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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10
Licenses for Automobile Owners

An obvious defect in the automobile reg
ulations has been corrected by Governor
Whitman's signature of Senator Crom-
wells bill requiring operators licenses
for drivers of motor cars in this city. That
means that in addition to professional
chauffeurs owners of cars and others
driving them in the city streets for more
than ten days a year must have license
certificates. Owners and members of their
immediate families need not undergo ex-
animation as to their qualification as driv-
ers, though such provision should have
been included in the BILL and it is TO be
hoped will become part of the law next
year; others must. Operators licenses
will not authorize their holders to drive
cars for hire or as employees of another
person.
Heretofore there has been loophole in
the automobile law. Many violators Of
the traffic regulations have escaped ade-
ouate punishment because they have not
been professional chauffeurs, with licenses
subject to revocation, but the owners of
the cars. Fines for speeding have meant
little to them. The deterrent effect of ar
rest, arraignment in court and even the
imposition of a tolerably heavy fine has
not been sufficient to prevent subsequent
violations of the law, with all the Incl
dental danger to pedestrians or other
drivers of automobiles. Now owners of
cars or members of their families are to
be brought under the operation of the
provision authorizing the suspension or
revocation of operating licenses for vio-
lation of the traffic laws. Conviction may
debar them from the right thereafter to
drive a car. This obviously would mean
more to the reckless young scions of wealth
who endanger their own necks and the
public by joy-riding escapades than any
fine within the range Of the punitive pro-
visions of the law.
1t is to be hoped the magistrates will
take due cognzance of the extent of this
new statute and not be unduly enient in
imposing its penalties. Recently they
have shown commendable severity in deal
ing with offenders. Leniency has been
tried and has failed to produce general
obedience to the laws. This extension of
the reguative powers of the state, with
the additional hold it gives the authorities
on lawbreakers, may well produce more
wholesome condition of respect for the law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10
A Plea for War
J. II. KNIGHT-ADKIN,
Cant. Glostors
rrom ~ We.tmirsier Ga:,ttc

From The Westminster Gazette
Let US consider war with undazed eyes.
And view the prize
While it is with US. When the fire is gone
There linger on
The ashes only, that no heat impsrt
To warm the heart.
Let US not think that VIC are only cursed.
Arc there not Bests to swallow up this
Worst?
There. whore we saw in old Pcace-riddcn
days,
\ hundred ways
Lie tangled for the feet of youth made man,
We only can
A single road descry; we only know
One way to go.
And shall we not a little thanks allow
For Life that was so hard. so simple now
We that arc young how shall VIC then com
plain
Of so much gain?
For Friendship never we're such days as
these
In times of ease:
There never were such days as these to scan
The God in man
And praised be war, if only that It brings
Rest from the weary strife with little
things
D. s. b.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10
The Australia Elections

From this distance and v.tr necessarily
limited knowledge Of the loca' conditions j
is hard u understand exactly what has hap
penod iu Australia IN connection with iae
general elections just held. Premier Hlga',
some time ago advocated conscrpt'on' O-'
the proposal was baby beaten on reie''l
DUN Then he dissolved Parliament a''
went 20 the country.
During the campaign he has neither co..
cealed nor mtigated in the least bus view
in favor Of compulsory service aor0'o.
Nevertheless he has won by handson'
majority. No sort Of argument viii reooL
Gle these two results. The country az.
voting against conscription. has sas'a.'eI .
Premier who wishes to introduce eonserP
ton. ..,s
What is the explanation? Did nc peyp,,
Of Australia feel just a little sorry W."
they appreciated the effects OF the rel.,
DUN. Have they, upon second though.
come 70 the conclusion that voluntary
vice has done its utmost and tha' ~ IS,
other method must now be adoptea u a.,
country |. to continue doing its best ]" '"
war!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10
The Maiden Aunt and Criticism

