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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

trolled the British navy and the British
army, it is obvious that the British nation
would longer be free On the other
hand, if the council did not control the
British army and the British navy it is
equally obvious that the council could not
prevent Great Britain from going to war.
We have, then, to face the situation that
the British nation is to surrender its
weapons of self defence to a government
mainly composed of foreigners Whatever
that government proposes this country will
have to do or risk being attacked by forces
composed partly of its own army and it's
own navy.
"The British people have inherited a
great estate. British statesmen are the
trustees of that estate. Mr.. Wells pro-
poses to broaden out that trusteeship by
handing over that estate to BODY in
which our statesmen must be in perma-
nent minority. 1t is not merely to share
the benefits; it is to surrender the control:
1t is not, in plain language, a broadening
of, trusteeship but change of ownership.
Mr. Wells speaks of a league of free
nations. Should we be any longer free
nation under such a system? This coun-
Gil, mainly composed of foreigners, would
controi our army and our navy If that
control were efficient revolt would be i'm
possible. 1t would control our property
the raw material of our industries and
the shipping by which that raw material
is carried. 1t would control our trade. In
what, if these things are taken away from
US, would our freedom consist? Our i'm
perial government would be locked of its
sovereign powers A nation which once
ruled the seas and governed great part
of the world would be reduced to questions
of water, drainage and education Over
these it would remain the sovereign as long
as the council which controlled the armed
forces of the world chose to leave them in
its hands.
MIR. Wells suggests that love of empire
and fear of democracy are the only two
objections to his proposal. There is an
other. There is something, the power of
which Mr.. Wells does not seem to under
stand, the power which is POLITICALLY called
patriotism, the power inherent in what is
called nationality. For most men it covers
all they hold dear in life, their future.
their past, their pride and, if Mr. Wells
prefers it so, their prejudices 1t is the
natural organization in which men live.
by which they live. Without the nation to
protect them they could never have sur
vived in the struggle for existence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
Sunk ON President Lincoln, Captivel
ON Submarine, Saved by
Swimming Rhine

by the time the escape was to be attempted.
We had also collected Stats of wood suit
able for making the steps Of ladder and
these with the screws and our tools we
hid in odd places till the time came. The
two uprights of my ladder were to be
two sets Of light double boards about 10
feet long which were used to mark the ten
mis- court. We calculated that Is feet would
take US over the last wire fence, leaving
three feet inside the window on which our
friends could hang while we crawled to the
end and dropped off.
1--WE had to work feverishy the night Of
escape suddenly to assemble all our
preparations during the only short time
when this could be done. | used my tooth
brush and shoe backing to paint the tennis
court markers so that they could not be
seen in the dark and it seems to me my
hands are still sore from screwing on the
Stats to ladder
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
What Is to Become
w Of Patriotism?

ut is this tremendous force which Mr..
Wells proposes to make subordinate to the
rulings of an outside body. Let us sup
pose 1T put to the test. Let US suppose that
a council mainly composed of foreigners
decides upon policy to which the British
government as one member of that coun
Gil refuses to assent. The council pro
poses to force its will upon England or
upon the British Empire. 1t proposes to
use the sea and land forces transferred
by England to the council for that purpose.
Is it likely that these forces, directed by
the council to subdue the nationality to
which they belonged, would carry out these
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
M r. Wells Promptly
AVA Starts Something

