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New-York tribune., 1918-10-23

Gently its attitude had changed. and the
Premier was vigorously attacked 1t is
understood that under the new ownership
it will return to fealty to Lloyd George
The purchase was made by Sir Henry
Dalziel and associates who are already
the owners Of The Pail Mall Gazette and
number of other publications One Of
the associates is Andrew Wier. the ship
ping magnate. The rival bidders who
forced the price to s2cE high figure
were understood to be the friends Of ex-
Chancellor of the Exchequer Reg nald
McKenna, whose associations are rather
with the Asquith than the Lloyd George
wing
1t has long been known that the rival
ries of English politics brought into play
sums of money which would tie far
more attention in this country than ap-
parently they do in En- .land But the
very high price paid fer The Chronicle
properties is in itself evidence that this
has meant no debasement of the charac-
ter or influence of English news papers.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23
Until No,v
10 the Editor OF The Tribune.

g lR: There Is one sentence in the pres
, ent note to President that needs
the universal attention OF our people.
1t says that the German government
trusts that the President of the United
States vii approve OF demand which
would be irreconci able with the honor of
the German people and with opening
way to peace ,f justice
1t the German people who gave TO
their KAISER absolute power Of MS own
Wi. to make war It was me German peo-
rle who Inn: and he military Classes
abou; hlm for forty years getting r to
make war It was The German peope who
gave to hlm the money and the service
shat enabled hr tc make those prepara-
tons. II was .he German people who saw
MN. when those preparations had been
competed. without pruvocatior the slight.
est dec.are wal, and It the German
people who promptly, Joyfully ambr-
.ioEsly. with flowers and decorations, emp.
tied their hcnes Of their young men N
answer 20 MS cal Tor warriors. And for
four years the German people who
have seen nm devasta.e and have helped
nm 20 devasta.e a. of the earth and all
% fne seven seas that he could pet at
Ant u IS :he German people who nave ap.
paUded him and urged HIM on-untl now.
They now that IN folly and or me
ne has been the most anspeakabie ass and
"',ialA that rumAn f4s.ory mas mad %
take note Of. But how comes II chat tnev
see this? He and they have failed IN what
ne and they i"seaoed' aaG under T. AID
IN the ashes of defeat they see that their
vlNany is fc,ly.
Then, IS there any peace Of justice thai
can be recoHci!able with the honor Of the
German people, Peace with Justice means
on their part the admission that thev
rave done what they and al TINS earth
Know that they have done. |. means then.
repentance. and il means finally restitution
as far as restitution can be made And thew
begin their plea for peace wl-h DENIAL
of their crimes and calm of "honor",
Germany. at last. has made it possible
to indie. nation And :he whole woris
has indicted Germany her monarch aud
her people. The Pres dent must sto, .hesc
parleys The further they 60 more and
more solemn. sterner and sterner become,
the sentimen. Of the American people and
not only Of our people at home but of onr
people in arms abroad VINO Know 8, 81
every motion they make and everv eten
trey take their lives may be .he for..,t
The honor Of the German people IS buried
IN Flanders alcrg with women rano4 a~8
babies with their hands CT. qH. I. can
have nothing to do with "a peace q. ,rs
tice"! LEMUEL ELY QUiGG.
New York. Oct %. 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23
The First Wave

We are glad to put before our read
ers these sentences written home by an
American Fed Cross worker who has
been in France for the last year,
through the dark DAYS Of last March and
June, as ell as in the victorious weeks
now unrolling:
do hope that the wives and parents
who have .ost relatives will realize that
no matter where or how II happened,
they were the ones that saved the day
here. 1t really was the violent reck' ess
energy and expenditure of everything,
and the speed, that hit the Germans like
torpedo. 1t really was the first men.
including navy. army, aviators and en-
gineers. who made the moral effect that
is telling now. 1t was like the first
wave. and I am so afraid that some OF
them will simply feel that their partcu-
lar one might have been spared or was
wasted.
This is high note and q true one.
Most Americans have already lost some
one dear to them. friend or relative.
And, often, the finest and noblest have
been the first to fall, as they were the
irst to go. 1t is the way Of war, of
sacrifice, which knows only the Will to
go forv ard and counts as nothing the
world that is left behind
To all of us, and especially to those
whose loss is deepest, the thought ex-
pressed by this war worker in Paris
holds healing and inspiration. The
plight of the Allies was, indeed, des-
perate last spring. America was in time,
as the event proved but how nearly
we had missed our chance, had proved
false to all our ideals, to the whole
world Of civilization! Only the heroic
onrush of that first wave of arriving
Americans saved the cay.
Others have come, are coming. There
can be no primacy among such heroes.
But in an especial sense the first Ameri-
cans to fall, giving their all swiftly.
recklessly, were the saviors of freedom
and justice the world around. We can
feel a peculiar pride in their sacrifice,
and deeper obligation to see to it that,
SO far as in us lies, their gift shall not
have been in vain.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23
"The London Chronicle" Purchase

