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New-York tribune., 1917-11-04
Frigates With Sails to Swift Steel Giants

Man unconsciously follows natures methods.
but only in rambling and uneertxin way.
which reuuires a longer time 70 arrive at
result desired.
"on land the soldier protected his vitsis
with armor. In the days Of stones and ar
rows fghting men wore hides and furs for
protection. When the gun came into use ne
covered himself with a coat Of steel mall
This be wore until the increasing penetration
Of the bullet caused him TO be so overbur-
dened with armor that he could not stand -s
walk under his great load. Then be dis
carded armor and at once regained his actsv-
ity and endurance.
"why should not our armored dreadnoughts
follow these laws"
And Mr. Meriwether has this 70 add 70
the foregoing: The projected fleet o.
lightly armored vessels Of enormous spec
and heavy batteries now provides the an
swer."
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04

Lusitania and twice that Of the Imperator.
10 secure the high speed contemplated in
ms design the hull of the Constitution and
her class will show run as fine il not finer
than that of anysdestroyer Oil fuel stored
N the double bottom will take the place Of
coal ounkers, and this will generate the cleo
'rc energy which is to propel the cruiser at
me express speed of forty land miles an
hour
An odd feature Of the Constitution will be
the number and arrangement Of the smoke
stacks. There are to be seven Of these. FIVE
grouped in the form of a five of diamonds,
with another directly forward Of this group
and another abaft of ii.
The ten 14-inch rifles Of the main battery
are 10 be mounted in four turrets, two of the
turrets carrying the triple mount, the other
two carrying their guns in pairs A battery
OF twenty 5-inch rifles will provide defence
against torpedo attack. There will be three
anti-aireraft rapid-fre guns, and eight tor
pedo tubes for firing the new 21-inch torpedo,
which has range of 10000 yards
When half of the million men that were
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04

equalities Of life; the ancien. and native
law for English verse is constancy in vital
ity with interruptions or disparities in
charm"
Mr.. Firkins admits:
"I cannot read poetry long with comfort
unless it be mixed with other elements.
adapt myself 20 the Shakespearian drama
because Shakespeare, good fellow that he
was and is, allows me so often 10 forget the
poetry. But modern yerse-drama is scantily
read, in spite Of the premium offered by the
presence Of story in action. In this IA
yored field. where drama might have expect
ed TO preside at the resurrection Of poetry
poetry oificiates at the interment OF drama.
'Tis very excellent piece Of work said
that incisive judge OF arts and letters,
Christopher Sly; would Z were done Even
narrative poetry is respectfully forsaken-
Our lads are unresponsiye 20 Scott, and the
poetic treasure Of Paradise Lost is depos-
tied in safe of which posterity has mislaid
the combination.
"How far this incapscity IS peculiar 70
our race have no leisure to discuss. Il IS
not improbable that the intensity Of our
labor, the insalubrity of our climate, the
opacity Of our senses, the terrible omni-
presence of that death-in-life which is known
as organization, may have sspped our power
Of continuous receptivity. Nor shall | ask
how far the defect is confined TO our era. II
seems probable enough that the vast expsn-
sion of business and of science, two forces
which in their ripeness and complexity are
churlish to that poetry with which their in
fancy was sociable, may have impaired a
sensihilitv which Frightened life for our
ancestors. Il is probably true, as Lowell
suggested, that the language has lost its
docility TO the tutelsge OF verse. Words
lose their poetic values in daily speech, and
the restoration OF this forfeit virtue in the
hour Of demand becomes increasingly diff
cult Types of English unfriendly to poetry
leave their fnger-marks on the words tina;
poetry must use-newspaper English with
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04

three vessels having these qualities, these be-
ing the fast and heavily armored cruisers Of
the Indomitable class, the mystery ships,
al they were known at the time, because of
the great secrecy which attended their con-
struction. From this type was evolved the
superb battle-cruisers of which the world has
heard SO much OF late.
"Some Of the progressive officers Of our
own navy had long ago foreseen the impers-
tive need Of vessels combining great speed
with hard hitting power, but it was not until
more than two years ot war had demon
strated the incalculable value Of this type
that Congress consented 10 authorize the con-
structIon Of the six battle-crusers for which
bids were recently asked. II was notable
departure from precedent, as for many years
the average speed of our war fleets had been
much lower than that of any other feet, and
no effort had been made to strengthen 1t by
the addition Of faster vessels.
But no converts like new converts, and in
the matter Of raordinary speed, enormous
size, great battery power and new method of
propulsion the projected battle-cruisers are
Of the most novel and advanced type OF any
vessels designed for any navy since the
British dreadnought reyolutionized naval
construction. Electricity generated By oil
fuel was chosen as the motive power, the
reason being that the amount Of coal which
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04

