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New-York tribune., 1916-01-19
A TYPEWRITER FOR DEFENCE
But It Would Make No Progress
Against Big Berthas.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The most serious danger that threat
ems tho country just now is that the po"-
ticiens assembled at Washington have no con
ception Of the efficiency of modern iinpic'ncn''
of warfare. II there was any way 10 'aAe
them over 10 France and let them pend
fcw days I'm tho trenches they would come
back 20 Washington and vote for all the pre-
paredness needed. As II is now, the S'ngle'
track mind Of the President is filed with the
apcient truth that the pen Is mightler ths"
the sword; hence IL follows that the kcmihs
ton typewriter such as he uses for his notes.
ia more powerful than any li-inch gun.
The only way 20 convince our Cher Exec
utive would be TO surround Washington with
twenty OF these cannon, carefully hidden from
view and manned by experts from the hrupp
factory in Germany. These gentlemen "ou'o
be twenty milss away from tho capital pu,
with The aid OF maps and diagrams they "ou'u
proceed 10 drop high explosive sneHs III
number Of proarranged points win such "e
curacy that at the end of twenty-iour hours
even Mr.. Wilson would change his inihd III"
start il running on different track
The war in Europe has convinced eve" sun
slow-Wltteu race rs 'hc h''e' 1T -,
if nothing the Germans like to do so mucn a.
TO get these big guns in place and IRE AVA
at such cities as Paris or London. Now thoie
ia every reason TO believe that they Wou'd
tako lust ms much pleasure IN hlIing tne
isIend OF Manhattan full OF holes ana COZ
lccting a few billions of dollars as ransom
The Germans have n number OF other linpie
ments OF war which they have developed g,es'
skill in using and which could be Diverted "
their advantage on this continent. II uaN'S
long wears to bring all this apparatus 70 PEI
lection and train the men to handle H. pu'
against such mighty armaments We p'Hte
single man and a hundred-dollar type"rI'el'
and +, is safe 10 predict that year from "V"
this country will have no other adequa'e w
fence. ,o,,
Floral Bluff. Fla, Jan. ~, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: At last | have found an editor with
an al-Amercan backbone. I have been look
ing for him for many long and weary months.
Our German friends are looking TO America
for milk for 100000 babies and meat for
adults The brave ( y Germans gave the Bel
gian babies bayonets instead OF milk, and
outraged the mothers and now have the gall
to come to America whining for food for
their starving millions. They must have for
gotten the hundreds Of Americans they have
sent to untimely graves in their war OF assas-
sination.
suppose Mr. Wilson would be much
pleased to comply with same If he could, for
that would mean more Teutonic votes for him.
But, thank God il is not for Mr.. Wilson TO
say the German babies shall have milk, but
brave and heroic France, and good old John
Bull with his peerless navy, have the final
say in the matter lnasmuch a. it is for this
very purpose that England has built her su-
perb navy, she will be h.-rdly likely to release
her strangle hold on the German throat, and,
at any rate we brave Americans arc too busy
making profits by selling paper-soed shoes
TO the men who are fghting our battles in
France 10 get into serious quarrel with
England. for you must remember We are too
proud to light A. GlLSON.
New York City, Jan. 10, 1915.
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eds at sea. And the fury of the Rechstag
when the contents Of Sir Edward trey y
letter were made known showed tha' III
their inner consciousness the hearers un-
derstood the rebuke They could not very
we'll fail TO vince on recalling that only
very few hours before the German SUD
marine was destroyed another German
submarine had fired n torpedo at an un-
offending. defenceless passenger NeSsei anu
killed fortv-seven non-combatants III coIu
blood This was sheer, prcmeditateo' cow
ardlv murder. for which the only excuse
that could he invented, even by the perpe-
traitor himself. was that he suspected the
merchantman chad the intention ol acacN-
ing" and accordingly launched his torpedo
~in order to anticipate the attack.
This as we'll as the savage attack on inc
unfortunate seamen who were trying to
oscape from the steamship Ruel, TO say
nothing of the slaughter of the crew OF the
E-13. WAS worse than anything with winch
the commanding officer and crew I" 'he
Baralonr arc charged. Yet in these little
reminders Count Won Wcstarp can discover
nothing but arrogance and supercilIous-
ness"
There is but one sense in which the
action of the British sailors is worse, sup
posing the facts as related to he true
Their established standards Of humanity
ere higher than the avowed standards OF
the Germans. In the several actions at sea
in the present war more than eleven hun
dred Germans have been saved from drown
ing. while the Germans, on the other hand
have rarely even made an attempt TO take
prisoners at sea.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19
When the German Ok Is Gored

