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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
rot;sm Is SuDer1uous" Saws Writer in "The Seven Arts

Of great deeds Perhaps literature that
can be paled by war will not be missed.
We may feel vastly relieved at our SAL
walton from so many feeble novels and
graceful verses that khaki-clad authors
might have given US. But this nobly
sounding sense of the futility Of art IN
world Of war may easily infect cons
scientious minds. And it is against this
infection that We must fight.
The old American ideas which are stiu
expected to bring life to the world seem
stale and archaic II is grotesque to try
TO carry democracy to Russia. 1t is ABB
surd to try 10 contribute TO the worlds
store of great moving ideas until we have
a culture TO give. 1t is absurd for u
to think of ourselves as blessing the world
with anything unless we hold it much more
sef-consciously and significantly than We
hold anything now. Mere negative frees
dom will not do as twentieth century
principle. American ideas must be dys
manic or we are presumptuous in Offering
them 70 the world.
Let US compel the war TO break in on
US, if we must, not 60 Hospitality TO meet
it. Let us force it perceptibly TO batter
in our spiritual walls. This attitude need
not be fatuous hiding in the sand, deny-
ing realities. When we are broken in on,
we can yield to the inexorable. Those
who are conscripted will have been broken
ir on. If they do not want TO be mar
tyrs, they will have to be victims. They
are entitled to whatever alterations are
possible in an memorable world But tho
others can certainly resist the attitude
that backens the whole conscious sky with
war. They can resist the poison which
makes art and all the desires for moro
impassioned living seem idle and even
shameful. For many Of US, resentment
against the war has meant vivider con-
seriousness of what we are seeking in
American life.
This search has been threatened by two
classes who have wanted to defect idealism
to the war-the patriots and the realists.
The patriots have challenged us by iden-
tifying apathy and dsloyalty. It
Our skepticism points out to them how
soon their mastery" becomes drift" tans
gled in the fatal drive toward victory az
its own end; how soon they become mere
agents and expositors Of forces as they
are. Patriots and realists disposed Of, w
can pursue creative skepticism with hon.
esty, and, at least, hope that in the
recoil from war We may find the treasured
we are looking for. 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
7 a Toilette Appears To-day One
u OF the Most Unpopular Men

The feeling against Senator La Toilette
is probably the most general the country
over. Even in Wisconsin indications are
that he will soon be popular target for
disapproval. Washington dispatches on
the tax bill report tendency to vote
down any Of La Follette's suggestions,
after which the same motion from another
Senator will be carried by large ma
jority. The press echoes the same idea.
Beware the Wisconsin Creek" exclaims
THE Philadelphia Evening Ledger"
which continues:
There is too much Of La Toilette going
into the war revenue bill to warrant its re-
ception without suspicion. Il charge no man
with wrong cried Senator Simmons, but do
charge that to pay for the war mostly by tax
alton finds its inspiration in desire to make
the war unpopular Copperheadism squirms
itself into the very nations vitals il allowed
to dictate the methods Of financing the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

the people want TO fight or understand
what they are fighting for, but only
whether they will tolerate fighting Amer
lea does not cooperate with the Presidents
designs. She rather feebly acquesces.
But that feeble acquescence is the all
important factor We are learning that
war doesn't need enthusiasm, doesn't need
conviction, doesn't need hope, to sustain
it. Once maneuvred, it takes care OF
itself. provided only that our industrial
rulers see that the end of the war Will
leave American capital in a strategic posi-
ton for world enterprise.
The American people might be much
more Indifferent to the war even than they
are and yet the results would not be
materially different. \ majority of them
might even be feebly or, at least, uncon-
certedly hostile to the war, and yet II
would go gaily on. That is why popu-
lar referendum seems so supremacy lrrele-
want to people who are willing to use war
as an instrument in the working-out of
national policy. And that is why this
war, with apathy rampant, is probably
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

