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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
The Public Buildings Gift Bag.

Representative James, of Michigan, mas
introduced bill which, If passed, may
check the present senseless waste OF
money on Federal buildings in towns ana
villages in which Federal buildings are a
sheer luxury. The distribution OF public
buildings goes now largely by favor. In
order TO keep the balance even among the
states represented on the House or Senate
Committee on Public Buildings ana
Grounds and the states represented by
ardent friends of the members of those
committees it has been necessary 70
scatter favors with lavish hand in the
more sparsely settled sections of the
country. Communities have been honored
hy such recognition not because build
ing was needed for Federal use, but be-
cause a highly eligible site for one was
going begging.
Mr.. James wants to drop the old gift
bag method and to reduce the distribution
of public buildings to a basic cost account
ing and business management. Popula-
ton is to be taken into account in decid-
ing whether a building is needed; also
the total of the postal receipts, the square
foot space occupied by the branches OF
the public service involved, the rental paid
end the estimated cost of a government
building, including equipment, repairs
depreciation and interest.
Setting up such a purely materialistlc
standard may be shock to the feelings
Of Congressman who still believe that
sentiment hallows everything associated
with either the Old Flag or an sppropria
ton. But the new standard is bound tc
come. Congress must stop old leaks if II
O. to find the money to satisfy all the new
needs Of national preparedness. Less
capital tied up in supcrnuous public build
ings and more put into ships and guns
fleets and armies-that is the programme
Of the hour.
Under Mr.. Jamcs's bill an expenditure
which has run carolessly into the millions
can easily be reduced TO common sense
limits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
wreland's Own Decision"

~ was natural that the noisiest Of the
stage Irishmen in this town should make
haste 10 assure his audience that the revolt
in Dublin is an outcome "of lrcland's own
decision" and that mot ono lrishman in
America suggested or advised IT," But il
vas unnecessary. The little shfty-eyed
patriots who buster 50 brsvely, with the
Atlantic between them and all harm, are
not suspected Of anything more than pla-
tonic interest in Irish affairs. They have
always been at great pains to avoid per-
sonal risk and they are in no danger. Such
long distance patriots are, indeed, the
curse Of ireland, but for the present they
have nothing 10 fear. Ireland has not yet
found them out.
On the tanc authority we learn that not
pfernig Of German money has reached
ireland, but that Germany has done all
she has been asked 70 DO 30 far. and thercl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30

is no doubt she will continue TO do So"
But there is some doubt. The future de-
ponds entirely upon the outcome OF the
present revolt. The submarine that car
red Sir Roger Easement to the Irish coast
was the very type of German solIcltude
for the Irish cause: the misguided enthu-
siast was put off in an open boat and there
the responsibility Of the Germans ended.
If the rebellion spreads, so much the bet
ter: Ireland will then serve Germany's
turn. till her turn comes to be crushed.
If not. why. we shall have a repetition of
the mutual recriminations that were heard
three hundred years ago when Spain tried
to turn Ireland to account as a catspaW
and the defeated Spaniard sworc that
when Satan showed Christ the Kingdoms
of the world he must surely have held Ire
land apart as fit only for himself.
The Irish rebels are, in large measure,
the dupes of the Germans and of the
wretched hybrids we know SC well. They
will find them out some day, but not till
then will such sober patriots as Redmond
have chance to serve their country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
THE LAWFUL USE OF LIQUOR
1t Is Really a Personal Rather Than
Social Problem.
lifor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In letter 20 The Tribune Hn'
Wilson. one of the editors OF the o1sA
Anti-Saloon League organ. makes this e''
lsraton that should be pondered By rsl
voter:
"Thcy Cprohibitory laws are direct,
against the traffic. which - socsl pro-
lem, not against the use OF liquor. Nht'
A personal problem Therefore, IN all ~
hbition states citizens are permitted 70
port liquors under certain restrictions t"
personal use"
The point here made by Mr.. Wilson Is y"
important one that ! have been enee''E
ing for some years 70 make clear 70 "
thinking people Of the country. u Is y
often put into words b. sntl-saloon ls'H
and for that reason it has added impo'aa''
coming from the lips Of Mr.. Wilson
In effect. the Anti-Saloon League s'r
that there is a proper and Lawful ]" /.
liquor !. c.. personal use. OthcrN,e
should it confine It's efforts % proa'''.'
the traffic q. e.. local sslel IN liquor Q
not the use Of 10?
This being It's attitude. as Nr "i,o. ", y.
fcsses. what then becomes Of the Anii'sa'.
Leagues other arguments that lqs" .
poison: that even its most modefs" !.
harms the person taking 1t? isnt w. W.
some Inconsistency In legislatinS sssn"
traffic only. il it believes the AWFUL 'h"'
says about liquor? 80,
And why should the Anti-Ssloon p''.
recognizing the nicely o. the dis,ineu' ~.
tween social and personal problems -. -.
Of laws 70 effect the former ina, s,o
the personal side "a well? For IN he -
letter Mr.. Wilson claims without W.
tion as | see it,. that prohibitory i"' -.
it more difficult to get liquor ana '"'''''
reduce the consumption? 49,, -.
As nave observed before. Mr. WEI.
nouncos no new stand. Mr.. Hobsons "a.
wide plan has the same Fundamentals i.
lie admits that while 10 would wipe W.
liquor industry Of thc country repre-
a total Of from three to five billions IN -.
crty and paying quarter Of a pH.'ys :.
nually TO Uncle Sam in taxes, u WOW
prevent the individuals making liqu0i ~.
own use, giving away liquor or inP''"''
from abroad for his own use ,,..
The only surprising thing about "a. =, >
Saloon Leagues attitude IS that y y 49,
convince a great many very sehs'Ve !,
that its programme can yield resOi'
way Of increased Temperance.
question Of time, however, TIL "es'"'
''' p T. ". GILMORE
President National Model License b'''
New York, April 26. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
A Good Cause to Aid.

