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New-York tribune., 1917-07-23
Toward Air Supremacy

1t is understood that the great appro-
priation now secured for the aviation ser
vice will serve to establish and equip
feet of about $4,000 airplanes, with per-
sonnel of 100000. 1t is tremendous
undertaking, and for some time to come
it would be unreasonable to expect any
obvious results in the field. According to
edvices from Washington, the first few
months will be given over mainly to the
construction Of machines for the training
of airmen, and it has already been an
nounced that contingents of instructors
have been sent hither from France, or
will be before long.
The number of machines to be turned
out in the first year will, it is said, be at
least 3,500 1t is none too many, but 1t is
o good beginning, and great increase is
expected in the year following. If we are
to credit reports from France, the Germans
expect to have $500 on the fighting line
by next spring. II this figure Is sup
posed to represent a permanent force, it
is sufficiently formidable, for it is to be
noted that to keep it up fresh supply Of
from 80 to 80 per cent a month must be
counted upon.
Mr.. Howard E. Coffin said some time
ago that it was in the air that we had
the greatest chance to outmaneuvre Ger
many, and it is admitted on all hands to-
day that supremacy Of the air is one Of
the essential conditions of victory. Such
supremacy should now be assured and
rendered permanent by our effort.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-23
If All Texts Didn't Look Alike
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Ksiser's chaplain recently preached
n sermon before his sovereign which so i'm
pressed the royal listener with Gods unmis-
taxable pro-German sympathies that the
cables of the universe were used to tell
it out among the nations" Mankind in gen.
eral, tho Kaisers enemies In particular,
doubtless appreciate this condescension as
slight leaning toward democracy upon the
part of the august monarch. He generally
treats everything between himself and the
Ruler OF the Universe In a strictly conf
dntial manner
Why not ask the court preacher to give
the world series of sermons upon texts
popularity suggested by his vast congrega-
tion? If the whole world must listen to him
he should welcome such request. Assuming
that the following text is not censored out
of his copy Of the Scriptures. the reverend
gentleman may find 1t helpful: Micah vi, 8:
"He hath showed thee, o man, what is good;
and what doth the Lord require Of thee, but
to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God?'
MARVIN R. DOTY.
Stamford, Conn, July 20, 1917.
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The British Workers Beer

1t is perhaps a mistake to suppose that
the Trade, as they call it, had anything to
do with the British governments recent de-
cision to allow an increase in the output of
beer. The fact seems to be that it was
mainly popular pressure, and not pressure
on the part either of the brewers or of
the licensed victuallers, that forced the con-
cession. It is apparent, indeed, that the
great brewers, the brewers Of the better
known brands, are by no means satisfied;
nor is there any reason why they should
be, for since they will continue to brew
their beer at the old strength they will
profit nothing by the new order, which only
favors the brewers of small beer.
Those who spoke for the government ad-
mitted that the concession had been made
"for serious reasons connected with the
conduct of the war" Now, the reduction
in the output was first made for similar
reasons; not merely to promote temperance
among munition workers and others, but
also to effect saving in foodstuffs. Un-
fortunately, it was soon realized that re-
striction had been carried too far, and that
gains in one direction were counterbalanced
by losses in another. Those who saw that
excessive drinking had been cause of idle
ness, disorder and waste of time failed to
foresee that shortage Of beer might like
wise be attended by evil consequences, and
so they were for cutting down the supply
to a minimum and, If possible, establishing
national prohibition.
It was admitted on all hands that the
regulations controlling the traffic in liquor
were upon the whole remarkably success
full. The shortage in beer resulted, how
ever. in serious unrest all over the country.
In some cases strikes were threatened and
in the foundries, the steel works and the
hayfelds the spirit Of discomfort spread to
so great degree that upon purely prac-
tical considerations the government de-
cded that more beer must be brewed.
The concession is not so deplorable as it
may seem to be at first glance to those
who welcomed the original restrictions;
for the permission to brew more beer is
given only on certain conditions establish
ing a reduction in the strength of the beer.
In the debate following the governments
announcement member Of Parliament
asked dersively whether 1t was thought
that the prevailing discomfort would be
allayed by increasing the quantity of beer
at the cost Of its potency. Mr.. Bonar
Laws answer was that, according to the
information of the government, it was
quantity more than quality that was
lacking.
The truth seems to be that the British
workingman is so confirmed in the habit
of drinking beer that it is not safe to cut
him off in war time. But give him some
thing approaching the quantity he is used
to, and he will not quarrel If It proves to be
a trfle weaker than the beer he drank be-
fore the war. Even under the new order
the tendency is toward temperance.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-23
Stopping the Insurance Leak

