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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Steadily Drifting Toward War

In a word, this country is drifting steadlly
and nescapably toward a war with Germany
because Mr.. Wilson has adopted and cllngs
TO a policy which can only be maintained by
war. The entire control of the situation rs
in German hands. There is no resource lett
to this country in diplomacy, because MI
Wilson will not speak with determination
and will not surrender the ground nc mas
taken on behalf of international law.
Our difficulties with Germany cannot be
accommodated except by a complete and
humiiating surrender on the German side
or a complete abdication by Mr.. Wilson OF the
right to champion international law. lhere
is no promise of termination of the crisis,
because. left to himself Mr.. Wilson VIII
never take vigorous and definite action. 80
far as he is concerned, he will only wait, dis
match more notes, if it be possible, and main
tain the moral force of the American posi-
ton by moral suasion alone.
The gravity of the situation flows from the
fact. recognized by Mr.. Wilson and all others
that popular indignation is steadily mount
ing: that some new episode may produce a
popular outbreak that will drive the country
70 war But in the face of this Mr. wilson
will take no action TO remove the causes OF
difference of danger He is leaving TO the
people and TO the Germans to make peace or
war Meantime. incident follows incident
and passion on both sides is mounting.
II is not the Arabic note which makes the
situation grave. 1t is not one thing or an
other that inspires pessmism but 1t is the
realization that after more than SIX months
the situation has no. ceased to grow more
serious, without any hope of. changing the
fundamental factors that make 1t grave
There is not the smallest hope OF anything
but continuation of the drifting, drifting,
drifting, which has brought US to the present
point
The whole Administration policy IS conf
nrehended in the dilemma to maintain ma
tional honor and to keep out of war 1t VIII
not Weld to German contentious any frac-
tion of what it holds to be national honor; 1t
will not take any step to convince Germany
that the United States will defend its posi-
tion bv arms, if necessary. The result Is
that no settlement is possible and no action
will come except an action forced by the
people after something made in Germany.
The Mexican Policy Over Again
In sum. Mr.. Wilson's German policy is his
Mexican policy, nothing more and nothing
else. and it is leading to similar conse-
.uencc Enthusiastically. We are drifting INTO
war with Germany. and only German appre-
citation of this fact and German change OF
policy can prevent it; but when war comes
if it does, the people of the country not Mr.
Wilson, will have to assume the leadership.
When at last he had lost his fight to keep
Italy neutral and was leaving Rome, Prince
Won Bulow remarked grimly: 1.-THE street has
Won" He meant that popular opinion had
swept Italy into the war. If he, too, goes,
Count Won Bernstorff can make similar
comment. for Mr.. Wilson will do nothing to
contribute to war, or to avoid 1t, either by
word or act.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Love, Not Fight, the Kaiser

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: blame the Kaiser for everything you
blame him for. but would not kill him, and
thereby place myself in the same class with
him; and | would not do what would be
worse. kill any of the men who are ignorant
enough to obey his commands. People ought
to be educated. not murdered. II we were
the Christians we ought to be our prayers
would redeem the Kaiser. War will never
destroy war. Love alone will destroy war
In the name of God the Father let us put on
more lovcl ELIZABETH l.. kOEN.
Memphis, Tenn March 49, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Idea of Pledge an Insult

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Please allow me to voice my approval
of tho stand taken by the teachers at the
De Witt Clinton High School who refused to
sign the so-caIed pledge of loyalty to Presi-
dent Wilson which is being circulated by the
Mayors Committee Of National Defence.
The people in our country have certainly
reached a sorry stage when it is necessary
TO circulate petitions for them to express
their loyalty to the government. 1t seems
to me that every true American should feel
it an insult to be asked to sign paper stat
ing that he is loyal to the government. Tha,
certainly should be taken for granted!
WALTER L. ENRICH.
New York, March 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23

