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THF TRIB1 NF wHk ahsolnle safety?for
If di?<mti?faction rc*ult* in any rasc THE
TKIBI'M-: cuarantors to nav your monoy back
upon rrqursi. No red tapr, no o,uihnlin|{. \\ e
nrnkr unod prompth if thr ndi crtiser does not.
Arbitration vs. Pcace.
Ths threal which n widespread strike
ever tho headl of ? modern commu?
nity hai t-'it just been ralieved in thc case
nf oul ' ? * City ?rtreetcare. 11
impends, though postponed by mediation,
in thc far more dangcrous proposal of a
nation -wide railroad strike. As seldon*
befors then is? brought home to every
, ? u the cokwtal peril to prosperity,
t.* health, to lives. of ineb a total severing
of ihe arteries of modern lit'e. The minds
are turning to arbitration as the
one ! preveBtive; what arc thc
whi.'h arbitration can take and wha'
hope does it offer of a permanent solu-l
tion '?'
To bejrin with, there il the situation1
lini in thi? state and in the
cooatry B1 large, Thc streetcar employes
in this city were entirely within their legal
. ng when and as they
?1. They were under no legal obli
even to listen to Mayor Bfitcbel's
;.lea for ? compromiae. All transit in
ty eould have stopped without thc
c*i having thc slighteat word to say.
The same is true of the appalling pro
poaal of a nation-ar.de railroad strike. A
tion board exists which can
?ervices for purposes of con-:
ciliation exactly as they have been ten
dered and accepted now. That is simply
rd anthorized to do in gen
eral what Mayor Mitchel and Mr. Straus
did cf" their own will in a specirie caae.
Such an offer may or may not be accepted.
\ step. and a lonp step, ahead of such a,
-fnire condition is the system pro?
vided for in the Canadian industrial dis-i
putei act. which has now been in force
over nine years and has been copied in a
Colorado statute. This does not po to the
whole lenpth of providing for a compul
..rbitration the terms of which shall
....ling upon employers and employes
willy-nilly. It does provide for a com
ry investigation and prohibits either
tui or strike until the investigation
plete, a report made and an impar?
tial view of the dispute thus on record
bi fore the public
Thc scope of thc act is limited to those
industries in whieh the public's intercst.
are vitally concerned. It applies to all
? utilities, including municipal ser?
vice corporations, transportation com?
panies of all kinds and occupations (like
loriag) subsiriiary to transportation.
and also to coal mines and metal mines.
Th<- theory il plain and straightforward.
lt ii that the produetion of the neeessarics
of life is so affected with a public interest
that capital and labor involved therein are
not altogether free agents. If an indus
lisputc threatens in surh an indus?
try it is the right of thc public to halt
? and insist that a stntus quo be
maintained until thc facts of the dispute
and thc justice thereof are public prop?
erty.
The machinery of the law is simple.
Any proposed change in working condi
11. ma, whether demanded by employers or
workers, must be preceded by a notice of
thirty days before thc date on whieh such
changW ar.- to become effective. If such
a ehanpe or any other point at issue
threatens to end in a strike or lockout,
either party may apply tO the Dominion
Labor Department fur a board of eoncilia
tion an i investigation and may not altcr
the condition ol work until the dispute has
heen dealt with by thc board. Thc board
tl of three members, one chosen by
the employera, one hy tne workers and a
chairman selected by agrecinent of these
two members, or. in thc evenr of their
failure to BgTCe, by thc povernment. In
f lll IBBl sessions aiminr* at cviciliation
usually open the hoariti'.s; whetner apree?
ment reanlta or not a report is made de
SCribing the conditions that cause the dis?
pute and rccommending what appear fair
terms of settlement. The reports are at
ince pohUshcd by the government.
After such report has beea made the
employers an.l employes are at liberty to
resort to the last measures of industrial
warfare. Fot causing a lockout prior to
this point a fine ranging from $100 to
$1,000 is imposed upon the employers; the
penalty fer strikinp under like conditions
is a fine of from $10 to $">0 upon each
striker.
The law is not i cure-all. lt has not
always suceeeded even in delaying strike.s
in accordance with its own terms. In
seven and a half years of operation 187 >
inveatigationi have been ordered. In 126
of these settlement was eflcetcd through
the offices of the board. Thirty-two strikes
have taken place, of which 15 were un?
lawful?that is ta say, bepun either be-.
fore or pending an investigation. Over a
third of the di:-putcs have ariscn in the
operation of railways.
The Colorado act givtl an industrial
commission wide peneral powers follow -inp
largely Um OVtliM of the Canadian act.
Its aim is to prevent the interruption of
industry i-Jtil investigation has taken
place. Pas <d in 1915, the act has not been.
iti operation lonp onouph lo iWd ?'*>'
definita results.
He;...nd (his BBI Of lopislatioii. it
should Li* added. lii's UM compulsory arbi?
tration lopislation of Nexv Zea'and. There
tu>t only ll invcstipation compulsory. but
tho docisions of tho nrbitrators aro bind
inp upon ail cotHOtncd.
W? think that late an.l current evrnts
arr sharply turnmp public opinion in thi"
diroctioa <>f such lopislation. lt is not
that xxc are BBgar to '* p'aec privalo meth-|
oda of sottiement with public. ll bl sim
ply that xvr aro incroasmply improssed hy
Um vital aoeotiity ?>f cajrtain public sor
vices in our modern life an.l that this new
neocssity plaoos nrxv riphts in tho publie
and iniposos now ohlipations on tho em
ployors and employes oont'ornod. Tho
.|iiesti?n is BOt ono of eonvenicnoc Of
inunoy loss. It is ono of lifo and death.
Our modern cities possci-s otllf a hand t.>
mouth supply of such ascflssaries as milk.
