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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
Ma gnifcent."

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial of this morning on
Deliberately Unfriendly" is magnificent 1t
is the appeal of sublime and outraged
patriotism rising in its righteous anger to
fight the cowardly tyrant who would crush it.
History teens with examples of outraged
patriotism fighting for its life and emerging
gloriously triumphant; emerging from be-
meath the iron heel of tyranny to the divine
light of liberty!
This last atrocity of iendish Germany can
not must not, be tolerated. The German
Ambassador in Washington must go, Am.
bassador Gerard must be recalled. II Ger
many wants war she shall have it. We
have done everything within the bounds OF
honor and self-respect that could possibly
be done to avert the war which Germany is
determined to thrust upon US. We cannot,
we must not, longer temporize.
The issue is Civilization That is the
stake. Germany has cast defiance at her
face, determined to destroy her. Germany
must be brought to her senses Germany
must be abased; Germany must be crushed!
That is the cry which fills the heart of every
lover of liberty; that is the tumultuous
pulse which makes every drop in every vein
OF every free born man pulsate with the
sublime passion which made our fathers cry:
Give US liberty, or give US DEATH"
MALCOLM FRANCIS JOY.
New York, Aug. 20, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
Unset Diamonds.

tFr0rl The Dundee AduertlSer)
The prohibition of the Importation into
Great Britain of unset diamonds save under
special license, is aimed at preventing money
for the gems reaching Germany through Hol-
land This is a wise precaution, although il
would appear fairly easy of evasion, for it is
no difficult matter TO provide stone with a
cheap temporary setting. Undoubtedly Ger
many must have in reserve large number
of stones from her Southwest African fields
which are now in our possession. We know
that our own great combine, De Beers, has
such reserve of stones that if all the prod
uce of Kimberley were placed upon the mar
ket at once diamonds would be five shillings
a carat. 1t is fairly obvious that the Father
land also has some nice little packets of dia-
monds, a sale for which it would welcome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
Letting Santa Claus Through the
Blockade.

Santa Claus is undoubtedly one German
whom everybody approves. 1t seem1
rather difficult, despite their close re-
semblance, to believe that he and Won
Tirpitz can be of the same race; that one
who exists to gladden. the hearts of
children can share the same country Il
say nothing of the same planet, with one
whose aim it is to scatter their little
bodies over the waves. Yet such seems
to be the case, and besides their race
common also their ingenuity.
OF course the Russian and English and
French children have been forbidden to
have anything more to do with Santa
Claus because he is German, just as their
elders have been forced through belligerent
animosity TO forego German music and
German beer. They will have to put up
this Christmas with the toys of some
domestic substitute whose fingers can't
possess quite the same degree of sympa-
thetic dizziness in their fashioning. But no
SUCH pIOHlplIiOH dPPIleS yeC " AiHSIICd
children, except in so far as the British
Order in Council in seeking to punish Won
Tirpitz has blockaded Santa Claus, and
now it seems that this order has been
modified. A shipment of things valued at
100000 is to be let through from Rotter-
dam and included in it is to be a large
consignment of German-made toys.
Hurrah for Santa Claus, the blockade
runner!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
The Example of America.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Regarding your editorial and car
toon in this mornings issue of The Trib-
une, may we remind you, in the words Of our
honored President, that America was born
Christian nation" and "the example OF
America must be a special example,?
The Christian motive demands no less OF
the nation than of the individual. How often
shall my brother sin against me and for
give him? 81 say unto you not until seven
times, but until seventy times seven,' saith
the Master.
The time has not arrived when this Chris
tian nation may withdraw its relations from
an erring brother nation, now in the griP
OF the "lawless one" II Thess, ii, l-lO).
Standing firm upon the fundamental princ-
pie of Christian conduct, this nation can
face the whole of Europe and It's anti-Chris-
tisn war and "see il 'unafraid."
NJ ABRAHAM, Messenger
New York, Aug. 20, 1915.
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American craftsmanship down not as
calm but as cowardly.

