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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

mand. When you've GOT combination
OF imagination and horse sense he sad,
"how can you beat ii % Thinking Of what
our men have done with this combination
in glorious battle, | fell to contrasting
With their magnificent conduct the petty
arguments OF the writer's who would dis
count their achievements by morally los
ing the war through pussy-footing diplo-
macy, and | realized anew what | have Of
ten noticed since the war began-thc I'm
1athomable dulness OF defeatist argument
The odd thing is that this dulness, at
bottom q dulness of perception, will some
times overtake even man of talent. whose
heart, too, is in the right place. Let NE
clte an author who has never in long
career been accused of lacking imagination
Sir Arthur CUTLER Couch He. OF all men,
seems to have got it into his head that
peace with victory means an ungoverna-
bic blood lust. In a blue funk lest all
fraternal feeling should be wiped out by
the war, obsessed by the fear that the
millions of men who are fighting for
humanity may become the slaves of de-
grading hatred, he wrote novel "Foc-
Farrell" to enforce the point of his strange
posltltious narrator to emit this nawlsish
stuff:
-, That's all that exists for publication.
mat is, unless you want moral. can
give you that. all right; and if YOU have
any use for it you may apply ii tc this
pasted war AS sec it. the more you
ocat FRITZ by becoming like him the more
ne has won. You may ride through his
sa'es under an arch Of triumph but if he
!
what's the use? You have demeaned
yourself to him; you cannot shake him
on Tor his claws hook in you, and through
!he further gate OF judgment you ride on.
hseparaoles condemned.
Now, if the gallant "Q.'s' knowledge o.
ms countrymcn were not in fantastic state
OF suspension he would know perfectlv we'll
that when they, and their allies. march
through the gates of Berlin they will not
nave become anything like Fritz and that
lhcre VIII be nothing on their saddle bows
save little bill to be settled by the local
authorities. 1t seems incredible that man
OF his sense and intellectual experience
should admit into his brain the hypothesis
mat the Allies could become like unto the
Hun. Yet he writes book of more than
three hundred pages to get the absurdty
OIL his yelling, patriotic chest | can for
give 20" for old sake's sake. and fer the
naive unconsciousness of his lapse, but !
cannot forgive the writers, here and abroad,
whose conduct savors of well laid plan TO
sugmatlze all programmes of punitive Jus
tice as symptoms of our becoming like
Fritz. Sometimes I feel that their in
trlgues flow from nothing more nor less
than a white livered state of being, the
suit Of an "intensve' pacitism Blu.
more often they spring from bad thinking,
the thinking of minds of small calibre or
OF unhealthy fermentation.
To be continued tn-,nnrrn-Nl
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It's over, the returns suggest, with
whoop! Six Billions strong! Six Billion
perfectly good answers to Berlin and
Germany in the only language that that
people can understand. It was a noble
job. America can be proud. But it really
never had any other thought or any
other kind of answer to the Hun
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We

tProns The Pogo.l)
WE ARE the singers
w Who Of our great love have made
A strange, unlettercd song
And have sung it,
Silently.
We are the singers,
Singing our poor hearts out in desoation,
Scaling with weak ladders Of song
The high wall Of the world;
Battling hopelessly
With ignorance, and meeting
lgnominious defeat.
We are the singers
Who Of our great desire have sung
Strange melodies
That end in discord
JOSEPH u. HARRIS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

a long arrow pointing i'll the direction, or,
as it might be put in English, This way
to the plumber she'd Peasant and iunker.
private and officer. Hans and-Eitel, thew
have all followed the flight of that arrow.
Prince and pauper. it is in their blood.
Heavens! Are they much more decent
among themselves than they are among
those whom they have treacherously gotten
under their heel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

