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New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
An Appeal to Conscience

Writing to an American friend. the
wife of British army captain summed
up the sentiment prevalent in her coun-
try by saying that with their treatment
of Allied prisoners after the signing Of
the armistice the Germans have com
mitted the crowning horror of their long
list OF infamies. One Of the only too
numerous frst-hand witnesses--hs tes-
tlmony IS picked at random from the
mass OF concurring evidence CAPTAIN =.
Dale Barker, of the American Red Cross.
who had been in charge of receiving re-
leased American prisoners, said on his
arrival IN this country that the majority
of the unfortunates arrived at St. Gle
ment's in dying condition. "They were
mere wrecks--in terrible shape" Cap
tain Barker testified. 'At first the Ger
mans abandoned all the wounded and
Ill and let them look out for themselves
as best they could. But strong repre-
scntations from Great Britain and the
United States caused the Germans to
take care Of the wounded and see that
they we're entrained for France"
Of course the atrocious treatment of
released prisoners did not surprise any
body--icast Of all the prisoners them
selves. 1t was just the thing one could
expect from the Germans.
The following advertisement, pub.
iished in the Vossische zeitung last
month, is just another thing one would
expect from the Germans:
Proclamation: The terms Of the arrnia L
tee throw our military and civil prison-
err upon the mercy Of our foe. fie re
5eets Ill proposals. OF our government
We all must concur in the demand: Re.
lease our prisoners! Only one thing can
heip:' An appeal os the German people to
fhe conscience Of ths world"
When the democratic" German gov
ernsnent wanted to apply to the Allies
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

Of the hour They formed "a firm
league of friendship" in the first year,
and they made a federal union in the
second year. They suited the machine
to the sentiment; they did not attempt
to control sentiment by a machine.
They did not for an instant conceive
that by building a body they could
create a spirit that was non-existent.
10 translate the example into the lam
guage CT Paris of to-day, they organ
lzed existing friendship; they did not
attempt to organize it with non-eXist-
ing friendship or existing enmity.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
An Exchange
To the Editor of HE Tribune.

10 the Editor OF E5le Tribune.
Sir: The proposed law prob biting inm'
grafton to the United States for the period
of four years should in my opinion have
one exception, viz, we should so frame i
as to permit such Germans as did not wsnl
this war, and. in fact any war, chance to
get away from the burdens that have been
Prussian military gang.
There are thousands of these in the
fatherland who are a peace loving. indus
trious people and opposed to the Hohen'
zollerns and Prussian domneering. ! know
whereof speak, for have visited thel'
great cities and slept in their big feather
beds. Let these peace loving people come
here if they so choose. ana in turn let u'
send to Germany every one OF tnc Germs'
sympathizcrs here who are bcwailing tes
Kaiser's fate and what has so sadly mar
pened to that most glorious kultured cow
try. Germany. There are tens of thoussna'
such here right now, shooting of then
mouths that the German army was not az
feated in the war, and hoping and praying
that the ex-Kaiser will be returned ''
power and to again run affairs at BERN
Their sympathies are for the fatherlsn0
Send these over there quickly. Cermsm
needs them badly now. and America dossns
An even exchange IS no robbery
A. r. LEWIS
New York, Feb. >, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
The Doughboy's Cro,cth

Special plays were made to the we'll
known psychology Of the German proletariat
seeing is beieving-with we'll drawn pict-
ures OF the American doughboy growing
month by month"; tiny person in France
on May II, 1917, to a figure enormously en-
larged on September Is, 1918. His years
growth from October II, 1917, when he
numbered 10000 in France, to October, 1918,
when he numbered 100000, was also
graphically pictured Then to "cinch" the
argument, figures were given as follows:
"From September to September 80, the
Allies on the West~rn front have captured
2,S44 German officers, l20l97 men, l,50O
guns and 10000 machine guns
The truth and nothing more.
The commander Of the "propaeanda
shock troops was one of those who gen
timely regretted that the WAY ended so
quickly after his "division" got into action
His campaign was we'll prepared. Several
hundred tons Of ammunition whole
multitude OF TRUTHS printed under the
direction of the army's newspaper, "Stars
and Stripes" in Paris-havo now been sold
to French waste paper concern for 1000
francs. Thousands of balloons. which will
never soar unless the army desires to shin
them home TO sell for "private soaring arc
stored away to-day So the young Idaho
second lieutenant. instead of Watching his
propaganda shock troops" grow in num-
bers and efficiency, is waiting for his re-
lease from the army to-day so he can go
back and take his position as secretary to
ldaho's new Governor
Even so, the young Idaho second lieuten-
ant and his truth division" have had some
thing important to 40 with winning the war
when the wind blew right.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Stock Dividends and Surplus Profits

