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:t git utii ' lay i ass l m
'i Ulm M- g ?i-ir noaej t?a? k
,.p?in n ?ci? r. \o red tape, no qolbhllog. We
?oka good promptl* il the adTcrtiaer dees oat
Old Laws and New Weapon?.
. -when our
<?! i were threatened by
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.. in it proper) in
p t, to maki
equivo?
cal import i misconstrue
ild not
?i tho maritim.'
. ?ro of other
?? the rieht
?? or all
rii,- ? ..- iut our con
In dealing with tl D of armed
liant ships tho Herm?n apologists
??[ip'var fo think it 6?.np:ulur that we should
? ?thhold our consent to such occasional re
ns of sea law and custom as happen
of servir?? to th*?. Otitral Poweurt*,
and have persuaded somo putative neu
to accept necessity as an all-sufficient
? to any changes In
that srrm for the
Thus "'! I '? I
' 'he dis
that it
raying them.
gyxt with exem
-, Importance t<.
? r induct of the
.?- . by retaining
to lay in nil
. "the intenrup
? ?' vital,
imports * :' 'Ts."
!r .! OCCI r t .. "Tie CM?
the eontii .,\nce of this
portones tr?
rs ond that
tai i why. In this
"Mired to surrender
\\ i'Ii singular
ty and \< ?ght "The < hicago Trib
-. "the object of arm
in? thl '? ? ' ' ?'? ' la to protect
then from i de**t**oction by Oer
? ' Marino-." Thir, is un
t ever seriou ly
pre, ? ?re mount
cd only s I '???'?.
the p. ' ' ? -? for no le;-?
.m t.? protect tra-1? n
from C destruction, and the or.ly
have v.*ith them
i- that they 1 I served this
?
srgui " "The CI Icago Trib
srmed mer?
. bant ship cur*. gi "to asa against
- warship ," the nrm<'d merchant ?-nip
,. . re an ortued ship.'' The conclu?
sion is so i that the. most ingeni?
ous opponent will find it difficult to contro?
vert, Tho most he can do is to point out
that in this H pert tho firmed nicrchant
man of the present day diners In no way
from the armed merchantman of the past
Thp sabmorine, indeed, di'?urs in many re
ipeets from tl S 'Ic-troycrs of
other days, I ;- a little difficult to
wtiderrtand * ra 1er should ho asked
to make ollorwances err thin account and
weaken hhnsc f for thp benefit of the
enemy.
The submarine has manifest advan?
tages or it would r.ot b? used. Germany
i at perfect liberty to cmpl<?y other ves?
sels in attacking the commerce of the
enemy, and if she chooses to use sub?
marine- it must bo because they poOSOSS
peculiar merits which other vessels lack.
If certain disadvantages are associated
with these merits it is nevertheless hard
on the enemy to ask him to make up for
them by surrendering his long-established
right of self-deft
Nowadays a trader has a better reason
for defending himself than ever beforo.
There was u time when, in tho ordinary
course, a captured merchant rhip was
taken into port; but row phe faces certain
destruction when captured by a German.
The case of the Appom is exceptional, and
it must lis ?n ? ? ? ?Bred that the Appam
was taken not arir.e but by a
more ?powerful type <-t vessel, the very
existence of which alone dlspOOSS of the
German argument again f- arm.ng mer?
chantmen. It muy be added that the
notion that traders in tho old days were
armed or.ly a*-,. -, ers and pirates
is absurd, foe there were many cas,'?? i-.
v.hi h furious res! tar.ee was offered to
?hips of war, to say nothing of such ex?
traordinary incidents as the capture of a
36-gun frigate hy th? Indiomoa Exeter in
1800.
The Gon ?, trail? much of the
aubmari'". They have eolebratod H s s
new ?rea] - - extraordinary
?dvar? tone time they predicted
that it would prove ii , v that
they have that real tones is some?
times pos ible they a>k nothing lesa than
that wo should consent to such a revision
of international law as will enable them
to make r'><"\ their prediction. R.-vHon
'if M ? -]}n i .
? vital,
? to Ger?
??r the
? favor, hut
they have res ong (?uito an potent to jua
tify a change. If tho submarine Is I
?vulnerable than earlier types of comrr
dcrtroyera it is also in several res]
?more formidable. Nor has the ?beat ai
trading TCaael O? t'r-day as pood a ch
;. the trading raaaaU of old to rcsi<*(
I attacks of the regular cruisers. The
ter incident would be unthfalkabls t*>
lay, moreover, the trader has Zepp.
;itid other aircraft to reckon with. At
tin near dangers to be accepted unro
merely because there happen I
.. ' inea a1-road'.' It is of 0
? ? iicrrr.i.r.y'.* enemies t'i re.
? ?rar of the submarine, yet I
reformi to meet their need.-. T
would probably be content if G?ern
would show enough respect for into
tiunal law to stick to the long estahli:
method of detention, "riait and search.
Fighting with a Boomerant*.
the face of the statement, by '
Chamberlain Bruer-* and Mr. Wall*!
I "l'lmi-sioner of Accounts, it is
i for the county officials fighting Ml
Mitche.'.s economy programme t., ra
tain that their offices have returnn
"profit" to the city. Their organiza
recently circulated n stat?'itieiit that
1915 certain county offil??? paid all
a; <i showed a profit ?'1 $6 ? i I
The offices specified were those of the O
r.ers of I'e'-cifi:? in New York
Kinge, the County Clerks in all
divisions, all the SiierifTs, throe fagist
and four Coninii-sionors of Jurors.
