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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24

heads of the factories. and it is principally
to this that he attributes nine-tenths OF
the strikes.
IL has been evident for months that
there has been great dissatisfaction among
worker. throughout the country, and 1t IS
commonly recognized that the conditions
cannot be dealt with satisfactorily by the
tribunals. no matter how much their pow
ers are increased. They can be dealt with
only by putting capable men in charge OF
the factories and by dealing with the
workers in an intelligent way as human
beings and not merely as parts Of great
machine. This is plainly indicated IN the
report Of the Parliamentary committee,
and. indeed, nothing could be msre OBJ
vious than that the handling of men re-
ouires as much experience and understand
ing as the handling Of any machine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24

rcr, Gilett, Gray. Of New Jersey; Crest
Haugen, Kiess. of Pennsylvania; King, La
Toilette. McF adden. Mclaughlin, of Mich
igan; Mapes, Moores. of Indiana; Nor
gan, Parker. Of New Jersey; Peters, Platt'
Ramsey, Reavis, Smith. Of Michigan; Vol
stead and Young, of North Dakota.
There is no excuse for Republican sup
port of legislation which will draw veil
about the plumbers of administrators who
are conducting the war inefiiciently and
trying to prevent their own replacement
BY men of broader minds and larger tai
ents. There is no excuse even for Demo-
cratic support of a programme OF sup
preston which may help to keep blum
derers in power. for the more blundering
there is the deeper the present Admins
tration will sink into disfavor. Bungllng
will out eventually, press gag or no press
gag, as has been proved in the last three
years by British experience under an I'M
necessarily severe and hopeessly stupid
censorship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
On European Soil

Our engineers who yesterday reached
England are the first Americans ever to
set foot in Europe on a war errand.
The tide of exploration, of conquest, of
warfare has set westward for over four
centuries. To-day we witness the first
eastward wave. The American flag flies
on European soil in new sense and with
an Unprecedented meaning.
The news will bring home to many of us
as nothing else has the fact that, for bet
ter or for worse, we are committed to the
war beyond thought of withdrawal. 1t
has been a hard test for the imagination
of Americans, these thousands of miles
away. We were asked to hazard our lives
and the life of our nation on a field an
ocean TO the eastward. We shall need all
cur will and vision to realize the truth
end do our share as earnestly as if the
enemy were at the gate.
Our own men in the trenches will &C
complish all this for US as nothing else
could. We shall read in their record, of
courage and sacrifice and death, the far
flung deed of the America we love. Their
hopes will be our hopes, their trials will be
our trials. We know they will not fail us.
May we never fail theml
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
Every Day Is Fool Day

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t would be rare day indeed ,n''
went by without at least one fool cditorlal n
The Tribune. To a reasoning mind on.
would think that the use by Secretary hst.'
OF the words depleted supplies would sus
gest the idea that il was supplies Of genera
commodities that he was talking about Nv
military supplies. and that he wanted to seep
conscripted men on their regular work as ioat
as possible; moreover, that September ! -
really only two weeks later than the ds',
originally proposed for getting up trsine'
army in systematic manner, not BY Roese'
Welt hurrah. f.. sHRIvER
New Brighton, n. Y, May 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
Conscripted Men Not Slackers

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mrs. +. F. Andrews's letter asking i0'
some badge for rejected volunteers, interes"
me a great deal. particularly where she men,
tons the dread "of being thought sneak ANU
4 coward"
As | understand il, the new army Dill o.
viates the necessity Of any such feeling VI.
of the chief advantages OF the draft law ous'.
to be the cessation Of any campaign sgs'n'
"slackcrs," for they are no longer iegsiy po'.
sible. am teaching in college when n''
already sent over five hundred men INTO %,
form Of service or another, but do not os'
myself "sneak or a coward for sAy'ns
RICH. here. -,
On June shall give my name 70 the m,,.
tary authorities of the United States. sn'l'
my burden Of patriotic feeling 70 the gov,
crnments shoulders. II I am drafted, sn'"
90 20 the fight like soldier, hope II ="
rejected, shall go about my normal pursuits,
knowing that have done my duty, ana
shall not feel the need Of any insignia 7"
show il. SOkDhbLo'
Hanover, y. Y, May 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
Mayor Mitchell Should Be
Renominated

