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New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
An Unfair AIibi

washington newspaper correspondents
have all received the ''intimation," as
they guardedly say, from Authoritative
sources which cannot be disclosed" that
the reason why General Wood cannot 90
to France is that General Pershing does
not want him. There is no official in
formation on the subject at all.
This alibi for the government is unfair
to both generals. General Wood was
stopped on his way to France and is now
detained in this country for reasons un-
known. He is entitled to a public ex
planation. Being soldier, he cannot
speak for himself. He may speak for
preparedness and against inefficiency in
the War Department, as patriotic dutv.
though in doing even that he has taken
great risks. He cannot make personal
issues.
AS to General Pershing, we do not be-
lleve that he is responsible for keeninp
General Wood at home. We cannot think
that he is the kind of man who from
jealousy or plque would decline the as
slstance of distinguished sword in the
desperate battle for freedom now raging
But he, too, is inhibited by the soldiers
ccde from speaking in his own behalf
He cannot publicly deny an elimination"
which, if it were true, or even verv
widely believed, would cause people to
have second thoughts as to his fitness to
command the American Expeditionarv
Forces.
In fairness to both men the situation
must be cleared up. In letter reprinted
elsewhere on this page from "The Ph;la-
delphia Public Ledger Mr.. Taft saws.
The public properly has no patience
with policy which would deprive us of
the services of valuable and able mill.
tary leader at the front"
The public has been verv patien+
Patriotic silence is easily mistaken for
doclle acquiescence. The people have a
rlght to know why General Woods great
ability is not available at the front
What is the mysterious secret of his
unavailability?
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
Obstacles to Patriotism

Again there comes up the bewilder;no
situation of city employe, denied leave
OF absence by Mayor Hylan, who has to
sever himself permanently from the citv
service in order to serve his country Dr.
Thomas Hayes Curtin, for eighteen wears
in municipal service, was urged to enter
tne army, where his work as eye special
lst was greatly needed. He applied for
leave OF absence from his post as assist
ant medical inspector so that he MIGHT
accept a commission. He made no re-
quest for pay; he was willing to sacrifice
$500 year, the difference between his
city pay and the pay he would receive
from the Federal government. His chief
DR.. Norris, was willing to let him 90 hit
the Mayor denied the application and
caused DR.. Norris to order him to ner-
form his duty or resign.
Thereupon DR.. Curtin resigned ex-
pressing the opinion that the Mayors ac-
tion was unjust and Shabby treatment ~
The Tribune also thinks it was shabby
treatment, and his is by no means the
only cFse Of the kind on the records. Why
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
General Woods Case
(From The Ne,o York T4m.s,

rTom 1he Net0 York Tfn,es)
me country does not know WHY Gen.
e!ai WOOD was permitted to train a d.
Slsio" ior service abroad, to make his prep
aia'iohs 70 go abroad with it, and was
then suddenly halted on the eve of sail
ing and ordered to stay at home No in
formation has been given it. r. bas hoord
rumors that the order was given for no.
htlcal reasons, and counter reasons that
~ was given because of jealousy of other
omcers. 1t does not know what to believe
and it is undoubtedly disturbed.
Whether it is the Administrations du+v
to itself to make known the real reason
is question for the Administration IN
oeclde; but 1T is obvious that it is the
Aomlnlstratlon's duty to the country. If
the administration reason is good, it NAV
oecloe TO bear unjust imputations in
silence, regarding that as the nobler mart
But 1t is not merely a matter of feel
ings Of the Administration. 1t is sar;.
Gus matter concerning the country For
she uncontradcted rumor that political
erudges, personal spite or military ieal-
ousy is responsible for the withhold;no
OF any capable officer from giving tho
country the service it needs from him will
nave bad effect on the country's morale
1t will spread doubt, chill enthusiasm The
Administration cannot permit such a chill
Ing and disheartening suspicion to spread
among the people at time so critical as
this. 1t owes it to the people to Obstinate
this doubt and depression by giving its
facts and its reasons.
"The consideration that dominates every
other now," said the President last Mon.
day. land makes every other seem trivial
and negligible, is the winning of the war"
Nothing that tends to spread doubt. dis
couragement or suspicion should be ner.
mitted. The Administration should stiAe
these things at the beginning by giving
frankly the reasons which governed it in
the action it took regarding General waod.s
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
Sweden Awakens

