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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20

ton, holds that it is easy enough to get
men who can resist sudden shocks, but men
constituted like oxen are generally but
poorly equipped for service as pilots. In
nine cases out of ten the disabilities OF those
who have been found unfit for flying AT
the front have nothing in the world to DO
with nerves, a great majority suffering
from definite physical complaints which
are often amenable to treatment
1t Is believed by some that, in spite OF
the emphasis laid by the French examiners
on nervous reactions, there are fewer acct
dents among the British pilots than among
the French Much more experience Will be
required, however, before uniform sys-
tenn Of tests can be established.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20

France. She gave us liberty, she gave us
independence, not without our own effort,
hut that effort could not have succeeded
save for her aid. For more than three
years France has interposed the bulwark
Of her body between the world and German
savagery, brutality, bestiality. For three
Years France has been the barrier between
civilization and the Hun, between human
ty and the Boche And now, when the
world at last is rising to perform its part
Of the duty, when England is already come
&c France and we are coming, France
makes her final appeal to those whom she
has served and in the name Of the cause
Cor which she has all but died. We fought
2 bloody civil war that the United States
might preserve its unity. Let us now ap-
preciate the claim of France for unity.
Looking into the time that is to come, is
il too much to hope that American troops
will descend the eastern slopes of the
Vosges and pass through the gate Of
Charmes held inviolate by Castelnau's
army i'm all the days of August and Sep
tember. 1914? Is it too much to hope that
these American armies moving eastward
into the lost provinces of France will re
nav an ancient debt of honor heavily in
creased by the further obligations France
has placed us under in the last three
wears? Is it too much to hope that the
American Republic will some day, under
the walls Of Strasburg and Metz, repay the
debt Of Yorktown?
There is no issue in the war that should
appeal more deeply to the American people
than that of Alsace, whether it be because
of ancient obligation to France, or because
If a Just and accurate appreciation of the
rightness Of the French claim to her lost
provinces. No American should think of
peace that does not restore Alsace-Lor-
raine to France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20
Lend Your Eyes
A Plea for All Citizens to Report
Peculiar Activities
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The German government has squan-
dered its reputation. Not only accused but
competently convicted of every heinous crime
on the calendar, 1t is rightfully sentenced BY
the opinion of all peoples, so pontedly ex-
pressed by President Wilson, to forfeit its
existence
Your paper was one OF the first to be out
spoken on the elimination Of enemy aliens
from any of our operations directly or indi-
rectly connected with military movements
and preparations. Some infnteslmal per-
centage has been so eliminated, but the real
machinery of enemy espionage has not been
touched. Information TO the enemy Is not
filtering through; IL is gushing through. And
yet no really radical steps for the annihila-
ton of these spies, One of their many mes
sages has already jeopardized the lives Of
thousands of our countrymen when 1t gath
cred the submarines against our first cx-
petition.
Germany killed Miss Cavell because she
helped non-combatant Belgians across the
border on non-military errands. We hesitate
to open an enemy aliens mail. Spies do not
use brass bands. The loud talker is probably
harmless The man with guilt in his heart
the man who is doing things, is very apt to
be as near average as possible. The pro-
claimer of sedition will be attended to more
promptly each day as our citizens range
themselves on the line 80 forcibly expressed
in your editorial letter from Mr.. Quigg. But
what of the man who sctuates the proclaimer
of sedition and the one who gathers the mill
tary information? Cannot we, the people OF
the United States, do something to bag them
Millions of pairs of eyes can be added to our
staff of the Department of Justice for the
trife of information of telling them where to
report Queer money activities, unusual pro-
visioning movements, strange men and women
on oft recurring visits, the letting of Offices
and apartments In locations commanding the
hsrbor, code or apparently irrelevant tele-
grams, letting Of boats, persistent travelling
on various ferries, persistent dock fishers
and many other perfectly regular but slight
ly inconsistent actions may uncover a scor-
pons' nest. These nests are not very fire.
quent but they are here, and everything with
popularity TO 1t needs investigation, and
the bad spots must be found, and each one
found saves a regiment and hours Of war
Men and women spies in France posted road
directions ahead OF the advancing German
armies; in England they gave night signals
for dirigible raids. The same kind OF people
are right here among US, with their codes all
arranged. Let US find who they are.
GEORGE n. COE.
New York, Sept 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20
A British View of the Pope
Denial That He Has Been Impartial
During the War
To the Editor Of The Tribun.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: A more astonishing document from
the head Of great organization which en-
braces different races Of belligerents and
conflicting political interests surely never
was penned The Pope expressly claims
that whoever has followed our work during
the past three years will readily recognize
that we have kept our resolution to be alb
soutely impartial" The very thing. sir
that has struck all the Entente powers is
that the Pope has not been impartial.
IL is urged on his behalf that he could
not go out Of the way to condemn German
atrocities IN Belgium. Very well, then. Fair
play demands that he does not 20 out Of
his way to exonerate Germany and endeavor
to put the responsibility of continuing the
war on the shoulders of the Entente, To
suggest that we must forget and forgive the
original crime Of Germany in bringing about
the war Is opposed to all law, human and
aNlhe, whlch lnsIsts upon punishment and
retrIoution. Ii is equally abhorrent 70
human feeling to talk Of full and recipro-
cal conformation" What has GERMANY IN
ccndone in Belgium and Britain? The gull.
OF opposing che German invasion? What
mas Germany to condone in the heroism o.,
france! The guilt of resisting the bastard
~ attempt TO crush her forever as a power
IN Europe? Once the Vatican talks Of
reciprocal condonation' it must define the
precise guilt of Belgium, Serbia, France,
Britain, Italy and practically the whole
civilized world so as to make clear to Ger
many what she has to fully condone"
Again the claptrap about the freedom OF
the seas as made in Germany, is contemp-
uole and comparatively innocent in the
mouth Of the Kaiser, inasmuch as it de-
ceives nobody; but inserted solemnIy in
Vatican note it should be condemned az
morally and spiritually reprehensible, for
the false and subtle suggestion is conveyed
that Britain has used her mastery of the
seas in a tyrannical and unjustifable man
ner. II is absolutely objectionable that the
head Of worldwide religious organization
should thus faunt in the eyes of all tho
world his proGerman bias.
The British National Evolution Leaxus
which has been formed among other objects
TO combat and expose dangerous fallscie,
either OF the populace or Of those in high
places, issues public protest against the
Popes note as travesty Of Justice. truth
and international law
ARTHUR LOWELL,
Honorable Secretary British National Evo-
luton League.
London, England, Aug. 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20
Foreign Medals Authorized