The Tribune believes that the admins
,ration of Mayor Mitchell has been the best
this city has had in recent years. Certain
defects in temper and in judgment on the
mart Of the Mayor have not prevented his
administration. as whole, from beng
effective. honest and clean. Such depart
ments as the Police Department. the FIRE
Department and various others have been
taken out of the realm of politics, have
been freed from all suspicion of graft and
corruption and have been restored to pub
lie confidence.
Four years more of the kind of admins
tration we have had now in part for the
last few wears and in full for the last four
would serve TO destroy the Tammany men
ace and to free our local politics from the
reproaeh that has lain upon it almost since
the beginning of its history.
The Tribune believes that Mayor
Mitchell should be renominated. 1t be-
lieves that he should accept the renomi-
nation, and it believes that if he is renomi-
mated he will be elected. Under the pres
cnt stress Of war nothing could be less
desirable than a change in administration
and nothing less attractive than a partisan
fight this fall, when public attention and
Public interest will be centred on larger
events. The Tribune purposes to support
Mavor Mitchell if he is renominated, and
it believes it is the duty both of the Fusion
and the Republican organizations to make
this selection.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
The War First
Tor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: War first, yes. Our thoughts are
never forgetful of the fact of war. And
somehow the presence of the birds only
makes the thought of war more poignant by
the contrast. feel quite sure that there
are thousands Of men at the front, where
war is first in the grim reality Of the
trenches. who will stop to listen and look at
the birds these May days. | quote from
soldier naturalist at the front:
In all my vandcrngs up and down the front
and they have been many during the last two years
I have hardly seen more than two or three
oreen Movers at a time that the present large
numbers are rather surprising. Probably the long
continued cold weather has made them pause and
rest until the bleak cold winds have passed and u
I, safe To start once more their migration. Yet
many Aocks of wading birds have been passing for
several days
Thi. read. like an excerpt from Whites
"Selborne" And this
few sunny days and the air will he full OF the
song, Of the returning birds and nesting time VIII
be In full swing. At present the thrush and the
.kyIark are the only constant singers. Nothing
damn. their ardor. not even the snow that has
whitened the whole countryside and hidden the ter
rible OF war.
And these men in the trenches will be very
grateful to the thrush and the skylark for
Sticking to their jobs and reminding them
that cheerfulness and calm still exist on this
troubled globe, and may even again be their
own portion in the passage Of the years and
seasons over mo Mans Land" and the world
in general JAMES BtEBEE.
New York May 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
Spiking a Conspiracy

Last week the announcement was made
with good deal Of flourish that the Ad-
ministration had abandoned its fight TO
muzzle the press. But those who knew
what was going on behind the scenes in
Washington were aware that the Admins
traton was still using its influence to re-
store to the espionage bill the newspaper
gag section stricken out in the Senate.
Department and bureau chiefs who were
anxious to protect themselves against
criticism were working hard to secure a
reinsertion of the Gard censorship Sec
ton, which slipped through the House on
May last in a moment Of confusion. Now
that the President has openly taken stand
with his sensitive subordinates they can
be relied upon to make desperate fight
for their pet measure.
The conferrees on the espionage bill rep
resent defeated minorites in the two
houses. The two Judiciary committees in
dorsed the monstrous draft of gag law
sent to the Capitol by Attorney General
Gregory. That draft was rejected in both
branches. Every modification of it was
beaten in the Senate. One afterthought-
the Gard amendment,-the House adopted,
although on what was supposed to be a
final vote that body had only few minutes
before killed the whole censorship section.
The Republicans of the House voted
overwhelmingly Tuesday to oppose any
and all censorship provisions. They
should have stood unitedly against the
Gard scheme. Freedom to discuss the
policies and acts Of the Administration is
essential to the successful prosecution of
the war. 1t is equally essential to the
maintenance during the war of genuine
and wholesome party opposition. Until
we have a coalition government the Repub-
lican party, on grounds of self-interest as
well as of patriotism, should insist on the
preservation of our present guarantees
Of free speech.
There were Republicans in the House
who could not see this couple of weeks
ago. On the motion on May to strike
out the censorship section, which carried
by POI to 1877. we regret to note that these
twenty-eight Republicans voted in the neg
ative: Cannon. Carter Copley, Curric. of
Michigan; Denison, Drukkcr, Dyer, Gard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
A Chance for Corn Bread
(prom The Detroi, Journal

