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New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
Immigration at a Standstill.

The European war has had profound
effect on our economic situation. We have
hardly begun to measure its influence for
good or evil on finance, commerce and IN
dustry. The changes ahead of us in these
fields loom so large that we are still at
loss 10 put an intelligent valuation on
them. 1t is not strange that IN contcm-
plating them we should have passed over
as of trihing importance minor ehect Oh
the war like the shrinkage Of immigration
That shrinkage has been so great that we
are likely TO face next July for the nrSt
time in our history an actual loss in popu-
lation as a result Of alien inflow and out
flow.
Figures collected by Professor Jeremiah
W. Jenks show that in the six months from
July l, 1914. to January /, 1915, immigra-
tion from Great Britain, Ireland, Scandi-
navia. France, Finland and Holland was
almost up to normal. Arrivals from these
countries numbered s0,06s and returns to
them totalled 1880. The balance-6O'47S
varied little from the average Of recent
years.
But German. Austro-Hungarian and
Russian immigration was cut of. except
for the month of July, and while there
were 37.206 arrivals from Greece and
Ttalv. the returns to those countries num-
bered $4,000. This deficit wiped out more
than thrae-fourths-o the surplus from the
countries Of Northern Europe. If Italy
and Greece Join in the war immigration
will stop automatically or fall away TO
almost nothing. Transportation facilities
will be decreased and the demand at home
for labor will be greatly stimulated. In
stead of increasing our alien population by
more than 5O0,00O-the average Of recent
years-we may find that we have made no
gain at all.
The country will adjust itself to this
novel condition Just as it will have to ad-
lust itself to the various other upsets of
the war. A check in growth Of our popu-
lation can do no great harm while industry
is running below full speed. After the
war is over We shall have to find our bear
ings again, and so viii Europe. Mean
while our immigration system will have
had q sabbatical rest year and the case
for the imposition of a literacy test TO
check immigration will have been left with
not leg Of either prejudice or statistics
to stand on.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
England Threatened with Prohibition

The drinkers of England had all been
more or less prepared for the threat so
plainly implied in the reply Of the Chan
ccllor Of the Exchequer to the deputation
that waited on him on Monday. Only a
few days sgo Lord Kitchener spoke strong
IN on the dangers Of the temptation offered
bv the free sale Of alcoholic liquors, and
from time to time there have been unmls-
taxable hints from several members Of
the government at the possibility Of re-
strictiye legislation, even to the extent Of
total prohibition, during the period Of the
war. Some time ago Mr. Lloyd George
himself expressed the sentiment Of his
colleagues frankly, saying, 1--WE have
great powers to deal with drink and we
mean to use them
1t is agreed on all hands that drinking
among soldiers at home and among non
combatants is a problem incomparably
more serious than that Of the rum ration
which has caused so much needless excite
ment and is so violently condemned by the
lteetotallers. The rum ration, amounting
to half a gill (half pint, by the way, was
the regular daily allowance in the navy in
Nelson's day., is dispensed only by order
of the chief medical officer, and only on
extraordinary occasions. to the men at the
front, while drinking among civilians in
Great Britain and Ireland is unlimited, eX-
cent in so far as the hours of sale nave
been slightly curtailed. B9itain's allies,
France and Russia, have gone further. In
Russia the severest measures have been
adopted, and it is said that as result
the productivity Of labor has been IN
creased by something in the neighborhood
of 40 per cent. 1t is, IS Mr.. Lloyd George
put it some weeks ago, as if millions OF
laborers had been addeo TO the labor re
serve of the country without even increas-
ing the cost of maintaining them. In
France the measures adopted have so far
been less drastic, but the total suppress
sion Of absinthe was important as first
step. The abolition of this traffic was q
much more serious undertaking than is
commonly realized, for in 1913 the con
sumption Of absinthe amounted to about
58,O0O,OOO gallons.
Precisely what Mr.. Lloyd George meant
= when he said the government was pre-
pared TO use the great powers at its COM
mand is a matter of speculation. When
the Socialist Deputies in France proposed
that the entire industry of alcoholic
LIQUORS be made a government monopoly
thew were overwhelmingly defeated. Yet
the easy way in which private interests
have been set aside since the war began
must have given rise TO grave apprehen-
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
Anti Suffrage Sophistry.

