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in THE TiiTRl \K with ahs-olute eafety? for
if dissatisfa? lion result? in an?. COOC THE
TKIBrNK guarantee*i lo pa> vont mone> b??k
upon request. No red tape, no quibbling. We
r.ake food promptly if the adverti-er does not.
Verdun.
What is the motive behind the German
attack on Vea II it a military opera?
tion undertaken with a purely military
purpose? Or . ? .. tJemonatratioB in
terded primarily t?> influence opinion out
eide Germany and to strengthen the ktfric
of German argumenta in favor of an early
fence.'
from the strictly military point of view
ihr capture ? I Verdun would materially
improve Un the wesl
crn front. 1* a mid break the great
French which has stretched tince
September, 1914, to the northea
southeast ?' it Verdun?running in the
form or a half circle from H ral ant, on
the Meu-c north of the French fortress, to
St. Ilihieli on the Meuse south of it. The
most easterly point of this semicircle is
almost within art Eery thv.co of Metz, the
chief Germi I rraine. So long
HS this French salient is h? Id the safety of
Metz is compromised.
Al St M ' :h?- ?.cm.ans drove late
in 1911 a hmg, 1 ?-' edg? i to the French
line. A1 the I p ? 1 this wedge th< ?
the bai " l; ?' ?
: . ? ibly narroa
-onch force- holdil g the
southern curve of the Vet ? I
other Frencl ? ? - ' -*'"ot:l
: SOUl
of Mel Germai wedge
would be relieved ai I ,;' German line
r-aightened and
shortened if the French should he obliged
retire from Verdun and take up ?
???-f une ol
'.he Aire.
Fer'' i fensiv? opcr
the capture of Verdun, or I |
reduction, would repay the sacrifices ma?le
by the < rowi F .. ? to clea.- this
?' of the Meuse, The British made
just as heavy . I >., relatively, for
much lei ii p rtant, a'. Neuve
? hapelle. The French and British had to
submit to 1 it s ? ere in their
offensiv? ? ?'?11 about Lens, in propor
.raged.
But Gen not i eed to follow?
??ml can harrjly afford to follow?the
-tern front.
: he i- ? ' K?me in oi.pag
She hol?; ? ??
French ai Belg itory, and for fif?
teen n latisfled merely
to ma h? Id. She has chosen to
attack on the R i Balkan I
economizing her I .? by remaining oi
?he ?':? It il nol '.
I have .
. BptUrC of
Verdun ii she had had no other ol
? iew than the :> il volved in a
? traip1 .? . g the M
She must have ha<l in mind the moral and
political el, mcture of a \i'
tory on the we?t front, and have been
willing to gamble on thai victoryi how
r.rr Un .'r i . value Its strictly military
"; .' ? lgbt be.
'Tho operatioi about Verdun seem
'herefore to have had a political rather
?han a military motive. They are n pro?
test on Germany*! part against the theory
that .-he 11 ? duced by failing num?
bers to a i" rmai ei I defensive in the west?
ern theatr.-. She must be eager t?> show
the world that her military Strength ha?
not been impaired to that extent. She
\vi?-he?? h? th neutral BBtioni aid her ene?
mies to think that -l-.e ii -till eapabli of
pushing her invasion of France?ol again
breaking through the French deiei
threatening Ps
She ha- no ? gel ' ? rity in
men an?! gui I which sh?- had when her
armie- ma their first dash foi th?
Franc! I
dun meat . ? hal he I
again trying 1
hearts of the? French I nvince them
that her p??;v. - nol yel exha
that they may have ty do over ai
travail and anguish *hat the?, were en
ahled to at the Marne in September. 1!<] l,
only by a supreme effort of self-devotion
and heroism.
According to the Herman \ iew the Allies
oJ are unreasona le in failing to see that
? peudeuce cow
v terms of pea? a ? ?. Germany i
willing to offer. The Ka ? ? ? ... |,av,.
won vi.-trries oi <?? They hold
tens of thousands of square miles of
enemy ten lory. 1 he ?overn
ment is naturally willing to make any ?et
:lemet?t which ? ? t to cash in a
respectar > share ol ' ? nil e<.
Hut the Allie conf? them?
selves beat? . Thej i! II cling to the
theory that ? Umbers n list tell bl the end
and thai German military resources must
fail before their own begin to fail. That is
M argument which Beriil It ran
??e mit in , ? \ at t, v.n\ by violent effort.?
?n the field to prove tha? Germany can
?till <le?-, the Allied overweight in num?
i are.
