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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Military Victory
Is the Only
Road to
Allied
Safety
Copyright, 1918-The Tribune AS
ISOLATION (The New York Tribune)

stock employed for the precise purpose
of binding us to the real issues at stake
and keeping open the roads to new ex-
pansons and the hopes of new con-
quests. If we permit our eyes to be blind
ed, our wounds to weary us, our mistaken
conceptions of Germans or of German
ideas to deceive US, we shall have it all to
do over again and the German will win
the war.
1t is the duty Of the United States to
fight until Belgium is freed and France
and Italy regain their lost and rightful
citizens and frontiers. But this is not
a measure of our duty. Coming latest
into the war and having suffered least,
it Is our duty to see most clearly and
keep most constantly in mind what the
larger issues are. Germany has dyna-
mited the Russian edifce, but it would
be fatal to leave her in possession Of
the ruins. Permanent Austro- German
control in Serb lands would mean that
the peace that follows this struggle
would be truce, breathing spell only.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Poland Offers
Natural Barrier

The Europe which existed before
August, 1914, has been swept away; Rus
STA is in an upheaval which no man can
measure, but there is a Poland to be
made with almost as great ease as Italy
was made in the last century. Poland
is the natural Slav sentinel along the
Vistula and for long centuries she main
tanned that role heroically and success
fully. Serbia is the natural sentinel of
the Balkans against invasion coming out
of Europe from the north or out of Asia
from the south Rumania and Serbia
together can hold the Danube barrier if
only the Rumanian and Serbian races
are united within their own natural and
racial frontiers.
1t seems to me that the great danger
will come when the campaign of 1918
is over and German diplomacy under
takes to avoid the threat VIII III our own
enormous army, for it will be enormous
by the campaign of 1919, will have for
the German army. And Germany's
diplomacy will seek to turn to account the
war WEAKNESS of the whole world, it will
beyond all else drive at French WEAKNESS
and turn to instant account any new
outburst of sentimental and purbIlnd
British pacifism. But beyond all else
Germany will seek to capitalize Ameri
can ignorance Of what have become the
real issues Of the war by seeking to make
concessions in questions once vital, still
important, but no longer Of first i'm
portance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

cause of their Western character, are
most familiar to the Allied publics. Ger
tainly Belgium must be liberated and
restored, France must have Alsace-Lor-
raine and Italy her Irredenta, but Ger
many could pay all these prices out of
her collected resources and still win the
war. She might resign to Britain the
title to all her own lost colonies, from
Samoa to Togoland, and not feel the cost,
if she were permitted to hold on in the
Baltic provinces, in Poland, in the
Ukraine, in the Crimea and in Asiatic
Turkey
The real danger to the world lies in
that opportunity which Germany may
win in this war to organize the millions
of Slavonic and Latin peoples along her
frontiers and along Austrian frontiers.
The best hope of permanent defeat of
German purposes to rule the world, to
restore the domination of the Russian
Empire, must be found in the creation
along the pathways of German expansion
Of strong states capable of developing
into still stronger states and effectively
barring the road forever. Such states
are Poland, Rumania and Serbia; while it
is exactly as important that German rule
should be abolished at Constantinople
and the Osmanli Empire resolved into its
natural elements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Black

ward to Immediate economic supremacy
in what was once the Russian Empire
and an enduring insurance against
reunion Of the fragments of that empire
into a state which can bar her road to
the Pacific.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Greatest Danger is
of Inconclusive Peace

The greatest danger for the future
does not lie in the German threat to
Paris or Calais; we may lose both and
win the war, and it is hardly conceivable
that we shall lose either. The greatest
danger does not, in my judgment, lie on
the military side, grave as are the dan
gers ahead and heavy as German military
blows are bound to be between now and
the fourths anniversary Of the Battle Of
the Marine, which should see the climax
of the present campaign. What we have
to fear most now is that German military
power, without winning the war outright,
will make sufficient progress on the map
to persuade war-weary world to make
peace, ignorantly or because of approx
mate exhaustion disregarding the great
er issues for the smaller and better
known issues which were in all minds at
the outset of the struggle and continue
to hypnotic most observers.
We shall have no permanent peace
with Germany until the German army Is
beaten in the field. It can hardly be de-
cisively beaten this year, and it will be
the business of German diplomacy, once
the campaign is over, to remove all chance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

tainly in spirit, may be the decisive factor
in repulsing the German peace offensive,
and the German peace offensive must
be repulsed if the war is to end in max
ing the world safe for democracy or
secure against the German thing, how
ever one may characterize it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Kaiser Can Afford to Offer Huge
Price in the West and to Sur
render All His Colonies If
Free Hand i'm the East
Is Retained


