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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
THE ANNIVERSARY
The German Threat, as II Sounds in the
Ears of One American.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The anniversary of the Lusitania is
celebrated by the most insulting note yet re-
ccived by the State Department from Ger
many. The rudencss is nothing truly Ger
man. and to be expected; but the tenor and
tone of the note. with its provision that Eve
bow to the mailed fist and bring England to her
knees" is the gravest insult ever suffered by
this much suffering land. And We wonder H.
after all, there will ever be an end to it. We
are threatened that unless we comply our
women and children are 10 be murdered as
usual. This is what the threat simply
amounts to- II seems almost incredible that
so many Congressman and Senators would
be willing to almost thank Germany for her
frank and generous complaisance to our de-
mands"!
To hail this note as "a satisfactory an
swer" is more than disgusting, more than
vile. II we did accept it, it would be the
greatest disgrace that has ever befallen this
country; cowardce pure and simple If love
of money is going to be new sense OF ma
tional honor. and wealth the basic principle
and ideal of many Of our Congressman,
"the decline and fall Of the United States
Of America" will be studied by schoolboys
and college men in China, Japan and the
European states. along with Gibbons DE
cline and Fall Of the Roman Empire one
hundred years hence.
With the anniversary of the most brutal
and most cold-blooded crime ever committed
in modern history, the heart Of every true
and patriotic American not only is weighed
down with heaviness and sorrow that his
country has abandoned its dead epless
women and little children-but that after
outrage followed by outrage and countless
notes Washington reports that there is
every probability "there will be no break
and that the two countries will continue
their friendly relations" Let the monu-
ment be raised as The Tribune suggests, an
Memory of the Lusitania Victims Murdered
by Nation Too Savage TO Spare, Abandoned
by a Country Too Proud to Fight
II. NJ. LANDON.
New York May 5, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
Recall Our Troops from Mexico.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: It seems that there is nothing for
this nation to gain by longer keeping our
small army in that particular part of Mexico
which we now occupy Some one Numbered
Of this fact it does not seem fair to our
men to sentence them to a term Of enforced
inactivity in a foreign country where the
natives are hostile and the soil barren.
While the boys are forced to remain pas
sive bands of armed sayages, with cunning
and well laid plans for bringing about their
destruction, are steadily gathering, and it
also seems that the most effective method of
stimulating brayado in these cowardly and
treacherous poems is TO continue TO parade
our shackled soldiers before their blood
seeped eyes. By pleading with Senior 0bre-
gon for cooperation in suppressing these
butchers are placed in the uncomfortable
position OF being obliged to furnish him
arms and ammunition without obtaining
reliable guarantee that these selfssme in
struments will not be used in an attempt to
exterminate our small force.
There is no doubt that the American
troops would have had a fair chance 20
capture Villa had circumstances allowed
them TO start the chase within twenty-four
hours after that cutthroat had committed
the crime; and even though delayed, as they
were, they still would have had some chance
had they been given free rein to use the
railroads and enter towns. The most nno-
cent child can readily see how the bandit,
when hard pressed, could save himself by
seeking sanctuary in some village, while our
troopers would be acting contrary TO Wash
ington's orders had they entered for the pur-
pose OF smoking him out. Our men should
have been given perfect freedom of action in
Mexico or they should not have been sent in.
II must be remembered that 10000 British
troops were recently forced TO surrender to
the Turks at Kut-el-Amars while relief
expedition had been within twenty miles Of
them for months.
The American soldiers, courageous and full
Of good fighting instincts. do not realize that
they were sent on fools errsnd. and nat
urally do not wish 20 come home empty
handed. The truth IS obvious. however.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
STARVING AMERICANS
A Farmers Family in Montana Needs Help
in Its Extremity.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ! appeal to you for help for an
American family, starving on their farm in
Montana While ! do not care thus publicly
to give their name am willing to furnish
it and names of references who will give
full confederation Of my story to any person
who wishes to help them in their need.
