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Advertisetnents.
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You tan pur. base morrhandise adverti-ed la
THF TRIBUNE arWi absolute safety? for
lf dissati-fa.-tioi. results in any ra_e THT
TK1B! \l guaranti-.** topay mur monrv b.i. h
upon rSSJBBBt. *>" Wd **%**, no quibhling. *>*. r
make go-d proinpth if tho adverliser does nol.
The Fall of Erzingan.
? r> Uia wonder
0f th.- *** aeeond jaax
(f ths ? ?*? ''?? I :' f";r;;t nianifop
01 front When tho
. I>uko NkbolaS took Krzerum laet
. iry hc demonstrated that R___8___.
ovcrwhelmed in the prereding fummer in
Poland, tho Baltic Pro-cineee. Gali
Vothj ..'iiiti to baeome a military
factor of vital importance.
. fall at a t i mo when the
fortunes of the
obh. landing on the
?_ her Weatern front, holding linee
well within her own territory, Tho
-. and Britiah had been unable to
make any I rith tl '?' 'VC,R in;
Tho C.allipoli oxpodition had
and tho poninsula had
ked armies. Tho1
enade thromrh
Mhania had just
.1 in a 1 ? Tnc;
? el-Amara was being <
urrender.
In the !? failores and
? re of Erserum
? in brilliant relief. lt was a
iugh in the faco
in tho wi
through a wild, mountainousl
? ie rpip of mid-winter. II
? Allies, for it meant
... ith victory at C.allip?
oli and on the Tigris, would no longer
againat E
- Britiah garrii n there,;
but would : - . '.'4 turn to the north
eep the Russians from
whole of Armenia.
The Turkish armies in Armenia and
, reinforeed. Bul
check th.
,ian . ebiaond, on the Black
of Enerum, fell in thc;
Baiburt, between Erxerum
; . d into the Grand |
:.-...., UOOUt
.,: Lrzerum,
town was an im
? '? '
iV< ern Armi te next
.
a further west, within thc
...mor.
Arm ia . '.?"* re"t
i rule. A cha .
map of Turkey m-Asia has been
. i which ia sure U> OUtlaat tne war.
lor, whatever uthei receasions of con
.. may take place, it is in
coiiceivable that Armenia will ever be re
?ahjed I'urki.-n yoke. The blood!
of too many victims of Turkish brutality
_?nd fanaticism arould cry out against such
a betrayal of humanity.
No other infamy of the war has ? ?
quite so -.hanie.oss as the wl.
maasacra bj the Turks ef tho i.
pojiuiatu.il of Armenia. lt waa
ft lt that it waa seising a
.a.-t opportunity to deapoil and aztermi*
?ate ? race which haa Buifered
:
ire fron Turkish aav
agery. Tl ithout metcy an.l
with il di rimination. That it shall
.1:1 ia thu verdict of the
in the making iri the
Kr/.ii.i'.;:
How far the Ruaaian advance int(>
i i arill depend) appax*
. on military dcvelopmenU. oti the
European fronts. lf the deadleck in Europe
._. W.'.l
i through
: toward Angora. which
of a railros I nopto. A
? mud to the
.*i. Sivas would
therefore furnish an admiral i
: iriously
Si va
. ? which
the < I railroad runs.
..-,?' .. ' Died powera te
thi.** ji ? at, tl ? !. liana holding Sira
Turkish armies on the Irak fronl (Bag
dad) and ia Syria would be practically cu_
,.ff f- r and Constantinople.
As .: ary operation a campaign
leae lines woald op?*:i
ohrioua
that rach
mised on a return of deadlock con
'?
te i>r:ng ahout a da* .
f.ut-sa at Erxingan, however, ha^
already crnrtplK-rxl thr rn-Tqn4*sst nf Ar
rrvrnia. She has achi*rv--xi a prrmanon*'
tfAatrry of all the East-rn Hla.k Se*:?
bat*in.
A Bad Ont-n.
Th.* unexp-rvted rollapse of the panncr.t
Ktrikc tv-ttlement is a RTim comment oa
thi' satisfaction of Uie employers at hnving
supposedly eliminated arbitration froni
'their industry, The whole aituation has
baaaflJM chaotic over nipht, and a sound
'and rntional solution seems furth.'r away
than ever. The wicked folly of thc origi?
nal lockout IM nevor plniner.