1t is reported that the purcha-e price
in thes recent transfer Of The Lon-
don Chron Gle was 81 ,6OO,0 ,00O-that ;s
around eight mi lions of dollars. But the
purchase invol, ed far more than The
Chronicle alone. 1t included also L!oyds
Sunday new paper, probably the most
widely circulated journal in Great Brit
ain, and the allied publications belong
ing to Thomas Lloyd and members of his
family. as well as the large printing
plant engaged. But even at this it is
evident that a great deal more was paid
for than merely newspaper property.
The deal sheds much light on the
methods and peculiarities of English
politics. Yhe Chronicle has been one of
Lloyd Georges warmest supporters. Re-
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23
MIR. Coler's Service Flag

A shy. sensitive soul is Mr. Bird S.
CCler. and he must have blushed like a
robin at tie stuff which truth has COM
PEELED him to emit that the people might
net be led astray, and so, in a crucial
hour, deprived of his services as Con-
trcller.
In the circular that his Citizens Com
mittee sends forth Mr. Coler in bold type
gently but firmly anneXes nothing less
than the war. "Our sons and brothers
fight for democracy. Let us think and
vote for democracy" he pleads. Democ-
racy wears a small ID" it will be no.
t'ced, We had thought it was someth ny
more extensive than the Democratic
party for which we were ked to make
the world safe. But apparently not.
Lest there be any possible misunder-
standing. Mr.. Coler's Citizens inclose a
little card displaying, first, large star
with square and cross in it as upon
a BALLOT, and, second, these eloquent
swords: "The Star Stands f,r Service"
Nothing could be clearer. If you thought
you knew what the Tammany star stood
for you were mistaken. 1t is really none
other than the star of the service flag
that we all salute and pray for. "Vote
opposite your soldier in France" is the
unuttered moral which Mr.. Co'er's
friends with rare modesty leave unsaid
The Democratic party generally has
tried to annex the war as it's campaign
issue. So Mr.. Coler may not deserve
especial glory for that. But he is, we
are sure, the first candidate to be
wrapped in the service flag as he ascends
the platform. Fer that he is unique
figure and deserves unique attention at
the hands Of the voters, if ever candi-
date did. What pity that the fnicky
election law will prevent them from
writing just what they think of Mr..
Coler on their ballots!
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23
A MESSAGE

WHITE in the glamour of the moon.
w Young and from al the quarters
Like swallows gathered for the South.
Thousands upon countless thousands
Eager and boyish and keen.
Spirits Of those brave dead
Whose rows of small. white crosses
bettower the breast Of France,
Stirring the smoke of autumn mists
AS the breath of breeze
Crowd upon the stricken earth
Like phosphorescence on the sea.
Clearer than silver bell
mat marks the hours cf sleeping night.
voice that shakes with urgent shame
Lifts up each youthful face
Go home my brothers; YOU are needed
there,
For in The hearts o: those for whom we died
Indifference is cree pkg
And gratitude hes cola
And all The small white crosses
hat mark The patti We Gu;
Have no more meaning IN our homes.
We are forgotten ,here. al asst
Weary Of stlnting and Jf sacrl1ice
Inc men and women for whose hear{hs we
fought
whose honor we upheld
Whose countries we made safe
Are money-s'ck ard WI. no; END again
To make what we have uone
A lasting work
Go home, my brothers, ard kynd!e once
again
The holy fire that is burning low.
And IN the ears outs de the range Of guns
whisper reminders that we who gave
Have nothing more to give"
COSMO HAMILTON.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23

