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impossible, in the short space here allot-
ted, to give even an approximation Of tba
varied substance of this unique contribu~
t1on. But snatch of dialogue from the
last act will give an idea of the drift and
style:
Enghshmnn-No nation at that time
realized how vital was your country's en-
trance into the war. Three months later il
would have been too late Your Young. nm
tlred forces lifted worn-out France and
England and swept all of US to victory. It
was Americas victory at the last. 1t IS orr
America has been our kin.
Amcrican (smiles) Yes. England is
our well beloved elder sister for all time
now, | believe
E"ghshman-The soldiers who died there
gestures to the ditch) and their like did
that also. They tied the nations together
with bond of common gratitude, common
suffering, common glory.
Ame11con-You say we'll that there was
common gratitude. England and France
mad lought our battle for three years at the
time we entered the war. We had nestled
pehlnd the English fleet. Those grim. gray
ships of yours stood between rs and tro
barbarans very literally.
American (7nusmgly) Its odd how long
IL TOOK the -governments-hum be-
1ngs-to find the truth of the very old
phrase that "he who fndeth his life must
lose it,"
E"ghshman-The simple fact of that
phrase before the Great War was not COM
monty grasped. People thought it purely
religious and reserved for saints and
thurch services AS working hypothesis,
lt was not generally known. The everyday
sdeals OF our generation, the friendships
ana brothcrhoods of nations as we know
them-the peace coalition, for example,
would have been thought utopian.
american Utopian? Perhaps our civil
lzation Is better than utopian. The race
mas grown with bound since we all went
through hell together. How far the civil
lzat'on of 1914 stood above that of 1914!
me difference between galley slaves and
ablc-bodied scamen of Your and our navy,
Greater yet than the change in that three
hundred years is tho change in the last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
"Ihe Citadel of Order Is
Within"

N IHE course of recent address W.
3. Guthrie made the following state
ment with regard to the potency and good
sense of the American Constitution:
Eve feel in the las. analysis that the .sys-
tenn of government committed to US by the
fathers has in it much of sanity and sense.
'rltcs lave attacked it, rebellion tried !"
destroy it, seditons and preiudices still
hawk and tear it and sow the dragon teeth
OF hate against it. Still it remains the hope
OF its friends, widening circle claspins
hahds around the earth of those that know
you can have law without liberty. bat not
liberty without law. Our Constitution still
combines conservatism and progress modef'
"'''''' with movement; like tree whos'
leaves rustic IN the slightest breeze. but 'hs
roofs grasp the rocks with clasp storms
cannot loosen. The Good Book says, nc
'""' r"'eth has own spirit is greater thar nc
'""' 'aAeth IL city | know of no m'i'
herolc self-abnegaton than where in QUE
Nohst'tution sovereign people binds ~
own hands against haste against Impulse.
against all the passion and partisansnip - :
INC years. In such a citizenship pewcf IN
s~1es ZOE tho citadel Of order il witnlnT ssS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

or whatever this mornings latest figures
may show"
What the Democratic press thinks Of
Lenroot is thus expressed by "The
Brooklyn Daily Eagle:
Irvine L. Lenroot is squarely, aggres-
sively, uncompromisingly loyal to the
United States. He is pledged to the basic
Administration policies in the conduct Of
the war. He can be trusted now. whatever
his attitude before we entered the war"
Among the newspapers supporting
Davies was the Republican milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin," which is frankly
congratulatory in it's comment on the
result:
"Wisconsn's great Joy out of yesterdays
election comes from the decisive demon
stratlon furnished by the voters that this
IS loyal state. Lenroot's election as
united States Senator is assured, with Da-
vles second, the Berger crowd, with their
ant'-Onlted States platform, which at
tracted the disloyal elements in the electo
rate, tagging along at the end
"Senator-elect Lenroot will take his seat
IN the upper House of the national legis-
nature with a degree of prestige seldom
possessed by new member
AS a representative in Congress- he has
shown native ability and industry, energy
and initiative, as well as sturdy Ameri-
canism, which has won wide admiration"
On the other hand. The Milwaukee
journal declares that all hope of GUST
ing La Toilette passed with Lenroot's
election. Whereupon ''The New York
Sun" asks
What is the secret of La Folette's
strength in the Senate?
wv nat mysterious influence protects him
within the walls of the CAPITOL at Wash
ington?"
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the national consciousness statements like
that made by Senator New recently, that
tins country would put only thirty-seven
fighting aeroplanes in France by July L.
Probably the effect of plain talking will
be good. The President will have to speed
up and strengthen his war organization to
go before the country with it and himself
under fire"
There can be no question, of course,
that Mr.. Lenroot while in Congress 10y
ally supported the war measures of the
Administration, fact the more note
worthy because of his earlier pacifst
lcanings. And, as "The New York Sun"
says,
"there is never going to be the slightest
danger that in war times a Democratic
President will lack the support of high
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Speaks, Proclaimng Itself Americarn-and Republican