If an episo.it*- had heen planned t.i domon
strate the pcculiar character of the cloth
ing trade and the difiieulty of putting or
.ier and pernmnence inU> it.*" deaiinps il
.-oul.! not havo improvi .1 npmi ihe strikers'
rejection of their leaders' compromise.
There ran be little question of the do.-,.. r
ate straits of the workers. lt can b.
l'or pranU.l that Mr. Hillquit and his as
sociatre would not have yielded pround um
'. ifl driven ly urpent need. Yet the ran*"
and lile of their union trampled the scttlo
ment under foot with hardly a chance for
.lobate or cxplar.ation.
Whether a settlement. is now effectcd or
not, the protesque hlunder of the mnnu
rara is unmistakable. To satisfy n
prejudicc arainst permittinp outsiders,
., uplift4*rs." to act as an impartiu',
court in labor disputes, they have loosod
the chaoa of th.? strike and class passion.
They may cour.t themselves fortunato if
any status as favorable as that of the old
protocol can now ba restorod. Are there
DO prote-tants amonp the manufacturers
with voice enonph to turn their association
against the leaders wbo havo so mislei"
them and insist that peace bfl flotlgllt upon
the only sour.d basis of arbitration?
The Reapportionment Fiasco.
N'o nccusation of pcrrymanderinp is
made by the Court of Appeals in over
'}?,*-. wing the Senate distric reapportion?
ment nnd none seems ju rtifie 1 by the facts.
Political aims were soupht by the new act
m c. rt.cn difltricrta, but the violations of
v.-t.tution in this city by reason of
which th.* a.*t is now nullified seem t"
have been the result of sheer negli|
Tha shifting of a few unimportant. Mocks
would have broupht the measure within
the rule that a district shall not eontain
a preater excess in population over an ad
joininp district than the population of a
block thereof adjoining such a district.
This is not a new story in reapportion?
ment. The intereat of a legislature is al
topether too much centred in clippinp the
aringi of -*enegadea ar.d making the lot of
the faithful joyous to pay adequate il
tion to a little thing like the constitution.
Tli<-> Court of Appeals doea well to
upon a full ince arith rules laid
down, and we cannot see that the ra
ment in this particular case is at all ardu
ous or eluaive. Ten minutes with a pai
and pcmcil and a slight knowledpe of addi?
tion and sulitractn n would have il
compliance with a clearly exp"reaaed re
slriction and the avoidance of the pr
The modi rtution has lepislated
(ierry's salamand<*r off the apportionment
?map. Legialative D4**otnpetenee lurvivee
all the fires of reform.
Jail for the Reckless Driver.
We hope Magi trate Houae'a announce
ment that arill be imposed
upon (j rs of the motor vehi
cle law after August 1 means just what
I.;. 4 ??. en ai' 1'-"' I..
much leniency in dealing with tl
autc-driver. Th" number of
1 ac; the number of p.-des
triar.s ai I injured i
comme-.t on twentieth century he?
ness.
> o reason why such strinpent
. ild work u erved hard
ahiporinjuat Ths nadorpett*"
violation nr, ".* no such treatment. It is
?>ss drivinp. the pross dis
repard of others1 lives ard r-afoty, that
callfl for extreme punishment. As tiie
number of cars and the total volume of
traffic increase steadily, the problem be?
comes more and more urgent with each
day. Heroic measures cannot begin too
soon or be applied loo sternly.
Well-Fed Germans.
A dispatch from The HagUC s7iys that
the dip'.omatic rcpresentritivc- of several
neutral DOWerS w.?:. latery tconducted from
an extensive tour in the coun?
try, tbe objeet beinp* to convince them of
the futility of the enemy's attempt to BUb
due (iermany by want. Accordinp to one
of the papers the visitors wi re evidently
satistied that the prospc-t-s of the harvest
were piKid. and some "were even surpnscd
at the remarkably favorable outlook."
