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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
The Caillaux-Calmette Tragedy.

Paris disnatcbes have not made sufficiently clear
fine situation which led 10 the killing Of CASTOR
Calmette, editor of lie Figaro" by Nine Calllau3
the wife of the French Minister Of Finance Inc
provocation was personal although the motive Oh
the management of lie Figaro in striking at the
Finance Minister through his wife may have been
purely political
NJ Calmette had been conducting a furious cam
paign against NJ Caillaux ia the hope Of preventing
the passage of an income tax law. CaiauX was
the real force in the Cabinet az well as head OF
the Finance Department, and as he had pledged
himself to the levying of an income tax NJ Gal
mette and the interests which he represented were
doing their best to discredit him and bring about
the fall Of the Cabinet. He had been accused IN
lie Figaro of various acts of political corruption
But those charges had missed fire more or less and
NJ. Caiaux's commanding position in the Chamber
Of Deputies remained unaffected.
As a last desperate stro:e 'Lc Figaro published
letter written by NJ. Caillaux back in 1901 to his
present wife, who then the wife of another.
It contained passage which Indicated that he,
though then ostensible supporter of income tax
legislation, secretly opposed to 1t and working
TO defeat it. The object OF the publication was to
suggest that if NJ. Caillaux insincere In 1901
lie probably insncere now. II his sincerity
could be impeached 1t was thought that the Social
lists and the other radical income takers In the
Chamber would desert him.
The letter written in terms which might be
construed as compromising TO Nine Cailaux. More
over, she had cause to believe that lie Figaro
had i'm its possession copies of other stolen letters
written to her by VI. Caillaux before their mar
riage. She resented what she considered brutal
sacrifice of her reputation in order to score polit-
cal point against her husband. That VI. Calmette
went to an extreme in attacking her which the Ell
quette Of journalism does not sanction Will be gen
orally admitted woman could not challenge him
to due and took the law in her own hands
1t is a amenable tragedy, with wrong on both
sides II cannot but affect the course of politics
deeply one of its immediate consequences being the
retirement of NJ. Caaux. who has stood for some
time past in the front rank Of French political
/ leaders
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
What Do the Free Tolls Advocates
Really Want?

We hope that the speakers at the mass meeting in
this city next Friday called protest against the
repeal OF the free tolls 10 coastwise shipping pro
vision OF the Panama Canal law will tell the public
exactly what they want. Are they more anxious to
see the government pay part Of the cost Of freight
transportation between the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts or more anxious to this country snap It's
fingers in the faces Of other countries 20 whose ship
ping we have promised by treaty the same treat
ment at Panama which we give to our OWN
Most OF those who argue against repeal talk as II
there was only one possible way to relieve domestic
shipping Of the burden Of canal tolls. They defend
n violation-or at least questionable Interpretation
of the Hay -Pauncefote convention as if otherwise
the government would have no means of substituting
the coastwise trade and thus securing cheaper
freight rates for the two scabo0rds Even suppos
lng that the language Of the Hay Pauncefoe treaty
did not really include coastwise shipping and that
other nations are wrong in maintaining that il did
what would II benefit us 10 stir up cnmitics abroad
by Insisting on our own contention, when we can
accouplisb all that most free tOllcrs say they want
~ accomplish without offending IN the least against
any other nations construction Of lis treaty rights!
n a subsidy 10 domestic shipping is needed Con
gress could easily vote that subsidy nnd all disputes
over treaty obligations would be eliminated. VIII
there be any speakers at the Carnegie Hall meeting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
The BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Why It's Reading There Is Regarded
with Disfavor.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: As constant reader of your paper
r wish to say a few words through your
columns about the bill introduced I'm Al
bany by Assemblyman DoX providing for
the compulsory reading of the Bible in
the public schools
The only way that the Bible can be READ
IN the schools would be q mechanical
reading of IT, without any comment OF
illustration, and | doubt that any such
perfunctory reading OF the Book of Books
will do any good. Reading Of some or
the savings in the Bible without any ex-
PLANTATION would do moro harm to the
morals Of children than good. and II there
are to be selections made, who Is TO be
intrusted with that most important work?
For instance, what will be the effect OF
reading the following terrific saying as
cribed 10 Jesus. without explanations
Think not that | am come 10 send peace
on earth / come not TO send peace ouI
q swordw Again: But those nine enc
mics. which would not that should reign
over them, bring hther, and Stay them
before me-" Now. such passages could be
multiplied. DO We not see the fallacy or
such a measure?
Another reason for the measure Will
perhaps he given, and that Is that we
want 10 bring up our children In re-
ligious atmosphere. But II the advocates
OF the bill mean religion in its broadest
sense-that is, love OF God and your iei-
low men. faith in ourselves and In our
neighbors and charity toward all-then l
would submit that there is good deal
Of that kind Of religion taught In our
schools.
An institution OF religion is founded upon
an entirely different basis than one or
education. Religion IS Of the heart and
not Of the head. It is not the child OF
reason. il is not the child of science, but
of human emotions. II man were wholly
Intellectual animal he would not be a re-
ligious animal Religion Is essentially
sentiment. No one will doubt this deilnl-
ton. Why. # is too apparent in all human
history. Religion il a passion. an enthu-
siasm-an inspiration, II you VIII, but an
inspiration OF mans emotional and not
Of his intellectual nature Now. an edu-
cational institution. besides representing
reason and science. IL also represents au-
thority. No power. however intelligent
and good should be trusted with the
vital question OF ones conscience. IL
should he left to the free will of the peo-
pie /. for one. am not willing 10 admit
that Christianity has become 80 weak and
rotten as TO have lost its influence over
man and that it must now appeal TO au-
thority TO establish IL.
RICHARD MARLOWE.
Elmira. y. Y, March Il, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
Gorgas's Report on Africa.