going to act just as if every person in the
country were filled with patriotic ardor,
end furnished with a completely assimi-
lated map of the League to Enforce Peace.
If it doesn't, the cause will not be the
lack of popular ardor, but the clumsiness
of the government officials in organizing
the technique of the war.
Our country in war, given efficiency at
the top, can do very well without our
patriotism. The non-patriotic man need
feel no pangs of conscience about not
helping the war. Patriotism fades into
the merest trivial sentimentality when it
becomes. as so obviously in situation like
this, so pragmatically impotent. AS long
as one has to earn ones living or buy
tax-ridden goods, one is making ones con-
tribution to war in a thousand indirect
ways. The war, since it does not need it,
cannot fairly demand also the sacrifice
Of ones spiritual integrity.
If it is true that the war will go on
anyway whether it is popular or not, or
whether its purposes are clear, and if 1t
is true that in wartime constructive real
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
2 Ubiquitous Voice of Sedition Anglers the Country

the men who dodge q just money service TO
thsir country are also slackers There are
two kinds Of slackers in America to -day-the
military Stacker and the money Stacker, and
they are both slackers in service to our coun-
try. But the interesting point is that one Is
Just as much q Stacker as the other. and Sen
ator La Toilette has never yet raised his
voice in criticism Of the military Stacker He
has sent his own private secretary into Wis
consin to counsel and comfort that kind Of
Stacker.
until Senator La Toilette voices protest
against tho military Stacker equal to his pro-
test against the money Stacker. and until Sen.
ator La Toilette ceases to 60 on the assump-
ton that this is a 'Morganatic war, designed
for no deeper purpose than to protect Mr.. j.
Pierpont Morgan's investments, we cannot
longer believe in the fundamental patriotic
sincerity Of Senator La Toilette"
The name Of William Randolph Hearst
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

ism is an illusion, then the aloof man,
the man who will not obstruct the war
but who cannot spiritually accept it, has
a clear case for himself. Our war pre-
sents no more extraordinary phenomenon
than the number Of the more creative
minds of the younger generation who are
still irreconcilable toward the great ma
tonal enterprise which the government has
undertaken.
The country is still dotted with young
men and women, in full possession Of
their minds, faculties and virtue, who feel
themselves profoundly alien to the work
which is going on around them. They
must not be confused with the disloyal
or the pro-German. They have no grudge
against the country, but their patriotism
has broken down in the emergency. 4.
Skeptical of the means and skeptical
Of the aims, this element of the younger
generation stands outside the war, and
looks upon the conscript army and all the
other war activities as troublesome inter
ruptions on it's thought and idealism, in
terruptions which do not touch anywhere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

If human resources are fairly malleaole
into the war-technique, our material re-
sources will prove to be even more So
quite regardless of the individual patriot
ism of their owners or workers. 1t Is
almost purely a problem of diversion
Factories and mines and farms VIII con-
tinue to turn out the same products and
at an intensified rate but the government
will be working to use their activity ana
concentrate it as contributory TO the war
The process which the piping times OF
benevolent neutrality began will be pur-
sued to its extreme end. All this VIII
he successful, however. precisely as II is
made a matter of centralized governmental
organization and not of individual offer
jngs of good will and enterprise.
It will be coercion from above that Will
90 the trick rather than patriotism from
below. Democratic contentment may pe
shed over the land for a time through
the appeal to individual thoughtfuness IN
saving and in reinquishing profits But
all that is really needed is the coopera-
tion with government of the men who d.
root the large financial and industrial en-
terprjses. If their interest is enlisted in
diverting the mechanism Of production into
war channels, it makes not the least Diff
ference whether you or | want our actlv-
itv to count in aid Of the war
Whatever we do will contribute toward
IFS successful organization, and toward
the riveting of a semi-military state So
cialism on the country. AS long as the
effective managers, the big men, in the
staple industries remained loyal, nobody
ICED care what the millions of little hui
man cogs who had to earn their living
felt or thought. This is why the techni-
cal organization for this American war
goes on so much more rapidly than any
corresponding popular sentiment for Its
aims and purposes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
WHEN American Blood Has Been
w Shed, Pro-Germans Here Will Pa