The motion picture people have pledged
themselves to furnish 100000 of the 81
600 900 endowment fund which is sought
TO place the Actors Fund Of America on
a stable financial basis. In this worthy
endeavor they seek the help of the public.
That help should be given freely. Inc
Tribune heretofore has urged that every
person who feels able to do so should make
A contribution to this fund. 1t renews
that appeal Every dollar, every dime,
will count. Whether the money be trans
mitted through the moving picture cam
paign committee or through the general
committee. of which Mr.. Frohman is the
head. is not so material as that 1t be given,
and given promptly.
For years the Actors Fund has had
tolerably precarious existence. financially
sneaking. 1t has been supported by bene-
fl performances, which. however success
ful they were, proved inadequate to meet
the cost of maintaining the Actors Home
on Staten Island and caring for the two
hundred sick or disabled members OF the
profession whom the fund aids each week.
The purpose of raising the slOOO,OOo en-
dowment is 70 have a capital the interest
on which, supplemented by the proceeds OF
the annual benefits. will carry along the
yearly work of the organization ade-
quately.
That work is too fine to have it stopped
or curtailed. 1t deserves well of the public,
and the actors who need help or conceiv-
ably may need it deserve well of the public
They are always the first to respond to
call to aid others, giving their time and
services freely for all manner OF ph'Ian-
thropies. They have always cast their
bread generously upon the waters. 1t
should be returned to them now-to the
extent of all they seek.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
Walking Behind the Mule.
From III, Philadelphia Public Led9'r