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There has been great hue and cry
lately because this country was not aole 70
send milk TO the babies in Germany and Aus
tria who are suffering.
What about the babies in Belgium whose
parents we're used as shields for the coward
ly German invaders?
What of the thousands q children VINO
were made orphans by the merciless com
mands of German officers?
How about the innocent and helpless ones
that were shot, hayoneted and mutilated to
carry out German terrorism
One would think they would be ashamed to
crv out for help, after oil tho horrible deeds
that have been done in the rame of German
"kutur'
But that is the Prussiar of it they are
not sportsmen. not good losers but squeal
when that which they deal out to others is
applied to them
The world ;s sick of the clustering barbara
ans, and the sooner they are put under the
yoke the sooner will all peore be satisfied.
We as nation have been houted and in
suited. Is it not about time league was
formed the members of which will pledge
themselves never knowingly to buy or use an
article of any sor. made in Germany
We are too easy with the outlaws. Crush
them out JOHN NJ. DEAN.
Albany. Dec 80. 1915.
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Have They Honor Systems?

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: A month or more ago | wrote let
ter asking FOR information regarding honor
systems in use in American colleges. | wish
TO thank you for your kindness in printing
my letter and also for the very helpful re-
plies which came 70 II. Ny only regret is
that every one OF the answers was from a
mans college or university.
Surely some college women must have read
my letter. so the only inference which | can
draw from their silence is that they do not
care enough about such matters 10 answer, or
that women's colleges in the United States
have not adopted honor systems.
New York, Jan. 9, 1916. ANNA NOLL.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19
DisavoWals.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. In the name Of Heaven, what IS our
country coming to? Il IS stated IN the
,.ress that If q "disavowal' can be so word
I'd that il will not only Save the face" Of the
German government, but at the same time
he acceptabe to our government at Wash
incton. then Germany will be willing to pay
us money indemnity for the hundred-odd
Americans who, along with fourteen hundred
ether victims OF German brutality, lost their
lives when the Lusitania was torpedoed. Inc
murder OF men, women and innocent children
is 10 be paid for with money! And our ad-
mjnistra,ion will score another diplomatic
victory"
Push this thing TO its logical conclusion
and this is what we may expect:
Judgo-Prisoncr at the bar, tho jury has
returned a verdict against you Of murder in
the first degree. You have been found guilty
of wantonly shooting and killing an innocent
and defencelcss woman and her four young
children a they were walking in the public
street What have you to say that sentence
of death shall not be passed on you
Prisoner at the bar-Your honor, | admit
| shot and killed the woman and her four
children, but express my extreme regret al
the sad occurrence and hereby disavow my
action. am willing TO pay 500 for each life
taken, or $500 in Gll, to the bercaved hus-
band.
Judge Prisoner at the bar. your dis
a,owal does you great credit, and we accept
it as a great moral. legal and judicial vic
tory. You are hereby discharged. Call the
rext case. THOMAS WILSON
New York, Jan. II. 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19

ernized and infused with a larger spirit
of democracy.
We shall get on much faster toward
our goal If we start right, if we turn all
our energies at once toward the creation
of n sufficient first line. We must have
that first line, or we shall get nowhere
The Tribune cannot work up any enthu-
siasm for plans for charging our supply
of second or third line material so long az
the real fighting and organizing force to
which those subsidiaries are 20 serve as
feeders is neglected.
Let Congress give us real first line
army. capable Of educating and reinforc-
ins itself. Then we can take up the ques-
ton Of raising and organizing auxiliary
bodies
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19
What They Might Eat.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: When Germany asks for milk for her
starving babies it would be well for her TO
remember the babies that she starved in be-
sieged Paris in the winter OF ls70-7l. Ny
dear mother fed her babies, the writer being
one OF them, on soup cooked out Of horse
hoof, same being used as often as four times
over again. would suggest that some OF the
German hausfrauen try some OF the same
soup for their babies. What was good for
French babies in 1870 ought TO be relished by
German babies IN 1918. FRANK BEEN.
Naspeth. /. l.. Jan. To- 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19
Search the Woodpile !!

