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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08
The Middle Vests Demand.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Middle West is tremendously
alive to the approaching Presidential contest.
There is a genuine belief that the Republi-
cans will carry the country. that no dark
horse will win the nomination az Chicago.
that Roosevelt and Hughes are the only ma
tional possibilities. There Is absolute faith
in Roosevelts capabilities TO sweep the West
and Middle West on a third ticket. because
he and he alone has boldly stated the re-
qurements OF the day and nation, and there
is demand for the positive and absolute.
! have splendid opportunity to feel the
pulse of the Middle West and part Of the
West and South. / come into daily contact
with business men and women who form
the backbone OF the nation, who harbor no
Bouck Whites. and who have great admira-
ton, honor and ambition for country and
flag. The thinking American, the American
with national and international aspirations,
will vote for Roosevelt. The country is
awake. 1t feels the day is at hand for the
recognition of its SIZE its riches, its impor-
tant influence in the affairs of the world,
its present and future services to mankind.
II asks that the next President be the per-
sonification of this realization. that the world
may know the fitness Of its ambitions in a
clear and determined manner.
J. J. SWEENY.
Cincinnati, June 3, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08
The Coward

The coward is the arch-destroyer of the
good
Not he who brands upon his soul deed of
blood
Not Judas. nor the Chief Priest, nor the
shouting horde,
But Plate washing from his hands our
murdered Lord.
Life for His Life, Judas Iscariot paid. The
spy
May have his silver price, yet for it he
will die
Fanatics clamor still; crowds are but
driven herds
Plate absolves himself with forms and
empty words.
He hath responsibility who rules a land.
The peoples sovereign will, it is a shifting
sand
Blown by some great conviction into right
or wrong.
The politician Plate, he only, fears the
throng.
RUTH GAINES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08
Patriotism Above Personalities.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Would IT not be possible for The Trib.
une to appeal to those Republicans whose
animosity toward Colonel Roosevelt seems
10 be purely personal 10 the patriotic. serve
their country instead Of their party first
and work for the nomination OF the Colonel ?
As far as | have been able to understand
the situation, they do not object to his
policies. In my humble opinion, he is the
man our country needs, and certainly his
worst enemies cannot accuse him OF being I'M
patriotic. He seems to place his country
next TO his God which is as il should be.
and having had much experience in serving
his country would be better fitted than any
other candidate suggested to oxtricate IL
from the humilieting position it is in az the
present time. J. DO VALE.
New York, June 1, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08
A BRITISH REJOINDER
Lord Napier of Magdala Thinks The
Tribune's Criticism Superficial.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May /, though so late in the day, ass
for space for few remarks on the leading
article Of your issue OF May /? While QUITE
approaching the special purpose Of tae wri..
or, IN pursuit of his purpose he has done
injustice 20 the British army and its leaders
The civilian mind may not always realize
the meaning Of the doings Of soldiers, but IN
the history Of your Civil War there are many
Instances Of apparent defeats but real sic.
tories, and when you say that France has
the battles Of the Marine and No-dun 10
show, Russia Erzerum the British only Gal.
llpoh and kut-el-Amara," you give not the
whole story but just sufficient for your Dur.
pose. In justice 10 the British. II the role
OF the press is TO instruct and give news. In
truth you Mould have added that the sacrifice
Of Samsonofs army in East Prussia and
the sacrifice Of the British expcd.tionary
force made possible for France the victory o.
the Marine; that Gallipoli saved Russia in
the Ukraine and the Caucasus. and that
without Kut-el-Amara and the long stand Of
Iownshend's force there would have been no
Erzerum, no Trebizond.
The Tribune, Of course, gives only the ger
eral opinion, but it is the duty Of the pres,
to educate as well as 70 give expression 70
public opinion. To ignore the serious risks
undertaken by Samsonof and Townshsnd
risks that were deliberately undertaken for
common purpose not quite iustic. or
history NAPIER OF MAGDALA
Lynedale Isle Of Skye, May %, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08
The Dutch War Scare.

