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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-29

huge armed camps, and which has Mt last in
volyed the entire world in one of the most
terrible calamities that mankind has ever
krown"
The author of "J'accuse" says that from
personal observation he knows that the
French people have definitely given up al
idea Of ever regainng Alsace- Lorraine. If
he should make such an assertion in the pres
ence of any patriotic Frenchman the answer
would be a word the author uses constantly
in his book in designating those VINO do not
agree with his views. He says the wound has
healed Far from it! Like fostering sore it
has grown worse as time passed and was
bound to break out sooner or later.
l, too, am able to judge from personal OBJ
servaton, as | well remember the war Of 1870
and all events of Importance which happened
since. | also have four nephews and numer-
Gus other relatives fighting in the French
trenches. Not one Of these boys who did not
know the meaning of the word 'revanche' be-
fore he could say father or mother; not one
who would not die happy if he only could ac-
count for two or three "Prussiens" first.
Germany's enemies did not attack first but
they were preparing for the attack Germany
being ready and knowing that every days de-
lay would only strengthen her enemies,
struck first "in self-defence."
The author of "J'accuse" is a man well
posted and of great literary ability. He is
also a German. SO was Benedict Arnold an
American. Every patriotic German will de-
spse him, disown him, and be happy there are
not many more like him.
ERNEST ADLER.
New York, Aug. "a, 1915.
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diction. OF a considerable part OF the work the
ipdocs do now. it would seem fewer judges
should be necessary, not more. Thougn tnere
is a promise for increase in judgeshps, there
IA none for decrease. There should be; and
when a judgeship becomes vacant and the
chief Judge or some authority within the ju-
dietary certifes it is not necessary TO MI H.
IL should not be filed The provision contin-
uing superannuated judges whose terms have
expired. as official referees, is indefenslbie. IL
is, and always was, simply scheme to pen
sion Judges at 81 800 year. IL judges are
to be pensioned, why not say 80 frankly!
The makeshift the committee resorted to
with regard to the Court of General Sessions
and the City Court of New York illustrates
the ilogicality of the elective system These
courts are made city-wide in jurisdiction,
with Judges elected by boroughs. Presuma-
bly, the judges will rotate and judges elected
in Brooklyn will sit in Manhattan and other
boroughs, and vice versa. What, then, becomes
Of the doctrine of the peoples choiceT The
Brooklyn criminal convicted in Brooklyn he
fore a Manhattan Judge may well say he had
no choice theoretically or actually in his
JuuRe, anu LnbL he Was IIltu ny OH oNNh"'' ~
as alien as if the judge had been appointed
by the Governor Of Arkansas. To be consist
ent the judges should be elected on city.
wide ticket OF course, then, with so many
Judges TO be elected, the voters of the entire
city would have practically no opportunity Of
judging as to the qualifications Of candidates,
but then they have very little opportunity
now, and the system would be at least scien-
tifc.
Just why in the City Of New York the civil
and criminal Jurisdiction, which upstate is
vested in the county courts, should be put in
two separate courts is difficult, from the theo-
retical standpoint, to perceive. One court,
with varying functions, provided about the
same cslibre Of judges is required is better
than two, with separate functions, because
there is an economy of adminstratio and an
elasticity. If business on one side falls of,
and on the other side increases, judges may
be sent from one side to the other. General
Sessions and the City Court should be one,
with civil and criminal jurisdiction.
The inferior court situation is left by the
committee worse than it was before. The
terms of inferior magistrates do not seem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-29
Salaries Only.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the rush of work now confronting
the delegates to the Constitutional Conven-
ton there is one proposed amendment which
may be overlooked the amendment
providing that officials shall not draw PEN
sions from the same source that their sal
aries come from. Such an amendment would
abolish the scandal in New York City, where
al present thousands are drawing pensions
and salaries from the city. Many of said
pensioners are ex-polce and fire captains,
lieutenants and sergeants.
Through the passage of said amendment
the taxpayers would be the gamers in in
CT eased efficiency and the distribution Of
municipal positions would be on a better
basis of equity than at the present time
ANTI-PENSI0N PLUS SALARY.
New York. Aug 81, 1915.
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Votes and Wages.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Wage Farmers Anti-Sutfrage
League asks the question, "Can the working
man use his vote to raise his wages ?" and it
answers the question in very large black
type, mo"
They seem to forget that It is since the
vorkingman was given the ballot, in 1926
that he has used the experience he has gained
Of political organization to organize labor
unions, which not only can but do raise the
workngman's wages.
Perhaps if women voted the working wom-
ems unions would be as well organized as the
mems but they, you see, have not mad the
valuable lesson Of organization. They have
depended solely upon imitation. and not ex-
perence.
No sufFragist claims that the ballot will
raise wages. The Anti-Suifragc League gross
ly msrepresents us in this. +. 5. B.
Brooklyn, Aug. 20, 1915.
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A Royal Request.

