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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Ulster S "Unreason'
A Profound Distrust of Those Who
Claim a Monopoly of Patriotism

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May I, as a Protestant born IN Ol'
ster. the son of one who represented Belfast
in Parliament for some thirty years, venture
to suggest some of the reasons for listers
"unreason"?
We of Ulster love Ireland not less than
our neighbors of the South and West; per-
haps we love her more. But we feel pro-
found distrust of certain "entangling aili-
ances." We are deeply apprehensive concern
ing the policies of the pro-German, pro-
Austrian, pro-Kaiser Vatican, lured by the
bride of the temporal power. which would
disrupt United Italy; of the Vatican which
has shown such anmosty toward France.
We thoroughly dstrust the Sim Feners'
who have become the Kaiser's tools, and who
sought to win favors for Ireland. at the
price of making the Isle Of Saints an accom-
plice of Germanys continuing infamies IN
France and Belgium.
CHARLES JOHNSTON.
Eergenfeld. y. j., May ., 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Peonage, Not Preparedness

1t is greatly to be regretted that the
Senate has passed the Brown bill suspend
ing the safeguards of the labor laws over
workers in munitions of war and agricult-
ural products during the period of the war
and for two months thereafter. The AS
sembly should not follow this example, if
it has any regard for the opinion of social
and economic experts, or for the experience
Of Great Britain in the early part of the
war. If that house also is misguided
enough to enact this unwise legislation,
Governor Whitman should veto it.
The workers of this great state are not
slackers. The public, though it has been
patient and long-suffering to an extreme
under the injuries of the enemy, is not un
aware of the sacrifices which it must make
now that we are in the war, and is by no
means unwilling TO make them. But it is
unwilling TO make needless sacrifices, TO
bring into being conditions of wrong and
hardship 10 individuals which cannot profit
the nation anything. And it is precisely
such conditions that would result from the
enactment of Senator Browns bill.
Under this measure the eight-hour day
could be abolished. The seven-day week
could be required. Outrageous night work,
not alone for men, but for women and chill
oren, might be permitted. Worst of all,
there would be no appeal from the decision
Of the State Industrial Commission abro-
eating all the laws safeguards. The sole
protection workers might have against an
utterly ignorant or misguided decision by
this body would be intervention by the Gov
ernor, and he might act only on the request
Of the Council of National Defence or some
Federal official. The practical effect Of
this measure would be TO permit any can
ner, any maker of clothes or shoes or hats
or blankets for military purposes, any
foundry or machine shop or munitions
plant with government contract, 10 obtain
complete suspension Of all the state labor
laws. The worst conditions of the can
neries and the sweatshops might be revived
women and children might be worked
unlimited hours, day and night, weekdays
and Sundays, into exhaustion-unless the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Submersible Food Vessels

To the Editor o. The Tribune.
Sir: Let US not underrate the menaS
the submarine which already in its innnq
shows the terrible effectiveness naturally
be expected from is great advantage "
voluntary invisibility. No reason appe'n
why the German submarines cannot inere.ss
indefinitely both in number and IN ra''
structibeness. this being purely q ms"s'
of marine engineering. There is no ress's
why the destruction of the periscope r''a
endanger the vessel, or why the perl'e0p''
should not be replaceable repeatedly or Wy
the hulls should not be so strengthenec =
to increase greatly their resistance 20 -.
explosion of shells under water, and u..
increase greatly the difficulty which air e'"
have in sinking them.
We may well ask whether our ea.p,
should not be directed TO making our ios-
boats submersible. They would seta.D
submerge only in the danger zone. II =,
number Of submarines is increased 'en'.s
during the course Of the war, the sinklns
vessels, if they remain unsubmersioDe'
we'll increase in almost as great -
from perhaps 100000 TO 100000 tohs
month, thus bringing France and Br'sl y
their knees Long before the sinking reAs ..S
that rate the probability of loss mgn. W.
become so great as to make it imposslON
man the food ships. ~
The great immunity Of submersioN ~,
boats would both facilitate manning -
and increase greatly the quantity OF ~; ~.
reaching Europe. A submersible 1000 -.
which arrives is worth q hundred ''s''
mersible ones which do not -.
Why not concentrate our gardening eI''
on raising vegetables rich in food 'ass
corn, peas and beans? These have four u..
the food value of potatoes. Why waste ga
limited cargo capacity in carrying w,
per cent of water which potatoes contslih
HENRY MARION HOWE
Bedford Hills, y. Y. April 20. 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
A Hyphenate's Thoughts