Im and coal aro erpially dopendent upon
daily shipments. To eall our modern rail?
roads tho artories of life is BO far-fetched'
metaphor. 1' li Hteral truth. Tho atop-l
page of those supply routos InvolveS anl
latrophy of members fraupht with danpor
. ,iso nnd death.
Hy Um prace of luck wo escaped a eity-j
traction strike, and tho chanees are
?hat an cqually happy issue will re?
sult from the railway mediation. Bul
must wo always trust '<> Ittck an.i good
Nn law can BCCOmpliah tbr inipos-,
sil lo. Hut may not tho principlfl of thr
Canadian art DC applied in such fashion
aa matorially to lessen tho danrft
ftrikes and ostahlish with over increas.np
force tho paramount ripht of tho public t"
? upon an uninterrupted aervice of ita
nrieana of life?
Unashamed.
Mr. Bryan has joined Secretary Rcd
held i:i fervid endoavor to convinco the
public that Mr. Wilaon'a colleagues have
boen primarily statesmoti, not job-hunters
and job-bostoxvors. Hut his bolated de
fence of his "deaerving Democrata" letter
doos not carry much more conriction than
Mr. Redtiold's seramblcd BBBertiona that
Mr. Durand araan't ou>tod from tho Fed
eral Cenaua Bureau to make place for a
Democratic politician, but oupht to have
been. To be sure. tho fact that tho cm
ployea of tho State Department gave Mr.
Bryan a WBtch on his hasty departure
therefrom, to which he alludea with teara
in his voice, mipht be consftiered proof of
tho ataiuleaa purity of his motives. Never
tholess. the "deaerving Demoerats" letter
xxill remain as a monumont to his assiduity
in seekinp to place party men on the pub?
lic payroll.
The loquaciousnoss of Mr. Hryan and
Secretary Redtield is in stnkinp contrasr
to tho silence of Preaidenl Wilaon him?
self and of Mr. Mcllhenny, the preaidenl of
his Civil Service Commi ? -rdinp
the charpes that job-prabbinp politics has
been played in the Postotliee Department.
Mr. Bryan protosts that whatever he
soupht to do in tho way of job-prabbinp
was not in violation of the civil aervice
law. The charpes relatinp to the Post
ohVfl Department affect tho xory spirit of
the civil service law. of which Mr. Wilaon
was once an eloquent advocate. They
challenpo tho officioncy <>f tho department
by tho allopation that Democratl have been
appointed in preference to Republicans of
higher ratinp in competitive examination.
And for three yeara tho Civil Service Com?
mission haa peraiatently refused to ponnit
tho National Civil Service Rcform Leapue
to havo access to tho records which mipht
diaprove those charges, baaing its refusal
on the statement that examination of thoae
records mipht lead to eritieism of tho Ad?
ministration which would be ombarrassinp.
That refusal President Wilson sustair.s.
Mr. Hryan assorts he is not ashamed nf
his "deservinp Dcmoerat.-" letter. ro
tary Redfield insista he is not Bshamed "'
the oustinp of Mr. Durand and tho substi
tution of a politician. It cannot be that
President Wilson and Mr. Mcllher are
lunashamed, or unafraid, of the reaulU of
disclosure of the facts repardinp tho ap?
pointment of fourth class poatmasteBa
since 1918. If they were unashamed, or
unafraid, they would make public those
facts.
John Redmond'a Outlook.
Thore ifl seaively .-ufficient juatiftcation
for the ploominess of many Irishmen over
the failure of the much-advertiaed settle?
ment of tho Home Rule problem. Even
tho weekly "Ireland." a journal moro truly
repreaentative of Irish opinion than most
uf tho ridiculoua pseudo-Iriah papers pub
lished here, virtually throwi up the sponpe
with tho despairing observation that "the
Engliah Tories mean to govern Ireland as
a conquered province, and they aro stronp
onouph to have their xvay." N'ow, suppos
inp there are Ministors xvho still think
that is tho only way to povern Ireland,
are they really stronp onouph to have
their way?
An impartial consideration of the re?
sults of the blundering, <>r trickery.i or,
whatever peoplo please to eall it, in the
recent attempt to solve the problem of
d should COnvinee any Irishman who
xvas not unduly pessimistic that the advo
of coercion have pamed nothinp
whatever. The weak povernment, prima?
rily responsible for the scaiuialous break
down of the nepotiations, cannot lay the
blame on Mr. Lloyd Georpe, or on Sir Ed
ward Caraoa, or on Mr. Rodmond. Neither
can the failure be attributcd wholly to
I.ord Lanadowne, thouph he happened to
be the Minister who let the cat out of the
bag. The fact is that those who haxe ac
qtnesced in this miserablc business have
been tveakened by their timid and coward
ly conduct. nnd it may very well be doubted
whether they can lonp survive their
failure.
That Mr. Redmond's poattion ft ;ft
as stronp as it WBI befoie can hardly bfl
quostioned. Many even of tho.-c who have
hithorto supported the povernment do not
attempt to excuse the cmn.-e taken in this
affair, and it will not be at all surprisinp
ifTn the end Mr. Redmond is the painer.
He himself has spoken n little despair
ingly of present conditions, hut there ar.
signs enotiph to encourape him, and in the
long run he may triumpli. He hns always
placed his hope in the demncracy of Kng?
land. and it is obvious that a common sense
of fair play has won him new friends on
this oceasion. Mr. I.loy.l fJenrge. may also
be counted on. Another encouraginp sign
|| the attitude of Sir Kdward Carson.
There arc some good. hard men in North-,
eaal Ulster, ai ln England, too, who arill
violently rcscnt Sir Kdward CarSOtl's Btti
tinlc, bi.t it is ? hopeful attitude, and in
the lonp run it may lead to somethmp
more like a real settlement than wc have
yet secn. Mr. Rcdmond has a clear
enough head to make his way without ic
pard to fhc plans of a discreditrd povern
ment.
