New-York tribune., 1917-01-12

S,a.es avery citizen shall be by such declars-
tion automatically drafted into the service OF
the United States, and all property shall De
come by such declaration automatically the
property of the United States during the con-
tnuance Of state Of war
On the declaration Of war, and at all Times
during the continuance thereof, each cltlzeh
ghall perform his accustomed vocation OF
pursuit, and no citizen shall make change
Of residence or employment without the con-
sent of the government authority in cnarge
Of the district in which he or she resides al
the time Of such declaration.
All persons within the United STATES
whether citizen or alien, will be deemed TO De
at the disposal Of the United States govern.
ment for either civil or military duty, and
all property Of every kind and description,
regardless of ownership, becomes the prop
erty of the United States government, and
shall be operated and used for the beneht OF
said United States, provided only that all
property shall be returned to it's proper own
crship at the conclusion OF the war In as
GOOD condition as the hazards OF war and
the exigencies of the situation will permit,
but all profits of every kind and description
from the operation of all property and the
conduct Of all business during the continu-
ance of a state of war shall be and becomes
the property of the United States government.
Fixed Wages for All
Every citizen and every alien who continues
in the service Of the United States during
the continuance OF state of war shall re-
ceve the emoluments fixed by government
authority. Emolunents shall be the same,
regardless of sex or employment.
LoFo H. oil ratfn Of rUa y
we're not proftably employed, and who are
not called upon for service, shall be cared for
at the discretion of the proper government
authorities of the district in which ne or she
resides, but no emoument other than neces-
sary living expenses shall be allowed to any
person not employed
No. military or other title Of honor or dis
tnction shall be applied by any person to
himself nor to another person, except under
special laws and regulations governing spe-
cal service, and all such titles shall be dis
continued when such special service shall
end.
No attempt is made to propose these laws
in detail, nor in legal language. rough
form only is here suggested, which our legis-
lators may fashion into the finished instru-
ment with which to remove the causes of war
from our civilization and thus prevent war.
The effect desired to be obtained by the
enactment Of the above laws is that during
state of war no person shall profit by that
war; all business will go on just as usual,
but the government will take all the profits,
and no person shall gain a military title
chat can remain to honor or distinguish him
after the war has closed.
We thus remove from war all chance Of
personal profit and personal distinction. 1t
also means that every person employed either
in military or civil service shall receive the
same compensation as the private soldier.
every person" means from the President
Of the United States down. 1t is hard to
imagine President Wilson, Charles NJ. Schwab,
Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National
City Bank; Mr.. Brisbane, head of the Hearst
papers; Judge Gary, chairman Of the Steel
Trust, and other such high saaried men work
ing for S13 a month and found, but, since we
would all be lighting TO preserve their wealth
and their big salaries, why should they not
contribute their energies TO that cause for
the same compensation as the laboring man
whose reward for fighting will be the right
to keep on laboring?
Whatever may be said as TO the prepared
ness doctrine suggested here, we submit that
the justice of it must be recognized.
ffghting by Experts
War has ceased to be a military science.
The winning of depends more upon
the proper coordination of commercial enter
prises and mechanical skill than upon any
military strategy. This being the case, the
best men to handle the situation would be
men who have had experience in the handling
of large bodies Of men in commercial and
manufacturing enterprises and in directing
the policy of large corporations.
Our specialists in military tactics, who are
educated at Annapolis and West Point, are
indispensable and valuable assets, but the
winning of war depends upon the coordina-
tion of other elements in which these men
have had no experience.
This is shown plainly by the position in
which we find Russia to-day. She is top
heavy in man power, but so deficient in COM
mercial development that she cannot use her
men to advantage because she is unable to
equip them and get them to the point where
they can be effectively used at the proper
time. perfectly trained military force is
worthless without a perfectly coordinated