Gen the arith
mefi'-al BTgtUI ? I I WO* ti* Gl Bl P ll
campaign. Uf?r second \*-a* the campaign
inth? BaUiaUMa Her third is the attack un
Verdun. She may nink?* :? fourth or t
fifth rejoinder. Bui ell the time the i
Huit :t 8 cannot e??,u.-?! ?> S confront
She may la?, is? lier Strength on
fii'iitv -ml may win mai y victo I
will still leave linal victory bcyon.
grasp.
\ g guarantor of the victory whic
muai have t" win the war to jr?'
peace whuli she desires even the ea
of Verdun would prove ittuaory, It ?
probably turn out to he as harrcti, i
large Strategic end political sense, a:
tlie oceupntion ??!' Poland or the ove
ning of Serbia.
Gcrmnny Repudiates Her 0
Record.
l II:- Tribune's dispatch from V
ington summarising th.- latesl instruc
of the German Governmenl to Ambasi
von Bernstorfl this sentence occ
maty contends that the so-called "I
of merchantmen to arm. even for def
?t cm ?, and thai before the pri
war Germany refuaed to acknowledg?
?e of lUCh a right."'
If Count von Bern.-torff trat,mi,
such a statement to Secretary Lans.ii
and hi.- governmenl are not playing
with the United State.-. Whatever
'?in may -ay now. however anxious
Gorman Foreign Offlce may be at
Juncture t<? deny the tight of a merci
man armed for ?defence to use its gui
ward oil a submarine attack, the fa?
dear that Germany ?before tlw war la
did plainly recognise the status whic.
?i n itional law- ami the practice of o
?.ml to tlie defensively ar
merchantman.
We reproduce bcl"W two paragraph
th? inatructions given by the chief of
German Admiralty Staff, jnder datl
June 22, 1914 (sig weeks before the
broke out), to (,erman naval officer.-. 1
r?gard to the treatment of armed i
chant v?asela encountered during i
The text in German and English I
source being the German official *'Re
gesetsblatt*1 for 1914), is to be found i
volume entitled "The Prise Codo of
German Kmpir?- a- in K?iree July 1. If'
by < harler- A. Hul-erich. of th? bar of
I'nited States Supreme Court, and Rich
King, of London puhli-hed by Hal
Yoorhi-- & Co., of this nt\. These ps
graph? read : - follows :
- , .erclse of t11 r r I of stoppi
and cnptnrr, as well at any alt
'?:*r.r by in1 **?' ed merchani ve ?el -?_*
H tiorr: . ? mi nt vessel,
piracy. T^0 crew *? be de?
, ? ??? * rr'atirr, t.? extraordinary tn
-
arm ed e n e i ? i
armed reeietanct against meaeu
taken i law of prix
? r ,.? rri-on'c '.? itli ail nt?
government tVar-' a!!
sponsibility for any rl-ni-gr- to th? vesi
cargo and passengers. /'/'" crr<r are fo
taken ae prie I ver. The ?
rr'ic" -n go frrr. _'.!<? - it firr^
that thej pari cipated m the resistance.
case thejT ??? hi- prncred.ii ug*.'
under extraordinary martial law.
The instructions m the second pat
nraph follow the naval code of the Unit
M far as concern- clai ifying
iris-oners of far the crew of the an,*'
ncrchan* vessel resisting capture. Thi
re Ognize the ri<_rht of at? armed ener
merehantiuan to act defensively when ;
tacked without subjecting it crew
treatment as pirates. They clearly ma!
?i distinction between those merchantmi
using their armament for defence ai
those Ur-mc: it unlawfully for offence.
the null*, of a merchant \e-.-el t<i arm f
a; y purpose lad been denied by the Gl
man Government it eouhi not consistent
have issued these direction:- to its na>
officer.-. It would have born obliged
treat all armed merchantmen a- pirati .
Germany plainly wants to change t
of warfare at sea. Does she thii
she can help her case alone; by r?pudi?t it
her own re?
Henry James.
lie died a British subject, but ours i
main the privilege and the credit of ha
irg given him tu Anglo-American liter
ture -one of it^ most intereating and si
niflcant figures during the period in **.hii
he lived and worked. Nay. more; Hen
Jame-- was our most meaningful contrib
'."'. to international literature as we
for Italy and France, and, lest direct!
all the Continent, may claim their sha
in the suggestion and the shaping of h
n.aterial, in the production of those tu
ios of interaction between the old Wor
ar.d the New which earned for him tl
name of ti,- "Father of the Inten
Novel.''
' Me interpreted u ; to Europe, but mo:
.f a!' In- interpret'-,, us to onr.-elves j
we reacted to the "European .-cene,** t
adapt one I own felicitous phrase
Time wai When We re c::led him; we ha
! ot yet outgrown ?ben our sensitivene
to whal ai fir t flush appeared to Im i |
eism. It took u some time to di-cove
that, in the comparison, it. was Europ
that furnished tin* highly \cneond sui
face, but our wa'iderers abroad the deptl
the inner delicacj that i truer and
ithnesi of man' er .