w. W. Gibson, the young English poet
recently lamented the fact that the war
has claimed many Of the members of the
rewer literary circle Of his country and
left the work Of literary criticism IN the
hands of "our maiden aunts." This phrase
would subject the poet TO the suspicion OF
being very youthful radical II MS
maiden aunt" did not appear on closer
study to be no aunt at all, but only d
figure of speech. Mr.. Gibson's maiden
aunt" is really the typical pedantlc male
survivor Of the mid-Victorian period.
However, it is unfair that this phrase
maiden aunt, should have become the ira
ditional symbol of masculine squeamlsh-
ness and reactionaryism. We object to the
undeserved odium thus cast upon an ad-
vanced person. In the days OF Margaret
Fuller and the Brontes this lady may
have been the vestal Of intellectual con-
yentionalism which tie phrase implies
But we doubt it.
The maiden aunt to-day-in America
Of loast-is often the greatest radical OF
the family, and if Buffers book, The way
Of All Flesh" presents correct inquire OF
nineteenth century England, there were
cmancipated minds then among maiden
aunts. even in the British middle class. Inc
unmarried woman of middle age often en-
lows a leisure for dsnterested thinking
which we have neither permitted our wor-
ried narents to have nor made use OF our
selves. She has become real modern, So
cialistically inclined, a sympathetic admlrer
of Bat Qunlan, an amateur authority IN
Cubist Art. a dabbler in Bergson and
Friend \ regular attendant at Mr.. Powys's
lectures on Ibsen, a feminist and a sub
scriber TO "The Masses She is doubtless
acquainted with the novels of Galsworthy
and Wells. the plays Of BrleuX and Ber-
nard Shaw's prefaces. She has probably
read THE Leaves of Grass" "Sanine' and
even Shakespeare's comedies without beng
greatly scandalized. She would be a bet
ter arbiter of literary progress than the
nephew who enjoys when Mans a
Man" and has yet to discover omar
khayyam.
Somebody is to blame for our present
standards. But the trouble is not with the
maiden aunt, but with that healthy mas
culine being commonly called the man IN
the street. 1t was not to catch the eye OF
the maiden aunt that the picture was
riaced on the cover Of the popular maya
zine It is not the maiden aunt who
creates the demand for a literature which
will put no strain on an intellect already
tired with the worries Of business. 1t IS
not the maiden aunt whose literary taste
requires the vigilance of Mr.. Summers
vice squad not she for whose sake literary
criticism must often play the press agent
for best sellers; not she whose comfort and
privileges are most disturbed by new ideas.
1t is pretty evident who is the colored
Individual in the American intellectual
and the culprit has no right to
try to make an alibi of his literary aunty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10
Letting the West Do 1t

The recruiting figures in New York
have shown an improvement in the last
two weeks. We are still far down the
list, trailing Pennsylvania, far behind
Illinois, and distanced by the banner state
Of the Middle West, Indiana, which was
the first large state 10 yield it's quota.
Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and
Wyoming are the other states which have
completed their bit. But New York is at
last leading in daily recruits, and the
movement shows new strength. We can
not overtake the leaders, but we can at
least finish in style and not be bracketed
with such dead-and-alive states as Yer
mont, with sixty-nine recruits, and Della
ware, with seyenty-two.
The chief burden Of the recruiting work
necessarily falls on the official agencies.
But the public's attitude plays a large
part. Whether the figures Of enlistments
are the final test Of patriotism or not, they
give very fair picture Of the prevailing
shirt Of community. II state or a
city or town or a crossroads is awake
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10

to the need of the country and truly patri-
cite it will furnish the men asked Of It.
This spirit Of community is something
that we are all responsible for, whether
we are Of fighting age or not. We can
help awake our friends and neighbors by
our example and speech. We can, each OF
US, work for recruits. We Of the East
have an especial obligation to see that we
learn from the West the truth-that the
one way to fight is to fight and that the
best of all ways to serve ones country IS
TO enlist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10
Citizens of the World"

