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upon re-quest. No re?l t.i|i<-, m> quihhling We
make good prompti> it ls-e ad-aHlsea ilooanol
'Teaching The Tribune."
.Some months aRo th<- Governor*! secre?
tary, Mr. Orr, came to this office and in?
formed The Tribune that in view of r
icism of Mr. Whitman'.?, official coarta it
could r.ut expect to be treated as a Repub?
lican M*arapn**eer in r of official
advertisinir. The .-? of the
Governor which thin declaration
was provoked by tl ic incident.
and 'I h<- Tribune, like all other New York
new?j ..? ? ? tina? the pol?
lution of Um city water supply
The policy of **tcaching The Tribune"]
wa pal I ation in the
matt' ? advertising and The
Tribune, waa informed that aa an act of |
discipline it was to be deprived of the
desijjnation to print the reg
notice?-.
Immediately this notice was conveyed to
The TniiuTie i Mr. Samuel S.
lent of the Republican
y (. ommittee, ni d asked if he In
ich had been
Mr. Koenig, frankly conceding
that the pre- ure ha I rted to per*
him to do this, d that lie
had declined toi b orders, that he
"did not play politic ." and that
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completely informe,! that the
; be renewed.
In so far as this ' I busi
The Tribune had no right to com-!
plain, bat to the exte ni ( a mat?
ter of attempt paper
by *". . . of revenue anc|
pelling it to ??Train from critl
or puni-hir.jr it for
makinc such criticism. The Tribune felt,
and feels, that it; rcadei should know;
The E ly un
dertal en 1 ?! con?
dition, of the ? ? P iblic Service
Commission ha . ? ice in other
boildii **s. P bly thi n Com-,
r.iitt*c may also find I el go into thi
of the!
busine ? ' :r'ih"
'I ribui ' mg ?ie
Howe ver, the fad whicl
etting forth is that it
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to cril ' v il would be
puni. bed. '? made
to punish It in tin , i mi ad
"e*erth)lng, and it failed only be-c
"meal Republican leader declined to obey
the order, that wen to him. The
threat as to the Public Service Commis
removal from B aiding
\.<i : ade, and Govemoi l'il
lu- Servi ? i ecided to go.
If Governor Whit
both in official ami political life, believed
that they could intimidate 1 I
they kiii,'.'. n. If
they imagined that ng at its in?
come they could punish and cripple it, they
may ; e. It
ment on thi
wisdom of the policy
ty is pei
the truth.
Dodging Responsibility.
I America wil ing to cd by
elher i at.
bilitae which must
.on;? to every |
ator Wadsw rth well said in ?
caaira
a? Uoo, is tin r . riUble -
n '"'?'i.-tratu.i?' attil ide toward the PI -
7 i'"'? -lcutt!,.. He
watritgr on this subject He wa
"nd;,tlu*" awar. He knew
!helr the.,; he knows what the.
I ni'? ; ?
?*? ' I economic condttk n
inhal
completii ? that work is.
it:' ' bat the
United ! la ?], t|u.
Philippines. .
tary; it t
.t I...
trodoeed an administration ol justice
which even the bea
has buill l hoe II out* i and i] plied the
tion ; it ! . tted the
nativi
Il ? hat they
many ...
direct aup*
iiahed nation. ,
?'?-- tha .
them Hilrift, as is proposed in th." bill
pending In Cwgieoa, would ba ? biIm
ort "ii of well-defined, w.'ll-ui.ii,i
i'hlii/atitii:.. This country would bl
ally in ?M? position of tin' man wh?
faults on a !.<>?..? ht lll?^^ gtofln, All tbl
haw* done there would go for notl
all thai wo might .1" there wouhl pxttt
*aho realm of was!* ?1 opportunities,
unthinkable that while such a volun
lin,- words about .aerving humanity
trout Waahingtop th? Demtx
Administration is ?-alinly going abou
preparation fof a cov.anlh abandon
of its direct obligation to -?i'?o this
sulcrable portion of humanity.
Surprises, Pleasant and Unplca?.