The other day Federal Judge Mayer
gave decision of some technical as
we'll as general interest to the effect
that stock dividends are not subject to
an income tax. 1t was the contention of
the government that such dividends were
taxable like any other The facts were
clear enough, but they do not accord
with popular ideas. 1t is an almost
universal belief that when companies
p'ie up large surplus and then issJe
stock against it they are cnriching their
stockholders. Clearly, by such dividends
the shareholders are, so far as intrinsic
value IS concerned, neither richer nor
poorer. They have gained nothing but
further pieces of paper representative
OF their ownership. For example. Mr..
Ford's company was capitalized at
S2,0OO,C00 1t was worth from a hun
dred to two hundred times the nominal
capital. Yet Mr.. Ford could not make
himself and his partners richer bv is
suing a S400.oo0,0 stocx dividend
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Call it Roosevelt Avenue

Ia the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: number of my constituents have
written to me suggesting that, as Colonel
Roosevelt was the only President of this
country born in New York City, fit-
tins way to remember him would be to call
Fifth Avenue, its principal street, Roose-.
Vet Avenue il his honor and memory.
hene'e that Tic Board of Aldermen should
take acton accordingly before February .,
TIC day set b. Congress and By various
4oNeiro's fos General memorial services
~ h.a Memory ISAAC SIEGEI.,
Renssstn.a.ive, con District. New York.
CIV No'k, Fet. g. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

for food relief. it could hit upon no bet
ter representative than Baron Won der
Lancken, the cxecutioner of Belgium.
On the same recipe, it may be assumed,
the head of the commission to negotiate
for the release Of German prisoners will
be the commander of .he celebrated
Ruhleben prison camp tie would be
just the man to convey the German peo-
pies message to world conscience"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Blundering in Russia

When the Council of Ten authorized
the Princes Islands conference with all
Russian factions, including the Bolshe-
wiki, it did not develop policy l. post
poned the issue. The conference project
has failed The French Foreign Minister,
M Pichon, said on Sunday that only one
response had been received to the invl
taton dispatched to the various Russian
de facto governments. The head of the
provisional regime in the Crimea sent
word that he was willing to go to
Princes Islands, but feared that he
would be the sole Russian conferree
present Evidently the conference is
dead.
What is of more consequence is M.
Pichon's frank admission that the Coun-
Gil Of Ten made no provision against this
dismal contingency. It did not consider
what was to be don; if the Russia de
clined. II row has no substitute plan for
the settlement of the Russian problem
And that is perhaps the most serious
and immediate problem to be solved as a
preliminary to the pacifcation and reor-
ganization Of Europe.
The invitation to the Bolshevsts to
participate in an all-Russian council was
a startling departure on the part of the
Allies. 1t negatived nearly everything
that they had been saying about Lenine
and Trotzky. They had declared the
Moscow terrorists to be beyond the pale
of civilization. If this attitude was to
i5e modified, on the ground CT eXped-
ncy. to the extent of treating the so
cts Oh tne same bass as tse pro-h..v
suazian governments, there should have
~,'eef at ieass presumption t,,et <. recon
G-lat;on OF Russian claims was feasible
-Anl the~c should have been am alterr1a-
tive programme, involving continued
prosecution Of the war with the soviets,
IN which the Allies are engaged, in case
Lerine ignored the offer of a settlement
by negotiation.
The allied forces in Northern Russia
have Just been obliged to retreat more
than ore hundred miles toward their
base IN Arclangel. They are outnu!n-
bered Oh the Arctic front As g matter
of ssfetF i&ey ought TO be withdrawn
or adequately reinforced The Bolshe-
v.ats haTe rccaptured Eiev, according to
the latest dispatches. There can be lit
tie doubt thai their armies have been
greatly strengthened in the last six
months. The fact that they have been
using gas shells on the northern sector
indicates that they have come into pos
session of war material left behind BY
the retiring Germans.
The Allies have never had a genuine
policy in Russia. They have turned from
one makeshlft to another. It is lime to
deal resolutely with a dangerous situa
ton.
Are the Allies still making war on the
lenine government, or arc they not?
That is the root Of The whole matter.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Information Wanted
New York, Feb. >, 1919.
/, nf Thc Tribune

