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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-09
Frances Help to Italy
iitor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: "Why don't the Allies help Italy %
some ill-informed persons inquire. They in
sinuate that Great Britain and France have
not done their duty to that country I
haven't facts about 'Britain's help to Italy
at hand, but have few facts about the
service which France has rendered, which I
shall give:
France. deprived of her richest depart
ments by the German invasion, which in
cludes 80 per cent of her resources in coal.
80 per cent of her iron ore, and so per
cent of her iron and steel manufacturing
plants, has furnished to Italy large guam
titles OF coal and raw material. a large
number of batteries of heavy artillery, with
a she'll supply to go with them. However.
not content with keeping up the supply of
shells for these heavy batteries, France has
furnished Italy with an enormous amount OF
10 nm. shells (all charged and ready for
fring) and has supplied regularly several
thousand empty shells day.
That is not all; 100000 helmets (the same
type as used by the French soldiers); 40 600
trench shields, little over hundred trench
mortars, hundreds of tons of aluminium and
chemical products. are among the things fur
nished to Italy by France. Two French esca-
drilles tFrench flying corps) contributed 10
the defence of Venice from air attacks by
the Austrians VIXEN last heard Of them.
Can France do more for her gallant sister
ally? ALPHONsE EYSsAIITJER
New York, Nov. I, 1917.
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Wasting Food
Water Publication Plant Killing Fish
of the Esopus
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May I trespass upon your valuable
space TO inform your readers of a condition
which has recently arisen which constitutes
serious menace to the efforts being made
to conserve the fish of the State Of New
York, and which at the same time threatens
the health of the people of this city?
The Board of Water Supply, in charge Of
the Catskill Aqueduct construction, has
placed in operation recently along the Esopus
Creek, at Phenicia, a purifying plant, from
which certain chemicals are introduced into
the water for publication purposes This
purpose would be served were it not for the
fact that these chemicals mean certain death
for all fish which pass this plant in their
mgrations up or down stream. The Esopus
abounds in many varieties Of trout, suckers,
bass. minnow, etc, and the dav after the
plant was started many hundreds OF these
were killed the water being affected by the
chemicals for several miles below the actual
point of operation. During the spring and
fall migrations countless thousands Of fish
will pass through this poisoned zone, and
every one will be destroyed, choking the
stream with many tons of decaying matter.
If this plant were removed to point be-
low the reservoir of the conduit, where all
fish are screened out, the state of affairs
would not exist, and the plant could be oper-
ated effectively. As it is, however. it serves
merely to pollute the water destined for ulti.
mate consumption by the people of the City
of New York, and makes for an appalling
wastage in a valuable food commodity.
The State Conservation Commission is I'M
able to take action. because the City of New
York has the privilege of purifying the water
in any manner it sees fit. II is obvious, how
ever, that the new plant does not do this,
but, on the contrary is great loss to both
city and state in cost of operation and in
the vast number Of fish which will be killed
daily as long as it remains in operation at
the present location
request that you appeal to your readers
to urge upon the Board Of Water Supply
the great need of corrective action in con-
nection with this matter.
JOHN F. MORGAN.
New York, Nov. 8, 1917.
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No ''Wheatless Days"
tor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: One reads a good deal about The
wheitless days that New Workers. and others
are asked to observe, and that on certain
days the hotels will not serve wheat bread.
spent four days in New York last week
and went each morning to different hotel
for breakfast, and though asked each morn.
ing for corn bread not once could | get II
but was served with wheat rolls, being told
at each hotel that they had nothing else
These hotels are on Broadway, Fifth Ave-
nue., and Twenty-eighth Street, and arc those
that would be expected to observe the request
for wheatess days.
This experience seems to indicate that
there is still something TO be desired in the
matter of the hotels cooperating with the
government in conserving the wheat supply.
b. A. HAPGO0D.
Springfield, Mass, Oct. %, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-09
Democracy and the Army
4 Trained Soldiers Explanation Of Why Majority Kule
Is Not Suited TO the Battlefield
Norman TalcoH, in "Ow Iown, Of GreenWlch' Con''

