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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
War No,v Largely
CiuiliaJ, Business

M lTH US criticism of the Cabinet broke
w out in April, 1915, or after eight
months Of fighting. Our trouble was
guns and the inability of the brave but
copybook soldier Of the old army to grasp
the military outlook Contracts were
still placed exclusively with a small ring
of favored frms-and So on. You have
avoided much of this, but not perhaps all.
If were permitted to offer a word of sug-
gestlon it would be-keep close eye on
promotions. AS your new army develops
see that it's officers, in proportion to their
numbers, are advanced to the highest posi-
tions. These men were civilians and war
is now largely matter of civilian knowl-
edge. The old soldier is to-day thinking
in bows and arrows. Promote your enlisted
men. Promote them because they recently
enlisted. Promote them because thew arc
ignorant of everything that has become
obsolete. Promote them because the pro-
fessional soldiers are so strongly against
such promotions.
Your exemption boards seem to have
worked more smoothly than our tribunals.
but, OF course, you were only dealing with
men under thirty-one years old. And you
had the pick of these men, You could
avoid hard cases. We only applied COM
pulsion when we had already taken five
millions OF men by voluntary recruiting.
rms meant that the hard cases were what
had to be dealt with. Nearly always there
was good reason why the man should not
go. And our age limit was ten years high r.
than yours. This means that man for man
your first armies should be at least as nhvsi-
cnIly fit as ours. You will avoid numerous
cases OF breakdown under military training.
! our rates of sickness ought to be the
lowest OF all recorded among belligerents.
an some ways I think that you have
'augns US lessons. and particularly in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
Fighting for
q Happier World

WHAT does impress me is that Won -.
w really and truly fighting this w.. as
make the world, and not merely vour ~ ~
country, happier place to live in. and th..
attitude Of strict international correcttns
has been just the examplc-just the ide.,
that England needed. 1t has appealed !.
the best side of England and in Eno,.s
there is a good side, though she NAV ~.
always show it. ''
What l want you to realize is that b;.
year has changed, and changed forever 81
balance of the English speaking wor ia
Hitherto there has been British Emn;rs
with England as centre, and America. ind.
pendent and critical. To-day the Brit;.,
Empire is merged in the whole English
speaking world, of which America must \.
from henceforth, the main centre of prav
lty. In finance, commerce and diplomas,
you are to-day sharing, and, 20 furtbo.
and say that you are absorbing British nrs'
eminencc, which means that jealousies bo.
tween you and us are ridiculous. German,
has struck at England, hoping to cantur.
her glorious prestige. England is staerer.
ing under the blow with a heroism at wh;o.
l can only. trust myself to refer by an ain.
sion. But if America saves England n.
England has sometimes tried to save Ame,.
lea. there will be no glory for England
that will not rebound to Americas herr.
tage. What Germany takes from us will
not go to Germany; it will go to you
In some ways our first year was less
anxious than yours. We had no subma.
rines to fear, no air raids, no exhaustion Of
Russia, no war WEAKNESS. With all these
factors you have now to deal
Russia has been trampled into surrender
But with the United States in the war Il
has made no difference to Britain. We mar
be weakened By bloodshed, by expenditure
by loss of food. These stresses and strains
are telling on US. I do not deny it. But
whoever may be left of US will answer the
rollcall until the pen OF destiny oblterates
the last name. For France. as for our
selves. claim that. although we have lost
men, lost money, lost homes, lost ships
there are two things that we have not lost
We have kept our honor and we have not
lost heart. 1t may be that we have gained
the friend whom, of all friends, we most
value.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
Parisians Again D;e.,ao:1


