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New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Unhappy Japan
Knows China

The United States can sleep dream
less sleep IN the full fare Of this grand
concert Of polItics. air bombs and sub
marine torpedOes in China. Largely
because America does not know China,
and, whats more, does not have 20 know
ner. But unhappy japan knows China
TOO much for her peace Of mind. She
simply has 70. And the idea Of sending
a million men 20 mix IN the isht IN
Europe should look 70 her-if il actual
ly does not 70 the military and naval
men OF our country a raving luna
tic rushing 20 qUench a fire on the
other side Of the river when his own
hair IS In flames
Japan Is a wee mite OF a country.
with no bigger resources than ITS size.
Why. the one state OF Texas can put the
entire Empire Of Japan Corea and
Formosa included .nto her own lap.
and can show a surplus area ot more
than 1000 square les. And one mill
ion well equipped and armed men mean
10 Japan more than a force Of ten
million men 20 the United States.
America does not realize what we'll
nigh superhuman sacrifices 10 has taken
for Japan TO build up her present army
she never can in a thousand years.
But the japanese can, and they do.
America can get 100000 tons Of
merchant shipping IN a year or 50 II
she has half n mind 70 get them. With
Japan It spells the heroic sacrifice Of a
couple of generations. Send 1000, 600
japanese soldiers 70 Europe? Ship the
entire machinery Of national defence.
the fruit OF fifty years Of patient toll
and indescribaoie sacrifice, and strip
our country utterly defenceless and
for what That japan might live
japan which should otherwise die2 To
vindicate the honor Of the Nippon race,
which some one has dragged IN the
mire Of humiliation
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Russian Sailors
To Sing at Concert
Chorus from Battleship Va
riag to Aid at War Re-
lief Benefit

4 musical programme which will
combine the strains Of symphony or
chcstra with 4 chorus Of sailors from
the Russian battleship Variag and the
singing Of national hymns Of the Allies
By enc thousand girls will be presented
during the week OF June Is a. Carnegie
Hall. The greater part OF the proceeds
will be devoted 20 the establishment
OF permanent exchanges. where articles
MADE by disabled soldiers. az well as
donated art objects. may be sold for
the benefit of the Allied wounded.
The Russian Embassy and the French
and Italian consulates will be repre-
sented. Prince Udine. head OF the Wis
ting Italian mission, has agreed 70 at
terd. il is said. Others invited include
Mayor Mitchell. Or. Nicholas Murray
Butler. James ". Beck a.d Miss Anne
Mor.aA
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Yale's Graduation
This Year Will Be
Solemn Affair
Social, Athletic and Re-
union Events Cancelled
by the War

New Haven, June l0-Ysle's con-
rencement programme will lack tire
customary social. athletic. reunion
events. The planting Of the class ivy
and the receiving Of the diplomas are
the only events in which its seniors
will participate. More than half tie
seniors in the academic and scientific
departments have already left college.
Those with military units will be sent
their diplomas. Many members Of
units in training at Yale will appear IN
khaki.
There will De class reunions. but
more have been abandoned than re-
tanned The usual banquets will be
abandoned by those who return once
in five years. Fancy costumes, such as
worn in former years. will be aban-
dored and torchlight professions viii
also he given up.
The class OF %, which had planned
the most elaborate reunion Of any. be-
cause of the attainment Of its twenty
af.h anniversary Of graduation. has
cancelled all plans tor returning IN
body.
The so-called "l49g' dinner will he
the largest ever held. This was for
merly a banquet of all the alumni wto
returned for commencement, but whose
class formally did not
Ex-President Taft will preside. and
il Is hoped 20 have as speakers Cen
eral Edwards and Frank L. Polk,
Yale. '94
The chief event will be a patriotic
meeting. which will start with parade
on the Quadrangle, passing the me-
MORALS 20 Yale men who fell IN me
Revolutionary. Civil and the spanish
American wars, and proceeding 10 me
new arm0ry. near the Bowl. There VIII
D. addresses by President hadley'
President George +. Vincent Of the
Rockefeller Foundation and by Captain
Robert Danford. the Yale military M
strlctor. The exercises will close win
"Re.reut" and a salute 20 the flag.
commencement Week will begin
with The baccalaureate address OF Pres
ident Hadley, on Sunday. June H. Ae
the annual reeting of the Yale Cot
will be made by the Rev. Brownell
Gage and DR.. F. c. Yen, Of Changsha,
China.
on Monday there will be meetings
Of the corporation. the alumni adj
visory board and the law school asso-
tion. The senior class ivy will be
planted that day. In the evening the
senior class Of the Sheffield Scientific
Sshocl viii give "A reception.
The patriotic meeting and the dedi-
cation Of the new artillery armory at
Yale Field will be the principal event
scheduled for Tuesday. The "li92'
dinner will be held that evening. with
little change from Yale's historic for
NAL comm tncement plans the diplomas
will be presented and the degrees
awarded on Wednesday June 20, when
the school year ends.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Pastor Warns Of War Lies