Recently there have been complaints that
army discipline was too strict, that we
should have more democracy" and more
freedom" in the military and naval service
To one who has had army or navy eX-
perience this will appear as the most ar
rant nonsense. In an efficient army you
must have discipline and you cannot nave
democracy. The quicker people understand
this the better it will be for all concerned
This does not mean that do not believe
in democracy. 1t only means that do NOT
believe in democracy in the army. In times
of peace I would prefer TO live in democ-
racy In time of war, If were to serve IN
the army should not want 70 serve IN
democratic" army For know that demo-
cratic army would necessarily be an ineff-
cient army, destined only to defeat and
slaughter.
The fret thing that must be inculcated in
the soldier is unquestioned obedience TO au-
thority. He must not only be trained to
obey consciously, he must be trained to obey
unconscously. That is why the regular is
always superior TO the volunteer. He obeys
instinctively. He is trained so thoroughly
that his body obeys without his mind ever
thinking Of it. When the company COM
mander says, Fright shoulder arms" does
the soldier think of what he is doing? He
does not. His mind may be a thousand
miles away. but his body goes through the
motions as if the officer had touched a
spring.
The Use Of Drill
/ used to wonder what all the interim
nable ceremonies of guard mount and
parade, Of presenting arms and saluting
were for I could see no practical use in
them But there was use. II was psyche
logical. All were designed to prepare the
soldiers mind for the moment of emergency
when thinking is out of the question and
the soldiers actions are but the cumulative
result of years of training.
do not mean by this that any army needs
TO 90 to the absurd extreme that is reached
in the German army, where a mans spirit
is broken and his manhood is utterly de-
graded But I do mean that the point of
discipline Of the United States regular
army for instance, must be Appropriated.
Otherwise you cannot have an army that is
worthy Of being called an army.
Democracy and the army are two things
that won't go together. They are inimical
to each other. OF course, you can have n
democratic army, but it won't be much OF
an army. Just as you can have miltarized
democracy it won't be much of a de-
mocracy.
You will probably hear people tell of this
army or that army that is democratic
Such people either know nothing about the
army or they know nothing of the meaning
of democracy. To some people it seems
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-09
Soldiers Mail
A Grave Complaint From the Wife
Of an American in France
he Tribune,

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Can YOU, through the medium OF your
paper. direct attention TO, and thereby help
improve, the conditions at present governing
receipt of mail from our soldiers abroad
We have given our men to the cause and
are generally trying, though with aching
hearts, 70 bear the separation cheerful!y.
This cheerfulness is a strain at best, but I'M
neasurably more so when we have to wait
perhaps month between letters, and then re-
ceive FIVE or six, written and mailed accord
ing 70 the stamping) three or four weeks
apart.
| am soldiers wife, and hope ere long to
20 TO France 10 render some service to my
country. Meanwhile /, with hundreds, nay,
thousands, of other women, am being sub
iected to worry inexpressible over The nom
receipt Of letters from Somewhere IN
France"
Our hearts desire is to hear good news
from our loved ones. And our great longing
for their comfort prompts the sending OF
many little gifts-candy, cigarettes, knitted
garments. etc.-that some OF us can Ill afford.
We do so want to help in every way, and are
50 anxious to know that our boys receive
what is sent them.
Do you not deem it possible for our great
government, which has done so much in so
short time toward providing every COM
fort in order to keep up and improve the
morale Of our army, TO recognize the neces-
sity Of regular mail service between the SOL
der and his family. and add efficiency in that
department to those things already accom-
plished? NJ. b. y.
New York, Nov ., 1917.
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democracy IL officers hobnob with prlvstes,
II they call their soldiers "Bill" and JACK
or address the company as mes enIsn's'
Rubbish! That isn't democracy, any more
than it would be democracy for man OF
wealth to walk down the street arm in arm
with his butler.
Democracy means rule by the majority,
and a democrat Is a man who believes that
questions should be settled by the will OF
81 per cent of the people. 1t has nothing
to do with sociablity or familiarity or hsna-
shaking or shOulder-clapping.
So far as know, democracy has never
been tried in any army OF the world except
that Of Russia. The Russian army is reaiiy
democratic, but every one agrees that II IL
q pretty poor sort Of army.
Voting Under Fire
An amusing instance Of this was recently
given in New York evening newspaper a
correspondent and Russian ofieer were
watching an engagement between portion
of the Russian revolutionary army anu
bodv of Germans. The Russians were charg.
ing the Germans. Suddenly they halted anu
gathered in group amid whitening hre Oh
German machine guns, and the correspond
ent saw many hands go up.
"They have surrendered" cried the cor
respondent. uni.
"No." replied the Russian officer "Ihey
merely stopped and voted as to what they
should do. They have decided to go on ana
storm the German position"
That was real democracy, but it was very
poor military tactics.
MANY Russian units voted to go home, ana
they went. If their officers attempted 70
prevent them they shot them or threw 'he"
into the river. That, too, was democracy
but il does not give promise or many MILL
tary victories
What then. is the conclusion of all this
that military discipline is good thing LOT &c,
n nation? Not at all. 1t is merely that mill
tary discipline is necessary for nation s'
war.
Further Than this, it is fact that as long
as war lasts-until that day when permanent
neace is established-there can be no real
and lasting democracy and freedom on the
face of the earth.
War and democracy will not mix any more
than oil and water. Either war must go or
democracy must go, for in war the autocracy
is ALWAYS superior to the democracy, because
II Is more efficient and can command I'M
questioning obedience. 1t is only when the
democracy adopts the methods of the au-
tocracy that it can stand on an equal mill
tary footing with 1t.
Which is why permanent peace is neces
sary to make "the world safe for democ-
rscy" and why every believer in democracy
should bend all his efforts to Danish war
from the face of the earth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-09
Springfield, Mass, Oct. %, 1917.
No Compulsion About 1t