the Marine campaign Of 1914. They also
overestimated the immediate success
they could win by their first blow. What
has happened in the way of sending
Americans to Europe has surprised our
enemy even more than our allies, we may
be sure of that. But the German saw
at all times that if we meant business
he would have to accomplish what he had
to accomplish in 1913 on the battlefield.
or thereafter, and in a smaller measure.
around the green table.
Effort Will Be
To Divide Allies
His military leaders declared that
they could take Paris and crush tho
British army in the campaigning season
of 1913. They also told him that even
if they were unable to do either Of these
things they could win sufficient sue
cesses to enable German diplomats In
the peace negotiations which would
come at the end of the fighting season
to save for the Kaiser substantial por-
ton of his conquests. Now, the first part
of the contract is obviously getting be-
yond German resources to perform. The
chances of decisive victory in the field
are daily lessening; the next smash must
bring victory, or at the least open the
road to it, or the game is up, so far as
Paris or the Channel is concerned.
On the other hand, the next time the
German attacks he will probably make
considerable gains, he may win impress
sive local successes. He may even gain
ground in two or three attacks, always
recognizing that it is utterly improbable
that the ground won will get him to
Calais or to Paris. But, if the campaign
ends without an Allied counter offensive,
which is likely, and with the German
army still patiently holding considerable
areas of France won in the fifth cam
paign of the war, then the army can
rest in it's trenches for the winter sea-
son and let German diplomacy have its
chance.
Past experience indicates pretty clear
ly the direction which German diplomacy
will take. Its double purpose will be to
divide the Allies, by Offering one of the
nations united with US against the Hun
substantial profits, say Alsace-Lorraine
to France, and at the same time seeking
to capitalize the war WEAKNESS Of the
French people, the agony due to the new
wounds and the new devastation. Aus
tria may again be deputzed to carry
the message.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
The Huge Price
Germany Can Afford to Pay

Yet it must be transparent to every
thoughtful man that the real issues to be
settled are not those issues which, be-
The Washington times., 1918-07-27
GODD-ROAD WORK
MUST CONTINUE IN
WARS BUSY DAYS

Road maintenance must go on I'M
interruptedly or the taxpayers OF the
country will have to pay an enormous
bill for the restoration Of the high.
ways after the war.
Something like a quarter OF a cen
tUry ago, systematic, intelligent road
Improvement was commenced by a
few of the States in the northeastern
part OF the country. Today there il a
highway department in practically
every State. and in most Of the States
the department is one Of tn. major
divisions OF the Government:
During this era OF road improve.
n ent the annual expenditure through
out the nation has grown from an in.
significant sum to a total well over a
quarter OF a billion dollars.
To date probably not more than
l2h per cent Of the country's road
mileage has been surfaced. Consid-
cred merely as a percentage, this
showing is not encouraging.sbutw when
IL is remembered that this one-eighth
means an actual mileage OF some
thing over three hundred thousand,
the magnitude OF the work accom-
plished is better appreciated. An
other fact that must be taken into
consideration is that a large ma
jority OF the traffic Of the country. is
The Washington times., 1918-07-27
CHESAPEAKE BEACH
ATTRACTS AUTOETS

A delightful ride FOR washington
automobilists seeking a cool and
fascinating outing Is to Chesapeake
Beach. the bay resort Just forty-two
miles from the city. The roads now
are good,a1l the way. the bad stretch
near the Beach having been repaired.
The route IL to Upper Marlboro,
Nd thence over the new State road
70 Lothian, thence over the old Bal
dmore-SolomOn's Island state road to
NJ Harmony, and thence four miles
to ne resort This four-mile stretch.
Whkeh formerly was very sandy, has
hsen improved by the Business Mems
Association Of Chesapeake Beach at
= eoEt Of fully 81 LOCO.
The trip may be made easily IN
to hours. At the Beach is a de-
ligbtful grove in which cars may be
parked Fishing, Grabbing, bathing.
and other amusements may be en-
50yed after the resort is reached.
Several hundred automobilists make
the trip every Saturday and Sunday.
The Washington times., 1918-07-27