It. appears that this alleged profit ?
produced by a juggling of figures akin
Samas ?rorporatioi b-rokkiseping. Mes1
Rruere and Wallstein declare that
lat'-ment included collections of the im
gago tax amounting to almost C'J.OOO.?
as fees earned by the offices in questi
This is a general statutory tax, collec
in thre-e counties by the registers, in
other two by the county clerks, as age
for the state, and the expenses of colic
ling it aro paid out of the ta* racetl]
It has, therefore, no bearing on the qrj
lion of running tlx-se office.; economical
Mayor Mitchel is asking th<- I^gi-lali
lo < m power the local authoriti?
sol?date and roarranr?" the function!
some or all of there office.*. That poa
should be given. The light Bgail
fight for jobs, a light inspirad by pol I
and politician- who desire pat ror
Bgainsi the intere*t. of the city to ? oni m
the presenl Bystem when carefully work
out ligures ?*hox it** nime..
The fact that the praaenl officiais, figl
?ng f"f their pap sy*tem. resorl lo m
r?-prescntatiori and untruths to I tel
their r-ide of the argument merely ?ho?
its weakness and th?: lack of real meril
their contentions.
Giving the Voters Facts.
In the twenty year-, of it-- existen
the i'iti/.er??i i"r m., ha built up oi ?? fea
rire of civic work of except ?niiir
this city, That is it- information servie
It scrutinizes all legislation at Albai
affecting this city on its introduction, h
it analysed by a committee of experienc?
lawyers and laymen and ?gives publicity
the results. It follow- ordinances befo
?he Hoard of Aldermen in tin? -ame Wl
and keeps track cf pending pi
fore the Hoard of Estimate ami Apportioi
ment. During campaign- it publish?
ummaritsa o? the ?o-ord. of local rand
dates prepared from it.- e ?? ? ? les,
No other agency in New ?ork ha tl
facilities ?OT doing this wor .
oughly and >y*.tematica!'y as the I '
Union does it. Owing to it many an cv
bill has been killed and many a d? irab
one brought to public notice with ufflciei
emphasis to focus voters' sentiment on i
thus assuring its adoption. The genen
public, slow to be aroused, can be I
to act in its own interest once it has th
. This oi*ganization, non-partisan an
???voted only to promoting the welfare o
New York, builds a fouihI foundati
all such effort when it d'-vote* il
attention to obtaining the facts ar.
spreading them abroad.
Not an American Vice.
"?A?, rather fanry this excerpl r ?1 i n
?of "The Duncke Advertiser's" Pa ini
i ._
Notes:
I.aily Constance Stewart*Richard?oi
II ft brief appearance at the 111
this \T/e??; in "dance, poem?," la ore bet!
known to American "vaudeville" andiene?
than on the English v-.net-- ?--i?.?
rohntt republican in the United
dearly loves s lord, n- d .-, "star"
doubly luminous if t-he shines with tl
.-red by membership of the Hritish ai a
tocrace.
Or, wo might add, if she shines witl
the light confer?ed ly the noto.? -
the latest sensational murder eaae ?>i
divorce scandal. The fact is that th?
robust republican in the United
ilcvcs a lord or his lady with much the -mn.
; affection that he bestows on a dashing
! murderess or divorc?e. They lia ?
.him the thrill of novelty, of something ht
has often read about but rarely
( species of humanity as strange ami
i equally as iutere- ting as the nv"
raj-gal of the animals in a zoo. To impute
a different aort of affo I i him in
ruch a Case i- ?<< lea.e out of ?
what Mr. Herbert Quick calls ?he "big
.- I ami most outstanding spiritual fact
; in Arnerii a."
Mr. Quick diaeusse a rece??
loi "The Saturday Evening I'ost" the r?.
, lu*tn,ncc with which young America:
t. r 1h?> re;r*j!i! ntn.y and submit t?> the
aocial subordination whicl enliarl I a!
pressant implies. In the ay.r-?? of I
planation of this la? remark*:
Off- daty ha (the yoaag Assericai civil
lifei Is theoretically and in all public places
BCtually ?he aocial ?.?pial of those, la ?
Ity over hlrn. He -{lories in this equ?lu;-: il
i? drilled Into hin. from his birth as a part
t- history of hi? c'.uritr-?, th? trsli*
liona of bla family Bad th? thai . ?
sf M ' '? Nine American*, out ai tea a:?
.?" to ?? lOel, rnsrry, crow old ?
e
?heir relati? r felloe
ocial Bferieril
i? i*, as difficult for Hi ?toi:-- ai it ?s
I for th?? remainder of tho human family I
not to judge others hy themselves,
any Brit'tn who really knows Ame
will recognize the truth of Mr. Qui
analysis of the "spirit of American.
and its complete incompatibility with
typ?? of toadyism Implied in the paragr
?juoted from "The Dundee Adverti?
To adapt Mr. Wilson's phrase, thcr<
such a thing as a r.ation'a being too pr
tor that sort of thing.
Neurotics as Soldiers.
