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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
SIGNS of Sedition in Ireland.

A dispatch from Dublin describes the
seizure of the printing presses and plant
used in the production of certain seditious
published in Tralee. The war
rant was issued by Sir John Maxwell, and
this event will of course give rise to a
fresh cutlery against his tyrannous rule.
Yet when it is considered how important
the influence of such newspapers was in
the days before the rebel lion it is small
wonder that they should ~ suppressed by
the officer who is Immediately responsible
for maintaining the peace in Ireland.
The managing director of these papers
described as "Griffen" in the dispatches
may possibly be Arthur Griffith, highly
accomplished hater of Britain, who was ar
rested on suspicion during the rebellion in
Dublin and carried to England where he
refused to plead on the ground that Brit
ish tribunal had no rightful jurisdiction
over him. He had been for some time al
industrious circulator Of journals designed
to stir up discomfort with British rule
though there was nothing to show that he
was directly concerned in the rebellion.
The wonder is that newspapers of this
sort were suffered so long in Ireland
Many Of them were openly defiant and
manifestly intended to discourage recruit
ing. One paper, published in Dublin, was
particularly bitter against Mr.. Redmond
for his efforts in recruiting, which were
as his browning act Of infamy.
Mr.. Redmond himself used TO make light
of these attacks, dismissing the papers that
published them as miserable and insignif
cant rags. But he was mistaken. They
worked a world Of mischief, and if peace
is to be kept in Ireland it is essential thai
they should be kept under reasonable con
troll.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
Statesmen on the Screen.