Murder by the State.
Something of thc bleak, clemental
tragedy cf a Russian novcl envelops the
Story of Stielow. thc farnihand of MedittB,
X. V.. cendemned to death for a double
murder, escaping the electric chair by
minutes throuph a belated reprieve, and
now proved innoccut l.y a tramp's confes
sion. The machinery of N'cw Vork justice
can claim little credit for thc happy final
chapter now written. Thc record uf futilc
effort to undo a terrible judieial blunder
strikes (\ccp into the ripid legalism cf our
courts.
Americans like t-. ihudder at the cruelty
which v.e think ere see in thc Freneh sys
tem, whereby an accused person is ques*
tioned in open court. It pleaaei Ul to be?
lieve that our merciful Anglo-Saxon sys?
tem savei a defendanl fr<>m tettifying
against himself. Vct look at Stielow. He
convicted almost wholly through a
-ion WTUng from him in private by
itives, There was some eorrohora
tion, necesaarily. But the verdiet rested
mainly on the confe.-sion, and that con
liited of thc defendant'i own testimony,
nol delivcred publidy with a human
chance of give ar.d take. but. bled from him
drop by drop in typical third depre pro
cedure.
We are far from .'"ndcmninp a de
fendant's examination altogether. It ii the
itraightforward, human way of gi tting at
th.- truth. very often the only way. ll
works justice again and again. What wc
are condemning i:; the r-tupid pretc:.
stem, which m. .. fendant on
th.- witness stand bul sitbj'ec'..'. him to un
. i torture in secret Thc simple
minde 1 laborer in Sing Sing, still mute
azed after hi from murdi - ?
. rtds of the People of thc Stal
New Vork, pleads more eloquently tha:
eould any leader of the bar for a new
m that shall deal in facts, no;
forms.
Battle Losses in the Past.
-
A ths wai i" aboat te enter its third year
men arc looklag back from it? eoloasal out?
put to thc war:. ..f the paat How they
shrrnk in llso, viswod through *'..c larer md
of thr teleseope! Thc fsBIO II ' of the
nationi,*' fonght in I81S, wai won
\ , : . r.nd Swedei
? IM 000 I- rsflch iini. r Napoleon, an.l
thr total killed snd woaaded did not c\rrci\
:. terized W'al
;. "world-earthquake," yet Wri: i
hattle not more than 67,000 troopa, K ichei
adding M.000, whili thr Freneh
nnly T. ;.'?'. told bi
Hsadsrson calls Sadows "one o( thc ?.-:?
of history,*1 remsrking thal "seldon
. : have two laeli eolonal arn I
over agaiml SSCll othrr." Th" fighting ar
rayed 2__,00fl ajram-t 221,1 01
? |ed 50,000.
ln thc Franco-Pruisian war over a million
men were called out hy :hr Prosaiaas, bu'
not mon- than half of them were setlvelj
ed in the field. BazaiflS i.- drsenhe.:
dS retreating on Heti "with his hu;*r army of
170,000," while the battli l i|
?cdr.n i- called "the moit improaoive i|
de '1 r.t man culd well devlae." The li
amounted to .."S.ooo killed nnd woaaded. At
the lloss of our t'.vil Wsr the Psdsrsl army
numbeii-.l sboat a millir.rj, an 1 at Ica.-t a
?i had been riindled duriai th.- iti
hy thr Confederatei. At thr first battle of!
Hull Run L'S.000 Federali under MeDowell
facod lio.onu Confederatei un.ln BeauregardJ
aad thr loaaei were sboat (.OOO; at thi
.:..! I.rr had ab.iut 46.000 men, Popr about
86,000, thr Coafedoratea losing 6,400, thr:
Federali 16,000. Thr foreei engaged in the
fhree .lay-' hatt'r at I let I ysburrr numru-rcd
nol more than from 70,000 te 80,000 a ildo;
thr Fedorali lort 83,186, thr Confederatei
81,621, And thr whole ]o.?srs in the "tre?
mendous" strucple between Bossis ard Japan
in l904-'06 did nol exceed 600,000.
Masqucraders.
. / ,r,-n TSta O ?'./.'?
The spsctaels of thc Ii.morrats in CoBgriSS
| Bl protSCtioi ' DBI that should
n.akr thr dead and gOBl isinti of thr party
st ir in their tomb.-. Thr new rovOBBC bill
that has just been put through th* House il
... full of Bepoblican idea* and priaciplei
that it can hardly br rlaimrd tt Demoeratic
in anythinp but name !? itill retarns some
of the tincture of Hourbonism, but in the
main is so progressive that a large number
of the Republican* eould easily votr fnr it
because of its indorsement of Republican
principle*. Chief among thc featyres of thc,
bill in thia regard ii the rovhral of ihe tariff
commission, originally provided for hy the
Rcpubliciins and in full operation when the
present Administration came to power, and
killed BS one of its fir't BCtS. Protective du
ties, calculated to encourape thc development
of new industries, are also included.
It muRt not be accepted that thc Democrats
have taken up the principle of protection be?
cause of conviction. On thc other hand, it is
CXClaaivoly a matter of expedieney with them.
For two fSBSrstioas they have denouncjed thr
protective tariff as the most iniquitous of all
forms of lepislation, wherefore their belated
resort to it ll the more latSBSStiag as a con
fes.-ion that they have been wrong for tifty
years at leait. Their present revenue bill is
an admission of the correetness of Repub?
lican principles. Disaster, dur te frso trade
. xperiment. has compelled thr (imnmant party
to confess its blunder. and te fr've thc coun
tr;. at least a niv: ' iBBd g"v ernment.