in which Mr.. Davies, the defeated candi-
date for Senator, is referred to as stand
ing for 100 per cent Americanism. and
the Republican party is charged with be-
ing willing to make compromises with
and concessions to La Toilette, and adds:
That statement means fight. 1t means
that the Wisconsin campaign is going to he
repeated all over the country 1t means
mat the Congress elections next fall will
involve bitter partisan campaign, with the
nkehnood OF defeat for Administration
that is carrying the war.
inc Republicans will not let the Presi-
oent choose the issue now that he has an
parently decided that there is to be tiobt
Ihey Will make the issue one of WINNING the
war and winning it now. They will tell the
country that Mr.. Wilson is in danger Of
losing the war. They will hammer into
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

of many Germans and of La Follettian irrec-
oncilables or dupes, full Of blind suspicion
OF whatever the government does, uncon-
sclous anarchists, certainly not loyal to the
United States. In this country, as in Ger
many, the majority Socialist party is still
the obedlent 2ervant of Kaiserism In Wis
consln Mr. Berger, candidate for SEN
ator, has received the support of not only
the regular Socialists, German in principle
and sympathy, but II all the malgnants
from other parties of all the professional
or lncurable Germans and Germanophiles.
of the straltest sect of La Toilette devotees
and cranks.
Eve know that Wisconsin, full of iso
lated foreign communities, little Germanys.
ravaged by German socialism, dizzied and
bedevilled for twenty years by the ever
lasting spinning and buzzing Of the La Fol
lette teetotum, is sound of head and heart.
American, and by much more than to l,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
The Ditch
Sc3ibner'.s

MARY RAYMOND sHlPMAN AN
DREWS has rather a remarkable
piece of work this month in "Scribnor,,
Magazine" 1t is called "Thc Ditch" and
is in form a play in five short acts The
first act is dated, "a Summer Dav in
1917 and the place is German first
line trench which has just been canturcd
by an American regiment. The rara;n
ing acts are set in 2o1a-a hundred years
later, and present the sentiments Of (suc-
ccsslvely) two little French children
some American school girls, a vounr
married couple. and an officer of tho
American army and an English Cabinet
Minister upon visiting the scene, It Il
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nave recently made a circuit of India
from Madras to Lahore and from Bombay
to Calcutta, asking these two Questions ::
What is India thinking about? What does
lndla want? The answers varied with
striking regularity, depending on the class
Oh person addressed The village farmer
or the shoemaker would pause to reflect
Now what does the Sahib wish me to renlv ,
and would answer accordingly. But when
one asks the educated Indian, the answer
is uniformly the same: Home rule"
And yet
INDIA does not aspire to complete indie
pendence, nor does she desire a chance
ol masters The Filipino looks forward
eagerly to the day when the Stars and
stripes shall be replaced by the Filipino
nag The Indian, if he entertains q similar
nope at all, does not expect to see IT, real
yea Tor very many years, and he does not
.aik ABOUT 1T. He may talk freely of what
ne regards British msgovcrnment but
ne Will tell one in the same breath that
ne sees no European master whom he would
prefer. he fears Germany. has feared Rms
s'a and IS beginning to fear Japan. There
is nc doubt but that India, so far as in
tefhauonal affairs are concerned is abso-
lutely loyal to the British flag"
In fact
lhdlas case for complete self-govern-
ment IS at present weak, in that there is
far 700 little to show in the way of Indian
ability to handle responsibilities of gov
eminent and social leadership in matters
which are already under the entire control
OF the Indians themselves. Meanwhile the
ATTITUDE or the government officials is be.
coming increasingly tolerant and sympa-
'hetlc toward the extension of self-gou
erning institutions throughout tho co,ntr,-
nft t[.,
INDIA Will receive all that she is demand
ing IL 10 even possible that she will be
so disappointed at not receiving more that
hhe may make some trouble. On the other
haha' II the policies already approved both
IN London and Delhi and partly initiated
are carried to fulflment. the Indian himself
Is soon to take upon his individual shoulders
more Oh the responsibilities of free citizen
'n"n elther the land or the people have
ever known before. The day NAV vet
come, not soon, but eventually. when India
Will be safe for democracy.n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
he Danger of Following
L Blindly

