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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-16
Diluted.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: With every access Of desire to respond
20 Judge Hughcs's trumpet blast, the stoutest
admirer must admit. II candid, that "undi-
lutcd Americanism" ia condensed diluuon.
Covering the whole ground is sometimes not
50 desirable as uncovering some of IT. Is
The Tribune the only newspaper IN the coun-
try that comes to something definite itself,
and demands it whence it is due? The ma
tional need Of getting rid Of the winds OF
Woodrow Wilson. that phantasma, nanity, is
vast We hope i'm Hughes. and the first echo
to Hughes from his undiuted American sup
nc rters was query. In response he con
densed his first utterance without clearing II.
II is an appropriated solution yet, the
meaning OF his terse language, and IN spite
of the ringing echo his sonorous blast re-
sounded the keynote OF tho campaign TO
date in an Interrogation point.
As rally cry, as slogan the words.
Just what in particular do you mean ??
leave something to be desired. Meanwhile
Justice Hughes is the candidate whom the
American German. anti-American element
told us We we're going 70 get because he was
the President they were going to give.
WATCHFUL WAITING.
Now York June a. 1916.
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70 The Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Tribune founded by Horace Gree
Icy is tho stuff My father swosrs by II yet
past ninety as his father did before him;
and swear by it, too. except sometimes when
swear at it,. This morning am not exactly
swearing at it but rather wondering what 1t
c driving at.
What do you mean by your editorial "Un-
diluted Amcricsnism"? Is not Mr.. Hughes
specific enough In his professions Of true
bluism? Il seems TO me he has already said
more than is strictly necessary. He is en-
titled to the presumption Of innocence until
proven guilty And how absurd it would be,
right ofhand, TO presume that Presidential
candidate was bent on treason 10 the Amerl-
can people, Is not he entitled to the benefit
Of the doubt? Could not you imagine some
other crime than that Of treason and a coarse
violation OF his oath OF Office. which he would
commit II elected, upon which TO base your
demand for more specific statement Of how
he feels toward crime? Mr.. Hughes has
never been suspected Of safe-blowng, how
ever guilty he may be Of a secret sin OF tnat
sort: but would not you be just as much JUS
tilted i'm demanding that he should rccite a
catcchism against safe-blowing as ono against
betrayal Of the people into the hands OF tho
"Dutchmen"? Now suppose everybody votes
for Mr. Hughes AS everybody should, there IS
no doubt that he would receive the votes OF a
bunch Of safe-bowers too. Would that be
ANYTHING against him? Would it prove him
guilty of safe-blowng? Now II the Dutch
men" vote against Wilson and for Hughes,
will il prove Mr.. Hughes the viceroy OF the
Kaiser in the United States? Won't you give
rs a bill Of particulars? What is the for
mula TO which he must subscribe IN order 70
be free from the suspicion Of being the hal-
ser's agent for upsetting the government,
here?
By the way. while We are about IT, would
it not be Just as we'll to presume our Eel.
low citizens Of German ancestry innocent OF
intended treason until they are proven
guilty? II here and there one OF them mas
gone wrong and bombed A factory or big
boat 70 help the Kaiser along and done other
kinds Of mischief, ought Mr.. Hughes to step
ont and damn the whole crowd on suspicion
The hvphen was never intended TO mean a
divided allegiance. II signifies geography
and not allegiance. Why. should you expect
Mr. Hughes gratuitously to insult a BODY
Of citizens heretofore justly celebrated for
,boir American patriotism? Why should not
no tho ink on whose resignation as a SUI
nrcmo Court Justice is hardly dry remember
his judicial learning long enough 70 lnsist
that the so-callcd Commandments DC neld
innocent Of even mental treason until they
have been proven guilty? ....,.,.
ROSWELL A. BENEDICT
Now York. June "a. 1916.
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Where Mendacity Is Superhuous.

THE Philadelphia Record paid us the
compliment the other day Of reprinting a
portion of our editorial entitled Making
Army Service Worth While" 1t sought,
however. to impugn our sincerity in advo-
eating vocational training in the army ~
charging that we have bitterly criticised
Secretary Daniels for conducting schools
for enlisted seamen and for trying to give
them an opportunity to qualify for COM
missions. Says The Record: What
reams Of good paper have been wasted IN
ibes over classes on board ship for sailors
and marines. and how deep has been the
scorn for the Secretary's efforts to fit The
man before the mast for a commission if
he shows himself worthy and competent
to receive one!'
