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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
DESTRUCTION AT RHEIMS
Eve. Witness Confirms Once More
Dissertation of the Cathedral.
o the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: can imagine no better observatory
from which to view the Aisne Valley and the
dissertation Of Rheims and scissors cathe-
drals than the heights OF Brooklyn. In let.
ter written from this vantage point your cor.
respondent, under the heading RHEIMS
Catl edra Intact Gems -res you for publish
ing a phi. tograph faxed to show the ruins OK
the historic monument. you know" he says,
that the few shells which were aimed at
the French observation post in one OF the
towers were only fired after repeated warn
ings by the German commander had been
disregarded."
This is rather at variance with the opinion
OF the German officer. at is Of no conse
quence if all the monuments ever created
says Major General Won Ditfurth, IN m'
Hamburger Nachrichten' Of last November
"all the pictures ever painted and all the
buildings ever erected by the great architects
of the world were destroyed II by then DE-
struction we promote German victory over
her enemies. Let neutral peoples
cease their talk about the Cathedral OF
Rheims and all the churches and castles 10
France that have shared its fate lha'
things do not interest us
Shared its fate? Rather ominous. FRO"
Brooklyn, possibly. the building seems ID
tact. but in Rheims itself on June ~ is''
nothing could have been more impress'er
tragic than the havoc wrought 70 the ro0i
the facade, the sculpturei details ana NV
gorgeous stained glass Of the finest Uo'a'
edifce in France. On this same morning '"'
cathedral was bombarded, as IT has zee"
bombarded whenever the Germans lose
trench or have less cause every re" os''
since they were driven out Of the eiiy 'S''
September. .,
| inclose one Of my photographs here"'."'
1t is over-exposed and therefore useless Tvs
magazine or newspaper purposes We,
taken at 500 O'Clock q. m. on Jure ~ anu
shows Sainsalieu, the French arehi'ec' -
charge of the building; Owen Johnson -
Arnold Bennett, with one of the trench ''~1
officers. They are viewing the hole 'o'n ~. ~
by a 155-mm. shell in the garden oaeA ., -,
cathedral little over an hour before a.
inclosing IL to prove that the rev SCI
fred at Rheims Cathedral" visible throas.
pro- German glasses from this side OF -.
water. are increased many times "nsn ~,
situation is viewed in Rheims ltse.'
then. as Major General Won Ditiurth '''''
LET neutral peoples cease their tax.
WALTER HALE
New York, Nov. ~, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
Cats and Birds Alike Suffer
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: have noticed nomber Of letters -
The Tribune on the bird and cat eues'v"
II my memory is correct, the first letter W.
ore mentioning and commencing the cat ~ :.
nance in the town of Montclair " )" anu
ones following have been protests 10 ia'0' y
the cat -
There seems to be no reason why ~,
lovers and cat lovers should be az s"0.s
points on this question. The Aontc.a" W :,
nance strikes at the vagrant cat that runs -.
.arge, has no owner and must forage lo' =,
living. These cats constitute me ~
menace to bird life, and not cats 'h"'
owned and well fed Allowing cat 70 IT, !.
loose and pick up its living is cruelty 70 ".
ca. just as much as to birds, and every
love- should support any legislation "''~
tends TO stop such practice. -,
| believe that the first letter on this suo!'Sli,
s-ated that the Montclair stray cats were W.
TO vivisectionists. The ordinance ITSELF " ,n,s
is printed in "Bird-Lorc" for October, i''v,,
mikes no statement as TO the disposit0.. 80, a.
he cats. Our opinions may diher on ~.
q, estion, but there is no reason why '''s
should differ on the main question. bird ~,
ers and cat lovers alike should unite IN ins''.
ing that in every community laws DC ms, ~,
that will put an end 70 the needless erus,.i
If leaving cats to shift for themselves ~. Wv
tn . TO either starve or become menaes "
s:ngbirds. ARETAS A. SAuNprN''
New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. IL. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
A Labor Centre for New York
From the Springfield Republican

