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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
The Ulster Paradox

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Just few words in reply h \.
Wards vivaSious letter.
an in one respect well qualified to -.
about ireland. owned in County r.
seventeen farms and am, in fact, WIS |,
called "a ruined irish landlord" TIA, u
itself makes me a good witness-cy,d, ..
Deyto especially in bearing testimony 0, ;,
own side. am also a graduate Of rrr,,
College, Dublin. and all my life have ken, /,
closest touch with Irishmen Of even rr
Besides, Ulster is not opposed to Rcu,
Rule. The majority Of her Psrlsnsrar
representatives are in favor Of Il. A
pointed out in previous letter, the Usp,.
mans objection to Home Rule is chiefly :.
cause the Parliament would meet in Duh,
If il we're to assemble in Belfast Home Z,
would be accepted by Belfas; as us|
morsel. For Belfast is jealous Of DUB.
That's the whole Of il. Belfast is eomrs|
cial and wealthy, and not much else. Dvs,
is Intellectual and cultivated and non-,s|
mercial. Il is also the seat Of university al
and cannot be induced to tale the Belir|
man very seriously, Notwithstanding hi, &c
mercial energies and personal aggressiV,aas
remarkable in the street and the home
remember that when Gladstone nv
duced his bill for the dises,ablishne,s 4
the Irish Protestant Church the me- Il
Ulster said that il il was passed they u.i
kick the Queens crown into the Boyrs II
typical FISHERMAN has two purposes ia la
One is to make all the money he ear; t,
other is to break somebody's head rril
erably that of Papist. And, althesa
has opinions, he has no conviction A,
opinion is with him just weapon vi;
which to attack some one-it ma7 h rs
closest relation or friend-and get u, k.1
ter of him. He is not really Ticsst =
Home Rule, only he wants TO SPITE
Catholics, and, as / have said. Drblia
The English think, or pretend to u;t
that the counties-there are only thr~ .
them-who are so opposed TO Home y.
that they want to stand cut-srs ~
sumed by affection for England Ii, T.
sherman is a born rebel and is an fa
patriot, only his intense selfshne" v'.:
make him grab all ireland for himset n.
late John O'Leary, the rebel Of ~ ard :,
would never allow any one to say ''
against the Orangemen, because be W
they were such good rebels.
If you leave out English money and ~
fish treason, there will be, and there H.
"bite" in the Ulster bark"
think every one knows that the nlliu'
suffragettes were financed, directed and CO..
trolled by the same people who Orssnis
Ulster rebellion with the same anleas
purpose of embarrassing the AsquIth.Lsl
George Ministry. J.B. YEATS
New York, May 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
Another Who Wonders

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to your editorial "Mil-
tary Value Of an A. b." and the letter of J..
Van Ost, your remark on "the value OF an
A. b. on the battlefield" strikes me near home.
Personally did attend university for
three years, am thirty-three years old,
have liked through the mud of the Massa-
chusetts man9uvres, shivered through the
cold of the Connecticut maneuvres and
cooked for six months on the Mexican border
at McAllen. besides being present at the
more pleasant experience of the Fishkill
Plains maneuvres.
Ny letters of introduction to the Platts-
burg encampment were signed by three Ma.
tional Guard officers above the rank of
major, my physical examination was o. KID
by Major Derby and received the famous
yellow slip.
Three of the men that had broken in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: beg to express approval of the spirit
If Mr. Van Ost's letter and of your editorial
in to.day's issue on college men selected io'
officers training camps. But you DO not co"-
,id.r the immediate needs Of the present
onereencv. recall Colonel Roosevelt's words
IN this matter when he talked at the Harvard
cI,,b ,nootino TO interest college men IN the
training camps.
ColIoco education il not such an important
qualification. But at this moment 1t IS the
most readily apparent qualification. terfiHc
rush and hurry require that there be no &c
Law. and the quickest sitter IS needed COL
leqe education can be regarded as substitute
for the non-miitary part OF the west fo'n'
curriculum. If man has also some military
training. all right Thus is explained the tenn
norarv nolicy guiding selection of men to be
trained "a officers of the first 100000. The
instant. however, this first army begins tram
ing opportunity will be given for studying the
Qualifications of men who promise to tram
we'll "a candidates for the officers of the sec
ond army and even in the first army TO re-
place transfers. etc.
Colonel Roosevelt expressly stated that as
men had the chance to show what was IN
them he believed that more would be Sc
lected for training as officers who were not
college graduates than among those VINO were.
BY that time selections could be made from
the ranks on the ground of intrinsic personal
merit and natural qualifications. As college
graduates were in the minority in our citizen
shin. they would not be in the majority
among the officers, on the principle of popular
representation in the community at large
Nv experience as a member Of university
faculties would lead me to select mature men
of business or professional achievement and
tested character as the fttest candidates for
training as officers, and TO consider negligible,
one way or the other, the possession Of the
baccalaureate degree, preferably trusting to
the impression of candidates, given by their
force and masterfulness, looking at them as
men among men.
But this would be n tedious sitting process,
requiring much personal contact rather than
letters of recommendation. As TO CELEBRITY, IT
could not vie with the rapid fire method used
TO cope with the present emergency, which is
not the best method, but the quickest. The
college qualification as a ground for selec-
ton is a workable makeshft and temporary
one. A college man, though mature, is likely
10 be more teachable. This is true in many
cases.
would be glad to know of any other stiff
ing process which will work just now. Luck
lily. we expect never to depend upon it again.
New York, May II, 1917. A. b. Etc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
Merits Of the National Song