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: desire 70 express my admiration
of Page of The Tribune Of July 16. The
editorials and many of the other articles
thereon are so interesting I shall file this
page away for future reference, calling rar-
ticular attention to your editorial, Waking
Up"
1t may interest you TO know that in letter
mailed Presiden. Wilson on June 80 (Which
was acknowledged by Mr.. Tumulty) | took
occasion to inclose some clippings from The
New York Tribune that formed a part Of
your campaign TO stop the marine insurance
news leak to Germany occssioned through
shippers taking ordinary marine or war risk
marine insurance on ships and cargoes
through German insurance companies or COM
panies having Germans interested therein.
II Is fairly possible that. the Presidents Of
Ace having its attention called TO your pub
licaton in this manner, it had some little
influence on his subsequent actions in this
matter? ROBERT II. LANY0N.
Chicago, H., July IS, 1917.
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permit our state and city administrations
to engage in business as buyers and SELL
crs of foods and fuels, just as the national
Administration Is to be authorized to do
in case the big distributors try to continue
their gouging tactics.
War develops some queer paradoxes. In
most respects it is an evil. Yet the Amer
lean public is about to undergo the ex-
perience of getting out Of war degree
of economic justice, so far as food and
fuel are concerned, which they have not
been able to achieve in time Of peace.
This is an indictment of the intelligence
and efficiency of our form of government.
Let the public, which is now learning SO
many things. study that indictment and
take its meaning to heart.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-23
Militant Sufrasists
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. The awful consequences Of ri, md
conflict. which are cited as reasons why Il,
suffragists should indefinitely suspend Al
efforts in promoting their cause, ar. fsurt
upon analysis TO be consequences stt.rt,,,
upon the defeat of that cause In times ps,.,
and consequently are now pertlnsn. srss
ments in favor Of prosecuting suca eau.
with renewed vigor. What hurts 60 much a.
the present time is the intimate relation BE.
tween the painfulness OF the malady and ths
absence of all choice in the remedy, which il
peculiarly disagreeabls to oil who elirf
the standards Of the dark age, and are IN.
able to look at the sun.
Great stress is laid upon the word nitsn.
as a qualification OF the word suarsyst Al
if all social reforms since the world besa'
had not been militant. The militarey ob.
jected 70 in the present instance, however, i
the woman militancy OF pointed argument
driven home by a strenuous. although nen,
ful, demonstration. while the masculine NIL
tan.y OF carnage is regarded as having rss
OF way while il lasts over all other consider
tioa. Had not Mrs. Pankhurst introds;s
miIi.ancy into the suffrage movemsn, "
would not to-day read leading editorial
column long, IN The daily paper; but the gfsr
est attention given the subject would BE- uh
fore. confined 20 two lines in the JOKE a.
umn.
l. requires bat s review covering
years 70 note the growth Of the qaesm
from a mere whisper TO its present coni'i'
ing position. Under the influence Of NIL
fancy IL has developed from meteor 70
planet, although the greatest militant oa','r
that has yet been perpetrated has been W.
tied TO breaking q few glass winden w
contempt of court in demanding n"''t
No life has been sacrificed and no eon'.u'
able damage OF property has been done no. TO-
does that compare with the maseuii' ~"'
fancy now in progress?
In point of fact, however, woman WINS.
is a question of greater moment "sI '-
over which the present conflict IS nov ".
waged. Had women been given ms ~,
when they first asked for il. the Vo,o W..
not now lie polluted in its own oi00I, ~ ~
if women are given the vote now me N'''
not go mad again century hence
Instead of trying to fly with one V'n'
in the past, and therefors not hylns
let the men and women recognize 'h'" -,
ual dependence. one upon the other, anu :.
70 the government Of the world 'na' 80 '.+,.
try and completeness constituting us 'D'"'
bic sine qua non. r,nv,y
Brooklyn, July 20, 1871
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"Denman Should Go