In Henry James's stories America pre
tented the moral!?, prj ?tive cleme.
ceptive though i( was socially and cultural
ly; the Old World the negative, all rougl
corners carefully rounded, avoiding ful
; wherever commas can be u-ed. mak
kng ea*y the road? of life by graceful ,-orn
pronii-e*;, smiling insincerities, ?labor?t?
I r?tense.
Balzac wa*- James's first enthusiasm. Hi
never dreamt of ti "comedie h?mame" ol
?' : ? tend he gave us an interna
social comedy whose social con
I ta, at least, gradually wore away with
.the passing of the years and the increase
of our ntercourse. His preoccupation
I h- exclusively with the social phase of
comparative study of his. Tolitici,
economics, the vital questions of the latter
?" the nineteenth century abroad and
here ? wrned him not. And. with rare
his preoccupation was exclu
Sively with orio BOcial -tratum. He loved,
?nut wealth and position, but the adorn
ment 0* living, the ease und beauty and
culture which they imply.
lie has been BCCUSed of nohbery; in
rejilily he was only nto?l : ?'ii.-it i\ ely fas
tidious. lu course of Uros he became (?>
?. certain extent what England claimed
thai he had become an English novelist.
Hi Interest shifted increasingly from the
international t<? the purely Hntish life
to the British country house moot of all.
To what extent the manner his much
discussed style which he perfected with
such infinite patience militated nj.Biii I the
popularity his books deserved, and con
tmue to deserve, on account of the sig?
nificance of their content . Is a question
thai need not be niis'veio,| here. Nor i
this the pla?-o to dilato upon the successive
stagei by which this manner wn at
tained. Perhaps he essayed the impos?
sible. It may well be that he sought, as,
ha been said, to erring from language
more than it can yield in expressing the
eonverging muKiplicitj of simultaneous
conscious and subconscious suggestions
that go to the making of thought? Cer
tain it Is that in the end he fell B Victim
to disown passion for perfection, thai hii
la>t work bore unmistakable evidence of
the eiieh?.
He was the perfect type of the man of
letters, a novelists' novelist and s novel?
ist.?,' criti?-. Of inspiration, of genius, there
wai no trace in him; but he was a man of
BtupendoUl talent. Mi- book! arc not for all
time; his own period only interested him.
?ven in hi> elaborate psychological prob
in?:-. \\ hat the artist can learn of his art he
Ii arned; and he added much to il techni?
cal resources. He attained the "rich ?leu
..ity Of fletad" whkh, 8 a critic, he ad
mired. But, as wa said of him in these
columns long act?, "ho lacked what cannot
be learned. It i a fact which cannot be
Ignored, and which, indeed, il Is well
to recogniie, once for all, in dealing with
his work. It is tine work brilliant work,
and sometimes absorbingly interesting;
hit to enjoy it you mus? make, at th<- out?
set, a definite renunciation of those thing-?
vhich you expect, a? a matter of course,
it? the great creative artist."
Adopting for the moment Mr. Howells'l
liberal Interpretation of the wm "his?
torical fiction," which enable- him to place
Jane Austen in the rr..ni rani, ?if his?
torical novelist . are may gp.e t., Henry
James the place of the foremosl fictional
.-ocial historian of hi* time, within the
limits of th<* social level cho en by hir?
for treatment.
Within the ?? limits he ha given o
eral masterpieces "The \mba sadoi
and "The Golden Fowl" first among them.
And with them rank several of hi Bhort
stories, even unto one of the la t of them,
that amazing piece of virtuosity, "The
Bench of De olation." He h?tu lefl fol
loarer whose on talent has preserved
them from becoming merely hi imitator..
A- one closes, one cannot help reflect?
ing that his death, so hortly after his
British naturalization, may have robbed
ns of the most significant of all hi- books.
For, after the storm and th? tn and the
ation thai moved him to the .-'op,
Henry James would undoubtedly have
fo ind material of infinite riches in his
own change of allegian? e. That hook would
have rounded out. with a rare compl?te?
nt SB, 1 - career as the forirmost interna?
tional novelist of his time.
B "Art arc -'..t" what Ameri
for ." Of courte, i ? ? r y body in
? i country, includ ?? the hyphenstc
.-.Il ab" il
. thau i become "t
ttn or mental eunuch" from an iverde ? ?f
i i me neutral to neut? i.
The Passing o? Dickens.
i
Down a-. St. l '
[Dickem.