The news Of a sudden war scare IN the
Netherlands few months ago reached
us in only the briefest Of cable dispatches
10 be dismissed no less laconically day
or two afterward. The Dutch papers
which since have come to hand dealt with
the matter in vague terms, and it IS only
now that the facts are coming out IN prl-
vate letters and from the tales of returned
travellers-facts that are Enthusiastically
greatly mixed with rumors.
This panic in Holland was an after
effect Of the meeting Of the Allies in Paris.
II was freely asserted that flank attack
on Germany through the Netherlands had
been most seriously discussed at this meet
ing. There was the case of Greece to give
color to the report There was wild tall,
of an Allied ultimatum on the subject Of
the mouth Of the Scheldt, of a demand for
free passage for British troops, and, on
the other hand, of contemplated military
action on account of the destruction Of
Dutch shipping by German submarines in
the North Sea. There were rumors Of
hasty conferences Of the Dutch supreme
command, Of a secret general committee
meeting Of Parliament. And all these
disquietine stories were apparently con-
frmed by the fact that all army furloughs
were suddenly stopped and that the Dutch
General staff requisitioned all the avail
able rolling stock in the country.
Then the alarm was sounded The Eng
lish had landed In iceland, near the Bel
lian frontier. SO said ODE Toekomst," n
paper published at The Hague. notorious
~ subsidized by the German government.
All the scenes of mobilization in the war
ring countries were repeated in Holland
women went weeping through the streets,
people hurried about laying in supplies
before prices should rise still higher, shop
keepers refused TO accept paper money or
TO give change for large bills. Actual
fighting was said to have already occurred
on Dutch soil; the Germans had coun-
tered the Allied move and crossed the
frontier in their turn.
The excitement did not last long. The
easily ascertainable fact that no invasion
from either side had taken place did moro
TO quiet troubled spirits than did the Off
cial announcement that the government
had merely taken such additional meas
ures as it Judged necessary in view of tho
expected grand spring offensive of the
Allies.
One impression has survived, however
in the Netherlands. The conviction re-
mains that an invasion of the country was
actually discussed at the Paris confer
ence. The Dutch also hold that England
vetoed the project. The reason given for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08
Senator Harding's Speech.