Gle factories arc buster than NUM-
ton plants these days. Unable 20 reacn
America BY Zeppelin or U-boat or siege
run. the Kaiser is bushwhacking our
citizens by means Of ms emissarles,
,y5o.cau r1ost plausibly circulate false
hoods that encourage the pacihst or
disbearten the patriot or breed distrust
of our government said Dr.. S. Edward
Young in the Bedford Presbyterian
Church. Brooklyn, last evening. at a
service Of eodspeed 20 six outgoing
missionaries 20 foreign lands lie
added.
"To combat this army Of prevari-
cation. lot the people have through the
rewspapers right OF the reel every
particle Of news, big and little. that
viii not hamper military operations.
.Uire wb,sporer start the fire that SIM
mers along and works lot Of insidious
rrfechfef"
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11

and nothing is told of the story until
the witnesses 90 on the stand.
Mrs. Trask is called first. and as she
tells her version OF il the story IS tod
on the screen. Then little Doris u,
called. and she tells OF what happened
in the home OF her father. who Is ac-
cused Of the murder. on that eyentiu.
night. Little Mary McAliste- IS quite
wonderful in the courtroom scene. X
IS doubtful Il any other child on the
screen could have caugh. the spirit Of
.c as she did.
Last Of all. Mrs. Strickland tells her
,.ory. and then all but one OF the
jurors are for acqulttal.
Even after the mystery OF the muir
der is cleared Up there IS still the theit
20 account for, and that holds the IN
terest 70 the end.
The role o. Robert Strickland Is a
difficult one, but it was in capable
hands. Sidney Ainsworth gave most
remarkable performance. Barbara Cas-
tleton did splendid work as the vile.
and Corene UzEell was a thing o.
beauty IN her widows weeds. She wep.
real tears and tainted twice on the wit
ness stand. One felt sorry for her. but
not so sorry a. he would II sHe mad nor
looked 30 handsome.
ION Trial is splendidly done, and ii
was dangerous experiment putting
on the screen a play which depended
Tor its success or the novelty Of is
stage production. Those who came 20
scor. i there were such. remained 20
praise.
The comedy was Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Drew in "Tootsie." There was also the
third instalment ot The Land OF the
Rising Sun
The overture was from "Schehera
zade.r Greek Evans sang the ever pop
lar Danny Deever,' assisted by the
male quartet
A. The Academy the feature picture
for the FIRST four davs OF the week
viii be William s. Hart IN Wolf
Lowry n. I.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Appeals for War
Service Made In
Churches Of City