'< i bean a aeri? f eeremonii
? l ?. i reading pi vet -- ?bout Dii
relal on to vario
i. ? ... 'I here ha been a won hipp
i? ?; ippott elocution?
? ? have been reciting purple r;?'' I
sentiment from In? wor.. .
om< Mi ? | nf n ?ho? ?.. -.- that
ib to I ...... i ?.., , ? v
yean hrc every ote trat readiag him. Ten
yvi?ri age he bad beei ec pied to I
id bos | ri membered
h i e natare of thini sti
t rowth at.out l ? ? i vast ei ...i .,
?. L-rtable commenl . ? i.'uallv
choke bim. I hen I.?
the scholiast ... up his vol
historical and every
one win? begins to toad him will fe? :
to read the
v .. rith Dickei cas? an e ! oi!?*.
He i-. ' ??? s icepti 'I by the writers of I
; hi 'or. Mi i be : ; sti ?! .?*? i '
?-. ir.d hii
. ? ional vogue.
own t ' P i.' 'hi .
r i
detd II? rei
? of himsell ?? "?'. ? obi
an- merely reincai natin of
1 ?? created. Peel I ? I Hi? so her
B it t .i no? eli ? ! '
eady jone.
Altruism and Weakness.
/ .. - ?? i i
I h<* highest ?? ? o i.
aho lived ? of ?
g* Bryan, ecuril ? i -
tat? ' ? |
ikn? Every appi'a.l to
kindnei ? :,, in
?.. an appeal tgainst Km ? ? eiti?
Bt? i ? vetkens it
- II by pacifism, It will not : i
The evil is not 1 hut .'npa-i maj ??? ? ?'? i
ppines or snal I .. from
By applying th? Rula t
sd? oartelves that -Tapan need*, them
mete than we do. The disaster we
? this country, dedicated to freedorr. and
t.. (?enoerser, ctTering no? only a hav?.'. ol
r?.lt for the rt*r?4>cutfd but a harho?- of hope
tor those sickened by bureaucracy ?nd
tyir.nny sbrosd. would crun:h!e and fall to
the ground. If the United Bt i'es It to re
mtin s eOBBtry In vhich the Golden Rule
ein be prart.-rd by ladhridsall wlthoil fesr
of the encroachments of power, It ttBat live
v.p the altruistic rule in Its relations with
' r-t co'.ir?'r:e?. 1? need r."'. boeomt mill?
? ??" ; ? need not re.-.?o to it? ? fei
poaee amoflg natloai It need ealj rga h
! I? fc*?p'ii?r t)t k- , -..n to protl
honrt. He<-?.;?e o--?,? the he?:' | pisreOd
the most K'iliien <?f golden rule? will avail
bo thing}
THE FIREMEN'S SIDE
A Pica for a Change to the Two
Platoon System.
lo the Bditer of The Tribeae.
Bin it is not my p'irpose to quarrel with
?n\ ?mi- holding dissimilar views ?? ta the
merits ot twe plateaus, aad seldom da ,r
entei late dlscuaaien on the subject with the
nil powerful prr?-, I.lit your rililnriul "Deal
Diarupl the Fue department." which appeared
in your r sue of the 17th insl., in so replete
with Inconsistencies that I feel eoastralaed
In make reply.
I lliink that 1li<- Ttriler must have hern
et" aly misinfariaed a- ta the provlsieai al
the Gilchrial twe platoon lull, for hud he read
it im SUCk stiatemrn? ?i to runiparison v.ilh
ribbon clerk or avertiras could have been
made by an uabiassed mind.
A regards lbs attitude af chief? and com
misaionera tow,-?r?i i?\o platoons, I can fumiih
name, and addresses of hundreds of Mayors,
eomreiaaioners, fin marshal* and ehiefi
mi | ol' tl"* BObleat and bravr?t chi^f < that
NUntf. ever knew- who. in various BO*
prrrs ol" enthusiasm, have Indorsed the ?wo!
platoons, not e\eeptm(r your own Cltj of New
York, where there are many chief officer*? who'
secretly favor twe platoon?1, but. for reasons
..-.?n te theSSSetveS are diSpOl I'd to cuii
ceal then opiimuir?.