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Relative to the article printed In your
issue of October IS, which stated that women
suffrage party paraders were obliged 20 con-
tinue their march on October 81 several addi'
tionsl blocks because OF last minute orders
by the police, this additional distance 10 the
line OF march Of the parade was decided upon
after a conference between Miss Josephine
Beiderhase. chief marshal of the parade, ana
Inspector 0'Connor Of the Police Depart
ment in order TO avoid congestion in the
Outstanding of the parade. The action on me
part of the officers of the parade was entirely
voluntary. There was no compulsion about
IL, and Inspector 0'Connor was thanked for
his suggestion. HENRY JAY CASE,
Special Deputy Commissioner.
New York, Nov. 6, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-09
Hostile Aliens Not at Metropolitan

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Elliot c. Collins question in his
letter in your columns this morning, why
not discharge all the alien enemy singers
from the Metropolitan Opera Company and
replace them with Americans" is entitled
to an answer.
First of ALL the roster of the singers in
the company for 1917-'1S shows that over
30 per cent of them are Americans-a
larger proportion than ever before IN the
history Of the organization. Those who know
General Manager Gatti- Casazza know that
he is only too anxious 10 give young Ameri-
can singers a chance, and during the season
gives youthful aspirants additions by the
hundreds II is not his fault il he cannot
find more who, in his judgment, are qualified
for the lyric stage.
Secondly Mr.. Coffin must have missed the
news that Mines Kurt and ODER and Messrs.
Braun and Sembach have been retired, Nine
Hempel, who specializes in Italian and
French operas, and Nine. Matzenauer, whose
excellence in the same repertories is well
known, remain but the former is the tiancee
of a good, loyal American citizen, while the
latter, an Hungarian by birth, is an Italian
subject by marriage, who has constantly de-
clared her desire to become an American and
who, should she return TO Germany or Aus
tria, would probably be arrested, just as the
Bohemian, Emmy Destinn, was. Both artists
are sought for concerts far and wide and APP
plsuded by loyal audiences.
So, as one who has close relatives wearing
the uniform of the Allies from Ireland, Can
ada, Australia and the United States. think
can without any fear of being considered
disloyal or unpatriotic, express the opinion
that Mr. Gatti-Casazza is justified in retain
ing Nine. Hempel and Nine. Matzenauer IT,
as artists, they please the public.
New York, Nov. 1917. ". J. G.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-09
The Best Blood in the World

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In order TO assist others employed
in the pleasant, if arduous, occupation Of
assisting Miss History to keep her that on
straight" | offer the following for the con-
sideration of the readers Of your paper:
In the issue Of November 2, 1917, Of "The
Western Waterman" Of st. Louis. there is
an article copied from The Tribune which
says of the neighbors of the notorious Tom
Watson: There are two classes of people
hat follow Watson. They are the
purest Saxon blood there is in this country
.o-day They have never mixed breed"
agree with the writer, Mr.. Howard as
20 their not mixing the breed" but the
gentleman is most sadly mistaken when he
calls them Anglo-Saxon; there is not so
much as q drop of Anglo-SaXon blood In
them. They are the descendants of those
Cromwellian Irish martyrs and other Irish
transported during the Elizabethan and
Cromwellian periods for conscience sake,
and who were reared in that fabulous creed
of being a Scotch Irishman," something that
cannot be found in the Southland. though SO
per cent of the Southerners will tell you
they are "Scotcb"lrish.
The proof against their claims Is irlSn MS
tory and their inability TO prove, after diff
Guilty, what IT is so easy for others to prove
their origin. They have the best blood
in the world in their veins; bu. 1t is not
Anglo-Saxon. nor so-called "Scotch"-Irish
blood; just common Irish which is the most
uncommon and the most pure OF all in the
world. English and Irish records will prove
my statements, as we'll as their pure Irish
names or Irish names corrupted.
REV. VI. D. COLLINS.
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Two Iales

