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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03
Truth by Degrees

A narrowing description of the last
hours Of the German battle-cruiser Lutzow
is given by one of the survivors in pam
phlet lately published at The Hague. The
summary given in the correspondence OF
The Associated Press adds nothing Of i'm
portance to what we have already learned
about the Battle of Jutland, but it helps to
amplify the inadequate narrative hitherto
provided in a series of official and semi
official statements in the German papers.
What purported to be complete list Of
the German losses was sent the day after
the battle to the German Embassy at
Washington. 1t was grossly false. When
the survivors Of the Elbing were subse-
quently picked up and landed on neutral
shores the German government was
obliged to admit that the Elbing had been
overlooked and must be added to the Off
cial list, but it was full week before the
loss Of the Ldtzow was admitted. The ex-
cuse was that for military reasons" it
was undesirable to speak of it sooner. For
the same reasons, by the way, the sinking
of the Rostock cruiser was also kept secret
for a week and then grudgingly admitted.
When, at last, it was confessed that the
Ldtzow had failed to return into port the
Germans endeavored to offset the painful
impression by inventing some new British
losses on the basis of statements made by
British prisoners. 1t was alleged, too, that
the crew Of the Lutzow, "including all Sc
verely wounded" was saved. According to
the story now at hand, the wounded were
scattered everywhere" and eighteen men
had the good fortune to be carried up, but
all the rest who could not walk or crawl
had to be left behind" Twenty-seven
brave fellows in the Diesel dynamo cham
Der SCREAMED through the tube for help"
but were left to their fate and sent to the
bottom when the ship was sunk by the Ger
mans for fear it should fall into British
hands. So we get the truth by degrees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03
Kerensky's First Lesson
(From The Cleveland Leader

(FrOm The Cleveland Lcdder)
In the early days of the revolution in Rus
sia the young man who is now the head Of
the government told foreigners as well as his
his own people that if he could not govern
without violence lie would not govern at all.
He was then a thoroughgoing believer in the
doctrine, beloved Of Socialists and anarchists
such as abound in Petrograd, that there was
no need of authority in the physical sense
where the right appeals were made TO the
better nature Of men and women.
Now the same Kerersky has had the Pro-
visional Government, which is entirely under
his control, restore capital punishment,
which was enthusiastically abolished at the
beginning of the new era Of democracy. So
far the use Of the death penalty is to be re-
stricted to the army and the navy, and the
government explains Its apostasy, as its So
ciaistic doctrnaires must call its action, as
the result of absolute necessity, and only a
temporary measure, TO end when the ma
tion's life Is no longer at stake.
The surprising fact is not that the death
penalty is TO be used in trying to save the
army and the country behind IL, but that men
OF even ordinary intelligence should ever
have imagined that anything less would be
effective when the cause of disobedenco and
running away from the grim duty of soldiers
In war was often the fear of death at the
hands Of the enemy. IL was absurd to sup
pose that a penalty less dangerous than the
peril which drove men 10 the violation Of
army laws would be sufficient TO obtain the
results sought.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03
Our Gain from the War
CProm The Philadelphia Inquirer


As result of this war we shall have a
country far more efficient In every respect.
We shall have immense plants that can be
turned from warlike pursuits into estab-
lishments for peaceful occupations. We
shall have a vast army of skilled workmen.
We shall learn the much needed lesson OF
discipline. We shall turn out young mon
better trained physically, boys far more
capable Of grasping responsibilities and less
given to the softnesses of life. The breed Of
Americans will improve
We are a wasteful nation-fearfully ard
wickedly wasteful. We shall study in the
school of economy We must supply our
allies with food during the period of the
war. That means that much land now un-
productive will be made TO yield crops. We
shall learn the secret of intensive farming,
so that with the restoration of peace food
will be produced in larger quantities. We
shall practise sef-denial in many ways, and
that will be good for us all.
For many years our share in the ocean
carrying trade has been slight. With our
shipyards turning out standardized vessels,
we should acquire a considerable merchant
fleet. We shall be ready to compete for for
eign trade.
We are going to pass through a period
such as will try mems souls, but it ought TO
work out for the future peace and prosperity
of the nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03
Another Anniversary
An Eloquent Statement OF the Issue
With Germany

