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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Helping the Allies
Our First Duty Is to Speed Up the
Production Of Foodstuffs
70 the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Preparedness Is in the air; all arc
talking about it, and many are doing nothing
else but talking All sorts OF organizations
and societies are being conjured up, ana IL
is quite the fashionable thing, out 'heie
preparedness that is vitality necessary, pre-
paredness against shortage OF food
In no way can we be of greater assistance
in overcoming the Mad Dog Of Europe thah
in producing the necessities Of LIE Tor those
who have been waging our hght since Au-
gust. 1914. The Allies must have 1000
France has a wheat shortage IN signt ior
tho wear 1917 of l27,OOO,OOO bushels; Eng
land. it is reported, has already purchased
the entire exportable crop OF Canadian
wheat. and has taken all OF the Australian
wool clip The requirements OF the AI''es
and neutrals abroad are said TO range up 10
57O.OOO,OOO bushels of wheat, while the cur
Mus available from overseas countries IS
37O 900. We can readily imagine that
with thirty or forty million people with
drawn from other pursuits and devotine
themselves entirely TO war activities All 'he
nations of the world must and Will feel tne
pinch of food scarcity.
The problem is so great that it is not
conceivable that there can be an overpro-
duction of grains or produce that will bear
transportation.
What can we do? We can seek voiun,
teers for farm work, or draft them II heeu
be. Let the school children be mooillzeu'
girls and boys; let the youth OF the ia"u "
organized. the Boy Scouts; everybody, me"
and women can do their bit. The fair DANES
Of society would be all the better Tor
country holiday. Let each and every one
r,ror,iso two weeks as the minimum LOT all
who can handle hoe, a shovel or run
cultivation Let the rich donate their I'M
cultivated land, let the churches get a. Ine
people and enroll them for the war againss
Starvation. We would be q better race ana
a more worthy one if we talked less ahu u'u
more. Il is all very we'll to donate money
and organize relief work, so that our clt.e'
are nopulated with fashionable rehet com
rnittees. many of them most worthy put IL
is not money that is needed so mucn as ioou'
Tor after all. armies fight on their Deliy.
-''' CLARENCE b. WOOD.
Now York. March 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Every Americans Duty
itor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Duty to the country, as 1t should be
regarded in the threatening national crisis,
requires that every citizen who has resolved
to be faithful should place his services un-
reservedly at the disposal Of the nation. Duty
also requires that every man, woman and
child of whatever nationality, enjoying as
they do and always may enjoy the privileges
and protection afforded by the nation, shall
strictly observe and obey the laws Of the
land and be ever ready to faithfully cooper
ate with the authorities in the enforcement
Of them.
Speaking for myself. my wife. three sons
and daughter, | find inexprcssible satisfac-
ton in being able 10 say that We all stand
ready TO comply in the fullest sense with
dutys every requirement, using as our watch
words:
ours not 10 reason Why.
Ours but TO do and die"
JOHN ARMSTRONG.
whtestone, N. Y, March 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
"Boche"

The proclamation by Munich news
paper of the German purpose to murder
American sailors serving as gun crews on
American ships is interesting and edu-
cationaI. 1t is interesting as it discloses
the German mind anew, and educational
as it explains much in the European point
of view that has puzzled many Americans.
The war has enriched the vocabularies
of civilized nations with new word. The
adjective "boche" means in French and in
English alike a characteristic German
thing done in a typically German way.
By way of example, one might speak of
the destruction of Louvain, the atrocities
committed upon Belgian and French
women and children as deeds essentially
"boche." The Lusitania was "boche' per
formance in the most unmistakable degree.
The appellation "Hun" claimed for the
German people by the Kaiser and TEN
porarily adopted by some Englshmen
tends to become obsolete. London, like
Paris. now invariably refers to the Ger
man as "boche." Evidently there is de-
sire on the part of Germans to establish
the term in America.
This will not be difficult. A few more
murders, a little more barbarism, and
"boche" will be as we'll established in the
United States as in Western Europe.
And it will be for us, as it has been for
the French and the British, new word
made necessary by the appearance of a
phenomenon unknown to recent genera
tons. C'cst boche, the French say of
certain things otherwise indescribable. As
usual, they have found the necessary word.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Home Defence Regiments
Many Might Enlist in Them Who Are
Not Eligible Elsewhere

