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New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
Wars and Their Rumors

We read that sinister rumors spread
like wlldfre in Germany when people be-
gan to learn of the great defeat. zone
hundred thousand prisoners had been
taken," it was whispered "Hin .'enburg
had been killed in a duel with the Grown
Prince" Or tho Kaiser and IIndenburc
had been assassinated. Why did these
rumors run?
We are accustomed to say because of
fear. Fear magnihes the disaster beyond
bounds. But behind the exaggerated fear
it is the work of the new psychology to
have shown there lies usually a wish,
often sinister wish, and, what is more
interesting still, it is the wish which gives
rise to the fear. And this is undcubted-
ly the case wieh the larger part of rumor.
which is kind Of criminal phantasy, ex-
pressing the inner soul of the crowd.
There is little reason to doubt that the
triumph of the Allies in the Marne sa-
lient is the bitterest disappointment
which Germany has yet had to bear. 1t
was the wreck Of vast hopes. 1t brought
the deepest shadow of the war-thc
shadow Of imminent defeat
All this, at the end of four years of
gruelling war, of huge sacrifice, of hopes
in vain, could not but bring the deepest
depression. We know there arc mo-
ments of suffering when the wish comes
to end it in any possible way, to accept
the worst. Hindenburg, the national
idol, and the Crown Prince are the per
sonification Of the war spirit. There.
fore the secret wish to sec them dead.
Rumor has already played it's threat
ening part in this country's activities in
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
Men Without a Country

Every leniency has been shown our
conscientious objectors. There has been
prolonged and careful examination of
each individual case by a court especially
appointed for it's broad and humane out
look. Now, this court recommends a iail
sentence ranging from ten to fifteen
years for the two or three hundred OBJ
Jectors who have rejected non-combatant
service. We hope that this report will
be approved and the objectors sentenced
accordingly.
Imprisonment is, if anything, too mild
and honorable sentence for the grave
offence committed. The fate which Ed
ward Everett Hale imagined in "The
Man Without a Country" was the true
and accurate end for the Philip Nolan
there described who wished never to hear
the name of his country again. He was
condemned, it will be recalled, literally to
live out his WISH and lived and died a
prisoner on board ship, an exile cut off
from humankind, and the name America
never again sounded in his ears. Surely
the American who to-day refuses to lift
a finger for his nation in peril, either to
succor wounded or feed the hungry. has
earned no less punishment.
The man without a country escapes
cheaply with a ffteen-year imprison-
ment.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08

concrete cargo boat, the, Faith, seems
success. Congress is ready to gamble, and
has voted fifty millions. We venture it
would vote two hundred and fifty millions
simply as an emergency gamble if Mr..
Hurley would ask for it. General
Goethals and the War Department are
ready to risk their regulations. Mr..
Hurley's own bureau is ready. The
whole country is ready, for delay in
ships means, as every one knows, the
delay of the whole war. Delay means
soldiers lives. And in a war that is
costing this country tens of billions Mr..
Hurley potters over few millions for
emergency cargo boats.
In despair of his own boards ability
to produce needed steel ships Mr.. Hur-
ley called in practical shipbuider and
the country's greatest steel producer. If
he can not or will not build concrete
boats, why should he not call in another
Schwab or let General Goethals and the
War Department go ahead? We believe
MIR. Hurley owes to the country a state
ment as to why he is blocking concrete
boats
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
A Badge ofShane
To the Editor of The Tribune

o the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I was pleased to note the editorial
"A Badge of Shame" in TUESDAYS edition
OF The New York Tribune. in which YOU
advocated the posting of notice in a
conspicuous place in the stores or shops
whose proprietors are convicted Of fraudu-
lently using false weights or measures.
The placing of such powers IN the hands
of the Commissioner of Weights and
Measures would undoubtedly, in my opin-
ION, tend to improve conditions in the sale
OF commodities by weight and measure IN
the city Of New York
The Mayors Bureau of Weights and
Measures is constantly endeavoring to in
press upon the housewife especially to be
watchful in her purchases, and to rewegh
them IN order to determine if she has re-
celved the true weight
With such care exercised by the con-
sumer and with such powers conferred
on the Commissioner of Weights and Meas
ures as you recommend, the dishonest
methods pursued by some merchants would
be reduced to a minimum
JOSEPH ]. HOLWELL
Commissioner Mayors Bureau of Weights
and Measures
New York, Aug 2, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
Lord Reading Goes an Errand

