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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Blackmailing for Righteousness.

Some ministers have been famous as
summers, and as such have derived a
knowledge of human depravity considered
very helpful in their warfare against the
powers of darkness. But the Rev. d. D..
Irvine, of Bayshore, L. l., is better than
a Summarize has been graduated as a
detective, which permits him to attack not
only Conditions" but individuals. He
has succeeded in making the guilt per-
sonal in Bayshore.
Immediately, therefore, he has accom-
plished what other preachers have merely
dreamed Of He has caused the thirteen
liquor dispensaries in his town to conform
to the law by the simple expedient known
to all detectives of "having something on"
the gentlemen who run and support them.
a false mustache, some old clothes and an
ability to Singer when perhaps he would
rather have shaded his eyes or stuffed
his ears with cotton, put him in possession
of the knowledge which now makes him
Bayshore's moral autocrat. This knowl-
edge he has incorporated in a sermon
which he has filed away against the day
when the lid lifts again, rather remote
day, it is considered, while the Rev. D. D..
Irvine remains pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Here, indeed, is a case where it has
proven easier and quicker to blackmail
the devil than to starve him out Of bust
ness. And yet we hope Mr.. Irvine will
not abandon the older, more gradual, but
more permanently effective method Of
chastisement against the day when he
may no longer exert the personal press
ure. In the meantime let us write after
his patronymc the letters that precede it
so Appropriately. D., doctor Of detec-
ton, honoris cauSG.
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Longer Terms at ALBANY.

Senator Wadsworth has earned a re-
buke from that high apostle of stand
patism, the Hon. Edgar T. Bracket. by
urging the Constitutional Convention to
give four year term to the Governor
and State Senator'S and a two year term
to Assemblymen. This change would
naturally involve the abandonment by
New York of the extravaganza and folly
Of annual sessions of the Legislature.
Mr.. Wadsworth is entitled to much
credit for pressing upon the convention
suggestion which would make for the
simplification of our cumbersome system
Of state government. New York still clings
to the antique methods of over-govern-
have outgrown. Massachusetts, is more
old-fashioned than we are, for the Bay
State elects state officers as we'll as a
Legislature every year. Rhode Island
used to do the same, but recently adopted
a two year term and biennial sessions.
Only Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey
and New York still have annual legis-
lative sessions.
There is now too much wear and tear
on our legislative machinery. We could
have a stabler budget and financial
policy if the Legislature had to plan for
two years instead of for one. We should
enjoy a respite every other year from the
kind of peanut politics which has been the
rule for two decades at Albany, and our
laws would have better chance to get
digested before they are tinkered with and
changed.
1t is the experience of most Of the large
states that biennial session contributes
to >-omy and to better government.
1ur odd year Assembly election is a dis
traction and nuisance in campaigns
which ought to be devoted to municipal and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Crank Vessels and Seamen's Law

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the deluge of editorial comment
that will follow the Eastland disaster moth
ing more to the point will be written or said
than this editorial from "The Chicago Daily
News" of Monday, July ga newspaper
heretofore silent on the seamen's bill:
Nothing in the seamen's bill, If in opera
ton las. Saturday instead of next Novem-
her. would have contributed in the slightest
to the prevention of that catastrophe
As one Chicago newspaper points out. we
have two hundred pages of marine laws, re-
strictions and regulations, and not single
line which insists that steamships shall be
built with a view TO stability.
1t would seem that the Eastland accident
emphasizes the necessity of a commission
or marine bureau, for which we are con-
tending, to draft comprehensive legislation
that shall have no more important feature
than stability in construction.
SPEARMAN LEWIS.
Chicago, July 2S, 1915
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THE GERMAN SYSTEM
Would Be More Actively
Against 1t if They Knew How
Undemocratic It Is.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In n recent issue "Collier's" laments the
Indifference Of the Middle West-its active,
successful men-to the European war Inc
magazine justly enough calls such indifference
provincial, finds it unworthy and reels tha'
our business interests should show the United
States the increasing smallness Of the world
The East. il SAYS, understands, and the west
Of the Appalachians ought to Know ABOUT IL
through the East. | believe "Collier's' under
estimates the interest of the West and over
estimates that of the East, except as prox-
unity makes for interest.
The average American Is not historian
A student of Continental politics, nor a
writer of editorials. During the l39 years VI
our independence the average American mas
given his attention to the territoria', mus
trial and educational expansion of his couh-
trv Ue and the country have become self
centred. He has had little interest and niue
time to study the approximately l5o-years
growth of Germany as Germany. Cramp ac,
cuses the English of a like indifference ana
ignorance.
The average American is, however, an
idealist-ac a country we deal largely with
ideals-and if the average American can De
shown that the war in Europe is hght ior
our ideals of government, for our declaration
of human rights, he will become vitality inter
ested in the war in Europe. HIS ldeais are
dearer TO him than his pocketbooK.