And in similar vein spoke Mr.. Gerard
at Minneapolis:
Imagine an American paper, published in
Germany, printing attacks on the German
government! There would be but one result
the bare wall and the firing squad. =.
but there will be an awakening here after
the first American blood has been spilled on
the firing line. The mothers and sweethearts
Of the victims will tear these pro-German
publishers from their Offices and demand that
they pay the penalty.
1--WE are out to win, and we will win, de-
spite the traitorous, bride taking minority that
would, by their poisonous propaganda, ham
per progress of the majority
Not the least interesting Of the weeks
developments is simultaneous movement
from different parts of the country against
several anti-war Senators. The wind
blows toward loyalty. Already Senators
Gore, Vardaman, Stone, Reed and La Fol-
lette have been marked for reprisals by
loyalty constituents. From his friends in
Oklahoma Mr.. Gore learns that the home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
The Thinker

W digan of Balacava fame is COM
memorated by a waistcoat, Wolseley by
an officers valse, and Gladstone by bag,
with all of which inventions none OF them
had particular personal concern. The
Sam Browne belt. which became impor-
tant after the Boer War, and had taught
the folly of a certain parade ground notion
of making an officer unduly conspicuous,
has now become universal. According to
The United Service Magazine it is the
outcome of many years patient thought on
the part of General Sir Samuel Browne
Y. c.. who was born in India in 1924, and
did notable service there both before and
after the Mutiny.-London Globe.
At that rate Sir Samuel might have
evolved an entire suit of clothes if he had
given several centuries of patient
thought" to the subject.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

patriotic campaign throughout the state.
The distributor of Mayor Thompson's Chi
cago newspaper gets n hot reception in
Aurora, ILL.,, when he hurls an epithet at
troops. Women leaders of the Peoples
Council in Chicago face near riot.
Northern Iowa is stirred by threatened
trouble among its German settlers, and
the State Council Of National Defence in
Gugurates loyalty campaign.
The unrest is indeed nationwide, both
against pacifists and in favor Of more
loyalty. Unknown paciists are denied the
use of hall in Memphis. Anti-draft
Socialists are arrested in Albany. Phila-
Golphia sailors charge a mob suspected of
favoring anti-war speakers, while work
men in the navy yard pledge their 10y
atty to the government. l. W. w. sympa-
thizers and strikers in the Northwest are
roughly handled.
Out of the Northwest, too, has come
definite government action. The activities
Of the !. ". w. there, though somewhat
subdued, are blamed, in part, for the
disastrous forest fires, evidently Of in
cendiary origin, that are now sweeping
valuable timber belts; and sabotage of a
serious nature continues. The govern
ment has, therefore, empowered COM
mission from the Council Of National De-
fence to investigate the relations of the
|. w. w. to labor troubles and war in
dustries. At the same time Colonel
Reichmann's alleged dsloyal statements
are being investigated at Washington. A
bulletin from the Patriotic Education So
ciety also warns against German propa-
ganda in the South as possible cause for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02


ment THE Chicago Daily Journal" says:
"Of all the purveyors of moral treason in
America, ". R. Hearst is unquestionably the
chief He has attained his bad emnence
partly by force of inherited wealth, partly,
70 doubt, by natural aptitude for the part,
hut in no small degree, The Journal be-
leves, through diigent study Of that arch
traitor of American history, Benedict Arnold.
This last item in Hearst's seditious suprem-
acy has been overlooked, but it is we'll worthy
Of notice.
After his escape TO the British, Benedict
Arnold issued an address To the Inhabitants
Of America Most historians pass over this
address with a few contemptuous words, yet
it is palpably the inspiration of many Of the
present policies and pronuneiamentos Of the
Hearst papers. Consider the following par
allelisms:
Benedict Arnold sneered at our then ally,
France.
"W. R. Hearst sneers at our present ally,
! England.
Benedict Arnold snarled at the patriots
who insisted on a definite victory over
George III.
"W. R. Hearst empties the walls OF his
wrath on the patriots who insist on definite
victory over thnt immeasurably greater
tyrant, Wilhelm II.
Benedict Arnold wanted the country to
accept the proposals of the British commits.
sion which would leave America subject to
the King.
w. R. Hearst wants the country to accept
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