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Where is the African in the wood
pile in connection with Germany's latest So
called surrender 20 the Wilson TOO proud
to fight" diplomacy? We may be sure he Is
there somewhere, and later his wcolly pate
will protrude when least expected.
Is it Germany's desire TO keep ua from
charging our navy and army, so that we may
be easy prey when the time comes for
her 70 take her toll for all she thinks she has
suffered by our Immortality?
Unless Great Britain gets a whsck az il
Germany's navy will come out of the war as
good as ever, or better, and certainly Ear
ahead Of ours.
Washington must keep its eye on ,ha,
woodpile ". T. T.
New York. Jan. II, 1916
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19
Better Cities, Not Bigger.

tTron The Providence Journa.)
Il is not very important fact tnai troVl
donce is a city Of more than 23O'ooO lrnapl-
tants. 1t has passed the quar'cf-n. mon
mark within few months, and ~ &c is q
sentimental satisfaction IN fnowinG - htt ~
is Of moro Importance that we arc developing
our barbor resources under "a combined Fed
oral. state and city scheme; tha- n City Plan
Commission is constantly studying ways and
means to make the city more beautiful; that
the habit of public generosity is growing
amopg US; that larger and moro frequent
sums are being given to good causes, and
that the sense of community and cooperation
is on the gain. We are glad that Providence
is steadily increasing in population, but we
ought 70 be yet more glad that It is also
growing better.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19
Get Milk by Surrender.
itor of The Tribune.

To me Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: On the 22d of September. 1870. Gen.
eral uhrich, Military Governor OF Strass-
burg, capital of Alsace. sent through a staff
officer letter TO General Won Werder com.
mander IN chief OF the invading German
army
The letter contained the humble reques,
for milk for babies-that is, for the babies OF
Strassburg surrounded by a circle of iron
and cut of from any communication with the
outside world
General Won Werder answered: You can
have milk for your babies If you surrender.
A few days sfterward on the 27th) Strass-
burg hoisted the white flag.
German papers please copy and hyphenated
friends please remember. J. LlPPMANN.
New York, Jan. l5, 1915.
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Stop Numbering Our Children

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The news Of the starving babies Of
Germany in this mornings paper must
rouse the sympathy Of every feeling heart;
but at the same time it cannot but raise q
question in the thinking mind. So far Ger
many has practically been untouched by the
cities have not been laid waste her
crops have not been destroyed, her art treas
ures have not been burned Above all, her
women and children have not been brutally
murdered. And now that she is beginning TO
feel the need of food. one cannot but ask:
do the German people ever think of the
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19
The Monroe Doctrine To day.

To the Editor of The tribune
Cir. For some years past one OF the great
est moral forces helping to make the Mohloe
Doctrire tenablc one has been the goou
will of the guiding minds that control 'he
pri,isb feet To thoughtful Americans. who
s;rcorelv believe that the maintenance OF
tne Monroe Doctrine Is Jusuhhplc Poioy
bclping to insure the peace ana Satey o'
American communities. 1t surely must Ov
.,.a- hot tho continuance Of all the moral
rorcos tending 70 that end is highly desira'
tJe ord that rs a cold business proposition
g., ,rould rrobably be far cheaper TO govern
o,r foreign policy so as to insure the con-
tinuarce Of tho good will and effectiveness
Of that British feet rather than to pul'o an
ipdependent military organization on lana
and sea in both Americas large enough 10
provide an equivalent guarantee.
II tho doctrine is 10 he maintained tnere
IS a choice Of two courses: Inc one pullu q
vast fleet big enough 70 meet the comOIheu
war seesoned feets of hungry Europe tHe
other. make the existing British and AHieo
fleets our friends by joining them win the
military force we nov have, together WIN
such financial backing as might be requ'Ieu
10 secure an curly peace and insure the con
t.nuance of the good will Of the guiding
minds of the British feet, which moral force
has been a pillar of strength TO that Monroe
Doctrine which so many consider essential
to the peace and safety Of American com
munities.
The financial backing for this second choice
night he great. But it would certainly be
many times less than the cost OF that vast
indenendent military structure which the
enforcement Of the doctrine will otherwise De
likely to require. H. ~ "''"'
Baltimore Md. Jan. l6. 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19
MILK FOR GERMAN BABIES
Further ers from Tribune Readers Who Think the eutonc Appeal
for HELD Should Not Ovebalance the Fact OF lher
Murder of Belgian and American Infants

starving women and the suffering babies OF
Belgium? Do the German people ever think
Of the horrible wrongs that Belgian women
and children suffered at the hands Of the
German soldiers" Not all the specious argu-
ment in the world can make US forget the
dreadful blot on the honor Of the German
nation formed By her treatment Of Belgium
But if Germany wishes this nation to iced
her starving people. it seems as II IT would
be wise Of her, to say the least, 70 stop muir
dering our women and children on the high
seas. KOSb H. rHEHi" -
Hacken.ack. " J., Jan. !, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19
The Paramount Issue.

