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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Peace has been agitated for more or
less since the first few weeks of the war.
Hardly a month of conflict had gone by be-
fore such efforts were started. The move
ment has continued ever since, steady as the
tapping Of the sea, and with as little sound
but at times rising in accent. The more con-
spicuous of these efforts-conceived in So
phistry, emotonalism or partisan subtlety'
according to the complexion of the group be-
hind him, pro-German, pacifist, or German
American finance as pointed out in The Trib-
une peace Kites" editorial of Saturday last
seem to travel in cycles, farng up and
then snufing out from lack of progress. The
first of these adventures Of any considerable
proportions was Mr.. Ford's transatlantic
pilgrimage enterprise that was the men
tai gazingstock Of most of the world and
somewhat the laughing stock of seers and
men of insight. Other attempts, differing
in procedure mostly referred to German
sources--both preceded and followed Mr..
Ford's. The Entente Allies discountenanced
and rejected them all, for the reason that
their aims, their bourne in the war, had not
been reached How long has it been since
the quixotic Fordian argosy set sail with its
fraughtage Of Enthusiastically dreaming argo-
nauts in quest of the golden fleece of peace
and was shipwrecked in fasco? Not long, il
seems.
How, therefore, can movement for peace
probably culmlnatve endeayor to procure the
President of the United States to intervene
The nations that are strainlng with all
the life in them to preserve the swaying
structure of civilization from being RACED
level with the earth have affirmed time and
again that they will not receive favorably
any such overtures until made seasonably;
the spokesman of their respective govern
ments have lately reiterated the statement.
Daily their representative men are giving
voice TO the sentiment, so often expressed
as to have taken on the aspect of formula,
that peace will not be considered until the
major purposes of the Entente Allies have
been achieved-viz., the demolition of Prus-
sian militarsm and the restoration of Bel
GUM, Serbia and Northern France.
How therefore, can a movement for peace
at this juncture succeed? More power to the
Entente coalition and their pubIicists and
opponents of public sentiment, so to impress
American opinion with the inevitable boot
lessness of Intervention that the United
States shall not be helmed in that direction.
c. B. ROBERTS.
New York, Nov. 81, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
Eggless DAYS

1t is to be hoped the two weeks boycott
on the use of eggs proposed by Commits
sioner Hartigan of the Bureau of Weights
and Measures will be carried out generally
by the housewives Of this city. The value
of this protest against existing high prices
must lie in the thoroughness with which
il is made. It may or may not be sue
cessful in reducing those prices-in the
present foodstuffs situation the element of
local consumption is not necessarily the
controlling one. But whether or not egg
prices come tumbling, a thoroughgoing
local boycott can be vastly important on
two counts-as a proclamation to profit
grabbing middlemen and food gamblers
that the buyers of New York are willing
to fight for their own protection, and as
proof that, being willing, they are capable
of united, coordinated effort to protect
themselves against eXtortion.
The moral effect Of such a stand at this
time. when despite higher wages in many
industries and undeniable business pros
perity the purchasing price Of the dollar
is from % TO 30 cents less than it was a
few years ago. cannot be overestimated
For the chance Of practical success. too,
there is much TO be said. Mr.. Hartigan
RECALLS that meat prices fell about 20 per
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
Another County Heard From
or of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF Inc tribune.
Sir: Last summer not single Democra;
in this state expected Wilson to carry Wash
ington. and the Federal office holders here so
informed the Eastern headquarters Of their
party. One Federal official said that the
Democrats estimated that rs per cent Of the
Progressives had gone back into the Repub-
lcan party In the primaries in September
for every one who called for Democratic
ballot three asked for the Republican ballot.
And Hughes lost the state, and Miles Poin-
dexter, real Progressive, was elected United
States Senator by nearly 10000.
This state was for Roosevelt for President,
and the delegation sent by the Republican
party to Chicago was for Root. Weeks or
anybody except T. r. When Hughes came
to this state the national committeeman,
Is. A. Perkins, took him in charge and
Progressives were ignored as much as pos
sible. As soon as the frame-up became ap-
parent, former Progressives wired Hughes
and begged him to invite Poindexter to travel
across the state with him in order to
strengthen the ticket. The telegram was not
even answered.
