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New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Steel Helmets on Broadway

1t was a happy thought to send back
group of our fighting men to bring the
war home to US who stay behind. Theo-
retically, no such appeal should be nec-
essary. Imagination ought to be vivid
enough to make US see the trenches by
reading about them-and hitch them to
our daily life and duty. They are our
trenches quite as much as if they were
dug in Staten Island or The Bronx.
But that is not the way of imagina
tions, and there is no good in blaming
human nature for lacking this kind of
vision. Seeing is believing. Well, Broad
way, has now seen it's first steel he'll
NETS on the heads of our own fighting
men, and the whole of the country will
soon have the same CHANGE There can
be no doubt of the good consequences.
Like letters home, these boys who have
fought and bled will bear message that
no eloquence can match.
The welcome Of the crowds to these
men could not have been more stirring.
That is right. And it will surely be
equalled by the welcome to our visiting
allies, the French soldiers, "blue devils"
and other picked fighting men, who ar
rived yesterday on a similar mission. In
France the comrades of these two groups
of men are fighting shoulder to shoulder.
New York is proud to greet these
brothers in arms with one voice.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
We see no reason why the Senate should
not inquire rather carefully into the
makeup of so important board with
such new and untried powers.
Who Saved Hearst?

1t is pretended in Washington that
nobody knows how Hearst's Internation-
al News Service, which had been barred
from Canada, Great Britain and France
for malicious, pro-German Justification
Of dispatches, succeeded in having it's
privileges restored. "The New York
American" announced several weeks ago
that the thing had happened. Everybody
who might be supposed to know, includ
ing the Committee on Public Informa-
ton, disclaimed knowledge or RESPONSE
bility. 1t was said, in fact, that the an
nouncement was either untrue or prema-
ture, or both, and that all that had
been conceded was the right of "The
American" to have a correspondent with
the Pershing expedition. That turns out
to have been only the entering wedge.
The pressure that was brought to bear
for "The American" at the War Depart
ment was next exerted in other direc-
tions on behalf of the international News
Service The English government natu-
rally was unsympathetic, believing
Hearst to be the most powerful anti
British influence in the United States;
but representations were made, first, that
Hearst had mended his ways, proof Of
which was that his papers were printing
friendly editorials and cartoons about
the English, and, second, that he would
subscribe to undertakings Of good be-
havior-in writing, if necessary. 1t is
understood that they were actually re-
duced to writing.
These representations, it is said, were
reinforced by a threat to bring the mat
ter INTO open debate on the floor of Con-
gress, where it would be alleged that the
English government was trying to muz-
zle powerful organ of public opinion in
the country of an ally.
The British government at length gave
in and took him back on probation, and
the French government was obliged to
yield also, though it did so with bitter
reflections on the fact that Hearst was
represented in Paris by the man who
came to this country with the Infamous
Bolo Pacha
The negotiations on Hearst's behalf
were long and tedious, and we're accom-
panied by appropriate gestures in his
newspapers and in the Hearst-Brisbane
"Washington Times" all of which have
become ardent supporters of the Admin
istration.
We are able to establish only the rough
outlines. The intimate narrative will
perhaps never be told. George Creel
says he had nothing to do with the af-
fair and knows nothing about it. All of
must know. Does Senator johnson
know? Does Senator Lewis know? Does
Mr.. Burleson know? Does Mr.. Joseph
Tumulty know?
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
War Finance Appointments