carried on a small proportion Of the
total mileage and the greater part Of
the work Of improvement has been
done on these more important high
ways.
Some CT the money spent for road
betterment has been wasted. Some of
IL has been used for permanent work
the amount involved representing an
investment that cannot be lost A
very large proportion OF the total ex-
penditure has been used for the con
struction OF pavements and surfaces
of varying durability and OF different
needs as TO maintenance. The money
they represent is an investment also,
but one that can and will be lost II
the upkeep of the roads is neglected
The country's roads are worth bill
lions Of dollars. even IL nothing more
than their first cost is taken into ac-
count. Their present value. in
terms Of service rendered. is literally
incalculable. for without them every
activity would have to cease
The successful prosecution OF the
war is the chief business Of the
American people today. But that
doesn't mean that every American
should be lighting or working IN a
munition plant or on a farm. There
are countless other activities that are
contributory to the three obvious es-
sentiAls, and every one OF them in
turn is absolutely dependent upon
transportation.
The things men use are seldom
used where they are produced; they
have to be carried over the roads,
over the railroads, up and down
rivers, through canals. and across
oreapa Manv ~ theun ara carrtaa -,
water: most OF them are also carried
by rail. Practically all OF them are
carried by road. sometimes once,
oftener at least twice.
The nations highway system is the
foundation Of its whole vast and
complicated machinery OF transporta-
ton q
The Washington times., 1918-07-27
D. c. PEOPLE HAVE
13,OOOMORE AUTOS
THAN LAST YEAR

Despite present-day conditions and
wars demand upon men and motors.
the highways leading into and ont OF
the National Capital are carrying
more motor traffic this year than at
, airy time since the inception of the
seif-propeiled vehicle. according to
Secretary William Uliman. OF the A.
A. A District OF Columbia Club.
Figures furnished by the clubs
statistical department show that
there. are approximately 1900 more
automobiles in the District than for
merly.
Maps Of Motor Routes.
An unprecedented demand for the
motor routes to such historic points
a. Winchester, Mt. Vernon, Annapo-
lis, Gettysburg. Bull Run. Harpers
Ferry, and the Antietam battlefield
has kept the clubs touring bureau
working overtime for many weeks.
Maps Of the routes TO all these
places have been prepared by Tour
ing Director Seller. Hundreds of
new direction signs, also, have been
erected by the club.
More than 400 newcomers to Wash
ington have Joined the organization
during the past three months, accord
ing to q bulletin issued yesterday.
During the past two weeks ninety
seven members were enrolled, as fol-
lows:
Ninety-seVen New Members.
w. Brooks Hicks, Miss Bessie Lou
Use Bane, C. H. Perry, Mrs. DruciIla
B. Hallam, Alex H. Clark, Charles F.
Cramer. Elmer r. Moore, James
Johnston, Miss Katherine Kanouse,
Hon II. o. Chance, Horace NJ. Fulton,
Mrs. J. J. Waterman, J. N. Mcdowell,
Charles II. ATompkins, W. H. Walker,
Raymond Gorges. Miss NJ c. Goldman,
Mrs. G. Wallace Hanger, Norman c.
Glover, Henry D.. Schmidt, r. B.
Cummings, Colin Livingstone, George
Boutellier, Walter Henderson, o. B.
Garrett, William H. Sholes. Miss Anna
Coleman, Elliot F. Goodwin, c. r.
! Bartlett, Lieut. Col. Z. z. Fuller, u
S. A; Horace K. West, Frank c. Mum
son, A G. Sterling, Charles H. Geiss-
Ter, Henry Clifford Stuart, william +.
Weiss, Miss II. G. BrOuse, DR.. W. A.
Harrison, jr.; B. c. Larry, Mrs. 7. L.
Macdonald, William Knowles Cooper,
Paul J. Christian, r. 5. Bishop, Harry
G. Kopel. c. W. Rippey, Miss Louise
Daugherty, E. E Deardoff, Willard L
Robey, S. w. Mudd, DR.. Roy +. Dun
mire, A. E. Bethel, Emile Berliner,
R. W. Clothier, E. Howell WindIe, Dr.
Samuel S. Adams, c. F. Stanowski,
William Coffin, Fred G. Pierce, John
]. Odenwald, David L Frank, Judge
Wendell P. Stafford, Jerome Fran
ciulli, Henry n. Barry. c. B. Little, r.
s. Clements, Frank H. Barto. Mrs.
Dalla n. Drake, z. ]. Merrick, jr.:
Guy w. McCord. Louis Gutenberg,
John c. Let's, Robert S. Belknap,
james H Moyle, Ernest o. Poland,
Bmmons S. Smith, Lieut. Col Robert
Whitfield, U. S. A; Mrs. Clara Wright
Smith, E. Nothangel. J. H. Metzrott,
jr.:; Thomas HilIiard, Frank B. KIeh.
L. B. Bye, U: S. N; Thomas H. Reid,
Michael Dowd, Mrs. Annie p. Cay
nor. L. $. Hurley T. H. Collins, Mrs.
Katherine T. Dowell, Daniel Clark, L.
Goldenberg, c. H. Warrington, and J..
A. Bailey.
The Washington times., 1918-07-27
ASKMEv
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BAQNJEY OEDFIELD