(Prorl The Detroit Journal
If high prices for wheat cause American
people to return to corn bread, food on
which armies have marched, and on which
the men fed who felled the forests and con-
ouered the wilderness, then high wheat has
not been a thing undeserving a good word
Corn bread is good food. 1t can make man
undertake daring adventure ard mighty en-
terprise It may be said of it that 1T is the
foundation Of Southern and Western agri-
culture.
The thing that threw corn bread into the
shadow and gave wheat bread its great mas
terry over the American appetite was that
the housewife could not run around to the
corner grocery and get layer of the one
rs she could loaf of the other. Corn bread
does not lend itself readily to the conven-
fences of commerce. But for purposes of
nourishment, for putting energy and pluck
and poetry into the human breast, it stands
on a footing with all its competitors. 1t
ought to come back High wheat may
bring it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: So we are Allies. after ALL the Ger
mans having done the necessary educating on
the subject OF the rights and wrongs OF the
war and the German peril.
The pacifsts in London are saying tha'
President Wilson's war aims are 10 pre-
vent the necessary dismemberment OF AUS
tria-Hungarv. to secure 20 Bulgaria peace
which will satisfy some. at any rate, OF her
ambitions--in a word, to prevent the Aiies
from making an end Of the German oen'ra'
Europe scheme and all that 1t involves
A public statement OF President wilson's
war aims would put an end to the misrepre-
sensations of the pacfsts on this side OF the
Atlantic. and would dspel the idea that Presl-
dent Wilson intends to use his influence 70
secure the violation of the various pledges
which the Allies made to subject and invaded
nations before American Intervention took
place.
The most immediate pacifst danger is that
Of a compromise peace with Bulgaria, which
country is. one may really say, the founda-
ton stone Of the Pan-German scheme, in that
Germany needs Bulgaria as a bridge with the
East.
To make Bulgaria stronger than she was
before the war is to play straight into Ger
many's hands. Yet there many who from
a misguided sympathy with those rufhanly
Bulgars are prepared to urge a compromise
peace with Bulgaria at the expense of Ser
bia, Greece and Rumania, who have suffered
so greatly in the Allied cause. There is, too,
scrap Of paper which forbids the making
of compromise peace with the Bulgars, for
on October 10, 1915, the Allies pledged them
selves to uphold the Treaty Of Bucharest for
the benefit Of Serbia, Greece and Rumana
strange thing is that. while we are all
rejoicing at the Russian revolution and the
spread of democracy and even of republican
ism, in certain parts of the globe, the Allies
continue to leave Constantine peacefully on
his throne and free to attack our army at
Salonica whenever he likes to do so. There
are pachsts who actually 60 so far TO say,
apparently with satisfaction, that President
Wilson approves the license given to Con-
stantine. So you sec how his name is taken
in vain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
Men and Machines

Drastic action has been taken against
the leaders of strikes in London, Liverpool,
Manchester and other English towns, and
according to the latest reports most of the
men in the larger centres have already re-
turned to their shops and factories. Never
theless, there is no reason to believe that
the labor troubles have been finally settled
CT that they ever can be satisfactorily set
tied by occasional legislation or by the
exaction Of extreme penalties.
II is commonly recognized by those who
have had experience in handling men that
The unfortunate conditions in some of the
industrial centres are at least in some
measure attributable to nervous exhaus-
ton, the result of bad management and
lack Of knowledge on the part of those in
control. This truth was recognized by the
Parliamentary committee appointed to in
CURE into the health of munition workers.
Taking the country as whole" the re-
port says, 1--WE are bound to record our i'm
preston that the munition workers in gen.
eral have been allowed to reach state Of
reduced efficiency and lowered health which
might have been avoided without reduc-
ton Of output by attention to the details Of
daily and weekly rests"
Now, the truth seems TO be that in or
csnizing these vast factories all over the
country the human requirements were not
sufficiently considered. Men were placed
in responsible positions who too often had
little or no previous experience in work Of
this kind, and who were therefore quite in
capable of handling large bodies of work
<rs. A retired army officer who knows the
British workman well and has worked in
various munition factories where thou
sands are employed, pointed out this Sc
r,ous defect some time ago in a letter TO
The Times" of London. He found an
utter lack of human understanding in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
Frances Terrible Sacrifice
Blu Christabel Pankhurst