PARIS, April 1.-Mr. Karl Won u;u,
burg, the gifted German convors,t lilnuen-
VINO nor several years has planned ,,s;+ -
th's CITY, and who was to arrive lon .'' W
Gay mas been unavoidably detained
HaftE IN February Mr. Hindenhurr
:, s'a'emeht saying that he had defin;ta,,,
oecloea upon the journey and would a,.u;,.y
'' iis by April l. 1t was generally ,,nl..
o.ooo mat ne referred to April of the nroa
ent year. - 'he pres
""oiaee preparations were made for H.;
eo'"'ns' ana the reception committoo h., '
pio"'!sed that salutes would be fred ,na sa
a"u u, riot enacted for the enterto;nn,o ~.
~ t"e visitor. In word, it was intondas
'na' Mr Hlndenburg should be mado ~ fae,
"' III, rnucn as possible, perfectly at homa
Inc GA: Following his arrival was r. h,..
Deeii an occasion for great celebration a,J
1e5o'e'"e' Inns had been selected as M on1
po.V unc time Tor the burial of car+oi,
- $500 person whose death was considerod
+hat nt .nfy event, and it was cxnccted
Con w. illndchnurg would attend.
o,nna, ~" -, disappointment is bcinc
ment a a. '"e cancellation of the engage.
'ne".' A'though no official word b.s 49,,
received from Mr.. Hindenhnrr - :; oeeh
orally understood that the diff;cu,t;oss el'c
traVel incident to the war bovo rra',- .,
INN from making his proposed nlorin ,o ~
at tnis time These, of course. oro ni ,.,,'s0
sauces over which he has no controj
-, nu'norlties recently arrived fror ~.
W un'.ea states regard it as extromol,, VIC
1'Neiy mat Mr. Hndenburg will hn aka =.
Co., "''s until after the close of tho u,or
ohore!y after expressing this on;n;on ., "ai
hmerlcans proceeded on tho Gr.t ."eSe
thelr Journey to Berlin. eS u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06

matter of cooperation. Your admiral.
generals have shown the will to be- ha,. .ad
They have entered the war zealouslv s'e a
cstly and loyalty, without seekin. ns,. a0c'
acclaim Or advertisement, and the;r s s
radeship has been privilege to al, s On
shared it. The boastful American. If w. Ma'
there was one, on which point | sti,l Wv. ssef
the evidence, has disappeared. Vow s*sis
diers may, in some cases, have fonna w.
shores rather narrow for their aftas. oas
walks, but so did Canadians and a,. ao'a
lians when first they landed, and 1I ~
things soon adjust themselves. sss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06

You purchase merchandise advertised In THE
IRisuNE with absolute saetyfor II dissatisfaction re-
suits In THE TRIBUNE guarantees to your
money back request. No red tape No aubhIno.
We make good promptly II the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06

Tho Associated Press sexcusivcy entitled to the
for republication of all cs dispatches credited to 1t
not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local
news Of spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights OF republication Of all other matter herein
also reserved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06

the history of mankind--contains within it,
self many centuries of evolution. So in
your war organization you are discovering
that the paper programme business is onl7
preliminary to the actual life and death
struggle. Everywhere the temperature was
lowered by stealthy influences, very subtle
and very ingenious, which would sometimes
blow up factory, sometimes retard an es-
sehtial process, sometimes foment strike,
or suggest that all this fuss was rot worth
while, since peace would soon dawn on the
world.
Then came the ultra patriots, who were
scarcely less dangerous They talked as
II the war could go for ever. If DELAY
IN fabricating ships occurred-what mat
ter?-victory, gentlemen, in 192O-1921 1890!
France-ltaly Britain, Of course solid as a.
rock! They'll never give in! So we
Americans have plenty of time to touch up
our rifles and our machine guns and our
designs for ships.
1t we wish to win this war that kind of
complaccnce has got to stop. There is
not one moment to be lost There never
was sue a moment. and the question is
not whether we are all doing we'll, but
whether we are all doing enough.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
SATURDAY, APRIL 6. 1918

Owned and published daily by The Tribune Association
Now York Corporation. Ogden Reid PRESIDENT u.
Vernon Rogers Vice President Richard H. Lee Secretary
T. A. Suter. Treasurer Address Tribune Building ''a
NasH> Street. New York. Telephone. Bcclsnan 3ooo'
SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-By Mail. Postage PAID out
side Of Greater Now York:
IN THE UNITED STATES: OUTSIDE OF. GREATER
NEW YORK
lyr mo mo. mo
Daily and Sunday .... $50 s475 $3.50 soss
Dalv onlv 90
Sunday only. .............. 500 $50 rs ~
CANADIAN RATES
Daily and Sunday ........sloco $500 $50 sloo
DallS only '...-...... 100 sou -, 20
~
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Daily only ............... $500 900 45o loo
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
In the Matter Ct
AoLidays end Work

