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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
Enemies Within Obeying the Letter, Violate the Spl
reate a contempt Of the Russian, !.

create contempt Of the Russian, = |
ing: ~
at is reported from Petrorr.d A..
Russian amazons shaved their se,l,, ~ 7
more terrible. Or are there other r,,..' y
these measures on account Of III. a.. =
lousiness prevailing in Russian
A fling at England's honesty /. a,
by the same paper in the follov;,. =
torial notice: ~
"The Scots in America have orn,,,.,
liberate Scotland from England. W. ,.,,'
lieved the Scots capable of grea.sr ,.,.. !.
the right Of self-determination, a. pr,..,' :
by England, does not apply to leopl,, =
live under the English flag"
Mr.. Hearst's "Deutsches Journal. !,
New York, contends that Sarraip, =.
will probably quit the Balkans, ana ~
"The Greeks who have been pushed /, a
war against their will may then see "a, A.
selves how to get the better Of their ss,.~
ries, just as it happened to the other n.
nations who also have been forced in, \
war and then had to ladle the SOUP u,,,..
for them by others"
The same editorial contends tia, b.
eral Sarrail, commander Of the ATis,
lcnica expedition, has characterize n
troops under his command as scum &
German equivalent is "abschaum' =
means people of the lowest moral a
ities).
Derision of President Wilson's III
laration that we are fighting to n,h \
world safe for democracy is contai,s,
this editorial utterance of the "Deurs
Journal:
"Up to now the King Of Sian la =
stated whether he takes part in Tie 4,
pean war for other reasons than b m
the world secure for democracy"
Nevertheless, in the face Of all TIN 4.
dence, the "Volksblatt," Of Cincir,,:
masters the audacity to complain;
"The German press in this eountp \
never before experienced such hard dan .
at present. There Is no Stx
German press and there are no ti.a
Germans"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

"To this mass meeting are invited all citi-
zens who are against the war, either because
Of principle or because they don't think the
reasons d. . good. Especially invited are
all those young men who have been drafted at
the great human lottery of Friday, July 20, to
90 TO France and to be shot there under the
pretext of fight for humanity and democ-
racy."
Also the New Yorker Herold," which
claims to be a representative German
American paper, pours venomous Viais
of sarcastic contempt on America. IL
hints that the present war is not the peo-
pies war, but the war of a minority, and
insinuates that the American young men
are slackers. After quoting from English
language papers comment on the result OF
the physical examinations of the censcrlpts
and exemption claims, the paper'adds:
"Of course, we cannot dope it out. Dope
out what? Well, the fact that our esteemed
English contemporaries fairly shrieked Tor
war while it is evident that by far the larger
number of men fit for war cannot go to war
because Cney nave ObHSi bHiHS" "
It's case of Let George do it. Or did our
contemporaries misjudge the current opinion
in the war question:"
With the glorious history of the Ameri-
can people as background, it is con-
temptible insinuation-that which would
represent our young men as slackers.' IL
there are slackers among US to-day 1t IS
largely the fault of the pernicious propa-
eanda conducted shamelessly by the
Kaiser's organs which set themselves up
as Americas sneering critics. Claiming
unlimited liberty to SANDER this country,
the "New- Yorker Herold" wishes that
every opposition to the Hohenzollern blood
and iron policy might be suppressed IN
Germany. Said the paper about Maxi
milan Harden, after his weekly "Zukuntt'
had been suppressed by the German au-
thorities:
'If this traitor, greedy for money, had lived
in the United States and said the tenth part
of what he has said in the 'Zukunft since the
beginning of the war out of pure greed for
money and lust for sensations he would have
been put in prison long ago."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

those who receive their inspirations from
the German-language press will approve
the Kaiser's peace under any circum-
stances, and that, therefore, we cannot
have "an entirely united people fighting
for its rights with unanimous
enthusiasm"
By the statement that Russian soldiers
have refused to fight for what they term
French imperialism "The Seattle Ger
man Press" evidently intends to remind
the American soldiers that it would be
foolish to initiate the Russians and fight
for another country's imperiaiistic war
aims.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
War and American Dyes
NZOUR next years suit will not fade
because American dye makers