our training and all our vision, seems BAR
barous; and one of the two must prevail.
Abraham Lincoln said that this country
could not exist half slave and half free
In exactly the same way we must perceive
to-day that this world of ours cannot exist
half German and half civilized. There IS
no compromise with a wild animal. There
is no ntoduS Uirendi with rattlesnaKe'
There is no possibility Of living on terms
Of peace. Of amity, of safety with ma
ton that has TO regard for the written
pledge. no respect for the honor of women,
the lives of children, the monuments OF the
past, the simple materials of humble
human life, when it is out for world power
and domination.
When will the truth be perceived by the
American people? When will they at last
learn to discover the meaning of Germany,
not in the lying phrases, the ready deep
ton, the clever articles of those whose
business it is to gild crime and decorate
assassination, but in the actual deeds OF
Germans? When will they learn to see
that submarine slaughter is a virtue in the
German code; that the raping of women
and the murder of children by German
soldiers under orders becomes a virtue in
the eyes of the Germans when 1t serves
German purpose? When will they per-
ceive that the things that Germany has
done are not accidents, not incidents, but
each and every one of them is in its own
degree and measure an expression of
exactly what Germany believes in, exactly
what Germany means; and is as infalli-
bic an indication of the German spirit of
to-day as the temperature is of the condi-
ton of the human body?
We are at war with barbarism, and we
shall, at no distant time, sec on our own
shores and perhaps within our own Dor
ders illustrations Of exactly what Ger
manism means. Has not the time come
when we can all of US put away illusions,
cease to imagine that we are dealing with
men of our own sort, with nation accept
ing our ideas, with people holding to the
same humanity as we hold to?
Reluctantly we have been drawn into a
crusade against barbarism. We have
been drawn into the world struggle to free
common civilization from the German
peril. What the peril is we may see in the
smoking fields and ravaged lands Of
France to-day. Must we wait until we
see it in our own countryside? Must we
wait until our own women suffer what the
French women have suffered and our own
children are subjected to what French and
Belgian children have suffered before we
awake to the fact and, awaking, resume
our courage and reassert our will?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23

at will blow over" said the little man
Whose green-black derby in the smoking
car
Shone like the tabled helmet of Navarro.
at will blow over" And the Cosmic Plan
Laughed till the very satellites that span
The gulf were all agog.
81 see the Gar
Has got it in the neck" says Mr. Jarr;
at will blow over" 80 the chatter ran.
IL may blow over, aye, but with il blows
All glores and all memories that touch
This flag Of ours. Antietam and Bull Run,
San Juan and Monterey, the sun that rose
At Saratoga, these We valued much;
Co. bear them then as tribute to the Hunl
EARL SIMONSON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Give. Not Lend, Billion

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Harding suggests that our govern
mcnt lend a billion to the Allies. We ought
to give it, instead of lending it. The Allies
are trying TO restore liberalism and order TO
the world; and since We have been slow
about joining the police force. we might at
feast help pay the policemen.
CLARENCE DAY, JR.
New York, March 81. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23

The fouowing extracts are taken from
a Washington dispatch, By Frank H.
S,monds. printed in The Tribune o. sep
TENDER -, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
No Separate Peacel

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In the event of the United States DC
claring war on Germany. and in that way
being dependent on the Allies for support,
would il not only be fair that the Unite!
States government should sign the Aliiea
pledge not to enter into any separate peace
with Germany?
A WASHINGTON TRIBUNE READER
Washington, ID. c., March n, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23

You can purchase merchandise advertised
in THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-for
il dissatisfaction results in any case The
TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your money back
upon request. No red tape. No clubbing we
make good promptly II the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23

Viewed at close range there Is no m's'a"-
inc the fact that President Wilson's foreign
policy is leading straight to that break with
Germany which Count Won Bernstorh's lnso-
lent intimation indicated means war. no
other conclusion is possible after the brleiest
study at the capital of the spirit and method
of Mr.. Wilson's diplomacy.
The reason for such pessimism is not fouhd
in any administrative chsuvinsm. This does
not exist II is found in the fact that Mr.
Wilson has adopted and steadfastly mann
tained two purposes which are mutually ex-
elusive and which combined prevent any pos
chile pacifc solution of our trouble with
Germany.
Mr.. Wilson is determined to maintain for
the United States the role of champion and
defender of international law, and he is
equally determined to do nothing which Will
invite the criticism of the Southern and
Middle Western constituencies, which, ne
feels certain desire peace at any price.
The consequences of following such dual
purposes are not to be mistaken. On the
one hand there is not the smallest chance OF
reaching any agreement with Germany based
on any concession on our part of any fraction
of the intention to defend humanity, civiiza-
ton, international law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
The Smoking Car

Gentlemen cry Peace, Peace, but there 10
no Peace The war is actually begun.
Patrick Henry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
CANADIAN RATES.

