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New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
We Are Ready

Not lightly have Americans sent their
youngest and bravest to war. No en-
thusasm of victory blinded our eyes to
the cost of the glorious news from
France. The lengthening casualty list
we have foreseen and steeled ourselves
to face. We should i'll deserve to have
such men fighting our battles were we
prey to false hopes and shallow excite
ment.
The country is ready. AS splendidly
as the whole nation accepted that great
call to freemen, the draft, so splendidly
will the nation read it's honor rolls in
the days to come We shall be soberer
and steadier in our war duties here. We
shall wish less display OF easy pleasure,
we shall demand an increasing vigor in
every sacrifice and labor here behind the
lines. We shall grieve and we shall
pray. But we shall not finch.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Past Fifty

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Your editorial in o-day's Tribune,
"Man and the Hearts interest,"" opens an
other interesting field that is being neg
lected.
Why should men that have reached fifty
be left out of all calculation in estimating
our war man power? AS you truly state,
"They (the older mem have an impotent
feeling of being 'out of it, There are few
sacrifices they would not make if it would
bring them intimately into the war;
mans usefulness in middle life should not
be judged by his relation to the calendar
Many that are past fifty, yes, even past
sixty, are among our most useful Such
have experience and Judgment often lack
ing in younger men, so when sound phys-
cally why should they not have an oppor-
tunity to give their services? Why are
they obliged to sit idly by as spectators
when every impulse of their being is cry
ing out for an active part in our country's
and the worlds great work?
The keen desire for participation that
many at fifty have is but little appreciated
Yet there is no way that they can get into
the work. for, forsooth, measured by the
yardstck Of their years, they are found
wanting. When one considers the many
that are now actively engaged in the great
war who have passed the "ffty" milestone.
and without whom success cannot be ex
pected' the wonder is that way is not pro-
Vlded whereby mans usefulness may be
determined by his fitness and not by his
years
No one would consider General Foch i'm
potent because he is in the sixties, esne-
clally after the events of the past two
weeks. B. A. HAPGOOD.
Springfield Mass, July 80, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Pyranidal
Propaganda

German propaganda in Russia was worked
with the same pyramidal machinery and on
the same pyramidal scale Russian med-
cine, engineering, philology and jurispru-
dence were, indeed, German. France was
beautiful but decadent country which knew
how to produce seductive feminine gar
ments; England was a faraway political leg
end Germany was the real fact The Ger
man language was a necessity, French was a
habit and an accomplishment English was
luxury practscd by a few aristocrats who
could afford private tutors and governesses
Even Russia's famous literary men are
wholly deficient in English, Just as English
authors are of Russian, with the result that
in both countries the translations Of the
works in both languages are largely done by
'hacks."
The deepest ignorance prevails in Russia
regarding English conditions and problems.
English political institutions, their evolu-
tonary and democratic character. institu-
tons which form an integral part of Anglo
Saxon culture hardly less pyramidal than
Germanys more vulgar monuments the
Russians almost ignorant Of At this
moment the impression prevails in Russia
that England is an imperialistic country,
holding her large and numerous colonies in
subjugation. 1t is only men acquainted with
Byron and Shelley and other spokesmen of
political freedom who see something of
English character and the English striving
tor freedom 1t was precisely the great
Russian authors-l will not mention their
names-who, during my stay in Petrograd,
expressed to me their intense love of Eng
land; they, indeed, looked upon England as
Russia's last hope; they were intensely an
noyed with England because England had
not sufficient foresight to educate Russia
to English ideas Speaking of propaganda,
one Of Russias most brilliant Iitteruteurs
said, "The Germans know how to do these
things we'll" How little the two peoples
understand each other is borne out by their
mutual grievances. The Englishman, after
the Russian debdcle, said, 1.-THE Russians
have let us down." The Russian, after the
catastrophe said practically the same thing
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
The Aeroplane
Mail
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Ny attention has been called to
letter by John S. Wise, jr., published in The
Tribune of July 49, stating that letter for
the aeroplane mail in Washington was
posted little before II o'clock July II
and that it was not delivered to him until
the following morning. The trouble lay,
not with the Aerial Mail Service, but with
Mr. Wise
The aerial mail from Washington arrived
at New York at 2:28 p. m. on July II, and
the mail was in the hands of the carriers
for delivery to the patrons shortly after
o'clock that afternoon. Mr.. Wise failed to
state in his communication that he did not
mail the letter at the stations designated
for the receipt of aerial mail at Washing
ton. An investigation discloses that Mr..
Wise's letter reached the Washington Post
Office from whatever point it was dropped
in the mail receptacle at IL o'clock noon on
July II, or after the aerial mail for that
day was closed. BY the time Mr.. Wise's
letter reached the postoffice the Washing
ton aerial mail had already passed Elkton,
Md, its way to New York
The United States Aerial Mail Service is
the only institution Of its kind that oper-
ates day in, day out. During the month of
July only two short legs of the journey
falled because of storm conditions. At the
inception of the aerial mail aeronautcal
authorities questioned gravely whether it
would be possible to accomplish such a rec
ord. The service is beset by endless wealth
er and mechanical difficulties, which are be-
ing overcome in a gratifying manner 1t
needs all the help and encouragement from
the public that pioneer venture of this
character can get, and he who cannot lend
hand to help it up should at least refrain
from reaching out to pull it down.
OTTO PRAEGER
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Washington, D. c., Aug. 2, 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06

