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The result is «That might le expected: few Englishmen- . -isfying explana- for the reelection of Mr. Wilson, and the persistenc« " will baffle the end. w \ .-- - »a were more fortunate than «re aiuld then realize not merely in the p of the Civil War of a supremely great chief, but also in the fact that he was able to gather around him men of only lesser magnitude. !n. Scward. Stanton.these men land Lincoln's preeminence was narer tioned» proved themselves adequate, effi-l <¦ ', able, in the great tests of the CivilI War. It wa our generals who long failed us; it was in the field and not behii.d the -oal sourer of the long; s and great discouragements of the! ( ivil War i» t'« te found. This ha-- the case in drrat Britain. We have seen before our own ?he British p«- but surely learning I adera could not teach i'. public sentiment outrun the laggard faith of politi- and the nation demand what the statesmen feared to «give it. History will do full justice to the manner In which the people of Britain have rii»en to the supreme in their history, the volunteer armies, the response of remote colonies, the sacrifice and the gajt achieve¬ ment. These are things that will remain an enduring monument to democracy. Nothing of this sor4, however, can, it muf-t seem to SU American, be said of the British public men ivho have held office in this hour of national peril. It is useless for an American to pretend to undo the hold of Mr. Asquith upon his country-j men. W< -es, and they are written ail over the world. We recog- .hat he il a superb parliamentarian, an uneurpaased driver of the difficult horses of parliamentary groups; br¬ eeding his skill as a .¡river, there remains the unmistakable w. nder as to whether he ever thoughl if driving anywhere. Like the driwr in the chariot race, he rounds the ti n and again with magnifi- Skill, avoiding all th« ( upset and collision, but we on our side of the water fail to grasp the idea thnt the rid¬ ing is everything and that the prosaic busi¬ ness of carrying the burden tal one place <.. We ha\fi been wn'.i ilng ¡«re dazzled with I n avoiding a fall thai unavoidable; but there n the old question, the old doubt. wonder.whither is he drivni- Not can the American feel less cause' for amaremer.t at the survival of Viscount '«re» For him Americans who know Eng- lish conditions , real sense of Hi Utuda We have had nobc ' » in the1 1 ore . tad Bed a few of his critics are attacking him to-day I represct a decent and a gencrou« regard an rights and feelings. It is difficult not t>> feel that when he goes there rlt and a different attitude i our own country in the Bntli n Office V« . what foreign minister in British his- has been so frequently wrong, with such > untt-ytnen that international rivalries would hatred for ¦i and rietertnination to destroy the Empire brought Britain unpre¬ pared Little ¦ grand- moth« -and un man « ar back a« the time of the t'onfer- .- kan War, '-. ». r¦ -.. d the Balk;. n hope of pre- tria and Germai Iward persuaded Russia to I abanri anian compromise denied Serbia s srind«jw on tlie Kea, inaurad th« '¡ulkan War and thereafter Armageddon. In all this he honestly, cr. the ca friendship erviee could ha\e been more fatal? a little more than a year »as \ British journals t« il us. w*ho forbade Serbia to stuck Bulgaria, «. hen Bulgarian mobil ing and the ruin of Se 1 ian Moa srere And when Serbia fell, in cons« base it on the same authority, sur ; by French, that it required a of .loffre to [/-.ndon to persuade the 1 isb government to reconsider its pur I to abandon martyred Serbia and " from the Near Kh»' To-dar it i.« British journals that the failure in ("rrece, the , that seem« to expiai-* thi quinconce of Barrail'i nrmy, Rumania, is due to the refusal Grey to COnsOTil to thi of n pr în the mat'- bich Wi r. intolerable situation in the way in which it can le aholi-hc ¡n the removal of Constantine. Asquith. (¡rev. Churchill.the.r faili ¡seem to the American onlooker be) -as il. If Chore 'i the I f the war and in th« last day» of were considérai le, his rp (which rermani t, to hold much r;i Prance and nearly resulted :he destruction of the Belgian nrmy I poli, wl rrible cone« square the account ^ -ey, with Chun- went, raft« tion M -Irish Ministry that gan tl fall it was nbli son miracle, to j; its oppoi surrender th and share in» to take o a share of the responsibility with vi .' the power and thus leave Hr.; without an Opposition nr.d without a litical remedy. The result has been wl one would expect; it has been left to press and the people to create» a new Op rition. which in the parliamentary wo .