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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20

been obvious from the first, that If you
treat a man like a human he will work
for you with a heart as well as hand.
something is wrong when the men
who are working together at the same
thing do not trust one another, and
that wrong thing rests, | am profoundly
convinced, upon ignorance: 1t rests
upon not associating with each other
in the kind of conference which VIII
enable them to understand one another.
"Now, it occurred to me that you
would permit me to suggest what the
particular function of women Is in THIS
new age. Men have tried their hand
at il, and in the opinion of a great
many of you have made mess OF It,
And il must be obvious, If what | have
already said is true, that the functions
that have to be determined by those
who lead opinion have taken on an en-
tirely new character.
Women as Mediators
"The whole spirit of the law has been
to give leave 10 the strong, TO give OPP
portunity to those who could dominate.
but il seems 10 me that the function OF
society now has another element IN IT,
and | believe that il is the element
which women are going to supply. IL
is the element of mediation, OF compre-
bending and drawing the elements TO-
cether. 1t is the power Of sympathy,
as contrasted with the power OF con-
tests.
Life is bitter only when 1t is lonely.
Life is bitter only when there does not
seem to be any force fighting with you
except the pitiful little force that is
within yourself, and If we are going 70
rally the forces Of society the great
sympathetic, irresistible masses OF
women are going to play most dlstln,
guished and leading part. And II VIII
be so much more interesting than con-
test. 1t is much more interesting 10
help a man than to hit him
Progress Can't BE Stopped
In his speech before the Press Club
the President said, in part:
zone of the things that have struck
me recently is that so many men nave
said 10 me that they want to stop all
this progressive business. The thlng
has amazed me because what they call
this Progressive business is the In
evitable process of life-it is process
of adjustment. Things will not stand
still, and if things will not stand stu
laws cannot stand still.
Therefore, it seems TO me that, no
matter how we are going 10 vote on
November 7, we ought to make up our
minds to this one fact-that what He
call progressive action, not only IN
America, but in the world, has come TO
stay.
az you want to get your neck broken
try to stop it. The word that we want
to dwell upon in our thoughts is the
word eight Contribute light to this
thing; put light upon it. Whenever it
is deserving of criticism criticise 1t, not
in order to stop it, but in order to
better it.
81 predict that this is the beginning
Of a renaissance in this country OF the
sense Of patriotic responsibility. and q
patriotic intimacy Of relationship. !
believe it is going to lead to kind OF
cooperation and kind Of devel opmentt
and kind of enterprise in times OF
peace which we have never known be
fore"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
ADVERTISEMENT.

either to Jews or to Christians 10
support him for any such un-Amer.
lean and unpstriotic reasons. 1t is
an insult to you, my fellow citizens,
for any one to assume that you will
vote as Jews, and not as Americans.
Jews have never voted in groups-and
| hope the time may never come. and
am sure it will never come, when
my co-religionists in this country will
so forget their Americanism as 10
cast a group vote
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20

when justice no longer could be cold,
but must have also warmth and SYM
patty.
Sees Change In World Law
"Unless | am very much mistaken"
he added. there is also coming time
when this same quality OF sympathy
and mercy will come into the hitherto
cold and untouched field of interna-
tional law, when nations shall agree
that the rights Of humanity are great
er than the rights Of sovereignty.
al am ambitious that America should
now show the way in this great en-
terprise. | take leave TO say that
some of the difficulties of our foreign
relationships in the last two years
have been due TO the fact that ). was
not COMPREHENSIVE to some foreign
statesmen that the United States real
lv was disinterested. They have never
heard of such a thing, and IN proper
ton as the United States demonstrates
to the world that its influence In the
family OF nations is dislnterested, IL
will have the power which does not
come from arms, but comes from the
great, invisible powers that well up IN
the human heart. -,
w men the HnbiOiiS VI wy
come to love America they Will obey
and follow America. Slowly we are
setting the stage, slowly we arc re-
leasing the forces; slowly we are
drawing together, and then in some
happy day America will see clearly. as
she saw at first that vision of justice
and freedom and righteousness which
cave her birth and distinction at the
beginning"
Mrs. Young Points to Peace
At the meeting of women the Fresi-
dent was introduced by Mrs. Young,
who pointed out that he had kept the
United States "honorably at peace"
Miss Jane Adams. who recently came
out for him. occupied seat in box.
The hall, with capacity OF 4,20O, was
filled. and many women stood.
The President defined his message
to the women as follows:
Society is now organizing its whole
power that il may understand itself,
that il may have a new organization
and instrument of civilization, and !
am ambitious that America should
show the way in this great enterprise
Humanitarianism Growing
81 am happy to say that am not sin
gular and isolated in this" he said, in
prophesying a new era, because all
over the United States men have begun
to have that sort of enlightened hu
which ought to have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
DANIEL WILLARD WILL
NOT SUPPORT WILSON
B. & o. Head Denies Democratic
Reports of Support