1 : ere bai been a great deal ( I
? the influen?a of the war n
nerve of tl ? Idiers. oa if in no fon
war had the strain '??-en so severe or
. trous. In reaJity, m
careful provision is ruado to day *''.
ever before for the care of me:.tal i
nervous case-', and it muy well bs doul
-hether in j.rorio-rtion the suffering
|y been gr-ater. It Is undonia
however, that there has keen g great d
of mental disorder clearly attributable
fatigue ami shock, and the probability
that many men have been sent to
front whose nerves were not suffi.*i en
?table to justify their enlistment
f'yliters.
\n aminant specialist in mental i
Sir George Savage, im" lat
drawn the attention of the prof?
fl??' apparent laxity of medical oxami?
in thi ? : ? ' Ho says that 11
hospitals be has visited ho has eo
across S great number of invalided f
dier who, in his ?pinion, ought never
?opted. The difficulty iu tl
: - ? ? ? ;?. fit to serve i
eytremi is to join the army 1
fear that they may ho condemned
shirkers. Among those who have CI
suited him are men subject to slight i
tacks of peHt msil and men who have h
one attack or more of insanity in o
form or another. Any tra?*-a of epilep
he has naturally regarded as nb'oln'
prohibitlve, but It Is difficult to dcci
what to do in pome of the other COOeS, 1
ti?i<-p, if not allowed to serre, the m
ar.? npt to "worry and looli upon thei
..? <- .-. . this suspicion prodt
?rig sleeplessness at 1 general ill heal
which mighl readily lend to n frei h bres
.'? w n."
Sir George Savage tl tl it any mi
showing a tendency to n???.
?.uj-rlt t?i be reiectcd. bul he
inclined t the < t of tho
-.-. ho have been free i menl
??? ? .j of three
. ?however, ??
?bnt h mental breakdown whi?
may have occui ?? 11 before an
caused by overwork or mental -train, ar
I it is not alws 1 < to
???de what ndvies t?"1 ?give. MTI
thai the training i ' up' the n o,?
have not fo in '? to be I nie,"* 1 e i
have In my ?
thai I have tely 'defective
.0 m-ij.ed valuable arm*
Iri-rers.""
1? i poi ?ble somei
I cases in munition
military se
oft n th? i ? ly solutie
pi dealing with neurotic- who are (,?.r
npprehen ive of ,; c idgn ?mi of ths
? ?
Wo? *tth? Ro? ?'enr: Mel n orepl?
?
?- , ? the 1
? ? ?
??.
ting i
A K?*i*r in Exile.
. ?
Oi ? ? broad "Hrld eanvai of tbl war thei
, no figure i pathet ? ? "f ol
King P ted from hi
land t en away on a n
land of Greece, brol
? He tin
| . .? :>; lrf
o* tr' | pt iple era '?
i!>- and 1 through several aaeeessfv
'. ? it r. alt? H'.d her.'
and d'fi.rrr I, ,i< ; ? ? ? 0 fear . o
' - -rhin. M Ihe head of
?
Bitter ?i
? ? -lier h!i allies fe
? ! "eetaal aid. nor < ?reece fo
?
at -h
? ' .
?1 h? only ? ?
? Baikal
?
ophy were i
e of that long ew hi
? of fin
I ited Pr? ? Island of Eub
Whi!? there are many \\h..
of Serbia' ess o
-,
I
MI elteT? in the liberty o:
the fiuili of I ' niv life.
I pray C
the rederapt
my pi ins f thi
Lord *?.
On an American Soldier Slain upon
the Mexican Border.
? ' leep i lost ?andres
' Pi
and rain,
Somewl. whi li
an I
? - ??-? ? ,.
sweep
? ? ..f the tipper i
Bui hark! a? ros the br* ; ? ..,:.
?
Idiei
?n?? barren
'? i-p '.'
Should we forego th?? olive and the <\<.\e.
One little moment, were it wrong, O
Lord.
To dutch thy vengeance from the skie
abovs
? nd ??? I the orbits wrath that H
rrd?
Vea, with tl rifl ind right might
eof
\ ? d . .' the . ultun with the
_hhtjr?e?t ;
CLINTON SCOI.LARO. I
THE LOGIC OF ASSASSINATION
A Few Flaws Pointed Out to a
German Zealot.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
.c-.r: In a letter entitled "Munition Ships
ar.d Passen-rers" pubh?hed in the Tnbun? on
March A Mr. H M Gestefeld asks: "rf
there la any flaw In this logic I would appre?
ciate having it pointed out." Permit me to
ans-ver the -jue-tion, If you plesse.
The flaw in your lo-rr-, Mr. (.'estefeld. in
?o obvious that it is or.ly necessary ta recite
the conclusions which you reached to discern
You contend that it is no*, only right
but the duty of a nation at war to destroy
all pas?er.-*er ar.d merchant vessels of an
enemy, without warr.lr-* and without "UakiOg
a:.y provision for the ?afety of the passen?
gers or rr??, if such vessela are carrying
arma or munitions of war. In attempting
te support this postulate you ar-roe that ?
'ship carrying i'jch a cargo is as much on
? ring Ihn as rf actually on land be'wcen
the opo-inf- lirei of trenches," and upon this
bypothesil you declare that neutrals travel
ling on such ve?els have no rights that a
white man is bound to re?p?et.