Let him understand that the German far-
lament (the Reichstag) is an elected deoa'-
ING society. without initiative and without
mower: that universal male suffrage IN Ter
many is limited by social status and proper
-. that the Kaiser and the Prusslan Imperial
Ministry prescribe and prescribe not only
tho functions of the elected bodies, but OF the
universities and the churches; the voter Is d
reflection of the Kaiser's desires or ne Is not
at all. | believe it is Lowell who states 'nat
the germ of political freedom in Germany
died when the rebellion of '48 was crushed'
Even editorials assume an elementary
knowledge of German political lnsututiohs
ubicb tho average American has not got. but
;f such knowledge can be presented to them
eirnnlv then thew will read Lowell Burgess
Cramb Usher. Dawson, etc, with interest ana
with intelligence. They will know that Ger
MANY is not democratic country, that 1t Is
the ENABLED fist and the iron cross, that
every blow Germany strikes, every victory
she wins. is a blow and a victory against gov
ernment of the people, for the people ana by
the people Then will their interest become
an active force.
Cannot The Tribune, the dear old reliable
Tribune. with "First to last-the truth 'ahe
up the work Of educating the average amer
can in the A-B-C of German government, tnst
thew each and all may understand this war IN
Europe in relation to Europe, to America 10
the world-and to future generations
L. b. FAIRFIELD.
bristol Conn July %, 1915
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The Male Biped's Fallacy.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Printed in the July l9 issue Oh LEV
Tribune is a most asinne letter written "
one Raymond Thurston, purporting 70 DC .
analysis of the present-day business ~om'u
Why has Mr.. Thurston such grie'sn.'
against the business woman, women and e''
Monies, women in industry, etc
One concrete answer as 10 why there ..
eight million women and children IN Wv
United States so employed in gainful oecup'
ton is that the wolf of starvation impeIs ~,
greater per cent of them 20 so do. a sthNN,.
per cent, but valantly increasing IN numO ',,
is of the more enlightened type-the SCI
thinking, non parasitic women who eject vi
economic status for the pleasure OF hnah1's
independence, and who despise the u|'
honorcd fsllacy of the male biped INA ma
woman is a species of parasite, so-cS''s
nonentity. to be subjected to his p'e'''
superiority.
Many business women do maintain .no nom
exemplary homes. AGNES 2. SlSSVH'
Moodus, Conn, July q, 1915
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Arms in the Yellowstone Park

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Is it not time influential PAPERS like
The Tribune urged the government to modify
its order prohibiting tourists carrying fire.
arms into Yellowstone Park? The recent
hold-up of stages loaded with school teachers
who were compelled TO give up their money
and valuables to three or four highwaymen,
like a previous robbery of the same kind,
was made not only possible, but easy, by the
knowledge that every passenger was I'M
armed-compelled to be so by the law
The object of the law is TO prevent shoot
ing game in the park, but surely no game
would suffer il tourists were permitted 10
carry revolvers and the fact, published
throughout the West particularly, that this
law had been so modified that pistols for
self-protecton were permitted would at once
have a very restraining effect on these
bandits.
The desire TO "see America first" is sending
many travellers into the West this summer,
and if the United States government will not
protect its hundreds of tourists in the ma
tional parks BY an escort of soldiers, but by
law prevents them from protecting them
selves, | do not blame those who are robbed
for feeling righteous Indignation and saying
It looks nightly as II Uncle Sam is in the
bandit business as a silent partner!
| hope The Tribune will urge a modfca-
ton Of this law. MOSES LYMAN.
Rochester. n. Y, July q, 1915.
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In Memory of Dead Prisoners
From The Dundee Adrertiser)

From The Dundee AdrerttSer)
French and Russian prisoners who have
died in Germany are to have the first monu-
ment worthy of their heroism at Grafen-
woehr, in the Bavarian Palatinate. Grafen-
woehr is one Of the largest instrument camps
.or prisoners Of war in Germany 1t has
about 10, 900 inhabitants" and is surrounded
by two burial grounds, one for the French
and the other for the Russians. 1t was re-
Gently remembered that among the French
r-isoners was talented sculptor named Stoll.
lie was requested TO produce monument to
the memory of the bvave departed, and a sum
Of 10000 francs was promptly subscribed by
the captives TO defrey the cost. plaster
cast model has now been completed, which
later on will be cut in granite from the quar-
ries Of Fiehtelgebirg. The design is that OF
a dying combatsnt, with bent knee and the
body thrown back. In the hand is broken
sword, and the expression of the face is of
sorrow and tragedy. On the pedestal will be
two words-"Pro Patria."
