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Out of the dark where lie the uncaring dead
heard voice that whispered, Dream no
more;
All these have stood astare upon the shore
For their dream argosies that now are sped.
These knew the bag Desire. and her elf-child
That men call Hope; this dust cried to the
dust
OF all the gods we frame Of fear and lust.
And with their suppliant echoes we're be-
guild.
Downthrowing of old affairs, and again
Uprearng of new temples age on age;
Quenching the brute TO quicken the white
rage
OF dreaming that the pale stars teach to men.
Behind the beast lags inartculate.
Beyond? Each dawning out of the
crimson sky
The sun comes laughing and the sun shall
die
Yet not the sun-warmed dust made animate!
dream on, maddening dream; this thing is
sure,
The grave must hold you, and the afterdark
Knows no resurgence of the living spark
That ran like flame, and shall not more en-
dure.
Bewtchod by creed. and lured By Paradise,
Blinded by lies priest-led TO godihood;
What have they made of all your human
good
But bloody affairs and young sacrifice?
Seed as the seed OF flowers. Wherefore weep
For life on life or everlasting bliss;
Drink deep of beauty, answer kiss with kiss;
The nothing all things end In yet is sleep.
o little gods yelled and immaculate;
o little men who dream Of hitler souls;
Have ye none other than eternal goals
For Truth to which your sons be consecrate y
STEPHEN SoUTHwoLD.
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offensive in Palestine will be of material
assistance to the British forces in Bag
dad Beyond these circumstances Of I'M
mediate military Importance, however,
lies a far larger meaning. The British
are slowly but surely breaking the link
that connects the Turk 10 the Mahome-
tan Holy Land They are approaching
Jerusalem, and beyond Jerusalem lies the
Mecca Railroad. Possession of this will
cut one of the vital lines in German
policy-that which connects itself with
the spiritual capital of Islam. Not the
least important result Of this World war
may be the entire change of control and
orientation in the Mahometan world.
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ultimately refunded by their own govern
ment" Under the treaty, therefore, the
money used for this purpose is only an
advance on account But all prisoners are
untitled to proper maintenance at the
hands Of the government holding them.
article says: "In the absence OF a spe-
cial agreement between the beliigerenls
prisoners of war shall be treated as re-
CARDS board, lodging and clothing OH the
same footing as the troops OF the govern
ment who captured them
Prisoners, except officers, may De set 70
work for the state. Their labor, however,
must have no connection with the opera
tons of the war and they must be paid
for il on reasonable scale. The cost OF
their maintenance may be taken out OF
their wages and the balance, if any, is to
be delivered to them on release.
There are many other guarantees OF
fair treatment in this treaty. Relief
societies are allowed to have access to
prison camps and prisoners are permitted
TO receive parcels and money sent them
from their own country.
1t is true that Germany has not lived
up to the provisions Of the treaty in her
treatment of British, French and Russian
prisoners. 1t is also true that the Ger
mans have technical right to ignore the
treaty on the ground that its provisions
do not now apply, since all the nations
now at war have not ratified it. Such
release is specifically granted in Article 2
of the convention. Among the powers at
war these are not included as ratlfiers IN
the 1910 edition of our official Treaties,
Conventions, International Acts, Protocols
and Agreements Between the United States
of America and other Powers: France,
Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Montenegro, Ru-
mania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Japan.
We need not observe the treaty unless
we want to observe it. But If Germany is
ready to agree TO apply its rules and to
give us proof of their application, we can
we'll afford to live up to them. We should
not abandon the Hague code, however
ouixotic its provisions now seem, until
German depravity leaves no other course
open to us.
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sity The first batch of civilians who landed
at the post turned the parade ground into
a campus.
They began to build up the tradition which
clings to every place where young men Of
America foregather for education of any
kind. They sang their songs, they nick
named their officers, they told their tall
stories of experiences, and then they van
ished The flavor that they left upon the
old post was strengthened By tho men who
followed, yet much was lost that would have
made pleasant "reminiscences and perhaps a
little that will some day be of value to
history.
It has been The ambition of the men of
the second officers training camp, who now
go forth from their alma mater, to make a
part. ut least, Of the glamour, the humor the
atmosphere of their life in camp. a perna-
rent thing.
Wherefore. they have issued the first class
book to appear in Pattsburg, and by their
act have completed the metamorphosis which
has turned an army post into q military col
lege.
With other camps there will probably be
other class books, but that issued by the
Class Of November, 1917, is a pioneer. It
is called "The Plattsburger" and, pioneer
like, it is clad in the unassuming olive drab
of the service.
The volume contains in prose and verse
end picture the history of the second officers
training camp at Plattsburg. II holds a rec
ord of the trials and tribulations and tri-
umphs of the men who came as civilians and
departed, but for mournfui few, as Off
GERS. Their ideals, their disappointments,
their jokes, their ballads, all are inclosed
within the two khaki-colored bristol boards.
The book is hybrid Of the average col
lege yearbook and an American "Barrack
Room Ballads" 1t brings to the romance
that surrounds Lake Champain the addi-
tionsl glamour which hangs over "Cayuga's
Waters" and THE Old Rartan.'
"This book" the foreword says, "is in
tended as a testimonial of appreciation to the
service from the members of the Plattsburg
Training Camp. The profits will be used
as the foundation of new fund, patterned
upon the French Hero Fund. The latter,
started by Americans, previous to the en-
trance Of the United States into the war, is
BEING devoted to the education OF the chill
dren of French officers killed In action. The
American Hero Fund will perform a similar
service for the children Of American officers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25