The new revenue measuri ?-nark
able because of iti wida d< part ure from the
provlsiaai sf the Uadorwood hill that wo*
?o folaomoly ladorsod sl tbe Bt Loais con
\Ctitior . -iin thc platform
as embodying the DooSOCrstic idea of a tariff
measure. Thc DlBloeratS CSItaialy are |t
sea. "
IN PUBLIC PLACES
Frail Celebrity Deeply Cut Into a Poit
ofticr Corneritone.
Io thr fftlitor of Th* Tribune.
(*ir: I am no captinu* critic of frail hu
manity. Men hnvr thrir rightftil fault*. Who,
.n.lrrd, f* not entitlrd to hi* pnrticulnr imper
roetioal Without ?harlow* there would bfl M
high light*; without itrong divergencr* from
tha prrfrrt type thrre mtild not exi*t that
,'rlightful thinp. prr?on?lity. So.onr'* fault"
should hr n.-rcptcd n* thr matrix whrrrin i*
aai nnd wbeaea a*ffa*Jsaa our uniqur g.-ma ef
rhar-irtrr. Thr whit* trrth in the grimy tace
ot an indu*trioti* ronl pa**er, Ihr rr.l hair of
b cndd.r. nrrk drrp in thr prrrnrry. arr thr
morr likabla for Ihr rontrn*t of thrir rnvi
ronmrnt.
Thu* it la for rontraat we hun-rer. VlrtBfl
in itfl pri*linr statr i* a bore. II Ifl ft?* form
tO BXtol itfl po*sra*ion, hut BTfl durk whrn it
lidloa to where wr arr happily lisUaiafl' tO
thal rnjovablr rhrrkr,board ehararW eallAfl
Ihr man or woman of thr world. T<> BBVA ?
roBBoeahla amount "f gaedaeaa ihiaiag forth
Irnm thr intrr.'ticos of thr fr.rklrs nf our
defeeU -aahaa of onr thnt welLaeleved ereat
nre *pok?a af ?itl BiYeetloaate toleraacfl ns
human.
So. Bl I hnvr iaid, I nm tio eaptiaai ti'ic
0f thr frailtifll of human natur.-. Thrre arr
i love, aaaaa I liko, aaaia I lamh At
ii,.. ?|,| |ady tae proud ta adrnil bar need,
luffering I" iHaBea, araara a BBflciea ai pride
tha a-orld eaaW lll aiTerd la Iaaa. rha all
PIteem whieh beldi a man traa to a courai
,. the ncighbora ara laakiag haa ita
,., ntij ,-,? re va ralaA whieh i- aai io br
ed. Evefl thr shrrrrft. thr most shout
..,-, vi.n.tv has its BBCA. For inftan.'r. lt
often workfl ba nn BBeeBaelaafl revealflr of
eharacter. Wlthoal 11 m nn floreole thrrr
,,. ,.,;:,?.. laekiBg athar Botahle qBalitlea,
uho BBVei WOOld br <li*rovcicd, nor, if dlfl
eoverad, ba reaiABihered.
We nll rrmrmhrr thr frllow Bl srhnol '.xho
? rote hia BBBia on tha walla of
thr most unron\ rntional of monumr.it?, a?
wrll a* 'hr legend arhieh a< peralstently
?pruag to lifr bmrath it: Toola' BBBies, Hke
?hrn faCOB, BIA oftcnrst srrn in pabliC plarr?."
Apropo. of thil falliBf thara ii ifl my ?am
Inatruetive pictare. OvArhABfiag bba af
tha world' me I beaatifal lakei than ia a
eliff, luperbly eoverad with bohm, rrnturirs
old. Up ita faee thara eroop*, nharp atieh ifl
teeth, h boy. Reaehiag ? ladfe near *h" iam*
?vt tha kid, tal flf, trea-'Bling hald with onr
with thr othrr his ?tvltll ABd
np=, boy high. ifl thr ar-rd grny greefl ,-arprt
... iprawling aml aag-gestive ioitials,
J. A.
Havitif- thu* immorfali-ed himself 'hr boy
ndfl, t.. And awaitinp him thr owner, a
i aad iBereileaa man, dre led ifl e!
??Wh-.- did yaa .lo thal P*
??! only jaal waated to-?erateh my bbbia,
??Why did you want tu teraten jroar name
thtrtf ThAt eliff iaa'l jreura, nor did you
eroate it."
"Only, sir. io they'd reiBABiBar I elnmh up;
I'm (roii g awajr, ilr."
"Wrll. I luapeel you n'-r, my bob; take that!
? t' hell out of here.-1
All oi* whieh came vividly to mind x-hm.
the other day, i itrollod up to thr tiny hai
exqaiaite poeto'"*'ee hai roeoatlj haill al i'am
den, Me. ft'- enly a poatodce, having ao
eonneetio'n with any othrr department and
iaw deeply cut in ita eoi
an, WILLIAM G. M'ADOO, SECRETARY OF
THE TREAS1 RY
HENRY A. WISE WOOD.
New York, Aag. 9, 191*1.
Usqufbaui-h and the Scots' Tcmperamcnt.
To thr Kditor o' Thr Trihunr.
S r: Vour ev.tertr editorial of this morn
inr regarding thr inpproflfliofl of thr
iBBgfa in the country of or by th" Beotfl
tl ... flven nn aditar can fall ihorl of
reaehing th.* nub of a quABtioB. Yet, poi
? ? i It woadered at. for aa it
ad man to qaalify as a Seal
? requirfl the bbab ralibrr to
understand him.
Now, ?eeordiag to thr reliablc tali ef
my graadfathar, it is an indubitable fact that
.- first net a riehl guid williawaagh be
? eath thr waiatband of a Highlaader, bob!
