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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
british Labor S Faith
IL in President Wilson

English people also sincere and open
in their discussion of American affairs.
Some of them, belonging to the Weather
classes, are more impressed perhaps by
what they understand to be Republican
policy than by the policy which. they at
tribute to the Democratic party And on
this I may point out that the service of
American news to England is to-day
severely restricted in space both by cabling
facilities and by shortage of paper on the
other side. When you send US more wood
pulp We shall be able to thank you as you
deserve. But the outstanding feature in
the whole situation is the confidence of
British labor and liberalism in the Presi-
dent. At time when socialism is causing
anxiety throughout the world Mr.. Wilson's
impartial and lucid statement of the case
against the Central Powers has held in
check the extremists, who otherwise might
have made trouble Owing to his person
atty and to the overwhelming resources
of America in men and money President
Wilson to-day occupies larger place in
the British landscape than any American
President, previous to him, has ever occu-
pied during his term of Office. 1t was
only in after years that our people under
stood the monumental greatness Of George
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17

The Hansa merchants had been supply
ing Spain with grain, shipbuildng ma
terials and the munitions of war, to the
annoyance Of the Virgin Queen
Sir Francis Drake, having followed the
retreating Spanish ships to the mouth Of
the Tagus, seized sixty Hanseatic vesseis
with supplies for the enemy. They were
quite within their rights as neutrals. the,
Hansa towns asserted, and could not be ex~
pected' to abandon a lucrative trade.
Elizabeth listened, but kept both ships and
cargoes
Thus, with the beginning Of English sea
power Che Hansa towns suffered their first
serious setback in the race for the control
OF the worlds trade. The Thirty Years.
War, which cut the population of Germany
IN half and produced stagnation IN every
KIND of enterprise, did the rest
Always without material support or en-
enlargement from the empire, in which. as
already noted, its place was not recognized
by law, the merchants of the Hansestic
towns by their wealth and ostentation had
drawn upon themselves the hatred of the
petty princes and mobiles, and in tine their
power declined to the vanishing point.
The end came as slowly, as imperceptibly
as the leagues rise to power. Thus of its
beginning and end there is nc record, of its
government the history is still sealed and
OF its gigantic commercial mechanism no
trace remains bearing the Hansa brand
Only the name survives, but perhaps tho
idea upon which it was founded stunned
for the moment by the catastrophe which
has befallen the German empire, still lives.
Ideas sometimes are immortal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
Cponsors of the
y Movement

Che headquarters of the movement are
o.ated at the Belmont Hotel, where Mr..
LLOYD W. Mcdowell is public director. Four
,rsties are mainly responsible. These
srs the Sulgrave Institution, which main
lns the Washington Manor House in
yHthamptonshire, England; the American
Defence Society, the National Security
League and the National Committee OF
Patriotic Societies. The general chairman
i the Hon. Alton &. Parker, with whom arc
ssersted DR.. Charles W. Eliot, former
president Of Harvard University; the Hon.
Charles Evans Hughes, Governor Whitman
and the Hon. Charles S. Fairchild, who acts
as treasurer 1t will be remembered that
Colonel Roosevelt is honorary president of
the American Defence Society and that Mr..
Eihu Root holds this same position in the
National Security League. A number of
ambassadors are taking part-that is,
James ". Gerard, David Jayne Hill and
Robert Bacon. The lists also contain the
distinguished name OF William Howard
Taft
Better feeling between the United States
and Great Britain has been fostered by the
lemaIkable succession of ambassadors who
asTe served this country in London. Wher-
ever English is spoken names like James
Russell Lowell, Thomas r. Bayard, John
Hay Joseph II. Choate, Whiteiaw Reid and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
rman Democracy Only RETAINING of Hanseatic Fires