~ and hlllng before the bar OF
~ justice there is occasion for the
use Of every little ray of light that
may be thrown upon the question Of her
status there. Everybody knows that it is
Fundamentally, the status Of deliberate,
profoundly malicious criminal; but we
need to keep constantly in mind the precise
nature and number Of counts in the indict-
n.ent. To the pacitist and defeatist, sup
pose, the daily publication in The Tribune
Of an atrocity cited from the Bryce report
IS a wanton stimulation of that low passion
for revenge which only a bloodthirsty
"bitter- ender" could allow himself to cher
ish. Normal human beings, with hearts in
their bosoms "a we'll as brains in their
heads. must realize that if Germany's guilt
is TO be justly accused its detail should be
remembered and placed inexorably in the
balance In one OF the dispatches poured
across the Atlantic since the idea Of an
armstice was launched find it stated that
British opinion feels intensely that the
war-makers should be tried and punished in
accordance with the evidence and civilized
practice" That opinion has been steadily
growing for long time in all the Allied
countries. 1t is opposite to-day to direct
attention to one contribution made toward
its establishment as far back as 1915.
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"The Good German People"

I'm that year NJ. Leon Maccas Greek
author, published under the title of Lies
Cruautes Allemandes' searching analysis
Of German military excuses, exposing
what was essentially criminal in them In
order to drive home the point Of personal
responsibility, to which he devoted sep
arate chapter, he appended list Of fifty
six names, high and low, from the German
army. Now, as the victorious Allies are
approaching a settlement with the offending
nation, it is interesting to enuu1erate some
Of the individuals thus pilloried give
below few Of the names published by NJ
Maccas, with the charges lie filed against
them-before the war had run more than
a fraction Of its course:
Emperor William II. In an address to
his troops'he spoke these words, framing
committed: "woe to the conquered!
The coEqueror knows no mercy!"
Prince Eitel-Frederick, son Of Emperor
William. He stayed eight days in a
chateau near Lege. The owner was pres
ent. Under the eyes of his "hosts' the
prince had packed up all the dresses
found in the armoires Of the mistress Of
the chateau and her daughters. An in
dictment for pillage has actually been
found and recorded against Prince Eitel
In France.
The Duke of Brunswick He partici-
pated In the pilage of the same chateau.
Baron Won Mirbach. He participated
with Prince Eitel and the Duke Of Bruns-
wick in the pilage OF the same chateau
Marshal Won der Goltz, Military Gov
ernor of Belgium. He signed and caused
to be published in Brussels. in October.
1914, an edict announcing the death pen
atty for those inhabitants, cn[1ubE or
not. near whom telegraph lines might be
found cut or railway lines destroyed.
General Won Bulow, commander of the
Second German Army. This is the gen
eral who ordered the first bombardment
of Rheims. He it vas who after the
soaking Of Andenne posted up this notice:
1T is with my consent that the place has
been burnt and about a hundred persons
shot"
General Sixtus Won Arnim. He in,nosed
upon the city Of Brussels and the prov
ince Of Brabant the monstrous war lew
OF 500 100000 francs.
Lieutenant Colonel Bleghem He or
dered the massacres and sackine of
Dipant.
Major Botzwitz He ordered his .roons
to finish of the wounded and to murder
prisoners Of war
Major Msnteuffel He ordered the 10.
struction Of Lovan and the atrocities
which were committed there.
Major Sommerfeld. He ordered +ha do
struction Of Termonde.
Major von Bulow. He ordered the de-.
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Eastern Geography

(y-ons no Dos Nc.eo Reo.ster)
The Balkan front has had its German
hsy window kicked in.
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JOSEPH U. HARRIS.
Sainthood

(Fro%S The VI1oper)
CTRATENED by shackles mine own hand
~ has wrought,
Ny soul pursues its solitary way
Around the barren circle Of one thought,
Forever mourning It's lost yesterday.
By shift and scourge sought to gain tho
goal
And serve Him best; but worthier far thsn 7
Yon starving wretch, who drops a preferred
dole
TO catch stumbling child and hush its cry!
MARY COLES DARLINGTON.
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The Hun and Justice

I A TIME when Germany is backing
and filling before the bar Of
justice there is occasion for the
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To be continued tomorrow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
Hank, the Yaphank Ysp