Democratic headquarters admitted
disappointment yesterday at state.
ment from Daniel Willard, president of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. that
he would not support President Will
son. The statement was called forth
by repeated yelled statements from
Democratic sources, one of which was
published yesterday. that he was about
TO indorse Wilson's record generally
and the eight-hour law specifically.
Mr.. Willard refrained from detailed
discussion Of campaign issues. but
made it plain that he would not change
his party affiliations now after voting
the Republican ticket all his life. tie
said he had considered Colonel Roose-
welt the best man in the race before
the nominations, but favored the Re
publican candidate to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
Pictures Their Sympathy
as Bringing In
New Era
SAYS NATIONS WILL
LOVE AND OBEY u. 5.
Gets Tremendous .Ova-
tons at Three Chicago
Meetings
rr-cm star cor-..poud,n, Of The TrSnne


Chicago, Oct. 1s.-President wilson
made his first definite bid for the
1000 600 women voters OF the West,
and the $50 900 Of Illinois in psrticu-
lar. in his five hours visit here to-day.
Although the main address of the three
no delivered was before an audience OF
newly made citizens at the stock yards
tonight. it was the pulse Of the fem
mine electorate that the political ply
sieians in charge OF the Democratic
headquarters here watched most
eagerly.
II there is anything in crowds that
defy all police arrangements, any,
thing in cheers that roll wave on wave
increasingly. President Wilson's recep-
tion here to-day equslled anything
Chicago ever accorded any candidate
for his high office. From the time the
Presidential party arrived, at 1880,
the streets through which the Presi-
dent passed we're one seething mob of
cheering people.
Speaks Of Womens Part
Tremendous applause greeted the
President as he entered the Audi
forum Theatre. When Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young introduced him there
was another outbust, prolonged for
nearly five minutes. And when the
President himself addressed the audi
ence as fellow citizens" cheering
started again.
But though the President was ex-
pected to speak on peace" and the
meeting nad Deen arranged as a great
demonstration 10 show that the women
Of the West would not tolerate any
course that might lead to the embroll-
ment Of the nation, Mr.. Wilson merely
skirted the subject He chose instead
TO speak of iie part women were 20
play in the economic readjustment he
declared was coming. Their contribu-
ton 10 political life, he asserted, was
TO be sympathy" in tempering the
spirit Of conquest and struggl lie with
which man had always approached the
nations problems.
The President also made plea for
new concepts of law govesning the n
lationship of employers and their men,
and he again extolled the eight-hour
law. The time had come, he declared,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20

citizens, that in the Taft campaign in
1908, while I was still a member OF
the Roosevelt Cabinet, no such plea
as that made under the auspices OF
the Democratic Campaign Committee
was ev.r made either by myself or
in by behalf. have no desire to take
away from President Wilson any
credit or praise for the humanitarian
services he may have rendered for
Jews or for Christians.
"But | protest against appealing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
Jews NSULTED,
STRAUS CHARGES
Denounces Democratic APP
peal for Funds on
Race Basis

Oscar s. Straus, chairman OF the
Public Service Commission, last night
denounced the appeal to the Jews by
Henry Morgenthau. chairman of the
finance committee OF the Democratic
National Committee, for subscrlp-
tions to the Wilson campaign fund, as
unpatriotic and un-American. He de-
clared that the appeal, which cited the
appointment by the President OF Jews
to high Office, was sectarian and an
insult to the patriotism and intelli-
gence of the Jews. He brought the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
Paul TroubetzkoY Fined

