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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
Training Boys for War.
Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The amount of military training for
boys and young men advocated by A. 7. Nc
Cook ought to strike any rational citizen
with a sense Of horror. Boys from ten TO
twenty are to be gradually trained to become
familiar with the art of war. Nothing is
said about any training of the mind during
these ten years. But il is presumable that,
after such periods of physical military
training boys will accept war as matter
of course; that it will come to seem like
probable and unavoidable occurrence; that
the slaughter of human beings will lose
some of its horror that they will never be
trained TO think OF the causes of war or OF
any means of preventing it; that might and
right will become practically identified, and
that diplomacy, honor, arbitration and mutual
understanding among nations will seem like
very vague dreams, not worth thinking
about.
The world has surely been shown the
absolute ineffcacy of big ornaments and the
absolute uselessness of entering into arma-
ment competitions. The one thing that can
constitute a real protection Of any country
is a citizenry so trained in internationalism
that war will become almost an impossible
ity b. that we mean that they are 10 be
taught from their early youth TO value honor
and justice in international dealings above
purely national interests; that they are TO
learn as far as possible TO know and under
stand foreign nations, instead OF to look
upon them as possible enemies. and that they
are 10 think saney and calmly and ration
ally about all possible ways of substituting
reason for force in international dealings.
II boys in every nation were so trained
the sentiment for universal peace would be
too strong TO withstand.
HARRIET FOX WHICHER.
Amherst Mass, May 27, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
The Washerwomen's Union.

Washerwomen-laun as some Of
them prefer to be called-of Cincinnati
have formed labor union. They were
duly organized by member Of the street
car mems union, and are now endeavoring
to decide what shall constitute a days
work and what the union rate Of pay
shall be.
Unionization is in the air these days. The
washerwonen have not the grievances Of
the actors, whose illustrious example they
are following-no self-respecting washer
woman would submit for a moment to
treatment such as some actors and act
resses have to endure-but they have
enough to justify their present course
"Why should we drudge all kinds Of hours
for little money" queries one of their
leaders. "The workingman gets what he
wants. Well show him we can do the
same
True feminists are these, making an In
teresting contribution TO the history or
the movement in this country, the more in
teresting because they belong to the ranks
classed as "unskilled labor and therefore
usually rated as incapable of being union
lied, save in a helter-skelter, /. W. W..
fashion. They deserve to succeed. More
power TO their elbows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
THE ONE LOGICAL CANDIDATE
A Democrat Sees Roosevelt as the Demand
of the Times.
To the Editor OF Tho Tribune.

To the Editor OF Tho Tribune.
Sir: believe rs you do that Roosevelt Is
tho ono logical candidate for President
Conditions are very much as they were petore
Mckinley was elected the first time. " II
were not for the world conditions prevaiiing
to-day we would have worse times than we
had during Clcvcland's last administration.
II is indeed 20 be regretted that We have
college professor "a President in times Ike
the present. when We need a practical man
from n commercial point Of view to deal WIN
various questions that the present war con
ditions have made. I regret 10 say that WI
son has turned the affairs Of the government
into more or less Of classroom or debating
society. All that he has done concerning the
great questions that have come before him
has been to use the English language TO the
limit, 70 send out note after note, and after
the notes arc replied TO the whole school m
Cabinet meeting debate the questions and
then sit down in watchful waiting and ask
for more information.
IL is to be regretted that Roosevelt is not
now President az his record OF seven and
one-half years as President shows us what
his policy would have been and how our atti-
tude would have been respected. Instead we
arc the laughing stock Of the civilized world,
due to our Presidents weak and vaclllating
correspondence.
Hughes, the fearless investigator, no doubt
would try TO hunt out crime where he could
find it. The country has had too much Of
this. All the other candidates arc more or
less party men, who are not 10 be trusted.
II does not matter which party they belong to.
Therefore it is my opinion that whether
Roosevelt is nominated by his regular party
or by a new party or by a combination of
both. he is going to be the next President, rs
the demand Of the times and the will OF the
people will demand such a man. lie Is free
from any business and is perfectly honest in
his convictions.
Cleveland and Harrison between them Gre
ated conditions which led to the election OF
Mckinley the only man that has occupied the
Presidents chair in my lifetime who had any
mercial prosperity OF the country. This as
you know. was followed by Roosevelt's policy
of investigation and bringing to light all the
misdeeds of both the Republican and Demo
cratic parties for years, and led TO creating
what we have practically to-day-honest rail
roads, honest trusts and other things.
As / see things to-day, Roosevelt is going
10 be the next President. irrespective Of party.
lie is going to run and he is going to be
elected without any doubt. ! am a Demo
crat, but | feel that all honest progressive
Democrats in the country should support
Roosevelt / believe that they will
p. J. KAVANAUGH
New York, June /, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
'The Greatest Sea Fight in History.

