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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
Prohibition and Politics
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The recent action of the Maine -
Legislature In rejecting a proposed ~
dry" law by a vote of 100 70 81 shows /.
absurdity of the claim that prohibition ~
the liquor question out Of politics y
moro than sixty years Maine has naa Z
farce of prohibitory law that was no' 7
forced and was not meant to be enio@
The scandal Of open violation Of the laE
came so great that last fall Governor y
elected who pledged himself strictly % ?
force the law, even though he had TO eal : .
the militia to suppress the thousand "
licit liquor dealers doing business IN 81 ="
tons of the state. ID.
As a step toward strict enforcement >"
was introduced in the Legislature "
enacted would shut out all liquor We
coming from license states or foreign -
tries. The fact that this bill was Ger :,
by a vote of more than 10 y =,
clear evidence that the Maine pohtieiah'
have been getting into Office on me P'ss-
ton issue are not willing that the q'' s,
should be permanently settled. II also -
that while Maine may favor nomlnai - ~
ton, it doesn't want the kind OF pf0"'''
that would be effective. INN
New York, April Il, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
Remove the Embargo!

Apparently the bill to bring mattresses
and other women employees of restaurants
under the general ffty-four-hour law is
being held up in the Assembly Committee
on Rules. Supporters Of this measure,
which is not only humanitarian proposal
to end the overwork to which many thou
sands Of these women are now subjected,
but an endeavor. wise economically, to con-
serve their working power, have obtained
no satisfaction when they urged that it
be reported from committee. They have
been told that Speaker Sweet is opposed to
it because it might interfere with present
conditions in hotels in small cities.
Assuredly it might do that. It would
prevent hotel and restaurant proprietors
in small cities from working their women
employees twelve hours a day, just as it
would prevent unlimited and unregulated
hours of labor for similar employees in the
metropolis. 1t is intended to protect the
small-town employee just as well as the
mattresses and kitchen employees of the
large cities All need it equally. Over
work kills woman just as certain in
Oswcgo as in New York or Buffalo.
If that is the sole ground for its being
held up in the Committee on Rules, the
embargo should be removed and the bill
released. so that a test of the sentiment Of
the state on this proposal may be taken by
a vote of the members Of the House. The
bill is not especially radical. 1t merely
applies to these women the safeguards
against exploitation now provided for
women workers in factories and mercantile
establishments. The Tribune believes it 70
be a wise and desirable measure. 1t GER
tainly is too important to be choked to
Death in committee. 1t should be reported
without fail, and it ought to be passed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18

point. He admitted with perfect frankness
that the submarine had changed conditions
at sea. especially since it has been used
without any regard for the ordinary rules
Of humanity Incidentally, he glanced at
some thoughtless but persistent critics IN
his observations on the German fortliica-
ton Of the Belgian coast. II is well enough
to say that Zeebrugge ought to be demol-
ished, but no one has "a yet shown clearly
how the thing Is TO he done. That is one
Of the problems that remain 10 be solved
For cooperation in seeking solution OF
the many difficulties involved in the war at
sea the officers Of the British navy look
hopefully to ours, and it may be conf
Gently expected that they will not be
TisaDDOinted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
PHILIP o. MILLS
The Real Irish Question

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: We have read Mr.. Gleason's articles
on the everlasting Irish question with great
interest. but what lends an air Of unreality
20 his remarks as to those of Parliamentary
discussions by professional politicians is the
steady ard curious reluctance 20 mention the
basic difference which blocks the way TO a
permanent reconciliation between National
lists and Unionists.
The problem to be settled is religious,
not a political or economic, one. II always
has been a religious one. The refusal Of the
Protestant Irish to subject their Liberties 10
an overwhelming Catholic majority is no new
development; the fear i inherited from far
back ancestors; II is the growth Of centuries;
il is bred in the bones Of Ulster Presby-
terians Then why blink facts?
What is there in sectarian hostiltes and
suspicious which should make us all squeam-
ism in giving them recognition? Whose sus-
capabilities would be outraged by admitting
an obvious situation and facing it with com
mon sense and courage? This conspiracy OF
silence is foolish and harmful. The only
way out is to satisfy the Protestant minority,
not by professions OF good will but by ef-
fective guarantees, that their religious and
civic rights will be both respected and pro-
tected and there is little doubt that II
rightly approached the Catholic majority
will give these guarantees.
COSMO HAMILTON.
New York. April II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
The First Shot Of the War