In eonformltj with this Intelligence is ?
|e from a Danish letter from Ger?
many iatelv quoted in "The Times" of
.'i. Though the e**thor*S name is
hidden he evidently spenks with knowledge
and authority, for on several former occa
his accounts of the state of ifffl -
(iermany. while ttea. fi m ..rTi.ial colorinp.
have proved t.i be more correet than the
? rum-ors and surmises commoniy ci;r
.. broad. Accordinp tO him the i
and Knplish papers "reveal a pood deal of
?,*-??..rance on the food situation." The no
tion that (iermany is 011 the veree of star
vation or even in da' . ion he
. li.-hi.-iv.'.. 1 iermany ifl
-.- uncomfoi*table.H And he inti
v.'ry plainly that privations suffi
cient to make (iermans incomfortable are
. h as would bs taken seriously by a
race less gluttoi
The CMtUal obaervatkma of mere travel
?I fliorth much.
for though "in d railway trains
there is hardly any di.Tcrerice observnble."
it is a fact that al of display is
of the many travel
-. \ irwi .-..- . Dutch, our own
. and not h few Spaniai
lerable number of Ameri
But better evider.ee of the present
BtMa <tf the- food Tm>blrm is to br found in
'out of-tho-way plaeea -\t* desrribes a
'visit to thr Zoo. whrrr hr Raw th?* animol.**.
fed. "The lions and tiri-r** woro fstting
tbeil full share of meat. Tho fish onting
lurds woro woil lUppUed ui'h tish." Fish,
Indeed, was never DBOTC nhundatit than lt
is this year.
It is true that thrre is BOCDC shorfago of
butter. lt is true that beer ia adulterated.
!? ka even true that the d?-irability <>f fot>
bidding tho use of meat t'or a DBtJpk of
montha has been discussed. Bul for all
that thero is no real want. The diflcul
ties of feeding the population are great
enough to etass Brmrmuringi hut not ?o
Berioua aa to cauae suffering, and opoti the
whole the Germana ara proving adaptable.
"They used," says tlns mental observer,
"ti. over-oat; now they are eatii.g abottt
. h."
A Naval Skirmish.
No aignil-canee can be attached i'< the
exploit deeeribed in ? reeent statement
by the (ierman Admiralty as n naval raid
lt appeara thal rt M'' "ut
probably from Zeebrugge, and having ap*
,- to the month of the
Thames" returned Into port without loss
It ia not pretended that anything deflnita
.chieved. The flotilla fell In with
some light forces of the enemy, aheta were
exchfhged, nnd according to the Hritish
account the destroyera were "repeatedly
hu." while according to the *?? rn ?? tt
count they were "undamaged." having
themselves scored several "lucky hits.'
That is all that <-an ba learned of the
affair, which waa plainly of no impertanoe.
It ia nearly two months since the en*
gagement off tho coast of Jutland, and the
(Ierman fWt has not since ventured forth.
>? the opfiiion of aome obeervera, among
them Rear Admiral \- ? . thal ln all
Iprobability the main fle.-t arill
be able to take the sea, but, however that
may be, such amall excuraiona as thal of
Sunday must not be regarded as an In
?ti of renewed activity. Thero ha
alwaya been more or loss activity upon the
part of torpedo crafl near the Kelgia.i
and tho only point of int. real in tho
? ,,,i, rpi i. ? the licatkm that the
far.
Then- is alwaya aome danger of raida on
the East Coast of 1 u d, and tho suc-l
i] bombardmenl of several watering
places has had n i ervous holi?
day makers li
lodginga al Whitby and other popular re
sorta have . ? rly of
the Iack ol patfOnage, which is un-'
Hy due ir- are to the fear
, I German raiders. Thi risk will ...
r,!^ as tho war, but I I far there
aign of a further naval adventure on a
? .'
Inefficiency at Ihe Top.
I ? .
Here Ifl nn extrad report of
Major (Ieneral ThorBBfl H. Harry, commander
u-r iofltrnc
tions frow the War Department sleeping
?
coachi ll - three |
men to eacti two double I that
troops must not be held
eampi awaiting tour I era."
Ih-re ? the report of
Major ?
a 1
pace ! ' ?
tered ii i of the 1 nited Statea en
.. .... to thi ? r I
Department.* Whea
arailal ' ? ? '! Pro*'
,. :
on of.
to each two doul
? ifl un
rted ifl,
?
no ful' ' nZ or
The
fault of thi
-
orden
bs l ?? i ?
?
?net. oer -eat
of officers. from departmi
down to milil . eoloaelfl. Their orders were
definite ai.d exalicit sad thej bad bo choice
but to obey. ln the few which
local eommBBden bsttsr seeomiBO
dationi for their I sl sf bb lllinois'
i colonel who BCCBred flleeperfl b_r making
elf persona: ; .... Pull
nan eotapaay foi them, then eet die
f the War Di pai meal kad then
they try to t<
due" to th. ' militia on
Finical Standardi for Soldiers.
