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Middletown transcript., 1917-01-20

1T your eyes smart or feel scalded. no,
nan Eye Balsam applied upon gong 70 oeo
4. iust the ching to relieve them. Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-20

Justification.
"Jinks drinks like fish"
"Why, I thought he was strictly tenn
perate"
$50 he Is, but then fishes. you know,
never drink anything but wafer"
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-20
INTERNATIONAL
SUN[NyS0100L
LESSON

By E. G. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Unio3)
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-20
Lesson for January 21
FIRST DISCIPLE OF THE LORD
JESUS.

LESSON TEXT-John 1:35-49.
GOLDEN TEXT-Jesus saith unto him
follow me.-Jchn 1:43.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23

Rave been put off in all this time with
single picayune ) per cent increase IN
freight rates.
The railroads showed their breadth Of
view and their patriotism in conserving to
give the four brotherhoods what they
asked for in order to avoid a nationwide
strike. They have thus created counter
obligation ON the governments part to be
just and considerable.
The Interstate Commerce Commissions
past policy has been narrow-minded, VIM
dictive and obstructive. 1t has unduly
checked railroad development. 1t is time
now to recognize the Importance and value
of the railroads as instrumentalities OF de-
fence and of progress. They are entitled
to a liberal freight rate increase. The
sooner the commission grants it the better.
In giving the railroads relief it will simply
be performing lcng delayed act Of justice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
For the Battle Hymn

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: My father fought and was wounded at
Gettysburg, and am familiar with many
army posts, and even familiar with the origin
Of "Thc Star-Spangled Banner" Its stirring
music played by military band at sunset
with the boom of the evening gun and the
flag futtering down from its staff, unfailing-
ly brings a responsive thrill.
But about a month ago ! was in a theatre
with a very representative body of people. As
stood to the strains of 1.-THE StarSpangled
Banner was surprised TO see the people go
on putting on their coats and moving up the
aisle Could this have happened with the i'm
peling call of the Battle Hymn?
C. J. RAMSAY.
Guyencourt. Del, March u, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
The Lottery of a Name

When Commissioner Kingsbury succeeds
in ending the name lottery for foundlings
he might try his hand at protecting proper,
home-bred infants from the blunders of
their parents. A society to save freckle-
faced boys from being named Clarence,
Ferdinand and Launcelot ought to find
wide public support. So should Anti
Abigail and Anti-Algernon clubs, to whom
soever these names might be attached.
The suggestion in the case of the found
lings reaches only to the point of postpon-
ing baptism till adoption. This is only a
halfway measure. "Let the children
choose" should be the slogan. For the
egregious msnomers cover only part of the
crimes There is wide field for reform
in the lesser blunders which really intel
ligent parents doing their utmost commit.
In those early months, when the carping
uncle refuses to admit even resemblance
to humanity, there is no rational hope Of
pinning an accurate name tween squalls.
A true-born Cicely is easily mistaken for a
Cornelia, Deborah lands as Beatrice, an OK
cellent Henry is compelled to masquerade
through life as Horace. And so on.
SO we'll has confusion been COMPOUNDED
that the edge has been taken off many of
the best names by misuse. In an accu-
rately tcketed world such individual
names as Humphrey, Constance, Esther
and Jane would have wealth of color and
meaning. To-day their significance is
blurred for most of us by homogeneous per-
sonalities attached TO them. Of course,
there are accidental felicities which cheer
the dark picture. Josephus, for instance.
Never was name more intelligently APP
/ piled to illumine both name and its wearer
than in the case Of our Secretary of the
Navy. But the general picture is quite the
ether way Lottery fairly describes the
system, or lack of system, by which this
I important labor of the world has been
conducted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
An Act of Justice