There is a certain appropriateness IN me
fact that the first shot of this war of and
for democracy should have been directed
against United States destroyer bearing
the distinctly democratic name Of Smith
II is only to be regretted that this name
sake and representative Of all the many
thousand loyal Smiths did not have oPpor-
tunity to return it before the attacking
submarine submerged. If it had had, there
might have been a result as cheering as
that Of the first engagement Of the Span
ish-American War.
Though war had not actually been de
clared on April %, 1898, President Nc
Kinley had proclaimed a blockade Of
Havana and other Cuban ports. An
American squadron was cruising off Key
West. when a Spanish freghter the Buena
Ventura, was sighted. The Nashville fired
q shot across her bows, which she disrc-
parded. Promptly the Nashville fired an
other and ran alongside The Buena Ven
tura was taken into Key West, the first
prize of the war.
Then the United States was on the Of
fensive; with Germany's U-boats in our
ship lanes we are now in sense on the
defensive. And the navy which put to its
credit Manila Bay and Santiago will
doubtless welcome the opportunity to deal
with the greatest Of all naval problems,
which had its origin in the brain Of that
inventive Yankee who designed the first
submarine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
Paving for the War by la1e

To the Editor OF The Tribune. q
Sir: Up to the present time we n's !.
lowed the very commendable po.'Y >. =,
foisting a large public debt on iu'us,
erations. II is not fit that we DO 50 :, d
There are numerous ways IN "n''H ss
raise large amounts Of money "''As ss,s, 4
ing any inconvenience or undue eAp, ~
those not in a position 70 ABSORB az =, ~
issues. etc, but who wish TO DO tn,' c,rts
ard the eountry's needs. Witness -.S,g
where much the same conditions Z,
il our great country. Canada has seer seer. -
impose a one-cent tax on all nrs' ga h
matter. which has, | am sure; sD '.,sos. ,
way toward paying the war deo' ~. nts,'
curing any great outcry from ,n S;,,s. ,
The fac. that a new stamp was d'.s .
the two-cent denomination ou' .i,,,t'
characters "lTc" superimpOsed pLOnns.,,.ls
proved that, IL done with q eorree' - Ia
conception. the public will feel . sr5issc
duty In the matter, whereas 81 osvsss
three-cent stamp would have "'
effect. -, AMY ~
n carried out in this spirit ma, ,sslsr,ss'
might be So taxed for instance; 80 ~. =.
'pbone calls. various tickets s". .,A,s
bonds. stock certificates, and maho onIs0S
B.vopn.. N. j., April IS. isl"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
Aggressive War at Sea

"War. once declared must be waged Of
fensively, aggressively. The enemy must
not he Tended Off, but smitten down." in
quoting Mahans words Sir John Jellicoe
was at some pains to explain what an ag-
eressive war at sea involves under current
conditions, and in particular to show IN
what ways this country can best contribute
70 the suppression Of the submarine. For
there is something more before US than TO
make up for the appalling wastage in the
mercantile marine The loss in tonnage is,
indeed, serious, and new ships must by all
means be provided, but it is likewise essen
tial that we join in the endeayor once
and for all to overcome the menace Of
the U-boats
1t has been admitted repeatedly by the
First Lord of the Admiralty that the prob
lem has not been solved. But in his con-
versation with representative of The
Associated Press he limited at certain new
inventions and processes now on trial, and,
remarking that all the information in the
hands of the Admiralty had been impaired
to our navy, I'VE have great confidence
he said, that American inventive genius
will supplement it with valuable con-
tributons."
This. however is a hope Of necessity
deferred; in the meantime the danger
must be met by the energetic use Of such
weapons as we have now at our command.
Among these Sir John Jellicoe specifies
particularly destroyers and small craft Of
all sorts. not excepting tugs of any size
OF such there cannot be too many; but
they must be turned TO account IN the true
field for aggression--in the zones Of in
tense submarine activity. Sir John Jelli-
coe does not seem to think it probable that
the Germans will waste their energies
along our own coast, and though very
shortly after he spoke a submarine was
sighted by one Of our patrols 1t is not un-
likely that such appearances will be com
parativey rare, if only because operations
at such distance from home are apt TO
be Improbable.
There has been much idle criticism Of
the relatively defensive attitude assumed
since the early days of the war by the
navios opposed to Germany. II is well
that Sir John Jelliooe spoke clearly on this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18

