New-York tribune., 1914-09-27
london, september ls.

qAefe seems -.
t.er. will for the present retain
Z '.r.nd in chief Of the Freaeh
fortnight ago the prObahil'
. ,hs other way, Little has been
y I, ssis subject by the English
,os that little has been put in
,-,sr,ouai way. In this and other
.,..rs the English papers have shown
..,,ss sincerely anxious 60 spare
s,.,.h suseeptibilities,
Vsrv strong opinions nave Deeh hsIO
ii have been strongly suppressed
~ ~ the Press Bureau, which mas no
ssss3ietion over editorial opinion out
<. ~ Editors themselves. The tapity
.;rstefical conception which mace Ma
Snr a strategical centre was exposed
nj hardly criticised; or critieised only
= General or more accurately speak
;5g in technical terms. These e!ueida-
5ie8s were meant 70 be eomprenehsloie
X soldiers; hardly by the public The
pshlic, however though III informed IN
T;litsry matters, has an intelligence
snd an instinct OF ITS oWn: WhSh tney
were told that General Jonre nao taken
m position in Belgium only in order
- retrest, they declined to accept that
rev. They asked themselves whether
4 was likely that French Commander
h Chief would. for the sake oil pos
,ible military advantage, lay open the
North OF France TO the terrors OF a
German invasion,
Not only that All that he proposed
"a accomplish in theory could equally
wsl have been accomplished by estab-
fishing his forces at the beginning on
tbe line TO which he subsequently tell
bsrk II was believed here that Cen
ersl Joffre meant TO hold the Sambre--
Iense line: that he tried to hold it and
failed. and that only the presence OF
he English forces on his left saved
lin and bis army from q great disas-
~ II is probable that the same view
was held in the French war Ohce;
hence the reports that a successor was
. be found for General Jofre.
You will not find much of ell this in
tbe English papers. They held that it
vas for the French to say whether they
were or were not satisfied with the way
n which General Joffre had handled
he enormous forces intrusted to his
command. They held above all that
Sotbing should be allowed TO imperil
the existing good relations and good
fellowship between the Allied Nations
No doubt they we're right. But now
that things are going better and that
the French Commander-ln-Chlet APP
pears to have a better control OF the
situation there can be no harm IN say
ing what was thought at the time OF
bis mistakes.
NapoleOn's Lesson.
Now, At any rate, he seems 10 have
learnt the lesson Napoleon taught at
yagram;
sTbe Austrians mad $4,000 cavalry
sn6 / had only 10000, but theirs were
,an an hour from the decisive spot
ehieh nv 10000 reached in fifteen min
stes, and the day was won.'
Il is a lesson none the less urgent IN
,hese days, when battles are fought by
railway: when divisions are flung into
train and rush full steam ahead
10 the critical point; especially since
.he action on the Marne begun has
General Joffre shown that this secret
Of success is now his. His right wing,
Vt one time immobilized in Lorraine
and the Vosgcs, has been used freely
% strengthen the centre and the left.
The French troops have recovered
heir old lighting qualities, their olo
lash. their old love Of forward battle;
and al along that line Of 200 miles
have given q good account of them
selves, and also of the Germans.
Messrs. Hearst, Ridder & Co.
II pray God that the war will be
ayer very soon," says President Wilson
20 the Belgian Commission. Our Illus
trious Chief Magistrate seems TO have
gone into partnership with Mr.. Hearst
and MY. Herman Ridder; drcQdeS
ambo. Mr.. Ridder, says the Washing
ton correspondent Of The Times" de-
elsres in his Stats -Zeitung" that the
American public is united for peace.
Mr. Hearst urges American newspapers
10 create a sentiment against this
cruel war great enough to rescue CIV,
ilization from its savagery, and END
war for al time. Why this sentiment
should need % be created by Mr..
Hearst if Mr.. Ridder is right IN saying
d already exists neither Of them eX-
plains.
Mr. Ridder is at his old game and
NJ. Hearst at his The German would
have US believe that his Kaiser ana
country want peace and will do any-
thing 10 insure il. The American IS
mc,ing his usual appeal TO national
vanity. American opinion, IN Mr.
Hearst's opinion, is all powerful, not
only to stop this war, but all war
That is the voice Of the demagogue.
Ny reason for referring to 1t Is the
evil impression such outpourings make
on the English public, That pubic
knows well that the real America is on
the side Of the Allies, and wants no
peace which will not dispose OF PTus-
sian militarism once and for all But
i does not know how to measure th'
value Of Mr.. Hearsts influence nor
perhaps understand that Mr.. kldder
has no influence at all, except among
his German eOmpatriots, VINO are GER
mans frs. and Americans wnen they
happen 10 think of it.
! am far from meaning to include
German-Americans as a BODY IN thsi
dehnition We all know what gooo
eitizens they make and what service
they have done for their adopted coun'
r. II is the Kaiser and his myr-
midons who disparage them. IL was
bis brother. Prince Henry Of Prussia.
who, on his visit TO America, refused
At FIRST to visit the great German com
munities on the ground that they were
not good Germans. 1t was the KAISER
himself who described them as desert
ers, as Germc rs who had fed their OWE
country to eGcRpe military service: Are
they going to accept the kRlseT's Press
Agent in New York as their leader!
The Russian Phantom.
An Official denial Of the. Russian
myth has at last been given. after
three weeks delay. There are not and
never have been any Russian troops
70 England, whether from Archangel
OF anywhere else. The Cable Censor
nat awful dignitsry, may or may
not have allowed this declaration OF
lla annarinrn 10 hn CANT 10 AmRrica.