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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-03
In SackclOth and Ashes.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Please accept the heartfelt gratitude
of one American woman who, mentally and
spiritually speaking at least, has assumed the
sackcloth and ashes out OF sheer shame and
grief for the disgrace that has come TO the
land of her BIRTH
!. rs an American woman, feel with every
fibre Of my being the justice and truth o.
your grim arraignment OF my country its
governmental policy Of sordid commcrcialism
,eidshness and disloyalty to all the principles
Of national honor and recttude.
!, as an American woman, heir 10 the
idealism. high patriotism and glory % Lex
ington and Bunker Hill and Gettysburg to
the luminous ethical achievement and i'm
mortal fame in goodness won by the heroes
Of this nations past, feel a more profound
sense of gratitude TO The Tribune for its
fine fealty to this our precious common leg
acy, as well as for It's burning scorn Of those
who have proven false TO and unworthy OF
this same legacy!
have been ineXpressibly moved and
thrilled by your clarion call 20 arms of con
science. truth and humanity and by the
realization that you have brought to me tina,
all true Americanism has not set persisted
from the earth.
EVA lNGERSOLL~BROWN.
Dobbs Ferry, y. T., Dec 80, 1915
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like milk and has round, sweet, FATTY
flavor not unlike that of rich milk though
its proteins, fats and mineral salts are
drawn exclusively from vegetable sources
1t can even he used for making cheese
though entirely free from animal matter
Obviously. however, chemical and physica'
rcscmblanccs are not sufficient to estaDliso
its merits the physiological test IS 'he
only valid one. "The Lancet thinks there
is no reason why it should not possess the
same nutritive properties of cows milk 1t
self" but until it has had a thorough trial
it is idle TO speculate on theoreticaI
grounds.
1t may be presumed that the Germans
have as yet no milk similar" or we should
have heard of it before this. Here IS a
problem worthy Of the efforts OF their
chemists. who, in the popular imagination
are wvllngh omnipotent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-03
How Long, o Lord

How long, O Lord, must we. thy boosted sons,
Treat with the Apes Of Antichrist? How
long
May we still stand as Gods men, praise
i'm song
Thy name in deed dsown it? There were
ones
Who taught our Nation once that Freedom
shuns
No sacrifice but we, we are throng
OF suffers trucking to the great and
strong
God, that We stood with Thee behind the
guns!
When once the Pirate struck our banner low
We struck the Pirate, swiftly, valiantly,
And shall we now have seen our people 90,
Alone. unvengeanced down the silent sea? -
Then strike the flag! 'TWere better not, than
blow
To all the world d Nations ignomy!
EARL SIMONSON
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-03
Academic Audacity.