Germany. but they should encourage them
to continue to the end. Germany is seek
ing to use Austria to make peace Ger
many is seeking to use the Socialists in
Russia as she used the German-Anericans
in this country-as agents serving her in
terests against the interests OF the country
in which they live. Whether Germany sue
reeds or fails in Russia, the war must 60
on. and the war will 90 on.
Al this time we owe it to the French
and to the British to stand with them
firmly against any dishonest settlement
against any negotiated peace in advance
Of the defeat Of the German armies. The
world desires peace. The world desires
pcace which shall not he like the Peace OF
Amiens-a truce between two wars; not
a peace Of the sort Napoleon made from
time to time, but a peace such as came
after Waterloo, when the French people
recognized that Europe could not be con
oucrcd permanently by French armies and
that the cost Of campaigns Of conquest
was beyond all profit
We are getting on. We arc approaching
the end for which millions Of men have
died and millions more are suffering. But
all German campaigns for peace now are
as dishonest. as calculating, as were all
German campaigns hitherto. We are com
ing 10 the day for which We have long
hoped. A Germany which could not con
ouer Europe with every advantage Of mum
ters and preparations cannot conquer
Europe now that the advantages Of prep
aration and organization have passed 10
the enemy. The defeat Of the Germans is
written unless they can persuade those
whom they have wronged, whose lives and
liberties they have threatened, to give
over the task before it is completed. We
Americans owe it 10 those who are fight
ing and have fought for long years on be
half Of democracy and against autocracy
TO do nothing to help Germany to escape
paying the price of her crimes against
civilization and humanity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
\ Pacihst's Confession

From The london Nation
Il has often been argued that military life
makes men docle and patient, ready to take
what their rulers like to give them. and the
German soldier is cited an example That
may be the effect Of military service in times
Of peace and in some countries and under GER
tain conditions. We doubt whether this will
be the effect Of service in this war on the
soldiers OF other nations, and we are sure
that ii will not be its effect on the British
soldier Drill fatigues routine are deadenng
influences, if YOU like; but the life Of the
trenches, the life Of the open air, and, above
all, the life Of association with others, all
tend 20 emancipate the mind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
Americans in the Field

That special call which the wounds Of
France have made to all Americans can
LOW be answered by the whole nation as a
nation. For that reason. first Of all rea-
sons. We are thankful that our equivo-
cal position is ended and our fight begin
ring. Meantime we can be glad that any
number Of Americans did not wait upon
iormalities, but helped while helping was
hard and most needed. On that roll Of
honor stand prominent the American am
Lulance men. and it is pleasure to print
the following official recognition OF their
work:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
Debout, les Mortsl

(Tl.s phrase has come 20 Re a vatchword arnou
ho soldiers o. France. a stirring appeal 90 thei
lead comrades 20 rise up au1 he,p them win sgaius
Ac enemy
Stand up. you dead!
Let there be one last fight,
Here, in the night.
You cast your limbs away.
So that the spirit might have freer play.
Now, once again, TO win the war,
Debout. les morris.
Stand up. you dead!
You have not died in vain,
Since now, again,
You can rise, naked and white,
Stripped for better fight
This is the thing you persisted for
Debout, les morris.
Stand up. you dead.
Legions OF ghosts.
Well follow with our hosts
Your burning eyes will show
The way We have 20 20
Until we win the war
pebout, les morris.
MARY FARLEY SANBORN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
A Suggestion to the Colonel

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: wish 70 suggest that Colonel Roose
Welt might render invaluable aid TO the United
States at present by undertaking a recruit
ing campaign similar to that conducted by
Lord Derby in England.
His magnetic personality and influence
with the masses ] believe would draw hun
dreds Of thousands TO the colors.
AUSTRALIAN.
Los angeles, Cal, April Q, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
The Respects of a Reader

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: As one Of the daily readers Of your
paper wish TO pay my respects TO your ar
fist ". L. Hill, as I consider his Sunday
contribution the cleyerest combination OF ar
tistic sketching and reading matter that has
come under my notice.
THERESE LUkACH.
New York April is. 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
WAR DEPARTMENT.

