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New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
CONCERNING THE ARMY BILL.

Reasons for President Wilson's veto of the army bill will not be read fly understood by the layman Some may think this action was taken for purely personal reasons Those who spend time getting to the kernel of things will find a full array of gen eral principles behind the motives of the Chief Executive. Admittedly, there were many weak spots in this particular bill. It's passage, however, was a consummatiOn devoutly to be wished The Presidents action will cause considerable delay, but that de- ton and strikes from the bill those particular clauses which have fallen under the Presidents ban, will react for the good of all concerned.
 The first and foremost objection which the President places against the bill is that it contains a revision of the Articles of War. These Articles, while certain army officers have con- demned them, have stood the test of nearly one hundred years. Granted they do need revision, it is admit ted by the broad-minded men of the service that this is not the time for such revision. It will take long and arduous study to determine just how they should be revised. Then they should not take any Constitutional powers away from the Commander in-Chief of the United States for es. The revisions in question had to do changed the status of retired army of ficers, reduced these men to the plane of pensioners, took them totally out of the power of court martial and limited the Presidents control over them in time of peace or war.
 Congress, from the latest report on the question, stands ready and willing to do the right thing by the Army bill. It will not be passed over the Presidents head, which means that it will receive intelligent consideration. The entire bill will not be lost, al- though that section which embodies the revision of the Articles of War will probably be stricken out, in whole or in part, until the bill meets the approval of the entire nation
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
No Printers in Jail.
(Portland Oregonian).

It will surprise some, but not those who know the craft, to be informed that among all the vast company that inhabit Sing Sing prison, one of New Yorks big penitentiaries, there is not a single Mergenthaler operator or linotyper of any other sort. This is more than could be said of a good many other trades-or even profes- sions, for that matter-for Sing Sing is noted for it's democratic atmosphere, and it forbids no one entrance within it's walls because of the nature of his previous employment
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
AS IT SHOULD BE.

We hear many complaints these days about the Republicans thrown cut of office by a Democratic adminis- tration. We hear relatively nothing about those who have been retained in office by that same administration Take for instance the White House It is brought out now by the Washing ton correspondent of the New York Evening Post that every Republican employee attached to that place has been kept at work by President Will son. Some of these men are em- ployed in confidential positions, in
 close proximity to the President. Tn all the hubbub that has been raised over throwing out Republican from
 petty office in the New York custom
 house, we have heard not one syllable
 until now about the two hundred or
 more men kept on the job at the White House.
 After the Cleveland administrations
 oarats kept in office by the RepubH-
 cans This was to be expected. Any administration naturally wants men
 Of it's own party, men who are in sym
 pathy with the policies it advocates. If the Democrats had thrown out of office the whole Republican crew there could not have been any com pIaint on that score, because they fCI1 ,cr precedents set down by former Re
 publican and Democratic admlnlstra- tions That this administration did not resort to such tactics on whole sale scale was one of the first bones of contentious to arise in MT. Will sons path. His own party members unmercifully preached against his Dra ctice of keeping Republicans in rositi0ns that might have been given to so-caled "deserving Democrats"
 If would be interesting to look over the rosters of the various departments of the government in Washington and. sec how many Republicans hold office notwithstanding the fact that this is the fourth year of Democratic reign. The number would astonish both sides of the case. The Republicans
 would be gratifed, the Democrats chagrincd. Naturally many of the higher officials in all departments of [ the government resigned upon the change of political parties; but in the personnel which after all is the real working basis of these governmental branches, there has been little or no change. Whatever Republicans the President inherited from other admin IstratiOns he has retained when he has seen their fitness. This is true TO l q notable degree in the State Depart mcnt. A thorough investigation into the conditions there shows very few changes Some held office under Roosevelt. Eventually men will hold i government jobs because of their cap- 1 abilities and not for any political 1 propersities they may possess. This | is at it should be, and the present ad- mjnstration gives a good start to a worthy movement.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
Who Caused the War?
(NeW Haven JOurnal-Courier)

