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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-14

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New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
VIII Work, But Not Sing
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: "A Woman" whose letter appears in
to-day's Tribune, is probably a trained
vocalist, and does not know that it is i'm.
possible for the average American to sing
"The Star-Spahgled Banner" without max
ing a very bad Joke" of it.
have a fairly good ear, and have made
several attempts to sing some of the high
notes an octave lower, bat keen sense of
humor has prompted me to refrain from
further vocal gymnastics, and it is a more
patriotic "refrainng" than most of US co"ld
make by bursting in air"-however brave
we may be!
| could not ask my only son to let some
other man fight for hm-I have even Of
fered my own services to the Red Cross
but ! will not sing "The Star-Spangled Ban
ner'
If George Cohan ever writes a national
hymn | will sing every word of it-and so
will the patriotic crowds,
HARRIS BURNETT.
New York, April so, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
Vocal Gymnastics
the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent who berates the
public for not singing our national anthem
oyerlooks the fact that "The Star-Spangled
Banner calls for feats of vocal gymnastics
utterly beyond the powers of the average citi-
zen. She explains that the recruiting officer,
mot being a singer" was obliged to give up
the attempt. Then why blame the crowd,
which probably did not come en- masse from
the Metropolitan?
OF course, it was in wretched taste for the
people to laugh, but they probably did 1t more
to cover their own discontinue than in a
spirit Of mockery. Personally, ! endeavor to
do ny bit when this noble anthem is called
for but must confess that reaching "the
rockets red glare" my feeble voice expires in
a pitfu squeak
TO make matters worse, some genius has
revised the music for public school purposes,
with the result that when children and adults
are signing together our national anthem is
torn 20 shreds. have frequently heard
America" sung with splendid effect by mixed
crowd, but it is foolish to expect any casual
assembage TO effectively render "Thc Star
Spangled Banner" FRANK MEULENDYKE.
New York, April 80, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
The STAR -Spangled Banner
Words and Melody Stick in the
Throat Despite Patriotism
litor Of The Tribunc.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Speaking OF Singing The Star
Spangled Banner" let me confess that con-
slider myself as patriotic as they make them,
and If il comes TO a showdown ! can almost
prove it; but when throw myself heartily or
otherwise into singing our national anthem
something goes wrong inside Of me and some
how the song doesn't flow from my lips pa
triotically as I should earnestly wish it to.
II is not because | can't sing. Far from 1t;
can sing at times almost beautifully. But
nevertheless. the anthem sticks, the words re-
fuse 10 flow forth in rhythmic order and find
myself straining and groaning to cover the
extremities of its musical range. In other
words, | don't seem to be able 10 get away
with il. And inasmuch as | can prove my
patriotism and also my desire and ability 20
sing, have come 10 the conclusion that the
fault lieth not in me but in the anthem.
don't think it was ever built for the ordinary
mortal's singing capacity. II is far too down
and up. especially up.
And then. too, the words are hard to learn.
Take for instance, the line "O'cr the ram
parts We watched we're so gallanty stream
ng?" A man has 70 80 into retirement for
day or two and give up business to memorize
such suffering word formations Besides,
most Of us are not in practice. and this ruth
less jumping TO our feet in theatres, restsu-
rants and street corners and lifting our none
too gentle voices 70 heaven is something we
arc not yet accustomed to. We arc still
little self-conscous and stage struck. Give
US time. or better yet, give us something VIC
can all get together and sing; something not
too high and not too low. song with gen
erous dash Of national pep in il, and then
sec what happens It. will be another case of
"Mister let me tell you when the music starts,
Booml Booml ! can't keep still"
New York. April 80, 1917. j. A. ).
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
"Bit" Is Not the Word