Washington, April :, 1917.
Ny Dear M Sleeper:
The War Department looks with appre-
citation and approval upon the splendid ser
vice being rendered h. the American Amhu
lance Field Service I'm France in association
with the French army. These young men
are serving their own country IN the highest
vav by their courageous contribution TO the
efficiency Of the armies Of those associated
I'm interest with US in this war. !, perhaps,
have no right TO urge that they remain IN
France now that the United States has
entered upon active military preparation in
the conflict, but. at least for the present. a
substantial number Of these young men will
not be needed here, and the training they
arc securing, while a mere incident 10 the
service they are rendering, will qualify them
10 be Of special value in the American army
at p later time. Cordially yours,
,S,guedl NEWTON y. BAKER.
Secretary Of War.
Mr. Henry y. Sleeper, 40 State Street Bos-
ton, Mass
The hearts Of Americans have been with
France from the first hour. Nowhere has
he magnifcence of the French effort for
civilization stirred warmer admiration
han here. To see was to honor, to love.
National aid can now follow where indi-
,iduals have shown the way. No prouder
thought stands in the minds Of Americans
.o-day than that soon, in the first possible
hour, our flag shall be flying with the tri-
color on the fields Of France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18

Yon can purchase merchandise advertised
81, rur TRIBI NJ With absolute safety-ior
II dissatisfaction results in any case INF
TRIBI-NT guarantees to pay your money bach
upon request No rcd tape. No clubbing We
make good promptly II the advertiser does not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
Transplanted Germans

The German element there, it is true. has
maintained unusual cohesion. II has barely
melted in the national pot, because, after
being transplanted from Europe, it found it
self in strange atmosphere, among a popu-
lation ethnically and temperamentally differ
eut, with Z language not related to its own.
The German immigration to Brazil cannot
reasonably be traced TO an organized German
mperialstic move.
The Germans in Brazil are concentrated in
certain sections and are very prosperous. In
the State Of Sac Paulo their holdings in
rural property are valued at about $4,000
GOO. In the same state the Italians possess
rural property worth $l7,OOO,OOO, and the
Portuguese }l1,00o,0OO.
With the active assistance Of the imperial
German government, the Germans in Brazil
might prove dangerous. Isolated and not
directly under the Kaisers influence they
hardly will try 90 make trouble. Only one
of the many Brazilian revolutions has been
blamed on the Germans woud-be attempt to
secede and establish an imperial colony. No
proofs, however, were ever found of such a
rlOt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
Why Brazil Opposes Germany


fully started By President wilson ie"
weeks before.
The Argentine plan excluded the United
States from the conference. and therefore
found immediate and strong opposition III
Rrazil. go Paz." one Of the leading news
rapers in Rio de Jaueiro, voiced the OPPOSE
ton in the following unmistakaole terms
"Suddenly. as II we had received an ihJur'
from the United States, or as II It's parucipa'
ton I'm the conference was an unlmportaht
matter. 1t is suggested that we should go
into a conference with the other American
REPUBLICS. excluding from the projected CON
cert the most important nation OF the ne"
hemisphere.
at any other moment a purely Latin
American conference could not be objected
20. But 20 invoke now the situation created
by the European conhagration as reason
for a discussion Of Latin-American defence
interests. disregarding the fact that the con-
Aict also affects the great American Repub-
lie. is simply TO ALLEVIATE the sympathy OF the
most decisive element, which is the only one
capable OF sustaining our already declining
continental prestige"
Brazil obviously cannot afford 20 remain
isolated in this movement. which u becom-
ing universal. Reasons Of temperament, as
we'll as self-preservation, force her to follow
the lead marked By the United States and
join in the war against the Central Powers.
As to the German peril in Brazil, IT has
been greatly exaggerated. The German pop
ulation there is large and more numerous
than in any other Latin-Amercan country.
However il is not the dominant foreign Gle
mcnt. The total number Of German immi-
grants to Brazil from 1920 10 1913 was 49,
$50, against 1,327,S0S Italians. SS5.351 Portu-
cuosc, 412,43S Spaniards and about half a
million imm grants from other countries
The total population of the republic is est
mated at 2f,00000O, while that of German
birth or descent is placed at not over half a
million.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18