The KEYNOTE of Senator Warren G
Harding's "keynote' speech at Chicago
was struck in its first sentence. I'VE did
not do very well in making for harmony
the last time we met" That ought to be
the thought uppermost in the minds of all
the delegates to the Republican National
Convention of 1916.
Republican ambitions in this campaign
ought not to be limited TO securing the
electoral votes of Utah and Vermont. IT
is time for party refrigeration and re-
union. The Republican voters whom the
blunders of 1912 separated are ready TO
reunite. Many of the leaders and their
hand picked delegates now at Chicago are
still reluctant to bury the past. To them
alone Is there any sting in Mr.. Harding S
timely admonition: "Let us bury party
nrefxes with the Administration which our
differences put in power
No Republican leader this year can get
away from the fact that the Republican
case against President Wilson can be made
up in only one way. 1t must rest on Mr..
Wilson'S two overshadowing failures-the
weakness and vacillations OF his foreign
policv and his Discrimination to put the
country into proper state of prepared
ness to defend its honor and interests
against foreign attacks. Senator Harding
WAS outspoken in denouncing the feeble
ness in diplomacy which has earned for the
United States the contempt of every other
nation in the world, and the neglect to
strengthen our understood army which
leaves US impotent to enforce respect for
American rights even on totterlng, I'M
poverished government like that of Mexico.
The Republican party has case already
constructed for it on which it can sue
cessfully appeal to American pride and
patriotism. Will its representatives at
Chicago bungle that case or will they make
the most of it? Are they going to utilize
to the full the issue of Americanism which
Mr.. Wilson has put into their hands? Are
thew going TO select nominee who will be
a real leader, the embodiment of the cause
which the party has now a chance to make
its own?
Mr.. Harding's keynote" speech raises
these questions. 1t is a word Of warning
to the reactionary leaders who are still
thinking in terms Of the make-it-easy-for-
Wilson madness of 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08
The Apparent Failure of Democracy.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Your leading article Of May
arouses the thought Of nation. We NAV
differ from you as to the effect on the sub
sequent attempt on Paris OF the sturdy
British resistance az Mons; and again, m
your final paragraph, you omit 10 notice that
the one cause for the democracy Of France
afording a different reaction % thst Of
England and the United States Of America
IS that 1t has been entirely reconstructed
by suffering
The year 1870 had national effect, b..
the memory was dying. and at the beginning
Of the war many in Paris looked on Il as
means Of making huge war profits. That
spirit Is now dead. The Germans hold ths
industrial portion OF France, and suffering
makes service a national impulse. But "a
IN England and America have not suffered.
Sacrifice and service were, therefore, FAR
from US, but are coming close 20 us with
the continuation Of the war The common
people have IL; the "vicille noblesse" have
IL because they have been raised on homo:
and duty, but the middle classes, ard par
tieularly the trading community and the
trading representatives. IN Parliament, have
yet to suffer, and, consequently, are not
strong nationally.
Democracy IS at the mercy o. the orator
Words mean more than deeds, and thus N
time Of real trial natural order reasseris
itself and democracy goes under, except {"
m France. Perhaps the most painful aspect
Of Radicalism and Tammany Hall s ne
singing Of mud and the perpetual ml'rep-
resentation of efficiency Endless rumor'
and intrigue designed TO lessen tie en-
cheney Of Lord Kitchener form case m
point The most recent example is Che al
tempt 70 suppress the one mas who has been
responsible for the extraordinary improve
ment IN the air service Of this country. -
long as this position continues from o1,
point of view the result Is hopeless, bat. X
you regard the recent public letter Of 40
miral Realty. you will see evidence ~ a
resurrection Of a life OF suffering, sacsihcs
and service which would make England
again great ALFRED JAMES.
London, England. May 49, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08
Uncompromising Patriots.

The English Chemical Society's list OF
honorary members includes nine German
names, and for long time they have been
regarded by jealous patriots with great
suspicion and mislike Even outsiders
have called upon the society to throw out
the enemies, and of late some Of the mem
bers have been vehement in demanding
their expulsion.
At meeting held for the purpose of
discussing this important question one Of
the Fellows of the Society, Sir William
Tilden, mildly suggested a suspension of
judgment and was promptly hooted down
as a pro-German. That is the title given
to all who take his part by the noisier sort
of patriots. Another distinguished mem
Der. Professor William j. Pope, strongly
resenting this popular clamor, has under
taken to give out some facts about the
Germans in question. One, 1t seems, is an
invalid in retirement, a man eighty-one
years old. and known to be anti-Prusslan
in sentiment. One lived in Switzerland
when elected and has been an invalid there
for many years. His nationality IS IN
doubt. Two of the others are supposed TO
have helped "in the preparation of those
atrocities which have placed the Prusslan
outside the pale of humanity but if so,
Professor Pope thinks, the society would
stultify itself by offering these two the
same indignity that it is proposed TO heap
upon innocent invalids in retirement.
He is very possibly right in suspecting
that this foolish demand has been encour-
aged by German agents-"designed In
German interests to entice US into the same
foolish action by which certain of the Ger
man scientific societies have made them
selves ridiculous, to cause us to lose caste
among chemists of neutral nations, TO make
us waste valuable time in vain discussion,
and to win the Iron Cross for its pro-
moters."
In any case nothing could possibly be
gained by rebukng few eminent chem
lists. merely because they were Germans,
in the middle of the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08
Yesterday and To-day.