II 11 true that two platoon?; have Ixen tried
iti some cities aiul rejected. It il also ?ine
two platoons ha?.?" been tried m other ntic1
Bad continued, and that where even an 1:1
liifferent attitude has been displayed on the
part of efleials doailnatiag two platoon*? have
never a? yet net with B failure.
l ??u platoons are not an experiment. I he
twe platoon ayatem is a seieatifte adjuatmenl
of b grossly irregular and inhuman working
condition imposed hy tradition upon manie I
lialitie;-' mn-t .* lib* ervicnt bod] of employe!
the Bremen.
i?ur achedules have bee?, invented nol with
is psrpeee of bettering our own con?
dition, hi seme perverted Intellects woald
have the world believe but with the desire
to jealously p-iard and eoaserve the high
?tandards of efficiency, to improve our p^ > - ?
ral condition, to better enahl* us te perfnr'ii
th? I herculean feat? eipertcd of us, but at
the lame time to eliminate BOOM of the bar
l.areu" rrtirltte- practised in the name of dis?
cipline. CHAILEfl LOUIS S?NKET,
< aptain Truck ?Company I, Tonkers, N. IT.
V.inker?, N. Y.. Feb. IP, 1919.
German Influence at St. Thomas.
i?, the Editor of The Tribune.
f ri Knowing your fairnesi in .ill matter-.
I Uriah to call your attention to a mir-tai-.e
-under-tandini. tn dispa'rhes in \our
paper of tO-day'l date In your article ahou?
? flaencei in Smith America and the
'? ? ? Indian I-lands you rail attention lo
obta ned a' the Island of St. H
liel.inr.infr to l'rnniari?.
????? ii that the Danish go? rrnmei ?
yeai a_o gave a ronce? ? I i I -
l.a-t Asiatic Company of ?open
l a?en. to build and eonatruet wharve
.' i harlotte Amalie, St. Ihoma
give! them runnitif* ninety ?ear-,
i fter which time _*1 wharves, building
;nipro\rnien??, will he the property of ?he
Danish government, t^e K?st Asiat.- i ..?.
pany being 'rof rluritia. thil ?lern from ai..
rr ;.ll ta c? in the t-lands in connection
?He c improvement rhe company
cwni iar>re coal depo-it- for eoaling of
? ?earner-. I hi? ii slao a government c?n
reaaion, which the Royal Mail .?-team-hip
' ? pany British) and the Hamburg-Amer?
ican Lins I (?erman | in vain trir?.| ?.. obtain.
.,- thil company, the P.-? Isl Eaat Ai
' ompany, i? not in any way connected
with any German enterprise I think il un
The men at the head of
? I concern are ?o t':nrou<.hly Pane thai
ghtest :-u-pic;on could re: t uno?!
them,
I give y 1.1 j the names of some at the lrad
? i : 11. Et. H. rnr.ee Valdemar af Denmark,
protector and one i.r ?! e main hareholden;
(??era' Richelieu Etatsraad Andersen, pre
? of the company, and Holper Petersen,
member 01 the Danish Laadsthing upper
bos e . ?he la-t-named pentlemuii the one
e/ho -om. yrars a(*o foujrh' hard? '
? on hi- flghl i aprain-t the -a ? i : the I ' I
Indian l-'ands to the United tat?
He personally has p.?. en ?e?eral million del?
? for the betterment af the islands.
AAGE v. ll. i APPEL
Hr.djreport. Conn_, leb. It, 1916.
Italy and Serbia!.
1 i. the I ditor Of Ths Tribune.
It ia with preat interr-.' thai I read
the article by F. C. Pay on the e.i
?.age "i lie Tribune af Friday, February 18,
.r.f. Italy nnd Serbia, in the Balks
I ?dnit tiiat Italy has been a little selfisl
p . . g 1 SI part in the Balkan.-, but i?
knowledge and be!;ef her military or
ation i- not rowrr'ul enoutr'n to rcilat
Bl ack by Germany in the Hals.,'. . to pro
..." I.rr interests there, a:..: tl ' keep o
Ig '. the Irertino, which is, to the
? it' her Statesmen, her principal battle
?round. I do not think that it has heei pettj
;ialou*y on Italy' part i/iat couated ai
? .-..?? in pr.iwptin;-? her to leave Serbia t?.
i ? r t?te. Her interest! in th* Balkan- i
., - to me are few, are in realil
? ?? th , ami. v hat'i more, how ?
[tal* let them po undefended ' !
Italy had _s *. ital an aten I ..
'? i. Faj taya ihe has -he would i.a?o *n. i
heed men and munitioni to defend It.
I?..:-. '.- anly ai piratiea i Ii
first, to redeem all Italian -peak ng CO
1er I itrian rule. and. second, which ii
?.Tcrrr-t in the Ur.iikan-, te ;
'n Serbia, Montenegro and a'! Other countri.'
Balkani '.he territory that t p-htfully
By this 1 do not mea
slow because, as I said
in fore, her military organisation ?I not pow?
erful enough to ?!_? *-n, but ??? ,e!p of
the Entente Ali.er -he ?? [*| accomelish thii
in time. H. A P.
