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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
Thinking.
Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial on Thinking" was per-
fectly attuned to the feeling Of this nation.
Let US have more of the same kind; some
thing must be done to stimulate the admin
istration to action. The present crisis is due
in part to the apathy of President Wilson
from the beginning OF the war. The people
will no longer tolerate Dernburg. and Won
Bernstorff is a stencil in the nostrils Of all
Americans (straight. He, too, must go.
am living, perforce, in Il German COM
munity and cannot but observe the effect Of
prominent German propagandists, which is
vitality detrimental to this country.
We must be rid of Bernstortf, Dernburg
and others of their lk!
am a praying man and shall join with
you to Our Father in Heaven for the success
Of the Allies. A. MORGAN.
Union Hill, n. j., May Is, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
Running Amuck.

To the Editor o. The Tribune.
SIT: IN Eastern countries, when bhang-
crazod Malay fanatic runs amuck, or in our
own more civilized lands mad dog appears
attacking all in his path. the whole popula-
ton make common cause against him TO de-
stroy him rs an irresponsible enemy TO the
human race.
With the atrocious crime OF the Lusitania
and others. fresh in our minds, the query
arises: "In what does Germany differ from a
mad dog or n Malaysian amuck runner"
The most barbarous deeds of the semi-civil-
lied soldiery of villa or Carranza shrivel into
insignifcance by comparison with Germany 5
acts by land and sea during the present con
fict a. d. TEMPLE.
R!edras Negras. Mexico. Msy .. 1915,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14

Government. the German people, an emo
ton such as the firing on Fort Sumter
NAV have provoked in the North, plus the
moral indignation incident 70 the peculiar
character of the Lusitania massacre.
Many Of these letters are not printed,
because they reveal not only an honest
and comprehensive Indignation. but also
they indorse n policy Of violence and Of
counter attack. Sympathizing wholly with
the emotions Of the writer's and sharing
their indignation, Tho Tribune feels the
present is not the moment for uttering
these views in newspaper.
But if the German Ambassador and
his subordinatcs are surprised at the por-
ton Of American indignation which they
actually discern, they would be even more
amazed at the unseen and hidden depths
Of American wrath which every man and
woman. from the President TO the hum
blcst citizen. is striving TO control, to re
strain. and finding difficult beyond de-
s-rption.
On SATURDAY HI'4" N'N'0
emotion. Now there is a national feeling.
determination, decision, hardening each
hour, more and more taking form and
shane. Only those who know Americans
we'll can realize a little Of the true depth
and wellnigh universally of our anger
in the presence Of a crime against civil
.o+ior which even now passes belief and
forever will be without paliation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPYs.

Moy Pin F. Baggs's petroleum-wag-
gon to Bedford Park, and to the courts,
where he and II. Voshell did trounce S.
Spaeth and me at tennis; forasmuch as
their skill AMI proves transcribed our
own by many degrees. Thence to the Of
fee, where all is very still and tense, and
all pray that Ny Lord Woodrow will keep
us from the war; yet, that should 1t come,
we must meet it. But l am very sad over
all of it; and now know wherefor wa;
so melancholy a sevennight since, with
feeling Of imminent and immanent evil.
13-Up, and to the city; and all day a:
counseling, and talking Of what Berlin
would say to Ny Lord Wcodrow's note.
At the office late, and 50 home and to-bet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
Surprised!

4 Washington dispatch asserts that the
Germans attached TO the embassy in the
capital are surprised at the Flaming up
Of American wrath over the Lusitania.
Why should they be? Has Won Bernstorif
made the same mistake that the German
Ambassador in London made last July?
Are we in the presence Of one more
failure Of German diplomacy? Is it pos
sible that the talk Of professional Ger
mans, the empty. unrepresentative express
sions of accelerated" German sympathy
have deceived the representatives Of the
Kaiser as TO the real state of American
opinion?
If this be the case the surprise has only
begun. Never within the memory Of most
newspaper editors has there been such a
stream Of letters flowing into their Offices
from their readers as to-day; letters from
men and women of every age, station and
condition Of life.
Again, those who have read these let
ters have noted the steady change in their
character. In the first days, horror,
amazement. detestation of the deed itself
were disclosed. A crime against civiliza-
ton provoked a protest-not any outburst
of rage.
But this has changed; utterly changed.
The letters have become wellnigh unan-
imous expression Of anger ~ tbs German
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14