Once Plattsburg was merely an out-of-the-
way army post. Now it is, next to west
Point, the greatest military institution n
the United States. Once it was regarded by
srmy men simply as place o. some stra-
tegical Importance, in case of the impossible
possibility of war with Canada. Now all
America looks to Plattsburg and the other
camps that have been born of her. for victory
in this war.
Once Plattsburg was merely a stretch OF
level parade ground, fringed by brick office
buildings and barracks. Now the barracks
which eneroach on the parade ground and
the men that dwell in them for season
have made it something else-an ideal, a
test Of true WORTH an institution.
Around this institution, conceived as an
experiment, turned to as salvation by the
nation when war came, there are growing
UP the traditions and legends of univer-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
4 PlaHsburg Banack Room Book
1917 in 1.-THE Pbger Records The Making of Tradition
and Pounds American Hero Fund

of the moribund regulations of the United
States army and the present fighting methods
of both French and British, the student Oh
GERS are evolving new methods Of warfare.
Here is what one of them, who has already
served in the trenches, says Of PlattsbuH
trench work:
"To sum up the whole situation, there ap-
pears TO me to be two different systems Of
trench warfare on the Western front, the
French method and the British, and the only
difference is in details. The details merely
represent the characteristics Of the two ma
tions. The French deliver the quick, dash
ing, lightning-like blows, while the British.
in their stoical manner, continue with their
smashing, sledge-hammer drives
"At the present time. the Americans are
sitting tight, taking it all in and digesting
it well. Before long, after our troops have
been in action a few times, you will hear
tsat General Pershing has taken these two
methods, scrambled them together, added
little Yankee to it, divided it By two, and
brought forth a new method, labelled Amer
ican'"
The men who delved at Plsttsburg, who
fought mimic battles in their trenches there,
are helping toward that end.
Already they have begun TO improvia
when the need arises.
There were no bombs 70 throw at the
beginning" the book says. -The theory ard
practice Of teaching had to be literally de-
Seloped on the spot. An iron foundry was
commandeered and seven hundred-odd dummy
grenades moulded. trench mortar was de-
signed and constructed. Shortly after gre
made throwing practice started Candidate
McClintock wrote and published his PAM
Ihlet, Notes on Grenade Warfare, the first
American text on the new phase OF trench
warfare"
In rifle practice the candidates lived up to
the standards set by the American army
for generations
with scattered exceptions, every man IN
the CAMP qualified as a marksman -God help
Kaiser Bill
"Half the camp reached the grade
sharpshooters God help Kaiser Bill!
Some hundreds, mostly men vita PREM
Gus experience, qualified as experts. And
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
Hertling
IRON The Boston Transcript

