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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-04
Respect for an cx-Czar

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me through your columns 70
express TO Ernest J. Hart my thanks for DIS
admirable letter in this morning. Tribune
relative TO the deposed imperial family o.
Russia Their reported treatment since lhe'
fall. and its reception by elements IN our own
press, he is not less correct than courageous
in characterizing as "unchivalrous TO th'
verge of indecency."
In country like ours, which has pride'
itself on its generosity to the unfortunate
such a protest should not fail to find supper"
II considerations Of humanity and decoru'n
including, as Mr.. Hart points out, u.
cousinship Of British royalty are not O.
sufficient force in Russia TO bring about
better situation, il is TO be earnestly hopeu
that sentiment in the United States and !"
the French Republic. free from dynasue ~
huences, expressing itself both publicly anu
through diplomatic channels, may be OF mofs
avail. L. |. CL~ar Live
Newark, n. j.. May 20. 1917. -
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A Reasonable Poet

Most reasonably proud people hate to
admit that they cannot carry tune. To
have no music in ones soul somehow clas-
SITES one with those ogres Of the human
race that, with the best of intentions but
ignorantly, make sudden advances upon
infants, thereby provoking screams and
yells and so proving to mothers and other
relatives their secret blackness of heart.
For these, as for the poor music-less pa
triot who will stand up to Poor Butter
fly quite as readily as to the "Star-
Spangled Banner" no accusation is too
dark, not even treason, stratagems and
spoils. LET no such man be trusted" said
Lorenzo to his Jessica on that Shakes
perian and very moon-sick occasion.
As an aid to frankness and in defence
of the tone-deaf there comes an interest
ing sidelight on no less a person than
Algernon Charles Swinburne. That very
considerable poet and past master OF
prosody was to all intents deaf musically
on the word of his efficient biographer
Edmund Gosse. He pretended to enjoy
music, and misled many of his intimates by
going through the motions Of musical
ecstasy. But, murder coming out, here is
what Mr.. Gosse has TO say on the subject
writing letter TO "Thc Spectator in an
swer to a critic of the biography:
On the score Of some words of enthusiasm
expressed TO his eldest sister. herself mu-
stefan, you have, very naturally, conceived
that the general opinion is wrong and That
Swnburne loved and understood music. But
this was not the case. lie was remarkably
devoid of "ear"-that is TO say, he lacked all
! capacity TO appreciate and distinguish mu-
steal compositions by hearing them. Such
expressions of stimulus from music as may
be found in his family letters arc the result
of imaginative sympathy. Incapable Of will
ingly deceiving, Swinburne was yet singu-
larry liable to self-deception. II has been
my duty TO read several hundreds Of his
letters, addressed to great variety Of per
sons, and the discrepancies of superficial
character in them are amazing. With re-
gard TO music, if told the nature of the
piece and the history Of the composer, he
could genuinely believe himself 10 enjoy
and in a non-musical sense he did enjoy a
brief performance. But deaf man could
have done almost much.
Always insist that your friends burn
your letters if you feel any danger Of be-
coming a great man, and having an Off
cial biographer might be one answer to
this fate now overtaking Swinburne. DIS
crepancies" is a mild word, but it gives
heartless critics good side hold on their
victim. Consciously or unconsciously, AL
gernon Charles Swinburne was plain
humbug in the matter Of music, we must
believe. No culture-seeking American
could be more false TO his true self than
was this great artist in another field, if we
understand Mr.. Gosse Alright.
How could such tone-deafness exist in a
gifted ear like Swinburne'S? Simply be-
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cause rhythm and melody are two utterly
different and unrelated things, is the prob
able answer. Excellent musicians are TO
0e found lacking an equal appreciation Of
the two, just as excellent artists are to be
found relatively blind either to color or TO
line. From this point Of view, it may be
urged that Mr.. Gosse is unfair to his sub
ject, that Swinburne may have had no
ear for pitch or melody, but that he must
have had an ear for rhythm and may very
we'll have received a vivid sensation and
artistic pleasure from this aspect Of music.
But the moral is not changed for all OF
US, none the less. Don't pretend or de-
ceive yourself as to what you enjoy, and
you won't end butt for your biographer
and the public. Joy is the test. When
you are bored or don't understand, say so.