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Accept the sincere expression OF my
admiration for the editorial in to-day's issue
Of your worthy paper, under the caption OF
Another Anniversary" 1t is the most elo-
quent appeal to the manhood OF the world II
has been my privilege to read. Every SEN
tence of your article is as clear and just as
the principles embodied in the Ten Com
mandments
In one of the paragraphs Of your striking
resume you say: "A gulf has opened between
the German people and the rest Of the world
that we ourselves are only beginning to be
conscious of, a gulf which will remain for
wears. bringing the weight of shame, OF
loathing, of detestation, long after the guilty
have passed from the scene"-an unequiVocai
truth-for the crimes committed by Germany
will forever live in the hearts OF men ana
women of good thoughts-crimes that nave
placed Germany in the light Of the loath-
some leper of the universe. what nave peen
the supreme conveniences of Germany IN this
war? Terror, slaughter and devastation as
means; plumber as an end. There is no mira
Gle which can efface them. If plunder and
conquest were not her incentives, what eX-
plantations can she give regarding the ehor-
nous indemnities levied on the crumbllng
and smoking cities of bleeding Belgium
Plumber is the oldest and most fourishlng
of institutions, and is and always has been
the soul of imperialism. Germany thought
that by doing it on large scale she would
avoid reckoning with justice, and that IN
addition to obtaining a mercenary compen-
sation she would enter through the golden
nortals of patriotism into the immortality Of
history.
Yes, she will enter into that immortality
not through its golden doors, but through
the black arches Of treachery.
]. GERALD DE POLO.
New York, Aug 1, 1917.
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Anelicized Foreign Names
/, Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Apropos of the advisability Of change
in German proper names for American USE
there are cases where a simplifying of spell
ing or an English translation can be OF much
help to Americans trying to pronounce such
names. without disturbing too much the ety.
nology. Mohrke might better be Merkey or
Mairky. Kuenemann Is more practical as
Keenman. Fuches Is more Ineligible as 'X'
Crime and Grund become our familiar Green
and Ground. Let Schmidt be contented as
Smith. Schroeder is palmer as Shrader'
Dieterich is better recognized as Detrick.
But TO change Feierabend TO Fireevening is
no happy alteration.
Proper names in other languages often
need an American dress: take Vass!lliw, for
instance. knew Frenchnan who changed
his name BonnecGur TO Goodheart, the lit
eral translation. How much better the good
old American name Bunker, which no doubt
was adapted from Bonnec9ur years ago.
F. NJ. TOWNSEND.
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, July 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03
HalyS Mission in the War
By Agostino de Biosi
editor of III Cdrroceio"

of the same situation from which this iniqui-
tous war issued forth-that Is, the very con-
ditions which President Wilson says must
be altered In such fashion as to prevent any
such hideous thing from ever happening
again"
This war was brought about by the Balkan
state of affairs The war was provoked by
Austria because of her limitless ambition to
annihilate whoever barred her way to Salo-
MICA.
Should the Balkans be kept in continuous
agitation by allowing Austria to dominate IN
the Adriatic? How could Italy tolerate Aus
tria with her coasts so near the peninsula
How could Italy be perpetually menaced and
her coasts exposed to the attacks OF the en-
emy's feet without probability OF adequate
defence? How could the United States re-
main Indifferent TO a situation wnlch mas
been denounced by its President in his Flag
Day address, delivered under the shadow OF
the Washington Monument on June Ia, In
unequivocal terms?
| The President said: "These men (the mill
| tary masters of Germany, who proved to ce
also the masters of Austria-Hungary) have
never regarded nations as peoples, men,
women and children of like blood and frame
as themselves, for whom governments existed
and in whom governments had their life.
! They have regarded them merely as service
| bic organizations which they could by force
or intrigue bend or corrupt TO their own pur-
pose. They have regarded the smaller states,
| in particular, and the peoples who could be
overwhelmed by force as their natural tools
and instruments Of domination"
Austria Must Be Crushed
But more: Austria, which bases the right TO
exist solely on her autocratic monarchy, which
governs the different peoples in continuous
struggles with one another whose only desire
is that the outcome Of this war should be
such IS to make the world safe for democracy
Austria must be crushed SO as to bring
about the destruction Of the coalition OF the
Mitteleuropa formed from Antwerp to Con-
stantinople.
The United States and the Allies will never
defeat Teutonic miltarism unless they de-
stroy and tear asunder the Austrian mon
archy, because the union of Germany and
Austria. with the addition Of Bulgaria and
Turkey, already represents victory for leu
| tonism, the everlasting danger for worlds
peace. for the liberty and for the democracies
of the peoples.
ltaly's mission in this war Is to strike Aus
tria to the heart, which in turn is the heart
of Prussan imperialism, which has In this
war already succeeded in realizing its dream
of European expansion.
The allies with the United States, whose
| future is at stake in this war, to quote Mr..
| Lansing's words, must cooperate so as 10
shatter this evil dream Of an historic insan-
ity in order "to make the world safe for de-
mocracy." THE House of Hapsburg must
be DESTROYED" so ends Vice-President Mar
shalps speech, May 81, 1917, which received
| thunderous applause from the United States
Senators assembled at the Capitol.
! New York. July 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03
What of the Stacker?
Not Being Brought to Time With
Sufficient Energy
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir, Where Is the wholesale prosecution
Of slackers that was to follow the registra-
ton on June. 8? If statements of the
Department Of Justice and its agents made
about that date were allowed to shape his
opinion, the average citizen gathered the i'm
preston that any one who failed to register
on the appointed day would find himself in
jail before the week was out. Has the press
any information on this point that 1t can
make public?
Perhaps any account Of the trials and con-
victions of these persons would give aid and
comfort TO the enemy" ard the government
has therefore decided to let them alone.
hear complaints on all sides that no effort is
being made to bring them to account
Suppose you compile and publish list Of
persons who have been convicted and SEN
fenced for simple failure to register. II
wouldn't take up as much space as the daily
weather prediction and would be much more
interesting. OF course there has been action
taken against three or four who have held
meetings and formed organizations to resist
the enforcement Of the law.
1t cannot be said that the authorities lack
information of violations of the law. Con-
crete names and cases have been called to
their attention in an unceasing stream since
the registration took place. There is no COM
plicated case to be built up against the non
registrant, no witnesses required, no ques-
tion of Sufficient evidence" young man is
either male person within the draft age or
not, and he is either on the list or missing.
The Office boy in the average law Office could
prepare the case for the prosecution with
out any difficulty.
1t seems more and more apparent that tho
registration was carried out with sufficient
thoroughness to insure the raising of an
army, and that the government is therefore
content to sit still and rejoice that the per-
centage Of registration was so high. This is
manifestly unfair to those who registered
and violates the official promise that slackers
would go to Jail and then be registered any
way. A. ]. X.
New York. July 81, 1917.
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Nicknanes