In the appointments to the new War
Corporation boards it is to be noted
that preference is not given to anv mem
Der of the Federal Reserve Board who
has IN any way taken stand against
the John Shelton Williams policy of the
unlimited expansion of bank credits:
that is, neither Mr.. Paul M. Warburg
who had much to do with the framing
of the bill creating this board, nor DR..
A. G. Miller, nor ex-President F. A.
Delano
Instead of this, Governor Harding, a
banker, of Birmingham, Ala, is put at
the head of the Finance Board. and Mr..
Charles S. Hamlin is named first on the
Capital Issues Committee, with Mr..
John Shelton Williams second. Both
Governor Harding and Mr.. Hamlin re-
Gently distinguished themselves by point
ing out the enormous amount of Federal
Reserve notes that could be printed un-
der the law, with the present gold
reserve, increasing the present inflated
currency of the nation by a correspond
ing amount. This would not be very
hopeful for the conservatism of the War
Finance Board if it were not for the
fact that the bill, as amended, gave the
Federal Reserve Board practical veto
powers over undue expansion from this
new source.
The rest of the committee comprises
Mr.. Allen B. Forbes, at the head of one
of the largest bond selling houses in the
United States; Angus w. McLane, of
North Carolina, and Eugene Myers, jr.,
one of the most successful stock specu-
lators whom Wall Street has seen in re-
cent years.
We do not suppose that the President
had great deal to do with the naming
of this committee, nor even Mr.. McAdoo,
but we imagine that Mr.. John Shelton
Williams might have had great deal.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01

taxation in that in it's operation it would
enrich no one. Practically speaking, the
bare amount of the added rate would be
added to the cost of the goods. There
would be no in-between profit in the col
lection. We do not see why billion or
two billion dollars might not easily be
raised for the government in this simple
and expeditions way.
No one would be pinched except those
who profit now in shipping goods to a
needless distance.
sharp increase in freight rates would
do more to decentralize and distribute in
dustry in the United States and relieve
the present congestion in the East than
any other device which could be mag
ined. Eventually, no doubt, foresighted
policy would looa toward the adoption,
by degrees, of zone system of freight
rates, such as was advocated by Secre-
tary Lane in his long service on the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
The present system is little short of
an abuse.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
The Best Argument We Have Heard

1t was Private Harold Doty, one of
Pershing's men, who made it. He was
standing on the Sub-Treasury steps and
Wall Street had never seen such crowd
or heard such cheers. His speech is
given thus:
"There have been two Liberty loans,
you know. Some of you have subscribed
to the first two and now here's the third"
He hesitated second. Then he blurted
out:
"I've been wonnded twice, and Pm ready
to go. back and be wounded third
time"
Which was as far as the crowd let
him get We hope it is as far as you
will let him get. Words are not made
for moments like that. If you don't hus-
tie as fast as your legs will carry you
and subscribe to every Liberty bond you
can possibly and impossibly carry, you
are-well, you certainly don't belong in
the same crowd with Private Doty.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
4 Study in Character
By Captain Lord Dunsany
HRITZ BARGENsHRAKER had run a
~ long way to the shelter and had al
% lowed himself little time To get thera

lowed himself little time TO get there.
For a long while he did nothing at all
but breathe, though he clearly wished to
speak. You could see that he had sorrow
that was soully struggling for utterance
For while he shook his head sadly, but no
more.
1t was. not the mere pain of running at
Fritz Bargenshrakers age, that was troub-
ling him; it was grief-gref that sought
some solace in utterance. At last the words
came, though gustily.
said.
"Ach!" said Hans shrieckenzacher. who
had beaten him by neck.
"Of course l never liked them,' Fritz
went "They our enemies. l always
thought they were accursed by God Blu.
now, now am disappointed in them"
"So!" said Hans.
~ never thought they would drop bombs
on Coblenz," said Fritz sorrowfully.
"Ach!" said Hans. at is good German
town"
"They know it," said Fritz, "and yet they
drop bombs on it,"
"They are bad" said Hans
And sorrowfully Fritz Bargenshraker said
again, II am disappointed in them"
81 knew they bad" said Hans. "be.
cause they said such bad things against our
good Zeppelins. Their newspapers said
dreadful things"
against good airmen, too," said
Fritz, when they go to London"
"Ach," said Hans.
"The accursed English city," said Fritz.
"How natural It is 20 bomb it,"
"Ach!" said Hans "How natural.~
"But to drop bombs on a good German
town" said Fritz. How dreadful! I do not
understand it."
"Alas! We shall have to make reprisalsn
said Hans. 1--WE shall have to drop bombs
on Paris"
"Or Switzerland" said Fritz
cor Holland"
(Which is unlike our kind German
way" said Fritz.
"Ach, so unlike" said Hans
IL am disappointed in taem." walled
Fritz.
"So!" said Hans
How much the dear God will have to
punish them for" said Fritz
How much!" said Hans
And they abuse our good Kaiser" said
Fritz.
"And they say we have no sense Of
humor," complained Hans.
"Humor?" said Fritz, What is humor?"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
FREEDOM IN EUROPE