Our Philadelphia contemporary Is wholly
mistaken i'm thinking that The Tribune has
criticised Secretary Daniels for advocating
vocational training for enlisted men pr
promotions from the ranks Il is heartily
in favor Of such promotions in the navy as
we'll as in the army We believe in aban-
doning the outwon tradition that there
must be an impossible gulf fixed in any
branch Of the military service between the
enlisted force and the officers corps.
What we have criticised in Secretary
Daniels has been his desire to make the
navy a school first and navy afterward.
He entered office with an extreme paclhSt
prejudice against the navy in so far as
il constituted what he and his sympathiz-
ers considered an instrument of militar-
ism He assumed from the start the pose
Of apologizing for the maintenance of he
navy ON the ground that it could also be
turned into a great national university.
To him the opportunity it offered for voca-
tional training and general education was
OF greater consequence than the efficiency
it was to develop as first line of national
defence 1t is this curious inversion Of
normal values which. in our opinion. has
made Mr. Danies's administration Of the
navy exceedingly demoralizing to the ser
vice and dangerous for the nation.
The Record" says that The Tribune has
been zone Of the most bitter and mcnda-
cious" Of Mr. Danicls's critics. We may
have been bitter. but what inducement Dr.
temptation have We ever had to be "men-
daclous"? 1t would he a sheer waste IF
Imaginative energy 10 invent lbels ON the
Daniels administration. The plain truth
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Advertising Good Works.

One of the best records of achievement
in the whole Mitchell administration is that
of Fire Commissioner Adamson. and his
remarks upon the importance Of publicity
in connection with the public's business
have interest and weight. MANY a
worthy and deserving and able public
official has failed, " he declared, because he
did not get his case across to the public
through the newspapers Eventually. he
believed. the city might resort to advertis-
ing in order to inform citizens of what IT
was doing.
1t has been one of the folies Of much
well-meaning reform in America that II
has rather shifted at this necessity of get
ting its deeds over Your intelligent
and practical politician does not make this
blunder. A keen instinct for publicity. of
what and when and how to advertise, is the
handspring Of political ability. And the
best politicians have always known what
the modern publicity agent has but just
come to realize, that the best and sure way
to have ones fame exploited is not to talk
but to do. If a public oficcr-or a rail
road, or an actor-can do the interesting
thing in an interesting way. the publicity
will take care Of itself.
This dramatic treatment of public life
is likely to bring down the scorn Of GER
tain type of mind. But why should it?
Why not admit such an obvious character
istic of democratic government? The pub
lic officer under a tyrant does not have to
please anybody but his bureaucratic su-
perior. The Governor Of an American
state or the Mayor OF an American city
must please and interest several millions
of human beings, despite the competition
of fve-cent magazines, movies and the ball
game. 4 whole lot of factors have con-
tributed to make American politics dull.
The good old school Of politicians, with its
rule of addition, division and silence. has
been glad enough to have the voter forget
all about government during the bulk Of
the year. Also our beautifully designed
system of checks and balances and diff
fused authority has made for dreary de-
laws and tanglcs. Is it not about time to
stop laying all the blame on the poor voter
for his lack Of interest and turn our at
tention toward making politics as direct
and forccful and appealing as, say, box
score or the automobile advertisements?
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Provided

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Having read your editorial in to-day''
issue on "Undiluted Amercansm," would
say that ! consider your editorial one Of the
best that have ever read.
As | favored Theodore Roosevelt for the
nomination in the Republican convention be
cause believed him TO be the greatest Amer
lean in our political life to-day still | will
support Charles f. Hughes for President
provided ne declares against the Hyphenates
You are to be congratulated on your
powerful editorial. and I believe that Mr.
Hughes will certainly declare against any
fore gncrs trying 70 run our country or die
tsting 10 what our policy should be.