N BRITAIN, with half our male wage
n earners enlisted the industrial OUTPUT
IS greater than before the war You are
yourselves best able to say whether. in
your factories and shipyards, there are
adequate overtime and night shifts. In one
OF your largest engineering works, which
l VISITED, 1T seemed TO me that the place
quietly closed down, in the afternoon, and
Tor several days-it was the Lincoln ami
versary. If Lincoln had been alive I
rather imagine that he would have uttered
some characteristic remark about making
his birthday, Of all days in the year, the
one on which least work Is done to save
the American Republic from the greatest
peril of its history!
One of your difficulties is the freuuency-
some would put it frivolity-wth when
work people sometimes go from one lob to
another. Your appropriations for housing
may help to limit the tendency. and propa-
ganda is also useful. 1 have spoken dozens
OF times since came to this country, but
always to the converted. l like the con.
verified. They are charming friends They
invite one to clubs which are world famous
and to churches and chapcls which are the
backbone of American idealsm But in
England l could speak, if l wanted, everv
day In the week to actual workers-thou-
sands OF them. | have not once faced an
audience of American wage earners, and
when IN one district I suggested it the en-
ployers instantly displayed uneasiness.
what do you want to say to our work peo-
ple!" they asked. Well, unless we carry
the work people with us we shall not make
the world safe for the democracy which
consists of people who do work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06

Cryptic Expletive by B. L. r.
"'om The Chicago Tribunc)
"MAY not express" ", VIZ
General Haig GOSH w. w. TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
GUARANTE E

Entered at the a, New York Second Glass
Mail Matter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06

y QoEoE seems to be national insti.
~ tuition in Britain. Almost any hour
OF the day it is posS;b,a +o 6nd ana
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-31
It Takes a Week to Buy
4 Shirt in Russia and
Then Hosts SIS or $40

pefrorrad. Russia. Aug. 5l.-tSol-
rssnondencs OF the Associated Press)
-Tbe difficulties hedging in exist
ence Of those who live in Petrograd
during these times Of disturbed re-
eime and shortage in necessities OF
life. extend in all their details to the
ordinarily simple task OF buying
shirt. To accomplish this takes liiae'
patience and determination
First. one must find the shirt one
nav visit 40 shops before ne 1inos one
Of the proper size me CUES -l'l - -
1-afere1ce OF style is not to be con-
effered for one moment. OtherWl sa
ore viii never get the shirt Having
found something that resembles a
shirt Of the proper size, one deposits 4
small payment to hold It.
The next thing IS TO convince ones
house committee-there is a commune
IN every apartment house in Petro-
grad now-that he needs shirt II
the house committee passes 1aForanlg
on the subject. it so reports 70 the
precinct or district soviet" or SOM
rnune. This in turn reports 70 the
commissary in charge OF the oistrlou-
ton OF shirts and kindred articles OF
II one is quite lucky. after five OF
8 six days time. he receives a duly
signed and sealed permit TO buy q
shirt. Then he buys IL. but ordinarily
pays the Russian equivalent OF sl5
I or $50. Some OF the poorest quality
nav be found as low as the Russian
I equivalent Of s..
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-31

rTHE postmaster has just received
notice that the government re-
newed the lease on the postoffice
building for another ten years He
saws this IS another case in which the
has been swamped; that
the building cannot possibly stand
up more than another year even VIII
favorable weather conditions.
Hurrah for our home boysi RAJ
Barlow has accepted a lucrative posi-
ton as general superintendent OF the
field service OF the Tickville laundry
and may now be seen driving the
laundry WAGON to ana fro. His many
friends are invited 10 Walcn nm
go by. 49,
The DOG Hin preacher says he finds
that a lot Of his members nave BoL
spider webs on them
One Of the most important news
items we have been compelled 10
chronicle On some time is the an
nouncement that Cricket Hicks mas
decided to roach his hair on the leLl
side from now on. He does this 10
hide the place where Raj Barlow nit
him with brass Hnueks-
A swarm OF bees got AFTER Atlas
Peek the other day ard chased him
some distance. It Is conceded in Hog
wallow that the bees showed very
poor judgment In their selection OF a
place TO settle
Atlas Peck SAYS a persons MIND
must be a wonderful thing. for US 70
be able TO stand over here and think
across the ocean The ~ I'D onion
school teacher viii be asked for an
opinion on it.
Fiim billiard. who has been driving
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-31