Mors than i' 0 rm mbera ot the 71
P-(lt:i.. ? ..nal Guard won
disqoal fied '? ? '-'? on fh* *So*?'-h
west horder, tiie i 'lual
ification*. ln | **g sad sf
.. ,,f thc ti ? ? Bl officen of
the legitr.-.nt thi.- ? .rr.-.! from arcom
panying their Bl. I ? Sl . I is left
with but a 0B.BSI Othet
llliaoifl i.'.fantry I . Ifl
liferad, though noincwhat !?
vereljr, f'.r ^im11 *?r ? ?
.
with :
Sure*
? ? ', w Ilinois guardsmen have been
-
the eountry Bt the border. Thev
?
: ed and camp and
u.-q-.i.t themsehree well _ ? ? fight
or hearing. lt is unfortunate tspBCifl
. | , . . arbo bave at _
t'or yeai. ???'?.-. tfl for
?
In times l -many \va.< flCCUflt
? :i Wh 4
rhejf were nnt
rvgarded ak g. If
.
1 would he hclpli **i. N'o* BOflflaa is 1*0-1
Jeeted merely be. .
ia t.'ken to pro\ide h i pairs and'
*n Ifl mn . ones
shou! . -> n.
Snical
. requtremeata thal
? r when only a minor enga^nnent i-i
? ? :i. d with another c,
abandoned when I les, at leait
(Been ew of the '
? men
ierience in
i;c?r that such
? Iga ih ? ? lifhtly rejected
Ibecaute iti po_s__,sor - | ..__.
THE SHARK SCARE
Danger from Thajn l* ImaMaaurably Leas
Than Believed.
To the Kditor of The Tribune.
Sir: Han baa been a great deal published
lately in regard Ifl 'he aharks that have been
seen along our roast, and alao the fatalities
resnlting therefrom. I believe the danger
from these f'.sh Ifl immeasurahly less than the
public g-Micrally would believe. Th* writer
only recently talked with the head of a large
business house from Havana. who has recently
IssatSfl* his family at Asbury Baik for the
? unimer. I asked him If he was not afraid to
bava 1ns family bathe when there were sharks
along tlie coast, and he said, "Not at all;
Bflith care there is not thfl slightest dan?
ger." He .said b" was born and had spent his
life al.. x ths <i.ilf of Mexico, where sharks
ar- numerous, and that he had never yet seen
a ahart come into water as shallow as is ua?
ually frequenterl by bathers; thnt sharks us
?i.-.lry kept to deej. water, or if there is an
inla t into which fl.-ws a creek they would
T-.--i.lily go up thifl inlet. or where the water
was deep enough and theic was an overhang
mg bank which made a shelter, but tbat he
nnvor knew of them coming in doe to an
open ba-iu-h Also from other authorities I
understand this is correct.
The fatalities which occurred along our
,.s I iiir.i.rstand, were either one a.r two
men wrro were in deep water, and the others
in a muddy .raa k, ?uch as the sharks would
fo t Along the coast at Palm
M. ...-!.,. Kla., one of our greatOSt winter bath
ing r.'sorts. Bharkfl are frcqiier tly caught, and
t'.ey pass unnoticed by the pa-oplc who bathe
in those waters.
!? . . rn . ? r-hanie that the business of tens
of thour-ands along the coast ahould be m
iured (McaaSfl of th* report* errculating in
regard to the.se sharks, and I believe It would
[.. u a-reat benefit to the public if the new^
. . rvoiild publish fae's in rca-ard to the
habitfl of shiirks generally, as I do n.-' ba
lieve there is the slightest cause for aUrm
. ve.'pt when bathers venfiie far out in'o
:....? uater. I.. A. WILMOT "tflLBUBY.
? .4 york, July 24, Itlfl.
"Seven Women Shall Take Hold of One
Man."
To the Fditnr of The Trihun*.
A recent issue of "The Independent"
?ays thnt in one or two of tbe countries now
al wir it is proposed to revolutionire the
-aarriaffS institution. It is suggested "that
all births shall be made equally legitimate
and that no special advantage in law- or s*n
? aboald be given to ehlldrea born in
honorabie w.'dlock." 1'ublic sentiment
'o approva the proposition.
