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if sHeoatisfaction r?--1? 11 *? m ?m? ca^e THE
TJ'IM \|. i?n ir.m!. . - tO pB) \?ni? nmnev b.uk
??pon ret|iie*t No red tape, ???? qalbbllag. We
make Rood pramptlj II theadvertieerd???-?m?t..
Mexico and Preparedness.
Pour
Unit? ?'? M? d " They ?
dead or
alive. I';.- ho Villa and l Is fol
?jldiersj
and ctfi i a raid on Columbus, N. M.:
Our army l.i*- ni ' yet moved into Mox-i
in?. It i ?-i\ because it war* not'
prepared U The adventure OH
which it l UtO grave.
too li? ?it-, .i , | ?litical and mili?
tai -,- 01 . I I risking in
the M the tiny force
which th? nl is able to col?
lect for ?r ? ? ? ??**'. Action,
l*y our e*o**< r' mn t to aa'i.go the viola?
tion of our mil and the murder of our'
citizens by foreign brigands is hampered |
by our bit ? ? .? i ' of military ;
jireparciln?.- -. We are obliged to recognize
the limitit' ed on tu l?f our own
feeblenc*.--. We are compelled to Id pru?
dence qualify dl V'C are tied
hand and fool by per ?stent bluno*?**ri o?
policy?becau-?- we have clung to the de?
lusion th :p is, in ;
i.ence, n matter of hindsight, not fore?
sight.
'I he government bos had warnings
without ci.d of 1 rs of the policy
of non-pr< :
in ?Jeali' -.- l?xico. 1 'or the last ;
three ye.r ? ' - Leen
insuhVi? ' tly Ut\al Mexican'
armies have fought along the houndary?
line whenever they felt like doing so. and:
have killed Bl I ?' Americans:
as BB : "rat'ori?* against '?
another. Armed bodies of Mexican?,
euerillas or organ i :ed troops, have ei
the line ; 'ted outrar-en in our
horder gti
In e.irli es e, pri r to that at Culumhui-,
the A?rb**ainistration had anuraMd a long
suffering attif' ' deans naturally
came to beli?sve that the United States
would mdore ?almost any outrage rather
than risk util 11 ty military re
bources in t1 e way of protest.
Two yeaa ? t\ an of
Vera Cruz. I ?'? on ordered
Mexico':' d?t I ?' 1 as a
means of i*Ofnpellb ? i rta govern?
ment to make reparation for an insult to
our flag. We demando?! a salute, and
Huerta r? I weakening in
his r?- "n by force.
Mr. \\ ' to ob?
it, Ho ' ue in the'
futile "wttlemenl s1 Niagara Falls. One
provisional govern. ? ? >1 another
in Mexico te wag never
l.ted.
".Vc withdrew from Vera ? without
gl'iry. ?' Mexico was low
cr?-d. Mttfdei ' "ans arid seizing
Arne* I ;i )>a time for
ti,,- :,* biefs, 1 ecaute the
latter q I that the mam
*? , ? .,
ti.m v.., t.i evade ,ty of
eompi ? lerican
citizen-hip.
Our ? to duty o'i the
llexicai more inad?quat'
?,- it ? ? before.
(ir,i,....... | - ? - ,i reinforee
But the Pn
tlirirt all the arguments of eoi
? - the return
of the \ . ? ?Mr. liarri
-?.n. th< -i -? ' War, i
incrci ? my in
cuntin? ? ' - I We had then
(and still hav? ? . ?? ?1 ile arr y of i
'j..,?????? men. 1 ? gth of the
mohi' l ?gil en ?i?- a rea
r??na>?'y efBci ' force on the Mexkatn line,
? ' < .-' ? lous ?tttitmpt toj
e-.crt m ? on Mexico, hut
e.noutr1 . I ??-curity to th?- in
habit;? ? ?> horder si ?
Kut Mr. Wi ? 1*3 i.ar
M na*ri
Utt "?airas report
i
reason fur a;arr.i ?and '? ? ? :ty fur in?
ore? lie
no m; said. "The country
has been n Isil formed. We have not Leen
"?egligent. <f national defence. . . . Wc
shall not. alter our attitude toward it be*
cause njj itr ?i evite?!."
Acting on ), - ;.?!?. ?i*e and rejecting Mr.
Garrison" refOS**sd t., ?rierease
the OMbile .-???? ? . Ii did not add ft soldi? r
*? "' ' ?.cd, inadequate
t,.r]v of reg an g-nrtiag the southern
l?order. It I ,- i in,r.. \\r.
Wl1"' ' - ? raed In part
?''!"'? ' to B .?-e hil cam
r**1'" i r) has left the
'''?"'f' ? ??? t mobile
' ? lefend the nat? ?
?i the ,. It?-,
' ffirce.
?It "Bl - ,? tl,..
P''"'', ' -? '?'ilia would
i?e eoi
lit of
?arii? ?
?Hat? ;
' ? . has
??seen abari?l?-r,. .
agreement with (. arraiga ii to be nego?
tiated as a preliminary to crossing the
Rio Grande. This agleement may ?
.-irablc? in itself. But it? negotiation will
he ?lue to military necessity rather than
to any original purpose on the Ath
t ration's part to defer to < arrs
? and susceptihilities.
The aged First Chief
obdurate diplomat. In extorting thi?= lat
t t ronceas km from our government he
?rain shown his capacity fur
hip. I'or he has played unerringly
in all his disputes with us on the one es?
sential weaknesi of Um ?Administr?t i
its unwillingness to exert military pn
are and?more than that?the in
qaentiality of the military strength ;t- il
command.