Mr. Shout?* --ays tho $160,000 h
by th? Interborough oanic a
wry .pleasant surprise." It docs not *
as a pleasant surprise to tho l.ixpii
and th.* itrapibangeri of this city tha
things now stuntl. they will be ro.;i
. .Mr. Shouts for his iiidofatit
efforts in obtaining a highly desirable
tract with tho ci!\ for the Intorborou|
It is the opinion of Mr. Maolnnr:
tho ?.'ontro'ilor's o?lic?*, that, tho Sh
bonus ami certain lawyer*?' foes chargl
tho "construction account" are detin
and finally saddled on the city. Sud
outcome would be a scanda'.. The pi
will prefer to believe that the Mayor
1 rp ration Coun.-el van And B wa
make tho Interborough amend it- 1>
ig .?-o that the city will not ha\
empty its pockets into the traction tn
hand to pay traction oflicials and trac
Laaryers for getting the beal of ?.heir 1
with tho city.
Fines for Snov.-y Sidewalks.
While there can he no jubilation <
the speed with which the Street ( leai
Department lia;; cleared the
the snow of la -t Sunday, the result C
favorably wit?h the efforts of pi
erty owners to clean their sidewalk-,
many parts of town the sidewalks
still a lush and slime at n<
lay. which to a thin calme.
? night, trying to ma1 ". temp? r i
ones
The present ordinance intended to ci
pel the prompt cleaning of id? ? :
vides for a civil suit apaui?-!. derelict pi
erty owner.-, which, it has been estim?t
would cost the city about $25 to pros.
in cacli instance In ?
than usel? . a' 'I ? i'i< '
?
. ng t<? the degree of public .-pi
the landlord |
stem of fine or impri
??ti:* tl . "f these recrei
property owners.
Erzerum.
um is the most imp
-ami for th?
. L I'rzemy-1 yielded a larger nu
tOa aG
a m<
fruitful and brilliant military achievemei
t. It ra?l be
I
? ral sit
atiuii on the Uus-ian we-', front. It lib?
ated 100,000 or mor? ? I line troops 1
use elsewhere ii Ru ittle lii
lint it. did not. make 't any easier for t
Grand Duke Nicholas to push hi.; armi
Bcro th? Carpathian barrier into Hu
gary. Nor did il forestall the Gcrrnan-At
11 o-Hungs which tw< ;
later swept back the kussiai
the San, cleared Poland and forced
ation ??!' th'" 17
lilitary as well ail
point of view the fall of Przemysl h?
only a limited local effect. Hut th?' fall
Krzerum openi up wide strategic ;?
litical vistas. 'J he Armenian capital w;
the key to the Turkish defence on tl
ed to be that i.*
but Kar.- was taken by tli* R ias ii m in tl
war 9 and became Russian und?
the term-? of the Treaty of Berlin. Erz
rum was thereafter converted int > Tu
i ain military base on the
tern frontier. Its loss will th'
?? ! a considerable retirement on th
front. To the north Trebizond, on tl
.. Sea, becomes difficult t?> hold, tl
Black s*.? is under R
'??! ; while to thf south, in t! ?
Van region, the Turkish po ?
flanked, and Turkish i P< .i froi
that direction may !?? . ? ? ? hu? ol
\ * . . '.i ? ' wesl ; om 1 ak? \.
i m the collapse of the guerilla
I urkis
and German ag?
try safely und. i R British i*
rae at 1
Turkey on th ? Irak, .
.- '. ? Tui hish pros| e 't- have re
. brightest. If new effi ; ta an I
I i AniitMa, no reinfoi i entsca
well be spared for the '?!? opotamian arm;
now holdinfl one Hi itish '
Kut-el-Aii. g for??
almost stationary further .1"??
River. Bagdad ? ?
I j
. ? fought \t -
fully against the 1
'anna and on th Ga ila, li
of th? .. which they losl In th?
disast an wars. I | Uu?.
ed to ie
? . Their n i j def?
thiS .? (Jjaji,
'
?
? tl
: itelli
all the Allied capitah
the fall ol Erzerum. [1 i the first
?
Ulied There ii
ipt, i ? ? .
ey's ruthlesi tr-satm? n1 of i i
' chapl ? ? Armenia' mai
tyrdom. The snvai/e cruelties of
years have recently been supplemei
a deliberate pro|-ranimr of ?'.teTini
Armenians have been nuirai red uli
mi compliance with what Cotwl ?
ventlow and other German apologia!
flippantly ?described ns an Internal
policy. Call it v.hut \?iu will, the un
able Turk ha? simply acted 00 the
that the only food Armenian If ?
Armenian.