!
v thing for which sane men fight at
all; anything that is bad enough to
be fought is bad enough to be beaten. But,
given that victory, we shall be powerful
enough to reset the dislocated bones of
Europe with some hope of repose Our
INES OF distinction would be mainly these
l. No crippled nations. We must save
the small nationalites, but they must be
complete nationalities. The great nations
must similarly be re-settled in their human
and historic boundaries
q A complete Poland with Posen and
the port of Danzig.
s. complete France, with at least the
whole of Alsace and lorraine
A. complete Italy, with the districts
claimed from Austria.
o. complete Serbia, with Bosnia Her.
zegovina and Croatia.
5a complete Rumania, with Rumanian
Pennsylvania
3D. complete Denmark, with Danish
Schleswlg- Holstein. Similar restorations
snall not be refused to Bulgaria or any
enemy or neutral who can make genuinely
national claim. Armenia at least shall be
made independent of Turkey, and a Jewish
state shall be set up in Palestine. There
shall be an independent Kingdom Of Bo-
hemia
=. No voting in slavery; this NAV be
called the second essential principle. There
must De no sham votes taken under the
shaoow OF alien arms or officialsm: the
countries must be cleared, and Western
craftsmanship must itself have the courage
to create the new organs of nationality
Z. NO needless internationalization. We
peHeVe 1t mere error to suppose that put
ting anything or everything under interna-
tlonal control is necessarily putting it under
peaceful control. Men are far more peace
1u! under natural and local rule. Some
things can only be internationalized sncb
as rhe special character of the holy places
IN Palestine. The Kiel Canal might he in
ternationalized, or merely left to Denmark
as small and peaceful state. But interna-
tlonal management as panacea is q HIM
der 1T brings the honest national renre
SentatlVes near enough to misunderstood
each other. 1t more often permits dishonest
international financiers to understand each
other only too WELL
q. Prussia is in the dock. The next prin-
clple is that the Prussian power shall be
treated specially and separately as guilty;
wnether this is called an example or
vengeance or vindcation matters nothing.
IL makes the difference between our policy
and any policy Of terms The enemy shall
pay for the whole damage done, because he
Is guilty. He shall give up notorious crim-
'nals ITO our courts and not his, because he
Is guilty He shall lose his colonies, because
ne Is guilty; he shall be forbidden certain
forms of combination and armament, be-
cause he is guilty. Only by drawing this
sharp distinction can we now prevent his
crimes becoming everybody else's CUSTOMS
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Power to the Utmost

The Senate has passed the Overman
bill. The House of Representatives
ought to pass it.
powers. 1t gives him free hand to re-
organize the machinery of government
1t permits him to disregard all the limita-
tions Of existing law in coordinating the
work of departments, bureaus, commits
sions and other agencies.
This is a grant which Lincoln did not
ask for. He and Stanton were able to CO.
ordinate their war powers under exist
ing statute limitations. But since Presi-
dent Wilson feels that he needs greater
freedom from restrictions of this sort he
ought to have it. Proposals from the
outside to create a War Cabinet, to es-
tablish Munitions Department and
otherwise to put the government on an
efficient war basis have been met by the
suggestion that the President ought to
be allowed to reorganize the executive
branch in his own way and on his own
responsibility. Inability to make such
a reorganization has been set up as an
alibi for shortcomings in performance.
The best thing to do under the circum-
stances is to quash the alibi. Let no
extension of authority be withheld. The
great handicap which the Administration
has labored under hitherto has been the
necessity of quick transition to mill
tant present from pacifst past. Hence
Baker, Gregory, Denman, Ctozier,
Sharpe and Squier.
The real trouble may have been lack
of latent energy rather than lack of
power. But the lack of power can easily
be cured.
Let us cure it.
Let US put all we have and all we are
capable Of into winning the war.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Not Supreme