from Tn, Philadelphia Pubic Lrd9'Tl
The Kentucky Supreme Court has delivered
;,self Of a weighty decision 10 the ehect tRa'
f.. is contributory negligence 20 walk behind
q mule. II is an opinion with which the pop
ular verdict is not likely TO quarrel Long
and faithful service in the regular army
along .he banks Of the Erie and other canals,
on tho plantations OF the South. n municipal
excavation and in railway construction mas
established the fame OF the mule as reac-
tionary beyond the power OF the law 70 con
firm or 10 destroy IT.
~ Y. find that the bullock can toss you or
the heavy proved Sambhur can gore,
We need not stop work to inform us we
knew it ten seasons before
The rattlcsnakc has his rsttles, the leopard
has his spots, tho porcupine has his quilts
and the mule has his heels by natural inner
itancc. If you do not want to get hurt keep
out Of range. Some people are "sot' in their
WAYS; the mule kicks in his. II is his logged
tenacity that makes him valuable. He sticks
10 his Job till he gets there. Though not
tractablc, his trsctve power rivals that OF
the elephant No animal in the service Of
man is more reyilcd, yet none is more useful
in a pinch or more enduring. His long cars
have waved defiance TO wide variety OF
lurid and blistcring language, but his charac-
ter is unaltcrcd, and it must be admitted that
in quick, effective rcpartee the mule has the
power to launch an unsnswerable argument
when the lord Of creation gets in the way Of
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Why We Must Be Ready.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Preparedness is defined as "a state
Of being prepared" When used By those that
favor il as necessary for this nation in its
present situation il is uniformly meant 10
express preparation for defence against ag-
cression. but its opponents stigmatize II as
"militarism" and declare it's purpose to be
preparation for aggression. Like many selt-
styled roformers, they misreprescnt the OBJ
jcct OF attack and proceed TO demolish It,
Neither the President, his Cabinet, Congress
nor any prominent newspaper has proposed
making war or creating an army or navy for
any purpose other than the defence and pro-
lection of our country and the lives and
rights Of its people.
Our lawmakers arc considering what pep
aration is necessary for protection from IT,
eirn attack, and they nay some time dev,s.
. plan that will be effective l. We ne never
STACKED; but there is reason TO apprehend
necessity for defence at the end o. the pres
ent war against attack by ono or morc Of
three nations with which we have Disagree
mcnt, for the protection Of our territory or
the enforcement Of the Monroe Doctrine.
each Of which nations is better prepared for
attack than we arc for defence; and should
Kaiser Wilhelm succeed in making himself
himself at he head OF an immense disciplined
army. with abundant munitions and SUN
cient funds wrung a indemnities from his
v.nqGishoi enemies. and with a sea power
at least double ours, decide TO make us pay
part OF the cost OF this war. enhanced by
the munitions furnished by our people to his
enemies, and land an army on our coast o.
should he wish TO extend his conguests 10
other parts of this continent, We should
learn that any measure now proposed would
be nsuscien. preparation TO- defence.
Perhaps We need such lesson; it would be
costly one. but from its teachings Goa
cress may yet learn 70 apply government
funds 90 supplying government wants rnrh
er than needless expenditures in home dig
trc;s o. Congressman in aid Of their indi-
viGuhi selfish ambitions.
Tho adoption OF unprcpsredness for con
s'stency would require the abandonment OF
oil; means OF defence, disarmament the de.
s,,uction " our navy and the disbanding OF
our army. Whatever the result OF our pres
ent agitation, the United States OF America
v II have foT its protection the largest army
md the most powerful navy in tho world or
II will cease to exist ms one nation.
NOLNEY SEWAL;. FULHAM
Ludlow, VI, April 6, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
Vicious for Women and Minon'

To the Editor of The Tribune. ri
Sir: on behalf OF the New io, .,
Labor Committee, permit me to ca" =,
attention TO al error appearing 0o'n -
editorial and news item m To-Day -:
garding the work OF the Leg'sia''''
closed yesterday. "a, AZ
In speaking Of the bill TO amend ", :.
law generally you state that u eO" ",.,,c,
tcrly vicious relaxations OF the piV.,,,rss
women and children workers ~ -. s-s
While this measure does serioos' ~
down the law for women NorSe's' AR
not apply TO girls under eighteen -, ~
age. for whom all the safeguards
ent law remain intact. c,uAuF
The members of the New YORK Onn' ,s,s
Committee individually are m hesiyi ,ts >
with your statement that this ies 81
vicious, and they believe Il y ,urss
forceable as it is Objectionable; !, ~
more forms dangerous preeeden' ,..r5r
of special exceptions in the Ia" 10, .r. u
lar industries and groups o, W. W., /, .
these reasons. while not taking PA ~
campaign against the bill beesO's 4, "
not affect children, We feel and -
Governor Whitman should ye'o !" ;,hr 4
show that the Empire State has ,te "
gard for tho preservation OF human -"
for the saving OF ''" CFoRGE A. Hal
New York. April Il. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
A Biblical Prophet of The War.