F;ftv-six wears ago another Republican
convention met at Chicago under the shad
ow of a threat. The warning that the
Gernran-Americans have sent TO the con
vention of 1916 the slave-holdlng states
sent 10 that Of 1860. AS Elhu Root anc
Theodore Roosevelt are prescribed to-day
Abraham Lincoln and William H. Seward
were prescribed then.
In the convention of 1860 the Repuo-
lican party took counsel with its courage
Having succeeded to the estate Of po-
litical organization which had persisted be-
cause it had compromised principles, II
repulsed an impudent and disloyal threat
with absolute courage.
The decision in 1860 fell to Lincoln and
not TO Seward. but Abraham Lincoln did
not win because he was regarded as more
satisfactory to the South than Seward
Nor would Abraham Lincoln have COM
manded a corporaps guard In the conven-
ton IT, instead of challenging Stephen A
Douglas to debate the question OF Kansas
he had confded his burning convictions to
the graduating class of female seminary
in Sangamon County.
The Wing party persisted because 1t did
not dare to meet the question Of slavery
because it straddled and shufied, looked
North and looked South; because II
slo,lked and shook when there was a duty
TO be performed.
If the Republican party does not no"
dare to take counsel with Its courage
if it is prepared to yield to the Hyphens
Of to-day servility denied to the South
ern vote in 1860, it does not require IN
spired vision to perceive what the result
will be.
The Republican convention may con
sent to have its Americanism "made II
Germany" but it need not expect to have
il accented in the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08

valuable military training. 1t IS nc
strongest possible condemnation OF the
antiquated system which Congress Is so
reluctant TO alter that 80 few men now
want TO join the army. They will join 1t
by the thousands IA soon as we make
military service not only badge of honor
but an educational opportunity and an
economic benefit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08
WHY NOT A REAL MAN!
Or, If We Must Have a Word Artist, Why
Change Presidents2

To the Editor Of Tho Tribune
Sir; Mr.. Justice Hughes has spoken! wei
30 has DR.. Woodrow Wilson. The difference
is that the learned justice has taken several
years TO turn out a very trivial, platitudinous
performance, while the learned professor can
and does do much better every few hours
II VIC must have a word artist, let ia keep
tho excellent one who now infests the White
House.
After ALL though why not have real man
RICHARD F. READ.
New York, June 6, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08
A Metropolitan Admirer.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: As patron Of the Metropolitan
Opera House during the last season ! vas
glad to read ". J. G.s' letter In deienes
Of the Metropolitan Opera Company
The management. in spite OF the oiMeu'
ties under which 1t has labored, has accom-
plished much We. the operagoing pnoN''
owe thanks 20 Mr.. Gatti-Casazza for coain'
ung 70 maintain the high standard Of me
Metropolitan. ELEANOR l.. SYMONps.
New York, June 3, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08

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upon request. No red tape, no clubbing we
make good promptly If the advertiser does not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08

We must look for a real expression Of American
sentiment to the Rev. Thomas Dixon and Marjorie
The Evening Post.
Oh, why forget o. G. W
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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-05-10