Hank, the Yaphank Ysp
Examining Officer And why
did you assault the sentry in this
brutal fashion?
Private Hank date of the gas
house gangp-Well, de guy sez he
challenges me, so l busts him one
In de jaw.-Jester.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
He Knew the Lady

He Knew the Lady
And dear" said the fair young
thing as he was leaving. what
would be the first thing you would
do II should send you a telegram
saying that / would be down in
April?"
why, l would pay for it,
Froth.
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Gave Him Particular Csre
How did they treat you IN
Washington" a
"Splendidly. They couldn't have
treated me any better II / had beeSt
a German spy."-Life.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
The Dense Oriental

At q dinner In Edinburgh, says E. v.
Lucas, Baron Kickuchi, principal of
Toxic university, was a guest. An
Englishman present told the story Of
Scotsman who went to his dentists
with an aching tooth and was asked If
he would have gas; he replied that he
would, but should like to count his
money first. Everybody laughed but
the baron. A Scotsman attempted to
explain the joke as to the alleged fol-
bles Of his race; the baron remained
impassive. Others tried, but the baron
said. II do not understand" Finally
he stopped the explanations. "Gentle-
men," he said, you do not understand
what I do not understand" his lis
teners gave rapt attention. -What I
do not understand" he went on, 'is
not why the Scotsman said what he
did, but how any Scotsman should not
know, at any time, without having to
count II, how much money he has In
his pockets" The laugh was on the
hosts Of the "dense" orientaL-From
Outlook.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
DECLARE HOUSE is HAUNTED
British Lawmakers Positive They
Have Seen Apparitions in Famous
Parliament Buildings.

Those who do not believe In ghosts
will be surprised TO learn that several
members of parliament have sworn to
the presence of apparitions in the
house Of commons.
4 prime minister. Earl Grey, de-
clared that he saw a deaths head ap-
pear three times in front of him while
delivering his great speech on the in
PRODUCTION of the reform bill and G.
Swift MacNeii also swOre that he saw
7. 2. O'Connor sitting in his usual
place in the house. while at the time
the gentleman was in Ireland. Many
members, too, have seen the "White
Lady" walking in the corridors of the
house.
The terrace ghost" has often been
said TO appear. Another known as the
big Ben" ghost is stated to appear
when a member Of the royal family is
about TO die. On December Is, 1861,
December Is, 1878, and January 13,
1892, it appeared as an old man row.
ing q little below Westminster bridge
in a rotten skiff and dashing into the
terrace wall just as Big Ben COM
menced TO peal midnight. On the fol-
lowing days, respectively, the prince
consort, the Princess Alice and the
duke of Clarence died. Guy Fawkes
and Spencer Perceval are also said to
haunt the house in the form Of ghosts.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
Sound Carried Far,

A camp cook whose only means Of
calling the members of his party was
pounding on a pan with knife handle
was unable to make them hear when
they were fishing or hunting at any
considerable distance from the camp.
One Of the party to whom he COM
planned thereupon made what he CALI
ed q ''klepalo."
The ''klepalo" was merely a piece Of
well-seasoned oak plank two inches
thick, six inches wide, and four feet
long. Through the center he bored q
hole, passed a rope through II and sus-
pended the plank from the branch Of q
tree. The cook ~rang" the instrument
by striking II with a mallet. first on
one side and then on the other.
The man who made the 'klepalo"
had seen similar contrivances In small
Bulgarian villages, where they are
used instead Of church bells 10 call the
people to worship. A test Of the In
strument used by the campers showed
that in ordinary weather conditions It
could be heard two mileS.-Aanches-
ter Union.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
TO TRAIN CHILDISH MIND
PARENTS Can Do Much to Assist De-
VelepmeHt During the First
Six Years Of Life.