a young steer 20 a cart. has sue
cumbed TO the rapid advances OF civil
lization and sold out and quit ousi-
ness
Sim Flinders thinks times are go
ing TO get better right sionE from
now on for a fellow that does not
work. as the fish are biting good
and the prospects are good for a fine
nut crop.
Rats entered Poke Eazley's corn
crib the other night and carried Of
all his corn The deputy constable
has been put TO work on the case.
dollars in his garden one night last
week, has sent up an alarm i Is
gone. lobe Moselev says such things
should be planted in the dark o. the
moon.
The deputy constable says he can
maintain his reputation for bravery
and cool Medicines as long as & liz
ard don't get on him.
slim Pickens is getting 20 be such
a sport and night lark. it is a big
wonder he don't 90 70 TiclrVille and
get n job OF blowing out the street
lamps~after all prudent people have
gone 10 bed
a hog grunts a lot but you never
hear OF one taking patent medicine
a marriage IS suspected here IN the
more or less prominence In and
around Hog Ford. NO names have
I been made public
Washington Hooks vas heard prac-
ticinE on a new song Tuesday night
Z He IS expecting 70 be called on 20
Z sing a solo at the Dog Hiu church
Sunday
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-31
Croaking Frogs Are
To Get Iron Crosses

Paris. France, Aug 31-There are
some who think that Foch and Haig
foresaw this springs grand attack on
Paris. They believe that the Hun was
permitted TO outstreteh his arms re-
spectiveIy toward Chateau Thierry
and Amiens. but that when he pre-
sumptively tried TO advance his head
and body via COmpiegne he was
promptly smashed on the nose. ac-
cording to previously agreed upon al
lied strategy
Even the German critics find 10 dit-
ffcult to understand why such 2 big
dent was so easily made in the Che
min des Danes defences- Kari Eios-
ner, the German war CORES p0nle--i
offers an ingenious theory
Karl says that when the Germans
were preparing 10 storm the Chemin
des Danes the frogs. which are found
in millions there, croaked in such
deafenfng fashion. that they enabled
the Germans 10 bring up batteries and
ammunition without discovery.
The French press suggests tnal
these frogs are 4 disloyal lot and no
doubt viii be given iron crosses b.
the kaiser.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-31
Department
Expert From u. S. Visits
Australia; Tells of Wheat

sydney, Australia. Aug 5l--Ihe
complex subject Of Australian wheat
ind the wartime purchase OF II by the
United states has been discussed in
recent speeches by DIT. ]. T. Duvel
crop technologist in charge OF grain
standardization Investigations Of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture. who has completed a tour OF the
wheat growing states OF Australia in
the interest OF Austral-American war
relations. he was sent here by the
Washington authorities In addressing
the executive officers of the Royal
Agricultural society OF New SouIn
Wales at a complimentary neon
which this organization rendered MN
al the Australian hotel here Dr. Da-
vel said:
Just what VIII be the situation in
the United States without recourse 70
further purchase OF wheat from Aus
tralia when the new crop comes N i
am not in a position TO say, but pc
Heve the states viii continue TO buy
wheat TO store up some reserve stocks
agafnst possible failure next year, be-
cause the indications are that this
war is not over and il is likely TO con-
tinue for some time
much OF the wheat in Australia
would 90 into the United States hard
white wheats II wheat were classified
in Australia Hard white wheats are
the best American Wheats and bring
premium in the market That is one
Of the reasons why I am here, 10 sd-
wise your men who are handling Aus
tra1ian wheat which is going TO the
United states what our standards are
Here YOU have been working on the
+ a q. basis, but wheat IS being sold
on the basis OF the American stand
ards II is only fair that in austria
liza YOU should know what the Ameri-
can standards are and what our clas-
siffcation IS. and that II the Austria
lian growers put hard white wheat into
a shipment they are entitled 10 re-
cefVe a premium
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-31
&c Satan Has Loosed
DeciZs On World

Warsaw, Ind, Aug 3L--The peo-
pie Of France and Belgium think Of
Germany as the sc0urge Of the world
and Of America as the saviour Of civil
Iization." said Frank J. Cannon. for
mer United States senator from Utah
in his address before the Christian
citizenship conference at Winona as
sembly. Satan has lOosed Two devils
on the world" he added The first
is the devil OF militarism, which has
taken 25.0Oo.000 Of the young men Of
the world and set them to killing one
another. The other is the devil OF
polygamy. Germany has declared that
all Womanhood is to be used 10 pro
duce more men to be murdered IN the
slaughterhouse Of the future wars
II the devil had only one blow to
strike Il would be aimed At the lam
ilv. Germany has Instituted polyg-
amy by the wholesale. She IS raising
children for q new army.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-31