Even among those who are most eager
to establish a nickname for our soldiers
abroad Sammy" has not yet won au-
thentic currency. 1t is used pretty freely
in print and occasionally in conversation,
but still little awkwardly, little self
consciously, at least little deliberately.
With the best will in the world we cannot
yet speak Of the Sammy as easily as we do
of the Tommy; nor has the word estsb-
lished itself as Anzac has. But it is still
too early to determine it's chances of sur
vival, and none of It's rivals is really for
midable.
One Of the best arguments against it
was offered by a correspondent Of The
Tribune, who remarked that "in rural
England Sammy Is fool'; for Sup
posing" he said, chat things were re-
versed and the Londoners, being
ignorant of American slang, should elect to
call the soldiers Suckers wouldn't we roar
at dispatch saying that twenty-five
thousand suckers landed somewhere in
America'?"
1t is undoubtedly true that In some Eng
lish dialects Sammy Is equivalent to sim
pleton, and that is valid objection to the
word But its fate will be determined
not by local usage in certain obscure parts
Of England but chiefly by the within of our
allies in Europe. If they choose to know
the American soldier as Sammy, Sammy
he will be.
Tho objection made by some sober crit
les that II is "undignifed" will not do.
Such objections are irrelevant. In the
early days of the war some one wrote to
1.-THE Times" Of London protesting
gravely against Tommy as nickname
offensive to Britain's brave soldiers and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03
Unpicked Berries
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Pardon my presumption, but have
been thinking all the spring, when driving
through the mountainous part Of my district.
about the many berries which go TO waste
each year. The mountainous regions are full
Of them, and if you could put it up TO the
summer guests, so that they would thinl: II
an act Of patriotism and love TO don khaki,
gather this fruit and make II into delicious
jams and jellies for the hundreds of thou
sands of our finest young manhood who are
going to suffer, be crippled and many die for
the liberty Of humanity, what would q little
tramp and few brier scratches be TO the
hard marches, privations and wounds of our
soldier boys? ELIZABETH D. GRUB,
One Mother of q Soldier.
Norwood, N. j., July 20, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03
Ancestry and the New Army

