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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
THE FARCE IN MEXICO
Woodrow Wilson's Persistent War
Against Common Sense
RI the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The tribune.
Sir: In The New York Tribune for
June 8th ult. a letter by me entitled
arbitration in Mexico: A Southern
Democrat Questions Its Use Under Ex-
listing Circumstances" was published,
and IN it | made the statement that for
this Administration to make q treaty
of arbitration with the Carranza gov
eminent without first having sufficient
guarantees that Carranza or the people
of Mexico would or could carry out the
terms of the award in case the court
decided adversely to them was "a
Bryanic farce" and that if persisted in
would lead to serious international
complications.
The trend of events, as they appear
in the paper to-day, seems to justify the
position taken by me and by The Trib-
une also that the BryanW Wilson policy
in regard to Mexico, far from restoring
law and stable government to that coun-
try. leads only to anarchy.
Villa has been declared an outlaw by
tle AHlltu oNdbCo oAN viz NAOpP' "a
this country have been sent into Mexico
to capture him, dead or alive" Now,
should he succeed in overturning the
Carranza regime, as he seems likely TO
do, what a complicated mess we will be
up against, Villa, as ruler of Mexico,
will be in a position to demand the
withdrawal Of American troops from
Mexico, and, if the demand is not COM
piled with, 70 use force, which, OF
course, will be war.
Should Villa be recognized the
charges against him for murder or
completely in murder must be with
drawn, and the moment that is done
we admit that his invasion of American
territory with an armed force and the
slaughter of unarmed American citizHs
in their own land was legitimate and
iustifable; and, on the other hand, If
we refuse recognition, we are then in
a state of war with Mexico and must
either withdraw our troops or fight 1t
out. ChAhLES r. 'hlDShi'
Pascagoula, Miss, Oct %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
Racing Mail Wagons Again
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: There appears to be growing
tendency on the part Of chaufeurs who
drive the automobiles which carry the
United States mails TO race along the
streets at breakneck speed.
Not long time ago there was gen.
eral protest on the part OF the public
against such acts, due 20 the numerous
accidents which had occurred from this
reckle 0spesding, and yet the practice
seems ~ continue.
Can nothing be done 10 impre" upon
the chauffeurs who drive these mall
wagons that they must not proceed ct .
rate greater than the city ordinances
permits. and to further impress upon
these chauffeurs that, notwithstanding
the fact tina, they are delivering United
States mails, they have no greater
rights, so far as speeding is concerned.
than others; or am ! incorrect IN my
impressions in this respect, and have
these mail wagons any privileges rec
garding speed other than the vehieulsr
traffic? HARRY NATHAN.
New York. Oct. 81. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
Following Roosevelt

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: By far the most important is
sues of the present Presidential cam
paign are Americanism and prepared
ness. Colonel Roosevelt, bold, con-
structiye and far-seeng statesman, has
done more to rouse this plethoric and
mmon-worshipping Republic from its
apathy Of soul and piglike contentment
with the unwholesome prosperity which
prevails than any other two men, in
GLIDING President Wilson, have done.
To Roosevelt, as the vigorous apos-
tie and exponent of policies which men
of duller vision and weaker intellect
now know 10 be both wise and truly
patriotic, belongs much if not most OF
the credit for whatever steps the DEM
ocratic Administration has taken TO
render America First and America Ef-
iicient." In justice, therefore, to the
Sage Of Sycamore Hill, who himself
will not receive the fruits OF his en-
deayors IN reelection 10 the Office
which in time past he filled so ably,
the intelligent, discriminating, honor
loving and duty-performing ballot
casters of this mighty nation should
by all means vote for his candidate,
Charles Evans Hughes, one who has
been tried and found worthy; who says
what he means and means what he
says; who is peace-seeking without be-
ing pacifstic; conservative without be-
ing reactionary; safe without being
slow; courageous without being jingo-
istic, and law-executing without being
statute-improvisiug the one hundred
per cent American, the man in whose
hands our national dignity, self-respect,
prestige, prosperity and proper peace
will be assured. W. K. SHIELDS.
Lexington. Va, Oct. 81, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
A MULTIPLE PERSONALITY?
One Explanation Of President Wilson's
MANY Minds
.itor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | see By The Tribune that DR..
Hyslop reports the existence Of a girl
with five personalities. should like
to call DR.. Hyslop's attention to the
extraordinary case of our President.
II seems TO me clear that there are
in his case six personalities at least:
The Wilson who would not be fright
ened in 1914 by nervous persons, the
Wilson Who in 1916 thought we should
have "incomparably the greatest navy
in the world" the Wilson who wrote
the strict accountability" and "omit no
word or act" notes, the Wilson who al
lowed the destruction of the Lusitania
and other ships, with the loss Of many
American lives, for which no settlement
has yet been made; the Wilson who has
twice made war on Mexico and the Will
son who kept us out of war;
Perhaps We might add the Wilson
who wanted Bryan knocked into a
cooked hat and the Wilson who sp-
pointed Bryan Secretary of State.
c. B. N.
Caldwell, n. j., Oct. 80. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
A Question of Moods