Entered Al tho Postonco at New York " Second ia
Mail Matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23

an any concession on our part of any fraction
of the intention to defend humanity, civillza-
ton, international law.
Moral Force Only
On the other hand. during all the disputes,
affairs, incidents which flow from our in
sistence upon the observation of interna-
tional law, the President will take no posi-
tive action to give vitality to his position as
defender of the international faith. He Will
do nothing that might convince Germany in
the remotest degree of his intention to de-
fend his cause with arms, If necessary lie
will continue, whenever possible, to write
notes; he will at all times assert the moral
force of his position, but he will do nothing
Extraordinarily.
Such a policy makes for war because 1t
insures an endless repetition of international
incidents 1t means that there will be, as
there has been for months, a succession OF
differences, a mounting tension and in the
country a growing impotence, anger and
resentment at the German course, coupled
with an ever-increasng conviction in Berlin
that Mr.. Wilson does not mean to take any
drastic step.
American policy is therefore placed square
~ at the mercy of the first sweeping gust OF
popular wrath in this country, without being
able to lessen the chance that German acts
will provoke this outburst.
At the outset of our debate with Germany
there were two possible courses open to Mr..
Wilson. He could have affirmed the lnten-
ton of this country to maintain international
law. But in making such an affirmation 1t
was essential to convince Germany and rec
ognize himself that the country would defend
the position it thus assumed to the end and
10 the last possible resource.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Two Irreconcilable Aims

It was equally possible before the Lus'-
tania incident to accept those conditions
which Germany was prepared to make. She
was ready at all times to guarantee lmmu-
rity TO American ships in the war zone.
Then the Administration might have warned
American citizens TO avoid bellgerent pas
senger ships. Such a course would have re-
moved all real chance of a dispute with Ger
many. One policy would have been inspir-
ing, the other only safe, but it was, impossi-
bic at all times to combine the two.
Nevertheless, this is what the Administra-
ton attempted to do. Without the smallest
intention to defend his championship OF in
ternational law by arms, if necessary. Mr..
Wilson frankly took the highest possible
tone in defence of international law. lie be-
lieved. his advisers believed-on this point
Washington is a unit--that the mere state
ment of the American determination would
make Germany comply. He was convinced
that there was in his position moral force
which would be irresistible.
1t is equally clear that Germany recognized
the state OF mind of Mr.. Wilson. 1t compre-
hended that his policy was not one of action.
II grasped the essential fact that Mr.. Wilson
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-01
POULTRY
"FNIO
SELECTING HENS FOR LAYING
Idea That II Fowls Are Compelled to
Mott Early They VIII Lay in
Fall 10 Wrong.

Laying hens should be allowed to
molt naturally. The common idea that
IL hens are compelled to molt early
they will quickly feather out and COM
mence laying early In the fall Is err
roneous. An early molt is not a sign
of early fall production. Usually the
late molting hen is the heavier produc-
er. In fact lack of feather growth is
suggested by G. w. Hervey of the Uni
versity Of Missouri college of agricul-
ture as one of the points to consider
when selecting hens for winter laying,
Very often show birds are forced
into a summer molt by a restriction Of
feed. This is done so that the birds
may be in full feather once more
for the early show season. This should
never be practiced with utility stock.
1t will cause production to stop and
weaken the hens at time of the year
when full strength is needed. 1t is
unwise to change the general character
of the feed. The addition of some oil
carrying ingredient, however, such as
sunfower seed, will aid in the develop
ment of new feathers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-01

Stagings with a box of dynamite on
his shoulder. Then he felt the foolish
smile coming again when he looked up
at Starbuck.
'9Tell the little girl-tell her-you
know what to tell her, Billy; about
what tried to do. Harding said I'd
get killed, but remembered what she
said, and didn't care. Tell her
said that that one minute was worth
living for-worth all it cost"
The raucous blast Of freak auto
horn ripped into the growing murmur
of the gate machinery, and a dust
covered car pulled up in front Of the
commlssary. Out of 1t sprang first
the doctor with his instrument bag,
and, closely following him, two plain
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-01
NEED SOUND MIND AND BODY
Depleted Man or Woman Is Always
Depressing and Does Not See
Bright Side of Life.

