New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1915, Page 8

| BRiJAIN HERALD P LD PUBL!EH{HD CUMPANY, opr saxmua!ntlsp m. b ; m\umh st b ra a; Bnlldingv [ the P e at New Britaln scuuna Cless Mall Matter. By carrfors tofany part of the oity nts a Week, 85 Cents a Month. ons for paper to be sent by mail able in-advance, 60 Cents & Month, $7.00 a year. profitable advertising medium In ty. Cireulation books and press m always open to advertisers. fl will be found on sale at Hota- s Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- New York City; Board Walk, utic City and Hartford depot. TELEBFHONE CALLS. Dmice .. ROSE} AND A STREET. jone in the far distant past Pth a truism to the effect that by any other name would s sweet. And since that bit osophy was put forth no one | ung up to re-name the l"oseAI ‘more, no one has ever at- il to frame' a synonym for rd. rose. And as it is with so- it with streets,— reets, Once having naméd that ‘name should stand. there must be a change, must be totally obliterated and ensconced fdr once and all. bise there will be a confusion S. We have this situation in tain today. There is a street g perpendicular to West Main which bears two names. It is in -one part Liberty street, and ither Forest street. And the L part of the whole situation is berty. streeti ends where Forest ;_vet there is no clear line For, as a matter of is hegin: arkation. berty street and Forest street e and the same street. They ‘h 2 continuation of each other; hre part and parcel; they are nt streets; they are the same they are two in one, one in fiswever you want to put it. her they form New Britain’s paradox. hll intents and purposes, the man ives on Liberty street is also a nt of Forest street. As far as reet itself, .80es no one would the difference. It is a short and has neither bend nor withal it is divided against “'And, we learn from. history, se, or a street, divided against must fall. Whether it be the part of it or the Forest part one or the other must go. This must be either = Liberty or street. It cannot be both, “cannot ‘be black, neither can| fty be TForest. And, when the jion council,—or ~whoever has e of such!things,—gets around the ‘dual 'named street of New fin should be brought up for con- ption. . The Herald does not ad- e 'that the name of Liberty be ped as a designation of this i neither does it say that the lation Forest should be affixed to ut it does say a%d recommends that the street have one name one name only. Strangers to the are to be considered as well as nhaiitants © thereof,—and what “a man think who asks a street onductor to let:himi-off at Forest pt /and finds himself stranded on rty 7—and yet Forest is the same iberty. But the stranger does not this. So the time has arrived I this perplexing problem must hrashed out and a solution found. er abandon the:two names now se and give the .street a new stening, or flip a coin and call it fty’ or Forest. It cannot be both. Jekyl¥and Mr. Hyde were great in ma; but streets are somewhat prent. o DEMANDS ON AUSTRIA. ‘ter more than thirty days re- h work during which all the s in the case of the Ancona were ed up, Secretary of State Lansing penned an ultimatum to Austria- pgary, a note that may strain the atic relations between the ed States and Germany’s ally if it not brlng them dangerously near breuklng point And yet the whole r can be smoothed over by a bmpt reply. So carefully has Mr. successor framed his demands i so pungent are his remarks that re seems to be nothing for Aus- ~Hungar};.to do but accede. He victs on, . a substantiating state- nt publicly given out by the Aus- b-Hungarfan Admiralty itself. The ee great demands for redress are med thus, wise:—disavowal of the King of the Ancona, punishment 6¢ submarine commander, and mnity for the Americans on board, fher killed or injured. Aside from ng the Austrian admissions, Secre- ry Lanfllng ‘has at hand reliable in- rmation‘w cH' ithis.government ob- ined from &merican and other sur- vors who were. passepgers on the ated Italiah'steamer. There can o doub\yf the justice of the de- ds, ‘there’ éan Be no further par- The Boctetaq of State . has ' in- 1 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, used no superfluous word in making his demands. He has put everything in a nutshell and the only thing left now is Austria’'s answer.' By clever manipulation of ‘his facts the Secre- tary of State has pinned Austria in a corner and there is only one way out. . The following paragraph turns the trick: “The government of the United States is forced to conclude either that the commander of the sub- marine acted in violation of his instructions or that the imperial and royal government failed to issue instructions to the com- manders of its submarines in ac- cordance with the law of nations and the principles of humanity. The government of the TUnited States is unwilling to believe the latter alternative and to credit the Austro-Hungarian govern- ment with an intention to permit its submarines to destroy the lives of helpless men, women and children. It prefers to be- lieve that the commander of the submarine committed this out- rage without authority and con- trary to the general or special instructions which he had re: ceived.” Ordinarily we should say that any government which recognizes the fundamental principles of humanity, the first laws of civilization, and which wanted to remain on a basis of friendly relations. with its fellow nations would