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: At the time of the sinking of
the Sussex this country suddenly real
lied that unless we expressed our
selves Immediately and strongly this
administration would plunge us into
war. The whole country was shocked.
Tens Of thousands Of kilograms and
letters poured into Washington urging
the Congress TO Keep US out OF this
European war. There are too many in
II now"
Congress saw the light, and il was
Congress which kept us out OF war"
At that time President Wilson stated
that 81 am in fighting mood"
Now his only hope of reelection is
through the reiterated claim that "He
kept us out of war"
II reelected, which he will not be,
how do we know that within a week
he would not again be ain a fighting
mood?
| predict that this country does not
want "a moody President" but will
elect President of balanced principles.
AN EX-WILSON DEMOCRAT.
New York, Nov. 1, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
"Archie" Fowler

II is one of the ironies of the news
naper business that those who are
most useful and most successful
within their profession are precisely
the men who are least known to the
thousands and hundreds OF thou
sands whom they serve. No better
illustration of this can be found per
hans. than in the case of "Archie
Fowler. of "Thc Sun staff, whose
death occurred on Tuesday.
In the past twenty years a very
large fraction of the men who nave
achieved success in the magazine
field. whose names have become IA
miliar to the periodical reading pub
lie have worked on "The sun and
drawn from it the advantages IN
training and spirit which we're a
mart of the continuing tradition OIL
that newspaper, and have then
PASSED from this training school INTO
a field which gave them wider notice
and conceivably greater financial re-
turn.
Yet. despite the common notion
these were not the men who made
The New York Sum" The men
who did this were the men OF
"Archieo Fowler's kind, who rose
slowly or swiftly from one post to
another because Of their capacity
for accurate, intelligent, palnstak-
ing work. They were the men who
did not make mistakes and did get
the news. They were the men for
whom their profession was not a
way station or stepping stone. lney
were the men to whom the business
of getting and writing the news
had a suficing appeal.
There are many men doing on
many newspapers the thing that Mr..
Fowler did for so long upon The
Sun" Some of them are doing 1t as
well, perhaps; none are dong II
better. They have for their work a
love and a loyalty which in some
fashion the newspaper business COM
mands as its demand. They are not
men to the millions that read them,
who are served by them, but they
are the foundations upon which all
newspapers are erected, and without
them all else in the newspaper would
not exist, because without the news
there is nothing.
No man was better known within
his profession than "Archie" Fowl
err, and his death is a real loss to
the newspaper world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
Gan Uneventful Voyage"

1t is evident that Germany's foes
were not wholly ignorant Of the
Deutschland's movements, for 1t was
given out nearly a week ago by Brit
ish agents in this country that she
might be expected at New London
about Wednesday. And duly on
Wednesday morning she arrived
there after what is described as
"ouite an uneventful voyage
1t may well be that ultimately the
submarine service may come to be
more or less regular. In the mean
time it is a precarious and but rela-
lively profitable enterprise. 1t Is
true. indeed. that the value of the
cargo, according to all accounts, is
more than sufficient TO justify the
cost, and the profits are of course I'M
measurably greater than in normal
transatlantic traffic. But then, the
risks are far greater, and the ca
pacity even of the most modern of
submarines is extremely limited.
The loss of the Bremen is now ad-
nritted by the agents of the German
company, though it is strenuously
denied that she was captured or
sunk by the enemy. The grounds for
confidence on this point are INSULT
cient. 1t is said that if she had been
taken the British Admiralty would
surely have made the fact known at
once, but that is by no means GER
tain. On the contrary, 1t is clear
that for reasons best known TO them
selves the Admiralty are singularly
reticent with regard to anti-subma-
rine operations, rarely giving out IN
formation except when it is obvious
ly already in German hands.
This seems, indeed, TO be true of
most other naval events. II may be
recalled, for instance, that nearly
month passed before we heard any
thing Of the sinking Of the raider
Greif; and it was plainly intimated
at the time that the news was pub
lished then only because it was GER
tain that the Germans had already
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
In Mr.. Bakers Defence
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We can't make history and
shouldn't make votes by misrepresenta-
tion.
As to Secretary Bakers statement
regarding the soldiers Of Valley Forge
those patriots of undying fame-what
was wrong? What charge did he make
that cannot be substantiated by the
recorded history of those terrible
times? That his speech was i'll timed
politically We may, perhaps, allow, but
who is there that does not admit that
starvation knows no law but self
preservation, and will take as a right
whatever is within reach to feed its
hunger and quench its thirst?
Where were there ever soldiers, cold
and famished. dying for lack OF sus-
tenance, who did not do it?
And what more did Newton D. Baker
say than that.
GEORGE W. COOK.
Tarrytown. y. Y, Oct. 81, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
SOME HISTORIC NOTES
Rewritten According to Mr.. Wilson's
Epistolary Style