A short statement attributed TO the
chief of the intelligence department Of
the British Admiralty is rounded off with
the trite observation that "the British con-
troll the North Sea-" an assurance which
ought surely to be superfuous, but may
perhaps help to clear the heads of excta-
lie critics.
1t is not impossible to account for the
wildly extravagant conclusions drawn from
the recent battle off the Jutland Bank.
For more than a year and three-quarters
every one had been expecting a clash be-
tween the main British and German fleets.
All Of the fights had been comparatively
small affairs. The influence of Britain
power at sea had been manifested in a
manner wholly unspectacular, and so the
smallest encounters were exaggerated be-
yond all measure by casual and inexpert
observers. Thus, when the unfortunate
Cradock was defeated the event was mag
nifed into a gigantic disaster and has
since grown to such vast proportions in
some minds that to-day Mr.. Bernard Rid
der. for instance, cheerfully refers to the
sinking of two cruisers as the destruc-
ton of "a British fleet" No wonder, then,
that after the battle in the North Sea he
should feel that the famous Day is come,
that the Kaiser is already admiral Of the
Atlantic" and that there is no longer any
doubt about the eventual invasion Of
Britain.
But it is not only the spokesman of the
German-Americans Tho talk in this OK
travagant vein. The impulsive comments
in nearly all the newspapers show how
general is the ignorance Of naval history
and how completely the first big battle has
blinded the occasional critic TO the lessons
Of the past. One chronicler, forgetting all
the results of the constant naval pressure
on Germany in the last two years, COM
plains that throughout the whole war;
britains fleet has been "inexplicably
sleepy Another sums up the event as
"a terrible and decisive defeat" of Ger
many's foe. But "The World" outdoes
all the rest. Promising that the British
feet was "outmanpuvred, outshot and
outfought," it declares roundly that Ger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
The Why of Roosevelt.

From The Philadelphia Erenir9 Ledger)
Even those who resent il confess the power
Of Theodore Roosevelt. Those who insist that
he cannot win the election admit that he can
dominate the nomination. Granting him the
luck. assuming that he got all the "breaks"
of the great game he is playing, there Is still
something of a mystery in his appeal and IN
his attitude.
Mr.. Roosevelt has formulated not only his
programme, but what will be the programme
Of every candidate and Of virtually every
party Even If party were so blind or a
candidate so unscrupulous as TO seek the anti
American vote he would not dare proclaim it.
Americanism and preparedness are universal
issues. Yet out Of them Mr. Roosevelt has
succeeded in building a machine Of attack
which may prove irresistible. How has he
done il?
The answer is that Mr.. Roosevelt, whatever
his faults. has the one great American virtue
in the highest degree. That virtue is energy.
When he is wrong he is powerfully and dan
gerously wrong, precisely because his energy,
his passion and his power are at so much
higher tension His voltage per minute on
anv given subject is tremendous He gives
himself to an old proposition. even TO a plati-
tude. and makes it Jingle with life, something
personal and TO be feared.
Quarrel as Republicans and Democrats may
with the man and his methods they must
grant him a full need of praise. To their
cold Righteousness the people arc irrespon-
sive In Mr. Roosevelt they recognize them
selves. the sublimation of a vigorous and
ardent life
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many has won the greatest sea fight IN
modern history"
When il is considered that the newly APP
pointed Admiral of the Atlantic failed 10
gain even momcntary control OF the sea
the wildncss of such comments ~ sulii-
GENTLY apparent They are, of course
dismissed as ridiculous by naval men, and
even the scmi-official naval critics OF the
German press are more sober IN their
spcculations. None of them pretends
that the battle was in any sense decisive
for the obvious reason that 1t cannot IN
the slightest degree affect the naval situa-
ton in the North Sea or serve in any way
to reduce the pressure.
A series of similar fcats might indeed
be decisive, yet il is by no means clear
that the decision would be favorable TO
the Germans. Nay. if we are to accept
the latest estimates Of German losses,
series of such victories would inevitably
result at last in so great reduction OF
the fleet as to leave the enemy undsputed
masters Of the sea. A possibility fully
appreciated by the Germans, for it Is APP
parent from all accounts that they avoided
a general fleet action and drew oil when
the main body Of the British fleet came up.
If the victory had really been so complete
as Mr.. Rider and his friends pretend to
believe it would undoubtedly have been
followed up and the victors would not
have retired so readily into port.
That the conduct of the German fleet
was strategically sound in this respect
NAV not be doubted, but tho event shows
plainly how absurd it is to talk of the
battle as decisive in any sense. If the
enterprise" vaguely referred to in the
first German report had any ultimate OBJ
iect beyond an encounter with the British
feet. that object was temporarily defeated.
If. on the other hand, the Germans were
only seeking an engagement with the
enemy. there will be abundant opportu-
nifty for further enterprises Of the same
kind in the future, as there has been at
any time since the war began. The Ger
man fleet has the same liberty as it had
before the battle and no more. The Ad-
miralty Of the Atlantic remains unchanged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
Cabbages and Captains.
From The Atlaufa Consultation