Nfom 'he Spf1n0hetd Republican,
The New York Labor Centre Association is
the name of a new organization whose def
mite purpose appears to be chiefly to persuade
labor and allied associations to locate in the
vicinity Of Union Square, so that they will be
in geographical position to cooperate where
possible A labor forum and clearing house
of labor information are also contempletei 4.
The list of members of the organizing COM
mittee is imposing, and II the associations
thus represented are really interested in the
scheme it doubtless has dynamic possible
ties. Professor Charles p. Steinmetz. the
famous electric engineer and socialist saws
of it, "For the first time in this country
see sound and well thought out programme
which labor can use TO increase its voltage. "
But, as he also says, ait does little good TO
talk Of harmony where no harmony exists"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
WHAT BRITAIN HAS DONE
An Engshma Admitting Bdes the Part of the
and the Army Thinks That Colonel Rooseves Censure Is
Not Confirmed by the Facts

to be divided. for we have had to send forces
to South Africa, East Africa, the Cameroons,
the Pacific, the China Seas, the Dardanelles
and now the Balkans, and the necessary NUM-
tions and equipment had to be forwarded to
all these centres
And when Americans indulge in poin ing
out blunders they have to remember thai we
are bound to consider the wishes and re-
quests Of our Allies, for who knows whether
or not we went to the Dsrdanelles at the
urgent demand of one of the Allied nations
When East Africa and the Cameroons come
into our possession shall have seized
over one million square miles, and these VIII
all be free from any fear Of attack or going
back to the enemy, quite different position
to the territory at present in the hands oil
! the Central Powers. II is difficult to estimate
the value of the German colonies, but prob
ably she would rather have lost three hun
dred millions of pounds sterling than the
lands we have seized.
Mr.. Roosevelt will please note that the
British power has broken up the German pro-
gramme and saved the world from Teuton
domination. Germany has not laid hold OF
Paris, Calais or London; her submarines
have been nearly mastered by our navy
though odd disasters may and will probably
come.
In few months the British programme
will probably be fulfilled to the letter:
Belgium and the north of France liberated
from the invaders, Constantinople will be in
the hands of the Allies, Russia will be at
Berlin, Italy will have defeated Austria and
the reconstruction of the Balkans will be
taken in hand by the Allies and the German
people freed from the cursed miltarism, so
that they can go about their peaceful pursuits
instead of being compelled to eat gunpowder
with every meal.
We shall see that the German people get
the whole truth as to which country plunged
Europe into a sea of blood and mourning.
When the inhabitants Of Germany saw that
one and half to two millions of their
soldiers were launched near to the French
and Belgian frontiers in few days, while
the French had only about one-third of that
number ready, and when it took Great Britain
nearly three weeks to get their contempt
BILE little army" across to France, it is diff
cult to see how the German people can
accept their governments contention that
their country was attacked
We are spending five million pounds
sterling per day; we have an army of con-
s:derably over three millions; we are holding
our own successfully against Germany's forty
years preparations; our navy can blockade
all our enemies and allow freedom of trade
and communication to the whole world, so I
am hopeful that Mr. Roosevelt will correct
his criticisms and give more credit to the
government and army OF this country.
T. KYLE DAWSON.
Birkdale, England, Nov 2, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
Are We Afraid?

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: One Of the most eminent minister,
of the Gospel in New York to-day, from his
pulpit, denounced the apathy Of our govern
ment at Washington with regard to the
Armenian atrocities which have shocked the
world. He compared the attitude Of the ad
ministration to the spirited policy Of the
government of England regarding the Bull
garan atrocities committed by the "unspeak-
able Turk" and called for another Gladstone
to awake the American people.
Mr.. Gladstone said England would be par
ticeps criminis il she did not protest. Why
don't we protest? Is the United States
afraid Of the "unspeakable Turk" and his
Austrian and German allies!
THOMAS WILSON.
New York, Nov. IL, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
Grant Us a Backbone.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: l want to thank you for your fine edi-
tcral Of Saturday on the Lusitania. Also,
would like to thank Mowbray Chapman, OF
Remark. South Australia, for his letter en-
titled "Lethargic Neutrality" Since the mid
die of the summer we have been taking The
Tribune, finding its editorials very gratifying
to our sentiments on the Presidents attitude
and action. We are not Democrats or Repub-
licans. desiring only a President with some
backbone and sense Of public duty. Mr.. Will
son is a deplorable failure.
LOUISE HENRY.
Morristown. N. j., Nov. IL, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
THE Spirit Of TO-"