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The present Administration has
reached such burlesque of policy that
it is to be wondered where our coun-
try would be to-day had such an angle
worm course been followed in the past.
Suppose the following notes had been
sent:
Commander Of the Minute Men to
General Gage, after the Boston
Massacre:
"Your men, now invaders on our soil,
have fired upon and slain seven Amer
lean citizens and wounded several
more. While We do not mean TO re-
sist such infamy with violence, our fer
vent desire being for peace, we desire
TO point out that from humanitarian
standpoint your measures are brutal,
and we therefore suggest 1t advisable
for you to withdraw your troops at
once"
John Paul Jones to the commander
of the British frigate Scraps:
Kindly refrain from firing upon my
ship, the Bon Homme Richard, as we
are willing to surrender in order TO
save human lives, and particularly If
you will regard this done from a
friendly spirit and not from cowardice.
II is desired by the government Of the
United States to avoid fighting when
honorable terms can be arranged"
American government 10 England at
ter the burning of the national capital:
"The British government has COM
mitted n dastardly outrage upon the
City of Washington. Please find bill
inclosed. You will see we have no in
tention of prolonging the war to. col
lect the costs, but a refusal to pay
them will be regarded with disfavor,
even If not as an unfriendly act"
Roosevelt TO the Kaiser in the Ven
ezuela dispute:
your course in attempting to vio-
late the Monroe Doctrine in Venezuela
is from a moral standpoint entire
ly unjustiied, and desire TO point out
the danger which may follow a per-
sistence in such course. | do not
mean By this that war may follow. but
no mincing OF words can conceal tina.
il will cause among the people Of the
United States a feeling of Indignation
which may result in an embargo on
cotton TO your ports. II the German
government refuses TO withdraw from
South America il will be regarded as
an unkind act.
"P. S.-The threat about the cotton
is for home consumption; we will be
glad TO ship you all you need"
r. Fl.
Syracuse, \. Y, Oct. 81, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02

Port of New York, embodied IN the
existing freight zone and freight
rates. To grant the petition OF New
Jersey would not alone strike
tremendous blow at the commercial
prosperity Of this city and state; II
would disorganize the business oil
the country. And it is greatly to
be questioned whether the material
advantages TO New Jersey would ne
as great as advocates of this plan
seem to think. Inevitably there
would be competition between the
two sides of the harbor-a competi-
ton in which New Jersey would
start handicapped and for which
her resources assuredly could not be
ranked against this states.
At present New Jersey derives
benefit from the freight zone sys-
TEN. The vast quantity of New
York traffic has produced low rates.
which the New Jersey cities share
with New York. Considering their
interest as well as the interest OF
this city and state, a continuance OF
the existing cooperation seems inn
nitely to be preferred to cut-throat
competition which would array the
two sides of the harbor against each
other. New Jersey, as the peti-
toner or complainant in this action
has to prove the merits Of the pro-
posed change. 1t will be hard 10
bring out convincing proof.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
British Losses

The statement of British losses
for the first four months of the
.Somme drive has succeeded IN
making a real impression upon the
writers Of headlines and the anna
tour critics of military affairs
largely because the earlier losses OF
the French and Germans have been
forgotten. Actually the British
losses arc not impressive when con
.trasted with those suffered by the
nations who entered the war with
conscript armies.
The losses Of the Germans IN the
FIRST four months of severe fighting
Seutcr,ber. October. November and
Deccmtcr. 1914, were $4,000, as
shown bv the official German lists
As the British losses at the Somme
in the four months period Of july
August. September and OCTOBER
1916. were only 4l5.00O, 1t IS clear
that thew cannot be excessive.
This comparison can be even more
clearly shown by putting the losses
in tables: Thus:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
As to Yellow Races
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent "Indepen.
dent" in to-day's issue of The Tribune
tells US that in Europe "they" are call
ing US yellow race, but we should no.
be at all disturbed over what they may
say of US. for no doubt there is as much
Misunderstanding over there regarding
US as there is here concerning our
friends across the seas. "Tell me-
said a charming young Spanish lady no
less recently than last evening, lust
what do the Americans think OF Span
ish-speaking people? Whenever see
Spaniard or a Lstin-American piet.
ured here he is almost sure TO have .
dagger concealed about his person, and
this is not true to life at all" Thus tits
that while we arc talking Of "the I'M
speakable Turk" the yellow menace
"a nation OF bandits" etc, etc, theirs
are tongues in faraway lands treating
US just as kindly. Surely any one who
travels much and has knowledge OF
several languages TO enable him 20 be-
come really acquainted with different
peoples, must come 20 the conclusion
that as TO nations, indeed, we can say;
"There is so much good In the worst
Of US,
There is 80 much bad in the best OF us.
That the worst Of us and the best OF us
Are just the same as the rest of us
b. the way, I should be glad 70 have
Tribune reader set me Alright II I
have misquoted this Jingle, and also say
something of its origin. for It contains
much wisdom. UNDlSTURBED.
New York, Oct. "a, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
To an Old Love

