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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22
Eliminate Hodge-Podge Control!

1t is TO be hoped that the investigation
of the State Board of Charities authorized
by Governor Whitman will not be confined
TO the management of the institutions.
That is important, Of course, and that IS
the point of the attack made by Mr..
Kingsbury, Charities Commissioner of
this city. But back of that is the whole
scheme of handling these institutions by
the state, with local superintendent, local
boards of trustees, the State Board OF
Charities and the Fiscal Supervisor Of
Charities all mixed into a hodge-podge
of control, which the Governor, with sin
gular mildness and conservatism, calls
unnecessarily and unfortunately compli-
Gated" Affairs cannot be satisfactorily
handled in any institution when authority
and responsibility are not sharply defined,
nor can there be true economy-the reali-
cation of a full hundred cents worth for
every dollar expended-while the present
mixed conditions persist.
When Mr.. Human was majority leader
of the Assembly he made study of the
control of state institutions and later pre-
sented a report, in which he said:
In six years the cost of maintaining the
inmates In the groups of charitable institu-
tons alone has increased over 20 per cent
per inmate. In the three years ending Sep
TENDER 80, 1912, the state spent for new
buildings, improvements and betterments in
this group over S2,O00,000, and yet the aggre-
gate capacity of those institutions increased
only trife over one thousand in that period.
The answer is found in the fact that there
are to-day more state departments assist
ing in running these institutions than there
are institutions, and their powers, duties and
responsibilities are so interlocked that the
transaction of institutional business is very
slow and very expensive.
What was true when that report was
ade is no less true now. 1t is desirable
i. make it certain that no ward Of the
tate suffers i'll treatment or lacks proper
care and attention in any institution. But
the surest way to have desirable results is
TO have some simple, definite system of
governing these institutions, of checking
up the work done by their attendants and
superintendent and of auditing the ex-
penditures made on their account. In
selecting as the commissioner to make the
investigation Mr.. Charles II. Strong for
years president of the City Club, Governor
Whitman has chosen a man of ability and
experience broad enough to make him
competent to inquire into both phases of
this great problem. The officers of the
State Board of Charities have promised
their hearty cooperation in his work. Rec
concentrations for a much needed recon-
struction of the states policy ought to
result from the inquiry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22

killed human being put there to save
such as him from their own folly
The jury, in its wisdom, recommended
mercy for this offender-possibly because
he has made a payment Of money to the
widow of the man he killed and has fore
sworn the automobile habit. If ever man
deserved to pay the full penalty for his
acts, this one does. Only through convic-
ton and adequate punishment in such
cases can there be hope of protecting the
general public from the results of the
madness which seems to possess some irdl-
viduals once they take the steering wheel
Of powerful motor car.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22
COL. ROOSEVELT ON BRITISH PREPAREDNESS
His Remarks The Metropolitan Were Only Incidental and Intended to
Help Emphasize Warning Needless Americans-A Reply
Mr. r KYLE Dawon's Recent Letter to The Tribune.