Among the so-called conscientious objec-
tors" to Americas participation in the war
is group Of radicals who call themselves
"Citizens Of the World This modest ap-
pellation, which is a misuse Of a sentiment
obviously borrowed from Thomas Paine,
throws some light upon the Intellectual
habits Of a certain school of 'internation-
alists."
I'm the truest and best sense, the real in
ternationalists to-day are the patriotic
Americans who are stalking their lives and
their all i'm the struggle to save world
democracy from the menace Of Prussian-
ism. II is internationalsm for the Ameri-
can nation TO emerge from its century-long
isolation and take hand in world affairs !;
to come to the defence of international
law. the mutual faith of nations, the prin-
ciples Of humanity and the rights of weak
and defenceless peoples. 1t is true inter
rationalism for us to see that our destiny
as a free nation is bound up with the fate
Of democracy abroad. The true interna-
tionalst cannot remain indifferent to the
cry Of outraged Belgium for vindication,
to the crimes perpetrated by the invaders
of French territory. to the massacres of
the people Of Armenia.
All this, however, is too mundane and
practical for that pure idealst," the doc
trinnare internationalist. Anything less
than a wholesale business in world citi-
zenship is beneath the moral dignity of the
orthodox radical" The doctrinnaire
would attain world citizenship by the sim
ple method Of refusing to be a citizen any
where in the world; as if one could find a
sum by scorning and reducing to zero all
the figures in the column. He would be-
come neighbor to everybody by the magic
Of refusing to be a neighbor TO any one IN
particular He aims only at citizenship in
general. Such "world citizen" is like the
Young woman in one of II. G.. Weiss
novels who wanted to be kissed but did not
want any one to kiss her. He is like the
man who would forswear eating potatoes,
beans, turnips, or any other concrete vegc-
table dish, and satisfy his appetite upon
vegetables in general" OF course, one
who is a citizen Of everywhere and so of
nowhere is simply bad citizen anywhere.
All sound citizenship is the outgrowth of
concrete loyalties somewhere grounded. 1t
/ is nothing but pure sentimentalism, intel
4 lectualsm gone mad, for one to be so loyal
tc mankind in general that he cannot be
loyal to any section Of it in particular.
Any social morality which is so full of uni
,ersal love that it no longer makes any
distinction between the brutal terrorism Of
the Prussian Junker and the courage of
/ freemen in resisting tyranny and invasion
| is wanting in one of the essentials of the
moral sense-the power TO discriminate
/ in ethical values.
Sing Sing is full Of men who believe in
righteousness in general" but who some
/ how have failed TO realize it in the con
crete. The kind of internationalism which
remains after one has denied all nations,
including his own, is like the famous cat in
/ "Alice in Wonderland" which vanishes
and leaves only Us grin. This interna-
tional cat grin is a pure piece Of medieval
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10

scholastcism. One Of the astonishing
things disclosed by the grim facts of the
war is the extent to which much Of our
social radcalism, with all its professions
Of modernism and intellectual emancpa-
ton, was only defunct scholasticism
dressed up and with its face washed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10
ru.r-s n N. Ps,u-ue At Ne~ York As s''o'' '.''
Mall Matter

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10
\ Perpetual Fear

We must not lose sight Of The flc' that
among 'hc Chinese people. high and 'or.
there IS always present a certain amount of
fear and distrust Of the japanese. It's under.
stood that Japan at first did not want Carah
participate in the war. The japanese N'.
lister az Picking had so told the Chimes ~.
eminent, not once, but many times pn
fact alone was sufficient 10 account io'
China's hesitation. But the political s.t1r
tion iu China has reached such q stag
that Japan could not help leaving China
alone 20 work out her oan policy Nog.
suppose war is actually declared; can 'he
Chinese officials and Che Chinese people De
entirely free from the fear of Japanese ago
erosion? IN China there is Away o pro
japanese party. whose activity has aroused
suspicion and caused dIstrus' Indeed The
Parliament was divided ON thc war r',oiu
tion MS much because or this reason as BE-
cause Of any one thing else. Tho attempted
japanese loan Of 100000 yen for military
reorganization is but ono Of tho 0rtd r'
stances Of rho nro-Janauosc actir''.. Taer
Is no telling that when war s. declare.
Japan win not make further demand u''i
China on the ground that they one ro1
allies fighting against a common foo lr
decd. Japan may demand thc coHtro. NJ 20
steel i7dustrv. tho iron works. tho aumur'
tion factories. on the pretext Of working WIZ
greater efficiency in order 20 prosecute 10
war to successful cri
So. principally for these abovc-maruont
reasons, the absence Of diplomatic encourage
mcrt. the divided opinion Of the country. ard
the fear Of further japanese cncr0acrmert
China has hesitated and halted. Apparently
China is not unwilling 70 take sides WIZ
the United States and enter the Uar. 10 DO
Ing so. however she is afraid Of committing
rational suicide, either by giving TOO muta
power to the military leaders that VIII
amount 20 dictatorship or by furr hing
fresh chances 20 the japanese people Tor
further aggression. The one viii spell ne
end Of the life of the republic and tho other
VIII mean further infringement uron Chi
nese sovereignty. China Is not prepared 70
do either At present. owing 20 her failure
to arrive at n final decision. she is drift
ing 90 perd.t.on. Unless the lighting .rs'nd
Of some of the people which can find easy
expression in the independence Of tho eleve'
provinces. can be reserved fer a later use
against the Germans, China viii be %
much more dangerous position than she
would have been in actual war Internal ci.
sensior always becets external intrigue. j
the Chinese people sincerely want 20 ias.
their place among the nations Of the woF1
this is no way 70 do IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10