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: A lew words concerning last nights
meeting in Cooper Union, which, on the
whole, has been fairly dealt with in this
mornings papers.
The meeting was called under the auspices
Of the United Irish League of America, a
moribund organization, wholly out Of touch
with Irish sentiment at home and abroad,
and now merely the tail to the Parliamentary
kite of which John Redmond is head. An
invitation was extended to Irshmen and
their friends, yet when many of these sought
admittance they were informed for the first
time that it was necessary for them to have
cards to show.
The deception practised at the start en-
gendered i'll feeling. and this was aggra-
waited by the unrepresentatye character Of
those who organized the meeting.
Irishmen in New York may well look with
suspicion and resentment on such men and
question their motives. As if, indeed, the
loyalty of Irishmen is at all at stake feel
as certain as l do of writing this letter that
all Irishmen and Irish women in Cooper
Union last night would give their lives. if
necessary, in defence of the United States.
But they are not so blind to facts as to be
misled by a band of cheap pro-Blitishers and
politicians whose voice is indeed the voice
Of Uncle Sam, but whose hearts beat in uni
son with John Bulls.
JOSEPH W. GAVAN.
New York, May 5, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Divided Against Itself

II is generally agreed that the late pa
trotic meeting Of citizens of Irish birth
and descent" was not exactly what it was
intended to be by the promoters. Never
theless. it may serve a useful purpose if
only it opens the eyes of those who cannot
see why the Irish problem should not be
settled Immediately.
The commonest error Of these amiable
people lies in the supposition that the diff
fculty is merely a difficulty between Ire
land and England. Others imagine that
Ulster is the only obstacle-that is, two or
three counties of Ulster, aided and abetted
by a band of Tories in England. This is
evidently the opinion of Mr.. Yeats, for in
stance, whose interesting comments on Mr..
Frederic Harrison's recent explosion are
printed in another column.
No one who has followed recent events in
Ireland can believe that the matter is
quite so simple as Mr.. Yeats conceives it
to be. 1t may be urged, and with justice,
that the rowdies who broke up the meeting
on Friday night were a mongrel crew with
10 authority to speak for Ireland. 1t is
certain, however, that this same irrecon-
cilable spirit exists in Ireland, and that it
is not inspired by pure patriotism, but fed
by an inveterate and unreasoning hatred
Of England, in the presence Of which every
other sentiment withers. Ulster, with due
Difference to Mr.. Yeats, is by comparison
an insignificant consideration.
To suppose that any form Of Home Rule
that could possibly be introduced at this
time will satisfy these zealots is delu-
sion. They laugh at the act now on the
statute book, and to say that they have as
little regard for Mr.. Redmond and the
Nationalist as for Sir Edward Carson
and the Covenanters is to state the case
reservedly. 1t is very well to collect opin-
ions in this country, to send delegations Of
Irish-Americans to Mr.. Balfour and to
deluge Mr.. Lloyd George with resolutions
and declarations. These things may pos
sibly have their effect, but they will not
materially affect the state of unrest in Ire
land. for Ireland is divided against itself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Legal Tender

