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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Orders From Herr Zimmerman"

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In recent cables 1t was announcN
that the Kaiser visited Constantinople Last
month, and that his reception was III
posing. Turkish girls offering flowers" sa
This most unholy alliance OF the Ksw
and the Sultan, cemented in 1909, when Il,
All-Highest visited the East as the patron
Islam, has borne its legitimate and pr
destined fruit in the shocking state Of ATTAIN
in Asia Minor to-day, where over two nil
ion Armenian, Syrian and Greek refugees
have been deported, robbed and slaughtent
by orders straight from Berlin.
Mr. Callergis, the Greek Minister in Co,
stantinople, has traced the trail Of bloa
right up TO the Wilhelmstrasse. When Be
wen, to the Grand yizier to protest sgsln,.
the deportation Of his countrymen, that
Turkish official referred him to Won Sanders
Pachs, the German military commander in
Turkey. That gentleman stated that the de.
portations were dictated solely by military
necessity" The matter was then taken up
by Mr.. Theotokis, the Greek Minister Ia
Berlin. He protested to the Imperial Foreign
Office, and Herr Zimmerman referred him to
the chief Of the General staff, az hesdquM.
ters. The General Staff pleaded military
necessity" and stated that they were acting
under orders from Herr Zimmerman.
The vicious circle is complete. It reminds
one Of Nast's famous cartoon Of the Tweed
Ring, depicting its members each blaming
the other and all disclaiming responsibility.
This so-called military necessity" is sim.
ply diplomatic camoufage and deceiyes no
body who gets close up, as the two Greek
ministers did, TO the chief camoufeurs, ard
sees them at their nefarious game.
The deportation Of the Armenans, Syrisns
and Greeks Is merely a euphemism for r.
pine, robbery and murder. Already at least
100000 people have been deported, and but
100000 remain. The American COMMITTEES
for Armenian and Syrian Relief is the only
agency that stands between this remnsu.
and extinction. Gifts are urgently needed
at onco. especially as winter is approaching
and Nature will add her tortures to thos
contriyed by German Kutur. Fortunately
the war has not halted the work Of relief,
and every dollar goes direct 70 these unfors-
unate peoples, and every dollar given IS
Absolutely devoted TO relief work, all er'
peLses of administration in this country and
in Asia Minor being privately provided for.
The headquarters Of the committee is
Madison Avenue, and the treasurer is NJ
Cleveland II. Dodge.
The British advance up the valley Of no
Tigri3, though slow, is now showing sigr'
Of renewed activity. It IS the pledge Of 10
ultimate freedom Of these oppressed peopl"
from the unspeakable tyranny Of the Turn
But If they are TO be saved for future free
dom it must be by American generosity
given at once, and without stint
FREDERIC B. HODGINS
New York, Nov. s, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Saving French Children
An Appeal for Help to Save the
Tubercular Victims Of War
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: There are In France at the present
time hundred. OF boys between the ages OF
twelve and fifteen who are pre-consumptive
through tho fact that, having been in the
vicinity Of the firing line, they have been
exposed TO the conditions which produce
tubereulsr tendencies. For example, the
gases used by the Germans frequently de-
velop tubercular troubles In the victims I'm
less these children are cared for imme-
diately and for q period OF about one year
they will become permanently consumptive.
A temporary sanatorium at Cambo, near
BiarrtI, IN the Pyrenees, has been offered
and a specialist, a pupil of DR.. Kuss Gre
nowned Swiss specialist) is to be in charge.
The cost OF supporting each twenty-five
boys In the ssnatorium would be 10000
francs for one year contribution Of 1000
francs has already been given by NJ. Poin-
care, President Of France, for the purpose OF
starting this work.
The American Girls Aid has been ap-
pealed to by cable from Paris to take up
this work in the United States, and Is anxious
to raise the money to support this sana-
forum for the period Of one year, or longer
II possible, as the need Is so urgent and
there is no organization In France caring
for these particular war victims.
