New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1915, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1915. % BRITAIN HERALD D PUBLISHING Proprietors. TOMPANY. (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m. 1d Building. 67 Church St the Post Office at New Britaln econd Class Mall Matter. v carriors to any part of the city nts e Week, 65 Cents a Month. s for paper to be sent by mail ble in advance, 60 Cents & Month, $7.00 a year. profitable advertising medlum 1n Circulation books and press always open to advertisers. will be found on sale at Iota- s Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- ew York City; Board Walk, ic City and Rartford depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. Mce JITABLE MEMORIAL. he board ,of finance and vill approve the plans drawn Erwin Memorial Committee. m sufficient to carry out the pr a useful as well as orna- ribute to the deceased bene- New Britain be appropriat- e united wish of the city me difficulty the men [pointed to consider orial to the late Cornelius at a destina- in It promises who a suit- have ived hey have something he approval of all concerncd. e tentative cketches and bmitted they decided pergola, a shed-like or ver- e structure to be erected on le site at Walnut Hill Park. s possible this edifice will vk of art. It will be modeled o old Roman idea, extensive- lod out in the present day kcheme of architecture. Tenn- larble, that fine oid rich stone rarer everyday, will be used onstruction. A hecavy bronze etting forth the philanthropic bt Cornelius Erwin wiil be nder the shelter. A drinking 1 mark onc of its useful fea- succeeded which have well that something definate h decided upon in this mattcr Lt the name of Cornelius B. will find & worthy tablet fo down the years. In lookins for the proper place to his pergola care should hat it is erected on a point of There are many spots in Hill Park that offer charminz aings for such a belvede are many points from whici ul views may be enjoyed. And of these places the pergoia b established. It is to be per- ¢ and as much care should be ed in selecting its position as pended in choosing its design. the first thing to be consider- ertain the will set be er it is reasonably of finance and taxation the purse strings of the city After that must come the for a celebration in keeping the spirit of the memorial. It robably be well in the Summer the entire structure is erected ith favorable weather there is bson why elaborate outdoor exer- Bcannot be held. The memory of lius B. Erwin deserves all the t and homage the heart of New in can bestow. huer. ISYCHOLCGY VS. POLITICS. eodore Roosevelt, politician that , might not take so kindly to the estion offered by Professor Hugo sterberg, the genial Harvard fhologist, who would have the el run for President of the Unit- Btates on a German-American Et. This idea of rounding up the Inan vote for any one man is ra- a novel idea of the psychologist, eory that might smack of won- 'ul possibilities in the experimental pratory, but which subjected to the 4 cruel test of everyday politics pld hardly The le is not ripe when any particular fionality can band together in the prove successful. ted States and elect a President. s for the reason that the men who 1d necessarily have to be appealed would rebel within their own ranks. is easy enough to make mention the German vote, or the Irish vote, the Swedish vote, or the Bohemian e or any other vote. It is more ficult to put a finger on it and say: ere it Here is the German e; here is the Irish vote; the Scan- 1t is not so easily is. navian vote.” ne. Further, of. Muensterberg, the Kaiser, comes out of his labora- ry long enough to advise American izens of German birth just how ey should cast their vote at the pming presidential elections he is ting off more than he can chew. [here may be some part of those vot- when a man who is a subject ks of German descent who will listen b and then follow his advice; but, for ¢ most. part, he will fine a stone- ball of loyalty to America from these flen who have settled here and who, ‘hile they have.not forgotten their Inherent love for the dear old herland, still feel that in the final ylsis the land of their adoption is od enough for them. And these have reared families here like | Fa- | 3 | Thanksgiving turkeys came from Tex- to in Republican who must be counted in or on any roster bearing the appellation man vote,” but who hawve only one in- terest at heart,—America. ents, those lads who have attained the voting age and who were raised on American soil are not going align themselves with any interest that attaches wires to a foreign king or potentate as against the democ- racy of the United States. Just why the Harvard professor settled on the name of Roosevelt to be his standard readily divine. Surely, if any man in public life has maligned the cause for which the pro- fessor weeps it is this same Rough Riding Teddy. We may bhe wrong, but it seems as