To the counting house we led him and we
showed him all our store,
And we said; Here's gold in plenty. Take
your fiji and take again.
Cover France with golden dollars! Tell us
what could we give more?"
Like the blare of fsr-of bugles, comes the
Marshal's answer, "Men!"
Here is steel TO keep the cannon belching
death without pause,
Here is food and fat and fuel; here are ships
supplies, - and then,
Many million hands to labor What could
better serve our cause?"
Harkl "To arms! Form your battalions!"
echoes through his answer: Mem"
Men alone are legal tender, Men 80 precious,
men so dear,
That no other coin will answer. There's no
specie half so high.
Ask of mothers who have paid it. Ask Of
France if you would hear
What a darling wealth she squanders, Free
dom's costly pearl TO buy.
This be then our city's salvo to the Hero Of
the Marine,
As with cheers and tears We greet him:
Marshal Jofre. we spurn the 'cant's'
And the 'will-we? won't-we? must-we's?'
As you saved US at the Marine,
SO living wall OF manhood do We offer now
to France!"
CHARLOTTE HOLMES CRAWFORD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
The Conventional View
or of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | think it ought to be generally
known that Frederic Harrison is an lrsh
Protestant, that he is about eighty years OF
age. and that he has lived most of his life IN
England. BY these three facts he is disquali-
fed as an adviser on Irish affairs irish
progress began in the curtaiment and grad
ual extinction of Protestant landlordism,
which was devouring Irish substance. the
ideas of man eighty years of age cannot
possibly adapt themselves to the rapidly
changing conditions of a country like Ire
land. where everything is in the melting pot
Absenteeism and living in England have de
roraized many Irishmen, since the quickest
way to an Englishman's heart and sympathles
is to speak i'll of Ireland--and. | may add,
praise Cromwell, who is popularity supposed
to have killed more Irish Catholics than any
other Englishman, before or since
That Ireland is divided is reason Tor
Home Rule. and not against 1t. The Normans
made England one nation, and did the same
with Scotland. They were about to make
ireland also one nation, when the Enghsh
intervened and stopped them. 1t so hap
pened that at that time an Englishman was
Pope and he, in conjunction with Henry H.
withdrew Ireland from the Normans TO make
il fef to England and begin the long MS
tory of Irish misery, with chief fighting
against chief England always in the fray,
not to compose differences, but to promote
mischief, so that by keeping Ireland weak she
might profit.
That England should still object to Ireland
becoming a united people, conducting its own
affairs in its own parlaments, is no reason
why Irshmen should be against 1t. The
little adverse faction of couple or so Of
Ulster counties would be of no Importance
were not the movement fomented by English
selfshness and cunning and folly As an
Ulster Protestant and vehement pro-Ally,
believe in a Home Rule government for
Ireland and that no county should be allowed
70 stand out know the men of Ulster on
this question. There is no bite" in their
bark" | say this. not to belittle them but
because know that in the long run Ulster
common sense is a fact. j. b. YEATS.
New York, May 3, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Briggs Is Briggs
(From The NcW Repubic)

