if/thi ticular spot on the hull as predeterminad. i nrpedoing in the mind i f th.* Teutona is an ful computation would in insuring, when ti-- io re? Lration of the easing I to 1 ach. Thia to ha? a tha effect of 1 ted to a considerate restraint ? rdor t.. m.,-.. Ii eertaia that the Ancona . 1 remain afloat thst lengrth of tin)?* ? lit ini? the agreeable convenience of the passen Kers and crew ?o -????mhark ir.'o the si boa*?. Finally, consideration ought I beg ??? i es-don of dollar-; to our be try by A u itr b-H lagi ry, so mui .?towed in the relvsty messags that power: "if, however, because of lack materiel proel - irticular eir under which American eltizer ? ? aid not have become kn government, the royal gosrernment, cons deration for the humanly deeply r.'^'i *. and bv a dealre to ptod: once airain ?ta friendly faeliega * .. government, would be glai irap in the avid? emnit iea a'. *o to th.Ian ? whoaa cause cannot be aateblish? "Whose eause cannot be aatablii tend so well the Yankee mind." "1 i gsneroaity to pay indemnit aal Kg ? ni of dollar?! How lotit: must nat \ . ? - tice end cos ? . submit to adminiatratora so -un B ' ? fail to conceive the need of a nifled ai ? a art In da i ? i be, or who are i ? .. ability to form a correct ? -, humanity? rmneaa would m no decree aignify Bee an the part of the Congress of this 1 IsclsrS war. It would he eviden however, to eitisSBS ?* home sud te I S B4 f other nations that this Federal ? mocraey had not lost its ?elf-respect RICHARD l OLUER. New York. Jan. 1, 191(1 Americanism at Stake. To the Editor of The Tribune. Our eountry faces s crisis more m mcntous than any in her history. The! ? : ? ? war. It la not war wl a ? have ?'car. Rather ahould we fear 'hat our n tion, born of and nurtured by | : trie aturdy followers about ?o disappear. T? * feared m ?r leei t'.ian ii Justice. So wo became a nation. \ Lincoln and the men of the sii';es fear? war, even civil tsar, le.s? than tl ivery and tha fallacy of ateta ; I ara did not pass into a caricature of I - tigm which the coloni'*? be* I These me ?'eared not leas, but more, than we \ .r;can blood sh ? that tha Am? knew that the Anier ten '? rple, nr tiea of 1 tha wl ite fir of an Idea This i-> our crisis: Not whether or no w l*o to war with the Central Power?, bu whether or not oar Ideal is to stand an tho American people endure. When ou ideal falls, we cease to he American?. What is this ideal which mskes us Amer ?'cans? First of all, democracy; the right o peoples to choose the.r own ru'.. ? to insure to each citizen an equal ?hare o opportunity and protection. We have stood unprote*.*'.ng a greetest coalition apain?t demo-crae* the world hm ever seen. In place ot tion we flat*, r !? I ?' our drown ? | eitisena a suave and aactuou? mease randum. There are some who cry: '!' it ?' ? . brea? otT relation.? with Germany and Austi i will mean civil war" Then, in '? And out these traitors now and bbv? - . ??- .- I OUI CHARLOTTE HOLMES CRANFORD. Brooklyn, N. Y.. Jan. 2, 1910. Undue Haste. To the Fditor of The Tribun?*. Sir: Are net tha American people charac (.eriatieelly ImpetisBt in deairing so? attlad in submarine eirete ? it.y an ! Austria have each h-i | I i I ? Should ? ? doing something, allow Turkey and Hulgaria their Lusitama and Ara JACOB J. LIND. Brooklyn, N. Y? Jan. 3, VJ16. To -h? Editor ef ' ; ? r . the reapit day mai i like myself w ro lahor: Inte wor thou;/' ' ? rials ef the age 3 been I wrong. You aie ? .? ; ?. that of their ' an sat ai impu' ? - fact that ?'? .??;.? lia?-.? - - ? ? manner t won? ? to And ?.r.er.e? a' - natiol. . , . reveng? ,-. ? rol? *'? ? urnhf ., ho? . be for. | i "? ? . i war saay af be the ?nal cou-1 -ice Th- of the Struggle is ?aUfSS. -?? ? ?J wir, War is nor a rom? '? a no? a red -??i no? , contrary, - pet inestty ?w> i B ho til been in the 1 ta a .. - My >-r was a ? - ??!.?*?? . . ' ? ? soldier?, in this wu Is taeaatti the depth it U? arfeei r : ten been ?o far frost {k' - " ' 100 i- 1"' .??lltl?' ? ? ' * ? ' great mar, - ??<.** ? . ? want a raei : want ? t "? ter esa .a test I was an lesa ? and Ion,! : - a -' . an si riui . ? . ? ? la ' , L te M ' sa in th? " " PHILIP J toUSt* _U?(i__i*, N. ?. J*_ %s U?1*.