Paul Troubetzkoy, Russian noble
man and sculptor, was fined 81 by
Magistrate Groehl, in West Side Court,
yesterday for having taken out his
wolfhound without n muzzle. Patrol
man Ward. Of the Health Squad. was
the complainant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

Well, he was back, sitting in his armchair.
and outside the red snow was falling like flakes
Of blood. At least it looked red, because some
where toward the front q burning village
stained the sky with horrible crimson carl
cature of dawn. A motor ambulance rumbled
past, in which some torn maniac was scream
ing. And sinister and terrible sounded the
grinding thunder Of the guns.
The correspondent rushed to the window
and, hinging up the sash. stretched out his
hands to the lurid gray sky. He cried out in a
voice hoarse with bitterness and horror:
'Oh, God, put me 70 sleep again."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
"Tsn'f Ii Time to Try the
Doctrine of Lover"

We've tried all sorts of panaceas," he cried,
land invariably they've led Us only to chaos
and destruction. For most people life is bit
ter struggle in peace well as in war. Isn't
il time to try Chrstianity-the doctrine of
love?'
Israel Zangwill jumped up beside him.
Were all with you there, if love is your argu-
ment," he said.
Across the aisle lean and aged Chinese
delegate got upon his feet, the tears stream
ing down his saow cheeks.
1--WE have waited so long for word from
the West" he said, but you would speak to us
only through the mouths of guns. Now
will you come with me, Henry said a
voice behind the correspondent. He turned to
see Santa Claus, in his long, red robe, edged
with white cotton batting, leaning over Ford's
shoulder.
They'll be talking here for time, and
want to show you some action he said.
The correspondent remembered he was re-
porter and brushed his sleeve across his eyes.
MAY come" he asked.
Always room for one more, replied Santa
Did you start this?" the reporter asked
Ford. as they left the gallery.
"Oh, no." replied Ford, with chuckle.
Everybody started it. | merely hired the
hall"
Santa led them to the roof. where big bat
tie plane was waiting. Its two machine guns
nod heen removed, and in their places stood
tinv Christmas trees. which blossomed in col
ored electric lights as soon as the motor
started.
81 couldn't use the sleigh tonight eX-
n,ained Santa. as he took his seat at the wheel
.Tbe reindeer are afraid of the guns
With great roar they swept out INTO the
NIGHT Westward they flew. and then SOUTH
Above them the stars gittered, and far below
tho oround was white with snow. Presently
this white surface became cut with olacK
gashes. and they knew they were above the
trenches Gums were speaking II desultor!
way. and from time to time a mare from one
Of the trenches lighted up great patch OF
earth.
al dawn to-day" said Santa, at Gang
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

ing him. 1t was just after
! had offered Joffre my sword. He took mine
and his and tossed them into the river, saying:
They'll never be red again with anything but
rust-which is an excellent thing for swords"
Bravo exclaimed Won Kissing.
THE Gar is out, too" said the Kaiser. THE
Russian Republic was declared tonight. The
grand dukes have decided to retire to mon
astery in Siberia, but the Gar will stick
around and work He plans to build at his
own expense 10000 schools for the people Of
Russia"
England" remarked Sir Edward Grey, has
come out for two-power educational system
For every schoolhouse the Car puts up we
shall build two in Egypt and India"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
A British Tank AgIOw
with Lighted Candles

At this moment British tank, its ports
bristling, not with machine guns, but with
lighted candles, came gaumping into the
square. Out of it leaped General Bernhard
with an armful of his books in praise of war,
which he dumped upon the ground. General
Won Falkenhayn followed with the collected
works of Professor Treitschke, and presently a
huge pile Of volumes was heaped up. Bern
hardi asked Santa for match klpling
added TO the heap some of his own imperialis-
tic poems, and the match was applied.
There goes the White Mans Burden" said
Kipling. Before tonight | never knew the
meaning Of the term. It's this sentimental
twaddle we've all been talking about military
glory and national honor and civilizing weaker
peoples with machine guns. It's perpetuating
this rot with silly old battleships and 42-centi-
metre guns As il nation could be great in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
BLESSED Are the Meek"-If
Had q Familiar Sound