1t is not at all surprising that Colonel Gorgas re-
ports the sanitary problems of South Africa to he
far less formidable than those of Panama. The
reason is obvious Panama is tropical, within 10
degrees of the equator South Africa is temper
ate, from - to 80 degrees from the equator Those
hundreds Of miles make great difference in con
ditons
On the isthmus, with its reeking jungles and
teemng insect life, the adverse conditions which
were TO he overcome were those of nature itself.
On the breezy table lands and open plains Of South
Africa nature is bencfcent, and IT is the evil work
Of man that is chiefly TO be cOmbated. The Beers
have never practiscd anything but the most print
tive sanitary methods, and the great mining cor
poratlons of the WitwatersraHd have thought more
Of gold than Of kaflrs' lives.
The fight there * against tuberculosis and pneu-
monla instead of yellow fever and malaria, and
that fact again emphasizes the human rather than
the natural origin of the trouble. Cnhcatbfu hous
Ing and methods ~ work are the prOpagaiors or
South African disease, and these should be easier
70 overcome than the morbihc influences Of the
tropic Jungles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
THE DOUBLE STANDARD
As Women Become the Comrades of
Men Ii Will Disappear.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the letter from "C. 4. Y" in
Mondays Tribune some excellent truths
are expressed by one who is neither A
suffraSist nor an anti" She speaks a
great tiuism when she points to the fact
that the double standard must 80.
New York is TO honor woman at a
public reception next Sunday evening at
the Forty-eighth Street Theatre who has
done much 10 abolish the double standard.
/ refer to Mrs. Elizabeth Towne, OF Holy
oke.
Women are coming forward rapidly.
They are thinking their way through. A
time was when fathers and brothers did
the thinking for the women OF the home
That time has passed I'm many homes. and
is rapidly passing in others.
Women will become the comrades OF
men. They will work side by side, and
efficiency alone will advance one above
the other. TRIBUNE, READER
New York. March l6. 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
The Assemblies Duty on the Police Bill.

The reporting of Mayor NitcheIs police re'orin
legislation by the Assembly Cities Comml'tee re-
lieves that body of responsibility for us ia'e nnu
transfers such responsibility to the Assembly. mat
body is under Republican control ana there Is
coodly sprnkling of Progressives in It's menloel
shin A majority of the Republicans ana Progress
sves from New York City are In FAVOR OF uie
legislation BY all the precedents and logic OF ielS
lative procedure this ought TO he enough to warrant
its passage.
As reported TO the Assembly the bill Is acceptaDie
TO the Mayor who feels that such law wouid GU
ab,a his Police Commissioner to drive the 1necent
and corrupt men out Of the force. IL provides loi
mick recognition Of merit in the public service ny
making possible more speedy promotions than the
regulations now permit. 1t provides for DoaIu
of review Of decisions in police trials when VIII
assure each man square deal. 1t takes out OF tne
law the court review Of police trials which mas oeeh
the refuge and protection of 1.-THE hierarchy OF
graft" as the Mayor terms the police system
Only with such law on the statute books can Ne"
York City hope to have clean and able ponce
force. The Assembly's manifest duty is TO pass
the MAYORS legislation that if the Iamman!
controlled Senate wishes to kill it the responsibility
for that course may he clear and undivided
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
The Governors Appointments Spill
Fifty.Fiftv with Tammany.