nOBERT- FITZHUGH LEE, son Of
n 1Ir. and Mrs. z. p Lee, formerly
o. ss14 Grand avenue. now on ranch
near CauutiIIo, who volunteered with
1Ia5. 1IcCamant's field hospital unit
now in France.
writing his mother, he says.
I'VE have finally arrived safe and
sound after a long trip For the flrst
time in my life I VAS where couldn.
see anything but water Tor days we
landed safe and had TO travel in box
cars until 7 thought We were going
10 be on the move all OF the time
France is a beautiful country The
French girls are pretty but where we
stopped first the people were or
peasant class and were poor beggars-
1T rains here a whole lot ana
u-ined the first three nights we were
here. The camp here is better camp
than Bowie was. We have n4rraclks
to sleeD In. hot and cold water TO wash
in and plenty TO eat i found some
Spanish carpenters / could talk % and
they are the only ones here whom !
talk TO. I haven't talked 70 an amer
lean girl in over three weeks and only
heard some here for the first time in
three weeks at a dance last night
There is a large y II q. A. here
and we can write all We want 70 az
present We are near a town but
haven't ben able TO 60 in yet I don {
expect there is very much TO see as
We have. seen a lot OF me ola le7.ns-
got to see some old castles and one
old fort in which Napoleon kept pris-
oners in his day
France is an interesting country,
but we aren't here for play or
scenery.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-31
Editorial Comment By
Arthur Brisbane


for this little earth VIII be wen Aho"h
and cease to be exciting
Later. Of course, when We get out
OF our planetary childhood cur nelsh-
Eors in space will talk 70 US anu-
consfder il ureposterous If you nke-
Libraries Of the future viii contain
bound volumes Of very inter e me
correspondence between the inhaol p
tants Of this and other planets We
SHAH not always be limited 10 me
letters Of Madame de SeFigne OF 1lie
moralizing Of Marcus Aurellls- AnS
fact that man has always wanted 70
nv was sufficient proof that one Gay
ne would fly. The fact that every
BODY wants TO talk TO the other plan
cts is proof that some day the tank
ing viii be done.
Concerning the negro preacher who
lived to be AZ. however. this may pc
said for the comfort Of those tnal ole
Young: 1t doesn't matter how long
YOU live. What matters is how much
you live.
a turtle from the Galapagos Islands
lives 10 be SEQ years old AT the enc
he has seen less Of life than the Is
months old baby that has gone
through the Intellectual excitement
Of learning how to walk
Columbus when he saw ianu, new
ton when his original calculations on
the power Of gravitation worked out
sccurately. Wright when his machine
flew and Archimedes when he jumped
out OF the bath tub and ran naked
down the street with the new idea IN
his mind. all lived more in a few
second than the average centenariaD
lives in 100 years.
X
The German people. through their
newspapers, are beginning 10 ask
What are we fighting for
Better late than never. You have
seen Frost's picture OF the farmer
that hooked himself up in the yoke
with the young bull calf lie was
educated TO II
The calf started down the road,
drageinE the farmer along. by the
neck. The farmer in the picture says,
stop US. somebody-darn our 1901
souls"
The farmer would have been spared
some anguish il he had thought for
a moment before hooking up with
the bull calf.
The German people. similarly, would
have been fortunate il they had
thought It over for a few minutes be-
fore yokinE W with the kaiser ana
starting on the crazy career through
Europe.
A Hamburg editor says The two
rererses that the German arms have
suffered have produced a deep emo
zion in the German people
Other emotions are coming, plenty
OF them. for, at last. and. thank God,
word comes from Pershing that is
flying machines built in the United
States equipped with Liberty motors
have made their first reconnaissance
] Il lines
They came back without loss" but
not entirely without loss to things
behind the German lines, let US hope.
When these IS machines are multi
piled by 100, and the 1890 multiplied
[ by 10 the real emotion in Germany
ought to begin.
Perhaps by that. time the German
people viii make up their minds to
get out OF the yoke and allow the
Hohenzollern bull calf to go 1t
alone.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-31
Strange Species Of Fish
Mustifes It's CabLors

Quincy. Mas. Aug. sf-A large
fish. the species Of which has not
been definitely determined by old
time fishing men, has been killed in
FIasvvards creek. Quincy Neck II
weighed 175 pounds and measured
five feet eight inches from the tip
Of one fin 10 the tip OF the other.
These fins were back OF the head
and there were two others, a large
one on top and a smaller one under
meath. Several fishermen who viewed
the strange catch declared they
never had observed anything like H.