^aiitioti destroyed. We see the British people becoming i patient at the failure of their poli:i leaden. It is difficult, if not impossible, this distance to decide how much of t! inrpatier.ee is real, how much manufa tired. Yet the failures are real; we i them, and they seem to up, in fact, not t failure of the British people, but the fa ore of the elected representatives of t British people to keep pace with thi electors. The people will to win the wa ?hey are making every effort and eve sacrifice to win tbe war; they are dor what their German foes asserted th never would do, and, so it. seems to Ame cans, they find their best efforts partial spoiled by the conduct of their men high places. In all this welter the figure of Llo; stands alone. He has many qua hich appeal to ui as Americans. I -«présents the people in our own dem cratic sense; he understands the peoj- with something of the same flair th Briand reveals. He could carry any our districts by the manner and mctho< which have made him the first polit ici- Ireat Britain. We feel c>f Aaquith th as been unable to learn aii'l of Grt that he has been unable to forget we pe ceive that Lloyd George haa learned mu< and forgotten more, notably in the matt« of conscription. He has been public right almost as often as his as have been publicly wrong. It is unmistakable that the successir of Lloyd George to Mr. Asquith would 1 hailed in this country and among mar of the best friends of the Allies as a ste forward. Yet the English criticisms < Lloyd George have reached this countr; We understand some of those criticisms t mean that Lloyd George is a politicia befi.ro nil else, and that he has an unr sailed record in the improvisation of lif« long convictions. The Englishman of on has told us that Lloyd George lack "character"; but in explaining the mear ing of this he has demonstrated that h does not mean by character anything lik what w«> Americans mean.possibly h means no more than that Lloyd George a Welshman. In sum, this new crisis in Bri'am seem to mean one thing before all else. Th Hnti.»h people are determined to . war, but are far from convinced that th war can be won while the present eres mans the British ship. The question 0 the army has passed out of the debatí It is agreed by all thnt Robertson if ¦'b man." The question of the navy is les plain. Jellicoe has gone to the Admirait; Beatty bas succeeded to the Gram But what of Balfour? His name it would seem, has also become a litt!' wearisome to Britons, who could forgivi his calmness were it displayed in t! ence of accomplished success rather that in the presen«'«- of growing submarin«: peri!. If you talk with the people of England tr political reporter feels the pulse o1 a "close State,*1 you get a curb 1st and dissatisfaction, exprt such phrase as this: "When the mer at the front get back.then there will b« a change," or, "We need a differ« . of people to run John Bull's business and II have them, after the wir." Americans would make listakf com« 1' is not be- of what they have done to tight the war, but because of what they seem to ailed to do, that the British Coalition Itry is in danger. If Lloyd George of the stage at this hour. it is hevu'i » to have done more any other public man to help win the ssar, and iy to do still more. Time and again, too, British writers to this newspaper have »aid: "Critic. our public men is to l>e expect«»d. but why ,i criticism f.f them blind you to .what the British people have done and are do | The prote particularly ¦.' our own re !>itish pe» [bo looking for a new man or new men duct their diffl IgS the price they are pa forexped >ry, but the- are jrowii impel snl appnre-1 v pe pie wi nue to the prici ' * ¦"' '' decisive results Mr. Asquith and count Grey may survive thi« storm, ir may romani . Old «V ¡.harm ' ". admiralty for some mo ngland ihn* al that l il the e: ind pol that reduce I illifig The Governor's Food Board v. sons for the high cosl of living ;- remedial He has I fortunate, too, in the p« commission he has selected Mi who has Hide business experience and ns head of Mayor Mitch«!'- tee has already given mui problem; Senator Wicks, chairman, Mr. Ward, counsel of a legislative c tnittee which ha1» del the coi f fanners in the st.-i'« Mr. Lou SUite ('«range. Sims, manager of one of th«» state's railroads, These men will br to their work ¡i ted experience on the various anf .