When his zeal for Democratic reform was no'les"
Governor Glynn declared that the uplft couiu w
measured by his coming appointments. On the DaslS
Of his nominations for the Workmens Compensation
Commission the measure Of the uplift seems 10 oe
split of ifty-ffty with Tammany. MT. Do"llhs'
named as chairman of this important BODY denies
that Tammany had anything to do with MS seiec-
tion. That may well be, but he cannot deny that he
* and has been for long time one of Murphy :
friends and one of Tammanys standbys whenever
a respectable business man type of Democrat was
roouired for some public service. DR. Darlington
has been Tammany candidate-defeated on 'na'
issue-and a TammaDy oficehoder; an otlcenolder
with q good record it is true but, nevertheless,
with Tammany's tag on him.
The contrast between these two members and the
other two-Messrs Mitchell and Wainwrght-iS
striking. John Mitchell is easily the biggest and
sanest man in the ranks of organized LABOR his
experience and his point of view as labor unlohlSt
would be valuable in the commission, even II MS
mental mower we're less with his mind 10 back
them M he becomes man for whose appointment
to this place the state should be thankful Political
IN he is credited to the Progressves. Politics Wlth
him is a secondary matter. and in his appointment
if unouestionably counted little, Just as unques-
fionablv il counted much in the naming OF MesSrS'
Bowling and Darlington. Politics must nave TX
ured little in the selection of ex-senator VAIN
wright too His qualifications were a comprehen-
Sive knowledge of wOrkmens compensation history
and legislation gained chairman of the leslS-
lative committee which fathered the liability law de
cared unconstitutional by the Court of Appeals ana
sympathy for the movement which has kept MN
working for it since
II is 10 be hoped that the Governor. in naming
The fifth member of the commission. will give more
attention to his fitness for this work than TO his
political acceptability to Tammany. The success OF
his vast project depends more on the men who
administer the law than the law itself, for any
legislation on this subject now is experimental The
Governor has had the relief Of wOrkmen and their
families from occupational accidents very near his
heart and is to be commended for the thought ana
energy he gave to the passage of the law He
ought 10 realize that all progress on this great mat
Ter in this state must come now through the work
ing out Of the laws provisions, and that only the
biggest men he can get should be intrusted with
that duty The Governors record now stands poll
tics fifty fitness fifty. For his own sake and the
welfare of the state he should utilize this last
chance to uplift the scale of these appointments
little.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
NO FOREIGN INTERFERENCE
The Shades of Jackson and Jefferson
Are Invoked.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The letter of Edward Dwyer, OF
Brooklyn, in Yesterdays Tribune was
timely. for. as he stated. what is the sense
of having a United States Congress when
We have first got 10 ask every foreign
nation what kind Of laws each foreign
nation would like to have US enact?
I consider it very humiliating for a
great nation like ours to be afraid 10
enact any laws lest they should be Of
fensive to England, Germany, Japan,
Italy or any other nation in the world.
We oughcto go ahead and pass laws THAT
we consider beneficial to the United States
and not care what England or any other
nation thinks of cur action.
William G. Adamson. VINO has charge
of President Wilson's campaign in favor
Of the English shipping industry and mo-
nopoy i'm the House OF Representatives,
has declared positively that we own the
Panama Canal as absolutely and without
restrictions as we own our battleships.
That being so, we ought 10 pass laws that
we deem beneficial TO the United States
and not ask England what she thinks
about the matter.
President Taft, whose knowledge OF the
law is recognized all over the world, has
declared that the exemption clause is not
in contravention of the Hay-Pauncefote
| treaty. Mr.. Taft's learning in the law IS
surpassed by no man in the United states.