Invading Chihuahua with 8,000
would be an almost farcical military pro?
cedure. It would be difficult for the War
D"partment to equip even that small force
for service without serious delays. It is
reported that the department is novr hunl
in** for a supply of auto truck
in maintaining communications. Other
equipment for field service is doul '
lacking. Real military preparedness on
any scale, however minute, i something
"fluch the United States has not y ' I
to learn.
War. even against a Mexican outlaw
chief like Villa, cannot be conducted by
writing notes. The practical choice bi
fore the President seems, therefore, to be
between accepting cooperation from Car?
ran/a and letting him do most of the
of catching Villa and calling in some more
Pan-American arbitrator.-, who will judi?
ciously syndicate the enterprise by put?
ting a joint price on Villa's head.
It i= an unpleasant predicament for real
Americans. Yet it may help in exposing
the idiocy which blocks the way to the
creation of a real first line army equal to
national needs. The lesson of Vera ? I
of Columbus, of our whole humiliating ex?
perience with Mexico for the hut three
years, is unmistakable. It is an unan?
swerable argument for the creation and
maintenance of a minimum standing army
of 260,000 men.
irish Babies' Week."
A few day- ago a rabble of pinchbeck
patriot- styling themselve Friei i of
Irish Freedom assembled hero, and frith
unexampled impudence appointe?! a com?
mittee of patrons to consider the welfare
of the poor, spiritless, drooping creator?
condemned to dwell in their native land
Mid to decide fr?r them "how best, to pre?
serve for Ireland the remnant of her man
liood."
Since then news has come from v.
inirton of another enterprise "to pn
the future Irish race in all its strength
and vigor," and the promoter-, we ar
told. "look to the United States fur th?"
aid which must be given at one?- if tbei
cause is to be saved from destruction.''
It ii the misfortune of Ireland to be
subjected constantly to the benevolence
of officious supporters who. while tall h g
very freely about the benefits of inde?
pendence, arc the last in the world to uf
ter the Irish to have any part in the con
duct of their charitable undertal
How many in Ireland are aware of the
activities of the brummagem state-men
who have insolently taken over the pre -
enation of their manhood? How man*.
have heard of the begging expedition that
now m progress and the pih
pes to philanthropists in this eountrj
ave lri?=h babies from starvation"?
If the astonishing enterprise aiherti e?l
? "Irish Babies' Week" ha tb? lighte I
n sl authority to support it. il \\ ;? a
regrettable oversight on the par* of Lad"*
Aberdeen not to make it known. If, 01
the other hand, it is only an eleemosynary
experiment impulsively promoted here
without the knowledge o>* consent of the
Tn-h people it can only be described 8
ill-conceived ami grossly tactic . It maj
be added that this offensive patronage hs
already drawn at. lcart, one indignant pro
test from Ireland, indicating thai even
for Irishmen, accustomed a they ;<re to
the interference of busybodie .it ?sa lit
tie humiliating to see their country held
up to the world a a beggarl) slut amont*
the nation .
Health Insurance.
The theory of health insurant e ?
bodied in Senator Mills'fl bill, a hearing
on which is to be held to ?lay. il a legit i
mate and logical companion to thai of
payment for industrial accident . which
this state has already adopted. Thi
provides for compulsory insurance f??r all
manual laborer^ and others earning 1?"
than $ 10?J a month. Th? i
borne two-fifths by the worker, two-fifths
by the employer and one-tifth by the State
The benefits are medical and nursing at
tendance, a sick benefit payment after the
fourth day of illne- -. continuing foi
twenty: ix weeks, and a funeral benefit of
not more than |60. The admini .ration of
the funds collected is t?> be by 9 joil ' ?
dation cf employers and employe-. accord
ing to trades under state super.:
a^uch a proposal r essentially no more
radical than lhat for compensation for
industrial accident?, tt has in
practically the parn? argument as tho e
to he made for the older and bi I
form of social insurance. Existing in
mm form in eleven Europeai countries,
health insurance hai been pretty thor?
oughly tested and adjudged lucc.
Illness is an economic lo B. It can be
prevented to a considerable extent, This
ire provide for a sharing of the
burden of insurance costs by empl
ar d worker-, because \u.\h must cooperate
to prevent illaese; it provi-ies for a rtate
payment beeau ?? disease mean:- poverty,
ard th?- state Inevitably bears a good part
.' ?be burden of poverty, m maintenance
of clinic?-, be pKals and state in til it
of various kfa I .
i perlenes ander the ?rorkmen'i com
stion act ha proved, once the mi
? harply urged thereto bj Um
? o ' "i tin ) t? m. tin- p?, libility ?if
i king the number <?f Bcci<dents by adop
I modern a- d lei ntiftc methods of
operation. The result has been hen'-.'via!
to th? ss to the ei iployes, who
I in the system a form of relief far
i it at
law. erith i* ambulance cha*ir.g la?
. .-? ' '.iir.t 1rs. Th?'*e
:. the community a*, large
a! o ? off.