Tie the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR. wish 20 send a word o. thanks for
YOUR editorial on the Dilemma Sutira-
lists are somewhat inclined, when they see
those or the opposition impaled on the horns
Of their dilemmqs, 10 pass by. content 10
leave them there. But there are many per
sons 10 whom the palpabie absurdties Of
anti-suFrage sophistry are not Immediately
apparent and there are others who are much
impressed by certain eminence in the
sophists.
1t is therefore gratifying to have The Trib-
une taking space to point out the fallacies.
II is no more than just that the papers which
print these arguments as news should be
willing 70 show that they are merely traps
for the unwary. We cannot have TOO much
of this kind Of justice.
VIRGINIA THORBJR RN.
New York, March 20, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
Church and State.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter Of J. b. f. Grady in your
columns this morning betrays complete in
ability TO understand the root principles Of
democracy and o. religious liberty. Our ma
tion is composed Of citizens Of every shade
Of belief and Of disbelief, and all have an
equal right 20 protection II their rights Of
conscience. 4 majority has no more right to
trample on the personal convictions OF a
minority :han q single autocrat has 10 force
ais religious beliefs on all the rest Amid
the contording crccds the sole business o.
the state is TO remain rigdly neutral. and 10
protect all ia the exercise Of thelr respective
faiths, so far IS they DO not infringe the
equal rights Of others. That and nothing
less is what is meant by the separation Of
Church ard State. Any departure from that
leads logically 20 the rc-cstab'lshment of the
Inuuisition and 20 the suppression Of unor-
thoGox views by force. tavoriusm toward
any sect or toward the group Of sects known
as Christianity is a mild form OF persecu-
ton Of the adhcrents Of all other schools Of
thought. Il is an exercise By the majority or
the powerful or well organized minority Of
sheer brute force, which cannot be defended
on any basis OF justice. The Bible has no
more place in the public school than the
Koran, until the time when il can be taught
solely as literature, without suggestion Of
greater sanctity than that ascribed 20 Shake
epcarc or to any other author read in the
classroom; and tina: time is not likely TO be
here for several generations.
JAMES F. MORTON, JR.
Now Work March 2G. 1918.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31

sions in England. The Shipbuilding EN-
Movers Federation, in laying ITS case
before the Chancellor Of the ENchequor'
was strongly in favor of restrictions ap-
rIv;po no less TO clubs than To taverns, ana
no agreed that "the government must teei
that il had every class in the community
behind il when taking action which inter-
fcred with individual liberty lie ielt' TOO
that "nothing but root and branch methods
would be Of the slightest avail IN lighting
the evil" II is, indeed, little scan
dalous that hitherto the endeavors of re-
formers have been directed in the main
toward regulating tho lives of soldiers
wives. who. in the earlier days Of the war,
we're treated in some quarters almost as
if they were convicts on ticket of leave
If extraordinary measures must be
adopted the only way is to make them
applicable TO all classes.
About fortnight ago the heads of the
four largest religious bodies in Ireland
petitioned the Prime Minister to introduce
some fearless" measure, such as the clos
ing OF taverns and clubs on Sunday, pro
hibition of the sale of drink after o'clock
in the evening, and the abolition OF wet
canteens in camps. The words Of Mr..
LLOYD George carry an intimatlon of some
thing much more fearless than any of
these reforms.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
| .90O,225 Children Working in l9lC

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In this mornings Tribune there ap-
peared q letter from Mr.. Dawley relative to
an alleged misrepresentation OF the child
labor situation in this country / am send
.ng you our pamphlet giving the child labor
figures of the 1910 federal census. together
with comments showing that for certain oc-
cupations even these are not representative.
ON page OF the pamphlet you will find a
table showing the number of children from
ten to thirteen and also of those from four
teen to fifteen years old employed in the
various groups Of industry.
EDWARD Y. CHOPPER.
Secretary for Northern States National
Child Labor Committee.
New York, March p, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
THE LURE