jefferson and Jackson, the most patri-
otto and stanchest Democrats that ever
lived would never give In to England So
readily az Wilson has. They would have
insisted that England would have TO prove
her claims. They would never be over
awed by England's bullying tactics.
GEORGE W. WAGNER.
New York, March Il, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Justice" apparently is entirely dis
satisfied with our more or less democratic
Institutions, which our foreigners" moro
than any others. are doing their best to
sustain and to develop, and he longs ana
raves for such rights as are enjoyed by
the people in n certain land known as
Dark Russia. Why on earth doesn't he
go there. then? There he wouldn't have
his fine senslbilities irritated by such evil
things as free speech and free assem-
blagc. and II any subject In that land
should he so indiscrcet as to desire such
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
THE WANDERING SCOTS
Their Course Is Traced Out OF bri'''D'
Via Ireland Into Scotland.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: II is occasionally stated tna' ~
Scots were Irish, and that lreIaho ~.
quered Scotland, etc. It's All hoi'' n,
The Scots were n wandering race =,
the Franks Of Gaul. They went
land from the shores Of Britain ana D
tany. When in ireland the coun''
called Scotia. No sooner 90 tne'
than ireland again becomes ii'0V..,.
ST. Patrick. an ancient Briton' ~ -,
Scotland and teacher OF r'o'''r,
principles in Northern Ireland 10 - all
tor IN the Welsh chief CoroucuS'
the Scots the regu,i, or the iO'''1 ~,
the native Irish the Hyberioh@, - Got
common and ordinary people. Inc tn,
Landed I'm Argylshire in - ana ~, 70
,nada themselves formidable 10 u'' ~
mans. yet insratated theh's'. a,.,, q
the Picts or Calcdonians' "h0 ..o,,al
North Britain from time i"','', r.r,s
The Picts allowed the Scots 70 q
ano,r them Kenneth MacAlp,n, 4
%,"o"S scottish parentage. succeedse 81
IN, throne in sG6. His mother wa PIT
and because Of peculiarly III ~, ps
,sh law the descent by the nio'n., ard
recognized as the test Of les''',n 'as eaatt
shortly afterward the country Wa
Scotia. ,.,-,., the pres
Lowland Scotland made Ulster '' city q
perous state she is to-day. nc ,r,lsns
pe,fast is a second GLASGOW IA sR
did so much for Scotland why ,crsa
forget herself? why did s"e
Munster. Connausht and LeihS Ne
brooklyn, March II, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
An Open Forum for
Public Debate.
SEX ANTAGONIST
When Suffrage Comes 1t VIII End,
Asserts a Reader.
To The Editor Of The IMMUNE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In this morning Tribune ! SCI
that twenty-one judges Of the district
courts OF Colorado have attested to the
fact that in the twenty-one Years Of WON
an suffrage in that state they have never
known Of divorce case where II was
claimed or suggested that political differ
ences in any manner had been the cause
Of trouble between husband and wife.
or course, when there ere differences II
POLITICS between husband and wife and
both have the same right TO vote. there i'
no cause for dissension, such as there IL
when one has a vote and denies that same
right to the other.
Is there a man with spark OF man
hood in him who would allow his VIE 10
vote and deny him the same privilege
Is there a woman who has a spark o, En-
. lightened womanhood IN her breast VITO
does not feel CALLED and Illuminated tns'
she is domineered over and denied the
right to her voice IN the government "
those who exercise this power themsslVes'
In another column Of the same paper
we read those old anti-sufrage slogans
Disruption OF the home" Sex revo'u.
ton" woman as mans competitor sa'
sex antagonist" all OF which apply "
antl-suffrage and do rot apply 10 sunrss'
OF all citizens alike.
In Colorado and nins other states sn'
fourteen other countries where all ciuIen'
have equal rights we have sex UNIV
England has sex antagonism and sex o's'
elimination. The "ants" are STRIVING
perpetuate the latter; the sufrrsgists az
working to remove the cause o. al US
unrest and mlltancy, which Is the uh'.s'
discrimination against half o. the ~"
zens. MILTON ~ bANiN
New York, March Is, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
THE PEOPLES COLUMN