"Clap in his walienieve a hladr." thrn "Hi
? how he may anead twa hi i
, ii'i i
Wi ii.| the Bril ih government, in thia
roafl, take thr chance, dirr it might
br, of ii n aiahing inch n rcault? "Nol it
tha* eonrl knows itaelf, .-ir, BBd thfl court
think it do|"
"Wha'i like us""
"The deil ? v.n!"
JOHN THOM30N.
Now York, Aug. ft, 19H'..
What Is Her Name?
To the Kditor of The Tribune.
Sir: In a letter from Mr.-. William Force
Scott to The Tribune shr spcaki, of the "politi
<<-.! immorality" of the suffrage movement,
quotini* a leotimeal which sh<- iayi wai
' ihonted by ono of their popular speukers at
,-; public suffrage meeting."
SutFragists are giving of thrir service un
iparingly; they nre working for t'irir coantry
arii! its po'ernment. It is nnr.rcrs.ary for
them to aay thal any expreAaioB of dialoyalty
ifl not a suffrape sentiment.
Hu* ai ?? ?UnTragA xeorker I .-hould like to
Bflh Mra. Scott, throuf-h The Nrw Vork It.b
vne, for the name of this "popular sufTrajre |
speaker"; also what was the place and the
rlate <>f this "public lalfragfl meeting" where i
thr-,. rctiihrkHble .sentinient.s were uttrred.
Thankm^ hrr in advance for this courtesy.;
and Ihr Tubunr for Rivini; the information
in its ever valuable columns. I am yours
liaeeroly, H. k. L
Camp Summit of Kchors, N. Y.. Aup. I, 1910
The Quiet Scot.
To the Kditor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your eomapoadent, "A. Miller Wil?
son," i? justly indij-natit that such a book as
"The l'n-peakahle Scot" shoul,| continue to
di-r*race the shelves of the Public I.ibrarv.
Toleranee of such literature is probably
due to thr fact that the Scotch, unlike .some
of the noi*ier race* in New York, have never
had a politician to single them out for special
notice. There i.i no Scotch-American vote. If
there had been, such a typograph ical untruth
Al thr above-mrntioned book would have been
telegated to some unfrequct-ftd, dUAtj ihelf,
or po*sibly have disappeared altog.'her.
Tha Scotch have been generous eontrmutors
to the world's progress, and at thi* very hour
are showing on all the battle front* of
Kurope th* splendid stuff of which they are
BUulfl Mrn of *uch h stalwart nation nred
BOVOT fear the bhthering misreprese'Uations
of ?uch as thr author of "The I'nspeakable
I'KTKK RUDDIMAN.
Yonker?, Aug. 9. 1916.
Homeward.
To the Kditor of The Tribune.
Sir: After reading your leading irtieie on
Lord Robert Crcl. xvhich appear*. in to .:.,;.'
?r->ue, I am moved to B^k y?u a question: As
xou have ha.l -u.\i greal - ?? ith the
Rritiflh government in inducing them to tell
you their it.moft thoughts | ?), why not turn
your attention homeward and diacwvai for us
Mr H .. aghts ar.d opinion* on and
abou' the lioiman, pro-l,erman and hyphen
atrd German-Irish campaign in this country?
Won't you please enlighten us on this very
timely subject? J. N. J. BKLL.
New York, Aug. 10, Iflfl),
OUR DUTY IN THE" PHILIPPINES
F?-r JuoV J-kin, of ? Iiland.. F?_? Anarchy .nd . j.p.n... S.izu,. if .he- Unilcd SM. Fi-* fj
TrJ and Abandon. lh. F.lipino. Und? lh. P,ovi.ion. of .h. jon? B,ll-Th? __-<
and fiducated F.lipino. Dre.d lh. rhou.ht of Ano.h.r Dom.nal.on.
To the Fditor of Thc Tribune.
Sir: In my letter publi'hed in the Tribune
?A the 21st ultimo I gave aome reaioni why It
wai fortunate for the United Statei that the
i'1-irke amendment did not pnai. being in the
mais that it would be a betrayal of a truit
aad brriirh of treaty and moral obligations.
And I will add that n nation, M leSS than an
ifldlvidaal, ahould havr n kren eonacicne* and
,rnsr of moral obligat ion*, and iti comcience
?diould always be drar.
It i? platnly apparcnt thnt, if thc I'nited
Statrs were to withdraw from tbc?* islands,
? t would b* but a short while before they
would bc ia a stHtr of anarchy, and that
Japan or some other foreign power ISSS altru
istic than the Uaited i:'Ht?s woald muke avnil
i.l.le thc first opportunity, cxruse or mi*tnk*
on their part for seizing nnd assummg BOV*
sreigaty over thrsr ralaabls paossssisas, in
tl.c aesjaisittoa of whirh Ihe I'nited Statrs
has spent millions of money and the precioai
blood of bravr and pstfiotic American nol
diers. nnd million - mon i| thnr protection,
nplift, devslopmiBi nnd eiviliiatiea.
Ths intslligent nnd br;t edueated Filipino
know thil fail Will; Itld thcrr is nothing that
'(ighteni the PilipirtOS .a gSBSral more than
thc thoagbl of coming nnder the dominion of
ihe Flowerj" Klngdom. They dread tha' nbove
all things rlsr, nnd would rcadily SCCSpt any
(ther lolation ot' th<* vr_ed qaoStiOB rather
than Jspaasss lovotfigBty.
Ths Insarreeto Issdtn ii thr past have
fully understood tii - aid hai? found it thc
? method sf indueing thi igaeraat bb*
t iv.- t.. c IBtrlbatS thsir time and monry and
join them for pretended insurreetionary pur
:... - . often nothing more than a
?chemc by some leader or leadori to g"t
monry from thr more ignorant elaSHS. These
loadon hav only to givi OU( 'hr report that
tbl .laps are about te land nn ariny on Philip
r ino ,-hores, and forthwith the ignorant na
floch te their itaadards, taki thr o.ith of
allegianci sad sign thrir names m ith a pei
dipped in blood drawn from their own veins.
te thii from peraonal experienee, Im
1 have tried leveral es ei for elolatlon of thr
lovolation and icdition lawi.
