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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
president Poincare's NO"
c Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | wish to register my hearty ap-
proval of your splendid editorial president
Poincare's NO" 1t does my heart good to
see France get little credit for the splen-
did comeback she has made in this cruel war
Weak, degenerate, sensual France, she who
was to be crushed under foot as q giant
brushes a worm, has shown herself a match
for him who would crush her
The Marine and Verdun tell the story. The
rivers of France run red and her dead mum
Der hundreds of thousands, but these dead
shall not have died in vain. The French
tricolor still floats proudly in the breeze.
The flag speaks:
Liberty, fraternity and equality. That is
what ! stand for.
Though the Kaiser by liquid fire, poison
gas, shot and she'll kill by the thousand Is
those men who love me. yet will float.
"For me there is no death.
mo, Germany, | shall still wave on.
stand for liberty, fraternity and equality"
A LOVER OF FRANCE.
Beckett, Mass, May 16, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
FEDERAL OR NATI0NAL7
Use of the Former Adjective Is Slight to
True Nationality.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: / see constantly in your very precise
and valuable newspaper the use OF the word
Federal" instead OF National IN our
American affairs. The steadily increasing
growth Of the use of this word causes me
great deal of misgiving and some anger. IL
cost this great nation a bloody war, lasting
four and half years, and expense OF hVe
billions Of dollars and million human lives
to demonstrate to all the world as we'll as TO
ourselves that this is Nation" with a
capital IN" and not Federation Of Sover-
eign and Independent States"
The only Democratic President after the
Civil War up to the election OF Mr.. Wilson
was lawyer, and yet he used the word
Federal" only in connection with the Federal
courts. II remains, however, for the present
incumbent OF the Presidential chair, states
rights Southern Democrat, constantly to use
this word and give it new force and effect.
We hear OF Federal Reserve Banks" Why
should they not have been named National
Reserve Banks" which they are? The Presi-
dent speaks of the Federal army" and not
Of the National army" He speaks about
Federal appropriations" Federal laws"
Federal postofiices,' Federal buildings,
"Federalized national guard" Federal gov
ernment," etc, ad nauseam.
This word is certainly a misnomer, and
very improper. | think it is about time the
American people got awake to the fact that
Federal" is being used instead of our prop
err adjective National" | believe a great
deal of the lack of patriotic spirit to the
urgent need of preparedness and our indif-
ference is due to this word being used and it
will result in great injury to US.
| am sure that il you will get the opinion
Of the American people you will find that we
have been lulled into a Interpretation OF
what National" government stands for
Consequently tho coast states are living in
fear for themselves and the great Middle
West, which ought to be throbbing with
National" pride, Is Indifferent on the ques-
ton Of preparedness. II we had National
spirit and 4 constant use Of the word "Na-
tiona" instead Of Federal" the present Ad-
ministration would have been compelled long
ago to take active measures to protect the
honor and rights Of the American citizens on
land as well as on the high seas.
/ want The Tribune to sound n clarion
warning on the misuse Of this word and its
dangerous effect upon the minds Of the young
people in America. They are indifferent to
their nation, our country, and think only Of
their individual states; in other words, their
home state to them is paramount to their
country ! know of some loyal men, soldiers
Of '6l-'65, who never use this word, nor per
nit their children 10 use it, They say they
fought for a Nation" and not Fedora
ton" and they are undoubtedly right.
INDIGNANT AMERICAN"
Easton, Penn, May 10, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
THE ORANGEMEN'S PARADE. OF ~
Mayor Hall Forbade It, Fearing Riots but Governor Hoffman Told Them
to March and Gave Them Police and Military Escort
Their Rights indicated

