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New-York tribune., 1918-08-09

OF communication west as far as Lake
Balkal ought to be done quickly even
by a relatively small army.
But after Lake Baikal is reached the
expedition must continue on its way
west. 1t must reach the Urals and cross
them, for the main military activities
of the Czecho-Slovaks are now beyond
the mountans-in Russia proper The
extent of Allied intervention, the size
of the reinforcement from Vladivostok
and Manchuria and our own contribu-
ton to it will be determined by future
military developments. They cannot be
clrcumscrbed by any document We
are IN Siberia to stay until the finish.
What that finish may be nobody in
Washington knows. Destiny is the arbi-
ter in such matters.
The paramount advantage of a ST.
berian expedition is that it makes pos
slble the employment Of the unused
military power of Japan and China
Once that power is properly employed
the German dream of Eastern expansion
and empire is wrecked
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09

SOIL. If they refuse. shall force them with
the gun. Every Herero, with or without a
weapon, with or without cattle, found in
German territory | Will have shot. shall
not look after the women and children. but
Will drive them back to their own pcople
or shoot them"
lhe German pastor. Schowalter wrote in
1901 that as a result of this policy about
hfteen thousand Hereros died of hunger on
the desert. Almost the entire Herero tr;hs
was destroyed. And DR.. Rohrback. imperial
commissioner for Southwest Africa. report
ca that the question is solved The He
reros have lost their land, but that cannot
be regarded as tragic. owing to the splen-
did fertility of the land, which is now
fiscal"
That 's to say, 1T paid. This is the Ger
man test.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Here at Verdun
By Chester M. Wright
Member of the recent American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor Mission to Great
Britain aud France
+ STAND on a peak at Verdun-a scarr.a

r STAND on peak at Verdun-a SCARED
torn peak of hope and death.
Far under my feet run the mvst;.
passages of Fort Souville.
strain my eyes to look over erea,
field where men have swayed in the ds.+A
lock with eternity
Ahead and to the right and left strs,os
fifteen kilometres gaping with wounds
each she'll hole pit of death, hideous
mark left by the scourge of despotism.
Ahead is that foul stretch from ,vh;,,
came and still come the hordes of tvranrv
with breath of poison and sting of contain
nation.
Behind is ruin. Never was such ruin
blight, torture, world pain, piercjne ana
cruel
And yet behind is hope Behind are tho
legions of liberty, the soldiers of our chill.
drens freedom.
Behind the endless legions. con,;nc
coming, coming Behind are the yeteron
legions Of France and Britain. Behind are
the countless legons of America, comm,
coming. coming-a brown ribbon of promise
stretching across the sea to the shrine of
Liberty!
Here where these jagged slashes in thu
yellow earth have formed a glorious tomh
for three hundred thousand gallant French
here is the testing ground of our DESTINY
Here they have held for us our HERITAGE,
Here they have perished in the eterna,
splendor of self-sacrfice for US, Here !,
their borderland- d-and ours,
Here thew hove u.r;3+o,
blood the slogan that has tnr:iled the world
--"They shall not pass."
The gaunt and sinister craters. ORC
merging into the ragged rim of another the
bits of shell, the battered helmets broka,
guns, ill-assorted refuse OF comca,-each
shattered particle a marker for some val.
liant soul gone west in service Of bu.
manity.
Here, over this land gloritied by nob1
lty OF deed than which there has been no
more exalted. must our war be waged. Ont
Of this halowed ground comes the call Of
those who have given cs their best-tbs
call to our great land for Old Glory's best,
There will come to us wounds that will
rack our bodies and drain the coursinp
blood Of our vibrant veins There will
come to us the aching pain of suffering and
ioss-here on these red fields of France
But we Will save our souls and our nations
soul! And We will save our heritage and
give to the billions of the world the right
to theirs.
80 the brown ribbon OF youth winds
across the sea-to Verdun and to the long,
thln lines on either side Here will We
prove our right to life and liberty
Brown ribbon of promise,
Hoplng longing, wounded France,
Brown ribbon of youth and high resolve,
Brown ribbon Of Liberty.
Here at Verdun!
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
MiAitaryComment'
1'rom The BuNdlo Tines)

William l.. McPherson of The New York
Tribune, is military writer characterized
by wholesome admxture of shrewdncss
and of optimism tempered by common sense
When things looked darkest Mr. Mcpherson
didn't permit himself to have the blues
Success doesn't sweep him off his feet
10 this able critic, whose traits as war
analyst are astuteness, cheerfulness and
sanity, must be given the credit of bcino
one of the first-pcrhaps the frst-of the
battle commentators in this country to dis
cover the paradoxical inconsistency of the
scheme of man9uvre by which the German
High Command has vainly sought to bafac
the Foch strategy.
On the very day when noted American
military author was saying that the Ger
man operations between the Marne and the
Ourcq were a normally conducted retreat
MI Mcpherson pointed out that the Luden
dorff vacillation did not square with the re-
qulrements either OF retreat. a counter
stroke or defensive stand
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
How Germany Treats Negroes