France has lost during the war . large
percentage of her men, and we feel that
these boys must be saved for the country.
What we want is pledges Of monthly con-
tributions for q year. or for the period of
the war, or lump contributions, where this
means Of giving is preferred.
Will you do your share in contributing for
the work, if only a small amount?
GLADYS HOLLINGSWORTH,
Chairman American Girls Aid
oe3 Fifth Avenue, New York, Nov. 9, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Sim Fein and the Boche
An Inquiry Into the Origin of the
Germans Love for Ireland
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t was a common characteristic Of this
country up TO ten years ago that the Ger
man American was one of the most severe
critics Of the Irish-American and had COM
paratively little to do with him. Professor
Kuno Meyer, professor of Celtic in the Uni
sympathize with Englishmen Of his scquaint-
ance because Ireland was as unruly and un-
Just to England as Poland wa. to Germany.
1t has always seemed to me that one reason
why the Germans associated with the Repub-
lican party more than with the Democratic,
especially in the West, was because the Irish,
whom they disliked, so largely acted with the
Democrats II has always been a credit to
the Germans in New York that they very
largely held aoof from that organized gang
Of plundering robbers, Tammsny Hall, and
have always thought that one reason for
their action, besides their creditable desire
for honest government, was their keen dis
like Of the Irish, Of whom, though it be dis
creditable TO honest men Of that lace, it must
be said that since the Civil War all the lead
ers and rs per cent Of the Tsmmany gang
have been Irishmen, like Cohalan and Muir
ply.
Pretty solid proof Of the soundness Of this
theory can be found In the articles on the
Irish in Meyers Conversation Lexicon" the
most widely circulated cyclopada in Ger
many. l quote first from the article on
New York. This was very likely written by
some one on the staff Of the "Staats- Zeitung":
"a very considerable proportion Of the popu-
lation Of the city are Irish, who are very
largely represented among politicians and
among the inmates Of jails"
The second quotation is from the article
on Ireland. "The character of the genuine
Irishman is very peculiar mixture of strik-
ingly contradictory traits. volatile, frvo-
lous spirit forms the groundwork Of the
Irish character, and this shows almost all
the virtues compatible with such character,
while there is combined with it correspond
ing lack of sound judgment, patience and
self-control. A poetic and artistic tempera-
ment, love of music and of oratory, are not
to be denied to the Irishman. He is inuuisi-
tive, curious, sharp witted AID witty. In all
intellectual matters he lacks depth Super-
fetal in his thought and action, unreliable in
his work. impatient and scatter-brained he
is not adapted to achieve great ends Paddy
as he is often called, because of the oft
recurring Christian name of Patrick, is kind
and credulous, but he himself does not win
the confidence Of others. Treachery in all
Irish rebellions has always played a sad role
With his large powers of imagination. he
does not keep himself in close terms with
the truth. lrascible in spirit, inclined TO
brawling and deeds of violence, he loves also
hoisterous gayeties. Just as he easily gives
himself up to intemperance, he also readily
endures poverty and Is satisfied If he has
only potatoes to sustain life with
INVESTIGATOR.
New York Nov 7, 1917.
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Facts for Celto- German Historians

The Sim Fem correspondence lately
seized and in part published by the United
States Secret Service helps incidentally
to account for an important and much de-
hated incident in the rising of Easter
Week last year.
All the official apologists of this affair
have hitherto been taught to say that "the
English" or "the Castle" had planned a
massacre, and that it was the sudden dis
covery of this abominable plot that pre-
cipitated the revolt.
Thus that inimitable comedian Mr.. De-
voy, or one of his fluent little scribblers,
went at length into all the horrible de-
tails of the Secret military order" and
with a world of fiery rhetoric showed how
"the patriots struck and fooled the intend
ed massacre"
Mr.. Jones likewise in his matchless and
most veracious History" OF the insurrec-
ton quoted "the actual orders which the
planners of the pogrom had secretly issued
to the military and with ingratiating
candor remarked that surely there was
nothing left for the Volunteers to do but
to fight or submit to being dsarmed."