Dr. Adler, with queer, emotional eaten IN
ms cold voice was beginning 10 read now
from the big book, and the correspondent
caught phrase here and there blessed are
inc meek
Isn't that the Sermon on the Mount ne
exclaimed incredulously.
"Of course" replied Ford. Didn't ! tell
you this was the Peace Conference?
Presently Tagore rose.
Our task is not simply to end this war ne
said. but TO Danish fear and hatred from the
human race forever TO exercise the evil spirits
Of greed and oppression that have been the
curse Of earth. We cannot make new map
Of the world and stop there; we must make
new map Of the human soul. Perhaps no man
and no body Of men is wise enough TO attempt
these things. We must put our trust In some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
RED CHRISTMAS; A DREAM AND AN AWAKENING

any way except through liberty, equality and
kindness. We've all been as far off the real
track as Downing Street is from Gailee."
"Or as Potsdam is from Bethlehem" added
the Kaiser
Come on, fellers," cried Bernhard, as the
flames leaped up Lets dance around the
fire."
Some Belgian children had crept out OF the
darkness 70 see the blaze. Won Kissing took
the hands of two of these Sir Edward linked
I'D with Won Falkenhayn and Bernhard and in
an instant merry shouting circle was whirling
about. But the Kaiser who had only one good
hand, poor thing, stayed out Of the game. Pres
entity he went over to an old Belgian woman
Mother" he said with gesture toward the
children SIS there a store hereabouts where
can buy some iollipops'"
About this time Santa said they must go,
and in a few minutes the correspondent was
back in his seat in the great hall. The formal
part Of the session was over, and the delegates
we're standing in groups, laughing and talking.
Above the hum of sound one great. roaring
voice beneath the gallery leaped out like thun-
der. Leaning over the rail, the correspondent
saw 4 man like hippopotamus talking with
one Who seemed half pagan poet and half Yam
kee evangelist. 1t was really G.. X. Chesterton
bawling at Editor Max Eastman and poking
him violently in the ribs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

Wills suggestion, hundreds of Allied air squad
rons flew over the German lines from Alsace
to the sea bombarding them with copies OF
Dickens's Christmas Carol The Germans
were prepared, and later, in retaliation their
air squadrons pelted the Allies trenches with
copies of Grimm's Fairy Tales
Out of the medley of sound twist of wind
brought to their ears family the chime OF
village church bell.
Midnight" said Santa. Watch
The guns fell silent suddenly. All along the
German trenches the soldiers were leaping out
by thousands and charging toward the Allies
lines
"Why. it's suicidal" exclaimed the CORE
spondent. ''Von Hindenburg must be mad
Every one is mad tonight roared the
Jolly saint "They have left their guns be
hind; and here come the French and British,
unarmed, to meet them
The men of the hostile armies came together
in the centre of that grim territory known as
No Mans Land. They met with embraclngs
and huzzas as if they had suddenly been set
free from terrible burden. Together they
shouted and danced there under the stars, IN
rough uuadrilles in wild circles, with hands
linked together or, hands on shoulders, in long
serpentine lines they pranced about like We
torious football fans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
The Plum Pudding Beg
10 SET fhe Stage

He was lodged in perfectly good house,
save that a portion Of the rear wall had been
blown out By a shell. and of course it was
black As pitch inside and cold as tomb. He
stumbled up the stairs to his room and CROPPED
toward the armchair Of which his landlord
was 50 proud There he flung himself down,
without any energy left for undressing and
getting to bed. The plum pudding was rest
ing uneasily. and there was throbbing in his
head which kept time to the distant pounding
Of the guns. He closed his eyes, and he wished
he could close his ears, too, to shut out the
terrible sound. few minutes later
he was peering over the topmost gallery of
crowded colosseum.
Il looked like aInsgis- Hail. but he sus-
pected it was the Peace Palace at The Hague
At first he thought it might be an Ethical
Culture meeting for the platform Felix
Adler was preparing to read from big book.
But the presiding officer was patriarchal old
man with a long white beard, dressed in the
flowing robes of the Orient Rabindranath
Tagore. surely. And the audience was-wen,
a curiously polyglot audience.
What is this meeting?" asked the CORE
spondent Of the man on his right, who proved
10 be Henry Ford
Its the Peace Conference replied Ford.
The correspondent looked about amazedly
Why. there's not a single lawyer or diplo-
mat" he cried. 81 don't see any kings.
NO" said Ford, gently. They're 500
messy. These men are mostly just writers
GOOD writer's. Psychologists Of humanity
Zangwill calls them
Sure enough, they were writers, evidently
from all parts of the world. There were
Chinese and Hindus and men of many races
and colors scattered through that great dele
cation. among familiar Occidental faces. Some
clergymen were there, too, several Catholic
priests Of rural aspect, Buddhist monks
from the mountains of Tibet, venerable rabois
from the East. and a Presbyterian minister
who had little church in Harlem, near Morn
ingside Park But for the most part they
were writers. On the platform were Gorky
and Gasworthy and Jane Adams; Maeter-
iinck. sitting next 10 Macmillan Harden;
Anatole France and Roman ROLAND, and al
Tagore's right hand man the correspondent
had never seen before.
That's George Russell" said his left-hand
reigbbor. editor of little agricultural paper
in Ireland. and one of the wisest men IN the
world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
Crossing Capital and Cap
ifaIizing the Cross