American craftsmanship down not as
calm but as cowardly.
We are done with Germany, and 1t needs
no more murders Of American citizens TO
bring us to the point. Let Mr.. Gerard
come home with the least possible delay
Let Count Won Bernstorff be provided with
his passports and interrupted in his task
of corrupting German-American citizens
and substituting American publications
He is in this country henceforth only the
embodiment of the German craftsmanship
which has been disclosed to Americans ir
murder.
The defence Of national honor, the pro-
lection of American lives is something
which the President Of the United States
can do with full assurance that he will
have behind him Americans of all factions
and parties. For what he does no Ameri-
can will criticise him, no American will
withhold that support to which he is en-
titled. A whole nation will march with
its President to the defence Of national
honor. 1t is only failure 10 act winch
will arouse the opposition and invite the
criticism of his fellow countrymen.
Without impotence, with confidence,
with loyal sympathy, the American people
are awaiting Mr.. Wilson's action. But
there is one thing that he must remember
the time for dealings with the German
criminals is over. Diplomatic relations
with Germany are henceforth impossible.
New experiments with Berlin can only
end in new assassinations; such expert
ments would but delay necessary action
and destroy public confidence. Never again
can Mr.. Wilson hope to speak for whole
nation with assurance so absolute, with
domestic support so unanimous, as to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
Jewish Mass Meeting.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: An incidental reference TO the Frank
tragedy made at the mass meeting of the
Jewish Congress Organization Committee,
held in Cooper Union last evening, was, in
the account of your newspaper, given pub
licity which was all out of proportion with
the real object of the gathering
The mass meeting was planned several
weeks ago and, as was previously announced
in the various newspapers of the city, was
held with the object of f1rthering the move
ment for the calling of congress of repre-
scntatives from all Jewish organizations to
deal with the great crisis which present
events have created in Jewish life, and with
the problem of the Northumberland and
homelessness of large portion of the Jewish
nationality. II was TO this subject that the
many prominent speakers and heads of large
organizations identified with this movement
addressed themselves, and it is very strange
that the reporters should have missed the
main point Of the addresses, repeatedly en-
phaszed by number of speakers That the
Jews in America feel it their duty TO help
their oppressed brethren in Europe at this
time and that they wish to act in repre-
sentative and democratic manner which
should be in keeping with American methods
was evidenced by the unusually large assem-
blage which this mass meeting and the two
overflow meetings brought together.
B. s. RICHARDS.
cation Committee.
Apo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
Cowardly and Characteristic.
q the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Let me congratulate you on the
splendid editorial in to-day's Tribune. 1t is
heartening reading, and it demolished the
argument which will be made that as no
American, was murdered America has no
grievance in the Arabic incident The insult
to and contempt of this country are there,
though the attempted murder of defenceless
American citizens may have been unsuccess-
full The failure, however, was due to no
emission Of scientific and precisive endeavor.
But yesterday the people of Germany
would have been appalled, at the practices Of
their obsessed and blood-drunk masters,
while to-day their minds, naturally ductile
and now entirely and purposely poisoned, ap-
plaud every crime committed in the name Of
Germany against whomsoever it may be.
A nation gone mad.
The German naval officers intended to muir
Ger the Americans on the Arabic, and may or
may not have done So There are but few
unhyphenated Americans in this country who
ignore the fact that Germany to-day is at war
with this country. At war in fact, though
undeclared Spies are everywhere; propa-
gandists are spreading seeds of discord in
every corner of the land; our economic con-
dtions are threatened, and efforts are being
n:ade to rend the country into warning fac
tions-a cowardly and characteristic method
Of warfare with a country which has been
atient beyond reason. Will the President
order the representatives of the German gov
eminent out of the country automatically, or
will he allow the people of this country to
attend to them Independently?
JOHN LARKIN.
New York Aug TO- 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
It Expresses the Plain Truth.
New York, Aug. 20, 1915.