the price of coal has gone soaring,
while its quality has gone down. This
coal is used in making gas. Other ma
terials and labor have increased in the
same proportion. The conscienceless in
citers of disorder and discomfort know
perfectly we'll that if 80 cents was just
and fair rate three years ago a pro-
portionate rate to-day would be much
higher.
1t is plain that we cannot have high
wages, and dear food, and dear coal
and dear everything else and cheap gas
at the same time The gas companies
would simply 60 into bankruptcy We
cannot have a dollar that will buy only
55 cents worth of food and fuel and
labor and still expect that it will buy
a full dollars worth of gas. We cannot
have a deprecated currency and expect
that the public service corporations can
go on giving the same kind of service
or sell electric light and gas as if a
dollar were still worth 100 cents.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Why Not
Show Ours?

On our part we must show Russia that wa
have noble civilizations; we can only show
1T to them through the work of our noblest
minds. We must ourselves learn to respect
ideas, not hold our own ideas in contempt.
Before the war we learned to respect Rus
sia because of her magnificent novels her
line opera and ballet. what we knew by hear
say of the Moscow Art Theatre. Whv not
when peace is once established. send over
Mr.. Granville Barker to Russia with series
of Shapespearian performances? Why not
utilize the services of Mr.. Gordon Craig, al
ready known and admired in Russia; send
an exhibition of Epsten's sculptures to
Russia? Or the war paintings of our official
artists? Why not establish a library of
BRITISH and American authors? Why not
make available to Russian readers the
works of the greatest poet of modern de-
mocracy-an Anglo Saxon, Walt Whitman?
If we mutually exchange our spiritual mer-
chandise. then all the rest Shall be added
unto YOU"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
The Sacred Nickel
To the Editor of The Tribune

L
Sir: The question is: Has the war
taught US that the penny is no longer to be
despised?
For years Americans had been accus-
toned to buying in units of five. The
nickel, dime and quarter were the American
price units we'll as coin units. The old
2-cent copper piece and the silver Scent
piece were long since abolished, and even
the great American penny was considered
more or less of nuisance if one had more
than three of them.
But increased prices for the lesser priced
commodities have gradually forced the pub
lie into readj djustment of its buying ideas,
and manufacturers no longer find it diff
cult to sell goods at odd prices Now the
public is beginning to appreciate that it is
wise, economical and almost as convenient
to lay down II cents or II cents for 1O-cent
or lucent articles, instead of having these
articles advanced by the system of hves
which would bring them to 10 cents and 20
cents.
In these days of saving necessity the pub
i'' mas dPpteclaVeo that IL Is advisable to
accept the idea of odd numbers and has
been prompt to the advantages of buy
ing at these prices. 1t is safe to predict
that the aggregate savings of odd pennies
more than offsets in the public mind the
supposed Inconvenience of carrying pennies
We are abandoning the superstition that
there is some special virtue in the number
3. The safety and progress of rubli.
utilities and large corporations depend upon
its abandonment to no small degree And
the public has realized that it has tre-
mendous interest in the success and main
tenance of these corporations, no less than
the stockholders themselves
FRANK SEAMAN, INCORPORATED,
w. A. Hine, Vice-P President
New York, July "a, 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Stationary Gas