Carrying home your package instead Of
saying "Send it, please" is the latest
scheme for carrying on in the war-or for
doing your bit, if that phrase is any less
irritatingly offensive than the other, which
we feel all too well it is not. There have
been a thousand schemes of hardship to
date, ranging all the way from giving up
bacon at breakfast to buying government
bonds TO avoid the super-taX. All are, no
doubt, admirable. But we are beginning to
understand the psychology of the man who
read one too many and fed with curse to
enlist for the first real fighting job in sight.
We suspect that British phrases never
can be properly acclimated in America.
The meteorological charts Of slang all
show that words start in the West and
work slowly eastward-reverse currents
are almost unknown. In our amiable eff
fort to adopt the idea of doing our bit"
we have underscored the last word and
quite mistaken its meaning. Won't Mr..
George Cohan or Mr.. Frank Tinney invent
an American phrase to state the real
truth-that bit is not enough and that
every blessed one of US must do every
blessed thing he can or we shall grimly
deserve the utter and everlasting failure
that will be ours?
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
A Weeks Tonnage Losses

In the course Of some remarks on the
British Admiralty's weekly returns Of war
losses Lord Beresford declared before a
London audience the day before yesterday
that he was sorcy tempted to let the whole
truth he known. even at the cost of prose-
cution under the act designed "for securing
the public safety and the defence of the
realm" An indication of what troubled
his mind is to be found in the estimate
given out in Washington yesterday by the
Secretary Of the Interior, showing that the
merchant tonnage sunk last week prob
ably ran up to 100000" Mr.. Lane may
well say that chat is a startling figure to
u.s." and Lord Beresford was fully justified
in warning his countrymen that "the losses
were appalling"
This is the first estimate Of the kind we
have had except from German sources.
The British weekly returns deal only with
British losses. perhaps because IT is impos-
siblc TO secure Trustworthy figures of neu-
trail losses. and for that reason they arc un-
satisfactory, since it is manifest that Brit
ain and its allies depend very largely on
neutral shipping.
1t is idle, and it was idle from the first,
10 speculate on whether the Germans have
fulfilled their expectations. 1t is enough
that such losses cannot be endured indofl-
nitely and that thus far no way of elm
mating the submarine has been dscov-
cred. The Importance of arminC merchant
men has been demonstrated, and the num-
Der Of armed ships which succeed in beat
ing off attacks is increasing. according TO
information in the hands of the British
Admiralty Moreover, submarine COM
manders are generally disinclined to eX-
pose their vessels to attack, and are there
fore forced to use torpedoes, of which they
can carry only very limited number. But
in spite Of this defence-and it is the most
useful defence hitherto devised-the losses
have increased steadily and may be ex-
pected to increase still more as the days
grow longer.
There is no doubt that Sir John Jellicoe
was right in warning the people of Great
Britain that there were serious times
ahead, and the outlook is the more serious
because the most that can he done against
the submarine as yet is to keep 1t be-
meath the surface. Some more drastic and
effective means Of dealing with the peril
NAV be found eventually, but for the pres
ent it is fight against time that we are
engaged in, and it is fight that concerns
us as much, if not so Immediately, directly
and obviously, as it concerns Great Britain.
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
Why Perpctuate 1872