move. BY diplomacy or otherwise. bow
ever. the war resolution wa carried 10 Il,
House, but rejected IN the Senate. As In,
President cannot declare war, and as this
step must be taken. according TO the Chimes
constitution. by a joint resolution Of both
Houses. lack OF n unanimous decision has
made concerted action impossible Premier
Tuan-Chi-jui was dismissed because to ha!
coerced the Parliament into passing the REQ.
luton; other Cabinet members resigned BE-.
cause they had faiI-d to carry out their POI
icy; and the military governors reyoitcd b.
cause they saw their leader was dismissed
from Office and their hunger for power cogil
not be satiated in the way they bad ar
ticipated. This explains a. once ChInas hes.
taton to act and her present internal nolt.
cal crisis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10
Why Has China Hailed?
By G.. Zdy Wood


apathy and inacton The American Min
ster In Peking. who was evidently instructed
not to go too far, rested content with the
success which he scored i'm inducing China
to sever diplomatic relations with Germany
Sir !. y. Jordan. having previously adj
vsed against China's participation in the
Tsinr-tau eXnedition. found it Inconsistent
TO change his stand The French Minister
owing TO the French seizure Of the Chinese
territory in Tien-Tsin and his subsequent
chickering's with the Peking newspapers
found himself no longer persona grata 70
tho Chinese Foreign Office. Tho Belgian
Minister was therefore left single-handed
- ,rd,ce tho Chinese Government to come
IN A. tho s.r,o tino tho anti.militarists
and ,bo Doaco-st.s71- prico men in China
boca, accusing the Allies Of coercing the
Chinese government to participate in the
war, M which. they SAID emma had no
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Those dinlor,atic currents and cross-c,ir-
ropts had certainly complicated the situa-
.;o,, ir.to,d of clorirvir, IT. Tho chinese
roorro t,,o oi.bo. .iliod ,borsolyo. with
ono side MP have boon won over 70 the
other Il is their characteristic that be-
inc conservative. they are hard 70 be coz
v;rcod and orco convinced tbey are not ant
TO change their mind again. The opirion
or tho country to-dav is divided into two
c,,,,s rboro ,ro MANY for war and a.
many against if One marty have been tu-
torod to believe that Germany is yet going
20 win the war. and therefore it will be
the height Of folly for China TO fight
against her; another have believed that
China has enough business of her own TO
take care Of and that. as she has no
money no means. no ammunition. She can
not afford 70 foin the war: third party
hevo hold that China must maintain her
MAGE amonc tho comfy Of nations. and
there ia no other wav but bv Joining the
war. "a fourth have advocated tba. bv mar
.;o;,.+ir,, in tho war China can no material
IL, bo,oetcd ono vys, mr. o,bor Po,so,s and
.,,,.,,,.o,,.. lilo +hoso rro ord GOV %, -o
80, -. ;,doe,,:.oi,. hnt ,ho raj ,,~o,,,ds
,ipor which tho nublic orinion Of tho cam
try has been split or the real forces which
have moulded the Chinese foreign policv %
much deeper.
T., the frs. Mace. IL is after all. a oues-
.iop nrir,arilv ~ Chinese concern The
Cbireso roo,Io arc not afraid Of ooin, IN
,,.,- y..b Germany China had fought war,
with Cro,+ Pr.tair with France and with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10
Our Flying Men