GAS long as am Mayor the Health
Department will be run as l see fit,
declares Mayor Hylan. That is an ur~
fortunate and rash statement. Under
the circumstances it is virtually chal-
lenge both to Governor Whitman, who
has certain powers over the Mayor, and
to the Federal government, which now
has broad powers, and under the Over
man bill is likely to have far broader
ones to exercise for the prosecution of
the country's war programme.
The Mayor is not supreme in his juris-
diction over the Health Department or
over any. other agency of government of
this community. If he thinks he is, the
sooner he disabuses himself of the idea
the better for him and for this city.
The Mayors record affecting the
Health Department is made. 1t is a
shocking and disgraceful record. What
the new Health Commissioner may do
remains to be seen. His chair is not yet
warm. All the public has to go on is
his statement that he, like DR.. Amster,
intends to protect his self-respect and
professional ideals by the exercise of
the inalienable right to quit his job if
necessary. 1t is possible he may be able
to restore order out of the chaos the
Mayor has created and inspire in the
people of this city and the nation at
large the confidence they used to have
in the efficacy of the organization of the
Health Department.
Meantime it behooves Mayor Hylan to
walk warily. Though Mayor, there is
nothing permanently binding in the GER
tificate of election which placed him in
the Office and gave him the power to
do the damage he has done. These are
extraordinary times, which justify ex-
traordinary measures, even to the inter-
vehtion of the Governor or the Federal
authorities when the circumstances seem
to warrant it. Even what a Mayor sees
fit to do may be superseded in the pub
lie interest.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Huge and Needless Waste

On our financial page of Sunday was
an outline picture or graph of curious
interest. 1t showed the astonishing in
crease of the use of railways for freight
ing in the United States in the last ten
years.
In these ten years the "consumption''
per head of freight has increased by
more than half. In the last twenty years
it has doubled. For last year the average
country was four Thousand ton miles.
This means that to provide an average
family with its food, fuel, clothing, hous-
ing luxuries and other requirements one
ton of freight had to be hauled about
tacenty thousand miles, or, say, twenty
tons hauled thousand miles.
There is nothing like it known any.
where else in the world. 1t is perhaps
the largest item of economic waste we
have, and it is the one that could most
easily be attacked.
The cause of this excessive carriage of
goods by the railways is perfectly clear
1t is cheap freight and the oldtme rail-
way policy of long hauls at much lower
rates per mile than short hauls. This
policy has developed the carriage of raw
materials to enormous distances. Wheat
is hauled from, say, the State of Wash
ington clear across the continent to be
milled in New York or New England.
Hides are carried from Texas to Brock
ton and the made-up shoes back to Texas
again. Brockton has neither raw ma
terials nor cheap food nor cheap power.
1t is an economic anomaly.
Then there is an astonishing amount
of literally cross-haulage, goods shipped
from Chicago to be sold in New York and
the same kind of goods made up in New
York or the East to be sold in Chicago.
This is devoid of sense.
There is no reason why freights should
be so cheap, and there is no reason why
the average family in the United States
should pay out $3.50 of it's yearly earn
ings for this needless amount of aimless
and rambling carriage.
The nations freight bill now exceed.
$4,000, 100000. Up to two and a half
years ago, when the enormous rise in
prices and the cost of living began, it alb
sorbed perhaps 10 per cent of the ma
tons annual income. Relatively, freights
are now little more than half what they
were two years and half ago. If
freight rates were doubled now they
would still bear only about the same
.burden" upon industry as they did be-
fnra rrodif imitation bod <rnt -, ~, x,,n~1s
And they were far too cheap then.
AS war measure The Tribune has
advocated radical advance in freights
n The surplus could be taken to rehabilitatc
the railways, so far as needed and
the balance go to defray the expenses
Of war.
It would be an almost ideal form of
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Give the Tip to Uncle Sam
iitor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: How would it do to abolish the
tipping evil by q method like the algebraic
process of elimination by substitution? In
the interests of patriotism give the tip
money to Uncle Sam instead of the table
waiter Successfully inaugurate the move
ment in New York and the example will be
contagious nationally. What says the
public? w. L. CAMPBELL, n. d.
Kansas City, No.. April 26, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press exclusively entitled
for republication Of all dispatches credited 1t
otherwise credited in this and also the local
news Of spontaneous origin published herein
AL rights OF republication OF matter herein
also reserved
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Crime in South Carolina

