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tanned only if one group OF combatahVS
gains a decided advantage over the other
and imposes terms which will keep the
loser quiescent for another generation.
Peace will come too soon II 1t comes
before one side or the other is willing 10
seek peace as an end in itself and is more
or less Indifferent to the terms on which
it can be purchased. The cost OF real
peace may be staggering to those VINO
have to pay it. But civilization can De
put forward at this crisis in the world
history only by imposing such a penalty
on those who lose this war that war VIII
cease to appeal to them as means Oh
political aggression-of acquiring coveted
territory or of achieving world dominion
under the hypocritica pretence Of merely
seeking larger place in the sun
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TO THOSE WHO LOVE VENICE
Mr.. George B. Mcclellan Appeals
for hmm ediate Help.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | appeal 10 those who have been 10
Venice, who have been happy there and "ho
1--we the place, 20 remember her and 70 help
her in her time Of need.
However much We may differ as 70 the
merits or wisdom OF the policy that involved
italy in the war. we must all agree in admir-
ing the courage Of the Italians az inc 'front.'
and the fortitude of the women VINO nave
teen left behind Venice has suffered more
from the war than almost any city IN Europe
What prosperity there was was due 10 the
manufacture Of certain articles or luxury
sucb as glass. lace and ornamental iron, and
% tourists foreigners who went Tor sight
seeing and Italian. who went for sea oathing'
The war brought the economic ITO OF the
city 20 a stsndstill. A certain proportion OF
the men have been called 70 the eolors, and
their wives and parents receive from the gov
eminent 70 confines day-about IL cents.
The res. Of the working people exist as best
they NAV. There is hardly any work for
them 20 do and no ore - left 70 give TO
them in charity.
Venice is so peculiarly situated that it is
Impossible IpT ntN Huup'A''9 W AN"Ny So
economic life 10 meet new conditions. Such
p readjustment would require years OF hard
work and great misery FOR its accomplish
meDt.
have just received letter from my friend
the Vicar General Of the Patriarchate, who IL
ex-onicio in charge Of tho charities Of San
Marco. From whit I saw in Venice last sum
mcr | am sure that he does not eXaggerate.
He says:
All the resources Of Venice are eonse-
Grated 20 the war and yet there is not n day
that the Patrsrchal Curia does not receive
many applications for help. To meet these
We have nothing but what has been sent to
US By few generous Americans, who. infu-
enced by your appeal, have made j. possible
for me to dry many tears"
This expresses the situation more elo-
quently than can any words OF mine
Should any one who reads this appeal care
to help the people Of Venice, beg that he or
she do so at once. Money may be sent tc
Canon Federico Brunetti, Curia Patriarcale,
Nenezia, Italy, or TO Mr.. John II. Johnston.
Palazzo Cantarini dal Zoffo, Venezia, Italy,
an American lady who is doing admirable
work among the poor. or shall be glad 10
acknowledge receipt Of any money sent TO
me and forward it either 10 Father Brunetti
or 10 Mrs. Johnston as may be indicated
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN
New York, March q, 1916.
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Reinforce the Border Army |!

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ! was impressed with the sound sense
Of your editorial this morning on the subject
Of sending additional troops TO the Mexican
border. Nothing but rare good luck will en-
able the small force now there TO accomplish
It's mission. Every mile our forces advance
makes necessary the employment Of details
10 keep open the line Of communication, and
by the same token weskens the force at the
front. The national guard could be profit
ably employed in this work.
What appears TO me 10 be the most i'm
portant phase OF the subject is the training
it would give the guard. II the entire guard
were called out il would moan that al the
end OF six months the number o. trained sol
diers at the command o. the government
would be double what j. is to-day. A few
months active service under the command
Of the regular army officers would accom-
plish wonders. Here is tho golden opportu-
nitv 10 Federaize the national guard
New York, March ~, 1916. ". d. c.
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Health Insurance.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: ! am glad to note your support OF
Senator Millss state health insurance bill.
The measure itself health insurance
should scarcely require support. 1t has
proved wise and socially economical in many
other states OF the world. Through its ad-
mnistration life is extended at the ages
when people are social contributors. II en-
hances health and vitality. and increases
productivity. II conserves and enlarges the
available labor supply, and from the Public
Employment Bureau viewpoint this will be
increasingly important as the present labor
shortage grows.