York, heb. 19, 1916.
Not Raised To Be Cowards.
? ?* ! d tOI I I The Tr.l. , ?
>\r: I h;.\ e Leen reading sour ed tOI sll
.i (.-reat deal ..: piia ore II il t-iod to
?; a1 in some cf na, at lea I I
? spirit a hieh mad? o ir
co intry a hat il -
I h ope you will keep I
?f r tie dignity and honor of our flag .< d
country until tome af our Congressmen
i that it |i better to prepare for war
an. ha?*- war. if such -hould be oy fate,
te Seriflee one iota of our n ,h?i and
0 r self?l*_spact The material damage of
? h- .an he repain*,j, arid, \?h;!e our B other?
BO( have rai-ed u- to be midien, I am
. they did no* ra;?e us tn he cowatd'.
v i: HEXRIQUE9
. - York. Feb. tl, 191?.
Wilson a Menace.
To the ?Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial "After Ten Mor.thi"
i? the best eo far. I candidly believe that
Wood row Wilson is this nation's greate??
menace, and h-.? elimination ihould he the
first ?*ep ?oward national preservation.
foi ore, would no -?or? fni'ow him o.i
the crimson fe'.d? of battle trat*. I BTOuld
sllaw r maaiearist to operate upon me for
apper.Hier. ?, |,_* I would follow Then.or?
RaoeoVOlt late the depth? of hell, were It fot
the good of my country.
LONOWOBTH GRKK.V.
Xew York, Feb. 24, 1916.
THE VICTOR AT VERDUN.
THK CANDIDATES
A Dmcuamon ol Presidential Possibilities by Tribune Readere?All Serin Agreed That Mr. Wilson Will Have to
Defend I lis Administration at the Polls, bul Amone Republi? an* There Is
Wide Diversity of Choice.
?To the 1 ' : i ' bune.
Sir: I v?u:,' '.i i oi gratu ? j our
timely and patriot ' tgree vvith
you mi \our arraignmenl ol Pr? dent Wil
.-on m regard to hii Mei can policy, I
of diplomacy in ne^otia'in?? vvith foreign gov?
ernment-, in- potition on preparedae - snd
many oth?-r moil imp? let.
It it highly imp? it th?? Republican
pariy elecl i Pre dent who ^.l\ be wite,
-trong and fearlc enough to rettort this
govenun? nt to ion when it
the ratio e ilized world,
?'an suc 11 ? President he elected? Where ?i
there such t man " W i rally to
lus rapport '.'
It mu the Demo?
era c par:-. renched. It
right or wrong.
It ii m po -??- on ol th? government, which
will he used to reeled Preeident W
Therefore, l it the Rep
party makei no m take ?electing Iti cbb?
d i date.
In n v judgment, lustice Hug the man
i antry. He would
not decline when etlled upon to -ave this
nation from ? He Bti tht place. Hit
ability i? not questioned; geographically he
- n tl t righl itate, snd be can unite and
solidify th? party. II" would bo the :.:n.<!
candidate.
True, Mr. Roosevelt ? | itesman,
\ ? It to tht core,
Ana in d? ei ruination. But he oi ?
Republican part) ? d? I i ihould pa}
before i ? ee ring furtl ; fi ora il ?
head . rhal d? bt tir the ??am
a^e ht d d h itarting ptrty which
of Mr. Wil?
.-on. I ... quarely for Ibi
tice Hughe '- n? tand for hit
g hit ? ountry a
lerviee ? eh, it tl time, it to much need -.
M r. Roo evell i i It boueand - ol
Rspubl i? him; nominate
Mr. Root, snd tho itand of Pr? gi ?
jnpleasantly recall thi ?? played at
the i ? ? ' . ?
and both ! a I Republi? an i :
Roe ? ell i ? II be found :
luppoii . ' imi ? meam
eei i n victory.
U hatever ?rj of M r.
Roosevelt he tai Is ?rsl foi America, and,
real g that rig campaign the
ther I govern?
ment ? tect A .?:???. or
tl ey mai h- i the realiza?
tion thai h
.. | ? ?
; Bl R II. MIOMAS.
Marl i. burg, W. Vt. Feb. 21, 1916.
The Plain People's Choice.
To the Editoi ?? i : ? Ti bune.
S ? ; A Mr. Roo <-'??? imlelf es
d it, he I a no unusual talents of .in;.
d uni il be I he quality of understand
d pupal .- ? that
v
'.
..- . pr? .. ic?
masterp ecc? of English, bul for t ?
. when le raised t regiment it a i
for the par] ipltying pr.."?