This wir, after tnkrng from the home the
father, the son and the broth.r, drenching
the earth with thc-ir blood an.l l'aving tens
of l.roken hearts nnd si.rrowinp
homes behind, now threatens to destroy the
social fabric on which the home Itaali stands.
This i*- nr. .y situation which
ba- l.e.n r.i I M Bl I ? I '" pp.phery
Uor.i of God. I ,-iuote from Isaiah,
iv. 1:
' \*.l in that day .-even women shall tnke
Ing, 'We arill eat our
. .4 r, bread nnd wear our own apparel; only
ba called by thy name, to take away
our reproach.' "
? rter in. rers* fj, states that the men
hava fallen ifl war, so that the aurviving
-. eaanot Aad huabands. Seven women
ask froni on* lrmn the privilege of being
eallad each bla arlfe, an.i rolnatariljt offer ta
? all the usual advantages of that rtla
? tl * I .v" refetl te the time of the
foratold in verscs 14 to tt, inelu
? tO afl 1 during the fa11 ir(j- .
plagnes, deaeribed In Revi
v\* and xvi. Versei Ifl to fj ?re a itriking
forecai ol pr. iaat day feminine frivolity in
i.roth'cv belongs to thu' class which
"?ssive fulfilment. Its immediate
? ea prohably was to the B l
ty, which andad la tha pariAeal
froaa idolatrj aad their rastaration
un.Ier Eara, Xihemiah and others. p.ut it
; r.No '".be greit and terrible day of
Joelii.Sl; Bfatthew*csivllf; Mark
i aka Bll, L'.'-'J'v, see also J
I, 14-18), '.bo day of the
'??-.. ? il issu-7*
? miph of Cl
?ii over all the earth. S.
S. E. ST. AMANT.
. Vork. July 'li. 1016.
Surpical Dreisincs for Home Relief.
.-. ?' I ha 1 nbune.
Sir*. At the outbreak of the present war ln
Furope many thousands of lives were los'.
. rr lack of large reserve BtorSS of sur
gieal drtaflinga. It is part of tba present
prcpared'ies?. movement in tbe Uaited E
to determinf tbat micIi needless wastage ofl
life shall not occur here. Thirty-ftve|
hospital units in d'tTerent part? of the coun-1
try are ereat Bg BtOTOa of surgical dressings
?o ba held as an inviolable reserve for eaaat
*ure emergency. Bellevaa aad i'res-l
b\ terian hospital., of N'ew b.:.. < :"y, nre
creating n.erves suffioient for Mfl htdfl for,
iting of about 20,000 .
por unit. The supply committees of
..-?>? r .'.al units have invited the
Surgical Droaaingi Conaaittea to eoOperata
'.. BJ ?'... e.aking these dr.
other calls are hoiag < <?? v.ntly i-.-.ved for
home war i.-lief work.
Smrp October, \.'\i, \s .? have freely given
Ifl to the hospitaN <,f Kurope
? ? no i poaai to Iha roeipiont, aad r .....
?.. giva a. froelf to our own country. May
we, through '.he medium of your columns.ask
your readers to aid in this patriotic work,
which la sure, in the future, to mean the sav
ing of many men from needless agony and
from death" Any money sent to this corfi-1
mittee, L".b? Fifth Avenue, should be marked
- b i Home R iiii i" to dlatiagaiah lt from our|
for tha faraiabiagof surgical draaainga
to Ean
RGICAL DSESSIN08 COMMITTtS,
N. w "fork, Jaly U, ion",.
Compulsory Palriutism.
To 'he Editor of The Tribur.e.
.-'..*: Your news columns announce in a
special message from Baltimore that an or.li
nance has been passed in that eity making it
compulsory that every person shall stand
when "The Star Spangled Banner" is being
played. A violation makea the person liable,'
upon convi.-tion, to u rine of not more than j
1100. A:i atteaapt Ifl to be made to have a
aimilar ordrnance passed in New York.
ad that nothing *o ?:
arill b.' Lot New York
ers show that they have too much common
to permit such an infringement upon
al liberty. What useful purpose can
such an ordiriar.ee serve" Iflll ? make those.
who from principle or indrfferenee do not c ire
to rise more patriotic because they are forced
?>* Is it no". likal** to have an r.r
11 a- ?r',r lavariabl** riaoa when tba
natior.a ,
? every o'.her person does, too. If risrng
to **The Star Spangled Banr.er" la made com
iaa has one of gaagfag tho
| of patriotism present? Again I re
peat, what useful purpeue can juch compul
non sen a? \V. c. F.