Sweden has suddenly seen a new LIGHT
Yesterday her government signed a COM
merclal agreement by which 100000 tons
OF her shipping were released to the
United States.
up to few months ago such an agree
ment seemed beyond hope Swedish pol
icy had been neutral-rather coldlv so
toward the Allies. The Swedes had long
cherished an unreasoning fear of Russia.
The Great White Terror had become
poIltlcal nightmare. German propa
gandists had skilfully fomented this OH
session, ceaselessly exploiting Russias
alleged purpose to annex the most
northern sections of Sweden and Nor
way, in order to acquire an ice-free 'front.'
age on the Atlantic.
The Swedes never knew that Rnss;.
was an ogre of clay. When war rotted
out the empire of the Romanoffs and
Aenine and Trotzky disposed of its chief
assets at bankrupt sale they were dunn.
founded They saw their eastern neiph-
Dor, Finland, converted overnight from
weak, disaffected Russian grand duchv
into strongly militaristic German de-
tendency German-Finnish aggression
threatened to take over at once thah
northern ice-free outlet which Russia had
only passively coveted. Sweden found
herself hemmed in from the south and
east by German military power. How
could she be sure that, standing alone.
she would not also soon sink to the status
of German dependency?
The commercial treaty with us is one
OF the first fruits of Sweden's awaken.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01

The decision of the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment to revise the subway
construction contracts so that the work
ers may receive more pay is wise. 1t
should not have required the threat of
strike which would have tied up all con-
structon to produce it. Labor, it will be
said, has the city by the throat, but that
is nonsense unless you say also that the
cost of living has labor by the throat.
Most of the contracts are IS per cent
completed. The extra wages to be paid
to labor will be only about $25, 900 week
not at all large sum in comparison
with the loss the city would have in
Cured through a strike and indefinite
delay in the opening of the new transit
lines.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
Liberty Motor No. 533

Dramatic in the last degree was the
little story of his trip in a Liberty motor
driven airplane at Dayton, which our
correspondent Mr.. Theodore M. Knap-
pen wrote for yesterdays Tribune. Con-
slider the elements: Three or four weeks
before Liberty Motor No. 533 had been
5000 separate parts. These three thou
sand parts had been assembled in Detroit.
the engine shipped to Dayton, Ohio;
there placed in De Haviland 4, and now
this composite "was climbing the stairs
of the skies faster than the finest hand
made motor the wonderful machinists of
France, England and Italy have ever pro-
duced." Mr.. Knappen adds, laconically:
And they said it could not be done"
1t has been done. America has done
it. American genius, American factories,
American engineering have made it pos
slble. 1.-The time is near at hand" says
Mr.. Knappen, when the six factories
that are now at work will be able to turn
out Liberty motors at the rate of 500 a
day, or 12,500 month"
And all this has taken less than year.
1t is the achievement of that Air
craft Production Board which has been
the victim of such a reckless torrent of
abuse and vilfication as has been visited
upon no other body since we entered the
war. The Hog Island scandal" was of
brief duration. 1t began with the wild
accusations launched by Senator Hiram
Johnson, Of California. 1t practically
ended the day the President called for an
inquiry by the Department of Justice.
Nothing has been heard of it since. And
already the achievement at Hog Island is
approaching recognition as one of the
new miracles of American energy.
1t was the fate o. the Aircraft Produc-
ton Board to be su uperseded lust at the
moment it's splendid work was beginning
to bear fruit. A few months more will
put its achievement by the side of that
of Hog Island.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
Cantigny

The town of Cantigny is too small for
most of the maps and the gazetteers
ignore it completely. But it is going to
be an honored name in American history
for many years to come.
1t was our first victory of Importance,
our first engagement of size. And it was
so neatly done that French and British
Joined with our correspondents in prais-
ing the conduct Of our troops-not only
brave but clever. Or, as General Male-
terre phrases the idea, writing in "Col-
lier's" Of his own wise poilus in retreat
"The defence was more than heroic; it
was intelligent"
And having driven out the German
forces with small loss to themselves, our
men have hung on. They have been
hated with every variety of hate known
to German artillery and stormed repeat
edly, with and without tanks. But they
have hung on. They seem to like Can
tigny, and purpose to stay there if it
takes twenty-four hours fighting out of
the twenty-four to do so.
We are not inordinately proud of our
small sideshow. We appreciate it's insig-
riticance by comparison with the great
stage to the eastward We know that it
will take thousands of Cantignys to reach
to the Rhine. But we like the sound of
the achievement, we are proud of our
small vanguard, and we take it as a
promise of great future. May our men
never do worse
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01