dressed at that time to Great Britain herself,
when she, acting through a ministry which
mperfectly voiced the sentiments Of her
great people, was proposing to infict great
wrong upon comparatively small people
upon our own continent, and the words were
these:
"For there is no calamity which a great ma
ton can invite which equals that which fol-
lows upon supine submission to wrong and
injustice" r. L. W.
Concord, Mass, May 70, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
Two Meals a Day.

The eternal conflict between the sexes
has broken out in Penn Yam in new
and highly dangerous form. Hitherto
the revolt of the partially subjugated
though superior half of mankind has mani
tested itself in poor cooking, in the dele
ration Of duty, in carelessness or indiffer-
ence of various sorts, but never in cur
tailment Of the sacred trilogy Of meals.
Whatever the quality Of their contents or
service. man has until now, in this hemi-
sphere Mt least, had his three meals day
though they might be half cooked or
warmed over or bought at the delicatessen
store.
But in Penn Yam, according to re-
port. it has occurred to an unusually in
subordinate and imaginative group Of
housewives that cooking, serving and
washing dishes morning, noon and night
might entail a certain proportion Of
wasted time. material and energy, however
and by whomever expended. So q score
Of them have adopted the schedule Of two
meals a breakfast and late afternoon
dinner.
It is significant that this iconoclastic ex-
pertinent should have had its inception in
Penn Yam. In New York the ubiquitous
restaurant has rendered father and the
boys domestically independent, but in Penn
Yam mother still possesses the whip hand
and she has won the doctors consent
With both strategy and science in her
favor it really appears as if she had
overcome the enemy's tactical, numerical
and moral advantage. Penn Van seems
inevitably to be pointing the way to the
two-meal habit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14

act necessary to the performance Of its
sacred duty Of maintaining the rights Of
the United States and its citizens and Of
safeguarding their free exercise and en-
joyment."
Reading these concluding lines, many
thousands Of American citizens will this
morning recall the words written on
the stone on Lexington Green where all
American history began: Don't fire IN
less fired upon; II they want war let them
begin It here"
In this spirit, without one suggestion OF
turbulence, violence, chauvinism, Presi-
dent Wilson has reiterated to the German
Government the words Of Captain Parker
on April 10, 1775, the determination, the
mistaken determination, Of q people nei-
ther seeking nor desiring conflict to de-
fend the rights and the principles for
which Americans have never hesitated t.
fight,
OF the balance Of the note it is neces-
sary to speak now only in passing The
assertion that the submarine warfare as
conducted by German naval officers IS con
trary to all principles Of international
law. all considerations Of humanity, is a
final assertion that the United States does
not and will not recognize the submarine
blockade. The fine scorn with which the
President disposes of the Bernstorff warn
inc is calculated to penetrate the epidermis
Of a rhinoceros, even if it fails to pierce
the skin Of German craftsmanship.
But questions Of detail are Of little mo-
ment now. It is only important to note
that the President of the United States
performing high and almost tragic duty
has acted with calm, statesmanlike direct
ness. deserved well Of his own nation and
earned the respect Of the world.
As to the German Government and the
German people, there can be no American
who does not honestly and earnestly trust
that the way that the President has
opened for them will be followed. Deep
as is our anger, nationwide as IS our IN
dignation, not yet do Americans desire to
make war. and not from mere desire to
avenge our murdered fellow citizens arc
we anxious to take up arms again. But
there could be no more fatal error than
that Of mistaking our temper, our pur-
pose. our long history. Wronged, we have
offered Germany q peaceful solution IL the
present crisis, but-and the Presidents
message sums it all up-we shall omit
neither word nor act necessary to the
performance Of our sacred duty, the duty
Of protecting American life and defending
American rights, American liberties, on
sea as on land.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
German Forgiveness.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: would like to ask your correspondent
III. f." how he or she dares TO bring the
name of Christ into such barbarous muir
der Of innocent people by asking if Christ
could have done more" than the Germans
did in forgiying the Americans for sailing on
the Lustania III. Els" letter seems TO me
to be the worst that has been written yet.
Even though there had been no Americans
on board, there could have been no GLORIOUS
victory" in hurting non-combatants to their
death. d. +. L.
New York, May 70, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
On the Firing Line.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: "Thinkng"-- IL is true that very
many Americans are spiritually already on
the firing line II is unique that their only
adequate expression. uncoored by diplo-
matte philosophy current in Washington is
to be found in the editorials OF local paper
All true Americans, unconfused by this phi
losophy, are glad OF these editorials.
And it is significant that this force OF pa
tient sentiment may eventually consider
philosophc instruction unimportant
AMERICAN.
New York, May II, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14