if T. R. should be the last man in the world to be put up as a candidate who would make a good pro-German president. Again, it is somewhat doubtful if the Colonel himself would stand to be put at the head of any group of nationalists, un- less in doing so he was assured that the term American would be woven the And, lest we forget, there Americans in this obliterate the dan- ger of class or religious poli injected into the national program. There are those should know that when the people of the United bearer no one can on banner. are a few country who can s heing who dency they have forty-eight states in the Union, any one of which can put forth a of the desired calibre. Down in the remote regions of Ar- kansas they do not figure what an- cestors they want to know at the polls on election day is: “Are you a bone fide voter?” If you are you must necessarily be an American citizen. And there are many other states like Arkansas. Vir- Zinia, and California, not forgetting our own man were, or are; all and Tennessee for instance, Connecticut. MANY HAPPY RETURNS. Jeffersonian simplicity has meated the entire Wilson, per- life of Woodrow professor, state executive, and then President of the United State: The same has been true of Mrs. Norman Bolling Galt, hix fiancee, to whom he will be married this evening. Placed then before the eves of a nation these two have never for the moment lost the wonderful magnetic modesty that so well be- comes those in public life, and yet withal they have but acted naturally. With myriad pairs of eyes glaring forth at them they have at- tended public functions together, visited Dbaseball parks, gone to thea- ters, toured the streets of the metro polis. And they have been as littla children, smiling, happy, secure in the one great joy of living and being loved. They have set a good example to the young men and women of the nation by the propriety of their court- ship and this evening when they are united in holy matrimony they will have the good wishes and god- specd of a united nation. Every and child will hold in their hearts the fervid spirit of con- gratulation, wishing the bride groom many happy returns of sometime ever man, woman, and the march down of day, a long and joyful the aisle of life, an abundance years, happy years ,together. 2 Log of the Oscar Dec. 16, 1915. its silver lining. By coming on this trip I escaped read- ing yards and yards about the sessions of Congress. Every cloud has Understand the Swiss delegates to the Peace Conference have been de- tained by the Germans. Unfortunate but not calamitous as Henry Ford will be there to direct things. One sure way “out” used to be from Tinker to Evers to Chance. The European way out is from Krushevo to Bjelopoije to Saloniki. This w.k. little war seems to be twelve cylinder affair and the engine seems to be planned on the principie ¢f perpetual motion. We will Oscar the their own dens. monarchs in Do your Christmas peace making | early. Lord Kitchener denies rumor that he is to wed. Martial, not marital, music is his specialty and besides, | there is a limit to the bravery | every man. President Wilson in his message to Congress fired a side at just gon as this:—“America is a place, are rotten.” What they do to of our citizens when they get in London town is a mystery. American colony there ‘l got its number. | We are told that most of Boston’s as. How long will Texas consent permit people living States to eat her turkey’s?—Houston Post. “Ger- | Those young boys of German par- | to | States want a candidate for the presi- ; i a of annual broad- such Americans as Anthony Drexel who from his London habitat puts forth such disloyal jar- rotten a rotten hole, no place for a genileman to live in, and the people some them The is not rated very high, and Woodrow Wilson has FACTS AND FANCIES. ' = ! Women in a religious order in St. Joseph, Mich.,, draw husbands by lot. This reduces to a minimum the members who are fooled.—Cincinnati Post. WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that comes to the Herald Office. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, particularly if the allied army is in front and Queen Sophie armed with a stove poker is behind him.— Terre Haute Star. When 2 Woman Argucs. (W. L. George in the Atlantic Monthly) In matters or argument man is like the Ttalian brigand who robs the friar, then confesses and asks him for ab- solution; woman is the burglar un- repentant. This may be due to wom- an as a rule having few guiding prin- ciples or intellectual criteria. She often holds so many moral principles that intellectual argument with her irritates the crisper male mind. But she finds it difficult to retain a grasp upon a central idea, to clear away the side issues which obscure it. She can seldom carry an idea to its logical of the,conclusion, passing from term to capital | term; somewhere there is a solution of continuity. For this reason ar- guments with women, which have