II is hard to understand why so many
Englishmen are shocked at the proposal
to put a British Cabinet council in the
movies. II is a long time now since the
King consented TO appear before the kline
photographer and no serious protest was
ever made on that account. Even the Brit
ISL fleet, in spite Of a traditional detesta-
ton of all forms of advertisement and pub
Ilicity, has already appeared on the screens;
nay, the pictures were taken some time be-
fore any newspaper correspondents were
permitted TO see it. And though it is true
that some eminent naval officers were vio-
lently opposed 10 this indiscretion, yet no
great pains were taken TO blot out details,
except in the interior Of a submarine, where
most Of the machinery was carefully yelled
with strips Of sail cloth.
There can be nothing TO conceal in a
picture Of a Cabinet meeting. We all know
what the Prime Minister and his colleagues
hook like. We have seen snapshots of
them shouting at public meetings or dodg-
ing sufragettes; why, then, should we not
be permitted TO see them coming TO mo
mentous decisions" or giving anxious
consideration" TO problems Of state on
doing any Of the various important things
", hear 70 much about in Parliament?
| The pictures are silent and can give away
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
Wasting Valuable Time.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: President Wilson is only wasting
valuable time in endeavoring to make some
thing human out of Carranza and Oregon
men who have allowed their soldiers to con-
fscate and destroy the property of non-com-
batants. 20 wreck church property and
torture the clergy and commit dastardly
crimes on innocent nuns and other women.
To permit such deviltry knowingly, they are
hardly the men TO redeem country from
anarchy
The better class Of Mexicans are deter
mined to rid themselves of these two crimi-
mails. who are just now in such high favor
with the Wilson Administration. Is it pos
eible that President Wilson does not know
the disfayor in which the so-called Constltu-
,ionalists are held in Mexico? Their lack
Of sincerity and general administrative rot
tenness are so well known throughout Latin
America that Spanish-Americans wonder why
tbcy have the confidence of President VIII
son.
Mexicans here in New York know the IN
1uonce exercised by Mr.. Pierce through his
Washington attorney, Judge Douglas. they
wonder whether this subsidiary agent oil
the Standard Oil Company, Henry Clay
Pierce. who set up the Madero Administra-
ton against the wishes of the Mexican peo-
ple because Of the business rivalry OF the
Waters Pierce oil Company and the Brit
ish syndicate at Tuxpam, Mexico, now thinks
that he is going to make laws for Mexico.
The sooner the American people know the
truth about the mcddling Of the unscrupu-
lous trusts in Mexico the better for all con-
corned Governor Hughes knew what he
was doing when he chose Mexico as the
paramount campaign issue.
FRANCISCO JUAREZ.
New York. Aug 25. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
He Stops the Paper.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The caption on "Not a Dictator's' let
ter IN to-day's Tribune, Gle Stops the Paper,
reminds me of the story told me by my father
about the founder of The Tribune. II seems
that Mr. Greeley had just entered Park Row
on the way to his Office when he met an ac-
quaintance who approached the great editor
and excitedly exclaimed: "Mr. Greeley, |
have just stopped The Tribune and"--
Mr.. Greeley didn't wait for the rest but,
taking off his hat. broke into a run for the
Office. leaving his acquaintance in a state of
establishment. Arriving at the Office he en-
tered the counting room and breathlessly eX-
claimed: 81 was just told down the street
that The Tribune had been stopped but
everything seems TO be moving along all
right. don't it?" W. +. II.
New York, Aug 81, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
Women for Wilson.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: If the suffragists who are coliectihg
Isl. 900 a day from now till November to peat
Wilson arc as successful at collecting funds
as they were in creating enemies for the
causo when they started their heckling cam
naign and if this fund is TO be used, as
men sneeringly assert, to purchase votes Mr..
Wilson has cause to worry about his reelec-
ton.
As A matter of fact, most Of the women who
are making such a noise about defeating VIII
son dom. represent anybody but themselves
They are normally Republican in politics and
are using the Federal amendment TO secure
votes for their candidate. Mrs. Gait has said:
NO officer Of the National Woman Suffrage
Association has ever oeen partisan in politics.
No officer of the national ever will be-" Dr.
Shaw. whose opinion ought to be worth as
much as Alice Carpenters and Helen Todd's
has consistently maintained that no party
woman's or mans, could deliver the vote OF
the women in the suffrage states
Agitating for the franchise state by state
is killing work. If the women who have
guided our cause so ably for years believed
the plan Of the Congressional Union feasible
am sure that they would have adopted it
and they would nave had the support Of every
woman in the suffrage movement.
| personally know many men who voted ioi
the suffrage amendment because the women
of the various organizations asked them 10
do so. | don't know one man who VII vote
against the President because Mr. wilson
maintains that this question should be settled
state by state. also know a number OF meH
who are Republicans in politics and who were
1T the Belmont Hotel when the Congressiona
Union sent its delegates to heckle the Presi
dent. and who were so ince1sed at their actor
that they voted against the suffrage amend
ment in New York, though they had pre-
viously given their pledge that they woul,
vote for il SARA M'PIKE.
New York, Aug 80, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
A Questionable Scheme.