We have received the following wholly
request:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Would you show your fairness to
the "voiceless" by giving space to the follow
ing declaration?
French, English and some Americans refer
20 the Germans as "Huns." This is gross
Injustice. not to the Germans, but to the
Huns. The latter came to Europe 1900 years
ago with exactly the same aim of seeking
new pasture grounds as had Grgco-ltalians,
Gauls and Germans before them. They have
been painted too black entirely by partial
historians who did not know what they were
talking about.
The Huns were fond Of war; so were Ro-
mans and Germans. That is all But the
high chivalry and noble spirit Of the Huns
were best evidenced when King Attila, who
was proud Of being known as the Scourge OF
God. came face to face with Pope Leo l. who
implored him to spare the Holy Eternal City.
This Att;la did; while it is very doubtful
whether the barbarians Of Rheims and Lou
vain would do the same.
So please have more consideration for this
GROSSLY wronged nation in speaking of them
in the future.
am Of Hun extraction tracing myself to
the royal family. ALADAR BLOEDEL'
New York, Aug. "a, 1915.
The Tribune takes great pleasure IN
contributing, so far as it is able, to the
righting Of wrong which is too patent
to require discussion.
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COURT SIMPLIFICATION is NEEDED
Ucenh6c Complicated and
Changes Necessary to Administration of Justice

TO be guaranteed, 50 that the Legislature
may at any time rip them out, and IL Is pro-
yided that they may be appointed By soma
local authority provision sadly oyerworkeA
in the present scheme, so that We may here.
after have magistrates appointed by the Con.
tr0ller or the Bridge Commissioner, or the
alderman from the 10th District II the
Mayor at the time is not complainant.
While the City Of New York is treated q,
one city with regard 10 the inferior courts
the old arrangement existing before conson
dation of two appellate divisions. j. continued
Why should the city be united for one ape
cies Of courts and split for another! There
is provision for the Appellate Division in the
First Department to sit in two divisions Of
five judges each. Why should not the entire
city be under one appellate division, sitting.
if necessary, in two or even three parts. but
still one court with one administrative head.
instead Of, as now, different administrative
heads and diverse rules prevailing IN differ
ent parts Of the city,
The article as proposed by the committee s
prolix. unscientihc, complicated and cumber.
some. 1t is so because the committee has no,
had the courage TO write a new judiciary ar.
ticle, which, taking what was good in the
old, should set up state wide and state-sup
ported organization for the doing Of justice.
complete and independent Of legislative and
local administrative interference.
The trend Of advanced thought .s toward
the simplhcation Of courts. England s.mpli.
fed her courts years ago. Most American
states have simpiy final court Of appeals,
great court Of original jurisdiction. justices
courts and sometimes a statewide court Of
intermediate jurisdiction. There seems to Be
no reason save that OF inertia why our sys.
tenn could not be so framed The Court o.
Appeals and Supreme Court could be retained
the County Courts and General Sessions and
the City Court in New York thrown into a
statewide court, with judges elected or an.
pointed in districts, a. in the supreme Court.
and going around upon circuit, This would
do away with the spectacle We now have Of
ninety-seven upstate county judges and surro.
gates who are judges merely incidentally and
for living practise law
Perhaps the ideal is 700 much 20 CCpect.
But is it too much 10 ask thai the convention
shall not cling to the Old merely because il
is old? EDWARD H. WILSON,
Chairman Committee on State Constitution.
Brooklyn Young Republican Club.
Bgooklyn, Aug. o. 1915
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The Sunday Tribune.
.e Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial "Thc Anniversary OF
Iouvain" in yesterdays Tribune is classic,
End will, am sure, be treasured by thou
sands of your readers.
Your paper, always interesting, surpassed
itself yesterday. The London letter OF MIR.
George W. Smglley on Parliament in War
was, as usual, most entertaining. copy of
the splendid letter sent to the President by
Mr.. Walker, a lawyer, of Park Row, is worthy
Of the greatest praise, as is also that Of Mr.
Alfred B. Cruikshank. These gentlemen seem
to be true patriots, thinking earnestly OF the
welfare Of their great country.
Surely Presiden. Wilson is. not going 70
quietly submit to any more German insults
MRS. J. B. CAMPBELL.
New York, Aug. %, 1915.
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A Loss We Could Bear.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: If our government should deem it ex-
pedient 10 request the German Ambassador
to depart from this unkultured land would
it not also be right, proper and expedient
to request Mr.. Ridder, Mr.. Viereck and
others of their ilk to go along with him? |
should think their happiness might be i'm
measurably increased by so doing. They ar"
dissatisfied with our people, our government
and our institutions; why, then, encourage
them to stay? Certainly, they could serve
the Fatherland better on home ground.
While we Americans should suffer a grievous
loss, we might be magnanimous enough 10
bear this in the belief that great patriotic
purpose had been advanced and some noble
minds set at rest. FELIX ORMAN.
New York, Aug. 20. 1915
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Just as If there was no war at all In that