The flaw in this logic i? that It is German
nC r. 1 hat is rhe general flaw. The apeone
la?- is that such an argument carried to Its
full Conclusion become? redu.-'.ro ad absurd
urn. For Instance, if th? cargo of an enenv
: ner were to contain a ungie case of piftol.
consigned to an individual enemy, then it
would he r.ght and proper to ?end that liner
to the bottom of the J-ea, together with all
its non-contraband cargo and passenger?, in?
noeent mea, weaiea sad children. Such an
?Mt would be illogical because tho lo?i to the
?'t partie? would be so disproportion?
1 tht? pain of the destroyer, not to men?
tion that it would be murder, wilful, de
ite, unjustifiable murder, which would
not be justified, much less excused, outside
th? ?entrai rowers and Turkey.
The law of self-defence protects the killer
in so far only as he can ghow an impelling,
immediate necessity for his act, and It Is
axiomatic that no more force than Is neees
1 eary to preserve life may be employed. This
icxecusatory defence had never been extended
I te im ludo unnecessary wholesale slaughter
In any eirillsed community until the German
-i" amuck In Ku'ope, ?_nd it is hardly to be
expected that civilisation will modify the
for 'he benefit of the Batchers or" Hel
When the k'ller ?XCHedl the limits
?e? ty h* lo~es the protection of the
. I A-,.\ ii held to h? a murderer. Nor doe?
? afire? the application of the rule that the
killer whs unable '?> m ? hii ot%n lif? . 1
? wholesal? destruction of innocent by?
standers, e pr. ellj if he he] peni to be 1
? around n't1' a ch-.r, on hil shoulder.
In other WOT?B, li? ,l??;,r ?rr, if a footpad
? ? d ???m up ;>' ? - pe - ' ef >. pi toi
on crowded Broadwaj and you were to an -
from 12-eent
Krupp gun, incidentally killing a mul
titude of innocent pod.-?? nans, your plea of
.- ?? would hardly he entertained in
? ? . -Maille of iiermany. 1" ','. '.
toa, Peas . March '.. 1916
Gompcrs and the Militia.
1.. ').a ?:.i;?.,r o' Th? Tribune.
. 1: i,..rnper.?, in hi? "demand** that th?
employment of Federali ed m I a 'o quell
- riot? h? prohibited, openly aeknowl
1 -ha? h'H organise.1 approrei ef law
??? ?r i vieleaco. H? pred--'s strikes
and the destruction Of Hf? and property by
? strikers, for uni?-- life and property
jeopard} the militia i n?\?r called
rhe army of 1 itended ts
? it < ? ? fr.,m th? foe, whether he
Srithout OUI i...' r . Ami if such
army ? ?'ed from preserring order
.-.morig a certmn favored brand of vandal,
?rill become of the country? An?i, inci
dentally, if the armed force- ?,* a country
i,e prevented from proteetir.;- ?le eountry
bet will the moral
be ?
Members of organised labor, or any one
el r, ma;. refOSS to I ?*.???" at lib
to sti ke, bul the rery moment they
ir.'erfere frith others who are willing to work,
the in tant I . ?retort te violence to help
bring ?bout the gran'ing of their demands,
they are nothing more than murderous out
I dcsei to be treated os ?j ich. If ?
breaker belong! to an organized band
of crooks, ?-hotil?] th? police be made power
li to curb hi? thieving?
I am a member of the national guard ' ?
? d m who has
I ei lee in the line prefers it to
..-? tforward warfare. Erery man whe ei
th? tat? serrie? ead *?ho expects
and sincerely dc 1res to do Ins full nu-y i?
ng 'o help protect lires, homes and
perty ard te pre?rrve rr e-'abli'h and
tain? order; it. makes no difference
r rhe danger emanates fmm inl
uprising or inwidinfr force?.
Wili ?'i? it ? ? \\ 1 be " "- e.i by thil
demand? W? hope not. We trust that thi?
? roui element ? mear, certain leaders o."
erganized labor "h'ch has forfeited
dollars and nuic'u hoppinesi
?nip of apr^' - rikei a- rj i . ei
couratr.il? them to feiment into war? of dis?
order und destruction, shall 1 .? hand
ining the course ef gorernm? I
EUGENE WHITE.
- v Terk, Feb. "s, 1ft?.
High Living Costs Still Here
Te the 1 litor or' 'I he Tribune.
8 ?: 1 Ix-G n? einer ??lyr.-i, Ig bil reply "
to the masterful indictment of the Demo
party by ex-Senator Hoot, neglected
(.1 explain one thin-; that in da;.- cone by
lie u?e,| to dwell upon at great length. ?In
October I, 1912, Mr. Qlynn addressed th?
? .-?? 1
.;;d:
"ihe east of tiring will cease ro he ?
? tl question afrer the f< ,, ? h t? March
Mr. Wilson and a I'emocr-tt;c Congtl
?
Three year?, yea-: crowded with sll man
blunder?, have passed and tpp ?
this matter, along with one or two el
?I been attende.1 to by Presiden! V ...
end ? '?'? " ?erotic Co ..-??? ?.. 1'erh.ip-.
Glynn can in 10m? future ??
al.1.V tl Of 111 Ing !.a? ' ?I |
to be u political -.". (i. P. 6LEAS0N
I . ay, '?. V . Maren I, 1911
No Anonymity.
: 1 '" 'I ', e Tribune.
Sir: In to-?iay's Tribune Mi 1 . M
mond refer? ??> tie freedom of the press a <
harmful to 'he American nation, in his opin
11.n few peepl?. realir.e that s<,*ne slan-leror.il
and insulting article printed in one of the
lead.'if- newspapers may influence the whole
country.