iron. The Boston Transcript
This much, anyway, may be said of HertIing
he is probably the most learned men, the
soundest thinker, now holding an important
political position in Europe. Mr.. Balfour.
with his mere handful of philosophical works,
is pygmy student compared with the man
who since 1871 when his great work on
Aristotle appeared) has been pouring forth
many portly tones on philosophy, politics and
Kuitur. and has yet found time TO edit and
contribute to n truly colossal history Of the
Middle Ages. ! shall not try here to give a
complete list OF Hertling's titles. but they
include learned discussions of John Locke, I"
the English philosopher; "Albertus Magnus,"
remarkable treatment Of the principles Of
Catholicism and Their Relation to Knowl-
edge and a work dealing with the Augustan
era and ancient civilization. These few ref
orences alone show the extent Of Hertlingr
knowledge and industry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
Increasing Sanity

One of the most singular and unfore-
seen effects Of the WARRIOR it is difficult
otherwise to account for the phenomenon
is the steady decrease in the number OF
persons under institutional care In hos
pitfalls and asylums for the treatment of
mental diseases. The latest authorized
reports come from England and Wales,
but last years returns from Ireland and
Scotland showed that in those countries,
too, there was less insanity, and, at least
as far as minor mental ailments go, Ger
many seems to have had the same expert
ence.
Trustworthy statistics are available in
England and Wales for ffty-eight years,
and during the whole of that period there
was an uninterrupted and pretty regu-
lar annual increase in the number of the
insane up to the time Of the present war.
Thus, during the ten years i905-14 the
average increase per year was 2,251. In
the year 1915, however, there was sud
den drop, the number being 3,27S less
than the year before.
The Board of Control was inclined to
regard this improvement as temporary
and probably attributable to exceptional
social and economic conditions in war
time. However that may be, the current
report shows further decrease in 1916
-9,159 fewer cases than in the remark
able year 1915. Had the rate of increase
observed in the decade before the war been
maintained the number under care on
January /, 1916, would have been nearly
$4,000, whereas it was actually only
a little more than $4,000.
The difference cannot be made up by
reference to the armies, though at the
beginning of this year there were almost
1000 cases of mental or nervous disease
in the military hospitals. Some of the
patients have doubtless been, or will even
tually be, certified as insane, but the de-
cline in the total is, nevertheless, strik-
ing.
1t was noted last year, by the way, by
the superintendent of an Irish hospital
that the decrease was most marked among
females, a circumstance from which he
tentatively drew the conclusion that re-
lief from monotony, intelligent activity
and, perhaps, better living conditions had
much to do with the relative sanity Of
the civil population.
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these boys are going TO take this into 'he
new National Army with them, f00'
night, Kaiser Bill"
SO the men of the second officers training
camp go forth to war, leaving behind them
in THE Plattsburger' a permanent menors'
of what their alma mater meant 70 them'
Perhaps some of those names mentioned IN
the gay, brave volume they have beeueA'he'
to those who follow. may some time SHINE
brightly from the records OF this, our great
est war. Perhaps many OF them will be listec
on the tablets which Plattsburg may eree'
some day 20 those of her sons who followed
her teachings until the glorious end for
which every true soldier longs.
The following, from a poem in Inc
Plattsburger," by William Roger Burlingame'
may serve as the valedetory Of the camp
Don't forget him when he's trudged his LAST ""s
mile through Clinton dust a
When he's lived and learned and grown; ns"S"'
he's felt his wings and flown. n
Burst his caging long and low with his sp'r"
agow
And his Plattsburg Springheids laid Away !"
In Plsttsburg rust .a
And when his fighting soul STANDS loose TWIN W"
and the swinging starr, ~
And the nights crimson hell. split With Hun-huf'"
fame and shell. ,.s
When the fesh IL dull and dead and hs O""
strains ahead.
Keep in heart the Plattsburs rookie when heS 'e"a
TO far-hung war;. -,
with his washed out olive drsb and hs bag 49,
And his collar bronze and deAr.boasAt shsaSs~
hAra.
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To Ann, at Evening, by the Sea