To tie Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Again feel it my duty as an Ameri
can to thank you for your editorial "Delib-
erately Unfriendly." Strong, stern and can
did, it has expressed simply the plain truth
that should be self-evident TO every mind
Not one word in it should be changed oil
omitted. You have stated in planest terms
what all Americans SHOULD think and feel, and
do think and feel, so far as know.
The last word states the case of the World
VS.. Germany. And in the crime of the Ara
bic the last thin disguise has slipped from
the German beast. and we see the fact as il
is-but we see it unafraid" The duty OF
to-day is to end all relations with nation
that has trumpeted most brazenly its con-
tempt of all the laws of God and man in its
voices; and in its deeds of unspeakable saw
sgery. OF inssnely brutal ferocity, has illur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
Apprec iation.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Ny home is in one of the principal
cities of the Middle West, but have been
spending an extended summer vacation among
the New England hills and seaside resorts.
have been an attentive reader OF The
Tribune nearly every day in the week for a
good many months, and as an editor OF a
good many years experience, Westerner,
an independent in politics and a lover OF
peace" desire to express my high apprecia-
ton of the vigor. independence and stalwart
Americanism of your editorials on the Euro
pean situation. | admire and approve your
hearty support of President Wilson in the
arduous duties that he is called to perform
and the evident sincerity and great patience
and ability with which he has thus far met
the trying and perplexing problems that have
confronted him. | can sincerely say all this,
although I, like yourself, was not an advocate
OF his election.
find myself. in perfect accord with the
position you assumed in your Saturdays edi-
toral that the time has come to send the
German Ambassador home and to recall the
American Ambassador from Berlin and sever
all relationship with a nation guilty of such
crimes as that government has been COM
hitting. And, although an advocate of free
speech and more freedom of the press on
general principles, believe that such pub
locations as "The Fatherand" and few
other German-American journals ought to be
suppressed as soon as it can be judciously
done, and which no doubt will be done if
the course of the German rulers should lead
to an open rupture between the two coun-
tries. W. W. BOWLING.
Short Reach Conn. Aug q. 1915.
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Poor Publicity.

To the Editor of The Tribune. =,
Sir: Can you enlighten me why
much publicity is given to certain ia'' :.
garding the poor condition Of our army 90
navy? If any foreign power wants os'A ~,
corning our navy or army 1t wouN !.
have to read the newspapers. II 80 .,5
good way for any country TO get pos.s s:,.;sn
it certainly does not arouse muen pa.' 'Sr.
-arouses, rather, a certain sense Oh .sssre,
that the officials to whom the nation S''' ioA
is left in charge had fallen down on inc . ~,
Why not keep few vital facts OIL '.'
Try "s"'''s c. h. BURTON
Gloversville, y. Y, Aug. q, 1910
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German Treatment.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial in The Tribune Of 'ni'
date Deliberately Unfriendly,' has Oe'1
read and is thoroughly indorsed BY me-
need not tell you of the danger threa'en'Ds
the entire world in the liability OF GeTmsA
success in the present war You fuly ~
preciate that We have strong nin' " !.
in the impudence, arrogance ana '',s..
shown by Germany in the correspondents,
and CONTEMPT for us in their drowning .,
our people on the high seas. Though, !
would suggest to you suitable caption ~ !,
another editorial in The Tribune Spa =,
the Face and Kicked in the stomach
about their treatment Of US so iar; D,nv
New York. Aug. 90, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
The Industrial Commissions Work.