lust ms IL there was no war at all. In that
way alone would they feel that they were
"doing their bit" as the cant phrase is.
Apparently there were not enough oil
these self-sacrificing patriots to Keep
Worth's going. The suspension OF race
meetings, court ceremonies, the opera ana
SC forth all contributed to the deplorable
event. but what one of Worth's staff calls
"a false system Of economy" was the
chief cause that brought about the closing
of the great dressmaking house. Level
headed economy" he said, "the careful
ness that aims at the cutting oil OF n
great number of small, unnecessary eX-
penses that are really extravaganza, is
certainly to be encouraged; but this econ
idea of practically stopping
every item Of expenditure will, if carried
out by the faddists who seem to want to
make it fashionable, simply lead to ruin
on all hands
lie vas particularly bitter against
those who talk so rlibly of munitions"
How could Worth's women contribute to
such needs? "Their hands," he explained
"are very delicate and sensitive, and would
be too tender for that kind Of labor. But
supposing this difficulty were overcome
with practice, what use would those
women be for dressmaking afterward?
Their hands would be quite spoiled.
Co,,o Of Vorlb'e u.ao1thv customers have
already taken steps to provide for the
unhappy dressmakers while the war lasts,
but the public is grown so callous tina;
the prospect of two hundred pairs of
spoiled hands is now regarded almost
with compacency.
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TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF i ne lIlUuhc'
Sir: The judiciary article as proposed by
the Judiciary Committee of the constitutional
Convention came as distinct disappointment
TO those who were hoping that the convention
would weld our judicial establishment into
consistent, efficient system Of doing justice.
RESPONSIVE TO tho needs OF the people In
stead. the committee has put little embroid-
cry on the present judiciary article, created
number of new Offices for the taxpayers 10
pay for, busted itself with details that have
no place in constitution, in order TO per-
petuatc certain little jobs, and given us quite
as unwieldy an instrument Of doing justice
as we have at present.
Our judicial establishment now is not sys-
tenn; it is a hodge podge. 1t mas no heao or
tail to it. Each court revolves in its own
orbit having little or no relationship to any
other. If there is an abuse, if a clerk is in
solent, If Judge will not sit when ne should,
there is no authority to which the citizen can
go and ask: "How about it?" OF course, there
are complicated proceedings for removal IN
case Of the clerk, and impeachment in case OF
the judge, but they are so cumbersome as to
be practically worthless.
In England the Chancellor has general over
sight of the courts of the realm There should
be a chief judge of the state with similar
powers here, and the presiding justice of the
Appellate Division should have similar power
in his department with the power and duty
of preferring charges in proper cases
The committee provides for three new
judges of the Court of Appeals, for two new
Supreme Court justices in Manhattan and The
Bronx for four new City Court judges in
New York City and for Supreme Court com
missioners and official referees in New York
City, and there are promises for further in
creasing the number Of judges.
The additional judges for the Court of APP
peals are necessary, and Supreme Court COM
missioners, if they are used to do away with
the burdensome referee fee system and to do
the nterlocutory and incidental work of the
courts, are well worth while. But with the
working Of the employers liability act and
the taking over by court commissioners and
the Municipal Court, with its enlarged juris'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-29
1.-THE Only National Enemy