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Ever since the beginning of the
European war l have been a close student
Of the editorial pages Of the six New York
dailies which find a place in the files OF the
Boston Public Library, and in my humble
opinion no other Of the "bg six" has any
thing on The Tribune in the interest Of its
editorials. When some OF the others seem
to have gone stale The Tribune is dealing a
smashing hit, like Remember the Lusitania."
More power to your pen to keep alive the
spirit Of rs! EDWARD d. PAINE.
Boston, Mass, Nov. II, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
OF French Blood.
from The Dundee Adrcrtiser. }

fFrom The Dundee idrcrtiscrJ
1t has been discovered that Count Zeppelin
has mixture of French blood in his veins
His grandmother on the paternal side was a
Mile. Mauchlair, belonging to a family Of
the Champenois district. His mother wa.
Mile. Macaire, who, although born in Geneva
was Of French parentage. II is thus seen
that Germany's hero-only second to Hinden.
burg in popular estimation-is very far from
being entirely Teutonic. The possession
however, of French blood did not proven,
Count Zeppelin from fighting against thu
French in 1870. or from sending his balloon.
TO throw bombs over Paris and other French
towns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17

chat the Admiralty ought to have better
force here and take larger advantage OF
our three to two superiority"
The explanation OF the Antwerp expe-
dition leaves enough points open for Mr.
Churchill's critics to pick at, but ne has
at least succeeded in distributing some OF
the responsibility which too many were IN
clined to attribute 10 him alone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17

You can purchase merchandise ADVERTISED
IN THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-,o =.
if dissatisfaction results in any case me
TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your money
back upon request. No red tape, no qu'1
bling. We make good promptly If the adj
Nertiser does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
II Was Last Year.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Is preparedness a sin?
GEORGE X. DODGE. .
New York, Nov. II, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17

The Shah Of Persia with his ministers has
fled from Teheran in terror Of belligerent
plots. Let Mr.. Wilson and his Cabinet take
warning from this result Of unpreparedness
Hayti pacined; resistance ends.-Headlfne
splendid example of the efficacy of the
firm hand, even Wilson'S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17

Posto-,-e =, New York as Second GA"
Nail Matter.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-03-18
BUY FROM DEALER oRsEND loss STAMPS Tous

ond time, two corps were surrounded
and captured, and he was sent back
to ~Petrograd. ! met him on Nevsky
Prospect on the first of February and,
as he is a friend, had a chat with
him. de is an officer without an oc.
cupation. That is the spirit in which
Russia Is now waging was''.
You ask about reforms. / know
there is much skepticism about gov,
ernmental changes in Russia follow.
ing the war; but we no longer doubt
that complete autonomy will be Civ.
en- Poland and Finland, that the vod.
ka prohibition will be maintained,
compulsory education will be estab.
11shed and other reforms achieved.
Our reasons for hope are in the be.
lief that after this wal Russia will
be more subject to extra-national in.
fluence than ! ever. The reforms of
autonomy and the abolition Of vodka,
moreover, were accomplished at the
insistence, not Of the czar, but of
Grand Duke Nichola1, and we do not
believe he wifi forsake us when the
war is over
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-03-18

all the pheasant shooting he wanted.
But he will never have this shooting
unless the city sportsman and the.
town boy, town and country, with his
cherished shotgun, learns to play
fair. Shooting p%heasants o is like
shooting a prairie chicken on the
ground. Let them get a fair start
in both cases and then shoot. The
supposition of some people that we
are only feeding the birds for some
one else in some other state to shoot
is not correct, as it is to be noticed
that we have these ~pheasants with
US all the year around. The state of
Iowa is said to have planted 10000
Austrian ~pheasants, and it is hoped
that we are going to get some in
Sphinx county. These birds are abso-
lutely non-migratory and will almost
Tive and die in one section OF land.
But if we are to have any shooting
when the prairie chickens are gone
we must let the pheasant get a good
foothold-trRedfield JournaIO Observer.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-03-18
WATERToWN's NEXT POSTMASTER.