By such frankness you may bring down
charge Of treason in your lifetime, but at
least you will not be branded a faker after
Your death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-04
Soldiers All"
The Dawn of a New Era for Women
in Every Country
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; That one of The Tribune's frequent
forcefu leaders headed SOLDIERS All" and
Miss Tarbel's call to make every woman
in this country feel she is soldier in war
time" reminds one of the fact that in Eng
land women are now engaged in every SER
vice except actual fighting. And it is fair
to say just here that the history of every
big war proves women, dressed as men. did
some great fighting, as in our Civil War.
One heroic woman so fought in fifteen bat
ties beside her husband and never quit
until she saw her husband shot and die
in the full tide of victorious attack made
by the Union forces.
In England, in the department of the Ad-
miraty's central office, where no women
were employed before this war, there are
now working, and very successfully, 1000
women.
Besides the hundreds OF women doctors,
surgeons, pathologists, X-ray operators. and
hospital nurses, the ambulances are largely
driven by women, who are also Obliged 10
take care Of, as we'll as run, their own cars.
And in war industries, both unskilled and
very skilled operations, there are employed
over 100000 women.
Seven thousand are working in the roval
dockyards, and women arc TO be seen every
where in all the engineering and chemical
trades; also in the riycting of boilers. boring
Of rifles and the making Of fine chemical.
optical and navigating instruments. Many of
these industries were formerly German
monopoles.
And, as one writer says, "These girls arc
singing at their work, though it never stops.
day or night, and some of il is amid dan
gerous explosives, where the mistake in a
move of the thousandth part of an inch
may bring disaster"
And on the farms the women work in all
weathers and with little leisure for any
sort of recreation.
1t is surely the dawn Of new era for
women in every country engaged in this
war against the greatest enemy Of civliza-
ton the world has ever known.
Are not $4,000 women now needed in the
West to work on well selected lands. fully
organized? And it seems to me the govern
ment has the power and should advertise
as is done in England, offering special in
ducements for workers, duly selected, of free
transportation, outfit of boots, breeches and
hat and expenses of maintenance during
training and involuntary unemployment.
J. c. PUMPELLY.
New York, June t. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-04
The Springfield
Some Comments on the Criticisms OF
Lieutenant Colonel

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; The two letters By Lieutenant
Colonel" and Mr.. Reichling recently appear
ing in your paper concerning the United
States Springfield rife as a military weapon
have been of much interest to me, and
should like to add my little bit TO the argu-
ment.
I think that all familiar with the rlhe
will admit that the barrel is about perfect
in every respect Further, so far as the
stock goes, can only say that It SUITS me
perfectly, and have seldom heard any COM
plants about it from others. The great weak
ness of the rifle as military weapon lies, as
Lieutenant Colonel" states, in its rear sight
We must remember that the sight was de-
signed for use in a country which depended
almost entirely upon an army OF men WHO
would volunteer in time of war, and who, nat
urally, would have little or no familiarity
with the finer points Of rife shooting or sight
adjustments. In the first place, the slght
graduations appearing on the two upright
posts of the sight are anything but clear as
to their meaning. 1t is very easy when one
desires to set his sight for three hundred
yards to set il wrongly at five hundred IN
stead. or instead of seven hundred and nifty
to make it eight hundred. Again, when the
peep sight is set for, say, five hundred yards,
and the rifle brought hurriedly to the Shout
der there are actually four different open
irgs presented TO the bewildered eye to sight
through Now, a man does not need to be
very badly ratified to choose the wrong open
ing, especially when all four are included
within the space of one inch, and three act
ually within the SPACE Of one quarter OF an
inch. The error of picking the wrong hole
in ones excitement causes an error OF not
a foot or so, but several hundred yards, in
elevation. Furthermore, this sight is not
placed near the eye, which must focus itself
through one of these many openings, but
twelve inches distant.