War time sermons were preached in
churches of all denominations through
out the greater city yesterday. Cap
tain William A. Cameron. chaplain Of
"a Canadian regiment, which he said
s referred 20 by the German soldiery
as "the regiment Of Canadian devils
thrilled large congregation In the
Madison Avenue Baptist Church last
night with a sermon on "Ihe Religion
o. the Trenches Many al the pews
went as he related incidents IN which
he had taken part. The Rev. Charles
s. Eaton, pastor Of the church. intro
duced Captain Cameron 20 the tue Of
d Scotch Dagpipe.
. There are no inidels in France. ~
said the speaker. Every man IN line
is familiar with the saving grace Of
Jesus Christ. They understand Jesus
because they also are laying down
their lives for snners-for all the
slackers. the shirkers and the man VINO
would rather be a coward than a
corpse"
Almost every church gave notice OF
The New York State enrolment begin
ming to-day, and many have turned
over their parish buildings 20 the cen
sus takers 70 be used os enrolment sta
lions. From many pulpits the names
cf volunteers from churches who have
agreed 20 assist the census were read,
and many pleas were made for sub
scriptions TO the Liberty Loan.
"There is not a family ~ this church
that cannot subscribe 20 Liberty
bonds" said the Rev. Or. Daniel Rus
sell. in Rutgers Presbyterian Church.
81 hope every family has subscribed.
We must show the Teutons that We
mean what we say. Hardly less i'm
rortant is the New York enrolment.
rhis church is 20 be used In connection
with the census. and 10 never was used
for a ,yOrthier PURPOSE
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Polls Thronged in $50
Cities; Counting Be-
gins To-day
100000 Vote in N. Y.
Noted Men and Women Can
didates; Straus An
nounceS Success

Nathan Straus reported last night
that the election Of delegates TO the
American jewish Congress. to be held
IN Washington beginning September .,
had proved a Countrywide success.
The balloting took place in every
state Of the Union Saturday night and
all day yesterday. It was estimated
that the 100000 Jews Of the country
we're represented by $50 600 20 100000
men and women who appeared a. the
POLLS in 100 cities 20 elect delegates
who viii formulate demands on the
world powers.
iu New York alone il was estimated
that 100000 had visited the various
polling places throughout the city.
Besides the cities with large Jewish
populations. which had been accorded
certain numbers of representatives 70
the congress. each 'state was accorded
one representative at large. Colonel
Harry Cutler. Of Providence, was
unanimously elected yesterday from
Rhode Island. Governor Simon BAN
berger will represent Utah. Judge
Alexander Stern was unanimously
chosen from North and South Dakota.
Noted Men Candidates
Among the candidates in this city
were Nathan Straus. Adolph Lewsohn,
Louis Marshall. Henry Morgenthau,
Rabbi stephen S. Wise. Rabbi Joseph
SHERMAN and hundreds Of other prom
inont Jewish men and women. Mr..
Straus and Rabbi and Mrs Wise cast
their ballots az the Spanish and Portu-
guese Synagogue. Seventy-second
Street and Central Park West, yester-
day morning The counting OF the bal
lots will begin early this morning
throughout the country. the New York
count being taken at the headquarters
Of the American Jewish Congress
Committee. ] Madison Avenue.
Enthusiastic the East Side has
been many times before, but not TO the
degree Of yesterday. To thousands Of
men snd women the day was one Of
the greatest IN the history OF the
Jews In the election Of delegates 10
their congress they saw the beginning
Of new era. for the congress IS
pledged 70 demand Of the world powers
~ the peace conference the removal Of
an civil. political and religious dis
ability in all the countries where the
Jews are now so handicapped.
Voting Begins Early
New York was divided into eight dis
trlcts yesterday. Jews of all classes
and conditions turned out in every
district By the thousand 90 cast their
ballots as early as Z o'clock in the
morning. The polls throughout the
city were opened at o'clock.
one Of the busiest polling places
was the Synagogue Chasam Sodr, at Il
Clinton Street, where 1000 votes we're
cast from Q 20 o'clock. At the He
brew ShelterinC and Immigrant Aid
Society. 900 East Broadway, the crush
was go great that reserves had 70 be-
summoned. Thousands went 20 the
Young Women's Hebrew Association.
10th Street. near Fifth Avenue, where
the campaign was centred in interest
In the candidacy Of Mrs. Richard Gott-
he'll. wife Of Professor Gottheil. Of CO.
lumbia University. and Miss Rose
Schooner. sister Of Abraham Schooner
the playwright.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Hodgson-Wheat