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ] should not participate in the dis
cussion of the merits of The Star-Spanged
Banner" but for the strange coincidence that
a person bearing the same name as my own,
but with widely differing views, has done So
On May appeared an item in The Tribune
dcnouncing the words and music of THE
Star-Spangled Banner" as "thin and poor"
That letter did not write and those senti-
ments | do not indorse. To my mind both
words and music are fine and splendid. in
spring TO noble thoughts and noble deeds.
Lafayette Circle No. 3, Ladies of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, patriotic organiza-
ton which | have the honor TO serve as
secretary and press correspondent has taken
favorable action upon adopting "The Star
Spangled Banner" as our national anthem.
In courtesy TO the many friends in the Grand
Army Of the Republic and allied orders, and
in Justice TO myself, | offer this explanation.
Some one has asked through these col
umns: "Will no one rise TO defend The Star
Spangled Banner" ! DO so now. Personally
believe this time of great crisis a most
unpropitious time 70 oriticise our institutions,
traditions, ideals, songs or anything Amer
lean. This is time for loyalty, when Amer
leans should prove themselves worthy the
name. tMrs) FRAMES BOLTON.
New York, May 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
That Kadaververwertungsanstalt

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: If, as alleged, the Teutons are con-
verting their slain into oil, fodder and
manure, they are only reverting. in terms OF
modern efficiency, to practices that pre-
vailed during the Thirty Years War. The
German historian, Ludwig Hausser, in mis-
History of the Rhenish Palatinate," says
that cannbalism entered into the habits of
the rtople with disconcerting ease He ac-
knowledges with horror that the useless
members of family were consigned to the
soup pot and children picked in brine.
He further states that, toward 1888, there
were in the Palatinate a number of "ro-
tisseries" exclusively devoted to the prepa-
ration of human meat, and freshly killed at
that. NJ. WILLIS.
New York, May s. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
Bark and Bite

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit one born in Ulster, v" ~
been a reader OF your paper for TIE ~
four years, to answer J. b. Yeats.
Mr.. Yeats tries to make readers VI -
Tribune believe that opposition 10 nv
Rule is confined 70 one or two counties ~
statement is not correct. About i've yea" v
when | was visiting Ireland, saw o. .
moral, Belfast, Unionist demons'rsa'
against Home Rule from every part Oh =.
land; outlying places, such as Dublin, ".
Galway and Sligo. were represented '.
divisions. Ulster Itself has clear n''
ity against Home Rule
Mr.. Yeats also says there is no ID" !.
their bark" Why did Ulsternen :,
working hard all day in the shipyafoN =
tories, etc, go out at night I'll IL -.
o'clock and train to use guns, II neeo w.
defence of what they believe 10 De rsn n,
Brooklyn, May 8, 1917 G. HESDtH'0''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
What the War Department Knows

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In this mornings Tribune read the
letter of Beacon Hill" criticising the War
Department on the transfer of certain de-
partment commanders. No one doubts the
ability Of General Wood, but it must also be
remembered that General Bell is a thorough
soldier a graduate Of West Point and a
man Of wide military experience.
General Bell, being a quiet and unassum-
ing man, has not come 10 the public notice
AS much as some OF the other army heads,
but believe that the most important point
on the Atlantic Coast is under the command
Of a real soldier.
Furthermore il is quite certain that the
War Department knows its own business and
can accomplish much without civilian criti-
cism II. A. C0RWIN.
New York. May TO- 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
From Somewhere in Westchester