81 Lcnor 70 The Spectacle

a Lcftcr 70 The SPECTATOR
Sir: Your correspondent "M," in "The
Spectator" Of tpril p, asks: els there no
prayer or hymn set apart for the flying men .
Many people seem hardly 70 think OF
their magnificent deeds and the services they
render. but # they were remembered and
prayed for publicly it might bring home a
realization Of their dangerous work and
splendid sacrifices" know Of two such
hymns, which you will perhaps allow mo to
bring TO your notice. The first Is taken from
THE Aeroplane" of August %, 1912. | quote
the first two verses:
A HYMN FOR THOSE WHO FLY
Lord of the last eternity,
Thou by Whose breath the worlds susplre,
Who rul'st the elemental three,
The air. the water, and the fire,
keep within Thy gracious care
Thy servants flying in the air.
God Of the wind. by Thy dread laws
Preserve their path, that in their wise
They, traversirg the airy floors
May give Thee glory IN the skies.
o keep within Thy gracious care
Thy servants flying in the air.
This was sung at the funeral Of my son,
CAPTAIN c. r. W. Allen, of the R. + C.. for
merly of the Welsh Regiment, who was killed
while flying near Upavon, on Salisbury Plain,
on March II, 1914.
The words Of the second hymn were written
by Miss Hamilton, sister of Captain Patrick
Hamilton, r. F. c., my sons friend and
brother officer, who met his death in the same
way:
A HYMN FOR THE AvIAToRS
t"He shall defend thee under his wngs.D
Almighty Father. Who canst still
The raging Of the storm at will,
And euardest all on land and sea,
And where Thou art no harm can be.
o God, extend Thy saving care
To those in peril in the air.
Direct with Thine al-seeing eye,
Watch each dread journey through the sky;
Though tempest tossed, guide with Thy hand,
Bring each brave pilot safe to land.
o God, extend Thy saving care
To those in peril in the air.
This was sung at Captain IIamilton's
funeral CLEMENT +. r. ALLEN.
woodchester, Stroud.
We are unable to print all the letters on
this subject we have received from various
correspondents. one of whom calls attention
to the Collect "for such as are called to tasks
Of special peril in the air or beneath the sea-
included in Part III of the Supplementary
Forms Of Prayer for Use in Time of War" II
is also pointed out that in the bidding" be-
fore the prayer in the Ante-Communion Ser
vice for "al sorts and conditions Of men"
and in the Litany. IL is a common practice in
NAM churches TO interpolate sentences in
GLIDING "our soldiers. s2iors and alrmen.
I'd "Spectator."A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10

There arc as many reasons why China has
hesitated TO act as the reasons why She
should enter the war-and more. FRS, and
foremost the diplomatic currents and under
currents in the Far East have worked China
into such whirlpool that, like person on
the verge of being drowned, she Is almost
unable to get out Of it without outside
help. At the time Japan sent her uItimatum
10 Germany the Chinese government ap-
preached the British Minister iu PcknC
with suggestion that China should be
allowed to join the war particularly the
Tsing-tau expedition. which Japan was then
about to make. To this, for political and
diplomatic reasons yet unknown TO the world.
Sir J. A. Jordan replied "No.' China mad
therefore no other alternative but TO remain
neutral. hclplessly watching her neutrality
violated. her territories passed from OF.
hand to another and her citizens mtr-
dercd on the high seas. After two years
Of watchful waiting, however, .he monotony
was broken by the American invitation TO
sever diplomatic relations with Germany
on account of the ruthless submarine war
fare This China did willingly. The Bel
gian Minister and the French Minister TAX
ing advantage Of this situation, went one
step further by proposing 10 the Chinese
government active participation in the
war China was thus brought face % face
with the war issue.
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