league may be assured. Already we
have in this country unmistakable evil
dence that there are certa n elements
ready to sacr fee France and Italy, Bel
gium and Serbia to the cause of the
league of nations and let Germany es-
cape from justice, that she may be q
fellow assoc ate at Utopia.
All of this aims in one direction; it
aims at unGo:ng by language. by con-
versations and diplomatic gestures, what
has been accomplished by four years of
fighting. TIE German is seeking to put
the affirmative phases of our cory in
ieosardy. He has lost the war, but he
is now shifting the battle from the field
20 the green table, from the domain of
the cannon to that Of the cable, in the
asst hore of escaping the consequences
of his attack upon the peace of the
world.
Peace before next spring is utterly
unlikely. A decisive victory, a Water
loo, grows less likely as days pass.
Meantime war-weary. world is being
more and more confused by the appar-
ent read ness Of the German to adopt
policy of moderat' on and to speak in
the language of concession We are
being undermined on our own home
fronts, not so much in the United States,
where we have little war WEAKNESS and
an enormous and UNSURPASSED unity, but
in Bri ain, in France and in Italy, where
bo h,,r -
been borne, where the sacr fees have
been gigantic. and where the longing for
peace is inca!cu'ab'e and rests upon the
solid foundation of long continued self
sacrifice
We cannot lose the war now if it
continues battle Of arms We can
lose it, even in this eleventh hour, if
the confidence of the mass of the peo-
pie of our allies is shaken, if they are
confused and deceived by the German
man3uvre, and there is very grave dan
ger that they may be if the present con-
versations continue in their logical Sc
quence. If all the world were in the same
mood that the United States is now in,
then there would be little danger in any
conversat ons. But the truth must be
faced; the home fronts of several Euro
pean nations are weak; the German
man9uvre, which Will fail in the United
States, may succeed elsewhere, to the
utter demora'izat:on of the alliance
against the enemy.
Germany is employing the tactics
which brought Russia to ruin She is
talking with the United Sta es, but not
at it; she is aiming to break down the
home fronts of our Eurooean allies
as she broke down the home fronts of
Russia Complete success might enable
her to pass to the militar offens We AZ
she did it in 1916-'17 Limited succass
might mean a succ essful esca.e from,
the consequences of her crimes, a "vh;+e
peace" with the certainty of a black
future
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23
ago. end were double those of last De-

ago. end were double those Of last De-
cember
The extent to which war requirements
have monopol zed the services of the rail
roads is revealed by the September ship
ments. a total of 1861 cars which does
not include government war supplies,
comprised only 2l5 carloads of COM
mercial export. The balance was wholly
for the accounts of foreign governments.
Belgian relief and food shipments by
the Federal food administrator. The
figures given indicated movement of
food supplies from the West to the sea-
board in quantity never before known.
In July, for example, the railrs ads
throughout the country loaded over 81
600 cars of grain. as compared with a
total of only $1,000 cars last year. This
is very remarkable showing. it is said.
and was brought about largely by the
appointment Of an Export Control Com
mittee. which had the authority to route
freight through to a specific port and to
arrange for its rapid transshipment to
waiting vessels Meats and perishable
foodstuffs as we'll as four have been run
in solid trains on fast schedule time to
make perfect connections with vessels in
New York Harbor Piers, lighters, tugs,
ETC., have all been placed under a single
management and wholly directed in
close cooperation with the transport SER
vice, the Shipping Board and other
agencies of this and fOreiCn pOvern-
ments.
When we compare all this with condi-
tlons Of last winter it will be seen how
much has been done to bring order out
of chaos. At one time. on January 16
last, there were actually 213 oceangoing
steamers lying idle awaiting FIRE ght
cargo or coal, although this was the Pc
riod of the most acute shortage and when
the Uboat menace was at it's height OF
course. all this change could not have
been brought about without incommoding
good many individuals and sections,
end there have been lively complaints
from a great many people who find it
very difficult to accommodate themselves
to war conditions. In some quarters the
railway administrator has not been
popular, and without doubt there have
been some cases of genuine hardships.
That was inevitable, and for the prompt
fashion in which the railway adminis-
trat' ON has cleaned up, in what was one
of the most serious situations of the war,
it is entitled to high credit.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23
Cleaning Up the Freight Congestion

The press bureau for the railway ad-
ministration sends out very interest
ing account Of the excellent work which
has been done since last December in
cleaning up the heavy congestion of ex-
port freight which was then lying at
the various points on the seaboard. The
accumulation reached a peak last De-
cember Of $4,000 carloads. That meant
approximately 100000 tons, in state
of hopeless confusion. 1t is indicative
of this congestion that 1850 loads were
in cars, $4,000 on the ground and only
$500 actually on the piers.
In the face of very heavy increase
of shipments the new administration has
succeeded in reducing this tie-up to less
than half these figures, so that on Octo-
Der there remained only 1876 car
loads. The increase of shipments has
been steady, and for the month of Sep
tember the last reporting, they showed
sn increase of thirds over a year
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23