A mild controversy has arisen IN Ihe
columns of contemporary over the an
cestry of the 1853 holders in this city OF NO
258. the first number drawn in the draft
lottery. One correspondent, after caretui
study of their names, classes them by ex-
traction as follows: German, 80; Engllsh'
q; Italian, q; Irish, 10; Russlan-J ewiSh'
16: Polish, 9; Spanish, A; Scandinavian, q;
Greek. 8; Bohemian, 3; French, 2; Amerl-
can, 2; Japanese, !; doubtful, 4.
No point is to be gained by questioning
the exactness of such tabulatlon. IL IL
is not precisely accurate as to No. 200 1t
probablv fits others of the numbers drawn,
and in any case it Is representatives,
provides a surprisingly interesting cross
section Of the new host which is to defend
America and civilization.
Most of these 1853 young men, no doubt,
were born here, have been through the
planning mill of the public school and are
good approximation in appearance and
thought Of that composite type we call
American. Civil life in democracy has
its own powerful correctives for eccentric
ity, whether in individual or group, and,
notwithstanding the imperfections of our
melting pot, has fused already to an i'm
portant degree the extraordinary conglom-
Grafton Of racial stocks of which this COL
lection of boys is an illustration.
But the fires Of peace under the pot are
as pleasant summers day to the furnace
of war. In the latter, such racial elements
will not only melt into one mass, they will
boil together; for the boys the mild cam
araderie of the baseball bleachers will be-
come the fierce fraternalism of the trenches.
For their families at home the half con-
temptuous good will between neighbors
will give way to the common tie OF the
casualty list. And pro-Germanism VIII
vanish. The fathers and mothers of those
thirty-eight boys of German extraction, for
example, if any there are who harbor sedi-
tious thoughts to-day, cannot vacillate long
in their allegiance to the cause for which
their sons are fighting.
| Hereafter there will be nothing among
us but names to denote divergent ancestry.
Il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03
Let Well Enough Alone
o the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. Mr.. George NJ. Beerbower Is in error
when he assumes that the most of news
paper reading is done In crowded cars. By
all odds the greater part 10 done In the
quietude Of the home. In my own household
five or six people read The Tribune every
day and the paper is then passed on to others
who have none.
As to new form Of newspapers. let we'll
enough alone. We do not desire any change
We protest against cutting Of sheets into
halves and crosswise printing. The present
form Is perfectly satisfactory to a vast ma.
jority of readers.
NATHANIEL HIBBARp. MD.
Danielson, Conn.,, July 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03
The German Reinsurance Scandal

To the Editor of The Tribune
siri Thank God for the Lawyers Mortgage
Company 1t is to be hoped all loyal Ameri-
can companies will follow It's example
1t may be that our private citizens can ac-
oomplish what our (supposed) Senators and
Representatives do not seem able to. Ac-
cordng to Senator Frelinghuysen's opinions
1t Is better that thousands Of our men run
the risk Of being killed than that few in
suranee companies be, possibly, put in dan
ger of losing money! n. A. y.
New York. Aug 2, 1917,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03
Help for Hot Horses
the Editor of The Tribune.

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Could not the Boy Scouts be sta
toned at the hydrants at different points
throughout the city during tho heated spell,
with length Of hose to play upon the over
heated horses, as they do in front Of the
building Of the Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals in Madison Avenue
II seems to me that it might tend to save
some of the animals and alleviate their suf-
ferings. MARGARET W. SMELLING.
New York, Aug. !, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03

his administration? Let them speak out,
by all means. Give them every facility in
the selection of their candidate not only
for Mayor, but for every other office in the
gift of New York's citizens. While pro-
viding them with the modern equipment Of
war for the Staying of Prussians abroad,
shall we deny them modern ballot with
which to defeat Prussans at home?
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-18

lazy, tousled creature, in q chaotic
middy-blouse, plaid skirt twisted
around her knees, and pair of ridic.
ulous red bedroom slippers, with red
pompons on the toes. The creature
was stretching herself with the grace
of big cat that had just been reused
from a nap on the hearthrug.
If his first picture of her had been
brief, his second one was practically
a snapshot, because at sight of him,
she flashed to her feet.
So, for a moment, they confronted
each other about equally aghast,
flushed up to the hair, and simultane-
ously and incoherently begged each
others pardon-neither could have
said for what, the goddess out of the
machine being Inga, the maid-of-all-
work. But suddenly, at twinkle she
caught in his eye, her own big eyes
narrowed and her big mouth widened
into a smile, which broke presently
into her deep-throated laugh, where
upon he laughed too and they shook
hands and she asked him to sit down.
TITS too ridiculous" she said. "Since
last night, when 1 got to thinking
how / must have looked wrestling
with that conductor, I've been telling
myself that if ever saw you again,
I'd try to act like a lady. But it's
no use, is it?"
He said that he, too, had hoped to
make a better impression the second
time than the first. That was what
he brought the books back for.
SIN awfully sorry mothers not at
home-mother and my sister Portia.
They'd both like to thank you for
looking after me last night. Because
really you did. you know"
"There never was anything less al
truistic in the world" he assured her.
Il dropped off of that car solely in
pursuit of selfish aim. I'd enjoy
meeting your mother and sister very
much, but what came for was to get
acquainted with you"
She flushed and smiled. "Why, Tn
nobody much TO get acquainted WITH"
she said. Mothers the interesting
one-mother and Portia. Mothers
quite person. She's Naomi Rut-
ledge Stanton, you know"
II know / ought to know" Rodney
said, and her quick appreciative
smile. over his candor rewarded him
for not having pretended.