Miss Ensley Hodgson, daughter OF
Dr. and Mrs. John Il. p. Hodgson' Of -
Washington Square, was married on
Saturday at noon 20 Lieutenant George
seay Wheat. T.. s. y. R., at the Marble
Collegiate Church By the Rev. Dr. Barn
hill. The marriage, which was TO nave
occurred later, was hasteued because or
the change made IN Lieutenant "heat s
plans by the war.
The bride was attended By Miss Mary
Victoria Reynolds, Of Dallas, Tex
James o. Winslow was best man. Mrs.
Wheat made her debut az The Plaza
Hotel two years ago. Lieutenant Nhea'
is we'll known as writer and news
rsocr man. Until recently he was on
.se staff Of "The New York Herald"
and before that was on "The Evening
sun" Recently he was commissioned a
iieutenaut In The United States Naval
Reserve and was detailed 20 the ONCE
Of United States Naval Communication.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Society
Engagement Is Announced
of Miss Angeline J. Krech
to Oliver B. James

Announcement has been made OF the
engagement OF Miss AnCeline J. Krech.
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W.
Krech, Of II East Seventeen Street, to
Oliver Burr James. son of DR.. and
Mrs. Walter 3. James Miss Krech
was introduced to society two seasons
ago. She is now taking a course in Red
Cross nursing at st. Luke's Hospital.
Mr. James is an undergraduate at Yale
and is a member Of the Yale Flying
SQUADRON now at Huntington, L. I. No
date has been set for the wedding.
The wedding Of Miss Teresa ". Coo
gan and DR.. William f. Boozan, Of
Elizabeth, was solemnized Saturday
morning at II o'clock in the Church Of
the Aununc.ation, 13lst Street and
Convent Avenue. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. John j. Coogan.
a brother Of the bride Miss Grace
Boozan. a sister Of the bridegroom. was
the maid of honor. and the bridegroom
was attended by Arthur Graham, Of
Elizabeth After the wedding a recep-
ton was held az the Hotel Marseilles.
Or. and Mrs. BOozan viii make their
home IN Elizabeth.
Mrs. P. 3. Little, Of Il North Kings
Highway. St. Louis, has announced the
engagement Of her daughter, Miss Ruth
Little. 20 Allen Campbell Smidt, son Of
Mrs. G.. /. Smidt. of 800 Park Avenue,
New York Mr.. Smidt is a member Of
the frm Of s. y. Bond & Co. He is a
lieutenant in Squadron A and served
with his troop or the Mexican border.
He belongs 20 The Harvard, Army and
Navy. New York Athletic, Lawyers and
Squadron 4 clubs. and is a member Of
. rhe Holland and 81. Nicholas societies.
Miss Little made her debut TWO years
4 ago. She is sister of Mrs. Louis
Henry lngraham, of Garden City.
f Dr. Norman Edward Titus, who will
marry Miss Helen Anita De Witt to-
morrow afternoon In 81. Thomas 5
Church. gave his farewell bachelor
dinner last night at the Yale Club His
guests included Or. Lewis Samuel
Rcoth. Dr. Wesley Marshall Hunt, DR..
Arthur Wilson, Or. Edward Pyle, AL
, ler Gibson. Hamilton Webb and Edgar
Hamilton.
The marriage Of Mrs. Saidee Polk
Fall Gardner. OF Nashville. Tenn, 20
Rcllin PIerpont Grant president Of the
Irving National Bank, took place on
friday I'm Nashville. Mr.. and Mrs.
Grant viii be at home az the Plaza
after June l..
Nr and Mrs. +. Goodman, OF III
Eastern Parkway. announce the en-
gacemcnt Of their daughter. Miss Fran
COS Goodman, to Dr. II. Diamond, OF
this city.
Mrs. Brooks Elwanger viii give an
auction bridge party on Tuesday after
roor. June %. AZ Ashantee, her coun-
try home In Short Hills, y. j.. for the
benef. of the Blue Cross Fund and
The aviation committee OF the National
Special Aid Society, Of which Mrs'
b William Allen Bartlett is Chairman
Mrs. Charles S. Whitman - enter
aiming a number Of friends over the
week end at Yama Farms Napanocn'
. n. Y.
Mrs. Wiley r. Reynolds. VINO spen'
+ The winter az the Waldorf-Astoria, mas
r,turoed 70 her home m Atlantic CITY
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Uniform Makers May Quit