This may be regarded as a rather re-
strained expression Of radical opinion
u the Imperialists, but it had the desired
snect of bringing quick reply to Mr..
Weiss views on the league of nations.
IN the beginning Wells set forth as
follows some reasons for the necessity
oI the proposed league:
less striking to the imagination, but far
more portentous, is what modern war will
0ecome in preparation. When this war con-
s'aoes' unless It concludes in some abso-
.a'eiy convincing world pacifcation, it is
-sni1est that there will have to be added
the army and navy of our former ideas,
AUG kept always in state of acute pre-
pasedness, vast air feet, vast anti-air-
z e'At equipment, vast extension Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
4 n Exciting
"a Getaway

when all ready the lights sud-
denly went out / leaped at the remaining
solid bar of the window and it came out
with crash The alarm was raised in
stantly, but in the darkness and confusion
we managed to put out our ladder and
first the lightest, then the next and then
the next lghtest crawled over. AS
tries between the wire rushing about and
shouting, but they evidently hadn't thought
any one could escape over their heads Out
side the last fence there was a sentry
every 30 yards, but all three of US man
aged to get over the wire and drop to
darkness and fired. We scattered mme-
ately. dashed for the hill about 400
yards away, while bullets buzzed in all d.
rections. When jumped clear of the wire
there was guard not more than ten feet
away side and another not much
further on the other. I was proabIy ten
yards away before they could do anything.
When got to the rendezvous found Willis
had also got away. l know some of the
others got out of the camp, but ] never
knew exactly what became of them. One
passed me at right angles as I was going
night.
During the first three days / think
Willis and 1 made about rs miles We
slept in fir brush during the day and lay
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
\ mother Fruitless
~ Dash for Freedom

"On the way to Villingen l decided to
try again to escape. A sentry was sitting
on either side of me in the train, so there
was little hope of success. Nevertheless,
l waited till the train had gone pretty far
south and then when one of my guards
was doing and the other was looking away
l dived through the narrow window before
they could grab me and fell on the line.
The train must have been going at about
forty miles an hour, so l was dazed by
the fall. My head was hurt, but this
would not have stopped me if hadn't hit
my knee in falling Nevertheless, l tried
to run. My guards must have stopped the
train Immediately, for I soon heard them
shouting 'Halt!' and bullets came whizzing
by me. When they we're only about Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

ton change in diplomatic methods.
The world has become too multitudinous
for secret understandings. In this swarm
ing world of half-taught crowds, with it's
imminent danger from class hostility and
dlstrust, governments must say plainly
what they mean and stand by their declara-
lions unambiguously. 1t may at times be
difficult and tedious to inform whole
population upon the values of some inter-
national situation, but the danger of mis-
conception and spasmodic crowd action out
weighs the desire of the expert for an
uncritcsed freedom. There must be an
end to secret diplomacy. Nations must
understand their responsibilities The well
fare of the world requires that the very
children in the elementary schools should
be taught the broad outlines Of the agree
ments and treaties that bind their nation
into the mosaic of the worlds peace. They
have to grow up understanding and con-
senting, if only on account of the grim
alternative which the precedent of Russia
suggests"
Now come the Imperialists with their
reply. Ian D. Colvin represents them
and it at once becomes evident that
Wells succeeded in "getting the Imper-
ialistic goat" eve must all be CRATE
full for his solicitude as to our difficulties
in accepting the project" says Mr.. Col
win.
The case for the Imperalists who OPP
pose the league of nations is stated as
follows:
THE British Navy, for example, would
be no longer under the British government.
1t would be under council in which the
British government was in a minority of
one. And so, we may suppose, with the
British army. If this council really con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
Lieutenant lsaacs's Thrilling Dash
Out of German
Prison

which the bombs were coming and how far
away they were. The vessel shook from
stem to stern and everything loose on
board jumped and ratified. Five of the
explosions were very close. Not word
was spoken by the crew at their posts
until finally the explosions became fainter
and fainter When they could no longer
be heard we came to the top.
"There was absolutely no animosity
shown toward me on board the submarine
and l dined at the officers mess We lived
on the best food Germany could provide
We had sausages, sauerkraut, fresh eggs
and real coffee, among other things We
had four meals day and all the men
on board were strong and husky. Captain
Kenny was very courteous to me, and said
he couldn't understand why America came
into the war.
While we were cruising about we
sighted another American DESTROYER hotilla
looking for us and as the captain thought
things were likely to get too hot for him
in those parts we steered for the KEEL
Canal via the Skagerrak and Cattegat. Dur.
ing the trip to Germany we were once sub
merged eleven hours, while, presumably
avoiding or going through mine field.
"While passing through Danish waters
l made my first attempt to escape. We
were on the submarine deck and I deter
mined to jump overheard as soon as it
became dark enough to give me some
chance of escaping. We were about four
miles from land and I had a Iife-bet on.
l waited till 1890 a. M, but it was still
light in these northern ATTITUDES. I saw
there was no hope Of its getting darker,
SO l man@uvred to jump over the side
and was about to do when the captain
seized me. had no other chance of get
ting away before reaching Wilhelmshaven
The captain sent me below, but said very
little about my trying to jump overheard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

