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New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
The Border Scandal.
tor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: General Organs order in Texas is:
"The division is concentrated here for the
purpose of completing its organization equip
ment and supplies and for technical train
ing"
What an arraignment of the system this
order contains'
So essentials are still to be completed in
face of the enemy many days after the call
of June l9.
General Joffre was fighting the Battle of
the Marne after as many days. But here
even the separation Of the married men, with
famishing dependent families, from the
youngsters. foot loose and free, is still only
in slow process of execution. To-day, in
these piping times of peace and plenty
guardsmen's families are applying to civilian
societies for much needed aid because an i'm
beetle system has omitted the automatic les
son Of 1898; leave the family breadwinner at
home. If the New York division was the best
equipped which took the field, and is evil
IDENTIFY still but incompletely equipped, what
must the other state organizations be lack
ing! In some cases they must rival Coxeys
The system now sends General Bliss to say
the food was, is and ever will be perfect. But
pork and beans in a recent Texas menu again
shows the lessons OF 1898 are lost on the
system.
The water, too, is all right that is, if you
boil it. 1t is also plentifuly supplied if no
body else gets it first.
Apparently the only thing wrong is the
soldiers, who are soft, not in condition. And
whose fault? The system who stampeded
them to the front without any state camp
hardening
But DR.. Darlington also is looking over
these camps, and while he lacks the five years
and five months experience obtained by
actual duty with troops as an officer Of the
line" out of about forty-one years service
which General Bliss has served, yet DR.. Oar.
lington's report is sure to be the standard
one.
Dr. Darlington has won his spurs right
among US in the struggle for life. and NOT bv
a military bureaucratic system of promotion
Whatever DR.. Darlington saws shoprd and
will be believed, General Bliss or the system
TO the contrary notwithstanding.
M'CoSKRY BUTT.
New York, July 25. 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
Jail for the Reckless Driver.

We hope Magistrate Houses announce
ment that jail sentences will be imposed
upon fragrant violators of the motor vehi-
Gle law after August ! means just what
it says. There has been altogether too
much leniency in dealing with this type of
auto-driver The number Of violations
shows no decrease; the number Of pedes-
trians killed and injured is still shocking
comment on twentieth century needless
ness.
There is no reason why such stringent
punishment should work undeserved hard
ship or injustice. The exceptional or petty
violation needs no such treatment. 1t is
persistently reckless driving, the gross dis
regard of others lives and safety, that
calls for extreme punishment. As the
number of cars and the total volume of
traffic increase steadily, the problem be-
comes more and more urgent with each
day. Heroic measures cannot begin too
soon or be applied too sternly.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
A Bad Omen.