worse and not better than England In this
natter; and as | said in my article, con-
denim US more than | do England. | spoke
as follows of Germany in the article in ques-
ton:
"Most certainly we should avoid with hor-
Tor the ruthlessness and brutality and the
cynical indifference to international right
which the government of Germany has shown
during the past year, and we should shun as
we would shun the plague the production in
this country of a popular psychology like
that which in Germany has produced pub
lie opinion that backs the government in its
actions in Belgium and cheers popular songs
which exult in the slaughter of women and
children on the high seas. But if we value
the heritage bequeathed TO us by Washing
ton and saved for US by Lincoln we will at
once begin the effort to emulate the German
efficiency, efficiency which is not only mill
tary but also social and industrial"
Now, Mr.. Dawson must remember that I
was not thinking of England at all while |
was writing my article. !. of course, had no
idea that what said would be read in Eng
land. | was appealing TO my own fellow
ccuntrymen. / was not endeavoring to save
their feelings. | was endeavoring TO put the
truth before them as in my judgment it
Heeueu 10 De put; was urging preparedness
or. them and when such was the case was
rot more willing to blink the facts as to the
English social, industrial and military short
comings due primarily to lack of real fore
thought and preparedness in advance) than
to blink the facts as TO the moral shortcom
ings of Germany's ruling class
In so far as the German people as a whole
arc concerned. looking at them in sections
% centuries, | believe in them with all my
heart; and though at the moment they seem
TO be united behind the hideous and dreadful
policy of "schrecklchkeit," yet | cannot but
believe that in the end they will realize how
lamentably they have been misled and will
force their governing class to alter an att-
tude which, if persisted in, must make Ger
many the permanent enemy of every free and
right-thnking country in the world
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Oyster Bay, n. Y, Nov. 20. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22
A SENTIMENTAL VIEW
What One Canadian Thinks of An
others Reading of History.
q the Editor Of TIE Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
: Sir: Permit me TO make brief reply TO
my misguided fellow countryman Canadian"
who makes such charming suggestion for
peace-at any price that some one else has
to pay. Very thoroughly British, that. II
canadian" could get it out of his head that
England ought always to be literally paid
for being good-paid by some one, no mat
ter who-that would give US something 70
start on. But that is too much to hope for
will, therefore. simply call his attention TO
large ignorance of history implied in his
remark that England has supported the Mon
roe Doctrine from its inception. If he will
just recall the Venezuela incident. 1t APP
pears to be true that England did do so at
the time of the Spanish-Amercan War.
Why? Because by that time Germany's navy
had become formidable, and England wanted
future ally against Germanys ambitions
in South America. That is perfectly legiti-
mate reason, certainly; but there was moth
ing altruistc about It. Canadian" is like
the small boy who wants great credit for
eating his dinner quietly.
As far as the conduct Of England during
the Civil War is concerned, Canadian" APP
pears equally ignorant of history. At that
time Russia played precisely the same
part, by preventing Englands interference,
as England played in 1898. England tried to
get European coalition to interfere in the
war, and Russia sent feet to New York
harbor, while refusing to reply to the English
suggestion. If Canadian" calls that the
fullest support" from England he may be
jesuitically quibbling and mean the fullest
support TO the South, reckoning in the Ala
bama, etc.
To talk Of England fighting for humanity
during the NapOleonic wars is simply pihie.
England was fighting for herself; the French
thought they were fighting for humanity, and
when they found they were deceived and
that it was only Napoleon they fought for,
the end came. Nevertheless, in that great
struggle Napoleon did about four times as
much for humanity as England, who fought
for every rotten and tyrannic dynasty in
Europe, and at the final peace saddled as
many of the old feudal masters back on to
the people as possible.
This sniveling sentmentality in reading
plain history gives me a pain. England is
marvellous country, with a history Of glo-
rous achievement in many ways. Granted.
Granted equally that Germany started this
war and that Belgium is deeply wronged
and outraged. What has that to do with
Americas plain rights as neutral? Be
cause says Canadian" England is fighting
for humanity Bosh! England is fighting to
keep the channel ports out of German hands;
a perfectly natural thing to do, and within
her right, but not solely for humanity.
do not know whether to marvel more at
the general ignorance or the sentimentality
of my good countryman. NJ b.
New York, Nov. II, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22
The Spell of College Sport.

From the Springfield Republican,
Whether old fogies relish it or not. the
fact remains that the average college grad
yates greatest interest in his alma mater is
measured by results in athletic contests.
For proof witness the jubiation of Yale men
and the fame that has come TO Shevlin. Grad
uate bodies OF all colleges are more or
less openly concerned that good athletic ma
terial in schools shall be persuaded to head
toward the old campus. That this persuasion
takes forbidden forms need not ,be affirmed.
The alumnus as a rule is best satisfied with
his COLLEGE when its undergraduates triumph
in baseball and football. Here is condition
with lots Of human nature in It, and not a
theory. The side shows are holding the
Mace which Woodrow Wilson was disposed
10 deplorc when president of Princeton. de-
spite all the critics of the modern tendency
NAV say or do. Rah rah rah for the vic
torious team The victorious scholars must
be content with such consciousness Of their
own progress as may come to them, for there
is no hero business for them. When schol-
arship and victory in athletic work 20 hand
in hand the studious can have some OF the
glory. Love of sport ms an American mar
acteristic il not on the decline.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22
We Invite Plumber.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The tribune.
Sir: How much longer will the American
people wait before they insist that the adj
ministration at Washington take immediate
action and prepare this country to resist the
invasion Of some other nation?
Europe has now tasted blood, and when
the present war is over and should the same
remain In power, the American
people need not be surprised to see Europe
combine France excepted and make war
upon this country Europe will be badly in
need of money when this war is finished
and this country should be far richer than il
is to-day, and the only place that Europe can
look 10 to repenish her treasury will be
this country
Suppose England, Germany, Russia. Spain,
Japan and several other small nations com
bine and make war upon this country, we
will not only need well trained army and
navy, but the most important defence per
feet flying machines and submarines and
plenty of them.
Speaking Of preparedness: What would
this city do if we had only small police
force and few fire engines? We would DC
at the mercy of the thieves and thugs tina,
are now plentiful in this country. The same
conditions exist between this country and
Europe Europe will be the thieves and
thugs and VIC will be the prey.
This may seem improbable TO many. but i.
is possible and very likely to happen. France
is the only ration in Europe that would be
likely to side with us. PAUL BROWN.
Brooklyn. Nov. Il. 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22
An Inspiration for the Hopeless
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As a graduate of Cornell University
desire to pen my indebtedness to Booker
cry" and Character Building" which | hap
pened to come upon as cashier when nineteen
years old, so inspired me to learn that de-
termined to give up business for college.
Had I my say, there would be a place in
the public school curriculum for the compul-
sorry reading of up from Slavery" and
Character Building" Gary system and
others take notce And why not? Isn't a
very large part of our education devoted 10
stimulating the ambitions by the principle
of emulation competition and comparison) :?
The life of the slave born negro Booker T.
Washington must move the most hopeless
white youth.
Booker T. Washington was teacher az we'll
as inspirer For the city lad, more likely to
become business man than not, he had a
message, based upon a practical, ideal com.
mercial vision. No kind of labor if only
service, was too humble for DR.. Washington
TO idealize, to gorify. As he says in Char
acter Building: Education is meant to
give us that culture, that refinement, that
taste which will make us deal truthfully with
our fellow men, and will make US see what is
beautiful, elevating and inspiring in what
God and man has created know that
owe much of my own joy of life and my
sympathy with labor to this optimistic point
of view. And can commences captains and
crews have any too much of il?
Then, too. every white reader would have
deal more sympathy for the negro, have more
faith in his possibilities and more faith in
mankind in general. and so be more willing
to lend a helping hand. All of which would
help minimize our race problems and in
crease our fund of happiness both always
desirable. AN INSPIRED WHITE.
New York, Nov. 10, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22
The "Lokal Anzeiger's" Discovery.