The arrangement by which the state
Commissioner of Foods and Markets be-
comes the Selling agent for the Dairy
mems League thus handling milk at the
price fixed by its members, leaves much to
be desired so far as the public is concerned
It may be eminently desirable to increase
the receipts of the milk producers. 1t is
equally desirable not to increase the eX-
pcnditures of the consumers of milk, If
that can be avoided.
Under the scheme of the Darymen's
League the state is to become middle
man for its members product, which, they
think, the present large milk distributors
will then have to accept at an advanced
price over what they are now paying. That
would mean getting an advanced price
from the consumers. But if the state Is
to 90 into the business Of selling milk for
the farmers it would be manifestly unfair
to the public and unfair to farmers not
members of the Dairymen's League to
limit its handling of milk to what the
league puts into the market.
If the State Department finds it wise TO
become a milk broker, it must be ready to
buy milk from any farmer at the lowest
price possible and sell it to the public at
the best price possible to yield fair profit
and the expenses of handling. Otherwise, 1t
discriminates against some farmers and
makes itself the tool Of others who charge
higher prices Such discrimination would
be an injustice to the buyers Of milk and
entirely contrary to the duty of any state
department to serve all the people impair
TALLY.
Yet, if the department stands ready to
act as broker for all farmers, whether IN
union or not, milk prices assuredly would
find a market level just as they do now,
and all that would be accomplished would
be to add an additional process to the han
ding of the commodity, which would mean
additional expense for the public directly
or indirectly.
Unless the commissioner can completely
displace the present large distributors and
do their business better, actually buying
milk from farmers and delivering it to the
residences of the consumers, onocan COM
pete with the distributors in their own
field and sell milk cheaper than they while
paving the farmers more for it, it is hard
to see how his activities can benefit any
body without hurting somebody else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
THOSE DESIGNATED DOLLS
Why and How They Came to Enter
Politics.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter signed "Spinster' in your
edition of August % interested me.
This unhappy individual finds it unbeliey.
able that the importance and dignity Of the
Office Of the President should be connecaa
with the sale Of dolls. She also finds il
equally regrettable that dolls, "the emblem
of childhood, the personifcation Of that most
wonderful thing in Gods creation-a baby
the correcting link between grown-ups and
the fairyland Of Dreams" etc, should BE-
"desecrated" by politics.
II dolls are desecrated By politics, why isn't
the President? II it is beneath the dignity
of the President to have "the emblem
CHILDHOOD sold for his election why isn't
equally undigniied for a mothers heart
ache with longing to purchase a real dolly
the old-fashioned variety-with cheruOH
face ?"
As a matter Of fact, in connection with the
sale of dolls in the stores TO be opened next
week. it was voted at the executive meeting
Of the women's city committee Of the Hughes
Alliance to have a limited number for SALE
dressed in symbolic costume, for the purpo"
of making the booths and counters look
little more attractive than would otherwise
be possible without this enliyening feature
The idea received an emphasis in the papers
entirely unwarranted by their importance IN
tho campaign. ALICE CARPENTER,
Chairman of the Women New YORK CIV
Committee Of the Hughes Alliance.
New York, Aug. 30, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
TERRORIZING THE PUBLIC
What the Big Four Are Saying with Mr..
Wilson's Approval.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: OF the legal ms and outs of this rail-
way question am totally ignorant. Ny sym
pathies have generally been with the work
ingman in such disputes, but in this case the
men seem to me to have said something like
this:
1--WE want an eight-hour day-for reasons
best known to ourselves and we feel pretty
sure we can get it. Wilson wants our votes
at the coming election and we can terrorize
the public into saying, 'Oh! Give them their
eight-hour day! What does it matter to US
Give it EN-! And stop all this paralysis OF
business, loss Of money, rise in prices and
this awful fear Of famine"" Don't they
seem to have said this among themselves
And it seems TO me President Wilson has
s.ifoned their backs. IGNORAMUS.
New York. Aug. 81, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
Enemies of Their Country.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Labor leaders have finally marshaiieo
their organized forces as the enemies OF 'net
country, threatening to strike at its most vital
interests.
Congress should meet the issue forced oy
selfshness by the prompt passage OF an ae'
outlawng all interference with railway 'e'e'
graph and mail communications.
President Wilson has failed TO rise 70 'n'
demands Of the nation by boldly recommend
ing the governmental operation OF 'n'
railways. should the threatened emergency
arise. instead Of weakly aecedng to the De-
mands Of men who should be punished oy I'M
nrisonment and loss of the right TO par'ie'-
pate in any government whatsoever. .,
'''0 NEWTON II. CHlTTENDEN'
Brooklyn, Aug. %, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A friend of mine, commenting re-
Gently on the outrages of the Huns against
civilization. called them "Below-the- Belt
crs." meaning of course, that they did not
fight according to the standards established
tv the Anglo-Saxon code. 1t occurred to me
that while that term did accurately set
forth their cowardly method of attack and
their brutal and savage manner of conduct
ing this war, better term, because II
included their ruling dynasty which is en-
trely responsible for the present European
connagration, would be "Hunzollern,' and
am hoping that this may eventually take the
place of the present Hun" as indicating the
kind Of savagery Of which they have been
guilty in the eyes of r fair-minded world.
HENRY b. GROSS.
Jamestown, r. l.. Aug. 20, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01