small fracas arising they fired indscrimi-
rately-it was said without orders-nto a
crowd, mainly curious spectators, and many
innocent persons were killed or wounded
The conditions were different at the head
of the line where the paraders were. There
we're only 200 or 300 of them who had the
nerve to undertake their march. Their mar
shall was a large man, with a huge orange
sash, seated on a placid horse, himself as
calm as the horse; pistol shots and flying
stones disturbed him not at all. The ar
rangements were perfect although very few
hours were allowed TO make them First
came two or three platoons of police, stretch
ing not from curb to curb, but from stoop line
TO stoop line. With the solid mob in front
no one could be left on the sidewalks as the
procession moved forward. Behind the po-
lice was the little body of paraders; after
them a wing of the 7th Regiment, company
front, closed up to half distance, reaching
from curb to curb. On each sidewalk,
marching by the flank in column of fours,
was a company of the same regiment,
stretching an advance of the first platoon
right up to the police lines, so that the
paraders were entirely encirced by the
strong arms Of the state. The file cosers
with a few picked marksmen, watched every
house and window; every one who appeared
thereat threatening 10 fire or TO hurl mis-
sile was at once covered with rife and or
dered to go back. AS the writer recollects
it, he was in the rear rank of the first COM
pany; not more than three or four shots
were fired. As the brick dust flew or the
glass of a window sash was shivered it was
quickly understood that the armed men
meant business, business done in an orderly,
efficient way, and all house attacks were
quickly eliminated.
The police part of the work was admirably
performed; fancy the chief had picked out
veterans of the draft riots of 1863. When
the procession started the platoons moved
forward, nightsticks in hand, with no accel-
Grafton of pace against the face of large
and hostile crowd. As they drew near the
spearhead of law and order, backed mani
testify by rank upon rank of men who had
loaded rifles and evidently meant to use them,
the front rank of the rioters covered.
Reaching over their shoulders, the police
smote the men behind them, and as they col
lapsed pushed the front rank backward over
their fallen bodies and then moved forward
for the space thus gained, leaving those on
the ground to be attended TO by the next
platoon. which quickly gathered them in.
The mob at once began TO disintegrate, and
by the time the procession had advanced one
block the riot was ended. The Orangemen
completed their parade without further dis
turbance over the entire route allowed by
their original permit X.
New York, May II, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21

London, Conn.,, In 1887. There may well
be older craft off the record, yet still
minding the helm as we'll as ever. For
steam vessels, the old Nantasket, of Bos-
ton Bay fame, built in 1857. was only
lately doing service on the Hudson under
another name.
OF course, these oldtime wooden craft
have all been repaired and repaired until
it is hard to say to just what year they
should be ascrbed. Nobody ever thinks
of letting a boat go to pieces like the one
horse shay. 1t is usually change IN
fashion, in model, that eventually lands
sailing craft on the mud bank to await
whatever last trump there is for boats
that have done their best. Those two old
Danish coasters of the eighteenth century
will look as obsolete as last years auto
mobile when they put out to sea. They
are both old enough to have heard the
guns of Nelson-one might even remem-
Der the work of John Paul Jones. Let us
hope it is not their fate 70 be catapulted
into the hereafter on the nose of Won
Tirpitz torpedo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
That Trip to Spain.

Every one has planned one. Some have
actually gone and seen and thrilled. Most
of us have been waiting for little more
enthusiasm, or a good deal more cash, OF
some miracle that would bring the Pradc
and the Alhambra within a pleasant motor
run of the Champs Elysees or some other
convenient and frequented spot OF the
known tourists world.
Of one thing there can be no doubt;
Spain is looking up in the American trav-
eller's vocabulary. From being vague
bulge in the lower left hand corner of Eu-
rome. many, many hours from anywhere,
with nothing to offer save bullfghts, 1t has
become a much longed for goal of beauty
and desire. Nowhere are pictures SO
miraculously preserved as in Madrid
Nothing can approach the Alhambra.
Rare little spots "off the beaten track,
where there is "little gem Of a cathedral,
are already creeping into general CONVEX
sation.
Perhaps it is Spain herself that is
climbing. Who can say? But we suspect
that the newly developing interest in
America represents chiefly mental shift
here. Velasquez was quite as good a
painter before the Spanish-American War
as after. Yet it was not at all the fashion
to hang up sepia photographs of his ad-
mirals in those days. And Ell Greco
what woman's club had heard Of him in
the dark COS? Did the great Sorolla cpl
sode have anything to do with turning our
ewes southwark? We seem to remember
curiosity as to who and what was Spain
stirring in our mind after that superbly
stage-managed exhibition. Such is the
power of advertising.
So now we are to be blessed with line
of express steamships between New YORK
and Vigo. A Spanish subsidy is proposed,
and presently it will be only six days to a
Gahcian ford, eighteen hours from the
Prado. The war is partly responsible, OF
course. But the bond is due on other
grounds. We only hope that time and tide
and pocketbook will permit us to hurry
over before the process known as spoil
ing" takes place. We are tired Of hearing
what wonderful spot Japan was-before
if was Spoiled" And when Spain is gone,
what will be left?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
Teaching Self-Sacrihce.