«i thii troublesome question which i qualify them as experl aesur« -. intelligent nnd bro minded B discussion of the problem ¡is public can expect to get from any Bl body. Despite it« great agricultural intere: New York St-at« is by no means self-si rient in production of foodstuffs, brings in vast quantities of fruits, ve tables, meat«, eggs, dairy prod from other states, and therefore will to reorganize the distribution s tern to cut costs except SI -¦' vstem o cerns the foodstuffs originating within state or foodatuifl after they reach I state. But in that field there is ample portunity for r< bring producers and consumers closer togethei to eliminate some of the present int me«diaries whose profit« add to the ul mate cost of food, to wipe out somo the speculation which advances "the m¡ ket" and punches holes in the timc-h< ored law of supply and demand. T share of the consumer's dollar which t producer receives is too smnl! compai with what goes to others. What the .-r sumer receives for his dollar is ridiculoi in view of the crops and the prices f fanners get for them. No state agency now exist,« which h adequate power to remedy this evil. T State Department of Foods and Marke deavored to bring down prices various commodities by acting as nriddl man for groups of farmers in selling tin produce at auciion. But this, howev commendable in purpose, has been on small a scale that it has not affected ma ket prices to any appreciable extent, ai if it has benefited anybody has !.. retail dealers rather than consumers. At machinery recommended for lowerit prices by the Governor's commission mu have mere power and a wider scope action than the presenl Department Food.» and Markets and a wider plan ar vision behitid it, too. It rrrust make worth the farmers' while <o produce bi crops and ship them all to market, at must get them Into retailers' hands so .i rectly and in such quantity that "corner! and price manipulations won't offer n uar.ii to gamblers worth tryinr The Christmas Tree's Origin ¦-» 'fwi« /e«n A beautiful myth concerning the ("hristmf tree, the f.r, is connected with St. Winfrei In the early part of the eighth century whi this famous missionary was hewing down tr « acre. oak which his pagan people had hee worshipping a tornado blasted it. Just b< hind ii. unharmed by the whirlwind, r young fir tree, pointing a green «pire to th \V iríred turned tr. ., rs an raid: "This little tree, n young child of the for ir holy tree to-night It CO, for your houses are bull ign of an endless life, for it leaves are always green. See h< upward to heaven. Let this be called th tree of the (hrist Child, (.ather about it not it. the Wild wood«, but ir. v.r.- homes; there it will shei'er ne deeds 0 blood, but loving gifts »nd acts of kindness. A quaint old writer thu« spiritualizes thi practice of Christmas decora!.or,» "So ou cherchée and houses. th bays an« rosemary, holly and ivy and other plant! which are S n. winter and -ummer miad of II Deity, tha' :ld that now if born, l who should spring up like S te lder plant shoul«! always be r^n and flourishing. an< f.re\er more " Festive carol« were chanted at Christmas in praisa of th« evergreen, the holly, the rosemhry and th' bay. American Teachers in Turkey from r*.« Plile<»l»»*w The 'Ins country of Dr. Mary Mills Patrick, head of Constantinople Col¬ lege, founded for the instruction «.- roung women, brings home to Ameri¬ cans the »luiet foit.tude that in a dis: Cir.e has continu...! a great work on the Bosporus by American women for alien »tu- . of many land«. It parallels the edu- ll enterprise for men in the name of Robert «College, dose at hand. The dean of fa ilty of Constant B, Wallace, is a doctor of philosophy of the '....-. .ania. The enrolment "f Bl year w.. month the registration had moui U Since coal is lacking for the power house, BOl to be had and candles are few, the students mult do all their study in the morning and »pend dark evening». The co«! of food :« from four to eight time» I I fore the war Only ¦ few loom» at a time can be he«ted, and cla»«es »re migratory V. t the college h»s gone is grown asaaxiag triumph. comp: th»t last year the 1 governm« ported fourteen stud» teach .n furbish schools after gradua- k "SPEAK MR. PRESIDENT!" And, Above All, Lei No One Hamper Tho Who Fight for Civilization wish *o register a prote«t »gains' I er« o' article« CI to aid Gei bsbbj n «-«csping the m ;« attemp* r her neig ara lar Prasldeal h shouted from the housetop» that w« «re ne .r»l. then l«( u« Stay neutra!, sed lei Ford, Cosmos si theii tribe mind th« - business. U ..! the epporl ¡r.'