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: J. Van Ost has a legitimate kick as
rejected candidate for the officers train
ing camps Let him take coincidence in the
following information:
Out of about 10 National Guardsmen, all
of good education, many with college educa-
tions. who were certified for admission from
my city, only one was lucky in gaining ad-
mittance. and we are told that this lucky
candidate had recommendation from one
Of our best known millionaires. Each and
every one of us enlisted at the time OF the
Mexican trouble, and as privates in the ranks.
Mos: of US not only lost our positions, but
were obliged to pile up slight debts.
Among the seventeen turned down was one,
the holder Of five rowing championships, a
sx-footer, and man who gained sergeants
stripes in the famous Seventh since joining.
Prof ably in the above facts those who are
deplorng the lack of voluntary enlistments
can CLEAN the true reasons for the Stacker"
spirit Does any recruiting committee expect
us disappointed National Guardsmen to get
recruits? On the contrary, we could qualify
as horrible examples" for the pacifsts. In
closing. my experiences have taught me that
the "slacker" is the most fortunate man
after the battle of hand-claps" are over.
To add insult to injury, we are told that
these Plattsburgers are going to fill our
officers ranks.
If ever have children | am going to teach
them to be "Curbstone Patriots" 1t pays.
A FOOL PATRIOT.
Somewhere in Westchester, May IL, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
The Farmer WilEn.
Give Him Rcmunerative Pi...
He'll Grow the Food
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

a
Sir: Your most excellent esrta.,
days Tribune, What he needs is not =
odvice as help" is, assure you, fun, "a
ciated by real farmers. ~
Making two blades Of grass Pm.
one grew before is a most besu,i,., ~
but II crowds the grass and oy,r.,,.
soil Some people in the towns and =, n
Western New York are ploughins =,
lawns and propose planting po.sts.,
the once beautiful lawns were. III.
waste Of fine lawns that in many c,,.. '
cost much careful work and hundr.a,
lars, and is also a waste Of good ,s.l y
toes, for in many instances the plo, a., :"
rared for potatoes is not adapted 70 y. y
ccssful growing Of the tubers. =
Give the farmer good and reu.,,.'
prices for his products. and he will "a.
that his land does its utmost. W. -.
long hours. and are willing to do 90 ,,,.'.
we get fair returns for our labor. r..
not like golfers. in the game for an.
only. But please remember also y.
want to be German peasants, and we d. !
nothing more If the Kaiser wins on, /, !.
war. believe that the American s,.
will rise 10 the occasion and see 70 /. A.. :
and our allies are properly fed. We
10 do it and we shall do it If we Az. !.
half a chance.
CHARLES r. MELLEy. Far.
Geneva. y. T.. Nay s, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
Stop Public improvements

Neither the state nor the city should under
take during the coming summer any construc-
ton work that is not absolutely necessary.
The prices of all materials are far above the
normal level and are likely to remain so for
some time. Private employments will be able
to absorb all the labor that is anywhere avail
able and 10 pay more than the customary
rate of wages. Public authority ought not TO
enter into competition with the farmer and
the manufacturer in order to carry through
any construction work which can be postponed
without great inconvenience.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
Presage from Fire

Noon, May 10. 1917
While the smoke wreathes round the fire.
eaten tower
OF the Old City Hall.
Presage | read, at high noon:
Time and the clock may stop,
Ind the fIaqs Of fhree-f0d poloer
From their bldckened stdF may drop
WIN the 9ald-tleiHed festoon.
But Liberty-Liberty, firm over OH,
Abideh her hour,
BE q late or soon.
And the last Of her foes shall surely be
This was the presage ! read,
While the smoke still wreathed the fre-eaten
tower
or the old City Hall.
EDITH N. THOMAS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
Culling an Innocent Visitor

To the Editor of The Tribune at. !,
Sir: In the early days OF tne ''1 n.,,
Ulster was standing in field 10 -
macarrett watching the Ulster ''''" .,,t
drill. An elderly man who had been M. a.
around came and sat beside me. As ." .v.l,.
low volunteers went through Their 80,
lions he said to me: "Bedad but 's.ss'
great lads; they'll give them bifgsl -.
than the Beers gave them" (the "'ns~ al.
ferred to being England). Later on - ~, q,
TO me: Il tell We what. mister, wen mos
a great fight" | then said 10 hl". 20,
honestly, between ourselves. would ". rs.
up a great fght?' lie leaned over s's N
pered, confdentially: well, TO ", y. .
Gods truth, mister. wouldn't pu'
umbrella" And chere spoke Ulster
RoDERIC 0C0NNV'-
New York, May 8, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
Approval