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | would like to suggest through the
columns of The Tribune the formation Of
one or more regiments for home defence.
Such movement contemplates the enlist
ment and training Of men chosen from among
those who, for physical or economic reasons
are unable to enlist in the Federal service
These men would be available solely for
home use.
/ have had the opportunity during recent
months TO examine many applicants for com
missions in the officers reserve corps and
in the National Guard, and a surprisingly
large number were found disqualified because
Of minor physical defects. The defects were
often of such slight character that they would
not disqualfy for duty in New York City
although they might cause disability in sol
diers subjected to the rigors Of long cam
paign.
Recruits over thirty-fve years of age are
not acceptable for enlistment in the regular
army, and many men who are periodically
inclined are prevented from serving the
country during period OF stress merely be-
cause OF the age limitation.
In addition to these, there are large num-
Der who, for economic and personal reasons
are prevented from joining any of the exist
ing organizations and yet are willing and
anxious 10 give a considerable portion OF
their time to the cause of general prepared
ness.
The formation OF such an organization ap'
pears to be practicable, and should, wher
fully developed, permit the release Of the
regular and National Guard organizations
for other duty. A. c. BURNllAM.
New York. March II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17

if it becomes as completely an expression
of the will Of the people as did the french
Revolution, Russia will necessarily play IN
Austria and for the Austrian Slavs the
part that France played in Italy and Tor
the Italians in the revolution and AFTER
ward; and the erection of independent
Slav states on the Adriatic ana the
Danube and in Bohemia will effectualiy
and permanently bar German pathways
TO the Near East; Germany Will lose her
only great ally in Europe; Austria-hun-
gary will disappear as state, ana DER
many will find herself as France found
herself after the conquest OF Vienna-her
cream of European supremacy perma-
nently blocked and her avenues OF expan-
sion closed by new and strong states
along her frontiers.
Russia is to-day nation of l8O,OOO'ooO
people, occupying one-seventh OF the sur
face of the earth, the greatest potential
state in the world because her territory
stretches unbroken from the Baltic 10 the
Pacific and from the Arctic Ocean to the
Black Sea. No man can calculate the num-
hers those frontiers will hold century
hence, but it is plain that if the Slavs can
achieve unity and independence now, the
mere passage of time will make new
German attack futile.
It is far too early to attempt to prophesy,
but viewed even in its present state the
Russian revolution promises to realize all
German statesmen feared and may prove
the rock on which will be erected perma-
nent peace in Europe, as it may prove the
ultimate and enduring barrier to all the
German dreams of world empire and Eu-
ropean domination. We have been accus-
toned for years to think Of the great
changes to come when the day of the Slav
arrived. 1t is hardly too much to see in
what has now happened at least an au-
thentic sign of the dawn of that day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
For an April Inauguration

Iron The Philddclphid inquirer
Every four years an agitation is started for
changing the date Of inauguration, without
result. Nothing is more unpleasant to endure
or more easy TO forget than bad weather 1t
seldom happens that March or is suitable
for outdoor ceremonies, and generally the
conditions are as bad as the winter affords.
Who will soon forget the blizzard which
"fared back" when Taft was indicted into
Office?
There is no reason whatever for continuing
the present date, and there are plenty Of
good ones for a change to April 80, when
Washington was first inaugurated. That
March was selected in the first place was a
mere hazard When the Congress under the
Confederation learned that eleven states had
ratified the Constitution it passed legislation
to carry it into effect. The first Wednesday
in January was named for casting the cleo
toral votes by the legislatures, the first
Wednesday in February for counting them
and the first Wednesday in March for the in
auguration. However, Washington took his
time and was more than a month late in
reaching New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
The Copperhead
lGDard. in The Philadelphia Led