N
"A The Christian Science Mont
=. treason against the nation consists
- ,,v,;nr war against it. or in adhering
. :, enemies. giving them aid and COM
~"
r,r q popular. workable definition Of
..,,.,r, coupled with governmental action
-.;,st djsloyal agitators, there is great
- IN this country. judging from press
s.,,.cbes and comments, There seems
,.ber relief from the rising tide of
.....ior and distrust that is sweeping
:. rs.jon. Is it right 10 have peace SEN
...-.s not wholly passive in war times,
..r,.sr 70 the expressed wishes Of the
.,,.,ment? When is peace talk treason
y. and pro-German, and when may it
:, discounted as merely the traditional
.,,,sssion Of this country's dislike for
var!
These are considerations that are bring
-, he country TO the state where some
,.irr has got 10 happen TO clear the field
i ,tose who are suspected of not being
Iva, if the temper of the press is any
;.6,stion. who is not for US is against
q" is rapidly displacing the former easy
.,,y American idea Of give him rope
enough and he'll hang himself
From every part of the nation the call
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

folks are tired Of his obstructionist policies,
which appear to help Germany. The
Democratic State Chairman wires him:
Help win or resign" In Mississippi the
candidacy of Representative B. P. Har-
rison for Senator is announced, on a plat
form Of patriotism and support Of Presi-
dent Wilson. A Jefferson City, Missouri,
dispatch says that
Pressure presently will be brought to bear
on the Democratic State Committee to call
mass convention to ask Senators Stone and
Reed and perhaps two or three members Of
the House from Missouri, to resign because
Of their hostile attitude toward President
Wilson and his war policies"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
sounds: Are you talking peace now because

sounds: Are you talking peace now because
many, or are you really for Germany?
An explosion on just that point is about
due, and at present is appearing in two
ferns: as counter meetings to offset pa
cifist assemblies, such as Samuel Gompers
is heading to Minneapolis. and as loyalty
societies.
The centre of gravity in the peace dis
cussion has recently shifted from New
York and its soap boxes to the Middle
West-Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska,
Iowa, Illinois. The first definite patriotic
victory-one that may define the issue in
the entire nation-is the refusal of Gov
ernor J. A. A. Burnquist of Minnesota
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

THE kind Of war which we are con-
Quoting is an enterprise which the
American government does not have
Dary on with the hearty cooperation Of
NE American people, but only with their
sHl.scence. And that acquiescence seems
'1nasnt 70 float an indefinitely protracted
Va FOR vague or even largely uncompre-
'eadsd and unaccepted purposes. Our re-
N1'res in men and materials are vast
cough TO organize the war-technique
Niout enlisting more than a fraction OF
1 peoples conscious energy.
Many men will not like being sucked
10 the actual fighting organism, but as
aWar goes on they will be sucked in as
a'yduals and they will yield. There is
'sy 70 be no element in the country with
Z effective will to help them resist.
lucy are not likely to resist of themselves
"acsrtedly. They will be licked grudg-
-sy into military shape, and their lack
enthusiasm will in no way unfit them
" use in the hecatombs necessary for
@ military decision upon which Allied
"iacal wisdom still apparently insists.
IS unlikely that enough men will be
ASn from the potentially revolving
asses seriously to embitter their spirit.
''SeS IN the well-to-do classes will be
stained by a sense of duty and OF
Ya'aole sacrifice. From the point OF
'* Of the worker, it will make little diff
"'Ace whether his work contributes to
Imitation overseas or TO construction at
e, Temporarily, his condition is bet
II contributes to the former.
We Of the middle classes will be pro-
s'%Ney poorer than we should other
nave been. Our lives will be slowly
i, sned by clumsily levied taxes and the
:. e'!eS Of imperfectly controlled private
,S'prSes. But this will not cause us to
W" There are not likely to be enough
n"y stomachs to make a revolution.
:. materials seem generally absent from
"uhtry, and as long as government
~ -" % use the technique in its
1s'lon of great ideas it can count
aeiy On the human resources of the
sI 10y regardless of popular mandate or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Dryan Has Come Out Strong
d For the Government