The unexpected collapse Of the garment
strike settlement is grim comment on
the satisfaction of the employers at having
supposedly eliminated arbitration from
their industry. The whole situation has
become chaotic over night, and a sound
and rational solution seems further away
than ever. The wicked folly of the origi-
nal lockout was never palmer.
If an episode had been planned to demon
strate the peculiar character Of the cloth
ing trade and the difficulty of putting or
der and pernanence into its dealings 1t
could not have improved upon the strikers
rejection Of their leaders compromise.
There can be little question of the desper-
ate straits of the workers. 1t can be taken
for granted that Mr.. Hillquit and his as
sociates would not have yielded ground un-
less driven by urgent need. Yet the rank
and file of their union trampled the settle
ment under foot with hardly a chance for
debate or explanation.
Whether a settlement is now effected or
not, the grotesque blunder of the manu-
facturers is unmistakable. To satisfy a
prejudice against permitting outsiders,
social uplifters,' to act as an impartial
court in labor disputes, they have loosed
the chaos of the strike and class passion.
They may count themselves fortunate if
any status as favorable as that of the old
protocol can now be restored Are there
no protestants among the manufacturers
with voice enough to turn their association
against the leaders who have so misled
them and insist that peace be sought upon
the only sound basis of arbitration?
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
THE SHARK SCARE
DANGER from Them l. ImmeasurabIy Les'
Than Believed.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There has been great deal published
lately in regard TO the sharks that have been
seen along our coast, and also the fatalities
resulting thercfrom. | believe the danger
| from these fish is immeasurably less than the
public generally would believe. The writer
only recently talked with the head Of large
business house from Havana, who has recently
located his family at Asbury Park for the
summer. | asked him If he was not afraid TO
have his family bathe when there were sharks
along the coast, and he said, mot at all;
with care there Is not tho slightest dan
ger" He said he was born and had spent his
life along tho Gulf of Mexico, where sharks
are numerous, and that he had never yet seen
shark come into water as shallow as is US
ually frequented by bathers; that sharks US
ually kept to deep water, or II there Is an
inlet into which flows n creek they would
readily go up this inlet, or where the water
was deep enough and there was an overhang-
ing bank which made a shelter, but that he
never knew OF them coming in close to an
open beach. Also from other authorities !
understand this is correct.
! The fatalities which occurred along our
coast as understand, were either one or two
men who were in deep water, and the others
in a muddy creek. such as the sharks would
naturally nfest. Along the coast at Palm
Beach. Fla, one of our greatest winter bath
ing resorts, sharks are frequently caught. and
they pass unnoticed by the people who battle
in those waters.
1t seems a shame that the business OF tens
of thousands along the coast should be IN
iured because Of the reports circulating IN
regard 10 these sharks, and believe 1t would
be great benefit to the public if the news
papers would publish facts in regard to the
habits of sharks generally. as | do not be
lieve there is the slightest cause for alarm
except when bathers venture far out into
deep water. l.. A. WlLMOI Mibbuki.
New York, July "a, 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
The Reapportionment Fiasco.

No accusation Of gerrymandering is
made by the Court of Appeals in over
throwing the Senate district reapportion-
ment and none seems justified by the facts
Political aims were sought by the new act
in certain districts, but the violations of
the constitution in this city by reason of
which the act is now nullified seem to
have been the result of sheer negligence.
The shifting of few unimportant blocks
would have brought the measure within
the rule that district shall not contain
greater excess in population over an ad-
joining district than the population of a
block thereof adjoining such a district.
This is not a new story in reapportion-
ment. The interest of legislature is al
together too much centred in clipping the
wings of renegades and making the lot of
the faithful joyous TO pay adequate atten-
ton to little thing like the constitution.
The Court of Appeals does well to insist
upon a full compliance with rules laid
down, and we cannot see that the require
ment in this particular case is at all ardu-
Gus or elusive. Ten minutes with a pad
and pencil and a slight knowledge of addi-
tion and subtraction would have insured
compliance with clearly expressed re-
striction and the avoidance of the present
fasco
The modern constitution has legislated
Gerry's salamander off the apportionment
map. Legislative incompetence survives
all the fires of reform.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
Inemciency at the Top.