It ?vould, Indeed, he ?lesirable and con
t>.-y via ?o ? loftier journalistic. morality if
The Tr.bune could agree with the other lead
in??; papers at New Terk enly to pria! eritl?
of an indiridual si institution with
eri1 ? in fall, aad sileatly ts be
I to pu ? nt il by the per
IOS 01.ritt? -d. That ,rrant-fm??ri'
? effrit nil political, literary, theatrical
.< ?.aer?.
ERNEST P HOBBWR&
I N'ew York. March S. 191*.
WHAT OF VERDUN?
c ?a, I man Pet-stiff?- of the Hohenzollcrn-?Why There Is Little rW
i A Frenzied Endeavor to Restore bomething of the Lost Pr?s tigeo ^ ^^ w?|1 ^ ^ **?,
to A^-*-*^ by Dlscontcnt alIW
To the L'dror of The Tribune.
Sir: What of Verdun ? A few week? ai
The Tribune, under the caption of "Germai
; Is Beaten," published a remarkable editori
I which the pre?er.t dr:\ e ?.n Verdun, with ?.
?appalling loss et life. amply justifie?. Whi
I of Verdun? i? the question ?-.hich to-day di
turba somewhat the friends of France.
One need not be a ?fra'egi?t nor a retir?
army offtc-r te realize that the present Ge
| man onslaught ?> r.ct necer-?itatrd by eventui
i strategic n.ovoment?, but i? merely a hopele?
j attempt on the part of the Kaiser to reg?!
I the Tory much tarnished Teutonic escutcheoi
The pride of the Hohensollern more tha
the prestige o" ?ierman arms has been som?
!-vhat humbled by the bulldog-l:'?* rasistaac
of the I-'reneh ration, ?vhich at the beginnin
?of the war the German pre?? sneeringly calle
"those degenera'.* ?rer.ch men, whom absinth?
cigarettes and women have rendered power
I less to resist the vigorous German arinie?!
That th? Krr-er should have chosen thi
time of year. r. '-.en mud. rain and snow ?r
? supreme, when heavy arti'.lery can hardly b
i moved, to fores 'he French lines, can on'.v b
explained by the desperate plight In erhiel
I the Kaiser finds himself and by the economi
i conditions now obtaining in the empire. \\ U
helm II cemmeneea to hear In the far dis
tance the crie- of the mob yelling for food
j He can feel an undertow of discontent amoni
|hl- eiriliaa -Mpulatien. Hiatory teaches u;
I that when aromen are clamoring for food in i
popular npris ng repressive measures do ne
m1 ??.a i rej
s ?.erman people had a beautiful drean
m lugu t, 1914, when their Kaiser hypnotise?
them in the belief thnt he could c?l?br?t?
in Pari? th? anniversary of the battle oi
Sedan, on the 2d Bf September, 191?*. It was
hut a dream, dispelled at the battle of thi
j Marne.
5o since then Cern?an strategy and so
cslled Gerrman erT;.-:en?rry hare re?nlted only 1n
! ?-acrlflelng thousands and thousands of pro
| cioas lire? tn gaifl a few miles of trenches
i ?Itaated a' the outposts of Freneh defensive
positions. Th- Preneh fron? -.- net Woken
. it is not even bent. Conservatively speaking,
?he German lo? i? i since tl * battle of Verdun
began hare exceeded 100,000 tie?, to fain a
few miles "r t? M thai rafe and
ilgures don't lie i ming a continuous Ger
. man SU? BI?MI ??'ill there be
oats of Pari*- '.' At
i least '.'.ff.?.. .'here will the Kaiser lind
them'.' His trusted allies, Austria end Tur
key, eannol ipsr? ? lier. Saloniea
taking eare of ( ' refore the si ortage
of men, ? the present al
rdun, one ?one on the east bank.
anothei I - the wesl bank of ? lieu e,
it more tha
?Let us c-. en a that Vi rapl
Brei What then? Outside of s pe i?hie de
moral ling Nu? ' ce there will he rrrv 1 ttls
harm done. Bel ind 'He fortreai there are hun?
dreds of miles ef ? ipported and pro
teeted by f? . v. n ?-,-, ,lU.-t be
. taken bef,.?,. i-;.? . ?, oehed.
If we now analyse the events of 18.0 I
and around Paris we find that there is r
rau'e of discouragement with the fall <
Verduo, which event is not probable.
In 1-.70 Paris was invested about the lit
of September, barely six weeks after the fin
battle of that war. The lOTOetiag Sjmie
under command of the Royal Prince of >a*
or.v and the Crown Prince of Prussia, th
late Emperor and rather of the present I
?er. comprised a total of 1SI".000 men. wit
.'..'. cannon, occupying an area of about 10
kilometres, and protected by trenches, barr
cades, blockhouses, barb wire and ?ofeoe.TOl
fortified villages.