The Springfield rear sight in the hands OF
a careful man, who is good shot, with
plenty of time, is a fine piece of work, but
as a sight for the hurry and excitement Of
battle 8 joke. The open battle sight is the
most practical sight on the rifle, and even
that is fixed so that an enemy who gets up
within a couple of hundred yards is perfectly
safe unless he walks on stills or IS being
fired at by cool expert, who knows he must
draw a fine bead just two feet below the
body he wishes to hit. / say, give us a sem
sible rear sight, battle sight sighted for
two hundred yards, and a peep sight with
one hole and common sense graduations
l.. /. KING, y. r. A.
New York. May 80, 1917
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Leaks in Washington
The Editor of The Tribune.

The Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: notice from reading in the
American papers that it is considered
probable that information of the Ameri-
can fleet of destroyers that left here early
this month was conveyed TO Germany by
spies in England would like to state that
previous to the Oscar II sailing on the 26th
of April her passengers had information that
the destroyers would sail from here early in
May and considered it an assurance of safety.
It is therefore most likely that the nforma-
ton came from Washington, and not, as sug-
gestcd, from German spies in England.
Don't you think that something should be
done to stop the publication Of the German
papers in this city, as the headings in print
tend both to comfort and aid the German
cause?
myself think that the publication OF thess
papers ut the present time could be legally
stopped through the courts without a special
order by the government ncose you my
card, and remain, VIM. NJ
New York, May 90. 1917.
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or of The Trihune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: / read the two letters Of "Leutcnant
Colonel" and "Mr Reichling" with profound
interest Being an cx-sodier and expecting
to be drafted soon for actual duty at the
front, I naturally hope that all the defects
Of our rife be eliminated. as far as possible,
before we put il to use in actual war.
/ have no doubt that Lieutenant Colonel
can, and probably will, reply effectively to
Mr. Rechling's Answer to Criticism" which
/ do not intend here to do, for | don't hold
myself qualified, but from my experience OF
three target practices, in the second of which
| qualified as sharpshooter, I hold "Lieuten-
ant Colonel's" article as just, technically,
and most timely.
Mr.. Reichling, in his answer TO the first
defect, namely. the setting of the battle
sight, ad It's that it must have been made
under an old theory, but he does not seem
to acknowledge that for that reason il is
out of date and will be very harmful TO our
soldiers at the front.
If We take it for granted that man is not
made COR the rife, but the rifle is made for
man, and it has fault, then why not cor
rect it, so that man will not forget his
dope" especially when there is so much of
it to remember?
! take the liberty to say that Mr. Reich
ling doesn't show much familiarity with the
sights on the Springfield when he claims
them to be "V" or triangle shaped, when
they actually arc U-shaped.
Mr.. Reichling further says that this az"
or triangle sight as he calls it. is not so
much used as the peep" where, in my opn-
ion, at least 90 per cent of our soldiers use
the so-called "haf-sight," which is recon-
mended to all recruits before target practice.
while peep-sight is considered difficult of
vision and Of grasp in rapid firing, which is
essential in warfare at short range.
As to the "kick," where Mr.. Reichling
states that there is no great amount of It,
I'll only say that / lost my qualification for
craftsmanship through it in my first target
practice, for | did not take the advice OF
experienced men to use padding on my shout
suit was that | made a worse score on record
shooting than on preliminary. for my shout
der was getting worse every day, and !
flinched, not noticing it.
Lastly, I'll add that in the method Of one
cleaning rod to a squad | noticed much dam
age and breakagc on account Of every one
using it in a hurry and carelcssly and throw
ing the responsibility on the next one, and
the loss of much time, which, think could
hardly be spared at the front
T. BARTOSZEVICZ,
Ex-Sergeant L. s. A.
New York, May 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-04
The New Indiana

from The ticrclnud Icddc'1
In spirit and in deeds a new state has
come into being just across the western
boundary of Ohio. 1t is clear that in GER
tain vital respects Indiana has been born
again.
That state was the first OF the large
members of the Union to fiji its entire quota
of recruits needed for the regular army.
Out of the whole list Of forty-eight states
only three in the Far West, all OF them
small, reached the goal ahead Of Indiana.
Yet for many years after the war which
saved the country from dismemberment
Indiana bore "a faint of copperheadism and
was looked upon by neighboring states ms
somewhat lacking in the right sort of patriot
ism.