But" says Will White in his Emporla
Gazette. neither German barbarlsm nor
English Philistinism furnishes US an ex-
cuse as Americans for running amuck
when all the world is mad. Some high
devil in the forces of hell seems to have
found a lever that has turned into the
street all the madness Of humanity that IS
pent up in human hearts. The worlds
highways are filled with homicides. Let
all sane men go in and shut their doors
To 90 out means contagion and DEATH
Americans-South Americans and Nor'n
Americans-hold the ark Of the covenant
Of civilization. In a world war mad, we
have the peace that passeth understand
ing. By Gods grace we should keep IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
We thought you would.

The human, 70 use euphuism, race has
gone crazy. Millions of its members are
engaged now in hating other millions and
trying TO kill them. Now, as often has
been said herein, the human race has It's
good points; among its members, active,
honorary and life, we count some Of on,
best friends. But if these things agains.
humanity continue, we warn the House
Committee that we shall send in our resig.
nation, or, at least, ask 10 be transferred
to nonresident membership.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14

Early yesterday morning this Howitzer
of Hilarity had come 10 a decision regard.
ing its war policy. Until this cruel, to put
it gently, war is over, we shall not refrain
from discussing it. That is our note 70
Germany, and she may do as she likes.
Eight to nothing that she will do pre-
cisely that.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
New York, May II. 1915.
Eighteen-Carat Kultur.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: On the front page Of your to-day's
paper you ask over your signature: what
Lies Ahead?"
As an outsider, do not dare to guess at
their nature, but | know your store is not
exhausted. SlEGFRlED JACOBSSOHN.
New York. May II, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
HERE you ARE. IN NoNpAREiL

HERE YOU ARE, IN NoNPAHs'I'
once with the pig-skin tucked beneath
Ny crimson Jersied arm
galloped down the white-washed hea'h
And anchored safe from harm.
I came 10 bat with bases stocked.
-Four runs would win the game
met the spalding and knocked
The cover or the same.
I've won some hard fought games Of low
And business. let me boast
That made me feel like heroes OF
The well known sateyepost.
rye made the wide spread headlines say
That was quite boy.
/ guess I've made my share OF nay
And drunk the cup OF JOY.
But never In this world OF men
DO get such hint
OF Joy that's unconhned a" when
see myself In print
EARNEST Guf'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14

Amsterdam Avenue, however, has q
kind hearted dealer in ice. Prompt De
livery" he promises, NO Disappointing
G. Gentle Treatment"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
President Wilson's Message.