To oppose the invading army Par;, ha
?.together 60,000 regular troops. I use a?:
risedly the words "regular treop?," as ther
were hNo at that time in Paris over 100.00
irregular?, ??ailed the Garde Nationale, bu
whose equipment and military training wer
mere than deficient. These men. ?orne o
in did their duty bravely, were undisci
plir.ed and more resembled an armed mo
than a military body organized for rJefeusit
?urpose?. They were petty politician - V
a matter of fact, they con?tituted later wha
wai known a.? the Commune, and contribute,
me or* the lafidoSt pages to French histor
by participating in that dreadful eivil WUI
ahile the victorious Prussians, ?it tin? rer*j
doers of runs, looked on and rejoiced at th?
killing of Frenchmen by Frenchmen. There
fore, properly ?peaking, there were not ove
75,000 men to defend Pan- men with mili
tary '- lining, he it understood. Part of thc-si
WOTS the remnants of (ieneral Vinoy's army
who escaped the German clutches at Sedar
and who took refuge in I'.?
Now, pler.-^e ?-?an? l.-r that tho-e men. de
moralised .? defeats, ?srithstoot
for four long month? the combined attack-? o?
180,000 (ierman soldier?, well equipped, well
fed and infoilcareo! by repeated victorie?, anti
or.ly surrendered when starvation and famim?
pripped Parie. You may draw your own con
elusions and ask yourself if. under the pres?
ent circumstances, there is any cause for dis?
couragement- It may Incidentally be added
that thousands of bable* died in Paris for
lack of milk which the Invaders prevented
from reaching the capital, notwithstanding
t| e ?'?ri? of the French government, who
humbled themselves repeatedly by petitioning
German headquarters, but without success.
rhose ?i'-rrrrati-Amerioans who complain to?
day about England's refusal to allow prori?
-ions ?o reach Germany will please remember
the plight of the Parisian civil population in
1870, it -tead of confining their anger in a
"Gott 'rafe England!" which, to -ay the
least. In riew of the above. s?>un<!. idiotic.
Ite.-.r in mind also that to-day's war i r.?
?he part of Kran.-e ? uar for right, for fastice,
end not, .-. in l?7n. ? war for rhe maintenance
jOf the Napoleonic clique and imperial thro-ie.
Hear further in mind, please, that, the Prone?
of ?o day is one great, unite,! family, with x-i
army well equipped with eaanen and ornmu
nition galore, ready to sacrifies her last man
to oppr, e the war of eonquesl wooed by the
Mad Mullah.
No one know-, that better than the Kai SCI
end his ?ieneral Staff, an.l no on? it more
eonrinetd of rhe otter failure 0f his plans
than he is. Iferiee his mad attempts atrain-t
Verdun to restore hi? prctirre. T?a,u
and thousand? more widow?, thu.??^|*
thoasaada more orphans' The Grrtoma 7*
tien to-day is not 10 snthusieattc and n?,
sure of succei - Dr. Liebknecht, th? t^J*
leader, in his speech the other day SffoiW
Diet, ga?. e us to under? n,Ua?)a!.
the eenBorahip, tha ''? ess??
are i -,J?
tl Baa to be. Privi ..,? ??T
few da) ??. th-?V
? ? -finning ? ?*: 0* "
?Vr other
peintmeat -
cotinu?'"''! pro?.., ce? ,.' HetgiBBI an H r*af.
Even in Alsace a reign of
inhah tante, a ..^
relativ? i lighting i?, ,? w/
itanl iear of * .,qtJ_ i
imprise
An All ??' . ,..
row .4 -
Irotl.er. livil g in New ,
sace la almost ill '..?.?? ,, k
to speak one wo i ; \ reput,?,^
: thi? ah?. ' ??-..?, ...
correspondent, met a 'he ??,.??,
;.?,.! greeted him m ?French, es; 'i? " Hon <-.?.??
\ ???. overheard him, ha? - '"isst
the man ? ?? sa ,or ??.
month. 1 I ? tmatj^
.. nrhom any uniformed scouBdisj ssj
arc.; a sf it*ssgii.? f crime, .- v 0Pt,
!<?*.? nia.ie-'.-.
!r. ?Belgium, TV.lieh i? a vast ? litei*} ?.-,
-.on Bl: li ?.-? . ri -" ? - -i ren ?? .-? : .n. Soni
ern France t'.ie military ffovernors of Vain.
?.--?. Ulla am! ?Cambrai spei i ?-heirt-dassi
hour* bj imposing I i - ? -prim.
the r.-.a \ ?I - ff the cr . 'i,.,, ,_.
nary tases "*"**1*o
Big !"?-?? i ?? ?? say t? %
l.erea' e,i inh?bil "?mtt,
real or imaginary. It it a ? a lc??on to tas?
conqui'i-ed people that tl ? drive on Verd-*,?j
so magnified in the rep?.han pre??.
To r?'sume an?l to a-swer th? (".TiMtin
which heads Ulla article: What of Vatajasf
It may be stated without fe?- of cont***?'!?.
tion that the drive on Verdun, whoi?os?t'i
human live? cannot be ??timated, 1? neciiy.
tated hy Uta lncren.r,| ,:?? n"?*???'?,n 0? ?,.
German people, who rei .-e ? i, 1. ?Ja?*aT?|**i*aBj
longer; by th? eorrespondiag f??r of tka
Kaiser. irhose throne la la the h?ianci- k
th? he ita? Bg attitu le of ion ? sf 'hi un
?ral power?, a ?, ?-.?. u
la it, bul Bol least, I |* the '-liv
tan?* of the coneju? red I I i-?.- .
ami H? Ig um thai th? ? ? i .
?ne? and that they ai ? tk Gat
man Bbje>ets,
Thai I ?'in?' the drive ??* Verdaameant
The Be ? ??.
RI .n?. may tell ev? the Bei
*. roe ?! ; houl " ?