Even the most earnest temperance re-
formers in England have given up trying
to convert their countrymen on great
scale. 1t became apparent long time ago
that the Kings pledge had not elected SO
general response as they had hoped for,
and they know now that the people will
not tolerate legislation tending toward
universal prohibition. So they are trying
milder methods, and some of the most IT.
reconcilable foes of alcohol in all forms
have associated themselves with a very
timid plea for abstinence once week.
An appeal by many eminent men in all
walks of life, including Sir Lauder Brun-
ton. Mr.. Arnold Bennett, tho Rev. r. j.
Campbell, the Bishop Of London, and DR..
Saleeby, calls on the public to support the
Board OF Trades demand for economy by
giving up alcoholic beverages for one day
every week while the war lasts. "Such an
act of personal self-denial," they say,
would help TO bring home to all of US the
need for rigorous self-sacriice, by which
alone the requirements of our country for
the war can be met, and the saving IN
money would be considerable"
The worst of this plan is that, while 1t
entails less serious sacrifice than swear
ing off altogether, it is not more likely to
be adopted generally. A few may take it
I'D who had not strength enough to follow
the Kings example, but unless it is OBJ
served by large part of the population
the saving will be but slight and inconsid-
cradle. The same amount would be saved
by cutting down all drinks by one-seyenth,
a reform which might be effected without
serious inconvenience to the consumer.
1t has apparently been recognized that
people will not get up in the morning I'M
less their clocks are regulated by the state;
how, then, can it be hoped TO regulate their
drinks except by official dilution or by the
establishment of a new fluid dram one
seventh less than the prevailing standard?
The difficulty is perhaps that this solution
would fail "to bring home to all the need
for rigorous self-sacrifce," yet it is to be
feared that the other plan will be accepted
only by those who are already convinced
of the need.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
The Elevator: A Fable.

To the Editor OF the Tribune.
Sir: The elevator was going up and il
had nearly reached the top floor when sud
denly there was a sharp crack; the cable hal
broken and the car started mady downward
Some OF the passengers were naturally
frightened and urged the elevator man TO
put on the safety brakes; others said as they
went down past the different floors: Don't
worry we are all right so far. This is only
psychological, anyway"
The elevator man sought 20 put on the
emergency brake, but the management Of
the building, fearing lest the elevator man
should become "hysterical" through fear OF
imaginary danger, had locked the emergency
brake so that it could not be tempered with
without due elaboration, on the theory that
accidents were not likely to happen anyway
and if they did il would be time enough to
safeguard them when they had occurred. So
the elevator man first had to unlock a small
box which contained the combination Of a
small safe, which contained a key to the
emergency brake lock which had TO be in
serted IN the lock, turning three times TO the
right, twice to the left and then pulled out;
after which when the emergency lever was
properly oiled it might operate if it had not
become so rusted that it would not take hold.
Meantime the elevator was falling
What is the chance of saving the passen-
gers by the time the emergency lever could
be unlocked, oiled and applied?
Who will be responsible for the bump at
the bottom? JOHN W. LOVELAND.
New York, May 10, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
The Wrong Way to Do 1t.
(From The Boston HerdId)

We are indeed a wealthy people il we can
afford to let Messrs. Daniels, McAdoo and as
sociates have s5O,O0O,OOO to spend on the bu-
reaucratic building, buying and selling OF
merchant ships. And a stupid people, too, il
we agree to the government proposal But
those who are the best authorities on the true
shipping interests of the country, those who
are qualified by experience in the business
and knowledge Of its conditions, prospects
and needs, do not agree. The Boston Cham
Der of Commerce and similar representative
bodies familiar with the facts are strongly
opposed to the attempt Of the theorists, led
by the President and his secretaries, to foist
upon the country an extravagant scheme Of
government ownership and operation at the
expense Of the intelligent private enterprise
that ought TO be protected and encouraged.
It is not ownership that has given any ma
ton a large and efficient mercantile marine,
but government stimulation and support by
means of wisely designed subventiOns Our
Governments chief excuse seems to be that
its new idea of national preparedness in
cludes the building or buying of merchant
ships that may be used as naval auxiliaries
or army transports In time of war The Brit
ish have a great fleet of such vessels. But
the government does not own them. 1t sim
ply pays a certain percentage Of the building
cost to the owners for having the vessels
built according TO designs that will fit them
for government use when required. And then
for the liners carrying mails it provides a
contribution in steady income. So there is
a splendid success and no shipping board"
no bureau, not job at $4,000 a year or any
other figure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
Authority of the Health Department.
Editor of The Trihune.

To the Editor or The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue of February Is YOU
quote DR.. Emerson as saying: "The Health
Department feels that its opinion and au-
thority should be accepted as final in all
matters concerning the health of school
children May | ask where the authority
Of the parents is TO be considered? The
father earns the income which maintains
the child the mother cares for its training,
and both would naturally have the welfare
Of the child at heart. The Board of Health
is not needed in the home if it will do its
full duty in outside matters. II seems now
to have a finger in every pie. How can all
the intricacies of child-trsining be COPIED
with by any board of health or any public
institution?
VIII the Board Of Health members allow
any outsider TO dictate to them as 70 the
proper raising of their children! RAISED"
is used advisedly, for such an arrangement
that allows the Board of Health to dictate
to the heads of families seems nothing short
OF home censorship
Let the Board of Health attend to mat
ters within its natural boundaries, and not
try TO trespass upon the home.
L. Is. WESTLAKE.
New York, May IS, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
The British Failure.

