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New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
The Weak Keystone

Our success or failure to do our
part alongside our allies in this war
for human rights. the very lives of
our sons and brothers whom we have
sent to battle, rest upon the Quarter
masters Department, upon the fore
sight and energy of its bureau heads,
and the swift, unceasing operation of
its transportation and supply service
There is no department. in any army
20 important.
The feeding. the transportation. the
cquipping of a great army is bust
ness job for men of wide vision and
large business experience such as no
army officer of non military nation
ever gets or ever could get under nor
NAL conditions. With the freedom of
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
The Same as in 1898

Until the stimulating House recon-
mendations came to bid us hope we
had advanced not great way in the
business of going to war beyond Cuban
campaign days, when only mercifui
athcr held III check the storms that
would have driven our supply ships to
sea and left the men on shore with not
another days rations.
Then. as now, the causes were the
same-red tape, lack of business men
and business methods for a business
lob; the results were the same-all-
round inefticiency, delay, confusion,
breakdown in the supply service
Had there been a really strong and
determined foe opposing US in Cuba
we would have paid heavily indeed be-
fore ~e reached Santiago.
The single marked advance in 1917
is IN the Red Cross organization, which
was almost useless, at least on the
front, in 1898, but promises to lead
the American expedition of 1917 in
forehanded efficiency.
Then, we gave our volunteers-th
list New York and I'd Massachusetts,
black powder cartridges to reveal their
presence to foe using smokeless
cartridges with range three times as
great; now we give our soldiers no
machine guns-the most indispensable
weapon of the war
Then, we managed to get one days
cunn1iea OH
5000 miles separating our base and
our line.
Then, ammunition first to be needed
was loaded into the bottom of the
transport cargo while less important
articles were placed ready at hand;
now, sorely needed wagon bodies ar
rive in one ship and the wheels three
weeks later on another steamer.
Then, We left practically all our
artillery at Tampa for campaign in
which it would have been quickly
decisive element; now, we have none
OF our own tc take.
Then, before San Juan we were
short of ammunition which only an
heroic mule pack train managed to
bring up in the night to the men who
were digging in; now, We are relying
on France and England to supply our
deficiencies
In 1898 it was individual initiative.
spirit. which inspired and enabled the
men landed at Daiquiri to find and as
semble their outfits from the bewilder-
r,,r
and to scramble forward to the first
fight at Las Guas imas-of which the
retreating Spanish colonel reported to
his commander at Santiago, "They
tried to catch us with their hands,"
But 1918 is not 1898, and the Boche
is not the Spaniard, and American re-
sourcefulness and initiative and spirit
'for rifle craftsmanship alone), spen-
dsdly abiding as they are. will not
secure on the West front the easily
won results they attained in Cuba and
the Philippines. This is obvious
though apparently hidden from bureau
discernment
AS IN 1898, We have been IN the tolls
of the seniority fetch plus prejudice.
and the two most important depart
ments in the -quartermaster's
and ordnance made the dumpinr
ground for inertia. incxperience and
incapacity.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Borrowing From, France

Nine months ago we entered the
war. To-day we are giving no land
aid to our allies in a military sense,
while we are drawing on them for our
equipment essentials of which thew
have no surplus to spare us easily.
Talking with French officers on this
subject, I asked if they could spare
the guns and ammunition and gaso-
lene they were giving US. They an
swered: "What will you? You must
have them; your army has none; We
must let you have them so long as we
possibly can; we do our best; it is re-
ducing our reserves: we have no ample
surplus; we hope you will quickly be
able to bring your own supplies"
We have made high promises. there
has been large talk Of our potentiali-
ties, but our actual showing thus far
is incompetence in the Quitting and
purchasing and forwarding depart
ments of our quartermaster: and
wrangling, red tape and disoryaniza-
tlon, which are responsible for our
present inability to furnish our SOL
diers with machine guns. rifles. am
munltion, ordnance and suitable cloth
ing.
1t is lamentable breakdown and
the cause Of much disquiet in France
not only for its disappointment in our
widely heralded efficiency, but for the
further sacrifices it suggests as likely
to cost her.
1t is not too much to say that our
failure to equal our allies natural
expectations Of this great, wealthy in
dustrial nation is answerablc for the
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
The Typical Instance