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: This country has produced two kinds
or species of iIales, one who regretted that
he had only one life to give for his country
and another who seems to regret that he
has only one life to give to another country
Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. J, 1917. IS.
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i.sr.d &, the POstOac. Al Nev York {" Second GAS
Mall Matter
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the military sue II COHStiHcu'
It would be we'll for our European
allies to understand how America feels.
Half a century ago we fought in a Civil
War which, in many respects, resembles
the great European conflict Of to-day. We
think in terms of the Civil War and we
perceive perfectly clearly that just as the
Civil War was decided by the two vic
tories of Antietam and Gettysburg, which
broke the offensive power Of the South, the
present war has been decided by the vic
tories of the Marine and of Verdun. But
after Gettysburg it took almost two years
to enforce the decision. The length of the
delay, the cost in men, the growth of war
WEAKNESS created peace party in the
North, produced disorders among the civil
population, while Incidental defeats on
the battlefield stimulated pessimism.
None the less the mass Of the people of
the North perceived that permanent peace
on the American Continent was impossible
if the Confederacy succeeded in disrupting
the Union. Perceiving this, the mass Of
the people fought on and supported their
government, and in the end, despite the
disappontments and the delays, a decision
was had which was final.
Thinking in terms, then, of our Civil
War, the American people are looking at
the present conflict, clearly recognizing
that just as there was no possible
solution Of the Civil War short Of
the defeat Of the armies Of the South
in the field, there is no possible solu
ton Of the World War short Of the defeat
Of the German armies in the field. Recog-
nizng this, We have sent our representa-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-03
Floor Plan.

ioted to the purchase of materials.
Buildings hastily designed or those
having the plans merely drawn" quite
often cause their owners to feel that
they have hardly obtained their
moneys worth. The reason is either
because of wasted time or wasted
materials. The small cottage which is
really designed for economy in order
that high-grade materials may be used,
must have every detail so worked out
that when a board is sawed 10 obtain
a piece for one particular place in the
structure, there will also be place for
what remains of that board. All struc-
lures are designed with the idea con-
stantIy in mind that wherever wood is
used it must be taken from pieces in
lengths carried in the stocks of aver
age lumber yards. This fact has a
critical bearing on the success of the
small cottage design. Considerable
material may sometimes be saved by
adjusting the arrangement Of rooms,
but the economy idea must not be al
lowed to dominate to the extent that
the comfort or convenience of the
home is impaired. The waste of time
in building is related, In some ways, to
the waste of materials. Let us sup
pose that the plans of small cottage
do not include a sheet of "details"
which are drawings made by the de-
signer to show the builder how certain
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-03
ENGLAND NOW CHEWING GUM
Foreigners for Years Refused to Adopt
American Product, but Situation
Suddenly Has Changed.

For great many years American
chewing gum manufacturers have en-
deavOred to teach foreign countries to
| appreciate their product. The stuff
that wags the American jaw mas been
advertised assiduOusly n France, Eng
land and Germany, but with small
success. The nOn-Amerlcan couldn't
understand it. He tried to swallow it,
and when he couldn't he gave it up
as incOmprehensible nonsense. Over
in London, where it was called "Ameri-
can Chewing Candy" many shops
ers passed it by and went on buy
ing toffee and lollipops and Turkish
delight.
Suddenly, and without warning, the
situation has changed. Remarkable
figures recently published appear to in
dicate that England has incontinently
become a nation of gum chewers.
Manufacturers report that within six
months they have increased their
monthly sales from 100000 to 10000
900 sticks. And the English newspa-
pers cannot understand it.
The explanation seems simple. 1t is
said that the largest amount Of chew
ing gum is used in the army, and the
next largest amount in the navy. Dur
ing the last great advance, it was Is
sued as an army ration. Somehow or
other the soldiers discovered that it
steadied their nerves to have some
thing to chew on in time of stress
and of course it has the effect Of
keeping the parched throat moist. 1t
is more than probable that the Cana
dian. soldier impaired this information
to the English Tommies-and expert
ence did the rest.-ClevelAnd Plain
Dealer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-03

| and contrasting with the pure white Of
the porch copings and the trim. A
| house of this kind should be unob-
trusive; striking colOrs should be
avoided; the soft, warm colOrs tend to
remove the appearance of "cheap-
ness" which Is all too easily evident
in a small house decorated in excess
sive brilliancy. In selecting the face
brick, q ather dark-tOned, soft-teXture
type would be appropriate, the white
trim being relied upon to brighten the
building sufficiently. Mortar of
harmOnizing, dark color is preferable.
It will be noticed that there are two
kinds of walls shown on the plan. This
convention is used to indicate that the
house is built as a brick veneered
structure. The brick are indicated by
the solid black and the crOss-hatched
walls are of wood. The brick veneer is
tied to the wood studs or sheathing
with galvanized iron wall ties or cut
nails every four or five courses.
The plan furnishes an interesting
study in that every inch of the inclOsed
space is used economically and the ar
rangement Is made with a view to
minimizing the labor of housekeeping.
The living room and dining room,
placed in the "L" arrangement shown,
form a cOmmendable feature in that,
with the large cased opening between
them, they are practically one room
and yet the privacy of the dining room
is secured. Bedrooms arranged with
the bath between cannot be improved
upon in the matter of convenience.
The kitchen with its handy pantry can
be relied upon to please the housewife.
There Is a basement under the main
part of the house.