tfrOm me bNWdiO EdpteaJ
Here is an extract from the report OF
Major General Thomas H. Barry, commander
of the central department. Under instruc-
tions from the War Department sleeping
cars were furnished only by the quartermas-
ter generals Office, and orders directed that
coaches must be used on the basis Of three
men to each two double seats, and that
troops must not be held at mobilization
camps awaiting tourist sleepers."
Here is an extract from the report Of
Major General Leonard Wood, commander
OF the Department of the East: sleeping
space furnished National Guard troops mus
tered into service Of the United States en-
route to the Mexican border was that pre-
scribed by the War Department When
available tourist sleepers have been pro-
yided, and when not available day coaches
provided by War Department regulation OF
three men to each two double seats"
The responsibility for the conditions un-
der which the troops were transported is,
therefore. fixed definitely. and there can be
no further excuse for Misunderstanding or
denial 1t was War Department orders. The
fault Of the department was not limited to
a mere failure to exercise its proper author
ity TO obtain decent travel accommodations
for the men. Ii actually ordered that the
troops be moved as they were moved, even
down to the small detail Of the number Of
men per seat 1t, therefore, tied the hands
of officers. from department commanders
down to militia colonels. Their orders were
definite and explicit and they had no choice
but 10 obey In the few cases in which
local commanders obtained better accommo-
dations for their men. as that Of an Illinois
colonel who secured sleepers by making
himself personally responsible to the Pull
man company for them, there was direct dis
obedience of the War Department. And then
they try to tell us that the trouble was all
due to the inexperience Of militia officers!
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
Surgical Dressings for Home Relief.
, the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: At the outbreak of the present war IN
Europe many thousands of lives were lost
through lack of large reserve stores of sur
gicsl dressings. 1t is part of the present
preparedness movement in the United States
to determine that such needless wastage of
human life shall not occur here. Thirty five
hospital units in different parts of the coun-
try are creating stores of surgical dressings
TO be held as an inviolabe reserve for possi-
Bile future emergency. Bellevue and Pres
byterian hospitals, OF New York City, are
creating reserves sufficient for 500 beds for
one month, consisting of about 10000 dress
ings per unit. The supply committees Of
these base hospital units have invited the
Surgical Dressings Committee to cooperate
with them by making these dressings and
other calls are being constantly received for
home war relief work.
Since October, 1914, we have freely given
100000 dressings to the hospitals of Europe
at no expense TO the recipient, and now wish
10 give as freely to our own country. May
we, through the medium of your columns, ask
your readers to aid in this patriotic work,
which is sure, in the future to mean the saw
ing Of many men from needless agony and
from death? Any money sent to this com
mittee 299 Fifth Avenue, should be marked
For Home Relief" to distinguish it from our
funds for the furnishing Of surgical dressings
TO Europe.
SURGICAL DRESSINGS COMMITTEE.
New York, July 25, 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
Finical Standards for Soldiers.

More than 100 members Of the 7th Infantry
REGIMENT Of the Illinois National Guard were
DISQUALIFIED for Federal service on the South
west border. the main reasons for the disqual-
ifcations being defects of hearing and OF
sight. Some Of the most efficient officers Of
the regiment thus were debarred from accom-
panying their men. One company was left
with but a single commissioned officer. Other
Illinois infantry regiments and the Illinois
batteries suffered, though somewhat less Sc
verely, for similar reasons.
Perhaps the army regulations are too rigid
with respect to what non-military minds
might regard as minor physical defects. Sure
ly not few Illinois guardsmen have been
keenly disappointed in their desire TO serve
the country at the border They will doubt
less reason that generally good health ought
to qualify men TO go into field and camp and
acquit themselves well despite impaired sight
or hearing. 1t is unfortunate especially 20
lose highly capable officers who have studied
for years to prepare themselves for active
service.
In times of peace Germany was accustomed
20 reject about 90 per cent Of the men who
were drafted for army service. They were no:
regarded as physically fit for soldering. II
one wore glasses, for instance, he was told
that in battle, should these be broken, he
would he helpless. Now, however, no man is re-
jected merely because he wears glasses Care
is taken to provide him with extra pairs and
provision is made for grinding new ones
should these be lost or broken.
Exceptionally high standards and technical
requirements that may apply TO soldiers in
peace or when only minor engagement is
threatened with another country have 20 be
abandoned when a serious war ensues at least
in the csse Of trained officers In view of the
serious shortage in the United States of men
with military knowledge and experience in
commanding troops 1t is clear that such
knowledge should not be lightly rejected
because its possessor wears glasses.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27