Fifteen thousand people assembled in the
stadium here to listen to Hughes. They sat
in silence hoping that in the next sentence
he would utter a Progressive dea. The crowd
dispersed as il they had been at funeral.
Even the rankest srsndpatters said, after the
state began slipping: "he should not have
come here"
supported Hughes and took an active
part IN several committees, but no Roadway
could be made. Many persons said: Il was
for him until | heard him" Others were
mad because S. A. Perkins had him in charge
and Poindexter was snubbed as Hiram John
son afterward was in California.
The coast is fer TEDDY" for 1920, and II
we can't have him, we will be satisfied with
Hiram BURNS POE.
Tacoma Wash. Nov. 20. 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
Winter Walking

IRON The CIsrednd LEADER
Winter weather diminishes greatly the time
spent in the open air by those who ride in
automobiles. 1t comes near putting bicycles
out of use. From steamboats, 10 canoes, there
is almost entire cessation of water outings.
All OF which means that more walking in.
stead Of less ought TO be done IN cold weather
There is no other way OF moving about In
the open air which keeps a healthy human
beings feet so warm and brings such glow
of warmth from the body itself. II the Pc
destran is properly clad. especially in re.
spect TO keeping dryshod, all Of the effects
OF winter walking should be beneficial.
With little care and discretion such
exercise can be made as agreeable AS it j.
wholesome. Usually there is no dust. Often
the temperature is neither too low for com
fort nor too high for vigorous exercise with
out WEAKNESS or lAssitude.
Rightly timed and kept within bounds
winter walking is a good precauton against
the III effects of sedentsry life and toe l.uch
indoor air.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
From a Haeckel Freethinker
D the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The tribune.
Sir: As / am greatly interested in this
country, | am doing all can to try to help
save it from the horrible, dishonorable and
lnhuman war that is waging in Europe.
There is no "honor" connected with all the
wholesale murder and slaughter that have
been turning Europe into the worst Hades Of
any ones Imagination. It will be just as ter
rible for this country TO be dragged into this
inhuman war as for US to go TO lunatic asy-
ium and fight the poor, frenzied creatures
who are not responsible for their actions.
When Bismarck was alive he said, IF our
soldiers were thinking men mere would be no
fighting men" He knew that brains would
prevent war anywhere. Ernst Haeekei, the
greatest living scientist and German free
thinker, lover Of peace, and later Of war,
says in his latest book, Eternity" that Eng
land in its selfish determination to remain
The Master of the seas" was the cause of
this war That she misrepresented the Ger
man empire, and thus made so many enemies
for Germany all over the world. Germany
saws THE seas should be the common posses
sion Of all mankind" II you would get that
book and read for yourself perhaps your views
might change.
The whole thing is horrible beyond the
power of words to describe, and II only we
might get at the truth We might prove that
we are right in keeping cut of this hendish
and thoroughly dsgracefui war.
am the most desperate of freethinkers
through my own experience, and | adore
peace, for which | have had to fight most
desperately for many years, but am Tree
now and forever. belong to no party or
organization Of any sort am simply try
ing to help save this country from all the
cruelty that is raging over the world II the
leading newspapers would read that book
Eternity" It might influence you to work Tor
peace with every honor possible.
JOSEPHINE o. SCHOTT.