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tend to them. That women are more trust
worthy than men" is a pleasant piece OF nc
ton which has no more justification in It's
use than that old saw about a woman not be-
ing able to keep a secret. In CONCLUSION
nothing could be further from the subscrib-
er's intention than 20 detract from womans
capacity for usefulness in the walks of HE
for which she is peculiarly adapted; but this
field does not include commercial or such
other pursuits as require a mans powers OF
concentration, CELEBRITY Of action, pose and
judgment and aptitude for business details so
obviously essential to successful manipula-
Ton of affairs of importance. The old Latin
maxim, me sutor ultra crepidam," is as
forcble and as wise in its implied sense to-
day as when it was first written.
JOHN JOSEPH ODRISCOLL.
New York July %, 1915
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To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
| Sir: want to protest against what appear
to me to be the very mistaken views ex
pressed by your correspondent in an article
entitled "Merre England flushed in Deatr
Grip Of War;" which appeared in the issue o.
July 18. In my opinion, her whole under
standing of the English situation is false
one. besides which the fact that practically
every premise upon which she bases her con
illusions Is equally incorrect seems a matter
of lesser Importance, as these statements are
ensily disproved by any one who has followed
English affairs, however specifically, either
In person or In print, for the past year.
To my mind, the grea. outstanding fact II
the spirit in which, in spite OF all her trou
bles. England is facing the war, the STEADY
increase of earnestness, of courage, OF mora
fibre. her belief in the integrity Of her ma
tional purpose and the ultimate triumph o.
democracy throughout the whole OF Europe
as we'll MS on her own shores.
That many of her problems are still un
settled and have shaken the country to Its
foundations we all know. Her labor troubles
the drink problem, the lack of organization
the recent political upheaval, are all Of the
utmost seriousness. The question of mum
tions is one of overwhelming Importance and
the many sides closely connected with the
labor problem. And yet, in spite of all this
England has known how TO evolve steadi
ness of purpose and power for meeting the
situation, a capacity for moral growth IN
the individual that almost amounts to ma
tiona regeneration and is truly amazing
when one considers the state of that country
only a few weeks before the war.
As to the question of enlistment some
twenty-fve-odd thousand men have volun-
iteered or, rather. twenty-five thousand mer
have been accepted, and many more refused
each week These figures have kept up steadi-
lily since some time in January, and under
stand have largely increased since the sink
ling of the Lusitania. These men come from
every class-laborers, mechanics, artisans
farmers, as well as from the so-called upper
classes. In fact, more than once the problem
has been, temporarily at least, to hold back
the stream of volunteers without drying up
the supply. This is, first, because the Gov
eminent found itself for the moment practi-
cally unable to provide facilities for train
ing and equipping the new men who kept
pouring in after the first million or so had
been disposed of. Secondly. because the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
AMERICAN "MILITARISM"
Let Us Have an Adequate Defence,
No Matter What We Call Il.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The timid beat Of Harry y. Stark in
The Tribune Of this morning against the
awful bugaboo Of American "mili,arism' calls
for a showdown. For one. am SICK and
tired of the fearsome tommy-rot that few
sheep-hearted persons are writing and talk
ing against all plans to put this nation IN
an adequate state Of defence.
The word "militarism," az applied 70
America, does not brighten NE in the Least
If that needs to be the name by which
our national defences need to be called.
shen there are ten million men in the
universal Yankee nation who are quite read
to call it that and add 10 the Starks and
others: "And now what are you going TO Do
about it,"
The hosting aloft OF the new bugaboo AMI
the dangling of it before the public gaze re-
mind me Of a Western Congressman who
once vehementlv voted against an sappropri'
alton for l2-inch guns for one Of our ne@
Atlantic coast Notifications on the ground
that those guns might be turned upon the
people to subvert their rehtsi"
There is not one intelligent man outside
Of the lunatic asylums who In his heart does
not know perfectly well that no matter what
happens this nation never will be afflicted
with the oppressive, dangerous and damnaDe
military craze that has long been curse %
the German people ard a constant menace %
peace-loving nations. Any American who WI!
say that because we have a standing army o.
45O. 900 men and a militia reserve OF 5OJOW
men we shall be ridden by miltarlsm OF the
German brand merely exposes his own folly
If it requires a million men on land, thou.
sand ships on and in the sea and a thousaa'
fiers in the air adequately TO protect tnh
nation and ito dependencies from the Ger
manys and the Japans, then let us ha''
them and shout "militarism" from the house
tops.
I am sick and tired OF seeing poiroon'
and traitors rushing to the front ana eo'ns
everything that blatant voices can 90 "
hinder and embarrsss the efforts Of the me"
and newspapers that are striving for sue
ouste national defences. It is time 70 sep1
rate the sheep from the goats the traitor,
and maligners from the loyal citizens. y
is now time TO say: THOSE who are not w.
our country are against it, those WIZ
oppose adequate defences are traitors an /,
must henceforth and at all times be ciasS''
as such.