Inevitably that arill !?<?? true through the
hmenl ? health insniratwa. ( am
- Health First*" will -prmg up,
? "Safety Fii ? " Employ?
era that their ! . ? ??*ho?l*
? of improven.on? to 1? ?-<-.\
?i di tase an o? e workers. That
will moan preaV-r . working capacity,
greater 'air ing rapacity for employe?-. ,-?? d
in time lesi drain on the puhlic's charity,
now ' ? . tea of the low paid
worker, broken down and unable to care
lor him
New York, Us id ts?et1 end New Jor?
re all considering legislation of this
character this year. The Kmpire State
ought to be a pioneer in .-. I moa
uro which, ai Ih'.-i.th Commissioner Kmer
?-.- pots it, will serve "the
ilk health and the protec
tion 1 the family."
The Bowery Forever!
Father Knickerlwcker, like Cromwell,
1 like his portrait drawn, thank you,
with not 1 ?mo or war! mi ill g, He
? make him pretty Of
to increase his respectability. He's busy
all the while with relf-improvement, bat
he's too big and vital and M'lf-'-o-p.vting
I his blemishes only make
Ins pel ' A ri. her.
What's th i infamous proposition, then.
Bowel y '"< 'entrai Broad?
way"'.' A li'tle knot of real e*taters and
retail merchants are whispering anon*
that the Bowery has suffered a lo-s of
{prestige in the n ?' d of provincial Amer?
ica through association with romantic
thugs si d other hobgoblins of rural imag?
ination a?d through colehration in that
ancient song?
Bowery, the ""ow-rT
Tl. e..
I ' the Bowery. . . .
'! hese f 1 el?le pietisl would ha ?
the famoui old name, now that the flowery
in a fair way to moral and material
d to forget fo b
iven through the heai I of
ilie city's history wa this rich ?thorough.
of raw lifo, a h?eartburn, a- it were,
in the daj ? of aculo municipal m ligi
We mighl argue with .? tleraen
?thai the Bowery, for all its decline into
romps - lity, still has a pow?
erful fa ?nation (^r the country ?
anxious to rub olho?,". with wicke?
and that it might not pay to eliminate
this from among the attraction- of the
city. Bu1 v.? prefer to adopt "l?g Tim"
Sullivan's appeal to the sentiment of New
Have thoy pec?me *ucli prudes
that thoy now wi h to di 0W1 the mellow
chapter of rivic life to which this name
.- / ti ? think not.
l'entrai Broadway! There must he a
thou aid < sntral Broadway . Certainly
there are many thousand Brtedwa
One de cription or another. But there is
only OIM Bowery, and when ii hocome
again, as in Colonial day*, an avenoe of
wealth, atid poi rfbly of fashion, it will he
all the more di**tina*uished for il loyalty
e humble da) .
Al le;? ? ?vr- h-A\e Villa to thank for h
.paredness camp 1
r^epaiing by Not Preparing.
. ?? ... t? Letter
? hip and ell 1 ? ? ? m into
the nur? of po'i'ir-: and inefficiency; when
them elvei bound hand and fool
ilarity hunters; when
? ? ? ? ires fnr
to pul
! ? ? ? ? - ?ney ?hroug?i the
end of a p"rV barrel; when mes erbe
t the inds are asked
? -
' - - Bpremacf over bad
? ? ' War
I -
Mr. I r in whoai
?
??-lena
never before .? ?-sl
light on t?... ntter u - ' the
I lea.1er?, in
he eye ??? ihr
?o intry, ii hie, to
; ring 1 ? pre
. -
Wisdom's Fount.
-
1 . . - ,.
... . nal ri
s of the
graph**
. th- Conr-rr ,' [,
d I'D' little
? . 1
school) ?em af
?
have hee
t
Blot Out the Border"
There's no horder
now.
I ranctsco Villg blurred it when he fled.
'* ' ?' a I Go and a-k the
dead
'loi Columbu . "('oliiml.ii ." "Twill
endow
O-"" ? " ?? lai Mu ; we ?still cow
The peon with a pen? The bkwd that'
Top all the h h by lei . ? d en our head
It !i-*, its hriind is burning on our hrow.
Gallop! ?o 1.night, in khaki' Gallop fast!
Gallop, ye breakneck r*oorieri <>f ?mr
li'i??** *
America 1 in your ride to night Ig
nored,
?'"' sjred, burned, hung and pat upon, at
la f
1 ?? tal ? in h?r own hands ihe hang
man' rone,
1 thai 1 th.
BWOItL
?SAIL BIMONMN.
THE MLEMOPE VOTE
Two Readers Think There Was a
Real Battle, Not a Sham One.
toi a! i ? - Trihnae.
-: I was brought up in a loyal Republican
family sad M a faithful reader of The Trib
I a :. 'hough I have not invariably voted
?the Republicari ticket, I bare a? a rule beer.
a fairly constant adherent of the party o!
la. I feel, therefore, that 1 have some
right to express to you my deep re-fret and
chagrin a' the sorry figer* cut by our Re?
publican Repre?er.ta'ives in Congress during
?the recent crisis over the McLemore resolu
That the righta of our citizens were
maintained ar.d the honor of the country
laved il dae in very .-mall Biessare to the
Crand Old Pi
It wa- the Iiemocrat- who -rived the day.
The fact will not soon be forgotten that out
, Republican Representatives 102 in?
g the leader of the party m the House
voted on the r-:de of national dishonor. Nor
any wry creditable excuse for their ac
tion that they voted a? they did not out of
conviction, but in order to make politic*!
i tal by defeating a Iitmocratic President
: in hia attempt to -av? 'he good name o?
to be hoped that the Republi
tci .?? the Besi election will know what
Ito do with those of their Representatives who
dot i o ranch to bring discredit on their
r arty, who have allowed the Democrat? to be
the cal avior- of the nation'? honor a*id
who in a national eriail showed that they
could think of nothing higher than party pell?