To the Editor Of rhe Tribune. :.
Sin: The plan for a tunnel under -,
North River sounds we'll, bus does no 0F'
consider the question of ventilation sSF
pose one or two trucks emitting the ~.
rble stencil of burned rasolonc shouio :
stuck" in the tunnel. or supnosc they s'~
ply run twenty-five trucks per mic, ~. W.
could man live in the tunnel while y
twenty-five trucks were all,ng the tahas
w.th tAcs vapors?
A READER OF THE TRIBUNE slNe'
1850
New York, Feb. .. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Cited

Sir: Id like a distinguished cross for
bravery under fire. l stood on a street
corner trying to stop a vacant taxicab. !
waved my hand to n chauffeur, who, as it
turned out, WAS driving empty private
car. After his glance had passed on,
still remained standing! c. W.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

ECHOES--"The Fowler public owner
ship bill Is dangerous, vicious meas
ure. = Editorial in The American, Feb
raary 3.
"Fowler Utilities Bill Vicious, Says
Hylan. - Headline in The American.
February 8.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Ready for Il Raryase

On the morning Of November II, Just
before the armistce was signed, the prop
aganda shock troops" we're in position for
attack at RcmagNe, north of Montfaucon,
ready 10 flood villages back of the German
lines with "barfages' OF publicity. How
ever, early that morning Second Lieutenant
George n. Jft, Pocatello, Idaho, newspaper
man and future secretary 10 the new Gov
crnor o. IDAHO In command, received at or
der 20 withhold f,c The order for absolute
cessation oi hostilities came little later,
and here ended the hrief bu, important
career o. The "rrapaeanda shoe. troops
lffs was designated 10 the rev and important
post o. acting a. tiilcting officer Eor war
corTosncNderts q their journey With tho
army through Lorraine, into Luxembourg,
and eventually TO Treves and Cobleus, Ger
many. Iiis "troopa' are TO-DAY IN charge os
tho war correspondence mess in the Reiscn
FurRterhaf Hotel, oa the Rhine, and they
arc doing their duty well from coos 10 hot
te wasntr.
nolh wer core pondents and "propaeand
shoot ttooNs" we've attached 70 the Mte,i.-
penee division of (,opepA PersEinq's hcats-
quarters Is Neid uui,s. ai,>i thus tne arnis-
tcc brought The two toaethsf
i has developed to-dss tha; one of tie
mess useful documents dropped eoaH the
Germans was small card quoting a ger
eral order OF the array to the onecl thai
prisoners Of war should receive good treat
mont and tho samc food as that rstioncd
to the American soldier
Another truth was doled out in this form.
"Ths territory was held four years by
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
The Coming 7'ower
ON a CERTAIN HABIT OF NEWSPAPERS

t1he Trlbunes alleged attacks on the De.roi
anufacturcr We're based on Eord's alleged pac-
sn.. Evening + ost.)
modern reporter,
To cautiousness pledged,
Pray heed this exhorter
And give UP alleged"
Why wrigglc and grovc
And fuss and delay?
spade is a shovel,
Whatever you say.
BE blunt and straightforward
Go right to your goal;
BY adding one more word
You weaken the whole.
If people cry sslander"
Say "Gc to the deuce,'.
What's sauce for the gander
Is sauce for the goose
Away with abjectness,
kowtowtng and worse
Observe the directness
Of this alleged verse.
G. 6 K
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

Germany. Americans recaptured it in TWEEN
ty-two hours; $4,000 prisoners" Below
these words was map Of the st. Mhiel
salient
Max of Baden's note requesting peace was
reproduced in little pamphlet which, in
cidcntally, in addition, reproduced Pres-
dent Wilson's reply that the United States
could deal only with government which
represented the true German people
Truth Shrapnel
Other pamphlets took the form Of maps of
of the front from the North Sea to Metz, a
table showing the Decentralization of Ameri-
can troops in Europe by months; captures
made by the Allied armies from September
l to September 80, 1918. After this had
been allowed to soak into the German mind
these questions, neatly printed cards,
rained down on them from the skies:
will you ever be as strong as you were
i'll July, 1882"
"Will your opponents grow stronger or
weaker7'
did your terrible losses in 1918 buy vic
tory promised by your leaders?"
Have you the slightest hope of victory
in the future ?"
care you going to throw your lives away
in a hopeless cause?'
Then they were given extracts from
President Wilson's speech, in which he en-
phasized that no peace could be reached in
which the ruling powers of the Central
Empires would take part. This was fol-
lowed by Wilson's answer on October IA
to the German armstice proposals
ut depends upon the German people to
put aside that government which has dis
turAed the peace Of the world
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