ranging and carrying out an offensive all
together. The time which each one OF them
has necessarily consumed in preparing his
army has saved the enemy until to-day. BY
reducing this time TO the indispensable mini
mum the Allies arc still able TO conquer.
Such is the truism which more than three
years Of war have brought to light.
In a word, he concludes, Germany Is able
TO prolong the war in proportion to the
time the Allies require in which to pre-
pare their attacking troops. Then
~Hov can we shorten this time in order to
obtain a more efficient utilization or our
numerical superiority, and consequently d
more rapid conclusion Of the war! ms IS
the question which must be answered DEN
nitely By both governments and civilians,
There are two methods 70 be employed
simultaneously:
81. Never lose time land this simple rule
IL Il is applied, is worth in itself an army.
"2. Gain time land this is always pos
sible).
"i. Never lose time. This means the max
ing, without any delay whatsoever, oil the
decisions which the experience OF the war
shows 10 be necessary or simply useful. IL
means the cutting short of all discussions
remembering that there is nothing absolute
in warfare, that no perfect solution can be
found, and that the best Is always tho
quickest, provided that II presents more ad-
vantages than inconveniences. IL means
that every decision should be Immediately
carried out by the responsible heads, which
necessitates the preliminary appointing OF
these heads in every branch of national
activity relating TO the war. In word II
means trying TO do we'll before trying to do
better.
"2. To gain time. This means shortening
10 the utmost the time originally appropri-
ated 10 the work Of preparations. II means
that each individual, man or woman, should
spare no efforts to augment the results OF
his intellectual or physical activity eonss-
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04

its resonant vacuity, technical English vith
the Libyan monotony Of its waterless and
featureless expanse, statutory English, the
legal sentence, symbolic. in its length and
dreariness Of that other object Of the same
name TO which its contents so often warn
ingly point. The outcome is natural enough,
the poet s tempted 20 recast the refractory
language, and in the recast it becomes .
foreign tongue"
The article is rich in analysis Of poets
For example, he writes OF Walt Whit
man that
"In the conflict between himself and pub
lie opinion Whitman incurred rather thar
achieved a victory, and we nave complied
with military usage by paying him indem-
nifty ever since In my judgment, Whtman's
positive contribution 20 the movement has
been meagre. No doubt his peeulisrities and
his reputation. acting in concert, have been
negatively helpful in giving powerful jolt
or conclusion 20 the old narrowly limited
and stubbornly intrenchod conception Of
poetry. But. we must bear in mind that
Whitman's innovations are referable less 20
the breakdown OF the tradition before his
powers and demands Than 70 the breakdown
Of his capacities before the strength Of It's
requirements. Whitman went barefoot. II
the metaphor be forgvable, not from that
conscientious and deliberate preference for
bare feet which Is the index Of self-respeet-
ing boyhood in America. but because he
could not get his foot toto tho shoe. Re
shirked metre, and the shirker cannot hslp
us. / grant him scattered Inspirations, but
no competence; and no man can strike = nsv
and lasting balance between inspiration and
skill who is not at the same time skilfui,
and inspired. Whtman's bulkinsss his
prattle. his laxity. the piling up OF formless
lists, like family Furniture in the movers
van (the least reputable and seemly OBJ
jects in the menage putting on dismaying
prominence in the porcentous load, all
these things are signs Of an happiness Tor
leadership in literary reforms
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04
Scanning the Wit of the Day

infamy. When de Genrul sound de word
Retreat dis niger don wan TO be
bothered with no hoss.'-Christian Reg
ister.
Look here. Why do you have Keep OF
the Grass signs all over the park? You
don't enforce the rule" "No, sir" said the
guard. "The sign is there to make people
enjoy being on the grass."-Christian Reg
lister.
It was in churchyard. The morning
sun shone brightly and the dew was still
on the grass. "Ah, this is the weather that
makes things spring up," remarked a
passerby casually to an old gentleman
seated on bench. Hush" replied the old
gentleman. I've got three wives buried
here.'-Liverpool Post
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04