If the German-Americans support Hughes
for President. that does not mean that he
Will have 20 do their bidding If he is elected
Believing that Charles Z. Hughes will get
the support Of The Tribune and all other
good Republican papers, and that his Amer
cansm cannot be questioned bv any paper
throughout the United States, ! also believe
the IroGressives will give him their full sup
port IN the coming election. !. X.
New York, June II, 1916.
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THE HYPHEN A B0GlE.
Viewed as an Unreal Issue Manufactured
by Pro-Ally Press.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: With all due respect to your opinions
as to wha, constitutes good American citizen
ship. you have not put forward the slightest
evidence that German-Americans arc second
in devotion to our country to any other Gle
ment in our population. The history of our
country proves that our foreign-born citizens
have always observed the oath of allegiance
in letter and spirit.
The hyphenated American boge has been
worked TO death. No longer can this term Of
reproach. attached by pro-Ally sympathizers
to other citizens who hold opposite views on
the European war, deceive any impartial or IN
teligent American. Our President has been
carried away by this boge, and his denuncia-
lions of genuine American citizens have dem
onstrated that he lacks that balance and ludg-
ment which should characterize Chief EN-
ecutive of the United States.
When or where have citizens Of foreign
birth proved menace 70 their adopted couh-
try? Was the Hartford Convention convened
and attended by hyphensted Americans! vas
the population of the seeding states largely
made up of hyphenated Americans
The hyphenated American boge IS the erea-
ton Of the pro-Ally press. .
In dispatch in The London Times OF
Nav l6 from its Washington correspondent
The Tribune. THE World The ZINES
The Herald" and THE Sun are represented
as "pro-Ally organs g,
uynbonated Americans with anglo.
French" Russian" or italian" before their
hvphens are without blame or blemish 50
also are our friends. the Jewish-Americans
who compelled or induced the politicians TO
insert plank in the Republican stiorm
which * in essence protest against the per
secution of the Jews in Russia In connec-
ton with this plank there has been no com
ment favorable or unfavorable IN the Nc"
York press. Is the golden hyphen ABOVE
criticism? ChAkLh0
New York. June 10, 1916.
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Mr.. Asquith's Pledge to the Women.

The British Prcmier's promise to lay
certain proposals before the House OF
Commons for the revision Of the electoral
register has been taken by the Women s
international League as a convenient oc-
casion to remind him Of the pledge he gave
in 1908: namely. that when the time came
for the government TO introduce measure
Of franchise reform the question of woman
suffrage would not he left out of account.
1t is unlikely that so controversial a
problem will he taken up while the war
lasts. yet il is not unreasonable that the
women should seize this opportunity TO re-
mind the government of their services to
the state. If there is any certainty at all
about conditions after the war IT may he
assumed with perfect confidence that wom-
en- will take very active part in the bust
ness of reconstruction. Their services
during the war have proved indispensable
and were given unsparingly. 1t is CO..
tainty that when peace is reestablished
their place in the industries Of the country
will be far stronger and more important
than ever before. This is clearly rccog-
nized by the trade unions and by the wom-
en- themselves.
At a recent meeting Of the Women's
Labor League one speaker predicted that
at least 100000 men now at the front
will never return to their old tasks and that
a vast number of women will refuse to be
turned out Of employment. Two and a
half million women and girls have entered
various industries since the beginning Of
last year. and these women will have to he
rcckoned with. A considerable proportion
expect to spend their lives in industry. and
in all probability they will ultimately he
Joined together in unions As men have been.
They will not lightly give up their work
when the war is over. They have already
shown great power Of organization and
have begun in a most determined manner
to discuss their status and to plan for the
future. 1t is hardly to he supposed that
they will submit tamcly to dispossession.
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Mr.. Hughes and His Record.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Your editorial "Undluted Amer
cansm," headed by the letter Of Mr.. V
Adolph Ackcrmann, is misleading in that this
mans false assertions arc given such prom
nent place.
This man says: I've told you long ago
that our candidate would be nominated al
the Chicago convention" Perhaps Mr
Hughes was his candidate, but the value OF
the Hyphon vote was given very little con
sideration at Chicago and Mr.. Hughes was
not nom mated because the Hyphenatos sup
ported him. but because the members OF the
Republican party believed him 70 be tho
strongest candidate in their ranks and be
cause ne was free from any connection with
the split Of 1912.