Finally, the once industrious Mr.. Pad
raic Colum (whose graceful services to
the German cause have, by the way, been
strangely irregular of late) dweit on the
historic document as the fatal thing
(which actually precipitated the revolu-
tion," clearing away all weak scruples
and proving at last to the most tender
hearted that, willy-nilly, they would have
TO move at once"
Alas for the shrewd makers of history,
their plans for winning the sympathy of
the compassionate are all upset by the
unfortunate discovery of a letter from
Sim Fem headquarters containing a ref
erence to the notorious military order
(which order, by the way" says the
writer airily, "was an out and out fabri-
cation for the purpose Of forcing Mac
Neill's hand, who was entirely opposed to
taking any offensive action"
The historians will therefore have to
begin all over again, recognizing that the
secret order for the Dublin pogrom must
in future take its proper place among
such immortal documents as the Ems tele-
gram.
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The New German Vice-Chancellor
Friedrich uon Payer, Consistent Radical is L'""fed
Blu His Conservative Chief
Bv Gustav Miller

Schwertl, Buerkln!" (Unsheath the sword
Buerkinl) and caused roar OF laughter
The Wdrttembcrg government resorted 70
the most INSCRIPTIONS means, and succeeded
to bring about the victory Of sn insignificant
ssloonkeeper, named Bayha, over Payer. But
at the next general election Payer WAS elected
again. in 1890, and reelected ever since.
When the great democratic wave Of 1880
swept the Kartell. consisting Of the Conserva-
tives and the National Liberals, off their feet
and political fame-seekers Joined the opposi-
ton. Payer warned the Democrats against the
youthful Reichstag Deputy, Imperial Baron
Won Muench, who later proved TO be an &C.
certrc Junker at heart. Payer knows human
nature.
Payer did not consent TO the often proposed
fusion of the Freisinnge Partei Progressive
party) and the Democrats, then known as
Deutsche Volkspartei German Peoples
party. until the Freisinnige had renowned
their Manchester programme of laisser fsire,
laisser aller, and had consented to plat
fo~m of social welfare legislation.
More important than Payers activities in
the Rechstag were his achievements in the
Wnrttembere Diet The Conservatives and the
Deutsche Partei as the very reactionary
Wurttemberg National Liberals preferred TO
be called were all-powerful in the South Ger
man kingdom. The twin brothers Conrad and
Friedrich Haussmann led the small Demo-
cratic minority of the Diet. But none Of
them was equal to the task Of fighting the
then Minister of the Interior, Won Schmitt.
Again and again the Democrats attempted to
elect Payer to the Diet, but they failed, even
IN the promising district Of Besighem in
1891 In 1894 there was a Democratic land
slide Payer was elected a member Of the
Diet, and chosen president in the following
year. It was primarily due to Payer that the
old electoral system was reformed and that
the trenches of the reactionaries were
stormed. The present electoral law does not
come up to the expectations of the truly Lib
eral elements but it WAS the best that could
be obtained under the circumstances.
Payer was severely criticised when he did
not refuse the title OF nobility conferred upon
him, without his prior consent, by the King
Of Wurttemberg. But he has since shown
himself the consistent radical he had been
before.
1t may safely be assumed that Payer, who
Is an opponent of the annexatonists, has been
assured that Germany would be reformed in
the direction Of greater freedom or he would
not have accepted the proffered office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12

II II were not for the new German ChsneeI-
lor. Count Won Hertling, the appointment OF
Friedrich Won Payer TO the office OF VICE
Chancellor would tend to show that Germany
js on the road to characterization. There are
Few members of the Reichstag OIL equal
still less Of higher. ability and integrity ahd'
except the Independent Socialists, OF more un-
compromising liberalism than Payer. During
his long political career he was consistent III
mis- radical convictions; he changed his front
only in so far as he lost the particularistic
tain. Of former decades, with which he was
imbued while still boy. While ne was Tor
merly an outspokcn Wurttemberger, he mas
grown more and more a German, but not one
of the pant German type. In spite Of his old
age-he is past seventy years-he is vlrlIe
and energetic.
