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New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
FEuuer Prejudice

(From The Philadelphia North American)
Meanwhile the demand for chasers abroad
has compelled the sending over of lot of
11o-foot vessels, designed only for coast pa
trolls in home waters and of doubtful sea-
worthiness in ocean storms. Henry Ford is
building one hundred of the larger type
less than one-third Of the number that
ought to be on duty-and Secretary Daniels,
it is understood, has decided that fifty more
is the Navy Departments limit.
Just where the bureaucratic obstruction
lies is not known outside naval circles, but
the officials who are responsible in such
matters can be named. They are three rear
admirals-Benson, chief of operations; Tay-
lor head of the Bureau of Construction and
Repairs, and Griffin, in charge of the Bureau
Of Steam Engineering. 1t is in the sluggish
backwaters of these naval offices that the
vital chaser programme has been scuttled
Fhe excuse given for the opposition is
that the programme would interfere with
the building of destroyers and cargo ships:
but this is baseless, for several of the
largest industries in the country have
offered to build 250 of the larger chasers
within twelve months, without trespassing
in the slightest upon other projects.
The real reason is that the bureau chiefs
want this war fought out according to the
rules and precedents of naval tactics. and
are incensed by the presumptuous activities
of civilian scientists. Battleships and do.
stroyers and submarines are the recognized
weapons of the profession; the chasers ara
just "flivvers"
There the matter stands
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Air Riddles

Not the least of the scandals of the
aircraft situation has been the strange
way in which a mass of covert insinua-
ton, accusation and suspicion has been
set loose without the accused parties
having any means of rejoinder or re-
dress.
The Borglum charges were originally
made public by "The New York World"
of March %, after it had printed full
outline of them on the day before. This
was private report, as we now know,
made to the President. 1t was appar-
emily given to "The World" through tho
War Department. 1t could scarcely have
been made public without the knowledge
and the consent Of the President.
From the letters to Mr.. Borglun which
the President has now made public it
is clear that he gave Mr.. Borglum very
wide recognition and official sanction, if
no official powers, and encouraged Mr.
Borglum to continue his Investigations"
Now, six weeks after the publication of
these charges in a pro-Administration
organ, the President seems to wash his
hands of Mr.. Borglum altogether.
What was the Presidents view and in
tent when these charges were first made
public in "The World"? This is a mat
ter which, in justice to the whole Air
craft Board, so savagely attacked by
Mr.. Borglum, ought to be cleared up.
Why was the pro-Administration
"World" allowed to print these accusa-
tions, which the President now, after
six weeks have gone by, seems tacitly
to repudiate? In response to the ap-
peal of Mr.. Howard e. Coffin, late char
man Of the Aircraft Board, he now di-
rects the Department of Justice to make
a thorough investigation, not with a
view to "instituting criminal procedure" /"
as in the Hog Island case, but appar.
entity to prevent what you mr. CoAin]
rightly fear may happen"
If the President came to the view that
the Borglum accusations were baseless
IT the Snowden Marshall committee so
reported to the President, directly or
by Inference, after making full investi-
cation, why should it have been needful
to wait to say this until the pro-Admin-
istration "Times" had made it's aston
ishing charges of a "gigantic conspir-
acy" and accusations of "huge graft
had been made upon the floor of the
United States Senate?
The whole incident, from the commits
sioning of Mr.. Borglum down to 'The
Times's" amazing editorial, is one of the
most inexplicable since we undertook to
go to war.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08