BY providing more continuous protection
OF health, early care OF disorders and ade-
quate support during illness the measure
should rapidly reduce the output OF unem-
poyabes.
II will tend to regularize employment and
improve working conditions. Il will make
more obviously wasteful the careless hiring
and firing OF employees.
The particulars Of the bill seem TO me rea
sonable and fair to the three parties so
ciety, employe and employer.
WALTER +. KRUESI, Superintendent.
Public Employment Bureau.
New York. March IS, 1916.
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The Lobsterman

II your broled live or lobster salad seems
unduly expensive, do not get the idea that
the Maine coast fishermen are getting rich
this winter in supplying the city market with
Holsters II is true that there is no serious
scarcity Of HOLSTERS. In fact, the lobster in
dustry is probably in better shape than for
several years, but The winter months arc not
the time TO complain Of high prices to your
lobster dealer.
There are days a. a time, perhaps a week
or more, when the lobster fisherman cannot
get out 10 his traps. The storms also de-
stroy much valuable gear. The lobster pots
cost the fisherman at least $3.50 each, and he
has TO have a hundred or more TO do any
business worth while. single storm may
take them all out TO sea. The rope with
which he buoys his pots has almost doubled
IN price the last year A coil that costs
about 81 will make only two buoy line. OF
eighty fathoms each. snd a winter fisherman
rarely sets more than two pots on n line. A
storm commonly means a renewal o. many Of
tho buoy lines
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to defend themselves. if they can, against
attack hope they will catch few tartars
socn. JAMES Y. PATERSON.
London, Eng, Feb. q, 1916.
Our Governmental Weaknesses.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr. Rukeyser's interview with Profes-
sor Charles Beard. of Columbia, on the weak
nesses Of our federal government torches on
a subject of grave public interest. 1t fur
nshes an idea that is capable of much dis
cussion and serious consideration. II the
defects in our governmental system are real,
II the machinery Of our government is clumsy
ought not something TO be done? Haven't we
If the twentieth century as much energy and
political insight the Fathers Of the eigh-
teenth century, who drew up the Constitution
think we can agree with Gladstone that the
American Constitution is the greatest human
political document, and at the same time be
willing 10 amend and improve il as We find
j. necessary.
Perhaps. as Woodrow Wilson points out
in his Congressional Government" the book
cited in the above article, the makers of the
Constitution had a spirit toward democracy
somewhat less advanced than that we have
to-day. Perhaps they were more interested
in strong stable government than in feX-
ble system that would respond Immediately
to the desires and aspirations OF the people
But if our political temper has changed. why
should We not bring our Constitution up "a
date?
What Professor Beard says about our fed
eral system would apply equally to our state
governments. Progressive persons throughout
the country are beginning TO sense certain
cefects in the divided responsibility system
In Oregon a definite plan has been formulated
&c introduce a modified parliamentary system
in the state government. and the movement
for this reform is. am told, gaining much
neadway in that state.
am indebted to The Tribune for printing
such thought provoking. constructive arti-
cles. The great miscellany Of trash that APP
pears in some Sunday papers may serve some
purpose, but | am sure il The Tribune prints
matter Of this type it will serve a greater pur.
pose. Searching criticism and suggestion
these are the elements that aid genuine prog
ress.
Hoping you will keep up the good work.
JESSE DREYFUS.
New York. March 20, 1916.
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BEWARE OF MEXICO
Americans Suspected and Their
Chase After Villa Resented

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Are Americans born braggarts or is
il an acquired habit with them to boast about
what they are going to do? Since he Villa
raid at Columbus. y. NJ, the press has been
full of Boosting by Americans of high and
low degree as TO what would be done to
Villa and to Mexico Ono of these boosters
asserted that America would now go into
Mexico and clean it up "a ii did Cuba, etc.
It occurs to me that if you Americans,
from your President down TO the humblest
citizen, would do less Boosting there would
rot be 50 much to regret and explain when
your boastngs fail 20 come true. As Mexi-
can ! can tell you that you are not going 70
catch Villa rs easily as YOU think you will,
and that Yenustiano Carranza. If he values
his life. will not help you to catch him;
that Mexicans arc no whit different in their
love Of country and no less loyal to the ira
ditions Of race than are you Americans.