*- Bl a century at I commencement of I s rar to make i »¦"' I. but we Skulked; we hnve had mm loud calls and opportunities «-ice, but « ikulked aga o and again Germi Of ll« and our "advance,| thought" da« tS the !att«'r wandering dazedly in a mn »rd« and »ophistrie« aretr fere with the Entent« Allie« at a Urn« ng every ner-. «. ". kill a ma k. tiger irhieh threatens to prey on i Orld included, if they do n >'d. «-man propagan la s-d tl r-olumns of mnwki«h sophistry; give Ui i-irnte the American public on tl facts of this war; gel and publish the proo that it eras -...ted f sars I Censan ambition -. orld with l.nif. \ even 01 s ten);- of *' Herman atrocities la Belgium and I-'ran- "- ar. plenty of proof-, but thf IS « are «till Ignoi many \rmemar.s ha« been slaugl tered ¡give u« the facts regarding the stroeitiee in eonneetion with th. n of the I!. .-nth« of the murder« on -he high sei :: nd« I I I have met hundreds here who know notl ing of the«e thing« and who w-.l' not beliei 'anything they read in newspapers, mnr whom I should call intelligent men lawyer doctor«, etc. When you publish BBWI nil source«, frc quoting ar 'authority, «imp' Kayviüe wirelesi lor "Washington," II is to be expected flu there will be n good deal that Is false, or esBggernfed. and this lead« the avérai man to refuse to bel ese anthing OB 1 have seen many of these «nonymoi Items from Washington; sometimes one ra tell whet I- anata from the Germa Embassy or from thi partmeal i from nn embassy kitchen, but often one hi to disregard them altogether as «... without quoted authority, Your editorial in '. SSUO, "Speal Mr. President!" is a «ad commentary on oi situation. It is a shame that such an edit. 'rial should h*» neeeeeary. And how- modes-' patiently and Softly you approach the su! ject; "The Tribune hope« that «he repoi that Mr. Wilson Is contemplating the dil patch of a protest ;,, Germany against th 'deportation of th-» Belgian« is true." templa' | Voi. « failure to voice th feellngB of the majority of our eitisens whe Belgium aras fended only sene to arms him. A President has no busines« to be "n[ palled and overwhelmed by the sudden, tel Irlble outburst of war," especially three tlioi; sand mile» away from the explosion. [( not "a few Americans" who think him wrong In vast majority of our ive con demned his foreign policy nil through th of tho«e a him th-» year, and de not forge! that prac tically half the voters voted against him million vote's represents about, fort million people. He was re. leeted solely o his domestic policies, assisted by th« schisr in the Republican party and by the doubl ¡cross the German element handed the Bnglisl Bl d French voters by draping Mr. Hughe« th- German lag to scar» away the Englisl and French votes and then themselves votin for Mr. Wilson, whom they really wanted. Cut out the peace talk. If w-.- have not th stomach to fight, lot. us at least not hBmpe the champions of civilization in their fightinp Germany intended to wipe out France am and, and it is only just that they shouh wipe out t.ermany for her Crimea. This is not the language of a universit; professor, but I hope von get what I mean CROMWELL'S KIN. I York, Nov. .10. II Women and the Balance of Power To the Kd.tor of The Tr.bune. Sir: hi view of the recent movement il he Fast again« oportionate repie on of the South in the Klectora .-e, it might be well r wha 1 be the result to the State of Nev York if representation v.l.» baaed as i should be. of course. the VOl "pulation. Th«' in th . etion for th« ;n th. ance.s «re thai if will reman there unless the State of New York can mak« move which will bring baek her pre» rnnning factor in nationa. election». It is obviou» there is only one way in whicr this can be dom, «nd light for pro ¦icreu«e th« pulation i Dchising th« -. Hill, of Connecticut .« machine Republic:. Bvemenl coming i» ago, and he publicly do- it «vas the d itj of every Fnstern Re publican to force Fastern women to vote ir or«!er to maintain the balance of power of industrial communities over agricultural com¬ mun [ammaay Hall and the I>nublicar «¦oman's sut '-. to come before the voter» \'ew York might be well to consider if such action will nol I end react against the political su- premacy of their ALICE CARPENTER. B, Congressional (Jalen for Woman's Suffrage. '.-¦!' The B. R. T. Tie-Up To the Fditor of The Tribune. In your valuable paper of thi» date, under the headline "Brooklyn 'L' Tied L'p," you »Ute: "Traffic on the Brighton Beach and Pulton Street elevated lines was tied up nearly two hours, and thousands of pas »engers were forced to travel on surface - b But the main point is the of « B. I: T knew thai there which would cause allowed thousands oi to take many trains which were held up be- BBS, many for more tha:i an hour, -enger» failed to catch .ant trains at the Grand Central and .:lroad stations" I; New York, Dec. 4. 