There's a spot that Pm aching TO see
And a breeze that I'm burning 70 feel,
And a sound that is music TO me,
The click and the whirr Of q reel;
There's a dream that I'm eager to dream,
There's fish that I'm yearning to play
Off there at the bend Of a stream
Where a big one | hooked got away.
I've tired Of the crowds and the throngs'
I've wearied of banquets and shows.
I'm sick of the phonograph songs
And all that our city life knows.
| want to be all that | seem,
To be just myself for a day,
| want to be out on the stream
Where that big one last year got away
want to depart from my books,
And the sermons that ministers preach'
And learn from the trees and the brooks
The things only nature can teach.
I'm eager to hear the gulls scream
And try to make out what they say
OFF there at that swift-howing stream
Where one that I'd hooked got away.
want to get free of the smell
And the din of the money-mad town,
And the smallness Of people who dwell
In cities of size and renown.
There's a dream that I'm eager 20 dream
There's fish that I'm yearnlng 10 play
Off there at the bend of a stream
Where a big one I'd hooked got away.
Edgar A. Guest, IN The Detroit Free
Press.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
Pasted JeWelS
A SEA BALLAD.

A ,kippsr he sailed for Torbury to'0n,
From, some far port on the other ~ds;
His enc ioas keen and his skin ~ds oro''n
And his thoughts were fri Of n 'oait'ng
bride.
He'd sotins and silks in the mUrty hold,
Hed ,cines that were spicv and rich md
old,
and Golfers briuming NTH good red
gold
Heigh-hol the wind and the tide!
.t;DDsr he sailed for TOrbpry torn,
His hear, aoas light at the thopJht Of
home
He'd ring for bis lass and a garnet
got0n,
As tho chip went speed'ng across the
foam.
R,t orinn az Nenssis-flset as fear--
The bloody craft Of the bDcconeer
Follo,Oed the ship az ho, ] the deer
Heiqh-hoi the wind and the tidei
The JoUy Roger, u fIet7 abroad
Heioh-boi the Wind ard the tide'
The pirate, scofing at man and God,
.Swept the trader from eide to ride,
And those who died had God to thank,
For come were spared to walk the plank,
And some were alive Uhen the 0sssH
sark--
Heioh-hoi the uind and tho ttdeI
The pirate laughed through ,0oEf:h teeth
Heigh-ho! the wind and tho ttdsI
His knife wcs half wdy out Of Gs
sheath
Heigh-hol the ,0ind and the tide!
He parted the spoil IN the tredspre chest.
He sa,O What t0Gs hid IN the dead rso1's
breast,
And heaven forbid I should tell the rest-
Heigh-hoi tho wtnd and ths tide!
The vaitirg pcs long IN Torbury to'on
To woman VGiting to be q bride.
And sweet maids brotO bore off a
fro1Cn-
Yeiqh-ho! the wind ard the tidei
For lorers are tickle, and t0ho can tell
The ecay8 of them on the deep thGt dOeH'
And the sea Il keepeth tts secrets 1slt--
Heigh-bOt the lOind and the tide!
Arthur Goodenough in The Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
"PrZernysl.'
OF The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Inclosed find money order for s4.2j
for daily and Sunday Tribune for six
months subscription, TO include Sunday num-
Der Of March 2S. consider the editorial
on Przemysl, in the issue OF March %, mas
terly article and one so entertaining and in
structive ! want / subscribe at once.
OSCAR SETTEL.
Newark Valley, Tioga County, " Y, March
q, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
Cold-Blooded Murder.