Sec. ,. ANY person who receives under the
terms Of the regulations of the honor COM
mission a decoration for gallantry or distin-
guished services shall be entitled TO wear the
insignia bestowed and 10 place after his or
her name the initials that signify the charsc-
ter Of the recognition that has been bestowed;
and every person who, since August /, 1914,
has received, or In the future may receive
from the government of any foreign nation a
medal, cross, ribbon, wreath or other insignia
of honor for gallantry or meritorous services
of any kind may retain and wear the same
under the rules governing its display; and
all acts or parts of acts contrary TO the letter
or the spirit Of this provision are hereby re-
pealed
Sec. 6. No person shall wear any medal,
cross or other insignia or place after his
name any initials emanating from this act TO
whom such honor has not been regularly
awarded "a herein provided, and any person
violating this provision Of law shall be liable
to fine not exceeding $500 or Imprisonment
in federal prison for period not exceed
ing FIVE hundred days.
Sec. 7. All insignia 70 be bestowed by the
United States under the terms of this act
shall be manufactured by the United States
Mint, subject to the approval of the honor
commission.
Sec. g. For carrying into effect the provi-
sions of this act there is hereby appropriated
out of the moneys in the Treasury not 9th
erwise appropriated, available until expend-
ed, the sum of $4,000 for the necessary ex-
penses OF the honor commission and $4,000
for the cost of work that may be done in the
United States Mint.
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect immediate
ly upon its passage and approval.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20
The Facade for Murder