stones oils. Cos and an useful and econ.
omIr products. the value of the same
and their accessibility for mining aud
manufacturing purposes;
''~croud. Nm accurate physical and
,h,mI,I analysis and classification ~
tb, ,aIiuHs soils of the territory with Il
ti,N u' determining their fertility aud
pryiup value aud the best means Of
preserving and imrro,in their fertility
urI rrpdu,tiVruc.s and nduptuhilitN TO
agriculture horticulture nd s'ockrais
Iul,
"Ihitd. TO collr,t meteorological data
which WIiI hy ~ Nu.I. .H determining
the variations u' ,hwl', temperature
md moisture uf H., d.t',lrr' .'.tipus
ut the tvtItotN.
"lour,h. 70 determine tl various
Instrumental methods. the elevation of
stations md the establishment ut prt
mancut monuments CO.. bench mHik-
showing elevation. with o. ,i"W to 20
more complete pogroruI' survey, unH
tn map areas which ave susceptible of
jrrigatlout
''lif'h. To study the surface and uu
dcrground water resources of the terri'
tory with q view of their utilization
ten domestic. agriculture and u1nui tD
turing purposes;
"~iath. 10 grIlc,t ilia concerning
the animals and plants native to the
territory. their KIND. abundance. distr.
button. economic Nnlu, and their rcln.
ton 60 their environment,
"~cvcuth. TO make such other ro
scqrchc. a.. ia the opinion of the board,
80 IL .-L.l. az NJ
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-05-10
The State University
And It's Relation
To the People
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hundred Thousand. co., n,rr. ,,. sandy
.ui Agricultural use. im, where hard.
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irrigation The government 100 one
time Withdrew y small portion Of this
.rud from ne public domain. with ~
view ui Planting - tu forests. hut tho
licu was later abandoned. for what rca.
son ! am not advised. The land would
probably hay, nr,u planted ~ forests.
had the people of IA. state strongly
urged H. hut before III. people can take
up such matters. thct must know the
pps~ihihfir. of them. and. until We tram
our young men n these matters. Nc
shall remain ignorant uf these possibili.
ties.
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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-05-10

houti of three members to be appointed
by the governor.
Now I have read only n small portion
ut this statute, bat n sufficient amount
20 show the purposes for which u was
enacted. II ~ q most essential work for
the state 'o do. But what did the legis.
lutUre 40 ~ the way oi providing for
the WORK of this commission aud It's
various dirc,iuts' II appropriated the
mumticont sum of ~ 1000 per aunun y"
pay all 81 this expense. AZ the sum"
time I think the territory of New Men
leo was paving something like $4,000 n
year for toHl oil inspection. ! under.
sttnl that oiforf were made NJ The
rDcru' session ct the legislature 10 get
At appropriation that would bc some
where near adequate to carry oH the
work ~ this commission. bat that -om.
icalnnsv has arisen relative 10 the III
vision "f the authority and duties -
mndc under the statute among some of
he institutions therein mentioned. This
might be- oNcfcom" by an amendment 10
'hc net but. by al means, the state
should take some systematic aud organ.
lcd action looking go Il thorough sur
yry of its natural resources. I believe
'tis cuu best ~. done through the unI'
Nrtsity for the reason that il brings IN.
matter home go che students ot the uni
,rtsity. gives them an added interest IN
the state. and makes the knowledge
which they gain ,aiur bile To them aud
to the state in III" future.
The university could boz of great ad.
titiuuui service boy furnishing a course
IN practical government. II Is snrpris.
- I-. ltsl. ..t .HMNA...s A. Futat.t. ia
KNOW about the actual machinery Of
our government. The average rrotcs'
,iouhl or business man. elected to an
office such rs the city council, really
knows nothing about the duties of his
office pro, 80 entering upon them. He
il generally pledged to secure a few ad.
ditionul electric lights for his ward. and
when this Is accomplished. he feels that
he has Justified his election. Il takes
more than ~incorruptihility and i%ntelli.
gcucc 10 make AN efficient public off.
clad. II requires specific training Men
should NOT take office 10 learn, hut 10
perform. The business OF our govern.
m.n, j. the only one that ! know Of
where totally inexperienced men afe
entitled FOO i'm high official places. Any
railway system ~ the United states
adopting such Il policy would be bank
rant iu thirty DAYS. In this respect
democtur, H. wortuliy inefficient. and
there j. uu other WAY ~ overcome this
iuafit,t,u,y that 7 know OF han t.
have special ira ming in governmental
matters in tn, universities. There - no
irsti,rtluu IA the state ut whi,h | an
advised that teaches the practical aud
uctunl working oi our state, county or
r.Httr.nF.rI .F..k tFf4uYI M This - nI4 of