peat his successes of year ago, when,
while he was organizing his Italian Of
fensive and preparing for the partition
of Russia, he had everybody in the enemy
countries solemnly and sagely discussing,
the termination Of the war and various
elements in the population which ought
to have been cooperating against Ger
many quarrelling over what were fair
terms of peace.
The decision Of this war will be had in
Flanders and Picardy. The German
will win or lose the war as he wins or
loses this battle. He has not lost it and
he is getting ready to attack with his
armies again. Before making a third
attack, which may be the most terrible,
and will certainly be the last colossal
endeavor, given his expenditure of men
and material, he has launched new
peace offensive.
This is all that sane and sensible peo-
pie in the Allied countries need to know
now. 1t is idle, foolish, it approaches
Bolshevik insanity to discuss peace terms
under existing conditions. We are to
recognize that for his own purposes,
which remain military and Prussian, the
German has started a new peace discus
sion, and, realizing this, we must talk
war, think war; do war. Germany is
still seeking victory and not peace before
victory. We, too, are seeking victory,
military victory, which is the sole chance
of preserving the things we love and be-
lieve in. Germany has now attacked
those behind the line as she attacked
the line few weeks ago. Her military
attack has heen checked, for the moment,
at least; the moral assault must be halted
permanently at its point Of departure.
So far in this war German propa-
ganda has been more deadly than the
"good German sword" 1t was never
more dangerous than at'this critical mo-
ment in the decisive campaign Of the
war. Every man or woman in any
Allied country who talks peace now will
help Germany to win the war. There
fore every loyal man and woman in every
Allied nation has duty to perform,
danger to meet, an invasion to repel
The only time when we can talk peace
safely will be after -victory-and we have
the victory still to win. Meantime, let
us flight it out on this line if it takes all
summer"-and many summers.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08

the fantastic belief that an Austrian or
Hungarian enemy is necessarily many
degrees removed in malevolence from
German enemy.
1t would serve much better purpose
if the members Of the American Bar
Association should unite to impress on
the Department Of Justice the shortcom-
ings of it's present laisseS faire policy
with enemy aliens, instead of cooperating
to persuade the public that no short
comings exist.
The departments policy has been
based on grave misconception. 1t has
not properly realized it's duty either to
the public safety or to enemies within,
whose military status entities them to
protection alike from mobs and from the
reaction to their own natural enemy in
stincts.
In time of war the only place for
enemy aliens is an internment camp.
Put them there and they will be safe.
Put them there and we shall also be SAFE
1t takes but one armed man to guard
twenty or thirty interned enemies. 1t
takes twenty or thirty men to run down
one enemy alien left at large and bent
on mischief
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
MIR. Gregory's Attitude

Attorney General Gregory breaches us
a sermon on the abomination of lynch
ing enemy aliens. We have no quarrel
with him there, except to say that the
crime of lynching has not been condoned
by any decent citizen and that those to
whom he addresses his exhortation are
as much Mortified by acts of mob vio
lence as he can be. What the Attorney
General does not seem to understand is
that the public demands that the enemy
alien menace shall be dealt with by the
government in an adequate and radical
manner. If the Department of Justice
will attend to that, the public will attend
to its own morals.
The defect in the Attorney Generals
attitude toward the situation is uncon
sciously betrayed in his words. He
calls upon the Bar Association to pet
before people the fact chat laws are
now on the statute books, or will be with
in few weeks, which will reasonably
protect the interior defences of our
country"
Measures which will reasonably pro-
tect" our interior defences are not what
we want. Let the measures contemplate
absolute protection, and then there will
be failure enough. Absolute protection
cannot be achieved. But more than rea.
sonable protection must be intended.
Everybody realizes that the enemv
alien has been treated with fastidious
tenderness. The Presidents forh;ddon
zone proclamation of last summer was
enforced in broadly Pickwickian spirit.
Other restrictions, like compulsory reg
istration and Identification, have been
applied in similarly indulgent manner.
Until very recently an absurdly subtle
distinction was drawn between male
German subjects and female German
subjects, the former being classified as
possibly dangerous and the latter as in
herently harmless.
Even now the government adheres to
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Neav York Tribune