O, the white chalk cliffs Of England tina.
rise along the sea;
o, the vast green downs that lure me
where the silent dew ponds be;
O, the moorlands red with heather that
blooms in the early fall;
o, the Joy Of an English morning, with
the blue sky over all!
o, land amid the waters; O, heart of
the worlds delight
o, downs and heathery moorlands; O.
ehalky cliffs so whitel
Blessed be they that love you, and
curst be they that hate,
And strength be to your sons that turn
the battle AZ the gatel
ROBERT iEET PATTERSON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
An Undivided Port

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has granted the petition Of the
State of New York, represented by
Mr.. julius Henry Cohen as special
Deputy Attorney General, and of the
Chamber of Commerce Of the State
Of New York to intervene in the
action brought by the State of New
Jersey and various municipalities to
divide the Port of New York as a
freight zone. The City OF New York,
through Mr.. Wickersham; the Mer-
chants Association and other COM
mercial bodies also are seeking the
right to become parties to this &C
ton, which is brought against a
group of railways. Whether or not
they all obtain a legal standing in
the case, the fact remains that the
State and City of New York and
the commercial bodies thereof will
lie united in their protest against
the course proposed by the commu-
mites across the river.
This complaint demands a reor-
panization and readjustment of the
Port of New York such as "to put
into intensive use all the natural
conditions and give to the New Jer-
sew side advantages which nature
has provided" That is, New Jersey
wants an advantage in freight rates
against New York amounting, APP
proximately, to the lighterage
charges on goods which have to be
transported to the terminals on this
side of the harbor. At present the
same rate is given TO New Jersey
cities within the New York zone as
is given to this city. This seems to
them to be an injustice, and they
seek to relieve themselves of its bur-
den. But what they propose would
be a far greater injustice TO New
York State and the City of New
York, the great shipping port of
the country.
As the complaint recites, New
Jersey had from nature great ad-
vantages. But New Jersey and her
nearby cities for years neglected
those advantages. While New York
has been developing her side of the
wonderful harbor which is the joint
property of the neighboring states,
New Jersey has stood still until re-
Gently. The other side of the river
is underdeveloped as TO pier facili-
ties. Most of the desirable water
front has been turned over to prl-
waite interests. Railroad yards, fer
~ terminals, coal piers, privately
built, privately owned, occupy 1t.
New York early in its history also
bartered away its valuable water
front, but for many years has been
reacouiring title to what had been
alienated. More than one hundred
million dollars has been spent in de-
veloping its waterfront. The Chel-
sea piers are a notable instance of
waterfront development. Vast barge
canal terminals are planned, to cost
nearly 100000, while Sl,000,000
has been appropriated by the city
for improvements in Jamaica Bay.
Private interests have given thought
and money to the improvement OF
New York's section Of the harbor
as no part Of the New Jersey sec
ton of the port is improved. with
the possible exception of some $500
feet of waterfront occupied by the
Dutch and German steamship piers.
There is probably no finer develop
ment in the world than the Bush
Terminal, in South Brooklyn.
All this activity, state, municipal,
private, has been based and founded
on the conception Of an indiviSible
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
Two WINS

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Don't waste time telling US
why We should vote against Wilson.
That's too easy. What We want to
know is why anybody should vote for
Hughes. T.
New York. Nov. /, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
Not Speaking in German

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Kindly permit me to inform
those Of your readers who have nos
heard Mr.. Hughes speak and who mishs
be lead astray by Wilson papers thss
the Republican candidate so Tar mas
not delivered one Of his speeches III
German. IL Ne
Brooklyn, Oct. 81. 1914 j
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
Reason for a Change

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The posters now adjoining our
subway and elevated stations in the
present publicity campaign of the Dem
ocratic party should be changed to read
as follows:
WILSON'S NOT
THE MAN.
We are happy in a FOOLS paradise.
We are busy making war munitions.
We have peace with dishonor.
We have prosperity soaked in the
blood OF Europe
Why change? Because Charles
Evans Hughes is a better man
II. ". ARNOLD.
New York, Nov. l, 1916.
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You can purchase merchandise al
,ertised in THE TRIBUNE with abso-
lutte safety-for If dissatisfaction re-
.ults in any case THE TRlbo NJ
guarantees 20 pay your money BACK
mon reouest. No red tape. No quib-
hing. We make good promptly II the
advertiser does not.
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