President Wilson has done well in the selection of Hon. John
W. Martin for the postmastership Of Watertown. Mr.. Martin is a
ciean-cut, progressive citizen who came to WATERFOWL in August,
lsS5-thlrty years ago. That he will make a irstcIass postmaster
is universally conceded.
Whle he has been a consistent democrat during the whole OF
the time he has resided in Codington county, his craftsmanship has
never interfered with his duties to his felow-ciizcns, nor has it ever
been placed above the welfare OF the community.
Mr.. Martin has been elected to the position of mayor Of Water
town seven terms-not in succession, but at divers times. During
his various administrations as the chy's chief executive he demon
strated his adaptability to rise above petty party politics and his
ability to grasp the fundamental principles underlying good govern
nent.
In extending to Mr. Martin the best wishes of the Saturday
News, and in expressing the belief that he will continue to place
dnty to the pubic above mere party interests, we feel that a word
Conserving the retiring postmaster would not be out of place.
WatertoWn has never had a better federal official than it has had
an Mr.. Williamson for the past eight years. In relnquishing the
duties OF the position he may rest assured that he will take with him
INTO private life the Fluctuations of the people of the city and com
1hlnIty and he will carry with linn their commentator for faithful
attention to duty.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-03-18
P%ettigrew Jumps
On Senator johnson

Regarding the rumor that former
senator Pettigrew intended to file
charges against Senator-elect John.
son., Mr., Pettigrew takes occasion to
write the Argus-Leader a statement
with reference to the matter. He
says he has no intention of doing
other than to call the attention of the
senate to certain facts which he AYERS
he Is able to prove. He thinks there
is no material difference between
Burke n Johnson, SO far as their
political principles are concerned.
character1zlng one as a republican
reaetlonary and the other a democrat
&c reactlonary. Mr.. Pettigrew's con-
Guiding paragraphs are as follows:
To beat Burke because he was a
stalwart republican and do it with
johnson who is a stalwart democrat,
and both of whom are just alike and
differ not in principle, is one of the
peculiar eccentricities of the voters
or Dakota that it is hard to account
for.
Before election, I ,telegraphed the
postmaster general that Johnson's DO
lltlcal organization was selling the
postoffices in South Dakota for cash:
that 1t had demanded $125 from the
applicant for the postoffce at Garrett
son in Minnehaha county and l gave
the names of very prominent demo
Gratis in Minnehaha county who could
furnish information on this subject.
Since election, / have learned that
5000 was demanded by DIR. Rock. anG
this man Weeks, of Mitchell, for the
nnnintmnnt nf noct,,,o&,- - -
south Dakota; and now comes infor-
nation that the postoffice at label
was sold for 500, and that the pay
ment was made by check to the treas
urer OF the democratic committee.
Also, rumors are rife of the sale of
other postoffices throughout the state,
in direct violation Of the provisions
Of the state primary law, which pro-
yides for the election of postmasters
in South Dakota; and, while this law
is not binding on the postmaster gen
eral, 1T is a law, nevertheless, and
anything but a corrupt administra-
ton would have followed its proyis-
ions in response to the wish of the
people of South Dakota.
All these facts here related have
been called to the attention of the
postmaster general, but, so far, II
know nothing of the results of his in
yestigations, If he has ordered any.
[ shall undoubtedly call the attention
of the senate of the United States to
these facts.
Mr.. L. G.. Campbell could furnish
to the people of Dakota some yalu-
information With regard to the
sale of other appointments and the
promise of office to secure support
Johnson, in direct violation Of the
laws of congress with regard to the
use of corrupt influence in a senator
ial election.
--RN L Pnffiprnm
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-03-18
CAUSES FOR WHICH
SANE MEN GO TO WAR

A Chicago lawyer employed a wo.
man with knowledge of public rec
ords to search the county books to
ascertain whether man he wished
Ito sue owned any real estate. He
said he told her not to bother with a
certain property, and paid her Sc
when she finished the job. Then he
found that in her bill she had in
Ecluded 50 cent for checking up the
property he, had told her not to touch.
The woman had a different under
standing which made her charge
Eseem Just and reasonable.
But the man, being a lawyer, was
not satisfied, SO he sued the woman
for the SO cents he thought she had
wrongfully obtained from him.
He lost. The court accepted the
twoman's version Of the bargain an6
assessed the costs. 1881, against the
tplaintiff.
Foolish man? Think again. He
stood to win so cents ait no cost 70
tsimself, as he was his own attorney.
He thought the odds were in. his IA
Ivor, and he did not care II his enemy,
| the woman he had sued, lost the price
OF her labor and the costs. $9.51, and
the attorneys fees, IL she hired q
lawyer. He accepted the hazard o.
legal battle for a great principle. the
principle that the weak shall not gel
more from the strong than the strong
believes is Just.
Tris mans error OF Judgment cos
him 20 times as much as he hat
hoped to gain. Still. that was higf
diplomacy, Nations go to war fol
great hrinciples-and with possible
gains and probable costssin about TIL
same proportion.
There is i moral, but II can no
be pointed out until the war in Eu
rope ends. The president has on
Joined ali his subjects to be neutral
Minneapolis Tribune.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-03-18
THE DOUBLE
Sauce of Goose is Sauce for Gander,
Thinks Mrs. Webster.