Therefore, it il bul natursl thal thr prrat
balk of thc Filipino people -hould prefer to
rjno when they underatendl
what indep. r | nCSBI for them.l
l . hen they f illy realize thr.t
tndependenco mean , not unbridled libertyl
to t'iri'ilom from all taxation and
logsl restrsint, a;- they are taught to believe.
but one of two nlteinatives, either slavery to.
. KEEPING SCHOOLS CLEAN
High Standards IVaintained?Compiainti
Are W-lco-ned.
i Editor sf Ths Tribu
Bir: My stteation hai baen called to an
monymooi eomm u ppaarlag in your
iier. whieh eommunieation is dated
July 'J.'>. 1016, and ligasd hy a prr.son describ
ing himself as ? high ichool trachrr. This
.-ommunicat'on calls attrntion to thr present
ncourge of infantile paralysis, and in connee
'ion thercv.-i'h charges seveia! school build
lagi with being in an unaanitary condition,
whieh, vour corre-pondrnt contendl, must
sffed lipos the spread >.f infantile
The Commltte. - n l si of B lil -ngs of the
Board of 'hr City of Now York
s i harged I thi i
?ling a proper itandard of eleai
n .-.. ry aehool bai] liag in the city. Will you
permit me to lay thal thii eommltteo has'
aade slTorti of the most itrennoai kind te
=r* that 'he highest itaodard of clean
I nteined '.'
1' l- snfortanste thal your eorrespoadeal
iaa chosrn te make hii eomraualea'lon to you
monymona. If he had ilgned his nmnp to thc
letter I eould havr eommunieated with him
ind ssked him tei te the boildii .
.vhich hr eoi ' ? ' lg neg
laeted te givs hii name, ?? id hsving neglscted
to itate the buildings whieh ?re in an unsnni
oaditioa, thi eommittee ii helplsss io
ng to which building] he refors
On the general propoi I wiae to call
rhe attention of the public to the fact that thr
i'ommittee on Care of Bnlldingl wriromes
cvory eomplalnt braring upon the sanltar*
condition sf tho ichool building-. No eom
plaial of any eharaeter hai been received by
the committee but what i* has been given thr
most thnrouph investigation an.l proper aetion
taken thereon. lf there are m.y lehoal build
hii h are nol being properly
kepl clean it i| but fair to call the attention
of thr pablie to thi expreoi duty imposed
upon the principals of the pablie schools of
th* City of Now York by Soction 48, Sub
diviaion 8, and Boction 11T, Sab>diviaion 7, of
thr bylawi of thr Board of Education to im
mediately rrport such condition. Kurthrrmorc,
principals arc required to sUbmit service re
norts to the auditor once a month, shnvving
whrthrr the janitona! work has been satisfac?
tory or onaatiafactery before the payrollsare
paossd by him.
If, thoroforo, thr schools arr not being kept
ln proper condition it is the thought that the .
eommittee wil! bl eharged with notice thcreof
by the prmcipa! rr-fusing to make thi monthly'
certitication. but if thc principal, neverthe
less, crrtirirs tha' thojr are. it can bc plainly
sren that thr principals fail in thrir rrspon
libility te 'hr ichool lyatem.
lt [| but fair to itate that our general rx
prnrnce has bern that the principals do thrir :
Utmosl te ?' that thr school buildings are
kept in a eleaaly condition.
ths du'y of any parrn'. trachcr or:
citizen, or for that matter any poison inter
ested ni thr wlfarc of the school? of the eity,
who knows of a school building that is kept
in an unclrar'y con.iit '.on, to rrport thc fact to
the I'ommittre on larr of Buildings and also
to the principal of the school. so that thc
principal may forward a complaint to thc
rommit'er. Thc eommittee is most sympa
thetic toward complamts. Hvery considcra
tion is extended to them and every encouragc
ment given to those who have complamts to
make. If this communication .should fail un?
der the eye of your anonymous correspor.dent
I h"p.' that he will communicate with the1
committee and sdvtec ll I pecifically of the
schools to which he ref- i
I nnght say in conclusion that as a body we
have found the janitors in charge of public
school baildiagl to be a Bai set of men, will
ing, able and ready to do their duty. There
may be, however, some jar.itors who do not
parform their daty. lf such there be, and
proof is furnished of that fact, the committee
will make ihort ihrift of them and take steps
to d'.smts* them from the school system.
ISADORE MONTEPIORE LEVY,
Chairman Committee '.n * are of Buildings,
Board of Education.
\.iw York, Aug I, Itlf.
"France the Victim of England.'
? ii Editor ot rhe l ribune.
Sir: "The Ma:l" has publishrd in its col?
umns "copy" of a pamphlet: "France the vie
t m of Kngland in all her history.'' "rhei
Mad" itated the pamphlet haa for iti author
the politicofl ?nd caci?iue? or we?r the Jap
aneie vokc.
In your report of the speech of tx-Prrsi
ident Taft at the twenty-eeventh annual din
ncr of the Ohio Society of New York, Ju*t
before hc retired from the White Hou*e, you
said hi* Iflflfh voiced thr opinion of those of
mfluencr in the I'nited State* who are op
po*ed to independence. If *o, it i* well.
And I would add that it would voiee the ?en
liment flf all loyal American* if they under '
stood eondition* in the Ph.l.ppm* IfllaadB
BBd our relation* with them a* well ** dor,j
ihe Imnorable ex-Preaidrnt.