1916. Practical Americanism une. be memorial and BXeCUl ÍVB com¬ mittee. I sited Spanish War Veterana, New "lork County, desire» to get |<j touch with employer» who are willing to employ honor¬ ably discharged «oldiers »nd sailors of the Imted States or the dependent* of decease«" veteran». Here i* an opportunity for prac tical Americanism. accept «n honorable dischargs tes as a I \i!'«. ''¦'"'¦'" mmittec. New Vor», Dec I, ! WHY ENGLAND WILL WIN By ARTHUR GLEASON i.r.gland il a« oar, er. ma»ae. Ar.d . proof of it Is not that sh« has raised »n »rm eountry can ra «e an army. ' it has I 1 he proof f.f i| .a that »he ha« changed a che islie.l habit That means a spiritual r'nanj !. s a lot harder to break up a habit thi . « »o r.ht nn enemy. The 'set tha' tl million persons «re saving money te (r**« the government for carrying on the war rhe clenrest. single proof that the F.ngbsh n I a* svar. Hy temperament the Knglii are a roloriiring, adventurous people. Th means they are Hn open handed people, whom 'he rnreful way» of thrift are distast ful. Then, too, they are a race of irtdivi ualist:«, doing what they like with the.r 0* n race to whom collective effort, is a bor ited their insrinrt in order this war. For I spenders, and It re.ealed more devotion them to raise a hundred million dollars individual «rib«. ;«n :. did five mill on men in r. One h a « to si'."'- th« El g " effort ifl 'i-1" 'broken bits and flasl by an one overmirater liecau* Fngland is a tangled, self-willed deraoerae; of ar «if purpose. Rut whe ¦irid began I acrifi« sshat ssas precious and oncient, tnen it b< enme dear -he had «'omniitted hei .self t« ill, that she was mo nn end beyond dl The appeal for war ivings WSS a gener« app',; -. i of the eoontn It put .. hands of the ment with which to -.sag.» war That mone ion by the nation, in of being sp. nt for consumption by th dual. The terms of the arrar.g« nier. 'o the "saver" security, an excellen ra»e r,f interest, and the opportunity of with draw-al at any time. This use of money free labor from "luxury" work to necessary work The man grooves a big gun instead of pullmi eandy. rhe woman makes shells instead o fancy waists. This release of labor concen triites the national effor' on the work o victory, rn«ten.| of leaving the workers dis BIBOng parasitir trade« Hie War Savings I ertifkate rhe v ar savings scheme You buy a "War Savings Certificate' for 10 shillings and f> pence. In five year: the government will give you a pound for I* I/ess than **4 has become $5. Of course, thi worker cannot make an investment of 1i 'shillings and *> pence at one time. So hi joins an association in his school, factory or club, and subscribes his penny or pence each -se associations are liki our fraternal organization«. They appeal t4 "cial sense of the group. There an forms of war saving, such as exchequei l, but this system of certificate il th« popular way. It is cooperative investment If th« individual doe«, not belong to an as on, he receives a war savings card with thirt) I on it, each for a tj- 'penny stamp. He buys the stamps at the postoffice as often as he can. When the card is full he hand« it in and receives a certifi¬ cate worth IS »hillings and 6 pence, and good for a pound at th« end of se years. The secret of *he «ucees« which has attend- -, evangelistic campaign is the personal appeal, friend speaking to friend. And the motive for giving is rendered in the headlines of the pamphlets and posters "Save for Kng- latid." "Save for Your Country." In North Nibley, one of the »mallest vil¬ lages in Gloucestershire, the inhabitants suh«rribed |M in a fortnight. W igstan Magna, in Leicestershire, is in the centre of the hosiery' and boot making dis¬ trict One of the factories has between three hundred end four hundred operatives. That factory purchased two hundred certificates j in one week. Yarmouth has fifty associations and four thousand member», and has subscribed $10,- ono. Thi.« city lies on the east coast, where the Zeppelins have stimulated the civilian (consciousness. It was out from Grimsby where the fishing trawlers have been lost by mines and sub- marine. The answer of Grimsby was m«d« by seventy-three war savings associations. In one week four thousand six hundred cer¬ tificates were purchased. At an Boat End factory in London one hundred and twenty-three girls joined the savings crusade in a single week. Only two girls are not members. In three months the girls saved over |_40. They did it by chip¬ ping in their 3-penny and 6-penny bit each week. Norwich paid into the postofflce $76,000 in, 'e'<«. The boot and she« o'ers'i-es of North ton »re «absei hing IfjOOQ a week Keighley, m Vorkshir», 