- . ? ,
? sppen? d .
of the wiir. Cr?
in the Tinier.. Gal
l*Empereui i after I
Napoleon Hi, i- ig?
minie
Uistoi
10! IS 1
Form?
ARCHITECTS AND THE ?STATE
Reason* Offered for Standardising
the Profession.
1 o the Editoi of The i ribuue.
?? t : rhe eommunieal on
ted ' regi 'ration larv, pub' -?' e,j |n
i your Issue of M - s a re
, cponse.
As a mi
Brooklyn ehspt? r ef the American Is
' trehitects, Sd I ' I committees from
ew York ehapter and from the New York
riel f Al ieh - * committee
being accredited to a-t for ?he KufTalo ami
? ? il New York ehapten ef 'lie American
iti of Arel Itecl . I ean p.a?, witl
knowledge of the deliberation and
? hi.-'i thii measure was
drafted and from a per?onal point of \ iew
can interpret the motires of the comn tti
and the porp of th? law.
n 1907
with ? circular of qu? tiona addr? --?,1 to
ndred I c?
of New Jersey, Illinois and California.
(lUidcd by the r? ponses received to thes?
question - end ?i fluenc? d b; I .de ct
th? pr- ?i v-'*"' "? ork State *?
?s effort? to li? the praetic
? eture. the foil ' tte? abandoned
' the idi s? ipting tht .- tion of othi :
', ? I ? ? ? I OS It!
r ol ???? that "registration*1 should record prep
? ara! on g ng title te ?*? degree eompsrable to
, a college degree, bul distingi* >d ab olutel*
?
'from a gu?rante?? of competency. With thi
policy in riew, the 1 I ? the state of
ed as the official i
dium f?.r uch t
nal boai d of inde
ras d ; I -
rarded. 1; ? ts dets
I with the bu of the Beg
-, drafted and
introduced in 1913, again in 19M and again
in 1916, when it ? i p led, .-:;*rie<l by tl ??
? r .-.rid bl l
During the pi riod betusen t; < i?. ginning of
the work of the joint committee and the
? I ? sw rhe mal I
in all its ? ' ? ?an??ra?
tions of thi ' Building Trade
Emploj er?' A tion at before the com?
? Senate and Aaiembl) in the -tat.?
Legi latui e. I bi ? s o I he fro
lent su the srehit? . i
pei iodii als. All ol ct re met, unani?
?itand
literally Si originell]
joint committee and the Board of Regents.
The lav.- is not aimed to he a direct public
-..?ion stai .
I preparar .on only, ?.r.d sroidl ail .-u-picion of
.i advantage in "job hunting" by II
I the employ: B open to the ?
? elic i title of **ai ? set" lia
?leen " knowledged status. The la'v
I aim I i ?'?' s "" nonyme,
? . '." .. d? ' te gni cane?.
if pre ion! pi? ' tio si do not i toe ?? 11
i I their qualn'.cations to such certifica?
tion, or if the public does not ehooae to dis
.?r?n.:r..^;,, between the er?, ices oi a "reg
d architect** ;tr-.,l the ier ie? of one win
... ? i. the professional and
[public support giron to the law hoi
Men tte? in th? anticipation tl
profession and the public will welcome such
? ba-is of distinguishing between "prepare.j
m- " end "uopreparedneas,*" ami in the an?
ticipation that such distinction will becosM
ultisseteli the moot effectlr? niea-ur? for
t,ub!ic sai?? -, COnrei l*ni-? and propriety and
the most ??fecti.e measure for advancing the
^randurds of profesional echolnr- hip and r.
sponsibility.
Th?? sdministrstion of the la?.? lies -\holl?,
?; ?? 11,-ar.i of Begenti ef the Unirersitj
tatre. wl ? .. boa i .1 of es
tat ' ' '??' ;? ? 11 - " ? smination oi '.
m hoe?- ?? - and ? ?? ub ?el to t hi
Regen'?- and whOM expeOMI ?re met hy tht
revenues from th?? examination. The rev?
nue? ara ?at l?ri.??j from din. r?r?w?|? oi
I? fee?, ?nd are not a recurrent tas upon
?ire profesi?n, as are the fees in other
Neither th?- registration nor ?he fees en
title the holder or a certif?cate of r?sr trat 01
to anr exslusire pcM?.* or priva'e privilege
o?i:er than the employment of a title tl
ing with Increasing empha ?? thai h eertein
degree of professional *n.l technical pro?
Aeieney bos been attained.
DWIGH1 R ?'?I.I.IN.
, e \. V.. M a re ii ". 1910
Prohibitionist Fancies.
To the Editor of Tire Tribune.
s'ir: A syndicated article sppearing m
various newspapers ,-on'ain? the following
fa1 e ? ,rernei:r :
"The people -.hu arc working i'"i prohib
tion ?re trying to ?get Congresi to pa^s an
lmcndment ?o the national Constitution which
tth eh will submit the question to all of thr
pcple of all the statdS at one ?.?me."
A? a matter o?* feet, ? ongresi eannel sub
mi', the amendment to a vote of the people
in any state at one time or at any time, for
pi? -? .. ? -. that the proposa! t?.
the Constitution would be voted on by state
itures end trot by the people.
rhere sr? forty-eighl ?-'ate?-. ;,rd the
amendment Le be adopted would have to
have ?he leg approval of thlrty?i
tatet - timat for 191 i ','c
?ired 98.781,324 population for the I ? e?i
itatea, and p'a.-ed 53,971,440 in twelve
itate . ;? follows: blassaeh isetts, York,
.? ? ;-- ey, Pennsylvaaia, Ohio. Indiana,
Illinois, Michigsn, Mi souri, Te-.?-, w ,-,,..
u ,! ? alifornis.