T. is ridiculous for Mr.. Ackermann or any
other so-callcd German American citizen "a
think for one minute that Mr. Hughes IS not
as good an American as Colonel Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson or any other man. His
very record refutcs any such assertion.
n the Hyphenates desire 70 support Mr.
Hughes. they arc at liberty TO do so, but
they need not think that because of that sup
rort he will not stand out strong for Amer
canism and American rights on sea and on
land. and | assure Mr. Ackermann and al
his brother Hyphenates that II elected Presl-
dent OF the United States Mr.. Charles r.
Hughes will do great deal more to maintain
our national honor and rights than write
laundering notes, which gain nothing and
simply hold US up to ridicule.
Mr.. Hughes stands on his record and J.
for one. do not think that record can be IN
peached by any assertion that he is the can
didate of the Hyphenates.
Mr.. Hughes is not, as Mr.. Ackermann says
"our candidate, who is wise enough not 70
offend the Hyphonates." nor is he the can
didate Of any other faction in American poll
tics whose allegiance is divided. Mr.. Hughes
is and always will be an American, and At
present he is the candidate Of the united
Republican party and stands Tor everything
Rat This great party represents and every
thing that is American.
GORDON P. GLEASON.
Albany, June II, 1916
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A Gift to France.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: As recently announced by The Trib-
une, the French Government asked the Amer
lean Committee for Training in Suitable
Trades the Manned Soldiers Of France to
establish trade schools in their largest insti-
tuition for manned soldiers at the Maison
Blanche. Neuilly-sur-Marne.
This involved an expenditure OF $4,000 for
installation and $4,000 TO provide teachers
and maintain the trade schools for ono year.
The American committee has been able TO
accept this offer Of the French Government
through the great generosity Of Mr.. Edward
r. Stotesbury. Of Philadelphia. who has do
mated the sum Of $4,000 for this great work.
No more public spirited or important gift
for France could be made al this time. and
cur committee feels deeply grateful that Mr..
Stotcsbury's wonderful gift has made 10 pos
siblc for US to accept the offer Of the French
Government
Ny hope IS that this splendid git will
stimulate others 10 start trade schools in
other parts Of France, for which the need IS
most pressing.
I thank The Tribune for The valuable help
which 10 has given the committee.
MRS. EDMUND l.. RAYLlES.
Chairman for the United S,a,c. American
Committee for Training IN Suitable Trade
the Manned SOLDIER Of irance.
New York, June Il, 1918.
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Arbor Day in China.

From Tho Troridercc J0Vrn0II
Tho American commercial attache AZ Pc
king reports that the gospel Of tree planting
is spreading in China. And Arbor Day. the
truly great invention OF the late j. Sterling
Morton. OF Nebraska. sometime Secretary Of
Agriculture, has been added TO the calendar
of public festivals. With characteristic fru-
galitv. however, the Chinese combine the OBJ
sorvancc with their ancient one, Ching
Ming" when they visit the graves Of their
ancestors corresponding in a way to our
Memorial Day.
30 country is more in need Of trees than
China. 1t has been styled the "forestless ma
ton" In one Of President Roosevelts con-
servation messages Photographic views were
printed to show the desolation Of great
part of the Chinese domain, whore in ancient
times there had been trees and streams.
40 trees. no water that theory Of forestry
is pretty well substantiated. And without
water there can be no life. China is COM
monty spoken Of as densey populated coun-
try. But in fact. the density is in a very
small part Of the vast area, more than 80 per
cent Of the population occupying one-third Of
the land
Forty per cent Of the people are concen-
trated in a few provinces. with more than 200
to the square mile, while the density IS only
10 to the square mile over 50 per cent OF the
country And although rice is supposed TO
be the national staple. millions Of Chimes
have never tasted rice even seen 1t; 10
grows only where there is plenty Of moisture.