Brooklyn, Nov. q, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28

cent because of a similar boycott couple
of years ago, when they had scared 10
such an altitude that many consumers
could not buy and many of those VINO were
still able 10 meet the dealers demands
felt obliged to abstain from meat IN pro-
test Moreover, the present boycott VIII
have the support of many commission men
and retail dealers, VINO as prices are can
make only slight profits on their sales and
must face customers blndly irate at an
extortion, the responsibility for which they
cannot and do not care to place accurately
At most, however, the proposed boycott
can furnish only temporary relief. II 1t
should succeed in educating large part
Of the populace to the fact that they could
comfortably omit eggs from their diet
the inevitable result would be a dlminu-
ton of the production of eggs in time
and a consequent resumption of the price
climbing due to the small supply. The
boycott is well worth undertaking as
protest against the conditions disclosed
by the Wicks legislative committee. That
body found that a carload OF Indiana eggs
costing 24la cents a dozen in June, brought
in November from 40 to IL cents a dozen
when sold here to hotels and restaurants
and from as to So cents a dozen when sold
to consumers. Holding for a rise and
brokers' profits accounted for much If not
most of this increase. The boycott is
bound to affect such methods of business,
but nothing will protect the consumer per
manently against them but improved mar
keting and distribution systems which will
bring producers and consumers more di-
rcctly into touch with each other, eliminat-
ing brokerage on paper transactions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
Peace To-day a Black Crime

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: peace forced upon the Allies to-day
would make the terrible sacrifices of the
peoples of those nations wasted-thrown to
the winds. A peace to-day would mean but
a breathing time given to Germany at time
when her final defeat was only a question of
time II would give her time to regain her
lost power, give her time to fill her wasted
granaries, time to draw from their sources
the raw product to keep her munition fac
tories running, time to prepare for a fresh
strengthening her experience to correct
errors in the past.
Here is nation that looks upon any treaty
as a scrap of paper which comes in conflict
with German necessities What earthly value
would any agreement or contract made by her
to-day have when, reinvigorated, rehabiltated,
she felt herself ready to again prove TO man.
kind that Germany must rule the world?
Every allied nation, if peace were forced
upon them to-day, would recognize this, and
as result preparation would be made for the
new inevitable struggle, and those misguided
pacifists so loud in their demands for a cessa-
ton of war would find instead of securing
the end they desired they had only forced the
whole world into gigantic preparations for q
conflict that, when it came, would make the
present war child's play. Nations for years
to come would be crushed under the burden
of preparation. Everything would give place
to efforts to meet the coming conflict. There
would be no neutral nations then. The whole
world would burn with conflict.
A peace to-day with Germany would be the
blacklist crime in history. Men are fighting
Germany for what? For their independence,
much more so than we fought in 1916. They
dom and honor, and any man that stands knee
deep in mud and blood in the trenches to-day
is fighting for every man of whatsoever ma
ton who holds dear liberty and honor They
are making unheard Of sacrifices to keep Ger
man shackes from being forced upon indi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
FOR A LEAGUE OF ANTLGERMANS
Let Them Unite to Bar All Dealings with
the Wrong Doors in Belgium
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the Editor OF ne tribune.
Sir: 1t is now more than a week since
the bishops of Belgium sent their pathetic
appeal to this cou,try, mistakenly supposing
that as we are the largest and most prosper
Gus nation in the world day, our govern
ment would take the lead in offering a de-
termined protest against such crime as is
the deportation of the Belgians into slavery
by the Germans. Have we done anything
yet?
1t would seem that their experience of US in
the past, when to our lasting infamy, we
turned a deaf and indifferent ear to their
earlier appeals on the presentation OF facts
regarding Germany's acts of barbarism, would
not have led them TO expect much o. us now.
They cannot realize to what depths of in
humanity nation can sink in order to pre-
serve her neutrality" Neutrality! There
Is no neutral between right and wrong, and
there is nothing but foul wrong IN consent
ing by silence, to base tyranny and bitter OPP
preston Are we nation OF towards
Would man stand by and see woman
slaughtered or a child snstched away by
kiduapper and say nothing because he was
neutral" Wherein lies the difference
that the acts are committed across the sea?
We know the facts on Germany's own rep
rssentation. What are We going to do about
IT? II the government will do nothing there
is way that we, as individuals. can express
our feelings in no uncertain terms. There
are hundreds OF thousands Of US VINO are only
waiting an opportunity to show our horror
and deteststion Of Germany's dastardly
course. We would only TOO gladly join a
league whose members should agree to bar
all dealings with her both now and at any
future time, unless she abandons her present
rolicy. it is unthinksble that We can sit
stoHdy By in the face OF this rev agony
being exscted from unhappy Belgium. but If
we do we will as surely merit as dire a
calamity as ever befell Sodom and Gomorrah
OF old
Most Of US are practically in such league
now. but let il be public and nation wide, that
We may show which way our feelings lie when
unbearable tyranny is exercised on a defence
less people. How can We hope for a contnu-
snee OF peace and prosperity II we. in our
selfish ease and neutrality" fail TO hold out
helping hand to Belgium now being crushed
oy her pitiless conquerors. G.