Representatives of the railroads east Of
Chicago are asking the Interstate Com
merce Commission to sanction an increase
Of freight rates TO meet the cost Of the in
crease Of wages which Congress ordered
when it passed the Adamson law. The
commission is under a moral obligation to
grant the request Of the railroad heads.
Congress and the Supreme Court have
both proclaimed the doctrine that the
wages Of railroad employees may be regu-
lated directly by the government. The
commission can no longer take refuge be-
hind the plea that the railroads fix their
own wage scales and that in regulating
rates it is not required TO take any notice
Of wage advances.
RATS and wages ought 10 be coordinated
by the same authority. For the last ten
years the costs Of railroad operation have
risen enormously. Wages, taxes, interest
charges and expenditures for supplies and
maintenance have been mounting higher
and higher But the Eastern railroads
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Our Unguarded Treasure
Only the British Fleet Stands Between
Us and German Rapacity
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Every citizen of the United States
ought 20 realize that even now we are IN
POSITION of the utmost danger. The Russian
revolution should bring home TO our minds
the fatal possibilities confronting u.s. 10
which VIC are paying no heed. If the Ger
man element in Russia had gained the upper
hand. Russia would have retired from the
war. and might have joined Germany, which
would have given the middle-huropean ma
tions swift triumph. Germany would then
have been free TO turn her released armies
upor US, who, in our utter unpreparedness
would 20 down before her trained and wildly
exuberant hosts like grain before the knife
Of the reaper. Let us remember that this
dire event may still happen, for Russia is un-
stable and her pro-German portion Will not
go 10 sleep.
Always the possibility Of the overthrow OF
the British fleet is present. More unexpected
things than that have happened in this world
and even in this war Mortal man did not
suppose that Germany could stand of the
great united European powers for nearly
three years. yet she has done it; and no one
can foretel what surprises she may yet
spring Let us go no further than to say
that the capture or extinction of the British
fleet is possible. A sane nation would GER
tainly provide against possibility which II
realized, would mean its overthrow ard
death.
Were it not for that British fleet, the
war would end at once in Germany's favor
What then, would happen to us? A great
Teuton invasion at once. No time would be
given us TO do the preparing we should have
done thirty months ago. Germany does not
nap when a vast treasure lies exposed, beck
oring her to swoop down and capture It, Inc
United States is plethoric bank vault, open
and unguarded. except by high moral senti-
ments and plattudlnary piffie.
Never were riches so needed as Germany
needs them. We have the colossal wealth
Germany has the colossal need. join to these
facts the power TO take, and what follows
Why, infallibly that Germany will take, ana
take all. For the quintessence of German
moral doctrine for the last fifty years has
been: Take all you can take" She counts
il the highest act of religion to seize from
meaner nations all that the gods expose to
seizure. And in the German judgment every
nation is meaner and lower in quality than
Germany.
Our fate is national death if Germany by
some brilliant stroke or favoring accident
shakes herself free from the grip OF the Al
lies. This should be our constant thought,
and our preparation for war should there
fore be made with the greatest attalnable
speed in every department in order as FAR as
we can to repair the frightful waste of price
less time which, owing to Presidential mac
zion, has characterized the last thirty-one
months. MORRISON l. SWIFT.
Boston, March 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Give Them All They Need

The suggestion of w. p. g. Harding,
governor of the Federal Reserve Board,
that the United States extend at once
credit of S1,00O,O0O,000 to the Allies is
backed by common sense. We can>best
bring Germany to terms by working in
combination with the Entente powers, and
the way in which we can help the Entente
powers most in the immediate future is to
relieve somewhat the enormous financial
pressure under which they are laboring.
We must fight Germany on land and at
sea. But our military unpreparedness is
such that we can harm her in that way
very little for some time to come. We can
harm her immensely by putting our finan-
cial resources at the disposition of the
Allies A billion dollars is small sum to
advance under the circumstances. The
Allied cause is our cause. We should not
hesitate to show our willingness to do
everything in our power to crush an enemy
of mankind.
Let US give. our credit without stint
one billion, two billions or three billions.
The more we give the higher our self
respect will rise. We shall feel that we
are at least doing something of conse-
ouence from the start-using our wealth
while we are preparing to train ourselves
in arms for the battle of civilization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Our Shortage in Sheep