There is nothing more hopelessly un-
popular than to make, or defend, such a
decision as that given by ex-Justce
Hughes as referee in the S0-cent gas
case. And yet certain facts have to be
faced. Apparently great many peo-
pie have an impression that gas is made
chiefly of air, and water gas chiefly Of
water; and as this costs little, therefore
that the profit must be enormous.
Therefore an ex-j justice Of the Supreme
Court and recent candidate for the
Presidency has to be assalcd by every
Hearst and Hearstlikc organ in the coun-
try for saying quite simply and directly
that this is a mistake, and that an 80
cent gas rate for the cnvirons Of Brook
iyn is conhscatory to the company Gas
cannot now be made and sold at profit
at this price.
We have TO point out one fact on
which more emphasis might be laid, for
It is really the heart Of the whole ques-
ton In three ycars the average whole
gale Drice u all articles Of commerce
has Ycry nearly doubled. In the same
time Wazes in many lineg have increased
from 80 - 100 per cent. And every
housewife Or housc owner knows how
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Our Soap
And Theirs

The statement is worth studying, and par
ticularly the last part Of it, We may detest
kultlty as dctest poison gas, which, how
ever, we did not hesitate to use ourselves
when the military need for it became ur-
gent; how much more reason there is to op-
pose German kultur, which consider a
detestable thing, with our own culture,
which we consider noble thing Before
the war we were perhaps little too con-
temptuous of ideas; we took our soap too
much for granted. And yet there is such a
thing as Anglo-Saxon civilization, Anglo
Saxon political freedom, Anglo-Saxon de-
mocracy, Anglo Saxon Socialism (much as
we may hate the word), Anglo Saxon
science, art and literature.
England has more original genius, but the
Germans are the great adapters, and go in
for cumulative effects impressing outsiders
by the pressure of sheer weight, not unlike
their tactics in the battlefield. Like ancient
Egypt, modern Germany goes in for the
kolossal. We may admire the organization
and energy which went to the making of the
pyramids; our curiosity is aroused as to how
those huge stones lifted, and as to how
many thousands of slaves it took to produce
those gigantic monuments; but when all is
said and done, upon reflection, we cannot
but conclude that, cons nsidering the centuries,
Egyptian art is monotonous, expressing it.
self always in model lacking all in
dividuality. Even the music of modern Ger
maryland music was once Germany's most
precious pearl-showed this tendency: lust
before the war one read of symphonies re-
quiring two thousand performers. The world
was impressed. Russia, Germany's nearest
neighbor, and farthest removed from the
Western world, impressed German ed
ucation and science, in particular, gained a
pyramidal reputation in Russia by its colos-
sal and systematic thoroughness; Russia
was just near enough to see the tops of the
German cultural pyramids, glded, like their
Egyptian prototypes to catch the sunlight.
and hiding by their sheer size the finer and
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Kultur KoL0ssQZ
John Counos, IN The New Europe

Mo ONE imagines that the Russian
debdcle was entirely the result Of
German propaganda, or that it was
due to the plotting of a few individuals.
We could go back to Empress Catherine if
we liked, but perhaps it would be better if
we examined the Russian fabric of the past
thirty years or so. The Russian newspaper
Feceyni Gas March 1S) reproached the
Allies for their ignorance of Russia, for
which "they paid very dearly, and we even
more dcarly"; and in the course of this
article the writer saws:
The Germans have made thorough study OF
Russia. During the past twenty or thirty years.
when it became clear that an armed collision
was inevitable, the Germans informed them
selves OF the whole resources of our country and
entered into with us armed not alone with
guns but also with most detailed knowledge
OF our industrial, economic and intellectual life
not to mention the fact that during the past
thirty years the whole of Russian science and
almost all our intellectual activity lived and de-
Neoned under the domneering influence Of the
German mind. Our Jurisprudence Is German
bears also the stamp" Made In Germany"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Swan Song and Alibi