You forgot party lines when your Presi-
dent some days ago called for a vote on the
submarine question and you voted to sus-
tain him. Why? Because your national
honor and sclf-respect were called into cues
ton. DO you think We MeXicans have less
In sending your soldiers into my country
you have made a grleyous mistake. Your
professions of friendliness for Mexico are
not believed. for we know you have long
wanted to rob US Of our country. and you
have wanted also an excuse to justify you in
crossing the border.
Villa has furnished IT, But woe to Amer
ca # it attempt to do more in Mexico than
to capture Villa. II you think that the great
body Of Mexicans arc ignorant Of what is be-
ing said and going on in America concern
ing their country d.sabuse your mind Of that
thought for we, like the native Africans,
have means Of learning things Of which the
so-called enlightened races know little. Get
rid Of your conceits and boastlngs, and get
ready for a holocaust OF blood-letting II you
step on Mexico ENRIQUE MARlSCAL.
New York, March ls, 1916.
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Armed Traders

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | wonder if you can find room for a
few words from n Londoner.
Having two boys Sighting for the Old
Country. one in the East and one in France
and another boy pushing his way in the
New World Canada may perhaps be al
lowed to have some views on the present
position Of affairs.
What | want 70 sag is how much We ad-
mire the attitude of the American people
and Of The Tribune In the matter Of Ger
manys latest demand that our merchan;
ships should not be allowed 20 defend them.
selves II attacked.
Inc dodge is too Transparent. What they
want is TO get America to help them in their
privateering. OF course IL no liner 10 70
be allowed to defend herself, then the way
will be easy for their raiders. disguised and
under false flag. to approach close to
their victims and then unmasking their guns
20 capture them without any risk
Here in our quiet suburb We have seen
Zeppelin warShips over our hends dropping
inccndiary bombs on unofending residents
We have seen the homes Of the poor blasted
and their women and children killed by an
enemy out Of reach gallant work And
these murdercrs have the colossal impu-
dence TO ask that ships which they cannot
capture In fair fight shall not be allowed
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LAWYERS and Doctors Fees.
LGlrnrd 4 IL PhhadcIptta Lcdoer

tGirard ~ The PhtadelpttG Lodoer)
have heard competent lawyers say that
David T. Watson was one Of the half dozen
ablest lawyers in America He was the re-
verse Of fashy The general counsel for q
very big Western Pennsylvania corporation
told me recently Of an incident 10 illustrate
how different lawyers OF the first calibre
will charge widely different fees for their
services. He had asked Mr.. Watson, Of Pitts
burgh, and John G.. Johnson, Of this city, 10
write brief opinion upon a certain case
the facts OF which he outlined 20 them. Mr.
Johnson protested against making any
charge whatsoever for his work, but finally
accepted check for few hundred dollars.
Mr. Watson sent in his bill for $4,000 and
il was paid without a murmur,
Corporation practice has made large
number OF rich lawyers. There are in Penn
sylvania many more lawyers who pay an in
come tax on $4,000 and upward than there
arc physicians. 1--WE find" said a we'll known
lawyer the other evening in the presence OF
dozen persons, that when settling Ut
estates Of physicians very few were
worth 100000" And yet ! heard a wdel
known Philadelphia specialist cite within
month a case where a surgeon charged ST.,
500 for one operation. He was not, however
Philadelphia surgeon. | never heard OF a
doctor who had accumulated a million dol.
lars out Of his practice, but | could mention
lawyers who had done better than that"
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The Suffering Truck Horse.

Anv impartial student Of the animal
kingdom would agree that the members
of the human race were oatrageousiy
spoilt. Provided with clothing and shelter
with a thousand devices for cheating the
elements; organized for mutual protection
and secure apparently in the enjoyment
Of all the privileges provided for nature
aristocracy, they nevertheless complain
INCREASINGLY of the weather. greet the
snow with disgust and the rain with I'M
precautions. snap at the weather man.
curse their luck and in general become
selfshly absorbed in their own magnihed
discomforts. What the animal kingdom
sorelv needs is race Of super beasts
with intelligence enough to feel and eX-
press their scorn of such human petulance'
II only horses, for instance. compelled
70 risk life and limb dragging Impossible
loads over slippery streets, TO endure the
i'll temper brutality and neglect of truck
drivers and to take the elements as they
come. could formulate and indicate their
contempt of the querulousness Of their
pampered superiors. how wholesome our
reaction might be! We might then forget
much Of our own petty annoyance AT
backward season in an effort to make con-
ditions more tolerable for these uncom-
plaining servitors. We might then reflect
what a month like the past one in this
city has meant to the thousands Of horses
smooth-shod on the supposition that spring
was at hand and harnessed to loads de-
signed for dry streets.