But "The Sun" believes that Mr.. Len
roots election shows particularly that
the voters of the United States are COM
ing to realization of the great truth
that "a self-governing people can make
no greater mistake than to think that
because the country happens to be at
war they must follow blindly it's Execu
tive chief in whatever he does or wants
done" And it accepts the challenge of
Mr.. Wilson to the Republican party in
these words:
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let the little things stay there unit, i,
weather moderated The officer conse,..,
and several members of the sanitar,
tacl1ment took care Of them until they 90,
be sent back to the stables without
danger;ng their lives from the cold
now they are doing well, thank you. y
fact, they're becoming almost roly.no,n
Over in our supply company the n....
mania seems to have made mora 49,.
grabbers than dogcatchers. At this v.;.
ing they have two bllies and one n...
to worry 'em, and the pranks Of ~.
horned trio would turn the unctuous
of an undertaken at work into ,;r,;-,
giggIe. The goats answer to the nam..
Jim Jetfries, Pontius Plate and Cleonat,,
Now, the bowwows around the REGIMES.
are almost invariably even tempered, Ma.
of them also are too polite to enter
strange tent without being invited =,
dragged in. But the goats-well. lin
Pontius and Cleo display the innoce,.
gent!encss Of lambs one minute. and ~.
next minute behave like three members q,
the Gas House Gang" on rampage. Tbsv
horn into any tent that suits their fan.r
butt few of the occupants, bite piecs
out of the stove, and escape in the ii.
rection Of the picket line, with the air owe,
them whrring with hurting shoes, mesa.
tins, brushes, books and beloved cuss.
words. They're plain ornery. and the sun.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

"And as the light has thus broken in
Wisconsin, so may it break in every de-
batable state in the Union and in every
debatable Congress district, that Republi-
cans may be elected to the House next
autumn not to be mere echoes Of Demo
cratic congressman, but to be faithful rep
resentatives of Americanism, not only in
war matters but in every NATTER
Both Lenroot and Davies stood for
answering loyalty, says "The New
York Times" which finds in the election
of Lenroot no mere partisan success, but
the patriotism of Wisconsin, "suf1icient-
ly shown heretofore by her acts, how
ever belied by her La Folleltes and Ber-
gers" And this paper adds:
The Berger gain is not due to the growth
of socialism, but to the sullcn opposition
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

seemed to be drawn toward Camp Wads-
worth from the beginning of things. They
have been plodding into camps in droves
from where nobody seems to know or care
And, once here, they fall into as many
hands, each of 'em, as a book from a cir
culating library. They are alternately well
coined and kicked out. They are the one
night stands of dogdom. Life for them
isn't always made up of long maps and big
meals. But-Rover and his friends hang on.
Every morning the assorted and unat-
tached candidates for regular mascot Jobs
show up on one or another of the several
drill fields. There they squat on their lean
launches and waggishly review the business
OF squads this way and that They are
comparing the possibilities between COM
panles. At the end of the drill period they
decide on an outfit and string along behind
it, their watery eyes trimming with hope.
On Its way to quarters the company so
favored gives one the impression of huge
kite, the dogs forming the TAIL
When the topper" bawls "Dismisssst,"
and the men start for their tents. the
canine crew makes it's bid for favor The
NUTS merrily scamper among the fellows
and zap discordantly, paving, shifting and
IN every other way given them seeking to
make friends. And nearly always they sue
ceed. He's poor perp, indeed, that doesn't
get himself dragged into tent and tenn
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to cot, with voice speaking to him in
this fashion,:
"Now, you sonuvagun, yore name is Matt
land' (naming fellow squad membcr)
"and yore my dawg. If any guy in the
tent says 'Boo' or anything else you don't
like just you up and chaw i'm in the leg.
Lay down there now and III go up to the
cookhouse and rustic bone for you"
Maitland has his bone and a snooze
and all looks bright. But alas! tonight
thercll be an argument about his sleeping
inside, and, despite the efforts of his friend.
he'll be chucked into the dark and left to
find his own lodgings. And in the r,orn-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
"OMMENTING on the Wisconsin,
y election in it's issue of Thursday,
The New York Tribune said:

mere IS, perhaps, no other state in the
Union with so large a proportion Of Ger
man population, and none other where so
large soclalstic vote could have been
polled. 1t reveals clearly enough the in
innate association of La Folletteism, social
ism and disloyalty."
But while the election of Mr.. Lenroot
may be fairly regarded as triumph for
loyal Americans and the defeat of Ber-
ger, despite his greatly increased vote. as
proof OF the lmpotency of socialism of
the pacifist, pro-German type, it permits
the Socialists to take such comfort in
defeat as found expression in Mr.. Ber-
gers Milwaukee newspaper:
"The Wilson Administration met with a
Singing rebuke. The combined Lerroot-
Berger vote will show that the state
stands about two to one against the Adj
mlnistraton, although Mr.. Wilson came out
with personal letter in favor Of Davies
and in spite of e-President Marshalps
vltuperatons against Lenroot and Mar
shalPs Characterization of the Thompson
Berger vote SEWAGE"
The unwisdom of Mr.. Wilson in fore
ing party issue in Wisconsin at such
time IS admitted by his warmest adj
mirers, such as David Lawrence, of "The
New York Evening Post" and "The
Washington Times" Writing from
Washington under the date of April 3,
Mr.. Lawrence said:
irrespective Of party, people here agreed
That IN time of peace race between Len
root and Davies would have resulted in
victory for the former While the Demo-
Gratis in the Administration, therefore. hopcd
that the effect Of Mr. Wilson's letter would
De to help Davies to victory, privately thew
never doubted that Mr.. Lenroot would win
VI course, some Democratic leaders hero
were prompt to suggest that the Lenroot
vote was a combination Of straightout
Republican party vote, La Toilette sun
porters who wanted to take a Sian at preei.
dent Wilson, and particularly a. Davies
"no outspokcnly said he would vote to ex
PEI La Frilctte; anti Wilson men who arc
dlssatished with the Administrations con-
oucl OF the war and some Germans who
ga" no sense In casting their strength With
merger VINO would surely run third and
sougnt, therefore, TO defeat Davies. whom
inc freSldcnt especially favored"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
M aking a Personal
vi Issue

According to c. w. Gilbert, in his
special correspondence to The Tribune,
the President has been very much i'm
pressed with the loyalty issue since the
recent special Congress elections in New
YORK. Thus:
apparently, what happened in Wisconsin
cornflfHns hira IN the belief that he can make
personal Issue of the campaign, appealing
fox supper, or the ground that he tas a
war on his hands and must have Il Congress
Oil MS own party 10 support him"
Nr. Gilbert quotes the announcement
ef the Democratic National Committee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

* NOW A\14NN . lkEEI, the street
of power in London, is GER
tainly not imposing to look
upon" writes Harold Spender in this
months Century Magazine" In fact
"any casual foreign visitor who finds his
way to this famous spot must experience
somewhat rude shock. Gazing at this little
group of smoke stained, brown brick dwell
ing houses, he must imagine that he has
stTayed from his quest into some back
water of London life, for the street looks
like piece of an older world still clinging
to existence among the great modern pal
aces of WHITEHALL"
All the same it is, potentially, no
mere London byway. 1t is the place
where prodigious amount of history
to the square inch is made. The writer
takes one inside No. 10, where it be-
comes at once evident that "the plain
front contains a rich interior" He thus
describes the famous council chamber
Of the War Cabinet-"the central shrine
Of British power:
ut is room not unworthy of its his
tory. 1t is long and we'll wndowcd. The
eastern end is framed in four columns
with Cornthan capitals. The bookshelvcs
Inning the room are now entirely covered
with war maps and war charts, which sur
round the War Cabinet as they sit at work.
Down the middle Of the room runs q long
broad table, covered with the famous cloth
or green baizc and set with straightforward
chairs. There are enough chairs here to
scat the old Cabinet Of twenty-five, and
far too many for the present smaller Cab-
met; but 1T must he remembered that
the War Cabinet rarely sits alone. and il
almost always attended by soldiers or
ministers who have to be consulted about
the matter in hand
1.-THE Prime Minister'S chair stands not
at the head Of the table, blu, at the middle
o. its southern side, in front Of the Grc-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
By Corporal Harry T. Mitchell,
Co. L.. 10th U. S. Infantry
Reprinted from "The Seventh Regiment
Gazette"