Q.-Some time ago you suggested that q
soda solution should be used in cleaning q
radiator. Please explain II common or wash
ing soda should be used and IN what quanti-
ties. Please ALEC advise me as to the lubri-
cation OF transmission and dlfferential and
how frequently should clean out same with
kerosene before realizing. Do you think II
pays TO use graphite7 Please also advise me
as TO my magnetic and oiling Of II. C. L.
A-ordinary washing soda is used
for this. Use saturated solution that
is put in all the soda the water will
dissolve. Transmission and differen-
fial should be fabricated with heavy
oil or semI-grease in the summer and
a lighter grade of lubricant in the
winter. Never use hard grease.
Change twice a year. Before adding
new lubricant flush with kerosene.
Graphite grease is excellent and
worth the extra cost. The magnetic
armature and distributor gears are
all that need oiling and they should
receive attention 800 to 500 miles.
In a starting motor oil the armature
bearing every 800 miles
OIL have a 1873 Dodge and have Just
ground the valves and cleansed the carbon
out The car has been run 900 miles and
runs nne on the level ground but pulls and
jerks on a hill Having no back-nring In the
exhaust think the mixture IL all right Do
you think my trouble could be In the mufner?
MRS. Z. G. Y.
A.-The muffler has nothing to do
with the jerking which is caused,
imagine, by misfiring. II you think
the mixture is all right, make sure
the feed is right on the grade. Often
the fuel feed may be restricted on a
grade and the carburetor does not
get a sufficient amount, causing mis-
firing and jerking. Does IL happen
on long, steep grades only, or on all
kinds OF grades? Poor ignition and
a bad clutch would also cause the
trouble.
The Washington times., 1918-07-27
sixty BOY SCOUTS
!. TRAVEL BY TRUCK,
!. AKRON TO BOSTON

= A fleet Of five big pneumatic-tired
trucks, bearing q party OF sixty Boy
Scouts and executives, left Akron,
Ohio. Saturday. July 10, on a 2,5oo-
mile trip to q camp on the Atlantic
coast near Boston. to return via
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, Gettysburg. and Pitts
burgh. 5.-
The boys were selected by compe-
titive examination from the 1900
scouts OF Akron, and are being trans
ported to the East in five trucks Of
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
pany's AIxron-Boston Motor Truck
Express line. Three of these have
been converted, for the occasion, into
passenger carrying vehicles. One is
used as a baggage and equipment
truck and a fifth as a commissary
truck, fully equipped with military
field kitchen capable Of feeding 150
soldiers.
The trucks are run continuously.
day and night, stops being made
only for gas and oil and for pro-
yisioning the passenger carrying
tTucks from the comfnissary truck.
Every member of the party sleeps
Auu C1lh on LuG
The trip is being made under mill
fAry discipline and all members of
the expedition are uniformed. No
darty OF like size has ever before
been moved by motor truck continu-
dusiy on q twenty-four-hour-a
achedule, fully provisioned.
From Boston the scouts will go
tosDuxbury, Mass, the summer home
ottP. w. LitchfIeld, vice president Of
the Goodyear Company, for several
days camp and q side trip to Ply
mouth Rock. The entire trip is eK-
pected to occupy two weeks. AT
Washington, July -, the party is ex-
pected to be received at the White
House and presented to the Presi-
dent.
At Gettysburg \ tank demonstra-
ton is arranged for the scouts All
along the route thrift stamps will be
sold and food conservation literature
distributed.
The boy scouts carry their own
band Of fifteen plseeA
The Washington times., 1918-07-27
REAL WILD AND woody WEST.