phe, collection Of eminent jursts at The
Hague making nervous gestures at the
forces that will prepare the next. What
most sensible people desire is either a
strong league of nations or no league of
nations at all If the beast of modern war
is to be chained, it must have a chain to
hold it and not a packthread; and the drift
of recent discussion Of the league of ma
tions lies all in the direction of estimat-
ing what weight of chain is absolutely
necessary, and what we must do to get
that chain"
Describing the chain, Mr.. Wells con-
tinues:
"a world control of ornaments implies
and there is no good whatever in Sinking
the fact-some sort of world council, some
sort of pooling of the naval, military, and
air forces of the world under that council,
and a representation OF the states of the
world thereon to a degree commensurate
with their strength and will. This Is going
beyond league; this is an approach to
world federation.
"The present war has made nothing more
manifest than that the effective control
OF nilitarism must extend out to issues
that are not in themselves military
An effective world control Of militarism
implies effective world control of food
supplies and Of the supplies of staple arti-
cles generally, of coal, iron, and the like.
world control of miltarism will
lead, it will be found, to world control
of shipping and of the world distribution
Of staples, to restraint upon tariff wars,
and, indeed, to a general control of inter
national trade. This is large order both
for the free trader and the tariff re-
former, but it is necessary part Of any
scheme for an effective control of
war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
ing Down to Brass Tacks ON a League of Nations

navy for submarine and anti-submarine
work, a huge, constantly developing tank
force, a drilled population, and huge es-
Enlistment of war factories There will
be constant competition of new designs
in all these things. We shall have to make
and scrap, even if we do not fight We
shall indeed be eaten up by ornaments,
compared with which the ornaments of
1913 will seem trivial miniatures Peace
under insecure conditions, even if it bring
a certain cessation Of the slaughter, will
bring but little relief Of the burdens of
armament The masses will be called upon
to bear these burdens still, without any
of the stir and excitement Of actual war
or any hope Of an end. Labor, no longer
under military discipline, will be packed in
armament factories, engaged upon the end
less tasks of preparedness. Food, clothing,
housing, and every amenity of life will re-
main as now the skimped production of a
fringe of inferior workers. Prices will
continue to soar, dragging wages with
them Few observant people believe that
labor will stand the new armed peace for
long IN any country of the world, and
Russia has shown what may happen to a
population strained beyond its breaking
point When a government goes another
government may take its place, but when
a social system breaks, it is debacle. The
nature of the prospect grows so clear that
intelligent men of every party and every
type of social prepossession are coming to-
gether upon this fundamental necessity of
putting an end not only to war but to the
threat of war. There is no party in the
political world that has not given promi-
nent adherents now to the league of ma
tions idea"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