To keep fresh involves determine
ton and will. 1t is so easy to go on
laboring, both at work and pleasure,
until we are depleted in mind and In
body.
Then we are sources of danger, not
only to ourselves, but to our whole sur
roundings, for a depleted man or
woman is always depressing. They
have not enough vitality to see things
brightly, to look at events In sound
commonsense manner. Their opinion
and views are biased by their own
mentally and physically devitaliA'd
condition, and they take the daik-
colored, pessimistic view Of things and
events, in this way acting as poison
ers of the happiness of their loved
ones and others.
It take sound mind in a sound
body to see things always rose-col-
ored, and to take the CHEEKY, optimis-
tic view of things which so helps those
with whom we are associated.
To keep q whole body means that
we must never lower its vitality unless
ny AhSCoSdhb "Ohht ny ~
called pleasures which really rob the
body of much necessary power NEEDED
In other directions, but that In calcu-
lating our days or weeks work, We
include sufficient rest to restore the
energy we have expanded.
It is a duty we owe to ourselves
and others to take this rest In which
ever form each individual finds pos
sible or pleasant.
To some q weeks end in the coun-
try will give tone and health, to others
quiet rest at home, but everyone
should allow sufficient rest every day
In the silence away from other So
ciety, in which to relax and be per-
fectly quiet. This will help keep the
balance of body and soul and its con-
tinued practice means a continual re-
Parliamentary Yeates.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-01
CHICKENS FOR WINTER EGGS
Careful Selection Of Fowls and Get
ting Them Into Good Condition,
Is Best Practice.

Careful selection of the fowls that
are apt to be kept for winter egg pro-
ducing, and getting them into cOndi7
ton to produce a maximum yield of
eggs, will more than repay one for
the time and trouble taken. Not only
is it advantageous from many points
of view, but it is necessary if one ex-
poets a satisfactory yield of winter
eggs. The principal reason for max
ing early selections is to get uniform
fowls of the right age at the right
time, but it is also necessary that
they be properly fed and cared for
so that they be properly brought to
the laying point at the earliest pos
sible date.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-01
SODIUM FLUORID FOR FOWLS
Applied to All Parts of Body Powder
Is Sure Death to Llce-can Be
Made Into Solution.

Sodium fuorid powder is death on
poultry lice. It can be busted into
the feathers so it will reach the skin.
It should be applied to all parts of the
body. 1t can be made into a solution
one ounce per gallon Of water and stir
well. Dip the poultry into it. The
dipping method kills the lice quicker
better and more cheaply. The So
dium f1uorid has no bad effects on the
skin, but is a little irritating to the
air passages. 1t is, however, very
destructive to the lice.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-01
CHAPTER xxvl-coatlnued.

mo: you didn't say too much" was
che Iow-toned reply. And then: BILLY,
a few months ago was jerked out Of
my place In life and set down In an
ether place where practically every
ehtng L had learned as a boy and man
Aad TO be forgotten don't know
Gflat Tn making IL understandable to
YOz. but"
yes, you are" broke In the man at
the wheel. I've had to turn two or
esaree little double sOmersauits myself
I'm the years that are gone"
They used to call me Monty Boy
back there in LawrenceviIle, and fit
ted the name" Smith went on 1--WE
lust had to do the best could out
here found that Ind body that
could stand man-sized hardship. and n
NtBd Of savage nerve that could give
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-01
MILK OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
VIII Be Found Of Much Help In Feed
ing Young ana Old Fowls
Stinting Don't Pay.