Their suffering has been real, indeed
and disgrace to the community. On a
dav like yesterday they could be seen on
every hand struggling desperately, fall
ing down. many of them breaking their
legs and all Of them obstructing traffic.
And for lack of specific legislation on the
subject and definite provisions for the
protection of their horses, those truckmen
held responsible and summoned to court
under the cruelty to animals ordinance viii
be discharged, most of them, to repeat
their offence.
There is pending before the Board Of
Aldermen an ordinance which provides
that horses must be so shod as to prevent
their slipping. with fines ranging up to
500 for truckmen who send them forth
improperly shod. Horses driven on hard
slippery pavements will have TO be pro
yided with rubber pads. Confined to
streets coated with snow and ice, they
may be rough shod simply. The ordinance
has the backing of the Police and Fire de-
partments and of the Society for the Pre-
yention Of Cruelty TO Animals, and it
should have the support Of every citizen
with a heart in his bosom.
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Princeton and Preparedness.
.ditor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Answering the statements contained
in your editorial of the 10th inst, permit me
as an old alumnus, 10 correct the impression
that you evidently have of Princeton's stand
in the matter Of preparedness
At the Plsttsburg encampment there were
forty-eight Princeton undergraduates en-
rolled, the largest number from any college
with the single exception of Harvard The
same thing was true Of Princeton's repre-
sentation at the business mems camp. a,
which Princeton had about one hundred and
twenty alumni.
There are to be found in every assemblage
some followers Of Bryan, "thc Apostle of
Treason" II is no occasion for surprise if
the growing sentiment for preparedness does
not evoke an absolutely unanimous echo from
the college campus. College communities
are, after, all, much the same as the average
community in the world at large, in none OF
which can be found complete agreement.
The Tribune is absolutely wrong in its
statement that "0d Nassau and Woodrow
Wilson still preserve something OF each
others flavor" Wherever Princeton men
gather there is found nothing but adherence
and disdan for the lack OF decision and firm
ness shown by the President.
In the fundamentals that make for the
best manhood Of the nation Princeton will
always be found holding fast to the faith OF
its fathers J. G. STEVENSON.
New York. March is, 1916.
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One More Venus of Milo.

They have found another living Aphro-
cite of Melos, and Of course she surpasses
all her rivals as a replica Of the inimitable
masterpiece This happens periodically,
end in every case a touch Of reality is lent
20 the story by the discovery Of a few
trifing variations in detail. But in this
latest case. we are told, the measurements
come nearest to perfection"
When the Scottish Aphrodite appeared
three years ago it was admitted that there
was "a slight difference in the ankle and
calf" which can readily he understood see
ing the measurements were taken to a
tenth of an inch. The new Aphrodite, the
Aphrodite of Crestwood Park, is reticent
on the subject Of calves, and can well af
FORD 10 be. setting all minor consid
,rations aside-the marble pettcoat of the
original makes exact comparison matter
Of obvious difficulty. But she does not
scruple TO claim perfect conformity with
the invisible ankle, even TO fifth Of an
inch.
It is little startling TO learn that
from head TO heel she is only "a trife
more than an inch shorter" but all who
ere acquainted with her prototype will
agree with the critics that the difference
is in her favor Nor will they hold it for
a fault that she is seven pounds lighter
1t is impossible TO guess offhand at how
many hundredweight the statue in the
Louvre tips the scale, but young woman
might well be seven pounds short Of her
bulk in marble and yet be reasonably well
rourished.
The waist measurement is said 70 be
precisely that of the Greek model, but
the chronicler is silent about the hips.