WASHINGTON, May GA serious hitch
has developed in machine gun production
1t is so serious that the American army
will get none of the heavy Browning type
this year. Deliveries were to have begun
last month.
War Department officials made these ad-
missions before the House Military Affairs
Committee to-day. At the same time, they
reported satisfactory progress on manu.
facture of the light Browning 1t was said
peak production probably will be reached
next month. There is every indication that
there will be sufficient light Brownngs for
all the troops we can put into the field.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08

viction. To most Socialists Marx is the
very incarnation of logic, intellect and
reason. Yet, as Mr.. Spargo says, he
gained his inspiration from that strange
combination of military adventurer, sue
cessful land speculator, religious mystic
and, toward the end, utter visionary who
is usually called the father Of social
ism in France.
These were the days, Likewise, of
Comte and the new religion of human-
ity." Inventing new religion was the
fashion of the day. Marx made re-.
ligion of socialism. His writings glowed
with all the fire Of an apostle, and it
is interesting to reflect that, though a
Jew, his father was baptized Christian
and his mother only half Jewish. Mr.
Spargo's view is that the great war
seems destined to mark the close of the
era of Marxism in Socialist history"
"The Socialist movement will be re-
habilitated, but it will not be the doc
trinairc socialism of Marx. 1t will not
be concerned with theories of social ev-
olution or abstract economies The CEN
tenary of Marks birth may be regarded
at the same time as the end of MARKHAM
socialism,"
Of what was essentially or character
istically MARKHAM in socialism little re-
mains. AS Professor Smkhovitch has
pointed out in his clever book, most Of
it has been refuted by subsequent events
and abandoned by orthodox Socialists
themselves.
AS in the case of Henry George, it
was rather the essentially religious
fervor of Marks writings that gained
his great vogue.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Mr.. CreeL's Paper Guns
Current Nezvs in Contrast With Official
Propaganda on the Subject of Ordnance
(F'rons Creeps Official Bulletin, Feb
7.ud7-y 2T. 1879

(F'rom Creeps Official Bulletin, Feb
a.uary 27, 1879
The following statement is authorized by
the Secretary of War:
The Browning machine rife, model of
1913, air cooled, familiarly called the light
Browning rife,' to be issued to the United
States army chiefly as an offensive weapon
and possessing remarkable advantages
which have been fully demonstrated,
is now being manufactured on a guam
tlty basis by machine process. -. 1t
is a. matter of satisfaction that there has
been no delay in bringing the quantity
manufacture of the Browning rifle to
point which promises adequate supplies for
the trench warfare of the expeditionary
force and ample opportunity to give the
necessary training in the use of these guns
to the modified army
"The board which tested the Browning
rife last May, prior to its adoption by the
War Department, called particular atten-
tion to the manufacturing problems in
volved, and one of its recommendations in
favor of the rife was that the inventor had
approached the subject with a full knowl-
edge and comprehensive programme to
meet the problems of manufacture.
"The Browning machine rifle is now in
process of manufacture in three gun fac
tories.
"Production of the Colt-Browning ma
chine gun, model Of 1918, water cooled,
Familiarity called the Browning heavy ma
chine gun,' and intended more as a de-
fensive weapon, will begin within a few
weeks in four factories on a quantity basis
by machine process. The Ordnance De-
partment is in receipt of assurances that
manufacture of this type will progress on
terms favorably comparing with the pro-
duction now in view for the Browning
rifle"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Neav York Times

WASHINGTON, May 6.-Reports that
the manufacturers had failed in the deliy-
cry Of machine guns led members of the
committee to examine the two army off,
GERS on this subject. General Dickson re-
piled to questions that not single heavy
Browning machine gun had been delivered
by the Colts Arms Company. Immediately
Representative Julius Kahn, ranking Re-
publican member of the committee. de-
manded Congressional investigation. He
said that the situation was quite as bad
as that existing in the aircraft produc
tion, and proceeded to examine the wit
nesses along specific lines.
Mr.. Kahn asked why the War Depart
ment had not reported the failure before
this. General Dickson said that the Ord
nance Department was at loss to under
stand the inability Of the contractors to
deliver the goods in schedule time. He
advised that the committee defer the pro-
posed inquiry until an investigation, set
in motion to-day by the War Department.
had been concluded.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
(From Creeps Message to the American,
People IN "7'he Independent"
ApriL go. 1879