Tha. Ought To Be the Universal
Demand of a Modified Press
To Tho Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: At q time when the lives OF millions
are at stake, when our own personai saie.y
along with the safety Of nations hangs IN
the balance, IL we only would realize IT, tha'
cursed dog, politics, is permitted to remain
in the manger. You have well SAID so j"
this mornings "Denman Must Co.
That editorial should have been spread
over the entire front page Of your paper
Denman should 60. The public should De
made TO understand that he should go.
Il is inconceivable that one man, COM
paratively obscure citizen, can hinder, can
block, shipbuilding programme when shouia
be rushed with feverish haste. 10 frahce'
England. Russia and America ships are as
water TO the psrched tongue on the desert
And vet our blood is permitted to Doll "hIiI I,
Mr.. Denman, in blocking the master cahai
builder. denies US and our allies tne telAel
we are already beginning to crave.
More's the pity that the circulation OF your
naper is not one thousand times one nundEeu
tbousand, Would that Tribune publicity
were nut into the hands of one hundred MILL
ion people. every man, woman snd child. pu'
ouite possibly that is in effect more thah
a mere hope. g.. A.
We have mobilized everything but 'ne
press. The Tribune particularly, by the pen
Of special brilliant writer's, has brought 10
it's readers attention many problems IN
volved in our participation in the war Ihey
all demand solution. But there are TWO OF
three problems of paramount Importance
more than all else vital TO world democracy
moro than all else demanding public a'esh-
tion and serious consideration.
Such consideration can be had only oy
properly enlightening and impressing inc
public Time is the greatest factor IN 30
doing. The public must be speedily I'M
pressed with the truth.
Tho public can be so impressed only oy,
first. a mobilization of the countrys entire
press; second, by q concentration OF the
press, so modified, upon the country's most
vital war needs.
For example, to begin with, not on the oacA
page but on the front page; not one day. put ,
every day, after the manner OF successiui
advertiser, until it is an accomplished iac''
.hs press Of the country should demahd'
"Denman should 60"
D'' EDWARD G. LoNGMAN.
Providence, R. l.. July 1s, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-23
The Question of Peace
o the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I am sure that those who have re-
Gently expressed their disappointment at
what has appeared to them as change Of
front on the part Of The Tribune will be
ready 10 congratulate you upon your splen-
did Tribune quality" editorial The Ques-
ton OF Peace" When Germany begins 70
talk that kind of peace l think she will have
no trouble in getting ii. If that is what
Russia means by mo annexations or indem-
mites" there is little doubt that she will
have the SUPPORT of the United States and
her other allies; but Russia has not made
this by any means clear.
There is one thing, though, that you failed
to mention, namely Alsace-Lorraine. How
is that question to be settled! This is q
matter OF prime Importance 10 France, which
has surely earned the right to large SAY"
in the final settlement France was robbed
OF these provinces by Germany. Should not
Germany be compelled to give back what
she unlawfully took?
w. HENDERSON WATTS.
Haledon, N. j. July IS, 1917.
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Teutonic Superb oily
iitor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The time seems to have arrived when
the American flag displayed by itself is a
symbol of pro-Germanism.
The Speyer bankers refusal to allow the
Allies flags on his property while at the same
time posing as n good American by devoting
the same property 70 war purposes is a
beautiful example OF that Teutonic super
stupidity which assumes that all non-Teutons
are suckers-al the time. That some of them
arc sometimes and for a long time is shown
by the way patriotism is being used against
US as a double-edged sword. Where possible
every measure menacing Germany is being
obstructed by invoking the America first"
kind of argument. Oh say, can you SEQ
Mr.. Speyer and his kind!
EUGENE PAUL ULLMAN
Now York. July l8. 1917.
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Ioseph w. Savage for Mayor