Grated to their country. II means doing
better after having done well.
"On what does victory depend to-day! -!
Who can say that it does not depend on a
steamer requisitioned eight days earlier
on one shell or one cannon more, on YARD
Of material, stroke Of the pen. hammer
blow? On anything and everything which
expresses the wish to produce more? It de-
pends, that is chiefly on the acceleration OF
the collection Of individual activities through
which the will Of the nation is expressed, a
nation which is in a more favorable position
than any other, by reason OF her past and
her situation in the world, to preserve the
clear vision Of the general interest OF hu-
manity and the Allies combined.
"Iime works for those who use II best and
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04

a greater weight than this h'lf-million men,
while the muzzle energy Of her armament IS
greater than the combined energy Of mill
ion muskets Moreover, the navy officer who
commands one Of these battle-cruisers can
move this dynamic force at fifteen times the
marching speed of half-million men, and
exercise over his command a control abso-
luto as that the Kaiser maintains over his
army.
Every great war Of recent years has de-
veloped some new type of fighting craft.
Out Of the Civil War came the monitor, fore
runner OF the battIeship, which is but an en-
larged monitor with higher freeooard, greater
and more numerous turrets. Next came the
dreadnought, also aftermath Of conflict Il
has been popularity supposed that Great Brit
ain, as Japans ally in her war with Russia,
had received from her ally the first informa-
tive word of the result of the naval battles
in the East. and that a consequence her
constructors had been the first TO evolve the
idea Of .he all-big-gun ship, otherwise the
dreadnought of to-day. But it is matter
of record that plans fOAthis type Of vessel
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04

wide spaces of interesting literary forage,
and abounds in stimulating synthetic ap-
precautions. He writes:
my thesis IS that during the last two
centuries English poetry has accepted a
principle which is Spanish or Italian rather
than English-the principle Of uninterrupted
beauty and distinction; that, while we still
want poetry, we DO not want that kind Of
poetry; and that the unrest, the discomfort
and the revolt which have unsettled the
poetcal composition Of the last fifty years
are aimed at the replacement Of English
poetry on its primitive and rightful English
basis. The law which governs our poetry
to-day is the acquired and alien law Of con-
stancy in beauty with variations and in
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04
Another Shot Heard
Round the World
whole country thrilled to the ar

TIME whole country thrilled 20 the ar
nouncement that at last American
- troops were in the trenches, ''some
where in France and that the first she
had been fired against the enemy. IL VIZ
in a "quiet sector" and was modestly N
ported officially as intended chiefly 10 per
feet the training" of the men; but the hrs
shot was hailed as a symbol, an earnest o.
what is 70 come, and greeted as anotheg
"shot heard round the world" IL wa
speedily followed by news Of the capture o.
a first German prisoner by Americans n
mo Mans Land" and by the first casually
report-that Of the wounding Of Sig
raj Corps lieutenant in a communication
trench.
"We know at last" said "The Brooklyn
Eagle "that our men are firing at tho
enemy, receiving the enemy's fire in turn.
ready for the same sacrifices, eager for tn
same victories that have marked the grin
progress Of the French and British war o.
.the Western frcnt. We are act
ually on the firing line, and that is fac
counting for more, in the popular imagina
tion, than the useful activities Of our de
stroyers, the drafting Of our young mer
into training camps. the raising Of Liberty
loans or the spectacular mobilizng of our
vast industrial resources. Il visualzes
the fighting, 1t brings war home"
The honor of firing the first shot fell 10
"red-haired gunner" from South Bend.
Ind, and. said "The New York Times:
"What the red.haired gunner began will
not lessen, IL will increase. In him the Ger
mans confronted for The first time the
United States in arms for freedom. Per-
haps they did not know Il; but they will
know it. He was the forerunnsr Of millions"
It was matter Of congratulation that the
news conceded with the success Of the Lib
erty Loan. In the words Of "'fhe New
York Globe" "the coincidence was signif-
can't"
There was the SOLDERING thought that
soon news must come Of the price paid.
The people realize, in the words Of THE
Montgomery Advertiser" that they must
steel themselves to read the casualty lists
from the battlefeds of France, that they
must live in the daily realization that the
American soldiers are fighting and dying
for Americas freedom and for the free
dom of the world"
"The Chicago Tribune" saw, in this first
American offensive, warning that should
be needed by the enemy, in this hour Of It's
rejoicing over Italy's terrific retreat;
The emotions which revive German snd
Austrian hopes as the result OF successes
against the Italians would, for a wiser peo-
pie. be tempered By the reflection that the
strongest republic has touched the German
line Of defence lightly with its finger The
power of the nation has not bee1 applied
Il has not been developed. IL Is taking
FORM"
And "now that the men are in the
trenches" wrote "The Buffalo Express"
"the next cry will be Over the top"
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04