[1Pltt ~, Lux o/
Similar reply can be made to the false
hoods that are being circulated about the
bureaus machine gun programme. Z.
Work on the new Browning guns proceeded.
They proved superior to both the English
and French arms, and the policy of the
Ordnance Bureau was justified. The Eng
lish Lewis weighs twenty eight pounds, the
light French gun twenty pounds, the light
Browning fifteen pounds. The Browning
has stood up under service tests that ST.
fenced all its rivals. Rusted with corrod-
ing chemicals and blown full of abrasive
metal more clogging than sand, it has con-
tinued to function perfectly
The heavier Browning has similarly out
classed all competition by firing 10000
rounds in forty-five minutes and sixteen
seconds without malfunction. Deliveries of
the light Browning gun began in Febru-
ary and will reach maximum production
in June, when thousands a week will be
turned out.
The heavier Browning will come to GUAM
tity production few weeks later. That
is to say, our machine gun programme has
provided supply of the best machine guns
on the battlefields for our soldiers in
France, and it has prepared and brought
to quantity production still better machine
guns to arm our troops for the COMING
year. 1t has during the year, supplied
$1,000 machine guns to our soldiers at
home and so accelerated the manufacture
OF machlne guns in America that instead
of 10000 year we are now PRODUCING at
the rate of 225,o00 year. This is rec
ord of achievement that cannot be dis
counted by "hurried" reference to wooden
guns. -
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Socialism and Religious Fervor

Mr.. John Spargo in an interesting re-
view of the centenary of Karl Marx has
this illuminative bit concerning the
origin Of Marks ideas:
ut is well known that socialism first
came to Marx in a semi-religous garb.
The New Christianity Of Saint Simon
captivated his mind and heart In the
writings of Saint Simon are to be found
the germs Of the most important elements
OF MARKHAM Socialist theory"
In touching on the origin of social.
istic beliefs, we suggested little while
ago that they were probably far moro
OF an emotion than any reasoned con-
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Alias and Alibi

We know what Mr.. Creel will say. He
will say, first, that what he printed in
the Official Bulletin and in "The Inde-
pendent" about machine guns was re-
ceived by him from official sources; Sec
ondly, that if you were misled it was be-
cause you were maliciously inattentive
to the qualifications; thirdly, that in any
case The Tribune and "The Metropoli-
tan" couldn't have been right, and,
fourthly, that it is unpatriotic to be so
meticulous when the fact is, as everybody
knows and ought, to take pride in, we
were unprepared.
We know what Mr.. Baker will say. He
will say, first, that he based his projec-
tions upon information which seemed to
him at the time to be perfectly trust
worthy; secondly, that people do not un-
derstand the difficulties of the problems
involved and are not as much interested
in what has been accomplished as in the
minor features; thirdly, that these
things ought not to be shown in a light
which will make them appear character
istic, and, fourthly, that although he is not
disposed to defend either himself or other
individuals he can say with confidence
that where shortcomings, mistakes and
delays have been discovered the remedy
has in each case been sought, and that
everything has been decided earnestly,
conscientiously and thoroughly, accord
ing to the best expert opinion.
We know what will be said in the letters
that may have to be written and pub
lished. It will be said that the manu-
facturers have fallen down and that, if
necessary, the Department Of Justice will
be asked to investigate certain very grave
charges.
Meanwhile, how stands the machine
gun problem, which was for so long in
bitter controversy between those who
held for the Lewis arm and those who de-
nounceditand held for the Browning gun?
From the outgivings of the Committee
on Public Information the public derived
the optimistic impression that it had been
finally solved and put behind us, whereas
it is still unsolved and still ahead of US.
We do not know where the blame lies.
AAS w al 1CpdI HAS aSkGQ COn-
gress to give it chance to investigate.
Judgment, therefore, will be suspended
as to the merits of the case. For all we
know the delay may be unavoidable.
But judgment may be pronounced at
once upon the persistence of official prop
aganda by which false optimism is raised,
only to be dashed unexpectedly by the
news. People do not expect miracles :;
they do expect performances as adver-
tised, and if they continue to be disap-
pointed they may insist upon that act Of
high martyrdom which Mr.. Baker in a
moment Of spiritual excitement threat.
ened to contemplate when, in his testi-
mony before the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs last January, he said:
cor, if refer to myself / want
it understood that the appearance of any
one of us in casualty list any morning
is negligible matter as contrasted with
the success of this enterprise"
Wherein tits egoistic and premoni-
tory, Mr.. Bakers Imagination is perfect.
We hope it is.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Neau York Sun