Mr. Taft said, among other *rn*ible thing*,;
that if the Jones bill pa**ed, giving the
Philippines independence within eight year*,
it would spell the end of Democratic power
f.,r Bt least twenty-tive year*. "Kor our ?uc
Baid Mr. Taft, "I could ask nothing bet
tei thea the pa.sai-c of the Jones bill; but I
| .,.,. tkfl iBteraata of the K.l.pino* at heart.
Hc also *aid that the Ualted Statr, *hould
not scparate from thflflfl Uanda for a penod
of not less than twe generations, and then
ml" in eaaa the Pilipiaea fleelra a laaaration.
These lllaadfl are the best colonier. B the
worid, aaid he; all ef whieh waa wall aaid aad
il di.ec'ly to the point, and it *hould strong
|y appeal to avory fan-minded and patriotic
man and WOmAO ifl the Ualted States, regard
loaa of party afllllatioBa
-Aay of thr miaaioaariAA will tell you that
thr warliha Merea have never accepted the
-jhrietian ralifloii BBd are a CBBBtaat flaeBaea
,o thr Beaceabla tribea, whieh have largeiy
b,,n convrrted. Ut us go on a* we are.
Thflflfl peoplfl have no desire for their mde
,,.ndrnce. Let us wail tlll they have that de
s,rr and so fttlfll thr promise made WfcOB
Admiral Dawey deatroyed the Span.sh fleet.",
Hr m;ght have added. "and so fulfil our!
treaty obl.gations, avea thouch ('ermany and
other belligerent poweri may regard trcaties
as merr 'reraps of pnp'-r.' "
There is abundnnt wisdom in all these
words Of the jolly, good-natured ex-Presider.t,
nnd he knows more about Philippine condi
tioaa nnd how to solvc thfl Philippir.e prob
loflfl than Mr. Harnson or Mr. Jones or Sena?
tor f'larke ever will know, or it is possiblc
far Mr. Wilson to know; because long rrsi
nencc in thr ifllaadl and thorough study of
their eonditionj arr abflaletely iadiaBeaaable
to a proper undersfanding of thrir needs, thrir
and aspuatio.-ift or to correctly dotor.
miaa thr question of thrir ritr.ci-s and capac?
ity for lalf-faveramflnt and independence.
A bnckwoods [hilosopher overheard an
i French statesman, and that it was printed
and edited by the well knoixn Paris pub
1, her, "Lemerre," 23-33 Passage C'hoiseul,
Paris.
Yeatarday a German of my Hcquaintance
'riumphantly brought. me a copy of "The
Mail," asking me to read the interestini; tOI
fi - ion or opinion of a French statesman. At
the tirst glance the name "Lemerre" struct
my eyes, and as a flash I replied, "You are
fooled, my friend; thia is a (ierman forgery,':
ind fl-cplainad ta him that Mr. Lemerre, when
shown the pamphlet which bear* his address:
Ti I.-merrr, Kditiur, IS-Sfl Passage ChoiflOal,
Par:-." ar.d "Imprtrnerie D. Lemerre, li Rue
des Prrges, Paris." declared that the pamph?
let was unknown to him, was not printed in
I is shops and Ifl "apoeryph."
This statement of Mr. Lemerre concernir.g i
thifl (ierman "canaillerir" was pub'.ished in
various book roviowa here m Annl la.-t and
IB March in Kurope.
BEN A. LKKPRIKTH.
Nrw York. Aug. 9, 1916.
Any Change for the Better.
To the Kditor of The Tnbunc.
Sir: The short Ifltter by the "Anti-Rryan
Democrat" in Fndaj# paper certainly shows
B Inch dflgrofl Bl intelligence when he say*
'ing to vote for President Wilson
on his Mexieaa record aad axptaai
approval of the cri'icism of this record by
Mr. Hughes. How any one can say on- .
word for the record of the President in re-'
gard to IfaxieOyia a myatary.
ln tha itata whara l liva thr record of
the Preaideat arill lose him thousands ofi
votes. and while 'IVxas is a hidc-bound Demo?
cratic state, which will show a majority for1
the President, neverthrless, many of I
s.mie Damoerata arill vote for the President
limply beeaBse he rapraaaBta the "white
man's party."
Thr policy of indecision and cowardice, to j
suy nothing of plain foolishness, which th-*
prOAABt Administration has followed in re-'
gard to Mexieo will make an admirablfl rea?
son for some half-bak?d and less than half
informed person to vote fur Mr. Wilson, but
how any man who has sense enough to write
a l.-ttrr to a newspaper should do such a
thing is more than the writer can see.
To those people who iay that Mr. Hughe*
has not told how he would have improved the
Mexican situation the only answer is that
he could not have dOBfl wors'e than Presi
dent Wilson did. When firmness was neees
Mry the Administration was weak and hesi
tating, and when diplomacy was necessary it
was bull-headrd. We fail to see the neces
sity for tellmg what policy should be fol?
lowed. Any change will be h change for the
better TKXAS.
Nrw York, Aug. 5, 1916.
Hoping for More Government Control.
To the Kditor of The Tribune.
Sir: The prevailing epidemic of infantil"
paralysis is a damning mockery in faee of
scientific progress, and a blot upon thespirit,
intelligence and advancement of our time.
Is it not a disgrace for thi* wonderful city
of our* to look so lazily and indifferently on
the crowded and disease breeding tenements,
when with but a little courage and a small
portion of the grBAA waste of running the
^.uvernmer.tal machinery housing institutions
could be eree'ed on a paying basis to irisure
health and proper developmen'. for people of
only 'imited means?
Which is better: To allow immeasurable
limits of land covered with worthless weed*
thnt could be utilized for such farrea.-r.ing
benefit, or to permit the present degradation
ifl the form of filthy tenements to produce i
hrlpless human weeds, only to become a hur?
den, a menace and a disgrace to ourselv ?-?