do what has been asked of it in a case similar to this. To disavow the sinking of the Ancona is a simple matter, to' punish the commander of the submarine will not be difficult, and to pay indemnity for the loss of innocent American lives and property destroyed would not be a burden when compared to some of the other bills Austria will have to foot. Admittedly Austria knew she was violating all the principles for which the United States stands be- cause while she was fighting side by side with Germany she was also listen- ing attentively to the controversy going on between the Kaiser and President Wilson and she must have known when the Emperor of all the Germanys acceded to the wishes of our Chief Executive in the submarine dispute. Vienna has its alternative, either to disavow or break off with this country. And no one for the moment is ready to doubt that those who control the destinies of Austria will refrain from placing the blame for this outrage on humanity where it belongs, at the door of the man who wantonly destroyed human lives, and thus save the good name of a nation. FOREIGN REDATIONS COMMITTEE. If folk of the past had little rea- son to know that there was such a thing as a Foreign Relations Commit- tee in the United States Senate those who live at the present day will have plenty of cause for knowing. This committee is going to be one of the busiest bodies in the present session of the sixty-fourth Congress. That old warrior, Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, has introduced a resolution demanding an investigation into Brit- ish interference with American trade. The Senator is somewhat peeved at the manner in which our ships have been held up. The statesman, scholar, from Massachusetts, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, than whom there is no greater, has offered an amendment which will call for an inquiry into outrages perpetrated on American citizens in the now famous attacks on the Lusitania, the Gulflight, the Fal- aba, the Arabic, the Hesperian, the Petrolite, and the Ancona. The en- tire matter has been referred to the Commiittee on Foreign Relations and from ‘what is known of these various cases there is plenty of work ahead for the members of that organization. There will be some hot news out of Washington when the proceedings start, when the investigations are or- dered. Log Of The Oscar 2. Dec. 11, 1915, Scratched Lord Derby off my vis- iting list today. Descendants of the Mayflower will have nothing on our greatgrandchil- dren. I can hear them saying now: “Yes, one of my ancestors sailed on the Oscar IL” The pen is mightier than the sword but it remains to be seen whether | the President’s notes prove to be | mightier than the Teutonic 42 centi- metres. _ Naturallythe hyphenated class strong for Boy-Ed. As Frank Joseph might remark: 1 “Submarine submarine, who has the Ancona submarine?” is Irish regiments given credit for saving the day in Serbia. If I could hire the New. York police force for a few weeks I'd stop this here war. In the words of Alderman Jester of New Britain, Conn., “I don’t give a damn fYor the newspapers.” THe unkindest cut of all, by the | Barl of Roseburyt “At this moment | there is coming over a vessel fraught | with .peace. -It is propelled appar- ently by a gentleman named Ford, who makes, I think, preambulators.” | That's the hardest name I have heard the fordcar-called in.2-long while, COMMUNICATED., Sobriquets, or Nicknames, Given to Presidents of the United States, New Britain, Conn., Dec, 11,1915. To the Editor of the Herald: Sir:—If it would not be too much trouble would you kindly print in the columns of the Herald an authentic list .ni nicknames used to designate the various presidents of the United States. Thanking you for this favor. JOHN N. JAMESON. ‘With the exception of President ‘Wilson who as vet has had no appela- tion of this kind conferred upon him by a nicknaming public, the list is as follows: Father of Washington. The Colossus John Adams. The Sage of Jefferson. The Father of the James Madison, The Poor But Spotless President— James Monroe. Old Hickory—Andrew Jackson. The Old Man Eloquent—John Quinecy Adams. The . Shrewd Van Buren. Hero of Tippecanoe—William H. Harrison. The First John Tyler. Young Hickory—James K. Polk, Old Rough and Ready—Z2Zachary Taylor. Second Accidental President—Mil- lard Filmore. ' The Yankee President—Franklin Pierce. The Bachelor Euchanan, Honest Abe—Abraham Loncoln. The Independent President—An- ¢érew Johnson. The Silent Grant. The Policy President—Rutherford B. Hayes. The Teacher President—James A. Garfield, The Chesterfield of the House—Chester A. Arthur. ' The Man of Destiny—Grover Cleve- lard. The Conservative President—Ben- Jjamin Harrison. The Little Major—Willilam McKin- ley. Teddy, the Rough Rider—Theodore Poosevelt, ‘William, the Good-Natured—Wil- liam H. Taft. His Country—George of - Independence— Monticello—Thomas Constitution— Statesman—Martin Accidental President— President—James President—Ulysses 8. ‘White —[Ed.] FACTS AND FANCIES. If General Carranza is serious in his purpose to substitute haseball for bull fighting ‘and cock fighting in Mexico he will have the biggest job of all on his hands. You can’t civilize a people in a day.