At the present time certain German
American newspapers are devoting much
attention editorially to German diplomacy.
They are endeavoring to place upon the
shoulders of German diplomats the re-
sponsihilitv for the series Of incidents like
| that in Argentina which have contributed
so much TO lowering the reputation of the
| German government in the eyes Of the
world Americans should be careful not
| to be deluded by any such obvious strategy
! German diplomacy should not he the
scapegoat of German political morals. The
/ trouble is not that German diplomats are
/ more wicked or more stupid than those
/ Of the other nations of the world. Their
/ failures have not been due to themselves,
/ but due to the German conception that
| diplomacy should be the facade for muir
/ der, that German representatives beyond
the ocean should occupy themselves with
conducting a propaganda of violence and
assassination within the frontiers to which
| they are accredited.
! It is not the fault of German diplomacy
/ that those who control the German gov
eminent have embarked upon a policy Of
crime abroad The ablest diplomat in the
world could not permanently carry out the
orders of the German government and not
end as most German diplomats have ended
in recent years. Biow in Italy, BernstorfF
in America, were set to impossible tasks.
I no, To 81, .
German interests were more important
than its own, to persuade country to per
nit the murder Of its own citizens to serve
a German purpose and to establish within
the frontiers of Italy and the United
/. States headquarters Of treason, sedition
and violence.
The trouble is not with German diplo-
macy, but with German policy and German
morals. The German Ambassador in Lon
don could not reconcile the British people
TO the German invasion of Belgium. The
ablest diplomat that any country ever sent
TO London could not have done this. Count
Won Bernstorff could not reconcile the
American people to the murder by German
SUBMARINES OF american ClllZenS, ne
ablest diplomat in the world could not do
this.
Let us have done with this nonsense
about German diplomacy. German diplo-
macy has been a cover for German methods
and German methods have been intolerable
have been menace to the life and security
end independence of other nations, and
Just as long as German policy remains
what it has been German diplomats will
fail, must fail.
You can't persuade nation, however
clever you may be, habitually to endure
the things that Germany has made people
Of all nations temporarily endure. German
diplomacy is neither better nor worse than
the diplomacy OF any other country. An
impossible task has been set for it and
it has failed But the failure should be
charged against those who set the task
II is the whole of Germanism, not detail
which is responsible and must be held
responsible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20
DRAFT OF PROPOSED BILL
To ProUide and Award Honor Medals and
Other Tokens for VGlor and for Disttn-

guished Services to the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States Of Amer
lea in Congress assembled that, in order to
proyide suitable honor medals, crosses and
other insignia of like character 10 be award
ed by duly designated officers OF the United
States government service 70 soldiers, sailors
and others in the army and navy services,
and to civilians as may be necessary, who by
special acts Of heroism or heroic endeavor
or great sacrifice have rendered to the United
States conspicuous or distinguished services,
there shall be created an honor commission,
consisting of the Secretary Of State, the Sec
rotary Of War tho Secretary of the Navy, the
president OF the National Academy Of Design,
tho Director Of the Mint and one distn-
guished citizen to be selected and appointed
by the President Of the United States.
Sec g The two commissioners not in the
service Of the government shall hold Office
for periods Of four years and shall serve
without salaries.
Sec 2. The duties Of the honor commission
shall be TO provide medals crosses or other
insignia for the recognition Of distinguished
services, prepare regulations for the making
OF awards on the field of battle, on the sea or
elsewhere, and take all steps necessary to
furnish duly approved insignia for bestowal
according 70 the accepted regulations.
Sec. T. All the regulations finally adopted
by a two-thirds vote Of members Of the honor
commission, and the designs for insignia &C
cepted and adopted by two-thrds vote OF
the commission, shall be submitted for APP
prevail to the President Of the United States,
the Speaker of the Senate, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives the chairmen OF the
committees on Military Affairs OF the Senate
and House and the chairmen of the commit
tees on Naval Affairs of the Senate and House
Of Representatives.; and when duly approved
in writing by majority of those officers Of
the United States government and promul-
gated by the President, the regulations of the
honor commission shall have due warrant Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20
War Bonds

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR II the Federal government desires me
twelve billions Of war bonds authorized 10 o.
taken up without the throwing overheard OF
present corporate securities and real esis's
mortgages, and thereby creating fnsneis,
panic, il must forthwith amend the FedeI'.
Reserve bang act by admitting all inaneisI
corporations as members and authorizing
loans on corporate securities and real esta''
mortgages. STEWART BRO" NJ
New York, Sept Is, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20

appointing Mr.. Vanderlip to administer
the Library War Council has lent an Of
fetal character to its work, though it will
be carried on entirely by volunteers He
is following the lead Of Great Britain,
Germany and France. which have pro
vided literature for their fighters through
various organizations.
Il is up to YOU.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20
Use Armories for Drafted Men

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: By way Of suggestion, why no. u'e
the present amories in greater New YORK
that are now In most instances vacant Tor
the drilling OF the members OF the conserlP-
ton army that have not been called t''
active duty, giving both the conserlruon
army and the reserve officers so much se-
vanced drilling in the manual OF arms before
actually going into camp.
". B. MURTHA. .
New York, Sept 10. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20
Honors for Our Soldiers and Sailors
Plan Proposed for Creating adequate mea'
and Awarding Them Promptly
Bv William T. Hornaddy

bill OF Senator Lodge, passed by the senate
on September II, to permit American soidlefs
N wear foreign decorations. 1t is a good and
timely measure, and | hope the House will
PASS il at once.
WILLIAM r. HORNADAY.
New York, Sept. 49, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20
Inadequate Bill Pending