"
The sorry, shameless story Of the
machine gun is the story Of the supply
and t~nnsportation service in France
to- da
In August. 1915 Congress appro-
pr lated S12OO0,ooo especially and
specifically for the purchase of machine
guns, and placed the sum at the dis
posal Of the Ordnance Department. But
it was not until our first division was
already in France, in June, 1917-tcn
months later-that the first steps were
taken by the chief of the Ordnance De-
partment, General Crozier-accordng
to his own statementto get the guns
which three years Of terrible carnage
had demonstrated as being the most
useful of all the arms for the soldier
in the trench. With the world strug-
Cling for freedom through the hcllfire
Of such battles and our entrance i'm
mnent-it is an amazing story, paral-
leled only by that of the months
wranglng in the Shipping Board over
the respective merits of wood and iron
at the cost Of irremediabe time, while
the worlds boats were being sunk daily
and the worlds food endangered.
We are somewhat in the position as
to general officers that England was at
her beginning, and we must do (and
the House recommendations give en-
couragement that we shall begin to do)
what England did, only we must not
wait so long to do it, unless we want
to subject our soldiers to Gallipol
with its heroic ghastly record. or a
Neuvechapelle, where the British lost
thousands and the chance for distinct
nd much needed victory.
France and England withdraw their Of
flcers too old for the new game-which
Is no criticism Of these otherwise eX-
cellent men suited for posts where
physical fitness and swift executive ac-
tlon are moi so essential, if any such
posts can be found in these days-and
we shall be obliged to do the same if
our army is to have chance to make
good.
At recent dinner to an American
Congressman in British sector there
was not an officer over forty-five wears
of age, and four breadier generals un-
DER thirty-siX
France is no place for officers who
are too old 20 learn. or too firmly fixed
IN their notions to do Sc. They should
be brought home. AS General Sbert
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Army, 5000 Away

very grave situation which makes the
coming six months as critical as the
first six months Of the war
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

Best makes, but for trade reasons we are not perm
mention brand.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

for the good of their men. The Ital-
ians in their Libyan campaign suffered
under similar method and promptly
saw the wisdom of abolishing it in
order to conserve an excellent condi-
ton Of mind and body in their SOL
aiers. To-day in the British, French
and Italian armies medical reports go
through medical officers to medical
headquarters and no line officer can
delay or stop them.
We should have profited by their
experience. but as in other directions
we haven't. Our medical men have all
the responsibility and no authority.
Shall we wait to cut this strangling
bit of red tape until the bodies of our
dead mount to scanda lous proportions ?
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Sheets and Pillow Cases

Neasurements are Eefore hemming.
No Mail or Telephone Orders for Above
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Truth That Aches

Secrecy between a people and their
government is a mischicvous element
In national life. Lloyd George told
England in one of his stirring speeches
not very long ago that a nation which
is not virile enough to hear the truth
about itself is not first class power
In America as in England the people
are entitled to the truth even though
it be ugly and uncomplimentary, even
though it fall on devoted theories or
heads or prejudices. In America as
IN England we need to look uncolored
facts in the face. This is moment
for us to hear such TRUTH ] believe
we can hear it, though Germany is
banking on our not being big enough
and strong enough to tell the truth to
ourselves. Germany says we are not a
first rate power; that we arc SO satu-
rated with greed and materialism that
we cannot rise to this our great occa
sion. And none of us can be sure that
we shall; none of US can say if indeed
we have found our national soul If
ours IS the national spirit that will
pay and endure and pay again. We
nave shown our greatness in material
things, but material things alone do
not measure a nations greatness
there is the moral fibre without which
the measure is but half reckoned. We
are on trial before the world.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Tots Every Day Togs
At January Sale Prices.