(Front The Milwaukee Journal
America needs nearly 600000,O0O pounds Of
wool annually for domestic consumption.
Over half of this supply must be bought
abroad, despite the fact that millions o.
acres Of American soil arc we'll adapted TO
sheep and wool raising. There are 100000
fewer sheep in the United States now than
in 1900, in the face of immense growth IN
wool requirements and a mounting price
during that time. We should have l5O,OOOOOO
sheep, instead of less than 50,000,000.
Texas had 100000 sheep in 1888, but now
reports only 2,5O0,O0 Ohio had nearly SOOO,-
600 sheep in 1860 and was the first sheep
state in the Union; but now il has only 3,OOO,-
600 Almost every state shows decisive de-
cline in wool production, largely because OF
the belief of farmers that high priced land
does not yield a profit.
The South alone could raise 3GOOO,OeC
sheen. Texas, il it were fenced, could supply
all the United States with wool. The worn
out lands of New England would support
easily scores of millions of sheep, ana with
great increase in the fertility Of the soil.
Waste lands of upper Wisconsin, Michigan
and Minnesota and other Northern states
would feed tens of millions Of sheep. With
wool prices at unprecedented heights farmers
should turn to sheep as never before.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
The White Horse Of Pacihsm.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent Charles b.
Manicrro is not satisfied with "pacifsp to
designate the non-mlitary spirits of this
nation. Being one of them | also object to
this negative term as being hypnotic in its
effect We should find a symbol full of vic
torious movement. Mr.. Manierre's white
rabbit" falls far short of the needed symbol.
| will go him much better and suggest
"white horse" He will find this symbol of
the "swordlcss conqueror" in Revelation,
vi 3
If he should be interested to read this
scripture he would find that the great
sword" is not in the hands of a conqueror
but Of him who is appointed TO take peace
from the earth. Incidentally he may learn
what this war means, for all who VIII are
invited TO come and see"
The war will eventually end in great
world revolution, described in this chapter
as the Wrath of the Lamb" Already this
wrath of the war exploited and oppressed
people begins to work its will upon the head
of its oppressors. and "a new order of ages
is dawning for Russia. "As the lightning
which cometh out of the cast and shineth
even with the west. so shall the coming of
the Son Of Man be"
MARGARITA A. STEWART, W d.
Mount Vernon, n. Y, March 81, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Loyalty
A Suggested Change in the National
Defence Committee Document

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mayor Mtchel's pledge OF loyalty by
American citizens is being signed by thou
sands at the present time. 1t has been inti-
mated that any one refusing to sign it must
be actuated by unworthy motives. The writer
takes this occasion to contradict that idea.
The wording of the pledge is open to two
objections One passage might be taken as
being intended as a general Endorsement oil
all that the Wilson Administration has done
and has avoided doing in connection with
the maintenance of American rights on land
and sea- Without going into particulars, IT
is sufficient to state that many of our most
patriotic and loyal citizens would refuse to
subscribe to thai idea.
Another difficulty is that the wording of
the note is about what would be expected IN
a case where the signer had'had no serious
thought Of loyalty to the United States pre-
vous to affixing his signature.
With these points in mind, the writer pre-
pared the following note
ITO the President of the United States
I'VE, the undersigned, hereby reassert that
we are now. and always have been, absolutely
loyal to the United States. We would re-
sent the suggestion that there could be any
question AS to our loyalty. We are pre-
pared TO support any measures that may be
necessary to maintain American rights on
land and sea. We urge you to convene Con-
gress at the earliest possible date to give
our lawful representatives all the informa
ton that may be in your possession relating
20 the violation of those rights in tho nresent
world war; and 10 request the Congress to
face the facts and TO take appropriate action
thereon"
This was passed about in New York
office which never had been conspicuous for
it's patriotism. About onethird of the men
there signed it in preference to the Mayors
pledge. IL appealed to Republicans, Demo-
Gratis and Socialists alike.
REGINALD HOLDEN THAYER.
Yonkers, N. Y, March 20, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23

Reports emanating either from Berlin
or from Stockholm telling of disorders in
Russia incident to socialistic dissatsfac-
ton with conditions should not be mis-
taken. We are in the presence of another
German maneuvre which it is not difficult
to understand. 1t may succeed or fail,
but it is worth while to notice now that 1t
is in progress.
As long as it was possible German IN
fuence and German agents used the Rus
sian court and the Russian bureaucracy to
stif1e the will of the mass of the people
and to paralyze the national effort in the
army. The court and the aristocracy were
then the German agents.
To-day the court has lost its influence
and its power, the bureaucracy has ceased
to exist. The mass of the people, particu-
larly in the country-and the population
of Russia is overwhelmingly rural-has
accepted the new order as against the old.
The sole chance of German activity now
must be through the extreme anarchstlc
and socialistic elements.
Thus the Germans have transferred
their efforts from the top TO the bottom.
Yesterday they were working in the royal
palace and through the royal family. To-
day they are working through the gutter
and the slum. Their purpose remains the
same By whatever agency they can en-
ploy they are endeavoring to destroy the
national effort of the Russian people.
1t is impossible to know now what sue
cess will meet their effort, but 1t is clear
what is being undertaken, and all the re-
ports now coming from Russia of the
socialistic activity against the government
are seized upon by German agents, news
papers and propagandists in vain effort
to destroy abroad the moral effect of the
Russian revolution and at home, in Russia,
to undermine the new force the revolution
has brought to Russian arms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
drifting Into War
The Tribune Analysis Made Year and Half Ago. OF r'e'0'"
Wilson'S Foreign Policy