The name itself is first noted in the
Peace Of Stralsund, at the end Of the war
between the merchants and Waldemar of
Denmark, 1870, but even It's meaning is in
doubt. Existing towns anxious to be
part of the league, which in less than 100
years created fourteen new cities within all
area of $50 miles on the Baltic coast. But
when questioned as to the membership thc
chiefs Of the league replied that .'those
were Hansa towns which fought under its
banners"
In establishing is foreign branches the
Hansa traders cndeavorcd to enforce a com
munity life of monastic severity. A long
apprenticeship was required of the young
men, who were expected to master the
language and study the customs of the
people among whom they sojourned The
privileges Of settlement they eagerly
sought were never reciprocal. Ready the
year round to trade for goods or TO pay in
cash, merchants of the countries whose
protection they enjoyed were restricted to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
Friendship Between Two Great Mas
tons Will Be Marked by
Celebration

ing this l am not suggesting that Ameri-
cans should approve of the monarchical
principle or forget their own more logical
and democratic form of sovereignty. The
point is that behind the old symbols there
has developed new spirit.
Americans sometimes imagine that Eng
land with her shy and reserved air does
not mind very much what is said about
her, be it good or bad There never was
bigger deluson. To use your own phrase,
the British will be tickled to death over
this present business. While they attrib-
ute to Lord Bryce some share in the better
relations between the two countries, what
won their hearts was the visit of Colonel
Roosevelt to London. He was the first
American statesman of foremost rank who
had himself taken the trouble to travel
over territories for the government of
which Britain was responsible, and Ameri-
cans are completely mistaken if they think
anybody in England resented the comments
at the Guildhall, which wero made on our
Egyptian administration, by the ex-Presi-
dent. We took it as a most happy omen that he
thus felt himself at home and able to dis
cuss world problems as friend with friend.
Colonel Roosevelt has never ceased to put
in a word for England whenever opportu-
nifty occurred.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
By i. !. de Becker

TN week which must forever mark
an epoch in the history Of human
L progress, two events stand out strik-
ingy because Of their all-compclling
irsnatie interest, double climaxes in the
ansdrsTn-out world ragedy-Germany' 8
acknowledgement OF defeat and the igno-
minus fight Of William the Assassin into
holland Thus the curtain falls on the
Twilight Of Autocracy.7
But On the SANG stage, shroudcd in gloom
ran which they cannot demand exclusive
nshs 70 sunshine, huddled backstage, IS
- mob from which fate shall cast the
aancters Of the epilogue. MebAnecht and
artn, the one pallid from long imprison-
a11 the other ready TO pour forth tor
saA rhetoric long suppressed; old Hin
aeisug, who, II medieval occnltism con-
aasd any truth, begins to feel the nails
uansrsd into his wooden efhgy; Max Of
o'asn- reactionaIy, wearing the disguise
ssh-sacrifcing patriotism; all are will
70 take leading roles, which may be
aaHred from them By such a pantaloon rs
"1oeryer, or super like Ebert
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17

Tuesday morning, under the command
OF Admiral SD" John Bilgewater IN the
flagship Battenberg. 1t consisted OF the
6attleships IncorrSgible, Umspeakable.
Indesc'sbabte, I,econceivabte, Horrible
and Abomirn5le; the battle cruisers Per-
nicioms, Atrocious and Momstroug: the
cruisers F'1ghtful and Ruthless, and the
destroyers Scorpion, Bacillus, Spider,
Eoraoig, Loathsonae, Vemomous and
Toad
But envisage the change. Suppose vnat,
instead Of this, we were to read such de-
scripton as this:
At 10.2 e. IN. the Germa,, feet qcnS
sighted, and at 1913 FIRE qoas opened bu
the John GalsDorthy, the Hall Cai7,c and
the Gilbert Murray. At 1910 the Ches-
terton was Observed to hare q heouv list
and at 1920 she sank, her crew beino
taken of By the Herbert Spencer ard tin,
John Morley. Meanwhile the Yeats, Tic
Pi'iero and the Frederic Morrison had
been engaging the enemy at close our
tors. At II 20 the Mrs. Humphrcq,
Ward bleao 1p, not before giving GOOD
account Of herself.
This seems to me great Improvement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17

toms charges which were enforced against
their competitors.
For the Antwerp market this made q
clear gain OF 81 to the piece, and they
cleared an additional profit of 81 on each
piece exported undyed, which they dyed
and resold; and of their exports the Hansa
merchants managed to get two thirds un-
dyed. On this cloth alone the profits were
SCI 900 sterling at time when this sum
represented between thirty-six and forty
times its present purchasing power.
This was too much for Elizabeth, Eng
lands Virgin Queen, who felt that her
merchant adventurers were entitled to some
share OF the English export trade. Lord
Burleigh encouraged her to abrogate the
Hansa privileges, and Sir Thomas Gresham
founder of the London Exchange, pointed
out the need of upbuilding the English
mercantile marine.
There were long and bitter protests from
the Hansa towns. but in the long run, as
usual, Elizabeth had her way. Commercial
communications which the Hanseatc
League had resorted to to curb the grow
ing pride of Bremen, and which had caused
grass to grow in the business streets of
that Hansa town, was the final recourse
against England. It failed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17