Universal praise at the hands OF the
PRESS pursuing W. ]. Bryan's patriotic
stand appears in strong contrast with the
other comment. His recent statement u
an answer to those who use freedom OF
speech as a cloak 10 help Germany:
Before our nation enters a war it is per-
fectly proper to discuss the wisdom Of going
TO war, but the discussion is closed when
Congress acts. After that no one should b
permitted TO cloak attacks upon this govern.
ment or aid the enemy under the claim thst
he is exercising freedom OF speech.
No sympathy. therefore, will be wasted
upon those who have been arrested for uns
patriotic u,teranees. They abuse free speech.
and this applies to attacks upon the Allies as
we'll as to attacks upon the United States.
We can no more allow our allies TO be crushed
than we can afford 10 be crushed ourselves.
The defeat of our allies would throw the
whole burden of the war upon US We must
stand together and tight it through. There
are only two sides 20 war. Every American
must be on the side of the United States
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Publications of the Press

the Kaiser which has appeared in the
spelling book as an example for dictaton.
According to the press reports lady
member of the board objected to the eimi-
nation on the ground that she never liked
to waste anything" But, dear lady, should
women have the right to vote, think how
many ballots will be wasted at every cleo
ton, especially those which may be cast
for Mr.. Hearst for Mayor of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

"Let the rich pay aye, and pay heavily,
and let war profits be assessed to the limit
if necessary, but let men who believe in the
war and the high purposes back Of it deter
mine how. We fear this Wisconsin Greek
who bears a wooden horse to Troy with its
belly full of politics and trouble-breeding de-
vices"
America is patient" says 1.-THE Wiscon-
sin State Journal" Then going on to show
how that patience is being tried, thus:
1--WE believe with Senator La Toilette that
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to allow the Peoples Council to convene
at Minneapolis-or thereabouts-on Sep
TENDER /, as it had planned. However,
Governor Lyman j. Frazer has invited the
council to meet at Fargo, \. d.
Governor Burnquist's action may be
considered part of a loyalty movement
that has been sweeping Minnesota and
adjoining states during the past two weeks.
LOYALTY societies. such as "Labors Loyal
Legion" and the STARS and Stripes
League" have appeared in Minnesota.
Lodges have reaffirmed their loyalty. Gov
ernor Burnquist has suspended three Of
ficials at New Ulm, Mimi, because of dis
loyal agitation. The Minnesota Bar As
scciation reluctantly checked an impulse
70 institute disbarment proceedings against
one of its members engaged in anti-war
propaganda. Mr. Gerard and Clarence
barrow addressed meetings in Minneapolis
exposing the Kaiser. And Mr.. Gompers,
whose Alliance for Labor and Democracy
meets at Minneapolis September 3, re-
ceives almost daily pledges Of additional
support.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

negro uprisings Representative c. NJ.
Macarthur announces a bill to make Ger
man newspapers print an English trans
lation of their contents; and Postmaster
General Burleson denounces Masses" and
Tom Watson's "Jeffersonian' as seditious
sheets.
Meanwhile. the sedition pot in New
York City bubbles merrily. jeremiah
OLearv. editor of Bull" announces his
candidacy for Mayor on peace platform,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

the papal peace proposals, which would ieavs
the world at the feet Of the Kaiser
Either Hearst mas studied the Benedies
Arnold address with the utmost care or the
doctrine Of reincarnation has stronger basis
than most of US would be willing to admit.
"Of course, any candid student must admis
that Hearst ma. gone far ahead Of Arnold IN
the subtletes Of sedition. Il is not the frst
time that a pupil has surpassed his master,
and probably will not be the last"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Editors Versus Headline Writers

NIHILE the editors Of the nations
w press are discussing gravely the
fitness of Sammy as a nickname for
Uncle Sans soldiers, and generally dep
recating its adoption, the gentlemanly
Young headline artists are using it dd TO-.
10 decorate news dispatches,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
More Frightfulness

Under the heading, mo Baths for
~ Germans" The Springfield Repub-
lican" has the following:
Berlin newspapers received at Amsterdam
saws the Berlin municipal authorities intend
to prohibit persons bathing in their homes
The step will be taken. it is added in order
20 save water and fuel
Is this promise or threat?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Patriotism Is SuperRuous; America
Does Not Need to Cooperate

Our war is teaching US that patriotism
is really a superfuous quality IN war.
The government of modern ORGANIZED
n,utocracy does not have to ask whefher