Our orefathers-people of one Book
were wont to maintain with unshakable
conviction that Everything" could be
found in the Bible, all the wisdom Of hu-
man experience. all knowledge of the fut-
ure. An English clergyman, the Rev.
Godfrey Gordon, has found in one of the
Minor Prophets, Habakkuk, "An lnterprc-
ter of War" who in the turbuences of his
own day foresaw the coming Of the Prus-
sian, his system of blood and iron and his
conception of the state.
Habakkuk, the exegctcs tell us, fell into
doubt because God tolerated the wicked
ness Of the Jewish people. The answer to
his questioning was that He was sending
tire Chaldeans to punish them. The reply
confused Habakkuk still more, for he knew
that the Chaldeans were even more wicked
than the Jews. There is another inter
probation, which holds that 1abakkuk was
driven to unbclief by the oppression of his
people by the Assyrians, ard that the
promise Of the advent of the Chaldcans
meant the overthrow of the tyrants and
the subsequent fall of their cruel de-
liverers. The Rev. Mr.. Gordon has chosen
the first of these interpretations: wicked
Germany has been chosen to cleanse Eng
land of her sins and lead her to repcn-
tance.
We arc no longer people of one Book
least of all of the Bible. We neglect it
even as literature, greater in wisdom and
beauty and majesty than Shakespeare him
self. The Minor Prophets VIC long ago
forgot If we ever read them. Yet listen
to Habakkuk, seeing Germany in the Chal-
dean power:
40, raise up the Chaldeans, that
bitter and hasty nation, which march
through the breadth of the land TO
possess the dwelling places that arc
not theirs. They are terrible and
dreadful; their judgment and dignity
proceed from themselves
They come all for violence; they sweep
up captives like sand. They scof at
kings, and princes are sport unto
them. They deride every stronghold,
they heap dust and take it. Then they
sweep by as wind and pass through,
and make their might their God"
Who Of all the moderns that have dc
nounced Germany, be they English, Amcri-
can, or French, Allied or neutral, has
equaled the coquencc Of that passage, the
depth Of It's insight There is more
"Thou hast consulted shame 20 thy housc
by cutting of many peoples, and hast
sinncd against thy soul. For the stone
shall cry out Of the wall, and the beam
Dut of the timber shall answer it, But
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
Nv TRIp 10 VERDIN-GENERAL PETAIN FACE TO FACA

the storm that now was audibly beat.
beyond the human walls on the ps,s
hillsides.
Presently we moved again, We .ls.
through the column, topped the las !,
cline, shot under the crumbling gate q, =
Verdun fortress, and as We entered , 4.
burst just behind us and the roar dro,~
out all else in its sudden and par,lv.,
crash. 1t had fallen, so we learned r..
later, just where we had been wa.eh.
the passing troops; il had fallen AM.
them and killed. But an hour or two b.
when we repassed the point where !. ~
men were still marching by. Othc, 49,
ments Of men were still marching "a \
sound Of the guns, and those who !,
passed were already over the hills and !
yond the river. filing into the trench,
time, so it turned out. to meet the now =.
tack that came with the later afternoo.
The True Verdun.
went to Verdun TO see the forts =.
city, the hills and the topography q,
great battle; | went in the hope Of
scribing with a little Of clarity VIVA, =
operation meant as a military afai, 4
saw, and ! shall hereafter try to dcsrs.
this. But | shall never be able 10 desc,s.
this thing which was the true yer..
for me-these men. their faces. seen as q
heard the shell fire and the musketry 70
ing. not steadily but intermittently !.
men who had marched over the roads n,
are lined with graves, through villay
that are destroyed, who had come OF n,
own will and in calm determination a.
marched unhurryingly and yet unshri,,
ingly. the men who were no longer you,,
who had left behind them all that No.
hold dear in life, home, wives, childr
because they knew that there was no o,h,,
way.
can only say TO all those who Ia,
asked me. What of France?7 this sin,.
thing. that | do not believe the French viii
ever stop. do not believe, as the Ger.
mans have said, that French cour,g Is
weakening. that French determinatN, /,
abating. do not believe the Kaiser hin.
self would think this if he had seen .hcs
mems faces as they marched torard ri, |
guns. ] think he would feel as felt, a
one must feel. that these men went will
ingly, hating war with their whole sou,
destitute of passion or anger neyc
heard a passionate word in France, BE-
cause there had entered into their mind
into the mind and heart Of whole rae
the belief that what was at stake was h.
thing that for two thousand year; Of his l
tory has been France.
TO be continued ne,' sunday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
Mexican Pronunciation.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In an answer to a correspondent given
in the March > issre It is stated that the
correct pronunciation Of Carrsnza is Car
ran ga" according 10 Mexican usage, or Car
ranza.' As a matter of fact. 1t IS Gar
ran 'ths" according TO pure Castilian. There
Is no hard az sound in Spanish Therefore,
the pronunciation given Is incorrect. That
given for Villa is correct
GEORGE Y. PAYZANT
Wostport. Isle Of Pines. West Indies, April
l., 1916.
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Continued from page u