From The st. Louis Posi- DispatcI)
1t is true, stated by writer in the
letter column, that the negroes have good
cause to fight against world domination by
Germany. History has shown that in At
RIGA Germany has treated the natives worse
than any other government which has in
vaded that continent.
Belgian individual cructics in the Congo
caused indignation in Belgium and COM
PEELED the Belgian government to invcsti
gate and put stop to them But in Ger
many's treatment of the natives. exterm;-
nation of whole tribes wns the policy and
this pohcy was not only excused but ex-
allied ms right by German pubicists.
IN the case OF the Hereros, in Southwest
Africa, General Won Trotha issued this proc
lamation: "The Hereros must now quit the
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
New Propaganda

The world at last has learned a Ian
suage that can be understood by Ger
mans When you talk Of power that
shall conquer them first and parley after
ward-then they know what you mean.
The war review speech of Lloyd George
on Wednesday was a terrific piece of
propaganda merely in this, that it stead
lily regarded the pure logic of force.
On the sea Germany is hopelessly
beaten. Every trade route in the
world is controlled by the British and
Allied navies. "Take,' says Lloyd
George, "the blockade alone From Shet
land to Greenland, from Greenland to
Iceland, from Iceland to the coast of
Norway, the most savage waters in the
world, always angry--for four years
these seas have been necessarily pa
trolled by the British fleet, which has set
up an impenetrable barrier. Elsewhere
British shipping has been engaged in
patrolling, mine laying, mine sweeping.
escorting, chasing submarines over vast
and trackless areas. 1t has destroyed
at least $50 of these ocean submarine
pests, more than half in the course of
the last year.
On the land. although the Allies have
not won the war, Germany has lost it,
for, as Lloyd George says, "the chance of
March 81 will not come to them again.
Those conditions cannot now be repro
duced for the German General Staff.
The Americans have already a powerful
army, and tried army, and victorious
army in France equal to the best troops
in the field, and growing every day, and
there will be no break in the increase of
that army until America will have an
army not far short, if at all, of the
German army itself. On the other hand,
Germany can never maintain the same
number of divisions. They are already
reduced since March 21"
Yet a time for peace has not arrived.
The Prussian military power has been
only shaken in its tradition of invincibility.
1t has not been defeated 1t could still.
AS Lloyd George says, clank its sword on
the council table and boast that all the
armies in the world had been unable to
beat it back to the Rhine First, there
shall have to be demonstrated the ex-
istence of power for peace far greater
than the Prussian power for war "And
when you have demonstrated even to the
enemy that such a power does exist" said
Lloyd George on Wednesday, durable
peace will come, but no sooner"
WhereuOOn tho Eropco- P,;+;cl, fo....
Immediately begin formidable demon
stration of that power in Picardy, and
the American army programme is def
nitely increased to five million men. Ex-
cellent and simple propaganda 1t puts
faith in the right place.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
The Deadly Autoisf

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: During the year 1917, in the United
States, 100000 persons were injured or
killed in motor vehicle accidents. Passen-
ger cars were involved in 81 per cent OF
these accidents.
Picture the vast amount OF suffering, OF
heartbroken grief, Of wretchedness thus
brought into the world because of The graf
ifcation of our desire for enjoyment OF
new form OF sensuous pleasure or because
of the utilization of new convenience.
What is the reason for the seeming M
difference to the needless destruction oil
life?
1t is the writer's conviction that an auto
mobilist is often affected by kind OF in-
toxication, due largely to the influence OF
speed and to the sense Of greatly increased
power which the control Of AN automobile
gives him.
His senses are powerfully stimulated BY
a rapid succession Of impressions, and THIS
stimulus induces exalted egoism which
demands an immediate gratiication OF
desired pleasure uninterested SIS to wnas
effect such qualification may have upon
others.
1t is recognized that autoists are most
persistent law breakers, and this is cnar-
acteristic of an abnormal egoism.
What is the remedy for this evil! lno
press can accomplish a great deal toward
eliminating it. In order successfully 70
counteract the egoism of the autoisf No
must be shocked into a INSTALLATION OF whss
these accidents really mean in huma"
sense. and here is "A part which the news
papers can play by giving much more space
to descriptions of these accidents and py
Introducing mora of the human clemens
into the descriptions. r. Z. YOUNG.
o ~ "Ni 'FS' -
White Plains, N. Y, Aug. l, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
In Siberia