r-..-.. 8, a. roeo--. - >c- y7-s " s''o'i 'i"'
MAJ Mater
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-04-12
A Parole of '65

Col D. H. Milton, superintendent
of the Soldiers Heme at Raleigh,
who was here this week, showed
the editor an Old relic of the Civil
war in the form OF a Parole. It
was issued by Colonel Rutledge of
the 25th NJ c. Regiment to Norris
Allison. The paper was issued at
the surrender and all soldiers had to
be paroled to 60 to theier respective
homes. 1t reads as follows: 'Ap-
pomattox Court House, Va, April
10th, 1865. The bearer Norris AL
1ison, musician of Co. H., 25th Regt.
|of N C. Troops, ParoIed Prisoner
of the Army of Northern Virginia,
has permission to 60 to his home
and there remained .undisturbed.
Ell. NJ. .Rutlsdge, Col. 25th N. C. Rgt
FRansom's Brigade - Col. Milton
secured the paper from the bearer
himself who is now at the Soldiers
Home. He lived at Horseshoe, near
Hendersonville. The old Veteran
is much pleased with the home at
Raleigh aud is an interesting talker.
He is "a years of age.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-04-12
The Patriotic Mass Meeting
at Auditorium Last Night

Never such a crowd in the his
tory of the auditorium as assembled
there last night to take part in the
patriotic mass meeting called by
Mayor Pickett. The auditorium,
halls, porches and yard were alive
with people and the spirit Of patrio.
tism run riot. Flags and bunting
were much in evidence. and music
was made by the white and colored
bands The whole audience was
thoroughly saturated with spirit of
Americanism and gave vent to its
feelings of unity in no uncertain
terms. Mayor Pickett called the
house to order and after making a
short talk called upon T. j. Gold to
make the first speech. Others fol-
lowing were j. Elwood Cox, Rev.
Cook (colored) DR.. Dred Peacock,
Robt, Brockett, Supt. w. M Marr,
| j. j. Farriss, n E. Albertson and
W. P. Ragan, all of whom made
excellent speeches We wish we
had the time and space to dwell at
length on all the speeches this week
but we 90 to press early this morn4
ing and must foreeo.
The Rev. Cook, colored, made d
most sensible talk on loyalty of his
race, from the gallery, where three
hundred negroes sat.
J.~J. Farrlss read the resolutions
drawn by G. F. Tomlinson and him.
self and upon motion they were
unanimously adopted by a rising
vote.
The boy scouts enlivened things
with their yeIls.
The .colored people who marched
in a body to the auditorium headed
by their band were warmly COM
mended. Each wore f1ag. 81
The boy scouts were on hand in d
body. &.
1t was a great occasion and will
be long remembered. This genera
ton had never seen anything like
it before. Il
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-04-12
Great Exhibition of Art Here

The art exhibition at the South
Main Street school is one of more
than ordinary interest, comprising
as it does reproductions in carbon
photographs, ph tograv ures,
carbon color paintings and hand
colored photographers from prac-
tically every art gallery in the
world and well worth a visit from
every citizen. Egyptian art, Greek
and Roman sculpture. views from
nature, Italian paintings, Dutch and
Fleming paintings, French paintings,
English and German paintings.
Spanish and American paintings,
portraits, subjects relating to Ameri-
can history. ETC., all before your eyes
1t would take life times visit to
the various countries to see the
masterpieces aud you can see them
all fnr small fee today and tOmor-
row at the South Main Street scnool.