,as reIving upon moral force alone, and tna'
he had not considered the question OF "s"'
ing. ,.. ,d
Therefore Germany, engaged IN hle anu
death struggle with nations which mad car
red their challenge of German ideas to the
, trenches. with millions of her own sons OF
fering their lives TO defend German views
gave little heed to protests backed up oy
moral force alone.
This policy of moral force was oanSrup.
when the Lusitania went down. But the real
neril only then became visible. Mr. wilson,
nv his "strict accountability" note, had put
his country and his Administration IN fstai
rosition. To abandon the role of defender
Of the international faith was now to accept
resnonsibility for a supreme national humii-
iation. Yet it was still impossible to escape
bv taking drastic action, for there was sun
the necessity to avoid that dlsapproVai nc
believed would come from the South and
West. which still chung to the peace-at-any
price attitude.
Accordingly Mr.. Wilson fell back upon the
course of more notes After some hesitation
he reasserted the doctrine of moral force
But this was a perilous course, because each
successive note necessarily asserted Amerl-
can championship of international law more
sbarnlv. defined the issue between the United
States and Germany more clearly, and thus
reduced the margin of safety for diplomatic
exchanges.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Reversal on the Facts
Public Service Corporations Demand
New Legislation

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Why mo Court Review of Facts? In
an editorial published in The Tribune on
March 10 you urge opposition to the passage
of the Martin bills, now pending in the As
sembly. which amend certain sections of Tie
Code of Civil Procedure so as to permit a
review on the facts, as we'll as on the law, by
the Appellate Court, OF the decisions Of the
Public Service Commission and other similar
bodies.
The Douglaston Manor case. to which ref
erence is made, is one in which the Public
Service Commission ordered the New York
and Queens Gas Company to make an extern
sion Of its mains at an admitted cost of
$4,000. The undisputed evidence showed that
the highest return that the company could
obtain would be less than > per cent, n
manifest injustice to the company and an
utterly improper exercise of arbitrary power
on the part of the Public Service Commits
sion.
The Tribune editorial further states that
TO have the order Of the Public Service Com
mission reversed by court on the facts is
largely to wipe out the usefulness of the
commission. and that there is no more ground
for such a reversal than there is for the
reversal of the verdict of jury. The
findings of a jury from time immemorial
have been subject to reversal by the Appellate
Court, when contrary to the facts and not in
conformity with the evidence, of which fact
the writer of the editorial should be aware.
The beggar on the streets and the vlest
criminal have the right to appeal upon the
facts we'll as upon the law from the de-
cisions of the lower courts. Why is it, there
fore, that public service corporations. which
are among the largest taxpayers in the state.
should not he given at least equal rights with
the beggar and the criminal. and. further,
why should it be assumed that the Public
Service Commission is less likely to err than
judge of the Supreme Court or jury :
STOCKHOLDERS.
New York, March 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
A Jewish State

TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: "Britisher' presents a novel reason
why there would not or should not be a
Jewish state in Palestine after the war, under
the protection of England or America. lie
is of the opinion that England would not "be
in the humor of embarking in any such
undertaking for the ncver-to be forgotten
reason" that Dsraeli was responsible for this
war. | might take issue with "Britsher on
this point. Some of us like to believe that
the "cgg from which this internal war was
Matched" was laid in German hennery' UT
might trace the responsibility for this war
to that VI. d. who permitted "hysterla 70
overwhelm the young Bosnian student VINO
shot Franz Ferdinand, which caused the world
war. But that would all be beside the point
Granted. however, that Disraeli was re-
sponsble for the war. why infer from TINS
that England would not ask for jewish
state in Palestine? Will England b. doing 50
again "rob" Russia of her victories, or will
such an action be the basis for a future world
war?
The former is absurd because no one ex-
meets Russia to get control Of Palestine, and
the latter is too far-fetched. On the con-
trarv. Jewish state in Palestine under the
protection of some power would be means
Of securing permanent world peace, and
Palestine would then cease TO be bone OF
contention among the various nations
The English people arc in favor Of establish.
ing Jewish state in Palestine Members OF
Parliament special ncn-Jewish committees
and publications such as THE London Ma
ton" and "The Manchester Guardian" are ad-
vccating in its favor. In view Of this, Brit
isher" will have difficult task to prove that
"the English government will not be in the
humor to embark in. any such undertaking"
New York March II, 1917 y. [.