1t has often been alleged by the Ger
mans that as soon as Admiral Won Tirpitz
undertook his great project of Starving
England" the British Admiralty gave
secret instructions to the masters of all
British merchant vessels to fly neutral
flags in the proclaimed zone. This cir
cumstance has been used occasionally as a
sufficient excuse for unprovoked attacks
on ships of other nations, but the actual
words Of the supposed instructions were
never made known.
The "Lokal Anzeiger" now publishes a
series of documents which may or may not
be genuine. AS it is Captain Kuhlwetter
who vouches for them they must be re-
garded with some suspicion, but, suppos-
ing them to be authentic, what DO they
prove?
The first Is undated and is supposed to
have been given out by the Admiralty in
the early days Of the submarine campaign.
Il cautions the masters of British ships
against showing house flags or other
marks of Identification and advises them
TO use neutral flags or none at all In the
danger zone.
The second. marked confidential" and
lated March 10, lays down rules with re-
gard 70 the flags 70 be used on several
routes, and another points out the i'm
portance Of making every possible effort
70 escape when submarine is sighted.
IL IL conceivable that these instructions
we're given. II 50, they must be regarded
as reminders, for neutral flags have al
ways been turned 70 account pretty freely
in warfare Of this kind, and merchant yes.
sells, when they could conveniently escape.
have generally done so. Captain Kuhl-
wetter seems 20 attach peculiar signif-
canoe 20 an order which is said to run as
sIows:
II q submarine comes 20 the surface ahead
and in the vicinity with openly hostile inten-
tions, steer directly AZ IL with the highest
sDecd and Keep changing The course 90 that
.oe submarine always is dead ahead.
Whether this order was actually given
~ not, IL Was undoubtedly ob9eryed on
scyeral occasions, and better way Of
meeting Openly hostile Intentions could
hardly be conceived.
Since Captain KGhlwetter's remarkable
diseoyery Of a Herman victory on the
Dogger Bank, gether with the moving
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22
Some Civil War "reminiscences