New York, July 25, 1916s
BECOMING AND SENSIBLE.
I I t.
I I 1
TURKEVS INSULT TO OUR SOVEREIGNTY
What Aie We Going to Do About lt??A Plea for Pocketing the Affront
for the S._ke of F.xpo.sed American Interests in
the Ottomnn Kmpire.
To tho Editor of The Tribune
Sin The letter you pubhshed yesterday
from Dr. K. G Tabet is most vividly illustra
tive of Turkish methods and Turkish ven
gcance. It is all true, I have not the slight
?St doubt, oniy he mipht have written much
?ror.- all Bf thfl same line. This is not the
first time tho Turks have broken American
eonsular soal.s or ll llted Amonran rights in
?he past two yaars. Thej broke tho seal at
Harpout; and more r<-e.-ntly they have Bfllsed
.ird i" . ll] fld AAerlcsn property at Mar
and Sivas, on tho flimsy prctoxt that thcso
places are in the zone of war, whereaa there
is no SghtiBg within a hundred miles of
them; and they have brutally driven out the
? rOffl thflflfl ;
An error crept lomehow into your editorial
commont on Dr. Tabot's letter, for you there
>tute that the Turkiflh authorities broke into
the American CoBSB-StS at Roirut, wheroas
Dr. Tabet'fl letter, as well as thc previous
diflBBtehss, ' ' was the French Con
sulate that was broken into. There is ar.
important differenc* here; at.d our position
ger if we al
axaet fael sn tbe
BOrtBBl doruments
, tho .-are of our consulato by
the Freneh were they
? bav? beea, to oui eonsolate, but were
allowo-! to remain in the deserted French
Coasnl thej srere ^'aced under
the pro'eet.oii of '! I A :? r.erin CoBsalsr soal.
This dooa no- ? . I'-irkish guilt; but
it does soni' ths nr.ture of the
crime in relation to the Uaited States.
I synpathize also with your sense of in
tolerable injustice and outragc in your last
panurraph. Hut, Mr. Editor, have you tried
to follow out the conseo,uences of more dra.-t
tic action on tho part of our State Depart?
ment? You say very truly, "It is time to call
the Turkish gOVerBBIOBt to account"; and
ye i iay, "Let us hope, ul*o, that our duty
will not bo held to bo diseharged by the
mero writing of another 'strict aceoun'abil
ity' n'.te."
Now, what is the best alternative? How
-hail we call the Turks to account? Threatfl
alone will accomplish nothing, r.ow that the
Turks are so cocky after boating off'France
ar.d Kng'.arid at the D.irdanelles and eaptur
ing Town.end and his nine thousand at Kut
el-Amara. Shall we never diploflflatlc rela
tions, give tho Turkish charge d'affairos his
? papen and recail our BBSbeSSJ and
all our eonsular staff? Or shall we deelars
war on this miserable empire? Supposing
we declared srar. K:fh<-r ws should be the
laughing stock of tl-..- world, or else we
should . ??? IBd over a navy bigger nnd
?tronger than tha eombined British and
BBVieS, which led by ll..- lifte.n-inch
/abe'h, failed to re
duce the fortification.s of the Dardanelleu.
We ihi rt an army over
there bigger than the .300,000 whom the Al
lies sort to the Qallipoli peninsula, and were
foreed to withdraw. Have we the navy or
the army ?
Or what if we merely aevered diplomatic
relatmns? Nothing would suit the Turk
better. American Ambassador* have long
been a thorn in bifl side. As soon as we
withdraw onr Fmbassy the Turks waald
seize every piece of American property in
the whole empire. In seeking to avenge the
forcing of the French Consulate at Hei rut,
are should givo the Turka'carte blanche to
leize the magnii.cent property of the Syrian
Protesunt College there, with its dozeni of
!ine stone buildings, its great libraries, fine
apparatus, an.l priceless museums.
The aame fate would bet'all the Interna?
tional College nt Smyrna, St. Paul's College
at Tar ... Turkey t'ollego at Aintab,
and Robert ? r'iloge BBd the American Col?
lege for <_.irls at COBBtBBtiBOBle. All the
property of tho MacA . .. Forbea Lie-,
orice Company, the American Tobacco Com?
pany, tho Btagei Bewiag Machuie Company,
tho Internauonal Harveiter Company, the<
IStandard Oil Compaay of New York and
I many other firm- flroeld be in da'.,.
aalaaro or destruction. The agurregate value
of these propartioa runs up into the mllliona.