"W veg Vegetable esS ga garden this sum
mer?"
"Oh, about the whole of my yearly
income. Baltimore American.
"Now, if ! haven't left my purse un-
der the pillow!" "Oh, well, your SER
want is honest, isn't she?" That's just
II. She'll take it to my wife."-The
Christian Herald.
Patience-She spent two months at the
seashore last summer and not man
asked for her hand.
Patrice-Rather disappointing.
Yes. but she's going to try her hand IN
Florida this winter.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Eyes, Is registered all right, and Is
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04
The Value of Time in the
War
The New Republic

flC I've" lNC
4 VERY significant article, by "a
~ French officer connected with staff
L n work on the Western front" is
contributed 10 the October q number Of
The New Republic" 1t deals with the
yital question Of time in the war. The
Allies. he writes, have a superiority in
men. in money and material. And theo-
retically this handicap ought TO be enough
n enable them TO win the war. But
The Allies have a superiority in men, In
money and material. theoretically this
sBn.rioyitv ought 70 sufhee 70 win the war.
r, fsrt !, was but slowly and incompletely
Utilized and because Of this the war Is still
oeing waged. II is very often forgotten tnat
lumber, are only the raw material OF mill
fary force and have no value IN war except
usen trained, rnarshsiled on the held OF pat
t.e and provided with the necessary material
We are not fighting to-day against men
zithout material, but against men ahd ma
tensl Other things being equal success
depends on the judicio1s use OF tsenni9~. ;.
.eeans. This takes for granted the i,eS 'nAs
these means have been created, ana lnas s"'
troops have had time 20 learn 70 use 'non;
The dates upon which the hileo ArIn'e.
arriysd on the Geld, one after ths o'nei'
Fere determined BY the date At "hien eae.
aation entered the war, and by the dihersn'
1ezrees Of preparation Of the peseeaD'Js
denoerseies. which had not armed peyon'
ne strict limits Of their defensiYe neees'. 80.
dsr. The enemy has taken advantage OF 'n'n
temporary weakness by striving TO pIo'o1T
ahA emphasize IL, T. e.. by dividing tns AZ
lied forces IN space md time. Inc sois pro,
lection which Germany has against oeies'
lies 10 the difficulty which the Aliies ehpef'
snes--if not in eonesiving at least IN ar
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to Spring 20 arms between sunrise and sun
set have been gathered to the colors. they
will, in course of time, be provided with a
half-million muskets. A battle-cruiser OF
the Constitution class represents in herself
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04
Poetry Insursent and Re-
SurSent

The Atlantic Monthly
An ARTICLE on poetry by o. w.
- Firkins, in the October number Of
"The Atlantic" has attracted a great deal
of attention and has been commented on
quite widely. 1t is an article which covers
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04

had been drawn By our own progressive navy
officers Immediately after the battle OF San
tago, and that these plans were the direct
result OF the lessons learned in that battle.
previous TO the outbreak of the present
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04

success, whenever il comes, will be all the
more complete the sooner it is assured. At
the present moment, the only thing that can
it is loss Of time"
New-York tribune., 1917-11-04

war. one Of Great Britain's sea lords, Ad-
miral Lord John Fisher, realizing the value OF
powerful gunfre when Joined TO extraordinary
speed, managed to smuggle into the Ad-
miralty's building programme provision for
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-28
Denmark CoDfers
High Honors Upon
c. ]. Hedsmann