I've thousand chiidreD'B clothing
.sfs's. nov Working % uniforms Tor
tr.e- States Army, yesterday
Yer ~ ref9se tcc offer % weekly
''afe .n wages u 81 b. the Asso-
bDg Clothing Manufacturers
-. .7f,atrr % STRIKE unless their de-
i1r "a AZ raise are granted Ten
-ftH1 more worlers lD "open"
zr9 ltfeaten ~ 20 out
i .fifnerf Nas issued oy fae Anal
--.f9 Clothing Workers Of America
attention ~ %" .ncrea es
ars. '"
- tss been expected b. reads.
- tnp.oyers have attempted % use
II. .@if - var ~ means of .ntIm-
s...hz their workers Let the tuo
.. ,srys al an indication II what
a. 1hisns can do and will Do when
ss's< tasn.o
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
By ADACHI KlNNOSUKE
The Best Known japanese Writer IN America

The people Of Japan in general and
the japanese army and navy IN partic'
ular are capable of a tremendous lot
Of heroic folly-especially when they
take it into their heads that the thing
involves a question Of national honor
or that somebody who is in desperate
need is looking Up 20 them for assist
ance. especially an ally.
But looking at this thing IN a cold
blooded sort Of way, the idea Of Japan S
sending her army to Europe 20 fight
is a monumental piece Of folly. Il IS
even a suicidal masterpiece OF lunacy.
II Japan were TO send a fghting
force Of a million men to Europe
and anything short of that force would
be a heartless and ghastly jest, both
for herself and for her allies-who rs
10 feed her men, supply them vita
munitions and keep them clothed .
Japan herself will have 20 provide toc
her men. There IS no other answer 10
ll. Anc II japan were 70 tutH ~ -'
production and transportation Of sup
plies and foodstufs for her own mill
ION men at the European front, Just
what is to happen 20 the Russian
armies on the Eastern fronts? II
means a present Of the entire Russian
army TO the Prussian guns as a par
ticularly timely burnt offering. Moth
inZ less.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Fractures Skull in Dive
Young Man Injured While
Bathing at Staten Island

william Frazer, twenty -eignt years
1ld. clerk. of l53 West lb'th street
vas pcrhaps fatally injured ~nhe pain
.ng al South Beach, staten Island yes
ferdAy afftnoon.
Frazer dove from The TOD OF a rai,
n shallow water and struck ms hehd
On the bottom. When he dld not come
49, tIe surface his com mpanions became
.f.,,oed and dove for him. They
brooght him 20 the surface unconscious
"a be was removed 20 the Staten Isl
"a HOSPITAL. There the doctors found
.,bst Frazer's skull was fractured and
his entire body paralyzed.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Would Have Fleet
Of 100000 Tons

If the government were 70 COM
mandeer the whole Of these subsidized
liners. 10 would have about 100000 tons
al told
There are something Ike 272 steam
ors above 900 tons gross OF the total
tonnage Of 7l5.O00 which belong 10 the
nor-subs;dized lines. They are not the
best ships for transport service. Some
Of them may be pressed into service
for the transportation Of supplies.
Now. the question is how many men
the 100000 tons Of ships can carry from
the Japanese ports 70 France, and, what
"a more important, how much stuff can
they carry 20 maintain the soldiers al
the front? And. what is still more I'M
portant. how long would they take 10
carry the million men over
The actual and accurate figures can
not be obtained for the simple reason
there are no such figures. Japan has
never been unhappy enough 10 try a
mad eSDeriment ike that. II has been
s+ated somewhere that IL took some
thing more than AZ tons OF shipping
for every British soldier and ms equip
r,ents. etc. in the Gallipoi campaign.
A. the same rate for our 100000 tons
of transports 10 put 100000 men IN
France would require more than two
and 4 half years.
And If the war lasted that long, 10
would be lucky for Japan 20 have 10000
men al the front az the end or me SAID
tyo and a half years out Of the million
men actually shipped, surviving and in
a lighting trim. All Of which would be
about the most fantastic mockery ever
nerpe,rated in the sacred name Of pat
riotic enthusiasm.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
"Baby Mine" with Music