under trees in the rain trying to keep our
selves warm We had little food, but
during the nights we managed to get some
cabbage some potatoes from the feldsF
We had a compass and a fairly good map.
"On the seventh day after our escape we
arrived at the bank of the Rhine and were IL
faced with new problem. Most of the'w
bank was sheer cliff and at other places"
where the descent was possible there were Z
sentries. From 10 p m. till midnight we
explored up and down bank trying TO f7ndss
an opening, but failed. Then we hit upons1
another plan which saved US We found -
mountain stream flowing into the Rhine 70
and decided to go down the bed of this. Ito
took US about two hours to get to the
mouth of this creek. We went on our
hands and knees, feeling every stone be- q
fore putting weight on it, for fear it
would overturn and rouse the sentries. :"
While we were creeping down the stream
Willis whispered to to be sure and
take off my trousers, and when I turned r.
to whisper back he was no longer there
The current of the Rhine had suddenly5e
swept him away, and while was thinking y
about his disappearance it swept me away, ,
too
"The Rhine where we swan it is very
fast and full of whirlpools I got to the.
middle of the river and found I couldn't
get any further. The water was icy cold,
cold that when I put the back of my
head in it to float on my back it felt as
if l had been struck a violent blow
shipped some water in mid-stream and =.
just as l was about to collapse 1 realized
I was beginning to progress little out
Of the centre Of the current. | must have
swum the rest of the way almost uncon-
sciously, for few seconds later as it
seemed to me, my foot struck a rock I
tried to rise but couldn't and lay there
for a while in a state of collapse. One
of the difficulties of swimming the Rhine
was to swim so noiselessly as not to be
heard and be shot at from the bank 81
Finally ] managed to stagger to nv
feet. l walked about till found farm
house and knocked. When the Swiss
farmer and his wife found that I was an
American they couldn't do enough for me-
l was tucked in bed with hot-water bottles
and fed and was given the care that Ger.
tainly needed. I sent the farmer out to
look for Willis and he met another farmer
who had been sent out by Willis to look
for me. Willis has gone back to France
and l am on my way to America" -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
n a Listening
Il Hotel"

Eat Karlsruhe was put Immediately into
the listening hotel where it is hoped
prisoners will give away information, which
is overheard through microphones. Thew
put me in room BY myself for the first
day, then on the second day, presumably
because l spoke French, I was put with
eight French officers. We found and tore
up four dictaphones in that room. On
the third day was placed with three Brit
ish officers. I was also questioned by an
intelligence officer. l told him we were
building an immense navy and were send
ing so many troops to France that the Ger
man line couldn't possibly hold On nv
fourth day in Karlsruhe l was transferred
to the Geological Gardens, the general dis
tributing centre Of prisoners Of all nation
alities. There were Serbs, Italians, Rus
SLAMS and representatives Of almost all the
countries fighting Germany. Here I met
two English generals who were real live
wires. / confirmed information I had OBJ
tanned by talks with other prisoners. and
decided l must endeavor to get away.
led two plans of escape from this camp.
but both were betrayed. l also Joined a
French attempt, which went wrong through
letter to a woman in Karlsruhe, who
was to help US, falling into the hands Of
the commandant. Usually we never knew
by whom We were betrayed, but suddenly
found our plans circumvented by additional
wire being put UP something of the
kind. We also planned to get away in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
of the Jaws of Death and Hundom-A Yank's Escape

same bread and coffee, which I found out
afterward was made from acorns and
roasted barley. After another three days
of the land gaol they shipped me of to
Karlsruhe. To my joy, I discovered while
in the mother ship a SIS bill which had
been overlooked, and which came in use
full later. got the captain Of tho sub
marine to change it when he came to see
me and asked him to purchase me q tooth
brush, which also helped me when l finally
got away. While at Wilhelmshaven | was
also taken on board the flagship, and inter
rogated by the chief of staff of the high
seas fleet. He began in very friendly
way to talk to me. He also inquired why
America had cast her lot in with England
and said he was surprised at Americas
entry into the war. I asked him in return
whether he thought America was the kind
of country which could forget the Lusi-
tania, and whether he considered America
could be friends with the nation that in
vented the Hymn Of Hate Our conversa-
ton ended in less friendly tone and I
could see had made his ears burn.
ION the way to Karlsruhe only saw
one herd of cattle and that was one which
was reserved for the fleet. We went to
Karlsruhe via Hanover, Frankfurt and
Mannheim. l was in charge of a naval
officer and two men,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
I s 1t All a
u German Scheme?