General March has lifted a corner of
the curtain enshrouding our partcipa-
ton in the Siberian relief expedition.
He says that two regiments of REGULARS
drawn from the Philippines will con-
stitute the nucleus of the American
quota. That means 5000 men as a first
contribution. Presumably other troops
Will be sent from Hawaii and the Pacific
Coast. 1t might not be a bad guess to
say that the United States will send 90
900 men to Vladivostok before the sum-
mer is over and that, with the japanese,
British, French and Chinese contingents.
$4,000 to 100000 Allied troops will soon
be available for use in Siberia.
The first task of the Allies is to clean
up Eastern Siberia. The Boshevist
Red Guards are stronger in the mari
time province and in the region east of
Lake Baikal than anywhere else east of
the Crals. The Czecho- Slovaks have not
been able to spread over this territory.
And many thousands Of Austrian and
Hungarian prisoners, formerly nterned
IN the eastern section, have joined the
Boshevsts. 1t is important that these
enemy ex-prisoners be rounded up, dis
armed and sent to prison camps in
Japan.
Not very large army will be needed
10 deal with the Bolshcvists and their
allies. They have no artillery worth
talking about and few military supplies
Tney cannot offer any serious resistance
to Allied troops any more than they
could face trained and determined fight
er6 Ike the Czccho-Slovaks
The preliminary YORK Of cleaning Up
Eastern Siberia and securing all lines
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Automobile Casualties

we print in an adjoining column an
extremely interesting letter on the psv-
chology that lies behind the killing and
manning of people by automobiles in this
country. We think Mr.. Young weakens
his case by overstating the reality. The
number killed directly by automobiles in
new York State last year was 837.
Those killed by crashing through guard
gates and the like was $50 more, or
total of little over 1000. The number
Killed in New Jersey is almost in the
same proportion to the number of autos
registered
New York has roughly 10 per cent of
the population and little under 10 nor
cent OF the registered automobiles of the
country. There are few figures of anv
value for many other states than New
York or New Jersey If we reckon that
the number of killings for the whole
country is in the same proportion. then
the total number would be around 10000
per year. If now we assume that. as in
the present war, the number of serious
injuries is about four to one fatality
then the total number of killed and So
rlously injured for the whole country
would be around $4,000, instead of 1O0.-
600, as Mr.. Young states.
But even if the number be no more
than 10000 killed by automobiles. it is
still an astounding and disquieting fig
ure, we'll worthy of the attention both of
our psychologists and our lawmakers
We recall that when the total number Of
fatal accidents on the railways rose to
around 5000 or 5000 year a storm of
protest arose from all over the country
with the resulting movement for safety
first" Although the total number killed
by steam railways in the United States
last year was over 10000, yet a full half
OF these were reckoned as trespassers:
that is, persons who were not passengers
or employees or legally where they were
killed. The actual number Of killed bv
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Governor Capper Especially

We wish every intelligent person in
the United States could, in the language
of the correspondence schools ADVERTISE
ments, give up fifteen minutes a day for
three days to the latest returns from the
income tax law. Three notable things
shown are these:
l. Only one person in twenty reported
an income of over $4,000 a year.
Counting four to each erich" fam
lily, this meant per cent of the
population.
2. Of the $173,000,0O0 collected, 10 per
cent of this 2 per cent paid nine
tenths; 80 per cent of the erich" 2
per cent paid one-tenth.
5. Three-quarters of the entire tax
was paid by IL per cent of the
"rlch' per cent, that is, by about
5000 individuals.
The total income of all this richest
per cent was set at six billions. That
for the year 1916 was not over one-sixth
of the total income of the country. In
other words Gin round figures):
(a) Out of a total of, say, $36,OOO-
100000 of national income SO 900 900
people got $30,O0O,oOO
(b) Five hundred thousand persons
with over $4,000 a year got
$6,000,O0O 900.
(c) This $4,000, 100000 divided among
the 98,000,000 would have increased
the income of the latter about 20
cents on each dollar
There has been a heavy rise in prices
and, therefore, of incomes, national and
individual, since 1916 But even allow
ing for this, it is fair to saw:
l. If all the wealth" of the nation.
meaning thereby all incomes of over
$4,000 year, were "conscripted"
for the war, this would not pay our
share, at the present rate, for much
over ninety days.
2. If all incomes over S1OO, 900 wear
were taken or "seized," these would
not pay our way in the war for
thirty days
These are the plain facts on which
Congress and the Treasury in framing
the new tax bills must base their work.
Governor Capper and others who think
with him that with little radical imapi-
nation you could invent tax scheme to
take it all from others-wil thew please
attend?
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Germany's Double Purpose