1« the he»rt o' woollen trade If m«kea uniforms for Ku»»iaii army I*. sa'rat f-.e thousand do A week, an average of o shillings and S p for every inhabitant. The domestic -'ran*» of Cillinghaa Kent, here united in a war savings ass- tion. This reminds me of the touehing of 10 »hill rig« wh cv i r,nr, English housemaid for »n Belgium. I,«t r.n one do which this mi i perseas is g It Is given I W' and berau«e thi il bl ol «1 fighting to fn e thai blown -lpire. no lust for terrif ro f|e» f and wealth are in ti i;re m< to Bl .: earning a dem' Ifering pec trade, ,vi> n \' I'res'on, in I I turned os-er There i« un elementary ser.. ' ne«r Newesstli Thi boys brought n $t from their '.. ip the averag In Battersoa one of the schoolb. ¡n thr '¦. t 300 boys Bnd th« n months. The thing that irritates us abo it ¦' >» affair .¦s a den menai ill over the place. The ¡s full ".' " every on«' I f yo u d ' « tnat you no: choosing to make own own life, and just now out on tee warpath chase some trespassers off from thi Doubtless, if the cr.tics ssere | formance, they would give i mnre polished proceeding. Hut no groi.r, are running this war. The people ai rt. So. instead of losing strength « sure increases, they gather force and mome tum with each mistake. They teach thei Solve« by failure. The will of the gil it '." man general nt.aff ran be snapped by defei because the ¡«taff is a handful of mei .' 16,000,000 people cannot be broki care it i« the will of these schoolboys ar working girls, of domestic servant« and m nition workers, of ¦ democracy whose sen of pity and justice has been touched. Tl mistake in estimating the English effort is measure it at. any given time, because it is continually growing sfforl I» ti like a gat ering of waters 'rom mountain streams ar the drift of hills »nd from inexhaustib rains. The confluence kc" Ag ar deepening from a thousand tributar,'- pool can be emptied, and soon it is not on filled again, but la larger than before. »»enttmenlAl Nations The English are a "sentimental nation quote a distinguished English officer when say that, Captain Basil Williams, It ;« tru They are as sentimental a« Americans. A appeal to cold reason, to personal aggrand"« ment, to n rainy day or a ihadowj futur« docs not move them in the slightest. Hu something tiiaf concerns the welfare less children, or of persons whom they love releases all that is best in the Eng' I know this, because T worked In a Red I res London office in the early weeks of the WSt and I found that the smallest appeal to th' English public for help ¡n clothing Belgian» brought in a large response a response, il fact, so overwhelming that it stuffed the offici rooms with supplies. Personally, I hav, never dealt with a public that is so generous. When the full facts of Belgian re lief are made public it will be found that il is the English who have fed them and shel tered them, raised the greater part of the money, widened and adjusted their own horn« life in order to absorb an army of refugees and steadily continued to provide funds with« out spurts and without fatigue. No better proof of this racial sentiment and kindliness can be had than by studying a fes» of the 54 million posters and leaflets of re¬ cruiting and the hundreds of thousands of publications for war saving. The appeal Is rarely to self-interest. The appeal is to the heart, to the great objects of th«? war, the ideal of liberty, the cause of freedom. This na¬ tional saving is not being done by obscure, hard-vorking Knglish men and women to make their own old age cosey. It is being don- to free Belgium and strengthen democracy. If the evangelists who have gone about Brit¬ ain preaching war savings had spoken to s commercial motive they would have whistled in vain for the sixpences of workers. THE CITYS LICENSES The Board of Aldermen Should Check the Commisiioncr To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: I learn that the Welfare Committee of the Board of Aldermen is considering the advisability of having members of their body, together with the License Commissioner, de¬ ride who should be the proper holders of the city's licenses, instead of permitting the Li¬ cense Commissioner to be the sole judge of the qualifications of the applicants for li¬ censes. A short time ago, a', a dinner given in an uptown hotel, License Commissioner George. II. Bell admitted that too much power was vested in him. He admitted that he could issue licenses to friends of hia and revoke 'all license* held by others. He said that the Commissioner, under the law as it st«nds, could do anything he chose with the city's licenses. The writer believes that the system which the Commissioner complain» of, whereby he become» a law unto himself, is just the thing sought to be remedied by the Board of Alder- -men. The License Commissioner cannot now with good grace «ay that all his power is Leng taken away from him. !.