what definite means can the home
adopt for the best development Of the
child In the first six years Of his life?
First. with regard to the things which
surround the child-furniture, pic
lures, books, toys, clothes and orna-
ments. In how far may these lend
themselves to his Development
In the room In which the child
spends most Of his time indoors, the
furniture ought to be plain enough so
that he can do no great harm in play
ing freely about. A small kindergar-
ten chair and table to work on are
almost indispensable In the child's
room. A good blackboard should be
hung securely on the wall, for from
the hour he can toddle the child will
delight In chalk markings. and these
even then will have value because of
the muscle development afforded the
arm and hand.
= The pictures on the wall in the
child's room ought to be distinctly for
him, and hung low enough so that he
may take them down and handle them
whenever he chooses. Every child
likes color and delights in the "stOry
picture" the picture which has a story
connected with IL.
The child may be taught to discrimi-
nate between his own things and those
belonging to others by being allowed
to visit the family living room where
mothers and fathers books and their
pictures and furniture are used with
care and caution. In this way II will
also be possible to lead him gradually
into an appreciation of the adults
standard of art in pictures, music and
literature.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
Biblical Town of Gsza.

Al-Mintar. or the watchtower, still
exists 10 the east of the town Of GAIA.
1t is where Samson is said 10 have car
ried the gates of the city. On the road
from GAIA to jana are ancient olive
trees, many Of them more than one
thousand years old, with gnarled bark
and immense trunks. There is an old
legend which credits GAIA with the in
ventiOn of the first mechanical clocks.
These were perhaps the sand clocks
which are still used in some mosques.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
The WorIdss HoIidayR

According to statistics drawn up By
the Guaranty Trust company Of New
York, during the present year there
are only eIghty-four days on which
banks are open everywhere In the
world. On every one Of the other PSI
days some nation somewhere VIII be
celebrating a civil or religious holi-
day, or observing the Sabbath Only
one of these holidays Is universal
This Is New Years day, and eleven
different dates are observed BY vari-
Gus countries as the beginning Of q
new year. Some countries observe
more than one during the calendar
year. Five Christian countries do not
observe Christmas as a legal holiday.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
Little Things Cause Sunshine.

The sunshine Of life is made up OF
very little beams that are bright all
the time To give up something. when
giving up will prevent unhappiness; ;
to yield. when perSisting will chafe and
fret others: Ia go little around rath-
er than come against another; to take
an III look ar cross word quietly,
rather than resent or return it-these
are the ways in which clouds and
storms are kept off. and a pleasant
and steady sunshine secured.-Aikin-
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
BELOVED OF NEW WORKERS
Washington Square, Gothamites Claim,
Is Without Its Equal in the
World for atmosphere"

Here, say the New York men of as
celtic faces and the women Of soulful
eyes, we have what our lives have
long sought. Trafalga: square hasn't
got ii, the Place de la Concorde is too
French, the parks and esplanades Of
Rio come a little closer. But here,
in charming, quaint old Washington
square, We have-atmosphere.
Here, says the Philistine, is a nice
place to flop while read the comics
In this mornings paper. In the cor
ner is a comfortable bench over which
the shade of a full-grown maple
stretches soothingly.. And there is a
kid who will shine my shoes for q
nickel.
Here, says the weary one, Is a place
where the cops might let me alone.
Not much chance for a handout, but
I might steal a snooze over there by
the fountain. All, pleasant grass;
pretty flowers.
Here, says the mother. Is q pretty
good place to leave the kids while
sneak down to the avenue for a yard
or two Of calico. Now, mind, don't stir
from this bench. Mike. give the baby
his bottle II he gets to crying.
Here, says the visitor, is the Wash
ington arch. How Interestingly It
must weigh several tons at least. Now
will some one tell me how I get to
Cooper Union from here?
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
sPiantntio0R1

The word plantation is used princi-
pally In the Southern states, where Il
originated In old slavery times to des-
ignate farm cultivated by negroes, a.
q cotton plantation or q sugar planta-
ton. In Maine IL has a distinctive
meaning. representing q form Of gov
eminent smaller than q township. In
that state most Of the functions Of 10
cal government are performed BY the
town or township. In addition to IL
cities and 500 towns, Maine has "a
plantations and 131 unorganized places
under the names Of plantations, grants,
SURPRISES and cores. A surplus ie q
Email territorial division consisting Of
IN irregular tract laid on by state
authority. A gore is q triangular piece
Of land smaller than q surplus.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
Felt Need Of Change.