The appetite for savagery in war grows
with what it feeds on. Once the wise re
strictions which humane sentiment, acting
through international compacts, has put
on military brutality are thrust aside the
plunge back into barbarism cannot De
long DELAYED. Moral degeneration IN the
viewpoint Of a bclligcrent government
must have a quick response IN eXceSSeS
and atrocities all along the fighting line
When the German Admiralty announced
its purpose to disregard the established
rules of warfare at sea and threatened
TO destroy allied merchantmen found
within the war zone" drawn about Great
Britain and Ireland, "eyen If it may not
be possible always to save their crews
and passengers" that portion Of the
world which respects the sanctity Of in
ternational obligations still had some hope
that the German government was only
using the language of intimidation. It
could not altogether persuade itself that
a nation which boasts Of its leadership in
civilization intended to carry out 20 the
letter a programme Of warfare ct sea
which stands on no higher level than
murder and piracy.
That was an over-lonient judgment. Al
first German naval officers seemed to
hesitate about degrading themselves to
the work outlined by the Admiralty. In
an interview with the commander Of the
U-16, recently published, that officer, de
scribing his attack on the French steam
ship Vile de Lille, was represented as
saving: - saw two women and children
on the deck. OF course, we couldn't tor
pedo ship with women and children
aboard"
Such a reservation did honor to the
German commanders professional in
stincts. But evidently he was speaking
for himself, not for the German Admi-
rally. In the sinking Of the African liner
Falaba in st. Georges Channel last Sun
dav the German programme Of ruthless
warfare on non-combatants, women anC
children included, was revealed in all its
depravity There is no longer any pre-
tence Of consideration for the lives of per
sons not properly subject to the hazards
of warfare. IF the accounts Of this
tragedy which come from London are
correct. the Falaba was torpedoed before
the crew and passengers had chance to
take to the small boats, and more than
one hundred and forty non-combatants
were sacrificed to the sheer brutality Of
the German submarines commander.
On the same day the U-28 sank the
steamer Aguila off Pembrokeshire with
equal wantonness, nine persons being
killed including one woman. 1t is re-
ported that the crew Of the submarine
which sank the Falaba even jeered at
their drowning victims.
This is not war as the civilized world
knows it. 1t is assassination. Officers
and crews committing such crimes forfeit
their right to be treated according to the
laws of war. If captured they should be
tried for murder. What they did is not
covered in any way by the plea Of accident
or of military necessity. They took inno-
cent lives in cold blood. We hope that the
brutes VINO sank the Falaba and the
Aguila will be caught and hanged, not
alone as a penalty for their crimes, but
as vindication Of the law Of nations
which they and their government have pcr-
yersely outraged.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
The Aristocracy Of Democracy.

A writer in the Paris "Temps" pays
graceful tribute to the generosity and
efficiency displayed by Americans in The
operation of a hospital and an ambulance
service at Neuilly, tribute which he mars
slightly in ending with this sentence;
American aristocracy is the aristocracy
of business, but here is a true note Of the
purest arstocracy.'
Doubtless the "purest aristocracy," IN
the vocabulary Of this French writer, is
that governed by the motto Nobiesse
oblige. He would imply that an aristoc-
racy Of business is less likely TO approach
this ideal than the more familiar one to
him. Of land tenure. thoroughly debatable
point. But entirely aside from this as
sumption, in describing this American un-
dertaling as essentially aristocratic is he
not missing its significance? Is he not sim
ply illustrating the universal human ten
dency to distort alien activity through
domestic lenses?
The fact that the heavy expenses Of
this charity are borne largely by few
private purses does not necessarily remove
it from the realm Of plain human sympa-
thy. which is the distinguishing mark of
democracy. We who are Americans can
understand that the wealthy among US are
impelled to give from a subconscious
sense Of democratic brotherhood which rec
ognizes an obligation to help even things
up. No man educated in an American
public school, no man whose father was
educated in an American public school,
escapes On impregnation Of that American
irreverence for birth or position whose
corolary is a belief in the essential equal
ity of the race. American philanthropy
is simply private expression Of this feel
ing, made possible by laws which permit
the most uneven distribution Of this
worlds goods ever known to man.
Europe in misery is now, almost for
the first time. tasting Of this attitude and
wondering. She finds it difficult to under
stand that it is from no fanciful conde
scension to the poor devils Of trench fight
ers. struggling to eXpel the invader, that
Americans have gone to this trouble and
expense. They are sounding a true note,
not of the purest aristocracy, but, to coin
paradox. Of the aristocracy Of democracy.
An attempt 20 buy s3,Oooooo worth Of
rifles in the interest Of peace is one Of the
few CLEANS Of humor in this war.
# England should 90 dry what would be
come Of that great British institution the
barmaid?
With a salary Of $1,000 p night, Caru7o'7
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
We wear our straw hats New Years Eve,
our furs in hot July,

Irish airs were played and sung" re-
ports the. Billings (Mont.) Gazette"
adding a distinct touch of uniqueness to
the affair" There is nothing which adds
more to an affair than a distinct touch Of
uniqueness.
B. L. T., in The Chicago Tribuns.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31

The business of bombarding the Teu-
turks has been resumed, and the dispatch
mentions that "the weather is perfect"
Or. as the farmer remarked when told
that there was a war in Europe, "Well,
they've got nice weather for it,"
B. L. T., in The Chicago Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31

along this measure for victimizing the
injured workers, the widows and the or
phans, he must veto this bill.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
TAKING TIME BY THE FoRELOCK.