To the Editor Of The Tribune. d,
Sir: Few, IL any, Of thos. men''0H.'
Mayor appeal to the public Why n"s =,
US candidate acceptable to the ms" "
citizens?
I suggcs, the name Of Joseph W. 80,
Of Manhattan. He is widely and '"''..
known throughout the city. and posses" !,
extensive knowledge Of the city anaA -,
addition. he is thoroughly aequaih.'. "
conditions under which our citizens = ,sf
has always shown a disposition ,i-sg
others. In public Office he endearea - r
"ts 20 the EMPLOYEES by his fair treatr''st =. 4:
won W ri the commendatiOn of Thousands Of %
zens as well. -, ia, essi
His nomination would put lie NV .,. ..,ss
campaign and arouse a spirit OF ,,.STgg
few suspect. LUIS
Flushing. n. Y, July II, 1917
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Regiments to Retain State Names
CFro,n TIL. Omaha Bee)

(Froin The Omaha Bee)
President Wilson has set at rest one
mooted point by his order taking the state
troops into the Federal service. Drafted
regiments will retain the name and number
borne when in the state service, and to that
extent at least will retain their identity.
This act is both gracious and wise on part
Of the President Some talk had been heard
of dropping any form of designation that
would tend to perpetuate the state name,
regiments to be numbered serially and to
have no other distinctive title. This, Of
course, would completely nationalze the
army, but it would also discourage something
that must yet be reckoned with-the distinct
SUPPORT Of the stay-at-homes by reason of
their interest in the boys from home. State
pride is not a negligible quantity and is
easily fostered by permitting the regiments
to carry their state names. The National
Guard is not entirely extingushed, as the
order discharging its members from state
service on being taken into the Federal oper-
ntes only to evade the technical objection to
foreign service With 200 new regiments TO
be Immediately formed, the Federal army
will lose nothing by having a few state
names mingled with its high numbers, and
public interest will not be lessened, because
the home folks can talk of the Fighting
Fourth" the Furious Fifth" or the Dandy
Sixth"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-23
A Small Nation

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Mr.. Charles Johnston thinks Ireland
could not stand alone. Why not? II men
aced by Germany or any other country could
she not form an alliance with the United
States, France, or even England? A small
people can do as much for enlightenment
and progress as big one-or more. There
fore Ireland ought TO be free, and the only
thing that stands between her and freedom
is that pride" which, according to Mchelet,
the historian of France, is the besettng sin
of the English people. F. VI.
BROOKLYN, July II, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-23

suffragist shrek Indignation. Let her! /
formulated the proposal to show how she
shrieks when it is proposed that in return
for exercising coercive power over men she
should, in anything that matters, herself
go under the yoke"
Short Of accepting this condition women
must, however, do without the vote. When
a woman boasts of her mental attainments
and says voting and physical force have
nothing to do with each other she talks
nonsense. "She might just as well explain
to you" says Sir Almroth Wright, that
the jury which brings in the man guilty
of murder has nothing to do with his sem
tence to death. People who talk like that
ought to be sent to do a little quiet
thinking"
A little quiet thinking might have led
Sir Almroth Wright himself to suspect a
flaw in his similtude. For, after all, even
in the old days (when many quiet thinkers
shared his simple opinion) jurymen were
not obliged to show themselves strong
enough and skilful enough to WELD the axe
effectually. But for the rest this whole
hearted zealot is the most logical of all
anti-suffragists in his out-and-out Prus-
sianism, and he ought to be universally ac-
cepted to-day as leader whose only fault
is that in recent years he has grown a little
garrulous and little over-solemn for one
who, outside of his own scientific sphere,
was obviously designed by Nature for
low comedian
New-York tribune., 1917-07-23
Woman Suffrage and ".
The Patriotism of Some L..,.
Called in Question
To the Editor of The Tribune