state of the food problem rs to be found In
out-of-the-way places. He describes a
visit TO the Too, where ne saw the animals
fed. "The lions and tigers were getting
their full share Of meat The fish-eating
birds were well supplied with fish," FISH,
indeed. was never more abundant than II
is this year.
II is true that there is some shortage OF
butter. II is true that beer is adulterated'
It is even true that the desirability OF Tor
bidding the use of meat for couple Oh n
months has been discussed. But for all
that there is no real want. The diilicui-
ties of feeding the population are great
enough to cause murmuring, but not 50
serious as to cause suffering, and upon the
whole the Germans are proving adaptable
"They used" says this mental observer
"to over-eat; now they are eating about
enough"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
Compulsory Patriotism.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Your news columns announce in a
special message from Baltimore that an ordi-
nance has been passed in that city making it
compulsory that every person shall stand
when "The Star Spangled Banner" is being
played. violation makes the person liable
upon conviction, TO a fine Of not more than
800. An attempt is to be made to have a
similar ordinance passed in New York.
1t is to be hoped that nothing so absurd
will be permitted in this city Let New York
ers show that they have too much common
sense 10 permit such an infringement upon
personal liberty. What useful purpose can
such an ordinance serve7 Will il make those
who from principle or indifference do not care
TO rise more patriotic because they are forced
to do so? Is it not likely TO have an opposite
effect? The writer invariably rises when the
national air is Seing played, and notices that
almost every other person does, too. II rising
TO "The Star Spangled Banner is made com
pulsory what means has one of gauging the
feeling Of patriotism present, Again | re-
peat, what useful purpose can such compul-
sion serve? W.CF
New York, July 25. 1918
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
Well-Fed Germans.

A dispatch from The Hague says that
the diplomatic representatives of several
neutral powers were lately conducted from
Berlin on an extensive tour in the coun-
try, the object being to convince them of
the futility of the enemy's attempt to sub
due Germany by want. According to one
of the papers the visitors were evidently
satisfied that the prospects of the harvest
were good, and some "were even surprised
at the remarkably favorable outlook"
In conformity with this intelligence is a
passage from a Danish letter from Ger
many lately quoted in "The Times" Of
London. Though the authors name is
hidden he evidently speaks with knowledge
and authority, for on several former occa-
sions his accounts of the state of affairs in
Germany, while free from official coloring,
have proved TO be more correct than the
vague rumors and surmises commonly cur
rent abroad. According TO him the French
and English papers reveal a good deal Of
ignorance on the food situation" The no.
ton that Germany is on the verge Of star
walton or even in danger of starvation he
dsmisses as a delusion. Germany is
merely uncomfortable" And he init
mates very plainly that privations suffi-
cient TO make Germans uncomfortable are
not such as would be taken seriously by a
race less gluttonous.
The casual observations of mere travel
lers would not, he admits, be worth much,
for though "in hotels and railway trains
there is hardly any difference observable" I"
it is a fact that "a good deal of display is
kept up for the sake Of the many travel.
ling Swedes, Norwegians, Dutch, our own
people. and not few Spaniards, and, of
course, a considerable number of Ameri-
cans" But better evidence Of the present
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
"Seven Women Shall Take Hold of One
Man."

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: recent issue Of "The Independent
says that in one or two Of the countries now
at war it is proposed to revolutionize the
marriage institution. II is suggested that
all births shall be made equally Legitimate
and that no special advantage in law or SEN
timent should be given TO children born in
honorable wedock." Public sentiment is said
to approve the proposition.
This war, after taking from the home the
father, the son and the brother, drenching
the earth with their blood and leaving tens
Of thousands Of broken hearts and sorrowing
homes behind now threatens to destroy the
social fabric on which the home itself stands.
This is another present day situation which
has been made a matter OF definite prophecy
by the Word of God | quote from Isaiah,
iv. /:
And in that day seven women shall take
hold of one man, saying, we will eat our
own bread and wear our own apparel; only
let us be called by thy name, to take away
our reproach.'"
Chapter iii, verse %, states that the men
have fallen in war, so that the surviving
women cannot find husbands. Seven women
ask from one man the privilege OF beng
called each his wife, and voluntarily offer to
resign ell the usual advantages of that rela-
ton. ain that day" refers TO the time of the
caamities foretold in verses Ia to 26, inclu-
sive, prior to and during the falling Of the
seven last plaques, described in Revelation
Wv and xvi. Verses l6 to 23 are striking
forecast Of present day feminine frivolity in
dress.
The prophecy belongs to that class which
have progressive fulflment. It's immediate
reference probably was to the Babylonish
captivity, which ended in the publication Of
the people from idolatry and their restoration
under Ezra, Nehemiah and others. But it
covered also "the great and terrible day of
the Lord" Joel ii, 81; Matthew xiv, 20; Mark
xiii, 24-25; Luke xxi, 25-26; see also Joel ii,
l-2; Zephaniah i, l4-1s), the day of the
mighty judgments yet 10 come the final issue
Of which shall be the triumph of Christ's
/ kingdom over all the earth See Daniel ii,
s5-44. s. T. ST. AMANT.
New York July "a 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
TURKEYS INSULT TO OUR SOVEREIGNTY
What Are We Going to Plea ockeng the Afron
for the Sake of Exposed American Interests in
the Ottoman Empire.