1* :; erident, th refere, that a vote by
. instead of expressing the will of the
neoplo. might enable the minority to over
? the " ll of the majority. New York,
?rith nearly ten million inhabitants, would
he on an equal footing with North Dakota,
trhicl :.- I? tl in 700,00 ? populal n Penn?
t, With '.'er eight rr II llatlon,
would have no more weigh! in the count
?ha" Arizona, which ha? Ie^~- than l"'1,000
population.
In consideration of these ia.-.- it rot
e loaders of the prohibition
movement .-hou'.d wish to convey the Impres
?ion that nation-wide prohibition would he
roted on by the people, but
that they wo-ild ?cnt-jre info cold pril I
a Statement BO ea?iiy diaproren. However,
it is in line *v:'!i the policies o; ri.e pi
tion leader--. I h ? y '.ri wor'r 1>\ ,
that "prohibition*1 m temperance. They pre?
tend to faror local option a^-.l i?.?r: e i . e
one state and seek to de trej '-...: option
? home rule in another.
Ti';, efoim that nat ion***'id? ? . ?..tion
I ?top the use of liquor, and at the
same time make p 0* II ':..it under |
wide prohibition eveiy firm could have a
distillery end erer? family could have its
kit.-hen bnr. T. If. GILMOB1 .
Pi ?-'dent National Model License League
l.oi s. ill?, Ky . ! fob, 18, 191o
A Schoolgirl Pacifist.
To th" Kditor of The Tribune.
Marjonc Bterretl soVisei thai we
school children ?give 10 cent? te bu ' i a
battleship big enough to "lick other aations
v ith."
Ilon'r yoj think it would be bei'.i if lhey
ga? e ten goo?i reasons why there should not
hi any war "
America, I always thought, uas too moral
to try to "lieh the world." A bat!ieship is
lo honor ?o a nation, but progressive men
sad tornen who build up a itrong interna
tic-nal honor are.
Or if the school children would give this j
?ame 10 cents toward getting the les? fortu-j
nate SOOS out Of the factories, wher? boy?,
and g-irls of Marjorie's a g? worV ten ami'
twelve hours a dar tor perhaps a mite more
than 10 rents a Any. This is national pa
trlotle defence Sf children's l??e. ?nd limbs.
iiooil patriotism mean? a roo?! democrat?) '
end not war maddened slaughter
Another thirteen year old schoolgiil patriot,'
CECELIA ZILBEBMAN.
P. S. 99, Midwood School!
heivoUtyrtiroo. t. 1S16.
' IREI AND'S BETRAYERS"
Why *"? Minority Ohoo
Tight'' at Fr
fe the Editor of 1 I
I
abe- e
ah ich yon may ?????
they nel
Redmon?fs loudly espr?
hearted lri?h partie
?
'
have ran thus: What?
?.-*. I glai ' -' ""* '"?
in continue.i
tien to dictate 1rs
;
may have i.o I ' ""
ill oder r. o,i i-rim B? I
Homo Ru
Ai . matter of d!| ? ' '*" '"
Ce to be de lired, bo! ? d*WB ''
?
'
tor when thi
Should the ? , . ? ?
. ?
-r|< ? ,- there an autonom)
plot? - . !
snd blcttd to light
nation which a.' youi ' " r *
crature ami your history I
.
Can cei * J?
by a mere pi s '' ;
of a ticoT
? ?
' ' .??
show thai *.?-??'
?
- ? burn, and 1 ?
been driven to begl
by briba "'* J?
IgB 8f I
I?,
paper, v ! m
hi sdl
had been uncxp ?
Orangemen te th **??*.
:
,'. ' and : ? Dublina ai
such difficult) ?
..-..; Orange ?
tlemen's aajree-nei I
tuts tl ?
?ral
beliutn lituatioi
snlisted and -f?ne 1
the ?peel
go?, the "r "** \\
guard sf
governn ?
by ?ai
? il
them ?or Ireland, and in I ***
victima sf blai
In a.l the long i? .
tries England has
from a ?? ' m<< f?#
that prompte . - . .
Home Rule ?hi, 8
bill will be opera
be mere effective th? I lr
then? are to ii.*.i*t BPOI ?.,
if the men who BIS i,i. 80 ^?j
out of the war are her b.ti .;. cr?. thM ^V?,
and O'l'oiinell, Kmmet and Partiell '"'"^?ja
ora to their country's MUM If Hems
is to be won onlv bv the c.?-.ver*ata ?JE
Msh people to Hritlsh lde?l?. he'.'er ?at """"
aJsoald Htniggls yet a little longer ?** .?
hat dime fot cent'iriet than that ??'a *?
?ell her ?oui for a pinchbeck In?afaOtSm
which ? i had al ????"
I . , ? th? struggle fei her swa ' i ?*,
had adapted ia thcr ?t< ,td a P?s-tc' '
portunia! hyp??crl?y. ?.?-rsk
BKKND?-^ I. \?Qfeeeaa\
New York. Faalv ft, ".BID?
5.