Charles was staying In the country
where playmates were few. So long
as IL was HObson's choice he amused
himself with a little neighbOr girl
some years younger than himself, but
on being invited to play with an older
girl well supplied with toys, he entire
ly abandoned his former playmate re-
CARELESS Of all her attempts TO lure
him back. On being demonstrated with
by his mother for his neglect Of Julia
he disguStedly remarked, "Oh mother,
I'll go back To Julia some day. but
fellow sometimes wants change.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
Metric Denominations.

The metric denominations and
values for measures of capacity are as
follows: Kiloliter or stere, 1000 liters,
equals one cubic meter; hectoliter, 100
liters, equals one-tenth Of q cubic me-
ter; dekoliter. ten liters, equals ten
cubic decimeters; liter. equals one
cubic decimeter; deciliter. one-tsnth
Of q liter, equals ons-tenth Of O cubic
deeimeter; centiliter. one one-hun-
dredth Of O liter. equals ten cubic cen
timeters; militer, one onethousandth
Of q liter, equals one cubic centimeter.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
HOW SAILORS ARE TRAINED
Naval Academy AZ Annapolis oivea
Students Most Thoroueh Prepar-
alton for Their Life Work.

During the Civil war the Naval acad-
envy was moved TO Newport, on the
historic Constitution, while its for
mer home at Annapolis was used as
q base hospital by the army, writes
C. h. Foster In Scribner's. On the
scademy's return to Annapolis, In
1865, Vice Admiral Porter, the SUPER
intendent, instituted regular dances,
or hops" and, most important of an
his reforms, the honor system, by
which a midshipman's word was not to
be questioned.
He also encouraged athletics In
every way. In the presence Of a
throng Of midshipmen he even boxed
with one Of them himself AMI allowed
the nose Of the vice admiral Of the
navy TO be smartly tapped by his en-
thnsiastic young opponent-to the
manifest glee of the assembly and to
the shuddering horror of the old navy
when it 1t learned of this innovation.
By the end of Porter's superinten-
dency, in 1850. the Naval academy had
worked out the system followed to the
present day. Since 1851 academic
work has not been interrupted by
three years at sea. Through drills
and summer cruises practical skin and
sagoing habits have been acquired
without sacrificing progress in the
theory and science of the naval pro-
fesSion. During their four years at
the academy its graduates have felt
its potent spell and have afterward
won honor for it and themselves. The
results achieved challenge comparison
with those of any college, and have
made a reputation second to none.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
Unreasonable.

Several boys were holding a confer
ence on the street corner. One boy
kept correcting another's mistakes in
English until the offender suddenly
squared himself before his critic and
demanded. Gee whiz! what is vaca-
ton for II a Teller has to talk proper
all the timer"
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
Sunshine In October.

There is no season when such pleas
ant and sunny spots may be lighted
on and produce so pleasant an effect
on the feelings. as now I'm October.
The sunshine is peculiarly genial; and
in sheltered places on the side OF q
bank. or Of a barn or house, one be-
comes acquainted and friendly with
the sunshine. 1t seems to be Of a kind
and homely nature. And the green
grass strewn with a few withered
leaves looks the more green and beau
tiful for them.-HawthOrne.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
HapoIres. Of oIden Days.

In the days when a Msypole stood
In the Strand, music was one Of the
great pastimes Of the people Of merry
England. Those were the. times Of
good Queen Bess and her Stuart sue
cessors. The cittern was heard In ev-
cry BARRIERS shop: Go into q bar
ber's anywhere, no matter in what dis
trict. and it is ten to one you win hear
the sounds either Of fiddle or a gui-
tar. or see the instruments hanging
up somewhere" The BARRIERS or their
apprentices were the performers: IF
idle. they pass their time IN life de
music" So writes q pamph-
Iereer In 1897.