VEW I C7K ISWW
WASHINGTON, May 6.-The facts made
known exclusively in "The Sun" this morn
ing that there had been complete fail
ure to produce the heavy Browning ma
chine guns, delivery of which was prom
ised in April, and that other features of
the ordnance programme were threatened
with serious delays, were confirmed to-day
before the House Military Committee to
such extent that the committee stood
aghast at the disclosures
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Vision and Cubist Art
(Fron, TIE CHICAGO Tribune,

While aboard ferryboat that plouehed
the raging North River we observed sew
eral liners camouf1aged to resembles cubist
paintings. A great light dawned on MS
The object was to render the ships invisi.
bic. Suddenly we realized why we never
were able to see anything in the cubist
exhibit.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Erse Bric-a-Brac Also Ve,se

tFrom Tho Columbus state)
This is the form of the Limerick.
You may work it in Urdu or Cymric.
But one of the tricks
Is to write it on bricks
And they use that edition in Limerick
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Coiled IN the Flag-Heor-s-s-s-t
Ger71any's Hero
The Nev York. Tribune

Z
Foreign Press Bureau
q n EARST'S services for Germany
have been recognized and duly
praised hY Dr. Georg Rarthelme.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08

Entered at the Postofce at York Second Class
Mail Matter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-03
JOHN BURROUGHS HAS
S1ST BIRTHDAY TODAY
Famous Naturalist to Celebrate Oc-
easion by Raking Back Yard and
Communing With Birds

New York. April S.-John Burroughs,
Who selected early April to be born in,
80 that annually on April he could
start in all over on an even footing
win his birds and naples and blooms
% renew his youth again, will cele-
Drste .te his eighty-flrst birthday today at
espsides" West Park. BY way of
eApienauon II might be said that slab
nnpe Is on the west bank of the Hud-
son, up near Poughkeepsie, IL II weren't
,or tne TACT that all the world for years
iAs nAs agreed that Poughkeepsie is on
ZEE 1es.. east ea bank of the Hudson, up near
The celebration doubtless will be
4tsenned with the usual solemn cere-
monies Q raking the back yard, chop
gsn6 a pit Of wood, a walk over the
nlis and the making of some notes as
% sne number of robins, bluebirds, song
STATIONS. woodpeckers ana sundry other
PAS of the silver-haired poet-naturalist
Mncn nave returned from Palm Beach
% me vicinity of "Slabsides," Then
psInAps there will be a short stretch of
s%ntlng on the new book that comes
rom me Burroughs pen annually, the
lseriy dinner with the poets son and
qnugnter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Julian
bprrcQghs, and their three children,
~ne nve nearby at West Park, "and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-03

be Interested About SO htr cent q.
the men ~ this army ~ ours h1l1 IIo1
taught how 10 live They hdt. ht4t
brought N contact with au ne Iit.
ments and nationalitiea N Americas
life ana viii return TO fheir homes vim
broader conception of foVofnn|n1I
and their duty toward IT,"
Across No Mans line came soldlar
OF France In his horizon blue uniform
II was Captain Jacques Ranray. who
for nearly two years lived n tho trench
es over there"
I'VE go in at o'clock announced
the Frenchman. Il shall lead the third
company along the edge Of the ravino
until we reach the Patuxent trench.
Then we will make our way to the
Nicholson trench on the first line. YOU
have your instructions. First the az
tomato rihemen, then the grenadiers.
and then the rifemen."
A telephone buzzed, and over tha
wires that were strung in the trenches
came the word from the Commander,
Captain Francis De Casteja. OF the
famous French Blue Devils. that all
was ready.
Keep your heads down and follow
me-" was the sharp order Of Raffray.
Then he crept along the edge Of the
ravine until he reached the Patuxent
trench. one of the underground streets
that connect the rear line with the
front line. In single file the men fol-
lowed, and IL anybody doubts that all
of America is not in the war they should
visit this trench system