foolish right he would soon be trans
ferred to Viatka, or Perm, or Vercho-
lensk or some other such comfortable
place in North Siberia. Justice who
ever he may be. has shown by this letter
that he not only intends injustice, but
that he is irrationally prejudiced and
blissfully ignorant Of all that makes FOR
progress, enlightenment and justice in
our own day. HENRY A. SUFFER-
New York. March Il, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
The Coming 1ower
O EVER THUS!

LINES or HEARING THE RUMoR THAT The suH
.t-ILp1NG WHICH is CONTIGUOUS TO OUR NEW
FFTCE WINDOWS is TO BE TORN DOWN, AND
KysCRAPER TO BE ERECTED IN ITS PLACE
Ave. tear her tattered structure down.
Long has it wabbled, low,
And many an orb has ached to see
That building on the Row;
Beneath it rang the Dana shout,
And burst the Lafan roar;
But 1t Is not a-going to be
Around these parts no more.
weep not for the brighter days
And nights of yesteryear;
For Chester Lord | heave no sigh,
For Clark ! shed no tear
But We that own that stumbling hulk
OF other days renown,
o let that red brick structure stand!
Please do not tear it down.
heard the Hudson Terminal
Go up for two whole years;
The Singer and the Woolworth Towers
Are riveted on mine ears;
And just as where I've set my desk,
A pleasant time is bad,
They think OF tearing down the Sun,
And II makes M awful mad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
THE FOURTH DIMENSION OF rorR-rLrsHERY.

F. p. A: One of LIES in the subway is 70 stand
in front of some gent dame, who suddenly starts
and the of the station just passed. then
puts away book paper and sits upright in eager
expectan ptttude but persstenty disappointments
ones reasonably aroused hopes Of seat, by remaining
in said q a. until the very end of the route Why do
they do it, isn't IT the height depth, breadth or
thickness Of something other?
VERDA SrELo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
How About Canada's Interest?

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: With no foreign vessel allowed to
participate in our coasting trade, how can
our vessels in that trade be included III
treaty with England as regards the 18TH
milan Canal? AMERICAN
Rutherford, y. j.. March Il, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18

A letter written on the stationery Of the Harvard
Club says that Harvard men are fearful Of Yales
athletic supremacy this year. I'VE have just read
the Yale Records Coming Tower ii says, land we
think the students must he devoting all Of their time
TO football, rowing golf-to everything but litera-
ture' Now think that a bit thick The Record :
Tower in our bgoted opinion, darned good.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
Our Own TrayeIogues.

On the last day OF our voyage | went up TO the
gymnasium to be weighed. In two weeks had
gained just five pounds Now | know what my
friends meant when they said they Euro
pcan travel would broaden me.
EDNA FEBBEB.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18

No model is allowed to leave the room in which
it is made until the corseter has exclaimed Par
fat From an adj.
Which inspires F. l.. NJ. to discover new pro-
feSsion-"Pa rfait "'-excaimer in corsetry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
HE MAY SHOW II TO YOU.
EDNA FEBBEB.

HE MAY SHOW II TO YOU.
Please print this
On the chance
That it may be seel.
BY the bore
Whom know Just slightly,
Who comes in on my train
And sits beside Inc
And talks to ME
When ] want to read my parer.
He, too, wants to read his paper
But thinks social duty
Requires that he be friendly
And chat
or things about which we care nothing.
+. r. +
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18

Eleanor Hallowel Abbott author of "Sloozy"
and other adverbs, has C"1he White Linen Nurse
like covey Of snubbed doves" Until somebody
tells us how to snub dove shall let the smile
stand as an archaeological record.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
An AcTRA PER ASPER 4

tFrom the Stamford IN. " Internationally
\ BARRIERS chair is in operation two nights A
week Charles Scutt welding the tonsoral mple-
ments With barber shop, two first class general
stores and blacksmith shop second to none, Har-
persfeld claims to be progressive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
THE COMPLETE sLANGLER.

From Drydens 'All Love- The World Well LOST
CLEOPATRA: Would Antony could me now.
Think you he would not sigh, though he must leave
me?
Sure he ,Could sigh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
ESPECIALLY FORTH.

Sir Can 1t be possible that Mr. Page like the
bush-leaGuer in Ring Lardners story, only
kidding back and forth? WEARY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18

Thespian actors and singing vocalists in Boston
should see the team of Wright and Dayton who,
says the Beacon Theatre programme, are Terpsico-
rean Dancers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18

frank enough TO say that they want "nat tne' an
only If they can get 1t by making the Onneu ''''0
actor seem TO act-as violator OF ued'ie''