IRON The Philadelphia Evening LedOer)
II has been said that the failure Of England
means the failure Of democracy, and since
this has been said in America, the failure"
referred to Kut and TO Dublin, rather than TO
the heart Of England herself. Already the
answer has been made that if democracy has
failed with England at Kut then militarism
has failed with Germany at Verdun and the
Marne, autocracy with Russia at Novo-
Georgievsk The difference is that Germany
is a militarist nation and Russia, with all her
internal democracy, is shackled with an au-
tocracy, while England is, ut very BEST an
imperfect democracy. II is true that in her
the faults Of democracy have come TO the
surface when the cauldron of her state boiled
over. But democracy has not failed.
What has failed in England is blind com
mercialism, unenlightened by any sense Of
empire, unredeemed by patriotism. The best
minds of England before the war broke out
were sick with internstionalism. The meaner
minds were so bent on gain that the future
and all its wonders were written in a cipher
which they made no effort to understand A
government of tradesmen for a nation OF
shopkeepers" has been called 10 be govern
ment OF statesmen for nation of heroes.
Democracy may account for the unco-ordinate
wasteful condition of British industry and
British arms when the war began, but de-
rnocracy is innocent of the crimes OF greed
and pride for which England must make
sxpation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
The Life Of a Ship.

The war has disinterred a-plenty Of old
hulks that we thought had passed away
for good-hulks philosophic, chiefly. Last
ly come two old sailing ships, the one
built in 1916 and the other in 1856,
patched up and put overheard in Den
mark to reap the high carrying rates of a
submarine age.
This feat sounds like robbing the grave
yard, and it is unusual enough in the
merchant trade. But it is not exactly
amazing as ships go, and these hoary old
Danish bottoms can undoubtedly give a
good account of themselves. 1t is hard to
say just what the record is for long-lived
ships. A few years ago the oldest vessel
afloat was said to be another Danish yes
sci, small sloop named the Constance,
laid down in no less distant a year than
1923. Next in point of honor stands the
Victory. Laid down in 1859, she was past
middle age when Nelson commanded her
at Trafalgar in 1905. And she is still
afloat at Portsmouth, flying the flag OF the
commander in chief of the British navy,
even if the changing science of war has
made her unwanted in the North Sea. A
recent Lloyds Register gave one merchant
man built in 1919, two in the 2O's and
twelve between 1880 and 1910.
According to American records, we are
not as fond of our old ships on this side
of the Atlantic. The fate that nearly be-
fell the Constitution years ago comes to
warships, yachts and merchantmen rather
early in life. On the records of the Navy
Department the oldest ships that appear
are the Constellation and the Constitution,
both laid down in 1897. Next in line is
the Portsmouth, built in 1S43. The old
America, built in 1851 and still as sweet
a craft as ever, can head the list of yachts.
On the roster of merchantmen there are
plenty of boats from the COS, fair show
ing from the 50's, but almost nothing
earlier. The schooner Catherine, of Els
worth, Me-, is set down to 1888, and the
schooner Joyce Rebecca was built at New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21

to-day, except by such an unexpected acci-
dent as befell one felon who enjoyed the
privilege of an experimental silk cord the
thickness of which had not been duly
adapted to the distance Of the drop.
In the civil wars in England knights
who turned traitors were commonly shot,
though in earlier times hanging was the
rule. When it comes to hanging, the make
of the halter would seem to be Of little con-
sequence. unless John Selden is right in
believing that silk garter pleases more,
because "like trouts we love to be tickled
TO death"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
Treason and Silk Ropes.

II is announced in a dispatch from Lon
don that should Sir Roger Easement be
found guilty of treason and sentenced to
death he will receive the privilege of his
rank" and be changed with silken cord"
Though this strange story has been re
peated by several correspondents and for
tilted by some remarks attributed TO the
prisoner himself, it is not clear where the
notion arose that mere knight or one who
happens to have been in the consular SER
vice may, even in so small way, deter
mine the mode of execution.
The sentence of hanging in the ordinary
way is mild enough in comparison with the
punishment that used formerly to be in
flicted on such offenders. Whether silk or
hemp be used, the traitor, in common with
other criminals, is presumably hanged
bv the neck until he is dead" In times
less humane he was hanged, indeed, but
not until he was dead, for while still living
he was disemboweled and quartered. 1t
IS only a little more than hundred years
since this barbarous method of killing was
formally modified TO the extent of suffering
the victim to die before the rest OF the
sentence was completed, but even in 1920
the corpses of some traitors were decapI-
tated by a masked executioner. AS TO
drawing and quartering, this part OF the
process was not abolished till 1870.
When in 1914 the more hideous practices
under common law were done away with
the Crown was enabled to alter the SEN
tence 10 beheading. 1t is not easy, how
ever, TO see how this could be comprised