1t is not to be wondered at that the
United States Commission on Industrial!
Relations split into three groups of men,
bers, drafting different reports, as a result
of their countrywide investigation. 1t is
rather surprising that a body made up
as this one was, of representatives Of
opposing interests, having their own
strong Municipalities, prejudices and
points of view, should not have submitted
even a greater number of cures for the
disease of industrial unrest. 1t is, on
the whole significant and important that
there was anything like so much agree
ment on the general causes and on
the steps to abate them as study Of the
summaries of the various reports shows.
Chairman Walsh early in the course OF
the investigation committed himself heart
and soul to the radicals, much to the
horror of all reactionaries and conserva-
tives. With him went the members ap-
pointed to represent labor. Professor
Commons and Mrs. Hartman, named TO
represent the public, form sort of mid
die of the road" group, outspoken in de-
nunciation of existing conditions and
thoroughgoing in advocating political and
social remedial measures; yet the repre-
sentatives of the employer class, Messrs.
Ashton Ballard and Weinstock, in general
I cree with them. although they submit Ger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
Oh, for the Old Fashioned Girl!

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | am od-fashoned enough to think
that the old fashioned girl-the one who was
content to preside over the home with the
oldtime gracefulness and womanlness-is the
better girl as compared with the up-to-date
office going, man-competing one who is will
ing to give up her home privileges for the
sake Of the few dollars she gets in business
The erstwhile customary air of decorous
tranquility does not seem to pervade the at
mosphere when women gather nowadays
They used to guide us serenely through life,
and few if any of US could escape their subtle
and all-pervasive influence; but now-has all
this changed forever? What is TO become OF
womans mystic and resstless charms, her
great spiritual influence, upon which mere
man depended so much? Pity the vagaries
of a poor bachelor who is moved to tears and
pity on observing the performances of suf-
fragettes and the awful up-to-daters. oh,
woman, whittier art thou bound and what
will the reckoning be?
Won't some good genie give US the old
fashioned women, the ones whose lives were
as open and as sunny as the days in June.
and between whom and those around them
there we're no timdity and lack of frankness
and who were the true missionaries in the
world rising above reserve, misgiving and
repining, and making all around them more
beautiful and glad by the sunny inspiration
of their presence? Oh, woman, do not turn
mere man out of Paradise into the nightmare
of-what you are driving at! Come back to
your own true self and make glad the hearts
of countless Dantes weary of the chaotic
state Of affairs
JOHN E. SHERRILL, JR.
CoIorado Strings. Aug Is, 1915.
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An Americans Gratitude.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Accept an Americans heartfelt graf
itude for your editorial this morning call
ing. for action against Germany.
No other American newspaper has so in
sistently and so proudly upheld honor and
liberty since the Lusitana was sent to hei
doom with our citizens on board.
And now the sinking without warning oi
the steamship Arabic has inspired another
strong and patriotic appeal in your editorial
page.
Yes, it were better for America to perish
with colors still flying than to accept cow
ards choice, and better for humanity to &c
down to ruin, honorable ruin, than to bow
to the dictates Of the nsolent Teuton.
Seabright, n. j., Aug. 20, 1915. F.E.
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First of Chemiotherapists.