One effect Of the German defeat in
the Marine salient has been to bring
Won Hndenburg back into the limelight
For some months past he has been IN
eclipse. He was said to be incapaci-
tated Ludendorff no longer needed his
services as a stage war god, into whose
wooden images the German popu1ace
was burning to drive gold and silver
nails But in this crisis he is welcome
again at Grand Headquarters, where
he gravely echoes the after -the-event
wisdom of the present head partner In
the reconstructed Hindenburg- Luden-
dorff firm.
Ludendorff has just given the German
newspaper correspondents his version of
the Marne disaster. Of course, he
didn't use the word disaster. Disasters
happen only to the enemy. 1t seems
that the grandiose fifth offensive failed
only because "the enemy evaded us Oh
July IS How did they do it? Possibly
because they didn't try to defend their
outpost lines. That was hardly good
sportsmanship. At any rate, they
''evaded" annihilation and other things
they were due for
SO il became clear to Ludendorff on
the evening of July Is that operations
must be broken off. AS a matter OF
fact, they weren't broken off until July
rs. Then they stopped short because
Foch's counter offensive intervencd
Fochs attack was reckoned with as
likely to come on July 1s, says Luden-
dorff. eve were prepared for it," If
that is 50, the German Grand Head
quarters strangely neglected to trans
nit it's expectation to the commanders
on the German right flank. They knew
nothing about it until after it was in
full swing.
"By the afternoon Of the 10th we
were masters of the situation" BY the
afternoon Of the 10Th Ludendorff had
secured his left flank below Scissors
and had escaped development. But
retreat to the Aisne was inevitable. So
cit was conducted according to our
regular plan
1t seems, on the whole, that the fifth
offensive was arranged 1Or the Spoclfc
purpose of giving Foch chance to
crush the German right flank and COM
pei retirement from salient which
Ludendorff was tired of holding. In that
case the world will agree with the chief
quartermaster general of the German
armies that you can never catch him
mapping. Everything he does is in ac-
cordance with prearranged plans.
Iudendorff sat back, smiled inscrut-
ably and agreed that the whole opera
ton was managed with wonderful
economy The troops are nearer their
supplies-and nearer home. Everything
was ''planmasig' the unfaling Ger
man aIbi.
But what was the German stage war
god really thinking? Probably that Lu-
dendortf, in giving Foch a chance, had
also meant to give him a chance. Next
time if there is any albi to be manu-
factured he will manufacture it himself.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
An Unwarranted Fear
(From The Ennsns Cit,. r.n,cs,


The gentlemen who fear that prohibition
Will throw vital industries into CON
fusion are highly imaginative. Already
millions of Americans in dry territory are
getting without booze. and there have
been no riots over the deprivation Let the
timld souls cheer up. People can get along
without things much better than they sup
pose. At pinch they can get along with
out white bread. They can get along with
out coffee. They can get along without
beer.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Uncertain Economy
OFrom The Columbus Dispotcs

When the shoe tops come down to the
maximum height of eight inches, in ODE
dience to the governments order. we sum
pose that what we save on shoes we will
have to spend on hose, for there will be
that increased distance between shoe ton
and skirt hem that will have to be covered
with something, and, of course, it will have
to be silk
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06

Mr. Hylan's first seven months in the
City Hall school is not wholly without
benefit to himself. Governor Capper Of
Kansas asked him to take seat on the
invention board, whose self-assumed iob
is to devise tax that will take all the
money from the other fellow. Our
Mayor, with novel sclf-repression, writes ::
u am not competent to say how much
the people or the business community
can contribute in any given time" etc.
Last December he said: II propose to
take the burden off the poor little fellow
and put it on to the big rich fellow"
Seven months at SCHOOL, Congratula-
tons to our Bushwicll neighbor! His
cocksurc fivver hit the same old bow]der
---taxation--in the middle of the road
This same old "nigger- head" has sent
many six-cylindcr economist to the re-
pair shop. Nothing is final. but certain
ly 1t indicates moral advance for Mr..
Hylan to write to Governor Gamer Of
Kansas, II am not competent TO
say" ct
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Reciprocity
CFrom The Mii,oaukee sentiurn

IFrom The Mlll0u4kcc SentineN
Kaiser Wilhelm has the Spanish influenza.
1t would be an act in the return courtesy
of royalty for King Alphonso to contract
case of German measles. AS Kaiser Kari
said, 1--WE kings must stick together"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
GLimpses
By Wilbur Forrest
Copyright. 1918, By The Tribune Associot;ou
CHE New York Tribnne)