The generals Of the European war who have
the hold-fast qualities are all plain livers.
plain and plenty" is the way General JofFre
orders his dinner, and It Is said that he
"thrives on beef, cabbage and hard-boilod
eggs"
Won Hindenburg Is likewise a plain liver,
who believes in plenty, without fancy trim
n.ings. These men. IL is said. are "the de-
spair OF the culinary artists'-especially
Joffre. who is too easy 10 please.
In the matter Of years they may be con-
sidered in the "old men class" but they are
sturdiest of all the fighters.
Except on occasions of entertainment. they
do not daily over dinner, and the food that
makes for strength wins out with them every
time
And before the war is over the plain cab
bage. deemed common on the bill Of fare OF
other army officers, may rise IN culinary
esteem. As it is, Joffre thinks it's war
winner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
The City Administration Upheld.

The decision Of the Appellate Division
unfolding Charities Commissioner Kings
burvs dismissal of Mrs. Dunphy, super
intendent of the Randall's Island institu-
tons. is a distinct victory for the city ad-
ministration. Not only that, but it is by
implication an unfolding Of the position OF
the Mitchell administration in its contro-
versv with the State Board of Charities,
out of which grew the Strong investigation
and its sideline of overlapping furry.
Mrs. Dunphy represented the old order
Of things-the order intrenched, approved
of by the powers that then were. Commits
sioner Kingsbury and Mayor Mitchell, by
personal experience and investigation, de-
termined she was unfit to hold her place,
because her charges were shockingly neg
lected Yet when they attempted to re-
move her the power of the State Board OF
Charities, welded by Secretary Hebberd,
since resigned, was thrown to her defence
and a report Of that board gave her a
clean bill Of health. Political and semi
political power was used for her. Fortu-
nately it did not prevail.
In the weller of charges and counter
charges in this charities investigation the
important thing to be remembered Is that
the city administrations position has been
one merely Of lettering the condition of
its wards, the unfortunate children who
have to be committed to institutions, and
of making certain that the city's money
spent for their maintenance in private in
stitutions was we'll spent. That the city
has a right to do and should do. The heat
with which adversaries, including some OF
those responsible for the management or
inspection Of certain institutions, have at
tackled the officials motives is, to say the
least, suspicious. Their case will not be
improved by the real meaning of the APP
pellatc Divisions decision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
RED CROSS AID FOR FRANCE
What the London Committee Doing Wounded and the
of War-Even Greater Strain and Suffering Along
the West Front Are Expected.

mittee hopes for such response as will enable
them to send 10000 parcels containing car
digan jackets, vests pants, two pairs Of SOCKS,
two handkerchiefs, towels and soap.
TRANSIT Special facilities are given 70
the British government for the rapid transit
of the committees goods to the French ports.
where they are admitted and forwarded 70
destination free of cost by the French gov
eminent. Up to the end of February, 1916,
1854 bales and cases were dispatched.
RESOURCES AND AUDIT. Though the
appeals made have been comparatively lin
ited the committee has received in money
and in kind contributions from almost every
part of the British Empire, and also from the
United States of America and other neutral
countries.
The finances from beginning to end are
managed under the guidance and scrutiny OF
the honorable auditors, Price. Waterhouse &
Co., who are responsible TO the French Am
bassador, VI. Paul Cambon, for the accuracy
and efficiency of the financial transactions of
the committee"
With the news that even greater suffering
and strain may be expected along the west
ern front, it may help some, as it did me, 10
know of this direct way in which we may
reach out from our Astounding prosperity ana
touch the quivering heart of France, not in
pity, but in understanding and love.
Your paper is doing a fine and generous
thing in acting as custodian of the fund which
the appeal to Americans will surely raise.
MARGARET kELTON
New York. June l, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
The Silent Hughes.
Editor Of the Tribune.