OOh HeAI year sui VIII HOI Idue
because American dye makers
have so nearly perfected the
science of dye production that dependence
upon Germany for dyes of the first quality
is thing of the past, according to Com
merce and Finance"
In two years $1S4,139,OO0 was invested
in the new chemical companies of this
country. In the last part of 1916 these
new firms seemed to be on the wane; but,
as people realized that America was going
to war, the business leaped up again. In
the months of January, February and
March, 100000 found its way to the
companies.
There are now in America twenty or
more firms which are manufacturing dye
stuffs. One Of these, which three years
ago was turning out three million pounds
of dyestuffs a year by using imported
intermediates, is to-day manufacturing its
own intermediates, and can turn out
thirty million pounds per annum. An
other company, employing so men in 1914
and capitalized for only $4,000, to-day
employs thousand men and is capitalized
for 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

will have to seek shelter behind the backs OF
these brave Jewish volunteers. Yet it Is
charged that we have shown ourselves less
faithful than the other parts of our popu-
lation."
The fact that the third anniversary OF
the outbreak of the war is now being
celebrated has stimulated many Yiddish
newspapers to prophesy what the war has
in store. Most of these prophecies are not
very encouraging for the Allies, and seem
to be considerably influenced by the recent
retreat of the Russian troops before the
onslaught of the Austro-Germans in Gall
cia. The Russian reverses have driven
some of these newspapers, indeed, entirely
to despair of the success Of the Allied
cause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

sent not to send soldiers to France. No
wonder. Mr.. Bernard H. Ridder quoted
from an article by Mr.. Hannis Taylor IN
Hearst's American" to show that the en-
listed army cannot be sent abroad, and
added:
without shutting up the Constitution
the members of this new lconscrlptedl
army are as much exempt from service of
American soil as if they had never been
conscripted."
The Chicago "Abendpost" attempts to
take care of the Berlin interests by pro-
testing against a foodstuff embargo
against Sweden, saying:
lord Robert Cecil, one Of the British
braggarts, demands that the United States
threaten the Scandinavian countries
Sweden is meant-with an embargo on food
stuffs il they don't promise to stop the ex-
portation of iron ore to Germany. What
would Cecil have said II Sweden had de-
manded, last year, that the neutral United
States stop her expectation Of war mate
rails to Great Britain? But that's the diff
ference between neutral neutrality and I'M
neutral neutrality"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
rIHE PROFITEER, an international
figure, said by statesmen and pub

TIME PROFlTEER, an lhtefhaUiohai
figure, said by statesmen and pub
Il licists to be a menace to the eff
Gent carrying on of the war, is command
ing unAattering attention both IN TINS
country and in England.
Premier Lloyd George makes distlnc-
ton between profteering and profitlng'
also he supplies definition of profiteer in
a recent speech. According to him, prof.
ting is fair recompense for services
rendered. 1t is otherwise with the
profiteer.
"Profteering," said the British Premier,
in a speech at Dundee, sis extravagant
recompense given for services rendered. l
believe it is unfair in peace. In war 1t is
en- outrage"
And he continued
THAT is why we have taken action, very
necessary action, to restrict the profits of
sbipping-which | think were perfect scan
dal in the first two years Of the war-prohts
in mines, and we propose to deal very
drastically with unfair profteering in food,
(Cheers.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