Modesty is toe often not an attribute OF
academic wisdom. President Nicholas
Murray Butler has remarked somewhat
caustically on the professors propensity
for discussing in public the merits Of any
subject. Particularly since the war be-
gan have professors had great deal TO
saw, and much of it has been Of an auda-
cious nature; but perhaps none before has
risen TO the heights of audacity reached
by Professor Herman 6. James, Of the
University Of Texas.
Professor James proposes, with the
Pan-American Congress as his immedlata
audience, that the national administra-
ton land i'm their respective spheres
state governments and municipalities) re-
fer questions involving important points
Of domestic or international policy for
approval to councils of savants composed
of university professors. He would have
professors divide their years work by
giving half to the university and half to
the government And no doubt he would
prefer that hereafter the nation inyar.-
ably elect a former college executive
President to insure harmonious collabo-
ration with the government faculty.
Professor James has taken an un-
fortunate time to suggest an increase OF
university influence in our government
councils. Tut purely on its merits his
proposal possesses an ingenuousnes.
which should make even his colleagues
smile. Does one 90 to a professor OF
economics for a tip on Wall Street? A,
we'll ask the gentlemen of politics to seek
academic advice concerning an invest
ment in statecraft. Really, "the world is
so full of a number Of things" undreamt
Of in PROFESSIONAL philosophy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-03
A Pacihst'S Protest
TOR of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ! read your give La France edi-
torial. What do you expect to gain from
such editorials? What is your purpose in
writing them?
Let the public in TO your motives. Please
borrow some truth from your news and ad-
yertising columns for your editorial col
umns
You are Republican. Therefore, you are
opposed TO Wilson. Come out and say 50.
We will then understand that nothing a
Democrat does is to be approved by a Re
publican on general principles.
You speak Of "Boche beast" German lust
"Prussan brutality" Have you lost en-
tirely all inhibition and sef-control, to tol-
crate american neutrality?
Have YOU forgotten the Frenchmen who un-
der Napoleon set out TO conquer the world ?
Were those men different from their de-
sccndants? Do you remember that Bluecher
and other Germans defended themselves
against those Frenchmen? Were they differ
ont from their descendants?
Surely. you had friends among Germans
before the war. Think, were they all, as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-03
What Democracy Stands For.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Yes you are right in your admirable
editorial give la France" We Confess
with inward shame the regret that there has
been lacking to American democracy that
courage that supreme self-abnegation, that
final devotion to the cause of human liberty
. 10 'efend civilization, liberty
against the foul barharism
that has come down from the north as the
ether Huns came"
If only there were some more editors OF
great newspapers like yours who would
drive home those great fundamental truths
to the American people we would perhaps
have fewer "notes" written in beautiful rhet-
oric ard academic style, but whose "strict
accountability" is only hollow mockery Your
admirable editorials since the beginning OF
the war-each one of which have preserved
and consider priceless acquisition will be a
lasting monument TO your sterling American
patriotism, your clear conception of what
democracy really stands for, and OF your
fearless and outspOken way Of calling q
spade 4 spade.
God grant, as you say. that in the coming
year the monstrous tripe-headed hydra
Kaisersm, Kruppism and Kultur-be crushed
by our beloved France, never again to raise
its hideous heads above civilization.
LEONCE LEVY.
New York, Dec. 81 1915.
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To Preserve the Peerage.
IRON me Manchester GUARDIAN

IRON me Manchester GuardiGn)
! hear that an interesting proposal Is be
ing considered in the highest quarters foI
providing against the extinction Of peerage
by the operations Of the war. One peer with
out an heir, Lord Kesteven. already has been
killed in action, and several heirs to peerages
those Of Lord Lincolnshire and ! ord Rib
blcsdalo are cases iH point have fallen, leav-
ing no heirs 20 succeed them. Il is possible
that in all such instances arising through the
war steps will be taken 20 create special re
mainders" for succession from "the dlstaf
side Apart from the wars ravages, the
peerage has undergone an actual .hrilkage
on 1914 In addition 10 that Of K.s,eveu, six
titles have become extinct during the wear.
Almitstead, Ardilaun, EstcourJ Glantawe.
Gwdyr and We.by. Against this loss only
four new peerages have been created BERTHE,
Buckmaster, Nuir-Mackenzie and Wrcnbury.
4 year ago there were 5S1 hereditary peers
of the United Kingdom, OF which thirteen
were minors. To-day there are SIS, seven
titles having lapsed and one having passed
by remainder to female succession
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-03
Can Germany Manufacture Milk {?

