New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-10

| llsnool there - -. sbo.
h'Iss't 10 Germans hred nov sno ',
ssI es..rborough there IS an ancient
A. sea-. - Minis. At Whitby there IS a
asile ~ signal station. But II was
,'i'is..S,,sSsts and houses that the Ger
7of s.a;re5 shot and shell. The use
-its ls,.15 fortified" though a lie, is
ne Nv.s,tshle 20 the German scribe
1'sei 1900 10. II shows him snN-
30 fobrcate an excuse for ms
f-' " .,forrsnccs. IL shows a con
sal - that they need an excuse.
.aov,nhes e., Of the 66,O00,0o0 eXult.
81. Wv . Hartlepool we're, m a sense,
E sss 10 is orc Of the laws OF CIV
cru 49, that notice shsll be gwen
geo bombsrdmeut Is begun; time
st'cIs .lioUed tor civilians, including
'1e-s rcren and children, 70 depart
lrth 80 expeditions against coast
bi 80 seaside resorts are not op-
'ehes s-e ~ var They arc simply .pi-
,'iuVgHS mr. the Jolly Roger streaming
1iieS.i .e4rsil. The model whom
Fu Admiral Won Tirpitz proposes 70
67nu, Is old Flint in Stevenson S
rsen Island" The killed and
| -,Se4 IN tte tui'e 'N",
''- hundreds; Of whom al but \
Sle ~ go are civilians. The shame
*. *. daughter falls upon the Ger
O. Ns 80. and upon the man whom
~ s~, Wilson calls a friend; writ
'T- t;,, "as one friend 10 another
- and autocrat OF Germany. IL
e ~. - Which IS proving itself IN war
~ sc,s foi nj loi: 70 whom
...tcula.ed murder OF women ana
- and OF civilians as such mas
s,sne q paSt.me'
Whitby in other Days.
,,-sr Whitby WE'LL Scarborough
~, loss we'll: and the Hsrtlepools
s,orn having often passed through
- Rut the whole Of that North
Cost seems as familiar 10 me as
!. North shore in Massachusetts ana
-,., As homelke. Whitby was r
-,,sr rendezvous. Il was faVorlte
=, with Lowell. Irving, the Du
.~,e-s and many more. summer
-, sumner We spent there together
r. West Cliff. We used 20 think II
sos. picturesque Of coast towns.
ri coming from the moors pours
I. .bs North Sea through a deep
- 70 the two steep sides OF which
I. 0ld Town clngs. They are so
-, that from the harbor you 90 up
,.sirs % the SUBMITS on either slde.
.sere spscious wharves and piers.
fs houses are huddled together IN
.s',;or There IS some commerce
tremendous fishing industry.
4. Wbi,by coble is famous boat IN
!, vsv. and the fishermen are me,
- rsce. knew many Of them, ana
.,sgrb their broad Yorkshire. you
"a after q time. make out shrewd
.asings with much common sense
r5kndly wisdom.
When first knew Nhltoy the steep
-, NJ All the houses we're red-tiled,
- he red tiles. set against sky ana
=, .r6 green fields and far-otf hills,
-, ne town q character Of Its own.
No, they began 10 mend the roofs
= dates. which were so many black
,,,.,ss on the red, and sore 10 look al.
b. ro,bine can destroy the natural
i,,u.v ~ tho place. with its Gins and
sarpments and shining waters us
~ Of fishing boats; and ITS granite
a,svsy into the great waters beyonu.
'T.s Abbsv OF ST. Hilda. GROWING
%. Tsst Cliff. has long been a ruin; a
81 az the eleventh or twelfth cen
ri with 8 history in literature as
,s in religion. You climbed 70
sr8 is churchyard by two hundred
-,a stems. all but one. For many
80 slorg the coast there was no
rjnsrk so evident as this: no monu-
| ~. 60 venerable. Caedmon, the nrs1
tristan poet Of England. had his
re in the monastery. Hilda was q
| q,;,d figure The chancel, the north
\ 7rsspt and part Of the nave were
\ 1nding. Needless 20 say, they served
| n target for the Germans: thst j.
them the proper function OF q
\ ,srch. But their shells have mostly
/ 'vvn wide and no great harm rs done
/ D the fabric. Il is only one more act
4 wcrilege: another verse in the Cos
| II OF culture. Many buildings were
/ Rstk. much damage was done; two
=, we're killed and Whitby has had
baptism Of FIRE.
The Effect in England.
Having achieved this great triumph,
ts German cruisers stole off at speed.
GN all the mischief and injury they
I'd At Whitby and Scarborough and
- Hsrtlepools there is a compen-
alton. Il has brought nearer 70 the
p.opls Of England the conviction that
80 war is something which concerns
ntm in their homes; as well as the
Ahs in theirs The Germans are
opposed 70 have thought their raid
Senld create & panic. There has Deeh
panic. The calculation IS merely
re more misCslculation; one more
uinple OF the German inability 10
ndsrstand any mind but the German
ntd. In America the signs are read
,,rreetly. II Is seen that such incl
ssn,s s,ifen the English back. They
''sse the nation They send men 10
70 colors. And they prove once more
iil there can be no peace TIL TINS
nha Of war has been made Impossible
Our President and The Spectator.
Until these matters drew English at
snnon away. President Wilson's Mes
s2e continued 10 be discussed, and ne
wen found English eulogists. There
weekly paper called The Speeta..
", which Welcomes him as kind OF
srior partner iu its self-imposed MI
sn Of instructing US in our duty.
stether Mr. Wilson borrowed his
selhed Of addressing the American
N'ple from The Spectator. or
sAe'her The Spectator borrowed
ION Nr Wilson. ! cannot say. The
lucrative mood IS common 70 them
~a They both tell US what we
l.'t do, or must not. Probably
t'aer is consciously indebted TO IN ;
1,'. The tone Of the dictator is nat
al 70 both. as IL is to the Kaiser. In
Asisers case il is based. as We all
N", on divine right. What II is based
Nth Nr. Wilson and this omnis-
~ English weekly. nobody knows
ssss u be a common belief that the
20 Is governed by msxims OF the
-eemy and the blotting- book.
~ Is remarked elsewhere that Mr..
~sers ideas Of national defense. and
Military power generally, seem 20
borrowed from Lord Haldane. ano
N MS American Militia, or National
arc. would be modelled on the Eng