"HERE are at present in New York
CITY alone no less than 120 publ
cations in languages other than
English which appear once or more each
week. The great majority of them are
dailies containing from four to six pages;
the others are published, according to the
number of their readers, three times,
twice, or only once a week. These Ian
guages include all those spoken in Europe,
with very few exceptions, and some Orlen-
tai languages besides, notably Chinese,
japanese, Persian, Arabic and Hebrew.
About fifty years ago there were almost
no foreign language newspapers In New
York. After 1870 they began rapidly TO
grow in number, keeping pace with immi-
grafton, till about 1890 there were nearly
thirty foreign language publications here.
The first foreign languages used IN the
New York press were German, French
Spanish, Italian and Swedish. During the
last decade of the nineteenth and the first
years of the present century the number
and variety increased rapidly, as immi-
grants poured in from Russia, Austria
and Southern European countries.
The foreign language press is con-
fronted by a double task. First, it must
instruct and inform the immigrant in re-
gard to conditions and ideals in this coun-
try. Then, it must satisfy the desire Of
its readers to keep in touch with all that
is going on. The manner in which the
various foreign papers proceed to their
task differs according to the nature OF
the readers for whom the publication is
prepared. In the papers read regularly
by immigrants intending to make this
country their permanent home emphasis
on Americanization is laid, and but little
attention is paid to news back home, on
the other side. This is true of almost
all the Yiddish newspapers, which from
the very beginning have tried to assume
strictly American character. On the
other hand, a great part Of the foreign
language press devotes most Of its columns
to news and editorials dealing with Old
World events. Within this class fall a
great many Italian, Slavic, Hungarian
Greek and other papers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
THE Distant Outlook Is Brighter
l Than the Immediate

The outlook for the Allied cause, as
seen by 1.-THE Jewish Daily News is some
what brighter for the distant future, al
though for The present it is rather gloomy
"As far ss the front between Germany and
Russia is concerned, there the Germans will
be able to do more than hold their line. The
third year of the war ends with victory
for the Germans over the Russians on the
frontiers of Gaicia. Whatever the future
of Russia may be, it cannot be expected of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

nal" chat the future is for US a sealed
book, and that the changes which the war
will bring about will be entirely different
from those we are now expecting. The ex-
periences of the past teach us that great
wars change the ideals OF peoples, that
men do not get what they desire, and
begin to desire other things"
Though Interested in Themselves
l They Are Loyal to Uncle Sam
The Slavic press in New York COM
prises about twenty newspapers written
in the different Slavic languages, Russian,
Polish, Bohemian, Ukrainian, Bohemian,
Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian.
All of the Slavic papers are particularly
interested in their own national group, to
the problems of which each Of them is
especially devoted. They all, however,
agree on one point, that Of respecting
America. They all approve and support
the attitude of the United States.
To illustrate what is going on in the
Slavic press, it will be well here to quote
an editorial from Polish daily, the "Tel-
egram Codzienny," which, like the other
Slavic papers, finds great concern for the
future of the language and the nationality
to which it belongs:
"The real causes of the war were: In the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
There viii Be No Sunny Place for Profiteers

our allies when fighting our battle to pay our
own people more than our own government
pays for the materials necessary to carry on
the war;
"A mere statement Of the proposition
seems enough, and we are confident that our
manufacturers, who have so periodically
responded thus far to the calls of our gov
eminent in this emergency, will readily ac-
cept this policy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

The famous Russian statesman. whose
posthumous revelations concerning the Sc
cret treaty between Nicholas II and Will
ian II may yet cost the first the loss of his
personal freedom said one day to Rothay
Reynold, author of "My Slav Friends"
"Tell your countrymen to dlsbelieve 80 per
cent of the news they receive from Rus
sia."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
By Loyal American Of German Birth

By Loyal American Of German Birth
TIME German-language press in this
country spreads fabric of anti
government lies, anti-Allies SIAN
der and anti-war propaganda in an at
tempt to bring defeat to the cause the
United States has espoused by creating a
spirit Of discomfort and opposition among
the American people, by discrediting our
motives, by preventing assistance to our
allies. These German-language sheets
avoid anything that would lay them open
to the charge of treason according to the
letter of the law, the spirit of which they
are daily violating.
OF all the insidious German-language
papers, the Buffalo "Arbeiter-Zeitung" is
one of the boldest. 1t revels in the most
rabid attacks on America, her institutions
and policies. Says the "Arbeiter-Zeitung"
IL an article under the caption Democracy
and Imperialism:
"The government of the people and for the
people is a government by proft-hungry pa
triots, capitalists and their representatives.
They aim at profits and subordinate anything
else, including the welfare of the people, to
this purpose. They are hyenas of the battle
field, and, therefore, see in the war, in the
first place, chance to make profit. The
catchwords patriotism love Of liberty and
love of democracy are to them but phrases
calculated to persuade the people to bear as
long as possible that fine opportunity for
profit, the war.
"As representatives of the imperislistic
idea, the tribune (the President of the United
States) hates liberty and democracy not less
than the Caesar in Germany does"
The same article contains the following:
an monarchistic Germany as well as in
republican America is the suppression OF the
liberty Of the press, free speech and freedom
Of assemblage, now prevalent custom"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
u elieves America Ought
ID to Listen to Peace Talk