Humanity ha- cried out a]
orgy of murder probably tin' I.. I
orgy which civilization is going to
the Tut I. to Indulge in at the expo
helpless subject peoplee, Tu the A?
an the RosaiMi ?"me a- proterto]
liberators. Brzerum, ?mee wie-ted
the Sultan, must never revert to lii
in. Christian Armenia must he
forever from Turkish rule, and tin?
siimmiitiiin, so devoutly pished by th
irorid, has already been brought
in reach of reali.-.ation hy the Russil
livercr.
Fur that reason the news of the f
Eraenim should carry joy nut alo
Turkey'.; enemies, hut to every ra
nation in ti*t) World which abhors o*
sion and barbarism and stands for
emment actuated by justice and hunu
Erring Newspapers.
According to Mr. Thomas \V. ( hui
formerly president of the Hoard of K
tion, if you see it in the newspape
... Some of these highly unvera
chroniclers report that he has "never
anything thai waa true in any newspa
Especially inaccurate are the edil
page . "Whatever you see on the edit
of a New Vork newspaper, you
put it down as wron1-."
I' i hound to he a sal blow to the n
paper publish?-! s of thi.- city to learn
they have failed so signally. Son
them are so foolish si to believe--ev?
assert?-that what gets into their edi
La the truth, as marly as human be
can learn it. That may be silly idea
Vet even on the score of plain, pro
materialistic commerce, the truth i.-. ui
stood to have some market -/aloe eve
newspaper offices. And, conversely,
o\' truth in publication! i. known to c
with it penalties in the way of judgm
m libel suits. Yet all thi. falls before
higher criticism of Mr. Churchill,
|ieak: with the positlvenesi and com*
inclusivenest of infallibility.
It i.- an adage around ,
? verybody know.- better how to ran a n?
and could do it better than the i
on the job. In all humility, theref
.? ledging and bewailing the ir m
fold sins, the newspap i a... kern o
unfortunate city must, .?it si the feel
Mr. Churchill and learn to tell the tn
But because this is printed on the edito
page of a newspaper Mr. Churchill we
it
iny feels flattered at th?
But
meant i ?i ? on
?-Ro long, I
New Bonds? with South Anicriuu
B ?
Th" plan now being worked oui
for mi (???'
? i and the So ith Amei i an nnivei
to tin ulate Intel i
Pan-American u: B . langen
and history long ago et off t
t.f this continent from cm-'.
? ? intellectual and i
?
\\> on be? to und
stand end appreciate the kindlj i rid i ?
the Lai
Americai on theirs, id? pting 1*01
or the features of our political structu
bave al arded our civilization as
ire foreign to their own. When p?
sible they send thi
'! ' ?
ire ".-.! home*1 in the cat.
tais of France arel Spain t I an ,,, Boi t<
Philadelphia or New York. Him
erary men bave not yet given up th?' trae
to be evell pt
and distributed it n wed in l'ai
turning of South Ann.
. ? ?ward the older Latin countries whii
? only to deny )
n with Teuton
. .
her institut
Ibero? , If
ipean Rroup planted far out in tl
i ent work i ,
.
and , posed
illy to bring Nort
'?? together. !
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....
,i ?i whole c,
I le gal, financial and i ? i
l . busine is matte , ;?,? th
formatie
could an;, bettet . - it L
than the universities.
Haul Down the Flag!
Haul ilown that Plag ? en crew
In wh<
! ? irl that never courage knew;
nun the light and bold men -.
; ? ed no? Right'i behi
Haul down that Plag!
Tis but a ? .
Ai yc would m.i ?? . '. ' 'I .
matter, in Mai..'.a i;.,
I J ? . '
Our sailors, Bold ?
I : treach'roua foe in deadly :
d] big, ?rict'ry won?
down that Plag!
?
? id, when
Qf Fi i ? ; .
\ hundred mil - their mjght
? ? ? nd hurl you into nig
ip] i : '
thai Plag?
I-are touch thai 1- la
VYE're not MtoO|*pi*sad to fight"!
JUNIUS, JR.
NEW FREEDOM IN TRADE
Why Not Do Wilson Justier, Even
if You Don't Like Him?
To tli? EalitOI of Thf? Tribune.