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Back of the Arabic disaster and SINH
lar incidents stands the English government
the only national enemy the United States
has! Past history proves this statement!
And she is now improving every opportunity
by word and deed to embroil our country
With Germany.
/ believe it is the earnest wish Of large
majority of the citizens of the United States
tnat we shall not be drawn into any eontro-
vclsy with Germany.
BY A NATIVE OF VERMONT.
st. Johnsbury, VT, Aug. 90, 1915. :
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Numbers of Foreign Born.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Would you be so kind as to give me
the approximate number of Germans and
those Of German descent included in the pop
ulation of the good old United States, and
what percentage would be pro-German
Since living in Canada, and especially since
the European war has been in progress. this
question has been asked me a great number
of times.
Thanking you in advance for your kind re-
plv. | am, GEORGE L. Monsoon.
Avonlea, Sask., Aug. p, 1915.
According to the census of 1910 the figures
are as follows:
Persons in the United States OF
German or Austro Hungarian
birth .......................... 4,171,7O5
Persons Of British. French, Rus
sian, Belgian or Italian BIRTH. 6,SS5,I24
OF Teutonic birth or parentage.... S,Sl12n
OF British birth or parentage... lO,O3'42V
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-29
German Air Raids.

Useless as they seem 10 the mere lcok-
er-on. it is probable that the repeated air
raids on England have tonic effect on the
German populace. 1t is impossible as yet
70 tell what has actually been achieved by
these adventures. The meagre reports
given out by the Official Press Bureau in
England are notwithstanding. They usual
" speak Of the damage done as insignifi-
cant: but statements Of this sort cannot
be accepted as gospel. The German re-
ports are naturally very different, 5ut
they are too vague to be acceptable. We
hear Of Serious damage" here and there,
of great confusion everywhere; but the
possibility of a precise observation from
ar airship on the dark nights chosen for
such raids is so slight that the descrip-
tons published on the days following
rust be regarded as merely conjectural.
But whether the harm done be great or
small, the effect of the raids on the Ger
man imagination can hardly be doubted.
There is a vein of childishneSs in the Ger
man temperament which is peculiarly sus-
oeptible to snowy exploits Of this kind.
fhe amazing emotionaism of the public
at the first successful flights of a Zeppe-
lin some years ago will be recalled by
many newspaper readers. In the years
that followed their hopes and expectations
were heightened, and when war broke out
no predictions about the Zeppelin were
too wild and improbable for German con-
sumption.
Disappointing as the air raids have
been, even if German accounts are &C
cepted. the faith of the multitude is APP
parently mistaken. Many of the people,
remembering the stories of Germanys
great fleet of Zeppelins, believe, no doubt,
that the military authorities are biding
their time and that sooner or later a
smashing blow will be delivered at Ger
many's arch-enemy.
The comparative failure Of the subma-
rine blockade, the obvious difficulty of
starving the English, explains such furi-
Gus outbursts of impotent rage as this in
the Hamburger Nachrichten": "England's
shameessness is abominable. 1t sends
tie blood to our heads and makes us de-
sire and demand hard punishment for
this frivolous, huckstering people. 1t can
not rain bombs enough upon Great Brit
ain, nor can enough Of her ships be de-
Istroyed."
The conclusion is literally true, and the
conviction that Germany is so hopelessly
worsted on the sea accounts sufficiently
for the savage, if futile, assaults Of the
airships. The Germans are in exactly the
same state of mind as the suffragettes
were when they began to hack pictures
and burn down houses. Having been de-
feated in their main endeavor they fall
TO mere mischievous destructiveness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-29
Bryan's Reward.