they sold finished goods at handsome
profit, and it was one of their little jokes
that they could buy fox skins from the
English for a gro&t and resell them the
tails for a guilder. Nowhere, i'll fact, did
the Hansa merchants prosper more than in
England. Special privileges were heaped
on their settlement, known as "the Steel
yard" which was retained until 1853, when
an English corporation paid s72,5OO to the
cities of Lubbock, Bremen and Hamburg for
this London factory, on which stands
the Cannon Street Station
What the Hansa did in England is typical
of what it did, or sought to do, wherever
toothold was obtained. Thus, in 1854, it
exported from London between January
and November $4,000 pieces of cloth, as
against 1,l0U exported by the English on
their own account. They paid an export
tax of threepence on each piece, while
other foreign merchants paid five shillings
and ninepence. They we're permitted also
70 do their own packing, thus avoiding Gus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
THE Only Competition Should
Il Be in Reasonableness

In the compliments which one naton
pays to another there is always an clc-
ment of camoufiage. But in the present.
the sincerity of the tribute stands
out clear the day. 1t is not only
matter OF words and pictures and ana
thems. Momentous issues are being des
clded. AS long as we were all labornS
under the strain of war We had the strong-
est possible reasons for working harmos.
niously We knew what Germany would
do to US both if we fell asunder The
worst stress has been eased by peace. and
we need to be all the more careful to
maintain the former comradeship. Trade
rivalry and innumerable delicate questions
affecting the distribution of food and raw
materials might cause friction if ap-
preached by either party in an ungenerous
spirit. Officials are working at high press-
ure and are not always diplomatists IN
any country. We need to make it plain
that our two nations will not tolerate any
drifting apart. 1t is not question which
solely concerns departments in London
and Washington. Every one of us is involved
in it and IL is for the departments to do
our bidding. If there should be any mar
row-minded mandarin in Whitehall who
wants TO make himself conspicuous at the
expense of the United States, let him be
fired. The only competition should be in
reasonableness. From the Pacific Ocean to
the Rhine there is disturbance and blood
shed Democracies cannot afford to be
divided in days like these when anything
may happen among populations numbering
300,000000. Americans and British have
worked together, fought together bled to-
gether, died together. They have been foes
and they are now friends. AS friends
they must learn to live together.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
GLOW and Steady Growth
~ to Power

1t was a guild Of merchants which may
have originated in the Rhine Valley for
mutual protection against pirates by water
and thieves by land. Its organization was
secret, it. power was hidden its enterprise
was prodigious, and it soon embraced the
trade centres Of the north; established Its
agents wherever the opportunity TO barter
seemed promising and operated its own
fleets. Always It professed to be merely All
association Of traders, and the governing
body at Lubbock, even ut the height OF its
power, kept in It's statutes the statement
that in important matters 'the decision
rested not with the general council, but
with the people" Their banner bore this
device, "Freedom for the common mer~
chant ut home and abroad" and upon this
broad and elastic .ts+"-aWt. slowly and
cas.ss~sfy, q efsv ~ psvss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17

some semblance of freedom, and it is worth
noting that these cities. Hamburg, Bremen
and Lubbock, were the first to cast off the
Hohenzollern yoke and reafirm their In
dependent existence as republics. And in
these same towns has always been, some
times almost an accomplished fact, some
times dormant the idea of worldwide COM
mercial supremacy
To what an extent William the Assassin
was able to assimilatc and utilize the plans
the hopes end the records Of the Hansa
cities is another story. But so long as they
remained centres Of free trade in his EN-
pire, sovereign states in fact well as In
law, the growth Of these trade centres
would not have benefited the empire, c1-
cept indirectly. Lubbock, for centuries the
capital of the Hanseatic League, had fallen
into decay and dwinded to half its former
stately proportions. Bremen, fearing COM
mercial extinction, was ready to yield to
Potsdam Both cities accepted the Zoll-
verein which extinguished their freedom
in commercial enterprise. Hamburg alone
held out until 1883, when she, too, became
a victim to the greatness OF the German
Reich. So great was the sacrifice that
William the Assassin journeyed in state to
accept it, to felictate the burghers upon
their submission to his imperial necessities
and to give them in return abundance OF
promises in token Of his gratitude. And a
minute territory was permitted to retain
it's freedom.
Let it be understood in advance that
these free cities were never democratic in
the modern sense, and that the Hanscatlc
League, of which they are sole SURVIVORS
and heirs, was never legal organization
within the old Holy Roman Empire, al
though it sent ambassadors to kings and
was mentioned in the treaties between
rulers Of Europe's middle age. They were
merchant republics, ruling the Baltic as
venice did the Adriatic. extending their IN
Huence from London to Archangel and from
Riga to Bergen, by force when able by
persuasion when possible, by corruption
when that seemed the easiest way. What
then. was the Hanseatic League:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
r1tan Day. Dedicated to Anglo American Brotherhood
1 Fine Tribute will Be Paid to Emo.
lands Part lin the Great