New York, Nov. 20, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
GERMANY AND AMERICA"
A Denial That a Materialisie Conception
of Life Controls Here
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor OF 1 ne lTlDuHe.
Sir: The first article on the editorial page
of to-days Tribune is an especially able con-
tribution. | am not critic of any of the
nations at war, but it may be true that "the
religion of the human will" reaches its high
est development in the country you name
However, it is undeniably true that some
races, more than others, realize that there
is power outside themselves making for
righteousness" This religion Of the human
will, of mortal self-assertion, is hardly "a
new conception of life" although 1t does seem
to have its periods of ebb and flow; its time
of food is invariably marked by war and
pestilence. Paul called this self-assertive
human will "the carnal mind and said il
was "enmty against God"
cannot agree that the United States is
one of the countries where a msterislistic
conception of life governs the main tenden-
cies OF the collective will" From a cursory
observation our faces may appear to be set
toward Babylon, but the underlying thought
OF our nation is in Bethlehem; here it is
learning TO be governed by the divine will.
This new-old idea must have been indigo
nous to the collective thought of our country
for in spite Of the forces that must neces-
sarily oppose it has fourished prodigiously
No. America will not follow after the false
gods Of material philosophy whatever their
seeming success, nor believe in "forc. a,
the final master OF human affairs, As for
human will" the seed OF its own destruc-
tion is in itself E CHANDIFP
New York, Nov. 26, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
Forerunners

Whether Mrs. Boissevain was or was
not literally a martyr to the cause OF suf-
frage, she typifed in her eagerness and
youth and sef-sacrifce all that heroic side
of present-day women in which Americans
can take unstinted pride. The cause OF
women is not easily to be won. Already
it has cost much in disappointed hopes, in
unfrutful effort. No great reform ever
proceeded otherwise. But women, all
women, have gained, slowly and surely,
through the fight of their leaders. And
men as much as women can be glad to
salute that progress as one of the most
splendid facts of our time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
Poor Innocent Germany
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. There is a saturnine quality in the
relation Of Chancellor Won Hollweg to MS
imperial master and to the policies OF the
emnire II is to be remembered that the
Chancellor belongs to class that now appears
TO he approaching extinction in Germany, the
class that in former days had true con-
science. rigid but upright, that held stead
fast allegiance 10 duty and recognized the
moral rights of others. It was the survival
of this sense in Won Hollweg that forced MS
famous declaration that the invasion OF Bel
oiun, was morally wrong. The conscience OF
the rest of Germany for several decades mas
been steadily brutalized by militarism and
likewise scared by an immoral Philosophy
Bv the way. this is the reason why the re-
lipious revival that set in to certain extent
at the beginning of the war through the army
and empire has died out.
We see Germany, low proved, brutal, with
unconceaed insolence, standing before the
bar of international justice. charged with
murder. Then up rises the tall, black frocked
Chancellor as counsel for the defence, shield
ing his dastardly client with the cloak OF his
own responsibility Immediately he seizes
the natural weapon of the criminal lawyer
the abb; with shrewd skill he selects as his
victim Russia, hulking, good-natured. stupid
Russia, that for years had been exploited by
the superior cunning of Germany, and forth
with forces a lethal weapon into the giants
grasp, at the same time smearng his hands
and clothes with blood: then, filed with
moral indignation at the sight Of the guilt
stained object that stands grinning and en-
barrassed, the Chancellor cries: Here is the
man who wrought this blood-stained deed
not this poor innocent lad, who longs only
for the peace of the world"
The "innocent" meanwhile grinds his jaws
together in unconcesled fury and can scarcely
be restrained from biting the wise and reve-
rend court At the conclusion Of the learned
Chancellor's plea the chief justice of the
court leans slowly forward and writes these
cryptic words: Chancellor Won Hollweg,
counsel for the offence" G. H. D.