Germany, according to the "Frankfurter
Zeitung," can afford to look with derision
on Britain's economic war and faces the
new year with confidence and gladness."
1t is idle, it seems, to establish embargoes,
for raw stuffs which we can no longer
import we have learned to manufacture,
sufficiently and in plenty, from the things
we have
In like manner the president Of the
Bremen Chamber of Commerce makes
light of the attempt to cut off supplies
for the making of munitions of war, say
ing that Germany is now Independent of
the CHILEAN nitro beds and that for eight
months not kilogram OF cotton has been
used in the manufacture of explosives.
Nay, when the war is over the factories
will not buy another bale of cotton from
America" the newly discovered substitute
being manifestly superior.
This is all quite credible, as is Count
Won Westarp's assurance that "the food
resources Of Germany are sufficient to feed
her population, however long the war may
last" But at the same time we hear Of
grievous complaints about the scarcity of
milk, and as yet there is no indication that
substitute has been found for this indis-
pensable article of food.
That the discovery of a tolerable equiv
alent for milk is not inconceivable is APP
parent when we consider the use of mar
garine as a substitute for butter. Some
sort of artificial milk might be found which
would serve well enough for most pur-
poses. Indeed, such a substitute has actu-
ally been placed on the market IN England.
and according to "The Lancet" it is chem
ically indistinguishable from COWS milk
and physically shows close relations TO 1t.
According to the report, it looks very
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-03
An Extension Of Democracy.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: letter from the Civic Committee,
represented by Mr. Robert A. Halpern, APP
pears in your paper December %. II com
plains Of the fact that the New York Public
Library will, on the first Of January next.
recall the cards giving special privileges to
students and others. Mr.. Halpern thinks the
recall Of these cards unreasonable and un-
desirable"
The reason for withdrawing these priv
ilegos is the absolutely necessary one Of
economy. The appropriations for the library
for the coming year are insufficient, and the
library has no alternative but to seek 10
economic where it can. These special cards
are an extra source Of expense to prepare
and TO operate.
IL is important TO note, however. that on
the same day January /, 1870 that these
cards will be withdrawn from use the gen
oral privileges Of every reader at the library
will be increased In other words, every
reader will be allowed to borrow six books
al time, instead Of only four, as is now the
case. There will be no new conditions with
this new arrangement. except that only one
of the books may be new and popular book.
The officers Of the library believe that this
new system is an improvement over the old
one, iEasmuch as it grants greater privileges
10 al the readers, rather than TO a few; is this
not in keeping with the spirit of a free and
democratic institution like a public library ?
BENJAMIN ADAMS,
Chief Of Circulation Department, the New
York Public Library.
No,, Nort Doc % 1QtE
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where considerable bodies of water fall
from the highlands to the fjords. The high
cost of electric energy in this country
makes it difficult to apply this process on
a great scale. for only with very cheap
mower can it be made to pay. Thus. even
in using 10000 kilowatts the fxatlon of
nitrogen at Notodden amounted to less
than $500 tons year
There are other meals of obtaining
nitrogen from the air, and possibly some
of them may be more suitable TO the con-
ditions prevailing here. But where the
electric arc is used cheap electric energy is
indispensable if the production is TO be
on ANYTHING like an adequate scale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-03
Nitric Acid from the Atmosphere.

Hard upon General Crozier's plea for
the development Of processes that will
render US independent Of the great CHILEAN
nitre beds comes the announcement that
of several companies engaged in dealing
with this problem one at least is already
prepared "for the derivation of nitrogen
in an inexpensive way from the realm Of
cloudland.'
This is reassuring enough, but 1t Is not
clear as YET upon what scale the work can
be done. There is nothing new in the
production Of nitrates from the realm Of
cloudland"; indeed, it appears that at the
plant in question the process employed is
a modification of that Ehich has been
worked for years at Notoddcn, in Nor
way. But at present, we arc told, the
plant "has a power Of 5000 klowatts"
only. whereas four years ago the Notod-
den factory used $4,000 and plans had
already been made 10 increase the works
SO as TO use 100000 kilow It's.
Mr. James j. Duke is doubtless right IN
saying that the government, If 1t wants
cheap nitrates. should encourage the use
Of water power and make IT easier for
manufacturers to have it, Norway en-
lows great natural advantages IN that way
because Of the formation of the country,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-03
"VIVE LA FRANCE!'

Germans. brutes, quarrelsome, immoral
beasts etc, then?
Please give US an editorial on History
Does Not Repeat" and another on Human
Nature Changes" and work in these cases.
You say France was brave and "Nive la
France!" for going to war, and that the
foul, vicious. dishonoring German summons
menace, threat and violence, bowed our
own country. Evidently the writer wants TO
20 TO war Please publish his name, age and
if married, so we may see how eligible
he Is
am twenty-seven years old. single and
in very good health and mentality. ! am p
fit subject for the first call. ! don't want
to 90 would prefer being shot down at
home for not going to the suspense of ulti-
mately being shot abroad or crippled for
life
Why don't you practise some Of that Jesus
Of Nazareth Christianity which America is
now universally celebrating by doing good
to those that do evil to YOU?
JULES CHOPAK. JR.
New York, Dec q, 1915.
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year French Republic Heartfelt Tributes to the Defender OF Democracy Il"
pcned WITH
it'll Our Compars