Some of our friends among the teach
ers in the public schools Of the city have
found implications in ar editorial of ours
which were the direct contrary of those
intended. We agreed with DR.. Gold
water that it might become necessary to
ask of the teachers the sacrifice of quit
ting their posts to do emergency work in
the influenza epidemic. In so doing we
were aware os the admirable and devoted
work that these teachers have done for
the Liberty loans, for Red Cross work,
for every branch of war activity. II fact
1t was precisely because of this highly
patriotic spirit that we thought the pro-
posed further and extraordinary sacrI-
flee might be asked with reason and con-
fidence. Such was the thought in mind.
and we are glad of the misunderstanding
for the opportunity it gives us to ex-
press publicly cur appreciation of the
patriotic teaching body of the city.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23
No Words!

FolIowng is the dnti-p ace talk rssO
luton offered by S,natcr Poinderter on
recding Ge9many's reply TO PresiGens
Wilson's answer to Gera,onys reepenss
TO President Wilson'S inquiry concern.
ing the good faith of Germany's pcocs
oycr5ure:
Whereas, Congress has the sole and ex.
elusive power to declare war, to naks
rules concerning captures on land and
water, to raise and support armies, to ors.
vide and maintain navy. to make rules
for the government and regu alton of the
: land and naval forces. to levy all taxes. to
authorize bonds. to make all appropris
tons for the conduct of the war and to
make a ! laws which shall be necessary
ard proper for carrying into execution the
foregoing powers and all other powers
vested by the Constitution in the gov ,rn-
ment of the United States or in any de-
partment or officer thereof and
Whereas, No treaty Of peace can be
made without the consent and advice o.
the Senate. with the COZ currence of Two
thirds Of the Senators present. be it
Resolred. BY the Senate ard the House
Of Representatives Of the United States o.
America in Congress assemblies:
That no officer of the United States
sha enter into am discussion with the
government of Germany as to terms Of
peace; ard it is hereby made unlawful for
any official Of this government to answer
IN any way any note, message or repre-
sentat'on from the German government or
the German people or from any Official
representing or purportng to represent
ihem. or either of them, on the subject Of
peace or an armlstice between the Ger
man government or the German nation or
people and the governments with whica
they are now at war until and before such
time as the German armed forces snail
have surrendered 10 the Al led nations ID
the war in which they are now engaged
That the war against Germany shall be
prosecuted by the United States with the
utmost vigor and dispatch possible con
tnuously until the armed forces of Ger
many hall have laid down their arms snc
surrendered to the commanding general il
the fed of the Allied forces, without coz
dition or stipulation;
That German territory shall then BE-
occupied and taken under control by the
armed forces Of the United Stqtes in CO
operation with its allies and that suta
occupat on and control sha be continus'
until such time as tie chosen represonis
tives OF the United States and the naticn
allied with the United States, in n'ef'
enee appointed for that purpose, sha hs"
formal y agreed among themselves upon
the specific terms OF peace TO be imposed
by said lies upon Germany and prac'i
cal application OF the same in detail;
That no Official OF the United States
sha agree that any representatives of the
German government sh'll participate II
the sad conference or have a vote there
IN. or be present tn ,reat. except for inc
purpose Of eorvoving dota or infOrma '0'
to sad conference when called on by TIC
conference therefor.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23
The Manoeuure
By Frank II. Simonds

(Copyright, 1918, New York 1rlbaae Inc.)