The son Of the beadle of the Tuebngen
University, he was brought up in conserva-
tive surroundings, and the more so when he
entered, in 1861, the Evangelical Seminary Of
Blaubeuren. There he was sent By his father
who wanted him to become minister OF the
Gospel. At the Tuebingen University Payer
studied law, to the great disappointment Of
his orthodox parents. Although the small
town of Tuebingen bore, at that time, the
stamp of Ludwig INLAND, the noted German
poet and radical politician, Payer was unin-
fuenced BY this liberal spirit.
But after he was admitted TO the bar, at
Stuttgart in 1871. he associated himself with
Ludwig Pfsu and Robert Mayer, noted poets
and Democratic politicians. Already in 1874
Payer Joined the Democratic party.
He represented his home district of Tuebin-
gen in the Reichstag from 1877 to 1878, was
defeated when the Reichstag. which had re-
fused to pass the ant-Socialist law after the
attentats made by Hoedel and Nobiling against
the then Kaiser Wilhelm /, was dissolved,
but vas reelected in 1880. Payer voted
against the military law in 1887 The Reichs-
tag was again dissolved. When Gustav Buerk-
lin, subsequently First Vice-President of the
Reichstag, in the course Of one speech had
stated at least a dozen times, "Was das
deutsche Schwert gewonnen, muss das
deutsche Schwert erhalten" What has been
conquered by the German sword must be re-
tanned by the German sword), Payer stood
beside the speaker, who intended TO use the
same phrase again, and shouted, "Raus mit'm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Life Saving Here and Abroad


On the basis of the recent decision by
the Public Utilities Commission Of New
Jersey. the act passed by the Legislature
of that state permitting the commission TO
set aside the operation of the full crew law
in it's discretion has proved barren. The
Central Railroad Company Of New Jersey
made the test case-an application to dis
pense with the sixth man, hired in &C
cordance with the law, on certain trains.
During the hearings, owing to technical
features, the application simmered down to
a plea 10 withdraw this extra man from
the crews of certain through freight trains,
fast freight trains and drag freight"
trains. As to all it was denied, on the
ground that the testimony submitted did
not actually prove that the extra man was
not needed, and that an order for his dis
continuance would permit the company to
exercise its judgment and so nullify
the law.
This decision, which will serve as prec-
edent for all future cases in New Jersey,
and unquestionably will be cited in all at
tempts to repeal this foolish and uneco-
nomic law in other states, stands in in
teresting contrast to the figures cited by
Mr.. Kruttschnitt, chairman of the special
commission on accident statistics Of the
American Railway Association, in letter
TO The Tribune, dated November s. The
only excuse for existence of the "full crew"
/ law lies in the plea of railroad employees
unions that it fosters the safety of train
men and passengers. Mr.. Kruttschnitt in
that letter declares that of the entire num-
Der Of railway accidents recorded in 1916
/ 39 per cent was due to collisions and de-
railments, 301 per cent to the negligence
/ of passengers, employees or trespassers on
railroad rights of way; while 66 per cent
was due to accidents, mostly trivial, in
shops and the like-in any case, having no
connection with the operation Of trains.
II those figures mean anything-and II
inaccurate they are subject TO the chal-
ienge Of the railway employees unions
they mean that the full crew law is a
| fallacy. They mean that the accidents
which could possibly be affected or pre-
vented, by the employment of an extra
man in train crew are so small per-
/ centage Of the years total as TO be prac-
tically negligible. In New Jersey alone it
is estimated that four hundred men are
employed by the railroads in obedience TO
the full crew law, doing no work Of value
10 the railroads, and, according TO these
/ figures, work extremely slight of value to
/ the public. In the twenty-one states of the
country which have adopted this wasteful
! legislation there are at least twenty thou
sand men-an army corps-employed and
drawing wages for doing somethng--or
nothng-when they might much better be
employed, in this period of shortage Of
labor and man power, at something the
value Of which is unquestioned.