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: I have read your leading editorial o.
December 27 first in utter amazement and
again, and yet again, with growing indigna-
ton. mere disloyal, unpaIriotic, un-Amer-
can TRADE cannot imagine.
Let me say first that my traditions are
CT the Revolutionary day" and my ideals "are
those Of the older and nobl5r period Ny
ancestors. without exception, came 70 Amer
lea from England, Scotland or Wales, most
Of them from the years 1920 90 1896, inc.u-
sive; the latest arrived from Scotland via the
North Of ireland in l7i8, and his three sons
were officers in the Continental army
throughout the Revolution. Many members
OF my family fought, and not few died, ID
the wars Of the Revolution, 1872, and 10 pre-
serve the Union in the COS. They regularly
suffered the hardships Of frontier life until
they settled in the Northwest territory over
q century ago. ! speak. therefore, rs "a pure
blooded American and finally, have always
voted the Republican ticket, and shall not
vote for Mr. Wilson Il he is renomnated.
At the outset of this frightful war en-
deavored 20 remain what / judged every true
American should be-strictly neutral ln The
light of the events Of the last year and
half, however, cannot but hope for the non
success Of German arms. But TO say that
for some thousands. perhaps millions. OF
Americans the presence of German barba-
rians on French SOIL the thought Of their
profaning presence their gross and
bestial forms in the fair and pleasant land
Of France, has been a horror by day and
q rrl,s Sc Sol
mental soldering il seems, nothing less.
And what Of America. as represented by
the present administration? She is "humili-
ated," base" selfish "mean," "ignoble',
hers is a "self-seekiug, sullyng o,ousm''
devotion to dollar ideals; she dared not
defend the living or honor the dead. shame
and cowardice" and Hypocrisy are her por-
ton.
And France, fighting not for herself but
for humanity possesses only the qualite.
Of courage "se.f-abnegatioH.' greatness
"splendor,' grandeur" and "self--acrnce
she is the "bravest," "uoblcst" "a second
fatherland," great" noble and splendid
What, may / ask, can the writer Of that
editorial, or any one who subscrbes 20 US
sentiments be doing on this side OF the A.
lantic? Why for one moment does be daily
here, his head hung low in shame? Why aieS
he not straight 10 the French trenches. where
he can assist his comrades with deeds, not
words, to drive the foul barbarian" forever
from French soil? J can imagine 10 cond-
ton. neither age, nor physical uuh-ness. nor
responsibility OF any nature hat should to..
moment detain him. II he means tde'hs..
Of what he says then he Is indeed q shame
full coward and an migrate until be has ,aAeA
up arms with the French.
All honor ard success TO the French 10 Their
struggle! But another such editorial as this
one and would almost be persuaded 20 ofef
my services TO the Kaiser,
DONALD MCCULLOUGH HILLS.
New York. Dec. =. 1915
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Needed ShrievaIty Reforms.


