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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27

falter or finch. A generation of French
men have gone forth to die that there may
be banished from the world a foul and evil
spirit. Every American is now looking
with wonder TO see whether the British
nation. upon whom the greater task
now devolves. will take up and carry to its
conclusion the work that must be done II
there is to be peace and not mere truce.
For many Americans the European strug-
gle against Germany is an authentic resist
ance to tyranny which in all respects rep
resents the battle that made their own
country. For many thousands of Americans
the battle line of the Allies is the frontier
of their hopes and faith. Englishmen fire.
ouently mistake such statements for ex-
pressions Of the sentiment Of America as a
whole. II is not this. II is not more than
the expression of the feelings OF minority,
too small to influence an election or enlist
A government. But 1t is an American
opinion, and those who hold by 1t look with
earnest hope to see Great Britain make
answer now in the moral crisis Of the con-
fict, as France made answer at the mill
tsry crisis, when the Prussians were out
side the walls Of Paris and despair filled
many hearts, filled the hearts Of all those
who loved France, save only the hearts Of
the French themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
For Country, but Not Policies.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In reply to Mr.. Gordon Smiths let
ter in this mornings Tribune, / would sag
that fear he has been led sadly astray by
his own thoughts and has not kept to the
facts of the case. My letter Of the 18th
was not in support of the Presidents poll
cies, despite the heading.
If he will reread my letter he will find that
my only criticism was Of the manner and
tone Of the editorials, which to me seem to
be unduly infammatory.
I said that | owe my allegiance to the
United States and its President, not to the
policies Of that President. Cannot a person
be loyal to country. from the fact that he
was born there and has all his interests
there, and yet not approve Of its policies!
Would Mr.. Smith have me give up my coun-
try because that country does not do as
would have it do? Is that patriotism! II
that is Mr.. Smiths brand, then I want none
Of it.
As to the numbering Of Americans in Mex
leo and on the seas in the present war,
think, as any red-blooded man ought to think
that it should be stopped and that the Of
tenders should be brought to book. Does
that answer Mr.. Smiths query as TO my con-
victions7
As for abusing The Tribune, would say
that the morning after my letter was printed
wrote the editor, thanking him and COM
menting on the fairness Of the paper In
printing a letter which contained q criticism
Of itself That letter was not printed.
As to my opinion Of persons who call
others towards" in print it isn't what might
be called high. A. c. GRIMM
New York, Nov. %, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
Our Turn Next.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | read with much interest your edi-
torials such az the one on the Lusitanis and
know you are helping the world to know that
the real Americans are not in sympathy with
President Wilson In his too proud to nghs"
speech.
In yours Of the Goth. THE New American
ISM" you strike the keynote. No real lover
of America wants war; but are we to allow
the Germans and Austrlans under German
rule to plot and murder in our own land and
still be too cowardly to even send home SUCH
as Captain Boyd and his associates?
Unless we assert ourselves and show the
world we are not towards, and also push the
work Of preparedness, we will be the
next, should Germany be the winner IN the
present war May our Senators and Con-
gressmen be more patriotic than the admin
istration! r. A. GooDRiOh'
Skaneateles, N. Y, Nov. 20, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
GET COMPETENT OFFICIALS
Confirm Only Those Who Will En-
force the Safety Laws.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Five years ago the New York public
was stirred to its depths by the horrors OF
the Triangle fire. That such wanton holo-
caust could occur In New York City seemed
incredible, and it seemed then equally de-
termined that it should never occur again.
As direct result Of this catastrophe there
was created Factory Investigating Commits
sion. which during its three years Of exist
ence had enacted laws which, II properly en-
forced, would have made a repetition Of thi:
disaster impossible.
The repetition has, however, occurred. The
factory fire in Brooklyn on November 6, in
which twelve persons were killed and thirty
six others injured, was, in fact, as hideous q
tragedy as that Of 1911. Only because the
factory was smaller was the loss of life less
In proportion to the size of the building the
catastrophe was as great. The complete In
difference to the safety Of the employees was
as deliberate, the scandal as complete.
Representatives Of the Consumers League
Of the City of New York have sat day after
day before the Coroner's jury in Brooklyn
The facts have been made all too clear. The
fire protection laws were adequate, but the
provision for their efficient administration
was not.
What assurance is there that the scrupu'
lous enforcement of these laws is in the
hands Of men and women fitted not only by
training and experience but by high sense
OF duty to enforce them? Too often the
guardians of the public safety are party ap-
pontees who regard Jobs in the Labor De
partment as political plums By their owr
confession the commissioners and inspector:
whose duty II is to enforce the laws had IN
this case known they were being violated
yet they had not taken sufficient action.
For few days the public shuddered with
horror at the carelessness such a calamity
revealed. But we soon forget To the mill
ion Of other lives daily in jeopardy what re
sponsibility do we feel? What are we doing
to make it beyond the shadow Of doubt that
another such fire should not occur?
Is the public to sit by complacently and
after shuddering for moment at the news
papers tale of the horror to sink back into
a lethargy without feeling any share of re-
sponsibility for the twelve lives lost and the
hundreds Of thousands Of lives still in dan
ger?
II is time for the public to resolve that
the steady pressure of public opinion shall
be sustained, and that when the next SEES
sion Of the Legislature meets the officials
appointed and confirmed as members OF our
Industrial Commission shall be men and
women who can and will prevent recurrence
OF these hideous tragedies.
MAUD NATHAN, President
AMY ALDRICH, Corresponding Secretary
New York. Nov. 23 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
Ramifications of the Spy System