The transportation systems Of the coun-
! try are in straits. The industries of the
country are suffering for able-bodied men.
l Man power here in factories, on railroads,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12

zuela boundary case, the fiat Of the United
States is law on the Western continents.
Pan-Americanism is supposed 10 be
gradually supplanting Monroeism in the
affections of the present Administration.
Pan-Americanism certainly recognizes the
independence and territorial integrity or
the Latin-American states. But even
under it d great latitude of interference
in the foreign relations and domestic con-
Germs of these states is permitted Pan
Americanism has presented no obstacle 70
a military occupation in Hayti and IN the
Dominican Republic. 1t has not prevented
our government from refusing recognition
to the present executive in Costa Rlca, on
the ground that he obtained office through
revolution. It tolerates many forms OF
political Intervention, which may fall short
Of actual appropriation Of territorial title
and actual subversion Of political indepen-
dence. but which nevertheless involve po-
litical domination of farreaching SORT
In constituting her new agreement with
rs Japan will therefore have many en-
tightening American precedents to draw
upon. What are the special relations
which territorial propinquity' creates be-
tween a very strong power, seeking to es-
tablish a natural sphere Of influence, and
the weaker powers within that sphere!
That is the question which the future will
have to decide as between Japan and our
selves and between Japan and China.
We retain an "open door" in China,
commercially speaking, and we receive
pledge from Japan to respect Chinas IN
dependence and territorial integrity. We
are supposed TO give similar pledges under
the Monroe Doctrine and the doctrine Of
Pan-Americanism. But prOpinquity often
creates paradoxical situations. Under one
Interpretation of Monroeism or Pan
Americanism we recently refrained from
Intervention in Mexico. But at the same
time, under contrary Interpretation, we
interviewed in the Dominican Republic and
in Hsyti.
Whittier the Interpretation Of the new
agreement will lead, therefore, no one
knows. Yet it has the merit of having
yielded frankly to an unanswerable tn
quoque argument on Japan's part. If we
ere going to maintain the Monroe Doc
trine in our own hemisphere we cannot
pooh-pooh Japan's natural desire to create
q similar doctrine for her own political
sphere in Asia. We must lump the gains
and the losses of Monroeism.
BY so doing, moreover, we correct one
of the great faults in our former attitude
toward Japan. The Island Empire has
arrived. 1t is going to share with us the
control of the Pacific, and it is we'll for
us to plan ahead for friendly partnership
in that venture. The time is past for
condescension and petty friction on our
rart. The two nations must meet here
after as equals. If we want TO apply the
propinquity theory on our side Of the Pa
cifc, we must permit Japan TO apply it on
her side. This will mean eventually
great decline Of our prestige and infiu-
ence in China. But that loss must have
its compensations in the creation of far
more logical and workable relations with
fopou
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Startling Experts

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The article. Boys Invention Star
ties Experts" in yours Of November might
he called sensational. The solution TO the
so-called problem, If new, would indeed be
interesting.
Users OF paint and varnish have for many
years known that it Is possible 20 heat the
surface and heat tho material and obtain a
more satisfactory result than when done at
ordinary temperatures. This point is used
to good advantage in practically all auto
mobile factories, where the finishing costs
are baked on the metal at temperatures up
20 AS degrees Fahrenheit.
Can you imagine heating the steel skele-
ton structure Of a skyscraper or all the
metal surfaces Of battleship in order TO
take advantage Of this discovery
By far the greater proportion Of painting
on metal to-day is done with cold paint on
cold metal, and with good paint properly
applied tho paint will adhere and will not
crack for many years.
CARL J. SCHUMANN.
New York Nov b, 1911