1t is unusual for Sheriff to make any
formal report to the Governor, but three
recommendations in Mr.. Grifenhagen' s
communication regarding his admlnlstra-
ton. lust ended are important enough to
Justify that course. These are that Lud-
low Street jail be abolished, that lmprlS-
onment for debt be discontinued and that
the Sherif's office he placed on a straight
salary basis. None of these suggestions
is new; there is no valid argument against
any of them, and yet, Notwithstanding
much agitation .of these questions IN pre-
vious years, nothing has happened. 1t Is
to be hoped that. having them called to
his attention in this manner, Governor
Whitman may be moved to urge them
strongly for legislative action.
The adjustment of Ludlow Street jail
and the wiping out of Imprisonment for
debt are parts of the same reform. II the
barbarous. antiqua,ed and cruel provision
of law permitting Imprisonment for fail
ure to pay alimony or failure to pay judg-
ments in certain civil actions were ex-
runged from statute books there would be
no need for the ancient, unsanltary and
rldiculously costly structure irrevGeEuy
known as the home of the Alimony Club.
No better characterization of this relic OF
q less enlightened period of civilization
could be given than that by eX-Judge
Nann. of the Court of Appeals: 1T puts
its victim in jail in order to make him do
something which in most instances the
Imprisonment itself prevents him from
doing. 1t is the lawful use Of torture,
and differs only in the degree Of the suf-
fering caused by the thumbscrew, the
rack and the boot"
Mr. Grifenhagen is the first holder Of
the Sherif's office on record TO declare
frankly his compensation. Tie Sherifs
salary is $4,000 a year. In addition, IN
1914 Mr.. Grifenhagen received in fees
S44.G29.95, and for 1915 the emoluments
will be about the same This huge com
pensation is given for work not so inn
portant as that of many other officials
whose entire compensation Is no greater
than the Sheriff's salary. The fee system
persists because Of the old fiction that the
Sheriff may be held liable personally for
the result Of his acts in Office If he makes
a mistake.
That in itself is a miserably bad phase
Of law, which shculd be corrected. But
in practical effect it is a dead letter. The
Sheriff has a counsel, assistant counsel
and law clerk paid by the county, so that
the chance Of legal error in his work Is
practically negligible. a straight salary
without fees would save the county much
money and be ample compensation for the
Sheriff.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-03
New York, Dec. 2s, 1915.
Good Wishes for New Year.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: What a rare Christmas feast in .plen-
did editorials the good old Tribune has been
giving its readers! German Defeat" where
Mr.. Wilson Has Failed Us" "vive la France
etc, etc, are gems.
The letters of Mr. Richard VI. Hurd and
William Macdonald and the week." London
letter of g. W. Smalley are treats. | wish
The Tribune and all its staff very happy
and prosperous New Year and an extra greet
ing to Briggs Samuel Hopkins Adams and
Our Own Samuel Pepys' Of The Coming
Tower. May their cup Of JOY this coming
year be full and trimming over, is the sim
cere wish of MRS JOHN b. CAMPBELL.
Brooklyn, Dec. 80, 1915.
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"a war does not inspire poets 20 great fights;
no war ever did, whether big or lttle. The New
York Times.
With the exception Of Rouget de Isle,
Kocrner. Julia Ward Howe, Whitman, Lowell
Stcdman, Buchanan Read, Forceythe Will
son. TO mention no others. They did not
deal "only with battles" but with the greater
issues They were inspired 20 great flights.
Wordsworth sang not without vision of the
Napoleouic wars: but it seems to be spe-
cialty Of British bards 70 sing best Of other
countries than their own in days of stress,
Elizabeth B1rrct, Browning. for instance,
champoning Italian unity and the cause Of
the American Union DO rs darkest hours
Mr. William Thaw. assertion that one
cant drink and fly obviously does not APP
ply TO flights of fancy
Apparently Prince William Of Wed dnds
Albania safe at war Tran g.. peace.
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keep Up the Good Work. -


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: like your editorials especially
gratifying and answering 70 my feeling is
give la France" Keep up the good work,
strongly and persstently and Wen win for
America against the administration that has
dshonored her in opposition to the unmis-
taxable and clearly manfcs; sentiment of
the American people.
I intend regularly to order The Tribune
from my newsdealer.
Ny father and three brothers are very
anxious TO be able to vote for T. R.
A READER.
New York, Dec 2s, 1915.
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Glauber's Salt for Influenza.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The following remedy was used sue
cessfully at Limoges in the treatment OF
grip. II has the advantage Of doing away
with the dreaded after effects of the
nalady:
Natrum sulphuricum, in tablets Take
one tablet IN "a little cold water three or
four times day between meals
To be had in any homeopathic pharmacy
Half an ounce will last two years. and costs
Is cents. A. HASHAGEN.
New York, Dec. 80, 1915.
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For Teachers of History.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: To praise the editorial NNe
France is 20 weaken d..
II should be read by the teacher OF h!sIo'i
to his pupils in every school Of the ny
States. JONAS Lit 80
Formerly Of the journal dAlsaee'
New York, Dec. 30, 1915.
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Wants Ii in Book Form.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May | make a little suggestion 70
you? Why not make of tina. great editorial
Of yours, "Viye la France" and Of the lei'
tiers il has evoked a brochure and present y
to France as an expression of the feelings o.
the American people? | would gladly con
tribute TO the expense OF such q publication
CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL
New York. Dec % 1915.
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