Qrom Tho Springfield Rc9aticoHJ
The most momentous question now before
the President Of tse United States, the gray
est one imaginable in its national and inter
national significance, is not the submarine
controversy with Germany and Austria, nor
the neutral trade and blockade controversy
with Great Britain, nor the latest crisis In
Mexico nor the preparedness Issue az home.
Il is the exigent and pitiless question: Who
shall be tho next postmaster Of New YORK.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19

The Tribune cheerfully leaves TO its
neighbor THE World" the task Of explain
ing the johnson appointment. 1t is q labor
beyond the capacity of any lesser love.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19
Wine Out a National Disgrace.

The favorable report Of the House COM
m;ttec on Labor on the Keatlng antl-child-
labor bill contains a spirited challenge to
The Senate. which last year allowed that
measure to die in committee. The COM
mittee believes that Federal relief is neces-
eorv 70 cure the child labor evil declares
this document. "and it is in the power OF
Congress TO cure that evil and wipe out
rational disgrace" There seems little
ground for question that it Is within the
rover Of the national Legislature to attack
the evil by the method chosen-the prohipi-
,ion of interstate shipment of articles pro
Guced by child labor. And there should be
no question that it is not only the privilege
hut the duty of Congress TO wipe out TINS
national disgrace
In practical effect this legislation would
raise manufacturing standards IN only
few states beyond the point now estab-
lished bv state legislation. It has been op-
posed directly by representatives OF only
q few states. all Of them cotton-mill states
in the South. Yet how shortsighted such
antagonism is may be seen from the fact
that Massachusetts, the great textile state,
5lreadv has a law similar in purpose and
the mills there have not suffered from Its
restrictions.
But that, even. is beside the point. No
body now attempts to defend child labor
as an abstract problem. Concrete attempts
70 retain it for what seems to be individual
or locality benefit, therefore, stamp them
selves as clear, unadulterated seltlshness.
where the child is wronged the nation
and its industry is wronged,' ~ as the House
committees report well says. It remains
for Congress, 10y passing this measure TO
sec that neither individual children nor
the nation can he wronged in the future.
Intervention in Mexico will come, The
World reports. only at the request OF Latln
America. But cheer up, Latin America IL
likely 70 find the murder Of our citizens IN
tolerable much sooner than would the admin
istration at Washington.
REPRESENTATIVE Cyclone" Davis 10 appease
his wife has purchased collar, the first he
has worn in twenty years. And when 'he
week is up she may persuade MIN TO Duy
another.
Old Cabbv Left s50.000-Hcadline
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19

The modesty of tho amount Is explained by
the fact that he retired upon the advent OF
the ta%icab
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19

ovrei sld pUolbhea daily y me Ino"n, - q
N.r yo-s ccrpc~sticn Os'en " Reid. lFe~ideM, y V
v.-os Rossp. Secretary ard Treasure AN~i''| ~
rrNh.s -, 10 N.s,su streei. Nee N0tA.
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Entered q g.. Tc;o-c. st New 1css s'o"H '"'
NsU Mater.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19

Intervention IN Mexico will come. Ine
World reports, only at the request OF Latin
America. But cheer up! Latin America ls
likely 70 find the murder Of our citizens IN
tolerable much sooner than would the admin
jstration at Washington.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-19

Representative Cyclone" Davis 10 appease
his wife has purchased a collar, the hrst ne
has worn in twenty years. And wnen 'he
week is up she may persuade him TO Duy
another
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w. A. Morton, Notary Public.
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10000 Gown---Anna Held, who will
be presented to the patrons of the Pas
time theater today, will wear in one Of
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100000. How would you like 10 wear
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| highest priced tailors Miss Held has
been in the limeIght for a number Of
| years. is a star on the legitimate stage
land her name is known in every coun
! try on the globe. See her in Madame
, La Presidente," in which she makes
! her film debut, at the Pastime today.
! Admission l0c First reels 800 s. $50
8 and 9:l5 pm. Coming Wednesday,
William Farnum in "The Sign of the
Cross