To restore the forests 10 any considerable
part Of China would call for persistent plant
ing and cultivation over a long period. But
hundred or even a thousand years would
not seem long 10 the Chinese
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crn English nect"-to quote the official
icport-was beaten leaving the Germans
IN possession of the field. as one enthusiast
expressed It. The belief that they hal
succeeded in avoiding q decisive action--a
very natural conclusion TO draw from the
account-was Indignantly denied, the
truth being that il was the British who
abandoned the fight In the later accounts,
however, while il is still maintained that
TO talk Of the Germans avoiding decision
is silly" it is explained that it was but
natural that they should gradually have
worked nearer their base
This is more reasonable version of The
affair. and it was probably in the cndcavor
to prevent this that the three British
batte-cruisers were sacrificed. Nothing,
indeed. could he more natural than the
cndeavor Of the weaker fleet TO escape de-
struction. and the success of the cndcavor
was the proper point for the German
writer's TO enlarge upon. On the otner
hand. it is obviously inconsistent 10 add
that the British must have been overcome
because nothing prevented them from
following" for if that were true the with
drawal could not rightly be described as
natural" unless we are to believe that
the Germans were suddenly overcome by
an irresistible compassion for the foe.
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ROOSEVELT FOR WILSON!
A Progressive Believes That Amer'eanlsm
Points That Way.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. Your leading editorial Of to-day must
certainly reflect the mind Of Colonel Roo'e-
volt and il will not be safe for the self-satis-
fed Republican bosses 20 proceed on the as
sumntion that Progressive support IS assured
It is not!
The difference between the Hughes ana
Roosevelt attitudes toward the "Hyphen IS
he difference between a "pussyfooter' and
man Of courage. The managers Of the Re
publican party plainly have told Mr.. hughes
TO pussyfoot. and he is doing it.
Colonel Roosevelt has called spade
shade He has dccried the German-American
Alliance by name. and the next President OF
the United States, whoever he may be- can
DO no less.
Go back 10 your editorial captioned The
Bourbons." printed early this year and see
If the record Of the Chicago convention just
closed does not carry out exactly what you
had in mind then.
Let this thing cool off while, and then
see what the American people are going 70
say about man who will follow the course
that it will then be plain is being followed
by the Republican candidate.
Wilson means well, but is weak; but he VIII
make a better President as he goes along be
cause he is honest in his efforts To me IT
looks as if he is the best we can expect The
Republican choice, in his place on the fence,
is hopeless.
| honestly feel that it would be more con-
sistent for Colonel Roosevelt. from the point
Of view of straight Amercanism, TO lndorse
and seek to counsel Wilson than TO help elect
dodgcr.
think that even now it is too late to
brace up. The record is made and | believe
the damage is done. The Bourbons have done
for the Republican party as ! wrote you sew
eral months ago they would do. There never
will be another Republican President unless
Hughes shuns the "German-American" vote
As thing unclean.
Your reluctance to swallow the Republican
programme. hook. line and sinker, and your
insistencc on courageous attitude shows
your great even unsurpassed, courage for
party newspaper. Seems almost unprecedeni-
cd You're great, simply great.
GEORGE l.. BAPPLER.
New York. June "a, 1915.
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in his case is vastly more damaging than
any amount of the clevercst fiction could he.
Mr.. Daniels is by all odds the worst Sec
rotary tho navy ever had-worst In ms
temperamental falings and his unsympa-
thetic point Of view; worst in his inabllliy
to grasp an opportunity for constructive
work such as was never before thrust on
any Secretary of tho Navy. He has been
an incubus on the navy's development ever
since he took office. He has held back
authorized construction. has tried to keep
down authorizations by Congress OF new
construction and has. so far successfully,
fought off the creation Of a naval general
staff or any body similar TO 1t TO which
could be confded the military direction OF
our naval establishment.
What need is there Of going further for
material with which to construct an in
dctmcnt? Mr. Daniels's record is com
plotc indictment in itself. We arc for
vocational and other educational training
for soamcn and for promotion. whenever
possible from the ranks. But We are
first of all for an efficient feet and for a
modernization of the outworn methods
which now deny the navy any centralized
military control. Mcndacity would be alb
solutely superAuous in making out case
against head Of the Navy Department
who is not only lacking in will power and
initiative. but who is unable to visualize
the navy's manifest and urgent needs