In reading the message which the Pres
i5crt Of the United States has addressed
"a the Imperial German Government it is
necessary at the outset to consider the
situation as it presented itself to this ma
ton on the morrow Of the destruction Of
the I.usitaria.
Tho 5...~,.+;or with the CONSEQUENT
lass # more than . hundred American
,:,a. ,r,s g., ;sorf o. Warrant for war
,,h.- .Ao c.r,,., official statement af-
G., -. u.-.,-.;t.,..,. ~ German
.-.e. r,- .,o or. o-5 accented tho net rs
....-o-.;-..t. nil, If ,bo Co~-,aD Govern
.L.. ...+o 80 fao.s tho United
,....,. ,,....-..- ,..,. i.,..ieod :,
5..,a-:.... ,,... - ,,..r oror 10 ipstifable.
p.. r,.l.ro o,, to Manner than the
l....o. ;,4.-.,..+ ov4~oco5 aroused rs
81. ,-.o-;.o, ,oo,-s were their desire
5..,a~..;o0 ~ war Terri
,.l.,.-..., .-., tr;0b+frl os was the
..... 49,. ra.;ou oooirs+ all
.,.:,:-..;.u 3. ~..s s+;u the overwhelming
5..;ro ~ ,to American pco,,e to refrain
49, ,...:,..;.- .bo~o r..s s+;u hone
49,. C.-... ..--o;.r.o ce,,oor sense Of
,...-...o.5 ,,.,.a,.;.,. would avail, to abol-
- +bo madness disclosed in the massacre
of the 1usitarja.
To have gone to war TO avenge the
dead 10 vindicate national honor, to enter
o world strife on such terms, was thing
American love Of peace. Of humanity, for
hodo Such being the unmistakable case,
,ho~o r-,s left hut one course. one duty.
ono rocee-;+v. This was that the Presi-
dent should endeavor through the regular
channels of Diplomacy to obtain from the
German Government not merely or chiefly
renora+ion for injury endured but a guar
o,tee aqainst p repetition Of such a mas
sacre as that Of the Lusitania and such
breaches of international law as were con
tanned in the Falaba, Frye and Cushing
incidents.
Once the President, with the full sane
ton and approval Of the AmericaS people,
had decided to appeal to the German Gov
eminent. and not to arms, the exact char
meter Of his mission was defined 1t was
;roperative that in appealing from Ger
man nets of savaqerv to German sense Of
rooraI;tv and dccencv there should be no
succession Of weakness. Of timidity, Of
hesitation: no hint that the nation which
was willing to avoid war honorably would
consent to surrender its inalienable rights,
abate one lot or title of its obligations to
;ts c;+izors n itself II a word. it was
o..on.;oI that the German Government
sbor,d recoq,;ze that the American nation
did not fear war, even though it hated it;
that il sought TO avoid strife not because
Il feared Germany. but simply because it
loatbed barbarism and in the midst Of
worldwide strife remained faithful to the
;deols Of civilization.
What he had 10 do Mr.. wilson has done
with utmost simplicity, clarity, complete
ness. Speaking for whole nation, he
has set forth the American case against
tho German Government in language that
cannot be mistaken. He has done more
than this-he has drawn an indictment
against the German nation which will lie
for all ages 10 come, if the Kaiser's gov
-. fo1y NOW +o meet the demands Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14

And Healy's Restaurant, at Broad"a'
and 145th Street has, capture it from u''
an exquisite floor tor DANCING
Suitable for Weddings, Beefsteaks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
The Coming Towe,
To the Ship of State
Nd REPUBLICAN,.
Horace: Book /. Ode IL.

Horace; Book /, Ode II.
30 rGris. refcrent IN mar, r norf
fucfus. glid a0isi fortuer oonsoa
p0rtun."
Beware, . bark, the waves that wish to ,e,,
thee from these shores;
And brayely seek the hlrbor, for thy side,
are reft Of oars;
See how thy broken mast and yards AZ.
groaning In the gale
Unsound, alas! thy ropeless hulii Unsat.
thy shredded sail
Thou hast no gods to call upon when Sahl.
Care is thine;
The sailor trusts no SNOWY sierns, though
built Of Poniic pine.
o ship that vert my woe, that arr ny Low.
avoid the seas
And shun the trelcherous waters Of Is.
shining CycIldes.
Well, how DO you feel about The no.s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
TTrTONTr NfODFgTY.