The Morning Post" itself finds still.
other objections. 1t puts forth the idea
editorally that the League of Nations
scheme was Matched in Germany to take q
the edge from foreseen defeat and was
cleverly foisted on the world through
an easily duped America, after which
Germany reluctantly consented to ac
cept the plan as a possibility The
post" continues: -
"The full beauty of this PROPOSAL will he
realized when we mention that Germany
before the provided herself with raw
materials mainly from the British Empire.
After the war, that is to say. we are 70
provide Germany with the same quantity
of raw materials IS she took from ms hr
fore the war, so that she may build I'D at
our expense her pre-war economic position
Our raw materials are not to be under
our control, but under the control of an
international board, on which we shall he
in a minority of one, and as this board is
to sit at The Hague and not in England
we may safely presume that Germany
Will be In better position for lobbying it Q
than ourselves.
1.-THE truth is that our politicians are 81
"SSuieooly iedOlHB Ihelr country into a
very dangerous position on this matter.
They have thrown up their hats for a prin- 3
clple which carries consequences they had
nor considered. &
"A federal Europe suits, and always has
suited, Germany. The original idea of the
German Empire federal Christendom
OF which Germany was the centre-and
Holland is considered by Germany as for,
political purposes a German state The
League of Nations is only the resurrection
OF the first German Empire under new
name, for it is calculated that GERMANY
as she presides at the centre of anv sucb
RECREATION is certain TO hold the balance
of power. The powers at the circumference,
IKE England and the United States are at
an obvious disadvantage in any such nv.
rangement, and it was. this DISADVANTAGES
which induced England to lead the national
revolt against the imperial Roman combina<
tlon at the close Of the Middle Ages" II,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
In Gernany's Most
d Secret Port

cat Wihelmshaven l was put on board
the submarines mother ship, where nv
only food was sour black bread and colored
water which was called coffee Wilhelms-
haven is the most secret of all German
ports, and it is difficult even for officers
in uniform to get in and out. After
few days in the mother ship with sentry
outside my barred window and another out
side my barred door, was transferred to
q similar land goal being still fed on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
By H. c. Wells

A N intense discussion has arisen
LA in England over the question of
-A league of nations. On one
side are the more advanced and
radical thinkers, while opposed to them
are those who before the war were
known as Imperialists- H G. Wells, rep
resenting those who approve OF the
league Of nations idea and seek way
to put it into practical effect, has writ
ten letter on the subject to 1.-The Morn
ing Post" which is frankly intended to
be controversial, for he says:
Your readers are not supposed to be
very much in love with democracy; they are
supposed to cling to the traditions of that
less intense phase of the worlds history
before the first French revolution, when
WET was at its highest degree of specializa-
ton and international affairs the exclusive
concern of few courts and great families
And there is probably ND section of the
public for whom the thought of the empire
has more magic Family traditions are in
erwoven into the imperial service, and
prestige is precious thing to your public
10 some of your readers such "a phrase as
The pooling of ernpires' rnay sound at first
both base and brutal But, indeed, the
league of nations is not cessation OF such
an empire as ours; II is rather a broaden
ing out of the idea Of a vast trnsteeship
among nations until 1T becomes Worldwide
And when the conservative minded recoil
from the novel associations, the strange
and larger responsibilities of the new pro-
posals, then we must return TO tbs initial
ana fundamental necessity of the case How
else can you prevent Mars from eating up
and destroying your whole social order {?
IL you do not like thinking of league
oi nations enforcing peace upon the world,
'aen think of the deep-sea submarines, the
night and day air raids-with five or six
ION bombs and the like-and the giant tanks
OF the great war of 1885 or thereabouts,
~hen at last our empire has to put it's back
70 the wall to defend it's self-contained
'arltf-protected monopolies- Or Of the
plunge into Bolsheyik despair on the part
u labor under the pressure of armament
production, which may be the alternative
70 such war"