lGrdrd. IN The Philadelphia LEDGER
His name is lost to history, but he de-
serves monument. | mean the man who
first nailed the word copperhead to a
traitorous act.
The word came in during the Civil War,
and, as everybody knows, was applied In the
North to Southern sympathizers. The word
has slept for thirty years or more, since re-
construction days. Now copperhead hobs up
again in type ana cartoon. 1t is the most
bitter political epithet used anywhere IN
the world.
The copperhead is one of the three fatally
poisonous snakes in all North America. 1t
is especially prevalent in parts of Pennsyl-
vania. Early settlers called it the pilot
snake. They insisted that the pilot or cop
perhead always travelled ahead of the rat
tlesnake, and hence the name pilot.
But the woodsman has particular lea-
son for loathng the copperhead little
more than he does the rattler. The latter
sounds his venomous and ringing alarm be-
fore he strikes. but the copperhead attacks
in stealth. One is an open foe and the
other. which is quite as deadly, a hidden
and so more treacherous foe.
To be a human copperhead thus signihes
q degree Of loathsomeness never contained
in the name Tory OF Revolutionary times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17

counters in the space Of eighteen days-an
average of more than two day. 1t Is ex-
tremely unlikely that the issue OF these
encounters was uniformly successful, but
it was encouraging to learn that contact
had been effected so often in the first days
Of the campaign.
There is no way Of telling how many
submarines the Germans have or how
speedily they can be replaced. but though
we were to accept the most extravagant
estimates it is obvious that the possibilities
in personnel are not unlimited. The officers
and crews are undoubtedly trained more
speedily to-day than they used to be in the
DAYS before the war, yet considering the
bounds of human possibilities it is clear
that they cannot be turned out like ma
chimes, however efficient the methods used
NAV be. And it is matter of common re-
mort that neither the vessels nor their COM
manders and men are uniformly Of the best
quality. 1t is believed, indeed, that the
best submarines cannot be spared for this
work: moreover, evidence is not wanting
that many of the officers employed in COM
merce destruction to-day are compare
lively unskilled.
Even if we accept German reports there
is every reason to believe that the meth
DDS used to defeat the submarine men
ace have already proved their worth be-
yond expectations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
D;sraeli and the World War

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. "Am Chat" pleads, in letter to Inc
Tribune. for an independent Holy Lana IN
which there is to be a Jewish commonwealth
,rder the protection of England or America.
No,v 7 submit that when the time comes 70
-oyise the maps of the world the Enghsn
Government will not be in the humor 10 EN-
bark in any such undertaking. This Tor the
rever-to- be-forgotten reason that the egg
from which this Internal war was hatcned
was laid at the Congress of Berlin June To-
1878. by BENJAMIN Disraeli, Prime Minister OF
Fnoland. He it was that had the Congress
called in order to rob Russia and Bulgaria OF
tho fruits If their victories over the Turks.
All writers agree that the most important
measure passed by the congress was the
mandate Granted to Austria on the proposal
Of England (Disraeli) for the occupation and
administration of the provinces OF Bosnia
and Herzegovina This was Austria's re-
ward for helping Disraeli TO nullify the
treaty. Of San Stefano in other matters. The
natives of the two provinces were bitterly
opposed TO Austrian domination, and their
resentment showed itself on June 2S, 1914
Union the Crown Prince, Franz Ferdinand. was
assassinated by a young Bosnian student
whose grief over the oppressed and stlned
country of his birth had driven him to hys-
terra. This deed precpitated the war. Glad
store said in 1873 that it was Disraeli's hatred
Of Russia on account of her ant-Semitic poll
cies. rather than loyalty 20 England, that
dictated his course at Berlin. Be that "a II
may. there can be no question but that ne IS
responsible for the world war.
Brooklyn. March 10, 1917. BRlIlSHER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Our Perilous Delay
Why Is So Little Being Done to Arm
Against Invasione