no secrets to the idle patrons of the movies.
Probably those who protest are not quite
reconcied to moving pictures. We can
imagine that when photography was new
thing the public man who first sat before
a camera was regarded as slightly frlv-
olous. Even the abolition of silken cur
tains. Corinthian pillars and similar prop
critics in painted portraits must have Of
Tended many conservative people. But
apart from this normal resistance to nov
city. there can surely be no possible obJec-
ton to showing a group of mddle-aged
men on their good behavior.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01

tain cynicism. which has somewhat marred
him, BRAND has preserved strong and
sure sense of the people from whom ne
came and whose servant he is. lie Is one
Of the rare men in a democracy who has
the capacity to feel to-day what masses,
the majority of his countrymen, are gong
10 feel tomorrow. He has Lincoln-like
quality of understanding the mind OF the
masses. That he possess Lincoln's conil-
dencc in the millions no one will allege.
Paris credits BRAND with having cast
the deciding vote when the debate over
the defence of Verdun was gong forward
in the critical days of February. His voice
prevailed against that of Joffre, because he
perceived most clearly what France would
feel and say, even if no military results
accrued from the surrender of Nerdun to
the Germans. We shall not have all the
truth or much of the truth of the Ncrdun
thing until the end of the war, but Yer
dun holds and Falkenhayn has gone. If
Paris is right, and this was Brands work
he has earned the enduring gratitude OF
his fellow cOuntrymen.
At all events, neither in London, Petro-
grad nor Paris will there be any one to
challenge the statement that the revou-
tion in the Near Eastern situation is the
fruit of the effort of Aristide BRAND; 1t
is the greatest Allied triumph since the
Marine. and in its larger aspects it is the
contribution of BRAND.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
"Senseless and Stupid Oyster Bay"

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your powerful editorial this morn y,
inc an the "senselcss and stupid protest OF
citizens Of Oyster Bay against the pol'onys'
litis quarantine. YOU say that their only 'O",
corn seemed 20 be "about the resumption "
local business'" | have avoided the +,
footed village literally like plague ana -
shall not resume doing business there u".a
n has washed its dirty face and hands NV
learned that it pays to obey the health res"'
lations. ", D,
oyster Bay, L. l., Aug. so, 1914 .-----AI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
An Amphibian Feat.

Trom The Time7. Londo1I
Walter Brickett, the British Olympic
swimming trainer Of 1903 and 1872 yester-
day covered seven miles within the hour by
walking, running, cycling, sculling and
swimming. He walked mile in minutes
lG seconds, ran mile in minutes 10 see
onds. ran another mile over five hurdles in
2 minutes 10 seconds, cycled two miles in
minutes - seconds, sculled mile in
minutes 81 seconds and swan a mile IN u
minutes l93 30 seconds. Total, 30 minutes
40 IS seconds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
Dear Mr.. Thayer;

Dear Mr.. Thayer:
at gives me great pleasure 10 state my very
pleasant recollections of the night in Dwights
field when you showed a few of your friends
that white canvas slanted at certain angle,
like tent roof, becomes totally invisible
against even clear, starlit sky.
'You put up white sheet in this way, not
twenty feet away from US, and none Of us
guessed that it was not the sky itself that we
we're looking at. And you told US then that,
similarly placed. white would be equally in
visible in the uniform light Of cloudy day.
81 am sure there must be in these facts the
basis Of some great advantage to ships and
seafaring people at sea, and hope you will be
able to fulfil your ambition of doing large
public service through the practical applica-
ton Of your investigations.
VERY sincerely yours,
FRANKLIN MACVEAGH.
abbot Thayer Esq, Monadnock, y. H."
This slanting canvas was above the spec
tators level and had the higher and brighter
sky for background, so that only IT'S tent
slant made it bright enough to vanish against
this sky Thus. in all respects, it represented
the average iceberg, so fatally invisible to
ships at night. ABBOTT II. IHAlER.
Monadnock, y. H., Aug. p, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
The Balkan Ferdinands.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Please let me know through the col
umns Of your paper If King Ferdinand Of
Bulgaria is a Hohenzollern Prince or Prince
Of the House of Coburg a. SHAW.
New York, Aug. %, 1916
king Ferdinand Of Bulgaria is Co
burger; King Ferdinand Of Rumania is a
Hohenzollern.-ED.1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
Cruelty TO Horses.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The undersigned desire to call tho
attention Of the general public to very
prevalent but non-spectacuar form of cruelty
to horses, and that is the saving on the bit
and jerking the reins The beating OF horses
on most public thoroughfares has become q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01