Lord Reading, Great Britain's Ambas-
sador and High Commissioner to the
United States, has safely arrived in Lon
don to consult with the British War
Cabinet. Everybody's first thought is to
wish him safe return voyage. If the
rumor that he may not return had the
faintest suspicion of probability we
should be greatly distressed. BY his great
knowledge, both logical and intGitive,
and by his sympathetic understanding of
the conglomerate American genius he is
exceptionally, perhaps uniquely, fitted to
fill a post the difficulties of which will
be fully appreciated only in historical
perspective. He will return.
Meanwhile the significance Of his er-
rand may be as much in the fact of it's
taking place as in the object. 1t is re-
minder of that lack of diplomatic unity,
that obstinate American aoofness, to
which we have been calling attention.
If this country were as one with the AL
lies, if it participated in their delibera-
tions equally, if it we're bound by the de-
ClolOHS VI Iile supreme Allied war OOun-
Gil, it might not be necessary for the
British High Commissioner to go
personal errand across seas-perhaps in
this case only to explain very intimately
why the American governments mind
reached separate judgment on the Rus
sian situation, or why the leading ex-
ponent among democratic countries of
the league -of-nations idea is itself so in
dividualistic in the diplomacy and politics
of war
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
Perverse and Idiotic

Of all jrritatingly insane performances
the demonstration by Miss Alice Pauls
little band of irreconcilables before the
White House is the worst. The Pres-
dent has done splendid work for the suf-
frase amendment. His letters to Sena
tors have shown that he was using every
effort to achieve success for the reform.
he deserves the gratitude of every suf-
fragist. Yet these grotesque protestants
go right on protesting. We suppose that
after suffrage is won the country over
they will go right on protesting.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
The Eleven Lynchings in Georgia

Ten days ago the President addressed
an appeal to his "fellow countrymen"
to combat the mob spirit, saying: every
mob contributes to German lies about the
United States what her most gifted
liars cannot improve upon by the way
of calumny."
We do not know if the President then
had before him the full report on the
Georgia lynchings of last May, now
given out by the National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored People,
1t is quite hdeous. There were eleven
authenticated lynchings by the mobs
which ranged over Brooks and Lowndes
counties in the week of May II. Ne
groes of the neighborhood declared that
there was total Of eighteen victims,
but as more than five hundred negroes
have left the region since the outbreak,
this could not be established.
Nearly one-third, we believe, of all
the lynchings of the last ten years
have occurred in this same state. We
wonder what would have been the eff
feet, both on the people of Georgia and
the whole nation, if, instead of a gen
eral appeal to his "fellow countrymen,"
the President had cited Georgia as the
leading exponent of the mob spirit and
had called upon the people of that state
to demonstrate that the abomination of
lynching can be abolished. The shame
of Georgia is the shame of the whole
country
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
Banishment

A very pretty idea is banishment, and
we think Americans will take to it
kindly. Perhaps M. Malvy should have
been shot. But there is much to be said
for not wasting good gunpowder on de-
featists.
We make only one serious criticism of
the French Senate's decision Why was
M. Malvy allowed to choose his frontier?
Surely there is only one frontier which
defeatist Frenchman, poisoning his ma
tion's mind through a newspaper, ought
to be permitted to cross!
We feel sure that when Americans
get ready to Danish their defeatist edi-
tors they will be shipped direct to Ger
many, where they belong.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
A Feeble Explanation