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Many of your readers will sympathize
with the woman" Of Yonkers who writes you
her complaint. II IL we're not war time. it
might be useful to take vote about keeping
"The Star-Spangled Banner" as a sort Of relish
rather than depending upon 1t to express
the enthusiasm OF a casual street gathering
or crowd. though never so patriotic. With all
proper respect, the music of "1he StarSpsn-
gled Banner" is unsuitable for a national air.
The other day, in front of the City Hall. I
listened to public school children singing this
anthem and waving flags. II was fine sight
and IL might have been fine sound, but the
Youngsters, who doubtless knew the words,
couldn't keep together until the chorus was
properly ended. The voice naturally climbs
TO "the land Of the free" but it drops doubt
fully to "the home of the brave" Also the
article the" before "free" takes its proper
unaccented position. But when it comes
before brave" at the end it acquires an abb
normal -pausing- emphasis The only thing
10 do with the chorus is to put your stress
upon "free" and sing the last line without
halting.
But why, especially when we are cementing
anew our old blood alliance with England,
should we use as national an anthem that
directly arose from an episode Of the War of
1872? We can and do sing "My Country, 'Tis
Of Thee" and il serves US well and is a lot
better to sing. The bands might cling TO "The
Star-Spangled," but the peoples voices should
be granted some more natural musical eX-
preston. CHAS. WHEELER BARNES.
New York Nav |, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
Patient, Polite France
Are We to Add to Her Experience
with Haggling Anglo-Saxons9
To Tho Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you permit me to add my unpro-
fessonal word to the urgent request OF Mar
shall Joffre that American troops be sent I'M
mediatelv to France? OF course, they should
be. and the miracle is that France has the
patience to put the request politely. She has
had terrible experience with Anglo-Saxon
governments She can forgive the lack OF
preparation for this mighty conflict in Eng
land and America. but how can she ever for
give England spending two years discussing
whether she would have conscript army and
our haggling over the question of whether
we will send what troops we have or not?
We Of the Anglo-Saxon world ought to wake
up to the fact that while we are discussing
the sons of France are being bled to death
France is still holding the larger portion of
the Western front. while the British Parlia-
ment is still hesitsting about conscription in
Ireland, and we are proposing in leisurely
manner to prepare troops and send them over
in the course of twelve months or so.
Do we not realize what France has suffered? /?
Do we not realize that there was much truth
in the caricature representing King George
as saying: ~ will fight this war out 10 the
last Frenchman? Are we going TO make the
statement an actual truth in regard to the
relation of America to France? will we fight
the war out to the last Frenchman? 1t is
amazing with what complacency We are enter
ing upon this conflict believe that nine
tenths of our citizens think that we are Civ
ing immense sums of money TO the Allies
We are lending them money at an extremely
good rate of interest Il is not often that one
can invest billions in lump sums at ga per
cent If We had any sense of justice and gen.
erosity, we would make actual gifts to the
Allies, and We would send the best soldiers
We have to help defend the Western front
Immediately.
HARRIOT STANTON BLATCH.
New York, May l. 1918.
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
A German Editors Misgivings

The Oracle-in-Chief of the "New-Y Yorker
/ Staats-Zeitung" is still in a sad state Of
| bewilderment. He desires to know what
we are fighting for and what in the world
J the war is about. a few days ago he read
| that the Russian Minister Of Justice was
! for peace without annexation or indemni-
/ ties. That was encouraging. 81 have al
ways" he declares. "subscribed to the be-
/ lief that the Russian autocracy brought
about this war to accomplish its own self
ish purpose" But Russian autocracy is
no more: its purpose need no longer be
considered. Why, then, should there be
any more fighting?
Herr Ridder subscribes to the belief that
there is nothing left for US to fight for.
/ True, there are the other allies. ave are
fighting their fight" he whines, with
every energy at our command to our last
dollar, our last crumb of bread and per-
/ haps, our last man." That is disquiet-
ing thought, indeed, for we have, he thinks,
"only the vaguest notion" Of their aims,
and ''the American public has no concep-
tion of the terms upon which peace can be
made" And so he is at a perfect loss to
determine how far we intend to go, and
asks plaintively: "WhIt are we fight
ing for?"
BY an incredible lapse of memory he for
gets Germany completely. But for this un-
fortunate oversight he would surely have
no trouble in resolving his perplexities.
| Yet it is true that there were SOME who
thought Pitt himself too vague when, con-
Z fronted with a system of aggression and
aggrandzement, he declared that his coun-
/ try had entered into war with view of
seeing whether we could not establish the
/ blessings of peace; whether we could not,
either separately or jointly with other
powers, provide for the security of our
own country and the general security
Of Europe.
/ This left his hearers with no concep-
ton of the terms of peace. Some of his
foes accordingly protested that Pitts min
/ istry did not know what it was driving at,
and demanded TO be informed exactly how
far it meant TO 60. Pitt firmly refused to
/ be more definite, and by way of clearing
up Herr Riders scrupies it may not be
wholly amiss TO 70 recall the late Admiral
Mahan's comment on his deliberate ret
icence:
when a man finds his interests and his
life threatened by the persistent malice Of
powerful enemy he can make no reply
to the question how long or how far he will
| carry his resistance, except this: that
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03