be- gun, with the latest musical play, easily pass on, from its alleged ar- tistic merit, to its costumes, thelr scantiness, their undesirable scanti- ness, the need for inspection, inspec- tors of theaters, and little by little, others inspectors, until one gets to mining inspectors and possibly to mining in general. You will observe that these ideas are fairly well link- ed. All that happens is that the wom- lan, tiring of the central argument, has pursued each side issue as it off- ered itself. This comes from a lack of concentration, which indisposes a woman to penetrate deeply into a subject; she is not used to concentra- tion, she does not like it. Tt might lead her to disagreeable discoveries. “And musing there an hour alone, 1 dreamed that Greece might still be touring pacifists. The gay capital Secretary Garrison and Professor Taft should be reminded to break in the clinches, anyway.—Boston Ad- vertiser. Tt is a poor day for mergers when a $200,000,000 steel company isn’t served hot for breakfast.—Albany Knickerbocker Press. Budapest speaks kindly touring pacificts. The gay hasn’t overlooked any entertainment desplte the war—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Germany is the first of the belli- gerents officially to mention peace, and the next move is not hers.—Bos- ton Journal. The days of the war are numbered, but, unfortunately, no one knows the number.—Deseret News. The very name Mecsopof#mia now has more than ever melancholy sound for the British car.—Boston “Record. The Toronto Mail and Empire has offered the job of fire chief for that city to Colonel Roosevelt. The Col- onel's specialty is kindling, not ex- tinguishing.—Boston Traveler. Loving Fatherland. (Bridgeport Farmer) Dr. Herman Duesing is entirely cor- rect when he demands for a foreign born citizen of this country the right to remember and love the fatherland. The sympathies of the heart are be- vond the control of the intellect. A man does not ask if he ought to love his mother, or his wife. He must do €0, by the nature of his being. Dr. Duesing is correct also in his cstimate of the civilization of Ger- many, of the accomplishments of Ger- man scientists, and of the contribu- tions citizens of German origin have made to this country. Even his re- cital of defects in the American sys- tem will be received as a catalogue of evils which have attracted the serious attention of the American people. Nor is he wrong in his assertion that the right to criticise the government is a privilege of freemen in this coun- try, though he will doubtless also ad- mit that should any German indulge in criticism of the Kaiser of the na- ture of his criticism of the president, that very severe measure would be taken. And since Dr. Duesing prizes this right of free speech he will concede In the extreme joy of calling Hen- | 1hat American institutions are super- ry Ford’s peace junket silly, some |1OF at this point. et e e But in his estimate of the president, maker's proposal to pay $700,000,000 and in his view‘(yf t_he l.)l‘()sldcl:l('s mes- to rolease Belgium—Syracuse Post- | S28¢, Dr. Duesing is the subject of a Standard, too common delusion. When the president says there are those in America who have “poured the poison of disloyalty into the very arteries of our national life,” he does not refer to Germans, but to anybody who has done that thing. And in referring to those who are guilty the president says, “their num- ber is not great as compared with the number of those hosts by which our nation has bee nenriched out of virile foreign stocks.” Dr, Duesing is without support in the president’s language, or in his action, in supposing that disloyalty in Germans is especially condemned, or that any class of people are thought to be disloyal as a class. The president represents the nation In a time like this the thought of every nation turns to the fundamen- tals of self preservation. It l00Ks first If the Constantinople reports are true, when the British army got in sight of Bagdad the Bagdaddies came out and chased it down the river.— Dallas News. A French scientist has written a book to prove that the ocean will never be evaporated. Bing’ goes an- other German hope.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The famous snowball in hell has grown very jealous of the Oscar II. —New York Sun. The three miles of signatures to | the suffrage petition to Congress make a suffrage league, as it were.—Boston Herald. Bellicose Captain Von Papen get a chance to, justify his military title in the trenches. Personae non gratae diplomats are not popular at the Wilhelmstrasse.—Rochester Post- Express may Apparently Villa has been converted to the Gospel of Frightfulness.