Baby Mime" the Margaret Mayo
farce Of half dozen years ago, VIII oc
made INTO musical comedy for pro-
duetjon here I'm the fall. William A.
Brady viii make the production.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Orator Doesn t
Need Ships

Il is easy enough for a college pro-
fes.or at d summer resort convention
or an oratorical patriot ia ConSres
assembled 70 raise the eloquent query.
WHY ISN'T Japan lighting m France
to.dav2 She has a million men ready
and trained at home, hasn't she? Then
WHY isn't she doing her bit in this hour
of needc"
An orator doesn't need such r.dicu-
lously cumbersome and expensive
things as ships 10 transport an army
OF a million lighting men with their
equipments 10000 miles to Europe. But
ships are the only means Japan knows
and commands to get her army to
Europe.
ports Of the Department Of Communi-
cations of Japan gave the following
figures: There were 2,l53 steamers ln
Japan. The total tonnage OF them
amounted 70 l,696,63l gross. But there
we're only Ar steamers above l,OoO
tons gross and their total tonnage was
I,4ol.Dt
II is among this number and in this
tonnage Japan viii have 20 find the
means Of tran sporting the arm.. or
the above number. thirty-one ships are
used in regular subsidized lines over
seas. They are the ships ranging from
5000 10 1880 tons gross, and these
tho government can commander for
the transport service at once, and they
are by far the cream Of the japanese
merchant feet They belong 20 the big
three Of the Oriental shipping world
the Nippon Yusen kaisha, the greatest
Of them all and one Of the very largest
steamship companies in the world; the
Osaka Shosen, ard the Toyo Kisen,
which maintains feet Of the largest
liners in the Pacific service to-day.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Why Japan Is Not Fighting
In European Trenches To-day

The First Complete Statement from the Japanese
Side as to Why the Mikados Forces Are Not
Aiding There Now and Not Likely To Be at
Any lime
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
How About
the Far East?


guardianship of the peace in India and
in the Far East And the job OF look
ing after affairs in the Far East while
Great Britain is IN trouble IS the only
respousibility which the Anglo-Jap-
anese alliance puts upon the shoulders
of JaDan. That j. the only excuse
and Justification OF Japans BENG IN
this war at all And the scheme OF
sending the Japanese army 70 Europe
would mean the Qefeat OF TINS only oe-
cause of Japan's participation.
Another thing: Il Is infinitely more
vital 20 the very existence OF Japan
- have China In order and prosperity
than that Great Britain should defeat
Germany in Flanders.
Now. the present condition IN China
is somewhat distant from the New
Jerusalem in a fair-day vision Of the
pacifst. The military Cabinet OF Cen
eral Tuan has fallen, but the Pei
wang party, with the formidable Chang
Hsun and the military governors OF
many northern provinces az the mead
OF ii. will not see Tuan- Chi-lui ~ the
dust for any considerable length o.
.;-e Poking and the districts round
about arc reported 20 be under marta!
Law even as this is written. ne two
y.ro,se provinces OF Anhwei and hupt,
and the adjoining province OF honan
and the two provinces on the hastern
Sea. Fukien and Cheklang, as vel as
the metropolitan province OF Chinli
and four more unnamed provinces are
reported 20 have declared indepen-
dence!
There is a word o. nine common or
dinary letters democracy. IL covers \
multitude Of sins m the eyes OF tfe
liberty loving people o. America bHt
not quite as big collection OF them as
The nolitical China Of to-day IS con-