(From The Westminster Gnsette)
Once, Ann, upon q moonbeam's ray
That pierced the silver clouds quite through
To Earth, one sparkling night in May,
Flashing their wings, the fairies flew.
But one small fairy, that was lame,
Leant wistful, on a cobweb crutch,
Signing, 81 dare not--dare not go:
1t is too steep. It slants too much"
Next eve the sun brought all his beams,
And made that bridge across the sea,
Level and broad and straight and strong,
Polished as smooth as smooth could be.
And every sunny evening now,
Dancing across the glittering floor.
The laughing fairies troop to play
With grave-faced babies on the shore.
And all those tiny, twinkling dots,
Glstening like drops of golden dew
Those are their footsteps as they run
And skip. yes yes. The lame one, too
J. S. II.
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The Hawthorn Spray
lFrom Tho Netg s,a.esmn

,Froup The NcD s,atesmdr)
saw a thrush light on hawthorn spray,
One moment only, spilling creamy blossom,
While the bough bent beneath her speckled
bosom,
Rent and recovered, and she huttered away
The branch was still; but, In my heart, pain
only
Remembering days in far land and lonely
When had never hoped for summer again.
FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG.
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An Untrustworthy Ghost

Those who in the past have endeavored
humby to follow the ingenious DR.. James
Hyslop through the intricate mazes of his
reasoning on immortality will find 1t diff
cult to account for his enthusiasm over the
belated conversion Of his deceased COL
league, Hugo Munsterberg. 1t was decent
of the reformed ghost to pick out as his
confessor the irascible zealot who had used
him so rudely and contemptuously in the
flesh; but the wonder is that witness
scorned as beneath notice on earth should
now be thought worthy of whole chapter
in the precious archives of the American
Society for Psychical Research. For though
it may we'll be that there is JOY IN that
select Cody over one skeptic that changes
mis- mind more than over ninety and nine
credulous persons that never had one, how
can we be persuaded to accept the word OF
a man whom we have always been taught
to regard as little better than an impostor?
When the late Hugo Munsterberg
tripped Eusapia in one of her prettiest
tricks DR.. Hyslop resolved once and for all
to have nothing further to do with him or
any of his kind. University professors
were henceforth even worse than ordinary
students of natural science, for as fellows
like Faraday and Tyndall were one and
all "loath to admit the existence of facts
that limit that domain" so the teaching
sort were loath to admit anything that
might even limit their pitiful incomes.
Hence in catching Eusapia by the heel
and spelling most delightful s6dnce Pro-
fessor Mdnsterberg was wandering to the
respectable pulse" thus proving himself
mere slave of the universities "They must
not lose students" DR.. Hyslop explained,
"and the instructors must not lose their
bread"
But that was not the worst. Not only
was DR.. Hyslop furious at the exposure of
his pet medium, but furious, too, that the
Harvard professor should dare to express
any opinion at all on the supernatural or
supernormal. eve would not respect Pro-
fessor Minsterberg's opinion for the
supernormal," he said, because "he has
certainly no qualifications for defending
1t or explaining it if admitted as a fact"
Likewise, as an opponent, mo sane per-
son would take him seriously" and as TO
his supposed discovery, why, he must have
been badly fooled"
Here is the professors message from
t'other side:
However valuable the messages | may
bring in future time, this one to-day is
important. Spirit return is truth. am
Hugo Minsterberg"
In the light of what DR.. Hyslop has told
US, how can we regard assurances from
such a source as of the slightest i'm
portance? No sane person would take
Munsterberg seriously; his opinion was
not to be respected, and he had no qualfi-
cations when on earth even to defend an
admitted fact. Are we to believe that he
is more trustworthy or more disinterested
now? How can we tell? How do we know
that he is not as arrant a time-server as
ever? Who can feel sure that he has not
again been badly fooled?
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Veteran
j. S. H.
From The Lyric