Sauce of Goose is Sauce for Gander,
Thinks Mrs. Webster.
Recent press dispatches told of the
realistic portrayal of the inconsist-
Iency OF the double standard OF virtue
for men and women, by a Chicago
woman Of reputable character, as an
lesson to her husband and the
public. She went to Louisville, KY,
to pull off the stunt and her proceed.
Ture is thus reported in a Louisville
dispatch to the metropolitan press:
Mrs. Webster hailed a cab at the
Union station here and ordered the
hackman to drive her to the red
light" district. Her husband was
stopping at the Setback hotel, but
she did not go near there. Arriving
at a notorious dive, Mrs. Webster
alighted and entered the place.
ut appears that she started II
rough house and when the police
anSwered a riot call they found Mrs.
Webstes seated at a table with a num-
her of men who had been drinking at
her expense.
~ have a right to do anything
my husband might do,s she explained,
and il a man has a right to enter
such places and bury drinks for wo-
men. a woman may enter and buy
drinks for men,
There are married men in Dead
wood who move In good society,
who visit the licensed hawdy houses
of this city and do much worse than
that. They not only buy the beer
for the women, but go the limit In
debauchery. But what would these
men say II their respectable and vir-
tuons wives should visit such resorts
and disport themselves with the male
attacheslDeadwood Telegram.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-03-18
Muscovites Sustain
the War Activities

New YOrk.-COmmentS on the war
from the Russian point of view now
current in the land of the car were
given by A. Tupalsky, an ingineer and
representative in Russia of a large
American automobile firm, who arriv-
ed a few days ago on the Baltic from
Petrograd by way Of Paris and is
staying at the Bfltmore.. Mr.. Tupal-
sky, who has three brothers in the
Russian army, witnessed the mobilz-
ing on the frontier and has travelled
widely in the empire since the Begin
ming of hostilitiss.
81 cannot tell you with what ankle
lty the Russians await the opening OF
the Dardanelles,r said Mr.. Tupalsky.
Our people have forgotten all polit-
fca1 issues and think only of fighting.
| Over a thousand million rubles, or
| five hundred million dollars worth of
grain and produce are stored in the
south waiting to be shipped. Some
of this has been there for a year.
ttAs to the ultimate disposition of
the Dardanelles and Constantinople i
cannot say, of course, but it is my
personal opinion that this question
was practically settled a month ago
at a meeting of tMs ministers of fin
ance OF the three allied nations in
Paris. Like all my people / have
every confidence that Constantinople
| Czargrad and that the DardaneIles
will be- n~eutralized.
s.What is the general feeling of
Russia now can only answer that
the present conflict is being given as
rnuch popular support as the Japan
ese war was given public execration.
At home we feel that il the czar
would for any reason attempt to end
the war now, the Russian Grmies
would rise in a rlutiny OF protest.
1.-THE peasants indeed i've upon the
.belief that the armies or the allies are
Ito meet in Berlin, and one army corps
r. visited was passing about the joke
THAT If Britain could not dig out the
German fleet the Russian soldatl
would go overland and spear it on,
of the canal with their bayonets. OuI
people of all classes now live upor
the wave OF a podyom, or lift of mill
tary enthusiasm. We cannot be de
Heated.
q could talk to you for hours 81
the commonly reported exploits 8
Grand Duke Nicholas. Already he
has become q popular hero equal Il
Auyarov. and folklore has gathered
about him. Al tale told me BY NJ,
porter before leaving Petrogfpd i.
Typical OF how the millions of peas
ants regard the great commando
of the cars armies. This dvOrnil
soberiy told me how the Little Faith
Ter went to the front and asked to b