Here you might ask me the perfectly
reasonable question how this state of things
can be maintained if it is opposed prac
tlcally by the whole population This pre-
clsely is the question the reply to which
reveals the role of that unseverable con-
nection which exists in time of war be-
tween the internal state of affairs OF
country and the general international stu
alton.
have no desire to attempt an estimate
OF the personal motives of certain indj
vIduals or to attribute to i'll will causes
that have led to great catastrophes tho
most imperfect method Of explaining his
torcsl events. The motives of men are of
no importance it is the actual results of
their actions that matter
Now the actual result Of the nets of
bolshevism, whose strength mainly Law in
the dlsorsanization of the worn-out masses
OF soldiers, was merely to be the van
guard of the triumphng German imperial
ism. AT the present time it is equally
advantageous to German imperialism to
create strong reactionary powers in the
rich provinces which can supply raw ma
terlals and fuel, and to favor decomposi
ton and anarchy in the very heart of the
country. 10 reach this aim Germany must
paralyze the Russian centre That is the
true lnwardness Of the connection between
the interior affairs of Russia and this or
that result of the world war
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
ARST AGAINST THE WILSOl
ADMINISTRATION

ZcitUNG SG10:
"HEARST AGAINST THE WILSON
ADMINISTRATION
The American superpatriots, whose
mad follies almost alone reach us owing
to Wilson's censorship barrier, are in
reality opposed not only by the Ameri-
can Socialists but by other circles of
the population TO the latter belongs.
first of all, the newspaper king, Hearst,
who is for that reason denounced bv
the war baiters as a German hirelinp.
In many clubs his newspapers NAV no
longer be laid out, and even a few state
authorities have prohibited the sale of
them Hearst has now given his answer
to them by having his candidacy for the
Governorship of New York announced
IN The Washington Times thing that
he certainly would not have done if he
had not been convinced that he had a
majority of the voters on his side in his
fight against the war baiters."
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
A Soliloquy
itor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: When the Kaiser speaks to himself
he says:
means to me-the Yanks with the aid of
one million men, are going to kill me.
"A means to r,e-that what I thought was
wrong about the Americans.
means to me-that III have to stop or the
Yanks will make it hot.
> means to me-a very bad thing; | see the
ghosts of ships in my dreams which nv
submarines have sunk, and they fright
en- me.
r means to mel hear the echo of the cry
ing of the people who are submarine
victims
means to me-I hear the roaring Of can
non' and hear them mighty close
now' which | think will be my end
New York, Aug. 5, 1918. j. J. ARCATE
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Fiue and wenty Valiant
Men

1--WE and twenty valiant men
Marching to the wars,
And though their feet were on tb.
earth
Their heads were in the stars
Five and twenty valiant men
Who have done with wars
And though their bodies rest in earth
Their souls arc in the stars!
CLINTON SCOLLARD.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09

War is a great educator 1t has at
last emancipated the Ways and Means
Committee of the House of Representa-
tives from the ancient superstition that
you can't levy an income tax on the
salary of state, city or municipal en-
ploye. The Sixteenth Amendment to the
Federal Constitution gives Congress ex-
pliclt power to levy tax on income
"from Whateuer source derired." But
because, before this amendment was
ratified, state, county and municipal
officers were exempted from income
taxes under Supreme Court dictum
Congress continued to recognize them
as privileged class. The Ways and
Means Committee has also challenged
the other hoary delusion that collecting
an income tax on the salary of the Pres-
dent or of a Federal judge conflicts with
the constitutional requirement that the
compensation of such officials shall not
be reduced during their terms of office.
A tax is not reduction of salary. You
might as we'll say that Mr.. McAdoo by
increasing railroad passenger fares re-
duced the salaries of those judges who
occasionally travel as private citizens.
Or that the Federal Reserve Board re-
duced their compensation by initiating
credit and so lowering the purchasing
power of the dollar.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09

train accidents has astonishingly de-
creased, the number of passengers killed
in train accidents being only little over
100, and from all causes less than 200
more. This, considering the colossal
number of people carried by the rail
ways Of the United States, is a truly
wonderful record, and it shows what can
be done
The new State Police of New York has
already succeeded in decreasing the num-
Der of killed and injured in the part of
the state outside of the metropolitan area
by more than half. We think there are
very few who will not admit that large
part of killings by automobiles are in
excusable. The record of the upstate
police and of the police in Connecticut
and New Jersey has shown that a great
Improvement can be made even under
existing laws and conditions
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Kerensky;s Russia

rms IS the full tert of Kerenshs speech dereved before
he Laoor Conrenton IN London June 27. 1t 1cU
called that has before that dramatic
surprise the fact Of his arrol IN England hoving been kept
close secret. HIS speech received ux1tuous oD
DL0uSe NF
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09

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Germany Loses
the Hearst Salient
The Ne1n York Tribune
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A special dispatch, July Q, from
Ber'ne, Switzerland, to the "Koelnische
Zeitung' sam:
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