Last fall, when the main issue of the ma
tiona campaign was militant and thorough
going defence of American rights and Amer
lean honor, Indiana, long regarded as "A COM
monweath inclined strongly 20 the Demo
cratic party, was swept by the Republican
tickets. national. state and local IL showed
plainly then the same temper and high spirit
which recruiting for the army has abso-
lutely demonstrated this spring. And now
Indiana is for woman suffrage and prohibi-
ton Many things have changed utterly.
1t is all a notable awakening of stalwart
and inspiring Americanism which is in en-
tire harmony with the great advances Indi-
ana he's made in industries. commerce and
general prosperity. The new Indiana is
right in line with the most progressive
states Of the Union.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-04

the really lethal weapons, and his move
ment had the fate OF so many of the uprls-
ings against monarchy and for freedom all
over Europe which we group under inc
movement of 1S4S.
Let us remember that Carl Schurz was IN
it and OF it and that he became oeneh-
cent potency in America because ne hau
failed in Germany And the question to-day
is, Has the spirit of the forties OF the las'
century no stirring in the German heart To-
day? | believe it has. The god of supreme
se'ishness, of allgrasping greed, OF pre-
posterous egomania whose worship was
taught BY Nietzsche-the luminous madmah
and turned TO account by the Kaiser, ms
junkers, his artstocratic satellites, for their
ambitions, has led his devotees over PAIN
of slaughter 10 the edge of the abyss. Nll'
the whole German race go over the cage
and into the depths of cataclysmic disaster
i'm the. Kaiser's track? | think not Inc
silent drums are beating, and presently VIII
be given sound, and Germany will awake.
Hunger is abroad; sacrifice of the people
has reached a fearful limit. The fact that
all is in vain toward realizing the blood
red vision of the War Lord; that the suffer
ing people are fed on headquarters lies, on
palace lies; that deaths and losses arc
iduRneQ away ny iHlAANatg A'S''SNN'N' -
ing on the German spirit.
It is in this vein, this hope Of awakening
that I write and ask you to reprint for all
who read in 1917 the sonorous lines of Her
weigh as Englished in the thrilling verse OF
James Clarence Mangan three-quarters of a
century ago:
THE SONG OF HATRED
Yes Freedoms war-though the deadly
strife
Make earth one charnel bone-yard.
The last kiss now to the child and wife,
And the first firm grasp of the poniard!
Blood soon shall run in rivers above
The bright flowers we to-day tread.
We have all had more than enough of love,
So now for a spell of Hatred!
We have all had more than enough of love,
SO now for spell of Hatred.
How long shall the hideous ogre, Power,
Rear column of skulls on column?
On, Justice, hasten thy judgment hour,
And open thy doomsday volume!
No more oiled speechl it is time the drove
OF despots should hear their fsee read
We have all had quite enough of love-
BE our watchword henceforth Hatred
We have all had quite enough of love
De our NdlCuNOlu HtHCSlOiNu bdNltus
Cold steel, To that it must come at length
Nor quake to hear it spoken,
By the blows alone We strike in our strength
Can the chains of the world be broken
Up, them No more in city or grove
Let Slavery and Dismay tread.
We have all had more than enough of love,
Let us now fall back upon Hatred!
We have all had more than enough of love,
Let us now fall back upon Hatred!
My friends, the tremendous time at hand
Will show itself truly in earnest.
Do you the like, and take your stand
Where its aspect frowns the sternest.
Strive now as Tell and Korner strove
BE your sharp swords early and late red.
You have all had more than enough of love
Test now the talsman, Hatred!
You have all had more than enough of love,
Test now the taisman, Hatred
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-04
Rife Sights
New York, May 81, 1917.
iitor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: desire to make some comment on
tho article on the Springfield army rifle signed
Lieutenant Colonel" in this mornings
Tribune.
The officer makes the statement that the
battle sight should be changed from J47 10
100 yards II so, the rifeman would have to
aim above any object further than 100 yards
distant in order to hit it, whereas, with the
battle sight set for 547 yards, the rfeman
would not have TO aim above an object until
it was further distant than 547 yards. Any
one who has used gun considerably knows
that the object is entirely hidden, when aim
ing above it, by the barrel. This would make
the rifle very inefficient at ranges more than
100 yards. As it is now anything up 20 5i7
yards is in plain view OF tho riAcmGn.