(NeW Haven JOurnal-COurier).
 A conversation between Kaiser Will h elm and an "eminent neutral" upon the subject of the responsibility of the war has been given wide circulation and has awakened corresponding com ment. It is the first time the kaiser has untaken to philosophize upon the war with one outside of his official family We do not undertake to say what the significance is. It is the conversation which has an interest at this time.
 The kaiser realizes that the idea that he originated the war has got hold" upon many people, but he explains that he is confused by this because the people who hold him re- spOnsiolC now for the war are the very people who formerly gave him credit for preserving peace. He denies specifically that he is to be held re- sponsihle for the war; and adds: Il think history will clear me of that charge, although l GO not suppose that history will hold me faultless." He holds that every man in Europe is guilty, though a larger share of guilt is assigned the men higher up than the men lower down. He asserts that he Str0Ve hard of peace though war was inVesitable.' To his mind the com manding influences in the determina- ton of the war were theSc Russian despOtism, French craving for re- Vcnge and English treachery." There is much that is familiar in this as- aignment of the cause and it is pos sible that the kaiser has come to be- IieVe it, but it is by no manner of 11l1 so easily reach that definite and somewhat circumscribed conclusion.
 Tho one statement made by the kaiser can be accepted with rcserva- ton, that war was inevitable. It had to come sooner or later. Germany had been preparing for it for forty years, training her citizens in the science of war and stimulating the popular spirit of war by educating every one in the philosophy of if. It was not tho French craving for re- venge which compelled Germany to become militaristic, nor was it Rus sian desp Otism nor English treachery. It was the strange doctrine every where taught in Germany, in the schools and in the universities, in the workshop and in the counting room, that Germany was destined to rule the world; that she was created by divine power for that specific purpose. The despOtism of Russia in this war consisted in her refusal to throw Ser bia to her enemies; the treachery of England consisted in her refusal to stand by and see France and Bel gium destroyed If France craved re- venge during these long years, she went about preparing for it in an odd manner
 Included in the cargo of the Deutschland is a goat once the prop
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19

United States and Germany that these
 two nations secured more success in
 the transforming of men from the
 inland into full f1edged sailors than
 any other nations. AIr. ByWater ad-
 mits this to be so; but as he says, mo
 unbiased observer who has seen the
 finished article in both countries will
 hesitate to award the palm to the
 American product. The mental ma
 chinery of the yokel from inland
 Prussia or Bavaria is inferior to that
 of the average American youth from
 an inlaud state, but this fact of itself
 better seamen. The advantage of the volunteer system in naval recruiting is that only youths are enrolled who
 have a natural inclination toward the
 sea, whereas under conscription large
 numbers of young men are taken for the naval service who have no born aptitude or temperamental disposition for the life"
 It is good to have an acknowledged authority say these things, even though there is no element of news in the inland American towns who have seen village youngsters go forth to the American navy as apprentice boys and como home full fiedged sailors can affirm to the transformation that takes place when Uncle Sam gets in his schooling. Letters written home have shown the remarkable advancement of mere boys. And the boy who has a natural love for the Navy to begin with must needs Outstrip those fellows who would have none of the salt sea air. Thus it is that the American navy excels. There are in the service few men who do not want to be there, who are not there of their own volition. If they discover after cruise that they are not especially fitted for the life they can buy their way out, or they can gain their re- lease after their time is served This cannot be done in those navies that force the men to stay. And when mon are forced to do something they do not in the first place enjoy, it stands 70 reason, they cannot measure up to hose who are waxing happy over their good fortune. That is why the American bluejacket has a margin of happiness and efficiency on the sailor of any other navy.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
Mosquitoes and BIacl1berr4e~.
Oouisville Courier-JournalD )

The beautiful and consoling Elmer sonian theory that every i'll hath it's ting good, that varieties of conditions tend to equalize them selves," is illustrated this summer in that fact that while the rains have rroduced abnormal crops of weeds and the largest crop of large mosqui- toes ever grown in freedom from cap tivity, the abundant moisture has pro- duced the finest crop of the finest b)ackberries ever rolled in pastry and rcade into cobbler. Those who are pessimists by nature will find in the size and pertinacity of the anopheles and his near kin much for which to be unthanllful, but the optimist will reflect that the rains falling upon the blackberry blossoms and at intervals upon the growing berries, to be dis titled by the sun into f1avory juice, were not i'll rains which did nobody good.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
WANTED: WASTE PAPER.