ing. Her interests now lie with the AL
lies. Her safety is tied up with an Allied
victory over Germany. Therefore she
lends us her ships, which we need more
than any other assistance she can give US
short of a declaration Of war against the
Kaiser.
We are grateful for this transfer of
Swedish tonnage. 1t will help to swell
our rapidly mounting margin of safety in
the ocean lanes. But equally welcome
with this material aid is the evidence
that Sweden is willing to risk German
enmity by giving it. The bandage has
fallen from her eyes. She now sees that
German supremacy means the same
thing to her as it does to every other ma
ton which stands in the path of Ger
many's illimitable ambition.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
The Shielding of Wood
By William H. Taft
From The PHILADELPHIA Public Ledoey

non-preparation. He was finally sent from
Charleston to Camp Funston, one of the
National Army camps, and from there went
abroad, with other commanding officers, to
gain more intimate knowledge of condi-
tlons of the war. On his return he passed
physical examination successfully. The
division at Camp Funston received orders
to go to France and with it General Wood
as its commander. On his way East the
orders were changed, and he was directed
to report to San Francisco and take charge
of the Western Division, at the Presidio-
command not for the training of troops.
but mere administrative post.
NO official explanation is given of this
change. Some who are supposed to be
in the confidence of the Administration
suggest that the change was made at the
instance OF General Pershing, but no official
authority is given for this statement. Cen
eral Wood has now applied for active COM
mand in the training of troops rather than
position on the shelf The country is
seriously disappointed that General Wood
has not been permitted to 90 abroad with
ehe olVlslon which he has been training.
The New York World" refers to the change
OF orders in his case as likely to leave
bad taste in the mouth of the friends of
the Administration.
Those who arc not thick k-and-thin fo,,oy-
ers of the President are even mora die
turbed. The previous treatment of Cen
eral Wood creates doubt of the exclamation
that his shelving is due to General Per-
shlng's request. The suspicion that it is
be continuation of the discipline of
General Wood, this time for his recen+
frank evidence before the Senate Commit
tee on Military Affairs, will find strong
ioogement in the minds of the people. The
pubic properly has no patience with a
policy which would deprive US of the SER
vices of valuable and able military .e.tls-
at the front merely because he has no r.
strained himself as he should from pointino
out the military mistakes of the Admins
tration The public will not approve his
lmpropriety, if it was such; but it will not
think this reason for holding him unfit
or for denying to the country the benefit
OF his great military knowledge and ah;,itv
in this crisis.
One may we'll recall Lincoln's long pa-
thence with McClellans rude remarks and ;,'
sultlng conduct toward him, and Lincoln,s
remark that he would hold McC,e,,ar.s
nurse lot MIN II Mcclellan would only rem
ger 'he service the country needed With
IKE spirit Lincoln called Stanton to the
War Office in spite of Stanton's previous bit-
ter criticism of him and his Administration
Is there not time to retrace the unw;sa
step?
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01