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | admire the sturdy. patriotic spirit
of W. G.. Nash and thank him for the cor
rection. | now well remember that valan-
digham had been sent across the line TO
Canada.
Glad TO read what that splendid son OF
Ohio, James Abram Garfield, said of that
traitor. We need more men of Garfield's
type and love Of country in these Wlsonian
waiting and watching days of peace at any
price and didn't raise my boy to be a
soldier" putty men.
! had no idea that I was rejecting on the
patriotism of the East might have said |
was a failure. No, | know the mettle of the
East, West North and South, who fought for
the nation in those dark days. served four
years in the I'd Maryland Veteran Volunteer
Infantry. from good old Baltimore-"Ma
land, Ny Maryland"
when for nearly a year we held each other
at bay, and lived in trenches most Of the
time, and could not stand up straight in the
daytime without being mnde a target of;
when we changed coffee for tobacco with the
graybacks, and sang revival hymns; when
Gray and Blue joined in singing "We Shall
Meet Beyond the River, By and By" etc.
We have the same loyal, brave men ready
to-day Organize them, and sweet peace AMI
safety shall enjoy.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. MATHEWS.
Brooklyn, Nov. l6, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22
The Size of the Navy.
Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Regarding the size of the navy there
are many conflicting opinions, but whether
these opinions favor a large or small navy
they invariably wriggle out Of the plain as
sertion that our navy should be equal COR
SUPERIOR to the British navy Euphemisms
are employed such as "a navy second to
none "a navy 10 meet all possible require
ments.' So. when il comes to getting the
opinions of men who are very much in the
public light they seem to commit the nation
TO second rate aim by pronouncing .or a
navy second only TO Great Britain.
II is as IL political aspirant should re-
solve TO be Nice-President OF the United
States. but on no account to ever become
President EHF
New York, Nov. IL, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22

circumstance of the destruction Of II. NJ.
S. Tiger, his Interpretation Of facts is
open TO suspicion. But if the documents
are not genuine it can only be said of
them that they have very plausible look
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22

You can purchase merchandise advertised
In THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-ior
il dissatisfaction results in any case HE
TRIBUNE guarantees TO pay your none!
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bling. We make good promptly II the ad-
vertiser does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22

Percy Haughton went TO Plattsburg. Pos
sibly this had something to do with Yales
humiliation, such is the efficacy of prepared
ness.
War the nest-egg OF crime German criminoio-
gist says the conflict will breed murderers-Head-
line.
But nest-eggs are usually sterile.
Are the British firing of a commander who
is French in name only?
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-11-02
Mnntuuu.

NeSbrGnbt npf ea Sang. Sor or,.
Den Sang inoen ire @ar er Sa1ep
Wtercantile & 2i,nber Cos GIepator
/ Sionep neobrGnbt = benne Gang
~anta9elig antpnOt peo @niiter fra ct
Sofomotip. Sabet anilaaes til 500.
900.
Iansc imSpiflet i WorSias. Sent
Nt9nb og TO &pinoer err bIepne are
itereoe / Sairpieip, ale mistqnfte for
at babe bapt noget at gisre meb Wor.
oct paa Sells @jeroe, Sarmer fra
Wtc&en5ie Gountp, H. 9afota. @jer.
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Seiligbeo, og iaa blot YoIitiet bar
funnel erfare par ban Ssnbag Iften
blcpen orGbt nnoer ct Slagsmaal,
bpori ale DC tiIitpoeperenbe eiter beb.
ite Gpne bapoe oeltaget. Se / Ga
gen inopiflcoe Wpilb err ane Sarnlc.
re, ilclnlig Wtife % Irnolo Gngle-
b%retlerL Soc Cassidy, sat 2eonaro %
Ben EbilipS.
&eforSnobptte al 2infrb. Eaa go.
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for Gutbanf, err al en- 10 Slcrcs g(gcr
trGifct $50 @uibels Sinfrs euer 35
Suibels pr. Icre, bpilfet er bet itsr.
ite ltbbptte enomt %rapporteret. Or.
flpringen err beeoiget al tropGroige
Solf, iaa oct flin er De blotte % bare
@ierosgierninger. @n reiienoe &c.
pr9ientant for en- al 2anoets itsritc
Observation-Disclosures, Der / l9naerc
Sio bar reiit aiennem DC Strpg al DC
Sorenco. Stater og Canada, bpor set
meite Gin oprfcs, bar erfl9ret bette
llobptte peo Gutbanf iom oct ltsrIte
enonu opnaaet. Sor tire Iar iiben
opraaeoes 30 @uibels pr. gcre / Sol.
oen Galcp, Hortb 0afota, og til mi
bar bette pGret en- ropertruiien &c.
forb.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-11-02

maiferet Ionb o. iorIan9tc benocs
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inaei bapoe, bporpaa bun blcp tne'
hlci o. ~ilrrct ioit Ill Ell Stol, | hpil-
fen Stilina bun mauttc pare Wionc
til, al bcnbeS @icmmer 9lennemro'
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ell Simc hengif, icr Wr. NcGlin-
tocf fon bicln % Volitlet norsleoeS.
Sporbunoc hcntc6es ira Materloo,
men bioic par life iitnno til at tel'
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itollo ira Suict, % Den irGtfe "an'
oit nlltoQea bcrior at bapc bapt Ell
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Cub Dnkntu.

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Isiociation bill afboIoe fin aarIiae
aonpention / Siorlr Sails oen lite oa
2oen december.
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