Mr.. Bryan should have been kissed
long ago. Obviously, whether as reward
or penalty, he has deserved for at least
two years a good, hearty, resounding buss
that would forever express the emotion
with which his evangelstic countenance,
his passion f. grape juice and his Prince
Of Peace lectures have inspired his ad-
mirers. And now at last the kiss has come
on the platform Of a Chautauqua tent
before an audience of three thousand, and
from the full red lips of bearded Ger
man. six feet tall Smack! 1t was a long
time on the way, but in ITS whole-hearted
yehemence and bewhiskered resonance,
ACCOMPANIED with q shout Of applause
from the three thousand, it atoned for the
delay
Or leave a kiss within the cup
And I'll not ask for wine.
This kiss may be considered, therefore,
in the nature Of a deferred compensation
not alone for Mr.. Bryan's self-sacritice IN
the cause of the Fatherland, but for the
scrupulous care with which he has pre-
served his lips undefled from alcohol.
Mr.. Lansing, his successor, to Judge from
the Washington dispatches, prefers a bit
of wine in the hand to kiss in the bush
Bat there is no accounting for tastes. AS
for John GRADER, who thus POLITICALLY re-
paid the former Secretary, his kissing IS
as full of sanctity as the touch of holy
bread" from the Teutonic point of view
at one fell swoop literally, Re has consti-
tuted himself the prince Of deserving
Democrats.
"Mr. Bryan blushed deeply and backed
away" But If one prefers peace at any
plice. let him pay the price cheerfully.
There should be no finching Of this sort
on the day of reckoning
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Eighteen mother-teachers, who resigned or
were suspended under the Board of Educa-
tons old rule, have been restored to duty.
It is a sensible ending to a long and nom
sensible controversy which should never have
been necessary.
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The poisoned tongue has evidently giver
Mr.. Whitehouse ptomanes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12
APP0INTEES Of
HUNT T0BE PAID
Auditor Holds Up Warrants
For Pay of Several
For an Opinion.

Phoenix. Ariz., Feb. 12.-Appointees
Of Gov. Hunt viii continue to draw
pay until their successors are appoint
ed, and it is for the governor to say
when they shall be appointed. Such is
the opinion Of attorney general Wiley
Jones. written in response to an in
quiry by auditor j. C. Callaghan.
Since Feb. CallaEhan has not writ
ten any salary warrants for the land
commissioners, for the secretary of the
board of control, inspector Of weights
and measures, state historian, health
officer. superintendent of the prison,
superintendent of the asylum for the
insane. state veterinarian or state en-
gineer. Expense and per diem claims
from members Of the university board
OF regents and several other boards
appointed by the governor have also
been held up.
CRIIaghan Asks Information.
Callaghan inquired of the attorney
general whether it was not necessary
for the governor to reappOint any ap-
DOintive officials who had served as
much as two years. He also wanted
TO know if il was not necessary for
the senate to confirm recess appoint
meuts which, If made in the course Of
a legislative session, would require
confirmation.
Jones replied that until the governor
chooses 10 act, all his appointees con-
tiuue to hold their positions and draw
pay. Confirmation by the senate of re-
cess appointments is unnecessary.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12
U. S. ASKS GERMANY ABOUT
INTERFERENCE WITH VAN DYKE

Washington, D. c., Feb. 12.-The
Germany on the complaint of American
minister Van Dyke at the Hague that
German military commanders were in
terfering with his diplomatic communi-
cations with Luxembourg. Secretary
Bryan so announced today.
report that some Of his mail had
been held up by German military au-
thorities reached the state department
from DR.. Van Dyke last night, secretary
Bryan said. Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin was instructed to make repre-
sensations to the German foreign office.
THE statement of facts is correct"
said DR.. Van Dyke Thursday at The
Hague 1.-THE action of the German
commander at Trier may have been
mistake of ignorance, but it must be
explained and apOligized for.
'Luxemburg is a very small country
of 25O,OOO inhabitants, but the peace1ul
duties with which the American gov
eminent has charged me toward that
country are just as sacred as If 1t were
a hundred times as big"