(Girord, IN the Philadelphia Ledosr)
This give authoritatively from the highest
official source; The English government has
notified du Points that five German spies are
now employed In their big powder plant
Watch them, but don't discharge them, "
advised the English, "for II you get rid of
the five at least sixteen others are ready
to take their places"
So there we see q very strange triangle.
Spies Of one belligerent ready to wreck
American property and destroy American
lives, while another bellgerent 5000 miles
away has the spies in Wilmington carefully
labelled and watched.
What would happen II an American were
to go into the Krupp gun works in Germany
for the purpose Of blowing them up! Your
first guess is sufficient.
The Kaiser would adopt the P. A. B. Wide
ner motto Of "Vote first and talk afterward, {"
only changing it thus: Shoot the spy first
and perhaps apologize later.
During the Revolution 10000 German sol.
diers were sold to fight Americans. We call
those mercenaries Hessians, but there is no
record tina. any American ever went TO Eu-
rope to kill innocent German women and
children because Hessian soldiers were raw
ishing homes in the colonies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
AMERICAN LETHARGY
To Forget Wrongs Is Easier than
to Resent Them.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
/ Sir; In q recent editorial on "Pitiless Pub
licity" you speak Of "the little children OF
the Ancona and those other children OF the
Lusitsnia, whose bodies are still tossed about
on the Atlantic, forgotten by the American
government, but not quite forgotten BY an
American people"
/ Will you allow 9 reader to take exception
to the foregoing sentiment In that the writer
believes that IAN American public" has prac-
tically forgotten not only the little children
Of the Lusitania. but also those OF the An
coma, who were murdered only the other day;
also that this same American public Will con-
veniently forget any other little children who
are drowned or slain By the torpedoes and
shells from German and Austrian submersi-
bles. Outside Of q short-livsd burst OF ma
tionsl indignation over the Lusitania anair
the American public has shown little sign OF
any Of the true, old-fashioned, hard-nuscled,
strong. listed American spirit Of old. The
night of the sinking Of the Lusitania hyphen-
ated persons caroused to intoxication in
numerous organized parties all over New
York City in celebration Of the subl!matsd
bestiality which resulted in the murder OF
over one hundred Americans.
So far as recorded, there was not protest
against these un.Americsn procedures-not
even a fist fight or even squabble. what
would have happened In the first days OF the
Civil War had the eopperhesds Of New York
held semi-public souse parties to celebrate
the shooting Of Colonel Ellsworth! The
America of to-day is not the America OF nifty
years ago and the spirit Of the nation Is
lust as different Is it to be wondered at
that certain German-Americans regard Amer
lea and Americans with contempt!
This American spiritlessness and pron-
cheney in forgetting are only excelled by our
absolute lack Of foresight and imagination.
With the great nations Of the world In
practical war Of determination, as far as ma
tional power Is concerned, we Americans
imagine that such Q world disturbance can
leave US entirely unaffected. Therefore we
trust to continental armies" and similar
makeshifts for our defence, when every man
lack Of US ought to be eager to join IN any
plan and take up any personal responsibility
which will guarantee the safety Of the best
country vet founded on the face Of the globe.
Our spiritessness, lack OF seriousness ana
OIL, personal military attitude OF Let George
do il" bode i'll for the United States OF
America in the great struggle of the nations,
which is only now beginning, and which VIII
end only in the survival of the fittest.
WEST STREET
New York. Nov. 10, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
What Land Speculation Does
70 the Editor Of The Tribune