~SSf' "S'eW !fVHt ne SSVentE Ee0lmcnt
Gazette"
PERSONALITY, we haven't troubled to
conduct a canine census, or to check
up the number of goats, pigs,
chickens, squirrels, monkeys, raccoons and
such-like to be found hereabouts; but. if
you were to ask us for an offhand esti-
mate, we'd tell you without blinking that
there are more mascots in Camp Wads-
worth than there are animals in Central
Parks zoo.
You may squash, slosh and skid I'D and
down our nice muddy roads until you cast
shoe or stall, and not once will YOU be
able to look around you without seeing at
least a few of the aforementioned creatures.
You can't get away from 'em. They are
everywhere. They seem to us that abide
here just as Natural part of every land
scape as the trees, the mud, the tents, the
cook shacks and the stables
Dogs predominant. They're of every
known breed, color, size and Temperament.
too. There mastiffs, boodhounds. grew
hounds, beagles, settlers, bulls, poodles-
yes, and some of 'em even wear pink ribbon
terriers and many, many, many, OH SO
many plain mongrel ours. Some of them
are honest-tog goodness mascots that were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

This man is a confirmed dog fancier. If
breeding he's after it hotfoot. At least
once week he crates up and expresses
it home. Often he has as many as three
NUTS battered to the guy ropes of his tent
You may wonder why the fellows are
against squad mascots, rule. It's not
because they don't like dogs They do.
Nine soldiers out Of ten will play with
frisking pup by the hour-and like it. But
doggie does become a nuisance in tent
If he isn't toting away your shoes, or chew
ing your Blankets he's getting under your
feet every time you move With eight men
in tent you have as much room as pair
of poor dancers at the charity ball
Just to show what the average soldier
thinks Of dogs, listen to this: One bitterly
cold night not long ago a sentry discovered
q yellow nondescript cur mothering litter
of newborn puppies. She was trying to
keep the youngsters warm in nest of
hay near the stables, and the sight touched
the shlvering sentry. Subsequently, when
he was relieved from his post, he got
big box from somewhere and got another
member of the squad to help him carry the
whimpering mother and her puppies up to
the guard tent, where Sibley stove was
glowing.
In the morning this soldier and several
others carried the pups to the dispensary
and begged the lieutenant in charge to
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From Union Pacific RailaUay Pres

lopes off to the drill ground for a new
start.
There are some men in camp who refuse
to let their tent fellows discourage them
They'll knock together a rough dog box
and put it between the tents, out of sight
Of the officers, and Rover makes his home
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there. Between drills they feed him bones,
rough-house with him and struggle with
varying success to teach doggie few
parlor tricks.
Again, there are a few who plan
to keep Tige with them after the war is
over, and who act accordingly. There's
the case of q certain chap in L Company.
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porarily adopted Here's about the way it
usually goes:
Somebody reaches a rough but kindly
hand and takes Rover by the scruff of the
neck. Next, Rover finds himself with a
hank of rope around his neck and tethered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Mascots- OF Every Known Breed, Size and Temperance

companies and, in some cases, entire regi-
ments, Boosting and brawling about them
They get enough attention. This, then, is
merely a little press agent stuff about
the varying fortunes Of the large and lowly
Tribe Of Strays
Homeless, homely, hungry and hetero-
geneous specimens Of the XIII family
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ply company men love 'em for it.
After all, these mascots OF ours make
our work seem lighter. We wouldn't be
without them for anything. They, along
with some of the many other funny hob
bies among the men-but that's another
story that will do later Curtain, please!