If this be jingoism. then let the sneep.
hearted and the peace-at-any pricers ma a.
the most Of it. The hour for separating '1 =.
sheep from the goats is now at hand. =
up to every man in America TO toe tne mar
and answer the question: Where 90 !''
stand" WILLIAM I. HOhNADHi'
New York, July %, 1915.
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The Case of the Iberian.

In none of the reports received here so
far is there the least indication that tho
attack on the Leyland liner lberian was lr
any way comparable to that which re-
suited in the sinking of the Lusitania. The
very fact that the torpedoing of the vessel
was preceded by gunfire made 1t, indeed
pretty plain from the first that she had IN
all probability refused to heave to when
signalled by the commander of the sub
marine, and all that has since been learned
bears out this presumption.
Our consul at Queenstown is informed
by one of the officers that when the sub
marine appeared the merchantmen tried tc
run away and that not till then did the
German commander open fire. All tho
casualties were admittedly due to shells
and when at last the submarine compelled
the Iberian to surrender ample time was
evidently granted the crew to escape, fol-
all of the sixty-two survivors had taken &c
the boats before the ship was finally tor
pedoed and sunk.
To inquire into the question whether
naval officer should be permitted to play
the part of prize court at sea would be
to confuse the issue. The main point is
that in this case there is apparently nc
reason whatever for regarding the act OF
the German submarine commander as de
liberately unfriendly."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Women Doctors.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir. Nav I through the medium OF your
paper EXPRESS my thanks TO your correspond
ont ! { Koch for his commentator OF the
work If medical women? The fact that medi-
cal women have won their way TO the con-
fdence and respect of the public in the teeth
of determined and selfish opposition Is DIS
tinctlv satisfying. especially at this time
wben il is said the public has never DIS
trusted the medical profession as much as II
does to-day. and respected members OF the
community have stated that the numerous
and financially successful quacks as well as
the multiplication Of such cults as Ne"
Thought and Christian Science are due 10 the
fact that so many medical men were gross
and coarse and material
There are many branches OF the medical
nrofession for which women are better htted
thar men. and this is especially true OF WORK
% no dona among women and children. Won
ems conscientious devotion to duty, their deli
cacv. tact and sympathy combined with medl-
cal kill. explain why there has never been
time in the history Of the world when women
physicians did not exist.
II seems necessary at this time to draw
the attention of the public TO the fact that
women are barred from the large hospitals
as attending physicians and surgeons. This
i a oroat Injustice and keenly felt by all am
bitiors medical women. All medical positions
sbouId he omen TO men and women and should
he filled according to ability rather than sex,
including the positions Of life insurance ex-
oriners A MEDICAL STUDENT.
New York, July "a, 1915.
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Without Germany's Permission.
% the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Most of US feel as Samuel Saunders
does, but We must ask our heads to hold in
our feelings a bit just now. To call on our
patient President to take a fall out of Ger
many" is too large an order. Germany has
been carefully, laboriously, extensively, pre-
pairing for at least two generations to take
a fall" out of our easy-going Uncle Samuel
or any one whatsoever who might get in Ger
many's way.
What has our Uncle Samuel been doing in
that time, Mr.. Saunders? will tell you
Uncle Samuel, meaning you and me and the
rest of US with a vote, has been preparing
for such kicks and contempt as we are now
getting. Cause and effect. Mr.. Saunders. We
are staggering still under a pension roll, OF
which the money cost is not the worst part
because in the sixties our Uncle Samuel
lacked a small efficient army fit to deal
sharply with the first local outbreak of re-
oellion. Our happy-go lucky indifference at
that time cost US four years of bloodshed
ruin and decentralization, and but for the
spirit, courage and vision of Abraham Lin
coin might have cost us our nationality. Dc
you realize, Mr.. Saunders, the difference in
the position of the German Kaiser and our
President? Think minute.
Is it strange that the Germans have a feel
ing of contempt for the Americans? How
long do you think it would take the Ameri-
can people TO create the equipment, system
and training, not to take fall out of Ger
many, but only to drive back German in
vasion after our larger Atlantic sea ports had
been captured and put under contribution ia
the German war chest? Get down on your
knees, Mr.. Saunders, and thank God that we
have in the White House a man of the Abra-
ham Lincoll quality of head and heart. Dc
not preach turbulence born of ignorance and
prde-preach and live for manly courage
in the hearts of American men that will see
the present duty of preparation for defence
against future attack in the light of our
rather shameful past Read the history OF
Switzerland and consider the peace and pros
perity of that land, where every man jack
has his uniform and his rifle and knows his
place in the line Of defence.
AMERICAN GERMAN.
New York, July q, 1918.