«>. the Board of Aldermen be a check on .mmniioncr. It is the easiest thing in the world now for a Commissioner to huild up a persona! machine to be an au¬ tocrat through whose hands about one hun¬ dred thousand licences are issued. The Board if A'.dermen, truly representative of the people, are making a move in the right direc¬ tion when tl take away »ome of the License Commi»sioner's power, which the Li¬ cense Commissioner himself says should never h»ve been vested in him. IRWIN ira RACIOFT. New York. Nov. 2**. 1916. Who Are the Desiccated Puritans? To the Editor of The Tr.bune. I «m curious, «eriously curiou», to know who these Salem-minded »oui» «re who would eloaa the "movies" on Sund«y». Are they org«ni:e<j politically, the»e with¬ ered «nd inch-mir.ded fanatics, who would tlw«y» »top decent recreation on Sunday»* rey " Most people you know and see walking abo.- and-let-live folk., Are tl . I'uriUns a unit" Do ¦meaity. JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG N«w York, Dec 2, 191*. SAVING THE NATIONS RESOURCE! Water Power Bills WUI Save 60,000,004 Tons of Coal Each Month To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Much that is misleading has beer written and published in reference to tw< svater power bills now before ("ongress. Hot! bills will encourage the development of watei power and save coal, because one horsepowei generated by water saves one ton of coal each month. A letter from Gifford P.nchot published or the editorial nage of your valued paper or November -". 191*5, Is mislead.ng, because neither the Shields nor the Myers bill will "hand over power without compensation.' Wherever additional power is made available business is increased, and the people, the municipality, the state and the nation all re- compensation through increased busi¬ ness. Of the two bills now before Co des that the Federal government shall always have control, and the Shields bill, in addition, requires "construction must be «c- ng to plans, specifications, drawings and maps approved by the War Department." Mr. Pinchot estimates the amount of power available on our navigable streams at .'.0,000,000 horsepower. That being the case, then the amount of coal saved would be at least óO.iXiO.'iOO tons a month. True conservation of a natural resource prevents Its war>te. Development of power by water uses a perpetually replenished natural resource that now is wasted. It saves coal, oil, gas and other fuel all of which are natu ral resources that cannot be replaced. Mr. Pinchot savs that oil needed for the tras y is to be given away, yet he desires to estop or prevent the development of powet b\ water, which will save oil. To previ furnier from tilling the broad area of this country would be comparable to Mr. Pinchot'» desire to prevent private parties from devel- .,- water power. Mr. Pinchot is right when he recommends the conservation of the forests by the Kederal or »tat« government, bec*u»e that worr. eu not be done economically by the individual, who»e »hort span of active life abo-,.- years is small compared with the time in¬ terval necessary for the proper development of a forest. But sach an argument cannot be made applicable to the development of water power. Let us do all \s e can to encourage the de¬ velopment of our water power rt vation of our land. W H YATES, New York, Dec. 1, tflC DE-FEDERALIZE THE GUARD1 The Hay Bill Called Outrageous sad Its Operation a Public Scandal To the Editwf of The Trib:;-» Sir: Permit me to e**ur» yon of th» .r'.r» of *h* rank «nd file of the f»derslii»«j w;»h the »entiment* »»pre«»»«* |«j «J»)» mormng'« edi'orial The Hay bill 1» on« «f the Bieei aotraejeosssly worthlees »-d corrupt measure« «ha*, hs« ever dlsgrsc» our «'«tot« I, a--.d th«j quicker It Is rep*»;«.,} th* for B ¡r r.H'.ona! "f II ' f the fed- i are becoming s ; .-. - «»jk». 11 -1 . d to «how th« Impeeat« stta g a trained aad effet- ghUng 'orce ele .- SB * d down The barde p!»c«» upon . lore of the 1 sol Guard t» they or aay r bear. The me- ' .-. ,ard have alway« been p Ir home and \ BOSS I ». »r» inch that they c»n he broV.. ejeai I as triais . jch « these «laya of i : « » itagg irlag te .«».-.d» It .-.« -lent heavier .«.»