.?Minio people asy ?he new UHf la?B
la .-, fallare, Why should they ?,'"K'k Mr
Wilton's statesmanship in this way? U the
1,,?.- loos ??lint Mr. Wilson built it fur, who
lui? n rii'ht to M,y he failed In tbs law? I?
a failure because 1t is a bsd gsr
ilfii rabal ,
Now, tin* in?v ?aras lateaded to carry out
Mr. Wilsi.n'? i.i*-.-? of hit? New Freedom In
trade lie made ?he Ih?v practicslli with hi?,
ewfl hands tor (hut purpose, te Increase Im-1
ports, t?? Bsake At.irrici.il piedectM whet
their ??it-i n(rnm?t tha arita of tba s-atalde
world. Mr. Wilson ?aid su hlBBMlf. R
not care BBjrthiag ahout reveBBS t'tiini the i
lew exoopt aa a sort of passible b) prodoet,
Becaoaa whea the ?xp.?rui ,*f tho Ways ami
Mint,? . t.mttiittfi* bad ?he l?w nil fashlooed
?.-. a reveOM law Mr. Wilson took tin* Ibw
V. biU BOB M and in thf pr i ?. :??>? iintl
?on of his own study, ? tad only^
, by tin? gaidtag ?sad prompttag pseas-l
..r,i n?l.? of those commercially i i: ta* r ?*?? t ? ?1 m
liewBward ifiisio!',, ?boas dealra i" the mat?
ter our r/ooil Preaideat aiahed to eomplj
?with for reaaoaa bnom b only tn blasself, ripped
the tariffs entirely off f?ome articles, cut |
them in twe on seme aad (Bartered them en
other.??, ami generally ronedelled tin- law ?? Ith
aa eye s?rij?!.- tt* breaking down the barn, ri
? ? ?-n the American market und tin* eager
afforl "i" forelgfl prodocera te eons la. Mr.
Wilson was laau, ? braad
Hem lioi'ihim in trade in this mi
end the law soeeeed l woaderfoll- well
at mi?' period before ths wai ?1 m id?
larger tl an Bxp? ri , a thiag Imps libia u del
tha aid freedom,
'I ho war held up the New Freedom for s
sp-ell, bot il s.?on took *> tn i? hol I I
now doing almoa! as well as even Mr. Wil
-.??? .Huld aspect Thia law a faltare! -??
faltare la whal 7 11 Bills SaBdaj
? ho eaal make .
he ran Bee for p<.
l ley, all bob. i te Mr. ?I II ob for hsvia,
,. eded o ar-ill Ib k? epii g hi pledge i I
' ,,, .< .... . for? gn produci i in obi
keta. Of coot " lltv'
thl brand of 11 ?
wl ich, God willing, th? y will tell them
on No?smb. ?
ROS WEI 1. \ BENI DI? ?
New York, Feb. 10, 1916.
A Man. N't a Mouse.
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Sir: 1 a
? opting the Repnbln
. re than once I aid 1 woald vol
a ? Hi.. ; ?.?.mild ? ut.' for him.
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while
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New . 14, 191
1 Too Proud to Fight."
i of The Tl bi
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arraignmi
, unan?
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with tha u
I Pr, deal W
timidity and
h'oi ii
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Th, leatioi
dispo .' ?.'i of th? Lusil i case ?
scntimi ths American
leed, beeoi
and bi abaoi
? : care
for those ideal and principlei of national
for ??. hich tl ?go? em mi . ?
? .
conflict , ? lion with
ten
"Hui
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kway with 1
"Too Pi
J. I ?
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Encouragera of Murder.
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Sin every s :ich i
r the
the Nal
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though to sqoelch me
eompl? ? one ques-'
tion: Do : ?
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high to discours
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prenatal irder.
!.". iISHAW.
To Represent American Ideals.
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Foi
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ts tho
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G. K. NORTHRUP.
tfN? s nu, 1 eb, 1L 191?. J
OPTIMISM
ITALY AND SERBIA
The Formen Hitherto Has Been loo We.ik or loo Selfi h to Ray the Part
She ( high, to I lave H.iyed in the* Balkan??1 1er SI led Policy
Condemned by an Eminent Serbian Diplomatist
?or of The Tribune.
Sir: It woold appear, from the Indifferent
the pi? : n?? n thai far toward II - ' I
eh, formerly S :
bia'i Jin iter to the Court of St. Jam?
in ?.his .
upon ati errand in behalf of hi
?