St. Petersburg, Fla, Nov. 81, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
Oil Reserves for the Navy

In letter to The Tribune, published in
yesterdays issue, Mr.. Clifford Pinchot pro-
tested against the passage by Congress of
the Phelan bill on the ground that it
would give away the fuel oil reserves Of
the United States Navy to claimants whom
the Supreme Court recently declared to
have no legal rights whatever" 1t is OBJ
vious that the fuel oil reserves on which
the future efficiency of the navy depends
should not be given away to claimants
with defective title. 1t is equally obvious
that, even if the title of such claimants
were good, the government ought to secure
a title Of its own to those lands and thus
prevent the diversion of their oil supplies
to commercial use.
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
Mr.. Franklin d. Roosevelt, recently en-
phasized in an address the Importance
to the government of secured supply Of
oil fuel Oil is better for power genera
ton purposes on shipboard than coal is
because the use of oil means higher speed
and larger radius Of action; because it in
sures better control over smoke emission,
reduces by half the fire room force, makes
refuellng at sea easier and allows the
completer subdivision of battleship, there
by lessening the danger from submarine
attacks.
The navy cannot revert to coal burning
without suffering a tremendous loss in
efficiency 1t is inconceivable that the
government should return to the use of
coal until it had exhausted every possible
expedient to maintain its oil supply. To-
day the navy's oil requirements are mod
est. Its ships are burning only $4,000
barrels a year But as the newer and
bigger battleships are completed the re-
quirements will increase rapidly. For
I19l7 100000 barrels will be needed; for
1923 100000 barrels, and for 1927 TO-
900 900
The government has embarked on the
policy of withdrawing oil lands in the
public domain from private entry. Some
Of its Withdrawals are contested by pri-
vate claimants. There is no need of deny
ing the rights of claimants who can make
out reasonable case. The courts will
protect them in any event. But if it be-
comes necessary, the United States ought
to extinguish those claims at its own cost.
For the cost Of extinguishing them now
would be trifing in comparison with the
loss entailed by failure in time of war
of the oil supply needed to operate our
uperdreadnoughts and battle-cruisers.
The Navy Department should have
stored in peace times a supply Of oil that
would last through two years war. It
should also have ample underground re-
serves still untapped and not accessible
to commercial exploitation. This is mat
ter of military policy-of national neces-
sity. Commercial development of oil lands
within and without the public domain
should be strictly subordinsted to the
needs of the national defence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
Relinquishing Our Claim

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: IL is significant to note the growing
conclusion that the United States Is fast re-
linquishng any claim she may have had 70
be considered as a mediator when terms OF
peace shall be considered.
Certain weighty names already stand De,
hind this feeling and its voicing-nsmes oil
Americans whose loyalty to country Is sec
ond only TO loyalty 20 such civilization IS
the hard. fought battles Of the past have
made possible.
Shall We enter upon a nationwide demand
for adequate aetionl Or shall we quietly ae-
quiesce in the easy and profitable course oil
non protesting inactionf A. y. =.
New York, Nov. Is, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
Retributiop

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Ruman!an collapse" begins
your excellent editorial to-day. lis one Of the
greatest moral disasters OF the war Tor tho
Allies" Il is more than that; it Is Just
rctributicn for unprovoked wrongdoing Ru-
mania sowed the wind In 1919, and reaps the
whirlwind in 1916. She vronged an homes;
neighbor with whom she had 10 quarrel, and
helped herself TO his land without even a
racial claim to it. from mere territorial
greed. When four nations conformity bese:
Bulgaria, Rumanian army just crossed the
border and occupied the coveted districts
This fall the vile theft mad TO be disgorced
and good deal more. Rumanis has long
lost her national character, and therefore al
future chances.
Let me compliment you on the lucid and
fearless expose Of the Rumanian catastrophe
ERNEST P. HORRWITZ
New York, Nov. q, 1915