Standard Oil Company of New York and
many other firms would be in danger Of
seizure or destruction. The aggregate value
of these properties runs up into the millions.
Besides, we should thus endanger tie lives
of all the American citizens in Turkey, by
leaving them without protection. Further
more, we should strike a cruel blow at the
British, French, Russians, Italians, Belglans,
Serbians, Montenegrns and Swiss IN the
Turkish dominions. all of whose multform
interests are now intrusted, since the war
began, 10 the American Embassy. And yet
again. we should dash the hopes of Armenian
and Syrian refugees who would long ago
have starved 70 death had it not been 1or
relief funds administered by Americans.
Can we afford to take the risk? Would 1t
pay? Ten to one these miserable turks
would take advantage of our severlng our
d;plomatic relations TO destroy all our prop
critics. If there were 10 be any Turkish gov
ernment after the war from which to exact
an indemnity, some might contend that 1t
would be worth while. But there isn't Inc
British lion is not through with Turkey yet.
The Russian bear is crunching the oohes ol
the northeastern provinces and mas lts paws
on more. And the Arab revolt has snatehed
awav the holy cities and shattered turkeys
pretences as protector Of Islam. Turkey IS
doomed. There will be no Ottoman Empire.
Is not our best policy, then, the use OF
every diplomatic means at our dlsposaI ana
patience? If there is policy that VIII
really work better, please, Mr.. Editor, out
line il for us in detail. BEN BILL MEM.
Dorset, Vt, July 90, 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
A Naval Skirmish.

No significance can be attached To the
exploit described in recent statement
bv the German Admiralty as naval raid.
It appears that some destroyers set out,
probably from Zeebrugge, and having ap-
preached "close TO the mouth of the
Thames" returned into port without loss.
1t is not pretended that anything definite
was achieved The fotilla fell in with
some light forces of the enemy, shots were
exchanged, and according to the British
account the destroyers were repeatedly
hit" while according TO the German ac-
count they were "undamaged," having
themselves scored several "lucky hits.
That is all that can be learned of the
affair, which was plainly of no Importance
1t is nearly two months since the en-
eagement off the coast Of Jutland, and the
German feet has not since ventured forth
II is the opinion of some observers, among
them Rear Admiral Akiyama, that in all
probability the main fleet will not again
he able to take the sea, but. however that
may be, such small excursions as that OF
Sunday must not be regarded as an IN
dication of renewed activity. There has
always been more or less activity upon the
rart of torpedo craft near the Belgian
coast, and the only point of interest in the
latest enterprise is the indication that the
vessels ventured so far.
There is always some danger Of raids on
the East Coast of England, and the sue
cessful bombardment of several watering
places has had its effect on nervous holi-
day makers. Hotelkeepers and letters of
lodgings at Whitby and other popular re-
sorts have been complaining bitterly Of
the lack of patronage, which is un-
due in some measure to the fear
of German raiders. This risk will last as
long as the war, but so far there is no
sign of a further naval adventure on a
great scale.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-27

already completed the conquest Of Ar
menia. She has achieved q permanen,
mastery of all the Eastern Black Sea
basin.
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