The man. an fastener, who settled in
Montana twenty years ago, had an invalid
wife for years. They were people of culture
and refinement They struggled hard, but
could not avoid debt. Dying three years
ago, the wife left her husband practically
swamped by bills for medical treatment
three serious operations and her burial The
debts amounted to nearly $4,000. The hus-
band Immediately sold all his livestock to pay
the debts, relying on his crops of wheat and
alfalfa to pull him through, and hoping to
restock the ranch gradually. The crops net
ted about 81 500 year.
Last year he married again, charming
woman from Pennsylvania, partly on &C
count Of three small daughters left without
a mother
Three terrific hailstorms destroyed his en-
tire crops last summer. leaving the family
without a cent and helpless. They have
been living on bread and potatoes much of
the time The wife is near motherhood and
must go TO a hospital eighteen miles away,
where they are demanding s25 week to
take care Of her. She has had no nourishing
food in more than two months. Prices of
everything there are awfuly high Beef. SO
cents a pound; coal oil. 40 cents a gallon
fruit out Of sight The nearest village to
them is twelve miles away.
Any help will be welcome. Perhaps these
conditions explain why our American people
are not eager to settle in the West
Contributions or inquiries should be ad
dressed TO JULIETTE ARDEN,
r. West Nnety-fourth Street.
New York City, May S, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
The agony" Column.

lFrou The Philadelphia Ledger
The personal" or, as the Londoners call
II. the agony column in "The London
Times" as a human document repays perusal.
As one feels in the cartoons and other Illus
trations OF Punch" the spirit OF England at
war. even so this column Of human nature
undiscuised reflects the soul Of people in
Guress The offers TO unite to genuinely
lonely or wounded officers" are matched by
those who appeal for a sympathetic. CHEEKY
CORES pondent; a brewers daughter, hard
hit by present legislation requests that
"sympathizers please give practical sympathy,
large or small" and officers on active service
would borrow revolvers or camp kits or a
few pounds sterling. Chinese gentleman
has translations Of war pamphlets to peddle,
and bath towels. parlor games, motor cars,
war photographs. country houses. raincoats
and band instruments are all expected by
England in their degree TO do their duty.
Colleges advertise 20 know II there are any OF
their "old boys" who have escaped the drag
net Of the recruiting officer. Women are
wanted TO learn aeroplane construction. Such
congeries Of askings and answerings could
only be assembled under the influence of a
ouickened patriotism, reaching all classes and
conditions OF persons whose hearts and con-
sciences cannot accept even fugitive and
distant prospect Of subiugation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
Three Classes of Irish.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Some time ago you were kind enough
to publish a letter from me on Ireland and
the war At that time told you about the
three classes Of Irishmen in Ireland. ]
think the late Dublin riots prove what
said was true.
The curse Of ireland to- day, as in the past,
is. first. the Orangemen alias Carsonites);
next. the Sim Fein (alias Clan -Gaels)-
You can see how little they amount to when
they start anything.
First We had the Orangemen declaring war
on England If she asked them 10 govern
themselves by granting them Home Rule.
Now we have the Sim Fem. alias Clan-na-
Gael. alias Irish-Germans. Now, let US see
what they did They destroyed millions OF
dollars worth of property Irish property,
mind you, not English property right IN
their own home town. destroyed their own
postoffice. knocking hundreds of Irish men
and women out Of employment. put their own
street railroads out of commission, knock
ing thousands more Irishmen out of EN-
pLoyment: shot down their own policemen.
not English policemen, because the English
government has no more TO do with the Dub
lin police than she has 10 do with the New
York police.
After all this damage they laid down their
arms (Which was the only sensible thing
they aid do at the foot OF the Parnell
Monument Why they picked that place out
don't know, as that very gang was the
means Of his death the same gang that Is
calling John Redmond traitor, the only
man who ever did anything for the country.
Well. the German-lrish plot failed. Why?
Because it had not the backing of the real
lrishmen-a majority Of 70 per cent. II the
English government wants to do the right
thing by ireland she should supply the 20
per cent with machine guns and make John
Redmond commander in chief; first 90 to the
north and drive the 0rangemen into the
Boyne water; then 90 TO the south and
drive the Sim Fein into the River Shannon;
then grant ireland Home Rule, and all
would be we'll p. MDONALD.