with her. when the spring calls her; ms
orumbling interferes with her conscientious
ATTEMPTS to get next 70 nature. his grum-
HING taints the day. When she consuit' hlm'
Of morning. about what to have for dinner
he YEARLY rejects all her suggestions, only
70 adopt them az noon, when ne taxes
friend out TO lunch Terrible IS her compe-
tonco in the home She can find many tning
while he is seeking one thing WIN any o'n
implement caught up in the Kitchen VIII
the merest hairpin, she can in jify DO re-
pairs to which he has long been laying VIII"
a whole tool-kit, half-hearted siege
Tactless though Friend Wife may De- she
is no such egotst as Man. In his judgment
upon Man Briggs is at one with rascal
Pen de chose nOus console. pdrce que pc"
de chose nous Cflige. We are depressed ~
such trifes. thinking them no tribes as
tanned drive or missed putt We are elated n
bv chance we land on the green IN three ana
boast to unlistening bystanders that TINS
bapny accident is our true form, asking them
fatuously what they know about that. ~
terrupt us at Kelly, no matter for how short
q time. and we snarl and vocferate, unless
the interruption be the work Of some free
spender who wants George the coiored
waiter 10 take the orders. Self-deceivinS
brsggarts. all Of US, and most innocent!
fond OF the rewards and consultations tnat
await us at the nineteenth hole
But il was a mistake to say that Briggs
bows and girls grow up and turn into par
ents. II was a mistake TO say that golf play
crs and Friend Wives have offspring. Briggs
parents do not play games. They are class
apart. They exist only as parents, as pow.
erful members Of that league, consisting o.
mothers. fathers teachers. neghbors, formed
on purpose to make childhood do uncongenial
things. like answering questions, recitinS
Lonrfellow in ir-everent schoolrooms, leaV-
ing waif and stray dogs outside instead o.
adding them to the family, being heIpfu'
about the house. Great as the harm IS when
these parents do, yet they cannot extend
their movers everywhere. Much OF life IS
out Of their reach We're this not 50 there
would be no DAYS of Real Sport days o.
freedom and games. of swimming and snow
balling. of the circus and choosing up, nc
DAYS when friends call so joyously on Shinnay
TO come on over. Briggs remembers every
body's childhood, and has put it all down for
everybody's delight. Unlike those unfortu-
nate cartoonists who think first Of an idea
and then -bloodedy turn it into a pet
ure, he sees his idea and his picture at the
same moment, as the same thing. And year
by year his extraordinarily well seen world
grows wider and more humorous. q. n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
The Press Gag
70 The Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Why is it that with all the ne"spaM
comment on the proposed espionage OIL
there never appears a definite deserip'i"
what this proposed law actually coysn
True democracy and free speech are oeh
relations. If men speak or write critesr
of a civil or military officer that IS ualud
and untruthful they can be dealt with my
and fairly by the use Of existing laws. Tia
man criticise the speech or actions Of Ey
man holding public Office, civil or milin1
and his criticism is truth and justice, !a'a
he is the real public servant.
With a war chest packed TO the hinges
with gold there viii arise. and dosst
.ess. already have arisen, countless sehsnss
for acquiring some Of this gold ie'
PURPOSES that are not for the people q
a whole With a country striving qref
" to prepare itself for the war Of van
there will be many an unjust act eommia''
where selfish interests can be served rs'ls
than national. Do the supporters OF na
bill acclaim the Administration infallibk'
There is only one autocracy to-day mn
dares to tell its subjects what TO read 80
what not TO read; what to believe and ""
not to believe; how much to give and @1
little to get; to obey and not to nhL
Evidently the founders OF our country x"'
of the really big type of men who wei''ns
honest criticism and know how 20 deal Va
unfair criticism. A. NJ. Eh'O~
Brooklyn, May ,, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | would thank you very much il you
would be kind enough to help us obtain some
boy musicians for the United States Junior
Naval Reserve. whose local training station
is at 23l West Ffty-eighth Street.
We are highly gratifed at the way the
New York boys are enlisting every night,
and we have been obliged to secure an addi-
tional drill hall across the street We are
giving these boys a preliminary training for
the navy and merchant marine, and the boys
most efficient in drill and nautical knowledge
are given free scholarships at Camp Dewey.
As q special inducement to boy musicians
we furnish them with free uniform, instru-
ment instruction and two months at Camp
Dewey absolutely free of cost.
The United States Junior Naval Reserve
was organized only about eighteen months
ago by DR.. william T. Hornaday, the natu-
ralist, and Perry Belmont and others and
it is in very fourishing condition. But we
need several boy musicians, and we hope you
will assist this very worthy organization,
which is backed by many of the foremost
business men of the country Telephone
number, Columbus 1892
CAPTAIN LEWIS TILL.
Drill Master
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
The Manned Soldiers Of Franc.