Walter II. Page will always ho bor.1
Britain accords to the American Amh.s.a
dor different position from that eniouod
by any other diplomatic envoy. On Ju,v
49, great service was held in st. Pauls
Nathedral. Or. Page was given equal precc
"e"oc Win h'ng George-each sat on a dais
ana ming George sang the Battle HYMN
OF the republic after thanking God for the
declaration OF Independence, in which his
Vorlc document to be quite frank, his illus
trlous ancestor is referred to with some
candor! Over the Palace of Westminster
otherwise known as the Houses Of Parla
ment, the American flag was flown on tho
same flagstaff the Union Jack and at an
equal height, which meant the top. Three
tunes has that tribute been paid, and indie
pendencc Day of this year was observed in
britain as national holiday, dedicated to
divine worship and baseball, which is
played IN somewhat unorthodox fashion
even by Highland laddies in the wilds of
Scotland
Last Saturday we had our Lord Mayors
show, which is Londons only and annual
parade. 1t was military in character and
Was watched by immense crowds with suit
able English restraint until the American
troops came along, when Londoners forgot
themselves and shouted until they were
hoarSc. In the scramble OF war news it
may be some Americans have missed the
message cabled by King George to Presi-
dent Wilson on Monday night. 1t read AS
follows:
AT this moment Of universal gladness l
send you, Mr.. President, and the people of
your great Republic message of con-
graduation and deep thanks in my own
name and in that of the people Of this en-
pire.
ut is indeed matter of solemn thanks
giving that the peoples of our two coun-
tries akin in spirit as in speech, should to-
day be united in this greatest of democ-
racy's achievements.
~ thank you and the people of the United
States for the high and noble part which
you have played in this glorious chapter Of
history and freedom"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
Freedom Is Still To
= Be Proven

hhnever may result, the Hohenzouerns
s's lost their Rhcingel. and are as dead
nat good old German Got, Wotan the
oasIyed- The Nibetung folk rejoice
''say for the time, but it remains to be
N'ssn that their Rheingelt of freedom is
may glitter as falsely as the war
ss Yachting cup- 1t may be as unreal
'as treasure we used to sec the Rhine
1sers, quite fat and somewhat noisy,
s1saing at the metropolitan in the old
'A But that s for the future For the
sashs civilized men and women rejoice
as destruction Of the Valhalla of Pots
Easiy, because the means Of communi-
,.s@ had bean seized by the Reds, cumes
,sssscr Of fact news that tho people are
Ia rulers Of ths new Germany. The
We, who have been fighting them.
ssW know them We shall not take
~s opinion Of them, fo- he was poor,
.ssssd and cxilsd Jew, whc may well
= ssn prejudiced against them But
~ their rulers, Frederick the Great
a. 's known them best. That discipline
oAs driven 30 many German children
49, peace II suicide and which made
~ ~" ths vast sighting machine, now in
&. rs somewhat relaxed for 4 time in
vt part Of Frederics's reign. There
a.. 0ehool Inspector Sulzer ventured to
II. his masters clcmcncy, drawing
:. N'0n from Frederick:
d. mem licber Sulzer. or kermit NIGHT
s.ls.- 'ssdamnnte Racsl" ("Ah. my dear
y.a'you don't know this accursed racel")
sals. - - 'ns ancient free and Hsnsa t"wns
A.s frederick could not dominate, which
sss,s sa sven tho Napoleonlc period, which
sssss. ''i7 b. reduced 10 vassalsgs by ths
VI Bismarck, there has always been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17