Newsboys are always considered A1luses when it comes to securing Annles on paper sales. But even 8Wsboys are not grasping the big op- artunities of the moment The Hrld is facing a paper famine. News ant is going up in price so rapidly St it will be but a very short time Zen newspapers may be forced to Sse the selling price, unless some Eng unforeseen happens. In order to @p down the price of this paper, all Este materials that go into the mak- M of news and other forms of paper Est be collected. Here is the Mnce for boys to make money aside z n selling the daily newspapers. m demand for waste paper is in-
 Easing every day The price, in instances, has reached two and a A cents a pound, almost what was #e asked for newsprint. The Ameri- Newspaper Publishers Associa- 6 in an attempt to bring about Aher reduction in the consumption H1ewsprint, asserts that production atewsprint is at it's maximum and #e is no surplus stock on hand.
 Id timers are recalling that short #efore the war between the states anilar happening took place in the aBr market. Waste paper was at a snium. Boys too young to fight on #felds of battle undertook to fur s supply. They gathered every Ap and parcel of paper in the par
 Ear neighborhood in which they # and sold the collected mass of
 er at enormous prices. If boys at period could make money surely Sads of the present day can gather
 bodly sums of wealth. Tn this era Nthe printing press, magazines, 1
 Hs, and newspapers are flowing out 1 q the mainland in one steady Elm. It would seem a small matter |
 h company of boys to collect the i Mpapers and periodicals and pack @ ready for sale to the wholesale Mhasers of waste paper.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
Soda Water Bars.
(SOuth NOrWalk Sentinel.

'
 Augusta, Kan, is having an oil boom Men are Hooking there from other parts looking for-and finding work or fortunes, or both. And of course there is drinking and shooting and all the kinds of rOwdyism that go with this state of affairs? Not at aIl
 Kansas is dry. It is very dry. And there isn't anything alcoholic to drink in Augusta. The thirsty get their drinks. but they are soft drinks ex- clusively. To please those who are fastidious in the matter of bibulous appointments many of the soda foun- tains are being fitted up as bars, with brass rails, frosted mirrors and all the other usual fiXings. But over the bars come pineapple sodas and selt- ger lemonades and ginger ale and grape juice and the whole colorful and innocuous procession.
 Peace reigns in Augusta, although the temperature has ranged close to the hundred mark for several weeks. And no one seems to be losing any sleep over it, either, Strange how the
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
Diplomacy That Failed"
(N6W York World


