New-York tribune., 1908-04-30


Never has the efficacy of systematic aoNei'
ing been better demonstrated than py inc Pei
sistent and shrewd German Naval League "n''7
latest annual report declares that the o's"
tons efforts to arouse public sentiment oi 'e
subject of battleships have been 100 succea'i''
This result has been brought about by one OF the
most remarkable advertising campaigns III '0
annals of European history. For several years
railway stations hotels, saloons ana solie'iA'
o,..r cburcbes have been placarded with brightiy
ooIored statistical charts depicting Germany
ranl. as a naval power and the necessity VI
keenne the shpbuilders busy Every 'hA'eo
from the Baltic to the Alps and from ti< 20
to the Russian frontier has been arouseu 'S
Irers and stereopticons. NO wohoei' ''
,h r,orr,a, Government is now disquieted py Ihe
prospect of united people aroused 10 ii'"N'
Of patriotism and refusing to let naVal apprO p,
Driations be pared by Berlin ecohoiiiot''
rto1os Of Hannibal, Alexander and Napoleon
must be bemoan ming the ancient 9no' $3.50
,eee of their carnal forms they contemplate
., 1,ieor and his friends building battieShip9
:, ,hricit, How q few clever adVerisihs
,oor+s here and there might have changed 'ile
course of history.
E,ossi1s are reported to have been found OH
the Columbia University campus. "eh'
hettAr 70 have them there than IN the piole'
serial lecture rooms
Sid Governor John A Johnson yesterday al
Ua+roit. II am not in fight for the purpose VI
aof.otine Mr. Brvan" If he is to be nomlnateu
- t,,o Daroocratic Presidential candidate he
Ill, ,a,-o n defeat Mr Bryan. In that case the
rosu,+ will he inst as unpleasant to Mr. Bryan
whatever the purpose,
There is cause for much satisfaction III the en
actment of the law providing for the Pe'Pe'U
Dreservation of the old Manor Hall at Aohker9
as the property of the state. and FOR sra'l'uue
IN the citizen whose munfCence mas hlaue sum
.,r o.eib1a There are not many buildings IN
tho suburbs OF the metropolis which are llFeS'eU
with historic associations equal to those OF the
,,oxor Hall and there are few anywhere Whlch
unite at once so much historic and patrlotic IN
,aros+ beauty of design and situation ana coh-
yenience of access.
-rboroaa r Grady as the successor o1 bourHo
. , T. CONGRESS- would strongly remind peo-
pIe of his predecessor for his countrEin''" 'i
dftiona1 reason-because he's so dlHereh''
The latest display of German aversion ~ III,
Ions, dead Heinrich Heine is arouslns ui7 uSua
,,.onder,rent Of foreigners "Ho" can an 1ntelh-
gent man like the Kaiser hold such grunge
against one Of the worlds greatest singers
"And how can so many enlightened Germans w
..+be sarna?" Perhaps IF the foreigners aSNiiis
such questions as familiar WIN 'he f''9
remarks about Prussian rulers and frusSlan So
cfo+v os they are with Die HarZrelse and D'
hist vie cine Rlume" the unwiil1nshess 81 'ie
Kaiser and his subjects 70 forgive ana i"ise'
,-ou1d cease to ne a puzzle We nave not ".
heard of any American church putting in stained
.,o.. windows 70 the memory of Paine or In
ell. b,,+ those men never once spoke so
i1o,,s1,- Of religion or of any relgton1St as
1Teina did almost daily of the divineiy appoint
cd. F5ahenzolIerns and their people. Foreign
critics forget that bee is longest remembered
by its sting.