sir: 80 numerous have been ~.
10 my letter that l answer them :. .9fs
II may again be allowed the cou.. n,'s
press. Mrs. Ida Hustled Harm, @a
rot true that DR.. Anna Shaw eva. ~
siightinsly Of our flag; but a, n. y = NO
sion OF the forty-eighth annual cow. ~
the National American Woma, O.. S.a'' I
sOciatiOn DR.. Shaw struck a blow :, "
ism when she said: What is IN. Ina. s.
flag but piece of buntingr IT.. 'nss
Court of the United States resas. .,p''ss
true American the flag is the symbol :, wa u
nations power.' u
Miss Jane Smith says nv no.s
ly unjust to patriotic leader liz. " ~
but Mrs. Catt's speech in Can.d, A.. cs
The Toronto Daily News Of Nav ;, 'ss ~,
the following: =" ~,
"Mrs. Gait lectured under IN.
patriotic address, entitled Women, y.
and National Defence Mrs. Ca, va
reached national defence or snvth;, 'a
but votes for women-a subject vbi., w
tied for good and all in Ontario. IN. nv a
States was attacked rather than d.f,,s.Is ~
the lecturer. She was distinctly up,,,-..
|. The position Of the woms, =, Us
tan was compared with that Of IN. -,
the United States, to the disadvantss, =, q
latter-an insult to the intellis.p.. 49,
audience and a defamation Of b., ... :"
Another patriotic utteranee to IN, ,,,., |,
foreign country was, You never ca, -
tell when you are going to hay. =, ~"
election in the United States, and ,h,. '' |
a woman who we hear has been ho,,,.I.
appointment on the National D.f,re. =. v
mittee! Surely, even the most ordn,,. sSD' y,
of decency would be sufficient 20 .us,... '.'''
her distribe be confined to thu bo,d... ''s !,
her own country" VI
Miss Fay in her heated reply doe, "A, >.
fute the facts in my letter, though q. ~. ~
them grave charges" A pres. ,,,,, .' s.'
tie suffragists, however, says II /, q, y"
sense discredtable to the sufyras, 49,.
that their suffrage paper state, aA.,. :.
hardly suffragist who Is no, q r,,Is,,. !.
"A desire for peace" she says, "doy moi r,,
essarily initiate against prepar.dns.s sr,
the Woman's Peace party did mili,.. ,,,,,,,
preparedness, with much spent mcr,y ,,i
widespread propaganda. The selection, ts,,..
fore, of Mrs. Gait, who was their vle..p,,,.
dent, for our National Defence Board /, i.
deed a strange appointment.
MARY B. PoaBEs
Milton, Mass, July 20, 1917.
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Draft Law Inequalities"
To the Editor of The Tribune.
tamford, Conn, July 90. 1917.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I heartily approve of the editorial
appearing In your valuable newspaper Of
Friday, July 20, Draft Law Inequalities;
particularly that portion Of 1t in which you
refer to the repeating of that portion Of the
conscription law exempting Federal en-
ployes. It Is unfair to exempt Federal en-
ployes between the ages Of twenty-one and
thrty-one, especially those who have sought
employment under the Federal government
after the legal age limits had been estab-
lished.
I feel this strongly, as these men are try
ing to shirk their duty, while my son, who
is twenty-five years of age, with my ap-
proyal volunteered and did not wait to be
drafted. PERLEY MORSE.
New York, July 20, 1917.
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Retain Mr.. Mathewsons Service

To the Editor OF The Tribune b, ...i
Sir: The Fusion committee WIZ n.,,,i
great mistake II It does not 'eies' ~ po,cut
Msthew.on, N the President Of Bronx so,',, =. .,
for place on the Fusion tieAs. -. srs
him by and to selee. men fro" in' - ,r
wi,bop. witt. his his training or sduea'ion viii vii y y
ously hurt the Fusion .iese' ne t.,rl,.. "
Mathewson. able, upright ana ,nsn, is Il ,r
given The Bronx the best sov., s,.,.,, CorO',
,,sa s@S Counsel q. ai''Psls%1@c pspS'S city coa,' ,.,
Borough f'or President ho has made an en- !.
record. hsvs the bess,
of his experience in public ONCE, .r. ccunf
make an IDEAL judge OF the supr'"'
a Public Service Commissi0nsrss; srss;,s,oyIIL
New York, July 10. 1911
New-York tribune., 1917-07-23
Fighting Luxemburgers
lFrom 40 IVestmir.ter Garctt.

A Luxembourg friend asks me 20 draw atten-
tion to the military services which the citi-
zens OF the little grand duchy are render
ing TO the Allied cause. No fewer, it seems,
than 10 per cent of the males of military age
are fighting in one or other of the Allied
armies. There are 1900 Of them in the
French army, and about 800 in the Belgian
army, and they are also represented in the
Canadian contingent, in the army Of the
United States and among the Italian Alpini.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-23

No, can u,,cbase merchandise advertised In IhE
TRIBUNE with absolute ssfetJfor II @ ,vonsS
ss.r ,,.,~ re1ucSt No red tape No clubbing we m@Ae
rood promptly II tho advertiser docs ho'
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Entered a. tn. Pos,onos at New York I" Second ea'"
Mail Matter.
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Owned ard published daily BY The Trhuns hS9aAtros v,
N,w York Corporation. ogdep Red rs's ssesc,sIy r
Rogers Vice President; Richard II Nald0 Nassau
su'er Tlsssurer address. Tribune Buldmg 40a -'N
Srcet New York Telephone. BeekmAn SoVO
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