After all" Chesterton was shouting, 'revo-
luton is merely going back to old things.
You have begun by crossing Capital, and you
will probably end by capitalizing the Cross.
You have begun by calling your paper The
Masses and you will probably end by calling
it The Mass; for Gliding sinners is really but
a negative way of praising the saints, and
Blasphemy is merely the naughty sister OF
Prayer, and the red torch of the radical ex-
hibits the same chemical phenomena as the
white candle of the priest"
Chesterton might have kept this up for
hours if it had not beer for diversion caused
by Bernard Shaw A boy had handed him
telegram, and as soon as Shaw read it he stood
on his hands in the middle of the floor kicking
his eet.in the air and screaming with laugh
ter, much TO the amazement OF sober Jap
auAu delegate, who had been conversng with
him.
Some one carried the telegram, along with
Shaw, to the platform The chairman read:
George V has resigned, and Parliament
votes unanimously that Shaw be invited to
take the throne"
That's SO wonderfully English" cried Shaw
when the uproar of cheers and laughter had
subsidized. "They persist in the tradition that
the King must be foreigner. My first act
will be to tear down and rebuild the White
chapel Sums
But where will the poor people live mean
whie?" asked Jane Adams.
ooh, in Buckingham and Windsor" respond
ed Shaw carelessly. "And those that wish an
ocean trip we can send off on the dreadnoughts
to the South Sea and Coney Island and such
places. We must use the navy for something,
you know"
Here's another message" announced the
chairman, "a wireless from Sayvile. All the
Standard Oil companies have declared special
Christmas dividends of 80 per cent, payable TO
the consumer"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
"A Fat Goose and Fixns Every Belgium Said Kissing

the Taube was to be seen close by. Sir Ed
ward was seated beside it, talking with Gen
eral Won Kissing and Rudyard Kipling, but
the Kaiser was over in the shadow of a wall
smashing with an axe something that proved
to be 'verboten" sign.
II must have missed that one said Won Bis
sing, alphabetically, when the Kaiser returned.
But you've got the Christmas dinners?'
asked the Kaiser.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
ROBABLY the plum pudding did it 1t
was Christmas Eve, and the war CORE
- ~ Aoo,- he "a;

ROBABLY the plum pudding did il. 1t
was Christmas Eve, and the war CORE
spondent had been dining with the Off
.s-s Of Canadian regiment He had had
,bree different invitations. but he chose the
Canadians because, being an American, he felt
that they would make his Christmas dinner
sor,evhere In France seem little more like
home.
He had been on the job for months, and was
f-ceb from a session with the first line troops.
He had seen some sanguinsry fighting, which
resulted in the capture OF patch of wreckage
that had once been village, and he had come
back from the front through an intermnabe
n7occssion Of mangled men in motor ambu-
lsrccs. He was war sick and gun sick, and
his nerves were on edge. During the dinner
he had risen TO a sort of hectic gayety. There
had been the plum pudding, and, miraculously
enough. little champagne. Champagne never
agreed with him. but he had accepted two
glasses And now. as he went back to his
lodging through the dark and silent street, the
reaction had set in and he felt utterly weary
and spritless.