 The chief function of diplomacy is prevention" says MT. Hughes in as- sailing the presidents foreign policy, and in this our diplomacy failed.' Let Us see if it did.
 Karl H. von Wiegand, The Worlds correspondent in Berlin, is at the western front where the most ter rife battle of modern history is in progress In his despatch from the German headquarters printed yester- day there was this vivid description of hospital scene:
 Tt was a sizzling hot day. The Red Cross flags tloated lazily, many of them presenting a depressing and gruesOme picture. The White-ap aprOned surgeons were working over the operating tables, calmly and coolly, steady with knife or needle, even where the places were under fire. Black and white lie sometimes to- gether, the bluish- gray of the French, the yellow khaki of the English, the greenish field gray of the Germans, side by side. The anguish and misery of suffering and pain transforms enemies of a few hours ago into common brotherhood.
 From the operating tables come mOans, sometimes cries. Amputated legs, arms and fingers lay about. Faces were distorted with agony. The atmosphere and heavy sicllen- ing odor of blood and wounds is inseDarable from such places, but es- pecially so on a hot day.
 This and thousands of similar tragedies have been spared to the United States by the patient and per- sistent diplomacy of President Wilson; yet Charles E. Hughes says the Presi- dents diplomacy has failed.
 Failed in what? It most certainly has not failed in keeping the United States out of an unnecessary war, and that service is the chief service of all diplomacy.
 European diplomacy failed in that vital thing. American diplomacy suc- ceeded Yet MT. Hughes praises European diplomacy and sneers at the diplomacy of his own country be- cause the men who have carried out the foreign policy of the United States happen to be democrats and not re- publicans.
 It would have been very easy for President Wilson to push the United States into war. He could have had war with Germany or war with MeXi- co or war with both. Instead, he persisted in employing all the re- sources of diplomacy to maintain American rights by peaceful methods. War was his last resort, not his first resort, and diplomacy succeeded.
 If MT. Wilson had been thinking about politics. if he had been 100 per cent a candidate'' instead of 100 per cent. a patriot, he would have wei cOmed the opportunity for war. That would have meant his certain reelection, for the American people will never change Presidents in the midst of war. Nobody would have wanted the republican nomination, MT. Hughes least of all.
 President Wilson refused to buy a reelection with war. He refused to ga crifice the lives Of tens of thou sands of American boys to still the silly partisan ClamOr that he was ''tOo proud to fight" He gave to the United States more than a policy of triumphant diplomacy. He gave to it an exhibition of moral courage with which MT. Hughes cannot well afford to invite comparisons.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to tho Herald Office
Foreign College Student. Washington Star\

The importation of students to the universities and colleges of this conn try IS phase of our "commerce'' with foreign nations in which the government is taking the keenest in- terest, since by this means, it is req lized, most rapid progress can be made in the abIishment of mutual interest and good feeling between our citizens and those of other countries. Especial interest is being taken in at tracing to our educational institu- tions students from Latin America. and the latest step in this direction taken by Uncle Sam is the prepara- ton of Spanish translation of comprehensive bulletin of the bureau of education on opportunities for for eign students.
 Translation into other languages will probably be arranged later by the Bureau of Education, but for the present energies will be centered on making the information available to our closest foreign neighbors who speak a language different from our own. The bulletin in it's original form is of value practically only to Can adians.
 The governments Spanish bulletin
 
 will be discussed, with other subjects, the organization in general of educa- ton in the United States, the organ ization of typical university, pro- fessional and technical schools, courses of study and entrance re- quirements, the higher education of women, and a comparison of Ameri- can and foreign universities. The practical will not be lost sight of for the Spanish readers will also learn of living conditions, expenses and the factors in the intangible thing known as "college life"
 Altogether, in the last normal year just before the war, more than 4200 foreign students were attending edu- cational institutions in the United States-a number which exceeds the total enrolment of such universities as Yale and Princeton. The more than 4,000 foreign students were from 51 different countries, and were scat tered among 275 American universi- ties. New York, with 697, led in the number of aliens enrolled in it's edu- cational institutions, and was followed in order by Pennsylvania with 506, and Massachusetts. with 400.
 The Bureau of Education found that Canada leads the individual countries in the number of students sent to our universities and colleges more than $50 before the war. China held second place with ap- proximately 500, ard Japan came third with 336. When fourth place was reached the first Latin American country, Mexico, appeared with 223 students Practically all of the Latin American countries are represented in the list, however, and when the Span ish speaking members of this group are considered together they form one of the most important sources of foreign students in the United States. To this large group of countries, the governments new Spanish bulletin, with illustrations of leading univer- sites, will probably be distributed through their own educational agen- cies as we'll as by some consular and other representatives of the United States.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
CG1tf'MUNICATND.
Bristol, Conn