New York, May ,, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
Still Bowing Down to Sham.

The House of Representatives is still
Iblindly obstructing a real reorganization OF
the army. 1t is still standing for the pro
gramme of sham military preparedness IA
vored by Mr.. Hay.
Yesterday the House voted-22l to l42
to non-concur in the Senate's amendment
fixing the peace strength of the regular
establishment at 100000 men. According
to the calculations of the War College Divl-
sion of the General staff, 100000 is the
minimum Of strength with which the army
can discharge its proper functions as de
pendable element in our system of national
defence 1t is the minimum which the coun-
try has come TO the point of accepting as
the satisfactory nucleus of a real army.
Yet the Democratic majority in the
House, aided by few misguided pacifists
in the Republican ranks, keep trailing be-
hind Mr.. Hay in his efforts to make the
Senate conferrees recede from the COM
mon sense position taken by the upper
house and to compel futile compromise
on 100000 as the maximum of the army's
peace strength.
Texas and New Mexico lie open to in
vason by Mexican bandits, our border Is
linsuficiently guarded and we lack the mill
tary strength TO pursue and discipline the
armed bands which cross into our territory
and kill our soldiers and civilians. Yet the
House of Representatives backs and fills,
palters and dawdles, more concerned about
"federalzing" the national guard and thus
creating state and district military pat
ronage than it is about providing men to
protect American lives or TO maintain
American interests imperilled by chronic
anarchy in Mexico.
The Representatives who vote with Mr..
Hay do not reflect the feeling of their con-
stituencies. On March 20 last only one
Southern Democrat, Mr.. Montague. of Vir-
ginia. supported the Kahn amendment to
the Hay bill fixing the peace strength Of
the army at 100000. Yet in the latest
summary Of THE New York Worlds" poll
Of editors, out of twenty editors from the
Southern States responding sixteen IA
vored a peace army of 100000 and only
four favored a peace army of 10000 or
less.
Mr.. Hay and his followers are hypno-
tized by their own obstinacy and preju-
dice. They have learned nothing and for
gotten nothing in the crowded two years
since the war began. But IN their folly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
Scarecrows for Airmen.

When the rrepressible Mr.. Billing called
the attention of the British House of Com
mons TO the use of wooden anti-aircraft
guns on the roof Of foundry in an East
Coast city it was evident that he meant to
charge the government with deceit, for he
protested "most fercely,' in his own
phrase and called upon the Prime Minister
"to stop this fooling.'
II was a reasonable assumption that the
dummy weapons were designed to give a
false feeling of security to timorous citi-
zens. yet the explanation offered by the
Under Secretary for War is more proba-
Ibe; namely. that "if such measure has
been resorted TO its object would be to
mislead the enemy's air scouts or agents,
and not to hoax the civil population
Mr.. Billing upon this alternative ac-
cuses the government of simplicity in be-
llieving that the German spy system is so
defective that such provision is not certain
10 be futile" Yet similar ruses dc guerre
have occasionally been employed to adyan-
tagc. Several instances have been re-
called by writer's in England, the latest
being an imitation fort which for while
held a Franco British force in check in the
expedition to China in 1860.
Another example that might be cited as
nearly equivalent is that of two British
vessels that lost their convoy on home
ward passage from st. Helena in 1898.
One of them had two guns on board, but
fourteen very presentable limitations were
knocked together out of wood, and with a
little paint she put on sufficiently for
midabe look A gunpowder cartridge at
tached to the muzzle of one of the wooden
guns made great noise-enough, at any
rate, to scare away small privateers-and
so the two ships got safely into port.
Mr.. Billing may be right in advising the
government to stop this fooling. yet fool
ing is allowable as long as the enemy is
the victim. For the rest the local inhabl-
tants have less to fear from their defences
than the inhabitants of London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
America Asleep.
the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: President Wilson says: But If VIC
should be drawn into war; America would
once more shake herself out of dream TO
say: Did any man deem that We were
asleep" Whose place is it to shake Amer
ca out Of her present dream? Whose place
is it to present Immediately to Congress our
perilous position and prod from their slum-
bers those legislators who apparently take
no thought of the gathering storms?