Washington and the incompatible heroisrn
of Abraham Lincoln. All that Mr.. Wilson
says and does is of immediate interest to
the British Empire, the policy of which
has been affected in many ways by Anieri-
can influence as communicated to us in
his diplomacy. 1t may be that the infu-
once is reciprocal, and if so the United
States may rest assured that for all time
her sacrifices at this crisis will be remem-
bered wherever the English language is
spoken. Nor must we forget that it was
France who brought US together and that
the first object of whatever policy is
adopted in common by the United States
and Great Britain must be to safeguard the
frontier of the Allies against aggression Of
all kinds while securing the world against
the perils of anarchy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17
Bv p. w. Wilson
,..,,spo,dent Of The London DALI,
NeWS

correspondent of The London Daily
News
YITH wonderful and characterize
NA| tic generosity, the American
w people will shortly celebrate a
Britain's Day. On Friday, Dc
amber s, the schools will pay their tribute
u the part played by England in this war.
A, Saturday, the 7th, it will be the turn of
40 nation, and demonstrations will take
...e. as on Bastilc Day. On Sunday the
..u,ches will sound a humber note of
Asnduncss for all the hopes of common
,,rvice to mankind which arc involved in
MS great, provdential gift of Anglc-Amer-
-, friendship. The Britain's Day move
-.rt is entirely spontaneous. II owes moth
no to inspiration, direct or indirect, by
nv government, whether at Washington or
Iaudon. The idea was born in the hearts
!, Americans themselves. 1t is impossible
%, any English1naa to write about it save
rita profound gratitude. All the nations
,eluded in the British Empire will be
S,eply moved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17

sists Of l6 members, of zohom 10
must be lauyers ard three mer-
chants.
In Lubbock, uhere there is but one
burgomaster, and Senate Of IA,
elected for life, there are 1870 mem
bers of the House of Burgesses,
elected by ballot Of all the citi-
-enS.
Thus the ancient HGnSa capital is
still the leader in liberaLity, but as
the citizenship is greatly restricted
the government Of all three Of the
Hanso touns IS still far from the
meuer ideals Of democracy, being
rather an aristocracy.
Supremacy hcving long ago been
accorded Hamburg, the one great tie
betzceen the old "free cities" is the
"Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht,"
court Of appeals sohich holds its
sessions there.
Likel'ise, by reason Of its greater
population, Hamburg sends three
deputies to the Reichstag, uhile its
sister cities are represented by one
each. Prussia has 286. 4 so0er-
eign states, each city has one cote IN
the Bundesrat, where Prussia has II.
Area and population Of the triple
republics at the census of 1910 were
as follons:: Hamburg, $50 square
miles, OLA ,664; Lubbock, 100 square
miles, 1860; Bremen, % square
miles, $780, 26,
Bremen and Lubbock arc, therefore,
in point Of territory the smallest
states of the empire, and the lands
of Hamburg are only greater than
those of Schaumburg-Lippe and the
Elder Branch Of Rcuss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-17

real property, and for the remaining
40 suffrage is conGned to those burg
crs or citizens 7cho haze been either
Senator's, members Of the House of
Burgesses, or of various guilds, cor
porntions or courts of justice. Half
the membership is elected cre,'y three
gears, and the tern, Of office IS sic
gears.
4 permanent committee Of the
House, consisting of t1uenty represent
tatives, not more than fee Of rrhons
can be lazcyers, transacts the bulk Of
the business Of The lozcer chamber
and Keeps check on the acts of the
Senate, especially IN regard to the
enforcement of constitutional lau.
1t may take the in;tiotive IN 1egis-
lathe matters, and IN case of disa-
greement each chamber sends an
equal number Of representatives. to an
assembly of arbitration, and in case
Of the failure to agree Of this "con-
ference committee" as zce rould call
it, the problem may be referred for
solution to the Reichsgericht at
Leipsic. the Supreme Court Of the
Empire. Such disagreements, for
curious reasons. are unusual, espe-
cialiu so since in all matters ercept
taration ueto powey is expressly re-
scrred IN the Senate.
Bremen gives university men II
members in the House Of Burgesses,
the merchants 40, mechanics and
manufacturers 20, and the remain
der, to the number Of $50, are chosen
by ballot Of all uho possess citizen
ship. THE burgomasters hare four
year terms, and direct the executive
functions Of the Senate, lohich con-