~ ENERAL WOOD is one of the ablest
II men of the army. He has rendered
long and effective service as a gen.
eral officer. A graduate of the Harvard Med
ical School, he entered the army as an
assistant surgeon and became captain and
regular surgeon. He received Congress
sional medal of honor for his service "as
medical officer and in the line" in an Indian
Riders, and was made a brigader gen.
eral of volunteers. He cleaned up Santiago
and was made Governor General of Cuba
He became major general in the regular
army on August 8, 1902
Those who know him know that General
Wood is natural soldier; that though
he ent'red the army as a surgeon, his
whole life has been devoted to military mat
ters and their study. He has given much
attention to the German system of military
science. Wherever he has been in COM
mand he has earned the sincere respect
of those under him and stimulated in them
an admirable esprit de corps. He has been
charged with undue ambition and a will
ingness to secure advancement at the ex
pense of others, but intense energy in the
line of his duty and highly efficient service
were the means by which he secured pro-
motion. This was true of his service in
Cuba, in the Philippines, and as chief of
staff
Just before the present war General
Wood was as much concerned at our lack
of preparation for possible war as Lord
Roberts was over the lack of preparation
in England" Both advocated conscrption,
both universal service, and both have been
vlndcated by the event. When General
Wood was relieved as chief of staff. in
April, 1914, he was sent to command the
Eastern Division at Governors Island which
gave him an opportunity at the most con-
spicuous post in the country to continue
his propaganda of preparation He was
not careful in his propaganda, however,
to avoid the impression that he was criti-
He stimulated more than any man in tho
country, soldier or civilian the Plattsburg
idea. The year before the Plattsburg camp
was formed he had induced many young
collegians to take course in military sum
mer training.
When we entered the war, in April, 1917,
the puhtir
would be consulted and given an important
place in the organization of the army. In
stead he relieved from duty at Gov
ernor's Island and sent to Charleston. It is
now known that this was personally directed
by the Commander in Chief, probably for
the purpose of indicating displeasure at
General Woods criticism of the policy of
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
Our Stomach
First

From Heorst's New
York Evening Journal,
January 10, 1918.
" we think
it is apparent to the
most ordinary mind
that it is dangerous
to pursue too far
any policy that is
apt to chill the en-
thusiasm of the
masses and to make
them feel resentful
or cold toward the
conduct of affairs
bv fuel dictators
food dictators, or
any other dictators
whom war condi-
tions have led Con-
gress to substitute
for the ordinary
methods Of admin
istration of the ma
tons bushes.
"We cannot begin
to win this war
ITH UT THE
HEARTY ENTHU-
SIASM OF THE
WHOLE PEOPLE
an( the sentiment
which stirs the most
enthusiasm in the
b + e a S is of the
masses Of t h e
American people is
"AMERICA FIRST.
Feed our own
people first, keep
our own people
warm first, compel
reasonable living
costs in America
first!
after that feed
and warm and
clothe the European
peoples with all the
great resources and
splendid liberality
Of our generous
nation.
"BUT AMERICA
FIRST!"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
Coiled in the Haq
II e a + S-S-s-S-S t
Personally
Urged

From, q signed state
memt BY Hearst in yes
terddy's NeW York
American.
Food control, the
next great issue on
the war programme,
divided the country
and Congress.
"1'he Hearst pa
pers, and I person
ally, urged ONE
MAN CONTROL, in
stead of a commits
sion Of three.
"On July "a, 1917,
in a signed state
mcnt in my news
papers, I said:
=" The President
desires one man in
stead of a commits
sion of three to ex-
ercise the powers of
food control con-
ferred by the Food
Bill. The President
is right.
The clause which
requires the ap-
pointment of a COM
mission of three in
stead of a single
individual to control
promptly and ef-
fectively the food
supplies for our
country and our al
lies is q mistake and
should be stricken
from the bill.
i" Individual au-
thorlty and respon-
sibility make for
alacrity and eff
cheney in public
service
"After two months
Congress passed the
bill putting . Mr..
Hoover in sole con-
troll of food"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
GUARkNT TIE E

Entered tho Postonicc New York Second Class
Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01

From Hedrst's Nev
York Evening Journal,
January 10, 1918.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-28
Presidents Address to COnqress

WASHINGTON, May 27 The
PRESIDENT revenue address IN run
follows
Gentlemen of the congress
1T iR with. unaffected reluctance
that come 70 AJAX you 10 prolonE
your session long enough 10 provide
more adequate resources for the
treasury for the conduct ~ the war
| have reason 10 appreciate as fuzzy
ns you do how ardous the session has
been your labors hhvG been Sc
we're and protracted You have
passed a long series OF measures
which required the debate OF many
doubtful questions Of judgment and
many exceedingly difficult questions
OF principle aa well as Of practice
The summer Is upon US IN which la
hor and counsel are twice arduoua
and are constS ntly apt 10 be I'm
paired by lagsitude ana fatigue The
elections araEat hand ana we ought
as soon as possible 70 20 and render
an intimate account Of our trustee
ship 10 the people who delegated US
To act for them in the weighty and
anxious mntters that crowd upon
us In these cdays OF critical choice and
action, But we dare not 20 10 the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-28