While carrying the Stars and Stripes on
its editorial page, the "1llinois Staats-Zei-
tung" reprints articles from "The Irish
World" the Hearst newspapers and the
ike. Therefore, it is not surprising that
the paper wants the United States to In
itiate, without delay, peace negotiations
with the Kaiser. On this subject it says
in part:
"The worst part of the catchword German
peace is that it is based upon entirely i'm
aginary premises. Nobody to-day knows
what the so-caled German peace would be.
Why does not America offer Germany
chance. therefore, of stating her peace terms
at a conference? And if the declaration
should not prove satisfactory; if Germany
should not be willing TO conclude peace on
basis which would guarantee Americas future
,independence, security and unhampered de-
yelopment, then there would still be time to
enforce our conditions by force of arms, but
with the difference that an entirely united
people, unaffected by party and other differ
ences. would be fighting for its rights with
unanimous enthusiasm. At present vast
number are of the opinion that the German
peace is something entirely different from
what the war fanatics are representing it
to be-"
Outside the editorial department of the
"Illinois -Zeitung" every sensible
man has a fair conception of what Chan
cellor Mchaelis meant when he talked of
"strong peace" 1t is to be feared that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
T Iseless Mouths and
~ Folded Arms

President Wilson's embargo on food
stuffs found enthusiastic support in the
American papers. A paragraph
from the "Araldo Italiano" is illustrative
of the Italian opinion on this matter:
an fact, the neutrals, after having hidden
all of their own ships, are trying to use for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
Fo Pners r. New York Which Remain Seadast to Ideals OF 10y

Slavic world, the rivalry between Ruai 4
Austria; on the sea, the rivalry betvsa FL
land and Germany. As to the first, ~
to be regarded as determined; neitss M
tria nor Russia will obtain q doairy
position in the Slavic world, becsuR I'd
appeared on the scene third psnrc y
tirely unexpected--the Polish pwfs-ri
victory will belong to the newcomG
"Galicia, through which the road ka y
Bohemia, Moravia and to the Srra,,
was in the hand of Austria. Thu, lusi'
in so far as she desired to realize te ~
Of PAM lavism, had first TO take sxsy cti,
from Austria. And for this reason is v,
to war, which she has been wagns n
three years. To-day, at the end Of h'w|
year of the war, We can say with sikz|
certainty that Russia has lost 'H 4
lose to the end. She will surely no! ~
her aim. Galicia is once and forever les
"All the plans and intentions Of Aa7|
as we'll as of Russia, have beer
fused by the Poles. They appeared
battlefield as a force and will be atta''s
their own independent state. Ihr
quested from Russia the Polish hngdos 3
from Austria they will request Gsliei y
Austria, in so far as she desires to r,
the Russian grip on the Balkans, VII
to consent to the cession Of Galieli
Polish kingdom, in order to fortify be-
fence wall against Russia.
"And now let US see the results
three years of war between England s'ss1
many for domination on the sea. nsi,
has dragged in on her side into the VIZ
the war almost the entire world.
brought forth all tho resources OF hse1
matte spirit and staked immense amo'''
capital. Against all this power the Ten
placed their Big Berthss' and the Az.
'Moersers,' and on the sea ther
rines. The three years war has not Ivy
any decision. One cannot tell either
or in whose favor the decision will ~
an the third year Of the war Ansna
tered the struggle. Whatever the Wv.
outcome Of the war may be, Ameno'
pearance on the battlefield will NOON
victory. If England wins she VIII D"
her hand upon the world with D"
strength, for at her side will stand ="
competitor. And IL Germany wins "s
wise, will not be able to hold COM
position In the world. On the runs
German Empire may arise several 'hs
dent states which Germany Will DC M
to influence. There may arise free %.
pendent states. like Ireland, Csnsd,, =
liza, India and Southern Africa is
thing became definite in the present ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
ration and as free men we have staked all
and shall win or lose all.
That's what think about the situation
Restriction for Those Who Are
Less Patriotic