. ? for an oppressed peopl? en he
attacked th" unlawful practices of certain
onscmpulou magnat wat to j '?-et hii
fcllowt front sxplo tat i in attacking ?'ox.
Paarott, 1 orimer snd
jousted for tl ?? be pri rate "
the pa
The man i in?, th? a- ""-age
swyer, I ? faeturtr,
the labor'-r ' || amo |
por* :- groo ng io ta t!? ' ? . under?
?itand him and he understand.? them, and *r.e
result ii mutual confidence and iBCCeei.
They believe that were re President of the
t'r.ited .?-rates at this tine their lives would
be tait B whatever part of the world their
Itgitimatt business might place them; that
th?- d gn '?, which heiovjrs ?o h self-reepeet
ing nation would he OUI - that If a man like
Mr. Roosevelt had boea Pretldtat the re
pmarh bow h??Brd sbrot I that this war might
have been prevented I th? United States hod
oeen sliVS tl. sitUBtlOfl would not be
shaming atj tita' : ?? were again chosen
Pr?sident thin notion under hi? leadership
might be able ta btlng an er.d ta the present'
iflict a t did to th? Run as ' ?
War.
In short, the n asi of the
"Teddy'1 'hey could never think of Hughei
aa "l harll ?" or B irton as "The"), ???
Ithey are lookiiii* for a strong man out ol
their own number t '? ?? tony have many of
their own fault-, but who [?-presents ??
presses for them better than thej ean them?
lelves their own
Whal commanding ?? I ere in Ameri?
can life to-dav of whom thii can 1-' is truth?
mid. WILLIAM B. BUCK.
\. ?? Vork, 1 et.. IS, 1916.
No Barnes Candidate.
.,. ? Editor of The Tribun?
S ir: It i,iu>" ha? ?* Ix elearl) sp| ?
? eresl amateur Republican pe c n
? - irled at Chi?
?ago 1912 that there wai only one n
the Republican pary who could b< elected
Yer. under the leadership of a contemptible
of political hue... toll
nomination from the man who i fair fight
had wo;. It and bestowed ;t on ? misfit, whe
surprised even hl.s most snthusiastic sponsor
i.v carrying two of the smallest -t?te, in the
Union, when no one i n .1 he would
Tarry one.
After four year? of discipline, facing prac?
tically the same situation, behold this -ame
"anything to heat Roosevelt*1 gang
-houting for Root! Not with any sxpectat OB
.?:*. by any posi ? ?? ?? in
enough of the four million votai tha* fol?
lov.ed Roosevelt nu- of the party te give him
?lie ghost of a chance of SI election, but to
assure, ai they did in 1912, the election of
"
[1 \*..i- Republ ean votai - ia1 elected Wil?
son then and it will be Republican votes
whieh will make possible hi reelection this
yoar. Bar- know posi
?....?. thai ??? Republieani ??".:l not have
? 191(1 anj mora -han the) would have
?' - Bai.'.. - Roo te in 1912.
And I. with many another whe never :? et
rot 1 for b Democrat
pact te be ?on*, pel led to vote for Wilsoi
year ai aa only near- af sffective proteal
againat the leadership af thii nefarious baud.
A DISGUSTED REPUBLICAN.
Plainfield, x:. J., Feb. 19, 19M
A Progiessive-Conservativ:.
To the Editor o:' rhe 1 ribune.
Sir! As a political economist l take
i!e interest In I'.? -.del I si possib ? ? to
,.,ri out the platform of the Repul ca?
rar". bI the eon . .n Juno I
pick United States Senator William E. Borah,
of i.iaho, who is as yet Bon-committaL I
lave followed his public career clo-.'!;. and
identify him as Presidential timber. lie
Llends both wings of the Republican party,
and his are. personality and publie record
ac* idea! for the DOI ' 01
p.* i ould carry the We t, pai I ol th<
Smith and enough f the I . ?
? ..? electio He ii
loth {progressive an.i eo erval e, i' it
-?e-for-all amone Repul lieans, at i ma;
the best man win. The writer firsl voted
in l?7_, in ?Lawrence, Kan. for Horace
tirecley, but has since been a eons is teat Re?
publican, wearing a Taft buf?n up to Klec
Uon Pay, in 1912. I.. J. PIERCE.
Patersoa, S, J . Feb. io. 1911,
No Time to Run Root
To the i;di*e.?- of The Tribune
Sir: Binee Mr Root'?, boom has been
launched with so much vim, it will be well to
Consider a few things before it goes too far
Mr. Roof i.? .smeared with the Barnes .?tick;
also of all men he is the most prominent in
connection with the "Chicago steal" ai 1912
It will be like "shaking s red rag at a bull"
to put Mr. Root up, as the nearly four million
of voters who were driven out at that time
will never forget him. His pet bill, which he
put before the people of this state last No?
vember, was completely and definitely stno'h
ere.i. We need a ^te-ge*ter this time to
beat Mr. Wiison, and there in plenty of good
material :n the Republican ranks who have
no such stain upon them as Mr. Root.