JAMES BISSETT PRATT.
Williamatown, Masa. March 9, 1616.
False to Americanism
To the Editor of The Tribune.
S r: Next to having an administr?t.on
which i? American all the time, instead of
only a small part of the time, nothing is so
important for our country ai ta have a Con
arl ich il American. The shan:* of see?
ing an? of those whom we have elected to
represent us willing to sacrifice the honor
and the essential rights of our citi/.ena to the
t gigeneies of party politic- or th?j fear uf
TeutOI ic barbarism brands us as well as
j themselve
1 hellere that your paper is now earnestly
'endeavoring to be American rather than Re?
{publican. Why not publish every day the
? .era! and political
cowards, Iiemocrat.. ami Republicans ?like
?h?? ? I'Gonaai -. the KiUhin ; an.) the Manns
who ?.oted against the I'n lidont on one of
I the few Am? taken! Hold
up ???? ?a,]\ execration the aamei of those w-ho
10 t?t the traditions of the land that
hrrd them, who are trilling to sell their birth
o suerkraut
BENJAMI.N ItPTHORP GOULD.
, March 9, 1616.
We ihoilld feel a our two coir ? I
do if the llou?e machine had had the cour
?ce ai i '" permil direct action on
the que ? oa ol warning Americana not to
I ri.er.'han' men the sort of
action which President Wilson reque ??h la
letter to Mr. Pou. Thi-i the dodger? in
of 'he Rules Committee and the For
,e;gri Affairs Committee refu->r.l to do. Ed.]
Democracy Divided Against Itself.
re the Editoi '..'The I r.hmie.
Sir: ,ln.-ephus Daniela has per?:steiitly
stated that the pa?sing mark of the Naval
Academy is but 62H per cent, and has inti
mated thai it is so low that he would not feel
??I in lowering it. I have undertaken to
look tip this a?-ertion of the Secretary of
! ary, and find that, with the change of
marking instituted at. the recent ?-emi-annual
.? ' . ? ' ?_? per Cent really n.eAn- a
knowledge of the suhjcct rating at lea ? M
to e."? per cent.
S--A, writing to certain men in the
Acadcmv I bn\" been informed that at no pre
?.?ou? examinations have the markings been
computed at those of this -.ear. Among the
men o? the brigade il il guardedly whispered
that a determination to nd the Academy of
informants was Kcountable for the
. ?| diserin the a? leel um of
I mi.! hipmen, anil that other? wen
d to to in order to gu e an air of regu
edore.
? ?He appointee of Francis Hurton Rar?
on, Governor of t;ie Philippines, should
i"er. tiie tn^-i selected as the sacrifice
bal another of the many glaring affronts
t.. Dem?crata ?hat this Adminl tration is
Had Mi Harri on'i appoint?e been
I the men to fail in two, three or four
itubje? ? enae nigh' I.t b> en foun?!
for drastic action, bnl the appointee of the
i ;.r. ? rnor ? ?i-i e ra I wa l below the mark in but
had ' ' ?' demerit and stood well
. ?
\\ ? tration i a bes ?e d; i ided
t itself, and e ? mall a case a
? ' of the m ??I -h loe?? n M r, Daniel ha
he? n potty to the ? srho arc respon .hie for
turn ?.f the part ? ? o power.
\VM. PENCE PI ?
East Orang? . .1 . March 10, If 16.
Chance for Another Victory.
the Ed 'or of Ti e Tribune.
I,el n?. one he unduly e .r 'erl r ? ?
: Mexican arm-, l ? , :?.!
ted StaU . captured a-.| partially
(ran town, killed te?. Amen
? ? ? reeklc ? -mug in the i
. fought a battle with our troops, k'ller!
? of our trooprr? at ?) returned merrily
the Rio (?rande. Time was -?hen that
? | would have meant war. Seventy
BgO this May (,er;er_l Ar ita's army in
d ambushed Captain Thorn
e 2d V igo
affa r rea ?-ton Presi
? ? ! i ?ngreas to declare war, and
ai the ime I ? i old r.ough and Ready Zach
ary I aylor - .. ? ed triata at Palo /
1 ' ? ?: la I'.tlma.
Put ? ? ng like thai ? going to happe <
??i 1916. Presiden! Wilson will take th? ? a1
?er under advisemei t, Mr Lansing ??
a ?harp note t0 General ? arransa, Carras ..
will wi te bach that he ?a supreme hut irre
the Dei tic new-papers will
inCC 'ha? the err: a r? paased and the
Administration has won a great dipli ?
rha murdered men and Wem?
Columbus will ?oon he a? utterly forgotten
? hatte, of the Lasitaala, Nothing will
be done about these -ir any other massacres
Of Americans till aft?T March 4. 1017. then,
pies r God, we shall have r man in the White
PARNHAM BISHOP.
? fork, March P. I '? ?
Pseudo-Irish Traitors
| in 'he Editor of The rrihui i
S i: The sentiment - pre -ed by the
o-caUed "spontaneous overfou of the [riah
I heart a' the psychological moment" at the
A?tor on Saturday ?i a ad spectacle of ?
head of traitorous Irishmen whoae renomeus
outpourings and " pontaneous o-.'rtlow" of
v ' i ''? 'ene ? ?a.il make every ?.'if respecting
man in the United Btatea, ai d ame
300,000 (nahmen ?ho are fighting ?ide b:
it With Knglishmen ami Frenchmen fer the
Overthrew of the Teutonic peril t.i liberty
and drmociacy, hold them in the contempt
their foul sentiments deserve.