General March explains the War De-
partment's hurried change Of front on
the question of broadening the draft age
limits by saying that it was necessitated
by action taken at a recent Inter-Alled
Council at Paris. The inference from
this statement is that the decision of the
Allied War Council, whatever it was,
came as a complete surprise to the Ad-
ministraton here in spite of the fact
that Secretary Baker several months ago
told Congress that the departments plans
called for the raising of an army with
out limit
"Why put on limit" he asked when
members of Congress wanted to provide
specifically in the army appropriation
bill for the creation of an army Of at
least 100000 men? All the time he
knew that without legislation changing
the age limits only a few more than
100000 men could be raised, if the de-
partment should adhere honestly to the
principle of selection.
Why should the head Of the War De-
partment be taken by surprise by any
decision reached in the Allied War Coun-
Gil? We have a representative in that
body. And any one in close contact with
it could never have been in doubt as to
its desire to utilize Allied man power this
year and next year to the greatest extent
possible.
Why was it that P ovost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder supported the France
amendment to the army appropriation
bill, extending the draft ages and fixing
the same lmits-eighteen to forty five
which the War Department now sug
gests? He could see that more man
power was needed at once. He knew
that the present supply of Glass 1 men
would not last out the year. Why didn't
Secretary Baker know this? Apparently
he didn't, for he said on June 26, in an
effort to dissuade the Senate from accept
ing the France amendment:
~ told the Committee on Military Af-
fairs to-day that there were in Glass
now, including those who have recently
come in by registration, men enough to
provide for the persons to be drafted
during the remaining months of this year
without change in the age limit"
Mr.. Baker in making that statement
was thinking only of needs under the
existing policy. Yet those needs could
not have been met, even though the Allied
War Council had taken no action ncreas-
ing the demands on the United States.
General March's explanation doesn't
explain Mr.. Bakers statement of June 26.
Even if it did, wouldn't it have been
pleasant thing for the Administration to
have been able to say after the Inter
Allied War Council had expanded the
programme for 1918 and 1919: GO as
far as you like; we have already pro-
vided for the raising Of an army without
limit y? Why should Mr. Baker always
prefer to trail along instead of anticipat-
ing military needs which are nothing if
not obvious?
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08

Turkeys answer is that Tabriz is very
far from Constantinople and informa-
ton comes slowly. For instance, it is
true that the American Consulate was
violated, but not by Turkish troops.
Only some individuals wanted for them
selves certain chairs and other things
that were in the consulate and took
them. AS for the reported sacking of
the American missionary hospital, it has
been impossible to obtain any informa
ton about that at all AS soon as there
is any news on that subject the Ameri-
can government shall have it, Thanks.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
Stalling on Concrete Ships

Mr.. Knappen's story of the long de-
lay in concrete ship building, printed in
yesterdays Tribune, must have brought
a chill Of disappointment to every reader.
The facts were very definite Congress
has appropriated s50,000,oO0 as an
EMERGENCY fund to build concrete
cargo hulls.
Mr.. Hurley's board has let contracts
for forty-one ships in six little yards.
General Goethals, at the head of the
quartermaster's bureau of the War De-
partrnent, is threatening to break over
We have million and quarter men to
feed in France, and hope soon to have
three millions. That will call for twelve
million or fifteen million tons Of ocean
transport. The War Department wants
to go abroad and build concrete boats if
the EMERGENCY Shipping Board will
not. Mr.. Hurley blocks the way. This
is an impossible situation.
Mr.. Schwab is demanding more steel
for the steel ships and cannot get it.
Limits appear in the making Of wooden
sHIPs. lie CofiCTctc nun III LhlrO large
possibility. Mr.. Hurley seems TO have
consistently stalled on concrete boats.
1.-The inevitable conclusion from sur
vcy of the facts" says Mr. Knappen, "is
that Mr.. Hurley is emotionaiiy opposed
TO concrete ships"
Mr.. Hurlcy's caution, or judgment,
may be justified in time. II has not been
in the Least justified 80 far. The one big
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
Inter[ude