1t. Col. Wade H. Hayes, who came back
from France Sunday, says he deserves
citation, too. "In the face of harassing
SATIRE" he offers, 81 made a movie fan of
you Approved 1t. Col. Hayes was only
captain the night he insisted that we see
Douglas Fairbanks in a 1915 film We
yielded, and after that Capt. Hayes's life
was one promotion after another
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

Former Emperor Charles Of Austria.
having lost crown, nation and Job in
rapid succession, is now going to divorce
his wife.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

Soldiers "ill not be allowed to marry
" mail in this city. Of course not.
How could the military authorities, after
all their experience, place so delicate a
matter as matrimony in the hands Of the
Postoffice Department?
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

The Assoc eSclusyeg entitled the use
for repuolics,on all dispatches credited to It or
not otherwise t.sdiged this and also tho local
news Of Spontaneous origin published herein
All rights OF republication OF all other matter herein
reserved
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Days Beyond Recall

if's lAe be't... N,tpsJ
Maybe YOU a.se ~ slnher the good old
times when pessou could buy uickel's
worth OF .het N"i s,.,s e,o "ni eat some
of both.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
THE HOTEL REGISTER

Sir: After reading the note OF your CORE
spondent. Ryerson W. Jennings, we lost no time
IN taking the train to Philadelphia and register
ing at The Little Hotel Wmot We find that
in the main Mr.. Jenningss statement is in ac-
cordance with The Tribunes first to last the
truth principles, although there were two en-
tirely unnecessary seeds in the baked apples
MRS. FREcKLEs.
FRECKLEs.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Probably 4 False Hope

From The ghlo sac JomnrfJ
What we wonder 'tcn i Is going o
occur to Nj Jlogleson fhal Ae can't make
enough money in naklc ife 70 support his
family in the ss,lc - t.aje i has been
aasnstomcd.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1919
SUBSCRIPTION .RArEs-Bv Mail including Postage
y rue United SIArES AND CANApA
qua RAN TEE

yeu purchase merchandise advertised In tHs
TRIBUNE with absolute satety-.or u dissatisfaction re-
suits In The TRIBUNE guarantees TO pay your
money back upon request No red tape. No ouibbling
We make goo1 promptly ii the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

The Coming Tower mentions in Special
Orders the man who can say "a cultivated
taste" "But that's another story" and at
just growed" without celebrating.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

The President refrained from going to
church Sunday, which ought to satisfy
those whose contention is that he is too
idealistc
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

Sir Give Washington. D. c.. its due The
tbbitt charges &c for &c paper, if it is a
WA hngton paper. New York &c papers are &c
in Washington. Nxn
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

Sir: Stopped at The Little Hotel Wilmot for
breakfast. Mrs. Jennings must be away, as
found a part of the in the apple / had
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

We crave citation, too, for going from
the west to the east side of Fifth Avenue
at 4sth Street at 1905 p m. The decora
ton to be called, of course, the Fifth Ave
nue. Cross.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
A Letter to s. Pepys

Dear Samuel The next time you volunteer to
live on army pay and your starving widow and
orphans want to sell your civilian clothes for
something more edible, tell her to pick on some
enc your size.
Also kindly insert following ad in your
columns. HARVEY O'HrccINs
FOR SALF-Cne Palm Beach suit olio pat
tern lwould he great hit in minstrel actp.
once owned by i. p. A. whose wife needed
the money, and threatened sue for non
support Buyer has privilege Of trying to
get his money back from original owner who
has since come into princey salary and re-
fuses TO redeem. H. OH
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
SUB-SOLAR NOVELTIES