Under The patronage Of the Presideu. a
tho French Republic, the Union des Coloais,
Ftrangerex ca France On Favour des Vi.
times de Ia Guerre" has been formed byreD.
resentatives Of the chief neutral and Allied
nations to assist the MANNED soldiers Of he
Army of France 20 become seif-supporng
The Union is composed Of leading bank.
ors, merchants. presidents Of the ysrios,
Chambers of Commerce DO Paris and hs
highest authorities o. the French govern.
ment.
There are row n France thousands q
manned soldiers unable TO take up their lie
again unaided. This committee Is raising
fund 20 help these heroic men 20 help hen.
selves. A man without arms can be taught
TO use his fcct and % use artificial ans:
a man without legs can learn trade ssies
70 his condition 4nd thus be enabled 10 SUP.
mort his family The cost OF training
manned soldier In the schools now estsb-
lshed is about 500
The principal trades taught include:
Shoemakiug, saddlery and harness max
ing. carpentry and cabinet making, picture
framing and Gliding, bookkeeping and general
commercial education, tailoring bar/Fmg
and wig making, soap making tnsmithng
industrial designing and stenography ane
typewrting.
The glorious spirit that France has shown
in the great war must touch every true
hearted American, and the need for this re-
constructive work is so urgent that It is con
fidently hoped that fund Of at least $780,
600 will be given by the public spirited peo-
plc of the United States during the coming
year.
All contributions, large or small, viii DO
gratefully received Checks should be drawn
to the order of
MRS. EDMUND L. BAYLIES. Chairman.
Office of Committee, Biltmore Hotel Room
1874. New York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07

To what extent will Briggs take part IN
the war? That IS the question which thou
sands have been asking lately. II cannot he
answered yet awhile. In The New York Irio-
unc three weeks ago he showed US small
spv confronting firing squad not much
older Then came the picture OF Jones. re-
f,eirc IN lot his son enlist eXasperated bJ
the Importance Of men whose sons had en-
listed. very ohesty at last when he dlscoV-
cred that his son had dsobeyed him and
goro IN. Later on Briggs showed us the
oastorn coast line Of the United States beset
bv neriscopes. with Uncle Sam trying to pa
troll it, all by himself. from Florida to Name.
"Wben q Fellcr Needs a Million FRIENDS
the cartoon was called. It does not tell Us
how deeply Briggs will get involved IN the
war. II does prove that he can get more Or
loss involved without taking the JOY out OF
life.
But one great change will come over
Briggs if he decides to 90 all the way LOOK
aeain at the above mentioned pictures OF
ZONES What makes them 50 different?
Isn't il the presence Of Joness son. youth
of twenty or so? If Briggs goes IN there VIII
be many pictures of youths about this age
and what he has mostly shown us IS boys,
few girls. and persons grown up enough to
be the mothers, fathers and teachers OF such
girls and boys The war may force his hanc
NAV compel him to annex adolescence as a
subject province.
Hitherto he has let adolescence pretty
much alone This girl, who probably resents
her high sled as a badge Of shame, marking
her of from the real coasters, the males
and who would resent it less if her mother
voice did not rub the shame in by forbidding
her 10 coast bellybumps this girl drops oul
Of Briggs world when she IS fourteen or
fifteen. We do not meet her again until she
has become mother. taking her offspring out
Of games. sentencing him TO clean clothes
and dancing lessons, while his paymates
boot At him derisivey. or condemnng him
40 chores Or We see her Friend Wife, and
recognize the way Of a wife with home
She has laughed at her husband, for days she
cannot help laughing when he falls out OF
bed; She has brought distress upon him and
visited him with affection and other visit
ors. Hers is the unceasing voice that drives
her husband out Of the house to his club,
where he sits alone in large ROOM the daily
paper in hand bell within reach drinking
bicbballs. solitude and silence.
She has much to endure from her husband
Grumbling, he goes to walk in the woods
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
New York, May =, 1917.
How Wheat Could Be Saved

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; regret that have been misqroted
in two or three issues Of your paper in re-
gard to whole wheat and war bread" On
the assumption that at present only - per
cent Of the wheat berry is used for human
food in America, an increase TO 81 per cent
would net us an annual saving Of some fifty
million bushels of wheat. For New York
City alone this would mean an annual saw
ing Of about half bushel of wheat for each
individual. There are certain indications
now that we mean business in this matter
and that the national government is going
TO make whole wheat -four available in
quantity at a fair price.
II we mean business in the entire food
matter We should make a careful investica-
ton of the brewing and distilling industry
There seems to be net loss in foods,uF
value Of from 30 20 so per cent which. COM
puted in terms of bushels amounts to an
annual loss Of two or four million bushel;
of grain year. o. 5. MORGAN
Professor Department Of Agriculture, Column
bia University.
New York, April 81, 1917.