Sir: In the communication "A Threaten.
ing Experiment" the writer is evidently OF
the opinion most of our citizens are property
owners and no experiment should be under.
taken that will not be beneficial to holders
Of real estate mortgages. His concern for
rent payers is pathetic, in view Of the fact
that rents are now up TO the limit and the
object Of untaxing buildings is to lower
them.
That builders keep ahead Of the require.
ments Of the community will certainly be
news to those who live in congested quarters
With two-thirds Of the area OF the greater
city yet unbuilt, because taxing buildings dis
courages their erection, low taxes on land en-
able the owners to hold it out OF use until
they can rob the community of the fruit of
ITS enterprise and industry as the price for
letting 60.
The experiment referred TO is in the in
terest of humanity; will tend to relieve our
city Of disease breeding tenements, where
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
Why?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Why are we towards" we who want peace
at any price? would gladly wager that
those Of US who have thought long and deeply
enough on this subject TO be willing to ae-
knowledge the stigma of peace at any price
views would willingly surrender one poor life
and one poor chance of happiness IL by 50
doing we might rescue America from her IN
fortunate position.
But we are not nation of sentimental
Young theorists. We know that though Bel
GUMS crown Of laurel is divine thing our
harvest fields and happy Thanksgiving seem
to Belgium now far greater possessions.
They would change with us. But for them it
is too late.
We have yet time to pause and consider.
Why treat with contemptuous derision those
who seek the final, undoubted good?
New York, Nov. %, 1915. C.. +. r.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
The Greatest Loan IN History.

France is making war with one heart
and one mind. All her resources are being
put unreservedly at the disposal Of the
government. Mobilization has set every
man fit for service at some military task
Now the wealth of the country is being
modified with the same marvellous vigor
and success.
1t was hardly necessary to give the new
internal loan the inspiring title of 1.-THE
Loan of Victory" France was ready to
subscribe for it under any title. So In a
single day more than $4,000, 100000 was
offered to tho nation by patriotic investors
The last German loan brought in S3,007,-
100000 Two prior loans-one in March,
1915, and the other In September, 1914
had produced 1926, 100000. But within
twenty-four hours France raised more
than O00,00O,O00, and the total Of the
new French issue promises soon to pass
the total of the three loans which Ger
many has foated since the war began.
France finds less difficulty than any
other country in drawing on the holdings
Of her citizens, because her people are
thoroughly accustomed to investing in
national bonds. She also has a relatively
more numerous investing public than any
other country has. The wide distribution
of ownership Of land and the laws pro-
hibiting entail and the transmission of es-
tates by primogeniture have created a
mass of small capitalists whose ideal of
a safe income is the French rente. The
extreme frugality and the economical in
stincts of the French also give them a
reserve of financial power which few other
nations have. In spite of their heavy ma
tional debt they can always face strin-
gency and losses without perturbation.
The great German war indemnity Of
1871 was raised without any serious
strain. But France will pay no indemnity
after this war. Burdened she may be with
dcbt-a debt probably exceeding s26,0o0,-
O0O 700. But she will be able to resume
operations after the war without a crash
because as country she is exceptionally
self-sustaining and because her people
have solved to an exceptional degree the
problem of living within their means.
France is still conducting business In
the worlds market, maintaining her credi,
and dealing with other countries on q
gold basis. She has not had to make the
enormous munitions purchases which
Great Britain is making. Her gun fac.
tories more than supply her own needs. II
she is not collecting new taxes to meet
the cost of the war it is because she feels
entirely equal to financing the situation
through domestic loans. Her great invest
ing pubic-the greatest in the world fol
its size-is the rock on which financial
solidity is built. That she can build
further on it is proved by the extraordi
nary demonstration of Thursday, wher
the greatest loan in all history was raised
within one day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
A Plea for Ship Subsidy.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor OF Inc lrlpupe
Sir: When Uncle Sam had a merchant
marine that was worthy of its name our fae
was seen at every port from Cape Town to
Portland, Me. Those were the days Of oul
clipper ships, built by American hands out
Of American timber grown in American lands
sailed by American shippers and carrying
American crews.
Those white winged beauties have van
ished: they have given way to vessels OF
steam, gone with American prestige which
behooves US at once to redeem.
Protection we offer our factories. Why
not the same for marine! Our steamships
would then rule the ocean, where our flag
would again be supreme.
Who carried the coal for our warships on
their world cruise for "frolic or fght"! Not
the ships flying Old Glory, fact which never
seemed right.
Supposing hostilities had started while
our feet was away from our shore. how
about fuel for its bunkers when foreigners
would give it no more?
Fourteen months Of world cruising on our
fighters of spotless white. While roaming
the worlds greatest oceans not once was
Old Glory in sight.
II Congress would arouse from its slum-
bers and grant US subsidy law, the TWEEN
tieth century Yankee would see what his
grandfather saw.
Send our flag to sea, the trade will follow
ROBERT B. ROGERS.
New York. Nov. %, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
The Yellow Peril.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: read your paper daily and to prove
that your opinion of the present administers.
tons policy (which, in short is cowardly in
regard to war problems) is the opinion Of
Americans fighting for the Allies, will quote
two lines at the finish OF an interesting let
ter received from an American in the
trenches The letter finishes by saying: 81
hear the next war will be between the two
yellow races, Japan and the United States"
This coming from born American ought to
be food for thought. READER.
Jersey City, Nov. 81, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27