From The Lyric
Boy, you shine in blue steel.
My armor is furnished.
The roughness of rust
Crawls red upon cascuc and cuirasse.
] am stiff with old wounds
In a weathered easy old saddle.
You launch like your spear.
Your flesh is like stripped saplings,
White as ivory.
| have put bark on.
Your tongue is live red clamor,
your eyes blue fire.
| am worn brown.
Over the hill you will see them,
The same set Of bravoes
Tossing the gold on the grass,
Whet:ing their thumb-tested daggers.
Ride, in the sun of the rosd-shou,
and be on them!
The spectrum is in my wine.
WILLIAM ROSE BENET
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(Frop The English ReU!etc)
Though the black wings of Fear Cypress my
sky,
Though sharp her ta!ons vcx my shrinking
flesh,
would not bid her fy.
Whilst Fear remains, my Hope can yet abide,
Ny heart still beat. my senses comprehend,
The Gods be satisfied.
But should Fear pass on some wild panic
night,
What II saw in the calm certain dawn
Ny Hope had fed the light?
T. A. COLLINS.
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in this country. Here is one Of them:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ! have been much perplexed IN
reading in your issue of November IL the
third paragraph of the item, "U. S. Treats
with Germany on Status OF War Prisoners
Are we called upon to pay German pris-
oners not only the sum they would receive
as pay if they were still in active service
in their own country, but the higher pay
las presume) given to American officers
will this hold true of all privates capt
ured and will Germany continue the pay
of all American prisoners captured? To
those who have made an effort to purchase
Liberty bonds it is not an altogether pleas
ant reflection that the very money that
they have contributed by self-denial will
be handed over by our government 10 pay
the wages of German soldiers.
should heartily appreciate any infor-
nation on the subject.
F. W. MARSHALL.
New York, Nov. II, 1917.
The article referred to was Press AS
ISOLATION dispatch from Washington out
lining the policy of the government tow
ard prisoners Of war. We have no reason
TO doubt its accuracy, since the programme
laid down follows in the main the provi-
sions Of the Hague treaty of October Is,
1907, respecting the laws and customs Of
war on land. The United States and Ger
many both signed and ratified that con-
vention, and it would naturally be the
desire of our government to live up to its
humane conditions, provided Germany is
also willing to live up to them.
The treaty Of 1907 was drawn as a SUBJ
stitute for similar Hague treaty con-
cluded on July 80, 1899. So far as the
sections governing the treatment Of pris-
oners are concerned, only a few changes
Of slight Importance were made. At that
time faith in the traditions of honorable
warfare still survived. Nobody dreamed
Of the barbarities to which Germany has
since descended. IL was the purpose of
the Hague signatories TO make the lot Of
prisoners Of war endurable-to treat them
as men and not as beasts.
The reaction caused by Germany's bru-
tslities has shaken the worlds confidence
al GNlNdiIOus war ulcbHouos We bo'N 'o"
become more or less hardened TO German
schemes Of frightfulness. Yet it is still
worth while TO recall the more generous
ideas TO which only ten years ago the
Hague conference sought TO give general
force under the sanction Of international
agreement.
Our correspondent complains about the
payment Of salaries TO prisoners Of war.
There is nothing in the Hague convention
which requires the payment Of salaries
20 prisoners, unless they are commits
stoned officers. Article II Of the annex to
the treaty says; "Oficers taken prisoners
shall receive the same rate Of pay as Off
GERS Of corresponding rank in the country
where they are detained, the amount 10 be
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The End of Day

From The N,tU Witness
Evening grows on the dreaming weald,
Slowly, silently over;
Whirs the cricket in yon bayfield,,
'Mongst the crimsoning clover
Cleans the moon on the silent bank
Der the tremulous river;
Signs the wind in the rushes dank,
Sad and weary forever. NJ. X. T.
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Treatment of War Prisoners

We have received in the last few days
numerous inquiries in regard to the treat
ment of the German prisoners of war now
in this country. Here is one Of them:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
Spring, 1917

DI1f TIE'
From The Lvrie)
The promise of May
Is famine and blood.
Not blossom and bud.
Yet the soul turns ut bay.
And still dares to sing
or the Spring.
ISRAEL ZANGWlLL.