and it will be sorry thing for this coun-
try if the prejudice Of the General staff
and the blindness of some in high posi-
tions lead to a refusal TO give France that
which she asks now. The Washington
dispatches which report that President
Wilson. having heard the French appeal,
has changed his mind, are to his credit
and to his country's credit. He will be
. supported in decision TO send troops to
France by every American whose support
he could care to have. Such a decision will
be translation into action of the noble
words spoken in his address TO Congress
preceding the declaration of war. Such a
decision will disclose him as statesman
mindful of his country's greater good and
true honor.
The other question, that Of sending
large bodies of troops abroad TO be trained,
must be faced and dealt with. There is no
escape from sending these troops, because
there is no other way that they can be
effectively trained But this is not the i'm
mediate question We must as soon as
possible send some troops to France. We
must do it because the French have asked
it and because they have a right TO ask
it of Us. We must do it because they have
testified 10 what some Americans have al
ready asserted. namely, that the moral ef-
feet Of the arrival of American troops in
France will be of the utmost benefit TO the
Allied cause and to the French situation.
The Tribune hopes that President Wilson
is correctly reported to have seen the JUS
tice of the French appeal and agreed to
honor their demand. 1t hopes that the
dispatch of American troops TO France
will be delayed only so long as the organ
ization of transports requires. 1t feels
that every American must welcome the
opportunity to respond to France, now in
suffering and in peril, as France respond
ed to us in the days when the American
hope of liberty seemed to he dying at
Valley Forge.
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
T. RS French Unafraid
Colonel Is the One American to Send
Abroad
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I was glad to see by your last Fri
days issue that you had reproduced from
"The Independent" my article, whose purpose
was TO show that at this very moment we
have an American division in Europe. scat
tered along the Western front and that what
We ought to do is to bring it together i'm
mediately. But through the omission of
one paragraph you made me appear to say
that we have there, too, many hundreds" Of
American military interpreters. What | did
say was this: "a goody number of our Amer
lean young men who have resided in Europe
and are expert in the modern tongues have
been with our allies. as interpreters, since
the very beginning of the hostilties."
In this connection may ! add that the i'm
portance of knowing French cannot be ex-
aggerated in respect to him who is to COM
mand our European expeditionary force ?
The weak side and the only weak side, of
the present French commission in America
is the ignorance Of English on the part Of
both of the chief commissioners, especially
in the case of Marshal Jotfre. Every one Of
the excellent things he has said since he
landed has suffered from the fact that it
had TO be translated and that he has not been
able to enter in direct contact with his list
eners.
One of the strongest reasons for putting
Roosevelt at the head of our future Euro
pean force is that may avoid making this
very same mistake, for Roosevelt not only
speaks French, but, which is quite as mpor-
tant, is not afraid to speak it. Professor
Phelps of Yale has we'll said: Americans
always speak French as though it hurt
That is not the kind of French the occasion
calls for. It will be grave error to send
over there general who speaks only West
Point French. and who speaks that as though
it hurts. When Roosevelt calls at the
Elysee or the Rue Saint Dominique, he will
not have to be accompanied by an interpre-
ter, but, as usual, will do his own talking
THEODORE STANTON.
Cornell Campus, n. Y, May /, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
Not Deserving of Kindness