AT January Sale FTIceS.
Pretty little gngham for rompng and play ussy whit
ones fer those dressup and delightfully."- thing
for keeping them comfy cold daysa at such I1TI@
prices.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Silk Underwear
At amazingly low prices for
January Sale
Envelope Chen1iseS

Envelope Chen1iseS
OF washable satin deep yoke Of
Swiss embroideries and fsheye lace
combined-lace trimmed back-lace
edge. ribbon run
Nighf Dresses
Of crepe de chine-Empire style,
hemstitching and -shirring ribbon
and rosebud rosettes--
our reg. $4.T5. 6R
Washable Satin Bloomers
Shirred at waist and hnec-two
rows hemstitching
our reg. 1894 QA
Envelope Chemises
Washable satin and crepc de chine
IN delicate pink tint bodice with
Val: lace in bowknot design, neck
edglng to match. or pinched tucks
combined with hemstitching
extremely dainty
Our usual S394 0 . on |
Crepe de Chine and Satin
CaynisOIes
Fancy yokes of lace and /
ribbon-s special .......... .44l
CaniS0fes
Satin or crepe de chine beautiful
styles-French knots, fine lace and
cmb'y trim
our reg. Sl.94 az
Crepe dc Chine Petticoats
Dainty flesh. with five rows hlet |
pattern lace in ccru tint, With every
other row of wide blue satin ribbon
net under rufflc-
special Observation-Disclosures. 500
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

very grave situation which makes inc
coming six months as critical as the
first six months Of the war.
Vision! Vision!
1t isn't merely that there have been
blunders; blunders we would and do
expect as the inevitable accompani-
mcnt Of an unmlitary democracy go
ing to war; but it is the absence Of an
appreciation of the necessities Of the
hour by the responsible heads Of bu-
rcaus; the failure to grasp the de-
mands Of this kind of a war game; tho
narrow vision; the stranging red
'or": tho fact that condition could
exist where such delay at such a
,..n~ As III tho matter of the machine
guns and rifles would be possible.
Thus far we have taken little profit
from British and French experience.
With ample warning and time for prep
aration, with unlimited manufacturing
facilities, untold wealth and the models
and counsel of Great Britain and
France to guide us, we should have
put our men afield with the very best
possible equipment instead of which
we have sent them to trials Of body
and spirit, Of endurance and patient
courage such as men never have met
before this war-with an equipment in
some respects the least practical, the
least comfortable and serviceablc.
The efficiency and organization upon
which we plumed ourselves and for
which the world took us at our word
have been spicuously absent so far
IS TIE proper equipment and mainte-
nance Of our little army in France is
concerned.
We are in danger of receiving a
crushing blow to our material and
spiritual welloeing unless we come
~ mnt y out Of all dreams of immu-
1ity from victorious Germany, and
awake to a realization Of what this
war means to us, to you and me, to
our business and our homes.
Is There Bigness?
Germany says we can't.
w z H0"C NOIcU 8ACdC ouIuS lO1 lUe.
war and made huge programmes, but
not yet as a people have we risen
above selfish individualistic ambitions
for comfort or power or profit. De-
mocracy, narrowly viewed, makes for
individualistic development for indi-
vidualistic rewards. 1t is for US now
in the face of menace and the call OF
our allies in our eals to show if we
can merge the individual into united
effort for the state and for the cause
on which hangs the fate of the very
democracy by which we live and
prosper.
We must prove big enough to rise
to this need, else we shall be too late
next spring in France, and so justify
Germany's estimate Of u.s.
Some of us, through the press, are
still patting ourselves on the back
over what Eve have done"; but it be-
hooves US to be modest before the
great deeds, under greater hancicaps
than ours, of England and France and
Canada and Australia.
We have not organized ourselves as
we'll as France did at her beginning;
we have not shown the thorough work
manship Of the British. Unprepared
England two and one-half months af
ter the declaration of war stopped the
Huns at the Yser-at great cost-but
stopped them, and saved Calais and
probably the war. Unprepared Amer
lca nine months after coming in and
SIX months after reaching the front is
still considering the problem of sup
plies and the line Of communication.
SLOW" Old England has beaten
Young America in speed, efficiency, or
ganization!
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Full knowledee