And furthermore, I have before me the
bill which represents tho latest attempt or
Congress 10 improve the situation Is. 1920,
which actually passed the Senate on July
70, 1917 and was fsvorsbly reported TO the
House by the Committee on Military Affairs
on September T. It is now on the union
calendar of the House as No. Sc; and how
that very inadequate bill ever got by the
Senate, or the House Committee on Military
Affairs. Is mystery.
In practical effect all that the bill at
tempts to do is to provide an understudy Of
the existing war medal, as a sort Of dis
tinguished service" edition, but even that is
not made available TO the officers and men
OF the United States navy.
The way to handle this war honor business
is to handle il adequately and right. There
is no reason why our country should not
establish war medals, crosses and shields
Of valo. equal in extent, and as useful for
various lines and grades Of service, as those
of France. We cannot afford TO be delinquent
in this matter any longer I say "any longer"
because | mean to say distinctly that we have
been so in the past. II is time TO turn over
an entirely new leaf and show toward our
heroes in khaki and in navy blue fully as
much generosity and appreciation as Is mani
Tested by any other nation.
say again that the present situation is
intolerable. The bill now before the House
is worse than none at all, because il seems
TO deal with the medal and honor situation,
but really it is totally inadequate to cover
it. It fails to provide sufficient variety
Of honors for gallant services, and it fails to
provide for their quick bestowa after they
have been earned. The chief idea of the bill
seems TO be the pension idea, which | do not
to discuss in this connection.
I'm order to offer something concrete ana
constructive. have drafted and sent to both
houses of Congress bill intended TO &C
complsh everything that is necessary and
desirable in connection with war medals,
crosses, shields and other honors. Whether
it will be taken seriously by Congress do
not know, and cannot guess. do know
however, that if this draft Is offered as a
bill and enacted into law, it can be guar
snteed to provide the study the regulations
and the insignia that will enable our gov
eminent TO reward the valor of American
soldiers, sailors, avators, Red Cross men
and also civilians who do great things for
the nation just as well and as promptly a.
the men OF Great Britain and France are
now rewarded, and long have been.
Finally, ! will add that | am aware OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Cir: In view OF the fact that no one else
las formulated and offered to Congress n
comprehensive plan for the creation ana
bestowal of the war honors that now are
necessary. I have ventured to perform that
task myself. | will not stop TO criticise those
who should have been forethoughtfui ana
active in this matter long ago, but VIII con-
fidently hope for the cordial support that
this particular cause now has right TO ex-
pect.
Surely every thoughtful person who has
read closely the reports of occurrences at the
fighting front in France, Belgium and else
where must now be aware of the enormous
military value of the medals, crosses
and Legion of Honor decorations that are be-
ing bestowed so wisely and so well by France
and England The potential value OF such
decorations, bestowed on the field OF DattIe'
and in quick time after the deeds OF valor
for which they stand, is not open to argu-
ment or debate. That value is just as hxed
and as we'll known TO the world as IS the
power Of ffteen-nch gun.
At present the honor system Of the United
States government is so limited in scope ana
slow in application that new foundation IS
very necessary. IL would not be adequate
for a Afth-rate colonial dependency, mucn
less to the resourceful, inventive, Intelligent
and capable United States of America. with
full knowledge Of the existing war medal
dating back to 1868, and the amendments
that were made in 1904 and again IN 1915
regarding pensions for medal holders, ] hold
that the present situation is totally made
quate, and should not be permitted TO en-
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Judge S. + Iluff of the Court of
tivil Appeals spoke for several min
utes IN a fcryout and enthusiastic
manner along tho line of former pl.
lrioiir speeches pUuctuatiug his uia
ton with ompHaficaly doIFarr.
word pictures ui the destruction
which wouud ba visited upon this
nation should IT'S men rcncge in up.
holding the honor of IT'S country and
volunteering Tor tho great task -ri
before D. ~" pad glowing tribute
io the efforts OF Iuclaud Boz turuu
INK itself into %. breach and saving
France and itolnum and possibly thr
uii'd States before tho boarded 100
strength OF the German imperisI.Ur
machine could nH pi into DO. mu.,
powerful action
Judge S. "uHEurtuu ably and
'.ah"fatcN presented tho plan ui tho
National Guard DO 'Io large audience
and informed iH.m Hf the last call tu
join Tho National QUAR-. Hc tool,
rc'IaI pains 20 "urncato Do. sfrI. OIL.
n' fH" Industrial Workers OF ma
World and prouar uiists who M..
ntrrruu America Dee favored ruF
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