somewhat hazardous practice for drivers as
a considerable number of yigilant citizens OF
both sexes are likely to interfere to the an
noyance Of the driver.
For some time now those who apparently
delight TO torment the horse have transferred
their activities 20 worrying him in the mouth
Let him stumble on icy or wet pavements
drop his feedbag. or not understand the OFT
times ignorant drivers commands, or per-
haps the man feels Ill-natured, and then the
horses mouth is sawed the bit being some
times worked violently from side to side.
We ask the public generally 20 notice no"
drivers treat the mouths Of the horses. From
the observation Of both the committees mem
bers and reports from many humane people
the bit is now very generally used as form
of punishment by very many drivers. Ihey
mostly escape well merited punishment, as
the public notices only the more obvious
kinds of cruelty.
MINNIE MADDERN FISKE,
JOSEPHINE REDDlNG,
f. s. BATES,
J. c. R. ECKERSON,
c. +. McKENDRICK,
NJ. P. ROBINSON,
b. L. STORRS, Chairman.
Press and Publicity Committee.
New York, Aug. %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
Protective Coloring for Warships.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Apropos of my ship color article send
you for publication this letter from ex-Secre-
tary MacVeagh:
"2S29 Sixteenth Street.
washington. D. C.,
april p, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
"Hunzollern."

New York. Aug. 25. 1916.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-11-17
A Good Man Sacrificed.
(RaymOnd Herald.)


Columns upon columns of edito-
rails will be spent in the next few
days explaining the election, and
every reason under the sun will be
assigned for the result. AS the Her
cid views it, however, the defeat of
Mr.. Hughes was accomplished largely
b. bad management after Mr..
Hughes nomination, and partly by
the selfishness of one T. R., who, in
order to force himself upon the coun-
try as a candidate for the presidency
so shamelessly played with the feel
ings of the delegates at the Progress
sive national convention, that when
he attempted to Lead them into the
Republican party they baked, and
two-thirds slid gracefully and quietly
into the ranks Of the Wilsonites.
American politics never pro-
duced a man of higher type than
Mr.. Hughes, but carping criticism
and Teddy's we'll known penchant fol-
war was more than he could carry to
victory at election time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-11-17

the evils of government may be
traced to blind party following. too
many clinging to a party as to a re-
lieion and forgetting the fact that the
Prime object of any party is to secure
power and that in the struggle to
secure it the leaders are rarely
scrupulOus as to the methods used.
The battle of Tuesday shows clear
ly that election results may no longer
be computed in advance and that the
voters are more than ever before
studying men and measures in max
ing their party alignment and can no
longer be held in thraIf by a party
sfibboleth. When the day passes in
which states may be classed as either
Democratic or Republican because of
their vote at previous election, but
will decide each as it comes strictly
upon the issues as it's people see
them it may be possible to effect
some of the reforms that all agree
are needed, but which most see to be
impossible so long as party exigency
must be considered before the well
fare of the country.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-11-17
All United for Wilson.
(Colville Examiner.)

The progressive voters of the
United States have reelected Wood
row Wilson on the Democratic ticket.
Some Republicans affected surprise
at his election, while Democrats
were SUI prised at the narrow margin
of his victory. The West, for the
first time in history, has taken a de-
Gliding hend in the presidential cleo
ton, and is responsible for Wilson's
reelection. Democrats, Progressives,
Republicans and Socialists united in
the effor. to retain the man who has
been president through so many
momentOus events, and it will i'll
befit thu Democratic party to claim
this victory by itself. The Progress
sives who four years ago indirectly
elected Wilson have this year direct
ly reelected him, as without their
votes the abundant flow of money
from the special interests OF the
East would have elected Hughes.