-. »ny r down.sti lefag r- I Mexican border. if ». »¦ i and régalai ,. >o /»ope with the . wily by a 1 fall upon a part ei SI group of men. .16. From a Cheerful Guardiman from my brother *r« «. oi the rear. I* «me a good idea -- e men have been do gri ire of Brooklyn, See tl, !»e«r M ! e been very busy »t the m^it ntereel | *-nrk we've y«t doe» You know. can.e down to Madero to help them out g ' IS Seal ¦' with . -. sbesat Ihtes .liles from le detachment 'twenty men mil a nd the work 'o be don» so grei practically »re on duty all HS«, either patroü-.r.g or g'iarding th« croseiag. Fach patrol goe« about five rr-.i'.e» or ten miles on a tour One »quad i» on duty a!! the time either »t one or the other. The night before last, when our squad w«i paTolling, the beach guard heard rowing on ?he riv»r In the shadow of the Moxleai Great excitement ensued, aspee illy as th« boat landed on th« American side below our camp. The guard succeeded in rounding op .he party, which consisted of three men, . woman and a small boy. They couldn't »peak English and we couldn't speak Español Th« men were not armed »nd the womai was sick. A very pathetic, yet romantic sight BBJ the group of poor ignorant "Mexes" gatherer! rear our camp fire, with the flickering ¡-gbt shining on the Used bayonets of the guard. We expected to turn them over to our fj. 0. in the A. M. Our patrol sent in a note t« camp «nd much to our surprise «n ofnc«r, a doctor «nd an interpreter came out »bout a. m. This party got lost In the jungle, und was rescued by our p»tro!. When th»y go* to our camp, they croas-que«*ioned th» prisoner«, and found that the oldest man wai father to the two others. The woflsaa w»» » fe of one of the sons. The old m«n lives in Mission, Tex., »nd h»d gone over to Mexico to bring over the rest of the f«mi!y. The woman fell sick and they didn't dir« bring her in through Hidalgo, where the IsbsbJ« gration authorities are. This was the lum and substance of the »tory, though th« old man was trying to lie as much «s possible It turned out that the p»rty did try to get in through Hidalgo and were turned b»ck. Then they tried the "side door" thinking .here wer« no "soldats" there. It »eem» w» made quite » catch, the first prisoner» In th« regiment's history. This is a beautiful spot for » camp, ¡r. a little clearing just behind the brush «t th» river bank. We are over a mile from th» nearest house. Everything is mter*«tfng. .rom the mud formation» of the bank to th« leers roaming in th« Jungle. Q Teihmony Out of Germany To the Editor of The Tribune Sir: I have read with great interest th» article written by your representative. Ml« Doty, describing the things »he »aw in Ger many on her recent visit. Her »tatament» are clear, concise, and »pecia! attention n given to time and place. I «ras therefor» greatly surprised to read in the last issue «f "The Outlook" a story written by ano.her woman who visited Germany at th» »am« time and found the situation exactly oppotiU to that as seen by Miss Doty. The Tribune and "The Outlook" are belli publication« of roput« and not given to pub- lieking unreliable stone«. It would be ungallant to accuae either of these women of wilfully stating thing« tbst were not strictly true, therefore the unbiassed reader can but conclude that Misa Poty went with open mind »nd faithfully recorded her impressions. On the Cher hand, "The Oat- look" correspondent wa» of German birth and confesses that she went to see for htr- self «nd refute statement» which wer« not true, «nd having thi» in view «he saw only that which she wanted to »ee and not the other and darker aide. J. R. DEAN Srsvllle, N. Y.. Pec 3, lil«. First at the Border To the F.iitor of The Tribune. I take exception to » »t»t«m«nt In th« article "Seventh on Way Horn« Slowly," which I think out of fairness to the lit Field Artillery should be corrected You «ay: "The "th, it may be recalled, wM the first of the New York State troop« ta depart for the border, 'w«y b«ck in the tSSS> mer." This »Utement is not true, b*e»uM if you had "recalled" correctly you would have remembered that the Cd Battalion of the 1st Regiment Field Artillery entrained a» Yorkers on June 2s. I alio want to remiad that on the evening of June 19. the dsf the militia was called out, the thre« bat¬ ter.e» had their gun» in Van Cortlandt Pars. The following day the entire regime! . BBS eept the Bir.ghamton »nd Syr«cu»e batterte») made c»mp in the p»rk. I believe we w«rl the rtr»t regiment to mobilne H. B. WIIJJAMS. B»ttery V, 1st F A N If- New York, Nov. '_><*. 191«. Suggestions for Christinas Gifts To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir. Maypole» for the Fourth Av«BS» subwai passengers who in«ist on leaning f> length again»t the »trap hangers' on!y hope» N«w York, Dee. 2, 191«. G. R ».

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