horc .ba, we shall see American uoop'
-. ,a,oh soo,or than some people tnihS'
After all. the great cos. Of this war IS ''s e0s'
=, ,;fo which counts more than anything eise'
,,ou, tho economic point Of view, even Inc
-, are hoasting that, whatever the re-
,ult OF the war, they are at ieas' 10
France white, and certainly france n''
nearly three years been making 'e'i'o'e
sacrifice of life.
". are very glad that in year OF "oie
there will be a million men ready 70 come
over here to fight But year IS 'o"s
time and as it rolls by many Frenchmen VIII
fall in battle who might have been saved Il
American help were more prompt
wo talk Of future peace, but there Will be
future war If France is too much weaHeheu
now. No league Of peace will do Tor 'ne
worlds peace what strong western ou'""i"
against Germany can do.
still hope to see the speedy arrlvsi Oh
Mr. Roosevet's or some other army. lime Is
life. and minutes count in war, let alone
year.
American men will, | know, be proud 70
come here at the earliest moment and re-
place French soldiers in the firing line. when
crandfathcrs have spent months under IRE IL
is time that the men Of other countries should
run to the rescue France has been holding
the fort for US all, and the question arises
whether her heroism and sef-sacrifce have
even been exploited by the rest Of the world
II only we British had been ready what
difference it would have made! IL would
even have prevented the war, very likely. 1t
seems a shameful thing that we were not. A
big nation has great responsibilities and
ought to be in constant state of readiness
to act in accordance with them. It was not
enough to have guaranteed Belgium's neutral
ity on paper; we ought TO have guaranteed it
more effectively in fact.
As you in America are so kindly and gen.
erously willing to learn by our mistakes, do
learn that military stitch in time saves
nine, and that one man to-day may be worth
more than ten in years time.
What luck the Germans have had in not
having TO face all their enemies prepared
end in the field at the height Of their strength
at the same timc
Paris, France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
Stand by the Cabinet?
A Difficult Task Considering Its
Extraordinary Personnel
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: have subscribed to the Liberty Loan
and understand that button is to be given
to me with "Stand Back of the Government
or some such phrase on it. Fine words, for
sooth,
Any effort to bolster up the weak sisters
of the Cabinet By the use Of catchwords is
doomed to failure. Having just returned
from a trip over a considerable territory, |
wish to say soberly, earnestly and without
exaggeration that there is everywhere COM
plete lack Of confidence in certain members
of the Cabinet.
The bankers are hooting in derision at
McAdoo and his absurd mishandlng of the
Liberty Loan. which has resulted in the
entire machinery OF Wall Street and the
banks of the country being put to work with
out charge to the government Baker, that
curious misfit at the head of the War De-
partment, is everywhere regarded with con-
tempt. As for Daniels, it has been said that
all modern humor is based on seven original
Jokes. This statement is subject to revision.
There is now an eighth, and its name IS
Daniels.
Public opinion is entirely against these
men; public confidence is not with them'
There is no question Of politics in this, there
ara no parties to-day-outside Of Congress
am going to keep my button in my pocket
feeling that it would not be patriotic to sub
scribe to the incompetence of these men.
Public opinion cannot be forced to regard
them with favor and, with the example OF
England and her mistakes before US, they
must 60.
In this hour of stress our government can
not be carried on without the support of all
the people and all the classes. and that sup
mort can never be obtained for these mem
her. of Mr.. Wilson's Cabinet.
New York, May %, 1917. DEMOCRAT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
Learning Fighting at the Front

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: People who want TO know how soldiers
are trained at the front will find some short
descriptions in Lord Northclife's book, AT
the War" Crater fighting is taught with an
;ctual reproduction of a crater and the SER
geants in charge have seen the real thing and
know how to use bombs. There are dug outs
ard trenches and gas attacks. using real gas,
and men learn how TO spray the gas and Zap
il away when it comes. Officers from the fir
ing line drill the pupils in all kinds Of fight
ing.
Since conditions keep changing, this is the
only training that is up TO date
CLARENCE DAY, JR.
New York, May 20, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
Song of the Sea Slugs
(N. L.. in The Ruddcr)

81. J., in The Ruddcr)
Sing me a song of frai VI. L.,
May the Lord have mercy upon US;
Rolling about in an oily swell.
May the Lord have mercy upon Us;
Out on high explosive spree,
Petrol. Lyddite and T. n. T.,
Looking for U-boat 3. 3. g..
May the Lord have mercy upon US.
Sing me a song of bold young Lieut."
May the Lord have mercy upon US;
Two gold bands on an "owed-for suit"
May the Lord have mercy upon us;
Ship the cable and full ahead,
Hard a-starboard and heaye the lead.
The detonstors are in my bed,
May the Lord have mercy upon US.
Sing me a song OF bright young Sub"
May the Lord have mercy upon us;
A very ignorant halfbaked cub,
May the Lord have mercy upon us;
OF the Kings regulations he knows not one,
He has left undone what he ought to have
done,
And, oh. my Lord. when he fires that gun,
May the Lord have mercy upon US.
Sing me a song of CMB (cngincer),
May the Lord have mercy upon US;
Bred in garage and sent to sea,
May the Lord have mercy upon us;
Taken away from the motor trade.
Seasick. sorry and sore dismsyed.
But a hell of "knut" on the grand parade,
May the Lord have mercy upon US.
Sing me song Of the NJ. L. cook,
May the Lord have mercy upon US:
With petrol stove in a greasy nook,
May the Lord have mercy upon us;
Our meals a lukewarm lingering death.
Wen praise the Hun with our final breath
If he'll strafe our galley and STAY our chef,
May the Lord have mercy upon US.
Sing me song Of North Sea base,
May the Lord have mercy upon us;
A dirty, forgotten one-horse place.
May the Lord have mercy upon us;
when the wind blows west how brave we are,
When the wind blows cast. it's different far,
We wish we were back in the harbor bar,
May the Lord have mercy upon US.