Is it not to the tinancia.1 benefit of the
city to supervise the food supply of the peo?
ple, to see that it is pure. to scientifically de?
termine whether it is nourishing and right,
rather than support and maintain at a fabu
lous sum vast institutions of suffering?
Just as gas, electrieity and xvater are sup
plied from a central source to tlie people in
their homes, *o could I -.'rigeration bfl
plild in summer and :;i liatioil in winter. io
could each and BVi aat rlement that
c.tifronts and hmders our phv eal aad
tal advaa'caaaaat be completely elimiaatad.
Oh, for the opportunity to strike with ter
r.ble force the cold and indifTerent apathy of,
stagnation! JOSEPH LKWIS. j
N'ew York, July 24, 1316. ?
pitronomer lay that s < ? ??,.
'?4
so many million timr* larg.r than the n,
to wbich the b. p. replied: "|f j?_ j. .
I have to lay i* tha' it ha. a isiasd SSSTfa
of ihowing it." If the Uail > :i ti
t'ustee nnd thsSS pr. .^
?h?n it i* clear that it i. th*
t'mtrd .''tatci to administer the rru>* M y'
Taft has OBtliaad, and BOt * Mr .1 -,,
Beaalar ?"iark* Hnd o?-- ??,,.'
press are srekmg to
v/ith thr Prseideal apparrn'fy kerpin;;
off ond eonniv.ng at '.'.
I have quotel from Mr. Yott tt Unri
brcause he has Wsely ar
prcssed thc views which I BBtettsil li
rosidoaes of twi . p<?^
of the i'hllipprrrr [glaad . Ar !, 1 Vr b*r. ]?,,,
I havr at hrar' 'hr best Inlere
piae peoplr, for many sf whom I hsaj
I'gard, and an ardent -!' ro to n
States do thr vrry beit thing foi
welfare, development, n:i<i ;
livr., liberty and pmp
I have herstel ...
sf thr best peopli ia ? .
among ths sat
hrr hundreds and thou?atid- of .
atnong them; that go..
bad folks arc thrre, Jast a- r ?re are goei
men and women ovorywhon '?*,.??
many realiy lovable eharacten amoag
and that it is not safe to ': ? .? rt_j
BBd hear cor.'-rrniiig th* : landl n- \
? ? ?? .
and dor.s them great injs ? ee. | ,
rriterate the = e SBprOSSiOBI
many good people in thSM I | \\k\U\
whom I have had '; I
and dealiag witb dai l years' sUj
'hem.
It seems inorrdib!<\ from tho '? **po!nt ?{
onr who hic, long hem a - | th#i*
. ' that big men Hkl . _r,,
ihoald fakr such little iccounl i ?' the l -
hood sf man and look BBOB. I brov,
rrothrr'" with such diafi
papers say he does. He lun ? ,
r..dical notions :
our obligations toward '
However, I bol ivo m of I i pap?n _iti
j:iven h:rr. .-??
?
some other Uniti
hen Sf ':-r lower hou>r.
ittrained to believe 'hat, if all ti
undeiita
therc
wi th a ? v ?
I.enera! Wright,
Gilbert the Joni t ? hi'.f
uo?en votes in eithi
Nov _ .?
FACTS REGARDING MEXICO
How Mr. Wilson "KePt Us Out of War"
There To'd from Vera Cruz.
To thr Editor of n c I ine.
Bir: When tl I
discu.-sion i:i
argument on the part
dent Wilson's rselsction ll tl
us out of war."
To those who ho!." an 0|
rlsw I would rocomn ? ?
Diplon
?
Sample il \\ imi ti i ill*
ire thi following
'In Wa hr
iko, thoui
Vors l . ?
.
war. U hat
sccompanie.l by
half n.
it 'Boaceful occupat >n.' . . .
"<ih, the glory snd nt
the l I-.- I Stati
harbo
'
craft, ?
ro pi
nf B p'h B I ...
-
rill do a
?? i t h '
nf le:-. ...
Saratoga Spi ?.?.''..'
Charity Without Prejudice.
To the Editor sf Thi Tribune.
S:r: Is it allowsd to givi th* ' I -:
Bar Harbor corresrotrdent in vour iasue of
July 28?
Bha has struck the ba
called to the I .
lf charity funds . a BSSsblt
B Saaday or two ago, when the
. | .
I tbe two or I ? ? ?? for l i Ceatisl
Powoi -.
"i. h el srlty far i n Bs*
fruits of good advir' ! i kid. *?
mor.th n^o I was in 11 *''
tlomenti sf sea
eomfoii i won
American money. Tl '
werr able to v.ork j.'
as Hollaad ii gett ng ch, I
ica, on v.-.-.' ? me ippliei I '
made to mr thst "1 I BIU lf k*f
slecve. She hai throwi
American i ?? late ont
by American ij n : l
Thrrr f*
saw mueh wealth. Theae I
understend, have doo i
don; bat if B |
uvrr thrrr he i- told (
front. This itetemi nt ????
?
.
There BT)
us do v
in our crow .
York City onr
among the crun. "rl '?
rope.
My recent travsll took rn* ?
of Pe [ four
the r"""" to a -"'?'
II beer; c ??? '? ? |
little boiag ?
clothing and limitl I IS I
harva t ia looked I
more pro.iu
soldier- '
eredit ;
pace, but II . . . \
siastieally to
Hungariaa -
giving |
.ind Palisb aeasaate; booki
sent to t
Brotborl)
section of the vw.
thi r. II
every nal
lag; wbils I
U .? take our | *
on which side b
?
?horoa, rather thi ihsr*
New York, July _-'., I L BMITI*
<Am.nc_u boraj