Their blatant attempts to co\er up their
pro-Gcrmaa ?ympathie? by announcing their
loyalty to the fnited States la at di?gu-ting
?? it i insincere. That som?. of theae men
hold high places in this country adds oi Ii ???
the diagaal an?i aataniahmeal their treachery
ha-a rr? .?'. .1
"A MEMBER ??l l Hi. WASHINGTON
FAMILY."
New York, March 6, ISM6.
KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT SENSE
O--?,-. Po-n U To B, PohU .- aZ? i-***^
Deding-Manv of the Teutonic Imm.grants to t his Country and
.Spirit of Blind Allegiance Here.
To the Edito- of The : i boa**.
? Americans in all walks of life I
very ?tronc regard for the Germen people
Everywhere in the United States one can hear
expressions of sincere sympathy for them,
intermingled with deep regret that official
Germany ha*- brought on the terrible carnage
, in Europe.
Since American* themselves entertain sin?
cere sympathy for the (ierr.ian people, it is
, quite natural that they should in the present
struggle, make the a-restett possible allow?
ance for a far more outspoken sympathy on
' the part of people of German blood in the
United State* for their kindred in Germany.
' American? cannot conceive of any one having
German blood in his veins and yet lacking
deep-rooted affection for the ?German people.
I who, without question, will he the greatest
sufferer? in this war. A German whose heart
does not bleed at tie thonght of the calami
tic? brought upon those of his blood in G?
many must be a heartless creature indeed.
n-.ir American friends know only too well that
? such a man would never be a good and desir?
able and loyal American.
While heartfelt sympathy ami affection on
! the part of German-American, for the Ger
I man people during the present elisia il te
'their credit, this does not mean that the Gef*
Bsea??4flserieaas must carry their sympathies
to the point of defending the German Em?
peror, hil fei anal government, his Prussian
military oligarchy and hil arrogant bureau
I cracy. By doing that they put themselves in
antag?
Americai llanji German?Amerieans are un?
able to grasp d?mocratie ideas, and in their
minds they itill live under the flag of autoc?
racy and militarism and personal government
things o dteply imbued in them as to form
part of their very nature, of their very Sash
and blood. They cannot shake off Bismarck's
political doctrine?. Without being conscious
of it, thr-v believe in "might before right."
They know nothing of Bismarck's double
Standard oi honor one regarding personal
and privat?) and the other regarding diplo?
matic affaira. They do not kno?v thai the cap?
tain of the German "ship of state" and
his assistants at tho helm practi'e and be
lieve in his doctrine of the "Iron Chancelle
Politically they are still in their "childhi
s'.o.s." I*o them in their subserviency, n
withstanding their emphatic denial, the K
?er is a "half-god." The lack of political
stinct r* n? apparent in them as in the G
mans in Germany, of whom Ministerial 1
rector Althoff once said: "We Germans i
the met learned nation in the world and I
diera. We have achieved great thin
in all the sciences and arts. The great?
philosophers, the greatest poets, the great?
musicians are Germans. Of late we ha
occupied the foremost place in the natui
-c.er.ee? and in almoot all technical ?.phert
and in addition to that we have accomplish
an enormous industrial development. He
can you wonder that we are political assei
There must be a weak spot somewhere."
Political as?-es! He might have said "Su
??nt political asses"! The Kmporor
times expreses his opinion of the lawmakir
body, th? Reichstag. Here i? the epithet 'hi
lie in a telegram applie.l to the majority ?
the Reichstag in IK"-."?: "Eine Horde vate1
landaloscr Gesellen!" ."A horde of unpatr
scoundrels!"). The good ami patient Gel
man "common people" showed some reaont
i ment, but there wot no revolt. The rulin
cla--e< hailed the Kmperor for this utterano
Perhaps a word regarding the general atti
tude of the German "learned classes" is ap
propriate here. A large percentage, if no
; the majority, of the professors at the higl
institutions of learning in Germany, includim
? ' ? -, are doing the bidding of tin
arrogant and Pcuaaianixed military ayatem
I he* hold commissions in the reserve am
Landwehr, which carry with them social an?
e!:.-~ privileges, and they defend everythinf
connected with militarism anil autocracy, Bis
marckian philosophy aid its dogma of brut?
tone, of might before right. They howl with
th? wolves. For years the military caste has
been holding up its head defiantly and the
: dogs of war have been barking in those sa?
cred halls of l??arning where the muses of
' truth, of humanity, of morality, of love, of
? world brotherhood should reign supreme.
While Germany has been steadily progressing
and to-,lay is leading the world in the varied
fields of learning and knowledge, including
theology, and while the mass of knowledge
accumulate,) at Germany'? intellectual foun
irrra tea tii" world, this same Germany
ha* Been steadilp ratregra?! ... .,. a th??..
of hUBSaaity and all that humar.,ty impl^T*
While the universities instil expert k'.??.
edge about religion int.. the mindi of ??., r'
dents, religion itself praetieal laUsrJt-a*. i"
lipion with it? rie:? fer h .??-.?nity, for' ?(
mocracy remain* in eeld Storage, -r?,. J
matiity of Goethe and Sch Her ?nd in,.*
and many others of Bol - .*tj?J
i-creii and iatelleel is 'Mb??
tarielissi and millurism and ma-.led fist ??w
[a in its place. Tl re i ter that ta?|L
marckian and Machiavelliai
philosophy aid es the *?j.,
Ir.fcc' the Gerasai p? i i tl .-. istry.?-,*
folloiMiig line? show, print? ! ?? rh? am.
liehe I'o-t" Bt Le .?-o jnr,,
trence to ?.crinan? '* actiol ?"?-*?rdin| J,
giam:
-in sack a m ??-, ^
aaistenee of the eeaal ?rest-, ?-]'?
l?. broken. The s I - *|y p?. ?f
I?: . . . even at the pr , . "-n.-liiif,
lions."