That very shrewd student of human
nature, M. Clemenceau, said the other
day in response to the question wheth-
er nc considered it wise that people
should be taken into the confidence of
government: 81 believe self-govern-
ing people fight better when they have
full knowledge Of the actual situation"
The American people, in full knowl-
edge OF the portent Of this hour, must
demand Of their Congress and its an
pointed committees speedy fulGlment
OF the tasks intrusted to them by the
people and their President.
democratic government goes no
1astcr and no further than the people
who constitute the government insist
1t is the temper Of the civil population
that propels or retards a great effort
such as we are now called on to make
We get the kind Of legislation. the
KIND of men in office that We want;
they reflect accurately either our de-
slres or our indifferences our neglects
OF citizen duty. If we have no machine
guns and not enough rifles, and our
troops are lily equipped, it is because
the people have failed to demand them
OF the War Department. If there has
been breakdown in the supnlv and
transportation service it is because
the people have not insisted that this
most important department of an army
keep pace in method and personnel
with the scope of it's duties. We have
to confess these plain facts.
The Peoples Part
1t IS up to the people to recognize
their failures and make now their do
mands:
THAT the seniority which kcens in.
eff'ciency in the army and dsloyalty
in the Senate be effaced.
THAT Senators and Representatives
abandon politics for patriotism and
get behind the President
THAT red tape be cut clear of the
medical and all departments concerned
IN the prosecution Of this war.
THAT topheavy and ineffective COM
mlttees be abolished or remodelled.
The people are behind their Presi-
dent, whose present attitude reveals
an understanding of the character and
the size Of the task upon US, and whose
we'll chosen words breathe the spirit
OF stalwart patriotism and a grim
determination to fight this fight
through to victorious and just and
lasting peace.
we must get on war basis; we. the
people, individually as we'll as COL
lectively, must strip for war. else ve
shall fail.
And if We fail, sooner or later Ger.
J many will be in our ports.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Ahl Etchings Exhibited

Paintings by Henry Hammond All
and original etchings and mezzotints by
Percival Gaskell, r. B. A, r. f.. are
now exhibited at the galleries Of Sam
uel Schwartz's Sons & Co. Mr.. Ali
has conceived the unique idea Of paint,
ing his frames in harmony with the
color scheme Of his canvases. Bud
ding SPRING we'll handled intcrpre-
tafion Of springs delicate colorings,
has frame Of tender green and duh
Yellow. The result IS rather one Of
camoufiage. Summer Clouds" is an
effective impression Of great white
clouds moving on an azure sky. Lumi-
nous III quality and poetically rendered
IL sunset Glow"
The etchings and mezzotints by Per
cival Gaskel show many fine old cas-
tlea and abbeyA ia Scotland and Eng
land Mrs Gaskell has acquired great
mastery OYER his medium and dep cts
nature in her many moods with a fine
sense Of com position and originality Of
viewpQint The exhibition viii con
fiuue uutii Aprll 20
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Art Show to Aid Poilus

An exhibition of paintings, auto
graphs and documents in aid of La Pro
lection du Reforme, No. ., which looks
after French soldiers who have been
invalided home, viii be held on April /
ct 67T Fifth Avenue, the house occu-
pied until recently by Colonel and Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt, who are now in
possession Of their new home, $40 Fifth
Avenue.
The French Ambassador will come
here TO open the exhibition. Included
il the objects to be shown Will be the
painting, con Guard for Liberty" by J.
Berne Bellecourt, which is to be pre-
sented TO President Wilson as a gift of
the members Of French artists Of the
Beaux Arts, OF Paris.
Mrs. Newbold lie Roy Edgar and Mrs
Bacon are at the head of the New York
committee. which, acting in conjunction
with the French High Commission, has
arranged the exhibit.
Cardinals Farley and Gibbons, Bishop
David H. Greer and Rabbi Joseph Sill
verrnan are members Of the committee
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Az the Colonial

Carter de Haven and his dlmlnutlve
brunette wife, Flora Parker. returned
to vaudeville yesterday at the Colo
NAL. The only thing about them
which is changed is their songs. They
are of the sort described as brand new
Edwin Weber is at the piano.
Hobert Bosworth presented The Sea
Wolf" a melodrama in one act taker
from the book by Jack London. The
motif is "Verily sadness is ever the
penalty the materialist pays for ms
materialism." In the cast are lds
Stanhope and Carroll Ashburn.
Bob Hall delighted his AUDIENCE witt
his extemporaneous,, lyrics. He, He Ca car !,
dare" as blithely as though he ha(
taken q month to think it up.
Others on the programme were thu
buttons, society equestrians; Tsel
Mel. the Chinese prima donna; Harr:
G. Richards and Bessie Kyle. in "Clul
Night: Gardner ard Hartman. in ;
singing and dancing act; McDevitt
Kelly and Lucey, in "The Pian'
Movers" and Bert Levy, who whistles
while he dra~'s cleverly with smoke.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
On the Screen
Iohn Hatton Overshadows
Star in The Whisper
ing Chorus"
In "Tbe Whispering Chorus" an ART