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Have just read in your issue of May
II J. Van 0st's letter, entitled "A Rejected
Candidate" | would like to know how the
masses of Americans feel.
Ny son, aged twenty-four, unmarried, was
graduated as an aviator from the Curtiss
school, in Hammondsport, in July, 1914. He
offered his services to our government just
about month ago. He cannot be accepted
because he has not college education.
Brooklyn, May II, 1917. A MOTHER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
A Captious Critic

To .hc Editor of The Tribune. =,
Sir: There's no pleasing some P''r,I
Mayor Mitchell sent out proc ams'''a -,
ing on all good citizens to attest inc" :,
atty. Those who refused 10 ss' -:
dubbed pro-Germans. The irish '. :.
country, in response to the req'''7 -,
nounced their loyalty, and "Amsr'ea' 5,
Ulster" finds something strange 'AS
loyal in that. ., a,
He mentions that John MeCorrna's /,
Victor Herbert receive American dollar, ,',
their services. II this is true it is apps" =.
and should be looked into. as Ahef',' "a
lars are needed elsewhere. ! wohss.
ulster American is paid for MS , ,,
New York, May 10. 1917. ]. ~ "hA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
Still a Chance for Him

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There is no need of Mr.. Van Ost get
received notification to go to Fort Myer.
Applicants who have been successfully
passed have not yet been notified because of
the lack of clerical help at Myer
The writer of the letter in this mornings
Tribune may yet be called.
c. c. VAN NESS.
Newark, n. j., May IL, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14

Owned and published daily t The Tribune Assocsiion =
Nv Yo-k Corporation. ogden kcd leslel, =.
-, Nc, .p-ssisert. Richard ~ Waldo secretary = \
e. roes..-sr Aldfess Trtgne BgIAus. ia Mas aa
So, Nce Yor Tscahcnc Bsekman soee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
CANADIAN RATS
49,. 81 AnAf
rnnrrcN rans

,-,..,s o, ,,. rosto-,e a; Now Yo-h {" Second Gas
Mail Mater.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14

srsscRurfov RATES BY Mail. POSTAGE rad. CUE
side % Greater Sew YORK o.,
nsiIy snf sunday - psiIs c. mo.'n''.'' o6
r-re 49, sunday YEAR $50 Daily u.If wear =.
S,.ls. on, months. 81 sunday cn}. ieN.--' ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-14
Why Not a Contest

Montvalc, n. j., May ., 1917.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-27
40 FOREIGNERS
TEACH At CAMP

star Correspondent
CAMP LEWIS. Nov 3T.--Tl~ven
British officers and men arrived at
Camp Lewis Monday. 10 act az in,
siructorH 10 the American troops.
The arrival ug the Britlsherr
brings tho number OF foreign In
siruc,ors up TO 20. composed Of tho
following: Twenty three French com
mlssioued officers. sx French non.
commissioned officers. four British
commissioned officers. four British
noucommissloned officers. and three
British privatss.
Tho newly arrived instructors are
Capt r. ~ Maudsley. Name hester
infantry. Capt. A. y. Foskett. ma.
chine sun corps. Lieut. y. III. Pugh.
army service corps. Lieut. II. l.
shaw. Bodfofdshlr. infantry: serrta
" ". Ross. &. p. Nichols. ". Lewis
and A. Campbell Priva,sH T.. H. No
Ian. X J. Tyler and ". =. McRger.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-27
GERMAN PEACE
NEXT MOVE BY
THE BOLSHEvIK|
~ United Press Leased Wire

~ United Press Leased Wire
LONDON. Nov. Filler arm
les starving. her people waver.
ing between n scor. or more Of
political parties. her only sem
bianee Of n government" totter.
Ing, Russia today apparently
reached the lowest depths Of her
national misery.
A separate peace with Germany II
regarded as tho next frantic step OF
tho Bolshviki. Officials here indi.
Gated today they would not bs sur
prised II actual negotiations 90 this
end were now in progress.
PetroErad dispatches today report
ed the army delegates had recon.
fnended to tho Bolshevikl the with
drawai OF Russian troops at numer
Gus places on tho northern front. I'm
order 10 prevent Wholesale desor.
lions. due TO lack OF food"
The soviet representatives. the
dispatches said. reported that only
20 car loads OF food supplies were
arriving daily on the northern front
instead OF the hundreds a day re
quired. Some sectors were reported
TO have gone for days without bread
The men are FESTIVE. famished. dis
pirited.
Tho Bolsheviki government IL en-
,pectins to- win at the general elsc'
ton out OF field OF iie different
political parties. Everybody In Rus
Hia--msn and womon-moro than 20
years old. will vote. Tho BoiHhevikl
now boast Of controlling not only
Petrorrad and Moscow. but Kisv
odessa. Krakoff. kaxan. saratof'
and practically every city 81 any con
siderable sixo In Russia
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-27
JAPANESE EXPORTED