From fhe Tribunal
YOUNG German couple willing % sio9t - from bs,.u
pareats g. B.. $3.50 90 az
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14

Careful reading Of the Bryce rep0''
linked with the assurance that tres'~
have been broken and laws violated orlns
to mind one of the old Weber and f'e'~
sketches. Weber's enunciation, as We -
call it, became too mistily involved q.
Fields to unravel. "Ha!" said FIELDS.
makes his own talk. Let him use u
Germany seems 10 want to make e's''
F.P.A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14

The revered SUITS will run this Tower
tomorrow, makeup and all. Now is the
t. to s.--Advt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14

Well, how DO you feel about The no.s
now?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14

Colonel Roosevelt may have said in 1914
hat the Republican party wasn't big enough
Tor him and Barnes but Mr.. Barnes said It
and proved tin 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14

Apparently Chilli cares as little for the
amenities Of Kutur as we do.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-23
BLESSING TO HUMANITY.

Nothing moro than the report that
comes from Pittsburgh points more
plainly to the good work the federal
drug law is doing, when it is declared
that the number of patients in the
hospitals for treatment because of
drug habits has increased fivefold.
The experience Of Pittsburgh is also
the experience of other large centers.
The operation of the law has forced
tho users of dangerous narcotics to
seek treatment and cure and it
hasn't come any too soon to bring
about the long needed results.
Without the law restricting the sale
and requiring the keeping Of tabs on
the output the sales would have gone
along just as they have for years.
Those who had become dependent
upon the use of drugs would have
continued and others would have been
initiated into the harmful practice.
While the law may not have abso-
lutely checked illegal traffic in the
demoralizing trade, it has unques-
tionably made excellent progress in
the short time it has been in opera
ton. 1t Is doing just what was ex-
pected OF it and what has been great
ly needed for long time. The pros
poets are that 1t will continue and
while there is bound to be some addi-
tional suffering until those who be-
lieved they could not get along with
out it are cured it is going to prove
in the end one Of the greatest bless
ings that has been secured through
national legislation in a long time.
Its good effects are bound to reach
far beyond the present It is a step
that should have been taken long ago.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-23

Monarchy's maritime provinces. 1t is
an outlet necessary to the empires
trade, and would, indeed, be bright
prize for the Italians.
Istria, the ancient Histria, contain
ing, with its neighboring islands
1912 square miles, is an Austrian
.crownIand, and forms part of the
modern territorial division known as
the Coast Districts. Its coastllne Is
ell-indented, but the shores in much
of their extent are steep and forbid
ding. Mountainous rock masses cross
the land from north to south. culmin-
ating in Monte Maggiore, about $500
feet high.
olives and figs are cultivated in the
region, and Istria's grapes and wine
are famous. There is little garden,
though considerable rich pasture land,
and the forests of the peninsula sup
ply the material for a large native
ship building industry. Its fisheries
are very valuable. and it has a small
mineral yield, coal, alum and salt
There is little or no local manufac-
turing, except the building Of ships.
1t is as a shipping point, as land
of ports and strategic commercial and
military naval bases. however, thai
Istria is most desirable. The shipping
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-23
AMERICAS NEUTRALITY,

In his addresses before two i'm
lportant gatherings during the week
president Wilson has taken occasion
to set forth the Importance of neu-
trality and the reasons for this coun-
try taking the position thereon that
1t has. In those declarations he has
spoken with frankness. not only to
the people of this country, but to
those of all others. He has set forth
the distinction with care and DELHI
Grafton at a time when it cannot fail
TO make a deep impression and in the
stand which he has taken he has the
country at his back.
The president makes it plain that
there is goodwill at the bottom OF
our neutrality, goodwill to each and
every country involved In the war
and sympathy for mankind. The Diff
f1culty of maintaining neutrality can
not be appreciated until it is expe-
rienced. Even though it Is impossible
for the people of a nation made UP as
this one Is to have no feeling or opin-
ion concerning the struggle between
other countries. it is not for u.s. as the
president says, "to sit in Judgment
upon another nation. but America, free
from hampering ambitions as a. world
power, free from a. lust for territory,
calm, cool and without self interest,
must be appealed to to assist in the
reconstruction processes Of peace
1t is a. duty which we owe to our
selves as Americans to remain neutral
and likewise as duty to our friends
though we sincerely regret the terrible
conditions which surround our friends
the nations OF Europe. BY keeping
our hands clean and free we are going
to be able when the time comes &c
render a great and lasting service
through tho help we can render to all