elections ufes vc have douo our duty
20 tho fun These Ira dave when
duty stands stark ana rIEcda and
even with closed 'oyea wo know ~ "a
ihcrc FNDlacg ara unatlilIug We
h'N" either done our duty or wc
have not The flDt viii DE as gross
and as plain lr th" duty Itself In
such Gaze llsmtudo and fatigue
feo.1 ncguEihlo Tho facts aro Il
tonic and suffice 10 rcfr.ahen the Ia -
Dor
Additional Revenue Necessary.
And The fIcts nre these Addi-
uonai revenues must manifoatly be
privlded for IL would be a most un
sound policy 10 raise too large a pro
portion of them by loan and II is evi-
dent that the four billions now pro
vidcd for taxation will not Of thom-
selves sustain the greatly enlarged
budget 10 which We must trUmediate-
" look forward We cannot In fair
ness wait until the end Of the fiscal
year Is al hand to hpprise our pco-
pie Of the taxes they must pay on
their earnings of the present Calen
dar year, whose accpuntinEs and
expenditures will then be closed We
cannot get increased taxes unless the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-28
INDIAN BUREAU PROBE
PROPOSED BY CARTER
Oklahoma Congressman Introduces
Resolution TO Find Out How
Affairs are Handled
World Washington Bureau.
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WASHINGTON, NAV H--Con.
Eressmau Charles n Carter ~ ok.
lahona. chairman of the house com
mittee or Indian affairs tod,y In.
trodueed resolution empowering
his committee 10 investigate the
management Of the bureau Of ln-
dian affairs, and for other rurposes
The Indian appropriation bin Of
last year contained similar resolu
ton, but the power automatically
died with the ending Of the tlrai
session Of the present congroSF, and
the committee found Itself unable 70
make a full investigation The COM
mittee during the recess visited
Florida, and MlssisSippi and looked
into the seminole and ChoctaWa H-
fairs of those two states and made
a partial investiga of Indian
matters in the state Of oklahoma.
but on account OF lack OF time. the
ground was merely scratched, so 10
speak. and II IS the desire ~ Mr.
Carter and the committee 10 make
New matters have arisen In the In
dian bureau and its agencies.
New matters have arisen in ths In
dian affairs committee, covering
the Alabama and Coushatta Indians.
located in Polk county. Texas, and
the Chippewa Indians In Minnesota,
which the chairman Of the commit
tee is anxious 10 be advised upon,
and there are many things ineOkla-
homa that should be investigated so
the CON mittee believes,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-28

II ard n tho burden is justly distrih-
ui"d ana tho sacrifice made com
mon sacrifice from which none es-
o1pes who can bear ~ all they viii
carry u cheerfully and with o sort
Of solemn pride have always been
proud To be an American and was
never more proud than now. when
all that we have said and ali that we
have for"scen about opr people Is
coming true The great davs have
come when the only thing that thew
ask for or admire is duty. greatly
and adequately done. when the only
wish for America ia that she may
share the freedom she ENJOYS. when
great, compelling sympathy wells
up in their hearts for men every
where who suffer ana are oppressed
and when. they are a. last the high
uses for which their wealth has been
piled up and their mighty power
accumulated and counting neither
blood nor treasure, now that the Ii
nal day OF opportunity has come,
rejoice TO spend and to he spent
through q long night of suffering
and terror in order that they and
men everywhere may see the dawn
Of a day or righteousness and Justice
and peace Shall we grow weary
when they bid us not"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-28
AGREEMENT TO BE MADE
FOR IMPROVING RIVER
Mexican and American Meet at Mc-
Allen, Texas, without Fac
tional Differences,

McAILEN. Texas, May 27.-There
was no evidence of factional diff
ference among the various groups
OF Mexicans who met here today
with delegates from United States
cities along the Rio 6rande 10
initiate a permanent plan for the
conservation OF the waters Of the
river and the Development and i'm
provement of the Rio Grande valley.
The representatives from the cities
Of both countries are seking 10 get
concerted action by the people OF
every city from point Isabel 10 El
Paso looking toward the saving OF
water so that the valley may be ir-
rigated by the gravity process by
means of great reservoirs,