THE third German communication
is a sham. 1t IS one more step IN
the del berate effort to ma ouvre
the German government out OF an lnde-
fensible position and INFO situation
where it will regain the SUPPORT of the
German reople at the precise nom mt
that the horne front of the Allied ma
tions is again broken, as it was in 1916.
What Germany is striving for is tn s:
She has lost the war, in so far as she
had any hope of gaining terrltorv, in
demnity or prestige. She is pre0ared
row to make peace, resigning terr torial
ambitions and indemnites: but she is
determined to avoid having to make any
pavment IN territory or indemnity for
what she has done or for what she has
taken from her enemies.
It is a mistake to think of the Ger
man armies as routed or as Incapable
of making long resistance. Never in
all mi'i4arv history has complex and
enormous retreat been carried on after
q decisive defeat with more skill or
greater success than has the Ger
man retreat up to the present hour, and
there is every prospect now that the
Germans will be able to get behind the
Meuse River and stand on shorter
line with a good CHARGE of hodin~ uu
Allied pursuit there until the campaign
Of 1919
What the German is now concerned
about primarily is his home front; what
he is mainly arX Gus to attack is the
home front of his enemies. He desire
to convirce the German people thot a
prolongation of the war is inevitable
because the enemv insists unon the re-
turn Of Alcace Lorraine TO France. the
liberation of Pruss an Poland and the
ravment Of indemnt;es based uron the
destruction of French and Belgian
property.
In our own and Allied countries he is
seeking to build up the idea that war
must continue, not because Germany
has failed to comply with the reason
able demands of her opponents, but be-
cause she is refusing to yield to the r
Germany" at dismemberng the Father
land and at imposing punitive ndemni-
ties In a word, the Germans are ap-
pea'ne 70 the ratr; ;ot:sm of their own
people and to the pac;fsm and to the
CO. ardice cf certain elements in all
Allied countries.
More than this, by carving on con-
versat'ons with the President of the
Uri+ed States, TO the excusion of all
other nations allied aga inst her. Ger
many is seeking to create breach be-
tween America ard her allies. between
Mr.. Wilson and Lloyd George, Clemen-
ceau and Orlando; she is seeking to
make Mr. Wilson her ADVOCATE before
the Allied council and bring about
break between our government and the
o'her Alice nations. She is cong
through the motions of surrenGering to
Mr. Wilson. that he may ACCEPT her sur
render and then seek to bind his allies
20 q covenant made between him and
Germany.
Finally, the Germans are playing upon
the sentiment favorng q league of
nations after the war. They see clear
" ma. those who are the eager cham
pions Of this plan will be the most
ready TO make concessions to German,
that German participation in such a
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23
Our Terms -- Unconditional Sur
render

render
From The Philadelphia Inquirer,
From the poison gas clouds of Cerma,
peace propaganda and out of the din of i'm
periahsm trying to save itself by shouting
"kamerad'" comes the clear voice of the
nation and that voice demands
Unconditional surrender.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23
SHOES G. SHIPS e.
SEALING WAX
TO TWENTY-ONE


When she gr'olcs up to twenty-ones
And I am forty-njne;
Say, Wom't it be most fattering
lnd ert'a snpernne;
II 'chen zee gaidrdnt to to,o1,
For dinner or shoac,
lTe act so--uou hnou how-that folks
Wiz think cere girl and beau?
II through the gears Which lie ahead
Wy bank account / mend;
A nd though not parsimonious,
Go easy, ,chere spend;
Perhaps ri SAGE a little 1cad
To gire this tot O. mine;
When she arrires at t1renty-one,
And 1 at forty-nine.
But most Of all, hope ,ce 90
In acomde7ment and song;
10 tread those paths Which, somehow, Just
To little kids belong;
That can guide her footsteps where
The sun 'oW altOays SHINE,
As she smeeps on 20 twenty- -ome,
And l, to fouy-n,ne
LESLIE ALAN TAYLOR.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23
TOUGH LUCK, CHIEF!

tFrom The Pompton Lakes Bullctin)
Chief of Pol ce NJ Her. who was scjourn,ng
through the country week accompan ed by a
chaperone on short vaca .ion. > reported n his
tfaVeis to have separated himself from cons d.
erab'e sum .! money. Unders' ocd have been of
sufic en- SIZE TO have purchased Liberty bond
!r the demon nation of three figures and received
IN return ore can no. 1cscr pticn nknown wh ch
he 'n.Fusted to his chaperonc wh explicit in
StTuc~cns &c cha n il fast to his leg it would
mach ne The chief was greatly aston shed when
near ng home to see Mr.. Chaperone jump to his
feet with the remark: "Whare's the lcy ." Wo
VIII not attempt to quote the ch ef Suffice to
say. that the animal had disappeared and has not
been s.nce.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23

Hoorer has ordered restNernnts to re-
duce the size Of their food portions. and,
Of course, the dear rcstaurateurs sviy
CIT doacn on their prices also. Of their
oaVn accord. Can't ace be ironicul!
f. F.. V.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-23

Yru eurchsse mrrchs"dse adv.rtsed tn 9AE
Sp' 'SuNe ~h absolute .at t-t~- dissstsfsc+foH re-
sul', In TIE -HieUkE guarantees TO pay YOUR
baua rpon request. No t.pe. No aulbbs'nS,
w make aood prcmp, II tis Advertiser does no