To the Editor OF the Tribune.
Sir: Like buying pig in poke" is
severe language TO use of a Supreme Court
Justices candidacy. yet that is what Profess
sor Franklin Giddings says OF Mr. Justice
Hughes.
Bred to the law, which is founded on pre-
cedent, the justice must realize the indisput-
able candidacy in which he has been
launched through his failure to follow Cen
eral Sherman's precedent. 1t was easy TO
say: IF nominated / shall decline TO run,
and if elected shall resign"
Not having said this, he is estopped from
denying that his candidacy has been active
these many months. His friends have made
i. active. His silence has not deceived the
American people, who have watched the shat
terng Of what Professor Giddings calls their
tradition that justices of the supreme
bench have taken self-denying vows and put
political ambition behind them"
Finally, as 70 his views: does he think
we are at the kindergarten stage of democ-
racy and hardly grown up enough TO profit
by discussion Of public questions?
But "The Evening Post" gays his views can
be sufficiently predicated on his past. Nine
tv-three German professors sending us one
kind OF messagel Five hundred Americans
of standing, many of them college presidents
seoding a different message to the Allles!
President Wilson within a few days making
speech about the insane warfare IN Eu-
rome, Lord Cromer to-day rebuking HIM
ebarplv for some Of his peace talk! And all
tho while the silent Hughes, according to
"oId guard Republican talk, gathering great
strength! RICHARD Hiii-'0'
Neyv York MAY 81, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
While the Decorating Is Good

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Charlotte Holmes Crawford, OF Brook
lvn. is much offended because the Kaiser dec
GRATED Boyd ! don't blame her, but she
must be patient. The U-boat captain who
murdered 1l5 Americans on the Lusitanla
is probably so loaded down with iron crosses
that he can hardly stand up straight HAY
ing allowed this, we may as well let Mr.
Boy-Ed have his share, which, at best, is
mere trihe.
It is this way: The Kaiser is no fool. lie
knows that the r. r. Special is all ready
with steam on. and is about to make rec
ord -un. He knows that the instant the spe-
cal starts on its journey decorating with
iron crosses those men who insult the land
over which "Old Glory waves will be
an easy way 20 commit suicide. SO he IS
going TO do all the decorating before the
train starts Wise Bill. AMERICAN.
Beckett, Mass, May 81, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund.

To-day the Tribune Fresh Air Fund
begins its forticth seasons work for the
boys and girls Of the New York tene-
ments. A sketch Of the funds history
and an outline Of its plans for tho pres
ent summer will be found on another
mage. For this work The Tribune be-
speaks the hearty support of its readers
and of the public in general.
This is the out-of-doors age. Every
New Yorker who can afford to do so Is
planning TO spend during the next four
months two or three or four weeks IN the
mountains. or at the shore, or IN quiet
nastoral regions. And when the hot spells
Of the summer make the city almost un-
bearable hundreds Of thousands will seize
every chance Of escape which the week
end and the dull day in business afford TO
fee TO the GOODNESS and the freshness Of
the country.
Meanwhile, in the tenement districts OF
the city there will be thousands upon
thousands of children sweltering, fading,
even dying, for whom there will be no
chance of relief from the heat, the poi
soned atmosphere of their surroundings
and all the privations which poverty
brings in its train except by the grace of
charity, through the generosity of the pub
lie as expressed in the Fresh Air Fund.
For as many of these children as pos
sible the Tribune fund aims to provide
country vacations of two weeks or longer.
But the fund is supported entirely by vol
untary contributions, and it is by the total
of these alone that the number of vaca-
tons is limited.
The expense Of providing Fresh Air
outings is not great when the benefits con-
ferred are considered. In 1915 it cost the
fund S4.56 per capita to provide 9,727 va
cations. About the same figure should
prevail during the present season.
Are you one of the fortunate who will
be able TO buy his own vacation this sum-
mer? Will it not be worth your while,
before you board boat or train to seek
your own rest and pleasure, to make pos
sible a fortnight of health and happiness
for some of your little fellow New York
ers? Will it not add to the JOY Of your
own vacation to know that little Jack or
Jill of the tenements is also having va
cation at your expense?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
For the Manned Soldiers of France

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: am sending TO you the total TO date
Of my fund. which is ISL ,63O79.
This amount includes $4,000 sent by the
committee at Washington, d. c., Of which
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend is chairman and
Mrs. A. P. Gardner treasurer.
LOUISA BAYLIES.
Chairman American Committee for Training
in Suitable Trades the Manned Soldiers
of France
New York, June 1, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
A Critic of Armageddon.
iitor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Is Colonel Roosevelt, and are you
since you are supporting his candidacy for
the Republican nomination, still in favor OF
the recall Of judicial decisions. and all the
other "isms' that four years ago caused his
ingenious reference TO his job hunting as
Armageddon?
or are vital issues only vital when they
seem best suited TO get NE a job!
a REPUBLICAN,.
New York, June 3, 1916
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can frankly answer Carranza's questions
without at the same time repudiatng what
he has been doing in the way of promot-
ing Pan-American alliance which will
guarantee the political independence and
territorial integrity of all the nations en-
titled TO enter il.
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