|. The Hcddlcss Pin. Discovered in new
shirt holding the cuff in place 1t has a sharp
roih', but the rest OF it just extends into the
shirt and vanshes
:. The Polling Quarter. | dropped it on the
floor and heard 1t roll for fifteen seconds. After
hurting in all of the room, for it
finally discovered that it hadn't moved a foot
fom where stood
3. The Evasiue Pic. Exists as a piece Of pie
IN the ccbox but when reached for it immediately
tu,ns into plate of butter or a dish II leftover
srrach. rnrx
She told the jury that Hall was model hus-
bano for seven years. He washed the clothes and
rened them; did all OF the cooking: scrubbed the
floors and earned the family living Boston
Herald.
More like model wife.
From: Ex c. O. let Battalion s02d Eneinecrs
To- Comdg General Coming Tower
Subject eednstment in Contrib Battalion
l. 10 gain objective across the trenches OF
the old hndenburg Line was merely s. y g
service compared with reaching r. proposed
objective through the tunnels saps and dug
recently completed at the Times So
Sub Station.
?. Does the above entitle undersigned TO st
tend future Contrib dinnersq Answer hy en-
dorsement hcreon requested
FRE2K STUART GREENE
Capt. Engrs. r. c.
ls Ind
From Comdg General Coming Tower
To: Contrib Dinner Committee
Subject Promotion
!. Approval recommended
Comds General Coming Tower
Mr. Penhyrn Stanlaws (Sun), for one
day story hero has the short dash Proof
room Eludng record. Hurrah for Penrn
Stranslaws (Tribune).
his wife, Maud, whom he CHARGED
shot him in the left side Bronx Home
News
"'w. a. ~ g. C."
Where Does Aeglgency Here Rest
Albany Times.t .tnion.
With the copy-dcsk, possibly
"Thc difference is slight to an author"
one reads IN "The Edueation or Henry
Adams whether he Is read by 500 readers
or by 100000; If he can aelocs the 500. hc
reaches the 800 1000 In which We concur.
to an author the difference is slight.
But to circulation manancr-~Gh. the
oinerehce 70 Aa1n! +. p. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Aheat! Of Me Boyonets

The small balloons each carried four and
one-half pounds of American publicity"
attached to slow burning fuse, timed to
scatter it, a haf-pound at time, over areas
known to be occupied by German soldiers
usually about to meet an American attack
American aeroplanes also distributed mat
ter from time to time, but their "aim" de-
pended too much on anti-arcraft fire and
other, If not more important, reconnaissance
or fighting duties to be as accurate as the
balloons which sailed over the German
lines regardless of events.
1t was made grave offence for any Ger
man soldier to pick up any of these truths
from the ground, but how we'll this man
date was obeyed evidenced by the
shoals of prisoners who came into our
prison cages after every attack, eagerly tax
ing the printed matter from their pockets
as an evidence of good faith. German sol
diers interviewed since the arrival OF the
army the Rhine admit that German un-
der-o officers, sauthorized to pick up and de-
liver the cards. pamphlcts and leaflets to
their commanding officers, were given
bonus for each new piece OF "pubicity"
found They further admit that our balloon
publicly campaign very probably FASTENED
the dssension in Germany that brought
about the armstice.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

This, f. W. suggests, is the last time we
shall accent the current month on the ante
penult.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

MaiD.-You may ask any cf our
veteran divisions over here in Germany to-
day who won the war, and they will all take
large share of the credit But there exists
also over here in Germany to-day little
unsung "division' which contributed i'm
portantly toward the sudden cessation of
hostilties.
This was the truth division"-a second
lieutenant and fourteen men all told, the
propaganda shock troops"
SO fierce were the attacks of the "propa-
ganda shock troops" s"-when the wind was
right-and so strong was the truth, that the
Germans threw up the sponge after the
troops" had been only three weeks in the
field
Often under shellfire, with their travel
ling truth" circus, composed of two motor
trucks, one containing small silk balloons
and gas tubes and another pamphlets and
cards upon which the real facts about the
war were printed, the propaganda shock
troops" were not popular with ordinary
units. Their balloons drew shells, some
times agtated salvos of missiles, because
German officers were we'll aware of the
danger of these truths" spread broadcast
from the balloons into the hands of their
soldiers. When the sheljng became too
heavy the "circus" would crank up the
trucks and trek to other parts, where they
and would be equally shelled.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Truth ShrapneZ for Huns
Propogonda Shock Troops" Helped Win the War-if
Wind Was Right
By Wilbur Forrest

Copyright, 1919. Nc,c York Tribune Jnc)
A NV OF OI-C,II l-.....-..
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Comd's x General Coming Tow

Mr. Penhyrn Stanlaws (Sun), for one
day story hero, has the short dash Proof
room Eluding record Hurrah for penrn
Stransaws (Tribune).
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

But to circulation manaaer~~Gh, the
difference 10 Aia! F.P.A
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

his wife Maud, whom he charged
shot nm in the left side.- Bronx Home
News
"'W. a. ~ g. C."
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

She told the jury that Hall was a model hus-
bano for seven years. He washed the clothes and
irened them; did all OF the cooking scrubbed the
floors and earned the family living Boston
Herald.
More like model wife
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

Where Docs Acgligency Here Rest
Albany Times tnion
With the copy-dcsk, possibly.