Milk will be Of great help in feed
ing both old and young and will return
more from the poultry than If fed to
the pigs. Feed generously at all times.
The present high prices Of feed are
alarming, but if one can't afford to
feed well at all times he had better
sell at once to some one who can.
lStinting the feed merely gives us a
lot of nonproductive boarders, with
never anything on the profit side of
the account.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-01
~"rhey Used to Call Me Monty-eoy."

~a'They Used to Call Me Monty-eoy."
and take punishment, and a soul that
could drive both body and nerve to the
limit. Also, I've found out what 1t
means to love a woman"
Starbuck checked the cars speed a
little more to keep 1t we'll I'm the rear
Of the ambling cavalcade.
that's your one best bet, John,"
he said soberly.
cit is. I've cleaned out another room
since you called me down back yonder
en the Little Creek road, Starbuck. I
can't trust my own leadings any more
they are altogether too primitive and
brutal so I'm going to take hers. She'd
send me into this fight that Is just
ahead of us, and all the other fights
that are coming, with a heart big
enough to take In the whole world.
She said I'd understand, some day;
that I'd know that the only great man
is one who is too big to be little; who
can fight without hating; who can die
70 make good, IL that is the only way
that offers"
That's Cory Baldwin. every day
I'm the week, John. They don't make
EN- any finer than she Is" was Star
bucks comment. And then: "Tm be-
ginning to kick myself for not letting
you go and have one more roundup
with her. She's doing you good, right
.1I0ng."
TYou didn't stop me" Smith af-
Iirmed; "yOu merely gave me chance
% stop myself. It's all over now, Billy,
and my little race is about run But
whatever happens to me, either this
might, or beyond 1t, shall be free
yman. You can't put handcuffs on
rssuI and send 1t to prison, you know
That is what Corona was trying to
make me understand; and i couldn't
ar wouldn't"
Over a low hill Just ahead the pole
ibracketed lights at the dam were star
9Ing themselves against the sky, anC
fie group OF hOrsemen halted at thS
head OF the railroad trestie which
marked the location of the north side
unloading station. Harding had sen
two of his men forward and they re
ported that there were no guards oil
die north bank, and that the stagings
IA the downstream face Of the dam
were also unguarded. ThereupOi
Harding made his dispositions Hal
-xf tho posse was to go up the northern
.Snank, disfnounted, and rush the CAM
ny way Of the stagings. The remain
Aag half, also on foot, was to eros
Wf once ON the railroad trestie. and t
make its approach by way OF tn
-aQzgOn road skirting the mesa foot
at an agreed-upon signal, the two dc
GaGhments were to close I'm upon tn
re0mPany buildings in the construction
camp, trusting to the surprise and TIA
attack from opposite directions to over
.o8me any disparity In numbers
At Smiths urgings, Starbuek wen
with the party which crossed by wa,
of the railroad trestle. Smith himsei
accompanying the sheriff's detachment
with the horses left behind unde
I, guard at the trestIe head, the up-rive
auEtEOach was made by both partie
simultaneously, though In the dark
1ssz, and with the breadth OF the rive
an0Hveaing, neither could see tn
.mmxements of the other. Smith KEEP
yhf& place beside Harding. and to tn
alAeEf6's query he answered that h
-W@a unarmed.
you've got a nerve" was all tn
sumEaeat Harding made. and at tina
HEY topped the slight elevation an'
snnS among the stone debris In th
smHg<h-siGe Quarriea.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-01
Slotted Chicken Trough.

easily moved and can be cleaned and
scalded with comparative ease. The
trough is made seven inches wide, the
slot is three inches higher than the bot
tom of the trough. The partial
''roof" over the trough will aid in
keeping out rain, dust and trash. 1t
also prevents the birds from hop
ping into the trough and wading into
the ration. The trough should not be
made longer than four of five feet.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-01
OuthY the Birds.

Marvellous was the flight of an Ital-
Ian aviator from Turin to London, 650
miles, without stop. No bird known
to the ornithologlsts could have made
such a flight in seven hours and
twelve minutes. Italy is in the van
when it comes to airplanes.-Brooklyn
Eagle.