II rs comical to hear old fat men sing
Songs about children dancing in the
spring,
Daredevil war-scngs, songs about youth,
Songs about moonlight comical, in truth;
But to read in the amplight when the tu!i
moons beaming
Or chatter of the past when the young
worlds dreaming.
To sit all quiet when the young folks dance
Or the young men march Off chorusing
France
Fat, old. finished, when your heart leaps
young.
Isn't very comical, though comically SUNG
RICHARD BUTLER GLAENZER-
A1.Sx
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
Caste and Courtesy
From, The Congressional Rccord)

congressional
Mr. sherman: I had occasion a month or
so ago IN union station to nuuire at the
'n1ormat'on bureau for some needed knowl-
edge OF traln service. ] made the inquiry
from gentleman who did not appear to be
overworked. He had a healthy look unon HE
face. the proper relation of avoirdunois N
his height, and | saw no evidence of nor-
vous prostration. asked him if he could
tell me when train No. So-and-so. namod
on my Pullman ticket left. He said: "Thc
same time SIR it always does" | wa,
stranger IN that region. | informed him
that was not regular habtue of the
depot and was asking for information to
guide myself accordingly, as | should like.
II possible. to have time for meal He
SAID: You ought to know when thc Train
leaves. That is posted up." snid II r,;oht
have changed. He said: "The change wonld
be noted" He said: $50 over there on +ho
wall and read it," pointing me to the othor
sue OF 'he depot, IN the waiting room.
"hcfe found at last after due search
TRAIN sheet IN small oak board frame
ana read it there. and found the time of
my tram. ] went back. I said: az thank
you Tor your courtesy" and added. az wish
you to understand. though. that think vor
az 0 o'"'Aely o'Ahk Here the quotation
Will cease. He said: az am povernnsr,
off1cer and such language is not permitted y
SAID, y will give you some more. bccauso
am government officer myself" and il
IS inc hrst time ever referred to mvself
as such. | said: "I am government of;cor
myself and will outrank you. and Won
listen to what | say" and | proceeded to
HAY morn.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08

the war, notably in the successes and
failures of the aircraft work. 1t will
come again. 1t is something to know
that behind these dark stairs stories and
secret whisperings is the hidden and
often malignant wish that the stories
were true
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
The Ultimate in Oratorv

drom The Emporio Gasctto)
We were compelled to listen during tho
warmest Of the warm days last week to the
most innocuous speech we ever have heord
The speaker not only said nothing, but quail
flied that.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
lnsidious Pro-Cermanism

'From The Keokuk Gate C.tu)
When Mr.. Hoover advocated Tho ;r.r.o..
OF home gardens to help win the war he
didn't take account of the pro- German ac
tivities of the ncighbors' hens.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
The Conservation Of Enercv

T7""' TIC HuH8ds CIfV SfdrJ
The energy expended in taking off and
putting on motor tires in the hot drs+,
ROADS these days. would shock a lot Of
wheat.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
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New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
The German Thought
rom The Washington Sfnr)

Y 7t5TtH1TOH
Inc German language newspaper is pos
sibly not so much to be feared as the Emo
lish Language newspaper that thinks in Ger
man.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08

Owned and published daily by Tho Tribune Association
New York Corporation. Ogden Reid. President; H
Vernos Rogers Vice President Richard IL Lee secretary
r A su,er Treasurer Address Tribune Building. 1874
Nassau Street. New York Telephone. Beekman 5000
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08

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NEW YORK
FIRST AND SECOND ZoNEs--w!thln $50 Miles OF
New York City.
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New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
Wars Odds and Ends
and France
By Chester Nj. Wright

Member of the Recent American Fedora
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08

You can purchase merchandise advertised In me
Tribune with absolute safety-or dissatisfaction re-
suits In any THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
moasy back upon request. No red tape. No quibblng
We make good promptly II tho advertiser docs not
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08