Ben l.. Moore. assistant United
States attorney. filed informations
Monday. charging X. Harada with
violating the act OF June Is. 1917.
and, Yaiehiro Nishimoto and Ukichl
Nlshi with aiding and abetung him.
The act provides that not more
than 5000 in gold. 5000 in silver and
5000 in currency or bank notes may
be exported from the country unless
federal reserve bank.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-27
THEATRES
l'ANTAGES


x Knockout of bin opened at
the Pantsxes theatre Monday night
The headline attraction consists Of
Marguerite and her trained ieopards
and rumas. Tho nct In something
entirely new In the animal line. and
never seen In this city before
Herbert Brooks, a fast and clever
person with the cards. in the added
attraction. Brooks IN a wizard with
the pasfsboards. and. ut the same
tiins. reels off n line OF patier which
10 very funny.
Joseph Watson grabbed tho com.
edy honors Of the bill in a monologue
act. apattered with Hebrew chatter.
Eddie Mumford and Frank Tompson
Ind tho audience holding their sides
" tn their funny lineup OF songs.
Rotations and nut stuff"
Okla Arlova and her Russian Ral.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-27
SENATOR KING
TO DEMAND WAR
ON BULCARIANS
ny MILTON BRoNNER


WASHINGTON, Nov. al
When congress reconvenes next
month for Its long session. II IL
not improbable that senator
King OF Utah viii take steps
urging the severance of dipio-
matte relations with bulgaria
This would mean sending homo
stephen Panaretoff. the Iiulgar.
Ian minister.
Mention his nams in diplomatic
circles here and II II always pro.
vocative of n response AS To his
charm OF manner. the many years
he was n professor In Robert college.
the educational institution In Turkey
20 long maintained by American
money, and tho fact that he married
an American woman.
Window for Kaiser
Speak about tho presence OF tho
bulgarian legation In this country.
despite the fact that Bulgaria Is an
active ally OF our enemy. Germany.
and men In tho state department
will tell you the legation serves. ms
II were. As n window thru which We
look into tho central powers
Vice versa. however. the fiulgar.
ian legation IL very decidedly n win
dow thru which the kaiser and his
agents look into tho United States.
King Is Hostile
just before he left on a journey
10 Honolulu. Senator King made n
statement that indicated his hostii-
ity 90 allies Of our enemy having
legations here. This and other pub
LEGATIONS since have given Panare.
toff tho jumps.
While tho Bulgarian legation
speaks softly over here and tries TO
make Americans think tho Bulgara
have no hostile feelings toward us
there are many who hold that every
thing that goes on In Sofia proves
Just the contrary.
II takes a long time for bulgarian
papers with the real Bulgarian news
to get here. but they finally arrive.
and they always tell tho same story
Glad Of Hear,t's Stand
For instance. the Sarodni prava
% sept. q. triumphantly reproduced
extracts OF Hearat's New York Amer.
lean. eritieislnE Wilson's policy. and
gave its readers the impression that
this was tho real feeling of the coun.
try towards tho president
The German Wcaer Zoltunx re-
Gently printed a statement b. lie
correspondent In sofia that II Greece
declared war on the Teutonn. the
EulEafs would throw 500 600 men
against the allied army OF Gen. sAr
rail- AT Monastlr. and would place
200 900 IN tho pobrudja TO keep the
R0urnanians quiet.
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@--|.-7-7-7777@7777777|F"--77-
JES HADD0N DID NOT
OF REGISTERING

The hearing in the case OF Jesse
Haddon. %. OF Anacortes. was held
before Federal Judge Jeremiah
Neterer Monday afternoon. The
facts indicated that Haddon. who
was in Alaska, failed TO register for
the draft on account OF not under
standing the law. Judge Neterer In
structcd Haddon TO register and then
report back TO the court.