On the svening of th? deportan of tl?
German er?; ? ' ? 'ekingl, ?,
July. IMO, Emp.ror Will sm addre?a?d H
soldiers a* follevra! "WheB yoa meet th? ?;?.
jou will defeat h:tu. Ne q ..?????r w.tl teats?
no prisoners will be tak? n. l>-t ??'[ who S
] into your hands he at fWWt m-rry. ?,?;? ,
' reputation like the Huns under Attila!"
This same spirit he and his henchmen ?Jj?.
played toward "Mgiuss. il? Louva-.n ot:'-???
i was the result. lo-<lav \? ",am II dtclaia
that his heart bleed? hoeee S of the Utter
Why did not in* haart ble ?i kefssal "?*?*?.
Ist mit Bl '" e\.'.ain's Um German war lori
is God with him in hla seeking of rathaji ?
sympathise with the ?.? mat ?oldiar,
who is not to be blamed, for he must <rv-?
out ii*? arder?.
Abraham Lincoln during the darken hn.
of the ?:vil War, la reopenee to the qnetti?
w-hether he was Bar* that God was onhiiiia,
! ?-.aid: "I <lo not know. 1 have Bat thoc*>hti.
, that But I am anxious to kiiow whethirn
I are on God's side." Ar.d now ll?ten to Witt.
? iam the Noble: "We will b?j ever-rwher* t?o
torioBS, even if we are surrounded by ne
mie- on all side? and even if we hare to fgbt
1 tupenor numbers, for our most powerful ally
il God, who since th?- time of the Cm?
? Elector and the Great King has alwiri Un
on our side."
When will it dawn upon Germsn Amerieiu
generally'.' R T
New York. Mai. h 11, 131?.
"A SCHOOL TEACHERS' UNION"
A Pica ?or the Members of an
Underpaid Profession.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: F ha\e just read this mornings edi-i
torial in which you attack the New York'
?hoo! teachers for thinking of forming!
a union. It would oblige me if you would
'show your sense of fairnCSS sad equity by
?printing thi? letter, which ii ?ritten by one
?who can understand to some extent the feel
ings of these teachers, as you, who will not
be benefited or injure?! by any a?'*:on a
them, most emphatically cannot You will
I thus give ?he public an opportunity ?o see
| the other side of a quest on which has thus
| far been seen by the majority of people in
?on*r light only, and that one prejudicial to
the best intere i of ehool, teacher and child.
You thrrii- ? beneath the dignitj of the
teacher to attempt to take care of his finance?
tha' he alone in all this world of rushing.
'? pushing individuals, each eager to "get. his
lights." each an- ? :arn !;.
?"rom care and future want, should remain
'aloof, meekly allowing grasping politicians or
corrupt administrations to hold hi? future,
his children'- very ecurity and happiness, in
th? hollow of their hands. ?The teacher niu?t
be dignified, must be nn example loftj
noble emleavor- without thought of
rewar?J. to the children of all those other
men ?*h?) are ou? "rustling for the com," and
grning it, too, by hook or erook. Ail rery
well, Mr. Kditor. if the public would recog.
el -.? ? tea? ei -are children, to.?,
whom he must, protect when hia salary is
threatened tor why pretend thai money is
unnecessary to one of high des
are th? p?oeii ''M?-.I with articles on
"how to get on in ?he world" to get money,
? to he comfortable, to g.?-? imily a
good home0 And i " thai ? teacher
e p?c?e.! r o have no thought of thi which
all the world ' - and why ? ?
call??) mercenary when he expri e i wiah
for from fins
?o't. ! Indeed, it i high .: the
teachei s awake, cease I ? "dig?
nity" as above all ol ?? , and
? ?.? ? on? like anj other real men to defend
their right-, A r;?? what other ?ahv is open to
them bul 'o bar..| together? l'on'' r -
.? ? e-rry other r\n [>0 not 'he
rich, tho?e ?-.him yOU h? B their
organizations in every known buainesi ? He
fan, Mr. Editor, and remember 'ha' teacher
are .?onto of them) men. like *,,.,?
U . Vr. ! oine of I he
a, era are men, ami no' ? toola, and
thai a teacher ?-au Se perfectly honorable,
upright, sincere mi h< ? work and an exam
pjo to hie pupils, and
In? fan: !v in ecuritj and eomfori ?
enough tn be up in M"" fl-ain-l any foe 'ha'
threatens th a bil more mi r
??? || . 'han you are. or any other man would
he who ? ?? future threatened. Vour
cditoi al moal unfair, because
p ;? jrour finger ? ttle pinhead in a
? !>o\ of pin?, tahich you ?lo lie' see and
therefore haw IK.) > ??'?. " tC the public.
\ ?TEACHER'S WIFE
? ? 'i-.rk. I el? '.'i, 191e.
Prohibition in Arizona.
T.? the Editor of I he Tribune.