tFrom The Colombia Sfnte,
Enemy aliens have been discovered hid
ing near the Long Island coast. some IN
Hen Island We're they using the hens to
hatch plots, or were they looking for
proper gander?
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01

You can purchase merchandise advertised In THE
yH6uNE with absolute safety-for n dssatisactIon
suits In any THE TRIBUNE guarantees to your
money hack No red tape. No uuihbln7
W. make good promptly II the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Well, Need a Body Crv,"

tFrom The Memphis Commercial A ppeop
The growing rye crop is estimated a+
s6,ooo,oo0 bushels, which looks good deai
like Coming through"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01

We are going to have Xenophon in
the United States Senate. When are we
going to have also a Xantippe?
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
GUARANTEE

Entered the Posof7ce at New York Second Glass
Nal Matter
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-05
NEMCI VYZYVANI PROTI
KAISEROVI.

Washington. - POdle uredni
no sdeleni z Francie, jest po
Nemecku rodavano tisice bro
zurek, vyzyvajicich k revoluci
proti kaiserovi. Dopisovatel do
"Swiss Humanite" pise: "Bro
zurky obsahuji chvaloreci pro
hrabete Lichnowskeho, jenz,
jak znamo, dOkazoval, ze val
ku zavinili Nemci a Rakousko
k jejimu prohiaseni primeli.
Da e obsahuji dopis DIR. Much
Iona a konecne zpravu o bar
barstvi nemeckem jake pacha-
nc V Belgii.
Jina brozurka, nadepsana
"Stssti v budoucnosti," pravi
mezi jinym: "Nemecko vzdor
vSemu nepatri jeste NemcGm.
Patti nemecke dynastii Hohen
zollerrum a iejieh junkerum.
Musime 81 svoutvlastni zemi
dobyti. Nemecko musi naleze-
ii nemeckemu lidu.
Tohle neni poprve, co Sc ia
kcva brozurka rozsiruje a 1ci
lex jeji muze nyni byti vetsi,
nasledkem valecnVch neuspe-
chG. Nemecky lid bude uz tez
ko dale sa iti Mamnymi sliby
ma rychle a jistet vitezstvf.
| strassburger POST uvefejnil
nasledujici: 'Tefke boje ma zs
padni fronte stoji mas mnoho
! iptdy, jakoz materialu mu-
!, III. ale, ustup' Nemcd nemel by
byt pricinou k .zmalatnelosti
jakouz ma neStesti mozno. pozt
rovati kazde spukrome roz
u,lnve. Y techto temnych dnecl
povinnosti nasi Jest, zachovat
nadeji." ~
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-05
CINNOST NASICH "VCELEK".