Pendeton, Ore, annually holds
s.The Roundup" a frontier exhibition
and festival consisting OF 4 series
OF contests and races illustrative OF
the methods employed in Western
stock raising. Thousands OF mo-
florists from all over the Northwest
come each year to witness the thrill
Ing contests which are renewed in in
ferest because Of redoubled efforts
OF the cattle industry. The heroes of
ehiIdhoods woolly West, the cow
boys. in all their gaudy splendor, show
that the skill OF the plains is as live
as It's romance.-Automobil Blue
Book
The Washington times., 1918-07-27

A lighthouse just below the city OF
Hudson on the famous river in New
York State marks the landing place
of Hendrix Hudson in his courageous
little craft the Half Moon.-Automo-
bile Blue Book.
The Washington times., 1918-07-27


the agree undernfaiOn The owner prone
forget gauge days The automobile tire is
enough air in the tire b hold it firm the casing will stand up under the
the air falls below the
rubber layers oosened from
body the the casing blowout fol-
lows with DESTRUCTIVE RESULTS In spite Of thea that all big
tire manufacturing have late concentrated teach
how for their tires emphasizing the dangers Of
imitation this is m the prdominatng Of tire failures
wish owner the United States would buy reliable tire
and the his tires week at least In this
leaks will be discovered addition maintaining the castings in
Now call the the fact that they
produce just the effect simply by overload
ing their The pressure given for certain size Of tire
however that owner habtua OerOads by
sn9 I e walls Of the @ that would es the were
RS Weight Journey Il bess pump up D the tires above he
harder than others and tires
are made than others Be too emphatic IN warning my
money BY paOning soad cuae or second shops Those
or 5 o1 be GuOd at % nase and b H1 w TSe
usually failure The tire is the cheapest in the
The who hope: maximum mileage q his
using them Every day he should over them Looking % cuts deep
entrance Of The tire constructed that water enetrates
rng weakening of the carcass then blowout Also
sand blister This means that the foreign matter pushes its along
es 1bs and @ fabric abe S weakened o until rSe R
S9t e takes dos place FO. small cuts the sssd tread filler sub
feenty to seal For proper cure
Pass tS to
's cut %
cloth soaked gasoline
egn matter Next
should
inserted If the cut is being
used bit of cloth should be filling
to prevent its picking sand dirt passing the road
Most imagine that msagnmnt of the
wheels will cause excessive of the tires The that when
the wheels
the rubber be grated the Seventy
five
checked by the station
well spent Harsh
that the wheel revov
the surface of the road to its eternal damage.
The inner tubes deserve little casing
tubes
them in the casng that they will not stick Too much of this
will
tires should be removed from the rims
coat graphite should applied to the Care should be
the which
of rubber The castings should permitted puddle
of oil in the garage
In inserting the tubes the that the
smoothly do this probably
break in the side wall that looks like rim cut.
generally excellent there
the does not get than the guaranteed mileage By following
why the casing should give far than its allotted
The Washington times., 1918-07-27

ten miles per gallon from my Ford. Can you
mix gasolens and kerosene and get good ser
vice. have been reading your answers for
many weeks and fnd them intensely interest,"
ing. W. c. SELBY.
Alt is hard to tell just what is
causing the poor economy. There are
The Washington times., 1918-07-27

dozens OF causes, incIuUllaK a pOOr
mixture, weak ignition, poorly seat
ing valves. leaky pistons and rings,
drags on the motor, due to lack Of
efficient fabrication OF the driving
system, underinnAted tires, out-of-
line wheels, etc. Does the engine get
hot; how does it pull on hills? Let
me know a little about its general
performance. You can use a mixture
all right. Use two-thirds gasolene and
one-third kerosene. 1t won't act as
well as gasolene, Of course.
Q.-Can you tell me anything about the
Gates Half-sole made in Denver. Il there
any sole which gives good satisfaction7 I
have seen the Gates used but was not
pleased a. IL seemed 70 cause pinehing. OF
the sole. Do you think Il wise 10 use flaps
(snss) n. H. EUROPA.
A.-As a general thing I am not
in favor Of half-soles except for old
tires. 1 presume you mean By half
soles what are commonly called
liners. They should not cause pinch
ing II you get the right size. Use
flaps, to be sure. and avoid a lot OF
tube pinching.
OIL have been reading your articles and
ind them very instructive. have a Stude-
baker 1914 model When slow down on high
and then give her gas to pick up there seems
n kind OF chatter and she fails 70 show power.
The noise does not appear to be an engine
knock / have put IN new piston rings. know
my bearings are tight and an using q mix
ture which gives me fifteen miles per gallon
OF gas. Please give me any possible sugges-
tion as my repairmAn seems unable TO elm
mate the trouble. It r. not bad when the
spark r. retarded. A z. H.
A-You do not explain what the
sound is like nor do you tell me at
what speed the "clattering" begins.
Remember with an old car you can't
throttle down very low, and II you
want to pick up in high you will get
a jerking which may be due to mis-
firing OF the engine, lack OF power, a
bad clutch, and many othSr things.
Make the mixture a tribe richer, stop
all mIsfiring, and then II the trouble
does not stop, look at the other
causes of lack OF power, after which
attend to the clutch.