thousands lose their lives every year by hrf
and disease; make It easier to acquire land
for parks and Fairgrounds, and save the
lives Of hundreds Of children who every year
are sacrificed for want Of places other than
the dangerous and overcrowded streets &c
play In.
It will furnish more employment for me
chanics and laborers, and in every way bene
fit the community. Undue consideration FOL
the rights Of land spectators is responsible
for most Of the evils the city now suffer-
from. More consideration for their victims
is now decidedly in order.
ALEXANDER LAW
Secretary Tenants Union.
New York Nov 20, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
Enjoyed Every Word.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: just want to say that there was SO
much good stuff in last Mondays paper
that found it impossible to get through II
all on my trip from 125th Street to Cort.
lnndt Street. 1t is my daily practice to give
my Tribune to the elevator man In my
building, but last Monday had to save i,
to finish reading during the day. have
never read anything quite so fine as your
"Pitiless Publicity" unless 1t is this morn
ing's "The New Americanism."
can say with all truth that never be-
fore read editorials in any newspaper and
really enjoyed every word of them
Now York, Nov. 20, 1915 NJ c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
America First. -
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Thank you indeed for the editorial
page to-day. as | am thanking Mr.. John Jay
Chapman. Permit me to ask you to continue
to employ invective, eloquence, satire, irony
and ridicule. Poignant burlesque and pas
qunade We hope will find vulnerable spot
and awaken the first rhetorician of the land
TO the ideals OF American manhood.
New York, Nov. 81, 1915. r. c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
The Height of Futility.
(From The Manchester Guardian.

Frofn The Udnchesfer GunrdidH)
How are you getting on in your hospital
orderly work.
"Oh, it's a futile business
"why%
"Most nights spend several hours peeline
bathful of potatoes, and nearly all the
wounded are Irish and they'd rather have
the spuds in their skins"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
The New Americanism.'

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 1t was little cruel to print The
New Americanism" and Pink Jeans" in
parallel columns. Why not dye the jeans
with butternut bark, and with it restore
some Of the old Americanism that made the
man in homespun worth a wilderness OF
polite letter writer's? f. T. r.
New York, Nov. 20, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27

You can purchase merchandise advertised
in THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-ior
II dissatisfaction results in any case me
TRIBUNE guarantees TO pay your money
back upon request. No red tape, no quio'
bling. We make good promptly If the ad-
yerfiser does nofg
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27

"This nation and its people should be too
proud to fight" declares President Sharpless
Of Haverford College. Yes, but why rub
it in?
Mayor Mitchell ate q MILD Thanksgiving din
ner in his home at No 7S Riverside Drive and
liked it.-News item
How that word, mild, in this connection
haunts onel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
A NOTE FROM THE TRENCHES
Pictures of Life and Work from
Somewhere in France"

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The inclosed letter, written TO my
mother by one Of my brothers fighting with
the British force in France. may interest your
readers. This brother has been in the trenches
since last March and has seen some Of the
phases of the war.
DOUGLAS A. MILWARD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27

Entered a. the Posto1cc a. New York as Second Class
Mail Matte.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27

when tt was mace American unity was
assured forever.
II Is not necessary that the present war
should end at Berlin. In America there is
no sympathy with any spirit which aims at
the partition Of Germany, the repetition OF
the mistakes Of Napoleon and the blunder'
Of Bismarck. German unity has been
proven in the fire Of the present war. and
the magnifcence Of German spirit OF race
and nationality should be warning 70 all
who dream Of allotting TO non-German
races the left bank Of the lower Rhine or
the Prussian marches along the Vistula'
But il is necessary that the German idea
OF domination, of world power, should De
laid in the dust, as was the Napoleonic
dream. From the wars Of the Revolution
and the Empire France emerged without
the loss Of a province, but in the closing
years Of that tremendous drama there was
banished the French dream of dominating
Europe enslaved or divided between vas
sal princelings.
There can be no peace until this German
dream dies. How many months of strug-
gle, how many more millions Of German
youths must die before the lesson is learned,
no man can say. But when it is learned
then peace will be permanent and civiliza-
ton and humanity can resume their tasks.
Every American knows that France will
never fail now in her work. she will not