New-York tribune., 1910-12-18


Ten millions in lump i certainly
Edz- boost for peace commented Busy Man.
about the price Of one first class Dread
slcught. What have the war advocates
a,een doing"
A WAR SCARE.
"A sensational report from the War De
-,arJIncnL showing how the country Na>
inadeGuately protected against invasion by
Foreign forces, was sent 10 the House as
secret document and. after a number of
conferences and hurried telephone mes
Aaees. was returned lo the War Depart
-rcut on the ground that the House could
-1o1 receive q secret report Members Of
x,ongress who SAN the document before its
withdrawal say the report of Secretary
Dickinson points oLt that the country Is
wholly unpreparc3 that there * n woful
5r.6eGuacy OF men. Of guns and of ammu-
1uition- that the army should be reorsanized
ana .Ea1 a council of national defence
with the Secretary u War at its head,
sEcUld oe created by Congress. A report
from General Woed accompanying it.
marked confidential dealt with these sub
5,ctz and estve Official admission 10 matters
q1at are Of more or less common knoWl-
s-crt among army and navy experts in This
country and abroad
Charging the existence of q conspiracy
between the War Department ana military
enthusiasts IN the House Of Representatives
20 force enormous appropriations for mill
7ary purposes, Representative James A
Tavnoy. of Minnesota, chairman Of the
House Appropriations Committee. said that
tho Sccrctery's report and Representative
IIohz.n-s lecture on The Yellow Peril were
practical IDENTICAL, and accused Tfohson and
those whp hold his views Of conducting q
-l-..
7l.e effort 20 get the report Of the Secretary
q War before ire American people was
simply part OF a propa ganda on The part
,f the military enthusiasts 10 secure sup
port for larger appropriations.
What else have they been doing at
Washington2" asked Busy Man.
TARIFF REVISION PROGRESS.
- declaration IN favor Of q revision of
sHe tariff schedule by schedule was made
almost simultaneously in both the Senate
end The House by the conservative kepub-
Llcau leaders. In The Senate Senator Al
slE-ch Jet Il be known that he WAS IN favor
of tabloid tariff legislation. In the House
MAYS and Means Committee Representative
.Eerero =. Payne said that he was IN favor
OF revision schedule BY schedule Senator
Lodge got into the Senate debate long
fschedule- -by-schedule revision
Champ Clark, heir prospective 10 the
tSgealzcrsl1ip of the next House, agreed that
-1bere shall be a Committee on Committees
ssnd thar the privileges Of the Speaker
t<sllais further be cjIrtsiled. AIr. Clark also
i1avorS 4 revision Of The tariff schedule by
sssci1edulc
President Taft sent The following judi
E,Iai nominations 10 the senate: Chief jus
.-ice - 7he Tinted States -ASsociate JUS
h.oe I1dp-ard douglass White. Of Louisiana.
tkxsol5ate- Justices cC the SJIprffnc Court of
t-hp United Statcs-Judse Wills Van De
EVsI, ,cr. &C Wyoming. and Judge Joseph
t1eucRcr Lamar. of Georgia Judges Of the
sCo7lrt Of Commerce Martin i. Knapp,
llclza irnla1 Of the Interstate Commerce Com
Sr.ssion- for FIVE years; Robert ". Arch
El,cld. Judge Of the United States District
ss.ourt Of the Middle District Of PennsyI-
z.1uia. for four years William H. Hunt
3uGge Of the Court OF Customs Appeals. for
7s4c years; John Emmett Garland, OF South
Dakota, for two years and Julian Mack
5ydge in the Appellate Court Of the 1st I'LL
a.cj5 District. one year. Members Of the
Interstate Commerce Commissioning. II
Meyer. of Wisconsin, and &. &. McChord
Il Kentucky. ProTaptly on receiving his
asyI.-ln, tion from President Tart the Senate
f.tiiirgaed the appointment Of Associate
,54.ztic- White - Chief Justice who Was
formerly member of that body. Such
scprlssy IS always extended to former Sen
tors, The Senate - The same time con
1.Tmed the appointment Of Fred ". Leh-
acarn. of 81. Louis. a. solicitor General
'-IssfFsss sief General Hitchcock in his
snnuai report showed that in the fiscal year
snGed June 50 a reduction Of s1I, ,500.0G0
WAS made ia the annual deficit Of the Post
Office Department ia the previous year
ilse deficit WAS sI7.5oa.9oe. the largest in
tss. history IF the country. while The eN-
cess 81 expenditures over receipts in The
.'f ended .iiins 80. 1910. amounted 10
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