Bristol, Conn.,, Aug. IS, 1916. TO the Editor of The Herald. Tn view of the fact that the candi- date selected to run aeainat Woodrow Wilson has declared that as he was enc hundred per cent judge, so he is now one hundred per cont. a candi- date, I would like to S1n0bit a list of what l consider 100 per conteue
 J. R. WILLIAMS. The list: Ivory Soap.
 Fri -NitrOtOIuO1
 Hamburger Cheese, New England Weather,
 Iris Speaker,
 Old Crow, Bermuda High,
 Spanish Onions,
 Russian Caviar, Kaiser Wilhelm,
 The Common Council,
 Henry Ford, lnfantile Paralysis,
 "The Fatherland,' The Man From Egypt,
 Harry Thaw,
 Port Said, John Bull,
 ". J. B..
 Charles Evans Hughes.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
Take Your Choice.
Bridgeport Telegram.)

A long time ago Woodrow Wilson gave the nation this two word slogan: America first" Our neighbor, The
 Post. among other newspapers seized
 it and nailed it to the masthead be- cause it sounded like a necessary thought, especially with other nations running about frothing at the mouth and snapping at each others heels. Now comes Charles Evans Hughes and adopts it as his own with an ad- dition He would make it "America first, and America efficient"
 Frankly we don't like it. Any att tempt to put a big idea in a few words loses force with each added word In the present case the slo- gan has the added drawback of being hard to say. America first" rattles off the tongue, but America efficient" carries an unpleasant halt between tial "e" of efficient If MT. Hughes had made it America eTcient," it would have been easier to say and would have meant just as much. In neither case would it mean any more than plain America first" which says it all and makes it simpler
 In any case the choice of "ef1Cient" was unfortunate. Personal efficiency is a great thing. Business efficiency enters into the survival of the fttest the modern commercial world. P obabIv national efficiency Is just as desirable, but at the present moment ft Is in bad repute with a least half the world-that half which has butted up against it in the other half.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
AMERICAN JACK TARS.

Hcause an English naval writer, an ortty on all things pertaining to personnel of world navies, Hector ahter by name, has seen fit to be- H unlimited praise upon the men make up the American navy, and Aially upon the tackles, some spapers which have formerly in Ed in criticism of our forces are # #waxing eloquent. As a matter of N Hector ByWater, and his name aaks his fitness for things naval, { us nothing new. For the past ten B the men who make up the rank File of the United States navy have @ considered on a par with, if not
 B, the men who man the ships of $ nations. There are many reasons H his is so and the nations that have d even larger than ours have ad- < Id it, long before this. The zFican blue jacket of today stands A and shoulders above the old sas who were wont to traverse the N seas, and he outstrips his s CT in many navies.
 IA Bywater in discussing the naval Nems of the United States in a . It issue of the London Naval Military Record states that the 7 jean bluejacket is fed, berthed Eared for in a way that astonishes x who are acquainted with the K European standards. Extraor- ~ pains are taken with his gen < hnd professional education. The N mt of headwork he is called upon
 t through may seem exa ggeratcd
 unnecessary to European critics, x he result certainly appears to |az zy the system" MT, Bywatcr E hat the men of our navy are 0 upon to do things with their in-
 ts that the men of other naries
 learn except on their own |H on. Whatever the European N M ard, it does not excel when com | 6 to that in vogue in the United 9ss Navy, which, while it has never |z the largest has always been 3s| W mt to the point of exceIlency. 9z seamen have been handed the a wreath before MT. Bywater z ventured his opinion, and the N e who professed admiration for
 American bluejacket were not all se born Americans by any means. zz and Germany and even Eng M proudast of the proud, have ac- zsledged the wonderful training a x gets in the American navy.
 x has been claimed equally by the
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
A Call for Fairbanks.

There would seem to be no prospect TOT relief from prevailing meteoro- logical conditions unless Charlie Fair banks will consent to come east and take the stump.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19

This European war is degenerating into a mere gang fight instead of a titanic struggle The report of the French war department yesterday says, regarding battle at Thiaumont we captured fifty Germans there."