However, all the heads Of corporations
in the United States are not just Of the
j. Ogden Armour stripe. Some there are
who need the curtailing hand of the law
and for such as these the President and
Congress are framing restrictions.
The President outlined recently a gen.
eral policy he believes should be pursued
in correlating industries and in arranging
for a systematic price fixing plan.
Administration spokesman say it has
been determined to END the huge profits
that are being made from France and
other Allies.
s.Che New York MALI seems to believe
the sts>A makers have a right to specula-
tive profits, ssying they are necessary to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
THE Greeks Are True to inen
i Fine Historic Ideal

The Greek press is Represented
York by two daily newspapers, ~,
lantis" and the "Ethnikos Kirk w
al Herald), besides several ii'ef'I
political periodicals. It's patrio.'".. r..
pressed in a recent article IN 'ns
kos Kirk" which begins:
at is discrediting to US that the a. -
should be in doubt as to our So
We desire that they receive US a. -
in the struggle for universal h0'.s
that they know, % history has dsn' IA
that we Greeks are by nature a
loving people and worshippers '. .Aa
principles Of our ancestors, the w.
the democratic state -
OF the Oriental publications sp
in New York the Arabic pape
most numerous. They comprise iou Z
weekly and a number OF w. "a
monthly papers, some of which .H Z
ious, while others supply the oy -
Turkish immigrants with inform ~
regard to the United States '' ~
The two Japanese and two
weeklies are for the most pa"
mercial character, although
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

rocrisy by the "Illinois Staats-Zeitung,"
CT Chicago:
an the peace conditions as made public by
the Reichstag our President should easily find
the ideals which he has often expressed in
words, but, we are sorry to state, not always
manifested by actions"
To show its loyalty to our republican
form of government, the "Illinois Stats
Zeitung" makes fun of the "peacefulnessp
of the republics, by saying:
Frances lust for the left bank Of the
Rhine means poor reputation as far as the
neasefulness Of the republics is concerned"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
write off the costs of their emergency
plants and extensions.
Says "The Mail":

write off the costs of their emergency
plants and extensions.
Says "The MALI:
"Steel plates are high because shipbuild-
ers can make enormous profits on the seas.
They can make enormous profits because the
supply Of ocean tonnage is utterly unable to
handle the commodities they want to move.
as there any particular reason why the
steel industry should not receive some ad-
vantage from the enhanced ocean rates? II
the price of steel plates is forced down, it
will have absolutely no effect upon ocean
rates, because the relation between supply
and demand Of tonnage will be the same. If
the ship owners get their ships cheaper, they
will simply make larger amount of money
than>they make to-day. To-day they have to
share their profits with the steel mills, and,
incidentally, with all the labor which the
steel mills employ"
The Government Has Acted Against
Chances Of PROTECTING
Definite assurance that the American
public will be protected against profteer-
ing and that the Allied governments will
get their war supplies at the same price
as the United States was contained in an
announcement last week of the Admins
tration's war price policy, issued by the
new War Industries Board.
Prices now charged for materials neces-
sary to the industrial life Of the nation
are out of all proportion, the statement
said, to the cost of production. "Uncon-
scionable profits" it is declared, are made
on national resources entering into the
manufacture Of articles consumed by the
public.
The boards statement reads:
ut is the purpose Of the War Industries
Board to carry out the policy recently an
nounced by the President, and with which
the members Of the board are in complete
accord, that in the purchase Of war materials
in this country our allies shall be charged
TO moro than our own government has to
pay.
Guns and ammunition employed against
our enemy are for our benefit as much when
used by our allies as when used by our own
men, and 1t is obviously unjust to require