Zemanova ktera vsechny c,e-
stou spojene vydaje sama hra-
di, sVou reci vlivne pusobila ma
shromazden vlastenky, tax ze
Sc jich pres 70 pro praci agi-
taci nabidlo.
Obetavust krajanu v Lorain
i Elyrie Jest znama a proto IL
stredna move zalozene odboc
zee V Lorain ziskala osvedcene,
obetave pracovnice.
Prave jest nalehava doba,
ably Sc pracovalo. Nasi dobro-
'volnici potrebuji pro zimu pra-
|dlo, a neco tepleho ma sebe.
Jak mnoho prace by Sc necha-
10 vykonat kdyby Sc kazda uvo
lila pracovat. Obetavost nekte-
trych Vcelek jest obdivuhOdna.
Kazdy tyden jeden diva dny
iobetuji praci v mistnosti v Pro-
|bulove, kde bazplatn6 jsou Jim
lmistnosti propujceny. Mnoho
Jich pracuje pilne donna, ale
,kdyby Sc kazda obetovala pro
inejakou praci, ktera sc muza
|vykonavat donna, jak mnoho
lpotieb by Sc mohlo pro nase dc
broN}lniky zhotovit?
Jest mnoho zen, jejichz cet
ne rodiny vyzaduji vsechen je.
ijich cas-, ale v mnoho rodinach
Ipri dobre will by zeny jejicf
,dcery molly mnoho prace pre-
Weekly vykonati.
Nasi dobrovolnici v CeskOslt
jvanske armade svou obetawlst
a inteligentnim jednanim nan
zjednali uctu u vSech narodu
= a my z povinnosti name te:
pro ne nejakou obet prinesti. 4
proto ktera ceska zena neni d,
sud clenkou, mela by sc sam;
| 'priklasit. Why jest zasoba, jel
} z nj potreby zhotovit a to jes
: tfeba nyni, aby pred zimou vo
laci mohli byt chraneni. Ma ia
re to nebudou potrebovat.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-05
Signalni sbor aviatiku Macon, Ga.
hoda ocenila jejich moralni i
politicky vyznap. Ale pine o
1" > v Z T /"

hoda ocenila jejich moralni i
politicky vyznap. Ale pine o
ceni jej teprve Pudoucnost.
Phi protestue proti anexi Ell
sasko Lotrinska v r. 1871 prav1i
|! nasi poslanci ku konci: "Ce
sky narod je malym narodem,
ale jeho duch malym neni" =
kdyz pred mesicem, president
republiky francouzske odevzda
val prapor nasemu pluku, vzpo
mrely vsechny francouzske IL
sty techto SLOW a my cetli kra-
sne uznani nasf prace naseho
boie: Cesky narod je velikym
n;rodem!
Predvecery velikych swat
k1 byly vzdy samy velikym
svatkem, byly snad nejkrasnei
81 casti svatkI samych. Dny,
ktere ted prozfvame - pred
vecer vitezstvi naSi veci - III
stanou nam nezapomenutelny-
nni.. Prosli jsme ohnem utrpeni
a bojd, ale ukazali jsme, re
jsme tou oceli, jakou mas chtel
m.ti drahy mas Machar. A -
"stit mas byl vzdycky cist! =
At vojaci, ci politici muzeme
byti Sc svym, dilem zcela spo.
kojeni! V nedavnych dnech
pfi zahajeni parlamentu WIDEN
skeho cestf poslanci odpovedeli
rotleskem ma vykrik ceskoslt
venskych brigadach. To doks
zuje, jaky duch donna vladne
nadGje a vira v naSe vitezstvl
| Ma Marne v druhe polovic
tervence 1918 klesla moe ne
meckeho militarismu. At je
ste potrva valka, at jeste ma
dejdou tezke boje, to je pret
tvecer jisteho i" "jisteho vitez
stvi. Ma Marne zapadla nj
vsdy hvezda pruskeho mi itar
smu a slunce svobody vSecl
narodG vychazi vitezne mad ol
zor. Ozareni jeho paprsky
zbran v ruce, nezlomnou vir,
" srdci: pozdravujeme cesko
bldcucnOst!
"SamoStatnost."