Sir: I notice in ?The Tribune of February
18 a letter signe?) "T. M. GilmorC, pre del I
National Mo?|e| License league. Louisville,
Ky.," in which he takes iaaua with the r.ev.
I?. .1. Reynon, pa'tor of the ( alvary Bapti.*
Church, of Pa-sac, who had made reply '"
Mr. Gilmore'a letter of Januarj ..'i alleging
that prohibition In Arizona ii a farce
Prohibition in Arizona is a long war from
being a farce. I gi\o below a compara'iw
ml of arreats made in the principal
ritie r ' \ ona for l'ne Aral til m??' ?
1914 '1..:
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You will note that in Ri-bee the ;?m^i?.
Inelud or drunkenneaa, fell during
this period from Ml to In?, which leeks very
much like effective prohibition.
I have before m?? a letter from .1. Pur.
?banning. \ ice pre .idcnl of the Miami Cop?
per Company, of Arlseaa, written to a friend
in Sew York, speaking enthualaatically of the
great improvement m the mining di-tnctn,
where, list.,,.! .,( ?aioii ing on Si|iula>?. 10
u-e the language of one ?,f tha minera, "they
??t around wearing silk shirts." In the .in-i
aery number ol **The Buaaet Magasine' there
appears a very interentlng nrtu-lo by (?euro**
Herbert Smalley. giving the results of *
thorough per>onal investigation made by bin
of. the results of prohibition in Arnrona. Mr
Smalley 'ates that the saving* accounts ol
? i tata baaki increased nearly half a mill?
toilers in eight months, because laborers
who formerly "blew in" their earnings in ill?
ired their pay checks and open?c
bank account ;. The total deposits of all BtaU
01 'I national banks in Arizona increase:
rearlv *, .nouCOn during the same period.
SAMUEL WILSON,
Kditor "American K-ue."
rark, S. ?L. March 9, l?l<
Genius with Wrong Phrasei.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
.Sir: The Trench have an idea that a gov?
ernment's success can be measured by its
phrase-making ability. Loui* XVI failed be
cau.IC he could not produce a "mot," and in?
dicated the feebleness of his admims'ration
by thi; fact more conclusively than in any
other way. His grandfather had brought
forth "Apres moi le deluge," and demon
stra'etl his mentality by <o doing, but Louis
XVI ne\er had sufficient insight into the
State of public feeling to coin a phrase that
echoed it
We ?n this country, too. have a habit of
(admit ?ration' according 'o their
powers of expression. The last Democratic
Pr?vient is rcmcmbercil an?) admired more
'"or he "innocuous desuetude" and "condition
? theory," than for most other things
thai he ?Jid, and the creation of an effect
phrase by an occupant of the White House
.?'ways been accepted as a demonstration
of his strength.
Now, how des it Stand with the present
tdminiatratien in this respect? It eouldnl
be ?orce, for we have not a mere lac? of
power to crear.. effective phrases to deal
with, but there ha-? been a positive genus
for produc'nrj damaging ones. N'o phrase
wat ever mo'e of a boomerang than "too
proud to ' (fht," ami "watchful waiting" is
led SS about as futile as the policy it
characterized.
Thi weakness is nil the more remarkable
when Wl? reflect that the President entered
the Wh,(e House as the "scholar in politics,"
the man uhnie mental equipment and power
o accurate < tpret ?on ver?- pro?c<i by b - as
merous writings. Then, too, at the fiftieth
eraarj of the battle of ?Settyaburg there
?-.as something like a semi-official intimation
that Lincoln's Gettyeburg speech a a to i. ?
superseded by one from a better ???iuca'? .1
?nd more talented Executive, it wasn't
uperaeded, and the attempt to do so was al
al ti'iHsphemous and quite as Ineffective
I effort by a Jewish clergyman of Bos?
ton to write a substitute for th? Lord's
Prayer. SIDNEY DUNN.
Beeten, Ma -, Feb. 21, 1911
The Opportunity for Roosevelt.
I'o the hilitor of The Tribun? .
Slr? In the opinion of a humble on ?r at
the promoters of Justice Hughoa'a Candidacy
r?.r th?- Presidency ?re making a gr?ve mis?
ta'?.?'. 'I hey are showing up the K-publican
weakness sgninst the Wilson delaaien, K?
publican and Progressive.? must be relie?!
r.poti together to defeat the very real danger
? if a Democratic rcromination. If they -an do
tter than to agree upon a "s;?fe" ma'i
! in emergencies ami inarticulite on
great i ues, ?hey will almoat certainly be
''??ice,| to yield to the many who hone?t!y
believe tha* Mr. Wilson has "kept un cut of
war," and (hat he in therefore wl<e enough
to steer the ?hip of state through four more
?liflieult year?.
Mr. Hughes i?. trustworthy in every sense
purely moral. Ho fa uprirht, incor?
ruptible, and in every way fitted foi bis pr?s
? m position, Judicially, he [i itroag. !Ia is
able to keep <|u.et ir, ' l?. ? ,|a\ o?* ?? ciilve
? between good an?! evil a thing well
nigh impossible to an active executive charas
V- a matter of fact, he was r ,.? rt
trong Executive in New York Slat-. A"
might have been expected of him, he v.a*
always to be found on the aid? of m/ht In
theory; bat there is little decisive action t.i
in - credit.