—Pitts- burgh Gazette-Times. Sheep and Sheep. (Waterbury Democrat.) Fifty cattle and sheep escaping from a sinking ship in New York harbor the other night swam to shore and wandered about the streets of the metropolis. Some were rescued and restored to their owners. Some of the sheep arrived at the Staten Island ferry to the mental distress of the gateman, who is reported to have said, ‘‘Seven men went across on the last boat, each of them leading a wcoly lamb. T though I had the wil- lics.”” Others struck the trail leading to the Greek and Syrian quarters and f to its own well being. were seen no more. One wonders| The president simply lays down the what the woolly ones thought as they | rule that he will look out for Ameri- rambled through the financial dis-| ca first and that he will not permit tricts where so many of their human | the sympathies of any group of peo~ prototypes have passed to their de- | ple who as an act of heart sympa- struction. Did they eagerly sniff the | thize with any European nation, to air which has lately been disturbed by | sway him from a program of devotion the joy shouts of those whose war ba- | to America. Ang he means not Ger- bies were “some babies,” longing to | man sympathizers, but all who sym- nuzzle around where the picking | pathize With some foreign state. secemed S0 good? Or did some in- Dr. Duesing js a broad minded, lib- stinct, denied to humans, warn them | eral man. He is proud of the country that in the long run there’s mighty | in which he lives, and of the country little grass growing along the smooth | from which he came. But let him re- asphalt of Wall street? flect. Is it wise to array German sym- e e pathy against American sympathy? He Belonged to the Union. In suchla contest there c?n bef but - one result. The foreign policy of the (ErompBuze) American government will not be dic- Child—Are my tated by German sympathy, but by ready? _ | American ideals, and by the American Tailor—Not yet, sir. § ! instinct for self-preservation, Nobby Child—But you said you | “'mpe pregident does here what the would have them done if you worked | waicer does there. But the liberty of oll night. S expression given to_foreign born sub- _Tailor—Yes. But I didn’t work jots is almost limitless here, and | night. scarcely exists in Europe. a fact which proves that Americans are proudly conscious of the patriotism of their people and of the solidarity of their institutions. Poor O1d Shyleck. (St. Louis Globe-Democrat.) We fear that our esteemed cortem- porary, the Modern View, has become unduly agitated over thc refusal of Superintendent Belwett to prevent students of the Yeatman high school from performing “The Merchant of Venice.” It calls him a Caesar, al- though the term might have heen more aptly applied to him had he in- tervened to bar a Shakespearan play. We furthermore fear that the Modern View is unnecessarily exercised over the possible effect of the play itself. The medieval hatred of the Jew has passed away except in parts of a few countries and among the most be- nighted people. The folks who enjoy Shakespeare have the highest regard for the wonderful Jewish people. Tn America, England, Germany and France the Jews are distingnished out of all proportion to their number his | They have been in our cabinet and presided over the courts. One has Nobby clothes all SONORIFIC SNORING SQUAD. | Sergeant’s Strategy Sends Sonorous Soldiers Sleeping Securcly. Washington, Dec. 18.—Because six of its eleven occupants snored and kept awake the five other sleepers not guilty of the habit, Sergeant Timothy Reardon, in charge of a squad-room in the local barracks of the United States Marine Corps, has replaced the silent non-snoring memni- bers with Marines from other squad- rooms who snore sonorously and wonderfully. “So they'll keep each other awake when they saw wood and won't dis- turb the rest of some person not a member of their lodge,” said Ser- geant Reardon by way of explanation. The new arrangement suits the eleven snorers perfectly and the five who vacated are pleased beyond mea- sure. It has been said of United States Marines that they can readily adapt themselves to any and all circum- stances, under any and all conditions, and Sergeant Reardon thinks | strategy is Proof positive of this. Story of the Famous Highwqy to Monastir Washington, D. C., Dec. 17.—"The way from Koprili and Prilip to Mon- astir constituted one of the most @iffi- cult bits of ground covered by the Ser~ bian troops during the war of the Balkan league against the Ottoman empire ,and today presents one of the more severe ways before invading troops,” says a primer just issued by the National Geographic society: “A road was planned here by Ger- | man engineers, over the hills and through the narrow passes, for the Ottoman government before the Bal- kan war in which Turkey lost this part of Macedonia to Serbia. It has been largely completed between Ko- prili and Prilip, but little or nothing has been accomplished along the sec- ond part of the way. From Koprill, the way climbs slowly over the hills and by its sides grow wheat and corn. Its valley soon narrows bringing the sparcely wooded hill-sides close in upon the road, until it plunges into the famous