Singular and noteworthy distinction
has been conferred upon Christian j.
Hedemann by the king OF Denmark in
l.estowing upon MIN the rank OF
knight CT Dannebcrg.- This honor
vas bestowed under date Of March 5
OF this year.
knight OF the Order OF Danreber,;''
is an old order which dates back TO
The 18th century. but was originally
instituted In the 18th century. The
letter from the foreign minister Of
Denmark states only that the rank Is
conferred for valuable consular serv-
ice rendered the Danish government
Hedemann Is very modest in speaking
OF the honors bestowed upon him. He
does not tell what the valuable con-
sular services" were and does not even
Indicate that he. as well as the king
Of Denmark. recognizes that he has
done big things. In his business con.
hected with the Honolulu Iron Works,
which has grown to such imporian.
large proportions, Hedemann is ac-
customed to big things, and this prob
ably accounts for his rdeticence.
II h understood that the valuable
consular services referred to In the
letter OF the foreign minister were
rendered IN connection with sugar
raising and the Danish West Indies
islands recently sold by Denmark to
the United States.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-28
ARMY PAYS Higher
PRICES FOR FOOD
Opening Of Bids Reveals Rise in
Cost Of Everything Required
for Soldiers Here

Increases ranging from 20 to more
|, than 200 per cent above prices which
obtained the last time bids were open
, ed are shown In foodstuff bids opened
/ Friday at the supplies division OF the
! department quarferpaster's office and
under consideration today for award
to different dealers in Honolulu.
The Increase on flour alone will
cost the army on Oahu about 5000 a
month more than six months ago. On
lmeat the increase viii mean 5000 a
month for beef and $4,000 a month
for mutton. These three items total
81, 900 a month-the amount the in.
creased cost Of living viii hit the U.
s. army I'm Hawaii nei.
Ficur Rise Largest
THE most tremendous advance re-
yealed In the last year was on flour.
Of which the Hawaiian Department
uses 100000 pounds a month. The
proposals are to furnish flour to the
department for the six months from
July i to December 81 OF this year.
Competition in this item was limited
to three unconditional bids, not con-
tingent on war conditions. These
bids ran from SIS cents TO SIC cents
pound, against 1863 cents for the
last period. six months ago. and 2.72
cents for the period Of one year ago.
The award cannot be made until the
different grades are tested by the
army school on Oahu for bakers and
cooks.
Meat is the next item which has
risen greatly since the last period.
one year ago. The lowest bid opened
Friday was 14la cents a pound for
beef, against bid OF II cents year
ago. On mutton the lowest proposal
was 10 cents, where year ago the
army only had to lay Is cents a
pound OF beef the Hawaiian Depart
ment uses 100000 pounds month
and of mutton 10000 pounds.
Canned Pines Higher
Proposals on furnishing canned
pines to the army, about 5000 cans a
month. for transportation from Ha.
wall to Manila, also showed an in
crease. The basis of proposals open
ed Friday was is cents a pound,
where one year ago II was 1873 cents.
Not only did all the bidders raise,
on foodstpffs but ice went. up as we'll,
The lowest bids to supply the depart
ment with ice in the ensuing year,
from Jnlyg {, 1917, to June so. 1915,
we're Is cents IU0 pounds delivered
in HonOlulu and 33 cents a 100 de-
liyered to army posts outside this city.
Last year the lowest bid was 30 cents
a 100 In the city and to outside posts.
The proposals are to furnish about l.;
100000 pounds a month.
With this great. advance recorded
in subsistence supplies for the army,
when sncA : Tremendous amounts are
lhe retail price, Il will be:
seen, is 1dzy many times higher
than a. year ago
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-28
YALE e COAST PATRoL
FLYING UNIT TO CO.
TO TRAINING CAMP

NEW YORK, N. Y.--lt was announc.
ed recently that twenty nine flyers
Of the aerial coast patrol. all Yale
men. would lesve soon, acting under
orders from the navy department, for
an aviation training camp. The prac.
tise period viii cover six weeks. All
the expenses Of The trip will be met by
Henry p. Dawson Of J. p. Morgan
g Co. The expedition Is reward for
the good work done by the volunteer
aerial coast patrol unit No. / with
the mosquito fleet" In the maneuyers
last fall This unit was organized
through the aid of Mrs. III. p. Dawson.
John Hayes Hammond, Rear Admiral
Peary. Alan r. Hawley and Henry