? popularly counta union
. pinion on th
altan enl he Great
?
nee, o
ii ,i to know re tha
?in- av?rai rieaa aea
of bul icant ?m? rl
Am I mistaken to believe that the reader
ol Nie ?i bune would be Interested to kno?
Mr. M ? on tho role Ital
. played m the Balkan campaign and ??
*i ? rol ni ?he Adriatic?
l'r? ? my i"- ?? oa, writl
the diplom *?
? ?i to quote;
"There are ae invention! b I
. Montenegr ? oi
." the identity of our inl
if tin- Adriatic) ai"
palpable and s?> e?i>ient that we expected ?
? i more efllcaeioos policy oi
the part of Italy for the defence of Montent*
trro and Albania. Of course, Italy Is th.? bei
aad 'he only competent jadge of what Itallai
Intereata are and of what she could da at ;
?; given moment for tin? defence of tho*.
tatereats. Hut I ?vill not conceal . . . tha
wa nre somewhat disappointed that Italy ha
?it much earlier an?! a much larp<*r forct
to support tho Serbians lighting in Monter.e
(,'ro ar:d Alh.Hii B.
"We Serbians consider the principle 'th<
tatries tor the Balkan ? il
tho fundamental principle of the Balks
But at the ?? wa fully admil
that ital; than any other country, hat
important and, ind.1, vital interests in the
the Balkan Peninsula. . .
Fortunately, the intereata of the Serbiani
"foogo?Slava arc absolutelj
identical for s long stretch with thi ?
? us can permit the G
\ . tria aad Bulgaria, I
ting ? ? Adriati? eoai :. . . .
' ? f?*i lta|-, Si ri' a and their
a Gern . one *'nrt.i . r .in
of tin* Alb
? . ? n of Triests a ould b, fa
? me Germans, \
? r? became the mast.
Itahan and Serbian armies must
? Albania from German domi
? ? foi the -ake of Albania, but for
I ?.!.d Serbia."
In ? ia Mr. Miyatovieh ? .;
If much more stroagly about Ital
I < atorad the war, and more
?.??'?? T ?;"..; dl
rom their lead. Ha
?
rdless of the I
'?. 11 e it her si . t s igh ?
t.. be
?
failed to
?avloaa
. ? ?
'. the Ifatiube und took
Belgrade; that BOtt] may have
of BOBBe importance,
ivs Serbia *
thaa aid ia the estabiisl
:-. oa the Adriatic couatiag apoa
? ?
? ley could reach ? ?
? hoi [?-.i -mi wer,
?? - . r sad hei
ed t? ? Ba
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obviouslj
I
aad G real Britain pr..
OB condition that -.h?. join the ?Entente
- in the war aha ?a.,1 receive, whether
? r ?hare folly and 0) al . or not
for. he isjs. "a ?crap of paper ia not a t_in_,
i, be toi?
"
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event t
tonic o, pat
? .
Britisi
? when
'. unno?
ted and u
. .
? the '1 ripie Alliance to
. while the
i them
?
I he da;
call Italy
or left undone, '.
. ?
H Oil? I
united Iti
! ? re of II
?
and Ei
? imperilled bee
in the recenl Be truggl?
negrin Mount Lovty? re the hai
tria is th? i quote
rom < ' '
?
Catl
?
_? i-a i ontr? ty. It" the Austrians
should be . manent ??'?
?
the Ad
; ? . that II
tiality.
Why,
?
W .;. .-h to hol ?
? *o the Adri
However ma hai boi - it pos
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meut- of ? ? ? pend on
the goo ? ' .' battle flee I .- I at
taro, protected b '? tris gui
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to ti?, They
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Crown OUI
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that
drawback, srh eh by and by muy disappear,
they aught to I
? ? ? I is a nal
si | Greek pol I
think that ? il itloa of the
the pactil
I per?
- . -. . :
I
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?
. ? :
Baikal
?
? I in the m
(ovina,
in the
tace of ta?
teed by the
?
? to 1 Adriatic Berbia In
. ?n the po ' '
? o
rival II <*
:'i n m '? '
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?
He does
.... : :
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I .? ? . h t.. the ?orld
ire b<-.,i ing ' be toi i
civilisation and cult I from
: Kultur. i x PAY.
i New York. Feb. ik>. 1910.
A LEADER IN PREPAREDNE!
The Record of Norwich Univer
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fot pri '
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our mi
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though
eould never
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Bg no partie.
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placed a greater percei I
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