mountain pass, which the Serbians defended so stubbornly and gallantly against Bulgarian invaders. “Here, it winds in serpentine curves up over over-hanging cliffs, a miser- | able road, narrow, soft and filled with | ruts and hollows. Toward its sum- | mit, there is a last steep climb called Prissat Pass which lies 3,200 feet above the sea and more than 2,500 feet | higher than Koprili lies. It was in | this strong summit position that the | Serbian army made the defense, which held the Bulgarians for daye ‘at bay. The way descends to Prilip into the stony, little cultivated plain { which spreads between an s-shaped | fringe of hills down to the city of | Monastir. This fairly level way con- i tinues beyond the last Serbian strong- hold into northern Greece. | “From Monastir with its moun- tains on either side and two before it, roads run north to Prilip, west into Albania and south to Saloniki. Two of the roads by which Monastir com- municates with the outside world, are ! still open, that to the west and that to the south, while the Bulgarians are approaching along the third.” been premier of England and at pres- ent the highest judicial office of Great Britain is filled by a Jew. One of the German emperor's most respected advisers is a Jew. In statesmanchip, in business, in music, and in literature the Jews have left an indelible im- press. Their charities are famous everywhere. St. Louis is fairly re- presentative and here Jewish citizens have been renowned in every move- ment for the common weal. It is doubtful if any reader of “The Merchant of Venice” ever got and anti-Semitic prejudice from it. As originally played, Shylock was a low comedy character. Long after Shake- speare’s time his tragic possibilities were brought out. As an old mar, conceiving a crazy project to get re- venge on persecutors who had for- gotten that he was a human being, he beacme a strong character. He is not a Jew at all, but a personifica- tion of vengeance. He falls in such a way that readers feel the DIty Shakespear had for his unique crea- tion. The Modern'View has a dis- torted view of Shylock and of the effect the play produces. The warmest admirers of the Hebrew people, an- cient and modern, read ‘“The Mer- chant of Venice” as children. The Modern View's protest is incompre- hensible to them. Bad Cooking a Prominent Cause of Divorce. Tn the current issue of Farm and Fireside is an article to prove that love and a well filled stomach go well together, but that hatred and treach- ery are born in an underdone streak. “Bad cooking is directly responsible for a large percentage of the divorce evil and much of the crime com- mitted—in fact, it might well be class- ed as a crime in itself. “A good cook is the greatest states- man in the country is the true sense of the term. \ “Bank-examining is all well enough for its purposes, but the examination of cooks and kitchens is far more im- portant. Of what avail are our pure- food laws if all food may be ruined in the kitchen? “No one should be permitted to cook in any public eating house who has not been examined, found com- petent, and licensed; and bad cook- ing—such as now exists in many public places—should be a misde- meanor punishable by law.” Patriotism That Is Tainted. (New York World.) In 1862 a committee of citizens called at the White House to express its dissatisfaction with President Lin- coln’s conduct of the war. After lis- tening patiently to the complaints of the delegation, President Lincoln said: “Gentlemen, suppose all the prop- erty you were worth was in gold, and vou had put it in the hands of Blon- din to carry across the Niagara River on a rope. Would you shake the cable, or keep shouting after him, ‘Blondin, stoop a little more—go a little faster—lean a little more to the north—Ilean a little more to the south’? No; you would hold your hands off until he was safe over. The Government is carrying an enormous weight. Untold treasures are in their hands. They are doing the best they can. Keep silence, and we will get you safe over.” President Wilson could well answer his critics in the words of President Lincoln. Most of the criticism of the on Administration resembles the sm of the Lincoln Administra- tion in that it is small and partisan and aimless. Tt resembles the criti- cism of the Lincoln too in that most of it comes from second and third rate men and news- papers. Practically nobody who rails against the President has a policy of his own to present. Even the most rabid of the critics is afraid to come out and frankly declare for war. Back of most of the assaults is a petty and childish desire to find fault for the sake of finding fault. Whether the President has made mistakes in handling the foreign af fairs of the United States we do not know, nor can anybody know at this time. He has succeeded thus far in keeping us out ol war without sur- rendering any of our rights under in- ternational law. Whether his policy works out well or ill can be deter- mined only by its ultimate results in the light of history. But one thing is certain. There is no record of a serious blunder on the part of any President of the United States who combined patience with high prin- ciple. 