The officer states that there is liability Of
confusing two or three sights when using the
peep sight in battle. He forgcts that in ac-
tual battle, except at very long ranges, the
peep sight is not used the battle sight being
used always for the very purpose of eliminat-
ing the aforesaid difficulty.
In regard to the recoil of the Springfield
rife. the officer states that il is the most
powerful rifle in the world, but seems TO for
get the fact that a rife of such power must
necessarily carry with it considerable recoil.
have used this rifle for two years and find
that, properly held. the effects Of the re-
coil will inconvenience only the weakest.
II anything Is radically wrong with the
Springfield, we hope that the experts wilt
correct the faults before we are sent into
battle. HOWARD SCHELL, L. S. NJ c.
! Philadelphia Penn NAV % 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-04
Limited Relief
.itor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Do the people at large know, wonder.
that the recent loan OF the United States
government of s75OOO,OOO for relief work in
Belgium and Northern France is to be applied
only in those portions of Belgium and France
under German domination? have this fact
on the authority of the War Relief Clearing
House. For the destitute French in the pill
LACED and ravaged portions of France, aban-
doned by the Germans. not a cent is to be
spent. These pitiful inhabitants, who have
been robbed of everything. down to their last
bits of furniture, their very knives and forks,
their remnants Of clothing, are to receive
nothing. Is this helping our ally, France, or
is it helping Germany?
L.F. INCLUSION.
Dobbs Ferry. y. Y, May IS. 1917.
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Socialists and a German Republic

The partially formed purpose of Ger
man Socialists, both in Europe and Amer
lea, TO overthrow the Kaiser and establish
German Republic suggests death
bed repentance" The sympathy which GER
tain Socialists have throughout the war
shown for Prussian militarism is one OF
the moral riddles of these times. There
was a time when international Socialists
outside Germany actually started move
ment to invade German territory TO
help free the people from despotism. The
movement was stopped by Marx, himself
an exile from the Fatherland, only because
he feared it would fail. Possibly one ex-
PLANTATION Of the present lack of revolu-
T, tionary zeal in the Socialist contemplation
Of the German Empire may be found IN
the materialist philosophy upon which So
cialist propaganda is based.
1t has long been a Gogma Of Socialist
economies that the chief, if not the sole,
motive for conduct is material interest.
In the years preceding 1914 the rulers Of
Germany cleverly stole from the Socialists
their argument by providing for the ma
terial welfare of the workers. The So
caIist revolt became well fed and half
hearted. What if German workers were
deprived of self government; were they
not well fed? What if the whole scheme
Of social organization were but part of
Germany's gigantic preparation for war;
was not the state more highly organized
and nearer to state socialism than the
Ilaissez-faire "capitalstic" societies of
England and America? Contemplating
such material benefits, many Socialists fell
in with the militarists in regarding the
democracy realized outside Germany as
sham and humbug.
A similar view was held by American
Socialists who came under German infu-
ence. Germany was held up as model of
social progress. Germany's brutal war
policies were justified on the ground of
material necessity. The war itself was at
tributed not to Prussian ambition, but to
Capitalism" in general, and British and
American Capitalists" in particular.
When Germany, with her hands full of
spoils, was naturally willing to make peace
en- her own terms, those terms were not
unwelcome to people who held that peace
on any terms, since peace confers more
material benefits than war, is an end in
itself.
Orthodox Socialists have been so OBJ
sessed by their economic creed that they
have failed to see that the greatest menace
to their own movement, as to all democ-
racy, was German Imperialism. Such is
the paradox of a democratic movement
based on materialist philosophy. The
materialist always misreads human nature.
Nation after nation has risen up to bear
witness to the fact that freedom is more
sacred to men than bread with slavery.
Now discredited socialism sees that the
only place for a pacifst is in Germany,
and that unless Socialists in Germany and
out of it can line up on the side of the
things for which the Allies are fighting
the world will probably become socialized,
not by the Socialist movement, but in spite
If IL
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ment. In our opinion, the Senate should
go back to the House provision in spite of
the camor of the subsidists who are now
besetting the Finance Committee.