II is to be assumed that the Thompson
bill "reorganizng" the Public Service Com
missions was kissed through the Senate
for the purpose of salving the vanity of its
introducer. and not with any serious idea
that it could be passed by the Assembly
Surely. it is to be hoped so. The commits
sions have not been perfect instruments
for furthering the public's welfare and
safety, and the commission in this city
particularly has at times been somewhat
beyond its depth in the problems confront
ing it. Nevertheless, they have been splcn-
did. accurate and efficient agencies of gov
ernment compared with what might be ex-
pected if this i'll considered measure, the
product of misguided and farcical in
vestigation, should by any mischance be-
come law.
If the reorganization scheme proposed
by this bill, with its single commission for
the state and its restoration of the Rapid
Transit Commission for subway c0nstruc-
ton here. were not enough to demand its
defeat, the proposal to permit review OF all
orders on questions Of fact as well as ques-
tions of law should of itself kill the BILL
This is precisely what public service cor
porations want in order to hamstring any
regulatory body. 1t is what they have
been fighting for these many months, more
vigorously than ever since the Court OF
Appeals recently declared that the COM
missions orders were not renewable on
issues Of fact. If they should get such leg
islation. either through this measure or the
separate bills introduced early in the ses-
sion for that purpose, they could so delay
and hamper the commissions in the execu-
ton of their orders as largely to nullify
the value of those bodies to the public.
This bill has possibilities of infinite mis-
chief. The Senate may have passed it out
of good nature, but the Assembly should
not exercise similar kindness. Such bill
belongs only at the very bottom of the un-
finished business calendar at the minute of
final adjournment.
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
Lip-Loyalty
or of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: An article appeared in The Tribune
of yesterday with The headline, German
American Editors Show Their Loyalty to
Nation"
Does the writer Of this article ever read
the German papers published in this coun-
try? Does he read the daily headlines that
are appearing in the "New Yorker Stats
Zeituns" and in the "New Yorker Herold" ?
Does the printing in the most conspicuous
type OF false news emanating from Berlin,
announcing with an evident satisfaction
imaginary victories OF this country's enc
mics, the Germans, over the British, the
French or the Russians, our allies, demon.
strate loyalty TO the nation" or a fenGish
satisfaction TO sec the friends that are fight
ing our battles. and, consequently, the
United States, beaten?
leave the conclusion to any fair minded
person. CLEMENT RUEFF
President Of Les Amis de lAlsace -Lor-
rsine.
New York. April 81. 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
Economy?
Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: am in receipt of letter from the
chairman Of the Commercial Economy Board
Of the Council of National Defence. 1t is
printed on an expensive bond paper and hand
somely engraved; likewise the envelope In
these trying times, when every dollar is
needed for national defence, doesn't it seem
an extravagant national expense for the Econ
omy Board TO use engraved stationery? The
time seems especially appropriate for our gov
ernment TO set the good example of economy
in all OF its departments. The average citizen
is already compelled to exercise economy as a
strict necessity. c. b. T.
New York, May !, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
Help for the Farmers Wife

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Some days ago letter was published
from "a farmers wife"; she said that as
sstance was being asked for the farmer, but
that nothing was said about the poor over
worked farmers wife.
am business woman, and have only my
vacation of two weeks / am also good
housekeeper and pretty good cook will
spend my vacation helping the farmers wife.
without compensation other than my board
and room with comfortable bed. As I was
born on a farm, | am not unaequainted with
the work OF farmers wife.
BROOKLYNITE.
New York, April 80, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03

The hanging gardens-how they bloom
Far up the builded canyons gloom!
There never was before a spring
OF such a wondrous blossoming
To make the eye and heart adore
How beautiful, how beautiful
How beautiful | never knew before!
The hanging gardens-Oh, how brave
When on the lifting wind they wave!
Nor flaw nor frost can work them wrong,
Perennial is the stock, and strong
In hardhood twas sown OF yore!
How beautiful, how beautiful
How beautiful ! never knew before
The hanging gardens-colors three
Are all the raptured eye can see.
No flower exotic here has place,
But all are sprung Of native race
The red, the white, the blue-not more
How beautiful, how beautiful
How beautiful never knew before!
The hanging gardens-snd how far
May crimson band and candid star
looming throw in other skies
Ger lands where kindred bloom shall rise
From broadcast seed that Freedom bore.
How beautiful, how beautiful
Hoe beautiful never knew before
EDITH NJ. THOMAS.
New York, April 30. 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
Don't Forget Daylight Saving

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What has become of the daylish'
saving proposition? Now is the time whea
it is most urgently needed for economy,
health. recreation. for cultvating the groura
so as to get the largest possible crops. KIND
ly help along by giving publicity to this le'.
ter. A few pointed editorials on the subiees'
will also be appreciated by host Of yoaf
readers who are anxious to give this sehsni
a seasons trial. After that it would eoIas
each year as matter of course Z. B. h
New York, April 26. 1917,