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Arthur Woods '92, former police commissioner of New York under Mayor Mitchel, is to begin soon a campaign of American propaganda in European countries, including Germany and Austria. For the present, the campaign will be carried on from Washington, but later Mr. Woods may leave for Europe...
Another British push drives the Germans toward home, and the pessimists out of sight. The dispellers of cheerfulness had their day when Russia turned inside out, the Plave became No-Man's Land, and New York went back on Mitchel. Through the clouds of gloom, however, rays of optimism appear. The man who tells us the war is going to end in six months will now misinform us for a few weeks, and thereby satisfy his prophetic instincts. Ground for encouragement does exist, nevertheless, not on the tongue of the seer, but on Flanders mud, Allied union and American progress...
...York in the four cornered municipal contest for the mayorally Hylan, the Tammany candidate was in the lead and his election over Mayor Mitchel was considered positive...
...contest in New York City, the only place where the issues involved are vital and the outcome uncertain. The eternal fight of Tammany vs. non-Tammany is more than usually complicated, with four candidates in the field, struggling for definite, specific ends, in place of the customary two. Mayor Mitchel running for Fusion, stands for unqualified patriotism, and can boast of having given New York the best administration for over a generation. Hill quit, the Socialist, possesses great mental power, but stands firmly at the head of the anti-national movement, both in theory and ideals. Hylan, a typical Tammany...
...Mayor Mitchel deserves to be reelected on every count, and we do not doubt that New York will show the same good judgement as when she elected...