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Weeks have elapsed since diplomatic
relations with Germany were severed and
days have passed since the disclosure of
the efforts of that nation to form an ALI
ance against this country. Scores Of ships
are held in our harbors, owing to the in
ability of their owners 10 obtain the means
of defending them against the submarine
menace, not knowing what steps, if any,
this government will take to protect-much
less avenge-the lives and property Of its
citizens.
I am reliably informed that, beyond news
paper talk and throwing dust in the eyes
of the people, little has been actually done
to speedily put the army and navy in a
condition for war; that the former is def
cent nearly 10000 men and the latter about
$1,000; that the Springfield Arsenal, with a
capacity of 1900 rifles day, is making but
200, and that not keel has been laid for
the ships authorized by Congress last year
or for the two uper-dreadnoughts author
lied in 1915.
What is the matter with the Admnistra-
ton with which are 70 be hampered for
another four years? The officers and men
of the army and navy are chatting at the
inactivity and supineness Of their political
superiors, but their lips are sealed and their
hands are tied.
When, after thirty months OF the great
war, the results OF which threaten to shake
the foundation of our civilization, | see the
stolid indifference OF millions Of our people
to our defenceless and unorganized con-
dition. the almost scornful reception given
TO the warnings of our unpreparedness by
men like General Leonard Wood and Ad-
miral Fiske. and when look across the At
lantic and see the single purposefulness,
unity and patriotism of the nations Of Eu-
rope. their armies and their fleets. seem
to hear the thunder of the footsteps Of a
great host-it is the tramp of the invader
on our undefcnded soil.
CHARLES S. BRYAN.
New York, March Q, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Peanuts Replacing Cotton


Last year Comanche County, Tex. which
until few years ago had grown hardly any
commercial crop except cotton, made more
than 100000 bushels OF peanuts. This year
there are a dozen counties west and south
west Of Fort Worth that will produce from
$780, 900 10 100000 bushels of peanuts That
section hasn't any special monopoly on the
peanut industry, for they are being grown
all over Texas and Oklahoma. but not on
quite such an extensive scale as in the
locality mentioned.
The peanut is a drouth resistcr. and there
is hardly "A summer so hot and dry that II
will not make fairly good crop. When
the dry, hot days come it will wilt and look
as if il was going to shrivel up. but when
ever rain comes it starts 10 growing and
putting on nuts again II may be planted
from April until June, and is usually har-
vested in October or November.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
General Goethals for Mayor

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: As long as we are looking around for
\ Mayor suggest General G.. W. Goethals,
builder of the Panama Canal. He has proven
himself capable Of handling big things, and
surely Now York is big thing. needing a big
man, and not u politician, which happily he
|, not. s. SAKE.
New York, March Is, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Mr.. Gerard's Return

The Tribune congratulates Mr.. Gerard
on safe return home after having filled
honorably for nearly three years very
difficult and trying post.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17

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upon request. No red tape. No clubbing. we
make good promptly if the advertiser does not
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
The Zemstvo Union

And its creator, its leading spirit ~ o~..r.
izer and chief is Prince Lyof, no" ..r,lO,,
Prime Minister The story OF me /:
ment Of the All-Russisn Zemsi'o 80. or.
spite of the very unfavorable cona'.''~ -,rr,l.
rounding it. is undoubtedly the NOS .a~,,i
lous tale of the war. There is no n,'s >,
the experience accumulated by Lyon ..ss.,
last thirty months. There IS no nv :, ~
the significance Of training poo. .ssi,,i
hundred thousand men and women - 49,, ~
organization work when il appears ,,.si
large army has been prepared fOr ~, .ir,ss-
role imposed upon them by the Is.,.v,-r,,s
the taking over Of m immense sO''
plant in times Of a world crisis l.. ,clst
Russia is in the best possible ISL. y, vcisi
The complexion OF the Cabinet iro' is,sl 3
Of view of politics and exper'ne'', ,hrcse
means that the agony and 'ornens IA -
which the Russian democracy pss',rr, ~. 80
last few years have not been in vs'h' ,rd.7s
born Russia is not an infant. but y
and mature giant. And 1t has srrn d,sH
world o. democracy ready 20 su'as oslyr
blow to the Prussian system IS 70 ,.,d.r'v
naming powerful embodiment VI
ism and absolutism In humanity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17

downright, 1917, by John n. Wheeler, Incl
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-10-04
WELL CALLED GREATEST GIFT
Hard to overestimate What the Quail
lty Of imagination Has Done
for the World.