Hot? The idea Now if you were
fighting in tank, where the normal
temperature is 1907, you might talk.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
CHAR RAN1EE

Entered at the Postoface ct York Second Glass
Mail Matter
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-14
Prohibitions Present Impetus.
fspringfeld Republican,

topIlu8u0lu ncpuuuC6u.J
The causes of the swift growth Of pro-
hibition sentiment are various. I'm.
questionsbly the war, with it's acuter
problems Of the ceremony both Of man
hood and Of material things. has hasten.
ed It. But two more fupdame entail fact
ors are what may be called the new social
conscience and belief, by previous doubt.
ers, that national prohition will prohibit.
Those who have fought year In and
ear out for prohibition, regarding al
cOhol In itself as an accursed thing,
many of them no doubt intolerant, de.
serve all credit for having stood fast to
their convictions. They pointed the way.
1t 10 pity that some OF the old leaders
are not here to witness the Triumphant
progress of these times. But that which
has now been accomplished In Massa.
chusetts would not have been possible II
these old.line prohibitionists had not
been joined by many others, men and
women with different view Of alcohol,
who perhaps INDUCED In It spsriDgly
but who were moved both by recent
scientific studies of its effects and of its
demonstrated socisl-wastsge into an
eager willingness to forfeit all right to
use II for themselves II society as Q
whole could be protected against it.
As for the question whether national
prohibition will prohibit, 1t is not. to be
expected that 1t will be 100 per cent
efficient; that efficiency Is nowhere OBJ
tanned, even by laws against homicide.
But 1t is to be remembered that within a
generation the agencies OF Government
have multiplied In countless ways az
those who have just finished making out
income tax returns will cordially testify.
The eye of the Government is more
watchful than ever before, it's arm long.
or. 1t may confidently be believed that
national prohibition will prohibit to .
degree that will establish 1t % IN
epochal step in social progress.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-14
FOR GODS SAKE SEND 1T.

1.-THE Allies are still hungry and II
you can spare little more -four. for
Gods sake send it." was the plea
made recently by British officer to
an American audience.
And who. having heard 1t. having
realized the necessity for the cry
from the brave nations of Europe. can
help saving wheat?
There are two definite appeals
voiced to- us there.
The one is to patriotism and COM
mon sense. The Allies cause Is our
cause; our men are fighting shoulder
to shoulder with their men. II food
fails, the fighters must fail; the war
must be lost None of US are too
ignorant to know what a German
victory would mean, especially to the
women and children of the land. SO.
our love of country, our love OF our
homes, our every instinct of self
preservation must make us do each
thing whether great or small toward
victory.
The other appeal is that Of human
ity. Who can refuse to deny himself
because of his greediness, his love of
his own food habits, when the thought
comes of the Allies suffering?
Can any one with either sense or
sensibility keep on eating wheat prod
ucts in the present need?' Let that
cry sound in your ears: IF you can
spare a little more -four, for Gods
sake send it,"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-14
SUGAR SUPPLIES.

The submarine has forced fighting
Europe to a very strict sugar ration
and compelled America to look the
situation squarely in the face. There
Is only so much sugar. there are GER
tain definite needs. and the problem
before US is finding q practical plan
Of distribution. The Food Admins.
tration has adopted a certificate sys-
tenn to meet the household needs dur
ing the coming canning season, and
to guard against temporary shortages
that may occur If more vessels are
diverted from the Cuban trade.
The consumer is asked to estimate
his needs and fill out certificate
which will be furnished him by his
grocer. The dealer Is required tc
forward this certificate to Federal
Food Administrator Merrill within
one week after 1t is turned into him
This plan puts the question up te
the individual, and the Food Admin
istration asks the assistance Of every
householder in bringing about 9
practical distribution. The success
of the plan depends on the good
sense and good will Of the American
citizen. Cooperation, prompt action
and a democratic sense Of fair play
will prevent sugar shortage II
America during the canning season.