Peraonally, I believe that Mr. 1 ?tosevelt
the only man forceful enough ar.tl ? vnen
?need enough to assume the leadership. In
addition, he i?. quite a?, upright and Incorrupt
iblo a man a. JuM.ce Hughes, though gome
of his opponents de not believe that, and
others are not looking for thoec OUalitlea,
Be fegrleos ?n.i long sighted; he has the
genius for affairs. He in the strongest Bad
.bleat American available for the. Immense
task before U in the next four yeais no
matter hew the war situation tarns out. if
?<? fall to Mise upon his leadership, we |a00
one of the greale-t opportunities ,vci pre?
sented m our history. Ml .SMITH
Ea;tt Orange, N. J., March 3. 191?.
PREPAREDNESS AJ?D LOYALTY
The Two Great Requisites of the
Hour in America.
To the Editor of Th? Tribal I
Sir: Two que ? importa*??
aro uppermost in (he m indi ar.d o pos ft?
lips of erety though''u! tttt a-d wenn
throughout our grea' a' d sslewed las'
pieparedne?? and loyalt] '<i tks rit.on. Til?
necessity for human preparedM ? .nan"?*
cessful enterprise or walk "f fi . axiamat't
'The present nee,I of | ? ?, ai i Bi?
non, i? clearly and fon ' '? Ha I I
recent report of the Unit? ites Wir?"?:
lege, V?S.1 "The safeg'iar.l nf ?eUt.OBt'
laager exists. Th? ? 'irrierj.ir?
now easy avenue? of sp| '?' r-iioB t'
the number, speed and | tegattSj *J
ocean g?nn vessel?, rhe \nereesing???
?act,"?, of the labmarine, th? ?rroplam ic?
wircles? telegraph?- mil luppleaTsSSB* o??'
transport in plac ng ou I intie ar.d resal
ron-'* '.?.i'li. -, tile af-'T'-f "
of oversea ? B< """ *' '?-?
puh: c doe* no- yet n
ehanged conditions upon oor schime of lb
fence." Th;? ' ? preetkal ?in
ing from conced? ? ? I to the --*?*-?
ment, and through I I s psspls St maf
However ignorant g? | *'"C ???
people af th ? of the '?"
'?a-? aeverthel? retad f'1'
troop? could mor? - ' Itted aere?
th** Atlant ? to attack ? ~ " '??"',!
was te overrun hi ' ''*?'"-"* al?
. - ,? .?
The argument sdveneed K ?"""? *??"? **
will ne? er be attacked ' ""' Prf"*r*
to tight, Is tea fataos I r"?r F**'
I Washington, srhe i psaflss 'bes?'
? | ? er by in unqoei ? ' tt hbert?
and equality under the Stars and ?'.r.ft*''
tin? great nation ? vie ' ' ' '" "'
S2d . bel eved m sad sdve?tated r**P*"*;'
Bees. Mi? fifth si ? I * OeSSO?al
?o the CengH ? ? - -et\ ?ut?
? i ? -ne? i? wo- ici propketkSSO -'?
presen! world eandil o Rear hiss.
.. I fy, R0| ,? ?' year s*
ti.-e measares ?'? " ' ?** ':
t? the reel - '"*0??*
pressing apt ' " ' ',
oursel- es m a eond ' ' "I ''* *?''""*,
and of exactii g ?'? ' "?'"',,
datiea toward ? ' ' ;;'d *'**','
net to indulge ? : *' !
trarv to the order of I '"" ','
Will forever keep Bt B dis! ' " "" ' j
appeal? to arms ? * " ,"r7.l
evrrv ether Bat?an a '"* !" ' '
,iue 'to the i b ted ?'???? i ***** V7Z
which will he withheld, ' 'jfT
? | reputstior- af S ? "* ?
lire to svoid insult, we m? - *''sl* t0|^.
If; if we ,ie?ire ?o ?e I I ? **
most powerful instl*B ' ' ., ,
prosperity, it meal be Wf
all time read for a t
WMhingtea likes - ? ' "'...
tion *? a arbole; end a
raeh loyslt] .' '
Utterance? pro?, 'Tilt
where he stood o ?
|ect. Questioned ss to '''."t..*
first due. he replied. "la '
I sm sn American " le?
itttdy the lives end wlsi
greeteal '' ' *,?.
ever produced Washing! ?r>* "???a
and learn from them s
and mean?; arid atril ?* *-r\t"
er>. \>w Englanders,
Californiens, lllinolssns, er any el * ^
ealitvite?. but ???-?! ,-' ?"
ready a? loyel eil ens '
. regardle?? of rectal ' ' *?'" ,-?'
he' and die under the ' '
Glory" to uphold ?? d areat , ,
and honor of this land of freedoai see
? ii "United vte ttand. <? ' '.'?..tu
Ne?. Tarit, i ^
Parsimony or Cruelty"
To ?he Editor of The 1- ' * ,?,
Sir: I w.?h to ?-?H feet alt en'""" **
cruelty of the latotraaeeags to "r
playee at the Certla ? *f "!a,lc,B'
-ide Af
l'he*e men not only are ear??*'*'' .
. v?reme cold of the Wl'lter. b ?* ?r* "?JS^
to ?land in drafts from three e\it?,\?mi
v lad blowing on th.m from *?? '^mtf
during; the diav. 1 he poor fellows try ^
the beat of it. jollying each ether **r' ,,*?
ing their feet, bul the r '* *,', tH?
I? it parsimony or innate fnl? ,|it?
i i? talcs this treatment of employe? ^ajeS
earparaliaat Would they feat th"
or other livestock in this ?s?> ' ,_.?r**l>
Nr.,\ ?OI-^J
New York. March 10, 191?. ^-A