Besidoa, we aboald thus oadaagor tLs lives
of all rh* Ameriean eitiioaa in Turkey, by
leaving them withoat prCtOCtloa. Kurther
raoro, we should strike a cruel blow at the
Britiah, Fr.-nch. Russians, Itaiians, Belgians,
Sorbiaas, Montonflgrina und Swiss in the
h dominioaa, all of arboaa aanltlfona
' interests are now intrusted, since the wnr
began, to the American Embassy. And yet
we should dash tho hopes of Armenian
and Byrtan refugees who would long ago
1 have starved to doath l.ad it not been for
i relief fur.ds adirunistered by Americans.
(an w* afford to take the risk* Would lt
'pay'.' Ten to one these miserable Turks
: take advantage of our severing our
diplomatia rolatioas te destroy all our prop
ertics. If there were to be any Turkish gov?
ernment after the war from which to exact
an iademaity, some might contend that it
would be ,v..rth while. But there isn't. The
ItOfl is not through with Turkey yet
?fi, 4 }[?? , heai ls eraaebing the bonea of
' t| t. ,,,, provinces and has ita pa*S*fl
Ion more. And the Arab revolt has iaa<
?way tba holy eitioa and ahattored r.
praUaoaa ? proteetor of talarn. I i
?vill be no Ottoman El
II best pelley, then, the .
every
ioaeal If there is a policy thal
rcallv work better, please, Mr. Editor, out
? 5 us ln datoil. BEN BILL MEM.
Dorsct, Vt, July 20. 1916. _
The Border Scandal.
To the Editar of Tbe Tribune.
Sir: General O'Ryan'a order in Texas is:
"Tbe division is concentrated here for the
purpose of completing its organization equip?
ment and supplies and for technieal train?
ing."
What an arraignment of the system this
order eoatalasl
- . oafl ntiala are still to be eompleted in
faes of the enemy mn
I of June 10,
Geaeral .loffre was fighting ths Battle of
the Mai ? ? 'biys But here
even the senaration of tbe niarned men, with
faaaiahiag dopeadent fam-.iies, from the
fOaagatora, foot loose and free, is still only
'< in slow process of execution. To-day, in
tbeaa pipiag times of peace and plenty,
1 puardsmon's families are applying to civilian
'sorieties for much needed aid because. an im
'beeile system has omitted the ax.oma'
?on of 1108; leava ths family braadwiaaor at
If thfl New York dtviaiOB was the best
'?>[ npped which took the field, and is evi?
dently still but incomplotely equipped, what
must the other ?U'e organizations be lack
ing! In some cases thoy must rival ( oxey's
army and be about as useful as soldiers.
The lyatefll now sends (ieneral Blus to say
I the food was, is and ever will be perfect. Butj
ipork an.l beans in a recent Texas mena again
| shows the lessons of 189*1 are lost on the
system.
The water, too, is al! right; that b, rf you
boil it. It is also plentifully supplied if no-j
body else gets it first.
Apparei.vy the only thirrg Wroag is the
soldiers, whfl are -..ft, not in condition. And
| whose fault? The system who Btampodod
'them to the front without any state camp
i hardening.
But Dr. Darlington also is looking over
these camps, and while he lacks the five years
jand five months experience obtained by
! "actual duty with troops as an officer of the
| line** out of about forty-one yenrs flerviee,
which (Ieneral Bliss has served, >et Dr. Dar'
lllngtOB's report :s sure to be the standard
one.
I'r. Parhngton haa won his spura right
among us ui the sfrur-gle for Irfe. ar.d not by
a mlllury hareaaeratic ryatoai of pren
Whatever Dr. Darlinj-ton savs should and
wiil be believod, General Bliaa or the sy.tem
to the contrary notwithstanding.
M'COSKRY BLTT.
N'ew Yoik, July 25, 1014
PEACEFUL SUBMARINES
Usei to Which They May Be Put Beiides
Blockade Running.
1<> tho Kditor of The ."ribure.