Not without reason, perhaps, for the
eminent DR.. Won Mach, who set up as a
sort Of connoisseur in these things before
he turned his attention entirely to con
densed milk, was never quite satisfied
with the hips Of the statue. By German
process Of reasoning he came TO the con-
clusion that the left hip was never meant
10 be seen, and 10 his entire satisfaction
he solved most Of the difficulties that the
work presented 90 his critical mind by
Cecldlng that 1t was meant 10 be stuck in
4 niche with the left side next the wall
So if the living Aphrodte refuses to com
nit herself on this point it may well be
TO avoid the earnings Of such shrewd fell
lows az Or. Won Mach.
As 10 the chest, which DR.. Won Mach
entirely approved Of, she declares boldly
that it Is absolutely corrcct-34.2 inches
relaxed and 1852 inches inflated. How
the expansion Of the marble thorax was
comprised ~ secret. but we have the
assurance Of the official examiners that
IL proved ~ be precisely two inches. In
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A CELTO-PRUSSIAN' VIEWS
On the Duty of Irishmen to Serve
Germany.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: ireland and the War was the sub
iect OF a letter in this mornings issue oi
your valuable paper. Since The Tribune y
pro English from stem to stern, feel "a"
but a drowning mans chance OF getting
hearing from you, bat as a constant resas'
Of your paper ask in all justice and 'a''
ness for a little space in your columns
In the first place, the "untimely CONVEX
tion," as you style the magnificent and psa''
otto gathering of lreland's sons in New io''
was representation from almost every So"
and city in the country, and the deless"
represented the brains % The lrisa ia
America
The unaninity and enthusiasm dispsTe
BY the gathering showed that the ""n
blage TO a man had taken up the sosh'
"Englands extremity is Iresnd'' opp0''
tunity." That is just what has given onsne'
20 your correspondent and the whole oun'h
Of "Anglomaniacs," whose love and 'h'He'
for England in this var has outwsisa"
every other consideration. The y. !. s''
wrote that letter. and who claim. him's' y
be Irish by birth. must be another or'ne o
those Healyites who would sell their eoun.7
like Juda. Of old. who sold his Master w
thirty pieces Of silver.
He says: John Redmond hss al ne lr''
behind him but Johnnys party has i0''
since been Wondering in decay and the Hn'
is fast approaching when all Ireland oea'h'
Redmond will heaye him ard bis elan INV
the Atlantic Ocean.
To take statemer: after statement o. .
F.'s" letter and refute them would be d's,'
flying folly beyond is due. He says ne Wv
tied his old home IN ireland in 1905 &.
found n vast improvement In everything
visited my home in 1910 and found e'ndit0''
as bad as. Il not worse than. they were WE
ty-fve years ago. and every sane i''ni-''
can say the same.
He concludes his letter b. saying that "
Irish people AZ home and abroad are WIFE ~
British democracy; forgetting the past 'a''
are enlisted for the war" The feeling o. -
Irish at home and abroad is pro-Ie'~'
from the beginning and will be 70 me %
How can people maddened TO FRENZY ="
poverty. hunger. robbery snd perseeuu0a
goaded TO desperation AZ the sight OF ',.
ruined affairs and burning homes, wn'' y, ~
cries OF their starving wives and hunS'! 70
dren are ringing in their ears how
could such a people be with the bT'n''
mocracy?
The Irish are enlisted in the Engisn 10.
Oh. yes. the Irish are enlisted. but "He
will leave that answer 10 the lr'sh Anu
man Americans And when 81. F. say
are enlisted in the British army ! e." =,
help but recall the closing stsnn "a
poem entitled "Sla,tey's Drum
reads:
well, Sla,tery's dead. God rest him.
home IN Wexford town ~
They say the boys are listing TO ns'
England's Crown. u>s
They're lying. man: they're lying
we're in kingdom come .,.s
Old Wexford will rebel a. when s""
played the drum"
Harrison. n. j., March Is. 1914 -
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A Ridiculous Bill.
ditor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Allow ME 20 express my appreciation
OF your recent editorial in criticism OF the
Ahern bill on motion pictures censorship
That bill is indeed vicious and ridiculous and
changes the present condition Of an unpaid
board Of censorship. doing very efficient work
for three appointees. who will not have the
time nor the opportunity 20 do their work
efficiently. their only care being the securing
OF their salaries The people OF this state
must hope that the Assembly will defeat the
bill and not waste the public money
ALFRED r. VIOLA.
New York, March Is. 1916.