Should President Wilson himself not labor
increasingly TO that end? He says: did
any man deem that he could tamper with the
honor or integrity Of the United States -
How can he say this with the blood Of hun
dreds OF Americans slain on land and on sea
calling for vengeance? How can he claim
that Americans will be any safer from at
tack or American soil kept involste in the
face of the past?
He says: All the world would stand once
more thrilled 20 hear the voice OF the new
world asserting the standards Of justice and
liberty" / think the world would indeed be
thrilled TO hear such thing, which will be
quite impossible, unless there is an entire
reverse in form on the part OF the present
Administration.
Wonder what our citizens OF Tampico,
Mexico, who were so basely deserted in their
hour Of need, thought Of all this oratory +?
What did those American survivors OF the
LusitanIs think of It?
| am glad you are trying TO wake up the
American people. W. T. SMITH. JR.
Holt. Fla, May 2, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
Consolidate!

Everybody agrees as to the deslrabllity
even the necessity. of rearranging and
consolidating inspection functions so that
real estate in this city shall not be sub
iected to a continuation Of the contradlc-
tory requirements following separate in
spection by several departments of state
and city government.
The Lockwood Ellenbogen bill, on which
Governor Whitman will gave hearing on
Wednesday, comes as near to representing
the unanimous sentiment of the city ad-
ministraton. property owners. organiza-
tons interested in adequate enforcement of
safety laws and that portion of the public
which follows such questions as any meas
ure is ever likely to come. Ii is expert
mental. in the sense that any legislation of
this size represents an experiment, and
may need TO be changed in some details
hereafter. as experience in operating UNI
der the changed conditions is obtained. But
in the establishment of the Board of Stand
ards and Appeals, to lay down rules or
standards for inspection work under the
labor law, the building code and the like,
and in the concentration of inspection
powers in the Fire Department and the
local Bureaus of Buildings, the measure Is
sound.
Since the passage of this bill and its APP
prova by the Mayor opposition has arisen
from organized labor, on the ground that
there is no specific provision for the APP
pointment of labor union man on the
Board Of Standards 1t is understood that
some of the members of the Industrial
Commission think that it would lessen the
Importance and dignity Of that body to
have New York City taken from its jurls-
diction. Opposition of this character
should have no weight with the Governor.
Organized labor will be at liberty, as any
other body of citizens will be, to suggest
candidates for appointment TO the Board
of Standards to the Mayor. They should
have no more privilege than that, and it is
greatly to be doubted if a bill having the
provision they want would be constitu-
tional.
The Importance of the Industrial Com
mission would be lessened by the removal
of New York City from its jurisdiction so
far as enforcement of the labor laws is
concerned. But it would have plenty of
work left and it might be able TO pay bet
ter attention to it, to the profit of the state
The desire of any members of that body TO
retain their present powers would appeal
more to the public here, and should appeal
more to the Governor. if gross incom-
potency in handling its duties had not been
disclosed in the investigation following the
Williamsburg disaster.
The bill is needed. The Governor should
sign it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
Neither German Nor Policeman.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ] appreciate greatly your kindness in
reproducing my comment on the German note
in to-day's Tribune. But wish to protest
against your classifying me as German by
publishing my statement together with other
statements under the general heading Ger
mans in City Rejoice at Note"
am not German, nor am | pro-German
| have been all along and am now pro-Amer-
lean.
In the course of my travels in Europe
during the war ! have written articles in
which criticised some Of the methods OF
Germany, and pointed out the medieval
ism Of Russia.
Only a few days ago. at the twenty-fftb
anniversary banquet of the New York News
dealers Association, at the Aston. stated
with regard to "hyphenated" citizens that
the trouble is not with the "hyphen" but
with the minus" in our foreign born Amer
leans. The hyphen is the connecting link be-
tween the Old World and the new But
have little patience with the German-Ameri-
cans who are Americans minus German or
Russian-hmericans who are Americans minus
Russian, and so forth.