Sir: A correspondent whoBS lettei I puV
liahed in your ihsuo flf July O taksa oxce-e
tion fo the inferencr in my previous lettw
?hat if tho submarnt. Deutschland is ar. an*
armed merchantman she is ent.*! i te thi
same privileges under international usage tt
Sra other merehaatmeB. T*-:i propovtion il
.so obvious that it did not leem to require
oxplanation.
in viow of ths utllaf eenteatfca
of your eorrespoodeBt, hoa * con
trary, I btoii ' I m*v trespafls tgiia
UpOB your space. to point out the icconiil
11 of his nr. imeal
We start 'aet thal aaa.
is a rule raqairiag * at .. lignal te ?'op bt
given a merehant ship and that she b? ?..?
ited and searched before sh* may b- ,-ir.k or
captured. Vour -.isos
why this ru'..- does n(t apply tc. tho Dr_*.???
land a*i<i why, a-^ he sayv I l*pl
presumptioi to a surfac* n;'*rchiBt*
man and B SBBBflarinfl fTBlfBUr, ifl ' at tht
surface merehant ihlp hus beon eonitTBCM
entirely for the . " carrying fre-iflt
or pa-so:n-ers. ' Sd a dist?I*
tion, then of eoarse ths Lusitania, wh; _ *oi
i.ot eeastrael I eal rel| fer tho purp^n i.
carrying freight <>r iBSSBagen, but *'<o tl
an aaailiaty was '-'?? !<r;' ' ?*?
and tho Ifauretaala, irh eh, I believe. - r*?
larviag in the Bril ih savy, e/ere never ?b
;ect to thc rule.
V ? ir eorrespoBdent goe_ on to s'-ate that
the surface ship has .lways conformod to thi
prevailiag a*. the ports at whid ihi
toaehes and the reg.lations rsqaired by the
international code. Isn't it safe to tej thii
?he Deutschland has doBS so also. iniimuca
as ehe has been allowed to dock, and to ml,
and, after inspect.on, o'Ticially declared *<*
unartno I ?orehant rr ia ? Within tha three
mile limit, too, she proceeded on the surfice
like any Otl ring our port*.
The next argument of your eO-TeSBeaBBBl
ladieatefl ? total !a..*k of ima ***
conciu .< i Babaaariae >n tisss '? ?****
WOBld no' be used e.xoep: for lOtBi *****
purpose ignores the fact of the rap i tkf
raaeemeat of oar i ? stloo, o ir luxory *n?
to pay for material eoi I ??*
l can imagtas many of my BCqaaiatai ees whi
lad, fe* sxsaaple. to i bj d^ub'.i
the ori i.iry price of tran-.." tai seBSSl
the Eagliah far the pn-. ' sk>
ing eoaveyed und. r water and and l -1*4
by the usual et of the BSB
"She has been i :? I **ir'
says tho writer. Where is the author.'. M
that stat.nieiit. partiealarly after ??'? report
of the i iaaa. 'coU'*
not be eoarerted late a war reeael s I ?**?*
?abstBBtial structural chan.
??lu ? Wfl i.r? toli
"tho earryiBg of :r,.ght is the mam eleasss
of l.e . I **
? .? Bt ef I " main festBIS U
ber eoi ' "Eflcape" ls har I .. th?
proper word la Doeisl
"evafl on" more sptlj > her - f***
We CBBBOI SSSame that she is | sl
to "i leape" beeaass of the fset that ibs ?
able tO dive any more than we car. BflflflSSJ
that a fast passeng.r liner ram ?
iBbmaiinfl l.erau-'e she happens to be ****
>
tting her vover, how abflS*
the ships constructed dur:- ? ***|
for the pu ru'irung thi * t*****
Did th.*;.- forfeit every privilege becsuai ? '?
as well as they co ild he at that time ?i tl
speed a.-: I ? . fo*- ? it pai
"When tl a hfl *' ' wer
closed so that sho may dive in.media'o!.' ?*??
il in the act of et-osping just as much s? w*
surfaco fraighter is BSeaping when she quit*'
ens the stroke of her er.gino." Doesn't m*
writer see whero this r.isoning will \*t*
him? 1.. a -i o Gi naaa a**""
meat that l , . the Cunard Ime announ***
before tho Laaitaa-a ?ke **__
not stop the eomtnander of ihe tubma*"1"
eefl aaa*
.ng time by hailing her before launching **??
. and to a juititication of the ainkioa
without waraiag ? "? J"_|
beeauie of the Admiralty instruction to th?
to eicape. JAMES 0. TRYOJi^
.New York, July 25, 1316.