Paul Ehrlich's name will be associated
vaguely in the mind of the average reader
with the celebrated synthetic drug known
as salvarsan, or 606. In reality this was
but an incident of his profound researches
in pathology and chemiotherapy; had he
merely hit on a remedy, however valuable
in the treatment of one of the greatest
scourges of the human race, he would
hardly have won recognition throughout
the world as one of the most illustrious Of
all pathologists
Hitherto the overwhelming majority OF
useful drugs had been discovered By acct
dent. Therapeutics was an art depending
largely on luck. Try everything was the
rule. and, as it has been we'll said, treat
ment consisted in putting drugs Of which
we knew little into bodies of which we
knew less. The production Of new drugs
and chemical compounds was incessant,
but their value was established in the main
and is so to this day. The re-
suits have sometimes been happy, but the
method is haphazard, and though 1t Will
doubtless survive for ages to come, the dis
coveries of Ehrlich and his associates and
followers have been momentous enough TO
Justify faith in method more exact and
more scientific.
The problem of the chemiotherapist when
confronted with the case of one infected
by a living microbe or parasite is, in plain
language, to find drug that will destroy
the parasite without injuring the host. 1t
is a question of sterilizing the patient, Of
destroying the injecting agent, by what
Ehrlich used to call therapia stcrildns
magma. The possibility has been estab-
lished in the treatment Of yaws, which
commonly yields to single injection OF
salvarsan. But not all diseases are equally
amenable to treatment, and in some cir
cumstances the parasites become extremely
resistant. "If we campare the fight against
parasitic diseases with a state of war
fare" as Ehrlich himself put it, eve find
that on the one hand, great battles arc
fought which may lead to victory in the
course of one or two days. In combating
bacteria such victory would compare with
therapia magma sterilanS. If, on the other
hand, fortress is to be taken, months and
even years may be required"
Enrich went about his researches with
perfect order and method. His task was to
find drugs that would act as disinfecting
agents without injuring the patient, sub
stances that were parasitotropic, to use his
term, and not organotropic. The investi-
cations upon which he entered involved
extraordinary patience and industry, but
it would be a great mistake to regard him
merely as painstaking laboratory worker.
Without an extraordinary imagination ne
never could have accomplished his great
work. His speculative inquiries into the
problems of immunity were very fruitful
and have had an enormous influence; per-
haps there is even a tendency in some
quarters to accept his conclusions too
much as gospel and to regard his ingenious
and useful hypothesis as incontrovertible
dOOrna
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tain dissenting opinions and an indictment
Of organized labor's misdeeds.
1t is not necessary to go TO the walsh
report for a recital Of labor's grievances
That is contained in the memorandum
signed by the employer representatives
who draw an indictment quite as strong as
though less vehement and rhetorical than
that in the chairman's report. Attempts
to stife labor unions, to throttle courts
and legislatures, to exploit women and
children, the hiring Of gunner and des-
perate characters in labor troubles, the
suppression Of free speech, the bribing OF
labor union representatives, are charged
by the employers against some Of their
fellows.
Neither Is it necessary to go to the ex-
tremists report for radical recommends
tons. Chairman Walsh and his associates
| list four chief causes of industrial unrest :
Unjust distribution of wealth and income
unemployment and denial of opportunity to
earn living; denial of justice in making,
interpreting and administering the laws,
and denial of opportunity to form effective
labor organizations. AS the outstanding
recommendation they urge the passage Of
an inheritance tax law which shall confis-
cate all over the sum of 81 100000 in any
estate. The revenue thus raised is to be
devoted to extension of education, develop
ment of social services and extension OF
constructive works and development OF
natural resources Of the country. The
Commons report, having recommended the
creation of a great industrial commission.
to make permanent what this body JUS:
passing out of existence tried to do, urges
to support it a heavy inheritance tax.
This is not to be an extreme measure for
the confscation of wealth in fortunes Of
more than 100000, but nevertheless n
heavy tax, sufficient to amass Federal
fund for social welfare" The difference
between that and the Walsh recommends
ton is in degree only.
Of the value Of these reports to Con-
gress as a basis for action it is impossi-
BILE to judge now, with only hastily pre-
pared summaries at hand AS Professor
Commons and Mrs. Hartman point out,
there isn't much use in discussing new o.
additional legislation while there exists so
near breakdown of the present laws in
the administration Of them. What con-
fronts Congress as a result Of these reports
is approximately what confronts any state
legislature seeking to deal with the prob
lens Of social welfare and the invisible
government" and the task is far too huge
for any lawmaking body to tackle in one
comprehensive scheme of regeneration. In
all probability the permanent value of the
commissions work will not lie in its rec
concentrations, but in the fact that it was
a huge machine for collecting and record
ing grievances and ideas. Though some
of the Conformation" thus obtained may be
BIASED, as certain members Of the COM
mission insist, it is on record for what it is
worth And inevitably, as a result Of j.
all, workers, employers and public at large
have been made to think hard and deeply
about betterment of conditions. Out of
that some good-however slowly-must
come.