HERMAN BERNSTEIN.
New York, May 8, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
an Memory of lis American Citizens.
New York, May 5, 1916.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I would respectfully suggest to all
readers Of The Tribune that they frame in
memory of 1l5 American citizens, men
women and children murdered by a nation
too savage to spare. abandoned by country
too proud 20 fight May T. 1915
Paste on it the remarks Of Senator Clarke
Of Arkansas; Senator Jones, OF Washington;
Senator McCumber. Of North Dakota, and
Representative Chipcrfeld, Of Illinois, and
once year at public meetings let the voice
Of all voters protest against such cowardly'
detestable and un-American teachings make
them and all who sympathlze with them feel
that they will never be trusted to lead or
make laws for our country.
THE REV WIN. II. MATT HEWS.
Brooklyn, May 7, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
"The End"

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Accept my congratulations and as an
American citizen my thanks for your splen-
did editorial, entitled "The End IN Satur-
davis ISSUE. Yoy have put the matter as It
stands in the eyes Of all true Americans II
We do not break Off diplomatic relations now
with Germany we will abandon our dead and
buy the lives Of others with the sale OF our
honor.
This is a serious time in the history Of our
country. An evasion of the issue at stake
cannot be tolerated I would suggest that
YOU repeat this editorial in the Sunday is
sue and continue to repeat it until the Ad-
ministration has definitely demonstrated Its
purpose. o. H. -
New York, May S, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
Marriage by Contract.
or Of The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The account in this mornings Trib-
une of the marriage Of my sister Miss Freda
kirchwey, TO Evans Clark on November ?
last contains one insccuracy which seems 70
me TO call for correction. ! refer 10 tne
statement that the signatures of the parties
and witnesses to the contract were sttested
yesterday by Justice Greenbsum, Of the Su-
preme Court.
As an inspection Of the contract will show,
the signatures were attested by Justice
Greenbaum on November Q, Immediately after
the signing OF the contract. The statute
governing contract marriages makes such ae-
acknowledgement essential 20 the validity OF
the marriage KARL W. klRCHWEf.
New York, May z, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
If We Should Go to War

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: II We should have war with Mexico
or Germany put my name down as one who
will not give his life for his country. How
are We prepared? Should stand up to bc
shot or killed and then be hailed as a hero
What has our President done for prepared
ness after all these firing months? I am al
American, born and bred in this country
but no gun goes on my shoulder until We are
adequately prepared. | am Disguised with
talking preparedness" and want TO see "ac
ton preparedness" ] voted for wilson
what a fool was,
CHARLES C. WELLS.
West Hoboken, y. j., May ,, 1916.
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They have absolutely no chance to capture
Villa now, and are not numerically strong
enough to successfully cope with the gen
eral uprising Of well armed Mcxicans when
is bound to occur if they remain.
II would be wise to recall our troops at
this time, but Senior Francisco Villa must
pay the extreme penalty for numbering
American citizens if we eventually have to
place an American soldier on every square
yard Of Mexican soil
LONGWORTH GREEN.
New York. Nav 2, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09

massacre which she has promised. But
real solution possible. real adjustment to
be had, because Mr.. Wilson still pretends,
either through inherent incapacity to see
the truth or because of his own view of his
political necessities, that he can deal with
submarine murder by notes and with
Mexican crimes by conferences with the
bandits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
Contempt for Mayor Mitchell.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Is there a loyal, patriotic American
citizen in this broad land who will not feel
a loathing contempt for Mayor Mitchels &C
ton in preventing the proposed meeting for
the Lusitana victims? What arc We coming
to? ". n. UNDERWOOD.
New York, May 6. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-09
Pathos That Is Funny.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Can you tell me which is more pa
thetically funny the Huns talking abou
their honor, which they frequently do, o
Mr.. Wilson talking about ours?
WILLIAM H. HYDE.
New York, May 6, 1916