1t is significant that Americans who are best qualified to criticise the for- | | eign policies of the President done nothing to embarass him. have iFor- Administration | mer President Taft is an avowed sup- porter of the President. Elihu Root, one of the ablest Secretaries of State the country ever had, has never al- lowed partisanship to interfere with patriotism. The same may be said of Philander C. Knox, who was Mr. Root’s successor as Secretary of State. It may be sald of most public men who are in the habit of appealing to public reason rather than -public pas- sion. Events over which we have no con- trol have placed the United States in a critical position in respect to Ger- many and Austria. The situation is not of our seeking or of our making. and the outcome may depend quite os much upon the sanity and loyalty of the American people as upon anything the President may do. Private opin- | jons are pitifully unimportant in com- parison with the grave issues that are at stake. The sort of patriotism that is :uf- ficient to stand together and uphold the hands of the Government at suvch a time as this is tainted from the start. Heaven help the country that had to plunge into war that kind of citizen- ship behind it! McM;L‘i@EI_S' BIG STORE “ALWAYS RELIABLE" COME TO THIS- STORE SATURDAY . Your Christmas Club Check as good as money at this store. We will give cash for it even if you don’t buy any- thing. AND CHOOSE YOUR XMAS GIFTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Come as early in the day as possiblo, bring your list with you. the greatest variety of Gift things to choose from right here at the Busy Big Store. WARM COATS For Women and Children. Make thoughtful as well as accept- able gifts. 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(Norwich Bulletin.) { There is good cause for gratitude on the part of the people of this coun- try at the manner in which the post- office department of the government is enforcing the fraud order statutes. The mails have long been recognized as a means of reaching people and im- pressing them with schemes which are designed to get their money but which would receive very little attention if presented in any other way. Much discouragement has been given in the past to such operations, but it is only through the persistent enforcement ot the law and the running down of sus- picious cases that as much respect as prevails for the postal laws can be insured. It is a situation where if there was the least inclination to lax- ity there would be thousands ready to take advantage of the opportunity which would be afforded of getting a rich living through the fooling of the people. That is something which Uncle Sam through his postal system cannot be- come a party in. He must block every fraudulent scheme that is brought to his attention .and that the postoffice department is alive to its duty is evi- denced by the fact in 71 instances where concerns or individuals were cited to show cause why a fraud or- der should not be issued, 57 fraud or- ders have resulted. It is the attention given this matter which makes it pos- sible for the department to report that the schemes now brought to its at- tention are not, generally speaking so flagrantly fraudulent as heretofore, and it is by the persistence in this policy which gives the schemers to ! understand that the penalty awzits all cases that the swindles will be kept down to the minimum. It is action which is saving the American public | millions and for which they should have full appreciation. DR. BELAND OFFERED FOR VON RINTELE | Germany Willing to Trade Former { Postmaster General of Canada | for Teutonic Montreal, Dec. 18.—The ! government has offered to exchange Dr. Henri S. Beland, former post- master general of Canada, for Cap- tain Franz von Rintelen, according to {advices received here yesterday by Arthur Ecrement, a former member of parliament. Dr. Beland was cap- tured at the fall of Antwerp. Captain von Rintelen was removed by the British officers from a steamer while enroute from the United States | to Holland. He has been held as a prisoner of war in England ever since, and several reports stated he was ir the Tower of London under sentence of death for espionage. He has been named many times recently as having directed a conspiracy to foment strikes in munitions plants in the United States and is under indictment at New York for obtaining a false passport, | on which he was traveling when taken prisoner by the British. The communication to Mr. Kcrement was from Premier Borden, who said that Andrew Bonar Law, British colo nial secretary, had requested Vatican | authorities to petition for Dr. Beland's release. 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