A man may be denied health,
wealth. friends, education many OF the
other good things Of life. but there IL
one thing which, II ne be so happy as
to be endowed Herewith, can never
be taken from him no matter what
his condition IN life may be-and that
is the quality Of imagination. This
quality It Ia which inspires all hope
and furnishes the wings for faith.
which peoples the heavens with an
gels and lights up the very shadow OF
the tomb. Imagination 1t IL that
opens the windows of the soul and
allows man TO see back down the
vistas OF the past aud far along the
innes Of coming time. Il II imaeiua.
ton that brings happiness and con-
tentment into the lives Of the sick, the
impoverished and The oppressed. Il
makes noble men sing in prison yet
haunts with awful dreams the tyrnnt
on the throne. Without Imagination
there would be no "Pllgrim's Prog
ress," no Paradise Lost" no mid
summer Nights Dream" nor would
there be ever any invention or erchi-
lecture or music that is 'the wine of
the soul" or sculpture or painting that
reflect In form and color the ideals
in tho minds Of men. Blessed be
imagination. the greatest gift Of SUI
preme wisdom and power 10 the chit
dren Of earth.--Los Angeles Times.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-10-04

STOCK ON ALFALFA PASTURE
Animals Should Not BE Permitted to
Tramp Over II Until II 10 Thor
ouehIy Established.

Alfalfa should never be pastured
the first season, and In most cases 1t
win be best to use II for hay-making
during the second season, in order
that II may become thoroughly estab-
lished before animals are allowed to
tramp over It.
II should never be pastured closely,
as this Injuries the crowns Of the
plants. Horses and sheep are more
likely 20 DO damage In this way than
are cattle or hogs. With cattle and
sheep. care must be exercised to avoid
bloating.
AT first the animals should be turn
ed In for only q short time each day,
and when the alfalfa Is wet with dew
or rain there Is still grenter need Of
care to avoid bloating. II Is wise to
be n little more careful than with
clover.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-10-04
FEW GIVE LUCID TESTIMONY
Average Person Seems to Get Badly
FIustered When Talking to
Lawyer or Detective.

"And after the choking" prompted
the lawyer, who represented the
plaintiff in a recent trial for assault.
"Oh, there wasn't any choking that
saw" said the witness.
"No cholxing7 But didn't you tell
the officer that the accused sprang
upon his victim from behind and
seized him by the throat7''
Eyes, sir, surely. But there wasn't
any choking. He Just squeezed him
tn he couldn't breathe"
4weII. wasn4 that choking, I'd IKE
to known
"When a body chokes, he coughs TIL
he splits It out" explained the witness,
''but the old man didn't have any
thing In his mouth, and he didn't
cough, 80 he didn't choke. He was
squeezed TIL the life was most squoze
out of him, that's ALL"
II the court was not enlightened by
such a finely Disseminated point,
neither was the truth beelouded But
William ]. Burns, the famous detec-
tive, declares that 1t Is nearly fmpos-
sible for the average person to give
simple, lucid information to a lawyer
or detective. He gives as an exam
pie the office boy who was asked, did
Mr.. Jones or his partner usually reach
the Office first7"
well" said the boy eagerly, blush
ing and stammering with excitement,
"Mr. Jones at first was always last,
but later he began to get earlier, TIL
at last he was first, although before
he had always been behind. He soon
got later again, although Of late he
has been sooner, and at last he got
behind as before. But guess he'll be
getting earlier sooner or later
Youths Companion.