We read the evening papers long before
it comes to noon,
Next mornings papers ere we 20 to
bed
The Saturevening Pillar we can get three
days too soon,
And the monthly magazines month
ahead.
Our strawberries are served for breakfast
fresh on Christmas Day,
And vatermelons early in the spring.
And the Springer in the winter, ere the
mother hen could lay
The egg to hatch the tasty little thing
We wear our straw hats New Years Eve,
our furs in hot July,
Anticipating coming seasons style;
We make our 1918 vintage automobile ny
This summer half-a-second TO the mile,
To do these things, and other stunts, like
drunken saior-boys,
We blow our money fast-we simply
burn it;
For It's the fashion Of the day 10 make
lot of noise,
And spend our salary long before ws
earn it.
The Cleveland Plaindealer.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31

You can purchase merchandise advertised
In THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-ior
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TRIBUNE guarantees 10 pay your money
hack upon request. No red tape. no quib-
bling. We make good promptly IL the ad-
vertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31

FoRKTOS RATES
You can purchase merchant.

Entered At n. Pos,o1sc. a. New York secoud Ga"
Nal Matter.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31

Owned and published daily ~ The Tribune Association
. Nss YorS corporat,ou ogden Reid. lresdent. q
Vsrnor Rose7 Secretsg and Treasured Address tnouns
Ruildns Ne l54 Nassau street. NeS NofA
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31

An attempt 20 buy S3.0oooo0 worth Of
rifles in the interest of peace is one Of the
Few CLEANS Of humor in this war.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31

# England should 90 dry what would he
omc Of that great British institution the
,arlnrid2
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-05
CRAzED Be THE WAR
ATTEMPTS ASSASSINATION.

Glencove Long Island July 81 Perpont Morgan head of
the great New York banking house. the side
by crank his country morning The wounds
slight.
The who speaks with strong German accent over
owered by the servants and is il jail.
He his for the shooting that Morgan was re-
sponsbe for the continuance of the European and that he
wanted to help his country.
The mas not yet been identified He the
nnehry train and drove the Morgan residence in taxcab
When the butler told him that Mr. Morgan be seen he
drew his revolver and attempted force his way house
Mr. Morgan attracted by the noise into the hall was
shot twice before the overpower assaant
After being subdued the declared he was an Aner
citizen and had been by God kill Morgan He accused
the nancer of buying munitions of the Allies with which
to fight Germany.
In signed statement made this aernosn the man gave his
professor of French at Cornell University.
Ithaca, N " July 3-Frank Holt the assaant of Morgan
was instructor in German at Cornell in 1913
He has wife ard living here Nothing his actions to
show that he was mentally unbalanced.
He had recently been doing research work the Cornell
library.
Gencove, Long Island July 3-Morgan will be operated on
late this afternoon for the the bullet which entered his
side
The bullet entered right upper quadrant abdomen and
lodged in spine 1t admitted that pierced the liver Morgan
may die
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-05
DRIVING GIGANTIC
WEDGE At RUSSIAN RUSSIAN CENTER CENTER
Desperate Fighting Entire East Front

London, july AT estimated five miles day Cen
era Won Mackensens German still swinging norhwad
aca and Poland ina colossal and daring endeavor to drive
wedge the Russian and dsodge Russians from the
Vstu river and force them back Bug thus Splitting the
grand forces into two sections with thousands acres of
swamp and marsh land between them
If the AusroGermans continue their PROCESS another
week the British press admits Russians will have to give
up Warsaw and with whole ne Meanwhile the Germans
are troops the Baltic provinces ard the
yer IN ne ac seems to suggest that they contemplate coord
nate navel action but possible that the sea operations on
fent
GERMANS AIM AT WARSAW
Some at the British public think the time has come for roa+
Britain and France to begin general offensive and force
fer OF German troops from the east but the more conservative
military writer's think the time hand and that the hest
aid England can lend her eastern ally pour into Russia
of ammunition that be spared without curtaine the
necessary supply at the western front
One of the main of the Germans in the east vast ovo
behind Warsaw embracing 6rest Lovsk of the strong Russian
bases Civilian residents of Warsaw Peogad dispatches already
are leaving the city because of the possibility German
Circulars dropped from German aircraft Polish capital dc
Warsaw's fall by the end of July. r.