wore the same calm, steady, slightly weary
expression, but there was in the whole line
scarcely young man. Here were men of
the thirties, not the twentes; men still
in the prime of strength, Of health. but
the fathers of families, the men OF full
manhood.
Almost in a flash the fact came home.
This was what all the graves along the
road had meant. This was what the bat
tefields and the glories Of the twenty
months had spelled-France had sent her
youth and it was spent; she was sending
her manhood now.
In the line no man smiled and no man
straggled the ranks were closed up and
there were neither commands nor any visi-
BILE sign of authority. These men who were
marching to the sound Of the guns had
been there before They knew precisely
what it meant. Yet you could not but feel
that as they went little YEARLY. sadly,
they marched willingly. They would no;
have it otherwise. Their faces were the
faces Of men who had taken the full meas
ure Of their own fate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
JeRerson's Change of Mind.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Thomas Jefferson underwent a great
change Of mind in regard TO preparedness for
national defence. Before the War of 1872
he was against all naval and military
Strengthening; sftcrward he cam. out strong
~ for training all young men in the use o,
arms. "Circumstanccs alter cases"
ROBERT GRlNSHtW
New York, April H. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30

An iron land with an iron will
And iron wisdom. Powerful, ordered. still,
Iron-mindcd, iron-handcd
AS iron Bismarck commanded,
Printing his strength upon the state
Whose soul had faltercd after Forty eight.
With blood and IRON" stern Bismarck
said,
"Thus the minds Of states are made"
"Liberty.' the patriots cried.
For this their blood, for this they died y
"God-rights for kings!" great Bsmarcl:
said,
And so the iron god was made.
Welded, weaponcd. a monstrous creature
Iron Of mind and iron of feature.
Iron and blood. Iron and blood
Blood is its drink, Bones are its food.
With iron rule and iron order
II stalkcd across the Belgian border,
II spoke there with its iron tongue,
Ard the knell of the joy Of the world was
rungl
over the world every bell tolls,
Iron has entered into mems souls.
GRACE FALLOW NORTON.
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martial music, not with any suggestion d
dash. of enthusiasm, but quietly, steadily
all with the same look upon their faces
the look of men who have seen death and
are to see it again. Instinctively thought
Of what Kipling had said to me in Londoa:
Kiping's Remark.
Somewhere over there he had said,
1.-The thing will suddenly grip your throat
and YOUR heart: it will take hold OF you
as nothing in your life has ever done or
ever will" And know that | never small
forget those lines of quiet, patient, middle
aged men marching to the sound OF the
guns. leaving at their backs the countess
graves that hold the youth Of France, the
men who had known the Marine, the fser'
Champagne, who had known death for
nearly two years, night and day, almost
constantly. Yet during the fifteen minutes
watched there was not one order, not
one straggler; there was sense OF the
regularity with which the blood flows
through the human arteries in this TIDE,
and it was the blood Of France.
SO many people have asked me, l had
asked myself, the question before | went
10 France: Are they not weary OF 1t!
Will the French not give up from sheer ex-
haustion of strength" ! do not think
so, now that have seen the faces OF these
hundreds of men as they marched to the
trenches beyond Nerdun. France may
bleed to death, but | do not think that
while there are men there will be an end
of the sacrifice. No pen or voice can eX-
press the horror that these men. that all
Frenchmen. have OF this war, OF all war,
the WEAKNESS. They hate it; you cannot
mistake this; but France marches to the
frontier in the spirit that men manned the
walls against the barbarians in the other
DAYS: there is no other way; it must be.
The Answer.
Over and over again there has come the
invariable answer it would have come
from scores and hundreds OF these men
who passed so near me ! could have
touched their faded uniforms If | had
asked-"It is for France. for civilization; ;
it must be, for there is no other way; we
shall die, but with US. with our sacrifice.
perhaps this thing will end You cannot
put it in words quite. do not think even
any Frenchman has quite said it, but you
can see it, you can feel it, you can under
stand it. when you see regiment, bril-
gade, a division of these men of thirty,
some perhaps of forty, going forward to
the war they hate and will never quit
until that which they love is safe or they
and all of their race are swallowed up in