—Wilkesbarre Record. German newspapers assail the gov- ernment, and English newspapers are being disciplined for telling unpleas- ant truths about the war. Pretty soon the Kaisers and the Czars and the Kings will hear from the people— Newburgh Journal. Another of his friends from whom the president may pray to be delivered is the postmaster at Winnetka, Ill. It would be a just pumishment for the annoyance which his officiousness has caused the president if he himself were to be removed from office— Rochester Union. ‘Whatever neutrals may think of aerial warfare, gas bombs, and sub- marine attacks, we are all interested In the preservation of the works of art which have always been among Europe’s greatest assets. It is with genera] regret, then, that we receive the news of the aerial attack upon Venice, the explosion of a bomb in the center of the Piazza di San Carco and the destruction of the church contain- ing the magnificent fresco ceiling by Tiepolo.—Buffalo News- To Charles Evans Hughes the advo- cates of direct primaries not only in this state but in the other forty-seven states owe much. His adherence to their cause gave it a responsibility and intellectual sanction it greatly needed. An now the ungrateful practitioners of the system in Nebras- ka have utilized it tc p'ague and tor- ment their notable political benefac- tor? Meanwhile, it is being con- vincingly established that Justice Hughes is not seeking office.—New York Sun. Italy mustn’t think it can sweep Uncle Sam off his fee! with unsup- ported charges; he has been through too much during the last year to be susceptible to sudd:n rushes of blood to the head. He wanis the facts of this Ancona incident, as related and sworn to by the surviving passengers and members of the crew. As it is now the ninth day sin-e the ship was sunk, it would seem as though, if the Italian government anxious for him to have those facis, they would have reached him by this time.—Sy- racuse Herald. The war will go on because there is not a single point of agreement con- ceivable between the contestants. The German dredm of world empire is still within the Kaiser’s grasp on any basis of peace that can today be pro- posed. Spain and Frence fought for European suprémacy They in turn endeavored to reproduce the Roman system and the Roinan sway. 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That should be clear enough even to Claude Kitchin.—Brooklyn Ragle. pesm CRl L e Factors in World Affairs. (Meriden Journal.) “The moral js that the states of America are not hostile rivals, but co- operating friends, and that their grow- ing sense of community of interest, alike in matters political and in mat- ters economic, {s likely to give them a new significance as factors in inter- national affairs and in the political history of the world.” So declared President Wilson in the message he delivered at the beginning of the sixty-fourth congress. It is a most significant statement and opens up an extensive field for speculation. Sooner or later the European war is going to come to an end. What the immediate results will be no man knows, strive as he may to guess at the changes in the map, and prophesy as he may regarding new political alignment and economical conditions. Whatever the resulting ‘situation may be, it is going to be important to the states that are acquiring ‘“a new significance as factors in inter- national affairs and in the political history of the world.” It's going to be mighty important to the United States, the big brother, the defender of the Monroe Doctrine. Hitherto we have maintained the integrity of the principle on which the Monroe Doctrine is based. We have kept the western continent in- violate; but it has been a home-keep- ing, a provincial continent. With the development of the American states into factors in international affairs the task may prove more difficult. If the war should be brought to an end with a single nation dominant, the task might prove very difficult in- deed. Up to this time Europe has not only respected our claims as guar- dian of our neighbors’ rights but she has feared hér own neighbors. The removal of the fear, it is conceivable, might help her to forget some of her respect. 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She was a young woman with nothing to look forward to but years upon ! years of the death in life she was un- dergoing. This year. on Thanksgiving day, she sat up in bed, able to move the upper part of her body, and with hope for further improvement. She expects to be walking in another | year or two. Progress will be slow, | but after mine vears of helplessness, two or three years devoted to re- covery seems A small matter. The first thing this woman did when she began to grow well was to call up the physicians who had declared her | case hopeless and beg of them never again to tell a patient there was no hope. The little Chicago baby who could never have been a human be- itself—death was undoubtedly merciful there. But artificial “Euthanasia” is a different thing. So long as we have apparent- ly hopeless sufferers on our hands, so long will every effort be madesto discover cures for hitherto incurable conditions. They are # spur to medi- cal retearch. And to say that a case is incurable because none like it has been cured before reminds one a 1t~ tle of that patent ofice clerk who in 1833 resigned his job because, since everything had been invented, he felt sure the patent offic: . a3 destined to go out of existence very soon. M7 doesn’t pay to sit nd say “this cannot be done because it never has been done.” Discovercrs in all lines have just begun to scratch the sur- face of human possibility-