In "Tbe Whispering Chorus an Ara-
craft picture which is being presented
at the Rialto this week, Raymond Hat
ton has come into his own.
Hatton is the sort of actor who does
not need stature nor pulchritude to
make him impressive, but one is not
apt to notice any one else on the screen
so long as he is there. His charm IS
inexpllcabe but potent.
The story is beautifully done ty
Jean.e MACPHERSON, and was Intended
as 4 starring vehicle for Kathleen
Williams. but the honors go to Hatton
for his wonderful portrayal of John
Trimble. Elliott Dexter plays the hero.
but even this sterling actor is quite
.pvershadowed.
The whispering chorus is conscience,
and the thing is so we'll done that no
one minds the bit OF allegory.
John Trimble is an assistant cashier,
earning SIS a week. Miss Williams
is cast as Jane, his wife. who cheer
fully gives up everything which young
women care for and stays at home and
cooks and mends and furnishes the
optimism for the family.
Johns evil genius whispers to him
that he is martyr. and that is the
beginning of q tragedy which ends III
the electric chair, Self-pity is an in
sidious thing which soon leads to envy
and then to the condoning of theft.
When at last joan can no longer
doctor up the books to cover his de-
1alcation he runs away and hides by
day, going out in the dark to hunt for
tood. The picture is not cheerful
one, but worse soon follows, for one
night when John draws in the line
which he has LAID for some unwary fsh
he finds small fish on the hook. and
then when he draws in the next one he
finds something heavy and cumber-
some. 1t is dead body, stiff and stark.
From being merely an envious and
vacillating man John has now reached
point where he can take a heavy cop
per kettle and mutilate this poor life
less thing and dress it in his own
clothes and then don the garments Of
the dead man. He grew to glory in his
! hardiwork, and finally wrote note
! saying that he was being pursued by
one Edgar Smith. and that if anything
! happened to him Smith was the IS
sassin.
The character work done by Hatton
as he showed the mans gradual moral
decline was remarkable.
Finally he could sink no lower and
his Nemesis overlook him.
Identified as Edgar Smith, he paid
the penalty for the murder of John
+ Trimble-himself
There was bit at the last, with a
rose which showed, in its mute way.
when the end came for John; and the
final scene, where the soul Of the un-
fortunate walks freely from the Jail
and on its way into eternity meets the
soul of little child just starting on
its journey, is one of the most impress
sive things that ever has been shown
on the screen.
In the cast, besides Miss Williams
and Mr.. Dexter. are Edythe Chapman,
Tully Marshall Guy Oliver, Gustav
Seyffertitz and a host of others.
The overture is Tampa; Helan
Marsh sang THE Lost Chord" and Fer
dinand Ries's Perpetual Motion" was
played by the first volns.
The comedy is "Those Athletic Girls"
IL u
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Zionists Will Hold
Passover Meeting

A Zionist mass meeting at Carnegie
Hall next Monday night viii be prob
ably the biggest New York event OF
Passover week. a number Of Jewish
organizations Will take part in a big
parade before the meeting.
This Passover holds more than usual
significance for the Zonists The
Passover is festival of freedom, IN
celebration of the deliverance of the
Hebrews from Egypt, and the Zionists
say that the coming Passover should
b. the happiest that the Jews have
observed in hundreds Of years. because
Palestine is now 10 be restored to
them.
"A year hence in Jerusaleml" For
centuries Jews have been repeating
this line il the Passover feast ser
vice.
Many New York families are expect
ing sons in nearby cantonments to re-
turn for the Passover feast Wednes-
day night There VIII be Passover OBJ
servances in camp for soldiers unable
to get furloughs.
The first night Of the Passover cor
responds in Importance to Christmas
Eve among Gentiles; children come
from afar to be with their parents on
that night.
In strictly orthodox Jewish families
the heads Of the houses will wear at
the Passover feasts pure white robes
. and IN some cases caps of gold or sill
yer lace.
Instead Of the usual chair, a couch
VIII be placed at the head of the table
for the father Instead of sitting, he
Will recline on big, old-fashioned pill
lows
The father VIII read the story ol
the deliverance from Egypt Other
members Of the family will read tc