N7lTH FRENCH ARMIES. July !,
w Just being an American is an asss.
in France to-day. War correspo,a
ents and other Americans find it a n,a.S
ant sensation compared with the stsa.
of Americas neutrality. Two of Us wass
waiting for a train in small French .ous
few days ago. when a bright faced. sm.n
boy strolled up to look over Americans =.
close range.
Have you seen any American soldi.,,
YETI" we asked.
"Nas, oui, I've seen them every dsv
trainloads of them going to the front. ana
they're very good soldiers" ne chirped
How do you know they're good so.
diers?" we demanded.
Everybody knows it, and my mother bs,
read all about them in the paper They've
come over to help France and there's
lot of them here
"Where did they come from?'
They're coming from America. and -,
right over there" he volunteered as h.
pointed over the top of a clump of trss.
few hundred yards away. A compass car.
roborated the Juvenile mind. He had
pointed due west
1t was during the German drive between
scissors and Rheims, when the Germars
had reached the Marne in the vicinity
southwest of Chateau Thierry. A group a.
correspondents, among French troops, had
been the south bank for several honrs
watching the enemy's slow advance alone
~
going toward Chateau Therry, and their
transport wagons were plainly visible on the
roads under artillery fire. Leaving the OBJ
servation point and following a road
slightly back from the river bank, the cor
respondents met Ford automobile. 1t car.
ried four American lieutenants, and thew
stopped to talk
1t was the first time Americans had been
seen on this part of the front, and naturally
one correspondent put this question:
Are you in this sector for fighting or is
it just observation ?"
Three of the officers were quet-im.
pressed with the importance of not talking
to strangers the fourth, lanky youth
who still wore his wide brimmed campaign
hat instead of the "overseas bonnet" which
Americans wear after they have been long
in France, spoke up:
Were fighting men, we are, None Of
this observation for us"
1t was evident by the way he talked that
he wasn't fighting man yet, though sub
sequent events proved that he was speak.
ing the truth He was one of an American
machine gun battalion who saw first hostile
fire few hours later and then went into
Chateau Therry, where, with French Co.
lonlals, they stood heavy shell fire and
fought off superior numbers of Germans
for five days without break.
That little Ford was full of fighting men.
and there wasn't any mistake about il.
"Amercain ?" yelled French soldier
from column of reserves marching along
a road toward the front the other day
"Oui,' responded an American scribe
whose uniform had some characteristics of
American army garb.
The above words were all that were
spoken, but the poiu stifened up and gave
a salute which was followed in jerky
fashion by at least twenty others in the
group. Naturally. the scribe saluted, TOO.
1t was just one of the little things that
make being an American an asset in
France to-day
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06

principle of regulation been aban-
doned? Hereafter shall there be nothing
between competition. which is notoriously
wasteful, and government control, which
is experimental?
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
The Whisper Unanswered
tFrOnt Tho Rismorcl. yo;,., NAH,

From Tho Bsmnrc'o Daily Trbunc)
Having nominated Hearst for Governor
OF New York, Arthur Brisbane is the cuv
VINO ought to unnominate him. The loud
calls for Hearst don't sound even as loud
as whisper.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
The Two Classes
tFrom The Indianapolis Ne,rs'


In this country the women are divided
into two main classes-those who don't be-
leve all their husbands tell them and those
who haven't any husbands.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06

purchase merchandise advertised In THe
TRIBUNE with absolute afetyor II dissatisfaction re-
suits in any THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
money upon request. No red tape. No aubb'lng
We make good promptly II the advertiser does not
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
1t Is an Ill Wind

(From The DcS Moires Register
The war has also made it possible ~.
the "kid brother" to enjoy the porch s~'''
more often than formerly. -
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
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New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
From The St. Louis Republic

more exquisite cultural monuments of Eng
land and France
New-York tribune., 1918-08-06

Owed and published daily by The Tribune Association
New York Corporation ogden Reid. President u
Norno Rogers Vice Ireslent Richard H. Lee SecetAry
I. A Su,cr Treasurer Address Tribune Building. loi
Nassau Street New York. Telephone Beekman 5000