JOHN L.MMANS.
New York, Feb. 17, 191?.
: ? ' i ? .
Mr. Root'i ipeee fied st iGsr?
??_-,? Ha", m gh( t I politic?!
g for our | terity s potency
. -? rivalling that i | khSMS in
Edmund Burke'- il n" of
?meriean I elooies. B ? H * ?
? ii a!?o pi ' '?'? ln
evara ' ? counts il m ? " ' '?*?
ta-r toward Mr Pi ? "..t-a
tien. Neverthelei ? -E ** ?**
'or a to in y that i -?-.ether
.- party of < U try Ab new
to receptan noted ?tel
from which t ? NJM
in 1912. or rhether il ? to ?tatisas es a*
par".' of OPPOtltlOB.
sow cone- tht rea I I -' from
Mr. Root, when : *"? """?'" u
to be fouod tire itaad ? ?I '-tA ?J
aatwer that elaHoa ea '..effort-.
do natioaal flgart dominating ihs pc ticsi
'?-manient other than he who tore asunder
?he bulwark of that Party's ?or.g-.tunted
' ' ''th' , v a .nil
It :s doubtful ;?? even the o-ggest end
broadett-mindtd lead.- ? I ? !>P^IC?"
party can attain the ditty heights of iuei?
abnegation as to acquiesce II 'he r.ominttion
of Th.-o.lore RoOOtvelt, even though he SB
inwardly convinced of the BOesesHg Of ??
a ?top If we are to safe'v and honombly
-..,- the tieleaee Sf a". BBBBPal unpre?
cedented la ' ? iterjr. ,
I. it if the Republican par".' :? M Ps-"""i
accept the dictation of Messn Befses, i?
rose, a? **** ?* ***> " tntiU tTSlS3
to predi.- that it will si?fc M ? ????JJ
?bliviaa as a factor ?B the fttBIt o. ?t
country. T...
Now is the oppor-; caS- ?.
board onceoad feral * i ' ******
.-nee of machine politiciat .??,,??
?? th. people of th. ***** *g
t#,Und fortheehetoefseWlsB^tegJ
Rep?blica:'. eoBvention rM-,oa,,.AaV?aaa
wiehee of Mr. Bamet. or sre thef^V?.
tioaof let?. '"'; ?'?"?
i ...? Orange, v- 1 Peb '*? ?'
Wadswor.h for President,
ro the Editer of The Ti bese.
s r: T'-.c ?ree-t'nr-aM d ' JT
. ,;- The Tr.oune of ?^""X?
..! poeelbtlitiei he . "
.,- none of the avowed ca? '? ,
. ?. - ed anything mert ties i?.
?upport ._,?,?? *?ut?
H appear- to me that the E?PU^Wj
.,;, who can satisfactorio tS***
Senator Wadtworth hat ? n'^rl .*"^,'.
imply justifi?e eoofideno ,. ,n
r..u?d himeelfwith the able.? coun??^"
tha nation. Rt is at th? |
,f tht tbloet ,?,| most ."' ??"?" . ,
?f a well conceived p. ?
If tht Eatt T . -
nal ' ? al eonveat
... h be ?ne wh? ?
erioat public eoutidtrt ,. 0.
tht obviouilj persont ., |W#rti
! wt ' siled pre-? burea i. , H
rommard* BBivertal publ e re pec ^
teem Modest and BBltlnih '''*';,,,, or?
gree, he han attained an undliP???? ?.
... ore of the few big men IB the it B
party. Mia mtgnetie pertaaaU^ " ,TerT.
.nd Vigo. would be SB IMP*? yK
where. ABIv
Waterhary, <or.n, Feb. 10. II
The Only Pilot
To the Editor of The Tribut'.'. Mr;
Bir? Mr GOOrgl RatM . MJ ? 'it
Hughe? -UBS a traitor to hi? salt* ??,
"real Americans do not want JUS?
should have added, "to r?fu,e to be a c?na
''?Ingrate" Taft knew that ?gj* ?g
bigger than the party," Mrf? than tne .
^^im^eo.e^hen^iacoutitry,^
toward which little men h?ve ?Howe. .
helped her to drift. ?.
?Cries Kv.n.?Hugh? I. I ? P ?
ably the only pilot ^???? \unTf.
Nsw York, Ma 18. Mi?.